1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,039 Speaker 1: What secrets lie beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect romance. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: In Marietta, Georgia, a mother of four begins a new 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 1: relationship that feels like a fairy tale. 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 2: Come to life. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: Love had suddenly found her, however, just as quickly as 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: her heart sores. The story takes a dark twist when 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: calls to her over cancer, and an unsettling mystery begins 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: to unravel what happens when love becomes fatal. This is 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: a Fatal Attraction podcast with a cryptic call. 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 3: August twenty third, twenty eighteen. It's a warm summer night 11 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 3: in Marietta, Georgia, one of Atlanta's oldest and most charming suburbs, 12 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 3: steeped in centuries of history and culture. 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 4: Maybe it is a picturesque, southern small town, comfortable community 14 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 4: in Atlanta. 15 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 5: It's a good schools, nice area to raise a family. 16 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: But being so close to the big city, Marietta residents 17 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 3: also deal with their fair share of crime. 18 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 6: It's a very busy urban area, lots of people passing through, 19 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 6: lots of traffic, high crime. 20 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 3: And tonight it's no exception. 21 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 7: On August twenty third of twenty eighteen, at around three 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 7: oh three in the morning, officers got a nine one 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 7: one phone call. 24 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 4: Now, this is a kind of cryptic call. 25 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, I need that's I need a. 26 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 4: He's saying that he wants the police to do a 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 4: warfare check on Zianna Gram. 28 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 8: Xiona Graham was a local resident a mother of four. 29 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 9: The November one caller was saying she hadn't been answering 30 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 9: any of his phone calls. 31 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 8: What do you need for you? 32 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 3: I needed to come, come and evaluate the situation. 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 10: He didn't want to give his name, but he was 34 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 10: definitely concerned. 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 7: He requested the officers go out to perfect dress. 36 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 5: The police are concerned. Why do they need to go 37 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 5: over there? 38 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 11: No, I need to know what I'm putting my officers into. 39 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 5: Oh, don't worry about it. 40 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 12: Then, so what's going on there? 41 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 3: Given the suspicious nature of the call, the operator immediately 42 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 3: dispatch its officers to Ziona's home. 43 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 4: Now one one to dispatch. Herbert Lee sends police to 44 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 4: that location because they want to know what's going on. 45 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 13: Zianna read and hurt. 46 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 6: When you're dispatched to a welfare check, you don't know 47 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 6: what to expect. 48 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 3: Twenty four year old Zianna Graham had a heart that 49 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 3: overflowed with love for the people in her life. 50 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 6: She had a very bubbly personality. 51 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: If she was your friend, she loved you. 52 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 3: Growing up in the northern reaches of the Bay Area, 53 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 3: Zianna was a bright student who connected with people everywhere 54 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 3: she went. 55 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 10: Sianna she grew up on the West Coast in Vallejo, 56 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 10: which is near Sacramento. 57 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 4: At a very young age, Sianna was a friendly person. 58 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 4: She wanted to make friends with everybody that she met. 59 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: But when trouble reared its head at home, Zianna's strong 60 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 3: spirit was put to the test. 61 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 14: I had a troubled marriage with her mother in the 62 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 14: beginning of Zianna's life. 63 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 13: Her parents separated early on. 64 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 3: Instead of healing, time only brought more problems for the 65 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: Graham family. 66 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 10: Her father was deployed after nine to eleven and upon return, 67 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 10: came back with issues around drug and alcohol abuse. 68 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: I began using drugs and drinking quite a bit. 69 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 12: Eventually, Leanna's mother was granted full custody and her father 70 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 12: sort of drifted out. 71 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: Of her life. 72 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 14: I loved Zianna very much, but it's like the more 73 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 14: it didn't work out for me, the more I turned 74 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 14: to alcohol. 75 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 3: And Zianna wasn't far behind. 76 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: About the age of. 77 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 5: Twelve or thirteen, she started using drugs, starting hanging out 78 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: with the bad Cloud. 79 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 14: I take my part of the blame, unfortunately, but all 80 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 14: she really wanted to do was be accepted. 81 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 13: Kind of got out of hand and her mom couldn't 82 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 13: handle it. 83 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 3: In an effort to help Zanna turn her life around, 84 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 3: her family decided to make some big changes. 85 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: The only option was to turn her over to with 86 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:56,799 Speaker 2: the grandma. 87 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 13: Except then migrated to Maryetta, Georgia. 88 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: They went trying to get Sianna re established and put into. 89 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 3: School, but life proved to be just as difficult in 90 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 3: Georgia as it was in California. 91 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 4: She was doing really well. She had started going to school, 92 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: she had stopped using drugs, but at the age of fifteen, 93 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 4: she got pregnant. 94 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 5: Sianna decided to marry the father for a child and 95 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 5: start a family. 