1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: In Oxford, Mississippi, a determined and celebrated single mother off 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: navigates life with unwavering strength. Her bustling household is filled 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: with love and left her still. Just when it seems 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: her life is progressing without romantic prospects, fate surprises her 5 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: with an unexpected discover green, a transformative love that promises. 6 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 2: A brighter future. However, what appears. 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: To be a perfect relationship on the outside may not 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: reflect the reality within. 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: What happens when love becomes fan. 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast with Dangerous Double Life. 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 3: May nineteenth, twenty nineteen. It's Sunday morning in Oxford, Mississippi, 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: a charming southern town that's home to Old miss the 13 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 3: University of Mississippi's main campus. 14 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 4: Oxford has about twenty five thousand people. Most of those 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 4: are students, so it's a vibrant community. 16 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 5: It's a nice college town. 17 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 6: Downtown is beautiful, but it's also very small, so everybody 18 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 6: knows everybody. 19 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 7: It's fun atmosphere, very close knit community. 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 3: Although there was a time when Oxford was sharply divided. 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,479 Speaker 3: In nineteen sixty two, when James Meredith became the first 22 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 3: African American to attend Ole, miss a mob of white 23 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: supremacists descended on campus. 24 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 8: Two people died in the rioting before federal troops were 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 8: able to restore order. 26 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 5: They've come leaps and bounds from that. 27 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 4: Race relations have really gotten better from what they were 28 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 4: fifty sixty years. 29 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: Ago, but one tragic crime will reveal the tensions that's 30 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 3: still summer beneath the surface. It's around two in the 31 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 3: afternoon when Dominie Clayton's eight year old son returns from 32 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 3: a weekend away. 33 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 9: He and his brothers had just gotten back from staying 34 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 9: with his uncle on Friday and Saturday. 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 7: He's ready to tell his mom about, you know, everything 36 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 7: that had happened while he was away. 37 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 10: Wow. 38 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: But moments after he enters his mother's room, he runs 39 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: back out the front door to find his grandmother. 40 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 11: Grandma, Grandma. 41 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 10: He was clearly upset by something. 42 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 3: What's wrong, baby, it's Mom. 43 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 5: She's trying to figure out what's going on. 44 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 3: Eventually, the little boy manages to give his grandmother the 45 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 3: terrible news. 46 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 5: He's saying, Mom's not waking up, and I see flood. 47 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 3: Thirty two year old Dominique Clayton's world revolved around her 48 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: four children. 49 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 4: She was adulting mother. 50 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 11: She loved her kids. 51 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 12: I made your favorites. 52 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, but as much love as she had to give, 53 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 3: things hadn't worked out in the long term with any 54 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: of their fathers. 55 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 11: A single mother of four has the world on her shoulders. 56 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 11: She's responsible for everything. 57 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 4: She cared for those children and tried to provife for 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 4: them to the best of her ability. 59 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 13: You definitely need to work on your homework though. 60 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 4: She kept a roof over their head, kept them fed, 61 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 4: we all clothed, hi babyes. 62 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 3: Dominique also had tremendous support from her family by niece. 63 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 9: Meil, because she was so busy trying to work. Her 64 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 9: family really was committed to helping her. 65 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 11: Her mother lived right next door to her. That was 66 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 11: just the support that she needed. 67 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 7: They were a close knit family and she was a 68 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 7: family oriented person and it definitely takes a village. 69 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: Having her mom around also meant that Dominique was able 70 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: to sometimes enjoy life as a young single woman. 71 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 5: She's at the age where you won't love, you want attention, 72 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 5: you want a fiction. 73 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 7: It's easy to lose yourself as a woman getting wrapped 74 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 7: up in family life. 75 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 6: She was really trying to make the most out of. 76 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,800 Speaker 3: Her life, which in Oxford meant hanging out at one 77 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 3: of the many bars and restaurants lining the city's charming 78 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 3: Courthouse Square. 79 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 5: The square is the place to be. Everyone goes to 80 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 5: the square. 81 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 3: So glad my mom got a kid. It was at 82 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 3: the square one night in twenty eighteen that Dominique met 83 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 3: Matthew Kenny. 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 4: Somebody come to. 85 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 5: Take this or of first now voluntarily. 86 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 11: The moment she met Matthew, it was an instant chemistry. 87 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: He couldn't resist her easygoing spirit. 88 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 4: She was bubbly, She was the life of the party. 89 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 5: There's no way here along. 90 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 9: Dominique was smitten to have that attention. 91 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 7: That sparked something in her, made her feel wanted and desired. 