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Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants

February 06, 2025 / 32:27

This episode covers the brutal murder of Jana Murray and the subsequent investigation into her coworker Britney Norwood, who was ultimately arrested for the crime. Key topics include the timeline of events on March 11, 2011, the details of the attack, and the psychological background of Britney Norwood.

The episode begins with the chaotic atmosphere at the Lululemon store during the launch of the iPad 2. Jana Murray, a 30-year-old employee, and her coworker Britney Norwood were closing the store when they encountered a masked attacker. The episode details the horrific scene discovered by the store manager the next morning, including the discovery of Jana's body and Britney's injuries.

As the investigation unfolds, Britney recounts her version of events, claiming she was attacked and sexually assaulted. However, inconsistencies in her story and evidence lead detectives to suspect her involvement in Jana's murder. The episode discusses the forensic evidence and the timeline that ultimately points to Britney as the perpetrator.

Britney's background is explored, revealing a history of theft and deceit. The episode culminates in her arrest and trial, where she is found guilty of first-degree murder. The emotional impact on Jana's family and the courtroom's reaction to the verdict are also highlighted.

The episode concludes with reflections on the shocking nature of the crime and the psychological profile of Britney Norwood, raising questions about how someone could commit such a violent act.

TLDR

Jana Murray was murdered by her coworker Britney Norwood over stolen yoga pants, leading to a shocking investigation and trial.

