The shocking quadruple homicide in Chesnee | Forensic Files

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episode have been changed but like Motorsports in Chesney South Carolina wasn't just the motorcycle
dealership for bike enthusiasts in the small town and its surrounding area the store was a
place to hang out with like-minded people and even make friends 30-year-old Scott Ponder who owned the
store worked there with his best friend Brian Lucas who was 29. the dynamic between the pair had added
to the friendly atmosphere there were a number of regular customers who dropped by whenever they had spare
time that was exactly what Noel Lee was doing on the afternoon of Thursday November 6
2003. null had met Scott and Brian through the store and grew to consider them two of
his closest friends the trio were all planning to go to a motocross race the following night and
Noel wanted to stop by the store to collect the tickets he called the shop first at around 2 30
pm to check if this Suited Scott's mother 52 year old Beverly guy answered the phone
she helped out at the dealership with bookkeeping and other administrative tasks
Beverly said it would be fine for Noel to drop in at around 3pm Knoll pulled his BMW into
the store's parking lot set back from a stretch of a two-lane Highway called Paris Bridge Road
Superbike Motorsports was one of the only retail spaces in the vicinity it boarded a cattle field and was
surrounded by Rolling Hills and mostly residential buildings [Music] Noel parked in one of the five car
spaces directly in front of the shop he immediately noticed something strange in the doorway of the dealership
sprawled across the ground in a manner that propped the glass door open was a person
it was the store manager Brian Lucas Noel Lee got out of his car assuming Brian was playing some kind of
prank Noll moved towards the storefront when he abruptly stopped in his tracks partially hidden beneath the Bonnet of
the car he'd parked next to was the body of Scott Ponder a pool of blood had formed around him
[Music] [Music] foreign could see there was blood around Brian as well the glass from the door hold open by his
body had been shattered realizing the severity of the situation Knoll raced past Brian's Body and into
the store he headed to the sales counter and used the dealership's phone to call 9-1-1
then he saw something else a third body was sprawled on the floor just outside the showroom in the middle
of the dealership it was Scott's mother Beverly guy when Noel got through to a 9-1-1
operator he cried out apparently everyone's been shot up here everybody's laying down in a pool of
blood his mum has been shot the mechanics been shot although Knoll had only seen three
bodies he believed there would be a fourth somewhere as well Chris Sherbert the dealership's 26 year
old mechanic was always working at this time of day often in the garage area explaining this to the operator Noel was
told not to go looking for Chris instead he should leave the store for his own safety and wait outside for the
First Responders to arrive Knoll did as he was told exiting the dealership and walking across the road
where he sat down in some grass foreign police descended on Superbike Motorsports and secured the building
Scott Ponder Brian Lucas and Beverly guy were all deceased as Noel Lee had predicted the
dealership's mechanic Chris Sherbert was also at the shop he was found slumped over a black Suzuki
motorcycle in the dealership's garage he was dead too [Music] all four victims had been shot multiple
times with a nine millimeter pistol including at least once in the chest and once in the forehead
the headshots implied that the killings had been a deliberate execution rather than a random mass shooting
the perpetrator had missed a very few of their shots even though some of their victims had been moving targets
18 shell casings were recovered from the scene they were dusted for Prince but yielded
none nor were there any unidentified hand or fingerprints elsewhere in the store
investigators also had no luck sourcing foreign DNA the only clue they came across was a
bill of sale for a black Suzuki motorcycle it appeared as though Scott Ponder had
been in the process of writing the Bill when the shootings began it didn't include a buyer's name or any
other identifying information such as a credit card number the bill was for the same black Suzuki
that mechanic Chris Sherbert had been working on he had been prepping it for his new
owner when he was shot and killed to police it seemed likely that the buyer of the black Suzuki and the
shooter were one and the same based on the locations of the body they put together a theory of how the slaying
set likely unfolded the shooter had left the store after arranging to buy the bike then they had
sneaked into the garage via a rear door they shot Chris Sherbert from behind while he was preparing the motorcycle
for delivery next the gunman headed through the showroom encountering Beverly guy and
killing her Scott Ponder and Brian Lucas had heard the gunshots and were fleeing the same
as the shooter pursued them Brian was gunned down in the store's doorway Scott had made it a little further
outside to the parking lot after incapacitating all four victims the shooter had methodically walked to
each one and fired a final shot into their foreheads [Music] investigators shut down Paris Bridge
Road for three days as they processed the crime scene the attack was thought to have taken
place at around 2 45 pm Superbike Motorsports customer Noel Lee had called the store at around 2 30 p.m
and spoken to Beverly guy she'd just dropped by to run some errands after taking her mother to a
chemotherapy appointment Beverly was planning to deposit some earnings at the bank but told Noel to
drop in as Scott and Brian would both be there by the time Noel arrived 30 minutes
later they were all dead although many vehicles drove by the store throughout the day there weren't
that many customers around in the middle of a weekday afternoon consequently investigators didn't have
many eyewitness accounts to go on a couple who were known to deal drugs had been seen near the store near the
time of the shooting the woman had appeared upset and was heading away from Superbike Motorsports
as her male partner chased after her officers managed to track the couple down but cleared them of any involvement
in the crime several Vehicles were also spotted in the area one was red and an early 90s model
perhaps a Honda Civic or Chevy Cavalier another was a dark blue late model Chevrolet pickup truck with chrome
exhaust and bed rails and the third was a smaller sportier pale blue pickup truck
officers asked for anyone with information about these vehicles to come forward [Music]
very quickly the murders at the superbike Motorsports were being compared to another attack that had
taken place five months earlier 31 miles Southwest of Chesney in the town of Greer there had been a robbery
at Blue Ridge Savings Bank on May 16. a bank teller and two customers had been shot and killed execution style in a
back room just like the superbike shootings the bank attack had taken place in the
middle of the day with no witnesses around it didn't appear to be random and similar to the location of Superbike
Motorsports the Blue Ridge Savings Bank was near a highway in a relatively isolated area
[Music] a red car was seen driving to the bank at 1 24 PM six minutes before the
shooting and a red car was spotted near Superbike Motorsports as well as of November 2003 the perpetrator of
the bank shootings hadn't been caught or identified however while money was stolen from the
bank in Greer investigators knew almost immediately that the superbike slangs hadn't been part of a robbery
nothing had been taken from the store not even an envelope full of cash that had been left on a counter presumably
the deposit Beverly had been planning to make the store also had numerous expensive
items and a gold-plated award that Scott had received none of which were touched