92 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 9: She's usually caring for her children, so this really felt 93 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 9: good to her. 94 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 13: As it turned out, Matthew knew all about trying to 95 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 13: squeeze in a social life around a busy schedule. 96 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 3: He was a police officer with the City of Oxford. 97 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 10: He was a member of the department's Mounted patrolu It really. 98 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: Wow, Yeah, that's not a problem, No, not at all. 99 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 4: She was a person that admired cops. She wanted to 100 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 4: be a law enforcement herself. 101 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 7: So to meet someone who was doing that very thing 102 00:05:54,839 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 7: attracted her to him. 103 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 3: Within days of that first meeting, the Cuff and the 104 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: single mom were a couple. 105 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 7: It didn't take long for things to get serious between them. 106 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 9: They were spending time together when they could. 107 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 3: Which wasn't always easy given their busy schedules. 108 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 9: He would come over after his shift when the kids 109 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 9: were asleep. 110 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 8: It was the easiest way for them to have some 111 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 8: time alone. You know that. 112 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 3: Matthew also found ways to make life a little easier 113 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 3: for Dominique and her kids. 114 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 4: I got a couple surprises for you. I've been waiting 115 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 4: to do it all day though. 116 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 9: So he was helping pay her rent. He even bought 117 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 9: her a car over and he was helping her save 118 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:45,559 Speaker 9: up for a home. 119 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 3: I'm sure that was, you know, be kilped for her, 120 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: and it seemed like the next step was only a 121 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 3: matter of time. 122 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 7: Matthew had in fact, given Dominique a ring. 123 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 14: Look, it's not in agent ring, but I just want 124 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 14: you to know that I'm like, I'm really serious about us. 125 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 11: This seems to be the wind that didn't seem like 126 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 11: she was gonna be a single mother for much longer 127 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 11: at all. 128 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: Of course, okay, But now Dominique's eight year old son 129 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 3: has just found her unresponsive in bed, surrounded by a 130 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 3: pall of blood. 131 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 5: Can you imagine what that's gonna be like for him? 132 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 5: Just how traumatizing it is. 133 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 3: Take every body in the house. Alerted by her grandson, 134 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 3: Dominique's mom rushes inside. 135 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 9: Of course, she has no idea what to think. 136 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 5: She's panicking, and she goes to the house to see 137 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 5: what's going on. Dominique, Dominique, are you? 138 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 9: She comes inside and sees her daughter there with blood everywhere. 139 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 10: Dominique. 140 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 11: She immediately called the police. 141 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 3: Had one one. 142 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 12: What's your emergency role? 143 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 5: My daughter flu. 144 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 7: When the officers arrived on the scene, they find them 145 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 7: in the laing in bed, face down. 146 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: And spreading around her is a pool of blood. 147 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 13: There was a single gunshot to the right side of 148 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 13: her head. 149 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 5: Is she sorry? 150 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: No? 151 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 12: Could be a possible suicide. 152 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 9: Police confirmed that her daughter was in fact dad. 153 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 2: The intrigue intensifies. 154 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: Don't miss what lizahead This is the Fatal Attraction podcast. 155 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 3: Mother of four, Dominique Clayton was settling into an exciting 156 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 3: new relationship with Oxford, Mississippi policeman Matthew Kenny. 157 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 5: Their relationship took off really quickly. 158 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 7: I love it. 159 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 11: They dove pretty deep in the relationship rather quickly. It 160 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 11: wasn't long before they got very serious. He's been helping 161 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 11: her pay her rent and he bought her a ring. 162 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 3: But now Dominique and Matthew's promising future has taken a 163 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 3: tragic turn. 164 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 11: Her eight year old son came home and found his 165 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 11: mother laying in her bed, unresponsive. 166 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 4: This life would never be the same. 167 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 3: To the officers at the scene, it appears she may 168 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: have died by her own hand. 169 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 7: Because there was a single gunshot wound to her head. 170 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 12: They thought that this might be a suicide. 171 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 11: There's no sign of forced entry. Nothing seems to indicate 172 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 11: at all that there was any sort of struggle in 173 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 11: the home. 174 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 3: But after a closer examination of the bed, police rule 175 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 3: out the possibility that Dominique killed herself. 176 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 12: There was no gun. 177 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 4: Everyone knows that without a weapon being nearby, it could 178 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 4: not have been suicide. Can you go ahead and start 179 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 4: meeting BEI. 180 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 3: Once Oxford police realized Dominique's death was a homicide, they 181 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 3: hand the case over to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. 182 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 4: Matthews coworkers they knew that he was dating Earth, and 183 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,599 Speaker 4: so a police officer immediately requested the Mississippi Bureau of 184 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 4: Investigation to come in. 185 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 11: Under normal circumstances, the police department would handle this case themselves, 186 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 11: but since it was a police officer involved intimately with 187 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 11: the deceased, that poses a conflict of interest and they 188 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 11: would need to call an outside investigator. 