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parking lot to investigate reports of an abandoned truck. Initially, it seemed like just another routine call with
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nothing unusual. But that's when it hit them. Kind of smells. I think it smell like detox. I can smell something.
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Inside the truck lay four brutalized and dismembered bodies hidden inside boxes.
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What officers didn't know at the time is that 11 more bodies lay buried and hidden in remote areas of the state. An
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active twisted serial killer was on the loose and detectives were already months
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behind. You remember the last time you saw maybe a couple of months ago? We don't care about anything else other
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than that fun match J and Justin. Whoever did that is our focus. I tied everything together yesterday when he
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did that. You know what I mean? Like I know he lost them three, man. I know he did. Taking these other 11. Did you take
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them all to the same place? If you ever came back out to New Mexico, would you be willing to take us?
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[Music] It started on a Sunday afternoon when police in Grants, New Mexico, received a
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mysterious call. A landlord had just discovered something he described as disturbing while cleaning out an evicted
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tenants's home. Officers immediately headed to the address to investigate. So, this
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guy hasn't paid us since July, but with CO going on, we couldn't evict him. So, we've had nothing but pro problems with
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him. Uhhuh. Anyways, we finally got him to move out. So, I seen him today. We haven't come by. We haven't messed with
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him. Don't play kick his ass. You know, when I came by, he says, "I'm going to leave you a pile to throw." Well, we
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didn't know which pile, so we started to load it up. Uh-huh. While we were moving
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some things, and [Applause] uh we found this puppy in this box underneath some of the kids stuff, you
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know. Okay. So, we go to put the puppy in the bag because we were going to bury it. And then we see that they had tied a
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cord on its neck. Okay. Well, we've had, like I said, nothing but problems with these guys. So, I at least want to put
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the a report on file. I know we won't be able to say who did it and when, but that needs to be associated with him,
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you know, because we're going to take him to court for a lot of other things, and if I can just have that on file,
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it'll help. Okay. It was clear the puppy had suffered a horrific death. Animal control arrived shortly afterwards and
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confirmed it had been deliberately tortured, noting a cord tied tightly around its neck. The cruelty of the
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scene was deeply unsettling, and the officer immediately recognized they were dealing with someone truly twisted.
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Yeah, that was just Absolutely. That's just sad. that I just that right there just really got to me
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cuz it's like that's just not that's not cool at all. No, absolutely cool. Awful people. Yeah. You
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know, we tried to get in the landlord, the owner, you know, we tried to go into the house. They went in, they painted
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everything their own colors, and they just ruined everything. Unfortunately for investigators, the puppy was just
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the first body. And in the coming days, police would uncover more gruesome scenes, strange disappearances, and
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disturbing evidence pointing to something far more calculated than anyone expected. That same day, Detective
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Robert Turney was assigned a missing person's case involving 19-year-old Matthew Miller. Matthew's grandmother
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had called 911 a couple of days earlier, worried because she hadn't seen or heard
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from him in nearly a week. It turned out police were already familiar with Matthew and knew he had previously
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struggled with substance abuse. So, initially they assumed his disappearance was drugrelated. Maybe he overdosed
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somewhere. But Matthew's family insisted something was different this time and urgently requested to speak with
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detectives. Trusting their instincts, Detective Turney decided to visit Matthew's grandmother where he would
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discover some unsettling new possibilities. people calling me, hey, you know, it's a small town.
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So, you guys can help me out by just calling around uh to hospitals, um clinics, re rehabilitation places,
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um other county jails, and just see see if um he's there. So, prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Okay? But
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but I will tell you I don't you know I don't um I had more than enough to arrest Matthew several times and he's
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not one of those people that I wanted to arrest. You know Matthew is not going to
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pull a gun on anybody right to get his drugs. No he's not that kind of person. Yes. Yes. That's my main fear. And he
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probably has a little bit of a complex because he knows he's that kind of person. And so he's going to be real
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hesitant to reach out and tell you guys the actual truth about this person took advantage of his me. Yeah.
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So just forgive him. All you can do is tell him you love him and you forgive him and go from there. After rehashing
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some information with Matthew's family, Detective Turney would go on to learn some critical details. Matthew's
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girlfriend told the family she saw him getting into a vehicle with several other people, including a blonde woman
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named Jennifer Lannon, someone Matthew had recently been spending time with. He also learned that Matthew often spent
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time with a close friend named Justin Ma and his girlfriend Leoni Kalzada. All three were known to use drugs together.
