1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Have you ever met someone who lights up the room 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: like a ray of sunshine? That's how one would describe 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: a remarkable man in San Antonio, Texas. With his larger 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: than life personality and fun loving spirit, he is known 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: for bringing joy. 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: To everyone around him. 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,840 Speaker 1: However, when his colleagues and friends notice that their calls 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: and texts are going unanswered, a sense of concern, urgency, 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: and overwhelming fear begins. 10 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: To envelop them. 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 1: They immediately jump into action. What happens when love becomes fatal? 12 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast with a gentle giant. 13 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 3: August twenty sixth, twenty fifteen. It's Wednesday afternoon in San Antonio, Texas, 14 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 3: one of the fastest growing cities in the US. 15 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 4: Sintis a pretty fun towns become more diverse and just 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 4: kind of culturally accepting over the last several years. 17 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 5: We have the Hispanic community, black community, we have the 18 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 5: LGBTQ plus sectors, and yet they still all come together 19 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 5: as one community. 20 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: While people all across the city are heading out to 21 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: grab lunch, to employees at an assisted living facility are 22 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 3: too worried to eat. 23 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 6: Their friend and colleague, Torrens Cheese hadn't showed up for 24 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 6: work that morning. 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 7: All morning, we're texting him, we're calling him, feving m voicemails. 26 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 2: Have you heard anything from torns yet? No? 27 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 8: Nothing, have you. Well, I'm getting really worried. 28 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 9: Parents would never not show up for work and not 29 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 9: letting anyone know what was going on. So it's coworkers. 30 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 9: We're very concerned. 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 10: I told my supervisor, Hey, we're going to go to 32 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 10: his house. 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 3: When torrens Is. Coworkers arrive. They immediately noticed something is off. 34 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 5: When they got there, they saw that his car is 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 5: in the driveway, a window was broken in the front. 36 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 11: Hey, Torrance, they're. 37 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 9: Ringing the doorbell. They call his phone. Nobody is answering. 38 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 9: But the strange thing is they could hear the phone 39 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 9: ringing inside of the house. 40 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 10: I'm going to go try the back. 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 12: Door, Okay, be careful. 42 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 7: I went walking around to the other side of the 43 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 7: house when I noticed like his laptop and just a 44 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 7: few little items are on the ground. Immediately just told Larry, 45 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 7: you need to call the cops. 46 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 8: Something is wrong. 47 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: At that moment, they decide to call the police. 48 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 13: I have a friend of mine not answer his phone. 49 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 13: He's not entering the door and the windows broken. 50 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 5: They knew something terrible had happened. 51 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 13: We're just really concerned about our friends. 52 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 3: Fifty one year old Torren Chiefs always made a big impression. 53 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 7: Torrence was an awesome person, a huge teddy bear. 54 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 9: He was sixteen, a huge guy. 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 14: Torrence was the gentle giant. He was compassionate, he was loving. 56 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 7: He just got along with everybody anywhere we went. 57 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 10: Everybody loved him. 58 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: But that hadn't always been the case. 59 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 15: Torrence was from a small CD outside of Waco. It 60 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 15: wasn't a community where he could really live in his troops. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 14: Growing up being a black man, that's one strike against 62 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 14: you in society, and the fact that he was a 63 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 14: gay black man that adds a second strike. 64 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 16: So it was tough for him. 65 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 3: So when he got older, Torrence decided to make a 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 3: fresh start in San Antonio. 67 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 15: Torrence was able to find a place there, he was 68 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 15: able to call it home. 69 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 7: He came here, he came out, he blossomed, and everybody 70 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 7: loved him. 71 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 3: Torrence even became the premier drag queen at a club downtown, 72 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 3: performing under the name Miss Hucci. 73 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 8: Miss Ucci was very well known in the dry community 74 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 8: here in San Antonio. Larger than life personality. 75 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 14: He was Torrence in the daytime, and he was Ucci 76 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 14: every other time. I think in life, you people should 77 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 14: always try to seek their outlet. 78 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 16: That's one thing about Hucci. He did that. 79 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: But performing wasn't his only passion. 80 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 9: Lawrence was an employee at an assisted living center. Okay, 81 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 9: he really enjoyed what he did. 82 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 2: They were the sweetest family. 83 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 11: Oh my good. 84 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 7: He worked there for twenty something years. He was almost 85 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 7: ready to retire. He stayed there a couple more years 86 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 7: because that's what he loved and that's what he enjoyed doing. 87 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 3: Torrence was thriving in his community, but still something was missing. 88 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 8: Hey, how'd the date go last weekend? 89 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 15: Well, let me talk about For a long time, he 90 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 15: was okay with playing the field and dating, but over time, 91 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 15: Lawrence wanted somebody to settle down, with somebody he could 92 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 15: make a life with. 93 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: Well, my search continues, but he wouldn't be searching for long. 94 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 3: One night at a club, Torrence met a man named Wayne. 