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Hello. Are you dressed? >> Yeah. >> Hi, Detective Wattis. Hello. >> How are you? Good.
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>> Detectives are making their way inside 19-year-old Drake Bickicket's apartment.
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In just a few seconds, he's about to hear something that will change his life forever.
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>> So, your grandma, we found her, but she's dead. Drake's grandmother, 65-year-old Marilyn
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Gandert, was last seen walking outside her home before disappearing without a trace. Police initially believed they
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were dealing with a routine missing person's report, but over the next few weeks, this case will slowly turn into
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one of the most tragic and disturbing double homicide investigations they've ever worked on.
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>> He doesn't have that many friends. She's like main kind of solitary >> out here at Inino and Northern. We think
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we found a body out here. >> It looks like it has arms and looks like it has hands. It was like intestines and
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stuff. >> Like she was like, "Yeah, I get real tired and I I want to die, you know."
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>> So, did you do that for her? >> It's around 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon when Albuquerque police receive a
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routine welfare check call. Unknowingly, this marks the first clue in one of the
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most gruesome and twisted mysteries the city has ever seen. >> Albuquerque, please. How can I help you?
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>> I'm at my sister's house and uh she's not here. I haven't been able to get a hold of her and uh she usually gets back
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to me cuz I call her every morning and night. >> And what's your sister's name? >> Marilyn Gandit. But her vehicle's here
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and that's how she travels. I mean, I'm getting I'm getting worried now. >> Okay. This is not a good day.
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>> Following the 911 call, Officer Barnhill is dispatched to [music] the address to
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check on Marilyn. When he arrives, he finds Marilyn's younger brother waiting outside the home. Neither of them have
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any idea what disturbing clues are waiting inside the house. >> I'm getting a little scared.
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>> I know, definitely. So, what's what's going on, though? Um, this odd that she's not answering the door or
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>> not answering the door. Her phone is uh like it goes directly to voice messaging. I left a note there
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yesterday. Still there. >> Okay. >> Her her vehicle is here. That's what she she drives in.
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>> I I don't know. I don't know what I don't know why she disappeared in her vehicle.
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>> Is there another place she goes? >> No. I mean, >> she doesn't have that many friends.
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She's like me. Kind of solitary. >> Okay. >> So, I'm now I'm getting really really
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nervous. I left messages. I left her note there yesterday and it's still there. >> Okay.
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>> This is Harry Gandert, Marilyn's brother. He sounds genuinely worried for his sister, especially since she's the
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only family he has left. Harry goes on to explain that Marilyn is a postal worker who adores her dogs and would
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never leave them alone. They helped her cope with her grief after her middle-aged son, Ryan, took his own life
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3 years ago. In reality, Ryan's death was never as simple as it seemed. And unbeknownst to Harry, the decisions his
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sister made in the aftermath are the very reason she's now missing. However, what really happened to Marilyn
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slowly begins to unravel when her best friend and neighbor Nancy arrives with concerns of her own.
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>> Is that her? >> Harry. >> Hi. >> Are you worried about me, too? Yeah, >> I haven't got a hold of her for a couple
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days and it's just not like her. >> No, it isn't. >> And I just did Taylor Ridge and and I'm
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I'm glad to see your vehicle, but it's scary. So, did you have you gone in? Did you have a key?
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>> No, I don't have a key. >> Do you have a key? >> No. >> No. Okay. >> Where the dogs are parking? She let me
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not hit. >> Yeah. >> I'm going to go in the back and see if I can see anything. Okay.
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Right. >> After noticing the garage door is locked and the windows are covered, Officer
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Barnhill decides to circle around the house. That's when he makes the first of several strange and unsettling
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observations. [laughter] I'm going to go inside. Okay. >> I understand that, but there might be
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somebody in there. If you guys are saying people are evicted, >> I go behind you. I don't want your
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family. Chief, >> come over here. I'm going to wait for another officer. We're going to go
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inside and then we'll get everything taken care of. >> I just don't want you to be getting
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hurt. Okay. That's the only That's the only issue right now. Okay. >> I appreciate that. I can't look in the
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window. >> What's that? I >> Yeah, that that's fine. I just don't want you getting hurt. Okay.
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>> Nancy appears restless, convinced that something is deeply wrong. Even though
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Officer Barnhill tries to reassure her, he can sense it, too. Something isn't right. So, before stepping inside,
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Barnhill radios for additional units to respond to the scene. And as more officers begin to arrive, they prepare
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to enter the house, fully expecting to find Marilyn's lifeless body inside. Not on the bed.
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>> Merlin, this is Albuquerque police. >> Her bed is made >> right side by side to the right.
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>> You want three coal here? >> Yeah. Maybe she's because there's that I don't know.
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I hope so. >> It's just >> a lot of weird. >> Well, her keys are in here, huh? So, she
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wouldn't be able to get back in if we secured it. >> After clearing the entire home, officers
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find no sign of Marilyn. But they do notice several suspicious details. Items left out of place. House and truck keys
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sitting on the counter, two dogs barking non-stop, and medication left on the table. For a moment, officers are at a
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loss. But not for long. They're about to learn that Marilyn owns a second property nearby, a rental home occupied
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by tenants all too familiar to police. And one tenant in particular is Marilyn's teenage grandson, who will
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soon become central to solving this case. >> Pretty organized. Oh, very very organized, very very neat.
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>> And then these people that she they think who are they? >> Her daughter-in-law
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and >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. Who was over here on Taylor Ridge? The house is right.
