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This is Tiffany, mother of Tyler and Eli Chaffen. Just hours earlier, her two sons brutally killed a man and left his
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body by the side of the road. >> I felt I had to shoot wheels to make sure my brother didn't get hurt. This
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police are always trying to protect the children. >> As Tiffany listens in horror, the
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brothers insist they were only protecting each other. But the truth is far darker.
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>> Over the next 24 hours, Tiffany will face the worst day of her life as she slowly pieces together the horrifying
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truth that she's raised two terrifying killers. >> And your brother, your brother murdered
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somebody. >> I love you very much. >> Some people have a [ __ ] up way of looking at things.
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>> But the killer is a killer is a killer, right? The Chaffen Brothers Sunday begins like
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any other morning in their parents' remote home near Aztec, New Mexico. They're sitting in the living room
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watching gun YouTubers and playing video games. A young woman is with them. She turns to the brothers and asks if they
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would kill for her. But just then, her phone buzzes and in that moment, something in her snaps. She stands up,
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looks at the brothers, and tells them they're going for a ride and to bring guns.
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Two hours later, in a quiet trailer park, residents hear four sharp gunshots echo through the area. When they rush to
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their windows, they see a man lying motionless in a puddle of blood and a car speeding away from the scene.
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Seconds later, 911 calls begin pouring in from terrified witnesses, marking the start of a multi-hour manhunt unlike
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anything this town has ever experienced. >> Uh there's just a shootout. Somebody got
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shot over here and I think somebody's either dead or bleeding across the street. One of the two he was walking
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out of the house and they just started to open fire on him. It's like a white SUV.
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>> Uh I'm the neighbor. I do not want my name. used gunshots. Less than 5 minutes
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ago, he hopped into a white looked to be like a Ford Escape. >> Within minutes, multiple officers rushed
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to the scene with no idea what they're up against or if the shooter is still somewhere nearby. The following footage
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has never been seen before until now. Viewer discretion is advised. >> You guys can leave. Go ahead and leave.
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Good. >> He's uh obviously 107. Officers find the victim lying face down in the grass while nearby residents
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begin gathering outside, oblivious to the danger still nearby. And before officers can secure the scene, something
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catches their attention. A white SUV parked just 100 yards away, matching the description of the suspect's vehicle.
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With guns drawn, they move in cautiously, fully expecting to confront the gunman.
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>> Out of the vehicle. >> Get out of the car. >> Get out of the vehicle. >> Is there anyone else in your car?
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>> Just your dog? >> Yes. >> Okay, just keep walking to me. >> You have any weapons on you?
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>> No, sir. No weapons in the car. No weapons on a friend. >> Put your hands on top of your head for
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me, please. >> Sure. I I I went to the dollar store and got bought cigarettes. I came to see if
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my buddy was one. He turns around right there and you guys were right there. >> The driver appears unarmed and at first
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glance seems like more of a witness than a suspect. Officers clear him, then move
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on to search his vehicle, but they find no guns or anything that connects him to
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the shooting. That leaves police with almost nothing to go on, and they still don't even know the victim's identity.
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But that's about to change because the driver is about to give officers their first rail lead of the day. When I
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pulled in there, there was a blazer almost like this. Only a bigger one. We got on the highway, he turned towards
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the Aztec highway. You >> pull my open air real quick. >> No, go ahead. >> Okay. Just to make sure.
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>> Yeah. >> Witness said he saw a white uh Chevy Blazer and then eastbound on 38.
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>> He said he saw it turning going really quick on the back road and then turning
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to more than likely probably. With the help from witnesses, police now have a clearer picture of what they're
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looking for. Specifically, a white Chevy blazer with gold trim that sped away immediately after the gunshots. After
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the scene is secured, officers return to the body to examine it closely and determine the victim's identity. What
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they document here will become critical evidence detectives later use to secure a conviction.
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>> He's got a blood spot on his head. He may have one in his He may have one in his head right there.
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Unless then one shoulder here. Unless this is that part, you know, when like when
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>> something caused him to fall forward, though. >> That's that's the thing. If this was the
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first shot and he was forward, you know, >> that can't be the first shot though cuz
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that's on the back of his leg. He was standing up facing this way and the car was out here.
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>> He turned around to take off running. Maybe >> he was walking out. He >> fired the rounds from the road.
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>> Oh, okay. >> He was walking this way. >> What if he was down? Somebody walked
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over, got to the edge and popped him in the head. As officers study the wounds, something
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troubling starts to stand out. This doesn't look like a chaotic shooting, but it's more in line with a calculated
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execution. The shot pattern is brutal, hinting at a violent, twisted killer on the loose. The victim appears to be in
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his early 40s with at least four gunshot wounds. And with no gun in sight, it's likely he was unarmed. At this point,
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the officers still don't know his identity or what would drive someone to kill him so brutally. But that's when
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they notice something crucial. A trail of fresh footprints leading straight to a nearby house. With guns drawn,
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officers move in cautiously. After searching the home, officers find no one inside, but they do notice
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women's clothing and drug paraphernalia tucked inside the cupboards along with family photos of a man who resembles the
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deceased victim, leading them to believe this is his residence. With the house cleared, officers step back outside to
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regroup and figure out their next move. They still don't know the victim's name,
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and they're no closer to identifying who shot him. So, they split up to gather information from nearby residents, where
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they'll learn the victim's name and hear some concerning details about his life.
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>> Hi. >> Hey, by chance, do you hear anything? >> Yes. Three shots. >> Who lives in this this last trailer over
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here? >> Johnson. >> William Johnson. >> Yeah. He's 6 months ago, Mr. >> Earlier. Sir, did you hear anything over
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here? Yes, sir. I heard three shots. How many people come and go from that house
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that you're aware of? >> Quite a few. >> Do they ever have any issues over there?