with the robbery ruled out as a motive investigators believed they were looking at a more personal attack
[Music] Ponder had opened a Superbike Motorsports in January 2001 and the business had gone from strength to
strength Scott hired his best friend Brian Lucas who was a skilled mechanic as well as a
fellow motorcycle expert the pair's genuine passion for motorbikes was appealing to customers as
one of the largest Suzuki dealerships across two counties it attracted a lot of clientele in the area
but Scott wasn't satisfied with the just selling locally he utilized the internet
to sell to customers all over the United States at the beginning of the 21st century
online shopping was still in its infancy puts God ahead of the Curve as well as stocking motorcycles
Superbike Motorsports also sold ATVs and go-karts this widened their customer base to
outdoor enthusiasts and young families in its first year the store made more than one million dollars in sales
this allowed Scott to expand quickly Remodeling and extending the dealership's garage and taking on more
staff had Scott's success made he store the target of a rival business who was looking to get rid of their competition
[Music] there were also rumors that the killer could have been a disgruntled customer
one person who'd recently visited the dealership told the media that he'd seen buyers quote totally flip out upon
receiving expensive bills investigators also heard stories that superbike's prices were sometimes
considered excessive the dealership's customer base was examined but no one stood out as
suspicious [Music] the investigative Spotlight highlighted Noel League the friend of Scott and
Bryants who had discovered the crime scene Noel had a cell phone but had stepped
over his friend's bodies and entered the store to call 9-1-1 from the phone inside
for all he knew the killer might have still been in the building yet Noel opted to go in anyway
he had also told the 911 operator that the dealership's mechanic had been shot even though he supposedly hadn't seen
Chris sherbet's body or entered the garage at all Noel couldn't explain why he'd used the
store's phone instead of his own except that he hadn't been thinking clearly due
to shock [Music] he had presumed that Chris had been shot as well because the other three
employees all were null was fingerprinted and had his car dusted for Prince he also took a
polygraph test none of these results gave officers any further reason to be suspicious
null Lee was cleared from the suspect list sheriff's deputies discovered that Chris
Sherbert had been scheduled to front Court several days later on Monday November 10. he had been charged with
some drug-related offenses some suspected that he was planning to turn States witness and testify against
others in exchange for having the charges dropped if this was the case investigators
wondered whether the murders were committed by someone who wanted to silence Chris
but this Theory failed to gain momentum investigators were also interested to learn that Scott Ponder hadn't really
known his father he had been raised more by his stepfather Terry Guyer Scott's biological father William Dean
Ponder had an extensive rap sheet dating back to 1976. it included property crimes weapons
violations and a drug and alcohol offenses in mid 1993 William had just been released from a stint in prison and was
living in his parents home on Paris Bridge Road directly across the street from the
store his son would open almost a decade later on the night of Saturday August 28 1993
41 year old William went out drinking with some friends at a nearby bar he failed to return home
five days past with no word from William he was then reported missing his friends claimed they'd dropped him
off at the intersection of Paris Bridge and Martin Camp roads but William was never heard from again
ten years later as Scott Ponder turned 30 and Was preparing to become a father himself he began digging into his
biological father's mysterious disappearance [Music] it was known that Scott was trying to
find his dad at around the time he was killed investigators wondered if perhaps somebody hadn't wanted him to succeed
prior to his death Scott had attempted to make a call from his cell phone which was found with his body
he had managed to dial the numbers 333 it was theorized that he'd been trying to call the number listed as the third
favorite contact in his phone his wife Melissa brackman Melissa was originally from Arizona
she'd met Scott several years earlier and the pair had commenced a romantic relationship after a period of being
good friends Melissa was currently seven weeks pregnant with the couple's first child
just two days earlier on Tuesday November 4 Melissa and Scott had attended their first prenatal checkup
together and had listened to their baby's heartbeat for the first time on the morning of Thursday November 6
Melissa stayed in bed a little longer to curb her morning sickness after a sleep-in she headed to work
she and Scott spoke on the phone a couple of times that day the latest call being at around 2 15 or 2 30 P.M
not long after that Melissa headed out on a work errand when she received a call from Scott's credit card vendor
the vendor explained that she was trying to head over to Superbike Motorsports to
perform a routine check on Scott's credit card machines but there was a roadblock preventing access to the store
she had heard a rumor that there'd been a shooting in the area and wanted to check if everything was okay
after hearing this Melissa immediately changed Direction and headed to Superbike Motorsports
she repeatedly called Scott's cell phone and office number along the way but none
of her calls were answered as Melissa Drew closer to the store on Paris Bridge Road she saw the area was
swarming with police and media helicopters her efforts to get to the store were interrupted by officers who escorted her
back home after learning who she was when officials informed Melissa that Scott had been shot and killed at work
she asked to speak with Scott's mother Beverly it was then she was told that the entire
staff of Superbike Motorsports were dead by the time Melissa gave birth seven months later the investigation into her
husband's murder had stalled Melissa had named her son Scott Jr after his father but everyone took to calling
the little boy Scotty [Music] roughly a year after the shootings he investigators met with Melissa for a
regular catch up she brought baby Scotty with her and had to change his diaper at one point
after the meeting investigators retrieved the discarded diaper from the rubbish Melissa was unaware that the catch-up
was a ruse investigators had received a tip-off that Scott Ponder had been sterile and
was unable to father children they obtained a DNA sample from baby Scotty's diaper and compared it to Scott
Ponder's DNA which was taken from the crime scene it wasn't a match Melissa brackman was asked to attend the
Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department this time she should leave Scotty at home
deputies ushered Melissa into a meeting room and shut the door one Deputy then informed her
your son's DNA does not match up with his fathers [Music] Melissa appeared stunned by the
revelation she insisted that wasn't possible and offered to have Scotty's DNA tested
again investigators agreed the result was the same however a familial link was found to
exist between Scotty and another victim from Superbike Motorsports testing confirmed that Scott's best
friend Brian Lucas was the father of Melissa's son [Music] had also been married and had two sons
with his wife but his mother Lorraine Lucas had suspected he wasn't entirely happy in his relationship
about two weeks before the shootings Lorraine had been visiting her son and noticed that his wife seemed to be
pulling faces as Lorraine and Brian chatted Brian grew unhappy about this and stated
this is my mother I want you to treat her with the respect this led to an argument between the