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>> Yeah, I know Taylor Ridge. >> Yeah, I already went by the Alyssa Vickett. >> Yeah, I know her.
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>> Yeah, that's who she victed. >> She victed Alyssa. >> Yes, the horse was with him, but once
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again crashed. Yeah. Yeah. It's always >> I've I've been to Drake 10 times in the
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past three months. Our CIT detectives talk to him all the time. >> He just doesn't get the help he he
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needs. >> And you can't force that on him most of the time. So >> yeah, because he's an adult.
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>> He uh when you went down to Taylor Ridge, was Drake and Alissa there? >> Nobody was there that far as I knew cuz
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it was I just looked for her vehicle. >> Okay. You didn't go You didn't knock on
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the door or anything. I did not knock on the door. >> Okay. >> But I'm getting ready to
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>> Yeah. I'll If she's not in here, we'll go and I'll go down there and talk to them. See,
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>> they've been They're gone. She changed the locks >> from >> They don't have a key. She went to
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court. She just And on >> on that house. >> Yes. >> At least not on that. Well, I mean, does
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she get violent, too? >> Yes. She gets drunk. And that's >> She's been violent with police before,
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too. >> And Drake, you said no, right? He's currently going home for battery on a on
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a household. >> Yeah, that's probably that case when I was there. >> I'm worried more about Drake's doing
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something crazy because he, you know, he's he's schizophrenic. I mean, come on. >> The back and forth between the trio
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reveals critical information. According to Nancy, Marilyn's daughter-in-law, Alyssa Bickett, and her troubled
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grandson, Drake, were recently evicted from Marilyn's other home on Taylor Ridge Road. Hoping to find Marilyn
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there, officers head to the address. An address they're all too familiar with, having responded to several domestic
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incidents involving the family in the past. But this time, things will be different. As officers arrive, they're
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unknowingly on the brink of walking into a murder scene and coming face to face with a killer hiding in plain sight.
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Hi. >> Hi. Can you come on out a second? >> Yeah. >> So, what's going on? >> I'm moving out.
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>> Okay. What's your name? >> Alissa. >> Oh, Alicia. >> And the owner knows you're here getting
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your stuff. >> She on um Friday, she said, "Come on Saturday morning and get the key."
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Because like we had done it for 3 days and she's like, "You guys haven't done anything to the house." And you know, so
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I want to rest cuz I'm going to work on Monday. Oh, okay. So, there >> So, yeah, I said I'm going to come by in
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about an hour for the keys. I don't have like the Okay, cuz I But I told her when
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I am. And see, she wasn't answering me, but she doesn't always answer me. >> So, the last one you got from her
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>> was at 10:35 on the 26th. That was the um Friday. >> Do you know where she would be right
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now? >> I honestly I don't. And that's >> because somebody's trying to report her
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as missing. >> And I Yeah, it's her brother. He called me yesterday, too. And I'm worried, too.
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That's what I said. What do you want me to do? Do you want me to help you? I don't know. I left here and she on
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Friday and she said, "Come in the morning and get the key." And then she said, "I really don't want to go because
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you guys, I've been there for 3 days. I'm tired. I go to work on Monday." >> She wanted me out. I've accepted it. I'm
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leaving. >> Did she legally evict you or did she just tell you to leave? >> Mhm.
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>> But she gave me extra time because if you knew how much stuff I had, I mean, I
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have 23 years of my life. I have three kids. >> I've been here before. Reference. Um,
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>> Drake. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Where's Drake? >> He's um at a hotel. Okay. How's
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[laughter] that going for you? >> It's going okay. He's gotten better. >> Okay. >> He's gotten better. We just He doesn't
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really help me. That's why I don't I mean, he came over. He helped me. He helps me a little bit. And
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>> yeah, he's not here now. >> No, you know. >> So, you're here alone? >> No, I have my friend Annie. She was one
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of my roommates. She's We're just getting it cleaned up and packing everything. Like, I had a lot of books.
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I mean, you know. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry. I >> Do you have your ID? I'm just going to
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note that you were here and I spoke to you. According to Alyssa, she'd been moving her things out while her son
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Drake and her [music] roommate Annie were helping. Marilyn had given her extra days to move out, and the messages
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on her phone seem to confirm this. But it's still unclear why exactly Marilyn was evicting her daughter-in-law and
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grandson. Something that will later turn out to be central to Marilyn's disappearance. For now though, what
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catches the officer's attention is that they've been to this house before, responding [music] to domestic incidents
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involving Alyssa's son, Drake, who suffers from schizophrenia. He also has a previous charge of battery on a peace
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officer. So far, Alyssa's story seems to check out. But the moment she steps inside, Officer Barnhill makes an
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interesting observation. >> She just disappear. >> She spoke to her on Friday. She's got a
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key. >> Did you see the scratches on her neck? >> What? She's got scratches on her neck.
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>> Well, she's moving now. >> Two or three scratches on her neck >> from moving.
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>> I know. I'm bleeding when I move. >> Well, this this lady >> does scratches. >> Yeah, she's like check my
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>> Thank you. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Appreciate your cooperation. >> Thank you. >> Have a good day. Good luck moving.
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The scratch marks Officer Barnhill notices are hard to ignore, but their origin remains unclear. What has yet to
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dawn on these officers is that the marks might be linked to Alyssa's deceased husband, Ryan Picket, [music] as the
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couple allegedly had a yearslong relationship filled with physical and mental abuse. A hidden detail that will
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soon send investigators down a rabbit hole. But before officers can dig deeper, a familiar vehicle pulls up by
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the side of the road. It's Marilyn's neighbor, Nancy. She's curious about what the officers have uncovered so far.
