Family Discovers Missing Dad's Head Inside Garbage Bag

Ok. I don't even sound so tart right here this man. I'm trucking. It must have worked. I'm trucking. Must have backed up right here. Is that okay? Back up. Back up please. Back up. Back up, back up. Back up, back up, back up, back up, back up, back up. Officers report to a seemingly routine traffic incident in Moses Lake, Washington. What no officer on scene realizes is that this encounter would be the start of a terrifying investigation, leading to the most dark and twisted body-cam footage we've ever shown on this channel. But if you want, Josh. I already know. You did it. Listen to me. Please. Get out of your car and come get my kid. Put him in cuffs right now. Don't say anything right now. We don't know. Hey, did you do it? What's that mean? Yeah, did you do it? What's that mean? What the hell did you do it? It's an early Sunday afternoon on November 3rd when officers patrolling downtown Moses Lake identify a truck matching a stolen vehicle report logged just hours earlier. Multiple police units have been dispatched, more than typically assigned to a stolen vehicle report. Almost as if, from the very start, police somehow knew this vehicle theft report would soon unravel into something much worse. 145 back. We're still a little rolled in. We're about to have a quarter house. Inside the vehicle is 27-year-old professional athlete, Isaiah Thomas, the former A-star wide receiver for Eastern Oregon University, who is currently armed with a weapon. Whoa. Who, bro? Hey, you going to guide all the car? Yeah, a truck, please. Here's what happened. The truck was reported stolen. Whose truck is this? It's talking to me, man. It's my truck. It's your truck? Yeah. Okay, do you have your ID? A registration? Just go and turn it off, please. I apologize if it's your truck, but it wasn't registered in your name, man. Yeah, no. Okay. There's ammunition in the front seat. Okay. I'll get you off. We're ready to go and be okay. All right, man. Just come on and stop all the car. The ammunition on the passenger seat suggests that Isaiah might be carrying a weapon. The officer quickly realizes that this encounter could escalate at any moment, so they swiftly order him out of the vehicle only to uncover something interesting about his identity. What up, Greg? I'm so mad. Alvarado. Yeah, how you doing, Isaiah? Another day. Another day. Okay, don't come here again. There's a lot of ritual. There's going to be a 10-year right now. No, not for sure. Make sure you don't have any weapons on you, okay? I do that weapon on me. What do you have? I think I got a knife right here in my knife. A knife? A knife? This one. That's it? Okay. I'll take a seat. I want a lawyer so bad, though. So bad. Okay. I'm just ridiculous how bad I need one, though. I hear you. You knew you. Yeah, someone's a high school with them. Who was the star athlete, man? They started talking to us when we were together. It turns out, officer Alvarado and Isaiah went to high school together. And Alvarado recalls Isaiah as a standout football player who went on to compete at the college level. But now in front of him was a disoriented young man, barely able to focus and answer their questions in a stolen vehicle. A stark contrast to the athlete Alvarado once knew. In reality, there is a very good reason for Isaiah's odd behavior. One that officer Alvarado will soon understand, as within minutes, Isaiah and his family will be at the center of a murder investigation, with only one question left unsolved. For now, officers decide to contact Isaiah's family to inform them of his recent actions and detainment. They quickly get his family contact details and call his mother 47-year-old Cassie Thomas. However, the information Cassie provides shifts the course of the investigation in an unexpected way. Hello? Hello. This is Alvarado with the most like police department. Are you trying to reach Cassie? This is she. Hey, do you have a son, Isaiah? Yes, I do. We had a call earlier about him being in someone else's vehicle. He's in a truck now, a gray Chevy Silverado. Okay. We're trying to figure out if this is his truck or not, because he's saying it is, but the person that called about him said that he stole the truck from another neighbor. No. Now that's his and his grandfather's. Okay, who's this grandpa, if you don't mind me asking? Richard. Richard? Yeah, he'd probably let him borrow it. He's staying with his grandfather right now. What's the address? Uh, 430, Dale. Yep, that's where the truck was taken. Okay, that's weird. Yeah, no, that clarifies something, because we thought potentially this truck might have been stolen, so we were trying to figure it out. No, I'm sorry about that. No, no worries. At this point, Officer Alvarado begins to realize the mistake they've made. Now it makes sense why Isaiah immediately asked for a lawyer. He was being accused of something he clearly didn't do. As Officer Alvarado continues speaking with Isaiah's mom, he decides to ask about something that's been worrying him since the very moment Isaiah steps out of the truck. I went to high school with Isaiah. He wasn't never really like this. Is everything okay? Uh, he should be fine. Okay, he just seemed a little bit off to me when he was talking. Well, probably because he's being accused of something you didn't do. So. It's his grandpa's truck. Yeah, he lives at 430, Dale. But thank you for answering my phone calls and my questions. It actually helps out a lot. Okay, all right. Okay, thank you. Thank you. Officer Alvarado doesn't know it yet, but his suspicion that something is very wrong with Isaiah isn't far from the truth. Still, with no evidence tying Isaiah to a crime, they have no choice but to release him. But as he walks away, Officer Alvarado follows him, hoping to reconnect with his old friend. All right, Bob. Let's walk over to the front of your truck. I just want to tell you something right now. I know you don't want to talk about this. It's cool. You don't have to. Okay, so you all right, man? You want off the books? Do you want to talk about anything? Because the outturn off on camera and we have a conversation, bro. It's just like, we're at a time right now, bro. Yeah. It's a time and everybody's alive for what they seem to like really evaluate. Yeah. It's going on, you know? Yeah. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to call. I'll sit down and have a conversation. All right. Just take care. To Alvarado, it seems Isaiah wants to say something, but he just can't find the words. For now, Isaiah gets into his truck and drives off. Unaware that this won't be the last time today he'll be accused of a crime. This box can I help you? Yeah. I was wondering if I could speak to somebody about missing person. And was it like? It's my father. Nobody seen him. Yeah, it's mostly like. Okay. And his first one, Austin? Richard. Andrews. And what is his home address? Is it the 430 Dale? Correct. All right, Kelly, I've got this report started. I'm going to hand it over to the officers. I mean, just need you to try to find a recent picture of him. And if you hear from him or anything changes before they contact you, go ahead and give us a call back and let us know, okay? Okay. Okay. On the phone is Kelly Kirkendon reporting that her father 75-year-old Richard Andrews mysteriously vanished. Officers are sent to his address and minutes later, they arrive to investigate. Hello. Well, I'm doing better than you guys. How's it going? How are you? Carmen. Carmen. All right. Waiting for Sergeant Rodriguez are Carmen, Kelly, and Cassie, daughters of Richard Andrews, the missing elderly man. And see, begin speaking to them, hoping to learn more about their father's disappearance, a familiar face steps out of the house. So we have no idea. The neighbor talked to my husband. This is my husband, Mike. Hi, Mike. I haven't seen him in a day and a half or so. I haven't seen him longer than that, but his phone has been ringing. His sister is called. Nobody knows where he's at. Yeah. Is this normal? No. No. What's wrong? Okay. What's that? Nothing. Do you know where your grandfather? Yeah, it's my grandpa. Do you know where he's at? No, I have no clue where he's at. No. Did he tell you anything where he was going? Did you see him leave? No. So, basically, what I did see was him talking to somebody out here. He was kind of like Park, a little farther out. Like he pulled off this side a little bit. They were talking in the window. I looked down. He did tell me that he was going up for the rest, but I just got caught from that. from Greg, right? But he's not there. So I don't know. Which res, uh, Callville? Callville? Yeah, he has property up there, but when I just got a phone call up there, they said no, no. Nobody's there. About what time was it when you saw him last? Was it morning afternoon, night time? It was afternoon. Afternoon? It was, it was in like, late afternoon. Okay. While officers are surprised to be speaking with Isaiah and his mother Cassie, for the second time that day, their priority right now is finding his grandfather, Richard. With the timeline now established, and Isaiah believed to be the last person to see Richard, Sergeant Rodriguez turns his attention to him. But as their conversation unfolds, he begins to notice something strange about this family. Is it, you said you saw him a day about a day and a half ago? And that would have been, so yesterday afternoon sometime or the day before. Yesterday, no, not yesterday. Was that day? The day and a half ago. So Friday, today, Sunday. Friday, Saturday, bro. So November, for nothing, the week, bro. When you saw him, what were you doing? What was going on with it? I was sitting right there. I was smoking. Okay. And where was he? Right there. Talked to that guy. And then I looked down. Boom. And then that was that. Okay. It was, it wasn't weird for you that he wasn't here, anything like that? Okay. Okay. He'd be gone for weeks. Yeah. Because he has his property. He'd be gone for weeks at a time, no one would be here. That's why he's tripping. Why are we tripping? Yeah. But the only thing that's weird is that he left his wallet here. That's the only weird thing I got me. Okay. Okay. But that's very strange. That it's normal for him to be gone in the weeks at a time. But we know where he's at. Usually down at that time, I call him. What stands out to Rodriguez is how differently the family reacts to the disappearance of their relative. While Isaiah and his mother Cassie suggest that Richard's absence isn't especially unusual, with Isaiah even casually smoking weed, his daughter Kelly sees it very differently and appears genuinely concerned for her father in a way the others do not. That's when Isaiah's father, Anthony, arrives, bringing with him the breakthrough they've been waiting for. There's something going on down there. There's like some burnt sh*t. Let's lay it out there and some. Where's his shop? His shop's down in the garden. Where the motorcycle shop is? That's just if he's not here, he's just down there. Oh, I got to have that something. Do you think something else is going on down there? No, no, no, no. I'm