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>> Oh, fighting. Who? Who fights? >> Steel and William. >> After speaking with several more
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neighbors, officers finally confirm the victim's identity. 37-year-old William Johnson, a father of two daughters known
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around the area as Bubba. They also learn about a 23-year-old girl named Sierra who'd been living with William
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and often was seen arguing with him, but no one seems to know her last name, something police now need to track down.
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Coincidentally, one of the officers canvasing the area encounters a driver parked along the roadside who claims to
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be Sierra's friend and knows exactly how to find her. >> How's it going? >> Good. Did you know her because you
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worked with her? >> I know her because I worked with her. She was also a friend of my daughter. Is
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he are him and Sierra still together? >> For some dumb reason after I told him do
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not give back and it's not going to work out for him. He got you know if Will had
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bad blood with anybody. >> I'm sure he had bad blood or just the whole missed. How do you know he was Dylan?
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>> I see I witnessed it to to sell the who >> Sierra's friend would go on to provide
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officers with her full name and phone number. 23-year-old Sierra Collins, Williams ex-girlfriend. When detectives
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arrived to begin their homicide investigation, they quickly realized they're already familiar with Sierra.
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Her record includes several drugrelated offenses and even a restraining order she filed against William himself. She
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had recently completed a rehab program, was trying to regain custody of her son,
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and was working towards becoming a teacher. With her name confirmed, the investigator decides to call her. At
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this point, all the detective knows about Sierra is that she's William's ex-girlfriend. He simply wants to ask
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Sierra and discover she may know exactly how William ended up dead. >> I'm sorry. Is this Sierra?
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>> Yeah. Who's this? >> This is Detective Dr. Sheriff's Office. I was trying to get a hold of you. Are
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you available right now? >> Um, for what? >> I just have some questions. I'd like
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>> I I really would like to speak with you. It involves William. >> Oh, [ __ ] >> Um,
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>> like it's very very important. You can't meet with me for like literally like 20 minutes cuz I really
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need your help >> right now. >> Yeah, if you can. >> Um, can I call you back? >> Yeah. How long do you think roughly?
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>> I'll call you back in like 10 minutes. >> Sierra hangs up but calls back shortly
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after, ultimately agreeing to come to the station. Unknowingly, the upcoming interview with Sierra will blow the case
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wide open, but the Chaffen brothers on the run as armed fugitives and trigger a dangerous multi-hour manhunt.
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keep your right hand up with your left hand only. Open the door and get out. >> So,
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>> I don't think I could help you not today anyway. >> Okay. And as her um do you know he who
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he dealt with on the on that drug whole drug side of things? Like who kind of his person was? That was like his queen.
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>> The reason I asked you is that's a motive. That's a great motive. >> I mean, he bought dirt from a lot of
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[ __ ] people. You know what I mean? >> Did he owe any of them? >> Yes. >> Okay. Who did he owe?
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>> He owed the landlord money. >> Well, I know he owed the landlord. I talked to him this morning. I mean,
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anybody to the point where you think they would want to kill him? Like, why would someone want to murder him? Like,
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we're not here to play games. We're not here like maybe he's dead, maybe he's not. He was murdered this morning and
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I'm calling you trying to so that you can help me. Okay? I'm not here to get you in trouble. I obviously he's not in
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trouble. He can't be in trouble because regardless of whether you agree with what he was doing or not or trying to
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help him or whatever. >> Why did you guys break up? Cuz he was anger. >> Was he abusive to you?
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>> No, but it was good. It was good. Sierra starts crying almost immediately, but
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the detective can quickly tell it isn't genuine grief, more like someone afraid of getting into trouble. Seeing this, he
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shifts the conversation to William's phone. Officers had found it at the crime scene earlier, believing it might
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contain crucial evidence. The detective brings it up to see whether Sierra is willing to help unlock it, something she
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would do without hesitation if she truly cared about William. >> What's the passcode for William's phone?
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Don't tell me you don't know cuz I know that you do. >> I know that you do. >> And I I know that you know. And listen,
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I'm going to tell you something right now. The the chain of events that took place, if I can access that phone, that
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will help me huge. >> Honestly, he didn't even have one. >> No, he does. There's a code on it. What
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is it? >> I haven't been on his phone a long time. >> You're not in trouble. You're here to
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help me. >> In trouble. >> You are here to help me. That's why I called you. >> Yeah, I know. But then I'm going to get
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in trouble. >> How? For what? >> I don't know. Probably the [ __ ] on his phone. Why would you be in trouble for
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what I see on his phone? >> I probably said anything. >> I brought you here because I know that
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in your relationship I know you love him. >> 11128. >> Like how do you know that? Cuz
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>> that's the thing that we met. >> Sierra's reaction here is concerning to say the least. Outright refusing to help
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unlock the phone because she's worried it might contain something incriminating is a major red flag for the detective.
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and her lack of cooperation is doing nothing to help her case. But things don't stop there. As the interview
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continues, Sierra soon reveals the real reason she won't talk. >> I just feel like I'm going to get in
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trouble if I say something wrong and I don't >> like for what? I mean, I guess what do
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you what do you think? I mean, did you shoot him? >> So, what do you I mean, what do you
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think? >> I can't go to jail. I'm trying to study to get a teacher, you know? Like, I just
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drama. You're not going to jail for anything. >> I just wish we could go for a walk and
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make you didn't have to use. >> Well, let's go. I'll leave my [ __ ] in here right now. We'll go walk down the
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street right now. >> Fancy pins with the [ __ ] microphone. Probably. I don't know.
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>> This is a regular This isn't the [ __ ] FBI on TV. >> Okay. So, I just paranoid.