95 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 2: Then Torrence, Yes, my name is Wayne. I saw your 96 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 2: performance last weekend. 97 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 17: You killed it. 98 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 2: I thought to thank you. 99 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 9: Can I buy your next drink? 100 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 13: Sure? 101 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: I like that. 102 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,239 Speaker 18: He was charming and Torrence was immediately drawn to him. 103 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 2: Hey, you know enough about me, tell me about you. 104 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 6: As they gotten to know each other, Torrence had learned 105 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 6: that Wayne had just gotten out of jail for drug 106 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,679 Speaker 6: charges and he couldn't find a job or a place 107 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 6: to stay. 108 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, man, it's been tough. 109 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 18: They made this connection, and Torrance had such a big 110 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 18: heart he'd offered to help Wayne out. 111 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,679 Speaker 1: This is gonna sound crazy, but what's I just happened 112 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: to have an empty guest bedrooms. 113 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: What that's right? 114 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 12: Are you serious? 115 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 15: Torrence saw the good in him and was willing to 116 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 15: do whatever it hates to help him get back on 117 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 15: his feet. 118 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 6: Wayne moved in and Torrence was helping him get a 119 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 6: ju justice, even going as far as writing references for 120 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 6: his job applications. 121 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 11: They got serious really quickly. 122 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,720 Speaker 15: As far as Torrence was concerned, there was nobody he 123 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 15: would rather spend his life with. 124 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 7: Torrence. 125 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 12: But no. 126 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 3: Torrence's coworkers have found what look to be signs of 127 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 3: a struggle outside of his home. 128 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 5: They're calling him, they're ringing the doorbell, they're knocking, They're 129 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 5: not getting any response. 130 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,920 Speaker 7: I kind of went walking around to the other side 131 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 7: of the house when I noticed his nap tap on 132 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 7: the ground. That's when I just knew something wasn't right, 133 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 7: and I said, you know what, We're not going to 134 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 7: go in, So we called nine one one. 135 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 13: Something is wrong. 136 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,119 Speaker 2: That's what's going on tonight. 137 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 3: Hip An officer quickly arrives at the home and enters 138 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: through the unlocked back door. 139 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 5: When the officer on the scene went in, the first 140 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 5: thing that caught his eye was that there was blood 141 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 5: spatter all over the walls. 142 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 11: The house was totally ransact. 143 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 18: Jewors had been pulled out and dumped on the floor, 144 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 18: Furniture was knocked over. 145 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 3: And lying on the floor of the living room is 146 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 3: Torrance Jeeves. 147 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 5: He saw him lying there with the coffee table turned 148 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 5: over on him, when a big pool of blood around him. 149 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 10: He had one stab wound to the neck. 150 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 5: He knew immediately that he had a homicide scene. 151 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: Stay two at the plot thickens with a tangled web 152 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: of treachery and intrigue on the horizon. 153 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: This is the Fatal Attraction podcast. 154 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: Fifty one year old Torrance Chiefs had become a local 155 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 3: celebrity in San Antonio's vibrant drag scene. 156 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 14: Everybody in the community absolutely loved him. 157 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 11: Under the stage name Miss Hucci. 158 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 18: He was a drag performer who did a lot to 159 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 18: raise money for local charities. 160 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 3: And off stage, Torrence had a new man in his life, 161 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 3: Wayne Pittman. 162 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 15: Torrence met Wayne Pittman and it was an instant connection. 163 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 18: Torrence was helping him get back on his feet and 164 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 18: they fell in love. 165 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 3: But now, after a nine to one one call from 166 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 3: his concerned coworkers, Torrence has been founded a pool of 167 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 3: blood on his living room floor. 168 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 17: The officer coultill he had been dead for hours despite 169 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 17: your donned major grooms God. 170 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 3: When homicide detectives arrived to examine the scene, it's quickly 171 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 3: clear how Torrence was killed. 172 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 8: It appeared that he had suffered one large knife stab 173 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 8: in the back of the net, but. 174 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 3: That isn't his only injury. 175 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 5: He had several defensive wounds. He had cuts on his fingers, 176 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 5: but he also had slashes on his forearm. 177 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,680 Speaker 8: There was a struggle prior to that fatal blow that 178 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 8: he sustained in the back of his. 179 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 3: Neck, and in the kitchen, detectives find what they believe 180 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 3: to be the murder weapon. 181 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 6: A four and a half in serrated knife was in 182 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 6: the scene with a bottle of bleach nearby. 183 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 3: But detectives believe the attack started in Torrence's bedroom. 184 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 6: There was a lot of blood spatter on the walls 185 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 6: and the floor of the bedroom. 186 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 3: The condition of the house also points to an obvious 187 00:09:57,679 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 3: motive robbery. 188 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 8: There were missing items from the house. 189 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,720 Speaker 11: You could see all the tops of the dressers. 190 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 18: There were gaps in the dust where a TV was missing, 191 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,599 Speaker 18: and his laptop was laying outside. 192 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 11: Someone was trying to grab things in a hurry. 