couple Brian had also been looking at new houses without his wife's knowledge on the day of his murder he had gone to
visit one property with a friend of his who was a realtor it seemed plausible to investigators
that Brian and Melissa had been having an affair perhaps the murders were the result of
this secret somehow coming to light Scott's stepfather Terry guy was especially troubled by the infidelity
rumors he'd not only lost his stepson in the shooting but his wife Beverly as well
Terry had suffered depression in the aftermath of their deaths and lost 70 pounds due to grief and stress
when he heard that Melissa could have been involved he sat her down and asked did you have anything to do with it
if proof comes out that you did wherever you're at I'll come and get you and bring you back myself
Melissa was adamant she wasn't involved in the slayings and refused to admit that she'd been having an affair
for 18 months investigators continued to pursue this line of inquiry they ran more DNA tests and received
another unexpected result according to their samples Beverly guy hadn't actually been Scott Ponder's
mother they compared Beverly's DNA to Brian Lucas's sample revealing a match as investigators knew this couldn't be
possible they worked to discover what had happened Scott and Brian's DNA samples had gotten
mixed up when they were taken at the crime scene with Scott's sample marked as Brian's and vice versa
this had likely happened because the two bodies were lying almost side by side [Music]
this Revelation was hugely vindicating for Melissa brackman from the beginning she had insisted that
she'd never cheated on her husband and knew that he was her baby's father Melissa suffered from endometriosis and
Scott had a low sperm count which had resulted in the couple needing medical assistance to conceive Scotty
since the beginning of the investigation she had been open and honest with the sheriff's deputies handing over love
letters she and Scott had written to each other and answering intimate questions about their relationship
Melissa had even agreed to be polygraphed when investigators told her that both DNA tests proved that Scott wasn't
Scotty's father she was willing to have her husband's body exhumed so another sample could be taken
with the DNA bungle exposed Melissa's name was cleared but she still suffered the Fallout from having been suspected
in the 18 months that had passed since this line of inquiry began one of Scott's grandmothers had died believing
he'd never fathered a child [Music] having lost her husband and her reputation Melissa moved back to her
home state of Arizona [Music] Kelly Sisk was a member of the National Guard and a regular customer at
Superbike Motorsports on the day of the shootings he decided to stop in at the store to make a
payment on a go-kart he was buying for his four-year-old son Kelly took his son with him and the pair
arrived at the store around 2PM they spent between 30 and 45 minutes wandering around at the dealership floor
admiring the latest bikes and ATVs it was quiet with only one other customer in the store
the other customer was a white male who looked to be between 25 and 40 years old
he was about six feet tall and 170 to 200 pounds with dark feathered hair thin lips small eyes and a narrow jaw
the man was wearing jeans and a leather jacket which struck Kelly as odd because
it was a warm day the customer was admiring a black Suzuki motorcycle when Kelly saw Scott Ponder
approach him hey this is a good beginner's bike Scott said Kelly was confused the bike was big and didn't look
suitable for a beginner in his opinion but he figured Scott would know better than he did
when Kelly and his son left a few minutes later the customer was still chatting with Scott
by the time Kelly arrived at home reports about The quadruple homicide at Superbike Motorsports were all over the
news Kelly was shocked he couldn't believe that he'd just been there with his young
child right before the attack unfolded Kelly reported what he had seen to the Spartanburg County's sheriff's
department but it would take more than a month for investigators to track him down
they eventually came to realize that Kelly Sisk was their most crucial Witness the man that he'd seen in the dealership
that day was most likely the Killer Kelly helped them create a composite sketch of the suspect and the image was
widely distributed but Kelly wasn't happy with the picture he didn't think it was a good likeness
of the man at all no solid leads resulted from the suspect's sketch it was featured on
popular television programs such as America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries
tips would trickle in after age screening but nothing that led to a break in the case
former FBI agent and renowned a serial killer profiler John Douglas was brought in to create a profile of the unknown
suspect in his opinion the killer was mission oriented the entire attack was probably over
within 45 seconds and the motive was very different to other crimes Douglas had investigated
quote it's not a type of case like other serial killers who I've interviewed where it's a fantasy this is Revenge
this is retaliation in 2012 an updated sketch of the suspect was released which I witnessed Kelly
Sisk said was a much better likeness of the mystery customer it depicted a man with dark hair parted
down the middle and a face that was wider at the top and narrowed towards his chin
his eyes were somewhat narrowed and his mouth turned downwards at the corners in November 2013 the Sheriff's Office
sent out a letter to their database of Superbike Motorsports customers in the hopes it might jog someone's memory
no one responded to them more than a decade after the shootings there had been over 750 leads that all
fizzled out but Sheriff Chuck Wright refused to admit defeat telling the Spartanburg
Herald Journal in 2015 I don't call it a cold case I call it an old case because we're still working on it
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woman named Joanne schifflett was worried about her son 32 year old Charlie Carver who lived in
Anderson County South Carolina hadn't replied to a text message Joanne had sent him
this was very out of character the two normally spoke every day when Joanne did some digging she found
out that she wasn't the only one who hadn't heard from Charlie lately his father hadn't spoken to him in days
either Charlie and his new girlfriend 30 year old Alana Jones had also failed to show
up for a dinner scheduled with one of Alana's friends on Wednesday August 31. Alana had been excited to introduce
Charlie to her friend so it seemed odd that they never arrived or explained their absence
the last time anyone had heard from the couple was during the day of August 31. when people tried to call them their
phones went straight to voicemail Joanne schiffler decided someone needed to check the apartment in Anderson where
the couple lived Charlie and Alana had only started dating a few months prior but had
already moved in together Charlie's Car was missing from the complex but Alana's was still on site
on Saturday September 3 Joanne asked that the building's manager if she could check on her son
the manager agreed to perform a welfare check she knocked on the apartment's door
nobody answered the manager let herself in the couple weren't there but all of their clothing and prescription
medication had been left behind along with Alana's glasses and contact lenses Alana's dog her Pomeranian named Romeo
was all alone in the residence with no food or water it looked as though he'd been neglected
for several days Alana's loved ones were adamant that she would never take off without making sure
Romeo was cared for the dog was like a baby to her and she loved him dearly although the couple's friends and family
knew something must be wrong for them to disappear without warning and fail to make contact police were less concerned
they suspected the pair had just decided to go away together for a few days missing person reports were filed for
