A YOUNG MOTHER STABBED TO DEATH IN HER OWN HOME...
THIS WAS, BY FAR, THE WORST CRIME SCENE
I HAD EVER WALKED INTO.
A FAMILY TORN APART...
SHE WAS A GREAT MOM.
HER TWIN DAUGHTERS LEFT ALONE...
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NO CHILD SHOULD EVER HAVE TO ENDURE.
POLICE RUN DOWN LEAD AFTER LEAD.
BUT THEY CAN'T FIND THE KILLER.
HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
BUT THERE'S ONE WITNESS
THAT BLOWS THE CASE WIDE-OPEN...
A BIG BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE. THERE WAS A SENSE OF,
"OKAY, THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE NOW."
A WITNESS THAT PROVIDES CLUES
TO THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT WHO KILLED NIKKI WHITEHEAD.
CONYERS, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2010,
STARTED OUT AS JUST ANOTHER DAY ON PATROL
FOR ROCKDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY AL IRWIN...
HELP!
...UNTIL TWIN SISTERS
JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH WHITEHEAD FLAG IRWIN DOWN IN A PANIC.
THEY TELL IRWIN, THEIR MOTHER, NIKKI, HAS BEEN MURDERED.
RIGHT. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE'S SO MUCH BLOOD! THERE'S SO MUCH BLOOD!
GIRLS, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS? WHERE IS SHE?
SEND BACKUP TO 17 ELM STREET NORTHWEST.
COME ON, GIRLS, IN THE CAR.
UNIT 770 RESPONDING.
IRWIN CALLS FOR BACKUP AND TAKES THE TWINS
BACK TO THE GATED COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE.
HEY, GIRLS. JUST HANG TIGHT.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY, ALL RIGHT?
DETECTIVES KEN SWIFT AND JACKIE DUNN
ARE FIRST THROUGH THE DOOR.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE HOUSE,
YOU COULD IMMEDIATELY SEE
THE POOLS OF BLOOD ON THE CARPET,
THE DRAG MARKS IN THE CARPET FROM THE CARPET
INTO THE MASTER BEDROOM.
YOU COULD SEE THE BLOOD SPLATTER,
THE DROPLETS THAT WERE ON THE WALLS, ON THE COUCH,
ON THE CEILING, ON COFFEE TABLES.
SHE HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED.
YOU COULD SMELL THE BLOOD EVERYWHERE IN THE HOUSE,
LIKE WET, RUSTING METAL IN THE AIR.
IT WAS THAT STRONG.
THIS WAS, BY FAR, THE WORST CRIME SCENE
I HAD EVER WALKED INTO.
PAMELA WHITE SPEAKING. JUST ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
25 MILES AWAY, IN ATLANTA,
NIKKI'S MOTHER, LYNDA WHITEHEAD,
GETS THE CALL THAT EVERY PARENT DREADS.
HELLO? MRS. WHITEHEAD.
I ANSWERED THE PHONE, AND THAT WAS THE WORST PHONE CALL
I HAVE EVER RECEIVED IN MY LIFE.
YACKER,
WHO WAS MY DAUGHTER'S FRIEND, WAS ON THE OTHER END.
AND SHE WAS TELLING ME
THAT SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO NIKKI
WHEN SHE WAS AT HOME.
AT THAT POINT, I WAS SO NERVOUS.
I WAS SHAKING.
I WAS JUST CRYING. I JUST -- I JUST...
I COULDN'T CONTAIN MYSELF.
WE RODE OUT TO CONYERS.
I SAW A WHOLE LOT OF POLICE.
AND I WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE GATE.
AND POLICE ASKED ME, HE SAID,
"MA'AM, DO YOU STAY HERE?"
AND I SAID, "NO. MY DAUGHTER DOES."
AND HE SAID, "MS. WHITEHEAD." HE SAID, "WELL, THE ONLY THING
I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT...
SHE HAS EXPIRED."
I WAS SO NUMB AND...
JUST...
I JUST THOUGHT THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT
WAS MY CHILD NOT BEING HERE.
NIKKI WHITEHEAD WAS A 34-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF TWO.
SHE WAS DEVOTED TO HER TWIN DAUGHTERS,
JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH.
SHE WAS A GREAT MOM.
SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR MANNERS,
HOW THEY LOOKED.
THEY ATTENDED CHURCH.
SHE HAD THEM IN TENNIS.
SHE HAD THEM IN BALLET, PIANO LESSONS.
SHE WAS A GREAT, GREAT MOTHER.
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
NIKKI'S FAMILY IS RACKED WITH SHOCK AND GRIEF.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE SCENE HERE,
AND WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT...
INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO START HUNTING DOWN A KILLER.
THE BRUTALITY OF THE KILLING CONVINCES POLICE
THAT THIS CRIME WAS PERSONAL BUSINESS.
WHOEVER WAS STABBING HER
WAS REALLY EXPRESSING THEIR ANGER IN THIS STABBING,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE CLUES.
NOT A STRANGER.
