02x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

[crickets chirping]

[faint crackling]

[dog barking]

[Kelly] Having nightmares and stuff.

[Rains] You mean
specifically about Morgan?

[Kelly] Yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

[Rains] Does a cigarette calm your nerves?

Yeah.

[Rains] All right, let's go.

[dramatic music continues]

[reporter] It's been two months
since 27-year-old Morgan Duncan

was reported missing
from his apartment on Springtree Drive.

According to the latest reports,

investigators are looking into
a number of suspects.

Which poses the question,
did somebody harm Morgan Duncan?

[Jackson] It looks like
he's ready to talk.

Yeah, but is it gonna be
a witness statement

or a confession?

[dramatic music builds]

[music drops]

[uneasy music building slowly]

[Kelly] I'm gonna
tell you guys everything,

God's honest truth. That's it.

[Rains] All right.

So, can you start

from the beginning of that day?

I got up,
and I was sitting on the couch drinking…

I'm nervous.

[Rains] I understand, take your time.

Sitting on the couch, drinking coffee.

Morgan and this other guy,

I'm assuming it's Jersey now,
I didn't know him at the time,

come to get dope.

[sinister music playing]

And Morgan went to the room,
the middle bedroom in my apartment,

when you're going down the hallway,
the one on the right.

You could hear them arguing.

I heard them
going back and forth about money.

"You owe me money." "I paid you."

"I'll get you the rest of the money
the first rolls around."

Things got sounding, you know,

like it was getting real.

And I went back there, and he had him…

He had him good.

And had him up, and had him by the throat.

And Morgan was like that.

[disturbing music playing]

Yeah, 'cause he was…

Oh God.

I mean, this is in my dreams,
his tongue hanging out.

Then a few minutes later, I heard him say,
"This m*therf*cker's dead."

[Jackson] Just for clarification,
when you say "he," who is that?

Eric.

-Eric Greene.
-[Jackson] Okay.

[Rains] The last time you saw Morgan,
he was unconscious in Easy's arm?

That's the last time I seen Morgan.

[quiet, intense music playing]

Morgan. I really liked him
genuinely as a friend.

We'd been looking for him because
we was worried about him after a week.

We was worried about him after a week.

[Rains] What do you think happened to him?

[Greene] I really don't know.

I'm hoping people will find him.

[intense music building]

[Jackson] How long's
Eric been staying with you?

[Kelly] About six months.

[Jackson] About six months?

-How did that originate six months ago?
-I owed Easy money and he moved in.

I've been buying crack cocaine from him…

[Jackson] Okay.

[Kelly] …and he just took over.

Easy likes to think he owns that complex.

[Jackson] Ah.

Tell me why you felt like
you couldn't kick him out

or go to a magistrate and get him evicted.

[Kelly] Oh yeah.

I'm scared to death.

I mean, it's just around the neighborhood,
you don't f*ck with Easy Greene.

You don't… You don't f*ck with him.
He's crazy.

[Rains] And then what happened?

Easy told me mind my f*cking business,
go to the room.

So when you eventually came out
of your room, was there anyone there?

No.

[Rains] Okay, there was no--

My rug… The table was pushed,
and my rug was gone.

And I didn't see Julivia's truck.

[Rains] Okay.

-Did--
-[Kelly] Because I assumed

they probably put Morgan in it.

[Morgan] Everybody like this sh*t.

[laughs]

[music playing in video]

Dude, this is my favorite song still.

Here you go.

Hey, Easy, bro,
you remember this sh*t? Hold up.

Hey, Easy, here you go.

Hey, Easy, buddy,
this a little dirt right here, bro.

[ominous music playing]

Hey, Easy, buddy…

If we're gonna arrest Eric Greene,
we're gonna need another person's word.

We need to talk to Jersey again.

[solemn music playing]

[footsteps echoing]

[Rains] I know you've already told us
that you think Morgan was k*lled,

but we're gonna need more details.

[Jersey] I told you all,
I don't know where Morgan's at.

I have no clue where Morgan's at.
The only thing I can do is

give you what I know. That's it.

[officer] We've got
some photo lineups as a start.

Just to make sure
we're talking about the same people.

