Homicide City (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Bingham Street Blues - full transcript
Northeast Philadelphia's Crescentville neighborhood is known for tranquility seldom seen in major cities. But when a mother, her boyfriend, and daughter are found slain at home, the ...
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Woman: JAMES, THAT YOU?
Man: YEAH, IT'S ME.
COME ON IN FOR BREAKFAST.
PAT WAS A WONDERFUL
MOTHER, VERY LOVING,
VERY CARING, CONSIDERATE.
WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?
IT'S YOU.
YOU'RE COOKING.
Woman:
NIKKI WAS A PRETTY GOOD KID.
SHE WAS AN ARTIST,
AND PAT SUPPORTED THAT.
THEY WERE BEST BUDDIES.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
GOOD MORNING, BABY.
HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS THE NIGHT SHIFT.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
I WOULD DESCRIBE JAMES
AS A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
THAT'S WHO HE WAS.
ALREADY DRAWING, HUH?
Man: I MEAN, THESE WERE GOOD,
DECENT PEOPLE.
NONE HAD BAGGAGE.
THEY WERE HARDWORKING.
YOU WORK AGAIN TONIGHT?
YEAH. TRY TO CATCH A NAP
THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE I HEAD IN TONIGHT.
NIKKI, BABY,
I'M GOING TO BE LATE
SO WHY DON'T YOU
PICK UP SOME PIZZA,
AND SAVE ME A PIECE?
I'M GOING TO BE HUNGRY.
Man: A CRIME LIKE THIS,
THEY'RE TOUGH.
THIS FAMILY DID NOT BRING
TROUBLE TO THEIR DOOR.
IT CAME TO THEIR DOOR.
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[ RADIO CHATTER ]
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YOU CALL FOR THE POLICE?
YEAH, THAT'S ME.
IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING,
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
Woman: THE FIRST THING THAT
ANYBODY KNEW WAS WRONG
WAS THAT JAMES DID NOT SHOW UP
FOR WORK
FOR HIS OVERNIGHT SHIFT AT
THE SOUTH JERSEY PAPER FACTORY,
AND SO HIS FRIEND, TONY MATOS,
WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE
LIVING IN HERE?
YEAH, THERE'S
THREE PEOPLE THERE.
THERE'S JAMES, WHO I WORK WITH,
HIS GIRLFRIEND PATRICIA,
AND PATRICIA'S DAUGHTER NIKKI.
HE DISCOVERED THAT THE BACKDOOR
WAS NOT ONLY UNLOCKED,
BUT IT WAS OPEN,
AND THAT CONCERNED HIM.
HE DIDN'T GO INSIDE,
BUT HE DECIDED
THAT WAS WORTH
ALERTING THE POLICE.
AND HER CAR IS HERE, TOO,
WHICH IS WEIRD.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST STAY PUT FOR ME.
ALL RIGHT.
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
HELLO?
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Man: THE OFFICER GAINED ENTRY
TO THE PROPERTY
THROUGH A BASEMENT LEVEL,
DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL,
WENT UP A SET OF STEPS
INTO A MAIN LIVING AREA.
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
ANYONE HERE?
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE,
COME OUT RIGHT NOW.
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Man:
RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
HE MAKES A GRUESOME
DISCOVERY OF A FEMALE BODY
LAYING FACE DOWN,
PARTIALLY COVERED
WITH A BLANKET.
ONE-12 TO DISPATCH,
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL UNITS
AT 5400 BLOCK OF BINGHAM ROAD.
ONE DECEASED ON SCENE, FEMALE.
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
ANYONE HERE?
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Man: AND THEN IN ONE
OF THEIR BEDROOMS,
THEY DISCOVERED A BODY
OF A MALE STILL LYING IN BED
WITH A BLANKET
OVER THE BODY.
DISPATCH, THERE'S TWO
DECEASED ON SCENE.
TWO VICTIMS ON SCENE,
DO YOU COPY THAT?
Narrator: THE REPORT OF
TWO DEAD BODIES
ALERTS PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE
TO THE CRIME SCENE
IN THE CITY'S
CRESCENTVILLE SECTION.
SERGEANT ROBERT KUHLMEIER
IS SUPERVISING DETECTIVE
ON THE CASE.
- YOU FOUND THEM?
- YES, SIR.
I DID.
- LEAD THE WAY.
Man: I ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER
DETECTIVES THAT WERE ASSIGNED
TO GO TO THE CRIME SCENE.
THE CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS A RELATIVELY
SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD,
BASICALLY BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS.
IT'S RARE YOU WOULD SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOUND THE FEMALE FIRST.
THE WOMAN THAT WAS
FOUND UPSTAIRS
ON THE SECOND-FLOOR LANDING
WAS THE DAUGHTER,
NIKKI STALLWORTH.
ONE SHOT TO THE HEAD,
ALMOST POINT-BLANK.
THE MALE IS IN THE BEDROOM
BACK THERE.
IN THE FRONT BEDROOM,
PATRICIA HENRY'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER,
WAS FOUND IN THE BED.
THERE'S BLOOD COMING FROM
THE HEAD AREA OF BOTH VICTIMS.
THE BODIES WERE COVERED
IN EITHER A BLANKET OR A QUILT,
EITHER CONCEALED THE FACE OR,
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BODY.
HIS FACE WAS COVERED
WHEN YOU GOT HERE?
BOTH OF THEM WERE.
WHY DO YOU THINK
HE COVERED THEM?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE DUDE WAS TRYING
TO CONCEAL THEM?
OR THEY KNEW HIM.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
Kuhlmeier: WHEN YOU HAVE
A MURDER INSIDE A RESIDENCE,
WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY THINKING
IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER.
IT'S A CRIME OF PASSION.
IS THERE SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR
IN THE FAMILY
THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT
WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER
AS TO WHAT HAPPENED?
Narrator: SERGEANT KUHLMEIER IS
JOINED BY SERGEANT BILL BRITT
FROM PHILLY PD
FUGITIVE TASK FORCE.
ROBBERY?
DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY.
THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE
A TV MISSING,
A RADIO MISSING OR ANY DRAWERS
THAT WERE GONE THROUGH
AND DUMPED OUT.
Narrator:
WITH NO CLEAR MOTIVE,
INVESTIGATORS TURN TO
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
LEFT ON SCENE FOR CLUES
TO WHAT MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED.
THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT
APPEARED TO BE OUT OF PLACE,
SOME DRINK CONTAINERS, SOME FOOD
CONTAINERS THAT WERE LEFT OUT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE GIRL WAS DOWN HERE
EATING PIZZA.
SHE RESPONDS TO THE DOER AT
THE DOOR WHO FORCES HIS WAY IN
AND TAKES HER UPSTAIRS
TOWARD THE BEDROOMS.
WE GOT ANOTHER SODA
CAN IN THE KITCHEN.
I WANT THIS WHOLE PLACE
DUSTED AND PRESERVED.
EVERYTHING HERE IS EVIDENCE.
NOW, THE FOCUS WITH THE CRIME
SCENE UNIT IS, HEY,
LET'S LOOK AT THESE
DRINK CONTAINERS.
AT THAT POINT, I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE ITEMS
GET TO THE FINGERPRINT EXPERT
TO HAVE THEM CONDUCT THEIR TEST.
Narrator: WHILE POLICE CONTINUE
TO PROCESS THE SCENE,
WORRIED RELATIVES
BEGIN TO GATHER.
DETECTIVES ARE ANXIOUS
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHO THEIR VICTIMS ARE.
DID ANYONE TALK
TO THE FAMILY YET?
NO, NOT YET.
IT'S THE TWO WOMEN OVER THERE.
WE HAVE TO NOW GO OUT
TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO ARE GATHERED OUTSIDE
AND MAKE OUR NOTIFICATION.
MA'AM?
WOULD YOU GUYS MIND
STEPPING BACK FOR A MINUTE?
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I'M SERGEANT ROBERT KUHLMEIER.
DO YOU HAVE RELATIVES
THAT LIVE AT THIS RESIDENCE?
YES.
IT WASN'T LONG AFTER
MY GETTING OUT THE CAR
THAT THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAD
FOUND TWO BODIES IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "BODIES"?!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE.
WE FOUND A MAN
AND A TEENAGE FEMALE.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
Marilyn: AFTER I WAS TOLD THAT
THEY HAD FOUND THE TWO BODIES,
AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS
THREE OF THEM IN THE HOUSE,
MY CONCERN WAS NOW,
WHERE WAS MY SISTER, PAT.
EAT UP.
Man: OH, LOOK AT THAT!
VEGGIE BURGERS ON THE GRILL.
Narrator: PATRICIA HENRY
AND HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI,
HAD LIVED IN THE CRESCENTVILLE
HOME FOR A DECADE.
PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND, JAMES, HAD
MOVED IN ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE.
IT WAS, APPARENTLY,
A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.
MY SISTER, PAT, SHE WAS
A WIDOW AT A YOUNG AGE.
PAT HAD TO RAISE MY NIECE,
NIKKI, HER DAUGHTER.
JAMES, YOU BETTER NOT BE
OVERCOOKING MY BURGER.
YOU BETTER MAKE MINE A DOUBLE.
PHYLLIS, I'LL MAKE YOU
ANYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES.
Phyllis: A FEW YEARS LATER,
SHE MET JAMES.
THEY MET ON A CRUISE FOR MY
SISTER PAT'S 49TH BIRTHDAY.
PAT AND JAMES HIT IT
OFF REALLY WELL,
AND JAMES GOT ALONG WITH NIKKI.
THEY JUST CLICKED RIGHT AWAY.
Marilyn: THE FIRST TIME
I MET JAMES
WAS AT A FOURTH OF JULY EVENT.
IT WAS AS IF I HAD
KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS
BECAUSE HE JUST FIT
RIGHT IN WITH THE FAMILY.
Phyllis: ALL THREE SEEMED TO
WANT THIS RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WERE A FAMILY.
Narrator: PATRICIA HENRY'S
WHEREABOUTS ARE NOW A MYSTERY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE YOUR SISTER MAY HAVE GONE?
HER CAR IS THERE. OKAY?
I SAW IT.
SHE WOULDN'T JUST TAKE OFF.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT
IF SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN
AGAINST HER WILL.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER.
HAVE YOU TRIED CONTACTING HER
OR CALLING HER CELL?
I KEEP CALLING AND CALLING.
I GET NO ANSWER.
WE REALIZE PATRICIA IS NOT
IN THE UPSTAIRS SECOND FLOOR.
PATRICIA'S CAR WAS IN
THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
WHERE IS PATRICIA?
Narrator: WITH NO OTHER CLUES,
DETECTIVES FOCUSED
THEIR ATTENTION
BACK INTO THE HOME.
THEN THEY FIND SOMETHING.
Man [on radio]:
SARGE, YOU ON THE AIR?
YEAH, GO 'HEAD.
YEAH, WE NEED YOU
IN THE BASEMENT.
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[ RADIO CHATTER ]
Narrator: HOURS AFTER FINDING
THE BODIES OF
15-YEAR-OLD NIKKI STALLWORTH
AND HER MOTHER'S PARTNER,
JAMES COFER, GUNNED DOWN IN
THEIR PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE,
DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING
FOR PATRICIA HENRY,
NIKKI'S MOTHER,
WHO IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
Man: WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS A SUSPECT,
OR WHERE IS THAT INDIVIDUAL?