96 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 4: It's nowhere else I want to do. 97 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 3: As a young mom, Zianna found what had been missing 98 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 3: from her life. 99 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 12: She was so happy to be a mom. She knew 100 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 12: this is what she wanted to do with her life. 101 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 13: She had her second child and things seemed like they 102 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 13: were going well. For the two you did. 103 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 3: But after four years, Zianna's marriage crumbled. 104 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 6: Being young and then taking on additional responsibility of your 105 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,279 Speaker 6: children and then newly being married doesn't play well into 106 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 6: the future. 107 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 10: They ended up getting divorced and now Xianna is left 108 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 10: with her two children. 109 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 3: That marked the beginning of a long string of failed relationships. 110 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 8: She was dating, but it wasn't going anywhere. 111 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 10: Zianna, at nineteen, has a third kid, and she and 112 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 10: her third child's father never created or maintained a relationship. 113 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 10: And then she has another child by another person. 114 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 13: So by the time she's twenty four, she has four children. 115 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: As a single mom with four kids, life could be difficult. 116 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 13: Life was very stressful for her. 117 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 10: She's wondering where do I turn for some relief. 118 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 3: Just as she was on the verge of hitting her 119 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 3: breaking point, Zianna met someone new. 120 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 10: In the way of all of that. She meets Chris Scarborough. 121 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,919 Speaker 12: They actually met during Zianna's first day at her new job. 122 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 8: You gotta give up her against the wall, no paint. 123 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 14: Zianna worked for Christopher, helping him paint. 124 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 15: I'll be a pro no time. 125 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 6: Thanks to you. 126 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 10: Chris is from Raleigh, North Carolina and had been living 127 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 10: with his mother in Ackworth, which is maybe twenty minutes away. 128 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: Deianna and him hit it off. 129 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 10: He's a tall, dark, handsome man, he's older, more mature, 130 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 10: and all of those things were appealing to Zianna. 131 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 3: Before long, their friendship blossomed into something more. 132 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 5: Their work relationship transitions to a more loving relationship. 133 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 10: Chris felt as if he wanted to be a part 134 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 10: of not only Zianna's life, but now her four kids' life. 135 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 5: They're gonna love you all, are you? 136 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 3: Zianna knew she finally found what she was looking for. 137 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 5: She was just excited about what the relationship was going 138 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 5: to bring. 139 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 3: But now Marietta police are racing to Zianna's home after 140 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 3: receiving a cryptic nine one one call from an unknown source. 141 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 6: An anonymous call comes into nine one one referencing a 142 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 6: welfare check needs to be done at the residence. 143 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 13: When the police arrived, they knocked on the door and 144 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 13: Zanna's grandmother into yes. 145 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 8: Yes, man, we're here to check on Xiana Graham. Is 146 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,119 Speaker 8: she here? The grandmother was confused. 147 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 9: She says, Zianna is fine, She's asleep in her room. 148 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,479 Speaker 4: Officers think it's maybe a print. 149 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 8: Call, and well, we're sorry to bother you this lake. 150 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 4: Have a nice night, good night. 151 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 3: But as the police drive away, Zianna's grandmother gets a 152 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 3: bad feeling. 153 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,079 Speaker 4: She decides that she's gonna go check on Zianna. 154 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 12: Nothing could have prepared her for what she saw. 155 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 7: Oh God, she found her granddaughter deceased on the ground. 156 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: It's a roller coaster of unexpected twist and a tragic 157 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: turn as we unravel the truth. Stay with us as 158 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: we get into the heart of the mystery. This is 159 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 160 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: After overcoming her rocky childhood, twenty four year old Xiana 161 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 3: Graham found purpose and joy as a mother to four 162 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: beautiful children. 163 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 8: She loved being a mom. That's what she cared about most. 164 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 14: She was very passionate about her children, but that didn't 165 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 14: mean it was easy. 166 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 5: She's struggling to work provide for her children. 167 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 10: She really could use hand in raising this family that 168 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 10: she has created. 169 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: So when she met a kind hearted construction worker named 170 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 3: Christopher Scarborough, it seemed like a match made in heaven. 171 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 5: Zianna's excited because Christopher has everything that she wanted. He 172 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 5: was a provider, he was loving. 173 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 4: She loved that he was secure, he was working, had 174 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 4: a steady job. 175 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 13: She's ready to take care of her and her children. 176 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 6: She was hoping that this might be the one. 177 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 3: But now an anonymous nine to one one call has 178 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 3: led Zianna's grandmother to make a horrifying discovery. 179 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 5: Oh God. 180 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 13: When the police arrived, she turned them away initially because 181 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 13: she didn't expect anything, but then that's when she went 182 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 13: and discovered her granddaughter. 183 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 7: She then called nine to one one back, explaining that 184 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 7: her granddaughter was deceased. 