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Acting quickly on these promising new leads, police began searching locations Matthew was known to frequent. And soon
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enough, they located Matthew's Chevy Colorado truck, parked and seemingly abandoned within a few blocks away from
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Leone and Justin's residence. The truck was dirty, locked, and appeared to have been parked there
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for several days. Inside, detectives found clothing and personal belongings, as well as several unsettling items,
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including a pair of rubber gloves and a shovel, lying in the truck's bed. They also found multiple cell phones that
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were damaged in the front and back seats. It seemed clear Matthew hadn't intended to leave the truck there, and
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detectives sensed something wasn't right. Immediately, investigators canvased the area and found surveillance
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cameras nearby, one of which captured Matthew's truck arriving at Leon and Justin's address on January 26th, just 3
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days before Matthew was reported missing. With these new alarming discoveries, Detective Turney knew the
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next logical step was to urgently speak with Matthew's friends, Justin Ma and Leoni Kazada, hoping they could shed
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some light on the situation. However, when they arrived at the couple's residence, they would quickly realize
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Matthew wasn't the only one missing. No, just you. You sure? Okay. Come in. Hey guys. Hey. Hi. Robert.
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He's gone. He gone. He gone. Yeah. Okay. This is Leoni Kazada, the girlfriend of Matthew's close friend,
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Justin Ma. And someone detectives suspected might know exactly what happened to Matthew. This is very, very
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important. We're looking for Matthew Miller. He's been missing for over two weeks. When was the last time he was
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here? Maybe a year ago. A year ago. When I first got this place. Yeah. When I first got it last February. He hasn't
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been here since then. What if I got video of this vehicle? Here. When you had himself. Okay. When
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was the last time you saw him here? when he was once over I first got this place
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a year ago. You think Justin would have he would have Yeah, probably when you weren't here. I wasn't here or I didn't
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pay attention. Yeah, cuz they said all that. Yeah, but he left on 17th and then came back and 17th. That's a long time
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ago. Yeah. Then I went to go talk to the guy. He's like, "Yeah, they left each other there during the night and we're
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in Arizona." Do you have any kind of way to contact Justin? You have a phone number? No, he
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left him to go. What's his phone number? Facebook. He took my phone. My phone. Yeah.
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When was When was the last time you had any kind of communication? What I would like to do, all right,
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is look around your house for any kind of evidence of Matthew Mill or any kind of foul play. know if anything other
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than that. According to Leone, her boyfriend Justin had also mysteriously vanished and she hadn't seen him since
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January 17th, nearly 2 weeks before Matthew was even reported missing. But investigators knew something wasn't
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adding up when Leone insisted she hadn't seen Matthew in nearly a year. Surveillance footage clearly showed
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Matthew's truck outside her residence just days before he disappeared. With their suspicion mounting, detectives
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decided to search Leone's home, hoping to uncover whether she might be hiding something or someone. Did you notice
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anything strange that happened around here? Did you notice anything different around here or like something like that
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was any kind of blood? Needles? What about needles or pills or anything like that? That's what he's
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using. I'm not sure though. Yeah. Okay, guys. I can only find one person dead in a trunk per year. That's
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my max. Despite their best efforts, investigators found no signs of foul play or violence. Still, Detective
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Turney couldn't shake the feeling that something was overlooked. So, he returned to speak briefly with Leone,
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unaware she'd drop a crucial clue. [Music] never been as of the 17th of July. He
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left his life. Leone revealed that Justin had recently taken off with another woman named Jennifer, supposedly
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heading to Arizona to reup on drugs and make some money. With this new detail, Detective Turney now found himself
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investigating the disappearances of three different people. Matthew Miller, Justin Ma, and now potentially Jennifer.
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not yet aware just how closely connected these cases really were. So to move forward, Turney quickly looked into
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Jennifer and discovered she had recently been reported missing by her ex-husband,
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Shaun Lannon. That name sounded familiar to Detective Turney because just days earlier, officers had responded to a
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disturbing call at 817 Kingman Avenue, the same property where the remains of aured puppy had been uncovered. and the
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tenants evicted from that very house, Shawn and Jennifer Lannon. Finally, investigators were starting to connect
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the dots. Three people, all closely linked through drugs and personal relationships, had vanished within days
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of each other. Detective Turney realized it was time to canvas the neighborhood surrounding Shawn and Jennifer's former
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home, hoping a neighbor might have seen something suspicious or could offer the lead they desperately needed. That's
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when they found a neighbor whose security camera was pointed directly at Shawn and Jennifer's old residence. And
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Visit simplysafe.com/insanity to customize yours. There's no safe like Simplysafe. On January 26th, Matthew is
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seen entering Shawn's home, but investigators never see him leave. Hours later, Shawn is spotted on camera
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driving away in Matthew's truck. And when he returns, he's alone on foot, and Matthew is nowhere to be
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seen. 2 days later, on January 28th, the same camera recorded someone loading household items into a red Dodge Dakota
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parked outside the residence and driving away. This CCTV footage marked a critical turning point for
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investigators. For the first time, detectives had visual proof of Matthew at Jennifer and Sha's residence. With
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this significant new lead, the next step was clear. Detective Turney needed to speak directly to Shawn. Only his
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account could clarify what happened that day and potentially reveal crucial details about the missing trio. The next
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morning, Detective Turney reached out to Shawn and agreed to sit down for a formal interview. Whatever Shawn said
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next had the potential to shift the direction of this case completely. So, first things first, let's get her
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into this messing. Okay. Okay. Do you have you ever seen Matthew Miller? You know what I'm talking about? Is he over
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over at your house? It's been weeks and I think he's definitely been a fourth and third. Was his truck
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ever parked at your house? for more than in like a day overnight. I'm not sure. Have you ever driven his
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truck? You driven his truck? When was the last time you drove his truck? Couple weeks ago.