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>> I This camera right here, this is the only camera. My phone's right. I will leave all my [ __ ] right here. We going
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for a walk right here. >> Even though Sierra admits she knows who killed William, she refuses to say it
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inside the interrogation room. So, the two agree to go for a walk, and the detective leaves his body camera behind
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as he escorts her outside, hoping she'll finally talk. Outside, Sierra explains that her friend
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Tyler Chaffen, whom she met in rehab, and his brother Eli were the killers, and insists she had no part in the
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murder, claiming the brothers were unstable and the younger one simply wanted to murder someone. This, however,
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is only Sierra's version of events, a version that conveniently leaves out the week-long plan she set in motion to get
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William killed while letting someone else take the blame. For now, the detectives take her statements at face
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value, though he does confiscate her phone to search for any incriminating evidence. Following this, investigators
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begin digging into the Chaffen brothers and discover that the older brother, Tyler, is a convicted felon with a prior
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arrest for assaulting a peace officer. To make matters worse, they find several firearm purchases, including rifles and
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pistols registered to the Chaffen household. With this information in mind, the brothers are officially
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considered armed and extremely dangerous, prompting SWAT to join the multi-county manhunt. At the same time,
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across town, the brothers are already pecking their guns and getting ready to flee. Convinced that Sierra has already
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betrayed them, SWAT teams move toward the Chaffen's residence, planning to ambush the brothers at their parents'
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home. The goal is clear. Apprehend the suspects with no casualties. However, nothing about what happens next will go
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according to plan. >> Nice and easy. THE VEHICLE JUST LEFT, SO SEND YEAH, we're just going to be
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cutting along. >> Armed and ready, SWAT races to the address. They set up surveillance on the
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road surrounding the residence, waiting for the suspects to either arrive or make a run for it. Once officers arrive,
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they immediately surround the home and begin attempts to draw the brothers out. Ready. Got it.
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>> Open and empty. Do it now. >> All of the share office with your hands open and empty. Do it now.
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>> After several unsuccessful attempts to get the brothers to surrender, SWAT begins preparing to breach the
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residence. >> Yeah, this door should be easy to breach. >> It wiggles a lot. If you just [ __ ]
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boot it, go ahead and got the two steps here. >> Lovado command successful breach.
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>> Looks like a den goes into a dining room. Possibly kitchen one. One >> shotgun.
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>> Yeah. Yep. >> This is weird. Yeah. Let's move shed to the right and then there's the
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barn to the left through and through plywood here. >> Yeah, you're good to right here. Come
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here. Good. After searching the entire home, no Chaffen brother is found, but whoever
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lives here has left half a dozen guns behind, meaning they could return at any moment. Just then, a white SUV matching
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the exact description of the suspect's car is spotted approaching the house. Officers draw their guns immediately,
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closing in on the vehicle as they brace for a shootout. 41 is not stopping. Okay,
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>> keep your right hand up with your left hand only. Open the door and get out. >> Put your hands up.
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>> Turn around and face away from me. On your knees. >> Go top of your head. Hands on top of
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your head. Keep coming back. Keep coming back. Hands on your face. >> On your face. On your face. On your
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face. On your face. >> All clear. We've got two in custody. 6633. Officers successfully arrest the
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brothers and find an AR-15 rifle in their car, a reminder of just how deadly this confrontation could have been.
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They're then placed together in the same police vehicle to be taken to the station. This is a deliberate move. The
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car is equipped with a microphone that might capture the suspects coordinating a cover up. The smartest move for the
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brothers would be to stay silent, but the police aren't dealing with the brightest. What they're about to say
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will give investigators all the ammunition they need for the upcoming interrogations. and a chilling glimpse
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into the twisted minds of these killers. >> Stop, man. >> Okay, so I got to reach down here.
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>> Yes, sir. >> Don't kick me, please. >> Did you say hi to mom? >> Huh? >> Did you see mom?
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>> Yeah. Coming with me. >> All righty, guys. Hang tight. All right. >> Yes, sir.
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>> When you get to the jail, don't tell them that you want to commit or anything
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like that. All right. >> Okay. >> Me and you are going to go to the same cell block.
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>> Okay. >> We'll be together and I'll show you how to do the jail [ __ ] I don't have my gun anyways. Just be
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just be cool. Okay. >> Pretty dead. >> Yeah. Pretty good. >> Watch the video on YouTube. This guy
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hitting a pistol in his crotch or something stupid like that. So whenever they had gotten to the place to take him
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out, >> he had pulled that [ __ ] out of him. Like >> on the way to the station, Tyler being
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the older brother immediately takes charge, telling Eli not to cry or bring up self harm and to stick to their
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story. From this conversation alone, the detectives can already tell the brothers
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won't be easy to break, especially if they stay together. So once they arrive at the station, the brothers are
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immediately separated. From this point on, neither will know where the other is or what they've said. The detective
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assigned to interview the brothers is Detective Decker, who served with distinction and was recently promoted to
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sergeant. Decker's goal is to provoke one of the brothers into slipping up and contradicting the other. A strategy
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aimed at uncovering what really happened. Eli, the teenage brother who allegedly pulled the trigger, is the
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first to be interviewed. But once they sit down, Eli instantly starts bargaining and asks for something the
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detective could have never seen coming. >> How you doing? >> Good. How's it going, man?
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>> Not too bad. >> How old are you? >> I'm 19. >> 19. I would like to have my parents in
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for the questioning cuz anytime I've been told if they're going to do any questioning for you is to have them in
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during the questioning. >> But you're at this point you're 19. The parent part generally applies to
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juveniles. >> I know, but it I still like it. >> Detective Decker is baffled. Eli is 19,
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legally an adult, yet he still insists on having his mother present. Decker already senses how messy this could get.
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Any parent with even basic instincts would tell their kid to ask for a lawyer immediately. But with no other choice,
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he escorts Eli back to his cell, still weighing the pros and cons of calling the mother. In the meantime, the
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detective moves on to interview Tyler, who will prove to have a very different strategy, one the detective won't catch
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on to right away. So, here. So, I got to ask you before we get going, man. Do you have any idea why you
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might be here today? >> Um, not really. >> Not really at all. And the reason that I
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tell you that is because I know we all we all screw up. We all do stupid things. But the reason that you're here
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today is in reference to William Johnson. Do you know who that is? >> I do. >> Okay. How do you know him? I met this
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girl. He was like her ex-boyfriend or something like that. >> What girl did you meet?