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talking about a case that is genuinely hard to process it left season Hobs at investigators in true disbelief for
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numerous reasons and I want to warn you there are some graphic descriptions of violence that may be difficult for some
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carefully chosen some of case file's most unforgettable cases to feature here where you'll get a visual Guide to the
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story today we're diving into case number 210 Jana Murray on March 11th 2011 employees closing at the Apple
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Store in an upscale area of Maryland were exhausted after a crazy day of the launch of the iPad 2 it was 10 p.m. and
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the store manager was tallying up receipts when they heard a banging coming from next door the man thought
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they also may have heard screaming and asked the store's senior manager to take a listen they decided that it sounded
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like an argument but not necessarily an emergency that they needed to intervene in but about 10 minutes later the Apple
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employees heard a woman yell God help me please help me and then a dreaded silence now despite hearing that the
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store manager and security guards decided that everything was probably fine I know there are parts of this
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story where when you hear them you're going to think to yourself what in the world but regardless the employees
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locked up the Apple Store and went home without calling police or investigating the situation further for themselves the
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woman's pleased from help were coming from the active wear store Lululemon which was nestled in a high-end shopping
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district lined with boutiques and popular restaurants earlier that day a Frid Frid day 30-year-old Jana Murray
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showed up to Lululemon to fill in for a coworker Jana was a salesperson and supervisor known for her bubbly and
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ambitious personality she didn't mind coming in on a day she was usually off as she knew the shopping center would be
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especially busy with the launch of the new iPad next door Jina got to work early that day and sat in the office
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where she did some homework for her master's program in business and communication having worked at Lulu
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lemon for 2 years Jana was impressed with the company's business model Jana's coworker 28-year-old Britney Norwood was
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also working the 300 p.m. shift that day and came into work after a relaxing afternoon of yoga and lunch and
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manicures with a friend Britney had transferred to the location a few weeks ago from another store while G hoped to
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go on to work for Lululemon corporate Britney's dream was to open her own gym as a personal trainer she was in High
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Spirits that day because she just secured a job interview at a local gym the following week now that Friday Jana
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and Britney found themselves swamped as it wasn't just a particularly busy day but the usual third salesperson who
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should have been there had called in sick and no one else could come in to cover that last minute but the women
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managed to hold down the fort and by 9:00 p.m. they had closed the doors like usual by 9:45 they said good night and
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went their separate ways the next morning the store manager arrived shortly before 8:00 a.m. and found the
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door unlocked as she entered the store she found the lights on and mannequins were toppled over clothing was all over
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the place there was a Smash TV on the floor and then she saw a bloody footprint she called out and thought she
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heard someone moaning the manager immediately ran out of the store and called 911 there's two people there's a
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woman that's alive and she's breathing she's tied up one person seems dead and the other
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person is breathing oh my God while she was waiting outside for police there was
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a young man who was waiting for the Apple Store to open and he asked if everything was okay she explained the
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situation and he offered to go back inside the store with her and when he walked in he started following a bloody
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trail that led to the back of the store and up to a closed door there was a large puddle of blood that had seeped
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from behind this door the man tried to open it but there was clearly something heavy that was just on the other side
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blocking it he was able to jam it open enough to stick his head through where he saw the body of a woman that was
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propped up against the door blood was everywhere there was rope tied around her neck and a toolbox was on her back
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with numerous blood soaked tools that had been thrown around her body the man turned to run and on his way out he
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nearly tripped over a pair of legs that were protruding from one of the staff bathrooms it was another woman whose
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ankles and wrists had been bound by zip ties she was covered in wounds and soaked in blood her yoga pants had been
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ripped open and he noticed there was a large Rock next to her body at this point both the man and the store manager
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were in a state of shock as officers arrived and raced inside they quickly determined that the woman in the hallway
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by the emergency exit had been dead for hours it was Jan and Murray the woman tied up in the bathroom was Britney
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Norwood she still had a pulse and was rushed to the hospital now police start combing through the store and they were
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just in shock at how horrific the scene was the registers and the store safes had been emptied out and among the
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scattered merchandise smashed TV and toppled over mannequins was one of the most gruesome and bloody murder scenes
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that the detectives had ever encountered in their careers Britney regained Consciousness she was covered in
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lacerations and wounds from the hospital bed she began to recount the events of the night the brutal attack Britney told
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detectives that shortly after both she and Jana left the store around 9:45 Britney realized said she had left
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her wallet behind and called Jana to ask if there was any way she could be let back into the store coincidentally Jana
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apparently had also left her laptop behind so she told Britney sure I was going to turn around anyways meet me
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there and we can grab our things and she was like well I noticed I didn't have my
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my laptop anyway so it's fine so I just met her back in front of the store it was just after 10: p.m. when the women
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met back up Jana opened the door and deactivated the alarm Jana grabbed her laptop while Britney tried to find her
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wallet but had no luck so Jana gave Britney her metro card so she could get home and told her she'd keep looking for
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her wallet the next morning and then within an instant the women realized they hadn't locked the door behind them
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as a masked man came out from behind a clothing rack he hit J over the head with a metal bar as another man came out
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from behind another rack and grabbed Britney one man took Jana to the rear hallway while Britney's attacker drived
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her to the bathroom Britney told detectives that he called her racial slurs and viciously sexually assaulted
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her using a hanger from the store at one point the attacker hit Britney on the head with a hard object that was
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presumably the rock that was found by her body causing her to drift in and out of Consciousness while the assault
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continued at one point Britney said she could Hear Voices coming from the Apple store next door and she prayed that