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Couple weeks ago. So again, when did you find out that they split and took off to Arizona, ran
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away together, whatever? It was 7 weeks ago. came back only come back. Did you have did you have anything
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to do with with Jennifer's disappearance? Matthew's disappearance. Do you think something bad happened to
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Matthew and Jennifer? Jennifer drugs used to be when she came back with more bills than I could
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imagine anybody would have. She'd like those. Man, it's just I just got a really really bad feeling about all
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this. You don't I do you don't seem I've been been in the circle for a minute. She has she ever done this before? Yeah.
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During the interview, Detective Turney notices something strange. Shawn remains unnervingly calm, especially considering
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his ex-wife and the mother of his three young children has just vanished. Turney
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begins to question whether Shawn is simply a bystander caught up in a tragic situation or if he knows more than he's
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letting on. The next day, Detective Turney would get his answer as police received an
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unexpected call from a man named Josh Hall. Josh was an acquaintance of Matthew Miller and claimed he'd recently
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witnessed something that deeply concerned him, directly related to the strange disappearances. Investigators
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quickly arranged for a meeting with Josh, hoping his account would finally provide the breakthrough they were
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looking for. What's going on with Matthew? Man, that's my That's my chick's cousin.
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Check this out, man. Check this out. Follow me. Check this out, man. Yesterday, Kelly, right? Sean told me to
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go talk to you. I guess he had to go talk to you or something. Talk to C. He goes to Kelly's smashes the back
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ceiling gun. Jack threw his wife's IDs, some clothes, some other he just stashes
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it since he had no dog. I was there. I was there. Sean killed all three of them mother, man. I'm telling
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you, he merked all three of them people, man. He's putting it off on that he ran
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off and everything. Why in the I don't know, man. Kelly's like my sister. I know all the you know killed. I know he
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did, man. I know he did. He did, man. I'm telling you. Come on. And they find the truck right by his house. You know
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what I'm saying? And who stole the trip? You know what I mean? Like was his chick by himself.
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He's a smart kid. I want to call on been missing for he just barely reported his
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wife missing. His wife's been missing since like the 23rd. Since last month, you know what I
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mean? She's been missing the same time Matt's been missing. And and after he left and everything, go talk to you.
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Kelly went in there and open that strap, her IDs, some other personal careers, some clothes, and I don't know what she
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do with the sheed out. I had her with me the whole time. She was tripping. Oh, and then Danny Danny Limos took off with
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it. Danny Limos took the gun. Took the vehicle. Danny walking. Walking that he was walking. I'm telling you, man. And
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he tripped me out yesterday. That's how I tied I tied everything together yesterday when he did that. You know
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what I mean? Like I know I know he lost M3, man. I know he did. Josh claims that
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Shawn arrived at the residence of a woman named Kelly Dodto carrying a bag he carefully hid in the ceiling of her
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home before leaving to speak with detectives at the police station. After Shawn left, Kelly discovered the hidden
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bag, removed a gun from inside, and handed it off to a man named Danny Lamos, locally known as Dog, who quickly
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took the weapon and left on foot. When Shawn returned and realized the bag was missing, he became visibly agitated,
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smashing his phone on the ground before storming out. These troubling claims raised immediate suspicion around
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everyone involved, including two new persons of interest, Kelly Dodto and Daniel Lamos, both closely associated
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with Shawn and Jennifer based on Josh's statement. Danny Lamos was nowhere to be
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found at the time. So, Detective Turney knew he urgently needed to verify Josh's
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account by speaking directly with Kelly and more importantly find out if she was
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hiding anything that could help connect the dots in this increasingly tangled case.