just saying that if he's not here, he's down there. No, no, no, no. What I'm saying is that's something that was out there. It was looked like there was some contact shit out there that's never been there. What's Carmen's address? One of those eight and a half ago. He's already in. Bro, why y'all? Keep on. No, be good. Bring me off. Everybody, press me like that. You're the closest thing to his, just to him. Okay, last person, what would you say, last person? I'm not going to get frustrated out of that guy. I just have to keep you pee enough. So, would you be able to take one of my officers down there to where the shop is at? Yeah. Just so that way we know exactly what we're talking about. And so that way, if you see there, that's great. Do you remember what he was wearing? Because that's part of those clothes that I'm taking so I can enter into the city. Okay, I just think, you know, very serious, I think. Okay, but really, those are in house. So, do you remember any jewelry? No, let me talk to him. Okay. What are you following? Yeah, because we don't know the exact address. If you want to follow Anthony down to the shop down in Cascade Valley, his cell phone's here, wallet's here, everything's here, dog's here, just whatever he had on his person in his pocket. So, all right, thank you. Anthony and several other family members head to the shop with a deputy, while Sergeant Rodriguez stays behind to gather the remaining details. As he does so, he takes note of the family's statement so far and what stands out is Anthony's frustration with Isaiah. It seems like the two of them know something the others don't. As the way Anthony questions his son, it sounds like he's accusing him of being involved with Richard's disappearance. Meanwhile, Isaiah is being defensive, claiming everyone is overreacting. His mother on the other hand remains calm, smiling, and at times even answering questions that weren't directed at her. Rodriguez notes the contrast in this family's behavior and steps away to drive to Richard's shop, but before he can go, Isaiah's mother would make a horrifying statement, one that would come back to haunt her. Those statements are coming from Isaiah's mother, Cassie, as she approaches the officer just out of frame. In a sudden shift, Cassie tells the sergeant to arrest her own son, catching him completely off guard. Just moments ago, she hadn't seemed particularly concerned. Now she's adamant that Isaiah is guilty of something. It's a sharp change in behavior, one that leaves officers wondering if Cassie knows far more than she's letting on. For now, the sergeant doesn't fully understand what Cassie's implying, but in the next few minutes, her urgency will make a lot more sense. By now, Anthony is on his way to Richard's shop, just two miles from the house with a patrol unit following closely behind. And as the first deputy pulls up to the shop, he notices several other family members have also gathered. Expecting to find a lead on Richard's whereabouts, they would instead uncover something no one was prepared to see. Those are some part right here, they're saying trucking, they're not working truck, they must have backed up right here. Man, can you come this way, please? Man. 141, I need 106 to my location. Okay. Man, can you come this way, please, please, this is now a crime scene when you get there? Yes, I know, I'm trying to do it. Okay, I know. How can I leave? Sergeant, he's buried in the ground. There's someone buried underneath the ground. Front yard of his own shop lies the dead body of 75-year-old Richard Andrews. Richard's daughter, Kim, is the first to see him. She recognizes her father immediately, revealing part of his leg with the same jeans he always wore. It's a horrifying discovery for them to make. Even the deputy is shaken and unable to control the situation on his own, but as he observes the family, something about it feels off. By the time he arrived, the family had already begun digging, and within moments of uncovering Richard's body, they started pointing fingers, fixating on the one person they're convinced is responsible. I'm not moving, right? I can't. I'm touching. Do you want me to help you? No. I'm touching. Okay. I knew this was going to happen. That was it. His son, my sister's son, that's at their house right now, did it. And again, probably on the bed. That's a rifle that's laying in my mom's bed, you want the bed? He has a mental illness. So we're having the county of respond, okay? And their supervisor is going to come, and they're probably going to set up a containment. Okay. I just ask that you guys try to cooperate, as much I can't, I can't make any promises. No, we're not leaving. Okay. Well, ma'am. I'm not going to move right now. It's going to be over there if you want a little cycle path. If you want to do what's best for. No, what I want to do right now. Okay. I just need you guys. Please don't. Okay. I just need you guys to at least try to have some understanding. Okay. And I want you guys to listen. To the officer's surprise, Kim doesn't hesitate to blame her nephew, Isaiah. Despite there being no direct evidence linking him to what happened here, shaken and unsure how to handle the situation, the deputy allows the family to remain at the crime scene even after the body is discovered. Then two minutes Later, Sargent Rodriguez finally arrives, stepping straight into the chaos. He tries to regain control of the situation, but it doesn't take long before he loses his patience. Okay, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I need everybody back