MORE THAN LIKELY, SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO HER.
THE FIRST PERSON POLICE NEED TO SPEAK TO
IS THE MAN NIKKI AND THE TWINS LIVED WITH,
A TRUCK DRIVER NAMED ROBERT HEAD.
THEY HAD BEEN TOGETHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME,
AND HE RAISED JAS AND TAS LIKE HIS OWN.
I MEAN, HE LOVED JAS AND TAS.
BUT ROBERT HEAD HAS LEFT TOWN.
THE DETECTIVES NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM.
WE BEGAN TO CALL ROBERT IMMEDIATELY,
AND WERE UNABLE TO GET AHOLD OF HIS CELLPHONE.
YOU? YOU GOT ANYTHING?
WHILE THE INVESTIGATION TEAM
TRIES TO GET HOLD OF HEAD,
FORENSIC TEAMS SWARM THE HOUSE,
LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WILL LEAD THEM TO THE KILLER.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS,
ESPECIALLY A MURDER, THE CLOCK ALWAYS STARTS TICKING.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT BEGIN TO DETERIORATE
VERY QUICKLY OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
ESPECIALLY CONCERNING BLOOD AND OTHER BODILY FLUIDS.
THAT CLOCK IS ALWAYS TICKING IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD.
THE APPARENT MURDER WEAPON WAS JUST A VASE.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN...
JUST THE VASE? ...FAIRLY QUIETLY.
ALL THE WINDOWS ARE CLOSED.
TAKE A LOOK.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF A BREAK-IN.
YOU GOT SOMETHING THERE, TECH?
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE EVEN TRIED TO CLEAN UP.
WE TOOK LUMINOL AND SPRAYED IT.
IT'S A CHEMICAL THAT REVEALS BLOOD.
EVEN IF SOMEBODY'S TRIED TO CLEAN IT UP,
YOU'LL USUALLY SEE IT.
SO WE KNOW THERE WAS SOME TIME
SPENT TRYING TO CLEAN UP A LITTLE BIT.
WHILE CSI PROCESSES THE SCENE,
THE DETECTIVES NEED TO FIND OUT IF ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS
SAW OR HEARD ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP THEM FIND THE KILLER.
I HAVE A SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT,
AND I CALLED THEM IN,
AND I GOT THEM TO BEGIN
CANVASSING DOOR TO DOOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU SEE THIS, DETECTIVE?
AS WE WERE DOING THE CANVASS,
WE NOTICED A BLOTCH OF BLOOD ON THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
I WANT PHOTOGRAPHS. YEAH.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE FORENSICS
GETS A GOOD LOOK AT THIS BEFORE IT GETS SPOILED
IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT.
BLOOD ON THE NEIGHBOR'S DOOR.
THE POLICE HAVE TO WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR.
LOOK FOR SOME CAMERAS.
OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE HAVE CAMERAS.
WHERE? HAVE A LOOK.
BUT THEN, THEY SEE SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT GIVE THEM THEIR FIRST BIG CLUE.
WHAT'S THAT RIGHT THERE?
THAT SECURITY CAMERA JUST MIGHT SHOW WHAT HAPPENED
DURING NIKKI WHITEHEAD'S LAST MOMENTS ALIVE.
POLICE IN CONYERS, GEORGIA,
ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO BRUTALLY MURDERED
MOTHER-OF-TWO NIKKI WHITEHEAD.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE TWO MAJOR LEADS IN THE CASE.
FIRST, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND NIKKI'S MISSING PARTNER,
ROBERT HEAD.
AND THEY'VE JUST FOUND BLOOD IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE --
THE FRONT DOOR OF NIKKI'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR.
GOOD MORNING.
EVERYBODY IS A SUSPECT AT FIRST.
FRIENDS, FAMILY, BOYFRIENDS, HUSBANDS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT?
ANYTHING STRANGE HAPPEN HERE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS?
INVESTIGATORS QUESTION THE NEIGHBOR.
SO, WE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBOR.
THE NEIGHBOR REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS STILL IN BED THAT MORNING
AND THAT HE HAD HEARD SOMEBODY KNOCK AT THE DOOR.
DID YOU COME TO THE DOOR AND ANSWER IT
AND SEE WHO WAS AT THAT DOOR?
AND HE HAD JUST DISCOUNTED IT.
THE NEIGHBOR SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH NIKKI'S MURDER.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HIS WORD FOR IT.
HE AGREES TO TURN OVER VIDEO FROM HIS SURVEILLANCE CAMERA.
LET ME KNOW THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY
GOT SOME FOOTAGE FOR US TO LOOK AT.
SO FINGERS CROSSED HERE.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
THE NEIGHBOR SAYS SOMEONE KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR
EARLIER THAT MORNING.
OKAY.
THE TAPE COULD RULE THE NEIGHBOR OUT OR IN AS A SUSPECT.
THE FOOTAGE IS USELESS.
THE CCTV CAMERA WAS POINTING THE WRONG WAY.
