1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: In Phoenix, Arizona. A young, close knit family is looking 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: ahead to a new chapter on the horizon, with everything 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: beginning to fall into place, a future that feels steady, certain, promising, 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 1: until suddenly it isn't. A tragedy, a moment no one 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: could have foreseen. But as the smoke begins to clear, 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: something doesn't quite settle, and what once looked like a 7 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: promising future. 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: Begins to feel far less certain. 9 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: What happens when love becomes fatal. This is the Fatal 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: Attraction Podcast with Smoldering Secrets. 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 3: July eighteenth, twenty twelve. It's a sweltering Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, 12 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 3: one of the fastest growing metros in America. 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 4: Phoenix is the anchor city of a sprawling multi city 14 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 4: metropolitan area known as Valley of the Sun. 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 5: This time of the year, this hot triple digits. We're 16 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 5: looking at one tens, one fifteen's. 17 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:18,199 Speaker 3: And on this one hundred and twelve degree Arizona afternoon, 18 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 3: things are about to get even hotter. 19 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 6: Phoenix police get a call from a very frantic man. 20 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 6: He says that his apartment is on fire. 21 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 7: Nine one one, What is your emergency? 22 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 8: My farm's on fire, My girlfriend's sigh. 23 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 3: The caller is twenty one year old duan Darius Robinson. 24 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 9: He's reports that his girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall maybe inside of 25 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 9: the building. 26 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 7: She was there when I love Do you think she's 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 7: still inside? I don't know. 28 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 10: He's frantic, he doesn't know what's going on. 29 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 7: I tried to get in what I couldn't. 30 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 10: With all the smoke. 31 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 11: He didn't want to risk taking his order in there. 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: Please this one hurry up and if Shanikua is trapped inside, 33 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: she isn't the only one. 34 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 10: She's nine months pregnant. 35 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 3: At only twenty one, Shaniqua Hall had a bright future 36 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: ahead of her. 37 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 8: She was a vibrant young woman, the positive person. 38 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 12: She was really a fun loving, outgoing girl. 39 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 13: Who really loved to joke around. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 8: She was a light in everyone's. 41 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 3: Life, and the light of her life was her boyfriend, 42 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: Dwan Darius. 43 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 8: Can I get an application? 44 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 14: Bwondarius Robinson also known as Darius to family and friends 45 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 14: at Shaniqua Hall while they were in high. 46 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 8: School, fell out your first name. 47 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 14: She actually came to his job applying for a position 48 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 14: and he helped her. 49 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 8: Thanks. 50 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 10: I really hope I get the job. 51 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 7: Yeah, me too. 52 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: They just kind of hit it off from the beginning. 53 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 3: Shanika did get the job, and soon she and Darius 54 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 3: grew closer. 55 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: She had the night shift, he would walk her home every. 56 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 12: Night, and from there they just start falling in love. 57 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 8: You want to come in meet my mom? 58 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 7: Yeah. I loved that. 59 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 15: Shanika came from a very loving family. They were very present, 60 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 15: they were very supportive. 61 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: It was a life Darius had never known. 62 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 15: Elius Guardarius did not come from a stable home. 63 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 10: Nuck was coming in the door, his mother was in prison. 64 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 10: Well hi, Darius, how are you? 65 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 16: His father wasn't in the picture, and he'd spent most 66 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 16: of his childhood being passed around between relatives. 67 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 15: Thinking about what that means for a young child. He 68 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 15: might have felt that he wasn't loved or didn't have 69 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 15: someone that really cared. 70 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: But once he met Shanika, all that changed. Shaniko's family 71 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: kind of brought him in. 72 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 12: Shaniqua's mom really started to take too John Darius. 73 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 15: If he was walking her home at night after they 74 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 15: got off late, her mother cared enough to say, hey, 75 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 15: it's okay to stay at our house. We want to 76 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 15: keep you safe. 77 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: As well, those occasional overnight stays eventually became permanent. 78 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 4: Shanika's mom allowed him to move in the house with them. 79 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 15: He probably really appreciated it, honestly, to have people that 80 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 15: would look out for him. 81 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 6: Darius was finally able to find a family, and with 82 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 6: support from Shanika's family, Darius thrived. 83 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: He was working hard, he was going to school, and 84 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 4: he was going to church every week. 85 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: However, there were some complications Emma. 86 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 8: While he was living there, Shaniko became pregnant. 87 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 10: Have something to show you, Oh wow. 88 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 12: Instead of making them feel bad for their mistakes, Shaniko's 89 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 12: mom really supported them. 90 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 8: We're gonna get this together. 91 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 14: She allowed them to stay there until they graduated high school. 92 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 7: Happy. 93 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: In two thousand and nine, the happy couple had a 94 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 3: beautiful baby girl. 95 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 10: These two parents are so excited. 96 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 6: They get an apartment of their own. Shanko got a 97 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 6: job at a call center. 