185 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 3: Marietta police quickly returned to the residence, followed by homicide detectives. 186 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 12: Zianna's grandmother and her children were obviously very upset, so 187 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 12: detectives arranged for them to be transported back to the 188 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 12: station while they look through the house. 189 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 6: Out When you first arrived at the scene, you're gonna 190 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 6: take a look at the body. You're gonna determine if 191 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 6: there's any injuries. 192 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 4: Laying on her back, her hands are spread beside her body. 193 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 4: The neck looks like it's broken, and she has broken 194 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 4: small red love vessels in her eyes. 195 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: It's a clear sign that Zianna's death was no accident. 196 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 6: Katiki and I has a very clear indication of strangulation. 197 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 6: The big question was who did this to her? 198 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 3: Hoping for a clue to her killer, officers set out 199 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 3: to search the home. 200 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 6: And we're going through that with the fine tieth come. 201 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: They're looking for are there any signs of forced entry? 202 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 9: Are there weapons? Is there blood spatter? What in here 203 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 9: is going to point us towards a suspect. 204 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 3: While they don't turn up any hard evidence, the investigators 205 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 3: are able to eliminate at least one theory. 206 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: There was no signs of theft or any indication that 207 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 4: someone wanted to break into the home. 208 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 12: By all indications, this wasn't a random attack. This was targeted. 209 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 3: But who would want to kill a doting mother like Xianna? 210 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 10: Please start recalling back to this very curious anonymous tip 211 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 10: for welfare check. They didn't want to give any identifying information. 212 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 3: Could the man who called nine to one one also 213 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 3: be the monster who to Zianna's life? 214 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 10: I think it's so they requested a trace on that 215 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 10: mysterious nine to one one call to try to figure 216 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 10: out who that was that called in for this welfare check. 217 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 3: Well, they wait for the results. Detectives ad to the 218 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 3: station to speak to Ziana's family. 219 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 4: They want to talk to those who in the house, 220 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 4: including the children, but due to this traumatic experience, it 221 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 4: may be hard to get them to say anything. 222 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 3: Instead, they focus their attention on Zianna's grandmother. 223 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 8: I know this is going to be called let me 224 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 8: ask you a few questions. 225 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 4: Of course, she's frantic and she's confused. 226 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 10: She's trying to make sense of all these crazy events 227 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 10: that just happened in her own home. 228 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: Can you think of anyone that may have wanted to 229 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 4: hurt Zianna? No, I just can't understand it. She doesn't 230 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 4: know who could have done this to Ziana. 231 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 10: Her granddaughter, who never met a strang, who was everyone's friend, 232 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 10: who always was pleasant, who always was full of life. 233 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 10: Why would anybody want to do anything to her? 234 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 4: Was there anyone new in Zialla's life? 235 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 5: Not that unknoble, unless you mean Christopher. 236 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 7: She explained that she was dating at Christopher Scarborough. 237 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 4: She told them that he was a construction worker, helped 238 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 4: am around the house and did a little small type 239 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 4: of things. 240 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 5: She felt that he was a great guy. He was 241 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 5: nice to her, the children and Zianna. There's probably something 242 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 5: I should tell you. Even though grandmother thought Christopher was great, 243 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 5: there is a concern. 244 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 13: She revealed that Christopher had just gotten out of jail. 245 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: More questions are being answered and more truth is being revealed, 246 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: as they couldn't for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 247 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 1: Pay true crime listeners, We'd like to introduce you to 248 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: something new from TV one and the Urban one podcast Network. 249 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: Explore the mesmerizing tales of women turned supervillains arrested for 250 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: crimes all in the name of love. What links would 251 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: you go to for love? Let's listen to TV one's 252 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: for My Man podcast. 253 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 15: Twenty year old Deborah Brown breaks out of her shell 254 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 15: when she meets a smooth talking charmer on the streets 255 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 15: of Waukegan, Illinois. 256 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 5: She was hoping to be loved and willing to make 257 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 5: such a huge sacrifice for that. 258 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,840 Speaker 15: But when her man's twisted perversion sent him running from police, 259 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 15: Deborah willingly tags along and helps bring his monstrous fantasies 260 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 15: to life. 261 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 12: The horror and the trail of terror that they. 262 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 13: Left behind left a cloud over communities. 263 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 6: Alton Endeavor were as evil as any couple could be. 264 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: See what lengths some women would go for love? 265 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 3: After mother A four Xianna Graham was strangled to death 266 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: in her home Georgia. Investigators suspected the killer could be 267 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 3: someone she knew. 268 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 4: They started to thinking that maybe this is personal because 269 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 4: there was no signs of fifth. 270 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: But was entry. 