WITH NO USABLE VIDEO AND NO OTHER EVIDENCE,
THE POLICE CAN'T TIE THE NEIGHBOR TO THE CRIME.
BUT WITH THE CLOCK TICKING AND A KILLER ON THE LOOSE,
SWIFT AND DUNN TURN TO NIKKI'S TWIN DAUGHTERS.
WE BROUGHT THEM UPSTAIRS AND SAT THEM DOWN
IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM,
WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF RELAX.
I KNOW.
WHEN WE FIRST SAW THEM
JASMIYAH WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT,
WAS CRYING YOU KNOW, "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED."
WE'LL BE OKAY.
I WANT GRANDMA.
YOU HAVE TWO YOUNG TWIN DAUGHTERS
WHO COME HOME FROM SCHOOL
TO FIND A GRISLY MURDER SCENE IN THEIR HOUSE
AND THEIR MOM DECEASED.
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL SORRY FOR THEM
AND FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NO CHILD SHOULD EVER HAVE TO ENDURE.
WHEN WE GOT THEM HERE,
THE FIRST THING I ASKED THEM IS,
COULD THEY TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?
"JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING OF YOUR DAY."
MOM?
DON'T WE HAVE THAT SPANISH EXAM TODAY?
YES.
I DIDN'T EVEN PRACTICE ANYTHING.
THEY LEFT TO GO CATCH A BUS.
YEAH. WHATEVER.
WHEN THEY GOT TO THE BUS STOP,
THEY REALIZED THEY HAD MISSED THE BUS.
AND INSTEAD OF GOING BACK
AND ASKING THEIR MOTHER FOR A RIDE,
THEY HAD DECIDED TO WALK TO SCHOOL.
THEY TOLD US THEY WERE THERE BY FIRST PERIOD.
SO BASICALLY, THEY DIDN'T MISS ANY OF THEIR DAY'S SCHOOL.
YES.
OKAY.
AND WHEN THEY COME HOME, ONE OF THE TWINS SAID
THEY WENT INSIDE.
AND WAS LIKE...
- VICKI LIKES EVERYONE. - YEAH.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
NOTICED THE LIGHT TO HER ROOM WAS ON.
WENT TO HER ROOM AND THEN HEARD THE OTHER ONE SCREAMING.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY RAN OUTSIDE...
AND RAN INTO A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEPUTY
THAT HAPPENED TO BE DRIVING BY.
THE TWINS ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY DISTRESSED.
IT'S JUST REALLY GUT-WRENCHING.
IT REALLY PULLS YOUR HEART
BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE BEING 16
AND COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL
AND NOT JUST YOUR MOTHER'S MURDER
BUT SUCH A VIOLENT SCENE THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE.
POLICE ASK THE TWINS
IF THEIR MOM FELT THREATENED BY ANYONE.
YOU HAVE ANY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT CAME OVER OFTEN?
THEIR MOM DIDN'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES.
BUT SHE DID HAVE A SECRET.
- ...WAS COMING IN. - REALLY?
HIS NAME WAS JOE CARTER.
- YEAH. - ALL RIGHT.
A BOYFRIEND HER FIANCé, ROBERT HEAD,
DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
THE TWINS TOLD US THAT NIKKI ALSO HAD A BOYFRIEND
ON THE SIDE OTHER THAN ROBERT.
WAS NIKKI WHITEHEAD
INVOLVED IN A DEADLY LOVE TRIANGLE
WITH ROBERT HEAD AND JOE CARTER?
HOW DID YOUR MOM AND JOE GET ALONG?
THEY WERE ARGUING.
THEY WERE ARGUING? YEAH.
THEY HAD HEARD HER SCREAMING INTO THE PHONE,
TELLING JOE NOT TO COME TO HER HOUSE.
SHE WAS STRESSED ABOUT IT.
IT SAYS, "HEY. PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.
THIS IS... IT'S TWO JEALOUS MEN,
YOU KNOW, OVER THE SAME WOMAN."
- HE'S LIKE A MEN'S HAIRDRESSER? - YEAH.
- HE'S A BARBER, YOU MEAN. - YEAH.
THIS IS A, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A GOOD CHANCE OR SOMETHING GOOD
TO FOLLOW UP ON.
IN CONYERS, GEORGIA, DETECTIVES HAVE ANOTHER SUSPECT
IN THE BRUTAL MURDER OF NIKKI WHITEHEAD.
NIKKI HAS BEEN TWO-TIMING HER MISSING FIANCé, ROBERT HEAD,
WITH A BARBER NAMED JOE CARTER.
HE'S A SIDE LOVE INTEREST
MUCH YOUNGER THAN MR. HEAD,
WHO IS ABLE TO PROVIDE MS. WHITEHEAD
WITH A HOME FOR HER AND HER DAUGHTERS.
SO YES.
HE WAS A PERSON OF INTEREST.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT AND FOUND MR. CARTER
THAT SAME NIGHT.
IT WAS WELL INTO THE EVENING.
THE BARBER SHOP WAS ACTUALLY CLOSED.