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>> Her name was Sierra. >> How long have you known Sierra? >> 3 weeks. >> Just recently.
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>> Yeah, just recently. Me and her are in the IOP together. >> What is that? >> Yeah. Intense outpatient treatment
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>> for alcohol and drug use. >> Are you using today? >> No, sir. >> No. Sober? >> Yes, sir.
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>> You know of William because of her? because of her. She um talked about him here and there.
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>> Have you ever met William? >> I haven't. >> Never. >> Never. >> Tyler shows no real reaction to what
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Detective Decker just said. Instead, playing completely oblivious, as if he has no idea why he's even sitting in an
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interview room. But underneath that act, the pressure is already cracking through. Because Tyler already suspects
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Sierra has sold them out. He just doesn't know how much investigators have against him and his brother. Seeing
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this, the detective decides it's time to plainly lay it out and make sure Tyler understands that he's here for murder. A
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revelation that immediately sends Tyler scrambling to improvise. >> So, like I told you, I'm here to talk to
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you about William Johnson. >> So, what happened? >> So, William Johnson was murdered.
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>> Dead. >> Yeah. Dead. >> So, I'm going to be straight with you, man. I uh I'm afraid to get you on the
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bus. She was hanging out with us and we went to the storage place over there kind of by where he lives and went to
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the storage place and she said, "Hey, it's um there's a clue over here. I want to check out my car." So, we went over
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drove next to this house and this dude came out and started approaching the vehicle. I then grabbed a 22 pistol and
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pointed at him and told him to stop. He got up in my face. Guess I hit him with the pistol. Uh, as soon as I hit him
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with the pistol, he had something in his hand. I don't know what it was, but he got me in the got me in the head. Uh, we
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went to the ground. Soon as I went to the ground, he went for my pistol. And as soon as he went for my pistol, my
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brother shot. >> Where were you at in the vehicle? >> I was in the passenger side. And it was
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when the tussle happened. And whenever he went for the pistol, whenever he didn't drop a shot on the ground getting
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my ass beat, god damn near got the pistol taken away from me. got down here, got shot with my own gun. He sees
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Sierra and I don't know what his intentions were from what I've heard of abuse it or whatever.
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>> I didn't know we were going to his house. I thought we were going to go look at her car.
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>> Right away, Tyler doesn't stick to the plan he rehearsed with his brother and
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instead confesses to the shooting, trying to frame it as self-defense, believing it will protect both of them.
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However, in doing so, he ends up fully implicating his brother, Eli. Whether intentionally or not remains to be seen.
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And while his explanation may sound reasonable for now, the brothers have no idea that the gunshot pattern on
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William's body tells a very different story, one that's not consistent with self-defense, but execution.
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>> Do you know what the hole in the back in his back tells me? You know what's not
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>> in in looking at the way that that that bullet hit his back is that he was already laying face down when that round
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was fired. >> See, I don't I was I whenever I heard the first round, I took off.
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>> So that hole in his back, you think that was the first round that hit or what do
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you >> I don't know. I don't know. I know my brother uses hollow points and I know
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there's many holes. >> Yeah. What was he saying? >> He wasn't saying anything. Is this girl?
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This is baby. The guy really loves me. You didn't want me to get hurt. >> Even though Tyler doubles down on the
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self-defense claim and seems regretful, the evidence gathered so far points to a
00:26:34
far more cold, deliberate violence rather than two frightened kids defending themselves. Detective Decker
00:26:41
knows this, and Tyler's tearful explanations aren't convincing him otherwise. But instead of being
00:26:46
confrontational, Decker decides to simply let Tyler keep talking, allowing him to dig the hole deeper for himself
00:26:53
and his brother. >> It's [ __ ] scary, man. To see it, just to to [ __ ] see it. I would have never
00:27:01
imagined. >> What do you think should happen to you? >> I didn't want any of that to happen. I
00:27:05
didn't I never had intentions to shoot him. I I never tried to [ __ ] the pistol
00:27:10
back and shoot him with the pistol. And I don't want to feel like I'm telling him about it. But I don't know how he
00:27:15
how he [ __ ] did it. He's always had an interest in guns and [ __ ] And we always worried about him. And I guess I
00:27:22
think today was his day for him to use his gun. I don't want that to happen. I don't want that to happen at all.
00:27:30
>> How did Eli seem after the whole ordeal? >> He he seemed really [ __ ] up. Um he
00:27:36
kept crying. He kept telling me that he thought it was me. He didn't want to hurt me.
00:27:47
Tyler is a complete mess now. No longer acting, but genuinely horrified by his brother's actions this morning. After
00:27:55
exhausting everything Tyler can say about the murder, the detective shifts the conversation to the third person
00:28:01
that was present during the shooting, Sierra Collins. Earlier, Sierra placed all the blame on the brothers, insisting
00:28:08
she had nothing to do with the murder. But that narrative is about to change. What was her take on seeing her, I
00:28:15
guess, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend? >> She shot dead had zero emotion. It was shocking. I didn't
00:28:23
>> So, no emotion at all. Not laughing, not crying. She didn't >> I know that it was that was her plan.