193 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 3: But other evidence points to a different possibility. 194 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 8: There weren't any signs of forced entry. 195 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 6: The broken window at the front of a home looked 196 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 6: like the casualty of a ransack and not an attempt 197 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 6: to gain entry. 198 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 18: The back door was unlocked when police arrived. However, it 199 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 18: appeared the killer had exited that way, so they had 200 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 18: no way of knowing if that door was unlocked prior 201 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 18: to Torrents being attacked. 202 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 3: Could the killer be somebody Torrents led into the house, 203 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 3: somebody he knew and trusted. 204 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 8: Knife wounds they're intimate. They require you to be very close. 205 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 3: To the victim, especially with a victim like Torrence. 206 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 8: Lorrence is not small by any means, and so for 207 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 8: this person to be able to launch a knife and 208 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,679 Speaker 8: the back of his neck. It had to have been 209 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 8: somebody that Torrence trusted or known or been intimate with. 210 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 12: You. 211 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 3: To learn more about their victim, detectives first turned to 212 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 3: his coworkers Larry and Amanda. 213 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 16: This morning when he don't show up to work as 214 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 16: I called him. 215 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 10: He went on to a text Mlekak that wasn't like 216 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 10: him at all. 217 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 3: On the hunch that the attack against Torrance was personal, 218 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 3: detectives ask about those closest to the victim. 219 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 7: Did you have any significant other girlfriend, boyfriend of your 220 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 7: relationship with data? 221 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 10: Tommy put off, some guy promised, all. 222 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 9: Right, well, thank you for your time. 223 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 3: Moving on to his neighbors, detectives hope they can provide 224 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 3: additional details about the knight Torrance was killed. 225 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 8: Investigators canvass the area and off on doors. 226 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 15: A woman living right next door to Holwrence did say 227 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,719 Speaker 15: she saw something strange that night. 228 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 3: She tells investigators that around eleven o'clock, her dog started 229 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 3: barking at the back door. 230 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 13: My dog started black curiously up. 231 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 15: When she looked to see what was going on, she 232 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 15: saw someone get her backyard. 233 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 5: The neighbor said she knew that that's not right. 234 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 13: I have her light back to I ticked it off. 235 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 3: The light startled the man, but he just kept walking. 236 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 15: Police believed that this could be Torrence's killer. Although she 237 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 15: didn't get a good look at the person's face, she 238 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 15: did say that it was a young black male in 239 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 15: his twenties, dressed in all black. 240 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 13: And I've seen this the car on the side of 241 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 13: my house. 242 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 2: Okay, what about the car. 243 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 13: Nil, Everything happened in one minute, but it looked like 244 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 13: the took break cart. 245 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 3: It isn't to go on. But then the detectives catch 246 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 3: a lucky break. 247 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 12: Detective. 248 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 18: Yes, they were approached by a man who said he 249 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 18: was a security guard at a church on the street. 250 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 5: He'd said, Hey, I don't know what you guys are working, 251 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 5: but our church has security cameras on all four corners 252 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 5: of our parking lot. 253 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 8: And I went in and loaded, like the last two 254 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,079 Speaker 8: weeks on here for you guys. 255 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 12: Okay, but if you guys need some more, just just 256 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 12: let me know. 257 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 2: Okay, thanks, math appreciate it. 258 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 8: Thank you. 259 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: Back at the station, detectives immediately review the footage. 260 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 5: That proved to be quite the treasure trove of information. 261 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 15: They do see a car pulls up since Fraence's neighbor's 262 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 15: house a little after eleven PM, just like the neighbor describes. 263 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 3: But the cameras show something the neighbor didn't see. 264 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 15: At the same time, to individuals arrive on foot. 265 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:01,559 Speaker 16: Not just one person was in. 266 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 12: On this. 267 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 2: Now stay tuned. 268 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: That's the chilling story of what happened that night continues 269 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: to unfold. 270 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 2: This is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 271 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: Detectives investigating the brutal stabbing of fifty one year old 272 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 3: Torrren's chiefs have been handed surveillance footage they hope will 273 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 3: give them their first lead. 274 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 15: A little after eleven PM. The footage shows that a 275 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 15: vehicle pulls up right outside of Torrence's house. 276 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 3: However, switching camera angles shows not just one suspect, but three. 277 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 18: In addition to the driver of the car, there were 278 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 18: two black males who arrived on foot, one dressed in 279 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 18: black and the. 280 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 11: Other in white. 281 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 15: While the driver remains in the car, the individual in 282 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 15: black starts making trips back and forth to Torrence's house 283 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 15: into the car. 284 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 3: The man dressed in black carries valuables out of Torrence's 285 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 3: home while the other man loads them into the car. 286 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 15: At some point, Torrence's neighbors hires her life. 287 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 6: She turned on her exterior floodlights and when she did, 288 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 6: the man took. 289 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 3: Off and the car sped away. 290 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 6: Two men clearly fleed the scene in a car. In 291 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 6: a third individual took off off foot. 292 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 3: The video is remarkable but also frustrating. 