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When investigators first arrived at Kelly's house, she agreed to meet them at the station for an interview, but
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refused their offer of a ride, saying her boss would bring her in about 30 minutes. However, when the time came,
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Kelly never showed up at the police station. It was a major red flag, and it made investigators even more suspicious
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of her. Two hours later, Detective Turney returned to her house, suspecting that Kelly might be stalling for time or
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trying to cover something up. No, it's Robert and Ben. [Music] The detectives. Hi. She hasn't gotten here yet. So, I
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talked to my lawyer and he told me that I didn't have to go with you guys. You don't have to. What is it about? Can you
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tell me? It's about the disappearance of of who? Matthew Miller and Joshua. Sean Ler.
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Sean is not missing him. I know he's not. This time, Kelly's behavior was noticeably different. She appeared
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distraught, reluctant to cooperate and quick to mention her lawyer. Detective Turney felt certain that she was
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withholding crucial information and decided to press harder. Was Sean here yesterday? He came out yesterday. How
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many times? What? We just He came inside. He told me that he had to go down and leave Clark
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Jennifer missing. Did Sean find anything in the house that was way? Oh, no. Did he destroy his
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phone? Yeah, right here. I forgot he destroyed his phone. Did he bring a bag inside that had a gun?
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No. or any of Jennifer's identification cards. Did you look in it? No. Did anyone else take the gun later? No. Do
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you think he did something to Jennifer and Matthew? I honestly don't. He doesn't seem like
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that type of person. I think you're lying to me about the bag and the gun and Jennifer's ID.
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I'm not I don't know anything about like he asked me. He said, "Where's my Yeah.
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No, I didn't see him being Oh, you're forgetting what I already spoke to you. I know.
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Has some stuff in your shed. Yeah. Did you already know yesterday? No, I don't think so. You went through it? No. After
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some more pressure, Kelly admitted she had several suspicious bags in her shed, supposedly belonging to Shawn. Curious
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about the contents of the bags, detectives quickly followed Kelly to take a closer look. I'm pretty sure it
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is. Yeah. I I That box there is not his. I don't think it's I'm sure it's not. And that paint can is not his.
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That's his. That is my house. Oh, Jackson. Are you ready? Yeah. She let us search
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that thing from head to toe and outside, too. Despite their best efforts, detectives
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found no clear signs of blood or evidence linking back to the missing people. It was a frustrating dead end,
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and the chances of finding them seemed increasingly slim. At this stage, investigators had
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narrowed down their focus to several individuals close to the missing trio, each with conflicting stories and
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questionable behavior that kept detectives on edge. But without hard evidence, options were increasingly
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running out. Desperate for a breakthrough, Detective Turney secured a search warrant for Shawn and Jennifer's
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former home at 817 Kingman Avenue. Unsure exactly what or who they might encounter, officers cautiously
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approached the property, prepared for any potential threat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat.
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[Music] [Music] closet. Yet again, investigators were too late. The house had already undergone
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extensive renovations. Carpets removed, drywall stripped, any potential evidence
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completely erased. Unbeknownst to investigators at the time, the critical evidence they desperately needed was
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sitting in an abandoned truck miles away, just waiting to be discovered. For now, though, every
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possible lead was exhausted, and Detective Turing knew it was time for a more direct approach. So, he called
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Shawn once more, determined to extract something, anything that could finally lead investigators to the missing trio.
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Hello. Hey, is this Sean? Yes, it is. Hey, Sean. This Detective attorney. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you
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doing today? Good, man. I've been trying to get a hold of your other number and it's not working. So, no, I apologize.
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I'm sorry. So, you know, you know anything new? No, I haven't heard anything. Nope.
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Okay. Are you still around town? No, I'm in Albuquerque. No, we've made some progress here and
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there. I've got a bunch of uh pictures of different vehicles I'd like you to I'd like you to take a look at. See if
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you could help me identify them. Good night, Mark. I can I wanted to come in and like stuff I got to return to the
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school. Okay. All right. Just make sure the kids are taken care of and we'll go from there.
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All right. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye. Thanks. Shawn sounded cooperative and willing to help, promising Detective
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Turney he would come in for questioning. Yet, Shawn never showed up. The next day, Tney even offered to personally
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pick Shawn up and bring him to the station, but once again, Shawn failed to appear. At this point, Tney felt certain
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Shawn was deliberately stalling and knew they couldn't afford to waste any more time. He's done playing cat and
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mouse. With the CCTV footage and witness statements pointing directly at Shawn and Danny as crucial figures, Detective
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Turney knew he needed to bring them in for questioning. So, investigators dug deeper into both men's backgrounds. And
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that's when they hit the jackpot. Shawn had an outstanding warrant for missing a
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court appearance related to a 2020 assault and battery charge. It was the break they needed. On February 25th,
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officers located Shawn in Albuquerque and arrested him without incident, transporting him directly to the Grants
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Police Department for questioning. Detective attorney's goals for the interview were simple. Determine
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exactly what Shawn knew about the missing trio and find out where Danny Lamos had vanished after taking the
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alleged gun. Let's go back to Matthew's truck. Okay. So, it's it's it starts to back in there and you're the last one
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who drove it, right? So, let's go backward from where you when you parked it. Where did you go with it that day?
