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Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Police are seeking information on a man missing since February 24th, 2019.
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Husband and father Tyler Davis was last seen in Columbus, Ohio. Tyler was a guest at the Hilton Hotel
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located at the Eastn Town Center. He is Caucasian, 5' 10 in tall, 170 lb with brown hair and brown eyes.
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Tyler has a noticeable birthark on his right arm. He was last seen outside of the hotel wearing a blue and green
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flannel shirt, blue jeans, and black and white Nike shoes. If you have any information, please
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contact the Columbus Police Department at 6146454545. [Music] [Music] Well, this week, Captain, we have a
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unique situation. We have the opportunity to speak with a victim. Her name is Britney Davis, and
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her husband has been missing since February of this year. We were notified of this pretty early on after his
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disappearance because we live in the area where he was last seen >> and we do this kind of thing. You know,
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this is our gig as some would call it. But we've been asked to help and now we are asking everybody else for their
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help. Please listen to the shows and we will post Tyler's picture at trueimeg.com. Please go there, look at
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Tyler's picture. Maybe you have some information that could help assist in this investigation. So, let's go to the
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interview with Britney Davis, Tyler Davis's wife, Britney, thanks for joining us. Can we
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start off by you telling us who is Tyler Davis and how did you guys meet? >> I met Tyler in 2013. He was actually my
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boss for a long time. He managed just like a local franchise business that I'd worked at for a while. And um I knew him
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for a couple years and we were really good friends before we started dating. And so we met in 2013 and we actually
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didn't get together until like 20, the beginning of 2016. You know, we're really good friends. And
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then we ended up having Aaron at the end of 2017 or the summer of 2017. And then
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we got married at the end of 2017. We had just celebrated our first wedding anniversary in November.
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>> Now, you and Tyler are not from the Columbus area. Why were you guys going to Easton? And where are you from?
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>> Okay, so we actually live in Wilmington, Ohio. We usually we do stuff like I mean
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with a young kid and you know he works a lot. He works usually like 60 hours a week. We don't really do much like we
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never like go out with our friends or anything like that you know. Um we're both like pretty much home bodies.
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Tyler plays a lot of video games. So three times a year and we do it on my birthday, his birthday and our
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anniversary. we will take Aaron to Tyler's parents house for like the night or like a day or two and we'll just like
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go spend time together. Uh we went up to East actually for my birthday. My birthday's on February 24th and we got
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there on the 23rd. There wasn't really a plan like we knew we knew we were going
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to like go somewhere for in we knew we were going to go somewhere in Columbus for my birthday. We didn't know exactly
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where, like what area. Uh the only reason we picked Columbus actually is because Tyler's from Circleville and
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that's where his parents still live and it's a lot closer, you know, from Circle
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to Columbus and for us to go cuz they usually go to like Cincinnati and stuff like we usually go a completely
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different direction, but that was the only reason we picked Columbus. >> So, now that you guys know you're
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heading to Columbus, let's start going into the details of that day. Let's start by you guys leaving the house.
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>> Okay. So, um Tyler actually worked and that's another factor that I think plays
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into this is he was really exhausted that week. He'd worked six straight six days straight just so he could have
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Saturday and Sunday off together like the way a schedule works. And um so he had worked you know six 11 12 hour
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shifts straight for 6 days. And um he was really exhausted. He didn't get home Friday night until around um 3:30 in the
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morning. He usually closes and his work is about a 30 minute drive anyway. So it
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usually pushes him getting home super late. So >> So what time did he get home from work?
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>> He got home Friday night was technically Saturday morning around like 3:30 like
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3:00 3:30 a.m. And um you know we just like stayed up for a little while. We just hung out. Um he played his video
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game. And I was still trying to pack everything for like us to go because when you have a baby, it's 17 bags. And
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I was just getting stuff ready. And I think we went to bed around like 5:30, 6:00 a.m. We have a really weird
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schedule just because of the hours we work. Like we both work nights. Like I bartended, you know, he's a nighttime
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manager. So we were actually super late. Uh we had overslept. We were supposed to
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be on Stringtown Road to meet his parents at like noon. And we didn't even wake up until 12:30 on Saturday. So, we
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got like a really late start to the day. We didn't sleep very much. We were super
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late. We got to me and Tyler and Aaron left our house um probably around 1:00 and we got up to
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Stringtown Road. We had like lunch with his parents at like the Texas Roadhouse probably around we left around like 3:30
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4:00 maybe. And you know we had just pretty much had lunch and handed Aaron off to his parents.
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And after we left me and Tyler stop there at like the speedway right off of 71 right there got some gas you know
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some coffee and then from there we went to East right there. We checked in around I literally think I have it. It's
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like exactly at 4:58. So once we checked into the hotel, we just kind of laid around for a couple
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hours. You know, as we both took a shower, we waited on one of our friends. Um, a really good friend of Tyler's is
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from the area and he was going to come out with us that evening. We actually were supposed to meet a couple more of
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my friends that live up in Columbus, but nobody else ended up being able to make
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it out. So, it just kind of turned into the three of us. >> You and Tyler are just hanging out in
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the hotel room and Tyler's friend is going to come and meet you guys at the Hilton at Eastston.
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>> Yes. He So, he lives um in the area. He doesn't live too far. Um you know, he is
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living in Columbus. So, he drives to the hotel. Uh he comes up to our room and we
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just literally I was getting like I had just taken a shower. I was getting dressed. We just kind of sat there and
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like hung out and talked for a couple hours, just watching some really trashy TV and just talked for a minute before
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we had headed out for the evening. >> So once you leave the Hilton, what's the first place you guys go to and how do
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you actually get there? >> So we left the hotel probably around 8:30, I'd say. And we actually because
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me and Tyler had plans for the next day to like, you know, go shopping. We had like a couple's massage planned like
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like scheduled and um you know get lunch and stuff before we had to go get Aaron.
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But so we when we left the hotel we just kind of walked around. That was the first time I'd ever been there. It's
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really big and there are a lot of stores. So we're just kind of seeing like the lay of the land really like
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which like what kind of stores they had and we probably walked around for a good
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40 minutes. Um, we walked into a couple little shops and stuff and then the first place we went to was Bar Louie and
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we got to Bar Louie uh a little after 9:00, I'd say probably like 9:20, 9:30. Um, and it was, you know, me and Tyler
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and John, we just sat at a bar table and hung out and each had like one or two drinks. I think from Bar Louie, we went
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directly over to Adobe and that is like right beside it inside of like the inside the mall.