WE NOW HAVE NIKKI
AND JAMES UPSTAIRS.
WE NEED TO FIND PATRICIA.
Narrator:
AS THE CROWD OF MOURNERS GROW,
POLICE INTENSIFY THEIR SEARCH
FOR PATRICIA'S WHEREABOUTS,
AND THEY FIND SOMETHING.
Kuhlmeier: WE START CONDUCTING
MORE EXTENSIVE SEARCH
OF THE HOME, AND THERE WAS ONE
PARTICULAR AREA
IN THE HOME THAT REALLY
WASN'T LOOKED DEEPLY INTO,
AND IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT.
RIGHT HERE, DETECTIVES.
WE HAD TO REMOVE
THE PILES OF CLOTHING,
AND WE DISCOVERED AN AREA RUG
THAT WAS ROLLED UP.
AT THAT POINT, WE DISCOVERED
PATRICIA HENRY.
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SHOT JUST LIKE JAMES AND NIKKI.
WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE TO
HIDE HER, MAKING HER DISAPPEAR.
THEY ROLLED HER UP
IN THE CARPET,
PUT HER BEHIND A CURTAIN
UNDER SOME CLOTHES.
CONSISTENT WITH
THE TWO UPSTAIRS.
YEAH, BUT HE WRAPPED HER UP.
MAYBE HE JUST DIDN'T WANT HER
TO BE FOUND AT ALL.
Narrator: FOR INVESTIGATORS,
FINDING PATRICIA HENRY'S BODY
COVERED JUST LIKE JAMES
AND NIKKI'S UPSTAIRS
LENDS CREDENCE
TO THE THEORY
THAT THE KILLER COULD BE
SOMEONE THE FAMILY KNEW.
Man: WHEN YOU'RE INVESTIGATING
A CRIME SCENE
AND YOU SEE A BODY COVERED,
SOMETIMES THAT'S AN INDICATION
OF THEY KNEW THEM,
OR THERE'S SOME TYPE OF
RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY COVER
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
TO SEE WHAT THEY DID.
Woman: AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT
THE KILLER SOMEHOW HAD REMORSE
OR WAS UPSET ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAD DONE,
WHICH IS TYPICAL IN CASES WHERE
THE KILLER KNOWS THE VICTIMS.
WANNA GRAB
HAVE AN OFFICER
AND START KNOCKING ON DOORS?
SOMEONE MUST HAVE
SEEN SOMETHING.
AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE,
THERE WAS NO INDICATION
THAT THERE WAS REALLY
A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS TAKEN.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE PERSON
GOT IN, WHO THEY WERE,
SO WE WEREN'T SURE
WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH YET.
Narrator: NOW, WITH A CONFIRMED
THIRD VICTIM
AND STILL NO CLEAR MOTIVE,
SERGEANT KUHLMEIER REJOINS
PATRICIA'S SISTERS
TO GIVE THEM THE NEWS.
SO I'M VERY SORRY TO HAVE
TO TELL YOU THIS.
WE FOUND YOUR SISTER
INSIDE THE HOUSE ALSO DECEASED.
- NO.
- OH, GOD.
Woman: IT WAS JUST SHOCKING
TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL OUR FRIENDS, THEY WOULD,
"THAT'S NOT OUR PAT, IS IT?
THAT'S NOT OUR PATRICIA. TELL ME
THAT'S NOT OUR PATRICIA."
I'M AFRAID I NEED TO ASK YOU
SOME HARD QUESTIONS,
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE EASY,
BUT YOUR ANSWERS COULD
HELP US FIND WHO DID THIS.
SURE, BUT GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
WAS PAT, OR NIKKI FOR THAT
MATTER, INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE?
SOMEONE JAMES DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?
NO.
THE DETECTIVES ASKED ME, DID I
KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD DO THIS
OR ANY REASON FOR DOING THIS,
AND, I MEAN, I COULD NOT
THINK OF ANYONE
THAT WOULD HARM THEM THAT WAY.
I MEAN, THEY DID NOT
HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, THAT WERE CRIMINALS.
Narrator: AS SERGEANT KUHLMEIER
GRILLS THE FAMILY
FOR INFORMATION,
DETECTIVES FAN OUT ACROSS
THE CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN SEARCH OF ANY WITNESSES.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER
WALKING OR ANY OF THEM
WALKING WITH SOMEONE
TO THE HOUSE,
SAW SOMEBODY
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD
GIVE YOU A STARTING POINT.
EXCUSE ME?
YES?
I'M WITH
THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
YOU GOT A MINUTE FOR A QUESTION
OR TWO ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS,
PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES?
YEAH, I HEARD.
I'M STILL IN SHOCK.
DID YOU HEAR OR SEE
ANYTHING UNUSUAL LAST NIGHT?
NO, NOTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF.
NO ONE COMING OR GOING THAT
SEEMED LIKE THEY DIDN'T BELONG?
WELL, NO, NOT THAT DAY,
BUT THERE IS ONE GUY
THAT COMES AROUND.
WHAT ABOUT EXES?
AFTER PAT'S HUSBAND DIED, DID
SHE DATE ANYONE BEFORE JAMES?
WELL, THERE WAS ONE GUY, JOHN,
BUT IT WAS BRIEF, YOU KNOW?
THEY MET AT WORK.
THEY STILL KEEP IN TOUCH,
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
Woman: SHE WORKED WITH A LOT
OF MALE COUNSELORS,
AND PAT, BEING
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, JOHN,
ONE OF THE COUNSELORS THERE,
SHOWED AN INTEREST IN HER.
YEAH, JOHN.
OH, HE COMES AND GOES.
HE GETS HIS MAIL THERE, I THINK.
I SEE HIM. I WAVE.
HE WAVES.
COMES AND GOES AS IN CURRENTLY?
YEAH.
I GUESS THAT COULD
BE WEIRD, HUH?
I MEAN, WITH JAMES AND ALL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WEIRD?
WELL JAMES IS
THE CURRENT BOYFRIEND,
AND HE'S THE EX-BOYFRIEND
COMING AROUND LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WEIRD.
PAT HAD AN EX-BOYFRIEND,
AND NEIGHBORS
SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIM
OCCASIONALLY COMING
TO THE PROPERTY
AND LETTING HIMSELF
IN WITH A KEY.
THAT WOULD BE CAUSE
FOR CONCERN
BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO FORCED ENTRY.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW THEM AT THE HOUSE?
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T SOMETHING
I PAID THAT CLOSE ATTENTION TO.
THE EX-BOYFRIEND STILL COMING
AROUND TO THE HOUSE,
AND PATRICIA'S INVOLVED
IN ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP,
IS THERE A JEALOUSY THING
WITH THE EX-BOYFRIEND
AND THE NEW BOYFRIEND?
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
JOHN'S LAST NAME BY ANY CHANCE?
OF COURSE I KNOW IT.
IT'S BOSTON, JOHN BOSTON.
YOU HAVE TO INVESTIGATE
THAT POSSIBILITY THAT,
WAS THERE A PROBLEM BETWEEN
THOSE TWO OVER MONEY,
OVER RELATIONSHIP,
OVER ANYTHING?
BUT THE FACT THAT HE COULD
LET HIMSELF INTO THAT PROPERTY
IS SUSPICIOUS.
Narrator: DETECTIVES TRACK DOWN
JOHN BOSTON'S
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS.
SERGEANT BRITT
AND DETECTIVE JIM BURKE
FROM PHILLY PD'S FUGITIVE SQUAD
MEET WITH BOSTON'S LANDLORD
IN FRONT OF HIS HOME.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD MORNING.
SO WE WERE JUST GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR,
SEE WHAT'S WHAT.
IF WE DON'T GET AN ANSWER,
GO AHEAD AND UNLOCK THE DOOR.
YOU GOT IT.
WHY IS HE CONTINUING TO COME
BACK TO PATRICIA HENRY'S HOME
WHEN PATRICIA IS INVOLVED
IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP?
JOHN BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
COME TO THE DOOR.
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT, SUSPECT,
LOCATING A WITNESS,
OR AFTER A HOMICIDE FUGITIVE,
YOU ALWAYS GO THE SAME WAY.
ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU
DON'T KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
JOHN BOSTON, COME TO THE DOOR.
SARGE, DO YOU SMELL THAT?
SURE DO.
WE DID KNOCK.
WE WEREN'T GETTING ANSWERS.
WE COULD SMELL A FOUL ODOR
COMING FROM THE RESIDENCE...
IT SMELLS LIKE A DEAD BODY.
SO WE WANTED TO GAIN ACCESS
TO SEE IF HE WAS IN THERE,
DEAD OR ALIVE.
MR. JOHN BOSTON,
COME TO THE DOOR.
ALL RIGHT.
UNLOCK IT.
YOU GOT IT.
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LET'S START LOOKING AROUND.
EVEN WHEN IT'S AN EMPTY HOUSE,
YOU'RE APPREHENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, YOUR WEAPON IS DRAWN.
YOU'RE GOING SLOWLY,
AND YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY
SNEAKING UP BEHIND YOU.
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WE FOUND HIS RESIDENCE
IN DISARRAY
WHICH PIQUED OUR INTEREST.
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HE'S NOT HERE.
WE REALIZED IT WASN'T
WHAT WE THOUGHT,
THAT THE FOUL ODOR
WAS COMING FROM SOMETHING
OTHER THAN A DEAD CORPSE.
DID HE DISAPPEAR?
DID HE TAKE OFF?
IS HE A FLIGHT, YOU KNOW,
A FUGITIVE?
IS HE RUNNING AWAY?
IS HE RESPONSIBLE?
LIKE, WE REALLY NEED
TO FIND WHERE HE IS.
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Narrator: POLICE INVESTIGATING
A TRIPLE MURDER
IN PHILADELPHIA'S
CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
ARE LOOKING FOR VICTIM
PATRICIA HENRY'S
EX-BOYFRIEND, JOHN BOSTON.
NEIGHBORS HAD SEEN BOSTON COMING
AND GOING FROM PATRICIA'S HOUSE
EVEN AFTER THEY SPLIT UP.
DETECTIVES CHECK HIS RESIDENCE,
BUT HE'S NOT THERE.
Man: FROM WHAT THEY COULD SEE,
THINGS LOOKED IN DISARRAY.
THINGS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
WE COULD NOT LOCATE HIM,
AND NOW YOU'RE WONDERING,
"DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO HIM
OR DID HE JUST NOT
WANT TO BE FOUND?"
Narrator: WHEN DETECTIVES SPEAK
WITH NEIGHBORS,
THEY LEARN THAT BOSTON
IS NO LONGER IN THE HOME
BUT IN THE HOSPITAL.
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MR. BOSTON?
YES, THAT'S ME.
SERGEANT KUHLMEIER,
PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE.
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE,
PATRICIA AND HER DAUGHTER.
I WENT BY YOUR PLACE.
YOUR NEIGHBOR TOLD US
YOU WERE HERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASK,
WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?
I HAD A STROKE, GOT TO GET
MY ENERGY BACK
BEFORE I CAN GO BACK HOME.
Man: HE WAS REHABBING FROM
THE STROKE
AND WAS PHYSICALLY
UNABLE TO GET AROUND.
SO YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED?
LISTEN, PAT AND NIKKI
ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
I LOVE PATRICIA...
EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T EXACTLY
A PERFECT MATCH.
SHE WAS, UM...
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OUT OF MY LEAGUE.