98 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: Darius is working as a security guard at a local college. 99 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 6: This is a young couple fresh out of high school, 100 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 6: really trying to make it work. 101 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 3: And then at the end of twenty eleven, the young 102 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 3: couple got more exciting news. 103 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 12: They were respecting their second child. 104 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 15: There was a lot of excitement around just paying for 105 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 15: a new baby. 106 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 11: The family moved into a new, bigger apartment. 107 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 3: And they were also making big plans for the future. 108 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 12: Shanik One Brown Darius started talking about getting married. 109 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 14: It's not often times that people this young can actually 110 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 14: come together and build a life, but they seem to 111 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 14: have done it. 112 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 3: Only now it looks like their bright future maybe. 113 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 14: In Jeopardy nine one, one received a frantic call stating 114 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 14: that there was a fire than the apartment. 115 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 10: I tried to get in. 116 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 7: What I couldn't. 117 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 10: Please listen one hurry up. 118 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 12: He's afraid that his girlfriend, Shaniko is stuck inside the 119 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 12: burning apartment. 120 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,479 Speaker 10: She's here, She's the here. 121 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 3: When first responders arrive on the scene, Darius meets them 122 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 3: in the parking lot. 123 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 11: He led the firefighters into the apartment. 124 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 12: She's here, she's a here. 125 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 10: The last he knew she was in the apartment. 126 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 3: Firefighters rush inside and quickly assess the situation. 127 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 9: They start looking for any signs of anyone that may 128 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 9: still be alive, and immediately see white smoke in the hallway. 129 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 4: The bulk of the smoke seems to be coming from 130 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 4: the bedroom. 131 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 9: When he reaches the bedroom door, he opens it and 132 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 9: he's met with thick smoke. 133 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 11: The area around the bed was in flames. 134 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 9: They immediately put out the fire with a portable fire extinguisher. 135 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 3: Once the blaze is out, the firefighters fire Shinikua. 136 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 14: They found Shinika on the floor between the bed and 137 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:43,239 Speaker 14: the wall. 138 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 10: She was badly burned. 139 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 3: It is too late to save her, and it doesn't 140 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 3: look like her death is an accident. 141 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 8: She had a rag stuffed in her mouth. 142 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 10: She was bound by duct tape. 143 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 16: Going to have one victim inside. 144 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: What transpired here is not just heartbreaking, but profoundly unsettling. 145 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 2: The reality, it seems, may be much nearer than we 146 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 2: ever anticipated. 147 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcasts. 148 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: Chiniku Wa Hall and Darius Robinson couldn't wait to welcome 149 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 3: their new addition to the world. 150 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 8: They were both excited about the birth of this second child. 151 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 11: In preparation, they'd moved into a new, bigger apartment. 152 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 12: Everything was looking up. 153 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 3: But now, after Darius called nine to one one and 154 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 3: reported a fire at their apartment, firefighters had found Shanika's 155 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 3: badly burned body in the couple's bedroom, and her death 156 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 3: appears to be no accident. 157 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 10: Her hands were bound with duct tape. 158 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 12: There's a rag in her mouth. 159 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 3: Once the fire is out, first responders call in homicide detective. 160 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 12: It looks like the fire was set to hide a cry. 161 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 10: Was it a robbery or home invasion? 162 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 3: When homicide detectives arrive on the scene, they quickly rule 163 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 3: out the robbery angles. 164 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 12: There doesn't seem to be any force entry, and it 165 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 12: doesn't look like anything was disturbed. 166 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 5: There was no rams, no electronics gone, no valuables gone. 167 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 3: In fact, the detective suspect that Shanika's killer may have 168 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 3: left something behind. 169 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 12: They found two rolls of duct tape on the kitchen. 170 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 14: Counter, one that's almost completely finished and one that has 171 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 14: not been used. 172 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 3: The used role is a match for the tape used 173 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 3: to bind Shanikua. 174 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 11: They also found a mostly empty bottle of lighter fluid. 175 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 12: It definitely looks like somebody came in to intentionally torture 176 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 12: and kill Sinikwa. 177 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 3: It will take an autopsy to determine if she was 178 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,839 Speaker 3: dead before the blaze began, but detectives have little doubt 179 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 3: she was deused with the accelerant and set on fire. 180 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 9: In this instance, the fire was localized to the bed 181 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 9: and the floor where the deceased person was found. 182 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 13: That in and of itself is suspicious. 183 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 17: The fire had largely sputtered out before the apartment was 184 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 17: fully engulfed. 185 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 13: Something like lighter fluid. 186 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 9: It doesn't burn for very long, so it's not going 187 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 9: to do the type of damage that the person that 188 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 9: set the fire was intending. 189 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 3: Detectives have Darius make arrangements for his daughter, then transport 190 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 3: him to the station for a formal statement. 191 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 6: Police take Darius while the Texas Day and Canvas the area. 192 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 3: They start by speaking to the neighbors who've gathered outside. 