293 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 5: The video was from over half a block away. It 294 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 5: wasn't close enough that they were able to get a 295 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 5: license plate. 296 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 15: They do see them making the model of the car 297 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 15: and notice a dent on the right side. 298 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 3: Hoping to track down the vehicle, investigators reach out to 299 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 3: the Texas Department of Public Safety. 300 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 18: They filed a request for listing vehicles registered in the 301 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 18: San Antonio area. They were the same making model as 302 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 18: the car in the video. 303 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 3: Then detectives contact Torrence's family to deliver the tragic news. 304 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 14: I was at work and I received a phone call 305 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 14: that something had happened to Torrence, and at that moment 306 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 14: I realized it was something serious. 307 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 3: His family isn't able to provide any leads, but they 308 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 3: do know someone who might. 309 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 15: They said that his best friend, Willis could probably give 310 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,359 Speaker 15: them more answers. 311 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 5: You want to start at the center of your victim 312 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 5: and work your way out as far as who could 313 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 5: have done this to him? 314 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 3: To answer that question, detectives reach out to Willis. 315 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 5: Taunton's family suggested I call you. 316 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 18: They started by asking Willis if he could shed any 317 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 18: light on Torrence's relationships. 318 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: There. 319 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 17: He immediately named Wayne Pitt. 320 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 15: He also Sells believes that they had somewhat of a 321 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 15: turbulent relationship. 322 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 3: Willis explains that Wayne was an avid user of synthetic marijuana. 323 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 17: Torrence didn't like that. 324 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 6: He thought it was bad for Wayne's health, and also 325 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 6: he was worried about the second hand smoke. 326 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 13: What you told him you could not broken that. I 327 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 13: looked at the space. 328 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 3: At first, Torrence tried to look past Wayne's bad habit. 329 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 4: Early on a relationship, people do accept certain behaviors because 330 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 4: they think if we're in love, then that'll probably change. 331 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 3: But after a few months of living together, Torrence realized 332 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 3: Wayne wasn't going to change. 333 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 13: Kept with that synthetic Wayne. 334 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 3: But Willis tells detectives that their breakup didn't last May 335 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 3: together ago, but he. 336 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 15: Kept Torence and Waynee started arguing all over again. 337 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 3: And recently, Willis says the situation had come to a head. 338 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 15: Wayne decided that he wanted to drive by Torrence's house. Unfortunately, 339 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 15: there was another man there and Wayne was not happy. 340 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,160 Speaker 12: What's he doing here? 341 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 2: We're just catching up man. 342 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 15: Torrence tells him that nothing was going on and that 343 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 15: they were just visiting, but Wayne didn't believe him. 344 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 3: Wayne was skeptical because Torrence and his friend Shorty had 345 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:31,959 Speaker 3: dated in the past. 346 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 12: Said yeah, just catch it up or you thinking stupor? 347 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 15: Wayne jumps to the conclusion that they're back together and 348 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 15: starts a huge fights. 349 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 2: When did all this happen? The altercation. 350 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 13: A week. 351 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 3: Did Torrence's alleged betrayal drum Wayne to kill him? 352 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 5: There were elements of jealousy and accusations of cheating. That 353 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 5: sounds like the suspect that you're looking for. 354 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 3: When detectives bring Wayne in for questioning, he doesn't seem 355 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 3: like a cold blooded killer. 356 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 15: Wayne strikes his hexes as janiely upset and says he 357 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 15: would never do anything to hurt Flawrence. 358 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 11: We had our problems, I mean every couple does. 359 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,400 Speaker 18: Wayne told investigators that he still loved Torrence and hoped 360 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 18: to get back together with him, but Torrents didn't feel 361 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 18: the same way. 362 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:36,959 Speaker 12: Tell us about shorty. 363 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 6: What's his real nan, I have no clue, man, okay, 364 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 6: And you weren't jealous. 365 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 12: Of course I was, but that's my problem. 366 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 11: He said. 367 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 18: Yes, they'd argued about him, but at the end of 368 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 18: the day, he just wanted Torrence to be happy. 369 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 3: Wayne also tells investigators he has an alibi for the 370 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 3: night of the twenty fifth. 371 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 10: I was at work. Y'all could check it out. 372 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 3: With nothing to hold him on, Wayne is released while 373 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 3: detectives look into his alibi. 374 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,400 Speaker 15: As tom clock shows that he was in fact at 375 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 15: work the time of the murder. 376 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 3: With Wayne alibied out, detectives focus shifts again when they 377 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 3: hear back from the Texas Department of Public Safety. 378 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 6: Based on their records, there was only eight cars in 379 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 6: San Antonio that match the description of the one caught 380 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 6: on video fleeing the scene of Torrance's murder. 