both Alana and Charlie but law enforcement in Anderson County said there was little else they could do
[Music] it didn't take long for the couple's loved ones to rally and start searching
for themselves Charlie's father wondered if perhaps they'd gotten into an accident in
Charlie's 2002 white Pontiac Grand Prix he searched creek beds and Ravines throughout the county in case they'd
gone off the road [Music] meanwhile Charlie and Alana's friends started Facebook groups seeking
information and handed out flyers plastered with the couple's descriptions Alana was five foot eight with short
dyed red hair and green eyes Charlie was six foot with brown hair blue eyes glasses and a neatly trimmed
beard photos on the Flyers showed the couple both individually and together with
their smiling faces pressed together as Alana snapped a selfie As Time wore on police joined in the
search they submitted applications to obtain data from the couple's cell phones which
had either died or been switched off a month went by with no answers and people began to fear the worst that the
couple hadn't been in an accident but had met with Foul Play Charlie and Alana's parents all appeared
on National Television segments to raise awareness about the double missing person's case
then on Saturday October 1 new posts suddenly appeared on Charlie Carver's Facebook page for the first time in over
a month it appeared he was using the account to log major life events retrospectively
he posted that on Friday July 1 2016 he and Alana discovered they were expecting
a baby girl exactly one month later on Monday August 1 they bought a house and a month after that on Thursday
September 1 the couple got married rather than reassuring their friends and family the posts on Charlie's page
alarmed them none of these Milestones fit with what they knew about the couple and they
still hadn't heard anything from them the posts didn't stop there although Charlie had never been a big
social media user odd memes and out of character comments were suddenly cropping up all over his page
one red I wonder if I said hello how many people would say it back let's try it hello
another featured lyrics from the song Hotel California by the Eagles [Music] last thing I remember I was running for
the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before relax said the nightmen we are
programmed to receive you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave
one of the most disturbing posts read sometimes late at night I dig a hole in the backyard to keep the nosy neighbors
guessing Charlie's friends were certain he wasn't making these posts and suspected that
the person responsible for the couple's disappearance was behind them they began commenting on the posts
is that what you did to Alana and the real Charlie asked one person another added
are you hinting at what you did with them you know it's sad that someone like you is using his Facebook page when his
family and friends are worried about both him and Alana whoever was using Charlie's account
didn't answer these questions but continued to like and share posts about the missing couple that had been made by
their families some people close to Charlie suspected they knew who was behind the disturbing
posts when Charlie and Alana got together he had been going through an acrimonious
divorce Charlie and his ex-wife Nicole Nunes hadn't had a good relationship when he decided they needed to split up
Nicole was upset about it her distress only increased when she found out about Charlie's new
relationship with Alana Nicole began stalking the couple one day Charlie returned home to their
apartment to find Nicole inside he'd confided in his father about the incident and said he was too scared to
take further action against Nicole he was worried that if he was too harsh something bad would happen
on Wednesday August 31 the last day anyone had seen or heard from Charlie and Alana Nicole made a strange Facebook
post that read my beloved husband rest in peace Charlie's loved ones noticed that the
posts that started appearing on his page from Saturday October 1 featured spelling and grammatical errors that
Nicole was known to make in one comment directed at another Facebook user the person using Charlie's
account asked how the other individual knew my hubby Charlie's mother Joanne had also
received the text messages from Nicole stating your son never wants to see you again he
contacted me there at the beach [Music] one day a representative at the Telecommunications Company at T received
a call from the lead investigator on the Charlie Carver and Alana Jones case the investigator was hoping to find out
where and when Charlie's cell phone had last pinged signal Towers when the at T employee asked for the
investigator to spell out their name the investigator failed to do so correctly they were also unable to provide a badge
number suspicious the at T representative placed to the investigator on hold and
made a call to the police officers confirmed that the call was not legitimate and began to trace where it
had come from it was made by Charlie Carver's ex-wife Nicole Nunes three days later Nicole was arrested and
charged with impersonating a police officer yet despite this development investigators couldn't find any evidence
connecting Nicole with the couple's disappearance meanwhile the case's real investigators
finally had a breakthrough when they actually did receive the data from Charlie and Alana's cell phones
now they were able to see which Towers the phones had connected to in the hours and minutes before their batteries died
from Wednesday August 31 both phones had pinged a tower in the nearby town of Woodruff which was located roughly 50
miles Northeast of Anderson in neighboring Spartanburg County Alana's phone had continued to connect
to the tower up until Friday September 2 which was two days after the couple were
last seen [Music] the tower was in the vicinity of a rural 95-acre property this was significant as Anderson County
investigators had recently received a tip-off that Alana Jones was buried on a 100 Acre property in Woodruff
the 95-acre property was the only one in the area that fit the bill investigators flew a helicopter overhead
to get a better look but saw no sign of the couple or Charlie's white Pontiac of
Grand Prix instead they saw a dense Woodland and Ravines as well as several small
buildings there was no electricity there just some solar panels investigators began to wonder if they
were looking at a grow house a term for a property used for the production of cannabis or rather illicit substances
as the property was privately owned they had to obtain a search warrant to take a
closer look on foot on the morning of Thursday November 3 sheriff's deputies headed out to the
rural property armed with a warrant her tall chain link fence surrounded most of the farm with signs attached
that red warning private property no trespassing it was rare to see a fence like this on
similar properties in the area a wide gravel path LED from the main road into the property's entrance and
snaked through the privately owned land investigators made their way along the path
most of the property was wooded but they observed a few buildings as they went there was a gardening shed a workshop
garage with what looked like an apartment on top and a 30-foot long green shipping container
as police meticulously combed through the Woodland they suddenly made a discovery inside a ravine
a white car that was smeared with what looked like brown paint had been dumped in the sloping space
some branches and foliage had been placed on top of it as though whoever had left the vehicle there was trying to
camouflage it investigators identified the car as Charlie Carver's Pontiac Grand Prix
the discovery confirmed that the couple had been at the property next the deputies searched the buildings
no one was on the premises as officers examined the garage with the first floor apartment
on the walls of the upstairs loft apartment were several heavy chains with padlocks attached