193 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 4: Quite a few neighbors said that they heard the smoke 194 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 4: alarms going off. 195 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 7: I heard that alarm going off. I didn't know it 196 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 7: was a fire alarm. 197 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 8: They didn't see any smoke or any fire. 198 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 3: And no one saw anything suspicious. 199 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 7: During that whole time. I didn't see one person leave 200 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 7: or enter. 201 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 10: The next thing anyone knew. 202 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 16: Police and firefighters were there, and Darius was outside with 203 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 16: his daughter. 204 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 18: You were trying to upset. 205 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 7: I was watching through the window. It's kind of trying 206 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 7: to figure out what's going on. 207 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 11: The neighbors were mostly in shock that Shaniko was dead. 208 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 7: Did she mention any trouble between the two of them 209 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:47,599 Speaker 7: or anything like that. 210 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 3: Darius and Shaniqua's neighbors all say they seemed like a 211 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 3: happy couple. 212 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 7: So many people, you know, like when they saw them 213 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 7: say hi, thank you. 214 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 3: When the canvas is complete, detectives head back to the 215 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 3: precinct to take Darius this statement. 216 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 10: Darius didn't have any problem cooperator. 217 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 11: He still seemed pretty shaken by what happened. 218 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 18: Start with this morning and bring me up and now. 219 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 10: A little bit. 220 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 12: He says, he went to work, got. 221 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 18: For work at our sugar and thoughts okay, and then 222 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 18: what do you do? 223 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 7: I want to cross the screen to the store. 224 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 11: He said. 225 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 17: He had picked up a few groceries and then he 226 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 17: went back to the apartment and. 227 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 8: He saw Shanika and they talked a little bit. 228 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 11: Then to give Shanika a little alone time, he had 229 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 11: taken their daughter out to lunch. 230 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 3: But their father daughter moment was about to take a 231 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 3: disastrous turn. 232 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 8: When he returned. 233 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 14: He said, he saw the smoke and he heard the 234 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 14: fire alarms. 235 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 18: Did you ever make it up into the apartment. I'm 236 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 18: a daughter and my aunt I always. 237 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 7: Want to do that. 238 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 12: So that's when he made the frantic now on one. 239 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 7: Call nine one one. 240 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 3: What is your emergency, Darius. This story fits with what 241 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 3: the detectives know, but there are parts of it that 242 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 3: give them pause. 243 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 16: Shanikua was nine months pregnant with their child, and he 244 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 16: didn't go in and try to save them. 245 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 18: I didn't know whether or not she was still there. 246 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 18: Now she was there when you left. 247 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 11: Was there some secret about the couple's relationship the neighbors 248 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 11: hadn't seen? 249 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 18: What would you describe your relationship with your girlfriend? 250 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:41,319 Speaker 7: Lake? 251 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 5: We have our day before we have fatal disagreements and 252 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 5: go back in front of each other about not typical moment. 253 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 3: And when the detectives ask if anyone else might want 254 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 3: to hurt Shaniqua, he says no, there's no. 255 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 18: Reason why anybody would suffer to your apartment. 256 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 7: Oh. 257 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 3: Then at the conclusion of the interview, the detectives ask 258 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 3: one less thing of Darius. 259 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 19: We're gonna forensically examine your clothing for SCIENCESFIC accelerate. 260 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 17: It's standard procedure for these kinds of investigations. 261 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 3: Finished with Darius, the detectives turned to Shanika's mother, who's 262 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 3: been waiting anxiously for answers. 263 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: Thank you for coming in. 264 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 10: I'm sorry for your loss. 265 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 12: Her mom and several other family members showed up to 266 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 12: the crime scene as soon as they got word. 267 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 16: They were advised by officers still on the scene to 268 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 16: go on and head down to the station and speak 269 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 16: with detectives. 270 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 3: Her mom starts by filling detectives in on her daughter's 271 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 3: relationship with Darius. 272 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 12: She talked about how they've been together since they were teenagers. 273 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 12: Taji took him in under her roof. 274 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 7: It's been around for a long time. 275 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 11: This is someone that she said was like family, much 276 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 11: like the neighbors. She says she never saw any trouble 277 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 11: in the relationship. 278 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 18: Was he ever physical with him? 279 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 7: No? She was she physical with him? 280 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 15: No. 281 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: However, she also says that their relationship wasn't perfect. 282 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 7: I know that he's a cheater. He's a cheater. 283 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:31,040 Speaker 3: He's a cheater, and she says there's proof Darius has 284 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 3: a baby with another woman. 285 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: Stay with us. 286 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: As investigators start to uncover the truth about what really happened. 287 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 2: This is the Fatal Interaction Podcast. 288 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: Detectives investigating the murder of Shanikua Hall have just learned 289 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 3: that her boyfriend friend, Darius Robinson, has been unfaithful. 