381 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 9: One by one, they start tracking down these vehicles. 382 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 3: But none of the vehicles is an exact match until 383 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 3: they arrive at the home of a man named Gabriel 384 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 3: vell Den. 385 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,120 Speaker 5: They drove out to his house and there's the vehicle. 386 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 17: It looked just like the getaway car in the video. 387 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 5: There is a dent. 388 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 9: In the door is the car that they've been looking for. 389 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: Stay with us for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 390 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 3: Detectives in San Antonio, Texas have just eliminated Torrence Chief's 391 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 3: boyfriend Wayne Pittman as a suspect in his murder. 392 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 5: The victim's latest love interest was very forthcoming with the good, 393 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 5: the bad, and the ugly of their relationship, and he 394 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 5: had an ironclad alibi. 395 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: But now detectives have used vehicle registration records to locate 396 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 3: a new potential suspect, a man named Gabriel Beldenz. 397 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,719 Speaker 18: While looking for a car matching the one they had 398 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 18: seen leaving Torrence's house, they came across Gabriel. Not only 399 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 18: was his car the exact same make and model, but 400 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,199 Speaker 18: it had a dent in the same place as the 401 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 18: car in the security video. 402 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 3: Brought in for questioning. Gabriel clearly isn't one of the 403 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 3: men seen taking items from Torrence's house. 404 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 9: He's a middle aged Hispanic man and the two men 405 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 9: in the video were black men. 406 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 13: Okay, we're currently working in a murder investigation and we 407 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 13: had a couple questions about your vehicle. 408 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 12: Does anybody else have access to it? Would you have 409 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 12: lint it out to anybody. 410 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 9: No, Gabriel confirms that he never let anyone else borrow 411 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 9: the vehicle. 412 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 12: How about grass Tuesday? Did anybody use it besides yourself? 413 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 9: Gabriel says he doesn't know anything about a murder. He 414 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 9: doesn't know anything that's going on. 415 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 17: He said he didn't know anyone named Torrence Chiefs. 416 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 3: But he also doesn't have a solid alibi. 417 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 6: He said he went straight home from work every day, 418 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 6: but didn't really have anyone who could back that up. 419 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 3: So detectives just have one more question. 420 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 13: I want to ask for your permission to under the 421 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 13: vehicles since you're the registered owner. 422 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 3: However, searching his car fails to turn up any evidence. 423 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 9: They don't find anything that would connect him to the murder. 424 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 3: So detectives take a closer look at the dent in 425 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 3: the side of Gabriel's vehicle. 426 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 5: They took a still shot of the dent that was 427 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 5: seen in the church video and compared it to the 428 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 5: dent that was in the vehicle owner's store. And even 429 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 5: though the dents were in almost the exact same location, 430 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 5: the outline of the dents were completely different. 431 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 3: It's not the same car. 432 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 5: The vehicle owner had nothing to do with the victim whatsoever, 433 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 5: You're free to go. 434 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 9: This was just a crazy coincidence. So now the actives 435 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 9: realized that they did make a mistake. 436 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: Now two weeks into the investigation, detectives have hit a wall. 437 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 9: They're all out of suspects, all out of people to 438 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:15,159 Speaker 9: look for. 439 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 3: Until finally they received Torrance's phone records from his cell 440 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 3: phone provider. 441 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 9: It shows that Torrance receives a text from an unidentified number, 442 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 9: many messages between that phone and Torrance's showing that they 443 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 9: had a sexual relationship. 444 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 3: And it was more than just physical. 445 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 8: It was apparent the Torns did care for this individual. 446 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 3: But it seems his feelings weren't reciprocated. 447 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 8: This was transactional for the other person. 448 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 9: The sender is constantly texting Torrence asking him for money. 449 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 3: But it's the less text from the unidentified number that 450 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 3: raises a red flag for detectives. 451 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 5: The last text message that the victim received said I'm here, 452 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 5: I'm outside. 453 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 9: Every text received after that goes unanswered, So this could 454 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 9: be the killer. 455 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 3: Now all detectives need is a name. 456 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 5: The obvious question is who is associated with that cell 457 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 5: phone number. 458 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 6: They did a quick search in their database for basic 459 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 6: information and saw that the phone was registered to a 460 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 6: woman named Susan Fields. 461 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 3: But when investigators attempt to locate her, they discover that 462 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 3: the name is fake. 463 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 9: The phone was just a burner that was registered under 464 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 9: a fake name, and so it's just another dead end. 465 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 5: You have this lead, you hurry up, you send the 466 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 5: subpoena off, and now you just got to calmly wait 467 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,880 Speaker 5: for the information to come back. 468 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 3: While they wait, the investigation grinds to a hold. 469 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 6: And detectives followed up with anyone they can find that 470 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 6: new tourents, but it couldn't develop any. 471 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:14,640 Speaker 2: New leads. 472 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 3: Until at a stop sign one evening, everything changes. 