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their dog. They returned

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11:30

and she had a mind for science.

11:34

One of her hobbies included using household

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11:42

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11:47

teaching her audience how they can also

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create slime. Midway

11:51

through the recording, one of her younger brothers

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plays a practical joke on her by

11:56

snatching away her camera and running off with it.

12:00

made with flour.

12:04

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Escambia County

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Sheriff's Office

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began their search effort, and

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seriously as they alerted

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every local media station and

12:32

held several press conferences. For

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police and just about anyone

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who knew Naomi, there

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was a detail about this case

13:00

that strongly suggested foul play, and

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that Naomi wasn't

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just a runaway. On

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the day that Naomi went missing, she

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walked out of the apartment. She

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left without her cell phone.

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phone was usually glued to her hand.

13:21

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just left it behind. Nobody could

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on her own that day. But

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she clearly didn't plan to be gone

13:52

for long. If she

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had, Naomi almost certainly would have taken her cell

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phone with her. to

14:00

find Naomi continued, detectives

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at the Escambia County Sheriff's Office

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questioned a lot of people. Among

14:08

those people was Naomi's mom's ex-boyfriend,

14:12

Arthur Bruce, who was no

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stranger to law enforcement. In

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fact, when cops picked him up,

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there was an active warrant for

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his arrest. It wasn't

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for anything too serious. Unfortunately,

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Arthur had been previously busted

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with some marijuana and

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was subsequently placed on probation. Arthur

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then violated that probation and a

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warrant was issued for his arrest.

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and agreed to speak with detectives about

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Naomi. During his

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was that Naomi had left without her

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cell phone. Let me

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tell you something. Naomi don't

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know where, sir. Naomi

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don't go outside like that. Naomi

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like the phone. She like caprullas. She like

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to be in her room. The

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phone was left in the house. That

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don't sound right. It just don't fucking sound right. Don't

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fucking head up. Detectives

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in this case had two very good

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reasons to question Arthur Bruce. The

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was that he was Naomi's

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mom's ex and

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he knew Naomi pretty well. The

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second and much more concerning reason was

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that despite being

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the ex-boyfriend, Arthur

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was still communicating with Naomi through

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text messages. While

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deniability, some of

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Arthur's conversations with Naomi

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could have been considered

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inappropriate for a

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grown man to have with a 12 year old girl.

16:00

My only birthday was ready to come up. And

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she asked me for a pound. Space Jam joined

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the Shoots. And

16:06

I went over there. Naomi texts you wanting

16:09

certain shoes. Yeah, she wanted the shoes, the

16:11

Space Jams. And I said, since

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you've been good and you kept your grades up,

16:16

I said, listen to your mama, obey your

16:18

mama, follow what your mama say. And

16:21

I get you them shoes. And

16:23

she just wanted that one thing. It was

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there some Space Jam joins. Arthur

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asked Naomi what her shirt and

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shoe sizes were. And

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according to Arthur, the only reason he

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asked her that question was because she

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wanted those things for her birthday. This

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conversation apparently led to some conflict

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when Naomi's mom learned about it.

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Did she text you from Naomi's

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phone, getting upset with you for

16:50

you texting Naomi? Yeah,

16:52

she told me not to text Naomi. I

16:56

asked Naomi what signs she will. And

16:59

Naomi would ask a mother. And a

17:01

mother came and said, don't text. Naomi

17:03

don't want no texts. Us

17:05

no more, don't get in contact with us no

17:08

more. That's a sign. And you can see on

17:10

the text, I said, I respect that, I understand

17:12

that. I said, y'all have a good day. Bless

17:14

day, I don't want no problems. How was the

17:17

guide when we talked to Shontaris? You made it

17:19

sound like you were

17:21

reaching out to Naomi and almost

17:24

a sexual way or, you know.

17:28

Oh, Lord. And

17:30

so you see what I'm saying? Naturally,

17:33

Arthur denied the accusation that anything

17:36

he said to Naomi was meant

17:38

as a sexual advance towards her.

17:41

Interestingly, when asked what

17:44

he thought happened to Naomi, Arthur

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had his own theory. Whatever

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going on. What's your gut feeling? What do

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you think happened?

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I'm here to tell you something that shocks me. And

17:55

I wish I would have called that. I

17:57

called her the night you called me. And

18:01

first thing she said, you

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want somebody to send me a dollar, I'll

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just write him. What

18:08

the hell are you talking about some money right now when

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your daughter miss you? We ain't

18:13

talking about no money right now. I said what's going

18:15

on when they own me? Don't worry about it. It

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ain't here. I

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couldn't even talk to her. I just hung the phone up. Okay.

18:22

You think Sean Terrell would hurt her own daughter? I

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think that will happen, man. And

18:29

that's the soft cover up? Something

18:32

just in my bones. I just feel like it

18:34

ain't right. Because

18:36

I think the mother knows more than she knows,

18:38

man. I don't disagree

18:40

with you, but right now, right

18:42

now, Sean Terrell is just, I

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mean, she's like flatline. She

18:47

don't show no emotions. There's

18:50

the CC. She got

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Naomi somewhere. Arthur

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seemingly suspected that Naomi's mom had

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something to do with

18:59

Naomi's disappearance, which

19:01

was a theory that detectives had considered.

19:05

For a mom whose 12-year-old daughter was missing,

19:07

Sean Terrell Hurry

19:10

seemed pretty composed, and

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her calm demeanor was on full

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display during her many media appearances.

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If Naomi is out there, if anybody is watching

19:21

that has my baby, I

19:23

just need you to bring her back

19:25

home. My number is all

19:27

over social media right now. Just

19:30

please bring my baby home. Something

19:33

else that struck detectives as strange

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was the story that they got

19:37

from Naomi's brother, Emmanuel. Initially,

19:40

Emmanuel told police that when Naomi left

19:42

the apartment, he was in

19:44

his bedroom, lying down. He

19:47

claimed that he hadn't actually witnessed

19:49

Naomi walk out the door, but

19:52

he later changed his story.