290 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 14: Chanikua's mother told the investigators that Darius had gotten someone 291 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 14: else pregnant. 292 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 3: Her name is Stephanie Cameron. 293 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 16: According to Shaniqua's mom, Darius got Stephanie pregnant. 294 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 10: While he was dating Shaniqua. 295 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 7: Because the baby about a year or year and a 296 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 7: half now. 297 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 17: She also said there's no doubt that Darius is the 298 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 17: father of her child. 299 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 7: Sing A good drilled the baby. 300 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 11: She said the little boy looked just like Darius. 301 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 3: Janikua's mother says that her daughter had been upset when 302 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 3: she found out about Stephanie's pregnancy, but she didn't break 303 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 3: things off with Darius. 304 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 15: Relationship infidelity is not always a deal breaker. 305 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 16: Despite the fact that he had gotten another woman pregnant, 306 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 16: Shaniqua decided to forgive him. 307 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 3: That wasn't the only unusual thing Shaniqua did. 308 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 14: Shaniqua had actually contacted Stephanie. 309 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 15: She goes to her and says, you know, I want 310 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 15: to let you know our children can be siblings. They 311 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 15: are siblings, and we should get to know each other. 312 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 3: Despite the circumstances the two women had done, just that they. 313 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 7: Could start talking and communicating back and forth. 314 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 6: We have this very interesting dynamic of two women finding 315 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 6: out that they have children by the same man and 316 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 6: they actually build a relationship. 317 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 15: How mature, how selfless too to think about her child 318 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 15: and having an expanded family, a blended family. 319 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 3: However, according to Shanika's mother, the kids weren't all the 320 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 3: two women talked about. 321 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 16: She said that Shaniqua and Stephanie had also talked a 322 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:50,880 Speaker 16: lot about Darius. 323 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 7: They came like friends teenage girls. 324 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 4: Comparing these they would cross reference stories that he told 325 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,199 Speaker 4: each of them them. 326 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 3: According to Shanika's mom, Darius spent several months trying to 327 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 3: juggle both relationships. 328 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 14: Darius was telling one he was going to stay with them, 329 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 14: and he was telling the other one the same. 330 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 3: Thing until he found out that his two girlfriends were 331 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 3: talking behind his back, and he. 332 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 6: Kind of felt betrayed that they have this relationship that 333 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 6: they've been building behind his back. 334 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,719 Speaker 7: When he found out a policy that they were communicating. 335 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 7: When you were mad, he yelled, you know why you 336 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 7: went my business? It's none of your business what I 337 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 7: do kind of my business. I'm the one's genie. 338 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 3: According to Shanika's mother, it was only then that her 339 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 3: daughter decided she'd had enough. 340 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 7: She should him not when she put him on feet 341 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 7: out of my house. 342 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 3: When he left, Darius had gone to stay with Stephanie 343 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 3: and Shaniqua had tried to move on. 344 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 7: She said, you know, Smamy, I'm done. I'm gonna move 345 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 7: on with my life or baby's you need to do. 346 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 7: You need to move on. 347 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 11: Unfortunately, Shaniqua had not followed her mother's advice. 348 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 7: A couple months later, I find out he's. 349 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 3: Right, and he was back with Shaniqua because Stephanie had 350 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 3: put him out. 351 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 7: For what reason? Because he was still communicating. 352 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 3: But Shanika's mother says she was initially skeptical about the reconciliation. 353 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 16: Over time, she said she realized that Darius and her 354 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 16: daughter were committed to working things out. 355 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 7: Every weekend, I cook Sunday dinners, right, yeah, curious, And 356 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 7: how are those situations? We're fine. Everybody's laughing and talking. 357 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 3: And with a new baby on the way, their commitment 358 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 3: had only grown. 359 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 7: They were talking about marriage. 360 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 3: She told me, was it possible Stephanie found out about 361 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 3: the marriage plans? 362 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 5: Is this is a possibility that she's going to salk revenge? 363 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 4: Detective decided they need to have a chat with this 364 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 4: other woman. 365 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 3: And there's suspicions of Stephanie only deepened after the detectives 366 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 3: talked to shanikue was aunt. 367 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 17: The detectives reached out to her aunt because she was 368 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 17: the last person who spoke to Shanika other than Darius. 369 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 20: My understanding is you had a phone conversation with Sika. 370 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 7: Okay, and she called me at twelve thirty four. 371 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 4: The last time that Chanique spoke with her aunt was 372 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 4: just hours. 373 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 10: Before she died. 374 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 7: We discussed about the baby. 375 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 6: She had talked to her almost every day about how 376 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 6: excited she was about the pregnancy. 377 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 20: Do you have any knowledge of Duan Darius's I guess 378 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,920 Speaker 20: looking forward to this child or was there any type 379 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 20: of regrets or negativity surrounding it. Well, she did state 380 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 20: to me that he has seemed happy. 381 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 3: She also says there was one thing that still worried Shaniqua. 