189 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 3: When the MBI investigators look over the crime scene, they 190 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 3: agree with the Oxford police's opinion that the shooting was 191 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 3: a homicide. 192 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,599 Speaker 7: It even appeared that she was sleeping when she was sht. 193 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 9: She was laying down in her bed and her head 194 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 9: was on the pillow, and there was a single spent 195 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 9: slug found in the pillow. 196 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 3: The slug appears consistent with a three eighty caliber handgun. 197 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 10: A three eighty, a thirty eight Special, and a non 198 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,320 Speaker 10: millimeter all fired the same diameter bullet, but a three 199 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 10: eighty slug is generally laer in white. 200 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: However, there's no shell casing at the scene. 201 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 11: The shooter probably picked it up, or it could mean 202 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 11: that the murder weapon was a revolver. 203 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 3: But why would someone murder the mother of four? Looking 204 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: for insight, the investigators turned to Dominique's family. 205 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 13: Several of Dominie's family members have rushed over as soon 206 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 13: as they heard the news. 207 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 12: They were completely. 208 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 3: Distraught, but they are able to shed some light on 209 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: the hours leading up to her murder. 210 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 4: Do you know what time she got in last night? 211 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 13: It had to be about midnight or so, because I 212 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 13: saw her car lights come down the driveway. 213 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 7: Our family mentioned that she decided to go out have 214 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 7: a nice night at the square. 215 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 11: As far as they knew, she got home by herself. 216 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 3: But by the next morning she was dead. 217 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 4: We know that she would have been killed sometime during 218 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 4: the night before sunrise. She here any gunshots. 219 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 5: No, I must have slept through because her position in 220 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 5: the bed, the way she was lying on the pillow 221 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:40,839 Speaker 5: must have muffled the sound. 222 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 4: Okay, do you know if Dominique had any issues with anyone? 223 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 9: No? 224 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 5: Not really. The community loved her, Her family loved her. 225 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 6: She was nice in the neighborhood, like everybody always remembered 226 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 6: seeing her smiling. 227 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: The only person the family says Dominique ever had trouble 228 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 3: with was her next door neighbor, Isaiah Hall. 229 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 11: Apparently, Dominique had issues with him, and they didn't seem 230 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,440 Speaker 11: to get along very well. 231 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 7: This neighbor, Isaiah Hugh, played loud music, had a lot 232 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 7: of people over. 233 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 9: Was really disruptive for Dominique and especially her children, keeping 234 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 9: them up at night. 235 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: But that doesn't strike the investigators as a motive for murder. 236 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 13: What about a boyfriend, Matthew? 237 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 4: Was there any issues between them? 238 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 5: Nope, he took aod care of her. 239 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 9: The family says, things seem to be going well. 240 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 11: They seemed to be in a steady and stable relationship. 241 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 15: He had bought her a car and a ring. 242 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 9: But there was one problem. 243 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 5: What's that well, Matthew's married. 244 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: The mystery continues to unravel. Stay with us for more 245 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: of the unveiling. This is the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 246 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 3: Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents have learned that their murder victim, 247 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 3: Dominique Clayton's boyfriend, Matthew Kenny, isn't just a cop, he's 248 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 3: also married. 249 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 11: The instant they find out that he's married, that changes things. 250 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 3: According to her family, Dominique was well aware that she 251 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 3: was dating a married man. 252 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 4: He did not miss lead Dominique he was having an affair. 253 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 4: Dominique didn't know that Matthew was married, Andique's close friends, knew, 254 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 4: a family knew. 255 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 5: It always bothered me what he's seemed to love her. 256 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 6: A lot of people were saying that she wasn't just 257 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 6: like a flint. It was something that been going on 258 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 6: for a long time and she was anticipating being with 259 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 6: this man. 260 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 3: However, there was one complication Matthew's wife. 261 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 4: I don't believe the wife knew that he was having 262 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: an affair. They kept it a secret. 263 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 11: Could she have found out about the relationship somehow? Could 264 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 11: she be involved? 265 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: From the crime scene, the investigators head to the Lafayette 266 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 3: County Sheriff's office to speak with Matthew. 267 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 8: Since Matthew was an Oxford police officer, they conducted the 268 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 8: interview at the Sheriff's department to avoid a potential conflict 269 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 8: of interests. 270 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 5: Thanks for being with us. 271 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 14: Absolutely, we just had a couple questions to ask guys. 272 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 4: I totally get it. 273 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 11: He is completely open and transparent. He confirms everything that 274 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 11: the family has already told them. 275 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 5: Matthew said, he's made but from his understanding, his wife 276 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 5: had no idea that he was having an affair. 