271 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 3: Now detectives have just learned that Zianna's boyfriend of seven months, 272 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 3: Christopher Scarborough, was released from jail just two weeks before 273 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 3: she was murdered. 274 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 5: Of course, the detectives were concerned because he has a 275 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 5: criminal history. 276 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 8: Could that have been the person who did this? 277 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 4: What was Christopher's relationship with younglake Good? 278 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 5: I think he was there for her where she needed him. 279 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 10: Grandmother was trying to see the best in Chris as 280 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 10: he was helping out around the house. 281 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 5: He was mowing the grass, he was making repairs in 282 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 5: the home, just taking care of everything. 283 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 10: He seemed to bring a sense of stability, a sense 284 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 10: of consistency to the family structure. He was really being 285 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 10: like a man of the house kind of figure. 286 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 4: When's the last time he saw Christopher? 287 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 5: Last night, he came back to visit Siana for a 288 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 5: little bit. 289 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 13: She had shared that Xana's boyfriend, Christopher stays with him 290 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 13: from time to time, and he happened to be. 291 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:51,880 Speaker 2: There last night. 292 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 5: However, he left and that was normal because sometimes he 293 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 5: would go to stay with his mother and Atworth. 294 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 10: He's between two different household. 295 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 4: What was he like when he left? 296 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 13: I'm not sure. 297 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 5: I didn't talk to him. 298 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 12: Grandma was already in bed at this point, but she 299 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 12: heard him leave out the front door. 300 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 3: After detectives and their interview with Xianna's grandmother, they received 301 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 3: word that their trace of the nine to one one 302 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 3: call her cell phone has been completed. 303 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:23,440 Speaker 9: The number that made the call turned out to be 304 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 9: a prepaid phone without a real name attached to it. 305 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 12: They were able to get a GPS position for the 306 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 12: device that made the nine to one one call and 307 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 12: a location rang a bell for the detectives. 308 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 6: The nine on one call had come in from Acworth. 309 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 5: Since Christopher has family in Atworth, they thought maybe that's 310 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 5: where Christopher was. 311 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,439 Speaker 3: When they arrived at the GPS coordinates, their suspicions are confirmed. 312 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 4: They go to Atworth, where they believe this is Christopher's 313 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 4: mother's house and guess what he's there. 314 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 9: They let him know that they wanted to ask him 315 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 9: questions about his girlfriend. 316 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 4: That thinks be good. 317 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 5: Initially, he was very upset he had not heard from her, 318 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 5: and he needs to know what was going on, So 319 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 5: what's you what's on? 320 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 4: He stated that he was trying to contact her, she 321 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 4: wasn't answering the phone, so he became worried about it. 322 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: When the investigators break the news that his girlfriend is dead, 323 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 3: Christopher seems stunned. 324 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 10: Chris was genuinely shocked to find out that Xianna was gone. 325 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 6: Then had this opportunity to ask as many questions as 326 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 6: they need because he is being so willing and cooperative. 327 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 11: How's your relationship with this grand o? 328 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:48,400 Speaker 9: Good? 329 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 5: He said? 330 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 12: He loves Leanna and her kids. 331 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 4: How long have you and hear seeing each other? 332 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 3: Have? 333 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: Money? 334 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 10: Said along, they fell deep and fast for each other, but. 335 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 3: That doesn't mean they always gone along. 336 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 11: And you guys never gotten into it with each other, 337 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 11: and I mean everybody great. 338 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 5: Sometime, he fed, we fight, but that's normal. Most people 339 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 5: fight in relationships. 340 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 3: And the night before Leanna was found dead was no exception. 341 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 4: He stated that every night they had gotten into an 342 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 4: argument and that was one of the reasons why he left. 343 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,159 Speaker 13: Detectives asked, what were you arguing about? 344 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 4: He stated that she was constantly picking a fight with him. 345 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 11: You just done okay. He said that argument got physical 346 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 11: and you talking to you about. 347 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 3: That of it get out, But Christopher tell's detectives he 348 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: kept as cool. 349 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 10: He was thinking that it was probably in his best 350 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 10: interest to just let her calm down and they'll have 351 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 10: a conver station later on. 352 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 5: He figured he would just go to his mom's house. 353 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 10: So he called him a ride chair and left to 354 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 10: go back to Atworth. 355 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 3: When he walked out the door, Christopher says Zana was 356 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 3: still alive. 357 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 11: I was Leanna when he left, coming she would go. 358 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 2: Okay. 359 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 8: He said she was upset, but she definitely wasn't dead. 360 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 3: Detectives aren't sure if they can believe him, especially since 361 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 3: they suspect he made the anonymous nine one one call 362 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 3: that led them to Zianna's body. 363 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 12: If he didn't know Xianna was hurt, why would he 364 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 12: have acts for welfare check. 