382 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,760 Speaker 7: She said that the girlfriend that he had she felt 383 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 7: kind of off about that. 384 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 11: According to Shanikua, Darius had been keeping Stephanie. 385 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 10: In the dark. 386 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 7: She didn't think that he had even told her that 387 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 7: she was pregnant and having another baby. 388 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for more. What comes next raises even more questions. 389 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 2: This is the Fatal Intraction podcast. 390 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 3: Detective suspect there may have been bad blood between Shaniqua 391 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 3: Hall and Stephanie Cameron over the father of their children, 392 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 3: Juan Darius Robinson. 393 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 4: Darius and shanikuare reconciled and they were living together once again. 394 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 3: Shanikua was also nine months pregnant with her and Darius's 395 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 3: second child. 396 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 11: According to Shaniko's aunt, Darius had never shared the news 397 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,400 Speaker 11: with Stephanie, who he also had a child. 398 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 3: With, But now detectives wonder if Stephanie had found out. 399 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 10: Shaniko was far enough along that there was no hiding it. 400 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 8: Could this have been the cause of the murder. 401 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 11: If Stephanie was already jealous that Darius was getting back 402 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 11: with Shaniko, maybe the news of them expecting a baby 403 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 11: pushed her over the edge. 404 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 3: When the detectives bring Stephanie in for questioning, she appears 405 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 3: more than willing to cooperate. 406 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 21: I heard about what happened to Shanika, but I just 407 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 21: can't believe it. 408 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 10: She was super shocked that anybody would want to do 409 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 10: anything like this to her. 410 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 21: I had nothing to do with it. 411 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 3: If that's a jersumi, but She's adamant that she's not involved. 412 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 14: Stephanie told the detectives there was no beef between them, 413 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 14: there was no anger. 414 00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 8: In fact, they had become friends. 415 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 10: They both wanted to do the best that they could 416 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 10: for their children. 417 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 12: They were really excited about raising the kids together as siblings. 418 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 15: Both women displayed a level of maturity, a level of kindness, 419 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 15: a level of support and love and selflessness. 420 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 21: I didn't even know that Darius and her were together 421 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 21: until after I. 422 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 3: Was pregnant, But she says she'd known Darius a lot longer. 423 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 12: She's knowns want Darius since they were kids. 424 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,880 Speaker 6: She says, however, their relationship was short lived. 425 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 14: He had moved in a month before their child was born, 426 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 14: and then five months afterwards. She said she really had 427 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 14: no more dealings with him at all. 428 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 21: You weren't jealous that he went back to Shnigla. Lord 429 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 21: No if anything, said she can have them. 430 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 6: She didn't really want Darius back. He lied about everything, 431 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 6: and he was very manipulative. 432 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 21: Like Darius was telling me one thing and then would 433 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 21: turn around and tell Shnika another. 434 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 3: She talked about how they used to compare notes. Stephanie 435 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 3: says that Shanikua had given her all the dirt about 436 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 3: her relationship with Darius. 437 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 21: I'm just surprised she took them back, especially after how 438 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 21: they fought. 439 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 11: According to Stephanie, Shanika said that she and Darius argued 440 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 11: all the time. 441 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 10: It wasn't very violent, just a little pushing and shoving. 442 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 10: He ever put hands on you. 443 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 21: No, but there is something you should know, Stephanie. 444 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 6: Let's detectives know that Shanika and Darius were engaged in 445 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 6: a child support battle. 446 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 16: Stephanie said she found out about the child support dispute 447 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 16: because some of the court papers got sent to her 448 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 16: at her house. 449 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 21: He owed about ten thousand dollars in back payments. 450 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 10: To detectives. 451 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 17: It sounded like Stephanie was suggesting that Darius might have 452 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 17: a motive to get rid of Shaniqua. 453 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 5: Having distress of child support, having money issues. It could 454 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 5: possibly be themester of violence. 455 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 3: Or is Stephanie just trying to throw the detectives off 456 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 3: her trail? 457 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 21: Where were you Wednesday afternoon? I was in California, Okay? 458 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 3: And when investigators look into Stephanie's alibi, it checks out. 459 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 13: They were able to confirm it for multiple witnesses. 460 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: What Stephanie told them about the child support Also, tracks. 461 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 11: Detectives pulled court records and determined that Darius was supposed 462 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 11: to be paying child support to Shaniqua for their first daughter. 463 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 3: Shanikua had filed for child support when she kicked Darius out. 464 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 10: Was that really a motive from murder? Shanika and Darius 465 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 10: were thinking about getting married. 466 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 11: Now if that happened, wouldn't the child support case go away? 467 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,879 Speaker 3: The detectives are still digging into the child support issue 468 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 3: when they get an urgent call from Shanika's sister Homicide. 469 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 4: Chanikua's sister informs them that things weren't as rosy as 470 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 4: everyone saw. 471 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 10: There's something you need to know about Shanika and Darius. 472 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 16: She said that Shanika was suspected Darius was cheating on 473 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 16: her again. 