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someone would intervene and rescue her but nothing happened when the voices died down the masked man pulled Britney
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to her feet and ordered her to open the cash registers and safe as she complied with this Britney could hear Jana
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screaming from the rear of the store her screams became quieter and less frequent
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before stopping all together the next thing Britney remembered was being loaded into an ambulance Britney blamed
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herself for the ordeal believing it would not have happened if she hadn't forgotten her wallet after 48 painful
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minutes of recounting the night's events she asked is my friend okay now as Britney had been forced to open the
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registers in safe she and her attacker had treed blood throughout the store the size 7even and a half new Balan
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shoeprints belonged to Britney meaning the shoeprints from the pair of men's size 14 rebok sneakers belonged to her
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attacker authorities believed that the attackers had watched the two women go back into the Lululemon store from afar
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and saw an opportunity to rob the store and then followed them inside now the store didn't have indoor surveillance
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cameras however there were cameras pointed outside the back of the Apple Store and those cameras captured the
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back car park shared by Apple and Lululemon as to is began watching the night's previous recordings nothing
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initially stood out but at around 11 p.m. just after the attack took place two men entered the frame they were both
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dressed entirely in black and one of the men wore a ski mask rolled up like a beanie and had a backpack slung over his
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shoulder the pair seemed to be in a hurry as they walked from the direction of Lululemon and out of the view of the
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cameras the detectives went Fram by frame trying to get a clearer picture of their faces but it was just too blurry
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regardless they were certain that these were the two suspects they were looking for as detectives focused on identifying
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the two masked men another lead came in as detailed in the book The Yoga stor Murder by Dan Morse the day after the
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attack Jana Murray's pointec was found in a car park three blocks from the lemon store given that there was plenty
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of parking much closer to the the store when Jana returned around 1 p.m. this seemed a bit odd and then an officer
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came forward to report that he had been patrolling the car park at around 12:30 on the night of the attack 90 minutes
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after the two masked men were captured walking away from Lululemon as he drove past Jana's car he noticed the
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headlights were on and someone was sitting in the driver's seat 2 hours later the officer returned to the car
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park to find the car in the same spot with the lights still on this time the officer couldn't see if there was anyone
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still in the driver's seat so while he took note of this it didn't seem like there was anything necessarily wrong so
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he drove off that said he patrolled this car park a third time 1 hour later to find the car empty with the lights off
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detectives considered that J's murderer may have been the person spotted in the driver's seat but they were at a lost to
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explain why and the police tip line was buzzing off the hook with calls from concerned locals phoning in their
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suspicions on who they thought was responsible and one name kept coming up Keith locket Keith was a 40-year-old
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homeless man with a reputation for getting drunk and verbally abusive and therefore many local women were afraid
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of him the manager of a nearby homeor store recalled seeing Keith walked past Lululemon on the Friday of the attack
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he' had a backpack over his shoulder which struck the manager is odd because he had never seen Keith wearing a
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backpack before Keith had also been in the company of two other men whom the manager had never seen before now Keith
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had a long wrap sheet that included robbery assault and battery and it didn't take long for officers to locate
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him he was in a hospital out of town being treated for facial injuries including a swollen eye his clothes were
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covered in spots of dried blood now when detectives heard this they rushed to the
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hospital speculating that Jana or Britney may have injured him in self-defense and it made sense that he
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would seek help from a hospital that was out of town to try to fly under the radar Keith's bloody clothes were taken
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for DNA analysis and when he was questioned he strongly denied having any involvement in the attack but he did
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admit to being near the Lululemon store when it took place as detailed in the book The Yoga store murder keiith told
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the detectives that he had also been assaulted on the night of the attack against his facial injuries he said he
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was assaulted by a short man who hung out with a much taller man now this stood out to investigators because the
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surveillance video that they had showed two men and one was noticeably taller than the other Now Keith told detectives
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the these two men recently began working together to Rob stores in the area he then became emotional and told
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detectives that he was standing across the road from Lululemon when the two men entered to rob the store and cut the
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lady he said quote I seen it with my own eyes but detectives didn't know what to
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make of his statement because he was confused he seemed incoherent and he told officers that he suffered from
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schizophrenia over the course of the interview Keith's story changed multiple times and the blood on Keith's clothes
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were determined to be his own and none of his DNA was found at the Lululemon store so with no physical evidence
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linking him to the attack Keith was ruled out as a suspect now this next bit of info about Jana's autopsy is graphic
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but we're including it because it shows just how vicious this attack was now the
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medical examiner initi assumed that Jana had been in a car or bike crash given that her face and scalp were covered in
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that may bruises and cuts Jana's face was so disfigured by various injuries that her features were
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unrecognizable the crotch of her leggings had been slashed which suggested to the me that like Britney
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Jana had also been sexually assaulted fibers of rope found in Jana's clenched hand
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matched the piece of rope tied around her neck indicating that she had struggled to try to set herself free
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however her death was not caused by strangulation but from a stab wound to her skull in total Jana had sustained 13
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skull fractures and at least 331 separate injuries of which 152 were to her head and five or defensive wounds
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J's injuries had been caused by six or seven various objects that had been taken from within the store and from the
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toolbox that had been placed on her back meanwhile 3 days after the attack Britney had been released from the
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hospital and was resting at home and her parents had flown in from across the country she was surrounded by her eight
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siblings she was extremely close with and they dropped everything of course to be with her they were extremely worried
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about Britney as she had become very withdrawn and was hardly sleeping now detectives were desperate for more