AND THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS STANDING OUT FRONT.
EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
AND SO SERGEANT MOON AND I WALKED UP TO THEM
AND MADE CONTACT WITH THEM...
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MAN BY THE NAME OF JOE CARTER.
WOULD YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHO HE IS?
...TRYING TO SEE IF ONE OF THEM WAS, IN FACT JOE.
HAVE YOU HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE?
IF I KNEW IT, I WOULD TELL YOU.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
ALL THE GENTLEMEN STANDING OUTSIDE,
THEY DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO US.
HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE?
NOTHING AT ALL? NO.
WELL, WE'RE THE COPS...
AND WE JUST SIMPLY CAME OUT AND SAID IT THAT,
"HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR JOE CARTER.
WE NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT MS. WHITEHEAD.
SHE'S BEEN MURDERED."
AT THAT POINT, YOU COULD TELL INSTANTLY
WHO MR. CARTER WAS.
THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH US TONIGHT.
WE JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT MS. WHITEHEAD.
CARTER APPEARS TO BE SHOCKED.
BUT THE POLICE WANT TO QUESTION HIM.
WE BEGIN TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS...
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.
WANTED TO ASK YOU WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER WAS.
...WHERE HE HAD BEEN THE LAST 48 HOURS,
THE NATURE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MS. WHITEHEAD.
YOU DON'T THINK I DID IT, DO YOU?
WELL, SIR, WE JUST GOT TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
CARTER DOESN'T WANT TO BE A SUSPECT IN A MURDER.
SHE CAME BY MY PLACE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
HE TALKS.
SHE CAME TO MY PLACE.
SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS...
HE TELLS INVESTIGATORS THAT, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MURDER,
NIKKI HAD COME TO HIS HOUSE
RIGHT AFTER HER FASHION CLASS WAS OVER.
WE NEED TO TALK.
THAT'S WHERE HE TOLD NIKKI
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HER ANYMORE.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM SOME PROBLEMS.
HOW ARE YOU NOT GETTING THIS? WE'VE MOVED ON.
I'VE MOVED ON. PLEASE DO THE SAME.
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH.
NIKKI WAS FURIOUS
AND STORMED OUT OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING.
HE SAYS THAT WAS THE LAST TIME
HE EVER SAW NIKKI WHITEHEAD ALIVE.
IS HE TELLING THE TRUTH?
POLICE DISCOVER A WAY TO FIND OUT.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE...
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TRAINED ON THE FRONT DOOR
TO CARTER'S CONDO BUILDING.
- WHAT DO YOU SEE, SWIFT? - NOTHING YET.
DETECTIVES SWIFT AND DUNN
FAST-FORWARD TO 10:30 P.M.,
THE TIME WHEN CARTER CLAIMS THAT NIKKI ARRIVED.
THEY WAIT AND WATCH.
OKAY. THERE SHE IS. SHE'S ARRIVING.
WHAT TIME IS THAT ON YOUR SCREEN?
THAT'S HER. 10:30.
JUST LIKE CARTER CLAIMED,
NIKKI ARRIVES AROUND 10:30 P.M.
CAN YOU SPEED IT UP?
LET'S SEE WHAT TIME SHE LEAVES.
- WHAT TIME IS THAT? -11:01.
11:01. SHE'S LEAVING.
THERE YOU GO.
AND HALF AN HOUR LATER,
THERE SHE IS AGAIN,
LEAVING EXACTLY WHEN CARTER SAID SHE DID.
HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH ON THAT ONE.
BUT THE POLICE ARE STILL NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED.
STILL UNEASY ABOUT THAT.
THE CCTV ONLY PROVES NIKKI WAS THERE WHEN HE SAID SHE WAS.
CARTER COULD STILL BE THE KILLER.
I STILL SAY WE GET A POLY ON HIM.
THE POLICE ASK HIM TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST.
YOU MEET WITH THE POLYGRAPHER.
IN REFERENCE TO NIKKI'S DEATH, ARE YOU GOING TO ANSWER...
THEN THEY HOOK THEIR PULSE UP
AND DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS THAT THEY TAKE.
AND A POLYGRAPHER WILL ASK THEM THE QUESTION.
AND IT MEASURES A RESPONSE.
THEY'RE VERY SKILLED AT IT.
BEFORE 2009, HAVE YOU EVER USED A WEAPON TO HURT ANYONE?
CARTER DENIES HE'S THE KILLER.
THE TEST IS COMPLETE.
BUT WHILE INVESTIGATORS WAIT FOR RESULTS...
I THINK WE SHOULD GET TO THE CHASE.
THIS WAS A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER WITH NIKKI.
WHOEVER MURDERED HER FOUGHT WITH HER.
AND THAT LIFE-AND-DEATH FIGHT SURELY LEFT TELLTALE MARKS
ON THE KILLER'S BODY.
MR. CARTER, COULD I PLEASE ASK YOU TO STAND FOR US?