please, okay, ma'am, we do need everybody out of here if you want, we need to preserve this, okay, I get it, you're upset, but if you want just to listen to me, please, I know you know, we need other things to make this work, please, please. Despite Kim's certainty, officers aren't yet convinced that Isaiah is their killer, because as they inspect the scene closer, something else stands out, something that starts to point to someone very different, burned debris is scattered across the grass, clear sign that something had been intentionally destroyed, but the cover-up goes even deeper. The section of lawn where Richard was buried had been cut out, replaced, and even watered afterwards, an effort to make the yard appear completely untouched. For investigators, it's still unclear whether Richard was murdered here or only his body was dumped, to find out they need to search his shop, standing just a few feet away. Up ahead is Richard's shower, and strangely, the deputy notices it appears to have been recently used, suggesting the killer may have been here only minutes earlier. Officers then continue clearing the rest of the shop, finding no signs of a struggle, nothing to suggest Richard was killed here, so they shift their focus to securing a search warrant for his house. The search that would end very differently. As officers begin to regain control of the chaotic scene, Richard's daughter Cassie arrives, the same woman who had told the sergeant earlier to arrest her son, Isaiah. Why she accused him before the body had even been discovered, is now a question detectives need to answer, but first, they have to break the devastating news to her. Naturally, Cassie is distraught, not only because her father is dead, but also because she suspects her son may be responsible. For now, officers continue securing the scene and prepare to send Richard's body for autopsy. But as they do, they begin to overhear the family frantically talking amongst themselves, and what they're saying would suggest the situation is only escalating, because someone else might be about to get hurt. Right, we have one that's confirmed in a shallow grave. Do not start talking, please, don't say anything, just be quiet, please, you know what's going on. I get it, but we need, I've heard everybody, but we need things to figure out. We're going to have to leave the truck here for now, I just want you to walk that way, please. According to Carmen, Anthony is furious and already on his way back to the house, convinced his own son Isaiah is responsible, he's just seen the body of his father-in-law buried in the ground, so what he does next is completely unpredictable. Multiple units are quickly sent to the house, racing to get there before Anthony confronts Isaiah. Minutes later, officers make it to the house just seconds ahead of Anthony who is right behind them, along with the rest of the family, all demanding answers. Nope, nope, nope, just stay back, stay back, stay back, stay back, go back now. Did you want to say that, please, just a lot of security in your car, Thomas, Chris, Chris can pull up and please, hey, did you do it, please stay back, sir. Did you do it, Isaiah, look at me, did you do it, please, did you stay back, sir. Did you do it Isaiah, look at me, all right, look at me, yeah, you're my first born, did you do it, did it, one more time, oh boy, sorry, it's not the same, it's not the same, it's not the same. All right, close the door. Here's the bill, that's family, one of our family members on, this is right, so they came down here to confront them, because they think you did it. No, the only reason he's in Costa right now is we don't, I thought he was like the suspect. No, we don't have BC or reasonably, right now he's in there because they think he did it when you keep them separated. Okay, got it, cool. For the second time today, Isaiah is accused of a crime, only now it's something far more serious and the accusations are coming from his own family. They stand by, watching as he's taken into custody, convinced the case is now solved. But what officers are about to uncover would complicate everything, revealing that no one in this family can truly be trusted. While Isaiah is transported to the Grand County jail on probable cause, police continue speaking with the rest of the family, but by now Richard's daughters are too shaken to talk. So investigators turned to his son-in-law, Greg, one of the first to discover the body. And they're about to learn that he has vital information that would begin to piece together this meticulous murder. So let's start from the beginning. How do you know the guy who works on the shop out here? Richard is my father-in-law, but I married one of his daughters last year. Okay, so he is your current father-in-law? He is my father-in-law, and we go across the street. Okay, so you're pretty close with him. I was very close to him. Okay. What do you think happened? I think that there may have been some type of transaction at Richard's house with Isaiah. I don't know exactly the full details about what's going on with him, but I know he's been having issues, paranoia issues, and things of that nature. What do you mean by transaction? Like an altercation? Yeah. What I think is Richard's, he's old school, he doesn't, he's not into them, the way I could do the marijuana, and I think maybe he confronted him. Somebody said something about the tarp that you saw. Yeah, I had a tarp, we had a tarp at the house, and I'm not saying that's the actual tarp, but I know that it was a brown and a great tarp. That you had at your house? That we