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Do you remember specifically? That little place is average. It was one side of McDonald's. I thought that was the
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last day where you ever used it. And um I got Smiths, we got water, food, Walmart. That's
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it. Is there a tracker on the truck? My phone was always on like pull along. I don't I'm not going in the mountains. I
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have children. I don't have any bodies. Like I literally I'm a I was a medic for
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in the army. Like I have three kids. I don't think you're capable of doing something like this. I think you're very
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capable of defending yourself though. An accident happens. If it was nice, I would be like, "Uh, that's
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self-defense." Because cuz self-defense beats. Literally, no. Biggest fear in my
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house. Why the pistol stay in the house was was had a dog like that guy scares me. I'm not gonna lie about it. Yeah.
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So, who told you to park it there? Justin. Justin was there at the house talking with like they're all chewing on
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the soup. Who's all there? Jennifer. Justin and Matthew. And Matthew. And he gets a boatload of pills from him and
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they're like, "We're going to go score." I mean, they no money, nothing to the kids. No, they leave the
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truck. And literally, I'm like, "Well, I need to go." Like, "Can can I get some [ __ ] groceries or some shit?" And
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literally, I'm like, "What? What do we do with the truck?" He's like, "Leave it." I'm like, "Yeah, leave your [ __ ]
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here." Like, "No." I was like, "You're not going to park in front." I just No. I need to go to the dumpsters. I need to
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go to my dollar, you know. And so they told you in the house when you're done with it to
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park it at the compartment. Matthew wants to park it down the street. He says, "No, my budgies over there in your
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near the just leave it there." As the interview continued, Shawn seemed to have an answer for everything, including
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the CCTV footage, claiming he only moved the truck at Matthew and Justin's request. He also appeared to casually
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downplay the entire incident, insisting the trio's disappearances were simply part of a drugrelated business venture,
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nothing criminal. But Detective Turney wasn't buying it. He knew Shawn's explanation didn't match witness
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statements, and his earlier actions were too suspicious to ignore. But without solid proof, Turney couldn't directly
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refute Shawn's story. So to move forward, Detective Turney changed tactics. He decided to deliberately
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introduce Danny Lamos into the conversation, offering Shawn an easy scapegoat. If Shawn took the bait, Tney
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might finally uncover what Shawn was hiding, or at least gain insight into what really happened to the missing
00:31:01
trio. Did Did Danny kill him? I I have no idea. I don't really spend most of my time with the kids. If I had to guess
00:31:09
who would kill him, it would be the guy saying, "If I got to dispose of the bodies, I'm going to put him in my pig."
00:31:13
going to show me the pig one day cuz it's held in men's house. This is I don't have any answers for Matthew. I
00:31:20
don't know much about it. Talk to dog. If someone's going to move a body and put it somewhere, my guess the creepy
00:31:26
dude that talks about pigs. Pigs do everything but eyeballs. I'm like, who would know that? Like this dude's I'm
00:31:33
whatever. I'm scared to dog. Would you? So, but my kids are scared of dog. I'm scared of dog. I don't [ __ ] be afraid
00:31:40
of it or shame of it. But we hid in the house. I didn't go anywhere. I definitely didn't leave my kids for 5
00:31:45
hours cuz I I didn't find the blood of the other one. Just as planned, the moment Danny Lamos's name came up, Shawn
00:31:52
seized the opportunity and implicated him, pointing to Dy's violent nature and even suggesting his ability to dispose
00:31:58
of bodies using pigs. Beyond those accusations, however, Shawn stuck to his story for the rest of the interview,
00:32:06
denying any involvement in the disappearance. Without solid proof against him, detectives had no choice
00:32:12
but to end their questioning. Still, Shawn wasn't completely free. His outstanding warrant for failure to
00:32:18
appear in court meant he'd spend the next 7 days in custody, and officers immediately transported him to the local
00:32:26
jail. Investigators spent the following week interviewing acquaintances, re-examining evidence, and piecing
00:32:32
together scattered leads. During their interview, one detail caught Detective Turner's attention. The mysterious red
00:32:39
Ford truck that was spotted parked outside Shaun's residence, later leaving with unknown contents loaded in the
00:32:46
back. Investigators had not yet located this truck and attorneys strongly suspected it might hold something
00:32:53
crucial to their case. For now, though, three people remained missing and police
00:32:57
narrowed their focus to two prime suspects. Shawn Lannon, who was recorded on surveillance driving Matthew's truck
00:33:04
and potentially connected to the missing red truck, and Danny Lamos, who allegedly received a handgun connected
00:33:10
to Shawn before disappearing himself. With each passing day, Turney grew more convinced that the missing trio had been
00:33:17
murdered and that their two prime suspects likely held the answers. But the window to find something conclusive
00:33:24
was quickly closing. Because on March 3rd, Shawn completed his short jail sentence and was released back onto the
00:33:31
streets significantly, raising the stakes. Now facing the possibility of losing another prime suspect, Detective
00:33:38
Turney knew he had to act fast. All he needed was just one single lead, some hint of where the bodies might be
00:33:46
hidden. [Music] On March 5th, officers received a call from the security at Albuquerquey's
00:34:01
Sunport Airport about an abandoned Red Ford Ranger, eerily similar to the one from surveillance footage gathered
00:34:08
during the investigation. What officers found inside would confirm the gruesome truth they'd been searching for.