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information so they decided to try to interview Britney once more but she was really struggling to relive the violent
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attack she did however recall that the two men were laughing as They carried out the robbery the rape and the murder
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describing it as like a scene out of a video game like Grand Theft Auto now while detectives were interviewing
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Britney at her house a sergeant went back to the Lulu Lemon Store as he was just really bothered by one detail of
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the crime why were only Britney's shoe prints and one other pair found in the store when there were two masked men
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involved in the assault furthermore why was there no bloody shoeprints outside of the store either at the front or back
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entrance as the sergeant re examined the front of the store he noticed a table had been pushed up against the wall and
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all the commotion that's when he noticed that the table had drawers underneath opening one he pulled out a pair of
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shoes men's rebok size 14 sneakers the tread was an exact match to the larger bloody shoe prints that were left in the
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store the store manager then explained to detectives that those particular shoes were owned and kept at Lululemon
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for their male customers to try on when buying pants this was a major breakthrough as a forensic examiner
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concluded that the rebok prints appeared to have been staged as the print patterns were inconsistent with what
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normal movement would show as detailed in the book murder in the yoga store by Peter Ross range one of the detectives
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said this brought him to the conclusion that the footprints never left the store
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because the killer never left at this point 6 days had gone by after the murder and Britney was asked to come
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to the police station where a detective asked her to recall the night's events for a third time now she retold her
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story and when she finished detectives asked if she had ever been in Jana's car before Britney said no but detectives
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knew that this was a lie do you know what kind of car she has um I don't I saw it once but I don't know
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the Mak model I don't know you see after they found Jana's car they found traces
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of blood inside that belonged to both Jana and Britney but there still wasn't enough evidence so instead of
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confronting Britney about it they let her go home the next day Britney came back completely voluntarily saying she
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wanted to get something off of her chest with two of her siblings waiting outside
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she said there was something she had been leaving out of the story out of fear they said where her keys I have no
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idea I don't one of them punched me in my head and made me look through her coat
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and her bag for them when I finally found them um they said if I was to pass anyone and open my mouth I can consider
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myself dead and that one of them would be watching the entire time she said yes I did go
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into J's car the night of the murder and she claimed that this was because Midway
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through the assault her attacker ordered her to move J's car which was parked outside the store and threatened her to
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stay quiet not alert anyone then the detectives did something interesting they called Britney's siblings inside
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the interview room and proceeded to tell them your sister is a killer now after dropping that little bombshell they laid
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out extensive evidence that pointed to Britney as the lone attacker and it turns out those two men that had been
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captured on surveillance video around the time of the attack while investigators had managed to track them
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down and find that they were two kitchen hands hurrying to make their late night
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shift at a nearby restaurant and further interviews with Apple employees that overheard yelling that night revealed
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that it started out with two different female voices that sounded like an argument prior to the screaming began
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and Britney's injuries that she received while at first seemed extensive were really just a bunch of Fairly
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superficial cuts and there was no evidence she hadd been sexually assaulted despite her gruesome story of
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the attacker using a coat hanger and J's autopsy found no sign kind of sexual assault either investigators believed
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that Britney obviously slashed Jana's leggings and her own to try to make it seem like they'd both been raped now
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with all this evidence stacked against her detectives were still absolutely dumbfounded as to what the motive
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possibly could have been so let's explore a bit of Britney Norwood's background she came from a large family
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of high Achievers including herself she did good in school she excelled in sports and got a soccer scholarship to
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Stony Brook University where she was named the team's Most Valuable Player Britney's goal was then to become a
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social worker as she was majoring in sociology and psychology but she was eventually asked to leave the university
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after multiple students accused Britney of stealing from them now apparently Britney never told her family she got
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kicked out and just pretended to graduate Britney got a job at a hotel where she was quickly promoted and given
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the title employee of the quarter but things weren't all Rosy in her life after a bad breakup with a boyfriend she
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broke into his house and stole various things including blank checks that ex ended up filing a restraining order
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against her and claimed that Britney was physically abusive and he was afraid of
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her now Britney ended up violating that restraining order but was never arrested
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for doing so so now with her new goal of becoming a personal trainer Britney left
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her job at the hotel and started working at the Lululemon Store in Georgetown Washington DC so shortly after getting
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the job in DC at Lululemon a cooworker accused Britney of stealing money two months before Jana's murder Britney was
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fired and her boss also accused her of abusing her store discount but Britney disputed this and in the end management
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at Lululemon decided not to fire her after all and instead transferred her to another store Regina Murray worked after
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meeting with her future co-workers Britney sent one of them a text that read you have such a solid team I know
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this is going to be a great experience over the coming weeks several employees at the store noticed that certain items
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were missing when these employees confronted the store manager she checked the roster and noticed that Britney had
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been working each time that something had disappeared now two days prior to the murder at a weekly leadership
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meeting which included J and Murray the team huddled together and discussed how they were going to catch Britney in the
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act so she could be legitimately fired they joked about setting up a Manny cam inside the store but in the end the team
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decided that the best force of action would be to announce to all staff the possibility that there was a thief among
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them and then see what happened and before their co-workers left on Friday March 11th Jana commented I have to
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close with the thief tonight do you think I will catch her J and Britney worked happily together that evening but
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when it came time to lock up Jana asked to look inside Britney's bag it was store policy to do so and when Britney