365 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 3: When they confront Christopher with their suspicions, he gave them 366 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 3: an answer they weren't expecting. 367 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 4: They decided to ask him, and he admits. 368 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 3: To make the nine one one call, but not because 369 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: he knew Ziana was dead. 370 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 9: Christopher said Zianna had relapsed. 371 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 10: He said she was out of control. 372 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 12: After he left, she stopped answering the phone. 373 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 5: He was concerned and he needed to know what was 374 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 5: going on. 375 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 8: He thought she might have overdose. 376 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,359 Speaker 1: Stay with us for more of the Fatal Attraction podcast. 377 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 3: Georgia construction worker Christopher Scarborough has admitted to fighting with 378 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 3: his girlfriend, Zianna Graham just a few hours before she 379 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 3: was found dead in her home. Who was just arguing, 380 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 3: but he insists he didn't kill her. 381 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 5: When he left the house, he reported she was alive 382 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 5: and well. 383 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 3: Christopher claims there was another reason why he asked police 384 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 3: to perform a welfare check on his girlfriend that night. 385 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 4: According to him, Zianna had started using drugs again. He 386 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 4: stated that she was out of her mind, going crazy. 387 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 12: Once he left the house. She wasn't taking his calls 388 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 12: or answering his texts, so he thought she might have 389 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 12: owed deed or something bad might have happened. 390 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 8: You wanted to make he said, he was trying to help. 391 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 9: He didn't want Zianna to find out he called the 392 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 9: police on her, so that's why he said. 393 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 8: He refused to give his name to the No. One 394 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 8: One operator. 395 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 3: The information that Zianna had a drug problem comes as 396 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 3: a surprise to detectives. 397 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 12: That opened a lot of new avenues for the investigation. 398 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 12: Was this a drug deal that went bad? Has Zianna 399 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 12: reached out to some unknown third party while she was 400 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 12: under the influence. 401 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 10: The investigators are now thinking several different outcomes could have 402 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 10: resulted in Xianna being strangled. 403 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 3: On top of that, Christopher's story appears to check out. 404 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: Christ is your mother home? 405 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 4: Yeah? Bah yeah. 406 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 5: The officers look into his alibi. 407 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 13: Police follow up with his mom and she does confirm 408 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 13: that he did stay with her the night before. 409 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 12: Thanks so much, You're welcome, thanks to having good day. 410 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 4: Let's get the phone records in a subpoena the rideshair company. 411 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 4: But they contact Uber and they confirmed that Christopher did 412 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 4: leave Zianna's house that night. 413 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 10: The investigators thought, he's told us what seems to be 414 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 10: the truth. 415 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 3: With their sole suspect cut loose, the detectives start exploring 416 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 3: other possibilities. 417 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 4: They want to try to track down. There's anybody that 418 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,439 Speaker 4: Sianna has been buying drugs from. Maybe this was a 419 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 4: drug deal going bad. 420 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 5: The detectives checked Zianna's phone wreckers to see who she 421 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 5: been in contact with. 422 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 3: It's another dead end. 423 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 4: Unfortunately, they don't find anything suspicious. 424 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 5: All of the numbers seem to be the regular people, 425 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 5: her grandmother, her friends Christopher. There weren't any concerns for 426 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 5: any other numbers on her phone line. 427 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,439 Speaker 3: Investigator's next turn to Ziana's prior romantic relationships. 428 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 8: Jealousy can be a huge motive when you're looking. 429 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 9: At any murder case, especially when it's personal, as this 430 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 9: one appeared to be. 431 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 13: They know that she was married, and they know that 432 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 13: she has children and three other. 433 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 10: Fathers, so investigators start to think, maybe we should just 434 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 10: follow up on these other men that are in Zianna's 435 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 10: life see if there was any bad blood. 436 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:47,720 Speaker 3: After obtaining contact information from Ziana's family, the detectives start 437 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 3: making calls. 438 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 4: They make contact with her ex husband, who she has 439 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 4: two kids with, and he states that he no longer 440 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 4: lives in Georgia. 441 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 10: He is very active in his children's life. They have 442 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 10: a good relationship co parenting. 443 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 5: The father of her youngest child, Bike co parent very well, 444 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 5: so he was cleared as well. 445 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 13: One of the fathers. On the other hand, they really 446 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 13: don't have a great relationship. 447 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 4: He's not around. Maybe he's had something to do. 448 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 3: With this, But when the detectives speak to him, they 449 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 3: realize it's another false lead. 450 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 13: Turns out he has a really good alibi. 451 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 10: He was at work, alibi confirmed and so he obviously 452 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 10: could not have done this. 453 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 3: It's one more frustrating setback and an investigation that seems 454 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 3: to be going nowhere. 