Do you recognize anybody in that lineup?

Right there. Circle this one.

All right.

-[officer] Who is that to you?
-[Rains] Yeah.

Easy. Everybody know Easy.

I don't gain nothing from lying to you.

Morgan was my friend.

And we st-stuck together.

[Rains] I know
you just want to help Morgan--

'Cause that was my friend.
That's why I'm doing this.

'Cause he gave me a place to stay.

[Rains] Mm-hmm.

When I was homeless.

And this whole thing is messed up.

Because it's sad what happened.

[officer] So you've had some time
to look back on how things went.

We want to ask what happened.

[Jersey] I was there.

Easy was like,
"Yo, this m*therf*cker owes me money."

He started choking him.

First like this,
then choked him hard like this.

[officer] Easy doing this?

-Yeah, and lift him off his feet.
-[officer] Okay.

I said, "Come on, man."
He said, "Mind your f*cking business."

And he just let him go, and he just fell,

boom, right on the floor.

[officer] Who's in the apartment
at that time?

[Jersey] The white guy was on the couch.

Sunshine…

and Easy.

[officer] So you left,
and where did you go then next?

They told me to wait at Morgan's house.
So I went to Morgan's, like they told me.

I waited for four hours.

When I came back,

the truck was gone.

[officer] What truck?

The, um…

It's, it's a, um…

I think an Expedition, it's burgundy.

Expedition.

It's Sunshine's.

[foreboding music playing]

But he k*lled that kid for nothing.

[whispering] The Jersey story…

It's exactly the same.
He doesn't even know Jersey.

He said, "I'm assuming they moved him
in Julivia's car because

they immediately took Julivia's car."

Which is exactly what Jersey said.

[phone line ringing]

Hey, Chief. It's Vicki.

We now have two people
telling the same stories

and they don't even know each other.

[man] That story Jersey's told about using
the car, this person's telling the same?

-Yes.
-They tell the same story.

-Jersey said the same thing.
-[chief] They named the same players?

-Yes.
-Yes.

[chief] So, you're rolling.

-Time to get a m*rder warrant.
-[Rains] All right.

-Thank you. All right, bye.
-[chief] Bye.

[whispers] Yes!

[intriguing music playing]

Thank you all for your help today.

Two months ago, Morgan Duncan
went missing from his apartment complex.

We now believe he's been m*rder*d.

Our target today is
the main suspect in his homicide.

Eric Greene.
He also goes by the street name "Easy."

We know he's living
at Springtree Apartments.

He's involved in g*ns and drugs,

so it's highly likely
he could be armed and dangerous.

[officer] Let's go to work.

[rousing music playing]

[indistinct chatter among officers]

[chatter on police radio]

[chatter over radio]

[officer] All right, load up.

[police sirens wailing]

Okay, everybody. Let's do this.

You know your places.

We've got one shot to get him.

Once he knows we're after him,
he's gonna run.

[sirens blaring]

[intense music playing]

[officer] We're set.

[music fades]

-[walkie-talkie beeps]
-[officer] Do we have confirmation?

[beeps]

[officer 2] Eric Greene is accounted for.

Got him.

On or about November 28th, 2023,

while at 250 Springtree Drive,
apartment four,

it is believed that the defendant
did commit the crime of m*rder,

when the defendant began
grabbing the victim and choking him,

continuing to squeeze
until the victim was deceased.

You know why you're here
for this m*rder warrant?

Do you have anything to say
about any of that?

It never happened.

I wasn't there, that never happened.

We didn't even see that man.

-[Rains] What do you mean you didn't?
-We didn't even see Morgan at all.

[officer] Did you sell drugs to Morgan?

-I'm really gonna tell you I sold drugs?
-[officer] That has nothing to do--

That don't have
nothing to do with nothing, man.

-[officer] You're not being--
-I never been… I never did that.

I never strangled that man.

-[Rains] Listen--
-I never touched that man.

[Greene] Why would I strangle somebody?

-[Rains] 'Cause he owed you money.
-No, that don't… No.

-[Rains] He didn't owe you money?
-He don't… No.