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>> Do you have any clue how many drinks you had or how many drinks Tyler had at either one of these bars?
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>> So I know when we left Okay, so let me see if I have this right. Yeah. So, we
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left we p I paid my tab literally at Houston. Well, Tyler paid the tab at Barie at like 10:19.
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And um there I know I had two drinks. Tyler had half of one drink. Each of us had like um like a lemon drop, like a
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shooter. And then we went over to Adobe and we had I know I had three or four drinks and I know Tyler had three
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or four more drinks, but like when he he doesn't do like mixed drinks and he doesn't do he doesn't do beer. Like if
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he drinks it's just like a straight shot, like just one shot and he'll just like sip on it for like a minute. You
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know what I mean? He doesn't really he does he doesn't like beer. He just drinks uh he's been on like a Tito's
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kick here lately, but um he doesn't like drinks like he likes to drink scotch like on the rock, that type of stuff.
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You know what I mean? So it's not like he like downs drinks constantly. >> You guys go to Bar Louie then you head
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over to Adobe Gilas. What time do you think you left Adobe's? >> We pay the tab at Adobe at 11:30 p.m.
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But we stay there for a little bit longer because we like finished our drink. Britney, are your guys' bank
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accounts, you and Tyler's bank accounts connected to each other? >> So, we actually we do not. So, Tyler has
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like his bank account, and I've just we've just never gotten around to like me getting on it, and then I have my
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bank account, but I have access to his account, like I have all of the bank records from that night, like how much
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money we spent, how many times the card was swiped. Well, and that's how I literally know exactly what time like we
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paid our bill, and like stuff like that. So, you guys are a young couple. You guys are coming up from Wilmington to
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the Eastn area for your birthday. Tyler has worked six days in a row over 10 hours each day. But what is the vibe of
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the night? >> So, it was really like it was like a we were having like that's the signal like
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this is the first time like on this when all this stuff that was the first time me and Tyler had ever drank together in
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a bar ever and it was like we were having a fun time, you know what I mean? like we were out for my birthday. Like
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it was my birthday. I was trying to be a wingman for our friend. You know what I'm saying? Like
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we were just laughing. Everybody was having a fun time. Like we were just having fun. So like after we had had our
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drinks at Adobe, it was my idea to go to the dollhouse because by that point I was a little tipsy. I had never been to
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an establishment of that sort before. So I was just like, "Yeah, whatever. we don't have anything to do right now type
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of deal thing. We go back to the Hilton because our friend had ordered um an Uber. It's about like
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a 20 minute drive I think like 15 20 minute drive if I'm not mistaken. Um and me and Tyler walk inside. We use the
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restroom before we get an Uber like at the Hilton, you know. So we get into um we get into the Uber and we go to the
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dollhouse. And for our listeners that are not from Columbus, the dollhouse is a gentleman's club.
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>> Yes, it is with a bar. >> So now you're at the dollhouse. It's your idea to go there. Tell us what
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happens at the dollhouse. >> Okay. So, you know, uh me and Tyler and her friend, we walk in and you know, we
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like paid our cover or whatever. We walk up to the bar, we like get a drink, and
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you know, we're just like sitting there talking. We got to the dollhouse around 12:45
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a.m. And this is like the early early morning of February 24th. >> But this is actually pretty early in the
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night for you guys because you guys are on a different schedule than most people,
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>> right? A lot of people don't understand because a majority of people have their
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schedules like, you know, 9 to5, but like when you work nights for literally years, it just you kind of turn you turn
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into nocturnal. Like literally my son's bedtime is midnight because of the way our schedule's set up. Just so Tyler can
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actually see Aaron and not have to go four or five days without seeing them just because of the schedule. Does that
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make sense? >> And just so our audience is clear, we're doing this interview at midnight. So
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this is your guys' schedule. >> Definitely. Um we've we've always been on nighttime schedule. Now he's a
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closing manager. Um I don't even think they don't even close until midnight. So, they got to actually close. And then
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most of the time he doesn't get home between 2:30 and 3:30 in the morning. You know what I mean? And I I'm a
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bartender. I don't even call last call until 1:00 a.m. So that puts me getting home at 3. So we've always just been on
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kind of like a different schedule than everybody else. >> So now you're at the dollhouse, the
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gentleman's club. What are you drinking? What is Tyler drinking? >> Yeah. So I tr I was drinking Bahama
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Mamas. I drink Bahama Lamas all night. I like coconut. Our friend was actually, who was he drinking? Cactus and Cokes.
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And then I think it was Diet Coke actually. I don't remember. But then um yeah, I know Tyler just stuck to his
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usual. He would just get like he'll just get like a shot a shot of Titos. It was
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vodka or he'll get tequila. Um, I would say we probably each had like three or four more drinks
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while we were at the dollhouse. >> What is the vibe of the group? Why you guys are in the dollhouse?
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>> Oh, no. It was pretty cool, you know. Met a couple really nice girls, super lovely ladies. Um,
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it was I don't know. It was just really It was like It definitely was like a first time experience for me. So, it was
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just like I was kind of just taking it in type deal thing. Um, you know, we me and Tyler just sat at the bar for a
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while and we were just like talking. Um, we bought one of the girls a drink. At that point, I think uh our friend he
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kind of just like, you know, he probably felt like the third wheel because it was
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just like me and Tyler and then him. So, he was just kind of off like doing his own thing, you know, like we were having
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a fun time. But it seems also in a gentleman's club that the females working will be extra nice to any female
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customers. >> Yeah, I apparently they really will go like I guess couples is like a thing
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that they like direct towards. I don't know. I learned a lot of stuff about strip clubs after that experience and
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like talking because that was the first time I'd ever been to one. But I thought
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it was thought it was really funny though because there were a lot of people that were like, "Oh, why did you
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go to a strip club? like whose idea was that? And I was like, "Oh mine." Like, you know what I mean? Like I was just
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having a fun time. >> Was there anything odd or anything that sticks out about your experience at the
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dollhouse? >> So, there were a couple really weird things that Well, like at the time I
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didn't think it was weird, but now now I think about it and obviously it's just because like everything that happened,
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but a couple things popped out to me that I thought were odd at the strip club. So, I remember at one point um
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you know, me and Tyler had just ordered a round of drinks and we like went out front to smoke a cigarette and uh when
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we were walking out front, the guy saw me. He was like, "No." He's like, "You can't take this out front." And I just
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kind of looked around. I was like, I mean, I'm a bartender. Like, you know the rules. You're not supposed to leave
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your drink anywhere. You're not. It's just like don't do it. It's bad. Especially in a place where I've never
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been here before. I don't know these people. I'm I live an hour and a half away. You know what I mean? But I did I
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did a no no. and I sat it down. I couldn't see it. I walked out front. Me and Tyler did um I smoked smoked
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cigarette. Uh we came back inside. I grabbed my drink. I took a drink of it. It was still pretty full. I took a drink
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of it and then I was like, "Hey, I'm going to go to the restroom." And then I handed him my drink. He's like, "Okay,
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I'm going to go back to our seats, whatever." So, I went to the restroom and I wasn't in there very long at all.