277 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 14: And you know, because of what happened, you gotta room 278 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 14: me out exactly. 279 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 4: Merrit man Dad Obama that has just come up dead. 280 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 4: He would have been a suspect from the job. 281 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: Although Matthew swears he would never do anything to hurt Dominique. 282 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 14: From the moment I met her, there was just something 283 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 14: about her that was so alive. 284 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 11: He said. They hit it off great, and they were 285 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 11: in love. 286 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 14: I was just with her a few hours before, so 287 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 14: I actually can't believe she's gone. 288 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 11: He's very open and honest about his emotions. 289 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 13: He seemed heartbroken over her. 290 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 3: Loss, and he says he'll do anything he can to 291 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 3: help find Dominique's killer. 292 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 14: Whatever you guys need anything, I'm here help, Okay, Okay, 293 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 14: Well maybe start by walking us through what I'll happened 294 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 14: last night. 295 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 9: Matthew says that Dominique was out at a bar. 296 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 10: They'd been communicating to be a text throughout the night. 297 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 5: You didn't meet her there, No, I was at work. 298 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 11: He said. He was at the stables tending to the 299 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 11: mounted patrol horses. 300 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 3: But according to Matthew, Dominique had called him around midnight. 301 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 11: Matthew said that Dominique called him from the bar. It 302 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 11: was raining, so she asked Matthew to give her a 303 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 11: ride to her car. So that she would be able 304 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 11: to drive home. 305 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 8: I can come now, he said. He'd driven down to 306 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 8: the bar to get her. 307 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 5: Right, he picks her up from the square, took her 308 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 5: to her car. 309 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 12: Thank you so much for. 310 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 3: Y'all way okay. Matthew says that after he dropped Dominique 311 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 3: off at her car, he driven back to the stables. 312 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,919 Speaker 14: Hey make it home, okay, Yeah, he just pulled it okay. 313 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 8: Good. 314 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 11: He said that he knew she had arrived home because 315 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 11: he heard the sound of the door. 316 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 5: You want to come over when I get off later? 317 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 12: No, not tonight. I'm actually pretty tired. 318 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 5: She wanted to lay down, and so he didn't think 319 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 5: much of. 320 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 9: It as far as he knew, she was able to 321 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 9: get home and was going on to bed. 322 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 14: You were at the stables the entire time, yes, sir, 323 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,959 Speaker 14: til about two thirty am. 324 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: You didn't go to Dominique's, no. 325 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 5: He said. After he took her to her car, he 326 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 5: went back to work. He takes her around to thirty 327 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 5: am and taught her good night. 328 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 11: At that point he left and went home. 329 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 3: His account of the evening appears to check out two. 330 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 11: He allows the police to go through his phone. 331 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 9: Just to make sure everything matched up with what he 332 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 9: had told them. 333 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 13: The incoming costs from Dominique the two thirty eight am 334 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 13: text message, it was all good. 335 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 4: We'll be in touch. We learn anything new, okay. 336 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,440 Speaker 3: After talking to Matthew, the investigators head to the home 337 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: that he shares with his wife, Melissa. 338 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 10: Maybe Matthew's wife wasn't as unsuspecting as he claimed. 339 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 5: They're wondering if she had anything to do with these. 340 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 4: Miss King. Yes, I don't know if you've heard, but 341 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 4: Oneman was killed last night. 342 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 5: I did. Matthew called from the station, said he'd be 343 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 5: awhile is he part of the investigation? 344 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 4: You could say that. 345 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 9: She seems to have no idea about the affair. 346 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 11: They have a life together, a home together, they have 347 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 11: kids together. 348 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 3: But she soon learns she wasn't the only woman in 349 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 3: Matthew's life. 350 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:25,880 Speaker 9: She is very upset learning this news. 351 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,120 Speaker 11: She had no indication at all that Matthew was having 352 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 11: an affair. 353 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 5: Although Nazi City was working late. 354 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 9: How could it be so stupid? 355 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 8: It was just an awkward, awkward moment for the investigators, But. 356 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 3: They still need answers. 357 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 11: Just to make sure. They asked Melissa where was she 358 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 11: during the night of the murder. 359 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 3: You think I killed her. 360 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 9: I'm sorry, ma'am, but we do need no, no, no, I understand. 361 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 13: She told the investigators that she had nothing to do 362 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 13: with Doniqu's. 363 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 3: Death, and she's able to provide an airtight alibi. 364 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 11: At that point, they had no reason to believe that 365 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 11: she was involved with the crime. 