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But more intriguingly, she seems to be several steps ahead of them. >> So, we're not able to call the homeowner
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at this time. Obviously, she's being entered as missing as far as we know. home. Um,
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>> she does have text messages saying for her to come get the key last Friday and she would give her a little
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extra time to move her stuff out is what she's doing today. >> Come get the key on Friday. That is so
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not Maryland. That's somebody texting from Maryland's phone. >> And I don't know Marilyn.
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>> I do. 15 years I worked with her as a letter carrier at the post office. >> But let let's hope that that's not the
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case. And well, >> hopefully Marilyn's just taking a mental break for a couple days. But
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>> no, that ain't it. >> Okay. >> All right, ma'am. >> We'll see you later. >> Clearly, Nancy is not convinced. She's
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known Marilyn for years and insists that Marilyn wouldn't have handed the keys to
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Alyssa willingly. She would have wanted to be there for the eviction herself. Initially, officers are ready to leave
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the scene, but NY's words make them hesitate. Her insight shifts their thinking and they decide it's best to
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return to Alyssa's house and request permission to search. It seems like the right decision, but in the process of
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carrying it out, the officers will overlook something crucial. Exterior doors. >> Yeah, I just watch out, John. I'm just
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trying to Sorry, I have pecking my Just put it here so we can go, >> right? Where are you moving to?
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>> Um, well, I don't know yet. >> Oh, no. >> We have no idea. >> Precarious. >> Apartment or storage unit for the
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moment? Huh? >> Yes. Yeah. So now I know. And then the holes are from Drake. You know when he
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gets stupid when I'm like boy and that one I can help you open this door. >> This one?
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>> Yeah. Well, because this like some I had it a little close, so I was trying to
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>> You're getting there. >> I'm getting there. Like I'm really getting there. I'm trying to get it all
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organized. My room is the most in the kitchen. >> Just from Drake, >> huh? Yeah. He just baits his head in.
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I'm just like whatever. I'm going to fix it. is too like he this is how it was the last time too and I'm like
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>> but I can't just put him on the street you know I put hers there >> good >> yeah and I mean and you know she had she
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didn't come yesterday and I expected her to come by but I didn't think anything of it I thought you know she probably
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just >> right >> like sometimes she gets mad and won't even talk to me so and she's mad at me
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and so but she was been pretty cordial with me and I've been you know and she's like I noticed you haven't heard
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anything so let's just, you know, >> as officers walk through the house, they notice multiple holes punched in the
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walls by Alyssa's son, Drake, leading them to believe it's likely the reason Marilyn wanted them evicted. But they
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couldn't have been more wrong. Amid the clutter, the officers make a critical mistake. They overlook crucial evidence
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that could have made Alyssa a prime suspect. Marilyn's purse, medication, vehicle keys, and something far more
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gruesome. With nothing substantial and no clear reason to suspect Alyssa, the officers leave the scene empty-handed.
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But just before heading back to the station, they make one final encounter with a passing neighbor, someone who
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offers a chilling hint as to why Marilyn was so determined to evict Alyssa. >> They were evicted last week. When was
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the last time you saw the property on a Thursday or Friday? Thursday or Friday? Marilyn Gander is the property owner.
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She said they were not supposed to be here without her being present. I would not put those people past making
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sure he disappeared just because I mean, you know, the history of the house, alleged
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Russian lead games. Needless to say, the neighbor's remark reveals even more concerning details. But with no concrete
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evidence, officers are left with little they can act on. So, with all of the statements and information they've
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gathered, officers return to the station and pass it along to investigators who spend the next couple days combing
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through files. What they uncover next is a twist no one could have anticipated. As investigators dig into Marilyn's
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inner circle, they quickly find themselves down a rabbit hole of potential double murder. It turns out
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that Marilyn's son, Ryan Bickot, who was also Alyssa's husband, had been allegedly playing Russian roulette
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inside that very house when he took his own life 3 years ago. Reports show that Ryan was allegedly abusive towards
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Alyssa, and the two had a tumultuous relationship leading up to his death. Investigators also learned that Marilyn
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had allowed Alyssa and her grandson Drake to continue living in their home, but only on the condition of paying
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rent. With Marilyn now mysteriously gone, detectives begin to suspect that Alyssa might be involved in her
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disappearance. They theorize that Alyssa could have been responsible for Ryan's death and that after years of enduring
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the ongoing abuse, Marilyn, out of compassion, allowed Alyssa to stay rentree for some time. But when Marilyn
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started demanding rent, the tension between them escalated to a dangerous point. With this in mind, detectives now
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find themselves investigating a possible double homicide of a mother and her son.
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But with little more than speculation and no solid leads, the case remains an unresolved mystery.
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At around noon on January 27th, police in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, receive a call from a remote location.
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>> Sandable County 911. What is the exact location of the emergency? >> Out here at Infino and Northern.
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>> Okay. And tell me exactly what happened. >> We think we found a body out here in a
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road and it somebody had put it on like a mattress or something and burned it. It looks like it it has bones in it and
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you can see intestines and guts and I don't know. Thanks for >> officers from the Sandaval County
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Sheriff's Office rushed to the address, unsure whether what the caller reported is truly human remains. But the location
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is eerily deserted. A perfect dumping ground for bodies and the very reason so many mysteries from miles away go cold,
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as this officer is about to discover. >> Go down to this first corner, [music] take a right, get to the first road,
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take a left, and it's right there. It's What do you think? They burn. I I looks like a body to me. I don't know,
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man. It It looks like it has arms. It looks like it has hands and they're all curled up
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and uh I don't know. It's It's like you can see bones out out of the knees and it looked
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like it had lips and teeth and I didn't >> see any like organs or anything like that?