WE KNOW NIKKI WAS FIGHTING DEFENSIVELY.
AND SHE HAD FINGERNAILS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE
SCRATCH MARKS, BITE MARKS, ET CETERA.
AND JUST LIFT YOUR SHIRT FOR US.
HE LOOKS CLEAN.
THERE ISN'T A MARK ON HIM.
YEAH. THANK YOU.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POLYGRAPH?
HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
THE POLYGRAPHER WAS VERY CONFIDENT THAT
JOE WAS BEING TRUTHFUL.
CARTER HAS NO INJURIES,
AND HE'S PASSED THE LIE DETECTOR TEST.
IT LOOKS LIKE JOE CARTER IS OFF THE HOOK.
WITH CARTER IN THE CLEAR,
THE POLICE HAVE JUST ONE SUSPECT LEFT --
NIKKI'S TRUCK DRIVER FIANCé, ROBERT HEAD.
BUT HEAD LEFT TOWN ON THE MORNING OF THE MURDER
AND HASN'T BEEN HEARD FROM SINCE.
HIS CELLPHONE ISN'T ANSWERING, AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE HE IS.
MURDER VICTIM NIKKI WHITEHEAD'S SECRET LOVER,
JOE CARTER, IS OFF THE HOOK,
LEAVING INVESTIGATORS IN CONYERS, GEORGIA,
WITHOUT A PRIME SUSPECT.
THAT LEADS THEM BACK TO SQUARE ONE,
RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT NIKKI'S OTHER LOVE INTEREST,
ROBERT HEAD.
IT'S VERY REASONABLE FOR ANYONE TO THINK THAT ROBERT WOULD BE
FURIOUS FINDING OUT ABOUT JOE.
BUT HEAD HAS BEEN OUT OF TOWN SINCE THE MORNING OF THE MURDER.
AND WHAT'S MORE, HE'S NOT ANSWERING HIS CELLPHONE.
THE DETECTIVES NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM URGENTLY.
AND THEN...
HELLO?
HELLO. YES.
ROBERT HEAD?
YEAH. THIS IS ROBERT HEAD.
WHO'S THIS?
THIS IS CAPTAIN JACKIE DUNN.
SO, WE TALKED TO ROBERT VIA PHONE.
AND HE EXPLAINED TO US THAT HE WAS OUT IN THE MIDWEST.
YEAH?
WHEN THEY FINALLY TELL HEAD WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FIANCéE,
HE SEEMS GENUINELY SHOCKED.
WHAT?
BUT ROBERT HEAD WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST KILLER
TO ACT SURPRISED WHEN FACING POLICE QUESTIONS.
IF HE WAS ON THE ROAD AND HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY
WHEN NIKKI WAS KILLED, AS HE CLAIMS,
THERE SHOULD BE A RECORD OF IT.
CHIEF? YES?
THE GPS COORDINATES.
GREAT. THANK YOU.
HEAD'S TRUCKING COMPANY SENDS OVER THE GPS DATA.
AND IT CONFIRMS THAT HIS TRUCK WAS OUT OF STATE
AT THE TIME OF NIKKI'S MURDER.
YEAH. YEAH. I'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION NOW.
WE NEED TO RUN...
BUT IT DOESN'T PROVE THAT HEAD WAS DRIVING.
YEAH. 15 MINUTES TO TOWN. THANK YOU.
IT'S POSSIBLE SOMEONE ELSE WAS DRIVING,
GIVING ROBERT HEAD AN ALIBI.
THE DATA SHOWS THAT HEAD'S TRUCK
STOPPED FOR GAS IN SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA,
AT AROUND 8:30 ON THE MORNING OF THE MURDER.
AND GAS STATIONS HAVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
NOW THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE
WHETHER HEAD WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING THAT TRUCK.
THEY LOAD UP THE GAS STATION SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE.
ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU SPEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT UNTIL WE GET
THE ACTUAL TRUCK IN VIEW?
WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THAT TRUCK,
I WANT YOU TO FREEZE ON HIS FACE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION IT'S ROBERT HEAD.
HE WAS 550 MILES AWAY FROM CONYERS, IN INDIANA,
WHEN NIKKI WAS MURDERED, JUST AS HE CLAIMED.
IT'S BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR DUNN AND HIS MEN.
WITH THE CASE STALLING,
INVESTIGATORS GO BACK TO THE CRIME SCENE,
LOOKING FOR THE ONE THING
THAT MIGHT HELP THEM SOLVE THIS CASE.
I TOOK SOME OF MY SPECIAL OPERATION OFFICERS.
AND I HAD THEM LITERALLY WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS THEY WALKED, THEY LOOKED FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
THEY SPOT A SECURITY CAMERA
AT A GAS STATION ON WEST AVENUE,
THE ROAD OPPOSITE NIKKI'S GATED COMMUNITY.
ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT DO WE GOT, SWIFT?
CAMERA BACK THERE, CAMERA OVER HERE.
WE'VE HAVE A COUPLE AROUND HERE.