473 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 5: The detective is driving home from work, mulling this case over. 474 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 17: Heene happened to notice the car right. 475 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 3: Besides, it's not just any car. 476 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 8: There was the four Taurus. 477 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,439 Speaker 5: There's a dent in the right passenger door. 478 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 9: Then matches the exact description of the one on the 479 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 9: surveillance video. 480 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 2: Now stay tuned. 481 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: That's the chilling story of what happened that night continues 482 00:26:58,359 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: to unfold. 483 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 2: Is a Fatal Attraction podcast. 484 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,239 Speaker 3: The investigation into the murder of Torrance Chiefs had hit 485 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:16,919 Speaker 3: a wall, but now an extraordinary coincidence may break the 486 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 3: case wide open. 487 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 8: The main investigator on this case is driving home and 488 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,120 Speaker 8: he happened to glance to the side of him. There 489 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,879 Speaker 8: was a car that matched the exact description with the 490 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 8: dent in the side. 491 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 6: He knew this had to be the car that fled 492 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 6: the scene in a surveillance video. 493 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 3: The detective follows the car to a business just a 494 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 3: couple of blocks from where Torrence was murdered. 495 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 5: He watched a female get out of the driver's side 496 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 5: and saw that there was a young black male in 497 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 5: the front passenger seat. 498 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 13: SA forty two, I need back up on ten sixty 499 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 13: ten sixty Main Street, please right away. 500 00:27:58,680 --> 00:27:59,919 Speaker 3: Backup arrives with it. 501 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 5: Minutes patrol officers show up. They able to get the 502 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 5: passenger out and the driver came back outside. 503 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 3: Of Police take both into custody, but to the detective, 504 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 3: the passenger looks eerily familiar. 505 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 5: He was able to notice that when they first got 506 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 5: the young man out that he looked very similar to 507 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 5: the person he saw in that surveillance video. 508 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,679 Speaker 3: While the driver waits with officers to impound the car, 509 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 3: detectives transport the passenger back to the station for an interview. 510 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 9: At the station. The passenger tells the detectives that his 511 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 9: name is John Henderson Houston. 512 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 1: You've heard about the murder of toy Chiefs about a 513 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: three weeks ago. 514 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 12: Nope, Well, a car. 515 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 6: What the one you were in, was seen leaving the 516 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 6: scene around the time of the murder. 517 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 3: When detectives show him a picture of the car from 518 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 3: the security video, there's no denying it's the same car. 519 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 13: So where were you that night? 520 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 2: I don't know, I remember. 521 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 3: Unconvinced, detectives pull out a photo of Torrence Cheeves. 522 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 12: You recognize this man, Never seen him before in my life. 523 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,959 Speaker 5: He denied having any knowledge whatsoever about the murder. 524 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 9: He even suggests that he would take the polygraph tests. 525 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 3: The offer is a big mistake. 526 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 5: I don't think he realized that the detective was the 527 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 5: certified polygraph examiner. A lot of time, suspects will bluff 528 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 5: their way and say I'll take a lie detector test, 529 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 5: and when you try to schedule one for them, they 530 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:46,280 Speaker 5: don't come in. 531 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 3: Detectives administer the test immediately. 532 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 5: The young man showed deception on the polygraph results. 533 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 3: When detectives confront John with their results, he's stuck being cooperative. 534 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 9: He's done talking to the police. At this point, they 535 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 9: have nothing to hold him on, so they have to 536 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 9: let him. 537 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:19,280 Speaker 3: Go despite not making an arrest. The investigators believe they're 538 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 3: on the right track. 539 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 5: If you have the vehicle that you positively identified as 540 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 5: being the one that was in the surveillance video and 541 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 5: the lady driving it, her boyfriend matches the general description 542 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 5: of the suspects seen in the videos, and he has 543 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 5: not passed his polygraph. 544 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 9: Police are convinced that they have found their killer. 545 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 3: But so far the evidence is all circumstantial. 546 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 5: It's frustrating because you want to be able to share 547 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 5: with the family. You want to be able to tell them, hey, 548 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 5: we're almost there. But if you don't have all the 549 00:30:58,160 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 5: evidence you need. 550 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 3: Until a breakthrough comes, that sends detectives in a slightly 551 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 3: different direction. 552 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 5: The cell phone data that had to be subpoena came 553 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,280 Speaker 5: back on this unknown person's cell phone who had texted 554 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 5: the victim saying, Hey, I'm outside, I'm here. 555 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 9: There's a voicemail on the phone from a parole officer. 556 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 3: Detectives immediately contact the probation officer. 557 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 15: Yeah, I'm calling from a Sanatotio homicide unit. 558 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 17: I'm trying to track down one of your paroles. The 559 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 17: name they got wasn't what they expected. 560 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 3: What the probation officer tells them the phone doesn't belong 561 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 3: to their suspect, John Henderson Houston. It belonged to his brother. 562 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 11: Wait did you say Jonathan? 563 00:31:55,160 --> 00:32:00,719 Speaker 9: He reveals to police that John Henderson Houston has a 564 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 9: brother by the name of Jonathan. 