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And by the time I got out, I noticed all the lights had been flipped. like they turn all the lights on and I was like,
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"Okay, so like I guess it's time to go, you know?" So like as I'm walking out of
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the bathroom, there's like a really big wall and I'm kind of walking around like
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you can't see people if that makes sense. Like if somebody's exiting the bathroom door, you can't see them coming
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out until they like turn a corner and I like hear Tyler and like getting into an
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argument with the bouncer and there he was like the bouncer was like, "You guys got to go. It's time for you to go."
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He's like, "No man, like we're leaving. I just got to wait on Britney." He was like, "My wife's in the bathroom. like,
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"Let me just get Britney." And he was like, "No, no, you got to get out of here right now." He was like, "We will
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leave as soon as she comes. Like, she's in the bathroom and she's going to be out any second." And then I was like
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that, like, I hear them. And at that point, I'm like turning the corner and Tyler's like, "Look, there she is." He's
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like, "We're out of here. We're leaving." And the guy's like, "Okay, cool." But like the guy kind of was I
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don't know if he thought, you know, he could have just thought they were lying. Who knows? But um so you know we all
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walk outside and I look at my phone and it's about to die. I was like, "Tyler, what's your phone on?" He was like,
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"It's almost dead." And he didn't have like the Uber. Like Tyler doesn't have the Uber app on his phone. Like I have
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it. And then our friend had it on his phone. So we're staying out there for a minute and I was like, "Hey, like can
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you order us an Uber?" And he's like, "Yeah, totally." And we ended up sitting out there for probably about 20 25
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minutes. Like by this point, everybody else was like clearing out. We're just like waiting on our Uber. One of the uh
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one of the girls came outside. She g like a bottle of water. Um we sat there like waiting on our Uber or
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whatever. So, you're doing a real good job of getting the timeline from Britney leading up to Tyler going missing. The
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thing that is interesting here is I mean we're really hearing very specific times
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and I love that knowing the timeline because we have her her because we have the bank statements that
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say what time they are leaving these different establishments as they go about their night having a good time.
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>> Well, they have the bank statements plus they have her phone log and Tyler's phone log. And so by collecting all that
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information, it really gives us more pieces of the puzzle. >> Yeah. And one thing I should point out
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here is there is a name that we are kind of removing from this interview as we go
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along, right? >> Because we've been asked to do so. So if you hear what sounds to be a glitch,
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it's really we've just had to edit out that name. Like we said before, this story hasn't been covered a lot, but
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since Britney has been trying to get interviews with anybody that will listen and she has a lot of information, she
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has these timelines. So, on one hand, she understands that she it makes her seem almost as if she knows too much
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information and that she is trying to cover something up. But on the other hand, this is somebody that is trying to
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put as many pieces out there so we get answers. Yeah. So the friend's name we have been asked not to include and it's
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just natural speak for Britney to include his name when telling us about the events of that night. Now in regards
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to some of the things that she referenced as being might be strange regarding some of their stops along the
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way. >> Right. So, the dollhouse is I wouldn't I wouldn't dare to call that a a tough
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place or a rough place. I've I've been there a couple times and felt very comfortable. I can see how maybe
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somebody a first timer or somebody not from the area, they might have thought a few things were strange. But regarding
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bars in that area and really Columbus as a whole, one thing that I've noticed is
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that there's no patio. Well, you know, I haven't been to the dollhouse in years,
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but last time I was there, there's no patio. >> So, they are very strict on not allowing
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people to go out the front door or side door with a drink. You were supposed to drink that drink, consume that drink
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within those four walls. They can't have you hanging out in front of the establishment sipping on a drink while
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you smoke a cigarette. So, that's not really out of bounds. One thing I will say in the dollhouse's defense regarding
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this, having lived I lived like a mile and a half from there for about 10 years.
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>> Mhm. >> So, one thing that would happen >> It's nice that you were able to live
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close to your work. >> Well, one thing that that I noticed from time to time is that there would be a
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police car, especially like on a weekend or very late hours. >> Yeah. >> That they kind of it's the dollhouse is
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back in almost what I would call a court. And so they would just go off the main road there and do a quick loop
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around. Well, the police don't want to see anybody outside of that bar with a drink either. So,
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>> Oh, and it's funny, too, cuz the the term loop around is my go-to stripper move.
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>> Well, it's So, what I'm getting at is I think that it's just a bar rule. It's
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it's part of their alcohol license and it has to be strictly enforced. And then on top of that, regarding the situation
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of Tyler and his friend arguing with the bouncer or the guy working the door about them, hey, you got to leave.
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>> I think most people from Columbus will tell you, and I know this varies by city
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and by establishment, but I think most people will tell you that here, I typically notice what I call a hard out
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for the night. When it's when it's time to leave, there's a lot of bars that are
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not even nice about it. They they they will take your drink, you know, and all you want to do is finish your drink that
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you've paid probably way too much for and they will take your drink and they really want to push you out the door.
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Regarding the statement about him saying, "Well, we got to wait for Britney. We're waiting for my wife.