JOHN COULD NOT
KEEP UP WITH PAT.
HE WAS OLDER,
AND HE WAS SICKLY.
NO HARD FEELINGS,
HER LEAVING YOU LIKE THAT?
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO ASK BUT NO.
NO.
THERE SEEMED TO BE NO FORCED
ENTRY AT THE REAR DOOR,
AND THAT COMBINED
WITH THE INFORMATION
WE WERE GETTING THAT
PATRICIA HENRY'S EX-BOYFRIEND
WOULD COME TO THE HOUSE
TO PICK UP MAIL LEAVES US
TO BELIEVE THAT
HE POSSESSED A KEY.
YOU STILL HAVE A KEY
TO HER PLACE, RIGHT?
YOU COULD COME
AND GO AS YOU WANT.
HAD A KEY, SO I COULD
PICK UP MY MAIL.
I GAVE IT BACK TO HER.
I DON'T HOLD A GRUDGE,
NEVER HAVE,
AND EVEN IF I DID,
WHAT COULD I DO?
I WAS HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED,
SAW IT ON TELEVISION.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
CONFIRMED THAT BOSTON WAS,
INDEED, IN THE HOSPITAL
WHEN THE KILLER STRUCK.
AND WE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL DURING THE MURDER.
THEREFORE, HE WAS
ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT.
WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
HERE'S MY CARD.
KEEP IT.
IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT HELP US, CALL ME.
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Narrator: AFTER SPEAKING WITH
JOHN BOSTON
AND LEARNING MORE
ABOUT PATRICIA'S LIFE,
DETECTIVES BEGAN TO QUESTION
WHETHER PATRICIA HENRY
WAS ACTUALLY
THE INTENDED TARGET.
Man: THE EX-BOYFRIEND REVEALED
TO US
THAT ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT PATRICIA AND HE BROKE UP
WAS HE WASN'T PARTICULARLY
CLEAN AND NEAT.
Narrator: REFLECTING BACK TO
THE CRIME SCENE,
DETECTIVES RECALL THE PIZZA
LEFT OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Man: IF PATRICIA WAS HOME
AT THE TIME,
THOSE ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN
CLEANED UP AND PUT AWAY.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION
FROM PATRICIA'S EX-BOYFRIEND,
LET'S FOCUS BACK ON NIKKI.
DID NIKKI INVITE SOMEONE
IN TO THE PROPERTY,
AND IF SO, WHO WOULD THAT BE?
Narrator: DETECTIVES GO TO THE
PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
THAT NIKKI ATTENDED
TO SPEAK TO HER FRIENDS.
SO, YOU GUYS, DO YOU THINK
YOU KNOW WHO DID IT?
NOT YET, BUT WE WILL.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE
HONORS STUDENT
AT THE PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL
FOR CREATIVE
AND PERFORMING ARTS.
SHE WAS JUST A GREAT STUDENT.
NO ONE HAD ANYTHING BAD
TO SAY ABOUT HER.
SHE WAS SO TALENTED.
SHE WON SO MANY AWARDS
THAT SHE WAS BASICALLY
TEACHING THE ART CLASS.
WE FIND OUT THAT SHE'S
A GIFTED STUDENT.
SHE'S GOING TO A GIFTED SCHOOL
AND THAT SHE'S
A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT.
DID NIKKI HAVE TROUBLE
WITH ANYONE?
SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE GIRLS.
SHE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE,
YOU KNOW?
SHE WAS INDEPENDENT.
SHE HAD A SINGLE MOM
WHO WORKED ALL THE TIME
AND COULD TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS ITS BAD KIDS.
DID SHE EVER HANG WITH THEM?
THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF SCHOOL.
EVERYONE HERE WORKED HARD
TO GET HERE,
BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
SHE LEFT HERE,
I DON'T KNOW.
Man: NIKKI, YOU KNOW,
DIDN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND.
IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT
SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND
THAT WAS IN THE CRIMINAL WORLD.
**
Narrator: DETECTIVES DIG DEEPER
INTO NIKKI'S LIFE
AND FIND NO DARK SECRETS.
Man: THERE WAS NO ISSUES
AND NO PROBLEMS IN NIKKI'S LIFE.
WE WERE KIND OF PERPLEXED
AS TO WHERE ELSE TO GO.
Narrator: AND AS THEY CHECK INTO
PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER'S BACKGROUND,
THEY FIND SIMILAR RESULTS.
MN:
WE DO A COMPUTER CHECK TO SEE,
WAS JAMES EVER ARRESTED?
IS HE GAMBLING?
IS HE TAKING DRUGS
THAT ANYONE'S AWARE OF,
AND DOES HE HAVE A DRUG DEBT?
ONCE AGAIN, NEGATIVE.
JAMES, WE DETERMINED,
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
STRAIGHT-A STUDENT,
HARDWORKING MOTHER
AND HER
STRAIGHT-ARROW BOYFRIEND,
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL
THEM ATYPICAL VICTIMS.
Man: WE COULD FIND NOTHING IN
EITHER ONE'S PAST
THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY
WOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYBODY WHO
WOULD BE CAPABLE OF THESE ACTS.
**
THEY NEVER SAW THIS COMING.
YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S THE POINT.
IT WAS AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE GIVING SERIOUS THOUGHT.
WHAT IF THIS WAS A STRANGER
THAT CAME INTO
THE BINGHAM STREET HOUSE
AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
MURDERING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS?
Narrator: IT'S AN UNSETTLING
BUT REAL POSSIBILITY.
INVESTIGATORS MUST NOW CONSIDER
IF THE MURDERS OF PATRICIA,
JAMES AND NIKKI
ARE TIED TO A STRING
OF OTHER HOMICIDES
IN PHILADELPHIA.
THERE WERE SEVERAL MURDERS
IN WHICH THERE ARE
MULTIPLE VICTIMS.
THESE WERE FAMILIES THAT WERE
KILLED IN THEIR HOMES,
AND THE PUBLIC WAS CONCERNED
THAT THEY WERE LINKED.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE
WE'RE STARTING TO WORRY
BECAUSE NOW WE DON'T KNOW
IF WE HAVE A SERIAL KILLER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
TO STOP THIS,
AND WE HAVE TO STOP IT QUICK.
**
Narrator: PHILADELPHIA POLICE
ARE TRYING TO CATCH THE KILLER
WHO GUNNED DOWN PATRICIA HENRY,
HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI,
AND PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER.
NOW, POLICE ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER THEIR DEATHS
ARE A PART OF A SERIES
OF MURDERS
OF UPSTANDING FAMILIES
THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA.
ROBERT.
BILL.
THERE WERE MURDERS
THAT HAD MULTIPLE VICTIMS
THAT WERE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR
TO THE CRESCENTVILLE KILLINGS.
THEY WERE INNOCENT VICTIMS
THAT WERE KILLED IN THEIR HOME.
TWO COUPLES, ALMOST THE SAME
PROFILE AS PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES,
ALL SHOT AT HOME.
Narrator: BOTH MURDERS HAPPENED
WITHIN 10 MILES
OF PATRICIA HENRY'S RESIDENCE,
ROUGHLY 4 MONTHS EARLIER.
WE WENT OVER THE CASE
FILES FOR ALL THREE,
AND, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF IT FITS,
AND SOME OF IT'S JUST
TOO EARLY TO SAY.
WE LOOKED FOR A THING CALLED
COMMON THEME AND DESIGN.
HOW WAS ENTRANCE GAINED?
WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE FOUND?
HOW WERE THE PEOPLE FOUND?
DO THEY WORK TOGETHER?
WAS THERE SOME SORT OF
COMMON THREAD
THAT WOULD TIE
THE TWO OF THEM IN?
IN THE OTHER HOMICIDES
THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY.
JUST LIKE AT PAT'S HOUSE.
BEFORE YOU ASK,
THERE WERE NO EYE WITNESSES.
HE GETS IN AND OUT,
AND NOBODY SEES HIM.
IT SEEMS SO.
Woman: THE PUBLIC WONDERED
IF THEY WERE LINKED,
AND THERE WERE
SOME CONCERNS AND FEARS,
YOU KNOW, AMONG
THE PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA
THAT, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE
A SERIAL KILLER AT WORK?
Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS
CONSIDER WHETHER THESE CASES
COULD HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
BY THE SAME KILLER,
THEY CATCH A BREAK.
GENTLEMEN, I HAVE WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
RIGHT THERE IS THE FINGERPRINTS.
THANKS.
THAT'S A POSITIVE ID
ON A GOOD SUSPECT.
Man: THERE WAS A FINGERPRINT
LIFTED FROM
A SODA CAN THAT WAS ON
THE COFFEE TABLE
IN THE LIVING ROOM
AT THE SCENE OF THIS CRIME.
CAME BACK TO A YOUNG FELLOW
BY THE NAME OF SEAN BROWN.
THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.
LIKE I SAID...
Narrator: THE LAB WORK ALSO
POINTS TO A MOTIVE.
THE KILLER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
15-YEAR-OLD NIKKI.
THE GUY WHO DID THIS
IS GOING DOWN.
Narrator: THEIR NEW SUSPECT,
SEAN BROWN,
IS SOMEONE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
KNOW ALL TOO WELL.
Man: SEAN IS COMMITTING
SOME BURGLARIES IN THE AREA,
AND HE WAS CAUGHT.
Man: AND HE WAS ALLEGEDLY
ON HOUSE ARREST
SERVING TIME
FOR THE SAID BURGLARY.
Narrator: POLICY IMMEDIATELY
WANT TO BRING IN SEAN BROWN
FOR QUESTIONING,
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
Man: SEAN BROWN WAS PUT
ON PROBATION,
AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO REMAIN
HOME WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR.
HE VIOLATED IT
BY CUTTING THE BRACELET OFF
AND TAKING OFF.
Narrator:
SEAN BROWN IS ON THE RUN.
DETECTIVES TURN TO ONE
OF THE FEW PEOPLE
WHO MAY KNOW WHERE HE IS,
HIS FATHER.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
YOU'RE HERE FOR SEAN.
YOU SEAN'S FATHER?
YEAH, I AM.
Man: WHEN I WENT TO SEE
SEAN BROWN'S FATHER
AT HIS RESIDENCE,
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
HE WANTED TO HELP.
HE WANTED US TO LOCATE HIS SON.
WE NEED TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP.
WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WANT
TO TALK TO HIM.
IT MUST BE BAD IF YOU CAN'T
TELL ME WHAT IT IS.
IT AIN'T TOO GOOD.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
HE HAD TOLD US THAT
HE RECENTLY HAD TO KICK
HIS SON OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IT JUST CAME TO A POINT THAT HE
WAS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION,
AND HE JUST WASN'T GOING
TO TOLERATE THE BEHAVIOR.
I TRIED WITH HIM.
I DID.
I GOT HIM THE HELP
WHEN HE NEEDED IT.
I LOOK AT HIM IN THE EYE NOW,
AND I SEE SOMEONE
I DON'T RECOGNIZE.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO FIND
SEAN, MR. BROWN?
YEAH, HE GOT A FRIEND
OVER BY HIS MOM'S HOUSE.
I BET HE'S THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
MM-HMM.
LET'S GO.
AND THIS FRIEND IS
AS BAD AS SEAN IS.
I'D BE CAREFUL.