00:28:29
And I don't know if she was cuz she was outside whenever we pulled up cuz she had asked Eli, "If you'd shoot him
00:28:36
before all this happened, jokingly like, uh-uh, that's a nice gun. Would you shoot my ex-boyfriend? Was all a joke
00:28:44
until today. I have a little bit of history with her and in different cases. And she's she can be a pretty persuasive
00:28:52
girl. I mean, if she straight up asked you to go over there to shoot William, then you need to be straight with me if
00:28:59
that's what she said. >> He she told us about how he her and did all these bad things to her. I just
00:29:05
thought I was tricked. >> By who? Tiara. Oh, she [ __ ] tricked us. >> Tyler outright accuses Sierra of
00:29:13
tricking him and his brother into murdering William. There's a chance he's saying this to protect himself and Eli,
00:29:19
but the detective knows Sierra is more than capable of manipulation. If Eli's story aligns with Tyler's, they may be
00:29:26
able to implicate her and lessen their own sentences. Now it's the brother's word against Sierra's and soon their
00:29:33
mother Tiffany will enter the mix, stepping into what will become the worst day of her life. For now though, the
00:29:41
detective wraps up his interview with Tyler. But instead of calling the brother's mother right away, he reaches
00:29:46
out to someone he's already spoken with, Sierra. What she doesn't know is that the investigators have already spent
00:29:53
hours reviewing messages on her phone and they've uncovered far more involvement than she ever admitted. When
00:29:59
Sierra arrives, she seems to sense it and immediately asks Detective Decker to turn off his body cam, apparently
00:30:06
forgetting about the camera in the interview room. What neither of them realizes is that this will become the
00:30:12
last known recording of Sierra alive. >> Did you know what happened? I know what
00:30:19
[ __ ] happened. >> I know you know what happened. But why do you think that happened?
00:30:25
>> Don't worry. I've been blaming myself all [ __ ] night. You don't have to do it, too.
00:30:28
>> I didn't know Tyler hadn't gone in the front seat. >> Have those Have they ever been to a W's
00:30:33
house before? >> No. No. >> How do they know how to get there? So, you know, none of this looks very good,
00:30:38
right? Whenever you send text messages like that to Will and then proceed to go over
00:30:46
to his house with your homies who are strapped. >> They didn't know what I was text
00:30:50
messages to >> and William ends up dead because they shot him. It kind of seems like an
00:30:56
orchestrated plan to me. >> Was that was these guys these guys didn't know Will before they met you. Any info they got
00:31:05
about Will came directly from you. >> I didn't want Will. >> So scary. Here's here's what I think. I
00:31:10
think that that day that you had orchestrated a plan to go over there, but you went over there for a purpose.
00:31:18
Those boys had no idea where that place was. >> But I didn't go over there to die.
00:31:24
>> All the evidence that I have says that there was something planned to go down
00:31:27
there to do something. >> Look, I'm a piece of [ __ ] okay? [ __ ] boy wanted to kill somebody.
00:31:35
>> Why didn't you help him? Sierra continues to insist that Eli simply wanted to kill someone and that
00:31:46
she had nothing to do with it. But at this point, none of what she says matters. Her phone is filled with
00:31:52
incriminating messages she can't explain away. And now, not only is Sierra not getting her phone back, she's about to
00:31:58
learn she's not walking out of this interview room either. Her life, as she knows it, is over. So, Eli killed your
00:32:06
best friend, gunned him down, and shot him dead in front of you. But you don't know what you think should happen. Eli,
00:32:12
I just >> Do you feel like you're to blame for any of him? I feel like it's all my fault if
00:32:20
that's what you're asking. >> Right now, I'm in the process of applying for your arrest for Will's
00:32:25
murder. Sierra, I'm not saying that you are the one that went on there and pulled the
00:32:34
trigger, but some of your actions directly impacted the way all that turned out.
00:32:40
>> Will Will's dead. >> We can't bring Will back. >> So, Sierra, if if it's my choice, you're
00:32:51
going to go to jail and you're going to be charged. >> Unfortunately for Sierra, nothing can
00:32:56
save her. Now the interview is concluded and Sierra is placed under arrest for murder. Her breakdown at the end of the
00:33:04
interview, however, hints at a much darker twist awaiting her, one no one could have predicted. By now, Detective
00:33:12
Decker decides it's time to speak with the person who allegedly pulled the trigger, Eli. So, he finally calls Eli's
00:33:18
mother, Tiffany, asking her to come down to the station without explaining exactly why. Shocked to receive a call
00:33:25
from the police at such an hour, Tiffany arrives within minutes. When Decker goes
00:33:29
outside to notify her of the horrifying crime her sons are accused of, her reaction is strange to say the least.
00:33:37
So, I'm Detective Decker. I spoke with you on the phone. When I went to talk to Eli, he wanted you present while I spoke
00:33:44
with him. He didn't really explain why. I mean, he's an adult, so normally we don't get that from from adults.
00:33:50
>> He is severely disconnected to the phone. He is reminding you. >> I guess our sergeant came over and
00:33:57
talked with you and let you know that your boys have been in a shooting. >> Yeah, I wish I don't understand like
00:34:03
when where how >> clearly Tiffany's reaction isn't what the officers expected from a mother
00:34:09
whose sons are accused of murder. The detective is taking a big risk by allowing Tiffany to be present during
00:34:15
questioning. While her presence could encourage Eli to open up, it could just as easily shut him down or prompt him to
00:34:22
ask for a lawyer. For Detective Decker, the goal is to see how closely Eli's account aligns with Tyler's and to
00:34:28
assess Sierra's true level of involvement. But for Tiffany, she's here to find out whether her teenage sons are
00:34:35
truly heartless, cold-blooded killers. >> Hey, can I get a little hug? Absolutely.
00:34:50
>> So, you feel comfortable talking to me now? >> Mhm. >> Cool. So, just to be straight with you,
00:34:55
the reason that we're here today is uh in reference to William Johnson. >> Okay.
00:35:00
>> Do you know that name? >> I have no clue who that is. >> No idea. >> No, sir.
00:35:04
>> Clearly, Eli is sticking to the story he and his brother concocted, completely
00:35:09
unaware that just hours earlier, Tyler had already given him up. Tiffany did mention that Eli is severely dyslexic
00:35:16
and considered disabled. So, there's a chance he isn't lying, but genuinely unable to recall names, but Decker is
00:35:23
about to find out whether that's true or if it's all an act. >> So, and you're you've graduated high
00:35:29
school? >> Yes, sir. >> Was that easy? >> Uh, yeah, it it was pretty difficult, especially with how uh co was and then
00:35:35
the computer. I was better learning in class than over a laptop. >> You said you didn't know that.