had at our house, and I can't, it was sitting right there, and really by my truck but why were the barbecuers and stuff, and I had seen him so I don't know the way, I don't know, but it was missing. And sure enough, when the family began digging, they discovered Richard's body had been fully wrapped in a brown and gray tarp. With that tarp belonging to Greg, it now raises two possibilities. Either he just incriminated himself, or whoever did this, used it specifically to frame him. Greg has his own theory about who may have set him up. If it's, he's, or there's been acting, it's pretty. pretty strangely. You've met Isaiah? Yes. Does he ever been to your house? Yes. Okay. And the last time he was there, he was super paranoid about everything. Does he drive Richard's truck very often? Everybody drives Richard's truck often to be honest with him. Okay. He will drive him all the time, but I do know that Isaiah was pulled over today. I want to believe. Yeah. And Moses. You'd mention seeing tire tracks. Correct. Going into the grass. Yes, sir. Tell me, tell me about these tracks. I've seen a little fear to either somebody was back in hand or it's somebody that turned to the right, I believe. Okay. And I've seen the tire mark going into the grass, and I've seen, that's when I've seen it. And then I noticed the hose and everything like I told you. Is it common here on the property for vehicles to go into the grass? Negative if he never goes on that grass. According to Greg, Richard's truck was shared and often driven by multiple members of the family, which immediately complicates things. As the tire tracks officers identified at the crime scene no longer point to a single suspect, but just as leads begin to run dry, officers would learn that the search warrant for Richard's home has finally been approved. Sir detectives quickly wrap up their interview with Greg and head straight back to the house. The moment they step inside the home, the detectives notice a strong scent of bleach in the air. All surfaces have been wiped down and inside there are clear signs of a cleanup job. Detectives know they're dealing with a methodical killer, possibly more than one. But even then, they would overlook something critical. When detectives inspect the house more closely, they notice spots of blood on the back door handle that had been missed. Their first real piece of evidence tying Richard's house to his murder. And then they stumble upon something even more significant. A knife hidden in the living room still in its sheath marked with visible red stains. Whoever tried to erase what happened here didn't manage to get rid of everything. With the scene processed, all evidence sent for forensic analysis and the family dispersed, the focus now shifts to the man back at the station. Since his arrest, Isaiah has refused to cooperate, but now as officers return to confiscate his clothing, they're about to discover the most crucial piece of evidence may have been right in front of them all day. When officers hold up Isaiah's shoes, they notice they're covered in dirt and possibly dried blood. It's the first and only detail that could place him anywhere near the crime scene, but it's far from definitive. With the day coming to an end, investigators finish processing their findings and prepare for tomorrow hoping they'll finally be able to answer what really happened to Richard. As for Isaiah, by continuing to refuse to speak, he has effectively handed his fate over to his family who have already begun forming theories and accusations with even the closest relatives ready to completely turn on each other. The next morning, after nearly 12 hours of detectives digging through the family's past, troubling rumors begin to surface alleging Isaiah might have been involved in an old cold homicide case that remains unsolved to this day. Detectives also hear whispers that Isaiah's own parents may have helped cover it up and may have even known what happened to Richard long before anyone else. These are serious allegations that detectives will need to explore carefully, but right now their immediate priority is uncovering what truly happened to Richard and who's responsible. To do that, they begin calling family members into the station for formal interviews. The first to arrive is Isaiah's father, Anthony. Among many other details, detectives need to address one critical question. Why was he so quick to suspect his own son? Was it simply a gut feeling? Or did he know something no one else did? I want to think it was a week ago. The week before this incident happened and Kim was like, you guys need to come down and Isaiah is acting crazy. We go down there and we walk in the house and as soon as we get in the house, he's like, he has a big bag of weed that you can tell that he got from the dispenser. It's big. There are my eyes. It was about this big. What the fuck are you doing here? This is what you kick me out of the house for. I was like, yeah, what the fuck are you doing here? This has nothing to do with you. I was like, listen here man, you're scared because you're acting while and out up in here. So then I look, I'm looking at him and he was like, Sam, say I am. You've got a butcher knife like this and he just said, but he's like, crying. Say I am and say if he had got me, it would have been all of us. So I just said, I'll leave. Where did I mess up as a father? Did I do something wrong? Like, what did I do? This is not you. He was just like, you're the best dad ever. Man, I couldn't ask for a dad. And better than you, man, it's kind of like, you did