**
Narrator: DETECTIVE BURKE
AND THE FUGITIVE SQUAD
DESCEND UPON
SEAN BROWN'S FRIEND'S HOME
WHERE THEY BELIEVE
SEAN IS HIDING OUT.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE,
COME TO THE DOOR.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
PHILADELPHIA
POLICE, COME TO THE DOOR!
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT,
SO I WANT YOU TO COME
TO THE DOOR NOW.
IF YOU DON'T COME TO THE DOOR,
I'M TAKING IT DOWN.
GET READY.
THIS IS A WARRANT
TO SEARCH THE PREMISES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SEAN BROWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
JUST SIT DOWN,
AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
**
Man: WHEN WE WENT OUT ON THIS,
WE HAD A FINGERPRINT.
WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER
HE WAS AN INVITED GUEST
OR IF HE WAS OUR KILLER.
IT WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT
TO THAT HOUSE
THAT WE JUMPED
INTO FUGITIVE MODE.
BASEMENT.
**
WE WANTED TO LOCATE HIM
AS QUICK AS WE COULD.
**
**
WE SEARCHED THE WHOLE HOUSE,
AND THE LAST PLACE
TO SEARCH WAS THE GARAGE.
GET THE DOOR.
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER,
AND YOU ALWAYS GET NERVOUS.
**
**
Narrator: PHILADELPHIA POLICE
INVESTIGATORS THINK
THEY'VE FINALLY TRACKED DOWN
SEAN BROWN,
NOW THEIR STRONGEST SUSPECT
IN THE MURDER OF PATRICIA HENRY,
HER BOYFRIEND, JAMES COFER,
AND HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI.
**
SEAN BROWN, IF YOU'RE
IN HERE, COME OUT.
**
SEAN BROWN, IF YOU'RE
IN HERE, COME OUT.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD.
**
DON'T MOVE, SEAN.
DON'T MOVE!
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT ME.
YOU GOT ME.
Man: HE WAS SURPRISED,
AND HE LOOKED UP AT US,
AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY
HIDING FROM US.
SEAN BROWN, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN
AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU
IN THE COURT OF LAW.
LET'S GO.
HE WAS TAKEN IN CUSTODY
ON HIS PROBATION VIOLATIONS,
HIS OUTSTANDING WARRANTS,
AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED
TO THE HOMICIDE UNIT
FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.
Man: BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER
AT THAT POINT,
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
SEAN BROWN WAS AN INVITED GUEST.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HIS
CONNECTION WAS TO THE HOUSE
OR THE MURDER VICTIMS.
YOU ALL RIGHT, SEAN?
NEED SOMETHING TO EAT, DRINK?
NO, I'M GOOD.
SO I GOT SOME
HOUSEKEEPING-TYPE STUFF
I GOT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.
GO AHEAD.
WHEN I FIRST PUT SEAN
INTO AN INTERVIEW ROOM,
I ASKED HIM COULD I SIT WITH HIM
AND GET SOME BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON HIM.
SO YOU'RE, WHAT, 19?
YEAH.
YOU'RE ON HOUSE ARREST
OVER ON YORK STREET?
YEAH.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU DO THAT,
YOU BUILD A RAPPORT
WITH SOMEONE.
JUST ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR LIFE
AND THEIR RELATIVES
AND WHERE THEY LIVE
AND WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL,
AND YOU BUILD A RAPPORT.
YOU WORKING, SEAN?
NO, NOT FOR A MINUTE.
AND YOUR DAD, HOW IS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
IN THE 20-SO MINUTES IT TOOK
TO GET THROUGH THAT REPORT,
SEAN, AT SOME POINT, SAID,
"I KNOW THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME
CUTTING OFF MY ANKLE BRACELET."
AND I SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S NOT."
WHAT'S ALL THIS FOR?
YOU ALL KNOW I GOT
A SHEET, RIGHT?
ALL THAT'S ON THERE SOMEWHERE,
SO WHAT'S ALL THIS FOR?
I BET YOU ALREADY KNOW.
IN FACT, I KNOW
YOU ALREADY KNOW.
IT'S ABOUT THOSE THREE PEOPLE
YOU KILLED IN CRESCENTVILLE.
WHAT YOU MEAN?
WHAT I MEAN IS, SEAN,
IS YOUR FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND
ON A SODA CAN IN THE HOUSE
WHERE THE THREE PEOPLE
YOU MURDERED LIVED, NIKKI,
PATRICIA AND JAMES.
YOU KNOW, THE THREE PEOPLE
YOU SHOT AND KILLED?
SO IF YOU GOT MY FINGERPRINTS,
THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT,
BUT YEAH.
I DID ALL THREE OF THEM.
HE HAD A COCKINESS ABOUT HIM.
IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE HE WAS
ALMOST PROUD
OF WHAT HE DID HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU WANT TO TELL US
HOW IT HAPPENED?
WHY NOT?
I CAUGHT HER COMING HOME.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN SEE ME,
BUT I SAW HER.
MAN, THAT GIRL WAS FINE.
I WANTED TO GET WITH HER.
HEY!
DON'T SCREAM.
I AIN'T GOING TO HURT YOU.
OKAY, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME.
GET INSIDE.
SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.
HE JUST WALKED UP ON THE GIRL
WHO WAS BASICALLY GETTING OFF
A BUS GOING INTO HER HOUSE
SHE HAD JUST PURCHASED A PIZZA.
IF YOU SCREAM, I'LL KILL YOU.
WHO ELSE IS IN HERE?
NO ONE, I SWEAR.
WHO?
NO ONE, I SWEAR.
SHE THOUGHT SEAN BROWN
WANTED SOME MONEY
AND MAYBE SOME ITEMS
IN THE HOUSE.
WHO'S IN HERE?
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE MONEY
I GOT.
I DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY.
I WANT YOU.
**
**
SEAN, DID YOU RAPE NIKKI?
YOU DON'T KNOW?
I ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU TELL ME.
MAN, WE DID IT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I HAD TO.
THAT GIRL WAS FINE.
Man:
AND HE PRETTY MUCH REENACTED
CERTAIN ASPECTS
OF THE CRIME SCENE,
WHICH WERE PRETTY GRAPHIC
AND WITH NO REMORSE.
WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE.
YOU THINK YOU'RE A BIG MAN?
YOU THINK
WE'RE PLAYING HERE, SEAN?
AFTER THAT, YOU TOOK HER
TO THE BEDROOM?
MM-HMM.
SEE, I WAS GOING TO GO
TO HER ROOM FOR A LITTLE BIT,
LIE DOWN WITH HER.
WHERE'S YOUR ROOM AT?
IT'S THERE.
WALK.
PLEASE, NO!
Man: THAT'S WHEN HE DISCOVERED
JAMES COFER,
AND HE BECAME UPSET AT NIKKI.
WHO THE HELL IS THAT
IN THERE?
YOU TOLD ME NOBODY WAS HOME.
NO!
[ GUNSHOT ]
HE WENT OVER AND FIRED
HIS HANDGUN AT JAMES COFER
WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING.
Woman:
AND THAT SO UPSET NIKKI,
OF COURSE,
THAT SHE SCREAMED,
AND SO HE TURNED
THE GUN ON NIKKI
AND SHOT HER IN THE HEAD.
**
AFTER THAT, EAT SOME PIZZA,
HAD A SODA, TOO...
AND I WENT AND WATCHED
SOME FOOTBALL ON TV.
MAN, OR AS I USED
TO LIKE TO SAY,
"HERE WE ARE IN THE LAND
OF MURDER,
MAYHEM AND MAN'S BASIC
INHUMANITY TO MAN."
NO!
OH, THIS LITTLE ****.
AFTER HE KILLS THESE PEOPLE,
HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO WATCH
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL,
SO HE DOES WHAT ANY RED-BLOODED
AMERICAN TEENAGER WILL DO,
PROCEEDS TO WATCH
THE DALLAS GAME.
Man:
HE WAS THEN WATCHING SOME TV.
AT SOME POINT IN THE EVENING,
PATRICIA HENRY CAME HOME.
**
THEN I HEARD A NOISE
COMING FROM THE BASEMENT.
Man: PATRICIA HENRY WAS COMING
IN THROUGH THE BASEMENT DOOR.
IT WAS THE MOM COMING HOME,
AND I DID HER, TOO.
HAD TO, I CAN'T LEAVE A WITNESS.
Man: AND HE CONFRONTED HER
AND SHOT AND KILLED HER.
Narrator: HE THEN ROLLED
PAT HENRY UP IN A RUG,
ATTEMPTING TO HIDE HER BODY
BEHIND A PILE OF CLOTHES.
SEAN HARDLY LOOKED 19.
HE LOOKED LIKE ANY YOUNG KID
THAT YOU WOULD SEE
ON THE STREET,
COMING AND GOING FROM SCHOOL,
BUT YOU PUT A GUN
IN THAT KID'S HAND,
AND THEY'RE CAPABLE
OF KILLING SOMEONE.
THIS WAS A STRANGER THAT
WALKED UP ON A 15-YEAR-OLD
AND FOUND HIS WAY
INTO THE HOUSE WITH A GUN
AND COMMITTED
ALL THESE HOMICIDES.
SO I GOT TO ASK SEAN,
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
MAN, PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY.
Man:
HE WAS A THIEF AND A PUNK,
AND HE WANTED TO GRADUATE
TO BEING A MURDERER,
AND ON THAT DAY, HE DID, AND HE
KILLED THREE INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Woman: HOW COULD SOMEONE JUST
RANDOMLY COME OFF OF THE STREET
AND DO SUCH AN ACT?
Man: TO DO WHAT HE DID,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE ACTS
HE COMMITTED IN THAT HOUSE,
AND THEN TO SIT DOWN
AND EAT A PIZZA
AND WATCH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
WAS PURE EVIL.
Man: NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
SEAN BROWN
IS CHARGED WITH THE KILLING OF
PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE NEVER
CONNECTED BROWN
WITH ANY OTHER MURDERS.
Woman: THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW
SEAN ERIC BROWN
WAS AT THE SENTENCING,
AND I WAS JUST STUNNED
TO SEE THIS YOUNG BOY
THAT HAD COMMITTED
SUCH A DEVIOUS ACT.
Narrator:
THE JUDGE SENTENCES BROWN
TO THREE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS.
Woman: IT WASN'T GOING TO BRING
MY FAMILY MEMBERS BACK,
BUT IT DID HELP IN KNOWING
THAT THE PERSON
THAT ACTUALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER
AND THAT DID ALL OF THIS
WAS BEHIND THE BARS,
AND THERE WAS NO QUESTIONING AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GUILTY.
HE WAS THE ONE
THAT HAD DID THIS,
AND HE WAS THE ONE NOW
PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT.
**
Woman: JAMES, THAT YOU?
Man: YEAH, IT'S ME.
COME ON IN FOR BREAKFAST.
PAT WAS A WONDERFUL
MOTHER, VERY LOVING,
VERY CARING, CONSIDERATE.
WHAT ARE YOU DRAWING?
IT'S YOU.
YOU'RE COOKING.
Woman:
NIKKI WAS A PRETTY GOOD KID.
SHE WAS AN ARTIST,
AND PAT SUPPORTED THAT.
THEY WERE BEST BUDDIES.
GOOD MORNING, LADIES.
GOOD MORNING, BABY.
HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS THE NIGHT SHIFT.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
I WOULD DESCRIBE JAMES
AS A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
THAT'S WHO HE WAS.