00:35:40
>> I have no clue. Have you ever heard the name before? >> Um, heard of Will. >> Okay. So, have you heard of Will
00:35:47
Johnson? >> No. >> No. >> No sir. >> Just Will. >> Just Will. >> And who have you heard that name from?
00:35:52
>> Um, probably I don't know how to exactly say your name, but it's like Sea. Um, I
00:35:58
just barely like recently met her through my brother and they've been just like hanging out and stuff, but that
00:36:04
that's is all I know them. >> What about the name Sierra Ring about? Just just the fact that I know her with
00:36:11
my brother. >> What did you all do today? >> Oh, we just like hanged out and watched
00:36:16
TV and played video games and stuff. >> Didn't really do too much. >> I was actually there today if I might
00:36:22
add. Yes, ma'am. >> I was there today and I can even tell you the times that I was there and they
00:36:27
were also there. >> What time did you leave? >> Um, so Serena Serena, I don't know how
00:36:33
to say her name exactly. She had gotten a call and um she told us that it was a detective or something and we were like,
00:36:40
"Okay, Sierra talk about her car." She had mentioned it being um possibly strapped down or taken apart and then
00:36:49
scrapped or something. >> Mhm. >> But besides that, I I don't know. >> Where did she say where her car?
00:36:54
>> No, I I clue where it is. It turns out Eli does know about Sierra, but he doubles down on playing dumb, just as he
00:37:03
and Tyler planned. At least for now, he's holding out longer than his brother. Tiffany also seems to be
00:37:08
backing up her son, reinforcing the very risk the detective anticipated when allowing her into the room. This is when
00:37:15
the detective decides to ask Eli about his fascination with guns. Something that will lead to an unexpected outcome,
00:37:22
causing Eli to slip. Do you have a driver's license? >> Uh, no I do not, but I've done some
00:37:28
driving on my Xbox. >> Do you own any guns? >> I do, but I have it as a hobby. I am not
00:37:36
aggressive. Do you want to know what I own? I own the first gun that I did get was a 22. It was a um PCR. And then
00:37:44
after that, I got a uh 12 gauge Winchester. It's the It's like a cyst pump. I have my sink, which is an AR-15.
00:37:54
I I got um kind of pretty decked out. I'm really proud of it. And I just do it for hobby and also for um self-defense
00:38:02
and home defense. >> Do you own any uh handguns? >> I do. I Well, it's not my handgun. It's
00:38:08
my parents handgun. Uh why >> what kind is it? >> Uh why are you asking? >> I'm just I'm just curious.
00:38:15
>> Okay. Um it's a Ruben. Does the 22 even have the um what's the thing that you
00:38:21
put the >> bullets in? No, it's like a round thing where you put the bullets in.
00:38:27
>> Oh, the one that you had is a revolver. >> Yes, sir. >> Does it have the cylinder in it?
00:38:31
>> Um, as far as I'm seeing, no, it doesn't. It's actually It's put away in their closet.
00:38:36
>> Maybe it hasn't had the cylinder in it for years. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. Do you have any that are broken?
00:38:41
>> I do. I have a little bit on the bottom of it is broken. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. The trigger guard.
00:38:47
>> Yep. Yeah. What did that get? >> How did that get broke? >> Um I had dropped it getting out of the
00:38:53
car or something. >> The detective notices how quickly Eli insists he isn't aggressive. A strange
00:38:59
thing to emphasize unless you know you're being accused of something serious. So he plans to press Eli on
00:39:04
that point, prompting Eli's mother to jump in and defend him. You said something kind of struck me weird a
00:39:11
minute ago. would be like you when I asked you about guns, you said you had them, but that you're not aggressive.
00:39:18
>> I'm not. >> Why did you feel like that was important to tell me? >> Um, it's just something throw out there.
00:39:23
You know, >> he's a very timid guy. Um, he's actually been abused and bullied all of his life.
00:39:30
Um, so he's always like wanted to have a gun for protection all of his life. >> I try to prevent a fight than it to
00:39:38
provoke a fight. You know what I mean? I got zero tolerance for bully. So, I completely understand what you're doing
00:39:43
for a long time. Like, I don't tolerate any >> been seriously bullied. >> The detective believes Tyler and Sierra
00:39:49
likely put Eli in this position and knew he was going to shoot William despite their claims to the contrary. But just
00:39:56
as Decker builds some rapport with Eli, he shifts gears completely and confronts
00:40:00
him with his brother's confession. >> Was Tyler in any fights today? So, I already know. I already know. Yes.
00:40:07
>> Listen, I I already Eli, I already know that means Yes. Who was Who is he in a
00:40:12
fight with? >> Do Can I tell the full story? >> I would love the full story because I
00:40:17
feel like I'm trying to private out of you. No, >> I'm sorry. >> And I and I know, Eli, I know that you
00:40:22
know why you're here and why I'm talking to you. >> Protect yourself. >> And and tell the truth.
00:40:28
>> It seems the pressure is working and Eli decides to tell the truth. And though
00:40:33
his mother encourages him to cooperate, she has no idea that what she's about to
00:40:38
hear will change their lives forever. >> Will kept on calling and she had a fear
00:40:45
him uh either pulling up on her because she had mentioned him about beating her up and a number of different things. We
00:40:53
had went over is to get his phone. I told her like, "Let him know that we're going to come and get the phone is to
00:41:00
get the personal items off of it." And as soon as we had pulled up, he had stuck his head out the door and was
00:41:07
already just screaming things and he had come out in the front yard and what's he
00:41:13
going to do? Is he going to break the windshield? Like what's his next move? So I got out of my car with my rifle and
00:41:19
told him just to stop. Quit approaching. Stay where you are. Stop moving. My brother got out of the car and Will hit
00:41:25
my brother and somehow my brother got this gash on the side of his head. They both fell over and cuz my brother, he he
00:41:33
had had a he had gotten out a revolver. The revolver that we were talking about,
00:41:37
I don't know why he had it, but I noticed that he had dropped it. Will was going for the revolver, so I shot Will
00:41:45
and we were super shooken about it. So, but in my defense, I didn't want Will to
00:41:54
kill my brother. I didn't want Will to get the gun. So, I shot Will. I didn't have intentions of killing him.