19:55

So you saw her leave? Mm-hmm.

19:57

Okay. So that was when she just laid loose. I'm

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glad you needed to see her again. I'm

20:02

so little here, so I'm confused. You told me

20:04

earlier that you were asleep when she left. But

20:06

now you're telling me that you heard

20:08

her tell you that she forgot something and you saw

20:10

her leave. So those are

20:12

two different things. Help me understand. How

20:15

come you told me something different? What

20:19

did Mom say about coming here? I'm

20:22

sick. Mom, talk to me. Did

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she tell you anything else? Has

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June of 2017, 12-year-old Naomi Jones

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26:21

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26:25

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26:33

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27:36

at a nearby motel. The

27:39

detectives assigned to the Naomi Jones

27:41

case were led to Jermaine through

27:43

Naomi's phone records. Your

27:45

Facebook page has a phone

27:47

number associated with it, okay? That

27:50

phone number has been texting

27:53

Naomi the missing girl. In

27:56

order to create a Facebook account, a person

27:58

needs to provide a phone number. phone

28:00

number or an email address. In

28:03

Germain's case, when he created his Facebook page,

28:05

he used a phone number, and

28:07

that phone number had recently exchanged

28:10

text messages with Naomi. Yet

28:13

Germain denied that he

28:15

knew Naomi at all, and

28:18

he couldn't explain how or

28:20

why Naomi had the phone number that

28:22

was linked to his Facebook. In

28:25

fact, Germain claimed that the phone number

28:28

wasn't even his and it belonged

28:30

to his older sister. Yeah, because

28:32

I don't know how my sister's number ended

28:34

up in her little girlfriend. I don't know.

28:37

I don't know. I don't know how that

28:39

number... Who's your sister? Aquila Quotas. How

28:41

old is Aquila Quotas? She's like 27, 20. Does

28:43

she still have that number? Yeah. Okay. So,

28:46

the last time you had access to her phone, it was like,

28:48

I don't know. I really don't like it. And if so,

28:51

and if I did, was to get her a hot phone,

28:53

it wasn't like texting their girl or

28:55

my own woman. Well, she's like, I don't even know the girl.

28:57

You know what I'm saying? I don't even know

29:00

how that number ended up in her

29:02

hot phone, period.

29:13

Germain explained that when he created his Facebook

29:15

page, he didn't have a phone, so he

29:17

just used his sister's number to set up

29:20

the account. Well,

29:22

that seemed plausible. It

29:25

still didn't explain why Naomi had that number

29:27

in her phone. So

29:30

after hearing Germain's explanation, or

29:32

rather, his lack of one, the

29:35

detectives began asking him about his

29:37

whereabouts on the day that Naomi

29:39

went missing. This

29:42

didn't go well for

29:45

Germain. Go ahead and tell

29:47

me about your day, Wednesday, the 31st,

29:50

what you did from the time you woke up. I

29:52

was broken. I was broken. Okay. What's

29:55

your schedule? What time did you go

29:58

in? I'm

30:01

going at 5am. Naomi

30:04

went missing on May 31st at around 1.30pm.

30:08

Jermaine's typical work shift was 5am

30:11

to 1pm, leaving

30:13

him plenty of time to make his way

30:15

over to Naomi's apartment. At

30:18

the same time, Jermaine couldn't even give a

30:20

straight answer as to whether he even worked

30:22

that day at all. Then

30:24

you're positive you went to work that day? I

30:29

don't know. I

30:32

don't know. But either

30:34

way to go, I just think I'm trying to get the story and

30:36

all of that. But either way to go, I

30:39

don't know Jermaine. I couldn't go

30:41

to the side night every day. I just hang

30:43

out with my friends and stuff like that. Okay,

30:47

but these kind of situations where we're talking to a

30:49

lot of different people. And generalizing,

30:52

I do the same thing every day. In

30:55

this situation, it isn't going to cut it. Maybe

30:58

I went to work, maybe I didn't. Maybe

31:01

I saw some friends, maybe

31:03

I didn't. Dumb

31:05

criminals lie about all the wrong things,

31:08

don't they? And

31:10

as far as alibis go, Jermaine's

31:12

was about as ambiguous

31:15

as you could get. The

31:17

cops don't like that, by the

31:19

way. And when they pushed

31:21

him about it, the only thing Jermaine

31:23

could say was that he never met

31:25

Naomi and he had no idea

31:27

who she even was. Unfortunately

31:30

for him, detectives

31:32

had information that suggested otherwise.

31:36

We talked to one of your neighbors and

31:38

they said that they've seen Naomi

31:42

come to your house

31:44

a few times. His

31:47

friend is new because he was

31:49

still a point finger with the same name. But

31:52

where is she? I don't

31:54

know. Nobody yet. I don't know that

31:56

I know. Only one person that- Therefore, you shouldn't say

31:58

you seen a girl come around. No, in the past

32:00

they've seen him. In

32:03

the past, I've never seen him in the past. I've

32:07

never seen the girl previous. I've never seen him. Not

32:10

only had his neighbors supposedly spotted

32:12

Naomi at Jermaine's house, but

32:15

according to detectives, another

32:17

witness placed Jermaine at Naomi's apartment

32:19

complex on the day she

32:21

went missing. There were some

32:23

people there with her

32:26

on the 31st, and

32:28

they said that man-man was

32:30

over there that morning. That's

32:34

what they said, and I wasn't. So

32:38

you're sure you were worked that day? No.

32:42

But if I wasn't, I was

32:44

not around to go. You

32:47

can explain. Yeah, okay, I went over the part with

32:49

that morning, but I didn't have anything to do with

32:51

this other parent. I can't explain, because I wasn't there.