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We're waiting for Britney." I'm sure these door guys, bouncer guys, hear stories like that all the time. They
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don't want guys waiting around for girls, especially if they happen to be people that are working there or suspect
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that they're talking about somebody working there. >> So, I kind of get what's going on. And
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she's painting a very good picture leading up to this uh getting into an Uber and I'm guessing heading back to
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the eastern area for the night. >> And listening back to the interview for the first time, you you you said that
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she kind of sounds nervous to you. >> Yes. And and I get that vibe, too. But I I get it more just being nervous,
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wanting to say the right thing, wanting to come off a certain way. I I don't I don't get the feeling that she's like
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nervous cuz she's hiding something. >> No, no, no. Me neither. I think you hit it right on the head there. It's It's
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really just a nervousness when you know that you're talking >> and that you're being recorded and that
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people are going to hear it. not so much worried about or nervous about what you
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are saying. Everything I'm hearing, it's it's details. It's specific and it's the
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truth. Well, and in her in her defense on the nervousness, I mean, she did have to listen to my silky pipes.
00:28:22
Can you tell me anything about the Uber or the Uber driver? >> Yeah, for sure. So, the um let me see. I
00:28:28
have it right here. So, it was a Saturn View. It was a guy uh was a younger guy.
00:28:36
Um am I allowed to say his name? I don't know if I'll get in. >> Well, we'll just leave his name out.
00:28:41
>> So, it was like a red Saturn View. Um that was a nice It was a nice car. uh was like an SUV type deal thing.
00:28:48
>> Now, what Britney told me, but she accidentally said their friend's name, and he's been getting harassed online,
00:28:54
so we're not actually going to use his name. We've just been calling him the friend. So, the friend sits up front,
00:29:02
Tyler sits behind the the Uber driver, Britney sits behind their friend in in the back seat.
00:29:10
>> So, we ended up leaving. We left the the Uber picked us up exactly at 3:01 a.m.
00:29:18
and we got back to the hill. I remember like getting out of the car and I saw the dashboard. It said 3:18.
00:29:26
But one thing, this is something that I think plays a really big a really big part in this is the fact that when we
00:29:33
did when we were on our way back like it was only like a 15 what was it 17 minutes? Yeah. like a 17-minute ride and
00:29:44
um Tyler had dozed off in the in Uber and that was really like as soon as I noticed he fell asleep I was like man
00:29:55
because he's just he's like one of those people that if he's asleep I just leave
00:30:01
him. I don't like to wake him up. I don't you know what I mean? Like I don't especially if he had been drinking. I
00:30:06
just don't like to cuz he wakes up he gets all crabby and cranky and it's just like it's not worth it. You know what I
00:30:12
mean? >> Do you think he fell asleep due to exhaustion or do you think it was pass
00:30:18
out? >> I think it was more exhaustion because he had worked literally like like six
00:30:25
10 to 12 hour shifts straight. And Tyler's one of those people to where like he is he is a night owl. So, like
00:30:32
most of the time, like when he gets home and it's like, you know, like 3:00 a.m.,
00:30:36
like he's not going to like take a shower and go straight to bed. I mean, I don't think anybody that works weird
00:30:41
hours does, you know what I mean? Like, he has to wind down just like everybody else, and like get off work at 5, you
00:30:47
know what I mean? Like, he eats dinner, he like takes a shower, >> plays his video games, does whatever he
00:30:53
wants to do pretty much, and then passes out. You guys get back to the Hilton, you see 318 on the dash of the
00:31:00
Uber driver's car and now Tyler's asleep and you have to wake him up. >> Yes, exactly. So, I'm like And at this
00:31:08
point, um, our friend had fallen asleep, too. He was passed out, too. And I was like, man, I've never tried to wake him
00:31:14
up. So, like I hit him on the shoulder and he was like popped up. He's like, "What's up?" And I'm like, "Cool." So, I
00:31:20
got out of the car. I woke up our friend and I opened the um I opened the door and I was just like, "How do you want to
00:31:29
do this?" He's just like, you know, "Hey, Tyler, like come on, let's go." And he was like, "Okay guys, I'm coming.
00:31:35
Just give me a minute." And I'm like, we sat there for a couple minutes and you could tell like the Uber driver by this
00:31:40
point was just aggravated. You know what I mean? Like, hey, please get the hell out of my car. It's probably like it's
00:31:46
like almost 3:30 in the morning. You know what I mean? getting Tyler out of the car and um when we were getting him
00:31:51
out of the car, I like grabbed one of his arms and I was like, "Hey, let's go." And um grabbed an arm, too. And I
00:31:59
was like, "Hey, like you know what I mean? Like get this." Like he was still asleep. You know what I mean? Like he
00:32:04
literally had it was like he wasn't even woken up. And when he got out of the car, he was like, "What the hell, guys?
00:32:09
Like we're not where is our ride going? Like we're not even where we're supposed
00:32:12
to be." And I was like, "Babe, what are you like? This is our hotel. Like our hotel's right here. Like what are you
00:32:17
talking about?" and he was just like in a cranky mood. Like he was just pissed off. He was just tired. I really I don't
00:32:23
think that any of anything that was going on there. Like it was not a good mix. You know what I
00:32:29
mean? Like between like the fact that we've been drinking, the fact that he was exhausted, the fact that we were in
00:32:35
an unfamiliar place, like that was just not was not a good mixture. So he was just he was pissed off. You're going to
00:32:43
go out like out of the Uber. And we were just like, "What the hell, guys? We're not where we're supposed to be." blah
00:32:47
blah blah and he just gets like just shitty and he walks away and I'm like what the [ __ ] like what are like where
00:32:55
are you going? Like we're literally supposed to be right here. So I go to follow him and um his friend's like no
00:33:01
Bernie it's okay like I got it. I was like are you sure? And I was like yeah. He's like yes. Like don't worry we'll be
00:33:07
right back. And I was like okay cool. Well, with that before before he had left the hotel, we had we had two room
00:33:14
keys and we didn't know like if like like he like our friend didn't know if he was going to end up like passing out
00:33:21
on the couch in our hotel room or just like going home, you know what I mean? And um Tyler gave him one of the room
00:33:28
keys and he was like, "Put this in your wallet just in case we get mixed up something or other, you know, we have
00:33:34
the room until noon, whatever, if you need to sleep on the couch or something." And then Tyler has one in
00:33:39
his wallet. Like, don't worry about it. He's like, "Just go upstairs. We'll be right there." And he took like
00:33:45
handed me the uh the room key out of his wallet. And I was like, you know, whatever. Like, you you got it. Cool.