ALREADY DRAWING, HUH?
Man: I MEAN, THESE WERE GOOD,
DECENT PEOPLE.
NONE HAD BAGGAGE.
THEY WERE HARDWORKING.
YOU WORK AGAIN TONIGHT?
YEAH. TRY TO CATCH A NAP
THIS AFTERNOON
BEFORE I HEAD IN TONIGHT.
NIKKI, BABY,
I'M GOING TO BE LATE
SO WHY DON'T YOU
PICK UP SOME PIZZA,
AND SAVE ME A PIECE?
I'M GOING TO BE HUNGRY.
Man: A CRIME LIKE THIS,
THEY'RE TOUGH.
THIS FAMILY DID NOT BRING
TROUBLE TO THEIR DOOR.
IT CAME TO THEIR DOOR.
**
**
**
**
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
**
**
YOU CALL FOR THE POLICE?
YEAH, THAT'S ME.
IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING,
BUT I DON'T KNOW.
Woman: THE FIRST THING THAT
ANYBODY KNEW WAS WRONG
WAS THAT JAMES DID NOT SHOW UP
FOR WORK
FOR HIS OVERNIGHT SHIFT AT
THE SOUTH JERSEY PAPER FACTORY,
AND SO HIS FRIEND, TONY MATOS,
WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE
LIVING IN HERE?
YEAH, THERE'S
THREE PEOPLE THERE.
THERE'S JAMES, WHO I WORK WITH,
HIS GIRLFRIEND PATRICIA,
AND PATRICIA'S DAUGHTER NIKKI.
HE DISCOVERED THAT THE BACKDOOR
WAS NOT ONLY UNLOCKED,
BUT IT WAS OPEN,
AND THAT CONCERNED HIM.
HE DIDN'T GO INSIDE,
BUT HE DECIDED
THAT WAS WORTH
ALERTING THE POLICE.
AND HER CAR IS HERE, TOO,
WHICH IS WEIRD.
ALL RIGHT.
JUST STAY PUT FOR ME.
ALL RIGHT.
**
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
HELLO?
**
**
Man: THE OFFICER GAINED ENTRY
TO THE PROPERTY
THROUGH A BASEMENT LEVEL,
DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL,
WENT UP A SET OF STEPS
INTO A MAIN LIVING AREA.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
ANYONE HERE?
**
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE,
COME OUT RIGHT NOW.
**
**
Man:
RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
HE MAKES A GRUESOME
DISCOVERY OF A FEMALE BODY
LAYING FACE DOWN,
PARTIALLY COVERED
WITH A BLANKET.
ONE-12 TO DISPATCH,
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL UNITS
AT 5400 BLOCK OF BINGHAM ROAD.
ONE DECEASED ON SCENE, FEMALE.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
ANYONE HERE?
**
**
Man: AND THEN IN ONE
OF THEIR BEDROOMS,
THEY DISCOVERED A BODY
OF A MALE STILL LYING IN BED
WITH A BLANKET
OVER THE BODY.
DISPATCH, THERE'S TWO
DECEASED ON SCENE.
TWO VICTIMS ON SCENE,
DO YOU COPY THAT?
Narrator: THE REPORT OF
TWO DEAD BODIES
ALERTS PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE
TO THE CRIME SCENE
IN THE CITY'S
CRESCENTVILLE SECTION.
SERGEANT ROBERT KUHLMEIER
IS SUPERVISING DETECTIVE
ON THE CASE.
- YOU FOUND THEM?
- YES, SIR.
I DID.
- LEAD THE WAY.
Man: I ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER
DETECTIVES THAT WERE ASSIGNED
TO GO TO THE CRIME SCENE.
THE CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS A RELATIVELY
SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD,
BASICALLY BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS.
IT'S RARE YOU WOULD SEE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOUND THE FEMALE FIRST.
THE WOMAN THAT WAS
FOUND UPSTAIRS
ON THE SECOND-FLOOR LANDING
WAS THE DAUGHTER,
NIKKI STALLWORTH.
ONE SHOT TO THE HEAD,
ALMOST POINT-BLANK.
THE MALE IS IN THE BEDROOM
BACK THERE.
IN THE FRONT BEDROOM,
PATRICIA HENRY'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER,
WAS FOUND IN THE BED.
THERE'S BLOOD COMING FROM
THE HEAD AREA OF BOTH VICTIMS.
THE BODIES WERE COVERED
IN EITHER A BLANKET OR A QUILT,
EITHER CONCEALED THE FACE OR,
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BODY.
HIS FACE WAS COVERED
WHEN YOU GOT HERE?
BOTH OF THEM WERE.
WHY DO YOU THINK
HE COVERED THEM?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE DUDE WAS TRYING
TO CONCEAL THEM?
OR THEY KNEW HIM.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
Kuhlmeier: WHEN YOU HAVE
A MURDER INSIDE A RESIDENCE,
WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY THINKING
IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER.
IT'S A CRIME OF PASSION.
IS THERE SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR
IN THE FAMILY
THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT
WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER
AS TO WHAT HAPPENED?
Narrator: SERGEANT KUHLMEIER IS
JOINED BY SERGEANT BILL BRITT
FROM PHILLY PD
FUGITIVE TASK FORCE.
ROBBERY?
DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY.
THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE
A TV MISSING,
A RADIO MISSING OR ANY DRAWERS
THAT WERE GONE THROUGH
AND DUMPED OUT.
Narrator:
WITH NO CLEAR MOTIVE,
INVESTIGATORS TURN TO
THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
LEFT ON SCENE FOR CLUES
TO WHAT MAY HAVE TRANSPIRED.
THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT
APPEARED TO BE OUT OF PLACE,
SOME DRINK CONTAINERS, SOME FOOD
CONTAINERS THAT WERE LEFT OUT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THE GIRL WAS DOWN HERE
EATING PIZZA.
SHE RESPONDS TO THE DOER AT
THE DOOR WHO FORCES HIS WAY IN
AND TAKES HER UPSTAIRS
TOWARD THE BEDROOMS.
WE GOT ANOTHER SODA
CAN IN THE KITCHEN.
I WANT THIS WHOLE PLACE
DUSTED AND PRESERVED.
EVERYTHING HERE IS EVIDENCE.
NOW, THE FOCUS WITH THE CRIME
SCENE UNIT IS, HEY,
LET'S LOOK AT THESE
DRINK CONTAINERS.
AT THAT POINT, I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE ITEMS
GET TO THE FINGERPRINT EXPERT
TO HAVE THEM CONDUCT THEIR TEST.
Narrator: WHILE POLICE CONTINUE
TO PROCESS THE SCENE,
WORRIED RELATIVES
BEGIN TO GATHER.
DETECTIVES ARE ANXIOUS
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHO THEIR VICTIMS ARE.
DID ANYONE TALK
TO THE FAMILY YET?
NO, NOT YET.
IT'S THE TWO WOMEN OVER THERE.
WE HAVE TO NOW GO OUT
TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO ARE GATHERED OUTSIDE
AND MAKE OUR NOTIFICATION.
MA'AM?
WOULD YOU GUYS MIND
STEPPING BACK FOR A MINUTE?
THANK YOU.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I'M SERGEANT ROBERT KUHLMEIER.
DO YOU HAVE RELATIVES
THAT LIVE AT THIS RESIDENCE?
YES.
IT WASN'T LONG AFTER
MY GETTING OUT THE CAR
THAT THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAD
FOUND TWO BODIES IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN "BODIES"?!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE.
WE FOUND A MAN
AND A TEENAGE FEMALE.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD.
Marilyn: AFTER I WAS TOLD THAT
THEY HAD FOUND THE TWO BODIES,
AND I KNEW THAT IT WAS
THREE OF THEM IN THE HOUSE,
MY CONCERN WAS NOW,
WHERE WAS MY SISTER, PAT.
EAT UP.
Man: OH, LOOK AT THAT!
VEGGIE BURGERS ON THE GRILL.
Narrator: PATRICIA HENRY
AND HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI,
HAD LIVED IN THE CRESCENTVILLE
HOME FOR A DECADE.
PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND, JAMES, HAD
MOVED IN ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE.
IT WAS, APPARENTLY,
A HAPPY HOUSEHOLD.
MY SISTER, PAT, SHE WAS
A WIDOW AT A YOUNG AGE.
PAT HAD TO RAISE MY NIECE,
NIKKI, HER DAUGHTER.
JAMES, YOU BETTER NOT BE
OVERCOOKING MY BURGER.
YOU BETTER MAKE MINE A DOUBLE.
PHYLLIS, I'LL MAKE YOU
ANYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES.
Phyllis: A FEW YEARS LATER,
SHE MET JAMES.
THEY MET ON A CRUISE FOR MY
SISTER PAT'S 49TH BIRTHDAY.
PAT AND JAMES HIT IT
OFF REALLY WELL,
AND JAMES GOT ALONG WITH NIKKI.
THEY JUST CLICKED RIGHT AWAY.
Marilyn: THE FIRST TIME
I MET JAMES
WAS AT A FOURTH OF JULY EVENT.
IT WAS AS IF I HAD
KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS
BECAUSE HE JUST FIT
RIGHT IN WITH THE FAMILY.
Phyllis: ALL THREE SEEMED TO
WANT THIS RELATIONSHIP.
THEY WERE A FAMILY.
Narrator: PATRICIA HENRY'S
WHEREABOUTS ARE NOW A MYSTERY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE YOUR SISTER MAY HAVE GONE?
HER CAR IS THERE. OKAY?
I SAW IT.
SHE WOULDN'T JUST TAKE OFF.
I DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT
IF SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN
AGAINST HER WILL.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER.
HAVE YOU TRIED CONTACTING HER
OR CALLING HER CELL?
I KEEP CALLING AND CALLING.
I GET NO ANSWER.
WE REALIZE PATRICIA IS NOT
IN THE UPSTAIRS SECOND FLOOR.
PATRICIA'S CAR WAS IN
THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
WHERE IS PATRICIA?
Narrator: WITH NO OTHER CLUES,
DETECTIVES FOCUSED
THEIR ATTENTION
BACK INTO THE HOME.
THEN THEY FIND SOMETHING.
Man [on radio]:
SARGE, YOU ON THE AIR?
YEAH, GO 'HEAD.
YEAH, WE NEED YOU
IN THE BASEMENT.
**
**
[ RADIO CHATTER ]
Narrator: HOURS AFTER FINDING
THE BODIES OF
15-YEAR-OLD NIKKI STALLWORTH
AND HER MOTHER'S PARTNER,
JAMES COFER, GUNNED DOWN IN
THEIR PHILADELPHIA ROW HOUSE,
DETECTIVES ARE SEARCHING
FOR PATRICIA HENRY,
NIKKI'S MOTHER,
WHO IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
Man: WE'RE NOT SURE WHETHER
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS A SUSPECT,
OR WHERE IS THAT INDIVIDUAL?
WE NOW HAVE NIKKI
AND JAMES UPSTAIRS.
WE NEED TO FIND PATRICIA.
Narrator:
AS THE CROWD OF MOURNERS GROW,
POLICE INTENSIFY THEIR SEARCH
FOR PATRICIA'S WHEREABOUTS,
AND THEY FIND SOMETHING.
Kuhlmeier: WE START CONDUCTING
MORE EXTENSIVE SEARCH
OF THE HOME, AND THERE WAS ONE
PARTICULAR AREA
IN THE HOME THAT REALLY
WASN'T LOOKED DEEPLY INTO,
AND IT WAS IN THE BASEMENT.