565 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 8: His brother had a very similar name. 566 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 5: It's crazy. It blew this case wide open. 567 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: Now stay tune after plot thickens with a tangled web 568 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: of treachery and intrigue on the horizon. This is the 569 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: Fatal Attraction podcast. 570 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 3: San Antonio detectives have just discovered that the burner phone 571 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 3: used by the last person to speak to Torren's chiefs 572 00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 3: doesn't belong to their prime suspect, John Henderson Houston. 573 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 18: Detective spoke to a probation officer who'd left a message 574 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,880 Speaker 18: on the burner phone, and he told them the phone 575 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 18: belonged to his younger brother, Jonathan. 576 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 12: Did you see Jonathan? 577 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 5: They were four years apart in age, but their names 578 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 5: were extremely similar. 579 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 3: Did you lie about having knowledge of the murder? Because 580 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 3: he knew his brother Jonathan was the killer. 581 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 9: Police go looking for Jonathan and when they sit him 582 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 9: down for questioning, he looks exactly like his brother. 583 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 3: And like his brother, Jonathan claims he doesn't know anything 584 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 3: about the murderer. 585 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 16: Or my mama grave from God in front of his 586 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 16: stat I don't know nothing about this. 587 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: Then, when you understand that everybody comes in here that 588 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: when you think is involved, how they. 589 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 5: Say that, you know, how poker players have tells to 590 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 5: swear to God on my mother's grave is a huge 591 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 5: tell for murder suspects. 592 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 3: Jonathan tells the detective he doesn't know Torrance Chiefs. 593 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 5: When he kept denying that he'd even been in Torrence's 594 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 5: house and didn't know Torrance, the detective confronted him with 595 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 5: the text messages back and forth. 596 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 9: When they start to lay out the evidence, Jonathan starts 597 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 9: to talk, I have to. 598 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 13: Tell you something by that I have none to do 599 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 13: with this. 600 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 17: Well, then tell me the trump. 601 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 8: It took some time to break that wall down to 602 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,959 Speaker 8: get him to really talk about how he intimately knew 603 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 8: mister Chiefs and what their relationship was like. 604 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 11: On your Good from mister. 605 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 8: Henderson first denied being sexually involved with Torrance. But the 606 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,760 Speaker 8: more that we broke it down and the more proof 607 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 8: that he was shown the text messages talking about intimate 608 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 8: things and actions. The more he was like. 609 00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 5: Okay, Jonathan finally admitted to a relationship between himself and 610 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 5: Torrance where he was paid money for performing sex X. 611 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,600 Speaker 12: I'm telling you I need money? Do I need a job? 612 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 8: I'm telling y'all is mister Chiefs really cared for mister Henderson. 613 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 8: But he took advantage of that. He used mister Chiefs 614 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 8: for money. 615 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 3: But how had it ended with Torrance Chiefs Dead detectives 616 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 3: suggest an explanation. 617 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 5: What you're going for in interrogations is a full confession. 618 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 5: In order to get those, you have to try to 619 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 5: give people some reason for them to tell on themselves. 620 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,280 Speaker 5: So the obvious alternative to that was self defense. 621 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 12: Hu Tully, that man is sixty fifty pounds. 622 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 13: How could that not be self defense if he did something? 623 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 13: You need to tell me. 624 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 12: That, Jonathan. 625 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 5: He took the bait for the self defense. 626 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,720 Speaker 3: Jonathan admits that on the night of August twenty fifth, 627 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 3: he'd gotten into an argument with Torrence. 628 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 5: He was expecting money and Torrence told him he didn't 629 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 5: have any money. 630 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 2: I just wanted to let you know that I'm a 631 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 2: little short today. 632 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 12: Okay, no, I need my money. Get down. 633 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:56,160 Speaker 8: When he wasn't going to give him any money, that's 634 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 8: when the argument started. 635 00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 2: Hey, I know you know me. 636 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:00,799 Speaker 12: I'm good for it. 637 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 2: Okay, get you next time. 638 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 12: Nah, you're gonna give me this son man. 639 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,280 Speaker 18: Jonathan said he was just going to leave when Torrance 640 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 18: refused to pay him it, but he started getting pushy. 641 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 9: The argument escalates. He is scared for his life. 642 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 5: He's in the kitchen and Torrence came at him, so 643 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 5: he just grabbed a knife and stabbed him once in 644 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:27,759 Speaker 5: the neck. 645 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,479 Speaker 8: I just wanted the knife and blood was like old 646 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 8: flying Oh what made you pick up the knife? 647 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 12: Ain't for him? 648 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,240 Speaker 3: He insists he wasn't trying to kill Torrence. 649 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:45,720 Speaker 9: He says the blade must have hit like a major 650 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,359 Speaker 9: artery because he immediately starts. 651 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,040 Speaker 11: To gush out blood. 652 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 4: Jonathan tried to make it seem like he was defending himself, 653 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 4: but there was really no proof of that or anything 654 00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:56,319 Speaker 4: like that. 655 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,560 Speaker 18: If anyone was defending themselves that night, it was Torrence 656 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,839 Speaker 18: had multiple self defense wounds on. 657 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 11: His hands and arms. 658 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 3: Detectives believed that Jonathan's real motive that night wasn't fear, 659 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 3: but anger. 