455 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 10: The fathers of her children are all accounted for. 456 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 12: There was no evidence of a drug crime either, at 457 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,919 Speaker 12: least as far as the police could tell, and. 458 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 5: They don't know where to go. 459 00:26:54,440 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 10: At this point, they were back to square one. 460 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,159 Speaker 3: I was likery until an unexpected new tip comes in. 461 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 5: May receive a call from the therapists that have been 462 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 5: working with the children. 463 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 4: Officers in order to get the interview with the children, 464 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 4: contacted the Child Afacy Center and scheduled for the children 465 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 4: to be interviewed by forensic interview. 466 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 6: The forensic interview is so there's no bias and there's 467 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 6: no leading questions being asked to the children and kind 468 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 6: of getting more of a truth from the children as 469 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 6: far as what happened. 470 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 3: The therapist tells detectives that during her interview with Zianna's 471 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 3: oldest son, he made a chilling statement. 472 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 10: He starts talking about some of the things that he 473 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 10: remembers from the night that Xianna died, I. 474 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 5: Heard arguing, bumping noises like a third. 475 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,400 Speaker 4: He had heard a loud snapping. 476 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 5: Out of nowhere. He says he killed her. Who did 477 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 5: the snap? Christopher? 478 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 4: He told the therapist that it was Christopher killed his mother. 479 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:26,119 Speaker 1: More questions are being answered and more truth is being revealed. 480 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more. I'm the Fatal Attraction podcast. 481 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: Forty eight hours after Ziana Graham was found dead on 482 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 3: the floor of her Marietta, Georgia home, the police investigation 483 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 3: into her murder had slowed to a crawl. 484 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 10: It feels as if the trail has gone cold. Then 485 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 10: they get a phone call. 486 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 3: The call is from a police therapist who's been working 487 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 3: with the murdered woman's young children. 488 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: And that's one of theo and he's talking to the therapist. 489 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 4: He rebuilds a bumbshell that could blow his case wide open. 490 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 5: Who did the snap Stuffer? According to her son, it 491 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 5: was her boyfriend who killed him. They told me it 492 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 5: was Christopher who killed his mom. 493 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 3: The shocking accusation stuns law enforcement. 494 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 9: They had already interviewed Christopher and didn't think he had 495 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 9: anything to do with this. 496 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 3: But now they're starting to have second thoughts, especially when 497 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 3: they hear the full extent of what Zianna's son said. 498 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 5: Well, apparently this guy fan physically abuses. 499 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 7: He reported that Christopher had beat her previously. 500 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 13: He's witnessed Christopher hitter, chase her, choke her. 501 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: Even the children weren't safe from Christopher's abuse. 502 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 13: According to the older son, Christopher has hit him a few. 503 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 3: Times, and on the night Ziana died, the young boy 504 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 3: said he heard a familiar sound his mother and Christopher fighting. 505 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 13: He was downstairs. He heard them arguing, heard it got physical. 506 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 10: He remembers hearing a loud bang and jostling, some aggressive conversation. 507 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 13: Then he heard a snap and he realized that was 508 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 13: his mom's neck breaking. 509 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 2: He heard from upstairs when it happened. 510 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 13: That trauma is something he's going to process and be 511 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 13: with him for the rest of his life. 512 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 3: It's a damning allegation from an innocent child who has 513 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 3: no reason to lie, but is it enough to draw 514 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 3: up murder charges? 515 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 6: Putting a child on the stand can present many challenges 516 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,080 Speaker 6: when it comes to a case. 517 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 12: Children can have trouble separating make believe from reality, and 518 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 12: so their testimony it isn't always rock solid. 519 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 5: Well. After finding out the information from Xianna's son, all right, 520 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 5: pull everything we have on them, The detectives felt then 521 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 5: Christopher needed to be looked at deeper. 522 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 3: While Christopher's abuse had slipped past Zianna's grandmother, conversations with 523 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 3: other family members revealed they had long suspected something was 524 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 3: wrong in the couple's relationship. 525 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 5: Zianna and her father had started to build their relationship better, 526 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 5: so she told him something just was not right with Christopher. 527 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,920 Speaker 2: When I found out who he was, I knew it 528 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:45,520 Speaker 2: felt wrong. 529 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 10: Dad had a feeling that the two of them were 530 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 10: involved in some type of domestic violence. 531 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 3: But Zianna struggled to see a way out. 532 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 10: Zianna confided in her father and see, I want to 533 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 10: get out of this relationship, but I don't know how. 534 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 13: But it's very hard for folks to once they're in 535 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 13: a relationship, to get out of the cycle of the peace. 536 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 3: When detectives received Zianna's autopsy results, they further implicate her boyfriend. 537 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 5: Was determined that she didn't have any drugs in her system. 538 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 5: She had been drinking, but it wasn't a large amount 539 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 5: of alcohol. 