00:42:04
I just wanted to get the gun and leave. But it turned physical and I felt I had to shoot Wills and make sure my brother
00:42:12
didn't get hurt. Those boys are always trying to protect each other. >> Is he all right?
00:42:20
>> No. >> No, he's dead. >> Oh my god, Eli. I'm sorry. I mean, I didn't want to kill
00:42:29
him. >> Eli breaks down and begins recounting what happened. With each sentence,
00:42:35
Tiffany struggles to listen as her son describes how he committed murder, something no mother ever wants to hear.
00:42:41
But even as this tragedy unfolds before her eyes, she clings to the hope that her sons acted only in self-defense.
00:42:48
That's a belief the detective is about to challenge. >> I already talked to Tyler. He told me he
00:42:54
never lost possession of the handgun. He maintained it in his grip the entire time he was there.
00:43:00
>> Okay. He never dropped the gun or anything. >> No. >> Well, I assume then at that point Will
00:43:06
was going to pry the gun out of his hands cuz they're both on the ground. One of them's got a gun that's like
00:43:13
freaking one of those easily accidental guns. Besides like a Glock. So, look, Eli,
00:43:20
here's here's the problem that we're going to run into. Okay? So, you and Tyler went over there, but he
00:43:28
went over there with guns for selfp protection, for protection of myself because she didn't even already know
00:43:35
mentioned that he was he had kidnapped her and he had her he had beat her. So, I wasn't looking forward to getting
00:43:42
beat. >> So, you went over there to teach Will a lesson? >> No, I didn't want to go over there and
00:43:46
kill Will. But you wanted to teach him a lesson. >> Why would I wanted to teach him a
00:43:50
lesson? I just wanted to take Sierra and he beat her. He had nude photos of her.
00:43:55
>> That's her personal business. I don't like girls. >> And obviously she gave him the address
00:43:59
cuz neither of them taken us directly there. If somebody's attacking me, doing physical harm to me or my loved ones,
00:44:08
then I may do something about it. He had pulled out a phone as if he was going to
00:44:13
pull out a gun, but I had actually waited for him to see what he was going to pull out before doing anything crazy
00:44:19
or irrational. >> Where did he pull it out from? >> He had Can I get up to do an example of
00:44:24
how he did this? >> Absolutely. >> So, he come out and went like this and then went and pulled out his phone all
00:44:32
crazy and was like acting all stupid with it. And that's whenever Tyler ended up on the ground, hit he hit him in the
00:44:38
side of the head with a phone and Tyler pistol whipped him. >> Have you taken any uh any handgun
00:44:45
courses, any like self-p protection courses, any firearms? >> I do a lot of training on my own time.
00:44:50
>> What does that look like? >> I'll watch YouTube videos on my um and just learn from the YouTube. There's a
00:44:57
number of different gun tickers that I've learned from out there. Eli only digs himself deeper when he admits he
00:45:03
learned gun handling from YouTube and Tik Tok. And this is exactly where the risk of allowing his mother into the
00:45:09
room starts to show. >> Given what you said, do you really think you should keep talking or do you want
00:45:16
to wait and get an attorney? >> I'll do what you want. >> No, I'm just telling you given what you
00:45:21
said, um I don't know that you should keep talking without giving the advice of an attorney. So, Eli, at this point,
00:45:26
all the only thing that I'm after at this point is I'm trying to figure out of like when you can and when you cannot
00:45:34
shoot. >> I've watched I've watched a lot of um body cam videos on YouTube, police
00:45:39
officers and stuff. Some of them you should stop. >> All right, I'm going to stop.
00:45:44
>> What do you mean you're going to stop? >> I think given this situation, he should
00:45:48
probably have an attorney present. >> And that's completely up to him. >> I'm I'm with whatever she wants. So,
00:45:54
what do you want? >> Is dad an attorney? >> Cool. We're done. >> I love you, son. I love you, too, mom.
00:46:00
>> I can't believe >> you let that girl take you there. >> With an attorney requested and the
00:46:07
interview shut down, Tiffany hugs her son once more, likely realizing this may be the last time she gets to do so.
00:46:14
Having now interviewed both brothers, the detective has made up his mind about them. He steps outside and tells Tiffany
00:46:21
what he really thinks about Eli. I guarantee you he's the one with the agenda. >> When I talk to Tyler, Tyler is a mess.
00:46:31
Eli has he's got a different attitude. It's almost like he doesn't care. >> I've watched these two protect each
00:46:39
other. Tyler used to watch Eli get bullied and watch him get beaten with a school computer. Can I ask you another
00:46:47
thing? Is Tyler here? >> Yes. >> Can I see him? >> Give me just a minute. I just want to
00:46:51
give him a hug and tell him goodbye. I'm sorry. I'm here. >> We love you the best tonight. I came in
00:47:00
here to give you a hug. >> I tell you, if you get a cup with your finger, I love you very much. No matter where
00:47:08
you are, no matter what, I will always love you. >> It's okay. >> I love you, Mom.
00:47:16
>> I love you. >> Bye. After giving her sons one final goodbye, Tiffany leaves the police station, still
00:47:25
believing they were nothing more than pawns in a sadistic scheme, insisting Sierra alone should be held responsible.
00:47:32
The next morning, a judge approves the murder charges against Sierra while the brother's charges remain pending. At the
00:47:39
same time, Tyler asks to speak with the detective again, wanting to know what charges he and his brother might face.