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>> Yeah. Yeah. There was like intestines and stuff hanging. >> Any hair? >> I didn't see any hair. It looked like
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the head. It looked like it had clothes on it. >> There you go, sir. >> I But I I
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>> So, are you okay if we follow you that way? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's do that
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then. Okay. Yeah. Follow. >> Oh, yeah. >> This is Detective Meyers being led to what a witness claims is a charred body
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by the side of a deserted road. He has no idea just how brutal the scene awaiting him truly is and that it holds
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the key to solving a mystery nearly 30 m away. >> I don't know that if >> it's not really. It's creepy.
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>> I could It looks like it has lips and teeth in there. No big deal. Okay. I don't I don't know if it's real or
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>> Yeah. Creepy. >> Yeah. Yeah, it looks like a burned body. Uh, it's got hair. It looks like It
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looks like It looks almost like a kid. I'm not going to lie to you. It's like a really small small something. It's got I
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mean, I I'll let you be the judge when we get out here, but from what I can tell, it's got hair. It's got a mouth.
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It's got intestines. It looks like a burned body. >> The body is completely unrecognizable
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with organs exposed, and it appears to be a woman of small build. However, the couple who discovered the body noticed
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something else. something that would point to not one but multiple twisted killers.
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>> Okay. >> And last night after after I got home, it was real eerie quiet. >> Like
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>> after you got home at one, >> there's nobody out here that you saw. >> No sounds. No, not even the coyotes
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howling. >> Yeah, you got pictures of him just so we can differentiate. >> Let them know that he did. They did say
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that they saw footprints heading toward in Cino. >> They did say they saw one like on the
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road. >> One set. They saw one set coming in and then one set going out. So I I don't
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know. >> The the treads looked like they could be tactical, >> but they were small boots like this or
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something. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, again guys, you guys are more than more than helpful. We
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appreciate it. And you all good to go. >> Hope it's fake. >> Yeah. Well, that's all we can hope for.
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So, we'll see. >> Have a good one, folks. >> All right. Thanks. >> According to the witness, residents
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nearby noticed at least two sets of footprints, both looking like women's shoes. Officers secure the scene, record
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witness statements, and transport the body for autopsy. An almost impossible task given the body's advanced state of
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decay. 72 hours later, the findings arrive. Tragically, the woman by the side of the
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road has been identified as a resident of Albuquerque, none other than the missing 65-year-old Marilyn Gandert. The
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identification was made through dental records, confirming the worst fears of those searching for her. Immediately
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after this revelation, the Sandaval officers make an urgent call to Albuquerque police to inform them. Upon
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receiving the news, investigators immediately start to seriously consider the double homicide theory that Alyssa
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killed her husband 3 years ago and now her mother. Investigators didn't know it at the time, but they haven't even
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uncovered the worst part yet because one final twist was waiting. Something they
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never could have seen coming. After the tragic discovery, investigators become convinced Marilyn's
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daughter-in-law is involved in the murder. But with no concrete evidence yet, they decide to keep Marilyn's death
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secret while they investigate further. To get some hard proof, detectives decide to visit Marilyn's brother,
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Harry, the man who reported her missing and who's been looking for her for days.
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When they arrive at his house, they have no choice but to break the tragic news to him.
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>> Yes. >> Are you Harry? >> Uh-huh. >> Hi, I'M DETECTIVE AAKA. I'VE SPOKEN WITH
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YOU ON THE PHONE. >> YEAH. UH, let me get my shoes on. I'll talk to you outside.
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>> Okay. Would you prefer we come inside? >> It's a mess. >> I don't It's fine. Can [laughter] you
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lock up the dogs though? >> Yeah, let me put them somewhere. >> Yes, if you would, please.
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>> Come on, doggies. Come on. >> So, I told you I was going to keep you up to date as to everything that's going
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on. We talked to Sandville County, the detectives with them who were working it.
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>> Yeah. >> The body that she suspected in Rio Rancho, the burger one, >> was positively identified as Marilyn.
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>> Why don't you have a seat, sir? >> Yeah. Sit down. >> I am so sorry we have to come and bring
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you this news. Harry, I'm so sorry. Is there Is there anybody you want us to >> Why would they have done that?
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>> You must have been frightened to death. My god. >> Is there anybody we can call to be with
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you right now? >> No, I'm a kind of a solitary person. I'll >> call my neighbors and talk.
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>> Harry is devastated. Without Marilyn, he has no one close to him except her two dogs who have just
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lost their loving owner. But upon hearing this tragic news, he becomes more certain than ever he knows who
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might be responsible for his sister's death and why. >> Okay. >> We're in the process of getting some
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search warrants for your sister's house. >> Yeah. >> And for the rental property. Okay. Cuz
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um >> Well, there shouldn't be anybody in the rentals. Was she shot or something?
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>> And that we don't know. Um, all we know is that um, they positively IDed her and
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I believe it was through dental records. So, I believe they're still doing their
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investigation, too. >> And her belongings are probably not there or no, you know, you don't know
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what happened. >> Don't know. Don't know. So, we're going to try to get the warrants done tonight
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if possible. >> Did she ever make any statements in the past about wanting to harm herself at
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all? >> And she never attempted to harm herself or take her own life or anything. Never
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talked about it. I guess I guess I mean the only thing I can think of is just is
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the eviction thing. I can't think of any other reason why they would have done something.