474 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 7: She didn't tell Mama since Mamma didn't want her to 475 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:17,760 Speaker 7: get back with him to be guilty. 476 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 4: He was receiving text messages, he was getting phone calls 477 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 4: at all hours of the night. 478 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 3: And according to her sister, Shanika had recently gotten proof 479 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 3: that Darius was still stepping out. 480 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 11: A week before the murder, Darius got a ticket from 481 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 11: a red light camera. 482 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 4: The car was registered in Shanika's name, Therefore the ticket 483 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 4: went to Shaniqua. 484 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 3: The photo from the traffic camera came with the ticket 485 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:48,040 Speaker 3: in it. 486 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 11: You could see Darius behind the wheel and. 487 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 3: He wasn't alone. 488 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 10: There was another woman in the car. It was not Shanika. 489 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 10: It wasn't Stephanie either. He got himself another girl. 490 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 3: Shanikua was furious. 491 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 10: She told her sister She's done. It's over. This was 492 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 10: the last draw. 493 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 3: There was no way she was gonna marry him. 494 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 495 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 3: Detectives investigating Shanikua Hall's murder have just learned that she 496 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 3: was having second thoughts about marrying her boyfriend, Duan Darius Robinson. 497 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 3: Janika's sister had let detectives know that Janiko had found 498 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 3: out that Darius was a serial cheater. 499 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 15: Chennikoa was thinking he was not ready for the type 500 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 15: of commitment that she needed. 501 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:58,160 Speaker 3: Could the impending breakup be a factor in Shanika's murder. 502 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 16: Darius already old her child support for the one baby. 503 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 16: If they separated, he'd be on the hook for the 504 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 16: second one too. 505 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 3: Now suspicious of Darius, detectives go back over his story. 506 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,479 Speaker 17: They were particularly interested in what happened in the hours 507 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 17: leading up to the nine to one one call. 508 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 12: He said that at the work he stopped bout the 509 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 12: grocery store to get a few things, and then he 510 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 12: went home to take his baby. 511 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:25,680 Speaker 13: Girl to lunch. 512 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,680 Speaker 3: To check up on Darius's story, detectives pay a visit 513 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 3: to the supermarket Darius supposedly stumped into on his way 514 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 3: home from work. 515 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 16: When the detectives reviewed the store surveillance video from that day, 516 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 16: it confirmed Darius's story. 517 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 4: The surveillance video clearly shows Darius at the grocery store. 518 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 3: However, that's not all the footage reveals. 519 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 4: Among the items that Darius purchased at the grocery store 520 00:28:58,640 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 4: were two rolls of duct tape. 521 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 12: He also purchased lighter. 522 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 5: Fluid, just so what happened, He purchased it a few 523 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 5: hours before the fire took place. 524 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 3: With video evidence that appears to connect Darius to both 525 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 3: the murder and the arson, the detectives bring him in 526 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 3: for another round of questioning. 527 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 14: Investigatives wanted to get some more information about what really 528 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 14: happened in that apartment that day. 529 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 3: They start by asking Darius about the child support he 530 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 3: owed Shinikwa. 531 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 11: From Darius's reaction, it was clear that the child support 532 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 11: was a source of frustration. 533 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 18: But you lived with her mother, I know, so why 534 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 18: do you pay child'sport? 535 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 7: We lived together forever. 536 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 16: However, Darius said that the child support wasn't going to 537 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 16: be an issue once they got married. 538 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 7: Oh God, sob. 539 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 17: Although based on what Shanika's sister told them, the detectives 540 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 17: knew that was not true. 541 00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 3: When the detectives confront him about the lighter fluid and 542 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 3: the duct tape, Darius doesn't deny that it's him in 543 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 3: the store surveillance video. 544 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 13: He admits to haven't purchased them. 545 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 3: However, he also says he can explain the tape project. 546 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 7: I was more work on. Got the soda box? How 547 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 7: gonna make something out of it? 548 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 10: He said? He wanted to make it a dispenser in 549 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 10: the refrigerator. 550 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 18: Okay, to dispense Zodicans type thing, just keep having to empty. 551 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 11: Darius said that there was a totally innocent explanation for 552 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 11: the lighter fluid too. 553 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,719 Speaker 18: She wants to do like a family day to make burgers. 554 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 3: But despite Darius's attempts to explain away the tape and 555 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,360 Speaker 3: the lighter fluid. The detectives aren't buying it. 556 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 19: Don't you think that it's just outrageously coincidental that she's 557 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 19: bound up with the duct taps that you bought. 558 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 7: Ducta shot cut. 559 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 11: He also denied setting her on fire. 560 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 18: I wasn't well, you were kind of you were closer 561 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 18: to it than I was outside. 562 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 7: I don't know what happened to inside. 563 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 14: Darius kept denying it, saying that it was just a coincidence. 564 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 14: But the detectives they don't believe in coincidences. 