366 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: They believe it couldn't have been. 367 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 3: Her, thank you, of course, which takes the investigators back to, 368 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 3: if not Square one, at least back to the Square. 369 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 8: Since Dominique had been drinking on the Square the night 370 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 8: before her death, the investigators wondered if something could have 371 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 8: happened while she was out there. Could she have run 372 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 8: into someone. 373 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 3: Someone who might have followed her home. 374 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 9: Detectives tracked down the friend she was with that night 375 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 9: at the bar. 376 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 11: Her friend does confirm Matthew's story that Dominique did contact 377 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 11: him for a ride home. 378 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 5: Think you see you? 379 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 3: When asked if anything unusual happened while they were out 380 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 3: that evening, Dominique's friend says no, She. 381 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,360 Speaker 13: Said it would just a chill girl's night of drinking 382 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 13: and catching up. 383 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: Can you think of anyone who might have a reason 384 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: to her Dominique. 385 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 5: Well, there's this guy Isaiah the neighbor. 386 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 10: Yeah, Dominiqu's family had brought up is Saya earlier, but 387 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 10: it didn't seem like much of a leading. 388 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 5: They mentioned that Isaiah would play loud music, he would 389 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,159 Speaker 5: have parties, always always people around. She didn't like that, 390 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 5: so they always had words. 391 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: And according to her friend, Dominique had done more than 392 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 3: just exchange words with him. 393 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,400 Speaker 12: She even called the police and got him arrested. 394 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 395 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 3: Mississippi Euro of Investigation agents looking into the murder of 396 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 3: Dominique Clayton have learned the mother of four had a 397 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 3: long running beef with a neighbor named Isaiah Hell. 398 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 11: Dominique had issues with him. He was always having loud parties. 399 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 13: It got to the plan where it would keep her 400 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 13: children up at night due to the noise. 401 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 10: Dominiqu's family had mentioned the trouble with Isaiah, but the 402 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 10: investigators didn't think it sounded like a motive. 403 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 5: For murder. 404 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 3: Until one of Dominique's friends at some additional context. 405 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 7: It got so bad she called Isaiah's la lord and 406 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 7: tried to get him to do something. 407 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 11: Didn't get hurt anywhere, so she took matters into her 408 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 11: own hands, and. 409 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 3: After a little digging on the internet, Dominique had found 410 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 3: some leverage over Isaiah. 411 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 7: She discovered that Isaiah had some warrants out for his 412 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 7: arrisk He was wanted in De Soda County, which is 413 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 7: about an hour northwest Oxford. 414 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: One quick phone call to the DeSoto County Sheriff's Department 415 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 3: and Dominique figured her troubles with Isaiah were over. 416 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 11: He was in fact incarcerated due to Dominique contacting the authorities. 417 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 3: Or were her troubles only beginning. 418 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 10: When the investigators looked into Isaiah, they learned he had 419 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 10: been released from the DeSoto County jail the day before 420 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 10: Dominique's murder. 421 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 12: This may have been some type of retaliation. 422 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 3: When the detectives bring Isaiah in for questioning, he denies 423 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 3: having anything to do with Dominique's murder. 424 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 4: Look, I know she called law me, but I would 425 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 4: never do anything like that. 426 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: You sure we know you got out of jail the 427 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 3: day before the murder. 428 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 4: Man I wasn't even here. 429 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 8: He said that after his release, he had gone to 430 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 8: Memphis for his daughter's high school graduation. 431 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 4: I almost missed it. When did you get back from Memphis, 432 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 4: not until Sunday. 433 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 2: I spent the night at my mama's house. 434 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 13: If that was true, then he couldn't have killed Dominique. 435 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 3: However, an alibi isn't all that Isaiah offers investigators. 436 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,439 Speaker 2: Y'all really want to know who did it? 437 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 4: Y'all need to ask that cop that's always coming around, 438 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 4: Officer Kenny. 439 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 5: He said, I heard some things about Matthew. He's a 440 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 5: dirty cop. 441 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 2: I'm telling you he's dirty. 442 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 3: The investigators aren't sure what to make of Isaiah's allegations 443 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 3: against Matthew. 444 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 11: Okay, as of right now, you're free to go, but 445 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 11: we will be in touch. 446 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:48,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. 447 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 8: Bet. 448 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 3: When the detectives follow up with Isaiah's family in Memphis, 449 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 3: his alim by checks out. 450 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 8: His mom said he spent the night at her house 451 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 8: and she even had pictures of Isaiah and his daughter 452 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 8: at her graduation. 453 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,439 Speaker 3: Was it possible Isaiah had been telling the truth about 454 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 3: Matthew too. 455 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 15: The investigators were curious about the comments about Matthew being 456 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 15: a dirty cop, so they dug a little bit deeper. 