What The Cameras Saw

It was a gruesome discovery off a dirt road in Georgia. Hunters had found a body. Was it immediately clear to you that this woman had been murdered? Yes. But who was this mystery woman in the woods? That looks like Mindy. I'm Erin Moriarty, and from 48 hours, this is the woman in the woods. I've never wanted to be wrong, like this in my whole entire life. Like binge, the full series, the woman in the woods, wherever you get your podcast. [Music] I ambulance service, hopped on the way, with a little patient of your emergency. Seven, four, four, nine, highway, 72, with. She's in a car, a red pencil, a color of eyes, she was beyond any help. Hey, do you have her information? Savannah's over. Okay, she's 37. [Music] My name is April Hancock. I'm Savannah's youngest sister. My name is Holly Hancock, and I am the middle child. Not like five o'clock, my grandmother called me and told me that Savannah hadn't come home yet, and she was worried because this was unlike Savannah. I husband and I start calling around to the doctor's offices, been in the hospital, the police department trying to find her. On hold with the police department, the investigator told us that she had passed away that afternoon. [Music] My name is Avery Foster, and I'm Savannah Tolbert's daughter. I was 14, and so I lost my mom who did everything. [Music] Any type of deaths that's not inside of a hospital, we have to respond. [Music] We started processing the immediate scene, which in this particular case was the red Tesla. So when you look inside the Tesla, what do you see? You can see you're on the passenger side of the Tesla. The first person that saw her in the car was her husband, David Tolbert. He wants to know what happened and how this tragedy unfolded. None of it made sense? You're like 30-something-year-old sister is dead, it's like such a shock. What happened? What? My role is to determine the cause and manner of death. When you looked at her body, do you anything seem a little different to you? Yes. There are several factors discovered at the scene that did not make sense. We always look for video. Everything is recorded. I actually learned a lot about Tesla's. There are cameras all around this car. Everything goes to your phone. Basically, there's nothing goes on with that car that you shouldn't immediately know. Andor is recorded around it. That's when the narrative starts to kind of get bigger. Because this case is all about the specifics and the little minute details broke this case. While a lot of times the cases we deal with are cases of circumstance, this kind of case was just pure evil. It was Tuesday, November 15th, 2022. And this small strip mall in Huntsville, Alabama was teaming with police activity. The frantic scene captured on police body cameras and dashcam video in the moments after police discovered 37-year-old Savannah Tolbert shot dead in the front seat of this red Tesla. Moments before police arrived, her husband, David, was captured on video from security cameras in the store where he had been working after he found her lifeless body. He appeared shocked and upset and a scene walking briskly with his hand covering his mouth. Moments later, David is seen crouching on the floor. When police arrived at the scene, the store's owners said they observed David with tears in his eyes and his hands and his pockets. Jeff Criter and Greg Hayden, investigators with the Huntsville Police Major crimes unit, were assigned to the case. We want to know who saw what happened because information is the most important thing that we can get out there. When investigator Greg Hayden arrived at the scene, it appeared that Savannah had taken her own life. She's sitting up in the passenger seat with a head tilted to the left side of her. Where is her hand and where is the gun? The gun is in her right hand and it's actually laid across her lap. First responders said they had found Savannah's fingers curled around the gun when they got there. It was a red flag for investigators. It didn't match up to a suicide. Her gun was in her right hand and the bullet hole was on her left side in the back of her head. None of it made sense to Savannah's sisters, Holly and April. No way. No one sister did this to herself. Never. Why so sure? She wouldn't do that. She knows we should know. In addition to the gun that police determined belonged to her, authorities discovered a shell casing on the rear seat behind the driver. The Tesla was seized as evidence and taken by police for testing. Who do you want to talk to next? Our most important person is her husband. David is handcuffed and put in a patrol car. He's a grieving spouse. Why was he handcuffed? Our policy is that whenever we transport somebody, if they are in a scene, we always handcuff them for officer safety. 47-year-old David hadn't been arrested, but he was a person of interest. He was taken to the police station. Once the handcuffs were off, investigators began questioning him. What we had to work with at that point is who was around her? Criter was joined by investigator Julian Johnson. Who had met David Tolbert at the scene. On that day, David, a retired corrections officer, was helping the owners of a new store prepare for a health inspection. After investigators read David his rights, he started talking. What does David tell you happened that day? He was at the store, Savannah shows up, wants to talk to him. She was going to come up there today. I told her I had to go into work. The store had four security cameras. We were going over the stuff for the inspection and she came in. Police say Savannah had driven her blue Kia Sorento to the store that day. She was sporting a new, short hairstyle and a scene on camera arriving at the store shortly before 2 p.m. David, wearing a black baseball cap and a hoodie, greets his wife with a hug. Moments later, they leave the store together. You can't hear the audio, but you can see David and Savannah talking outside the store. He tells her to wait. It'll be about 30 minutes before this inspection is done. David walks back to the store alone. Then one of the cameras from inside the store captures a glimpse of Savannah walking across the parking lot. Investigators believe she was walking to the Tesla and that it was the last time Savannah was seen alive. Then, about 20 minutes later, David grabs a Yeti-style coffee mug and is seen leaving the store. He goes out to the Kia that she drove there in. She's not there. He says she must have went to the Tesla to maybe watch a movie. My car's got a screen. You can go and watch TV on it and stuff like that. I went over there and hit the thing to get my car and just sat down and looked over and she was there. Investigators quickly learned everything they could about the couple. After almost two years of marriage, they had been living apart for several months. And according to David, Savannah had been struggling with mental health issues. What is it she's diagnosed with? She has depression, anxiety. Investigators had been told by first responders that the gunshot wound was in the back of Savannah's head on the left side. But the gun had been discovered in her right hand. Is she right-handed or left-handed? She's right-handed. She's right-handed, okay. Did you see a gun on her when you got in the car? No, I saw it in her lap. She was right-handed and why would she do this to shoot herself? Why would she shoot herself to begin with? That's what we're trying to find out. Investigators started talking to David and Savannah's friends and soon learned about a woman named Chelsea Finch. In talking to everybody and David himself, Chelsea's brought up. Who was Chelsea? Chelsea is one of my friends. I installed a Tesla charger at her house. We ended up calling her and she agreed to come up and meet us and it just happened she ended up being there at the same time. David was in an interview room because we kind of wanted to see that reaction when she got the news. We had to talk to her about David and his wife, Savannah. Well, she's deceased. Investigators say Chelsea, an aerospace missiles engineer, appeared calm when she learned Savannah had died. She told investigators she had met Savannah a few times at a vape shop where David worked. And then he was like a two-person Tesla because he had a Tesla charger. And I was given a note before we won't have to operate my Tesla. Investigators soon learned David and Chelsea had been doing a lot more than talking about their Teslas. We said I love you and stuff, and it was definitely. Into it? Yes. Okay. Do you understand that he was still married? Did you press him to get a divorce? Yeah. She said that they were in love. The David was going to leave Savannah for her. Do you love him? Yeah. I do. Police say it's unclear whether Savannah knew her husband was having an affair. Chelsea revealed in her police interview that David told her his wife might be moving back to their home. So, if she moved back in, my mind, that's my heart cut off. Even if Savannah had moved back home, David it seemed had already decided to end their marriage. He had given her divorce papers, but she had not signed them. Three days later, those papers were found in the red Tesla, where Savannah was discovered. After Savannah told Bert's death, her sisters were still reeling from the devastating news they had learned from investigators. Their sister may have taken her own life. It really wasn't a question in our mind we knew she didn't kill herself. We know Savannah wouldn't do something like this. Savannah was the eldest of three sisters in a close-knit Southern family. Growing up, we were thickest thieves until somebody stole a hair bow or a t-shirt. Middle sister, Holly Hancock. When you think about kind of the family dynamic with sisters, I would say we fit that to a tee. We always had each other's backs, unless we were at each other's backs. Savannah and her sisters suffered a life-changing loss as children when their mother took her own life. What sort of impact did that have on your family? I would say that brought us closer together as sisters. And it really puts Savannah in the spotlight for that older sister role who also assumed kind of the lead female in the family. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. And Savannah shared her story on social media. This is a really personal topic for me. As some of you, most of you probably know, my mom passed away by suicide when I was 16. According to her family, Savannah had a keen sense of awareness and understanding when her family and friends were going through a rough patch. She's always a listening ear. Youngest sister, April Hancock. If you're having a hard time, if you're going through something, talk about it. Don't bottle it up. Don't hold it in. Like, I'm here. I'll take the time. And time with her family was a priority for Savannah. She doted on her daughter Avery from a previous marriage. She loved to craft. She got me in the crafting. She liked to go on walks. She liked to spend time outside. She liked my videos too. She just liked the video, everything. What do you think Savannah saw in David? I think that he knew how to say their right words. David Tolbert told investigators he met Savannah in 2013. A couple got married in 2020. She did a 1920s, roaring 20s seemed wedding. She had down to the tiniest little detail planned out. What was David like at the wedding? Cloud nine. Were you all happy that she was getting married? We're happy that she was happy. After the wedding, the newlywed started a food truck selling mac and cheese. So we got Dave over here. The business fizzled out after seven months. In May 2022, April and Holly, who lived in Tennessee, noticed a change in Savannah's demeanor in their phone conversations. She seemed a lot more flighty to me. She didn't seem like herself, they say, but they didn't know why. She didn't have as much to say. Savannah's ex-husband, Andy Foster, Avery's dad, knew Savannah's mom had taken her own life. He gave Savannah his word that he would keep an eye on her mental health. I always made her to promise if I ever noticed any shifts that I would step in and intervene. And I did that. He lived in the Huntsville area. And when he observed, Savannah was struggling. I called her sister and I called her dad and I was like, "Hey, this is what I've noticed with Savannah. Something needs to happen. She needs to go somewhere. I'm not related to her, so I can't send her anywhere. I need help from you guys." Savannah's sisters later learned she had voluntarily checked herself into a Birmingham, Alabama hospital around July 2022. They say they don't know why she was admitted, but she stayed three days. It was something David claims Savannah didn't want to share with her sisters. David's not calling you. No. We proceeded to call Dave after that and ask him for well-being and also why he hadn't told us any of this. And his response was that Savannah wanted him to keep it a secret and that he was trying to honor her wishes. At the time, Savannah's daughter Avery was living with her dad. After Savannah was discharged from the hospital, she was re-admitted to another hospital in early September for a longer stay. Dave brought her to Nashville where I live and I met him at the hospital to help check her in together. What was she like at that point? Very childlike, very timid. She was scared. She did not want to stay there. David told investigators during his police interview about Savannah's behavior at the time, including how he says she avoided going anywhere near their home. She thought there was black mold at the house and the house was haunted and there was a lot of stuff wrong with the house and she couldn't stay there with me not being there because it was in her too loud or too quiet and both of them were terrible for her. Savannah was discharged from the hospital, moved out of the marital home and moved in with her grandparents. On November 15, 2022, the day she died, investigators learned Savannah had an appointment with her therapist. Was Savannah depressed? Honestly, I would say no. What I observed from her was not depression. It was she was scared. Back at the police station, David Tolbert was tested for gunshot residue known as GSR in the interview room. You told me you didn't wash your hands, right? When investigators got the results. Those GSR tests, they popped blue for GSR on your hands. I don't know what GSR is. Gunshot residue. While investigators waited for Savannah's autopsy report, they learned there was no gunshot residue found on her hands. David was free to leave after his interview, but before he left the police station, investigators Jeff Criter presented a hypothetical scenario. So there's an investigator that is out there right now looking at cameras that surround the buildings. Not a five-footage. Not a bit. Did you either shoot your wife? And as we turn right here. Investigators Criter and Hayden showed us what they had discovered. Another valuable clue to learn what really happened that day. So you're looking for some cameras, something to see what happened with Savannah. What do you guys discover as you look around? We searched the entire area and luckily we were able to find this camera right here on Valley Pools. The security camera was perched near the roof of the Valley Pools store, about 100 yards away from the scene. The Tesla is parked all the way over there. That's correct, cameras point directly at us in front of the business right there. Investigators believe David Tolbert didn't know about that camera. It was far away, but close enough to capture a video of his red Tesla. Hey, I'm Tony DeCopel, anchor of the CBS Evening News. On my new daily podcast, Great Question with Tony DeCopel, we go deeper on the one big question you haven't heard answered. Or maybe haven't even heard asked. Follow and listen wherever you get your podcasts. Do you ever wish you could ask nosy questions about people's money? I have $729.71 in my bank account. We bought, you know, a $1.3 million house on a $350,000 income. On the podcast, what we spend, we ask those questions. It's a show about money and all the feelings that come with spending it. I want to be the kind of person who can just take care of the people in my life. Listen to what we spend, an Odyssey original available now wherever you get your podcasts. In the days following Savannah's death, her sisters, Holly and April, continued to cope with their grief. But David Tolbert never reached out to them. Their relationship with their brother-in-law was strained from the beginning. How did David kind of interact with your family? Very boastful, always bigger and better and can outshine and not do. He did always have a better story, he had a better car than you. So I never really saw him a lot, unless it was like a weekend and it was really late. Savannah's daughter, Avery, first met David when she was about five years old. She said her new step to head was somewhat strict, especially about what she watched on TV. And he'd be like, "Well, this is not a kid show, you can't watch it with us, you got to go to bed." And I was like, "All right." I feel like I'm being pushed off because I don't get to hang out with you all. I feel like a family's supposed to watch TV together, even if it's a little late on a Saturday night or something. The family says David made an impression wearing three-piece suits and carrying a wad of cash. Was he wealthy? No, I think he'd just like to portray that. He also liked luxury cars, especially Tesla, says investigator Jeff Criter. He loved that Tesla, it's price, price, possession. With that Tesla, or David said he found Savannah's body, would become a focus for investigators. As would that parking lot security video from the Valley Pool store. I went back to when he first pulled that Tesla up and we watched from when he got there. The thing with this Valley Pools video is that it's far away and it's really grainy. And even kind of when you zoom in, it almost becomes more obscure. It pixels out. Despite the poor quality, investigator Greg Hayden had a hunch, it could provide another valuable clue. Adding to the video, police had gathered from the store where David worked. You can clearly see his face, what he has on, which is a dark sweatshirt. When the store video was synced up with that grainy parking lot footage of David's car. An entire scene is put together. Provided a video timeline for investigators to follow from the moment Savannah arrived at the store. Right here at UC Savannah walking, you'll see a walk over to the edge of the counter where she greets David and they're hugged here. And then what happens? Then he'll eventually walk her back outside, which would be to her car. David returns to the store, then shortly after 2.15 p.m., the Valley Pool's video shows an unidentified person standing near the Tesla. Just as Savannah is seen approaching the car's passenger door. You see this black blur right here? This is Savannah. You see the door open and then she will get inside the passenger side seat of the Tesla. We know this because there's no other blurs or blobs or whatever you want to call it, get near that passenger door. You never see that passenger door open again. The unidentified person walks away, and about 20 minutes later, another person approaches the driver side of the Tesla. There's a tree partially blocking the view and you can't see a face. But investigators say that's David Tolbert near the car. Which is this pixely type blob at the car. David told investigators when he opened his car door, he discovered Savannah dead in the front passenger seat. But investigators didn't believe he was telling the whole story. I think that when he opened that door, pulled out that weapon and she moved the way from and he saw it. Investigators say Tolbert moves away from the car. A short time later, the Tesla's tail lights flashed on and off. By now, investigators were highly suspicious, David had something to do with Savannah's death. So they called him in for a second interview. He arrived at the police station with Chelsea. Here she is by his side rubbing his back. Why was Chelsea there? In the interview room. She gave him a ride? Yeah. When Chelsea left the room, the interview started. All right, David, what have you been doing, man? It's a challenge to absorb everything. So what happened in the second interview? That's when he brought up this toy canon or whatever. After David's car was seized for evidence, authorities discovered a mini-canon, a collectible for hobbyists in the trunk. They would fire off small projectile type stuff. It's something they could have had gunpowder on it. Investigators already knew the retired corrections officer had tested positive for gunshot residue on the day Savannah died. He was smart to know that was, you know, an issue, of course, you know, he had a law enforcement background. So he needed to come up with a way to explain it. David claimed that cannon had fallen off the seat in his car and that he had moved it to the trunk. Investigator Criter believes David cooked up that story to justify the gunshot residue on his hands. The problem would be when we got the video from Valley Pools, you can see him pulling and no point does he go to the passenger side or go to the trunk. Police believe David's Tesla could provide additional evidence, especially when they discovered the car's exterior cameras, a feature known as Sentry Mode, where a series of cameras can record and monitor what's happening outside the vehicle. So obviously we're interested in that. According to investigators, David Tolbert was an ardent user of Sentry Mode. He wanted Sentry Mode to always be active. We wanted to know how Sentry Mode works. So we asked Rich Benoit, an electric vehicle specialist, and the host of the YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds. Today, we're going to turn this thing into a monster. He demonstrated on a Tesla similar to Tolbert's car. So how many cameras are on a Tesla like this? On this specific Tesla, it has eight cameras, but only four are used for Sentry Mode. Okay, and it's recording now. It's recording right now, yes. Rich showed us where the cameras are located. This is the first camera for Sentry Mode right here. And then we have one of the back where the backup camera would be. Oh, yeah. Yeah, there it is. And the camera detects a motion, it starts recording. How much do the cameras see? Can they see all around the vehicle? You see the entire 360 view around the vehicle. So you see from both sides, you see from the rear and the cameras in the front. Where is the data stored? That's a very good question. So for this specific car and how this is set up, the data is stored locally on the vehicle on a USB drive. The prosecutor, Ben Gibbons, says David Tolbert, was known to have his car's Sentry Mode turned on. You would tell people, you know, this is to save you. This is to protect you, keep Sentry Mode active. But on the day of Savannah's death? Unfortunately, David says he doesn't have a memory card in the car to keep any data on there. So this car that he was so proud of and has all these features, he was choosing not to use any of them, at least on this particular day. Investigators believed they had a lot of evidence that could prove Tolbert had murdered Savannah. But what they needed was the autopsy report from the medical examiner. When you locate the wound in her head, tell me what's going through your mind. What's going through my mind is this is not right. The circumstances surrounding Savannah Tolbert's death were highly suspicious. But to make a case for murder, authorities needed the medical examiner's report. The circumstances were suggestive of a possible suicide, based on the fact that she is sitting in the car with the gun in her hand. Dr. John Rieka Malone is a state medical examiner for the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. I had to actually find the gunshot wound, which was in the back of her head in her hairline. And so that did not ring normal to me and made me a little suspicious. Remember, Savannah was discovered in the front passenger seat with a gun in her right hand. So the location of the wound in the back of her head raised even more questions for Malone. It's very difficult, especially seated in a car, considering there's a headrest behind you to be able to get your arm and hand back around there in order to do the gunshot wound to yourself. Malone learned from investigators that there was no gunshot residue found on Savannah. So her next discovery was telling. There was no imprint from the gun's muzzle on Savannah's head. The barrel of the gun was not directly in contact with the skin, nor was it very close to the skin. Could you estimate how far the gun was from her head? Well, taking into consideration the different characteristics of her head. that you see in a gun, the lack of gunpowder stippling suggests that the gun should have been at least three to four feet away from her head at the time of discharge. That means the gun was fired at a distance and not at close range. Dr. Malone determined Savannah had not taken her own life. The autopsy report concluded Savannah had died from a gunshot wound to her head, the manner of death, homicide. Why are you so confident that this is a homicide? The reason for my confidence in this is that there is no feasible way that she could have done it. On December 9th, 2022, less than a month after Savannah's death, David Tolbert came into the station for a third police interview. Just like the two previous police interviews, David was read his rights and agreed to answer questions without a lawyer present. Investigator Greg Hayden. When we talked to him, David and my team was all a matter of fact. I think he was very confident that I got these guys wooed old. They ever let me go twice. And what was the purpose of that third interview? Third interview was we was going to break a little bad news to him. And we talked to the district attorney and we told him everything. We showed him the videos. We did all this stuff, man. And their conclusion was that to arrest you. To arrest you for a capital murder. Tolbert appeared stunned. Madison County assistant district attorneys Shay Keller and Ben Gibbons would prosecute the case against David Tolbert. Why is this a capital murder case? So in Alabama, a capital murder is a murder plus something. And there are a whole list of the somethings that can aggravate a murder into capital murder. In this circumstance, it was because Savannah was sitting inside of a car. The facts are that she was inside of a car when he shot her, so it's capital murder. Tolbert was patted down and checked for weapons. Before investigators left the room, they asked David Tolbert if he had anything to say. Moments later, Chelsea walked into the interview room. She had driven David Tolbert to the police station in his Tesla. Investigators do not believe she had any knowledge or involvement in Savannah's death. Chelsea, holding Tolbert's hand, continued to comfort him. Babe, I need you to stay strong. Okay, you think you promised me. I got you. You didn't do this. I know this. David Tolbert was handcuffed and taken to jail where he was held until his murder trial. So I love trying a case with Ben because Ben is like science and facts. And I'm like, what's the juice here? Why did he do this? Prosecutors say David Tolbert had manipulated everyone around him and wanted them to believe Savannah who had been struggling with mental health issues had taken her own life. This is not a case about mental health. This is about a man murdering his wife. And Tolbert's motive for murder? He wanted Savannah out of the way so that he could be with his mistress. No witnesses heard the gunshot the day Savannah died. And despite the hours of video investigators had collected in this case, there was no video that could prove David Tolbert had fired the gun that killed her. As a prosecutor, your job is to see justice. From the smallest thing on a traffic ticket, all the way up to a capital murder like this case. Rarely do you have a truly innocent victim. And that's what Savannah was. Two and a half years after Savannah's death, a jury would have to decide if Tolbert had killed his wife in broad daylight without a single witness while she sat in the passenger seat of his red Tesla. David Tolbert went on trial in May 2025 in Huntsville, Alabama. There were no cameras in the courtroom. We spoke with two first-time jurors selected to decide Tolbert's fate. My name's Andrea Mendoza. I am a mom. I'm 26 years old. I'm currently a college student who is studying vet medicine. My name is John Gorbowski. I'm a retired rocket scientist. The setup in the Huntsville courtroom is a little different than it is in a lot of other places. The jury's kind of like right in the middle of the room. Yes. I had not heard about this shooting previously before the trial. So it was all new to me. So I was just kind of surprised that something this tragic could happen so close to where I live. The case against David Tolbert would be argued by assistant district attorneys, Shay Keller. This case is about a master manipulator and Ben Gibbons. I think the real him showed himself in the Tesla when he pulled the trigger. David Tolbert was somebody who wanted out of the circumstances of his life. He wanted out of his marriage. It's about someone using the fact that they're suffering mental health issues. They're darkest days against them trying to make that the scapegoat for a murder. The prosecution's case centered around security camera video, particularly the grainy footage of Tolbert's red Tesla. Some of the worst evidence we've ever put in. It did what we needed in showing that the only two people to ever even approach that car were Savannah because she never left the car unfortunately. And David because he walks to the car presumably to find her body and then walks back in the store. Prosecutors say David Tolbert shots Savannah in cold blood before he walked back inside the store. And because the Valley Pools camera was about a hundred yards away from the Tesla. You can't definitively say you can see David open a car door on the driver's side. You can't tell if it's the front door or the back door. I think that he opened the back door and kind of ducked down and shot her. And they believe Tolbert had been hiding the gun in the pouch of his hoodie and that Savannah saw it before he pulled the trigger. I think she saw, she turned and that's why the bullet log is where it lodges. Tolbert's defense case was based on Savannah's struggles with her mental health. Defense attorney said she had taken her own life and they zeroed in on medical examiner Malone's own words in her report to make that case. That because it was an active investigation suicide could not be completely ruled out. Dr Malone defended her findings. At the time that I closed my report, there were ongoing investigations. It's easier for me to explain it in the courtroom to say yes, that's what I said. But it doesn't change the fact that it's a homicide. Prosecutors also called Chelsea Finch. The woman they believe was a motive for the murder as a witness. Chelsea told the court Tolbert wanted a future with her. He lied to her as well. That's true. Everyone about everything she wanted to believe him. Chelsea testified that she broke up with Tolbert a few months after his arrest. Prosecutors learned that after Tolbert's Tesla was processed for evidence, it was returned to him. Before he was arrested, he took a road trip with Chelsea. He took her to Disney in that Tesla. In the Tesla that Savannah died in? Yes. The defense did not call any witnesses and David Tolbert did not testify. He did not respond to our request for an interview. After three days of testimony, the jury got the case. We wanted to all go through the evidence, but we were all pretty much on the same page. They deliberated for about three hours. We found a guilty. Guilty of capital murder. I made it to a thing to look at him directly as it was happening. They were putting him in handcuffs as when he kind of turned a little red and looked like he was a little wobbly in the lip. It's kind of like he knew it was coming. This is what it felt like, in my opinion. Savannah's family still struggles with her death. For sisters April and Holly, her loss is also a life lesson. I think as a family member, a lesson that we have learned is that you should speak up when you're uncomfortable and things don't seem right. And even if you're afraid that you're going to hurt your family members' feelings, you're intuition. is something that you should trust. Savannah's daughter, Avery, lives with her dad and stepmom. Do you see Savannah and Avery? - Yes. - So much, though. Tell me what you see. - Man. - All her spunk, her intelligence, charisma. - Today, she's finding her way and reaching for the stars. - I hope to work for NASA and join the astronaut program by taking that stepping stone of being a naval pilot. And I want to show that there's women that can go through hard things and still make their dreams come true. I think that drive really did come from my mom. - For Savannah's sisters, the jury's guilty verdict was bittersweet. - It was an appositive feeling, you know, it's like it doesn't bring her back. - Did you look at David? - I most definitely pay the paper. May you rot. May you rot. David Tolbert is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. The prison where he's locked up is a place he knows all too well. - David Tolbert is a retired corrections officer. Where is he now? - Limestone Correctional Facility, the exact Correctional Facility where he was a corrections officer. - Justice for the family and justice from our perspective is different and that is just rich. That is the cherry on top for the two of us, yes. (upbeat music) - If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, contact SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-622-HELP.