00:34:24
kind of smells. Kind of smells, but not to like decomposer or anything. finally got you guys out here, huh?
00:34:48
Yeah, we called it in by 1:30, but they said they didn't want to they didn't want to send anybody out here. There's a
00:34:56
pretty foul smell coming from the vehicle. Yeah. Every so often. I don't know if you noticed. Yeah, I couldn't
00:35:02
really tell what it was. Like you already sound like I couldn't really think it smelled like demp body or
00:35:07
something like that, but I don't know. I smell something, but I can't tell what it was. Also smell like dirty like
00:35:15
almost. But yeah, we'll check that stuff. So, in the back of the truck were several sealed storage bins emitting an
00:35:26
unmistakable smell of decay. And inside were the dismembered bodies of Jennifer Lannon, Matthew Miller, and Justin Mada.
00:35:36
Jennifer had been shot at close range in the head. Justin had also suffered a gunshot wound to the head along with
00:35:42
severe blunt force injuries, and Matthew's body showed clear signs of massive head trauma. Evidence he'd also
00:35:49
been beaten to death. But the horrors didn't end there. Hidden beneath a tarp in the passenger seat was yet another
00:35:57
body. Randall Aposttoon, the truck's owner. His body showed signs of severe blunt force trauma, and a bloodied
00:36:04
hammer found nearby was clearly the weapon used to kill him. Investigators found more disturbing evidence inside
00:36:11
the truck. Multiple serrated knives stained with dried blood, a handsaw, and several pairs of industrial gloves, all
00:36:19
clearly pointing to a calculated coldblooded murder. It was still unclear to investigators why Randall had been
00:36:26
murdered or how his death was connected to the other three, but they wouldn't have to wait long to find out.
00:36:32
Detectives urgently turned to the Albuquerque airport surveillance cameras, knowing the truck hadn't driven
00:36:37
itself there. And it didn't take long before they spotted exactly who they were looking
00:36:43
for. On March 3rd, 2021, just two days before the gruesome discovery, the airport's cameras captured Shaun Lannon
00:36:51
driving the truck into the airport parking lot, exiting the vehicle, and leaving behind the bodies of his four
00:36:58
victims. Finally, detectives found their killer. It was time to track Shawn down
00:37:04
and bring him in. On the same day the bodies were discovered, police urgently scrambled to
00:37:10
track down Shaun Lennon, but it was already too late. Shawn had slipped out of Albuquerque and vanished.
00:37:17
Immediately, the US marshals issued a nationwide alert, believing Shawn posed an active threat and was possibly on a
00:37:23
violent crime spree. Authorities across multiple states joined the manhunt to track him down before anyone else was
00:37:30
harmed. Then on March 9th, Detective Turney received a disturbing call. US Marshalss
00:37:38
informed him that Shaun Lannon was now wanted in connection to another murder. This one committed just a day earlier in
00:37:46
New Jersey. Authorities had linked Shawn to the murder of Michael Deckowski through witness statements and
00:37:52
surveillance footage that placed him directly at the scene. A quick background check also revealed the
00:37:57
victim wasn't a random target. Debcowski was someone Shawn had personally known for many years. It was an alarming
00:38:05
detail that made it clear Shawn's violent spree was far from over. Now with five bodies discovered and a serial
00:38:12
killer on the loose, police knew anyone in Shawn Lannon's circle could be next, and they had to act fast. Federal
00:38:19
authorities urgently tracked Shawn's movements, closely monitoring surveillance footage and cell phone
00:38:24
data. And finally, on the morning of March 10th, US Marshals pinpointed Shawn's location in St. Louis, Missouri,
00:38:32
and they quickly moved in and captured him without incident. Shaun Lannon was immediately extradited back to New
00:38:39
Jersey, finally putting an end to his killing spree. By now, the evidence against
00:38:46
Shaun Lannon was overwhelming. Investigators had more than enough to charge him, but there were still
00:38:51
critical questions that only Shawn could answer. They still needed to understand
00:38:55
exactly why he committed these horrific murders and determine whether he acted alone or if others helped him carry out
00:39:01
and conceal evidence. When Detective Turney sat down face tof face with Shawn, he expected more lies and
00:39:08
deception. But surprisingly, Shawn didn't resist or deny anything. Instead, he resigned to his fate, openly
00:39:16
admitting he was tired of running and knew his capture was inevitable. In his own words, he simply wanted it to be
00:39:23
over. So, with nothing left to hide, Shawn would give detectives exactly what they hoped for, a chilling, detailed
00:39:32
account of the murders and the twisted reasons behind each one. Um, J's already out with my
00:39:42
time. Wasn't enough to take her life. She wanted me to make sure she she wanted to for sure.