457 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 13: At first, what the uncover about Matthew wasn't especially troubling. 458 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,919 Speaker 9: They find out he had resigned from his previous force 459 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 9: in Olive Branch. 460 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 3: But when they reach out to a contact at Matthew's 461 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:45,200 Speaker 3: former precinct, they hear his resignation might have been more complicated. 462 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 9: They hear rumors that he didn't just resign he was 463 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 9: asked to. 464 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 4: He allegedly had left the employment with the City of 465 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 4: Olive Branch under a cloud of suspicion. 466 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 10: Apparently there had been some questions about him conduct during 467 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,640 Speaker 10: an investigation, but. 468 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 3: It was the circumstances of the crime that really raised 469 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,479 Speaker 3: a red flag. 470 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 4: So one close to him was killed by a gunshot 471 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 4: wound to the heath. 472 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 12: Eventually it was ruled of suicide. 473 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 4: Allegedly, at one point he was the possible suspect. 474 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: The mystery continues to unravel. Stay with us for more 475 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: of the unfailing. 476 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 3: MBI investigators have just uncovered a possible reason for Dominie 477 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 3: Clayton's boyfriend, Matthew Kenny, resigning from his job with another 478 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 3: police department. 479 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 7: A woman had died from a gunshot wound to her head. 480 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 4: Initially, there was a suspicious. 481 00:27:55,160 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 11: Death, However, the investigators concluded that it was a suicide. 482 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 3: But a contact at the department implied that the detectives 483 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 3: investigating that death had considered Matthew a person of interest 484 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 3: at some point. 485 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 4: He was never arrested, but there would have been a 486 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 4: reason that he was a suspect. 487 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 3: Okay, regardless of his innocence, Questions surrounding the incident led 488 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 3: him to resign. 489 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 15: Matthew moved to Oxford, Mississippi, and took a job there 490 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 15: at the police department. 491 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 3: And once settled in Oxford, Matthew had met Melissa. 492 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 11: They got married and had another child together. 493 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 6: So she thought that she was in a happy relationship 494 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 6: and she was building something with someone that she could 495 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 6: trust in love. 496 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 3: But what Matthew's wife didn't know was that her husband 497 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 3: was leading a double life. 498 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 15: Three years after moving to Oxford, Matthew began his affair 499 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 15: with Dominique. 500 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 4: She was aware that he was married. 501 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 9: She was under the impression that he was going to 502 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 9: leave his wife instead. 503 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 3: Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents are trying to solve her murder, 504 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 3: and the details of Dominique's death a single gunshot wound 505 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 3: to the head, are eerily similar to another case Matthew 506 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 3: was rumored to be linked to. 507 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 9: Is this just a coincidence? 508 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 11: There seems to be some sort of pattern. 509 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 3: However, despite the rumors and bi investigators discover that Matthew 510 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 3: Kenny was absolved of any connection to the previous suspicious death. 511 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 4: He was totally exonerated. 512 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 3: But now a suspect in Dominique's death. They decide to 513 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 3: take a closer look at Matthew's movements the knight of 514 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 3: the murder. 515 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 12: They subpoena Matthew's phone records. 516 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 10: Maybe he'd follow Dominique hombe. 517 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 8: The tower data from his cell phone should allow investigators 518 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 8: to track his movements. 519 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 3: When the investigators received the records, they appeared to confirm 520 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 3: his initial account of the evening. 521 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 15: Matthew's cell phone records showed that he did pick up 522 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 15: Dominic and then returned to the staples. 523 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 13: He was also at the stables what Dominique called him 524 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 13: at twelve. 525 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 3: Thirty and two hours later. 526 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 9: He was at the stables around two thirty in the 527 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 9: morning when he sent that good night text. 528 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 10: Which appeared to suggest he'd never left the. 529 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 3: Stables, or at least his phone never left. 530 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 8: They kept digging through the records and eventually spotted something unusual. 531 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 7: There were no records of activit for about an hour 532 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 7: and a half. He didn't contact anyone else, didn't use 533 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 7: social media or use the internet. 534 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 3: Although if Matthew did ditch his phone, investigators have a 535 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 3: pretty good guess about where he'd gone. 536 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 10: The investigators figured he'd left his phone behind so he 537 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 10: could sneak back to Dominique's place. 538 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 3: The question is could they prove it. 539 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 11: Unable to use his cell phone to track his location. 540 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 11: Their next move is to use surveillance videos from around 541 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 11: the neighborhood to see if Matthew can be placed at 542 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 11: the crime scene. During that time. 543 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 9: Police don't find anything in that neighborhood, but just a 544 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 9: little ways away they find a convenience store video. 