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opened up her bag Jana spotted a pair of Lululemon yoga pants with the tags still
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attached but there was no store receipt Britney denied stealing them and claimed
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that she had bought them earlier that day as the computer system had already been shut down for the night jet told
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Britney not to worry they would sort it out later and then the two left the store on her way to her car Jana called
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the employee who Britney claimed sold her the yoga pants the employee denied doing so so Jana called her boss Rachel
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who told Jana not to worry about it now that they had caught Britney in the ACT Rachel planned to dismiss her the
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following day but just as Jana began driving home her phone rang it was Britney who had apparently lost her
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wallet and needed Jana to let her in the store as detailed in the book murder in
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the yoga store after being let inside Britney likely asked Jana what was going to happen now that she had been found
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with stolen merchandise although the details of the conversation aren't known their
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escalating voices could be overheard by the Apple employees next door forensic analysis showed that Britney first
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attacked Jana in the Back store room by hitting her on the head with a metal bar
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Jana attempted to fight back but the violent attack continued final blow was from a knife that was kept in the back
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room of the store now Jana had parked her car in a no standing area right outside thinking that she was just
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running in for a few minutes and knowing that J's car would draw attention there
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Britney rummaged through her bag until she found her keys and she drove JS piaac to a parking lot three blocks away
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where she sat to think about what to do next Britney returned to the store to begin staging the crime scene where she
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used the rebok that were there for customers to try on she pushed over mannequins and then she injured herself
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and put her hands and feet in zip ties all she had to do then was just wait for someone to find her Britney's brother
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and sister sat there in shock as the detectives listed the evidence pointing to Britney's guilt they did not believe
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that she could unleash such a brutal assault resulting in Murder over a pair of stolen yoga pants and the detective
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himself struggled to come to terms with Britney's guilt telling her family quot I didn't want to believe it at first
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either I really did not want to believe it on Friday March 18th one week to the day since the attack Britney was
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arrested for first-degree murder the day of the arrest coincided with Jana's funeral where over 200 people gathered
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to say goodbye including the founder and CEO of Lululemon as Jana's parents drove
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to the chapel they received a call from detectives informing them that they made
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an arrest her parents were horrified to say the least to learn that the person who had killed their daughter was
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Britney Norwood I mean can you begin to imagine following Britney's arrest the state prosecutor met with Jana's family
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to see if they would accept a plea deal instead of going to trial the plea bargain entailed that Britney would
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serve 15 years of her sentence and then become eligible for parole which I truly
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cannot believe that the prosecutor's office would ever want to offer a deal in this case
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but especially one where perpetrator might have to only serve 15 years I don't know they must have really been
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worried the case wasn't that strong regardless J's family refused to accept this thank God and the case went to
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trial the jury deliberated for only 20 minutes before finding Britney Norwood guilty of first-degree murder of G and
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Murray as both families cried at the verdict Britney remained still and Silent showing no emotion but at her
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sentencing hearing Britney broke the silence that she had maintained during the trial and begged the court for mercy
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and a chance at parole quote for the Murray Family what do I say when your daughter is gone I'm the one convicted
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of her murder what do you say I know what I say today won't take the pain away of the loss of Jana and I hope for
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the Murray Family someday you'll be able to find forgiveness in your heart I am truly sorry j at the horrific nature of
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the assault and murder committed by Britney an emotional judge told the courtroom that one night he went home
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and banged his fist against a table 300 times this was to mimic the hand movements of Britney as she attacked
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Jana it took him over 8 minutes to do this he told Britney you mutilated this woman with every blow of your hand you
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had a chance to think about what you were doing and you reveled in the gore and the lies that you told afterwards
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were incredible you are one hell of a liar man Britney was then sentenced to life imprisonment without the
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possibility of parole thank God okay now this is heartbreaking Jada Murray's brother was in the military and serving
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time in Iraq during the murder and while he was stationed in Iraq shortly after she was killed he
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received a package that his sister had sent him just before the murder so as detailed in the yoga stor murder her
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brother opens this package that he knows that she sent shortly before she was killed he does this knowing that this is
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going to be the I cannot believe how emotional I am the last communication I'll ever have with her and um there's a
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card and it said things that don't work on their own chips without dip macaroni without cheese and mean without ye you
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inside she had signed take care and be safe I love you and miss you Jana now I want to go back to some of
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the details that we went over at the beginning of the story now on the day that Britney Norwood savagely murdered J
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Murray seemingly because she exploded over knowing that she was going to get fired from her job as a salesperson at
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the Lululemon store because she stole yoga pants she took a yoga class that day she went to lunch with a friend and
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got her nails done I mean sounds like a really lovely afternoon and then it results in the most horrific senseless
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murders so I mean really sounds like a normal actually rather lovely afternoon and it just makes you realize how truly
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sociopathic the most seemingly normal people can be which yes I know we know that but you don't don't see that in
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women that much and I also think the red flags in her past like stealing from friends or even breaking into her ex's
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house that's a massive leap to being a murderer like yeah that makes it seem like okay there's something off with her
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but I wouldn't think that this person would be capable of this horrific murder I don't know I think this is one of
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those cases that once you hear it you you never for get it because it really is that horrific and shocking anyhow I
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would love to hear what you think about all this thanks for bearing with me as I
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got very unexpectedly emotional I've been covering crime for my entire adult life but pregnancy hormones and this
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horrific of a case I don't know just took me for surprise anyhow thank you for watching