Easy had to do something.
He had to do something with Morgan,

because Morgan owed Easy, like, $1,000.

But it's not Easy's crack.

It's not his drugs. Period.

None of this is.

Easy works for a f*cking big supplier.

[officer] Who's that?

[Jersey] One of
the biggest dudes out here.

He gives Easy the drugs
to flood Springtree.

'Cause he run Columbia.

And he will f*cking k*ll you.

He will hurt you, bad.

So Easy had to deal with Morgan.

That's where all that f*cking sh*t
came from.

So that day when
Morgan came to get drugs, I don't--

Morgan ain't come over there.
We didn't see that man.

That's some bullshit, this is bullshit.

-[Rains] Listen--
-I never did that!

[tense music plays]

-James definitely ain't tell you that.
-[Rains] Okay.

C'mon, man. If that man was right here
right now, that man would tell you

none of that sh*t ever happened.

[Rains] I don't think
you did it on purpose.

We didn't do nothing!

Nobody did nothing, look at me in my face.

-[Rains] I am.
-I never did none of that!

I never touched him, ever.

-[Rains] See how angry you are?
-Yeah, 'cause I never did that!

You got to be f*cking kidding me.

This is bullshit, man.

Get the f*ck out of here.

[somber music playing]

There is definitely
a case to be made against Eric Greene.

It is so difficult
to prosecute a m*rder without a body.

Jersey and James Kelly are both adamant.

They do not know where Morgan's body is.

That only leaves one person.

Two people that don't know each other…
tell the same story.

Easy gets really upset
that Morgan owes him money,

and he starts being mean
to Morgan, physically.

And Morgan's trying to tell him,

"I get paid in two days,
I get paid in two days, and I'll pay you."

"Why are you doing this?
Why are you doing this?"

And Easy is choking Morgan…

and you're in the bathroom,
and you come out,

and you're telling him,
"Stop, stop, stop, you're hurting him."

"You're gonna k*ll him. Stop, stop."

And you're pleading with Easy
to stop before he kills him,

but he continues to choke him…

and then he's dead,
and they drop him on the floor.

And you're devastated.

Well, that is a very sad story.

[officer] The thing is, Julivia,
these people say that you were there.

I wish I could help you guys.

I don't know anything.

[officer] Julivia, we're at a point
where we have to charge--

-I understand that.
-[officer] Okay.

And you think I want to be charged
for something I don't know?

-[officer] No, but I think you're scared.
-I'm not scared.

[officer] And it's okay to admit it.

I understand that you might think
I'm scared, but I'm not.

-[Rains sighs]
-[Sunshine] I don't know.

[officer] Don't… Don't take this route.

The whole goal now is to find Morgan.

Okay? You have the keys.

I don't.

[officer] You can take us there.

All right, let's knock 'em out.

[Rains] She knows. Those details,
when I was talking, she put her head back.

Did you see her start to actually cry?

[Maxwell] She was reliving it.

Yeah, that's the first time
I've ever seen her be emotional for real.

She was like…
Yeah, she was totally reliving it.

It's so frustrating because she knows
and she could just solve this.

We have no choice but to charge her
with accessory-after-the-fact to m*rder.

[Maxwell] Yeah.

All right.
You told us you didn't know anything.

-I don't.
-[Maxwell] Okay, you gotta maintain that.

-That's because I don't.
-[Maxwell] We know that's not true.

You're not leaving us any choice
but to charge you.

Now, you're under arrest.

-Oh my God, this is ridiculous.
-[Maxwell] Okay?

This is what's gonna happen. Okay?

[cell door opens]

Hold on. I don't…

-I don't deserve being in jail.
-[officer] Turn around. Sit down.

[Sunshine] I don't.

-Vicki, come on, please.
-[Rains] What? Okay.

What?

I wasn't even over there.

[footsteps receding]

-Vicki.
-[door opens]

Julivia, I've got to go.

[Sunshine] Who can I talk to then?

That ship has sailed, Julivia.

-[door closes]
-Vicki, please don't do this. [sobbing]

[crying] Why are you doing this?

[Rains] The two people
that came forward and gave statements--

[Greene] They lying.

Y'all don't even have a body or nothing,
and y'all charged me.