32:53

You kind of know. You

32:56

know, I just can't get messed up

32:58

behind something that I didn't and got nothing to do

33:00

with. You know what I'm saying? So even if we

33:02

used to go farther, if y'all seen me, you know,

33:04

somebody or whatever, I didn't do nothing with

33:06

them. I didn't know what I did. Confidently,

33:10

Jermaine maintained that had nothing

33:12

to do with Naomi's disappearance and

33:15

that he had never even met her. After

33:19

a few hours of questioning and a whole

33:21

lot of denial, Jermaine

33:23

was sent home, and he

33:26

remained a potential suspect. Within

33:29

hours of Jermaine leaving the police

33:31

station, the case took

33:33

a sudden turn. Twelve-year-old

33:36

Naomi Jones had

33:39

finally been found. Naomi Jones

33:41

was found in 8 Mile Creek Monday

33:43

morning. She had been missing for five

33:45

days. The sheriff's office says based

33:47

on the preliminary autopsy, she had been killed

33:49

within the first 24 to 36 hours after her

33:52

abduction. The

33:55

area where she was found has turned into

33:57

a growing memorial. However, that

33:59

spot... is not where she was

34:01

killed according to the sheriff's office. The

34:03

sheriff would not go into detail about

34:05

how she died, only that her cause

34:08

of death is asphyxiation. Five

34:11

days after she was first reported

34:13

missing, a local

34:15

fisherman found Naomi's small and

34:17

lifeless body lying under

34:19

a bridge in a

34:21

creek about 10 miles from the apartment

34:23

complex where she lived. Naomi

34:26

was found partially submerged.

34:30

She was wearing the same tank top she

34:32

had on when she went missing, but

34:35

she was nude from the waist down. Later,

34:38

an autopsy revealed that Naomi

34:41

died of asphyxiation. The

34:44

medical examiner concluded that she had

34:46

likely been strangled to death. For

34:49

the detectives that saw and pulled

34:51

Naomi's body out of the creek,

34:54

it was a day and an

34:56

event that they will likely

34:59

never forget. At

35:24

just 12 years old, Naomi's life

35:26

had ended. All

35:28

of her aspirations and

35:31

the potential of who she could have become was

35:34

lost forever. When

35:37

the news broke, the local community

35:39

rallied behind Naomi's family, and

35:42

hundreds of people attended a vigil to

35:45

honor Naomi and support

35:47

Naomi's mom. I

35:51

would love to thank you all for coming out

35:53

today. It means the world to me to know

35:56

that every single one of you took your time

35:58

out of your day. The

36:01

search for

36:04

Naomi had ended, but now the

36:06

hunt was on to find her

36:09

killer. During

36:30

the search and throughout the investigation,

36:32

the police questioned hundreds of people,

36:35

but their best lead came when they

36:37

interviewed a young man named Robert Howard.

36:41

When Naomi's mom first learned that her daughter

36:43

was missing, she rushed home from

36:45

work and called Naomi's grandmother.

36:49

Together, the two of them began knocking

36:51

on every door in her apartment complex,

36:54

asking the residents if they'd

36:56

seen Naomi. As

36:58

they were doing this, they ran into

37:00

Robert, just as he was on

37:02

his way to work. On my way out,

37:06

I ran into, I don't know

37:08

the girl's mom name or her and another older lady,

37:11

and that's when she asked me if I'd seen her

37:13

daughter. I'm

37:15

like, well, no, ma'am, I just came out of the apartment, and she

37:17

was like, well, it's my daughter. I'm

37:19

like, well, no, ma'am, she's missing. And I

37:22

stood there and talked with them for a minute

37:24

before I left. So

37:26

you hadn't seen Naomi? Do you know who Naomi is?

37:28

Yes, I know exactly who she is. I see her.

37:31

You see her every time we're getting out of the

37:33

apartment. Her and her brothers, they

37:35

either playing with their dog, or they're on that

37:37

bank balcony, or they're in between apartments playing. I

37:40

do see her all that day. No, ma'am. Okay.

37:44

38-year-old Robert Howard lived and

37:46

worked in Bruton, Alabama, which

37:49

was about an hour away from the

37:51

apartment complex where Naomi lived. But

37:55

Robert would often spend days at a

37:57

time at his girlfriend's apartment, which

37:59

was just a few doors away

38:02

from Naomi's apartment. According

38:30

to Robert, he and his girlfriend Lauren had

38:33

dated for over two years and they

38:36

had a child together. Yet,

38:39

they lived an hour apart. For

38:42

detectives, this seemed

38:44

like an odd arrangement, but

38:47

they did confirm that all of it was true when

38:50

they spoke to Lauren. How long have

38:52

you been with Robert? Two

38:56

years. About two years? Mm-hmm. And

39:00

does Robert live with you? So

39:05

explain to me how that worked

39:07

out, because he's been rooting at

39:09

work and he also keeps the place up

39:11

there too? Given

39:14

that Robert frequently stayed at Lauren's

39:16

apartment and that the two

39:18

of them were basically Naomi's neighbors, the

39:20

cops wanted to find out exactly

39:23

what they did on the day

39:25

that Naomi went missing. As

39:27

for Lauren, her day was pretty

39:29

easy to track and verify. Lauren

39:32

went to work in the morning and

39:34

didn't return until the early evening. She

39:38

left her apartment while Naomi was

39:40

still accounted for and didn't return

39:42

until long after Naomi went missing.

39:45

So Lauren seemed to be in the clear. Okay,

39:48

so when you left that morning at 6,

39:51

was Robert there? Yes. Okay.

39:55

And when you

39:57

got home, was Robert there? Okay,

40:00

right. Now, that

40:05

night, I guess, you probably wouldn't come home

40:07

and gone to sleep at some point. Is

40:09

that fair to say? Do

40:12

you remember him coming home to your

40:14

house after you

40:16

had been to sleep? Yeah.