00:39:50
cuz I really should have breathing. She wasn't going to OD. I went the other room, psyched myself up
00:39:56
repeating that kind of emotionally charged statement of you killed the garrison baby. So I had
00:40:05
no ready to do it. I put that pistol behind her head and I pulled the trigger to come later. I was supposed to bed
00:40:17
too. I put that piss in my mouth. Could I handle up? Just some past teeth. I I sudden cry
00:40:27
out. I was like, "What the I do now." Full of sugar. Kids going to see both our hands went up. I love
00:40:40
so close the bedroom door. Got the kids normal. Said set them up to be in the other room.
00:40:48
We have a vehicle and John's boyfriend drove in the trunk on the car. So, I pretty much lived right here.
00:40:56
So, he'd be out there to a storage, a long one. The sheets that were around here.
00:41:04
The bedding was in the bag in the box, too. Container I um tried to dismember her to put her in
00:41:11
containers. It'll work. It's awful and traumatic. was thinking about it. Still haunts me. I knew I was living on bar
00:41:20
time at that point. So I need to get my kids somewhere safe to go home. So I continued with packing
00:41:27
everything up all the while still baiting just the mother. He's responsible for the drug
00:41:33
and doing that to my kids. Took like a week. I came to the house. So I in the laundry room connected to the
00:41:44
garage. That's where I killed him. Before I killed him, he offered up a trade. His phone had pictures of Shawn
00:41:54
Michael sitting there naked in my living room. I don't know what his name or Matthew Miller or whatever the his name
00:42:04
is on my son's shoulders. I was like, "Who sent you this picture?" He's like, "This guy knows it's real." He's like,
00:42:11
"I took the picture." I was like, "Well, he took that picture and he just the guy
00:42:16
in the picture." So, um, I said, "There it is." You know, he was right over the vent down with hider.
00:42:25
Um, he wanted he wanted to know if he could do a shot before it took his life. So, I said, "Well, if you find any in
00:42:32
the vent, I mean, he was looking down in the vent. You can see it coming from my shot in the
00:42:39
back. Wasn't something else though. He's pretty pretty tall, dude. I had this memory almost at some point a
00:42:48
day or two later. Disgusted me. That's gross. I had to work up the nerves to move his
00:42:55
bodies. There's so much blood. That's why I had to pull the floor up in that room. I stole my room that was the
00:43:02
flooring that was pulled up in the kids' bedroom. A piece of landlord nerve tracks the water leak and the carpet got
00:43:10
molded. It was unsafe. The carpet was outside the house and so was the the padding if they thought through some of
00:43:16
the reason still there. Took 2 hours before I had enough um ability to even go near Justin.
00:43:26
When you got Justin over there, was this shortly after? Like how how long between
00:43:31
the time that you had that you Jennifer that you shoot Justin at least a week took a while. How did you get him to
00:43:39
come over? I was baiting as if I was Jennifer on phone. Yeah. So you thought you was to meet
00:43:45
Jennifer? Yeah. I also had pictures of Daniel Lamos and my son. I never got my hands on Daniel Lamos. I fully intended
00:43:55
after I was heading back to New Mexico for like yesterday. [Music] get over if I did it would be in the box cuz
00:44:09
you know so then I had the three of them probably that kid comes over William or
00:44:14
Matthew whatever his name was comes over with Felicity his girlfriend she looked like she was like
00:44:21
12 years old and I should freaking name anyone they don't have to he's like they're looking for money
00:44:28
or anything. I might give you a food cart for example. I like just take like 40 bucks and I like all I need is later in
00:44:38
the week give me a ride to get some water and I'm going to let her want. So, one of those times he came back, he
00:44:45
didn't have Felicity and that's when that's when I shot him in the back of the head and I had one of his vehicles
00:44:52
to help Bergie. Um, some point he brought me the boxes that fit him in the back. I couldn't open him up. I couldn't
00:45:00
come up with enough money to the vehicle. So, he was going to take the truck back. So, um, found some else for
00:45:06
the, um, the boxes of his storage containers. I was going to hold them for 150 bucks.