00:33:51
So, I went upstairs. I wasn't up there for long. I plugged in my phone, my phone, and said I was just really just
00:33:56
trying to call Tyler. >> Well, you're up in the hotel room at this point, but where is Tyler and his
00:34:02
friend? They never like Tyler never w like physically like we were 5 feet from the door. He never walked inside after
00:34:10
we got out of Uber. Not one time did he step into the doors. He literally like got out of the Uber whatever and then
00:34:18
after he started walking he I'm trying to if you were standing in front of the Hilton he's literally going like
00:34:26
diagonally to the left. like there's a bunch of condos right there and that is the direction he's like walking in like
00:34:32
through the parking lot. You know what I mean? And it wasn't like Tyler walked off by himself and then his like he like
00:34:38
they went together. You know what I'm saying? Like >> they dispersed together. Uh
00:34:45
>> so what are you doing now that you're gone from the situation? >> Yeah, I plugged in my phone. Like I
00:34:50
wasn't gone for 10 minutes. Like I really wasn't even it wasn't even 10 minutes. I use the restroom and then I
00:34:56
came back downstairs and I couldn't I couldn't find like either of them. Like my phone's on like 4%. Like it keeps
00:35:03
it's about to die. And I'm trying to call Tyler. I'm trying to call his friend and I'm like what the hell is
00:35:11
going on? Like where are you guys at? And I'm like messaging them on Facebook. I'm trying to literally like video chat
00:35:17
Tyler's Facebook just so I can see like if I see like a storm like you know what
00:35:23
I mean? if he's walking through Eastern Town Center, if I see something I noticed and I'm like, "Oh, he's over
00:35:27
here." type deal thing. Like, I'm trying to look. He never he didn't answer me. Um
00:35:34
Tyler called So Tyler called me at 3:37 a.m. and he was like, you know, I'm sorry. He was like, I'm just walking
00:35:41
around the block smoking a cigarette. I'll be right back. I just I was just all pissed off pretty much. Like I was
00:35:48
like, okay, you know, whatever. Cool. Um I'll I'll see you in a few minutes. He's
00:35:52
like, "Okay, I'll be I'll be back in a minute." I was like, "Okay." So, and then at this point, his friend walks
00:35:59
back and I was like, "Well, you know, like where's where's Tyler at?" And he was like, "Bernie, I wouldn't worry
00:36:05
about it. It looks just like he's blowing off some steam." Um, and I was like, "Well, you know, is everything
00:36:11
okay?" And he was like, "Yeah, I just I really wouldn't worry too much about it.
00:36:14
He'll be right back, you know." And he's like, "You can't you can't really get lost here. It's like really
00:36:22
like look at where you're staying. It's the biggest building. Blah blah blah. And I was like, "Okay, well."
00:36:28
And then me and me and him kind of like at this point I am I'm freaking out like,
00:36:38
"What's going on? Where is Tyler? Why didn't you follow him?" You know what I mean? Like I'm just I'm going
00:36:45
crazy. >> Well, Tyler fell asleep in the car. Tyler doesn't know this area. Tyler
00:36:51
seemed a little confused when he got out of the Uber. This caused for a little alarm.
00:36:55
>> Yeah. And it was and that was that was the biggest thing. Like if he had been
00:36:58
awake that whole entire like if literally if he had not fallen asleep in that car like I wouldn't it it was just
00:37:05
kind of like I knew I know he was so exhausted and at the same time like I wasn't trying to
00:37:14
scream at his friend on the side of the street because it's not like he knew what was going to happen. You know what
00:37:19
I mean? Like I'm sure he's just like whatever, dude. You're going to walk right back. You know what I'm saying?
00:37:25
Like, >> and it's pretty late, but this is also roughly around the time you guys
00:37:29
normally go to bed. >> Exactly. It's like it's, you know, it's like it's way past time to go to bed,
00:37:33
dude. Like, it's we need it's time to go to sleep. And and you know, he was thinking the same thing, too. He's
00:37:39
probably like, I don't want to be out here like walking around in circles chasing you when we're supposed to be
00:37:45
back there. You know what I mean? So, you saw Tyler walk towards some condos at Eastston and then he called you at
00:37:52
3:37 and you talked to him for a little bit then. >> Yeah, he called at 3:37 a.m. and he was
00:37:59
just like, um, he sounded like mad. He was like, I'm sorry. He was like, I'm just I'll be right back. You know, I'm
00:38:05
just taking a walk. And out of all of the like Tyler has never like, you know, even if like we had just gotten into an
00:38:13
argument, he never just sleeps and walks out and just starts walking. Like he doesn't do that. Like don't get me
00:38:20
wrong, he might like go out back and smoke a cigarette, reevaluate. You know what I mean? Just like give it a minute,
00:38:26
but he never just like takes off walking. Like I'm the one who leaves. Like I'm the one who just like leaves
00:38:31
the situation. Like he doesn't do that. Now, you said Tyler's phone had low battery while you're leaving the strip
00:38:37
club. Now, this is a little bit later. He calls you at 3:37. Does he call you after that?
00:38:43
>> Yes, he does. So, um, he calls at 4, a little after 4:10, 10 in the morning. >> So, this is roughly 30 minutes later
00:38:52
from the first call >> literally. So, and this whole time I'm standing like out front of the hotel.
00:38:58
I'm just like walking down this way. And I'm like, maybe if I go this way and I'm
00:39:02
just kind of sitting here to see if like he's going to pop back up. You know what
00:39:05
I mean? I'm like, he said he was going to come right back. So if I go out here, like I can miss him walking into the
00:39:10
hotel. You know what I'm saying? >> So the call at 4:10, what does Tyler say to you?
00:39:15
>> Yes. Like around 4:10 in the morning. And he was like, "I'm sorry." He was like, "I see the hotel. I'll be there in
00:39:22
like 5 minutes." And I was like, "Okay." He was like, "I'm walking through the woods. I see the hotel. I'll be there in
00:39:27
like 5 minutes." just sounds like you're walking through the woods. And a lot of
00:39:32
people when I say that I have to make sure people know like my husband is not an outdoorsy person at all. I'm talking
00:39:40
like this man plays all he likes video games. Like he's put he's literally like we put Legos together. I have a whole
00:39:46
Disney princess castle in there. Like we play games and we watch a lot of movies.
00:39:52
Like we're not outdoorsy people. Like literally the shoes he has on right now, he bought those in college. He graduated
00:40:01
seven years ago. Like he's not he doesn't like woods to him could be three trees in a circle.