40:19

Okay. What

40:21

did he do? Um, to

40:24

help him with... Robert

40:26

told investigators that on the day

40:29

that Naomi went missing, he

40:31

woke up at Lauren's apartment, went

40:33

to the gym, and then returned

40:36

to the apartment. Then

40:38

he drove to Lauren's work to quickly visit

40:40

her, which Lauren

40:42

later confirmed. After

40:45

that, Robert returned to the apartment one

40:47

more time and prepared to go to

40:49

work. You were at Freecar? Yeah. What

40:52

is your schedule at work? Um, Fortnite,

40:54

you know, the wind, nine times between

40:57

3.30 and five. Did

41:00

you work that Wednesday that Naomi went missing, the

41:02

initial day? That Wednesday night, yeah. I

41:05

got to work maybe like, between 5.30 and

41:08

15.30, somewhere up in there, somewhere, somewhere,

41:10

say, in the apartment,

41:12

around 4.30. Robert

41:15

was a night shift employee at

41:17

a large train repair facility. On

41:20

the night in question, and on

41:22

most nights, Robert worked alongside

41:24

only one other employee. So

41:27

you worked with Robert? I heard

41:29

that you two were the only two at

41:31

night? Yes. Okay.

41:33

All right. Five o'clock, most of the

41:35

time, three o'clock, even one, two,

41:38

one, two o'clock in the morning or 11 o'clock at night. It

41:40

just means, now I'm paying the level of the squeeze list. Okay.

41:43

According to his coworker, Robert

41:45

did show up to work on the evening

41:47

that Naomi Jones went missing, and

41:50

he worked a full shift. Presumably,

41:52

had Robert abducted and murdered Naomi

41:54

earlier that day, he almost

41:57

certainly would have been acting differently. showing

42:00

some signs that he did something

42:02

horrible, right? As

42:05

far as this

42:07

coworker could tell,

42:09

Robert seemed like his

42:14

same old self. But

42:34

as investigators began looking into the

42:37

type of man that Robert was,

42:40

they quickly learned that Robert was

42:43

pretty good at keeping secrets. During

42:46

his interview, Robert admitted that

42:48

in addition to dating Lauren and

42:50

having a child with her and

42:53

pretty much living at her apartment, Robert

42:56

was also dating another woman. She

42:59

was 37-year-old Yolanda

43:02

Mitchell. It turned out that on the

43:04

day that Naomi Jones went

43:07

missing, Robert

43:24

visited Yolanda on his way to

43:26

work. Yolanda had

43:29

just come from a funeral and needed

43:31

a shoulder to cry on, if

43:33

you know what I mean. So Robert

43:37

obliged. He

44:01

was. Very supportive, very encouraging

44:03

like and literally slows down crying

44:06

because I consensus on how to

44:08

do not live in broke down

44:10

home and divide is okay though

44:13

cause this is you need to

44:15

do zip ties and blk all

44:17

of that that that somehow conversations.

44:21

If. You look beyond the fact that Robert

44:23

was cheating on the mother of his

44:25

child. He. Might be inclined to

44:27

think that. Maybe. He's a decent

44:29

guy. After all, offering

44:31

emotional support to someone that just

44:33

left a funeral is a kind

44:35

and decent thing to do. Unfortunately,

44:39

For Robert. The. Investigators.

44:43

New, better, They've. Been around

44:45

the block for awhile. A

44:47

seen a few things. They. Knew

44:49

a lot of things in fact

44:52

that Robert den, his friends and

44:54

girlfriends. Didn't know.

44:57

They. Knew that this man wasn't

44:59

decent. At. All. Robert.

45:01

Howard was a registered sex

45:04

offender. And had

45:06

previously spent. Fifteen. Years.

45:09

In. Prison. You

45:11

burn growing industry mom knows how

45:13

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45:15

of missed last. Several

45:18

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45:21

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45:23

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45:25

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45:28

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45:30

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45:32

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45:35

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45:37

the charged. First,

45:39

the really has remained this. Now

45:42

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45:45

Claim that the nineteen year old woman that

45:47

accused him of rape had lied. To.

45:49

The Police. And Robert

45:51

was unable to afford a good

45:53

attorney. So he had

45:55

no choice but to accept a plea deal.

45:58

Than. The Alabama Press. We're. A

46:01

course. that story is kinda hard

46:03

to believe when you consider that

46:05

Robert was later convicted of raping

46:07

yet another woman. When our

46:10

another charge seen in years. And

46:12

years he was some. Say.

46:14

The same I was a smoker of he and then

46:16

like most the light. On

46:19

the sidelines and some ago. He

46:21

has finally deciding and freedoms as miss

46:23

around and see. Sammy. Her.

46:27

Is the same time this is other

46:29

girls and say about see right see

46:31

how his own the lizard profiles. To.

46:34

Sum up Detectives were questioning

46:36

or twice convicted rapist that

46:38

was pretty much living at

46:40

the same apartment complex. As

46:42

twelve year old male me Jones. As

46:46

bad as all that locked. Roberts.

46:49

Criminal History and Is Living Arrangements

46:52

didn't exactly prove that he abducted

46:54

and murdered Naomi. What?

46:56

Could prove it though. Or

46:59

at least help convince a jury. Was.

47:02

Roberts early morning visit.

47:05

To. The area where Naomi his body. Was.

47:08

Found. More you. Another

47:11

year earlier. over the moon. your

47:14

mom. On Muslims than

47:16

the Thirty First. Time

47:21

of a silver also.

47:24

He saw. Naomi.

47:27

His body was found under a

47:29

small bridge over Eight Mile Creek

47:31

and Pensacola. About ten miles

47:34

from where Naomi lived. As

47:37

luck would have it, there are

47:39

several traffic surveillance cameras in that

47:41

area. Or this was I

47:43

was so. You're.

47:46

From was in one area where her

47:48

body was found. My mind. Is

47:51

Impossible. For

47:54

the reasonable my life because

47:56

when I am I courses

47:58

in the Edwards. The only one

48:00

some straight back to town is also

48:03

never thought of for within. Three

48:06

miles and Carlin on a one

48:08

Overhead costs. Frivolous. Feeling your

48:10

phone records in your city a matter. Of

48:13

months or me that are. Detectives.

