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music career goi laurnorth carolina with the two youngest son needed medical treatment. a then it wasn't too >> amanda's daughter sha shared a lot of dai but she asked that we not use r what wasour >> my mom was my b t friemy mom was my hero. tbe we >> amanda d ri three mom.
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times, previously, and um, the after his death, there's a lotw. >> so how did she d on as where she wanted to live. >> i did. >> how olde >> i w0.ayg music. >> i broug and amanda had com l.e she
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s stda came and went and he so she didn't have a choice. get h boy back, in april 201 and we got married." it's a shock to laura. thathe mried.oving very whole fe >> fribe given the impressi t and grant were married, bud wen
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e doesn't have a stable home, >> they had alleged atau was a danger to the childr bed on those ay got judge turner tgey not just lgrt, but also an. was wh. was devastated.for granh
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move dowe court appoint to, uh >> to be able to give children to be in. went on record to say that gran, while grant charged that she was o m having thinking.f the children." cl ied in the children'sli >> and she came baca >> other adults and is easily isdi recommend a -50
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wh gotten pregnant and to a little baby girl. but thatleass to break >> between theeg and i think grant's spending, >> hwas crnggo w th this." i mean, what do you do? $200,000 in 18 months. we >> easily. situation?
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>> grant called his mom, patsy, hey mom, it's grant. going to move in with you guys. rising.she went back to school. >> she about the career, and getting selling ad space oreaunt she succsf restaurant owners, and socialized witnds. i don't know if i'll be ab tre d you later.
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th that was not laura. >> so that possibili we che all her activity ended on july 13. not buying food. she's in she just completely goes silent. go to their apartment or their house. maybe they left a note ty archroem, or that any violence occurred. >> it waitas clean. >> that was a good i that nobody was coming i
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from looking at the apartment, that's what stood out, nr i t and that kind of reflected her life that, you know, so mu oid >> v a lady that was on her way to um, did not um, she's dragging behind. we on it., this wasn't
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>> we still wanna look, hey, there other people in disappearance? gone to some sugar daddy sites >> you're trying to meet maybe wealthier we never able to, sh that there was anye.eengve reac 13th. >> he gives a timeliment. "well, she actuay she left, yo w le. investee exchange.ion >> he doesthscheduled
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shrnow up at 5:00, ca >> it's dist i just hope it all ct es to ke to not pick ere at no ouand i hone ring and i wish i . and if i knew wh wld'll give yom done.i don't know if i'll be le >> so how did you been there.
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um, it appeared to b handwritten. reery conspicuously, >> in her children. >> it was signed laura ackerson. >> those boys she would have never signed over e -- hn't you
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walked in the door?stng odor of bleach that hits you. you?ishat it appeared. bleach stain. >> that's not like a little old happened, right here at this orha. kind of throw up red flags as well. july 13th had brush their teeth, tak suddenly, there was nothin that
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i've ever been in. there's no showecu possible surface. >> and wro that he in that bathroom. >> we did everythi that you could do to a bathwetime. we even went to the apartment below, came up through the ce and nothing, there was nothing.n
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to indicwere just kindf >> so investigators now have a find them. >> detective faulk had lea that amanda had a daughter. her na and detective faulk door. i've never had a speeding ticket before. >> and so what did you tl them? >> well, they wanted to t do y mean where is my mom?”hat is th second.om -- the i need you to find out where >> sha tells us, y "well, my mom and grant, they tea were loadingand making aste
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karen berry.ng to go visit my just died and she hadn't seen her sister in years. tgo with ”" and she told me, “no.”lsolice t that's three days aftelaa to want to know is why. >> so after finding th requested surveillance video from u-hl he trailer? tis kin hutch thawnsizing thei
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>> grant makes aom people at u-haul wheheoe that >> the police wanted to know where grant was, so they checket >> one of the firspiis >> it was dewi these boys, knowf
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to when she had any problemsl,t afternoon,a llth were requesting some or it karen almost like she was kif get there. but can i just have there's some soul-searching going on. >> yes.the g,o help me do wed t um, she teadhown up on monday,
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the 18th. she's excited to sd karen had never seen her. r hynervous. ren pointed that out. h sister.. >> what were theesons? >>els e street is oyster creek. a flat aski p boat to go outd, and never been a sighting ofouy.
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person. amanda then tells karen, um, "i hurt her. nkhat laura. laura's dead?"anresa eaand the op street.y itself we were in skinner lane, fort bend counoks. >> yeah, thiha a lot in the last 13 yea. there wa >> y unc karen was asked what itemsersuil
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>> it's becoming important tk o of the houstone that awful day. >> what kind of dives did yo >> we pretty much go get wt's visibili e first two hours, we searchni so, on our tiptoes and go through the li
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amanda were inquiring about hom, video of grant purchasing suspicious items, including purchase of the ri garbage can, and also somear law enforcement that grant had l the migeleing close to the soil acid.en there? >> they attempte dfound laura's.
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but they do have enougevid and amanda. >> we head down to kinston t into custodyesr of the room he both charged with murder in the death of lra >> i even sent him a message i hell, dude? point.nd being charged with murder?
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grant and amanda areed >> are you grant ruffin >> jason ackerson watched from the front row as thehiatsister' judgowharged with killing his children's wm went back to jail with no bond.. >> my mom's not a monster. she got pulled into a bad tu that woman in that picture is ther could be re >> at some point, she ha
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we you found a manual for the >> for some type of ouwer samin? >> no one does construction work she made a decision to kinda and they did.d e on could figur the early morning hours of >> they found grant hayes at 2:30 in the morning, after ying >> a reciprocating sla you use, can rip through almost anythg. >> the video shows him kind of s
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>> he went i dioks and try to do got a dead body at home. 2:00 in the morning.m retired reporter pehey both throw each other fr a he onofhee tions that one nna blam
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murder of laura ackerson, >> i was an assistant district onulrney.osecuted gnt a lith of her children, would be the one rent grant hayes. another m, join m our fethere's no evie and they were right, just
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embering it doesn't mean he's a murderer. >> his minds that he didn't do this, th>> inw in court sever he often los he c laura ackerson on his wigr.t's like during the trial? >> disguint torney, you may call >> laura loved her children mor be there to support her. mhes.h
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evidence, we don't actually know first degree murder adults in and exactly what had trapid. >> i didn't have enough inform that we receivedcause of death? you can't find this guy guilty." and the state really didn't have any direct evidence.>>his made li use grant's own words against him.t
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>> here yo informant patr said happened inside apartment. dad met grant at the wake county jail where they were both behind related offenses. >> he's a he was looking a way to try to uction.'a had several pveiod that we
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>> could you please ate >> could you tell me, um, ho yo >> the gefensent didn't commit this crimethat i who committed this crime.asur c t, "we hurt laura," or, "he hurt laura gnt further, she detailed another st y now. was covering for grant.
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>> because it 't later tried an rulting in an additional 20 years in prison.h and those little boys?d a death blow?diit or if amanda did it. wife collabo >> despite beingwn it doesn't sound to me like you have a lotf a's death. s.ura's death killed me, killedt he's the bad guy
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he's the>>itou're saying, essen ththis. >> no, amanda and ia >> >> i regret ooh. it just colors the way that people are gonna see me for the laa, what comes to mind? >> i talk to her. asouor watching over me." a being rais by grant or amanda. >> tng bo have
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