00:45:15
Um, he won another $300 once we got to his place. Randy wanted another $300 to hold the boxes. So, um, I didn't have
00:45:26
$300. So, he's like, "I'm going to drop you back off." So, we left, came back to
00:45:31
the, uh, back to the pearl. The box was still in the back. Pulled in right there. I got in a fight. I killed
00:45:38
him in the front seat. He was in driver's seat. Throughout his confession, Shawn remained eerily
00:45:44
composed, showing almost no emotions. Even more chilling is the fact that just hours after dismembering the bodies and
00:45:52
brutally killing Randall, Shawn was picked up by police on an unrelated warrant and sat across from Detective
00:45:58
Turney, coldly denying any involvement while a truck full of bodies was parked just a few blocks away.
00:46:07
So Tuesday, I took the um I grabbed the truck and I know what to do with it. I don't know
00:46:14
anybody what you do with the body. them. I wasn't trying to I knew at some point
00:46:19
he's going to get caught. I just want my kids back home. I took them to the airport the day before and I positioned
00:46:27
him just everything was the same. Secured the vehicle as an obvious and I took a I believe it was an
00:46:35
Uber, took it out right to the pearl. The next day we flew out and we're waiting on time like
00:46:41
again some point they find the bodies at the airport in the box. And then um last on my list was uh the man that
00:46:53
me as a child, my big brother, big brother's big sisters, whatever. He gives too. He wanted the
00:47:00
pictures back. He didn't want to give me the pictures. So I started beating and he gave me the pictures. I
00:47:06
took his life. Okay. So I'm proud of that. I'm not proud of that. Um, I did find time to make it back to finish.
00:47:16
The last victim in Shawn's killing spree was his former mentor, Michael Deckowski, a man Shawn accused of him
00:47:24
during childhood and believed still had photographs of that abuse. When Debkowski refused to hand over those
00:47:30
photographs, Shawn killed him without hesitation. But just as detectives thought they heard everything from
00:47:36
Shawn, he would make one final shocking statement. There were even more bodies waiting to be found.
00:47:44
And so the other 11 you said started about two and a half years ago, three years ago.
00:47:49
And you used you disarmed them from guns and you said knives. Knives whatever had like almost like a pickaxe
00:47:59
made somewhere picking like a pickaxe. was like if you had to think back like how many how many of that out
00:48:08
of the 11 were shot and how many were stabbed like if you can elaborate on any of that. Two were shot. Two.
00:48:16
And then how many were stabbed? Was the rest of them? The rest of them. So nine.
00:48:24
According to Shawn, he'd killed at least 11 additional people, mostly drug dealers tied to Jennifer, and hidden
00:48:31
their bodies in remote areas of Malpes National Park. Detectives approached these claims cautiously, knowing Shawn
00:48:38
was a skilled manipulator who mixed truths with calculated lies. Perhaps this was his last attempt to influence
00:48:45
the outcome of his trial later on. But despite extensive searches, no additional bodies were ever discovered
00:48:52
and Shawn's claims remained unverified. Detectives also investigated one of the key persons of interest directly
00:48:59
implicated by Shawn himself, Danny Lamos. He was located in Albuquerque and arrested by US Marshalss on March 25th,
00:49:07
2021. Dany agreed to speak with Detective Turney, firmly denying any involvement and expressing shock that
00:49:15
Shawn was even capable of these horrific crimes. He admitted taking the handgun Shawn had hidden at Kelly's house, but
00:49:22
claimed he had no idea it was tied to a murder and had quickly sold it afterwards. After exhaustive interviews
00:49:28
and reviewing all available evidence, detectives eventually cleared Dany along with all other potential suspects,
00:49:35
ultimately concluding Shawn acted entirely alone. In October 2022, Shawn pleaded guilty to the first-degree
00:49:44
murder of Michael Decowski in New Jersey. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison. And in May 2024, he pleaded
00:49:52
guilty to killing Jennifer Lannon, Justin Ma, Matthew Miller, and Randall Pastelone, receiving four consecutive
00:49:59
15-year sentences. As part of his plea agreement, Shawn will serve his sentence in New Jersey first, then return to New
00:50:06
Mexico to serve an additional 60 years behind bars.