48:16

Had ever suitable. Evidence

48:19

that Robert drove to Eight

48:21

Mile Creek about twelve hours

48:23

after Naomi disappearance. Not

48:26

only that, but. They. Can also

48:28

play So met the apartment complex at

48:30

the time that Naomi. Went missing.

48:33

Something honestly would when times and

48:35

you fill me up. And

48:38

others is nearly as. Well

48:41

as. He

48:43

sure momentum as. Well

48:47

about the time you leave your

48:49

farm and as the time she

48:51

knows, Miss. That

48:54

have a lotta years federal law.

48:56

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48:58

thousand as is for us and

49:01

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49:03

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49:05

her. Apartments

49:07

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49:10

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49:12

your hair. And one thirty phone

49:14

numbers. Are

49:17

we sitting in front of record? Your

49:19

and in Parliament. And One thirty. Or nine

49:21

for didn't. Detectives.

49:24

Knew that Robert was lying.

49:27

And. They. Could prove it.

49:30

They. Had him. Dead to

49:33

rights. And. Yes, I figured

49:35

out that saying means. Thanks. For

49:37

the help in the. So

49:40

after a few more hours of

49:42

poking and prodding at Robert, Some

49:46

partial truth. Began.

49:48

Coming out. Robert.

49:50

Eventually admitted that he had done

49:53

something horrible. And

49:55

unforgivable. Robert.

49:57

Howard confessed to killing.

50:00

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June fifth, twenty seventeen, after

53:51

an exhaustive search effort. The

53:54

dead body of twelve year old Naomi Jones

53:56

was found under a small bridge at Eight

53:58

Mile Creek and Co. Nicola, Florida.

54:02

It. Was later determined that Naomi had

54:04

been strangled to death. And

54:06

her body was thrown off a bridge. During.

54:09

The murder investigation. Was

54:12

gay? Be A County Detectives interviewed hundreds

54:14

of people. Among those

54:16

questioned was thirty eight year old

54:18

Robert Coward. Robert. Lived

54:21

and worked and Bruton, Alabama.

54:24

But. He often stayed at his

54:26

girlfriend's apartment and Pensacola. Which. Happened

54:28

to be in the same apartment complex

54:30

where Naomi lives and was last seen

54:33

alive. We. All know that.

54:35

And true crime cases. There's

54:38

usually not a lot of

54:40

extenuating circumstances. Is. It

54:42

looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.

54:44

Than. Are non probably did

54:46

it. Yeah, common sense. The.

54:49

Kind of thing that isn't around that much

54:51

these days. There's also the

54:53

fact of course that Robert. Was a

54:56

registered sex offender. In

54:59

the late nineties. He was convicted of

55:01

first degree rape twice. And. Spent

55:03

fifteen years in prison, After

55:06

learning about Robert and his history.

55:08

Investigators. Used phone records and

55:10

surveillance footage to track Roberts movements

55:13

on the day that Naomi Jones

55:15

went missing. Wants

55:17

a sex offender? Always.

55:19

A sex offender. Investigators

55:22

new and more importantly could

55:24

prove. That Robert was

55:26

at the apartment complex when Naomi

55:29

was abducted. And that Robert

55:31

had driven to the creek where her body

55:33

was found. About twelve hours

55:36

after her disappearance, And.

55:38

Other words, Robert was fucked.

55:41

Given. His background, the evidence,

55:44

along with the fact that

55:46

Robert was the only person

55:48

they interviewed that lied about

55:50

their whereabouts. The

55:52

cops knew they had their man. Despite

55:55

all of this, when questioned. Robert.

55:58

Refused to confess. And.

56:00

He continued. To. Lie. Something

56:03

to, for example, You

56:07

either have a sense. Or

56:10

word friends And to. Me:

56:14

And. Easier to use

56:16

in your car. Sam.

56:19

And is my own a gun? On

56:21

sale. Little carried away. Or

56:24

either. You're just a stone

56:26

cold and a bus from silver

56:28

medals. I mean is see someone

56:30

asia earlier because I never have

56:32

either. Most part she's ever middle

56:34

like cause. Some. With

56:37

citizens in his you prefer the

56:39

know that in as a hero

56:41

or less have anything to do

56:43

with ourselves. As a

56:45

singer car. During

56:48

Sunday's. Robert denied

56:50

having anything to do with Naomi,

56:53

his disappearance, and Er das. But.

56:56

He also denied that he was

56:58

ever near Eight Mile Creek. Basically.

57:01

Told cops that reality

57:03

wasn't reality. Where.

57:06

Have I heard that before? Oh yeah. Who.

57:08

You are you. Everywhere.

57:11

Everywhere. We have you

57:13

car on video of them.

57:16

Sentence for Antonio Conte you.

57:19

Say or Sachs Wow from where

57:22

you are as an enormous burden

57:24

down where she was found and

57:26

that they so as I was

57:29

married with kids and I. Am

57:31

sincerely as birth and you say that my

57:33

phone video and you say this is so

57:35

and all this. Is nice

57:37

because there's no way is.

57:41

Robert. Really thought he could call the cops

57:43

bluff by asking to see the evidence, but.

57:46

There. Was no bluff. His

57:48

car was captured on camera in the

57:50

area where Naomi was found and when

57:52

Robert asked to see the footage, Detectives.

57:56

Obliged. Smith said and

57:58

he some of the something. For

58:01

me as your car so

58:03

that was always always assumed

58:05

as much or sisters or

58:07

song puts. You in that exact

58:09

size of that car. that as the

58:11

exact time and their car is on

58:13

our video. Detectives.

58:15

Could definitively prove that Robert was

58:17

at the scene where Noom his

58:19

body was found. There.

58:22

Was simply no way around it. He

58:24

couldn't deny it. I mean, he could,

58:26

but he was denying of fact. It's.