660 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 18: Jonathan flew into a rage when he found out that 661 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 18: Torrance wasn't going to pay him. 662 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 12: You're gonna give me this son. 663 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 8: That's when he took the knife and did what he did. 664 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get some drincks. Okay, you're right back. 665 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:35,359 Speaker 12: I'm gonna keep my money. 666 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 3: After the murder, Jonathan didn't behave like a man who'd 667 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,400 Speaker 3: acted in self defense. 668 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 9: If Jonathan was only trying to protect himself, he could 669 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 9: have called the police. He could have called for medical assistance. 670 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 3: Instead, he took advantage of the fact that Torrence was dead. 671 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:01,160 Speaker 6: After the murder, Jonathan left the scene and started formulating 672 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 6: a plan. 673 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 9: Once he realizes that Torrence is dead, he leaves, but 674 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 9: then he comes back later with two accomplices to get 675 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:12,760 Speaker 9: the things from the house. 676 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 8: He ransacked the homes, stole jewelry, took belongings, try to 677 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 8: clean up the crime scene a little bit by using. 678 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 3: Bleach for detectives. The important thing is that, regardless of 679 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:32,960 Speaker 3: the motive, Jonathan has admitted to killing Torrance Chiefs. But 680 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 3: Jonathan refuses to identify the men who helped him steal 681 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 3: from Torrence. 682 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,839 Speaker 9: Even though the police suspect that his brother was one 683 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 9: of the accomplices. Jonathan insists that he had nothing to 684 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 9: do with it. 685 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 18: He said he took his brother's girlfriend's car without their 686 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 18: knowledge and recruited a few guys from the neighborhood to 687 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 18: help him rob the house. 688 00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 3: At the end of the interview, Jonathan Henderson Houston is 689 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 3: charged with murder. 690 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 14: When the detectives called me and said we think we 691 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 14: have the person that did this to Torrence, I was 692 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 14: absolutely relieved. 693 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,360 Speaker 3: But the full truth of what happened to Torrence Chiefs 694 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 3: will never come out in court. 695 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:24,760 Speaker 9: Jonathan Henderson Houston decides to plead guilty to first degree murder. 696 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,640 Speaker 8: A plea agreement was in the best interest of justice 697 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,799 Speaker 8: in this case, as opposed to rolling the dice at 698 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:38,360 Speaker 8: a trial, in him walking away from taking someone's life. 699 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 9: He only receives fifteen years in prison. 700 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 3: For Torrence's family and friends, the sentence is a bitter disappointment. 701 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 7: A lot of other people weren't happy about you took 702 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 7: Torrence's life and you basically got away with fifteen years. 703 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:59,360 Speaker 4: I think this is going to be something as for 704 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 4: everyone been so whether his punishment is while he's in 705 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,799 Speaker 4: prison or you know, once he gets out and trying 706 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:05,560 Speaker 4: to live through this. 707 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 11: He's definitely gonna go through it. 708 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 3: Still, Torrence's community has lost someone who can never be replaced. 709 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,319 Speaker 14: He loved his job, he loved his friends, he loved 710 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 14: his family, and he loved to dress up. 711 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 16: He loved putting on a show. 712 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 7: Torrence would want people to be yourself, live your best life, 713 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 7: do what's right, and just to be kind. 714 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: Love and its purest form, should uplift us and bring 715 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:46,760 Speaker 1: happiness rather than be overshadowed by betrayal. Torrence was deeply 716 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:50,800 Speaker 1: connected to his community. He was not only a beloved figure, 717 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 1: but also known for his countless acts of kindness. He 718 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 1: embraced his identity with pride and joy. A beautiful and 719 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 1: spirited man. What happened to Torrance chief serves as a 720 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 1: stark reminder that life is precious. Torrance was taken from 721 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: us far too soon, leaving behind a legacy filled with 722 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:18,720 Speaker 1: love and enduring joy. Coming up on the next episode 723 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,719 Speaker 1: of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 724 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,399 Speaker 3: She was a mother figure to everyone she met. 725 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 11: She was that type of woman that takes care of people. 726 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,400 Speaker 17: Her life mission was to help people. 727 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:42,320 Speaker 15: She cared about others more than she cared about herself, and. 728 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 3: She finally met someone who could give her love in return. 729 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,320 Speaker 11: It was lovable, a big old teddy bear. Their relationship 730 00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 11: was whirlwind. She found the one. 731 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 3: Until a horrific crime took her away. 732 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,279 Speaker 12: I'll play money shut. 733 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 2: In the tranquil community of Brandon. 734 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: Florida, a warm hearted caretaker and teacher's aide, thrives as 735 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,840 Speaker 1: a devoted mother and grandmother. She serves as a beacon 736 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: of comfort, always ready to lend a helping hand. 737 00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:23,280 Speaker 2: With an open heart. She finally welcomes new love into 738 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:25,040 Speaker 2: her life. 739 00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,960 Speaker 1: And for a while, everything seems to be unfolding beautifully. 740 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,560 Speaker 2: However, just when it appears that life is on. 741 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:36,000 Speaker 1: A positive path, she faces a tragic turn of events. 742 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:40,440 Speaker 1: Tune in to the next episode of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 743 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 1: We will see you in the next episode.