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A look at possible suspects in Amy Gellert's murder

March 15, 2015 / 06:59

This episode discusses the murder of Amy Gellert and the various suspects involved, including Jeffrey Anderson, Hue Popple, Dominic Kanika, and Scott Manley.

Jeffrey Anderson, a burglar, was arrested shortly after Amy's murder but lacked evidence linking him to the crime. His past relationship with Amy and his troubled history raised suspicions.

Hue Popple had a romantic connection with Amy and was known for his violent tendencies. He became a suspect in 2013 after a tip suggested a connection to Amy's murder, but DNA evidence did not match.

Dominic Kanika, who moved to Cocoa Beach shortly before the murder, was implicated after a conversation overheard by a co-worker. His alibi was weak, and he failed a polygraph test.

Scott Manley, who claimed to be one of the last people to see Amy, provided conflicting statements about his whereabouts. He is currently incarcerated for other crimes, but no physical evidence ties him to the murder.

TLDR

The episode investigates suspects in Amy Gellert's murder, including Jeffrey Anderson, Hue Popple, Dominic Kanika, and Scott Manley.

Episode

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Jeffrey Anderson is a burglar currently in southern desert Correctional Center in Nevada he was involved in a police
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chase in Cocoa Beach the day after Amy was murdered major Todd Goodyear he was a burglar
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that was actually arrested in a stolen car in Brevard County right after the murder was committed when he was caught
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bunny Layton's credit cards were found in the vicinity making him a suspect but police could never linked him to the
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credit cards I know one of the things that interested the sergeant at that time was he had a couple books in the
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back of the thing that were like novels about homicides and so of course that sparked her interest but there was no
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evidence connecting him to the crime scene or Amy voice line I've done with him he was not identified out of that by
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Bonnie and Bob believed he was also given a polygraph in the past you can't totally saved 100% but you feel more
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more likely than not he wouldn't be the guy hue poeple at one time he had a romantic relationship with Amy her best
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friend angry Odell he was in the circle of friends our circle of friends really revolved a lot around music and so he
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was a punk rocker but he was a a fairly troubled soul and everybody knew he was a fairly troubled soul in what way uh
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destructive I mean not literally figuratively I think it would cut himself I think he was doing drugs
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detective lanes amok it was a mention that you did like to dabble with knives he had a drug addiction alcohol
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addiction had a propensity for violence could fly off the handle he didn't become a suspect until 2013 when a tip
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came in to crime line you poeple had been killed in a hit-and-run accident and there was a comment made at a New
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Year's Eve party that it was Karma for what he had done to Amy Gellert we got DNA from Tallahassee where he had the
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see done and that was entered then into this case would sent over to FDLE to see
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if we got a match there was no DNA match or any other piece of evidence connecting him to Amy's murder but
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Popple remains on the list of suspects Dominic kanika he moved to Cocoa Beach with his girlfriend Julie flounders
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shortly before Amy was murdered but didn't become a suspect until a year after her death
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agent Marlon bugs so how does he become a suspect Dominic's girlfriend's working
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at a local restaurant called Desperados and one of her co-workers overhears a conversation and calls up to report that
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she overheard Dominic's girlfriend saying he was possibly involved with that homicide investigators then learn
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canoe guides stolen a car and left the area the day after Amy's murder he later moved back to Pennsylvania where
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investigators tracked him down he told them a startling story lieutenant Carlos Reyes the thing that stands out during
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questioning he puts himself at the crime scene helping out he claimed that on the
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night of the murder he was driving home from his job as a short-order cook and stopped at the crime scene it was just
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being a concerned citizen stops and assisted deputy in putting up the crime-scene tape which is I'm not saying
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it's impossible what I'm saying is unheard of and when investigators pulled his timecard they discovered he wasn't
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work they also questioned white Kanika who was AWOL from the Marine Corps would have stopped if he's a wanted person
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from the military why would he stop and even be anywhere around Walton and investigators say he fits their profile
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of the intruder a white male in his 20s with a mid-atlantic accent and even a military background one of the things in
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the Marine Corps um you learn how to handle a knife in this case the person knew how to handle a knife in reviewing
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some of his military records he was examined and they said that he's got high anxiety he's prone to explosive
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behavior potentially violent kanika took a polygraph back in 1995 did he pass the
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polygraph he did not Kanika is now in State Correctional Institution Forest in Pennsylvania for robbing a pharmacy in
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that case he had been disguised in a fedora hat dark sunglasses and had been armed with a BB gun but investigators
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couldn't connect kanika either to Amy or her murder they couldn't find any mutual
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friends and there wasn't any physical evidence that put him inside the house Scott Manley
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he lived in Cocoa Beach and met Amy and drug rehab agent Marlin bugs he went to rehab was still using a hard drug so
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here he is he says this connection with Amy mainly told police he stopped at Amy's house a few hours before the
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murder and was one of the last people to see her Scott Manley tells us that even
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when he left the residence that he's driving down the road he sees Amy on her way to church so not only has she told
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him that she's going to be gone but now he sees her leaving and investigators say he lied about his whereabouts that
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night in his initial statement he said that he left to go visit a friend who's in his a a that friend says that Scott
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never came to his house when confronted by investigators he told them a different story
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I was out trying to purchase drugs and that's my story now well that's where it was hard to go back and cooperate Andy
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said he had plans to go out with Amy after church but her best friend Andrea says that's unlikely we had plans the
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night she died and at 9:00 p.m. around the time the first 9-1-1 calls were made manley says he was at home he did end up
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going home and his parents they give him an alibi being home at a certain time he
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even cancelled his plans with Amy leaving this voicemail just 30 minutes after she had been stabbed to death
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like 9:30 till late ground on Uranus but investigators say Manley is a con artist
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who failed a polygraph major Todd Goodyear a lot of things that makes him very interesting Manley is currently
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serving time in more Haven Correctional Facility for drug possession and robbery
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charges he's robbed banks he's robbed people still there's no physical evidence connecting Manley to Amy's
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murder

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Episode Highlights

  • Jeffrey Anderson: The Troubled Burglar
    Jeffrey Anderson, a burglar, became a suspect after being caught with stolen credit cards near the crime scene.
    “He was a fairly troubled soul.”
    @ 01m 16s
    March 15, 2015
  • Dominic Kanika's Unusual Alibi
    Dominic Kanika claimed he helped at the crime scene, but his story raised suspicions.
    “It's unheard of to stop at a crime scene.”
    @ 03m 31s
    March 15, 2015
  • Scott Manley's Deceptive Statements
    Scott Manley, one of the last to see Amy, lied about his whereabouts on the night of her murder.
    “I was out trying to purchase drugs and that's my story now.”
    @ 05m 48s
    March 15, 2015

Episode Quotes

  • He was a fairly troubled soul.
    A look at possible suspects in Amy Gellert's murder
  • It's unheard of to stop at a crime scene.
    A look at possible suspects in Amy Gellert's murder
  • I was out trying to purchase drugs and that's my story now.
    A look at possible suspects in Amy Gellert's murder

Key Moments

  • Troubled Soul01:16
  • Unusual Alibi03:31
  • Deceptive Statements05:48

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