RIGHT HERE, DETECTIVES.
WE HAD TO REMOVE
THE PILES OF CLOTHING,
AND WE DISCOVERED AN AREA RUG
THAT WAS ROLLED UP.
AT THAT POINT, WE DISCOVERED
PATRICIA HENRY.
**
SHOT JUST LIKE JAMES AND NIKKI.
WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE TO
HIDE HER, MAKING HER DISAPPEAR.
THEY ROLLED HER UP
IN THE CARPET,
PUT HER BEHIND A CURTAIN
UNDER SOME CLOTHES.
CONSISTENT WITH
THE TWO UPSTAIRS.
YEAH, BUT HE WRAPPED HER UP.
MAYBE HE JUST DIDN'T WANT HER
TO BE FOUND AT ALL.
Narrator: FOR INVESTIGATORS,
FINDING PATRICIA HENRY'S BODY
COVERED JUST LIKE JAMES
AND NIKKI'S UPSTAIRS
LENDS CREDENCE
TO THE THEORY
THAT THE KILLER COULD BE
SOMEONE THE FAMILY KNEW.
Man: WHEN YOU'RE INVESTIGATING
A CRIME SCENE
AND YOU SEE A BODY COVERED,
SOMETIMES THAT'S AN INDICATION
OF THEY KNEW THEM,
OR THERE'S SOME TYPE OF
RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY COVER
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
TO SEE WHAT THEY DID.
Woman: AND THAT SUGGESTS THAT
THE KILLER SOMEHOW HAD REMORSE
OR WAS UPSET ABOUT
WHAT THEY HAD DONE,
WHICH IS TYPICAL IN CASES WHERE
THE KILLER KNOWS THE VICTIMS.
WANNA GRAB
HAVE AN OFFICER
AND START KNOCKING ON DOORS?
SOMEONE MUST HAVE
SEEN SOMETHING.
AS FAR AS WE COULD SEE,
THERE WAS NO INDICATION
THAT THERE WAS REALLY
A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS TAKEN.
WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE PERSON
GOT IN, WHO THEY WERE,
SO WE WEREN'T SURE
WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH YET.
Narrator: NOW, WITH A CONFIRMED
THIRD VICTIM
AND STILL NO CLEAR MOTIVE,
SERGEANT KUHLMEIER REJOINS
PATRICIA'S SISTERS
TO GIVE THEM THE NEWS.
SO I'M VERY SORRY TO HAVE
TO TELL YOU THIS.
WE FOUND YOUR SISTER
INSIDE THE HOUSE ALSO DECEASED.
- NO.
- OH, GOD.
Woman: IT WAS JUST SHOCKING
TO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALL OUR FRIENDS, THEY WOULD,
"THAT'S NOT OUR PAT, IS IT?
THAT'S NOT OUR PATRICIA. TELL ME
THAT'S NOT OUR PATRICIA."
I'M AFRAID I NEED TO ASK YOU
SOME HARD QUESTIONS,
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE EASY,
BUT YOUR ANSWERS COULD
HELP US FIND WHO DID THIS.
SURE, BUT GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
WAS PAT, OR NIKKI FOR THAT
MATTER, INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE?
SOMEONE JAMES DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?
NO.
THE DETECTIVES ASKED ME, DID I
KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD DO THIS
OR ANY REASON FOR DOING THIS,
AND, I MEAN, I COULD NOT
THINK OF ANYONE
THAT WOULD HARM THEM THAT WAY.
I MEAN, THEY DID NOT
HANG OUT WITH PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, THAT WERE CRIMINALS.
Narrator: AS SERGEANT KUHLMEIER
GRILLS THE FAMILY
FOR INFORMATION,
DETECTIVES FAN OUT ACROSS
THE CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
IN SEARCH OF ANY WITNESSES.
SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER
WALKING OR ANY OF THEM
WALKING WITH SOMEONE
TO THE HOUSE,
SAW SOMEBODY
KNOCKING ON THE DOOR,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD
GIVE YOU A STARTING POINT.
EXCUSE ME?
YES?
I'M WITH
THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
YOU GOT A MINUTE FOR A QUESTION
OR TWO ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS,
PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES?
YEAH, I HEARD.
I'M STILL IN SHOCK.
DID YOU HEAR OR SEE
ANYTHING UNUSUAL LAST NIGHT?
NO, NOTHING THAT I CAN THINK OF.
NO ONE COMING OR GOING THAT
SEEMED LIKE THEY DIDN'T BELONG?
WELL, NO, NOT THAT DAY,
BUT THERE IS ONE GUY
THAT COMES AROUND.
WHAT ABOUT EXES?
AFTER PAT'S HUSBAND DIED, DID
SHE DATE ANYONE BEFORE JAMES?
WELL, THERE WAS ONE GUY, JOHN,
BUT IT WAS BRIEF, YOU KNOW?
THEY MET AT WORK.
THEY STILL KEEP IN TOUCH,
AS FAR AS I KNOW.
Woman: SHE WORKED WITH A LOT
OF MALE COUNSELORS,
AND PAT, BEING
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, JOHN,
ONE OF THE COUNSELORS THERE,
SHOWED AN INTEREST IN HER.
YEAH, JOHN.
OH, HE COMES AND GOES.
HE GETS HIS MAIL THERE, I THINK.
I SEE HIM. I WAVE.
HE WAVES.
COMES AND GOES AS IN CURRENTLY?
YEAH.
I GUESS THAT COULD
BE WEIRD, HUH?
I MEAN, WITH JAMES AND ALL.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY WEIRD?
WELL JAMES IS
THE CURRENT BOYFRIEND,
AND HE'S THE EX-BOYFRIEND
COMING AROUND LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WEIRD.
PAT HAD AN EX-BOYFRIEND,
AND NEIGHBORS
SAID THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIM
OCCASIONALLY COMING
TO THE PROPERTY
AND LETTING HIMSELF
IN WITH A KEY.
THAT WOULD BE CAUSE
FOR CONCERN
BECAUSE THERE WAS
NO FORCED ENTRY.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU SAW THEM AT THE HOUSE?
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T SOMETHING
I PAID THAT CLOSE ATTENTION TO.
THE EX-BOYFRIEND STILL COMING
AROUND TO THE HOUSE,
AND PATRICIA'S INVOLVED
IN ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP,
IS THERE A JEALOUSY THING
WITH THE EX-BOYFRIEND
AND THE NEW BOYFRIEND?
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
JOHN'S LAST NAME BY ANY CHANCE?
OF COURSE I KNOW IT.
IT'S BOSTON, JOHN BOSTON.
YOU HAVE TO INVESTIGATE
THAT POSSIBILITY THAT,
WAS THERE A PROBLEM BETWEEN
THOSE TWO OVER MONEY,
OVER RELATIONSHIP,
OVER ANYTHING?
BUT THE FACT THAT HE COULD
LET HIMSELF INTO THAT PROPERTY
IS SUSPICIOUS.
Narrator: DETECTIVES TRACK DOWN
JOHN BOSTON'S
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS.
SERGEANT BRITT
AND DETECTIVE JIM BURKE
FROM PHILLY PD'S FUGITIVE SQUAD
MEET WITH BOSTON'S LANDLORD
IN FRONT OF HIS HOME.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
GOOD MORNING.
SO WE WERE JUST GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR,
SEE WHAT'S WHAT.
IF WE DON'T GET AN ANSWER,
GO AHEAD AND UNLOCK THE DOOR.
YOU GOT IT.
WHY IS HE CONTINUING TO COME
BACK TO PATRICIA HENRY'S HOME
WHEN PATRICIA IS INVOLVED
IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP?
JOHN BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
COME TO THE DOOR.
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT, SUSPECT,
LOCATING A WITNESS,
OR AFTER A HOMICIDE FUGITIVE,
YOU ALWAYS GO THE SAME WAY.
ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR WHAT YOU
DON'T KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
JOHN BOSTON, COME TO THE DOOR.
SARGE, DO YOU SMELL THAT?
SURE DO.
WE DID KNOCK.
WE WEREN'T GETTING ANSWERS.
WE COULD SMELL A FOUL ODOR
COMING FROM THE RESIDENCE...
IT SMELLS LIKE A DEAD BODY.
SO WE WANTED TO GAIN ACCESS
TO SEE IF HE WAS IN THERE,
DEAD OR ALIVE.
MR. JOHN BOSTON,
COME TO THE DOOR.
ALL RIGHT.
UNLOCK IT.
YOU GOT IT.
**
**
**
LET'S START LOOKING AROUND.
EVEN WHEN IT'S AN EMPTY HOUSE,
YOU'RE APPREHENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, YOUR WEAPON IS DRAWN.
YOU'RE GOING SLOWLY,
AND YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY
SNEAKING UP BEHIND YOU.
**
**
WE FOUND HIS RESIDENCE
IN DISARRAY
WHICH PIQUED OUR INTEREST.
**
**
HE'S NOT HERE.
WE REALIZED IT WASN'T
WHAT WE THOUGHT,
THAT THE FOUL ODOR
WAS COMING FROM SOMETHING
OTHER THAN A DEAD CORPSE.
DID HE DISAPPEAR?
DID HE TAKE OFF?
IS HE A FLIGHT, YOU KNOW,
A FUGITIVE?
IS HE RUNNING AWAY?
IS HE RESPONSIBLE?
LIKE, WE REALLY NEED
TO FIND WHERE HE IS.
**
**
Narrator: POLICE INVESTIGATING
A TRIPLE MURDER
IN PHILADELPHIA'S
CRESCENTVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD
ARE LOOKING FOR VICTIM
PATRICIA HENRY'S
EX-BOYFRIEND, JOHN BOSTON.
NEIGHBORS HAD SEEN BOSTON COMING
AND GOING FROM PATRICIA'S HOUSE
EVEN AFTER THEY SPLIT UP.
DETECTIVES CHECK HIS RESIDENCE,
BUT HE'S NOT THERE.
Man: FROM WHAT THEY COULD SEE,
THINGS LOOKED IN DISARRAY.
THINGS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.
WE COULD NOT LOCATE HIM,
AND NOW YOU'RE WONDERING,
"DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO HIM
OR DID HE JUST NOT
WANT TO BE FOUND?"
Narrator: WHEN DETECTIVES SPEAK
WITH NEIGHBORS,
THEY LEARN THAT BOSTON
IS NO LONGER IN THE HOME
BUT IN THE HOSPITAL.
**
**
MR. BOSTON?
YES, THAT'S ME.
SERGEANT KUHLMEIER,
PHILADELPHIA HOMICIDE.
I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE,
PATRICIA AND HER DAUGHTER.
I WENT BY YOUR PLACE.
YOUR NEIGHBOR TOLD US
YOU WERE HERE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASK,
WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR?
I HAD A STROKE, GOT TO GET
MY ENERGY BACK
BEFORE I CAN GO BACK HOME.
Man: HE WAS REHABBING FROM
THE STROKE
AND WAS PHYSICALLY
UNABLE TO GET AROUND.
SO YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED?
LISTEN, PAT AND NIKKI
ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
I LOVE PATRICIA...
EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T EXACTLY
A PERFECT MATCH.
SHE WAS, UM...
[ CHUCKLES ]
OUT OF MY LEAGUE.
JOHN COULD NOT
KEEP UP WITH PAT.