00:40:09
>> So at this point you and the friend are outside the Hilton. >> Yeah. Like we're standing like we're
00:40:13
standing on the corner. We're just kind of like waiting for him. Do you know what I mean to just like walk back up
00:40:18
because that's what he said. He was like, "Yeah, I see it. I'll be there in like five minutes." And I was like,
00:40:22
"Okay, cool." you know, he was like, "Sorry, love you. I'll be right there." I was like, "Okay, I'll wait for you.
00:40:28
Like, I can come and meet you right now if you want." He was like, "No, I see it. I'll be right there." I'm literally
00:40:32
looking at the hotel and the hotel is really really big. So, like at night time that all the lights that they have
00:40:39
on it, it's very very noticeable. It stands out. >> Um, so, you know, me and me and his
00:40:46
friend were just standing there, you know, waiting for him. And then as literally as soon as we hung up like a
00:40:51
few maybe a minute, maybe one whole minute, Tyler calls me again. And when he called me, it answered it and the
00:40:59
line stayed open for like 4 seconds and he didn't say anything. I was like, "Hello." You know, he didn't say
00:41:05
anything and then ended. And then when I tried to call him back, it went to voicemail. So I assumed that as soon as
00:41:12
he called me, like his phone was he had told me through the night that his phone
00:41:16
was going to die. like you know when we were waiting on the Uber outside of the dollhouse like he's like oh no my son's
00:41:21
gonna die. I don't know how like the exact percent but as soon as I try to call him back from that like 4-minute
00:41:28
call his phone is dead and it's been dead ever since. Like I call it every day. >> So what about your battery at this
00:41:35
point? Because you said it was pretty low. When you got back from the strip club you went up to your room to charge
00:41:41
it for maybe 10 minutes. So, it's surprising that it's still working at this point,
00:41:47
>> right? It's on like all it was it was almost dead and I was just like still standing out there and you know me and
00:41:53
his friend I'm like you know what do I do? We got to go do something. We got to go get in the car. We got to go
00:41:57
somewhere. We go look for him. He's like everything's fine. I really wouldn't worry about it. I'm just like
00:42:04
everything's cool. Like don't like he was going to walk up any minute. Um and he actually headed out at that
00:42:11
point. So, he was like, "I'm going to go." And I was like super. At this point, I was
00:42:18
really frustrated because I am in an area I don't know where I'm at. Literally, I have no clue where I am. I
00:42:25
can't find Tyler. He has everything in his pocket. You know what I mean? Like, he has all of our bank cards and I'm
00:42:32
just sitting there like, "What am I am I supposed to do? Like, who am I supposed
00:42:36
to call? like I have to call somebody to come and help me because I can't find him and I'm freaking out and me and him
00:42:43
get into an argument on the street and I think I just I think he really obviously
00:42:52
nobody thinks this is going to happen. You know what I mean? >> Nobody thinks something like this is
00:42:57
going to happen. So I really just think at that point he was just like Britney's
00:43:03
not a big deal. Like you know what I mean? He's literally just got off the phone with him. He said he's going to be
00:43:07
right back. Like, don't worry about it. Go upstairs. He's going to be walking in
00:43:13
soon. D. So >> So you don't have the hotel key that Tyler has. You have the one that Tyler
00:43:18
gave to his friend. >> Yes. Exactly. So um I was like super frustrated at this point. I was just
00:43:26
really scared. I didn't know what to do. You know what I mean? It's like damn near 5 in the morning. I didn't know who
00:43:31
to call. like who I don't know any like I only know a couple people in Columbus and his friend's one of them. You know
00:43:36
what I'm saying? So I'm just like okay like what do I do at this point? My son's about to die. I go inside and I
00:43:44
plug it in and I called a really good friend of mine. I called Harley and I was like freaking out like I don't know
00:43:49
what to do. What am I supposed to do? Where do I go? And she's like Britney I think you should calm down and breathe
00:43:53
for a minute. It hasn't even been literally 15 minutes since you talked to him. She's like, "I think you should calm
00:44:02
down. You know, tell me what happened. What did you guys do? Where did you go?" So, I told her all this stuff. And I was
00:44:07
like, "I need you to stay on the phone with me while I go look for him because I don't know where the hell I am. I
00:44:14
don't know this area. It's still dark as [ __ ] outside." And she's like, "Yeah,
00:44:18
totally." So, I'm like, "Okay, cool." So, I let my phone charge decently enough so I could like leave. I didn't
00:44:24
know how far I was going to go. Um, so I was probably up there for maybe like 25
00:44:28
minutes like talking to Harley and letting my phone charge and then after that I just I you know grabbed the hotel
00:44:36
and started walking and it it really blew my mind how that place is really busy during the day. like there's a lot
00:44:43
of traffic and I mean I understand 270 is right there but that whole place is so busy during the day but at night time
00:44:49
I'm talking at like this is like almost 5:00 a.m. This time it's like nobody's there.
00:44:56
>> So your call shows that he calls at 4:10. You talk, get off the phone, he calls right back. It that's the 4 second
00:45:04
call. You think his phone went dead. At some point you call back and Tyler's not
00:45:09
answering because it's going straight to voicemail. So signs that his phone is dead.
00:45:14
>> Oh yeah. So I Yeah. So, as soon as um you know, we talked at 4:10, we got off
00:45:19
the phone and then um I wouldn't say immediately, but pretty like a minute. It was not long, he called me back
00:45:27
again, and that was when there was like the 4 seconds and then I called him directly back after the line ended, you
00:45:34
know, was like who everybody I hit a button. I don't know. I called him directly back and it went straight to
00:45:39
voicemail then. >> And then the next call that you made is to your friend Harley.
00:45:43
>> Yeah. So, I called Harley and she stayed on the phone with me while I let it charge for a minute and then um I just I
00:45:51
just start walking and like it's it's pretty well lit at nighttime and at this point like I didn't even walk into the
00:45:58
town center because I saw him go off in this direction. So, that was the direction I started walking to. You know
00:46:06
what I mean? So, I'm like walking down like the main drag at first and then I'm still talking to her and I walked down a
00:46:15
couple of the streets, but like >> I was just walk I was just walking and there were a couple spots that I hit
00:46:20
that it got like there were no more street lights that there were no more cuz I had walked so far down like it was
00:46:27
just black and at that point I would just I turned around because I was by myself.