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This episode stands out for the following:

  • 95
    Most shocking
  • 90
    Most emotional
  • 90
    Most heartbreaking
  • 90
    Most unpredictable

Episode Highlights

  • A Desperate Plea
    As the attack unfolded, a woman was heard screaming for help, but no one intervened.
    “God help me, please help me!”
    @ 01m 17s
    February 06, 2025
  • The Investigation Begins
    Detectives comb through the crime scene, uncovering a gruesome murder and a survivor's harrowing tale.
    “This was one of the most gruesome murder scenes detectives had ever encountered.”
    @ 06m 09s
    February 06, 2025
  • The Night of the Attack
    On March 11, 2011, a brutal attack occurred at a Lululemon store, leading to a shocking murder.
    “It was just after 10 p.m. when the women met back up.”
    @ 06m 57s
    February 06, 2025
  • Britney's Arrest
    On March 18th, Britney was arrested for first-degree murder, coinciding with Jana's funeral.
    “I mean can you begin to imagine?”
    @ 27m 31s
    February 06, 2025
  • Emotional Plea
    At her sentencing, Britney begged for mercy and expressed sorrow to Jana's family.
    “What do I say when your daughter is gone?”
    @ 28m 37s
    February 06, 2025
  • Life Imprisonment
    Britney was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the brutal murder.
    “You mutilated this woman with every blow of your hand.”
    @ 29m 13s
    February 06, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • God help me, please help me!
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants
  • What in the world?
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants
  • I seen it with my own eyes.
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants
  • I mean can you begin to imagine?
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants
  • What do I say when your daughter is gone?
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants
  • You mutilated this woman with every blow of your hand.
    Killed over a pair of Lululemon yoga pants

Key Moments

  • Brutal Attack00:38
  • Desperate Plea01:17
  • Murder Scene06:09
  • Witness Account13:48
  • Job Struggles22:33
  • Theft Accusations22:44
  • Murder Scene Staging26:14
  • Sociopathic Behavior31:25

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