MAYBE WE CAN CHECK THE FOOTAGE ON THAT.
WELL, WE NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?
IT'S A LONG SHOT,
BUT INVESTIGATORS HOPE TO SEE SOMETHING,
ANYTHING THAT LEADS THEM TO NIKKI'S KILLER.
APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS FOR US.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU GUYS KEEP THIS ON A 24-HOUR LOOP.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
THEY BEGIN TO GO THROUGH THE FOOTAGE
FROM THE MORNING OF NIKKI'S MURDER.
CAN YOU, UM, REWIND IT?
WE'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
THEY SCROLL BACK.
STILL NOTHING.
NOTHING ON THAT.
NOTHING.
THEY GO FORWARD.
IF ONLY WE HAD A LUCKY BREAK.
WHAT'S THAT THERE?
OKAY. HOLD IT. HOLD IT RIGHT THERE.
IT'S NIKKI'S TWIN DAUGHTERS, JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH.
LOOK AT THAT, SWIFT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THEIR VIDEO, WE SEE THE TWINS
GO UP TO A VEHICLE AND SPEAK TO THE DRIVER FOR A MINUTE
AND THEN GET INTO THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AWAY.
WHO'S DRIVING THE CAR?
AND WHAT CONNECTION DOES HE HAVE TO NIKKI'S TWIN DAUGHTERS?
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GET A COPY OF THIS TAPE
'CAUSE WE GOT TO BRING IT BACK.
WE GOT TO BLOW IT UP.
IT WAS A BIG BREAKTHROUGH IN THE CASE.
THERE WAS A SENSE OF, "OKAY. THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE NOW."
WE COULD TELL THAT THE CAR WAS UNIQUE --
WHITE HOOD WITH A BLUE BUMPER.
SO WE DISTRIBUTED WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A BOLO
IF YOU SEE THIS CAR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY GIVE US A CALL.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE THE CAR IS SPOTTED IN THE NEXT TOWN.
THE DRIVER IS A MIDDLE-AGED MAN NAMED ROBERT LEONARD.
WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO MR. LEONARD
HE CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS JUST FILLING UP GAS
WHEN BOTH JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH
APPROACHED HIM AND ASKED HIM FOR A RIDE TO SCHOOL.
LEONARD SAYS HE DROPPED THE TWINS OFF
AT SCHOOL ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER.
THE POLICE DON'T BUY LEONARD'S STORY.
YOU HAVE A GROWN MAN DRIVING A CAR AT A GAS STATION,
AND TWO COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR
16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS COME UP TO YOU AND ASK YOU FOR A RIDE.
I WOULD GUESS THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY NO.
LEONARD AGREES TO LET THE POLICE SEARCH HIS CAR.
IT'S CLEAN. NO BLOOD, NO SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE.
BUT HE'S NOT OFF THE HOOK.
IF HE DROPPED THE GIRLS OFF AT SCHOOL,
THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A RECORD OF IT.
PEOPLE CAN LIE.
VIDEO CAMERAS DON'T.
AND ROCKDALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS EXCELLENT CCTV.
- HERE, YOUR SHOT, YOU HAVE... - THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE ONE?
'CAUSE WE'LL NEED TO SEE THE PARKING LOT.
THEY CUE THE TAPE UP TO 8:00 A.M.,
THE TIME THE TWINS SAID THEY GOT TO SCHOOL.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF LEONARD'S CAR OR THE TWINS.
8:30, STILL NO SIGN OF THE CAR.
9:30...
10:00...
WHERE IS LEONARD'S CAR?
AND WHERE ARE JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH?
CAN YOU REWIND THAT?
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT CAR?
SURE DO. LEONARD'S CAR.
AT 10:16, THEY SEE LEONARD'S CAR
WITH ITS DISTINCTIVE WHITE HOOD AND BLUE BUMPER
PULL UP AT THE SCHOOL GATE.
10:16.25. 10:16.25.
OKAY. UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED A SHOT OF THE FRONT FOYER
TO SEE WHO GETS OUT OF THAT CAR.
CAN YOU DO THAT?
YES, WE CAN.
IT'LL BE ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER. SO CAN YOU PLAY IT FROM...
RIGHT HERE? ...10:17?
YEAH. IS THAT THE FRONT FOYER?
YES.
IT'S JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH WALKING INTO THEIR SCHOOL.
LEONARD IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
BUT SOMETHING IS BOTHERING DUNN.
DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION, THE GIRLS CLAIMED
THEY'D ARRIVED AT SCHOOL AT 8:00 A.M.
BUT THE TAPE SHOWS THEY WALKED IN AT 10:17 A.M.
SO THEY MISSED TWO CLASSES.
AND IN THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH US,
THEY WERE ADAMANT THAT THEY DIDN'T MISS ANY CLASSES
AND THAT THEY GOT THERE, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER 8:00.
SOMEONE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
THEIR STORIES ARE NOT ADDING UP.