[Rains] You have to have
probable cause to make an arrest.

The evidence is what convicts you.

You not gonna find nothing on me.

[tense music plays]

[Rains] Mm.

[Greene] It's bullshit.

-[walkie-talkie beeps]
-[Yarnal] 850 Victor 21-59.

[man] Go ahead.

-[beeps]
-We have one in D cell at headquarters

ready to be transported to jail
on a m*rder charge.

[indistinct reply over walkie-talkie]

[Rains] Hey, LaTanza. It's Vicki Rains.

I know today is Morgan's birthday,

and I wanted to tell you that
we just arrested Eric Greene for m*rder.

[LaTanza] Thank you.

[Rains] I'm sorry, that is not
the outcome we wanted.

[LaTanza] I know.

I'm just happy that you got him.

[Rains] He won't tell us
where Morgan's at right now,

and I'm so sorry about that,

-but we'll continue pushing hard…
-That's okay.

…until we are able for you to be able
to have a funeral and bury your child.

[LaTanza]
And I appreciate everything, but…

At least I know now. At least I know.

I know he's not coming back home,
you know?

[Rains] Right.

[LaTanza] But I do want
to thank you so much. You know?

I know… I know we haven't found his body
yet, but at least I got some closure.

And Vicki,

we're gonna find Morgan
and bring him home.

-Absolutely, absolutely we will.
-We will.

-Thank you.
-[Rains] You're welcome.

[exhales]

Mm.

[Rains] I've never had a missing person
that wasn't found, dead or alive.

I'm more determined than ever
to find Morgan

and every other person that goes missing.

Because there's always another case
just around the corner.

[dramatic music playing]

[siren wails]

[operator on phone]


[man on phone] My friend has been missing
in my car since this morning,

and the phone's going to voicemail.

I don't know where to look.

[operator]
Did you tell her a time to be back?

[man] I thought
she would be back by checkout.

There's still no sign of her.

[operator] All right, I expect you'll be
outside at the door. What you wearing?

[man] A gray shirt on, some black shorts.

-[operator] We'll get him out there.
-All right.

-[indistinct clattering]
-[officer grunts]

[officer] What's her name?

Shandon Floyd.

I was thinking
she was going directly to the store.

By the time we were supposed to check out,
I was calling, calling, calling.

No answer. I said we'll walk to the front
to see if she's sitting in the car.

I walk out the front,
no car, no her, so I was like…

-[officer] So it's been about 12 hours?
-Yeah. About 13, yes, sir.

-[officer] You got her number, by chance?
-Yes.

[line ringing]

[recording] I'm sorry.
The person you are trying to reach…

[officer] Went straight to voicemail.

I mean the car, I want my car,

but I'm trying for her safety too,
I don't know.

-Something might have happened.
-[officer] I know.

You let her borrow it?

Kinda, yeah, I did.
It's not stolen. Yeah, I did.

[officer] I can go ahead
and enter it as stolen,

but if she gets caught with it,
she's gonna be arrested.

How good a friend is she?

It's not the point,
I'm wondering if she's okay.

-You know what I'm saying?
-Yeah.

The car is replaceable,
you know, a person's not. [laughs]

[officer] All right.

[man] Yes, sir.

[officer] We'll do it as
a Missing Person Report. Her name?

-[man] It's Shandon.
-Shandon.

-Last name?
-[man] Floyd.

[officer] What's her date of birth?

[man] December 27, 2002.

[officer] Know what she was wearing?

[man] A purple dress and a pink jacket.

[officer] Any tattoos?

[man] Tattoos on the right arm.

[officer] What kind of car?

[man] Chrysler 200, black, tinted windows.

[phone line rings]

[Jackson] Hey, Vicki.

Hey, I just wanted to call
and let you know we got a new case.

It's a female that's missing
from a hotel off Two Notch.

Apparently she's taken some guy's car
and hasn't returned.

But we might have a lead.

The hotel said they might have video.

Hopefully they got something.

[Jackson] Keep me informed.

[Rains] Bye-bye.

[tense music playing]

So the girl with the long hair
that's missing, if we could get the video…

[receptionist] Yeah.