everything right. You're great, man. And then, and then Kim's like, bust out crying. And then he's just like, get the fuck out of your mother fuck. I'll kill you. Naturally, this account from Anthony catches detectives off guard as they realize the incident may have foreshadowed everything. So they pause the interview and look into it, confirming that it did in fact occur. One week earlier, police were called to Isaiah's and Kim's house after reports that he was experiencing a manic episode. And as detectives review the bodycam footage of that incident, it quickly becomes clear why the entire family believes he did it. If you want to go down the ground, just to verify, man, we're just, hey Isaiah, we're going to put you in cause, but it's just for our safety, okay? You're not under arrest. We just want to make sure, okay, okay? We want to go down to your knees, man. Good. Put your hands behind your back, man. Can you put your hands behind your back? Again, you're not under arrest, okay? Just doing this for your safety. Is this recording? Yeah, I'm doing recorded on the camera right here. So, is this supposed to be red when it's recording? Yeah, it's sealed, it's blinking red. Oh, okay. Yeah, you want to walk over to the car, man? We're going to have to figure out what's going on and then kind of just go from there, okay? When officers detain Isaiah, they find him in tears, struggling to hold himself together. And as they pull him away from his family, he's about to tell officers something unexpected about himself. What's going on today? I'm just going through a lot right now. So I've got you on the go to the officer stuff when you don't like that? No, not. I mean, I guess everybody do, you know, but I mean, do the officer stuff today? No, not today. But this past week? This past week. I don't have a rough time, I'm going to get it, bro. I'll bounce back, bro. I'm going to shake back. Yeah, that's all good, bro. I'm going to show my shake back again. Yeah, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, huh? No, bro. That's good. Like, I'm good. So what was the deal tonight? I got a swisher in there. It's a blunt basically. Cut the using knife and I use it in the sweater, to take out the tobacco to put my weeding. Okay. At first. Okay. Then me and my aunt started arguing that knife was on the table, so I did decide it already. It was already there. I mean, we started arguing. I don't want it to leave, but she just, it's not that big of a deal. I was a good person, bro. No one said you're not a good person, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I'm just saying, bro, that will happen. I just like, bro. Clearly, there is sympathy in the officer's voice, as he realizes the man in front of him has been dealt a very difficult hand in life. And although Isaiah downplays the incident in hindsight, it would read very differently. Because perhaps this was the last and only time something could have been done to prevent the tragic fate of Richard Andrews. After analyzing the incident and forming a clearer picture of Isaiah, detectives returned to finish their interview with Anthony. Through his account, it becomes clear he believes Isaiah's issues stem from two factors. Prolonged Marijuana use and repeated head trauma from his time as a wide receiver, a position notorious for heavy hits and brain damage. Anthony also goes on to clarify crucial details about his son's mental state, making it evident that his initial suspicions of Isaiah were rooted in his son's increasingly unpredictable and volatile behavior. So with Anthony's perspective now on the record, the interview comes to an end and detectives move on to Richard's daughter, Kim, the person who found the body. Kim goes on to explain why she immediately suspected her nephew Isaiah pointing to his history of violent psychotic episodes, including pulling guns and knives on family members. as well as his white vans covered in dirt, something she says is highly unusual for him. Notably, she ends the interview by saying she fears that if Isaiah is ever released, he will do it again. With the case against Isaiah growing stronger by the minute, detectives then shift their attention to two more family members. Richard's daughter Chrissy had her partner, Floyd. Unlike everyone else, these two family members are about to become Isaiah's best and perhaps only chance of shifting how detectives view Isaiah's role in all of this. Isaiah, my dad tells you know he's going to kill him. So I know you have questions for me, and then obviously I have questions for you, and I think they're both feared around the same. When I got there, bro, it was weird, weird, weird, and I'm like, man, something's not right. So I left, and that's when I told her and explained it to her. I even knew something was wrong before he had his episode. I say, something's not right with this kid. Something that you guys might want to be careful. Sure. As soon as I leave, as soon as we leave, all hells break loose. Explain to me now the background, but you need something weird was going on about that there. Because he, prior to this, he was staying with us, and I'm not exactly sure exactly what happened, but he starts a competition with my son. He pulls out a pistol from his draws. Isaiah, okay. Sets it down, I got a back hold of my sister Cassie, and I said, you know that boy is sick. He's beyond therapy. He needs, can help. Like, he needs to be medicated. The thing, like I said, the only thing, the only thing that, that, that just bothers me the most, that kid does not clean have all he wanted to make an