565 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 19: There's a lot more to this story than what you're 566 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 19: telling me. How you know because I know what happened 567 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 19: in that apartment. I know that your girlfriend's dead in there. 568 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 19: I know that there was duct tape used in her death, 569 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 19: and I know that she was set on fire, and 570 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 19: you were at Albertson's buying duct tape and later flew it. 571 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 18: And suddenly this happened. Proved that's well, certainly is a 572 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 18: strong indication that you did. 573 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 3: After laying out the evidence against him, the detectives give 574 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 3: Darius one last chance to come clean. 575 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,040 Speaker 18: I want you to think real hard about how you 576 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 18: want to be portrayed this. If you have anything to 577 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 18: do with this at all. 578 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 7: This was you that did this. 579 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 18: Then you need to get out in front of this 580 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 18: and be a good guy. 581 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,640 Speaker 19: Good people do things sometimes on the spur of the 582 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 19: moment that they regret later. If you stay on the 583 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 19: road of I don't know what you're talking about, detective, 584 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 19: and then later on it turns out to be you, 585 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 19: you appear to be a gold blooded killer. On the 586 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 19: other hand, of this is something that got out of control, 587 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 19: and you're genuinely sorry for it. Because of the time 588 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 19: to tell me that that's the case, you were not there. 589 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 18: You didn't have anything to. 590 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 7: Do with this. 591 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 18: I don't believe you. 592 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 3: At the end of the interview, the detectives placed Darius 593 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 3: under arrest. 594 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 18: You're not going home tonight. Negative, Under no circumstances are 595 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,040 Speaker 18: you going home. You're going to be booked into jail 596 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 18: on two counts of first degree murderer. 597 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 11: They not only charged him with unique was murdered, but 598 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 11: for the unborn babies as well, and. 599 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 3: The evidence against Darius gets even stronger when the detectives 600 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 3: get the test results back from the crime lab. 601 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 9: The crime lab was able to determine that there was 602 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 9: an accelerant that. 603 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 3: Was used According to the lab, the accelerant was some 604 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 3: form of petroleum distillate. 605 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 9: Petroleum distillate is found in items such as charcoal, lighter fluid, 606 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 9: paint thinner, and. 607 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 3: Mineral spirits, and the crime lab also found traces of 608 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 3: it somewhere else. 609 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 4: Darius had accelerant on the clothes that he was wearing 610 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 4: the day of shnik was murdered. 611 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: What transpired here is not just heartbreaking, but profoundly unsettling. 612 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: The reality, it seems, made be much nearer than he 613 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: ever anticipated. 614 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 615 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 3: Phoenix detectives have arrested twenty one year old Darius Robinson 616 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 3: for the murder of his girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall and the 617 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 3: couple's unborn child. 618 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 17: They had store surveillance footage of him buying the tape 619 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 17: used to tie up Shaniqua and the lighter fluid to. 620 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 10: Start the fire. They also found accelerant on his clothes, and. 621 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 3: When the detectives received the results of Shanika's autopsy, it's 622 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 3: clear that she'd met a violent and the. 623 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 9: Medical examiner was not able to conclusively determine a cause 624 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 9: of death. However, the report indicated that there were signs 625 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 9: of blunt force trauma, strangulation, and burned damage. 626 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:00,600 Speaker 13: To the body. 627 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 3: Shaniko's mother is still struggling to make sense of the 628 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,800 Speaker 3: heinous crime. When the detectives follow up with her the 629 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,560 Speaker 3: day after Darius's arrest. 630 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 7: There was never a sign of anything. You know, this 631 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:16,279 Speaker 7: is told him as a b. 632 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 14: We have to think about what Shanika's mother is feeling. 633 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,040 Speaker 14: She lost her daughter, but she also lost someone that 634 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,320 Speaker 14: was like a son to her, who. 635 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 7: Always called you. Thank you for being the mom. Thank 636 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 7: you for. 637 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 15: She was trying so hard to be loving and extending 638 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 15: that love and grace and support, only for it to 639 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 15: end with tragedy. 640 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 7: Whom that you know, basically for five years. 641 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:54,200 Speaker 10: Were there for you, Well, it just really hurts. She 642 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 10: trusted this man. 643 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 7: I'm not gonnasult geniate that I know what you're going through, 644 00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 7: because I don't. 645 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 19: But what I can't say is that we're here to, 646 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,840 Speaker 19: you know, do our best to make sure that you 647 00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 19: know your family gets some justice. 648 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 7: Thank you, thank you. 649 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 3: When Dwan Darius goes on trial for murder, the prosecutors 650 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,280 Speaker 3: portray him as a man who felt trapped. 651 00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 16: He was already paying child support for the one kid, 652 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 16: and now with Shaniquah nine months pregnant and refusing to 653 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,279 Speaker 16: marry him, he was going to be on the hook 654 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 16: for the second child as well. 655 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 15: He was probably very focused on I need to get out, 656 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 15: I need to escape. She is the reason why I'm 657 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 15: having these problems, the reason why I'm unhappy, and I 658 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 15: just need her to be gone, And sadly and tragically, 659 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 15: he chose violence to get out of this situation. 