00:46:33
>> So, what happens next? I look at my phone and my phone's almost dead and I'm like a mile I'm like on the other I'm on
00:46:39
the completely other side of Houston and I'm like Harley, you know, I'm like I walk back to the hotel to plug my phone
00:46:45
in. I'm going to try to get a hold of see if Tyler called any of his friends. Um I don't really I don't really know
00:46:51
what to do, you know. And she's like, "Bring, I think you just need to go back and just calm down. I'm sure he's he's
00:46:58
probably there right now. Bernie, you don't even know. He could be asleep right there right now." And I was like,
00:47:02
"Yeah, that's true." So I You know, I walked back. He wasn't there. I plugged in my phone. I got off the phone with
00:47:08
Harley. So then at this point, I just started calling. Started calling everybody. Like I called all of his
00:47:13
friends. I called anybody and everyone that I could think of that he would call, you know what I mean?
00:47:19
>> Did Tyler get a hold of anybody? Did Tyler try to contact anybody? >> Nobody talked to him. Um, so then, um,
00:47:27
one of my one of Tyler's really good friends, um, one of our good friends, his name's Adam, he was our roommate for
00:47:35
a couple years in Wilmington and, uh, right before I had Aaron, he actually like got this got a new job and him and
00:47:43
his fiance moved up to Columbus. So, I called Adam and I was like, "Look, this is a situation. Like, I don't can you
00:47:51
help me? Like, I don't know what to do. Like, where do I go?" You know what I mean? And he was like, "No, I'll be
00:47:55
there. I'll be there in 10 minutes, 10, 15 minutes." And I was like, "Cool." So Adam shows up to the hotel. And he's
00:48:01
like, you know, pretty much like, "What what happened? What did you guys do? Was
00:48:05
everything fine? Did you guys have a fun night? Blah blah blah." I'm like, "No, like everything was really fine. Like we
00:48:09
had a really good time. You know what I mean? Like there was no problems. Like nobody was arguing about anything. Like
00:48:15
it was a good time." And then he just kind of like walked off. And I'm like, "Okay, well, you know, he probably he
00:48:21
could have he could have passed out on a bench somewhere." You know what I'm saying? Like, he could have just
00:48:25
literally fell asleep someplace. And I was like, "Okay." >> And so, let's be clear with the audience
00:48:30
about the confrontation. This is when the Uber driver is dropping you off and Tyler is asleep and seems a little
00:48:37
confused. >> Yeah, that's what it was. like he was just like still literally asleep in the
00:48:42
back of the car and he was just so tired and like I said, you know, from he he was just exhausted and then it didn't
00:48:50
help that we had been drinking that night and so by the time he did get out, he was just
00:48:56
I don't even know what word I was. He was like, yeah, cranky. He was just grumpy. He was just like, I don't want
00:49:01
to do this right now. Like I don't want to deal with this type of deal thing. So
00:49:04
now you and Tyler's former roommate, Adam, comes, picks you up in his car. You guys are driving around in the early
00:49:11
morning of the 24th, February 24th at Eastn Town Center. >> Yeah. So he's pretty much like, "Okay,
00:49:19
Britney, like, you know, tell me where you guys live. Let's go around here." And at this point, it's like it's like
00:49:26
daylight, you know what I mean? And it's already like East's already packed. like
00:49:30
and it blew my mind because it was so early but the place had already been super busy. So we drive around Ethan,
00:49:39
you know, go everywhere for about like an hour. We're just driving around looking through places and all these
00:49:46
different things. Uh one thing about Tyler is he's one of those people that if like all of his numbers of like phone
00:49:55
numbers, he doesn't have any number memorized. So if his phone's dead and he has like somebody else's phone to like
00:50:02
call someone, like he's not going to know what the number is to even call you. You know what I mean? I was like,
00:50:07
"Well, Adam is like, "Well, Bernie, you know, he could be at the hotel right now. Like we don't know. We had been
00:50:12
gone for like 45, 60 minutes, like an hour." And I was like, "Yeah, that's true." So we go back to the hotel. We
00:50:19
walk straight up to the and he's not there. I write down my phone number and I stick it right beside the phone in our
00:50:25
hotel room. And then we get out of our hotel room in the Hilton. It's really, really big. There are a lot of meeting
00:50:30
rooms, like convention area. Like, this thing is huge. So, me and Adam are literally walking around any and every
00:50:37
single possible room that's open. >> Do you know if they have video footage of the front lobby of the Hilton at
00:50:45
East? >> They do have video footage of the front lobby, but we weren't even in the lobby
00:50:49
when all this stuff had happened. >> Right. You're not hanging out in the lobby, but you're Are you going through
00:50:54
the lobby to get to and from your room? >> Oh, yeah, definitely. >> So, with your story, they should be able
00:51:00
to line up you going to and from your room with that footage. And you guys are on the fourth floor.
00:51:07
>> Yeah. No, we were on the fourth floor. And like at this point, I'm just like me
00:51:12
in my head. I was really I was like, "Oh my gosh, he's gonna walk back into this
00:51:18
hotel room and he's gonna ask me why the hell I called Adam and asked Adam to come help me." You know what I mean?
00:51:23
Like he's gonna be like, "Randy, why did you do that?" Like, "That's not that big
00:51:26
of a deal." You know what I mean? Like, that's what I'm thinking. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, he's going to be so mad at me
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because I called Adam and I'm making this a big deal out of nothing because he's just going to walk in at any
00:51:34
moment." You know what I mean? So, you know, me and Adam, we look everywhere and we go back up to the hotel room and
00:51:39
I'm like, "Okay, what do I do now?" I was like, "Literally, I have no idea what to do." He's like, "Bring it. You
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need to call his parents. Like, it's time to call his parents. [Music] Okay. A couple of things here, Captain.
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Now, you did this interview and you've done a great job doing it, but I have a couple questions for you." Okay.
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>> Mhm. So, one provided the description given to us about what Tyler was last wearing. So, we have a flannel shirt,
00:52:16
blue jeans, black and white Nike shoes, and as Britney says, these shoes are probably pretty old by this time,
00:52:23
>> right? 7 years old or so. >> Yeah. I'm looking at the weather report for the 24th of February. I'm seeing a
00:52:31
temperature of like 29 degrees around the time that he's last seen. he's not dressed for that is one thing that kind
00:52:38
of jumps off the page immediately to me that I don't know how long somebody would want to venture out on their own
00:52:45
walking around in that kind of temperature. But at the same point, we do all know people that don't seem to,
00:52:52
you know, I got a couple buddies, they never get cold, >> right? >> Like the dudes that wear shorts when
00:52:57
it's winter time. Um, so we don't know if Tyler was that kind of person or is that kind of person, but it seems
00:53:04
awfully cold for me out walking around at that time. I'm not going to lie, the other strange thing here too to me is
00:53:13
the friend leaving. >> Yeah, very strange. >> So, correct me if I'm wrong, but the way
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that I'm hearing this is that by this point there's been three phone calls. one at 3:37, one at 4:10, and then a
00:53:29
third call that take takes place very shortly after the 4:10 a.m. call >> and possibly more that have been missed.