545 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 3: One of the store's cameras covers the intersection just outside 546 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 3: Dominique's neighborhood. 547 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 8: They got the footage, and when investigators have viewed the 548 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 8: recording for the night of the murder, they got a break. 549 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 11: When they pull the video, they'd see an Oxford police. 550 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 9: Car, the Oxford Cruiser is crossing the intersection at about 551 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 9: two five in the morning. 552 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 3: The footage isn't clear enough to make out the driver 553 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 3: or the number on the cruiser, but the investigators suspect 554 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,479 Speaker 3: it's Matthew behind the wheel. 555 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 11: They immediately contact Oxford Police to find out if there 556 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 11: is a reason for a cruiser to be in that 557 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 11: area at the top. 558 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 15: After checking with dispatch, they find that no officers should 559 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,680 Speaker 15: have been in that vicinity at that time. 560 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,560 Speaker 5: Thank you, So, why was there an Oxford police car 561 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 5: on surveillance in that area? 562 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 3: It's more than enough for the investigators to bring Matthew 563 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 3: back in for a second interview. 564 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 9: They're tell him they've discovered some things. 565 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 4: Look, it's gonna get right to the men. 566 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 9: You have the right to They begin to read them 567 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 9: his Miranda rights. He knows the drill. He waves his 568 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 9: rights to an attorney. You don't need that, he says. 569 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 9: He's willing to talk. 570 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 3: And this time he's not holding back. 571 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 5: I just wanted my old life back. 572 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 2: The intrigue intensifies. 573 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: Don't miss what lies ahead. This is the Fatal Attraction podcast. 574 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 4: Okay, just hold on, Okay. 575 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 3: Convinced that Matthew Kenny killed his girlfriend, Dominique Clayton ANDBI 576 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 3: investigators have brought the Oxford Police officer in for a 577 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 3: second round of questioning. 578 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 8: This time, it sounded like he was on the verge 579 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 8: of confessing. 580 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 4: I just wanted my old life back, He told the cops. 581 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 4: He got tired of well, you believe to be constant 582 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 4: pressure from Dominique to do more and more for her. 583 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 4: I'm not a millionaire. 584 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 11: He said that their relationship became a serious strain on 585 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 11: his finances, and. 586 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 9: He actually tried to cut things off. 587 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 3: But according to Matthew, all that had done was make 588 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 3: things worse. 589 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,760 Speaker 9: He tells police Dominique threatened to tell his wife about 590 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,240 Speaker 9: the affair. 591 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 11: He then decided that the only way to end the 592 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 11: affair was to get rid of Dominique. 593 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 4: I'm honest. 594 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 3: All he needed was an opportunity, one that came early 595 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 3: on the morning of May nineteen. 596 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 4: You want to come over when I get off later? 597 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 12: M No, not tonight. 598 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,880 Speaker 15: He saw the opportunity when she told him she was 599 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 15: tired and gonna go to bed. 600 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 9: That night was his chance. 601 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 3: He left his cell phone at the stables so it 602 00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 3: couldn't be tracked, and loaded a three eighty round into 603 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 3: his service weapon. 604 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,919 Speaker 4: He did not use the bullets provided about the city. 605 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,879 Speaker 4: He changed it out a different caliber bullet. He thought 606 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 4: he knew how best to cover his tracks. 607 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 5: Metho seemed to be pretty confident, almost overconfident. 608 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 15: He got into a squad car left and slipped into 609 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 15: Dominick's house and stood over her, watching her while she slept. 610 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 11: He said, at first he couldn't bring himself to kill Dominique. 611 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 5: He's just standing over her. He's looking at her. He's torn. 612 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:44,320 Speaker 5: He doesn't do anything. 613 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 3: But after a few moments of hesitation, his fear of 614 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,959 Speaker 3: being exposed as a liar and a cheek won out. 615 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 5: He's like, I have no choice. I have to do this, 616 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 5: and I can't think about the consequences. He got wrapped 617 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,399 Speaker 5: up in his once and thought this is the only 618 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,279 Speaker 5: way out where he continue on with his life and 619 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 5: maybe make right his relationship with his. 620 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:19,319 Speaker 3: Wife, whatever his motivation. Once Dominique was dead, Matthew had 621 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,760 Speaker 3: carried on with his plan. 622 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 11: After he shot her, he said, he left her house 623 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 11: and went back to the stables. 624 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:32,400 Speaker 5: On the way back to work, he throws out his shellecasing. 625 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 8: Since the three eighty is less powerful than a nine milimere, 626 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,439 Speaker 8: the gun fired, but no cases he checked it, which 627 00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:41,320 Speaker 8: is why none were found at the crap scene. 628 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,919 Speaker 3: Then, at two thirty am, he'd sent Dominique the good 629 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 3: night text, knowing she'd never read. 630 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,800 Speaker 13: It, but he knew that the phone Wreckers was shown 631 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,440 Speaker 13: that he sent the text from. 632 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 6: The stables and shortly after that he went ahead and 633 00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 6: went home. 634 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 11: He'd thought he was good to get away with it. 635 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 3: Instead, his carefully thought out a plan had gone all wrong. 