00:26:01
>> And Detective Waters is going to look at everything. She's not going to leave any
00:26:05
stone unturned. >> She's the last person who would have thought anything like this would happen.
00:26:09
That's the movies, you know. I don't or drug dealers or something like that. >> People think that Alisa lies all the
00:26:16
time and you know, she would promise to pay the rent and didn't she just got tired this time and I told her, "Well,
00:26:21
maybe you should have picked her." I don't know what I could have done. I mean, [snorts] I always wanted her to
00:26:25
either move over here or or >> There's nothing you could have done, sir. It's one of those things.
00:26:30
>> I still Yeah, Lisa would be the person I would kind of talk to to see who who
00:26:34
could have been really bad. >> Harry blames himself for telling Marilyn to evict Alyssa, fearing that decision
00:26:44
may have sparked the chain of events that ultimately led to her death. Following this, officers urgently move
00:26:51
to secure a warrant for the rental property, officially placing Alyssa at the center of their investigation as the
00:26:57
primary suspect. At the same time, detectives decide to visit someone else, someone very familiar to Marilyn and law
00:27:05
enforcement, her grandson, Drake. He'd been staying with his mother, Alyssa, when Marilyn went missing, but is now
00:27:12
living with his girlfriend, Nikki, at a hotel. an address officers obtained from
00:27:17
Alyssa during the welfare check. From past encounters, officers know Drake suffers from schizophrenia and has a
00:27:24
history with police, but they don't suspect him to be involved. But that won't be the case for long because when
00:27:30
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to speak with Marilyn's grandson and quietly pick up on something he doesn't want them to know. So, this is detective
00:29:04
uh Jodie Gutman. Hello. Nice to meet you, >> Jody. You too. >> So, what is your name?
00:29:09
>> Drake Bickicket. >> Drake Bickett. >> Yes. >> When did you So, you moved out about a
00:29:14
week ago? >> Yeah, I moved out about a week. >> Who did you live with? >> I lived with my mother.
00:29:20
>> So, why were you guys moving out? >> What's the situation? >> Because my grandmother was kicking us
00:29:25
out. Well, that's what my mother told me. >> How did they make your mom feel? >> Uh, she was pretty upset.
00:29:30
>> Yeah, >> she was really upset. >> Okay. What'd she tell you? >> She She was just like, "I don't know
00:29:34
where I'm going to stay." And stuff like that. >> Your grandma >> um we found her,
00:29:42
>> but she's dead. >> Where? I >> Well, we believe that it's suspicious. Okay. We think someone killed her.
00:29:52
>> When? >> And I'm really sorry. >> Okay. How does that make you feel? That makes me feel sad.
00:29:59
So, she's murdered or like is she she's just dead? >> No, someone murdered her. >> [ __ ] Why?
00:30:07
>> Well, that's what we want to know. >> Cuz I just gotten over depression over my dad dying.
00:30:15
>> Yeah. And I can tell you that >> mom's story isn't matching up. >> No. >> With your story or Nikki's story.
00:30:23
>> Okay. >> And with >> Totally. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Is she okay? >> Your mom? Yeah, she's she's fine. She's
00:30:29
being taken to >> Drake's reaction is hard to miss, and investigators can sense something is
00:30:36
off. His pupils are dilated, leading them to suspect he's on drugs. But his reaction is hardly convincing, and it's
00:30:44
clear there's something he's hiding. Despite their growing suspicions, there's no solid evidence to prove Drake
00:30:51
is involved. So, detectives leave the apartment for now. Later that night, confirmation comes through. The search
00:30:58
warrant has been approved. Police immediately rush back to the rental property, hoping Alyssa hasn't had
00:31:04
enough time to destroy crucial evidence. But this time, they'll find her waiting
00:31:09
for them, and she's far less cooperative than before. >> Hi. >> Hi. How are you?
00:31:15
>> Good. How are you? >> Good. >> Good. You want to step out for me? >> That's fine.
00:31:19
>> Okay. Is there anybody else in the house with you? All right. Step up for me.
00:31:22
>> Okay. >> Okay. So, this is the situation. Okay. Um, first off, um, we're investigating
00:31:28
the disappearance. I believe it's your mom. >> Uh, it's my mother-in-law. >> Your mother-in-law. Okay.
00:31:32
>> And we actually have to secure the house. >> Okay. I'm just trying to get all my
00:31:35
stuff out to like >> All right. So, unfortunately, I can't let you go back inside.
00:31:39
>> I need to get I have things in there. >> Unfortunately, I can't. >> Yeah. I need my phone to let me.
00:31:44
>> Okay. Unfortunately, like I said, >> you're not going to let me get it. >> I can't.
00:31:48
>> No, that is not right. >> Well, >> I have every No, I No, I'm >> So, listen. Why don't you can you talk
00:31:54
to me first and then maybe we can >> That's not fair. >> Okay. Would you be feel more comfortable
00:31:58
to do this in my car where it's warm? You good? >> I mean, my jacket I could get it. I'm
00:32:02
not >> Okay. How many people live here with you? >> It was me, Nikki, Annie, and Drake.