540 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:32,360 Speaker 12: That means Christopher was lying about Zianna using cocaine? Why 541 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 12: would he do that, unless, of course, he was trying 542 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 12: to lead the police down a false trail. 543 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 6: At this point, they're definitely sure that it's him. 544 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 3: But what had pushed Christopher past the point of no return? 545 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 8: What set them off? Did Zanna finally tell him she 546 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 8: was leaving him? 547 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 10: The investigators have a whole lot of new questions that 548 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 10: need to be answered. 549 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 3: To their surprise, Chris Spher freely agrees to come in 550 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 3: for a follow up interview. 551 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 10: They tell him that they found some new information that 552 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 10: they just want to confirm. 553 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 11: All right, Chris, I want to talk to you a 554 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 11: little bit. 555 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 13: One boat we talked about. 556 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 11: Earlier, Okay, so we talked about the older age that 557 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 11: you and miss Graham had you said that you were 558 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 11: if you were in the bedroom. 559 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,080 Speaker 2: Could you kind of go through that again with me. 560 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 3: Christopher begins by telling the investigators the same thing he 561 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 3: told them last time. 562 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 13: He's still sticking to a story that they got into it. 563 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 13: He left good. 564 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 11: One engine got physical, Remember how that physical out. 565 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,400 Speaker 4: And started grab something? 566 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 11: Is that how you got the little mark on here? 567 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 11: She's yeah, yeah, And what what did you twa at you. 568 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 9: You know, they pressed him for more information. 569 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 8: What were you two fighting about that? 570 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 3: Christopher seems reluctant to answer, but when he finally does, 571 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 3: it's clear why. 572 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 6: You can start to see a shift in his personality. 573 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 11: You can you tell me what your was about the 574 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 11: last name? 575 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:32,680 Speaker 2: It wasn't. 576 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 15: It was no, wasn't. 577 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 1: It's a roller coaster of unexpected twist at a tragic 578 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: turn as we unraveled the truth. Stay with us as 579 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: we get to the heart of the mystery. This is 580 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 581 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 3: As evidence piled up against him, Scarborough continued to claim 582 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 3: innocence in the murder of his twenty four year old girlfriend, 583 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 3: Zianna Graham. 584 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,640 Speaker 5: He's sticking with his story. Yes, we were arguing, but 585 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,280 Speaker 5: when I left the house she was five. She was alive. 586 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 3: But now he just admitted the shocking reason why he 587 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 3: and Ziana were fighting. She had gotten an abortion without 588 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 3: telling him. 589 00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:29,360 Speaker 7: Mister Scarborough and Zianna had started dating approximately seven months 590 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:30,840 Speaker 7: prior to this incident. 591 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,840 Speaker 12: While they were together, Sianna got pregnant. 592 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 5: Christopher was very excited about the pregnancy. It would have 593 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,799 Speaker 5: been his first biological child. 594 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:47,120 Speaker 3: But instead of celebrating new life. Christopher found himself mourning 595 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,280 Speaker 3: what could. 596 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 4: Have been Sianna told him that she had lost a baby. 597 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 3: He soon learned that was a lie. 598 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 4: He had a Facebook message from someone very close to 599 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 4: Jianna man got a boy, and. 600 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,280 Speaker 5: That's how he found out that it was an abortion 601 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:16,320 Speaker 5: and not a miscarriage. And that's what triggered him. 602 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 11: You said that you guys got misargument. 603 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: Here and that was over the incident with. 604 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 11: The emotion into that right there. 605 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 7: He said, he may have overreacted. 606 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:30,919 Speaker 8: I can't believe you were behind my back. 607 00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 3: I did what was that for me? 608 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 6: He was really really upset about this. 609 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 3: But he insists he didn't kill Leanna. Until detectives start 610 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 3: to roll out the evidence against him. 611 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 9: They hit him with the abuse and the statement from 612 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 9: Jianna's oldest son. 613 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,279 Speaker 5: They said, Christopher, we know you've done this. You need 614 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,800 Speaker 5: to come clean. When you left there, she was dawk. 615 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 8: And you know that, and you're all, how did. 616 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 13: You know what happened? 617 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 11: I know that he grabbed her on the back. I 618 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 11: know you know whatever. 619 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 5: You do that did you drove on the ground. Christopher 620 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 5: reported that Leiana was very angry that night. She was yelling, screaming, 621 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,960 Speaker 5: and she hit him with a toy and he was 622 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 5: trying to calm her down. So the way he thought 623 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,719 Speaker 5: to calm her down was just to restrain her. 624 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 11: He's gray, how you gather like this? 625 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 4: That's why didn't tell you that you because I knew 626 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 4: you would have like that. 627 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 12: She was pulling away from him, resisting him. 628 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 4: He admitted to putting his hands around her neck. 629 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 13: He grabbed on the back and. 630 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,080 Speaker 4: Did you did you exqueeze her? 631 00:37:58,239 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 13: Mark? 632 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 11: Do you remember how that? 633 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 5: Christopher begin to cry, and he did admit that he 634 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 5: strangled Zianna until he heard her neck break. 