WHEN THEY GAVE US THIS STORY THAT DECEIVED US AS TO TIME,
THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE BEGINNING TO SAY,
"WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TWINS A LOT CLOSER."
CONYERS DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING THE BRUTAL MURDER
OF NIKKI WHITEHEAD.
THEY HAVE NO LEADS AND NO SUSPECTS.
BUT THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED THAT HIGH SCHOOL CCTV FOOTAGE
HAS PROVED THAT NIKKI'S TWIN DAUGHTERS,
JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH, LIED TO THEM ABOUT
THE TIME THEY ARRIVED AT SCHOOL ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER.
SOMETHING IS NOT ADDING UP.
DETECTIVE CARSON AND I JUST NEED TO BACK THIS UP A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE UNCLEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU'VE TOLD US.
LET'S JUST GO BACK THROUGH IT. SO...
HE ASKS THEM AGAIN WHAT TIME THEY SHOWED UP FOR SCHOOL.
YOU DIDN'T GET TO SCHOOL TILL 10:30.
IT WAS 10:30, RIGHT?
10:15. YEAH. 10:15.
THIS TIME, JAS AND TAS TELL POLICE THAT THEY'D ACTUALLY
OVERSLEPT ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WENT INTO SCHOOL LATE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS BEFORE?
THIS IS ALL BRAND-NEW INFORMATION, THOUGH, ISN'T IT?
SWIFT PROBES DEEPER.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE TWINS CHANGE THEIR STORY ONCE AGAIN.
MISSING THREE CLASSES, WHICH YOU NEGLECTED TO TELL US.
THEY SAY THAT THEY'D ARGUED WITH THEIR MOM, NIKKI,
THE VERY MORNING SHE WAS MURDERED.
REAL MURDERER, OKAY? YEAH.
IT'S SOMETHING THEY NEVER MENTIONED BEFORE.
- EXACTLY. - YEAH, SO LET'S FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
WE JUST LOST OUR MOM. AND NOW, YOU'RE -- YOU'RE...
WE TALKED TO THEM KIND OF INTO THE NIGHT,
DISCUSSING ALL THIS BUT KIND OF CONFRONTING
WITH SOME OF THEIR DISCREPANCIES.
WE BEGIN TRYING TACTICS,
INTERVIEW TACTICS SUCH AS
WE'LL TELL JAS, "HEY, JAS. TAS SAID THIS"...
TRYING TO SEE IF THAT WILL THROW THEM OFF
AND GET THEM TO COME TO A DIFFERENT STATEMENT.
AS THE IMPLICATION
OF THE CCTV FOOTAGE BECOMES CLEAR,
THE TWINS' STORY KEEPS CHANGING.
DUNN BRINGS THE TWINS BACK TOGETHER.
WHY ARE THEY LYING?
I BEGAN TO TURN IT MORE INTO AN INTERROGATION
WHERE I WAS CONFRONTING THEM WITH THE DISCREPANCIES.
AS THE PRESSURE BUILDS ON THE GIRLS,
THEIR ATTITUDE CHANGES.
THE FOOTAGE ON THE CAMERAS DO NOT LIE.
THIS IS SOME KIND OF **** JOKE, RIGHT?
THAT CHARM LEFT THEM REAL QUICK.
- ARE YOU KIDDING ME? - SERIOUSLY?
DO I LOOK LIKE I'M KIDDING?
AND THEY TURNED INTO TWO LITTLE HOSTILE,
YOUNG LADIES THAT I WAS AMAZED
AT HOW MUCH HOSTILITY COULD COME OUT OF THEM
AND HOW MUCH CONTRAST THAT WAS
TO HOW SWEET THEY HAD BEEN EARLIER
WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO MANIPULATE.
- MY ATTITUDE. - THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
WITH OUR ATTITUDE.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT MAKES THEM EVEN MORE SUSPICIOUS.
THE ENTIRE TIME I'M INTERVIEWING, WE'RE INSIDE.
IT'S A COMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
THEY'RE WEARING GLOVES AND STILL HAVE THEIR JACKET ON.
AND I KNEW, EVENTUALLY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET HER
TO TAKE THOSE GLOVES OFF AND GET THAT JACKET OFF
SO I CAN LOOK AT HER HANDS AND ARMS.
DETECTIVE CARSON ISOLATES THE TWINS
FROM EACH OTHER AGAIN.
THEN, HE ASKS JAS TO TAKE OFF HER GLOVES AND COAT.
EVENTUALLY, I HAD TO REMOVE THE GLOVES AND THE JACKET.
AND THERE, I COULD SEE SCRATCHES AND BITE MARKS ON HER ARM.
THE VETERAN DETECTIVE HAS SEEN
MARKS LIKE THESE BEFORE.
THEY LOOK LIKE DEFENSIVE WOUNDS,
THE KIND SOMEONE MAKES WHEN THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE.
AND BOTH TWINS HAVE THEM.
THE NATURE OF THE INJURY WAS SUCH THAT IT WAS CAUSED
BY SOMEONE WHO HAD A PARTICULAR SET OF TEETH...
...SPECIFICALLY A GAP IN THE TEETH.
BOTH JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH
DID NOT HAVE THAT GAP IN THEIR TEETH.
AND NIKKI DID.
IT'S ALMOST TOO HORRIFIC TO BE TRUE.
BUT JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH JUST BECAME PRIME SUSPECTS
IN THE STABBING OF THEIR OWN MOTHER.
THIS IS WHAT -- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I -- I GOT THEM IN THE...
POLICE RETURN ONCE MORE TO THE WHITEHEADS' HOME,
THIS TIME TO SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE
LINKING NIKKI'S TWIN DAUGHTERS TO THE KILLING.
BEFORE LONG, THEY UNCOVER SOMETHING
THAT LAYS OUT THEIR PLAN ALMOST WORD FOR WORD.
IN ONE OF THEIR JOURNALS, WE CAN SEE WHERE,
AT A POINT THEY WERE WRITING,
YOU COULD SEE THE TWO DIFFERENT HANDWRITING IN IT.
ONE WOULD WRITE, AND ONE WOULD RESPOND.
THE POLICE CAN HARDLY BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE READING.
AND THEY ACTUALLY WROTE THAT, "WE'VE GOT TO DO IT.
WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF HER."
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE AGREES.
"WE'VE GOT TO GET RID OF HER AND GOT TO GET RID OF HER ASAP."
THE LIES,
THE DEFENSIVE WOUNDS...
...AND NOW CHILLING JOURNAL ENTRIES
INCRIMINATING THESE 16-YEAR-OLD TWINS.
WE HAD A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE
THAT ALL POINTED BACK TO THE TWO OF THEM.
TAS.
ONCE THE TWINS WERE ARRESTED, THEY WERE PLACED
INTO THE BACK SEAT OF POLICE CARS, WHERE...
...WE ALWAYS HAVE AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING,
ESPECIALLY IN A CASE LIKE THIS.
THE AUDIO IN THE CAR, IT WAS JUST, FOR US,
AS POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES,
IT WAS JUST THE FINAL NAIL
AND ANOTHER CONFIRMATION THAT WE HAD IT RIGHT.
WHEN THE TRUTH IS FINALLY REVEALED,
THIS NIGHTMARE NIKKI'S FAMILY ARE LIVING
SOMEHOW GETS EVEN WORSE.
I'VE LOST MY OLDEST CHILD,
AND I LOST MY FIRST SET OF GRANDKIDS.
I ALWAYS SAW THEM AT HARVARD OR YALE
AND NEVER WOULD I HAVE EVER IMAGINED,
THAT THEY WOULD BE SITTING IN A JAIL CELL
FOR KILLING THEIR MOTHER.
FACING A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE,
THE TWINS FINALLY ADMIT WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, LIKE MANY PARENTS,
NIKKI HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HER TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?
BUT THEN, ON THE 13th OF JANUARY,
THINGS BOIL OVER WHEN JAS AND TAS
ARE LATE FOR SCHOOL.
THEN, SIMMERING TEENAGE RESENTMENT
SOON BLOWS UP INTO AN EXPLOSIVE FIGHT.
YOU CUT ME!
AAH!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A -- YEAH? WHY?
NO!
GET OUT!
NO! MOM, YOU NEED TO **** GET OUT!
I HATE YOU!
EVERYONE, GET OUT!
NIKKI PROBABLY HAD SOME RESERVE IN DEFENDING HERSELF.
THESE WERE HER DAUGHTERS.
SHE PROBABLY DIDN'T WANT TO HIT THEM
AND BE VIOLENT WITH THEM
AS YOU WOULD NEED TO BE TO FEND OFF THIS KIND OF ATTACK.
AND SO THAT RESERVE, PROBABLY,
AND THAT LOVE AND HESITATION TO FIGHT BACK
PROBABLY COST HER HER LIFE.
- NO! - GIVE IT BACK!
THESE TWO GIRLS STABBED HER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
50-SOMETHING TIMES.
STOP YELLING.
THE TWINS THEN DRAG HER DEAD BODY INTO THE BATH TUB.
I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY 16-YEAR-OLD
CAN LOOK AT THEIR MOTHER
AND DECIDE TO END HER LIFE.
JASMIYAH AND TASMIYAH WHITEHEAD
PLEAD GUILTY TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
AND ARE BOTH SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS BEHIND BARS,
TWIN SENTENCES FOR THESE TWISTED TWIN KILLERS.
CCTV PLAYED A KEY ROLE
IN THE CONVICTION OF TAS AND JAS WHITEHEAD.
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS THE FIRST PROOF
THAT THEY WERE BEING DECEPTIVE TO US.
IT GAVE US THE EVIDENCE THAT WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON THEM.
I'M AFRAID FOR OTHERS
WHEN THEY GET OUT.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY
THAT THEY WOULD NEVER KILL AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE IF YOU CAN DO THIS TO YOUR OWN MOTHER,
YOU KNOW, GOD HELP US ALL.