-[Rains] So she's wearing a pink top.
-[mouse clicking]

[ominous music playing]

That's her.

And she's getting into a black Chrysler,
just like Mr. Eaddy said.

[suspenseful music playing]

Wait, who's that?

[sinister music playing]

Is that man following her?

That's not the friend
who reported her missing.



Looks like they sit there for 15 minutes.
What are they doing?

-Then they leave together, right?
-[receptionist] They leave together.

[Rains] Does the female ever come back?

-[receptionist] None of them.
-[Rains] Nobody comes back. Okay.

This is the only video you have of her?

Okay.

If you find more, please call me.

I'm just really concerned

because Mr. Eaddy didn't mention
that she left with anyone.

And then she's walking, and this guy's
walking at a distance behind her.

Is he following her? Do they know
each other? We need to figure that out.

Normally when you walk with somebody,
you would be talking to that person.

Right. We need to get on this
and find her.

[Jackson] Good morning, everyone.

Vicki's going to brief us
on a new case that came in last night.

[Rains] Okay, we've got a serious case.

A 20-year-old, Shandon Floyd.

Never gone missing or anything like that.

Shandon is from Marion County,
about two and a half hours from here.

She came up with
a person named Michael Eaddy.

We're not sure if they rode together
or how they arrived here exactly,

but they rented a room at the Roadway Inn.

Mr. Eaddy stated that
he let our missing person, Shandon Floyd,

borrow his vehicle to go to the store.

She was going to leave
and come back to the hotel,

but she has not returned.

So the victim is shown on video
walking to the car.

And there is a person
following the victim.

It is clearly not Mr. Eaddy.

This other subject gets in the car.

They sit in the car about 15 minutes,
the car leaves.

The victim never comes back to the hotel.

[officer] That's Michael Eaddy's car
they were in?

[Rains] Yes, it's a 2015 Chrysler.

[officer] And that car
has not been located?

No. We entered the tag into NCIC and it
hasn't hit any Flock cameras or anything.

Okay.

Michael Eaddy realizes
the person's not coming back.

He files a Missing Person Report.

Is Shandon in a relationship with Eaddy?

I don't know. They came here together,

but we haven't established
what that relationship is yet.

What we need to do
is get Michael Eaddy and interview him.

I'm not sure how he knows our victim,
but that's why we need to talk to him.

And we need to locate that car

and find out who is it
following Shandon out of the hotel.

[Jackson] Okay, Brittany's gonna run
any phone numbers, any names.

Then she's also gonna look
at the social media sites.

John's gonna go look for the vehicle
in West Columbia. What else?

[Rains] I'll call Michael Eaddy
and I'll call the mother.

Okay, Michael Eaddy and the mom.

[suspenseful music playing]

[music fades out]

[phone line ringing]

[Eaddy] This is Mr. Eaddy.

[Rains] This is Sergeant Rains
with Richland County.

We really, really need to talk to you

because you were the last person
to see Shandon before she went missing.

[Eaddy] Yes, ma'am.

How long have you known Shandon?

[Eaddy] I've known Shandon
about four years now.

-Okay.
-[Eaddy] Since she was 17.

What exactly is
your relationship with Shandon?

[Eaddy] What you mean?

Like, are y'all… Are y'all friends?

Or she works for you? Like, you know…

[Eaddy] We're friends and she helps
me out on the food truck.

-[Rains] A food truck?
-[Eaddy] Yes, ma'am.

[Rains] Okay. What was your reason
for being in Columbia?

[Eaddy] We just-just were staying.
We'd been working hard all weekend.

Okay, so you're just
chilling in Columbia. Okay.

And Shandon uses your vehicle?

[Eaddy] I went to sleep, she came back
and woke me up around 2:30.

She asked for my keys and said,

"Mike, can I go to the store real quick?
I'll come right back."

I said, "Yeah."

[Rains] Was she by herself
when she asked for the keys?

[Eaddy] She left by herself.

Nobody else was at the door with her.

[Rains] On video, you can see
somebody getting in the car

and leaving with Shandon.

[Eaddy] I don't know who that person is.

[Rains] You wake up the next morning,
and Shandon or your car are not back.