635 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 4: He said that he recognized that she was dead lying 636 00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,520 Speaker 4: on the floor before he left the house and went 637 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 4: to his mother's. 638 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 5: Tell you. 639 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 3: It's all the investigators need to hear. 640 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,399 Speaker 10: At this point, the investigators have a full confession. They 641 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:48,319 Speaker 10: understand what happened, and Chris has admitted his role in 642 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:54,280 Speaker 10: Zianna's death, and they charged him with aggravated assault, malice, murder, 643 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 10: and cruelty to children because her four children were present 644 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,000 Speaker 10: at the home when all of this happened. 645 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:06,360 Speaker 3: Christopher is left with few options. 646 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,640 Speaker 10: Given all the evidence against him, Given the fact that 647 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 10: he has now confessed to his role in Zianna's death. 648 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,279 Speaker 10: It's starting to rain true that he will probably get 649 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 10: whatever penalties are coming to him. 650 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:22,799 Speaker 4: He talks to his attorney and finds out, because of 651 00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 4: his lengthy criminal history, that with this additional charge, it's 652 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 4: possible for him to go to prison for life without parole, 653 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 4: and he doesn't want that. 654 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 3: So he decides to cut a deal. 655 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 5: Christopher decides to take a plea deal instead of going 656 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:41,240 Speaker 5: to trial. 657 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 10: He pleads to malice, murder and cruelty to children in 658 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 10: the third degree. 659 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,320 Speaker 7: He was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. 660 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 3: For Zianna's family, it's too little, too late. 661 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 2: God would rather than going to trial. 662 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 14: So I realized that that he confessed and turned himself 663 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 14: in and all that his punishment could be. 664 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 2: A little bit less. 665 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 14: That upsets me, of course it would upset anybody. 666 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 4: The good news is, because of those felons on this record, 667 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 4: the possibility that he would get parole is likely nothing. 668 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,880 Speaker 7: And Georgia, he'd have to serve a minimum of thirty 669 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:28,399 Speaker 7: years before he would be eligible for parole. Ultimately, it's 670 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,399 Speaker 7: up to the parole board as to whether he will 671 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:31,560 Speaker 7: ever parole out. 672 00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 3: Whether or not Christopher is ever released from prison. Is 673 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,799 Speaker 3: violent actions will never stop reverberating through the lives of 674 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 3: Ziana Graham's children. 675 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 14: They were in the house when it happened, and this 676 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 14: is gonna live with them for the rest. 677 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:52,839 Speaker 2: Of their life. 678 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 4: Those children, they never get you know that Trump follows 679 00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,560 Speaker 4: them throughout their lives. 680 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,400 Speaker 9: This was so much more than one murder in a 681 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,480 Speaker 9: lot of ways, this was the destruction of an entire family. 682 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,160 Speaker 2: I knows, there's so much. 683 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 14: It's did a lot of work, a lot of a 684 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,720 Speaker 14: lot of counselors, a lot of therapy. 685 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,800 Speaker 2: I wanted to know that I'm doing the best. 686 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,800 Speaker 14: I'm doing the best I can with the kids, and 687 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:24,720 Speaker 14: I hope they're happy. 688 00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:27,719 Speaker 2: I hope they know love. I hope they know how 689 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 2: much their mother loved She loved it very much. 690 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: Ententangled web of secrets, lies, anger, and fear. The truth 691 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: about what happened to the Anagram remained hidden for far 692 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: too long. Following the investigation, detectives ultimately peeled back the 693 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:01,560 Speaker 1: layers to reveal a heartbreaking tragedy, shattering of family and 694 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:05,360 Speaker 1: leaving a profound void for her children and loved ones. 695 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,680 Speaker 1: What should have been a loving relationship turned into a 696 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:14,640 Speaker 1: source of pain. Sianna's loss serves as a powerful reminder 697 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: that love should never cause harm. She will be deeply 698 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 1: missed and cherished by all who loved her. Coming up 699 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: on the next episode of the Fatal Attraction Podcast. 700 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,680 Speaker 3: He was an ambitious young man who found his perfect match. 701 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,400 Speaker 5: They both wanted to do big things in life. 702 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:44,480 Speaker 4: They were very serious and devoted. My brother loved her 703 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 4: Jess Girls. 704 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,319 Speaker 3: But their love story will have a tragic end. 705 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: In Prince George County, Virginia, it's Labor Day and families 706 00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,840 Speaker 1: and friends are enjoying the day at a local truck stop. 707 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: Many are relaxing and taking into pleasant weather when suddenly 708 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:10,640 Speaker 1: gunshots ring out, leaving a young man fighting for his 709 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,840 Speaker 1: life and family devasty. Was this merely a case of 710 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,640 Speaker 1: being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or 711 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,719 Speaker 1: was there something more sinister at play. Tune in to 712 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 1: the next episode of the Fatal Attraction Podcast. We will 713 00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:30,800 Speaker 1: see you in the next episode.