00:32:08
Drake is my son. >> Now, you mentioned that she was mad at who? >> She was mad at Annie. She's mad at all
00:32:13
of us. She just She was mad at Annie cuz she >> didn't like her being here because she
00:32:17
says she didn't pay rent. Marilyn was yelling at us and then Marilyn said, "I ought to just die because um you know,
00:32:24
nobody wants me anyway." Like I mean, she blamed me for her for my husband dying. So, you know,
00:32:29
>> she Okay. How did that make you feel? >> It makes me feel like [ __ ] Like, it
00:32:32
makes me sad. >> Like, Right. That pissed me off. >> Well, I wasn't really I mean, I'm mad at
00:32:37
her like for that. I mean, but well, I mean, it makes me sad. I'm not going to do anything. I don't care. I just, you
00:32:42
know, >> I know. But that's what you guys are trying to get at. And I didn't do anything.
00:32:47
>> No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying it would irritate me too that she'd let you
00:32:50
guys live here and then just drop the ball. Say, "Hey, I want you to pay freaking rent."
00:32:53
>> Yeah. >> Like, "Hey, where's the discussion?" >> You know? Yeah. >> Do you have anything to do with her
00:32:57
dispers? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. >> As suspected, Alyssa's reaction confirms what detectives have been theorizing.
00:33:04
The real reason Marilyn evicted Alyssa was tied to her husband Ryan's untimely death. Alyssa herself just admitted that
00:33:12
Marilyn had been blaming her for it, which sparked multiple heated arguments between them. But despite her growing
00:33:18
anger, Alyssa still has no idea that her mother-in-law has been found brutally murdered. And even though detectives
00:33:25
have shown up with a search warrant, she strangely doesn't ask them any questions
00:33:30
about Marilyn's whereabouts. Instead, she seems far more focused on retrieving certain items from the house, things she
00:33:37
knows when discovered will ruin her life and the lives of two others forever. Anyone else inside?
00:33:46
>> This is the Albuquerque Police Department. Make your presence known. Make your presence known now.
00:34:05
For the moment, the house appears meticulously clean with no obvious signs that Marilyn was ever there. Yet,
00:34:13
officers find clothes and a purse that appear to belong to her. As the search continues, a vehicle pulls up by the
00:34:19
side of the road. It's Alyssa's roommate, Annie. [music] When an officer approaches to speak with
00:34:25
her, it quickly becomes clear she knows something terrible has happened, but has
00:34:30
no intention of sharing it with them. >> How you doing? Hey, sorry to put Sorry to flash this in your eyes.
00:34:40
>> Okay. Is there anybody else in the car? I mean, >> no. >> So, would you would you mind speaking
00:34:45
with us? >> Absolutely. Yeah. >> Oh, I know. You probably you probably like what you're probably trying to
00:34:50
figure out what's going on. >> Well, I kind of know a little bit. >> What do you know? Tell me what you know.
00:34:55
>> I know that um her mother-in-law that they rent from um she's missing. So, I mean, we talk.
00:35:04
>> So, that's exactly what we're here for, right? We're trying to figure we're trying to figure out, you know, where
00:35:09
she's at cuz, you know, >> we deal with missing persons a lot. You know, sometimes, you know, they have
00:35:14
dementia, whatever. They'll leave for a couple days, then come back. >> Yeah. >> You know, but it's cold and we want to
00:35:19
try to find her. >> Mhm. >> You know what I mean? >> I do know um that she has blamed um me
00:35:26
for them not paying rent. And I mean, she she's came at me, but we have talked very well before also. That's what I
00:35:35
know about her. She's talked with me good and she's attacked me like viciously and here so
00:35:43
>> when you say attacked viciously what >> like she was like screaming and I'm like
00:35:47
I'm not trying to disrespect you like we're moving out. >> Mhm. >> I feel like Alyssa is being attacked
00:35:53
right now by this is this is crazy. [music] Like I'm I'm This is nuts. >> Yeah. Well, unfortunately we got to do a
00:36:01
search war in the house. >> Of course. Yeah. Yeah. If she's listening to you, by all means, I will
00:36:06
cooperate with you. >> It seems like Annie is more cordial than Alyssa, but still clearly annoyed by the
00:36:12
heavy presence of police. Ironically, this officer is unknowingly standing next to the very person who will end up
00:36:20
solving Marilyn's murder. For now, though, police inside the house continue the search, and that's when one officer
00:36:28
spots something. A tiny speck of blood on the wall and carpet gives police reason to suspect that Marilyn may have
00:36:36
been murdered inside this house. Officers move quickly to secure the scene and send the evidence to the lab
00:36:42
for DNA analysis and prepare to inform Alyssa that her mother-in-law is dead and that she's the prime suspect in her
00:36:50
murder. >> Your story doesn't match. That's >> trying to make sure they're not going
00:36:54
on. >> This officer is going to transport you there. You're going to meet with another
00:36:58
detective and we're going to sit down and have a chat. Okay. >> After Alyssa is arrested, her roommate
00:37:06
Annie is also taken into custody after officers searched her car and discovered blood stains inside, raising serious
00:37:13
concerns about her involvement. At the same time, officers rushed to the hotel where Drake is staying, and he's
00:37:19
arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to murder. With all three suspects brought into the
00:37:26
station, they are immediately separated as the detective prepares to interview each one. The strategy is simple. Find
00:37:33
inconsistencies in their stories and provoke a confession from at least one of them. Because Alyssa is the prime
00:37:40
suspect, detectives decide to start with her. She's the one they believe killed Marilyn, and they're quietly suspecting
00:37:47
her involvement [music] in her husband's death as well. So, when detectives sit down with Alyssa, they think they're on
00:37:53
the verge of capturing a potential double murderer. >> Um, do you know why you're here today?