660 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,840 Speaker 3: According to the prosecutors, he not only chose violence, he 661 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 3: planned it. 662 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,439 Speaker 14: He knew exactly what he was going to do that day. 663 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 14: He went into the store purposely to buy the duct tape, 664 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,320 Speaker 14: to buy lighter fluid. 665 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 3: Then he went home and put his plan into motion. 666 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 10: When he arrived at the apartment, he attacked her. 667 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 3: He stuffed her mouth with this rag and bound her 668 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:25,440 Speaker 3: with duct tape. 669 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 10: Then he killed her. 670 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,799 Speaker 8: He strangled her while two year old daughter was still 671 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 8: in the home. 672 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:37,480 Speaker 4: Possibly she was out in the living room watching cartoons. 673 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,759 Speaker 4: Possibly she heard what was going on. 674 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 3: All the prosecutors know for sure is that Darius doubts 675 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:49,280 Speaker 3: the little girl's mother with lighter fluid and set her aflame. 676 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 15: Others in an apartment complex who could die and their children. 677 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,759 Speaker 15: He's not focused on that. He doesn't care about that. 678 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,799 Speaker 15: He only cares about escaping this situation. 679 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 3: But in his hurry to escape, Darius made a mistake. 680 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,759 Speaker 11: As he left the bedroom where Shaniquia lay dead, he 681 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:12,399 Speaker 11: closed the door behind him. 682 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,759 Speaker 13: Oxygen is necessary for a fire to burn hot and 683 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:18,640 Speaker 13: to burn loft. 684 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 4: Closing the door cut off the oxygen to the fire, 685 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:24,400 Speaker 4: so the fire could no longer. 686 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:28,680 Speaker 9: Breathe, which was why there was only white smoke in 687 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,000 Speaker 9: the hallway and not raging inferno. 688 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,960 Speaker 11: Darius had to have been shocked when he returned to 689 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 11: the apartment. 690 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,280 Speaker 12: He fully expected to get back to the apartment in flames. 691 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 3: But with Shanikua already dead inside, there was no turning back. 692 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 10: Nine one one, What is your emergency? 693 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:49,919 Speaker 3: Fire? 694 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:50,919 Speaker 15: My go Ferens's side. 695 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 3: When it's the defense's turned they stick to Darius' story. 696 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 11: He simply came home and found the apartment on fire. 697 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,600 Speaker 10: He had nothing to do with it. They claimed. 698 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 17: The fact that he bought the lighter, fluid and tape 699 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 17: a little over an hour before is nothing but a coincidence. 700 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 3: But the jury doesn't believe in coincidences any more than 701 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 3: the detectives. 702 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 12: Did the jury find Twandius Robinson guilty on two counts 703 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 12: of murder. 704 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 4: Nuan Darius Robinson was sentenced to death in the murder 705 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,880 Speaker 4: of Shannikua Hall and her unborn baby. 706 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:42,800 Speaker 15: Dwandarius getting the death sentence may feel like justice initially, 707 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:47,359 Speaker 15: but the reality is that there's never enough justice when 708 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 15: someone you love is taken in such a terrible, violent way. 709 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 13: This is something that should have never happened. 710 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 14: There was so many more options that Darius could have taken. 711 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 14: He could allow that child to be born. 712 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 3: Instead, he's in prison and his surviving daughter is left 713 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 3: to suffer the consequences of his selfish action. 714 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 15: I think about this young girl growing up and then 715 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,600 Speaker 15: understanding one day how her mother died and why her 716 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 15: mother died, And I hope that she will know that 717 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 15: even though she has difficult days ahead as she grows 718 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 15: without a mother, that she will always be loved and 719 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,799 Speaker 15: that her mother is still with her and loving her. 720 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,160 Speaker 1: How does something that was once filled with promise, shared dreams, 721 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 1: and the anticipation of new life and in such violence 722 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: what occurred was not just tragic, it was devastating. A 723 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: mother's life was taken leaving a child without her. The 724 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,320 Speaker 1: loss of a woman and her unborn child lives rooted 725 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: in hope, makes this situation even more painful to comprehend. 726 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 1: Janiku Wa Hall will forever be cherished. 727 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,240 Speaker 2: By those who loved her. She will be deeply missed. 728 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: Coming up on the next episode of the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 729 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,120 Speaker 3: He answered his country's call. 730 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,319 Speaker 10: He deployed to the Middle East to do a full tour. 731 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,760 Speaker 3: She was the woman he left behind. 732 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 10: You can only imagine de longing. 733 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 3: And despite the challenges, they made it work. 734 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 10: They went together for thirteen years. They had four beautiful daughters. 735 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,560 Speaker 10: They had a bright future ahead. 736 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:42,760 Speaker 6: Of them. 737 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 3: Until after surviving Afghanistan, he died at his own front door. 738 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: In the heart of Newport News, Virginia. Seemingly ordinary workplace 739 00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: connection as he into something unexpected. What started as a 740 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:08,280 Speaker 1: routine professional relationship has now drawn a devoted Army veteran 741 00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: and loving father of five into the center of an 742 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:16,640 Speaker 1: unsettled mystery. Tune in to the next episode of the 743 00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,239 Speaker 1: Fatal Attraction Podcast. 744 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 2: We will see you in the next episode.