attempt. He'll drop something on the floor and just walk away from it and leave it there. And usually, I'll even ask, hey, where's Richard? Because I'll say hi to him. But for some reason, it's just the atmosphere was just, I'm like, all right, something's wrong. So I got on the phone with her and I'm like, oh, he's still winging. He's winging hard. And I said, your sister's tripped up. I said, your sister acting like she's scared to death. Well, she knows he goes through his episode. Of course, he's scared. I'm like, okay. When after, after we found out what really happened, is that she knew what he did? At this point, detectives begin to realize Chrissy and Floyd aren't just angry at Isaiah. They also hold his mother accountable. And the couple's suspicions align with detectives who still can't explain why Cassie asks them to arrest Isaiah before the body was even discovered. So with all of this in mind, detectives would ask them both point blank who they believe is truly responsible for Richard's death. He's sporadic. He's not clean. He's trying to get off. He's trying to run off. He's trying to do wherever he can do to get out of situation. He's not thinking about cleaning. He's not thinking about picking this guy up and putting him in the back of the truck and burying him. And then go down to the valley. You go get a tarp and go back up there. In her dad's truck and they see it and go back up to the house and wrap him in the tarp and then come back and down to the valley, which is across the street from their circus house and burying him. When you said that, you believe that she knew, do you believe that she helped cover the body and cleaned up? I can't go that forward. I can't go that forward because she doesn't have that mentality. At the end of this conversation, if she's not arrested by then, I don't know what to tell you guys, but she saw, she didn't sought it up like, per se, like, oh, Isaiah, I'm just going to do this and she manipulated the situation to her advantage. She knew what her son was capable of. She knew how to get him to that point of manic and psychosis. To detectives, accusations like these don't come lightly, especially between sisters. Additionally, Floyd's description of Isaiah aligns with what detectives already believe that he's impulsive, messy, and incapable of thinking ahead. And with the next interview set to be Cassie herself, detectives understand just how much weight this conversation carries, not only for Isaiah's future, but for Cassie's as well. There's a lot they still need to figure out. Her unusual behavior outside the sergeant's car, her possible involvement in Richard's murder, and even lingering questions about a potential past homicide. But they know these answers won't come easily. They'll have to approach this carefully, waiting for the right moment to press her. And as her interview unfolds, watch closely for the moment Cassie begins to fear she's the one being implicated. There's no easy way to start this conversation. Go for it. Okay, sorry. How has Isaiah's mental health been in the last few years? It sounds like he's been suffering? To last year, for sure. Last year. As far as his mental health, is it something that he's diagnosed with or just something you guys started noticing? We started noticing. I'm trying to remember everything. October, I was before October of 2023. So back for around, yeah. I believe that's when he started smoking and he didn't want to work. He didn't want to do that type of stuff. And we kind of were like, well, he's going through it. He's done some, he's done playing football and that's some he's done since he's five years old, you know. Big, like life change. Oh yeah, no school, no schedule, no workout. Clearly, Cassie appears emotional, possibly even carrying a sense of guilt as she speaks about her son. Beyond that, nothing about her behavior stands out to detectives as suspicious. But as the interview continues, she begins recounting the same incident at Chrissy's house, where some noticeable differences between her story and the rest of the family starts to emerge. I knocked on the back door. She doesn't keep her back. She uses it for her front door, but it's just and I walked in and my son's sitting through a little kitchen at table there. There's marijuana over a big bag, some paraphernalia. But he's sitting there with a knife. And I walk in and I say, hey son, what's going on? What are you doing here? I said, well, what's going on with you is everything okay? And he didn't see my husband. His dad came in behind me. He's seen his daddy instantly, he's pissed. What the, are you doing here? But he hadn't gotten up yet. Like, he was still sitting. Where's the knife at first? I'm like, he's sitting and he has it in his hand. He's not like you're doing right now. He's just sitting back in the chair. Yeah, he has it and he's like, trying, he's like, what are you doing here? And we're still kind of standing out the door. And when he's seen my husband, he got even more pissed. Who's Evan called you? My husband looked at me and he stood in between us and he said, get out of here, get out of here and go go all the sheriff now. While retelling the story, Cassie appears far less disturbed by the incident, despite it involving her own son. She also seems reluctant to discuss the part where he threatened her husband's life. So after a few hours of letting Cassie speak freely, allowing her to settle into the role of the victim, detectives would finally begin to push back, starting with one detail that would clearly catch her off guard. And I don't mean this