00:37:59
>> Um, they told me because um Marilyn died. I didn't know she died. >> Okay. So, it is it is true that Marilyn
00:38:06
is deceased. Okay. How do you know Marilyn? >> She's my mother-in-law. >> Mother-in-law. Okay.
00:38:11
>> I don't know how to say it. It was my husband, but he passed away. It's her his It was his mom. So, am I correct by
00:38:18
saying that eventually you guys were evicted? >> Yes, we were. >> Okay. How did that come about?
00:38:24
>> Because we weren't paying. She just I mean, I'm confused. I'm don't want to talk anymore. I don't want to even be
00:38:31
here. >> How come you're so upset right now? >> Because she's gone and I didn't know
00:38:34
this, >> you know, >> and I'm sorry. >> It's like and then I'm here being accused of I don't even know what. some
00:38:41
evidence has come to light that isn't fairing [music] very positively in your favor. Okay. So, that's why I wanted you
00:38:48
to come in and speak to us and give us your side of the story because this is probably going to be one of your only
00:38:53
opportunities to do that. Would there be any reason that we will find Marilyn's blood in Annie's room?
00:39:01
>> I don't know. No, there would be no reason. I don't know. Marilyn clean like taking things off the walls. So, for me,
00:39:08
I'm like Marilyn, please stop. You know, so I don't know. Is there going to be any reason if we pull that carpet up
00:39:13
[music] in that house that there's going to be any of Marilyn's blood on the carpet underneath? Now, keep in mind,
00:39:19
even if there's blood on the carpet and you use the carpet cleaner to clean it, that blood is still going to be there.
00:39:24
It's going to steep seep through the carpet. >> I know. I understand that. [music]
00:39:27
>> That should just be a yes or no answer. That's not >> There shouldn't be any.
00:39:31
>> Okay. Well, there is. >> Okay. >> So, you're the renter of the home. >> You were the last person in the home.
00:39:37
Doesn't that seem a little suspicious to you? >> Well, I don't know. I haven't done
00:39:39
anything missing. >> Well, I haven't done anything. I don't know if anybody doing anything. So, we
00:39:45
haven't done anything to her. >> Who cleaned up the blood in the hallway? >> You guys didn't do a very good job on
00:39:50
the walls because there's still blood spatter on the walls. >> Okay. >> Very small, but you didn't do a very
00:39:56
good job because we were able to locate it. >> Oh, no. I'm not talking anymore, Alissa.
00:40:01
And you said I have that right. >> You do have that right. >> So, I will get an attorney. Clearly,
00:40:06
Alyssa is shaken by the accusations and abruptly refuses [music] to say anything
00:40:11
more. In reality, this is the smartest move she can make, especially since detectives are already armed with stacks
00:40:19
of evidence and a growing list of [music] contradictions. Contradictions like how she initially claimed to have
00:40:25
seen Marilyn on Saturday morning, but that would have been impossible as Marilyn's body was found [music] Friday
00:40:32
night. On top of that, Alyssa has no explanation for the blood stains found inside the house. But even though Alyssa
00:40:38
shut down the interview and asked for a lawyer, investigators still believe they
00:40:43
have their killer. But that won't be the case for long as they move on to speak with the other two remaining suspects.
00:40:49
When investigators sit down with Alyssa's son, Drake, they expect the same denials. But Drake is about to do
00:40:56
the complete opposite and he has a very unusual twist in store for everyone. >> So just to let you know, I'm not here on
00:41:05
the warrant. >> Okay. >> Okay. I'm here on the situation that happened with your grandma.
00:41:10
>> Okay. >> Okay. So that's what I want to talk to you about. >> Okay. She's missing.
00:41:15
>> Yes. [music] >> I don't I don't necessarily know what's going on with that other warrant of
00:41:18
yours. I just I know I had heard that you'd failed to appear in court, so they issued you a warrant. And I don't know
00:41:24
what that warrant was for. Okay. So, I want to talk to you about your grandma. Okay.
00:41:28
>> About Maryland. Okay. But, um, I wrote a warrant for you for the homicide of your
00:41:32
grandma. So, I'm actually charging you with [music] homicide of your grand. >> Okay.
00:41:36
>> Okay. Um, I've already had your mom, you know, your mom's arrested. Yeah. >> And you know, Annie is arrested.
00:41:43
>> Okay. >> Okay. So, I have enough probable cause to believe that you were involved in the
00:41:47
homicide of your grandma. >> How so? [music] Oh, yeah. You're the detective. >> I am the detective. You remember me now?
00:41:54
>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Well, at um my house, like I'm gonna tell you the honesty. >> Okay.
00:41:59
>> My grandmother said, >> "I'm too old." >> Mhm. >> Will you please kill me? Multiple times,
00:42:08
drunk and sober. >> Okay. >> That is honestly >> so back in >> so I was just like respect like because
00:42:14
I can understand. And I don't know if you guys can understand, >> but I expect you guys to be able to
00:42:18
understand. If an old woman is [music] like old and having to work for her children,
00:42:25
right? >> Mhm. >> Then I'll do what she wants, you know? >> Undoubtedly, this statement from Drake
00:42:32
catches the detective offguard. Not only does he outright confess to the murder of his own grandmother, but he also
00:42:39
gives the most bizarre reason imaginable. Despite finally getting a confession, the detective isn't
00:42:46
convinced. It seems like Drake is just trying to take the full blame and protect his mother. The story he's
00:42:52
offering is so outlandish that the detective decides to give him another chance.
00:42:58
>> So, you're saying that at some point your grandma asked you to kill her? >> Like she was like, "Yeah, I get real
00:43:04
tired at night >> and like I'm like I want to die, you know." >> So, did you do that for her? Yeah. Like
00:43:12
>> when did you do that? >> In my house. Like that's what she wanted. And obviously
00:43:20
like I'mma cover it up or whatever and I want to get caught. >> That must that must have been really
00:43:26
hard. >> Yeah. >> I was there and then she would be like like depressed. >> Mhm.
00:43:33
>> You know, >> right. >> And um she was just getting old and every day she would work. She [music]
00:43:38
would work and she would do she would pay for my stuff. She would pay for my stuff. And like
00:43:44
>> she for certain said that. >> I know she said that. >> She asked you to kill her.
00:43:48
>> Yeah. >> Do you remember? >> Would I have to tell somebody before I do so or >> Well, well, here's
00:43:53
>> Would I respect her decision as an as a tired 65year-old lady right after her
00:43:59
son passing away, having a grandson with a different family? >> Is she truly better off?
00:44:05
>> Did you think she was >> to die? It looked like she was >> she said she was >> okay.
00:44:12
>> So I did I passed her away. You know what I'm saying? Like >> So how did you do it?
00:44:17
>> That's it. Like that's that's all the information without a lawyer or a public
00:44:21
defender I'd like to share. >> Okay. So you don't want to talk anymore after that?
00:44:26
>> Mm-m. >> Okay. >> That is what she had said. Like that is all I know. That is what she had said.
00:44:31
>> Okay. With no hint of hesitation, Drake doubles down on his story, claiming his
00:44:37
grandmother wanted to die and he simply fulfilled her wish. And with an attorney
00:44:43
requested, the detective has no choice but to accept his bizarre confession. If Drake truly killed his own grandmother
00:44:51
and covered it up, that would ensure his mother, Alyssa, walks free. Even if detectives suspect her involvement in
00:44:58
not one but two murders, they have no hard proof against her. With the risk of letting a potential double homicide
00:45:05
suspect walk free, detectives know they have one final chance to get the truth. There's still one more suspect in
00:45:12
custody, Alyssa's roommate, Annie. Once detectives move on to speak with her, they know her statement could either
00:45:19
confirm their suspicions or reveal they've been chasing the wrong suspect all along.
00:45:25
>> So, basically, I'm pretty much just going to turn this over to you. I'm going to allow you to talk. Tell me what
00:45:32
you know. What occurred with Marilyn Gander? >> We all were in Alyssa's room getting
00:45:39
high and Marilyn was outside. >> When you say we all, who are you referring? I need Jake and Alyssa.
00:45:45
>> Okay. So, you guys are in Alyssa's bedroom getting high. What are you getting high on?
00:45:48
>> Meth. >> Meth. Okay. >> Alyssa. Like, she had brought it up before about killing Marilyn. I thought
00:45:58
she was joking. And then we I was playing music, walking around the room. I opened the door and I kind of just she
00:46:06
just told me when she nods cuz she would pretend that she was the dawn [music] like like the godfather. She just told
00:46:14
me when I nod get her Marilyn was coming in. I turned around and Alyssa like looked at me and nodded again. I started
00:46:24
walking like quickly behind them and I got Marilyn and from behind and took her down. And at that point I had gotten off
00:46:35
of Marilyn cuz I had her pinned down and Drake got on top of her. I think I yelled at Alyssa to get something to
00:46:43
cover her mouth. She brought um the wrap, some wrap that she was using to pack and she started she gave the bat
00:46:53
thing to Drake and Drake started hitting her. We I think we all took turns after
00:47:00
that doing that. Started stabbing her and I seen him like going at it a bunch of times and I grabbed the
00:47:10
knife from him. He had already cut her throat. I prayed and then Drake asked me to pray for him. In an unexpected stroke
00:47:20
of luck, Annie gives detectives exactly what they hoped for, a full confession of what truly happened to Marilyn. With
00:47:28
this breakthrough, all three suspects are charged with open counts of homicide, giving police time to
00:47:34
investigate further before determining the degree of murder. During this time, detectives receive DNA evidence from
00:47:41
blood stains collected at the rental house. The DNA matches Marilyn's, providing the final missing piece to
00:47:48
solve this case. Investigators conclude that Marilyn's death was a coordinated premeditated murder carried out by
00:47:55
Alyssa, her son Drake, and roommate Annie. They determined that Marilyn was beaten to the ground by Annie before
00:48:03
Alyssa struck her in the head with a small club. Then she was stabbed nearly a dozen times in the neck by her own
00:48:10
grandson, Drake. The killer trio then transported her body to a remote location in Rio Rancho where they set
00:48:17
her body on fire, hoping to destroy any evidence. Investigators also revisit Ryan Bickett's case, Marilyn's son and
00:48:25
Alyssa's husband. However, despite their suspicions, no new evidence suggests foul play, and the conclusion remains
00:48:33
the same. Ryan took his own life. In 2019, a year after Marilyn's death, the trio accepts plea deals to avoid trial.
00:48:42
Annie Ryel pleads guilty to seconddegree murder, receiving a 12-year sentence in
00:48:47
exchange for her testimony. Alyssa Bickot pleads guilty to seconddegree murder and is sentenced to 30 years in
00:48:53
prison. while her son Drake pleads guilty to seconddegree murder and receives 26 years in New Mexico's
00:49:01
Department of Corrections.