00:53:36
I I haven't seen a call log, but because we also have the call at 4:10 where she
00:53:41
actually talks to him, and then another call at 411. That's the 4se secondond call where he doesn't say anything.
00:53:49
Phone gets called cut off. She claims that then she calls back so 4:12 >> and that's when his phone starts going
00:53:58
right to voicemail assuming that the phone is dead at that point. >> So what I would say there is at 411 a.m.
00:54:05
he's officially missing in my in my mind. >> Yeah. But here's what's weird is part of
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me goes well maybe his friend is just tired at this point. I mean it's 4:00. >> Mhm. That's pretty late for somebody
00:54:17
that's on a normal schedule. And I don't know what the friend's schedule is. But
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let's just assume that it's normal. So that's pretty late at this point. >> He might just be tired of the charade.
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>> But no, I I I get it. But Britney's been very specific so far and very detailed
00:54:34
in a lot of the answers. And what I almost expected to hear when his friend checked out, I expected there to be some
00:54:42
kind of almost a confrontation between the two of them where there's, you know, I can't be here all night long. I can't
00:54:48
just keep waiting around in front, you know what I mean? Some kind of back and forth.
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>> I think she kind of talks about that a little bit. Okay. >> But it's I again that's a little
00:54:56
unclear. I mean, there's a lot of information that I think that she's trying to process.
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>> And with talking to her, one of the things that she said multiple times is that there's all these pieces of the
00:55:10
puzzle that she keeps going over and over in her head and trying to It's just like the the scene at the the strip
00:55:19
club, you know, you know, Tyler finishes my drink. Was there something in the drink? you know, and that's something
00:55:26
she didn't think about for weeks, >> but she's trying to put together these uh pieces of the puzzle. But I I do find
00:55:33
it very strange. I mean, if my friend, you know, if if the wife of a friend seemed calm at
00:55:44
the time, like, oh, he's going to be back in a couple seconds, you know, okay, well, I'm going to head out.
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>> Not so not so big of a deal. But if the person seems pretty stressed out and I
00:55:55
would assume that if he calls you and then you and then you get a blank call back, you know, a 4-se secondond
00:56:04
nothing but silence call and then you call back and the phone's dead, I would be a little worried at that point. And
00:56:10
so I think as a friend, I would not want to leave my friend's wife there and until I saw him. And once I saw him, I
00:56:18
go, "Okay, you know, I'm out of here." >> Right. And but as you said, you know, it
00:56:24
may have been extremely late for him. He may be going off the fact that, hey, that that quick call back that went dead
00:56:30
was either a butt dial or or this is Tyler. He's walking. He's making his way back to the hotel. Those were what we're
00:56:37
told Tyler says. I'm returning shortly. And the other thing too I guess that we have to factor in is the friend is not
00:56:46
really is not leaving Britney just stranded out in the middle of nowhere, >> right?
00:56:50
>> She's in front of the hotel. That's a big bright hotel with staff that are still working at that time. I mean, she
00:56:59
could be what? She's she's steps away from walking into the hotel lobby. So, it's not like she's out in the middle of
00:57:06
nowhere here, >> right? The the other thing though that I want to clear up because I'm a little
00:57:10
uncertain about this. It sounds to me that that at the earlier part of the night they have two hotel
00:57:19
keys, but we got three people. So Tyler has one, the friend has one, Britney does not have one, but at some point she
00:57:26
receives the hotel key from Tyler's friend. >> Yeah. >> So what am I to assume? What I'm
00:57:34
questioning here is when the friend returned to the hotel, does he use a a a key card to enter the room or is he just
00:57:44
showing up he has no key card now because Tyler is out wandering around with with a key card?
00:57:51
>> Well, no. I think what happens is when they return that she gets the key card
00:57:55
from the friend >> because basically the reason why they gave him the key card was just in case
00:58:01
they got separated. you know, we're a couple. We're not going to, you know, >> we're not getting separated.
00:58:06
>> Right. And like she said, she was trying to be a wingman for this guy. So, he
00:58:10
was, you know, out looking for, you know, a female friend. So, uh, if they did get separated, well, heck, if you
00:58:20
can't make it home, you have a you have a key to the room. You're welcome to crash on the couch. Mhm.
00:58:26
>> So, it sounds to me that once the exchange happened that somehow she got the key from the friend and then she
00:58:33
went up and and charged her phone. But to me, and I know like I don't mean to throw shade, but at the same time,
00:58:42
Britney is trying to take all these pieces and and you'll hear it in her story a lot like going back over
00:58:49
something cuz she's looking at notes. She's saying, "Oh, no. Well, this also happened. on. Here's this other thing
00:58:55
that happened. And she's trying to remember everything because she does think it's important
00:59:00
>> to get as much information out there cuz she knows that a lot of these cases are
00:59:06
there's leads by people just sitting around and and and going over these cases at home.
00:59:12
>> Mhm. >> And when you're a month and a half out and there's no answers and there's no
00:59:17
leads, you start getting desperate for anything. But >> well, and you question every little
00:59:23
thing. Yeah, >> you you wonder about every little thing. >> I have a difficult time with the the
00:59:30
battery charging of the phone and the battery life. A lot of that stuff doesn't add up to me. You know, it it
00:59:38
seems like the phone is constantly dead, but there's phone calls being made. Um,
00:59:43
so but again, it could be as simple as she returned back to the room at some point that she doesn't remember, you
00:59:50
know, returning back to the room to get a a a charge on the phone. >> Mhm. >> So, there's a lot more to dive into cuz
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like like we said, at this point, you know, whether it's calling a friend to come search around and and call your
01:00:07
other friend cuz you're freaking out, that's not such a big deal. But once you once you decide that you have to call as
01:00:14
parents, once you decide that you have to call the cops, then uh this this is becoming very serious. Yes, it has. And
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