636 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 4: Matthew Kenny, hold on, you're under arrest. 637 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:16,400 Speaker 15: Once he confessed, the investigators placed Matthew under arrest for 638 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 15: the murder of Dominate Clayton. 639 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 3: But an arrest is a long way from justice, and 640 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 3: as the case moves toward trial in the summer of 641 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,720 Speaker 3: twenty twenty, the stakes have never been higher. 642 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 11: This was the summer that George Floyd had been murdered. 643 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 4: So you had a white married man, a cop in 644 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 4: Oxford who allegedly has killed a young black single woman 645 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,879 Speaker 4: mother of four, and then you had these individuals in 646 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 4: Minnesota who hainously killed George Floyd. And so people were 647 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 4: just tuned in to all of the different atrocities happening 648 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 4: across the country, especially to unarmed black men and women. 649 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,320 Speaker 7: There were intensions arising between the black community and police officers. 650 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 5: No one is feeling safe at this time. No one 651 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,719 Speaker 5: feels like the police are protecting and serving like they 652 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 5: should be. 653 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 3: As protests against police brutality spread across the nation. Oxford 654 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 3: was no exception. 655 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:31,960 Speaker 11: It was very intense. Tensions were high. 656 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,800 Speaker 7: And this was a case in which family members believe 657 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,360 Speaker 7: that Matthew would not be held accountable. 658 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 3: But as the tumultuous year of twenty twenty gave way 659 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 3: to twenty twenty one, it appeared that Matthew may have 660 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,479 Speaker 3: been feeling the heat. 661 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 11: In July of twenty twenty one, he pled guilty to murder. 662 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 9: He was sentenced to life in prison. 663 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,800 Speaker 4: The family in the community was elated. 664 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 5: This was just as for Dominique and for all of 665 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 5: the other victims who suffered at the hands of the police. 666 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 4: The Oxford community sent a resounding message to Matthew that 667 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,160 Speaker 4: he was not above the law. Even though he did 668 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,920 Speaker 4: once wear blue. 669 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 5: He got exactly what he deserved. 670 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:24,160 Speaker 11: Some would say justice would serve. Others continue to say 671 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 11: that that's not enough, that laws need to change. Simply 672 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 11: putting an officer behind bars is just not enough to 673 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 11: fix the wounds of our past. 674 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 3: A new outcome will ever be enough to make up 675 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 3: for what Matthew did to Dominique, her four children, and 676 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 3: her family. 677 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,720 Speaker 5: Dominique's family has endured so much trauma since her death. 678 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,520 Speaker 11: The world is not the same without her. 679 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 5: She was a sister, a daughter, a mom. She'll never 680 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 5: get to see her children grow up. She deserved it. 681 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,719 Speaker 4: I think about those four children constantly. I'm hoping that 682 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:15,440 Speaker 4: they can rebuild their lives, but no one would ever 683 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 4: be able to replace their mother. 684 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,880 Speaker 1: Many who have ever experienced love understand that it comes 685 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,239 Speaker 1: in cycles, bringing both joy. 686 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,320 Speaker 2: And the potential for heartache. 687 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,799 Speaker 1: But sometimes beneath the surface of new relationships lies a 688 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 1: chilling reminder. 689 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 2: From the tragic story of Dominique Clayton. 690 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,919 Speaker 1: This heart wrenching story prompts us to question can we 691 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: truly know another person? Dominique's untimely death serves as a 692 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,200 Speaker 1: stark reminder that those who claim to love us can 693 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:58,160 Speaker 1: sometimes be dangerous, leading complex lives that may remain hidden 694 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: from us. Dominique' chill now navigate a world irrevocably altered 695 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,839 Speaker 1: by the loss of their beloved mother. Together with her 696 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,880 Speaker 1: family at friends, they mourn the departure of a remarkable woman. 697 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: Her memory will continue to inspire. 698 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,839 Speaker 2: And be cherished for ever. 699 00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: Coming up of the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 700 00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 3: So she was sixteen years old with her entire life 701 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:32,359 Speaker 3: ahead of her. 702 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 5: She was the type of person that everyone wanted to 703 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 5: be friends with. 704 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,160 Speaker 2: She had a really bright future. 705 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:46,400 Speaker 3: Until her sudden disappearance left everyone searching for answers. 706 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,880 Speaker 2: The story wasn't making any sense. There's a lot of 707 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,759 Speaker 2: things that just start adding up here. 708 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 1: In the heart of Pensaca, New Jersey, a family is 709 00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: enveloped in the warmth of the holiday say. 710 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:01,920 Speaker 2: However, panic and. 711 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:05,719 Speaker 1: Concerns sweep through the community when their beloved sixteen year 712 00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 1: old daughter, a bright high school student, suddenly goes missing. 713 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: Family friends and detectives joined forces, determined to uncover the 714 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:19,680 Speaker 1: mystery of her disappearance. Tune in to the next episode 715 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: of the Fatal Attraction podcast. We will see you in 716 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,320 Speaker 1: the next episode.