00:47:46
For Tyler, this is his last chance to shift the narrative in both his and Eli's favor and influence how police
00:47:53
view their roles in the killing. But for Detective Decker, it's an opportunity to
00:47:57
strengthen the case against all three suspects. However, when he sits down with Tyler for one last time, he begins
00:48:04
to wonder whether Tiffany might have been right. That maybe her sons aren't the monsters everyone assumed.
00:48:10
>> You all right? >> What? What did you want to talk about today? At this point in time that we
00:48:16
were set up that we didn't know where we were going that we were just going to go
00:48:22
see your car and that's as far as my understanding was. >> What do you mean you were set up?
00:48:30
>> I feel like I was set up. I feel like I was driving to that house. I feel like I
00:48:35
was used from begin with. She had told me she wanted him dead and I said, "Oh, I'm not the guy for you." I never
00:48:45
offered. I never said, "Hey, I'm going to kill this [ __ ] guy for you." >> I don't know what the [ __ ] going on.
00:48:50
>> So, I don't I'll tell you right now. >> I tell you right now, I don't disagree
00:48:56
that you may have been set up. >> Tyler maintains his self-defense story. However, this time, he's far more
00:49:03
adamant about Sierra's role in everything that happened. But there's something else Tyler wanted to speak to
00:49:08
detectives for that he didn't mention up front. Earlier, Tyler was allowed a brief moment with his brother, Eli,
00:49:14
giving the two just enough time to compare what they told police. Now, Tyler has figured out the one major
00:49:21
inconsistency between their stories. Something he believes will help their case.
00:49:26
>> I just want to talk to you guys. Um, I didn't have full control over that weapon. Over which weapon? That's funny,
00:49:35
too. I I do believe I dropped it. So, I asked you yesterday >> if I had full control over the weapon
00:49:43
and you said yes, I did. >> And then I even double checked again. I asked you. >> Yes, sir. You did.
00:49:49
>> I asked you. I said, "So, it stayed in your hand the whole time?" And you were
00:49:52
absolutely sure it was in your hand the whole time? >> And that was our pride. That was my
00:49:57
pride. >> So, how did you get the gun back in your hand? >> I [ __ ] went back and found it. Picked
00:50:03
it up. >> What do you mean you went back and found it? Well, like whenever I was going to
00:50:08
go get the car, I turned around and said, "Where the [ __ ] the gun and I went back, grabbed it, and put it back
00:50:14
in the car?" >> So, you understand that there's independent witnesses that saw what
00:50:19
happened, right? >> Yes, sir. >> Tyler, I'm going to be honest with you. Um, it it seems like at this point
00:50:27
you've had some time to think about >> what happened. not only what happened, but maybe some things you could tell us
00:50:34
to try to preserve yourself. >> This was Tyler's last desperate attempt to pull himself and his brother out of
00:50:41
trouble. Detective Decker quickly realizes what Tyler really wants from this interview, to protect Eli and
00:50:47
salvage whatever future they have left. So, he decides to give Tyler the hard truth he's been avoiding.
00:50:54
>> What you're having a really hard time with right now >> is that brother bond. I've got two
00:50:59
brothers. I've got an older one and I've got a younger one. I'm in the middle. Okay.
00:51:05
And that's what that's what's really troubling you right now is it's your brother. And your brother your brother
00:51:13
murdered somebody and you helped and you helped do that. And I think that is your
00:51:19
biggest problem. Your biggest your biggest fear right now is that you have you've made things pretty rough for your
00:51:25
brother. I know I know what brother love is, man. I' I've got them. >> There's really I thought I was going to
00:51:32
get >> There's a lot of things There's a lot of things that I would do for my brothers
00:51:37
in in a snap of a finger. You do got a long road ahead of you, though. So, you can hear the empathy in Detective
00:51:44
Decker's voice. He knows Sierra manipulated the brothers, but that doesn't change the fact that the
00:51:49
Chaffens went to Williams' house on their own accord. Following this, Detective Decker wraps
00:51:54
up the interview with Tyler and proceeds with murder charges against all three. As the case moves forward, Tiffany never
00:52:01
stops supporting her sons. She stays in contact with both boys, hoping the truth
00:52:06
will help them find a way out of this. Jail calls capture a brief glimpse into a mother caught between the children
00:52:11
she's raised and the reality of what they've done. >> Yeah, I've been trying to video Eli for
00:52:17
the last 30 minutes, but nobody will give me the tablet. >> Oh, for real? Hey, Mom.
00:52:23
>> Hey. >> What you doing? >> Oh, not much. We only have a few minutes. I bet they'll cut us off at
00:52:29
9:00. But you're doing all right. Did I wake you up? >> No, I'm doing pretty good. Uh, I'm just
00:52:34
hanging out. It's fun in here sometimes. But like, honestly, I don't think I've laughed as hard as I have in here just
00:52:42
listening to some of the [ __ ] >> That's good. I like to hear that. I like to hear that. I really love you guys and
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I really love all the um the support and I really appreciate all the help. I think it's awesome.
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>> I wouldn't do it if I didn't know what a good boy you were. >> Oh, I know. Oh, I know. I really love
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you. >> Sleep good. Have a good night. >> I'll see you tomorrow. >> I'll see you tomorrow, too.
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>> Bye-bye. >> Bye, mama. >> Tiffany would go on to support her sons until the very end. But as the trial
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date approached, one of the trio's lives came to an abrupt end. In September 2024, while being held at the San Juan
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County Detention Center, Sierra suffered a severe medical emergency. The detention center could not provide the
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level of care required to sustain her life, and she was transferred to the regional medical center with limited
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brain function where she died shortly afterwards. In July 2024, both Chaffen brothers entered plea agreements. Eli
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pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, while Tyler pleaded no contest to seconddegree murder and felon
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in possession of a firearm. Eli was sentenced to 6 years in prison, followed by 2 years of parole, while his older
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brother Tyler received 15 years in prison, also followed by 2 years of parole.