58:28

Pretty obvious. When. Faced

58:31

with this. Finally,

58:34

Robert. Seems to story. He.

58:36

Admitted to going to the Creek, but claimed

58:38

that his visit their had nothing to do

58:40

with throwing the dead body of a twelve

58:42

year old girl off a bridge. Now

58:45

now I was there for new something else.

58:48

May. Be. Bird. Watching your. Hunting

58:51

for butterflies. Some. Sort

58:53

of ornithology type venture.

58:56

Whatever. That means. Maybe.

58:59

Some kind of caterpillar

59:01

collecting expedition? Or. The

59:03

cataloging of leaves for a scrap booking

59:06

album of some sort. Out.

59:08

Of nowhere. Oh why do people go

59:10

outside anymore? at? I don't even know.

59:14

Them apart, jester after all. Was.

59:16

Some miles with you so low enough

59:18

and with nearby celebrate our souls that

59:20

something would be there. Was.

59:22

First. Posted

59:25

the. What Is

59:27

that? this? Is a source of

59:30

some businesses to benefit side as if. Someone.

59:33

Visit me I just. Hope

59:36

op. Housing and Urban City

59:38

Missouri and insights into say something a

59:40

bit of fits. To

59:44

sourcing to us have no idea.

59:47

Rubber. Told investigators that he found a

59:49

letter on his windshield that directed him

59:52

to Eight Mile Creek. This.

59:54

Letter was apparently very vague and only

59:56

suggested that if Robert drove to the

59:59

creek. He would find something

1:00:01

that would benefit him. There. Was a

1:00:03

note from his. Or. The note on the

1:00:05

car. And assists up in

1:00:07

the benefits used for my only. Now.

1:00:10

For. The France is a little have no lane

1:00:12

from nobody's toy to nobody owes his own.

1:00:15

The course. That.

1:00:17

Is the absolute worst I went

1:00:20

around around am sorry guys the

1:00:22

guys from. From.

1:00:25

Guess us knows the

1:00:27

absolute silly is bullshit

1:00:30

or them her. Friends,

1:00:34

asshole business and Santa we're getting

1:00:36

somewhere you find out of had

1:00:38

no I know you don't believe

1:00:41

how ugly fast know. Your

1:00:44

next door fucking neighbors. See.

1:00:47

I miss him that afternoon. And

1:00:50

you solve our seas don't set. How

1:00:53

only driving around you fusses? Sauce. Do

1:00:56

in circles. In.

1:00:59

A lot to do something else. You'll.

1:01:02

Know where to put her. Obviously

1:01:04

Robert story about some ambiguous

1:01:06

note left on his car

1:01:08

was bullshit. Cops new

1:01:11

at. I. Mean, you know what? I know

1:01:13

and knows it? Rather, Knows it,

1:01:16

And. The cops were pretty much done playing

1:01:18

these little games with a. Cr

1:01:21

matter how much own

1:01:23

pleasure. Centers Nine, Nine and I

1:01:25

you know carried My home and

1:01:27

I are allies because we have

1:01:30

proof. Federline, But this

1:01:32

sounds the Reddit Ama I saw

1:01:34

your own babies and sad to

1:01:36

see. Just sounds last eleven.

1:01:38

Years old. nothing that says as

1:01:41

our anniversary this house. She's

1:01:43

ever been with me since. Himself,

1:01:46

Her, my dinner himself, Her: I didn't

1:01:49

rain during himself or not enough to

1:01:51

know what it is Anthony the way

1:01:53

they were ever since, Right? And Amy?

1:01:56

This. Was his

1:01:58

career. I

1:02:01

never try adding has.

1:02:05

The own flag for a moment I

1:02:07

have no others said. she begs you

1:02:09

to start out so that was Toma.

1:02:11

He faltered is closer though, are you?

1:02:14

So you do? Some analysts were younger,

1:02:16

lesser. M adamant

1:02:18

with. Which you

1:02:20

do. Sheer

1:02:24

terror. Girls.

1:02:30

As here. C

1:02:33

News issues in. New.

1:02:39

Zealand. At

1:02:42

this point, investigators had a solid

1:02:44

case. There was plenty

1:02:46

of evidence that a jury could

1:02:48

easily understand, and they didn't really

1:02:50

need Robert to admit to anything.

1:02:53

Still, you know a confessions

1:02:56

always nice. It doesn't hurt.

1:02:58

And. To hear what actually happened from

1:03:01

the horse's mouth? Puts. A

1:03:03

little closer on thanks. So.

1:03:05

They continued the question robert and

1:03:07

tried to tap into his empathy

1:03:09

and there was any. Their. Sons

1:03:12

twelve year old girl. Says

1:03:15

the of home. Walking. Her

1:03:18

google. To brush off

1:03:20

and world. And

1:03:23

her mom out there, passengers like an

1:03:25

ass. Martin.

1:03:28

Who don't? Know

1:03:32

the guilt she's got prefers to see wasn't. See

1:03:38

so little girl say the mother

1:03:40

role. Taking care. Of

1:03:44

her mother to get worse. She

1:03:47

comes back home with her to rather says

1:03:49

washing her down. He says

1:03:51

hello brother of the rather. Slow.

1:03:54

Southern to. And

1:03:57

her mother's worst nightmare. You.

1:04:04

Robert made it pretty clear that

1:04:07

he didn't give a damn about

1:04:09

Naomi, his mom or or two

1:04:11

brothers. It was

1:04:13

only after the detective offered

1:04:15

to help Robert that he

1:04:18

was willing to talk. In

1:04:20

other words, Roberts only concern

1:04:22

was himself as not loss.

1:04:26

Help you through. Food movie

1:04:28

is my answer. Is

1:04:31

run out of. Your only saving grace. Nutella

1:04:37

said it was icons for real

1:04:39

to. The

1:04:41

month which is such a. Sunny

1:04:45

Southern? sure right. A

1:04:47

main. Island

1:04:49

and written on room. After

1:04:52

several hours of interrogation and

1:04:55

only after the prospect of

1:04:57

getting something for himself came

1:04:59

up, Robert finally said something

1:05:02

that was basically a confession.