HE WAS OLDER,
AND HE WAS SICKLY.
NO HARD FEELINGS,
HER LEAVING YOU LIKE THAT?
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO ASK BUT NO.
NO.
THERE SEEMED TO BE NO FORCED
ENTRY AT THE REAR DOOR,
AND THAT COMBINED
WITH THE INFORMATION
WE WERE GETTING THAT
PATRICIA HENRY'S EX-BOYFRIEND
WOULD COME TO THE HOUSE
TO PICK UP MAIL LEAVES US
TO BELIEVE THAT
HE POSSESSED A KEY.
YOU STILL HAVE A KEY
TO HER PLACE, RIGHT?
YOU COULD COME
AND GO AS YOU WANT.
HAD A KEY, SO I COULD
PICK UP MY MAIL.
I GAVE IT BACK TO HER.
I DON'T HOLD A GRUDGE,
NEVER HAVE,
AND EVEN IF I DID,
WHAT COULD I DO?
I WAS HERE WHEN IT HAPPENED,
SAW IT ON TELEVISION.
Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
CONFIRMED THAT BOSTON WAS,
INDEED, IN THE HOSPITAL
WHEN THE KILLER STRUCK.
AND WE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL DURING THE MURDER.
THEREFORE, HE WAS
ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT.
WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
HERE'S MY CARD.
KEEP IT.
IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING
THAT MIGHT HELP US, CALL ME.
**
Narrator: AFTER SPEAKING WITH
JOHN BOSTON
AND LEARNING MORE
ABOUT PATRICIA'S LIFE,
DETECTIVES BEGAN TO QUESTION
WHETHER PATRICIA HENRY
WAS ACTUALLY
THE INTENDED TARGET.
Man: THE EX-BOYFRIEND REVEALED
TO US
THAT ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT PATRICIA AND HE BROKE UP
WAS HE WASN'T PARTICULARLY
CLEAN AND NEAT.
Narrator: REFLECTING BACK TO
THE CRIME SCENE,
DETECTIVES RECALL THE PIZZA
LEFT OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Man: IF PATRICIA WAS HOME
AT THE TIME,
THOSE ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN
CLEANED UP AND PUT AWAY.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION
FROM PATRICIA'S EX-BOYFRIEND,
LET'S FOCUS BACK ON NIKKI.
DID NIKKI INVITE SOMEONE
IN TO THE PROPERTY,
AND IF SO, WHO WOULD THAT BE?
Narrator: DETECTIVES GO TO THE
PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL
THAT NIKKI ATTENDED
TO SPEAK TO HER FRIENDS.
SO, YOU GUYS, DO YOU THINK
YOU KNOW WHO DID IT?
NOT YET, BUT WE WILL.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE
HONORS STUDENT
AT THE PHILADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL
FOR CREATIVE
AND PERFORMING ARTS.
SHE WAS JUST A GREAT STUDENT.
NO ONE HAD ANYTHING BAD
TO SAY ABOUT HER.
SHE WAS SO TALENTED.
SHE WON SO MANY AWARDS
THAT SHE WAS BASICALLY
TEACHING THE ART CLASS.
WE FIND OUT THAT SHE'S
A GIFTED STUDENT.
SHE'S GOING TO A GIFTED SCHOOL
AND THAT SHE'S
A STRAIGHT-A STUDENT.
DID NIKKI HAVE TROUBLE
WITH ANYONE?
SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE GIRLS.
SHE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE,
YOU KNOW?
SHE WAS INDEPENDENT.
SHE HAD A SINGLE MOM
WHO WORKED ALL THE TIME
AND COULD TAKE CARE OF HERSELF.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS ITS BAD KIDS.
DID SHE EVER HANG WITH THEM?
THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF SCHOOL.
EVERYONE HERE WORKED HARD
TO GET HERE,
BUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
SHE LEFT HERE,
I DON'T KNOW.
Man: NIKKI, YOU KNOW,
DIDN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND.
IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT
SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND
THAT WAS IN THE CRIMINAL WORLD.
**
Narrator: DETECTIVES DIG DEEPER
INTO NIKKI'S LIFE
AND FIND NO DARK SECRETS.
Man: THERE WAS NO ISSUES
AND NO PROBLEMS IN NIKKI'S LIFE.
WE WERE KIND OF PERPLEXED
AS TO WHERE ELSE TO GO.
Narrator: AND AS THEY CHECK INTO
PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER'S BACKGROUND,
THEY FIND SIMILAR RESULTS.
MN:
WE DO A COMPUTER CHECK TO SEE,
WAS JAMES EVER ARRESTED?
IS HE GAMBLING?
IS HE TAKING DRUGS
THAT ANYONE'S AWARE OF,
AND DOES HE HAVE A DRUG DEBT?
ONCE AGAIN, NEGATIVE.
JAMES, WE DETERMINED,
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
STRAIGHT-A STUDENT,
HARDWORKING MOTHER
AND HER
STRAIGHT-ARROW BOYFRIEND,
I GUESS YOU COULD CALL
THEM ATYPICAL VICTIMS.
Man: WE COULD FIND NOTHING IN
EITHER ONE'S PAST
THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THEY
WOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYBODY WHO
WOULD BE CAPABLE OF THESE ACTS.
**
THEY NEVER SAW THIS COMING.
YEAH, MAYBE THAT'S THE POINT.
IT WAS AT THIS POINT,
WE'RE GIVING SERIOUS THOUGHT.
WHAT IF THIS WAS A STRANGER
THAT CAME INTO
THE BINGHAM STREET HOUSE
AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
MURDERING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS?
Narrator: IT'S AN UNSETTLING
BUT REAL POSSIBILITY.
INVESTIGATORS MUST NOW CONSIDER
IF THE MURDERS OF PATRICIA,
JAMES AND NIKKI
ARE TIED TO A STRING
OF OTHER HOMICIDES
IN PHILADELPHIA.
THERE WERE SEVERAL MURDERS
IN WHICH THERE ARE
MULTIPLE VICTIMS.
THESE WERE FAMILIES THAT WERE
KILLED IN THEIR HOMES,
AND THE PUBLIC WAS CONCERNED
THAT THEY WERE LINKED.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE
WE'RE STARTING TO WORRY
BECAUSE NOW WE DON'T KNOW
IF WE HAVE A SERIAL KILLER.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE
TO STOP THIS,
AND WE HAVE TO STOP IT QUICK.
**
Narrator: PHILADELPHIA POLICE
ARE TRYING TO CATCH THE KILLER
WHO GUNNED DOWN PATRICIA HENRY,
HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI,
AND PATRICIA'S BOYFRIEND,
JAMES COFER.
NOW, POLICE ARE QUESTIONING
WHETHER THEIR DEATHS
ARE A PART OF A SERIES
OF MURDERS
OF UPSTANDING FAMILIES
THROUGHOUT PHILADELPHIA.
ROBERT.
BILL.
THERE WERE MURDERS
THAT HAD MULTIPLE VICTIMS
THAT WERE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR
TO THE CRESCENTVILLE KILLINGS.
THEY WERE INNOCENT VICTIMS
THAT WERE KILLED IN THEIR HOME.
TWO COUPLES, ALMOST THE SAME
PROFILE AS PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES,
ALL SHOT AT HOME.
Narrator: BOTH MURDERS HAPPENED
WITHIN 10 MILES
OF PATRICIA HENRY'S RESIDENCE,
ROUGHLY 4 MONTHS EARLIER.
WE WENT OVER THE CASE
FILES FOR ALL THREE,
AND, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF IT FITS,
AND SOME OF IT'S JUST
TOO EARLY TO SAY.
WE LOOKED FOR A THING CALLED
COMMON THEME AND DESIGN.
HOW WAS ENTRANCE GAINED?
WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE FOUND?
HOW WERE THE PEOPLE FOUND?
DO THEY WORK TOGETHER?
WAS THERE SOME SORT OF
COMMON THREAD
THAT WOULD TIE
THE TWO OF THEM IN?
IN THE OTHER HOMICIDES
THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY.
JUST LIKE AT PAT'S HOUSE.
BEFORE YOU ASK,
THERE WERE NO EYE WITNESSES.
HE GETS IN AND OUT,
AND NOBODY SEES HIM.
IT SEEMS SO.
Woman: THE PUBLIC WONDERED
IF THEY WERE LINKED,
AND THERE WERE
SOME CONCERNS AND FEARS,
YOU KNOW, AMONG
THE PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA
THAT, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE
A SERIAL KILLER AT WORK?
Narrator: AS INVESTIGATORS
CONSIDER WHETHER THESE CASES
COULD HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
BY THE SAME KILLER,
THEY CATCH A BREAK.
GENTLEMEN, I HAVE WHAT
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
RIGHT THERE IS THE FINGERPRINTS.
THANKS.
THAT'S A POSITIVE ID
ON A GOOD SUSPECT.
Man: THERE WAS A FINGERPRINT
LIFTED FROM
A SODA CAN THAT WAS ON
THE COFFEE TABLE
IN THE LIVING ROOM
AT THE SCENE OF THIS CRIME.
CAME BACK TO A YOUNG FELLOW
BY THE NAME OF SEAN BROWN.
THIS GUY LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.
LIKE I SAID...
Narrator: THE LAB WORK ALSO
POINTS TO A MOTIVE.
THE KILLER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
15-YEAR-OLD NIKKI.
THE GUY WHO DID THIS
IS GOING DOWN.
Narrator: THEIR NEW SUSPECT,
SEAN BROWN,
IS SOMEONE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
KNOW ALL TOO WELL.
Man: SEAN IS COMMITTING
SOME BURGLARIES IN THE AREA,
AND HE WAS CAUGHT.
Man: AND HE WAS ALLEGEDLY
ON HOUSE ARREST
SERVING TIME
FOR THE SAID BURGLARY.
Narrator: POLICY IMMEDIATELY
WANT TO BRING IN SEAN BROWN
FOR QUESTIONING,
BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
Man: SEAN BROWN WAS PUT
ON PROBATION,
AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO REMAIN
HOME WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR.
HE VIOLATED IT
BY CUTTING THE BRACELET OFF
AND TAKING OFF.
Narrator:
SEAN BROWN IS ON THE RUN.
DETECTIVES TURN TO ONE
OF THE FEW PEOPLE
WHO MAY KNOW WHERE HE IS,
HIS FATHER.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
YOU'RE HERE FOR SEAN.
YOU SEAN'S FATHER?
YEAH, I AM.
Man: WHEN I WENT TO SEE
SEAN BROWN'S FATHER
AT HIS RESIDENCE,
HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.
HE WANTED TO HELP.
HE WANTED US TO LOCATE HIS SON.
WE NEED TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP.
WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?
RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WANT
TO TALK TO HIM.
IT MUST BE BAD IF YOU CAN'T
TELL ME WHAT IT IS.
IT AIN'T TOO GOOD.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.
HE HAD TOLD US THAT
HE RECENTLY HAD TO KICK
HIS SON OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IT JUST CAME TO A POINT THAT HE
WAS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION,
AND HE JUST WASN'T GOING
TO TOLERATE THE BEHAVIOR.
I TRIED WITH HIM.
I DID.
I GOT HIM THE HELP
WHEN HE NEEDED IT.
I LOOK AT HIM IN THE EYE NOW,
AND I SEE SOMEONE
I DON'T RECOGNIZE.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO FIND
SEAN, MR. BROWN?