next they looked at the Shad before heading towards the shipping container it was what is known as a Conex box a
kind of Cargo Carrier that the US Army had started using during the Korean War there were five heavy padlocks on the
Conex box preventing the deputies from opening it up realizing there must be something
important inside if someone was so determined to keep it locked the officers began trying to remove one of
the locks by hitting it repeatedly with a sledgehammer for 15 minutes they tried to break it
but it wouldn't open then one of the deputies suddenly called out stop she thought she could hear a banging
from inside the container her colleagues stopped and listened they heard something too though it
wasn't clear if it was coming from the woods or the container two of the investigators made their way
along the right side of the container where the noise was louder one of them knocked on the exterior
steel wall a knock came back in reply and a voice screened help me get me out of here
realizing someone was inside the shipping container the deputies felt an overwhelming sense of urgency
using a circular power saw and a crowbar they found on the property they cut through the steel padlocks and forced
open the container doors inside was a long and totally dark hallway using flashlights to see they passed a
tall narrow cage and some storage shelves that lined either side of their container
towards the back of their container a woman wearing gray tracksuit pants and a black sweater was sitting on a mattress
with her legs outstretched she held her hands above her head to show she was unarmed
her wrists were handcuffed together one of her ankles was cuffed to a chain that was attached to the wall
her neck had a heavy padlocked chain around it as well which was also attached to the wall
the woman was Alana Jones footage of the rescue was captured by the deputies just a girl just a girl how are you
honey this is their business oh yeah okay we're going to get you out of there okay
this ain't loose blowing anybody I need a handcuff key handcuffed key I don't I got a right here hold up don't slide
back let me see you later you can put your hand in there sweetheart you're okay we're here okay
light on or off we'll get the rest of it here let's get her out of here we're getting bolt
cutters honey don't don't you got pictures of the cups he's both feet just one let me see okay
and my next catch the wall up here okay all right all right we're gonna get you out okay
foreign just no just right there at her hand Brandon we'll get it off we'll get it off here
cut it right here [Music] do you know where your buddy is Charlie yes you shot him who did douche Todd Cohen
Charlie Carver three times in the chest wrapped him in a blue tarp put him in the bucket of the tractor lots of me
down here and I never seen him again he says he's dead and buried he says there's several bodies dead and buried
out here and he says that the dogs will be ruined if they go looking because there's red pepper we're gonna step you
up as the deputies used bolt cutters to free Alana from her restraints she told them that the man responsible for her
ordeal was the owner of the property his name was Todd colehap Alana said kolhap had shot her boyfriend
Charlie three times in the chest then wrapped his body in a blue tarp using a tractor he'd moved Charlie to
another location of the property and buried him Alana never saw Charlie again kohlhepp had told Alana he had other
bodies hidden on the property as well he'd scattered red peppers around which he thought would mask the scent of human
remains from police dogs deputies let Alana are out of the container and into an ambulance so she
could be taken to a hospital for treatment as she was being transported to the hospital investigators continued to
question her Alana Jones had met Todd colhab through a mutual friend in around 2011.
the two became Facebook friends and occasionally stayed in touch eventually Alana started cleaning some
of the properties listed by colehaps Agency for extra cash on Wednesday August 31 she and Charlie
had gone to the rural property after kolhap offered to pay them to clear some brush
when they arrived he'd given them hedge clippers and a bottle of water before pointing out the areas that needed
tidying colehap then went into the garage to get something when he returned he was holding a gun
before the couple could register what was going on kolhaps shot and killed Charlie
as Alana had stared down at her boyfriend's body in shock culheb grabbed her from behind handcuffed her and bound
her ankles he apologized about killing Charlie but said he had to let Alana know he was
serious kohlhepp made her watch as he wrapped Charlie's body in the tarp then he led her to the storage container
where she was forced to stay for the next two months Alana said she was kept chained up
almost the entire time culheb would visit her at the property between 1 and 3 P.M every day and move
her from the shipping container to the apartment then he would bait her and quote make me
do whatever he wanted sexually before transferring her back to the container he'd leave for a while before returning
between 5 and 7 pm and repeating the process all over again if Alana said no to any sex acts carlhep
wanted to do he wouldn't physically force her because he claimed he didn't believe in rape
but Alana said he made it very well known why she was there and she knew that if she didn't submit to his demands
he would shoot her too sometimes kohlhepp would let Alana walk around outside for a little bit
he liked to show her the makeshift grave where he had buried Charlie's body a second empty grave laying next to it
kohlhepp told Alana if she ran away she would end up there too kolhaps said Alana was beautiful and
that's why he'd chosen her he reassured her that one day Stockholm syndrome would kick in and she would be
happy living with him too he would build a special house with a soundproof room where she would be kept
permanently Cole happened bragged to Alana that he was a serial killer and a mass murderer
he claimed that his victims numbered in the higher two digits but he planned to kill more because he dreamed of taking
hundreds of lives foreign had always been a troubled child after his parents divorced in 1973 when
he was two he was raised by his mother Regina in South Carolina Regina noticed how he struggled to play
with his peers at preschool often he would just sit in a corner the only way he seemed capable of
interacting with them was in an angry manner as he Grew Older his behavior worsened
culheb would deliberately damage other students work and was kicked out of the Boy Scouts for repeatedly misbehaving
when he asked his mother and stepfather for a pet gerbil they told him no as he already had a goldfish
culheb responded by pouring Clorox bleach into the fish tank which his parents thought he did deliberately to
kill the fish would always insist he'd just been cleaning the tank and didn't understand
that bleach was toxic another time he was reported to have shot at a dog with a BB gun
[Music] by the time kohlhepp was nine years old his reputation for having an explosive
temper and fixation with sexual content was cemented when people did something he didn't like
he lashed out once when his mother bought him a new set of bedroom furniture he destroyed it
all with a claw hammer another time he attacked a girl on his school bus after she said something that
made him angry and stabbed her in the leg his mother Regina sent him to therapy and a mental health hospital but his
behavior didn't improve kolhap hated his stepfather and repeatedly asked if he could go and live
with his biological father in Arizona he'd spent his summer with his father at age 12 after not having seen him in
eight years Regina began to wonder if her son's issues were stemming from not knowing
his dad when kolhap was in his early teens Regina finally caved and allowed him to
move to Arizona on the evening of Tuesday November 25 1986 fourteen-year-old Katie was at home