[Eaddy] Right, I wake up
about 9:30, I text her.

Like, "Where you at?"

She never texts back.

So I wait around thinking,
maybe she's somewhere and…

I wasn't sure.

And, you know, this ain't right.

[Rains] You can't get in touch on
that number you were trying to call?

[Eaddy] Or Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram.

-[Rains] Okay.
-[Eaddy] That's when I filed the report.

Do you have any idea what you think
is going on with Shandon?

[Eaddy] This is
the first time this happened.

Like, we've gone out of town,

stayed in Columbia numerous of times,
and this has never happened.

So at this point, I don't know…
I don't know what to think.

[Rains] You haven't
located your car, right?

[Eaddy] No, ma'am, I have not.

But that's not important.
My main focus is getting her back.

[Rains] All right, if you happen
to hear from Shandon at all,

call this number.
I don't care what time it is.

I have my phone on me all the time.

-[Eaddy] Okay.
-[Rains] Okay, thank you so much.

-[Eaddy] Thank you.
-Uh-huh. Bye-bye.

[beeps]

I don't know.
Some things he said sound kind of off.

What's the age difference
between Shandon and Mr. Eaddy?

[Rains] Mr. Eaddy's approximately 35.
Shandon's 20.

-You know, what's the story behind that?
-[Jackson] Right.

[Rains] Brittany, can you check
Shandon's social media?

[Yarnal] Okay.

[Rains] I'll call the mother.

[keyboard clacking]

[phone line ringing]

-[woman] Hello?
-[Rains] Hi, Ms. Floyd.

This is Sergeant Rains
with Richland County. How are you?

[Ms. Floyd] I'm fine. How are you?

I'm doing good. We're just following up
with the Missing Person Report.

-[Ms. Floyd] Uh-huh.
-Um, is she still missing?

[Ms. Floyd] Yes, ma'am.

Okay. Do you have any idea at all
who she would be with?

[Ms. Floyd] No, ma'am, I don't know.

-You have close contact with her, right?
-Yes, ma'am.

[Rains] Okay, how often do you guys talk?

Like, enough to where
a day not speaking would seem odd?

-[Ms. Floyd] Yes.
-Okay.

[Ms. Floyd] Never went more than a day.

[Rains] And how did she
end up in Columbia?

[Ms. Floyd] She had some calls to do hair.

Like, people would get her to do hair
while she was in the area.

[mute button beeps]

That is not what Eaddy said.

[unsettling music playing]

[Yarnal] Wait.

[mute button beeps]

[Rains] Is there any
substance abuse that you know of?

[Ms. Floyd] No, he smokes. He smokes.

[mute button beeps]

-…ain't much for questioning his gender.
-Sometimes they say "he," sometimes "she."

[mute button beeps]

Is there any other information
that you could share

that would be helpful
to this investigation about Shandon?

[Ms. Floyd] His gender. He's a "he."

I just call him my baby.

Both he and she, you know.

[Rains] Okay.

Well, that's one reason I was asking,

because I know during the conversation,
sometimes it was she, sometimes it was he.

So I was like,
okay, let me just make sure.

So, um, I didn't…
I didn't want to assume anything.

So we're going to work on this
and see if we can locate your child.

[Ms. Floyd] All right, thank you.

You're very welcome. Bye-bye.

Oh, my gracious.

Well, that changes things.

J.P., we need to track Shandon's phone.

[phone line ringing]

[woman] May I have your name and agency?

Yes, this is Investigator J.P. Smith
with Richland County Sheriff Department.

We're investigating a missing person.
We need to find their phone.

And I have the number for you.

[Rains] Shandon's transgender.

Huh?

[Rains] On the video,
she is clearly a female,

but we just found out that
her assigned sex at birth was male,

and trans people can be more at risk.

So is the guy in the car thinking
this is a pretty female,

and then finds out
she's a transgender person.

[Jackson] Oh my God.

-[woman] I have to ask you a question.
-[Smith] Sure.

[woman] Is this an emergency
involving danger of death?

[Smith] Yes, it is.

We received information

that she may have been in the company
of people that caused some harm.

Dang.

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