YEAH, HE GOT A FRIEND
OVER BY HIS MOM'S HOUSE.
I BET HE'S THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
MM-HMM.
LET'S GO.
AND THIS FRIEND IS
AS BAD AS SEAN IS.
I'D BE CAREFUL.
**
Narrator: DETECTIVE BURKE
AND THE FUGITIVE SQUAD
DESCEND UPON
SEAN BROWN'S FRIEND'S HOME
WHERE THEY BELIEVE
SEAN IS HIDING OUT.
**
PHILADELPHIA POLICE,
COME TO THE DOOR.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
PHILADELPHIA
POLICE, COME TO THE DOOR!
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
I HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT,
SO I WANT YOU TO COME
TO THE DOOR NOW.
IF YOU DON'T COME TO THE DOOR,
I'M TAKING IT DOWN.
GET READY.
THIS IS A WARRANT
TO SEARCH THE PREMISES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR SEAN BROWN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
JUST SIT DOWN,
AND STAY OUT OF THE WAY.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE!
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE.
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Man: WHEN WE WENT OUT ON THIS,
WE HAD A FINGERPRINT.
WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER
HE WAS AN INVITED GUEST
OR IF HE WAS OUR KILLER.
IT WASN'T UNTIL WE GOT
TO THAT HOUSE
THAT WE JUMPED
INTO FUGITIVE MODE.
BASEMENT.
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WE WANTED TO LOCATE HIM
AS QUICK AS WE COULD.
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WE SEARCHED THE WHOLE HOUSE,
AND THE LAST PLACE
TO SEARCH WAS THE GARAGE.
GET THE DOOR.
EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER,
AND YOU ALWAYS GET NERVOUS.
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Narrator: PHILADELPHIA POLICE
INVESTIGATORS THINK
THEY'VE FINALLY TRACKED DOWN
SEAN BROWN,
NOW THEIR STRONGEST SUSPECT
IN THE MURDER OF PATRICIA HENRY,
HER BOYFRIEND, JAMES COFER,
AND HER DAUGHTER, NIKKI.
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SEAN BROWN, IF YOU'RE
IN HERE, COME OUT.
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SEAN BROWN, IF YOU'RE
IN HERE, COME OUT.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD.
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DON'T MOVE, SEAN.
DON'T MOVE!
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
YOU GOT ME.
YOU GOT ME.
Man: HE WAS SURPRISED,
AND HE LOOKED UP AT US,
AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY
HIDING FROM US.
SEAN BROWN, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN
AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU
IN THE COURT OF LAW.
LET'S GO.
HE WAS TAKEN IN CUSTODY
ON HIS PROBATION VIOLATIONS,
HIS OUTSTANDING WARRANTS,
AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED
TO THE HOMICIDE UNIT
FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.
Man: BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER
AT THAT POINT,
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER
SEAN BROWN WAS AN INVITED GUEST.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HIS
CONNECTION WAS TO THE HOUSE
OR THE MURDER VICTIMS.
YOU ALL RIGHT, SEAN?
NEED SOMETHING TO EAT, DRINK?
NO, I'M GOOD.
SO I GOT SOME
HOUSEKEEPING-TYPE STUFF
I GOT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.
GO AHEAD.
WHEN I FIRST PUT SEAN
INTO AN INTERVIEW ROOM,
I ASKED HIM COULD I SIT WITH HIM
AND GET SOME BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON HIM.
SO YOU'RE, WHAT, 19?
YEAH.
YOU'RE ON HOUSE ARREST
OVER ON YORK STREET?
YEAH.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU DO THAT,
YOU BUILD A RAPPORT
WITH SOMEONE.
JUST ASKING SIMPLE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR LIFE
AND THEIR RELATIVES
AND WHERE THEY LIVE
AND WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL,
AND YOU BUILD A RAPPORT.
YOU WORKING, SEAN?
NO, NOT FOR A MINUTE.
AND YOUR DAD, HOW IS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
IN THE 20-SO MINUTES IT TOOK
TO GET THROUGH THAT REPORT,
SEAN, AT SOME POINT, SAID,
"I KNOW THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME
CUTTING OFF MY ANKLE BRACELET."
AND I SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S NOT."
WHAT'S ALL THIS FOR?
YOU ALL KNOW I GOT
A SHEET, RIGHT?
ALL THAT'S ON THERE SOMEWHERE,
SO WHAT'S ALL THIS FOR?
I BET YOU ALREADY KNOW.
IN FACT, I KNOW
YOU ALREADY KNOW.
IT'S ABOUT THOSE THREE PEOPLE
YOU KILLED IN CRESCENTVILLE.
WHAT YOU MEAN?
WHAT I MEAN IS, SEAN,
IS YOUR FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND
ON A SODA CAN IN THE HOUSE
WHERE THE THREE PEOPLE
YOU MURDERED LIVED, NIKKI,
PATRICIA AND JAMES.
YOU KNOW, THE THREE PEOPLE
YOU SHOT AND KILLED?
SO IF YOU GOT MY FINGERPRINTS,
THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT,
BUT YEAH.
I DID ALL THREE OF THEM.
HE HAD A COCKINESS ABOUT HIM.
IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE HE WAS
ALMOST PROUD
OF WHAT HE DID HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU WANT TO TELL US
HOW IT HAPPENED?
WHY NOT?
I CAUGHT HER COMING HOME.
SHE DIDN'T EVEN SEE ME,
BUT I SAW HER.
MAN, THAT GIRL WAS FINE.
I WANTED TO GET WITH HER.
HEY!
DON'T SCREAM.
I AIN'T GOING TO HURT YOU.
OKAY, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME.
GET INSIDE.
SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.
SHUT UP.
HE JUST WALKED UP ON THE GIRL
WHO WAS BASICALLY GETTING OFF
A BUS GOING INTO HER HOUSE
SHE HAD JUST PURCHASED A PIZZA.
IF YOU SCREAM, I'LL KILL YOU.
WHO ELSE IS IN HERE?
NO ONE, I SWEAR.
WHO?
NO ONE, I SWEAR.
SHE THOUGHT SEAN BROWN
WANTED SOME MONEY
AND MAYBE SOME ITEMS
IN THE HOUSE.
WHO'S IN HERE?
I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE MONEY
I GOT.
I DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY.
I WANT YOU.
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SEAN, DID YOU RAPE NIKKI?
YOU DON'T KNOW?
I ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU TELL ME.
MAN, WE DID IT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THERE
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I HAD TO.
THAT GIRL WAS FINE.
Man:
AND HE PRETTY MUCH REENACTED
CERTAIN ASPECTS
OF THE CRIME SCENE,
WHICH WERE PRETTY GRAPHIC
AND WITH NO REMORSE.
WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE.
YOU THINK YOU'RE A BIG MAN?
YOU THINK
WE'RE PLAYING HERE, SEAN?
AFTER THAT, YOU TOOK HER
TO THE BEDROOM?
MM-HMM.
SEE, I WAS GOING TO GO
TO HER ROOM FOR A LITTLE BIT,
LIE DOWN WITH HER.
WHERE'S YOUR ROOM AT?
IT'S THERE.
WALK.
PLEASE, NO!
Man: THAT'S WHEN HE DISCOVERED
JAMES COFER,
AND HE BECAME UPSET AT NIKKI.
WHO THE HELL IS THAT
IN THERE?
YOU TOLD ME NOBODY WAS HOME.
NO!
[ GUNSHOT ]
HE WENT OVER AND FIRED
HIS HANDGUN AT JAMES COFER
WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING.
Woman:
AND THAT SO UPSET NIKKI,
OF COURSE,
THAT SHE SCREAMED,
AND SO HE TURNED
THE GUN ON NIKKI
AND SHOT HER IN THE HEAD.
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AFTER THAT, EAT SOME PIZZA,
HAD A SODA, TOO...
AND I WENT AND WATCHED
SOME FOOTBALL ON TV.
MAN, OR AS I USED
TO LIKE TO SAY,
"HERE WE ARE IN THE LAND
OF MURDER,
MAYHEM AND MAN'S BASIC
INHUMANITY TO MAN."
NO!
OH, THIS LITTLE ****.
AFTER HE KILLS THESE PEOPLE,
HE DECIDES HE WANTS TO WATCH
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL,
SO HE DOES WHAT ANY RED-BLOODED
AMERICAN TEENAGER WILL DO,
PROCEEDS TO WATCH
THE DALLAS GAME.
Man:
HE WAS THEN WATCHING SOME TV.
AT SOME POINT IN THE EVENING,
PATRICIA HENRY CAME HOME.
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THEN I HEARD A NOISE
COMING FROM THE BASEMENT.
Man: PATRICIA HENRY WAS COMING
IN THROUGH THE BASEMENT DOOR.
IT WAS THE MOM COMING HOME,
AND I DID HER, TOO.
HAD TO, I CAN'T LEAVE A WITNESS.
Man: AND HE CONFRONTED HER
AND SHOT AND KILLED HER.
Narrator: HE THEN ROLLED
PAT HENRY UP IN A RUG,
ATTEMPTING TO HIDE HER BODY
BEHIND A PILE OF CLOTHES.
SEAN HARDLY LOOKED 19.
HE LOOKED LIKE ANY YOUNG KID
THAT YOU WOULD SEE
ON THE STREET,
COMING AND GOING FROM SCHOOL,
BUT YOU PUT A GUN
IN THAT KID'S HAND,
AND THEY'RE CAPABLE
OF KILLING SOMEONE.
THIS WAS A STRANGER THAT
WALKED UP ON A 15-YEAR-OLD
AND FOUND HIS WAY
INTO THE HOUSE WITH A GUN
AND COMMITTED
ALL THESE HOMICIDES.
SO I GOT TO ASK SEAN,
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
MAN, PEOPLE DIE EVERY DAY.
Man:
HE WAS A THIEF AND A PUNK,
AND HE WANTED TO GRADUATE
TO BEING A MURDERER,
AND ON THAT DAY, HE DID, AND HE
KILLED THREE INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Woman: HOW COULD SOMEONE JUST
RANDOMLY COME OFF OF THE STREET
AND DO SUCH AN ACT?
Man: TO DO WHAT HE DID,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE ACTS
HE COMMITTED IN THAT HOUSE,
AND THEN TO SIT DOWN
AND EAT A PIZZA
AND WATCH MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
WAS PURE EVIL.
Man: NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD
SEAN BROWN
IS CHARGED WITH THE KILLING OF
PAT, NIKKI AND JAMES.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE NEVER
CONNECTED BROWN
WITH ANY OTHER MURDERS.
Woman: THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW
SEAN ERIC BROWN
WAS AT THE SENTENCING,
AND I WAS JUST STUNNED
TO SEE THIS YOUNG BOY
THAT HAD COMMITTED
SUCH A DEVIOUS ACT.
Narrator:
THE JUDGE SENTENCES BROWN
TO THREE CONSECUTIVE LIFE TERMS.
Woman: IT WASN'T GOING TO BRING
MY FAMILY MEMBERS BACK,
BUT IT DID HELP IN KNOWING
THAT THE PERSON
THAT ACTUALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER
AND THAT DID ALL OF THIS
WAS BEHIND THE BARS,
AND THERE WAS NO QUESTIONING AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS GUILTY.
HE WAS THE ONE
THAT HAD DID THIS,
AND HE WAS THE ONE NOW
PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT.