Episode 256

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Sword and Scale contains adult
themes and violence and is not

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intended for all audiences.
Listener discretion is advised.

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Two green rubber balloons.

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Number one, I should not have
opened the door.

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When I was two, my life was in
great danger.

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Welcome to Season 11, Episode
256 of Sword and Scale, a show

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that reveals that the worst
monsters are real.

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よろしくお願いします。 As much as I would
have loved to have launched

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season 11 alongside our brand
new shiny app and website.

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It's not quite ready yet. You
can't always get what you want

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anyway, so. We're still working
on it, but we certainly didn't

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want to keep you guys waiting
for weeks and weeks and weeks.

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So our release schedule for the
next couple of weeks is going to

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be a little bit irregular until
launch.

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So thank you for your patience,
but believe me. It'll be worth

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the wait.

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Man. I'm getting old.

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I get a sword back.

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My parts hurt in places they
shouldn't.

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Soon I'm going to have to start
shopping on Amazon for one of

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those little daily pill holders
for all my meds.

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Racking up those CVS points.

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That's okay, because... I'm
coming to terms with it.

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Maybe even... Becoming fine with
it. I mean...

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We're all going to get there.

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I know you Zoomers out there
think you're... Way above the

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whole growing old thing, but
uh...

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Got news for ya.

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It'll be in my shoes before you
know it.

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You see, there's some things in
life that you just can't do

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anything about, no matter how
much you want to.

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We all get old. And if we're
lucky, we get to live a little

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bit longer than the next guy.

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Then we get to die. Very old and
surrounded.

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By loved ones, people who care
about us, people who...

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Make it all worth it.

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I think we all want that
version. Of life.

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Ourselves.

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A feeling that it was a life
well lived.

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And you can be at peace with the
fact that It's all coming to an

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end now.

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And that's just part. Of the
whole cycle.

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Those final moments.

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Maybe a little scary.

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Those closest to us will be...

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Sad that we're gone.

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But for me...

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If it all ends up the way I hope
it does.

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It'll be a death.

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With dignity.

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And there will be some sort of
positive form of closure.

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Because that's just the natural
order of things.

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It's kind of strange to say it
out loud, but... We all just

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expect. And old people will die.

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When it happens...

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Especially in a place like a
retirement community, we...

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Don't really look at it too
closely.

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And when it happened to
87-year-old Mary Brooks...

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It seemed at first...

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Just be like any other perfectly
normal.

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Senior citizens' death.

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So my mother had been trying to
reach my grandmother. And she

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wasn't answering. So then my mom
had, who was living in

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California at the time, so she
was far away. She asked for me

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to go in and check on my
grandmother.

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Mary Brooks had purchased two
condos in the same complex. Her

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grandson and his wife had moved
into the second unit. And had

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maintained a warm and loving
relationship with her.

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It was a mutually beneficial
situation. The grandkids could

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save money on rent and enjoy
home-cooked meals. And in

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exchange, the aging Mary had
some family close by in case of

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an emergency.

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It was late at night, dark, so
10 p.m.

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I was very frustrated about it
because I knew that she was fine

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and that this was breaking. Her
number one rule, which was no

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surprise pop in. So I figured,
you know, she had just turned

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her phone off because she didn't
want to talk to anybody and she

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was just going to go to bed.

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My mom and sister, of course, I
went and did it.

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The gate to Mary Brooks'
courtyard was open. Which was

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unusual given how late at night
it was.

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Also strange was the fact that
the glass storm door was

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slightly open. And the wooden
front door behind it was also

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unlocked.

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So I, you know, opened as I'm
knocking and the lights in the

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living room were off and my
grandmother was laying on the

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floor just feet from the front
door.

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Mary Brooks was laying on her
side and facing the fireplace.

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As her grandson rushed to her
aid.

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Roller over and I guess with
that happened all of the air

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that's been built up in her
lungs was released so it let out

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a very you know sour smell I
thought it was a breath. I

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started to check for a pulse.

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Know put the phone on
speakerphone and dialed 9-1-1

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and tried to resuscitate my
grandmother.

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Police were called in to assist
with a CPR in progress.

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The officers quickly arrived to
discover the sobbing young man

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performing mouth-to-mouth on his
own grandmother.

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Once they pulled him aside and
calmed him down a bit, it was

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obvious that Mary Brooks was
deceased.

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And the bedroom officers
observed Mary Brooks' purse

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along with several Walmart bags,
and a receipt showing the time

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and location of her recent
shopping trip.

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In the kitchen, more Walmart
bags filled with groceries.

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Several items like the blueberry
waffles should have been in the

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freezer or fridge, but Instead,
we're thawing on the counter.

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To the casual observer, it all
looked like a typical death.

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Another elderly woman who
unfortunately died before she

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had a chance to put everything
away.

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But when Mary Brooks' daughter
arrived from California early

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that next morning, She
immediately noticed something.

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Wasn't right.

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I was looking for the will and
You know, I knew where she had

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kept it.

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She had a safe box at the bank.
She had a fire safe in the

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house. And the little fire safe
had the keys to the bank box in

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it because we put them in there
recently. So I was looking for

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the fire safe.

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And I couldn't find it.

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My nieces pointed out that we
hadn't seen any jewelry. And I

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wasn't really looking, because I
was looking for something

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bigger. But they were like...

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There didn't seem to be any
jewelry here.

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Mary's diamond earrings were
missing.

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As were other meaningful family
heirlooms, including a coral

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necklace purchased on a Hawaiian
vacation. That was especially

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sentimental for the whole
family.

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The coroner also informed the
family that Mary had no jewelry

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on her at the time they took
her.

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Not even her wedding ring. Which
was extremely odd.

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The theft investigation was
started, but There was

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absolutely nothing DNA or
fingerprint related to suggest

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that Mary died at the hands of
an intruder, or anybody else for

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that matter.

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It was in January of 2018, and
nearly two months later, The

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case had gone just as cold as
the weather.

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But on March 19th, 2018, in an
entirely different retirement

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community. A different woman
named Mary was attacked in her

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apartment unit. And left for
dead.

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This was Mary Bartell. Whose
testimony was presented as a

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previously recorded video.

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They say...

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Before you open the door and it
's, who is it?

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One of my neighbors, they were
probably as dumb as me.

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And I would never know.

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Who was that?

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Mary Bartell's mourning was just
like any other since the death

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of her husband.

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She attended morning mass at
6.30. Then came home to eat

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breakfast, read the paper, and
chat with her sister-in-law.

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It was around 8.30 a.m. When she
heard a very insistent knocking.

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Even with her hearing aids, she
couldn't tell if the knocks were

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for her or her neighbor across
the breezeway.

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When she opened the door, an
African-American man with medium

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build was suddenly in her
doorway.

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She did not get a good look at
his face because her eyes were

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completely fixated. On the two
gloved hands. Now reaching into

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her apartment.

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I know it's not what I want. I
sold this to green rubber

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blends.

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Number one, I should not have
opened the door.

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Number two, my life was in great
danger.

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Mary attempted to close the
door, but standing at 5'3 and

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weighing only 125 pounds, She
was easily overwhelmed.

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Pardon me.

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And he said, don't fight me. Lie
in the bed.

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So I did as he said because I
knew I could not overpower him

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physically.

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And of course, as soon as I...

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Way down in the practice.

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He just smashed a gun barrel
over my face and my chest.

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I just couldn't breathe.

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Mary Bartell was being smothered
to death. By her own bedroom

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pillow.

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The one she slept on every
night.

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Shock and fear filled her mind
as she struggled against the

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immense force.

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Weighing down on her.

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And I'll try to move this left
hand.

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Under the pillow to go to my
medical list button.

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The Medical Alert Button If only
Mary could reach across her

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chest and press it. It would set
off a blaring alarm and notify

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emergency services to come. And
save her.

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I'm going to explain to you
something that I can't do by

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chance. There is no way I can
even move my hand.

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Towards the medical alert
button. So anyway, after, I

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don't know, three minutes or
however long, it seemed longer

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than that, of course, that he
was just using all his weight

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to...

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...keep me from breathing at
all. I can't stand it.

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Mary Bartell passed out.

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But she probably should have
died.

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But emergency alert necklaces
aren't the only medical gear

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prescribed to many senior
citizens.

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After a kidney surgery in 2014,
Mary Bartell was having heart

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issues, so she had a pacemaker
implanted.

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This small electrical device, in
case you don't have any

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grandparents, Zoomer.

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Is used to send a signal. That
helps regulate heartbeats and

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saves lives. Which it did again
as Mary's neighbor discovered

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her shortly after. Called 911.

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When Mary regained
consciousness, She was on a

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gurney and surrounded by EMTs.

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As she tried to recall as much
as she could. She noticed her

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wedding and engagement rings
were both missing from her hand.

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She would later learn that more
valuables were taken from her

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home.

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After an investigation into Mary
's attack started, It was

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quickly discovered that a report
of suspicious activity had

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recently been filed with the
management at the Preston Place

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Retirement Community where Mary
lived.

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This large complex with a
lifestyle center and swimming

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pool contained 15 apartment
buildings with ample parking

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areas weaved throughout the
property.

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So many families could put their
trust in the promised security

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of what seemed from the outside.
To be an idyllic place to live

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out your retirement.

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But something rotten. Was
lurking within.

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As it often does.

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My mother's name was Eleanor
Plank.

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This is the gentleman who filed
the suspicious activity report

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just four days before Mary
Bartell was attacked. He visited

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his mother two or three times a
week and On the morning of March

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15th, he was taking her to a
doctor's appointment.

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When I picked her up at 10
o'clock, I noticed that there

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was a car and an individual in
the parking lot near her

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apartment. And the individual
was standing outside and just

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didn't appear to have anywhere
to go. If you will, kind of like

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loitering.

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But I didn't take too much
notice. I mean, I noticed that,

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but it's not uncommon to have
caregivers there or therapists.

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After Eleanor's doctor's
appointment, The two went out

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for lunch, returning around
12.30 p.m.

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When I came back, I noticed the
same individual in the same car,

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and it was in the exact same
place as a 10 o'clock. So that

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caught my attention. At that
time, I took my mother upstairs,

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and we had to use the elevator,
and she was with a walker.

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And since my curiosity and my
suspicions were piqued, I kind

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of instinctively went and looked
out the window of the apartment.

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And then the car, the individual
moved the car over to building

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nine and did not get out. And
then my suspicions, I was really

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concerned then.

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Both Mary Bartell and this
gentleman's mother, Eleanor,

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lived in Building 8.

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As you can imagine, Building 9
was right next door. So the car

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hadn't been reparked very far at
all.

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Our citizen detective continues.

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So what I did is after I got my
mother settled, I just walked

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out, walked down and approached
the car and the individual. And

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at that point, noticed the make,
model and color of the car. And

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then I asked the individual,
could I be of assistance?

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And I don't know, the response
was something similar, like I'm

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here to see my father or
something. And I, to be honest,

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really wasn't all that
interested. I had gotten my

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initial information.

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He was also able to get the
individual's license plate. All

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of this information was now
being gathered by the

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investigators looking into Mary
Bartell's attack.

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While the license plate and
vehicle were registered under a

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different name, It turns out the
driver of the silver Nissan

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Altima had recently gotten into
a car accident.

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Listed in the accident report
was the name Billy Shamirmir.

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Along with his phone number and
an address.

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Further investigating, revealed
that Billy had an outstanding

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warrant stemming from a public
intoxication arrest a couple

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years prior.

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On March 21st, just two days
after Mary Bartell's assault.

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Police were staked out and ready
to arrest their lead suspect.

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Before he could harm another
helpless senior citizen.

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Unfortunately.

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They were too late.

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Way, way, way too late.

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Billy Shamir Mir.

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Had been a very busy man.

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A very busy man indeed.

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Police were certain that a man
named Billy Shamirmir had been

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the one who smothered the
elderly Mary Bartell with her

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own pillow. And afterwards
robbed her of valuable jewelry.

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He'd been reported a few days
earlier for loitering around her

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building in a populated
retirement community.

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A honeypot for criminals like
this.

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But police correctly assume that
He wasn't just standing around

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with nothing to do.

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This. Was a hunting ground.

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An easy one. At that.

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Especially for such a ruthless
and immoral predator.

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On March 21, 2018, authorities
were stationed at Billy Shamir

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Mir's apartment complex. Waiting
for him to return home and park

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in his designated parking space.

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We had an apartment number and a
parking space, so we're waiting

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for Mr. Shemir to return.

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Billy, of course, had no idea he
was being watched.

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Sergeant Hughes observed a
vehicle enter the parking lot

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and made us all aware that The
driver.

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Matched Mr. Schmimmer's
description, and it could be

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him.

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The car travels east past
Sargent Hughes, and then

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Detective Claggett picks it up.

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Broadcast that's still hitting
the East.

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I'm in the last parking spot and
there's a dumpster enclosure. I

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backed in and then ultimately I
ended up observing the vehicle

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drive in front of me.

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So it passes me by the stumps in
front of the dumpster. It

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doesn't pull.

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All the way up to the dumpsters,
partially in the parking lot,

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but partially in an area where,
you know, you can stop. Get out,

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just dump trash or whatever.

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Rather than going directly to
his parking space, Billy

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continued past it and instead
pulled up alongside the

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apartment's dumpster area.

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He goes to the dumpster. I hear
some noise, some banging on the

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dumpster. And then he returns to
the car.

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Even though I can't see the full
driver's side, I can see the

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trunk clearly, and I can see the
top of the roof on the passenger

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side. He walks around the rear
of the vehicle to the rear

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passenger door. And at one
point, I don't know if it was...

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Right then or just after at some
point he looked at me as I go.

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This is this is Mr. Schumer that
this is a guy we're looking for

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anyway. He opens the back door
of the car.

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Reaches in pretty deeply. I
mean, his whole head is in

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there. I can't see the top of
his head anymore. And I hear

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some banging and stuff. And then
he returned to the dumpster by

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way of the front of the car,
walks out of my view. And then I

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hear some more banging at the
dumpster.

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Eventually, Billy got back in
his car and pulled into the spot

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where they were all expecting
him to arrive to.

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They immediately converged on
the vehicle to initiate an

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arrest.

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Yelling, we're the police.
Flaggett's ordering him to get

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out of the car, but he's not
complying. When I got to the

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passenger front window, I could
see that he was holding a

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baggie, a clear plastic baggie,
had a large stack of currency in

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it, and some jewelry.

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The currency included somewhat
unique $2 bills and a gold

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necklace with a woman's name on
it.

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Billy seemed to be frozen in
shock at being caught in this

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exact moment.

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He could barely get out of the
car and onto the ground as they

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placed him under arrest.

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When I walked to the dumpster
opening, I could see in plain

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view a very large red jewelry
box. And it was pretty fancy. It

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had ornate Asian decorations on
it and stuff. It was actually a

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pretty jewelry box. It had some
kind of metallic copper color

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hinges and whatnot. So, yeah.

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That was laying in the dumpster
on top of all the trash. There

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were two drawers missing from
the jewelry box when we pulled

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it out. The dumpster was really,
really full, and there were two

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drawers on top of all the trash.
That means what you would think

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would belong to the jewelry box
itself.

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It was obvious that someone had
rifled through the geisha

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pattern treasure chest, leaving
behind the valueless cardboard

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boxes and several identifying
documents, including an

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affidavit. And an ID card from
Health and Welfare Services.

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This box and its contents belong
to someone by the name of Lou T.

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Harris.

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Police quickly identified the
correct address and, upon

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entering the premises from the
back door, confirmed all of

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their worst fears.

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Lou T. Harris was already dead.

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This 81-year-old woman had lived
through so much.

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A refugee of the Vietnam War who
escaped on a helicopter.

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A mother of four, twice widowed.
Who loved to send crisp $2 bills

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to family. And friends.

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Only to have her life suddenly
snuffed out.

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In her own.

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Home, I'm sorry, I'm thinking
about my grandma when I read

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that.

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God. Rest your soul.

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This woman's makeup was still
intact. Except for the fact that

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her fuchsia-colored lipstick was
smeared.

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Sure enough, her pillow was
found nearby and the pillowcase

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was marked with a matching shade
of lipstick stain.

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And perhaps an even more
important piece of evidence was

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observed.

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A Walmart receipt.

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Timestamped. The previous
afternoon.

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Again, I'd love to make a
t-shirt. For Walmart, but they'd

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sue me immediately.

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Since it is the most convenient
one-stop shop. For murderers.

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A review of the Walmart security
footage from the previous day,

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March 20th. Would seem perfectly
normal to the unaware eye.

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But it is utterly chilling when
you know how the story ends.

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Lou T. Harris looks like any
other senior citizen. Pushing

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her cart through the aisles.

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Past the various sale baskets
set up throughout the Walmart.

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You might even consider
picturing yourself doing the

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same thing. Completely unaware.
That someone is not just

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watching you, but...

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Following you.

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And far enough away that you
don't have the slightest clue.

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That it's happening.

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Billy Shamir Mir also looks like
any other shopper as he enters

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the Walmart.

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Only he's keeping a casual eye
on the progress of one

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particular elderly woman.

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When she finally goes to check
out, he initially stands right

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behind her. To be next in line.

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Then he quietly backs off and
enters another aisle over.

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Before checking out with his own
meaningless items, he takes a

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few steps back and peers into
Lutie Harris' aisle again.

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To make sure his victim.

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Is within reach.

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She's taking a lot longer to
check out than he expected.

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These fucking old people, right?

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So he hangs out for a bit.
Counting his cash, taking a sip

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from the water fountain.

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All while circling her general
area.

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As he finishes up, he actually
gets a few paces ahead of her.

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In other words, she's still
being followed, but... Not from

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behind.

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Billy peers behind himself a
couple of times before he gets

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into his car and Outdoor
security cameras capture the

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vehicle as it leaves the parking
lot at the same time as Luti

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Harris does.

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And while we're at it, the
notion of a Walmart receipt

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found at the home of a recently
deceased elderly woman. Should

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start to sound familiar to you.

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We open today's episode
discussing the mysterious death

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of Mary Brooks. Her grandson was
too late in performing CPR, and

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grocery items, including
blueberry waffles, were found

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thawing on her kitchen counter.
Grocery items. From Walmart.

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And I hope you're sitting down.

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This is the same Walmart that
Lou T. Harris had been shopping

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at, but I'm sure you probably
pieced that together already.

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A review of those same Walmart
cameras from two months earlier,

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January 30th. Tell an equally
convincing story of prey-like

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stalking. In the shadows.

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Simply by looking down the
various parking lot aisles, you

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can see Billy Shamirmir. Back up
his car into a parking spot that

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has a perfect view of the
handicapped spaces.

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About a predator.

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At one point, he gets out and
helps a little old lady loosen a

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shopping cart.

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Oh, what a nice man.

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He even wipes it down for
smiling and... Patting her on

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the shoulders like an oddly
charming middle-aged man.

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A good stand-up citizen.

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Later, he buys an orange and a
Lunchable. And he sits in his

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car for what seems like an hour.
Moving the vehicle around to

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various spots in the same lot.

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Until at one point he's parked
right next door to poor old Mary

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Brooks.

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He watches as she loads up her
groceries. And his car slowly

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wades behind her. Like a silver
shark.

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Until they're both out of frame.

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Mary Brooks and Lou T. Harris
died two months apart. And in

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the exact same manner.

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They were smothered by their own
pillows, and their jewelry was

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taken immediately following the
attack.

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It happened to a third woman as
well, Mary Bartell. Who

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miraculously survived because of
her pacemaker.

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And as it became clear that all
three of these cases were

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related to one another, A fourth
case suddenly came. Into focus.

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We can then sort of move closer
to us.

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Because of her age, and she
lived in a big house. So it was

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time for her to downsize.

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This is the daughter of Martha
Williams.

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Find out why my mom had not
confirmed her appointment.

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So I think I texted her Tuesday
evening. I don't think I called

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her, but it was kind of late. I
really wasn't concerned at that

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point. The next morning I go to
work, the hairdresser shot me

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another text message, and I was
in the car on my way to check on

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her at that point.

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When she arrived on Wednesday,
March 7th, she noticed newspaper

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was still on the front porch.
Which was odd considering it was

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her mother's daily routine to
read the paper.

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Upon seeing her mother's
lifeless body inside the home,

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she called 911. And began
reaching out to family members.

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It was clear that Martha had
actually been dead for several

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days. Confirming by the
remaining anti-seizure

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medication kept in her daily
pill organizer. The kind I

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should probably go buy. From
Amazon.

473
00:30:28,392 --> 00:30:32,838
These were pills she certainly
would have needed to take if she

474
00:30:32,879 --> 00:30:33,900
was still alive.

475
00:30:34,561 --> 00:30:39,027
I noticed her wedding ring was
gone before they took her away.

476
00:30:40,336 --> 00:30:44,009
After an autopsy was performed,
Martha Williams' death was

477
00:30:44,069 --> 00:30:47,843
reported as having occurred. By
natural causes.

478
00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:52,224
But in a story that should be
starting to sound painfully

479
00:30:52,284 --> 00:30:56,232
familiar. Martha's surviving
family members started to find

480
00:30:56,293 --> 00:30:56,655
certain...

481
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:04,044
Unnatural circumstances. Upon
closer inspection of her home,

482
00:31:04,820 --> 00:31:05,781
in the days that followed.

483
00:31:06,421 --> 00:31:10,223
I think one of the things that
alarmed us too, she had a drawer

484
00:31:10,263 --> 00:31:15,186
in a highboy dresser with her
jewelry, and when we opened that

485
00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:20,249
up, many missing items, lots of
open, like some of the jewelry

486
00:31:20,289 --> 00:31:21,109
boxes were open.

487
00:31:22,170 --> 00:31:25,352
She was missing some significant
pieces that she had recently

488
00:31:25,412 --> 00:31:25,832
bought.

489
00:31:27,068 --> 00:31:31,707
And on March 20th, the same day,
Billy killed Lou T. Harris.

490
00:31:32,648 --> 00:31:35,871
Martha's family made an
especially disturbing discovery.

491
00:31:36,611 --> 00:31:40,975
My sister went in. She had a
feeling about it, so she went to

492
00:31:40,955 --> 00:31:45,559
the bed and started to pull the
pillows off, sheets off, just to

493
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:49,502
see if there maybe was anything
in there. I'm not really sure,

494
00:31:49,562 --> 00:31:52,884
but she found this pillow, and
she comes in with it. I'm in

495
00:31:52,925 --> 00:31:55,767
another room, and she comes in
with it, and she's just, like,

496
00:31:56,127 --> 00:31:57,128
frozen, you know.

497
00:31:58,749 --> 00:32:01,592
And then we look at the pillow,
and it has...

498
00:32:02,628 --> 00:32:06,383
Impression it had a facial
impression and a little blood

499
00:32:07,316 --> 00:32:09,083
I've got a big down nose and
don't touch it.

500
00:32:10,384 --> 00:32:14,700
Now, a second autopsy was being
performed on Martha Williams.

501
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,100
Only this time it was ruled a
homicide.

502
00:32:19,112 --> 00:32:23,357
Billy Shamir-Mirror could not be
excluded from DNA that was

503
00:32:23,417 --> 00:32:25,880
sampled from under Martha's
fingernails.

504
00:32:26,932 --> 00:32:29,842
He also could not be excluded
from DNA taken from her

505
00:32:30,023 --> 00:32:31,468
blood-stained pillowcase.

506
00:32:32,596 --> 00:32:35,680
A year later, Martha's
connection to these other cases

507
00:32:35,740 --> 00:32:39,224
would be solidified when Billy
Shamir Mir's impounded vehicle.

508
00:32:39,976 --> 00:32:41,344
Was finally investigated.

509
00:32:42,512 --> 00:32:46,526
Among the many items found were
some of Martha's missing family

510
00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:52,180
heirlooms. As well as two rubber
gloves. Also contained her DNA.

511
00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:57,919
The prosecution. Would
ultimately refer to these four

512
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:03,116
women as sisters. Tragically
connected to one another. By

513
00:33:03,136 --> 00:33:05,804
their unfortunate encounters
with Billy Shamirmere.

514
00:33:07,144 --> 00:33:11,116
In order to fully comprehend the
death of Mary Brooks in January

515
00:33:11,537 --> 00:33:16,201
of 2018, You also have to
understand what happened to Mary

516
00:33:16,302 --> 00:33:21,515
Bartell, Luti Harris. And Martha
Williams during the month of

517
00:33:21,595 --> 00:33:21,979
March.

518
00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:27,270
While cell phone towers tracked
Billy's every move on those four

519
00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:32,195
horrifying days in question. And
more security cameras captured

520
00:33:32,195 --> 00:33:37,466
him smiling as he sold stolen
jewelry to the local diamond and

521
00:33:37,546 --> 00:33:38,368
gold exchange.

522
00:33:39,336 --> 00:33:41,448
Sometimes within hours of
acquiring it.

523
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,980
Billy maintained. Is innocence.

524
00:33:46,268 --> 00:33:48,710
And as we all know, here in
America...

525
00:33:49,736 --> 00:33:52,362
You are innocent. In the eyes of
the law.

526
00:33:53,425 --> 00:33:54,478
Until proven guilty.

527
00:33:56,104 --> 00:33:57,531
But proving that guilt...

528
00:33:58,612 --> 00:34:00,110
Would be more challenging.

529
00:34:01,396 --> 00:34:02,728
Than anyone could expect.

530
00:34:31,316 --> 00:34:35,212
Billy Chimirmere was brought to
trial in November of 21.

531
00:34:36,212 --> 00:34:39,000
He was charged, among other
things, with the murder of

532
00:34:39,442 --> 00:34:41,307
81-year-old Lou T. Harris.

533
00:34:42,376 --> 00:34:46,109
Police had come across Lou's
already deceased body laying

534
00:34:46,149 --> 00:34:47,916
between her bed and a dresser.

535
00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:52,138
There were no signs of
strangulation, only what is

536
00:34:52,178 --> 00:34:58,031
called Petechial hemorrhaging.
Or small blood vessels that have

537
00:34:58,071 --> 00:34:58,493
burst.

538
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:02,791
This can be caused by
smothering. But it can also be

539
00:35:02,832 --> 00:35:07,372
caused by a strong sneeze.
Certainly, any number of natural

540
00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:10,106
deaths could lead to such a
state.

541
00:35:11,238 --> 00:35:16,043
But this was not a natural
death. Police didn't just kick

542
00:35:16,063 --> 00:35:18,494
in Lou's back patio door on a
whim.

543
00:35:19,526 --> 00:35:22,973
They saw Billy Shamiramir
dumping her personalized

544
00:35:22,993 --> 00:35:25,238
belongings with their own eyes.

545
00:35:26,222 --> 00:35:29,702
And among the many things
retrieved from Billy at the time

546
00:35:29,722 --> 00:35:34,192
of his arrest, The cup holder of
his rental car contained the

547
00:35:34,252 --> 00:35:35,898
keys to Lou's home.

548
00:35:37,082 --> 00:35:40,676
Killing her and taking her
valuables, apparently. Wasn't

549
00:35:40,696 --> 00:35:41,084
enough.

550
00:35:42,054 --> 00:35:46,715
He had the audacity to keep her
keys, suggesting he might return

551
00:35:46,835 --> 00:35:48,985
one day and... Take even more.

552
00:35:50,086 --> 00:35:54,533
You would think this was an open
and shut case. And indeed, the

553
00:35:54,573 --> 00:35:56,481
trial only took four days.

554
00:35:57,507 --> 00:36:02,444
But on the final day. There was
an unexpected turn of events.

555
00:36:03,144 --> 00:36:06,607
This all came down to one juror.
Throughout the day, the jury

556
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:10,429
sent back multiple notes saying
she refused to deliberate. They

557
00:36:10,429 --> 00:36:14,813
were hopelessly deadlocked and
nothing was changing, ultimately

558
00:36:14,933 --> 00:36:16,594
leading to today's outcome.

559
00:36:17,614 --> 00:36:20,890
It's one thing to have the story
laid out in a true crime

560
00:36:20,930 --> 00:36:25,532
podcast, but... Convincing an
independent jury is an entirely

561
00:36:25,612 --> 00:36:30,268
different matter. Especially in
the fine state of Texas, where

562
00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:33,920
the jury must be unanimous in
matters of felony criminal

563
00:36:33,980 --> 00:36:34,442
cases.

564
00:36:35,462 --> 00:36:39,718
In this particular case, the
decision was 11 to 1.

565
00:36:40,838 --> 00:36:44,161
A mistrial was declared due to a
hung jury.

566
00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:49,594
When we use the phrase justice
is blind, It's because we expect

567
00:36:49,614 --> 00:36:51,521
the people judging the case to
be...

568
00:36:52,547 --> 00:36:57,320
Unbiased. To absorb the facts of
the case and make a wise

569
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,390
decision without the influence
of the outside world.

570
00:37:01,626 --> 00:37:07,046
But as time goes on. The world
seems to get more complicated.

571
00:37:07,886 --> 00:37:11,636
And being truly unbiased is
quite, frankly, extremely hard

572
00:37:11,636 --> 00:37:13,828
to come by if not. Impossible.

573
00:37:15,046 --> 00:37:19,959
We will, likely, never know why
this one person could not be

574
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:20,485
swayed.

575
00:37:21,734 --> 00:37:25,602
We have a pretty good idea just
by looking around the world

576
00:37:26,243 --> 00:37:29,918
through social media, but We
don't really, really, really

577
00:37:29,979 --> 00:37:30,161
know.

578
00:37:31,302 --> 00:37:34,512
But as the surviving members
answered questions to the press

579
00:37:34,652 --> 00:37:36,318
just outside the courthouse.

580
00:37:37,402 --> 00:37:40,943
You could feel. The devastation
that all of them are

581
00:37:40,943 --> 00:37:41,606
experiencing.

582
00:37:45,582 --> 00:37:52,310
If you could say something to
that one juror, what would you

583
00:37:52,290 --> 00:37:53,451
guys want to say to that one
person? No comment. Yeah, that

584
00:37:53,451 --> 00:37:54,413
would be not... I don't think we
can say.

585
00:37:55,454 --> 00:37:59,058
Yeah, we're not going to address
the one juror. We are just

586
00:37:59,639 --> 00:38:02,002
disappointed that they could not
come to.

587
00:38:03,366 --> 00:38:06,396
The correct and like obvious.

588
00:38:07,406 --> 00:38:10,669
Fair to say he was angry? Well,
I'm a little upset. Yeah, I

589
00:38:10,669 --> 00:38:15,533
would say I'm very upset that,
you know, they presented a

590
00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:19,616
really great case. And the one
that abstained, that voted,

591
00:38:20,257 --> 00:38:23,600
didn't vote yes, they didn't
even go back and look.

592
00:38:23,620 --> 00:38:27,743
It had any questions, didn't
have anything to go back and

593
00:38:27,823 --> 00:38:32,307
anything to ask about the trial,
just stayed at no. Why do you do

594
00:38:32,447 --> 00:38:36,323
that? I mean, you must have some
reason for not. You know, for

595
00:38:36,644 --> 00:38:39,570
having voting the way that you
did on this, this jury.

596
00:38:40,790 --> 00:38:44,076
All of them were rightly
sickened at the prospect of

597
00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:47,402
having to hear the facts of the
death of their loved ones.

598
00:38:48,579 --> 00:38:50,273
All over again.

599
00:38:51,622 --> 00:38:56,595
Just because one stubborn person
who had their mind made up and

600
00:38:56,615 --> 00:38:59,668
refused to have a logical
conversation when confronted

601
00:38:59,688 --> 00:39:03,454
with straight-up facts. Somebody
that just wanted to ignore the

602
00:39:03,534 --> 00:39:06,910
law and call it as they saw fit.

603
00:39:07,982 --> 00:39:12,439
Someone who really, really looks
at skin color deeply. Before

604
00:39:12,459 --> 00:39:16,390
making a decision about
character. Rather than Maybe

605
00:39:16,452 --> 00:39:18,740
looking at character. By itself.

606
00:39:20,122 --> 00:39:20,365
And so...

607
00:39:21,702 --> 00:39:26,645
A second trial for Billy Shamir
Mir was set for April of 2022.

608
00:39:27,974 --> 00:39:31,796
Thankfully. This time he was
successfully convicted for

609
00:39:31,877 --> 00:39:35,941
murdering Lou T. Harris and
sentenced to life in prison

610
00:39:36,601 --> 00:39:37,362
without parole.

611
00:39:38,630 --> 00:39:41,740
The Dallas District Attorney
then explained that they would

612
00:39:41,860 --> 00:39:43,565
not be seeking the death
penalty.

613
00:39:44,869 --> 00:39:45,424
Reasons.

614
00:39:46,598 --> 00:39:50,004
Quite frankly, the reason was...
Of how much time they'd already

615
00:39:50,085 --> 00:39:54,205
wasted on appeals and how much
it actually costs. To kill

616
00:39:54,286 --> 00:39:54,629
someone.

617
00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:56,668
I mean legally.

618
00:39:57,926 --> 00:39:58,447
It's not cheap.

619
00:39:59,462 --> 00:39:59,975
It's not cheap at.

620
00:40:00,930 --> 00:40:02,783
It's a little cheaper than
housing them for the rest of

621
00:40:02,763 --> 00:40:04,214
their life, but just a little
bit.

622
00:40:05,410 --> 00:40:08,504
And also, you know, depends on
how old they are. And how much

623
00:40:08,885 --> 00:40:11,513
delicious prison food they'll
consume for the rest of their

624
00:40:11,533 --> 00:40:11,834
lives.

625
00:40:12,882 --> 00:40:15,833
Also inflation and a bunch of
other factors, but you get the

626
00:40:15,833 --> 00:40:16,054
point.

627
00:40:17,118 --> 00:40:22,596
Instead, the strategy was to
have Billy tried For the first

628
00:40:22,657 --> 00:40:24,605
murder, in this sequence.

629
00:40:25,878 --> 00:40:28,773
First, the murder of Mary
Brooks.

630
00:40:30,082 --> 00:40:34,114
A victory in this additional
trial would mean a second

631
00:40:34,154 --> 00:40:37,772
capital murder conviction.
Ensuring that Billy would never

632
00:40:37,992 --> 00:40:40,622
see the light of day outside of
prison.

633
00:40:41,836 --> 00:40:44,529
Another Bite at the apple, as
they say.

634
00:40:45,802 --> 00:40:49,574
What happens when you kill
multiple people? You do get

635
00:40:49,634 --> 00:40:53,170
multiple chances at a not
guilty, but, you know. Your luck

636
00:40:53,170 --> 00:40:54,273
's running out fast.

637
00:40:55,606 --> 00:40:58,218
You've heard several of the
testimonies presented at that

638
00:40:58,298 --> 00:41:02,390
trial throughout this episode.
And it should come as somewhat

639
00:41:02,450 --> 00:41:06,161
of a relief that Billy
Shamiramir was unanimously found

640
00:41:06,201 --> 00:41:09,210
guilty of Mary Brooks' murder as
well.

641
00:41:10,306 --> 00:41:15,192
And thus sentenced to a second
life term in prison without the

642
00:41:15,232 --> 00:41:17,154
possibility of parole.

643
00:41:18,306 --> 00:41:21,722
The Dallas County District
Attorney explains further. We're

644
00:41:21,722 --> 00:41:25,642
just happy that these cases are
over with, as promised. We were

645
00:41:25,642 --> 00:41:27,666
going to try him twice, get two
convictions. Actually, we're

646
00:41:27,666 --> 00:41:29,589
going to try him as many times
as necessary to get two

647
00:41:29,629 --> 00:41:33,835
convictions. And I've been asked
why, because we never know if a

648
00:41:33,855 --> 00:41:35,758
case will be reversed on appeal,
just like Mr.

649
00:41:35,799 --> 00:41:40,431
Halperin's case 20-something
years later. And this case will

650
00:41:40,471 --> 00:41:43,539
take a different trajectory on
appeal instead of going from

651
00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:47,768
here to Austin to. Washington,
etc. This case goes across the

652
00:41:47,808 --> 00:41:52,216
street to the Court of Appeals
and maybe to Austin. And so the

653
00:41:52,977 --> 00:41:57,765
appellate timeline is much more
succinct and much more likely to

654
00:41:57,805 --> 00:42:00,029
result in it being affirmed.

655
00:42:01,558 --> 00:42:06,645
Mr. Shamir Mir will die in the
penitentiary. And that was my

656
00:42:06,705 --> 00:42:10,179
goal. I stated it. And I said,
we're going to do this twice to

657
00:42:10,219 --> 00:42:12,010
accomplish it. And here we are.

658
00:42:13,154 --> 00:42:17,256
But unfortunately... There is
more tragedy to this story than

659
00:42:17,316 --> 00:42:18,762
we've revealed up to this point.

660
00:42:19,842 --> 00:42:24,272
This didn't just happen to Mary
Brooks, Mary Bartell, Lou T.

661
00:42:24,433 --> 00:42:26,598
Harris, and Martha Williams.

662
00:42:27,798 --> 00:42:32,480
Billy Shamir Mirror. Has been
indicted for murdering 22.

663
00:42:33,439 --> 00:42:34,115
Elderly women.

664
00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:38,358
And those are just the cases
that we know about.

665
00:42:39,382 --> 00:42:43,331
Cases where family members cared
enough to sense something. Was

666
00:42:43,412 --> 00:42:46,954
wrong and continued pushing
until the truth came out.

667
00:42:48,074 --> 00:42:51,220
Representatives from many of
these families spoke during

668
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,332
impact statements. All the while
staring down the completely

669
00:42:55,472 --> 00:42:59,907
emotionless Billy Shamir mirror.
As large photographs of their

670
00:42:59,987 --> 00:43:02,771
loved ones filled. The empty
chairs.

671
00:43:03,412 --> 00:43:06,997
You first entered her apartment
on a Wednesday morning claiming

672
00:43:06,997 --> 00:43:07,818
to look for a leak.

673
00:43:09,282 --> 00:43:11,818
She realized that afternoon that
you had taken her necklace that

674
00:43:11,899 --> 00:43:12,120
day.

675
00:43:13,218 --> 00:43:16,585
It wasn't enough for you, so you
came back two days later, and

676
00:43:16,585 --> 00:43:18,770
you smothered her to death and
took the rest of her jewelry.

677
00:43:19,692 --> 00:43:22,298
The eternal flames of hell are
too good for you, Jemimere.

678
00:43:23,458 --> 00:43:27,202
The pain and suffering of those
victims and their families means

679
00:43:27,342 --> 00:43:28,123
nothing to him.

680
00:43:29,184 --> 00:43:31,826
He looks like a puppy that's
been scolded for soiling the

681
00:43:31,846 --> 00:43:35,550
carpet and doesn't understand
what people are mad about.

682
00:43:37,398 --> 00:43:42,199
He is nothing but a gentle. A
hyena. A vulture that has

683
00:43:42,259 --> 00:43:46,192
learned to walk on two legs. He
's a pretend man, not a real

684
00:43:46,253 --> 00:43:46,493
man.

685
00:43:47,802 --> 00:43:51,927
Like them, he is a coward,
preying on the weakest members

686
00:43:51,947 --> 00:43:56,613
of our society. You will now be
caged like the vicious, cowardly

687
00:43:56,773 --> 00:43:57,574
animal you are.

688
00:43:58,978 --> 00:44:01,136
I would spit on it, but my
saliva would be.

689
00:44:02,579 --> 00:44:03,838
Insulted by touching it.

690
00:44:05,078 --> 00:44:08,860
This is not the first time we
met Philly. Do you remember?

691
00:44:09,205 --> 00:44:12,508
Probably not. We shared an
elevator at Tradition

692
00:44:12,569 --> 00:44:17,870
Prestonwood one late afternoon
in 2016. I walked in. You're

693
00:44:17,870 --> 00:44:21,556
just standing there. Not a
button is pressed and you

694
00:44:21,556 --> 00:44:25,141
wouldn't look up. I immediately
knew something was up. What is

695
00:44:25,181 --> 00:44:28,026
wrong with this man? What is he
doing in this building?

696
00:44:29,098 --> 00:44:31,052
I knew evil was surrounding me.

697
00:44:32,638 --> 00:44:33,765
Rot in hell, you piece of shit.

698
00:44:35,190 --> 00:44:40,297
On October 8, 2016, you
terrorized, smothered, and

699
00:44:40,397 --> 00:44:41,338
murdered my mother.

700
00:44:42,870 --> 00:44:48,597
I often wonder. Did you watch
the Texas OU game that was on

701
00:44:48,617 --> 00:44:50,845
her TV while you smothered her?

702
00:44:52,898 --> 00:44:56,871
I know she was watching that
game as she had told me exactly

703
00:44:56,911 --> 00:44:58,717
what she was going to do that
afternoon.

704
00:45:00,426 --> 00:45:03,274
I also know that you stayed in
the room well over an hour.

705
00:45:05,334 --> 00:45:06,961
I pray she did not suffer long.

706
00:45:08,886 --> 00:45:12,154
The game was something my mom,
Norma, and our whole family

707
00:45:12,214 --> 00:45:15,763
looked forward to every year. We
had so many great memories built

708
00:45:15,864 --> 00:45:16,626
around that game.

709
00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:19,032
The game is forever ruined.

710
00:45:20,074 --> 00:45:20,954
Because of your evil.

711
00:45:22,726 --> 00:45:26,927
So many lives, so many memories
are forever destroyed because of

712
00:45:26,927 --> 00:45:27,449
your greed.

713
00:45:28,488 --> 00:45:31,243
Although... You're the actual
murderer.

714
00:45:32,518 --> 00:45:35,702
Sadly, you are not the only evil
in this picture.

715
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:40,648
I also hold the tradition
Prestonwood, its owner Jonathan

716
00:45:40,708 --> 00:45:45,959
Perlman, and its employees,
including Rachel Nelson. Jeff

717
00:45:46,100 --> 00:45:49,521
Wells, Ed Sanchez, Mary Will.

718
00:45:50,858 --> 00:45:52,152
As equally as countable.

719
00:45:54,070 --> 00:45:57,995
I can only imagine you lurking
in halls and thinking, how

720
00:45:58,215 --> 00:46:01,380
foolish are these negligent
people that they are not

721
00:46:01,420 --> 00:46:02,982
recording and reporting me.

722
00:46:04,190 --> 00:46:07,860
As I have trespassed in this
building over a hundred times.

723
00:46:10,010 --> 00:46:13,017
So many lives could have been
saved had the tradition

724
00:46:13,077 --> 00:46:18,169
Prestonwood management not put
profit and pride over

725
00:46:18,710 --> 00:46:20,454
cooperation with the
authorities.

726
00:46:22,142 --> 00:46:27,426
Nine murders. In that complex
alone, as far as we know.

727
00:46:28,438 --> 00:46:32,430
In 2016, three women at the
Edgemere complex were killed.

728
00:46:33,226 --> 00:46:36,071
Followed by eight more victims
within three and a half months

729
00:46:36,832 --> 00:46:40,378
at the traditional Prestonwood
Senior Living facility.

730
00:46:41,558 --> 00:46:45,311
A year later, another woman was
killed at a place called the

731
00:46:45,372 --> 00:46:48,781
Parkview. No relation to the TV
show, by the way.

732
00:46:49,782 --> 00:46:54,311
And another knocked from her
walker. While Billy used a

733
00:46:54,351 --> 00:46:54,733
pillow.

734
00:46:55,734 --> 00:46:57,181
To muffle her screams.

735
00:46:58,550 --> 00:47:01,755
2018 included the four
interlinked stories we've been

736
00:47:01,836 --> 00:47:06,363
focusing on in today's episode,
but in truth, seven different

737
00:47:06,423 --> 00:47:10,350
victims from that year were
living in the same facility.

738
00:47:11,146 --> 00:47:13,989
Called Preston Place Retirement
Community.

739
00:47:15,254 --> 00:47:19,096
An attorney explains why there
are forthcoming civil suits.

740
00:47:19,736 --> 00:47:22,357
Pressed in place, put on the
facade of being a safe and

741
00:47:22,357 --> 00:47:25,359
secure senior living
environment. They reported to be

742
00:47:25,359 --> 00:47:28,660
a gated retirement community.
They even posted signs that

743
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,702
there was 24-hour surveillance
over security cameras.

744
00:47:33,542 --> 00:47:37,424
There was rampant criminal
activity, and that was reported.

745
00:47:37,985 --> 00:47:39,345
And not just any criminal
activity.

746
00:47:39,505 --> 00:47:43,938
This particular person. Was
reported to be on premises and

747
00:47:44,199 --> 00:47:49,599
have to not have done anything
about them in the face of actual

748
00:47:49,639 --> 00:47:51,906
knowledge of this specific
person is unacceptable.

749
00:47:52,958 --> 00:47:56,781
And so another thing that I
think really creates a false

750
00:47:56,781 --> 00:47:59,844
sense of security is their
failure to report what they did

751
00:47:59,924 --> 00:48:03,306
know to the other residents,
which had they known that, they

752
00:48:03,326 --> 00:48:07,229
might have changed their own
behavior and wouldn't even be

753
00:48:07,310 --> 00:48:10,809
here today. So these lawsuits
are meant to effectuate change

754
00:48:10,829 --> 00:48:13,317
and hold people accountable so
that this doesn't happen again

755
00:48:13,497 --> 00:48:14,862
or is less likely to happen
again.

756
00:48:16,010 --> 00:48:19,683
Family members had every right
to be furious. And while their

757
00:48:19,723 --> 00:48:24,020
own family units were destroyed
by Billy Shamiramir, Many of

758
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,437
them came together to form a
different type of family.

759
00:48:28,714 --> 00:48:32,960
Bonded by their grief, and
united in a push for legislative

760
00:48:33,041 --> 00:48:37,051
change on several issues when it
comes to protecting the safety

761
00:48:37,132 --> 00:48:42,533
of our elders in their final
years of life. An alleged serial

762
00:48:42,593 --> 00:48:46,196
killer's actions left the victim
's families devastated. Now

763
00:48:46,256 --> 00:48:49,279
they're working with lawmakers
to pass legislation that might

764
00:48:49,319 --> 00:48:50,840
save lives in the years to come.

765
00:48:51,361 --> 00:48:54,484
Families are advocating for
several new laws. Facilities

766
00:48:54,524 --> 00:48:57,506
would be required to report all
crimes on their property and

767
00:48:57,566 --> 00:49:01,069
perform enhanced background
checks on employees. Also,

768
00:49:01,190 --> 00:49:04,513
places that buy and sell gold
would have to keep records of

769
00:49:04,633 --> 00:49:06,034
who they did business with.

770
00:49:07,090 --> 00:49:09,974
Over the years, there have been
some victories on this front.

771
00:49:10,838 --> 00:49:12,899
While other common-sense
measures appear to have been

772
00:49:12,979 --> 00:49:16,321
stalled by lobbyists and
business owners who refuse to

773
00:49:16,441 --> 00:49:19,562
recognize the mistakes that
happened under their watch.

774
00:49:20,142 --> 00:49:23,004
And Protecting Seniors is at the
heart of legislation that has

775
00:49:23,044 --> 00:49:25,725
now passed in the Texas House
and Senate session.

776
00:49:26,545 --> 00:49:29,507
Today, a group of family members
of the victims celebrated

777
00:49:29,607 --> 00:49:30,987
passage of two bills.

778
00:49:31,127 --> 00:49:35,069
One bill will require medical
examiners in Texas to notify the

779
00:49:35,069 --> 00:49:39,171
families if there are changes.
In the cause of death. Cbs 11's

780
00:49:39,191 --> 00:49:41,933
Andrea Lucia highlighted one
such case last February

781
00:49:42,033 --> 00:49:43,794
involving the death of Marilyn
Bixler.

782
00:49:44,074 --> 00:49:46,555
Her family didn't know the
Collin County medical examiner

783
00:49:46,596 --> 00:49:49,657
had changed the cause of Bixler
's death until they found out

784
00:49:49,677 --> 00:49:53,720
about it on Facebook. Another
bill bolsters accountability and

785
00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:57,282
existing laws that govern cash
for gold stores. The group

786
00:49:57,302 --> 00:49:59,503
believes had stronger
accountability been in place.

787
00:49:59,583 --> 00:50:03,245
Police may have been able to
investigate sooner and possibly

788
00:50:03,325 --> 00:50:04,466
prevent more deaths.

789
00:50:04,830 --> 00:50:07,394
Meanwhile, other proposed
legislation primarily aimed at

790
00:50:07,435 --> 00:50:09,759
senior living centers didn't
pass this session.

791
00:50:10,059 --> 00:50:12,704
The group vows their work is far
from over.

792
00:50:13,878 --> 00:50:20,050
In October of 2022, a moment of
silence was held for 11 of Billy

793
00:50:20,050 --> 00:50:21,766
's victims in Dallas County.

794
00:50:22,922 --> 00:50:26,349
Because of the two confirmed
life sentences, these 11

795
00:50:26,429 --> 00:50:28,521
cases... Or dismissed.

796
00:50:29,695 --> 00:50:34,717
There are, however, Still
several murders that occurred in

797
00:50:34,758 --> 00:50:35,461
Collin County.

798
00:50:36,790 --> 00:50:41,109
But only time and maybe the DA's
office. We'll tell.

799
00:50:42,162 --> 00:50:44,801
If any further legal action will
be taken.

800
00:50:46,230 --> 00:50:49,249
Who was? Billy Shamiramir.

801
00:50:50,582 --> 00:50:52,229
Does it really even matter?

802
00:50:53,334 --> 00:50:56,447
Does it matter that he was born
in Kenya and immigrated to the

803
00:50:56,467 --> 00:51:01,308
United States in the 90s? That
he was described as quiet and

804
00:51:01,368 --> 00:51:06,068
humble. With no history of
violence in his well-respected

805
00:51:06,129 --> 00:51:06,510
family.

806
00:51:07,830 --> 00:51:12,130
At some point, he gave up the
right to a biography, I think.

807
00:51:13,238 --> 00:51:16,368
Cause I really don't give a
shit. Who Billy Shamiramir is.

808
00:51:17,366 --> 00:51:20,293
And I don't think anyone
listening to this right now does

809
00:51:20,413 --> 00:51:20,654
either.

810
00:51:21,866 --> 00:51:22,251
If you do.

811
00:51:23,423 --> 00:51:23,958
Get some help.

812
00:51:25,226 --> 00:51:26,063
Because in the end...

813
00:51:27,635 --> 00:51:33,686
This inhuman piece of shit.
Became consumed by his warped

814
00:51:33,847 --> 00:51:38,243
understanding of the American
dream. Thinking that it meant

815
00:51:39,082 --> 00:51:41,920
greedily taking. What wasn't
his.

816
00:51:42,934 --> 00:51:47,980
And paying absolutely no regard.
To the innocent lives he

817
00:51:48,041 --> 00:51:48,805
destroys.

818
00:51:49,812 --> 00:51:50,510
Along the way.

819
00:51:51,958 --> 00:51:57,602
You did it? With a smile. Often
pretending to be a compassionate

820
00:51:57,682 --> 00:51:58,306
care worker.

821
00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:01,690
Someone you could trust your
grandparents with.

822
00:52:03,102 --> 00:52:07,985
Certainly not someone who was
there to... Hurt you. Steal from

823
00:52:08,066 --> 00:52:08,188
you.

824
00:52:09,387 --> 00:52:09,942
Kill you.

825
00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:12,100
He was there to help you.

826
00:52:13,258 --> 00:52:14,251
Totally harmless.

827
00:52:15,434 --> 00:52:18,528
Just like a soft Warm.

828
00:52:19,530 --> 00:52:20,217
Comfortable.

829
00:52:21,259 --> 00:52:21,576
Pillow.

830
00:52:50,994 --> 00:52:53,101
All right, that's going to do it
for another one. Thank you so

831
00:52:53,181 --> 00:52:57,078
much for joining us. It's going
to be an amazing season. Thank

832
00:52:57,078 --> 00:53:00,348
you for being here. And we hope
to see you real soon with the

833
00:53:00,368 --> 00:53:04,782
launch of our brand new app and
Sword Scale TV. Stay safe.