1:05:05

He asked the investigator if

1:05:07

there was something in Naomi

1:05:09

his mouth when she was

1:05:12

found, and indeed there was.

1:05:14

The forensic team found candy

1:05:16

in her mouth. And

1:05:18

that information had not been

1:05:21

released. To. The public. It.

1:05:24

Was something that only the killer.

1:05:26

Could. Know if he found the can

1:05:28

their mouth? And

1:05:31

Enema. What?

1:05:34

Was. In.

1:05:38

Dallas as. In

1:05:42

asking this question. Robert.

1:05:44

Revealed himself as the killer

1:05:46

but why did he ask

1:05:48

it? Of all the things

1:05:50

he could say are asked

1:05:52

why bring up the candy

1:05:55

and naomi his mouth. For

1:05:58

investigators, this question. Presented

1:06:00

the twisted and evil

1:06:02

gratification. That Robert had

1:06:05

in what he had done

1:06:07

to Naomi. In

1:06:09

any case, after revealing himself

1:06:11

as a killer, Robertson went

1:06:13

to spin a story about

1:06:15

how Naomi died. Courting.

1:06:18

The Robert: On the day of the murder,

1:06:20

he ran into Naomi in the parking lot

1:06:22

of her apartment complex and. See

1:06:24

unexpectedly started to flirt with i'm.

1:06:27

Just and. Slices.

1:06:34

Were flown. From

1:06:39

an asshole know? Some.

1:06:44

A mix of the doors and others. Or

1:06:47

back home. She says

1:06:49

there's she's my wife's the next meal once

1:06:51

in a class in. The

1:06:54

midfield. Since

1:06:57

and she's making just months it's

1:06:59

a mean he she some you

1:07:01

know. She.

1:07:04

Commands You have the

1:07:06

finances, Robert

1:07:09

explain that twelve year old

1:07:11

Naomi. Made. Very aggressive

1:07:13

sexual advances towards him.

1:07:16

Something. Straight out of penthouse

1:07:18

letters if you can imagine that.

1:07:21

And remember that reference. He.

1:07:24

Said that this twelve year old

1:07:26

girl. Insisted on going into

1:07:29

the apartment where Robert stayed. With.

1:07:32

His girlfriend. She's met

1:07:34

ancestors social sisters, Since.

1:07:38

She sees the. On she

1:07:40

was on that a deep. Net

1:07:43

this time when she didn't grandmother was

1:07:45

she grabbed it like my served about

1:07:47

my serve Ice his friends. She's

1:07:51

she bounces, know. Even

1:07:54

is going try to do never me Maybe she was

1:07:56

astonishing just nice to see my the. I

1:07:59

don't know. That ensure

1:08:01

to. right?

1:08:05

Because. That's what

1:08:07

every. Pre. Teen Girl Wants.

1:08:10

To. See a forty year old

1:08:12

man's penis? Sure,

1:08:16

Of course. Roberts. Telling

1:08:18

of these events was no more

1:08:20

believable than his ridiculous. Note:

1:08:22

On the Car story. But.

1:08:25

The fact that. He was lying.

1:08:27

Wasn't. The worst of it. The.

1:08:29

Worst part was the fact that he was trying

1:08:32

to blame. The. Murder victim.

1:08:35

A child. For. What

1:08:37

happened next? According.

1:08:40

To Robert when Naomi refuse to accept

1:08:42

his rejection of her. He.

1:08:44

Decided to strangle her. Because.

1:08:48

That makes total sense. Before

1:08:50

realized so doll. Houses

1:08:53

promenade, onset of So

1:08:56

thera. Him aside

1:08:58

and remaining for letting me to

1:09:00

do. About

1:09:03

those users they is like Albert.

1:09:06

And. So. Purple

1:09:08

bamboo supposed to bring.

1:09:11

Robert claim that he didn't intend to

1:09:13

kill Naomi. And as expected,

1:09:16

he denied raping her. Once

1:09:18

again, we have a case where the

1:09:20

bad guy is willing to admit to

1:09:22

murder. But. Won't admit

1:09:24

to raping his victim. Weird.

1:09:28

I'll just as one thousand didn't have

1:09:31

a bottom this of later. On

1:09:34

know nothing about it. Not.

1:09:36

Into in two cents as a

1:09:38

me. I

1:09:41

so brought yes. I'll

1:09:43

admit that ideas for brother that in that as last

1:09:45

night as I have sex with their my car no

1:09:47

I didn't do any of it. Robber.

1:09:50

Denied raping Naomi and surprisingly the

1:09:52

prosecutors in a scam be a

1:09:54

county. Ever sought rape

1:09:56

charges against him. Like

1:10:00

actually I'm in a high

1:10:02

frame before or after that.

1:10:05

Most. It's possible

1:10:07

that prosecutors were unable to prove

1:10:09

that Naomi had been raped. But.

1:10:12

It's also possible that didn't feel

1:10:14

like they needed to. Perhaps.

1:10:17

They didn't want that information to be

1:10:19

made public if it wasn't necessary to

1:10:22

do so. But. Legally

1:10:24

speaking. That wasn't the

1:10:26

most pressing issue. Robert.

1:10:28

Claim that Naomi death was an accident.

1:10:31

If. The jury was convinced of that

1:10:33

Robert could be convicted of second

1:10:35

degree murder. Or. Even

1:10:37

manslaughter. For. Prosecutors

1:10:40

and Naomi his mom.

1:10:43

That. Would be devastating. They.

1:10:46

Wanted a first degree murder

1:10:48

conviction. And. A.

1:10:50

Death Sentence. Answer: Want

1:10:52

them Say: given the death penalty,

1:10:54

that's what he desires on that.