in Tempe Arizona babysitting her two younger siblings her five-year-old brother and
three-year-old sister were both sleeping so it was an easy job Katie was sitting on a love seat
studying when the doorbell rang she answered it and found 15 year old Todd kohlhab who lived Three Doors Down
Standing on her doorstep hey explained that another boy who Katie had a crush on was around the corner and
wanted to talk to her but Katie refused to leave she explained that she was babysitting
and shut the front door yet kolhap wouldn't leave after repeatedly trying to coax Katie
outside he went around the back of her house to the rear door and said just come out
hoping that if she did as he asked he would finally leave Katie stepped outside culhead pulled out a gun and held it to
her head stating you're coming with me at gunpoint he forced her out of her backyard and into an alley that ran
behind the row of houses Katie didn't even have shoes on and could feel stones and broken glass
pressing into her bare feet angry and terrified she suddenly fought back grabbing the barrel of the gun
in response cohab pulled the trigger the gun misfired if it had gone off the bullet would have
struck Katie in the head realizing kolhap wouldn't hesitate to kill her Katie didn't fight back again
at culhaps urging she walked into his home where he was staying alone while his father was away on a business trip
kohlhepp forced Katie into his bedroom then bound her hands with rope and put duct tape over her mouth
he held a knife to her throat and raped her back at Katie's house her little brother
woke up and was scared to find his sister missing the five-year-old boy called 9-1-1 and
soon police and their parents arrived at the property as they were gathered inside Katie
appeared at the back door kohlhepp had seen the police car lights from his bedroom window and panicked
Katie had begged to be allowed to leave saying she would just tell the police they'd been out looking for a missing
dog kolhap eventually agreed but said that if she said anything about what really
happened he would murder her whole family although Katie initially told her parents and the police that she'd been
looking for a dog they could see from her demeanor that something terrible had happened
after some coaxing Katie began to cry and told the truth officers immediately went to kohlhepp's
house to arrest him kolhap answered the door with the 22 caliber rifle behind his back
pulling out her own handgun an officer demanded he leave the house immediately or she would shoot him
coldhepper did as he was told and then asked I just need to know how much I am going
to get for this although he was only 15 colehab was charged as an adult he agreed to plead guilty to kidnapping
if the sexual assault charge was dropped to avoid having to go to trial after a court-ordered psychological
assessment kolhap was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder he said that he'd attacked Katie because
he was angry and wanted to rebel against these often absent father colhab's mother Regina sent a letter
requesting leniency in sentencing writing they don't stop to think that he even walked the girl home does that sound
like a dangerous criminal despite her request the judge gave colehab 15 years to be served in an
adult prison in Arizona the adult probation officer noted that Todd colehap was quote
the type of individual one with little or no conscience who presents the greatest risk to the community
in November 2001 colehap was released from prison at the age of 30. it wasn't long before he moved back to
South Carolina although he had to add his name to the state's sex offender registry kohlhepp
also set about rebuilding his life he worked as a graphic designer using vocational training he'd completed in
prison and obtained a business degree from the University of South Carolina upstate
in 2006 he applied for a South Carolina real estate license the application didn't require a
criminal background check but applicants did have to note any convictions themselves
kohlhepp explained away his felony conviction as being due to a heated breakup he'd had with his girlfriend
during the argument colehaps dog escaped and the two teenagers had to go looking
for it meanwhile his girlfriend's parents hadn't known where their daughter was and called the police
I was charged with the felony of kidnapping due to the fact that I did have a firearm on me regardless that she
didn't know about it and I had told her not to move while we talked this out coldhapp wrote
at this time Arizona was coming down very hard on Miners and anything to do with Firearms due to the heavy gang
activity out there and I received a sentence of 15 years for which I served every day no parole required
[Music] his application was approved and by 2008 kolhap was a successful real estate
agent the following year he registered his own company Todd colehap and Associates
the business grew with about a dozen agents on staff kolhap began driving BMWs and owned
multiple properties to cars and a motorbike [Music] in 2013 he achieved a childhood Dream by
obtaining his pilot's license his life appeared to be successful but there were cracks in the facade
kolhap was known to boast about his wealth and how he was an expert with firearms
he openly discussed his sex offender status while lying about how he'd received it
some potential clients instinctively found him creepy and off-putting at work he was known for openly watching
pornography in his office he had a dark sense of humor and talked about how he chased people off his
property while wearing night vision goggles and carrying guns equipped with silencers
according to colehap he owned an arsenal of weapons even though in South Carolina
it is illegal for violent felons to own firearms in the close-knit neighborhood where he
lived kohlhepp kept to himself in 2014 he bought the sprawling 95-acre property in Woodruff where Alana Jones
would be found two years later kolhap paid eighty thousand dollars to install an expansive chain link fence
and installed deer cameras and bear traps throughout the property these weren't intended to deter animals
but humans an Amazon account in Todd colehaps name revealed that around the same time he'd
bought padlocks knives targets tactical gear and gun accessories he often left reviews for these items
that hinted at how he intended to use them when reviewing a knife he wrote haven't stabbed anyone yet but I am
keeping the dream alive and when I do it will be with a Quality Tool like this for a padlock he wrote
looks great also if someone talks back go old school on them by putting this in a sock and beating them
they will not appreciate the hardened steel like you will [Music] the review for another set of padlocks
made a reference similar to one someone had posted on Charlie Carver's Facebook page while posing as him
quote now my locks have locks places Hotel California now when investigators trace the Lana's cell
phone to the vicinity of the rural property owned by colehab they'd applied for his cell phone data too
they saw that it had been in the same area repeatedly during the two months that Alana and Charlie were missing
this was enough for a search warrant to be granted while one team of investigators went to
the rural property another group headed to the house where kohlhepp lived just eight miles away
kolhap answered the front door to his red brick home dressed in a blue t-shirt and shorts
deputies informed him that they had information indicating he was the last person to have seen missing couple Alana
Jones and Charlie Carver and had a search warrant for his other property didn't seem bothered and sat on a chair
in his house as foyer while making small talk with the investigators one Deputy received a call and went
outside to take it it was a colleague who was at kohlhepp's rural property informing him how they'd
found Alana chained up in a storage container the deputy went back inside and confronted Cole hap with this
information kolhap responded by tilting his head to one side and saying excuse me
the deputy continued she has told us that you shot and killed Charlie culheb was informed that he was being
arrested when asked where Charlie's body was and why he had kidnapped Alana kolhap
replied I won an attorney probably a good thing the deputy retorted before having cold hair put in
the back of a police vehicle it didn't take authorities long to recover Charlie Carver's body from a
shallow grave on the property once Todd colhepp learned the body had been found he agreed to make a full
confession with some conditions he wanted to talk to his mother before making any more statements and asked
investigators to pass along our special picture to her he also wanted to transfer some money to
the daughter of a friend to help pay her college tuition the investigators agreed to these terms
said he targeted Alana and Charlie because he was angry with Alana he confirmed things she had already told
investigators when they asked if the empty freshly dug grave next to Charlie's had been
intended for Alana he said yes adding she came real close really asked one investigator
she has no idea kohlhepp replied more than once agreed to take investigators to the
place on his property where he'd buried two more bodies both were so badly decomposed that they
had to be identified from their tattoos and other identifying features they were married a couple Johnny and
Megan coxy who'd lived in Spartanburg and had a son together 26 year old Megan had a history of
heroin usage and was charged with neglect in late 2015 when her child tested positive for the drug
both she and Johnny were placed in jail until Megan asked her mother to bond her
out so she could work a job she wanted to fix her life and provide for her family
her mother agreed but never heard from Megan again both she and Johnny were reported
missing on Tuesday December 22 2015. with few leads the case never really got off the ground
it turned out that kohlhab had met 26 year old Megan at a waffle house where she waited tables and he liked to lurk
he gained a reputation for leaving generous tips and inviting waitresses back to his home
kolhap had creeped out most of the female staff so much that one of the male Cooks started taking his orders
instead kolhap had offered Megan money to clean his property this was the job she had
told her mother about colehab told the deputies that Johnny had jumped in with a knife trying to rob
him once they were out at the property he'd kill Johnny in self-defense by shooting him in the chest
kolhap began to panic as he knew he wasn't allowed to own guns due to his criminal record and also had illegal
drugs on the property unsure of what to do with Megan he put her in the shipping container
kolhap claimed that sometimes Megan was calm but other times she went quote batshit crazy
he insisted that he hadn't sexually assaulted Megan but investigators were unconvinced
kolhaps said that after five or six days he struck a deal with Megan he would give her four thousand dollars
and drive her to Tennessee then they would go their separate ways he said that Megan was happy as hell
with this arrangement but when kolhap checked on her the next day she tried to burn down the shipping
container and was quote going nuts he walked her outside of the container then shot her in the back of the head
kolhap assured the investigators that the similarities between the attacks against the two couples were purely
coincidental the land was supposed to be My Sanctuary not my killing field he laughed
yet it quickly became clear that kohlhepp's violent Acts were not limited to his rural property in Woodruff
following Alana Jones's rescue from the shipping container she told a police officer that kohlhepp had bragged about
being a serial killer and a mass murderer then she added he also told me that a few years back he
walked into a bike shop in Anderson and shot four people [Music] although Alana thought the shop was in
Anderson and not Chesney There was little doubt what case coal hap had been referring to
massacre at Superbike Motorsports was the most notorious Cold Case in Spartanburg County the same county where
colehap had lived and committed his other crimes carlhep also bore an uncanny resemblance
to the second sketch that had been made of The Suspect with the same downturned mouth and squinting eyes
investigators asked colehap to walk them through his dealings with the store in 2003 Todd kohlhab was in his early
30s and two years out of prison he was studying at Greenville Technical College and that same year he also
bought a motorcycle from Superbike Motorsports kohlhepp soon realized that the bike was
too big for an inexperienced motorcyclist like him he'd only owned it for two weeks when it
was stolen from out the front of the apartment complex where he lived kohlhepp received an insurance payout
and decided to buy another bike he started visiting Superbike Motorsports again to look at different
models after hearing colehap planned to replace his stolen bike the manager Brian Lucas
said to him great now we'll have another one to go pick up kohlhepp interpreted this to mean that
the store was behind the theft of his first bike he left the store but continued to Stew
about what Brian had said kolhap became angrier and angrier he continued to visit Superbike
Motorsports where he would sit on the store's bikes and eavesdrop on Scott Ponder and Brian Lucas quote
basically talk trash eventually Cole have decided to purchase a Beretta nine millimeter pistol and
went back to the store one final time on the afternoon of Thursday November 6 2003.
he inspected some bikes while scoping out the store and trying to ensure that Scott Brian and mechanic Chris Sherbert
were all there he deliberately chosen a quiet time of day as he wanted no other customers
around quote collateral damage is not cool hepb wasn't thrilled when Scott's mother
Beverly guy arrived telling investigators I prefer not to shoot women if I can but her presence didn't deter him and
finally when all four store employees were the only other people in the building colhepp told them he wanted to
buy a particular bike Scott and Brian began sorting out the paperwork while Chris Sherbert took the
motorcycle out the back to prep it after a few minutes kohlhepp followed him to the mechanics area
he pulled out his pistol and shot Chris twice in the chest fell to the ground and lay still
cohab then headed towards the front of the building just as Scott Brian and Beverly all moved to the mechanics area
to investigate the sound they just heard the three of them stood in front of kolhap
as Beverly was the closest he shot her two or three times in the chest as she fell Scott and Brian ran for the
door as they ran kohlhab shot Brian in the back they named it Scott as he was raging the parking lot
after all four victims had fallen kohlhepp went to each body and shot them in the forehead
this was a detailed investigators had withheld from the press and convinced them that kohlhab was telling the truth
a check would reveal his name had also been in the store's customer database that the original investigators had
received on the 10th anniversary of the murders kohlhepp had received one of the many
letters that were sent out to Superbike customers asking if he knew anything about the crime
he had never replied kohlhepp described the slangs as being like playing a video game and used a
military-style language to detail each action he boasted about how quick the mass
shooting had been telling the interviewing detectives I cleared that building in under 30
seconds I'm sorry but you guys would have been proud Scott Brian and Beverly's loved ones
were shocked to hear the case had finally been solved 13 years later Tom Lucas the father of Brian Lucas had
become an advocate for families in the area who lived with unsolved crimes he had been gathered with some of them
the day before Carl hepb confessed and had sensed something powerful at the time
when Tom and his wife Lorraine received a call the following day to say the perpetrator was in custody he couldn't
believe it Lorraine would later say she went completely numb [Music] Scott Ponder's wife Melissa brackman was
phoned by a detective who she had a good relationship with he instructed her to sit down then said
we got him Melissa began to cry she had made peace with the fact that she might never know who killed her
husband and the father of her son Scotty who was now nearly 13 years old Terry Guy Beverly's husband and Scott's
stepfather was also relieved but at the same time he empathized with colab's family
quote my emotions are running from Joy to crying even feeling sorry for the family
of kolhap I feel for them there was less relief for the families of Charlie Carver Johnny coxy and Megan
coxy who were only just learning that their loved ones were dead a close friend of Johnny Cox's mother
Cindy issued a statement on her behalf stating Cindy came about a year ago requesting
prayer for her son Johnny and his wife Megan who were missing we have been praying for about a year
now that they would be found and we would know what happened today they received the news
the family is in shock grieving and are not comfortable talking to anyone at this time
they have asked for people to please try and understand and give them time to heal
Todd colehap agreed to plead guilty to seven counts of murder two kidnapping charges and one count of criminal sexual
assault in exchange for his plea prosecutors took the death penalty off the table
on Friday May 26 2017 kohlhepp was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of
parole surviving victim Alana Jones did not attend due to an ongoing struggle with
post-traumatic stress disorder but the courtroom was packed with family members of those who'd been killed
they addressed him in turn [Music] in an emotional voice Scott Ponder's wife Melissa brackman stated
I have missed motorcycle riding on the back of his bike having him there to rub my pregnant belly to feel Scott Jr kick
and take him bike riding motorcycle riding I lost so much her son Scott Jr who had just finished
seventh grade said I'm always going to wonder what it would have been like if my dad was here
Megan Cox's mother Mary cried as she spoke of how her seven-year-old grandson had looked for his mother everywhere
after she disappeared then the day came when we found out where his mum was it was one of the worst Days of Our
Lives to tell him that his mum was dead outside Court Charlie Carver's parents spoke of how they hoped to heal now that
their son's killer was behind bars his mother Joanne said that for a while she couldn't think of Todd colehap
without feeling Furious but now she just considered him a sad man foreign [Music]
sentencing his lawyers had assured the court that he had no other victims but some found this hard to believe
his first serious crime had been committed when he was just 15 and he second followed only two years after his
release from prison it seemed unlikely that a repeat offender with a violent streak and an
easily triggered inferiority complex had been a law-abiding citizen between late
2003 when he committed the superbike massacre in 2015 when he murdered Johnny and Megan coxy
[Music] when he provided a detailed confession to investigators he claimed that he'd
also shot and killed a boy in Tempe Arizona when he was 14 as part of a gang initiation
[Music] kohlhepp said he couldn't recall any names investigators in Arizona looked into
this claim but weren't able to verify it they also looked into other unsolved homicides and missing persons cases
between 1983 to 1986 the years colehab was living in the area nothing else appears to have been linked
to him but there may have been another unsolved rape in Tempe that kohlhepp committed
16 days before culhapp abducted and raped his neighbor Katie in 1986 a college student in her early 20s was
attacked in her home she lived just blocks away from cohab in the early hours of the morning she
awoke to a man standing over her sticking duct tape on her mouth he bound and then raped her
the woman would later say he was like an awkward fumbly teenager as though he didn't know what he was doing
Katie later described him the same way after the assault the man whispered that he would kill the woman if she told the
police then left the victim did call police however and they came over to take a statement and
evidence she never heard from them again and records show the evidence was destroyed
two years later decades later the story of Todd Cole have serial killings and previous rape
conviction made national news and the victim wondered if he was responsible for the crime against her as well
Alana Jones said kohlhepp had bragged that his victims numbered in the higher double digits though it wasn't clear if
this was just him boasting following his sentencing in 2017 he told authorities in South Carolina that he'd
actually killed two more people he'd buried them near Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County and agreed to take
investigators to the spot as of late 2022 this claim has not been confirmed there have been no updates as to whether
any remains were found in 2018 a South Carolina man named Dustin Lawson pleaded guilty to 36
federal firearms charges after admitting he'd illegally sold guns and silencers to Todd kolhap
Lawson had been aware that kohlhab had a previous felony conviction and wasn't permitted to own firearms
he was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison Alana Jones and a number of victims
family members filed civil suits against Todd kohlhepp seeking damages a judge ordered that kohlheppey Alana
6.3 million dollars other victims were also awarded significant amounts call heps of various assets were
auctioned off and the money distributed amongst the victims but his assets weren't enough to cover the amount he'd
been ordered to pay to this day the families of cohab's victims communicate in a group chat
together those who lost loved ones in the superbike Motorsports murders have offered support to the families of coal
Hap's later victims Terry guy who lost both his wife and stepson in the superbike murders formed
a strong bond with the sister of victim Brian Lucas the two grieved together and found
comfort in each other eventually they fell in love and married for Melissa brackman there was a lot of
sorrow in the fact that her husband never got to meet his son Scotty but Scotty was also away for Scott to
live on as Melissa told a journalist from the CBS program 48 hours quote I got to hold a piece of him again
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Case 229: The Killer Realtor

On November 6 2003, a customer entered the Superbike Motorsports dealership in Chesnee, South Carolina. Nothing could prepare them for the grisly scene inside. Four employees had been gunned down in cold blood - Scott Ponder, Beverly Guy, Brian Lucas, and Chris Sherbert.

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Brief Summary

The episode details the Superbike Motorsports murders and Todd Kohlhepp's confession, revealing complex relationships and emotional fallout for victims' families.

Key points

The Gruesome Discovery. Noel Lee finds the bodies of his friends at Superbike Motorsports, leading to a 911 call.
A Shocking Paternity Test. Melissa discovers her son Scotty is not biologically related to Scott Ponder.
Melissa's Vindication. Melissa Brackman is cleared of suspicion after DNA tests prove her husband's identity.
Kelly Sisk's Shocking Discovery. Kelly Sisk realizes he was at the scene of a quadruple homicide just moments before it happened.
The Disturbing Facebook Posts. Charlie's Facebook account starts posting odd messages after his disappearance, alarming friends and family.
Breakthrough in the Investigation. Investigators discover Charlie Carver's car dumped on a rural property, leading to a significant breakthrough.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Apparently everyone's been shot up here!

Noel Lee calls 9-1-1 after discovering the bodies.

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