question in anything, but obviously like at this point I can only see certain things. Did you guys explain all of that about him pulling the knife on Anthony to the deputies? Yeah, and dispatched to you. She said, don't go back in there, but I get why they're angry with me too. You know, that's my son. And they don't think I did anything to try and help him. And I think most of it is emotions are going to be high right now and I don't. They'll never talk to me again. I already know that. And they've made other threats. But they've also said other things too. And I don't know if you want to talk about them. right now but I think I detect if Hunt is following up on that part but the weird vague comments about this is potentially not the first time Isaiah had done something yeah and I didn't hear any of it I was in the house but they were really going on like he's done this before and like jokes on me that is an implication but she also said that my husband and I helped cover it up and that they know the name strategies like this happen and people don't find their loved ones with at least we found my dad clearly Cassie is distraught not only at the prospect of being ostracized by her family but also at the possibility of being suspected by detectives as Isaiah's accomplice but there's still one more question detectives need answered after which they'll have made up their minds about Cassie when you went to sergeant brigads and you made the comment that it's it's him you need to get him in cost you need to get my son in cost why for you in that moment did you you know you knew it was Isaiah where was your mind set up I know I'm asking you to explain like I was just just the things he kept saying like you guys why are you pressing me he's like he's gone all the time weeks at a time I said how long has it been since you've seen him and he's like a day and a half so you've got kind of every other family member that's here that's worried and everything like that and his response didn't seem to match your guys right you just know you feel it is so sick and I'm like he has to get him cut he has to go to jail you know I just dealt it and I'm I'm his mom you know and I'm not a denial and I do you think personally you did the right thing I think you handled everything as best as anyone could as best a parent could and I don't think that me saying that's gonna bring you any comfort but I do believe it despite her unusual behavior the detective appears to take Cassie at her word believing she may be genuinely innocent her family however remains unconvinced after wrapping up this and several other family interviews investigators find themselves between a rock and a hard place so far there's no concrete evidence that Chrissy or anyone else was involved in fact at this stage there's barely enough to definitively prove Isaiah's involvement so Isaiah remains in jail hoping that with the right lawyer and no further discoveries at the house he might still be able to walk away Scott free one week passes before the case finally sees an update but it's not the one investigators were hoping for the autopsy results have just come in according to the corner Richard died at his home from a severe knife wound to the neck that resulted in significant blood loss he also showed signs of blunt force trauma to the head along with bruising around both eyes his body was then dragged out and later buried in a shallow tarp wrapped grave at his own shop but even with these horrific findings it says little about who was responsible for Richard's death other than suggesting it was someone deeply disturbed and with every passing day both detectives and the family begin to fear that the person or people responsible may never face justice more than two months pass and the case begins to stall but then investigators catch a break they receive a major update from the jail where Isaiah is being held so detectives rush over and meet with one of Isaiah's fellow inmates who has some very interesting information to share tonight and he's let's just sleep it off okay so he's he's keeping people up yeah yeah he is does he has people off that he does what have you heard as far as I can's case well that he kills the ground floor yeah that he's that he's still hoping okay and that before he killed him that he asked him if he didn't go over that yeah that he did okay and then he just didn't did he did he said why he killed the grandpa oh yeah he was a day his grandpa's yeah since he was a little kid okay yeah when he killed him was grandpa trying to do something sure enough what the inmate describes aligns with key details from the autopsy particularly the fatal wound but even then investigators can't be certain the inmate could be telling the truth or saying whatever he thinks will benefit him in hopes of a reduced sentence but that uncertainty would soon come to an end with an update from Isaiah himself two weeks after speaking with the inmate in early February Isaiah pleads guilty to second degree murder and unlawful disposal of human remains on March 10th he is sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison along with medatory mental health treatment and no contact orders involving several family members who cooperated with the investigation as of now no other family members have been charged with law enforcement ultimately concluding this was a solo actor homicide dismissing any allegations of parental involvement and as for the alleged prior homicide police have so far found no evidence linking Isaiah to any 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