1:10:56

A major part about the Injustice

1:10:59

Fi now on. The

1:11:01

case against Robert Howard took two

1:11:03

years to go to trial. And

1:11:06

in the end, Florida prosecutors were

1:11:08

not able to obtain a death

1:11:10

sentence. They. Did however

1:11:12

convince a jury to return of

1:11:15

first degree murder conviction. And

1:11:17

Robert was sentenced to life in

1:11:20

prison without the possibility. Of

1:11:22

Parole. In. Many

1:11:24

ways, Robert Howard is an

1:11:26

unremarkable rapist and murderer. He.

1:11:29

Was terrible at covering up his crimes.

1:11:32

And he was one of worst liars

1:11:34

we've ever come across. Meaning.

1:11:36

That. He sucks at it.

1:11:39

Is really really really bad at it?

1:11:42

For. Detectives this wasn't exactly

1:11:45

difficult case to close.

1:11:48

But. If. There's anything about

1:11:50

Robert that does stand out.

1:11:53

It's. His ability. To. Trick

1:11:55

the people around him. And

1:11:58

convince them that he was just. The

1:12:00

normal. Decent. And.

1:12:02

Trustworthy guy. I. Wouldn't

1:12:04

suspect Robert. Little

1:12:07

would have those you know Robert How.

1:12:09

Are described him as an athlete from

1:12:11

Britain close to his family. Who

1:12:13

ran track in every time he

1:12:15

ran football t a bad raymond.

1:12:17

Said, but why shock in the

1:12:19

small town? Howard is a known

1:12:22

sex offender. He spent fifteen years

1:12:24

in prison for awake case and

1:12:26

nineteen. Ninety Nine Month as if it

1:12:28

was mothers' One woman said. She is

1:12:30

related to his first victim and every

1:12:33

one admits that they did not believe

1:12:35

her at the time. Now they wish

1:12:37

they would have listened. ah, didn't want.

1:12:39

To believe he did for the chemo they

1:12:41

were accusing him of the one. Robert.

1:12:44

Howard was clean cut, athletic,

1:12:47

and. Carried himself with

1:12:49

modest confidence, If

1:12:52

he were only able to look at him and

1:12:54

were forced to make an assumption, You.

1:12:56

Probably think he was a normal do that had

1:12:58

his life together. Robert.

1:13:00

Also spoke well and always seemed

1:13:02

genuine. With as politeness. He.

1:13:05

Was universally accepted into every

1:13:07

social setting around him. As

1:13:11

for the people that knew him best.

1:13:13

Specifically. The women he was dating. Learning.

1:13:16

That Robert was a rapist and child

1:13:18

killer was a hard pill. To.

1:13:21

Swallow. So.

1:13:23

Hard and fact. That. A

1:13:25

secret girlfriend Yolanda. Refused.

1:13:28

To accept it. Even

1:13:30

after Robert confessed. Cells.

1:13:32

Need some sense into me? I

1:13:36

just I find my family. Since.

1:13:39

Incident on the way.

1:13:43

For his new he's always

1:13:45

in theory of thanks mate.

1:13:48

Very sleazy, nicely, very charming.

1:13:50

He was always. Like

1:13:52

that. So. You

1:13:55

know, even then and I didn't I didn't

1:13:57

believe me. I don't need. It now I

1:13:59

just can't see. I'm

1:14:01

marie been invited. For

1:14:03

some fans, you know what said. The

1:14:05

cycle: A sociopath. Mentality

1:14:07

and. With. As as

1:14:09

as he says fitness tribal a license

1:14:11

and salient to me that. He.

1:14:14

Would never know. And said

1:14:16

and thin. Coating.

1:14:19

Over and over in my head and

1:14:21

I just found. Within

1:14:24

on his or. Her ethnicity or

1:14:26

worse. As for Roberts

1:14:28

girlfriend Lauren, who was the mother of his

1:14:30

one year old child at the time. The.

1:14:33

News that Robert had murdered a twelve year

1:14:35

old girl. Didn't go

1:14:38

over well. As

1:14:40

far as easy as silly as

1:14:42

he says he said as a

1:14:44

sign because he seems very, very

1:14:46

intelligent. Very. Polite and

1:14:49

lonely in earnings also. Insisting

1:14:52

that face. Value. Of

1:14:58

the sign says. Again

1:15:14

and a blame. Blame yourself. So

1:15:17

that we think we have some. As

1:15:23

useless as he has full

1:15:25

Elena Kagan to get a

1:15:27

week. He

1:15:29

I was a missile launches you. Ever

1:15:32

thought. Of course, no

1:15:35

one in this story has been more

1:15:37

devastated by Roberts actions. The Naomi, his

1:15:39

mom. To. This day.

1:15:41

Send Tara. Hurry. Continues

1:15:44

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been a rise in eighth graders trying

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the grace of God. To be honest

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inside her family now holds onto the

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memories they had with her for twelve

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years. The go full of y you

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that the story of Naomi Jones.

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that was lost, but. Also

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because Naomi story reveals a harsh

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because you have a neighbor of a

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few live in an apartment complex and

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mom has a very specific

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message about trusting neighbors. And

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being wary of people that you

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frequently see and passing. Frankly,

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1:17:29

go around and make people aware

1:17:31

of stranger danger. But.

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We live in. Even

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more depressing, the story of

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Naomi Jones. Is a

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grim reminder. That. No matter

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how close we become, the someone. And

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no matter how well we think, we know them,

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Nobody around him. Not.

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Even those closest to him. Saw.

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The Danger. That he posed.

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past. And not one

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Was still able to mask the

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monster. That he is.

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your launder. Who. Was in

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told Yolanda that everything would

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the while. Naomi is

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1:19:36

have any real interest in helping her

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to use a woman's green. To.

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the corpse of his twelve year old

1:19:57

murder victim. Was in the

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back. Robert

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fact. Was almost.

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it took. Was.

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