1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: At this hour. A decade's old disappearance in north Alabama 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,119 Speaker 1: remains one of the state's most perplexing mysteries. On the 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: rainy night of March third, nineteen fifty six, three relatives 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: Billy Howard Dye, Robert Earl Dye, and their cousin Dan Bresher, 5 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: left a party in rural Jefferson County and simply vanished 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: without a trace. Billy Dye was nineteen years old, his 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: brother Robert twenty three. Their cousin, Dan Bresher, was thirty eight. 8 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: The three men drove away together in a dark green 9 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: nineteen forty seven Ford and were never seen again. Investigators 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:45,200 Speaker 1: quickly suspected foul play. Witnesses later told authorities the men 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: may have been involved in an argument earlier that night 12 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: with local bootleggers at a time when illegal moonshine operations 13 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: were widespread across rural Alabama. In the days following the disappearance, 14 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: rumors began circulationading throughout the community. Some claim the men's 15 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: car had been buried beneath what later became highway construction sites. 16 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: Others reported seeing men carrying shovels and tools late into 17 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: the night near wooded areas. One detail that drew particular 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: attention came from a local store clerk who recalls selling 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: cleaning supplies to a man seeking to remove what appeared 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: to be a blood stain shortly after the disappearance. Over 21 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: the years, law enforcement has reopened the case multiple times. 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: In the nineteen seventies, investigators drilled into areas along US 23 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: Highway seventy nine following metallic readings that raised hope of 24 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: finding the missing car. Those efforts turned up nothing more 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: than scrap metal. In the nineteen eighties, a prison inmate 26 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: claimed responsibility for the killings, but investigators were unable to 27 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: corroborate his story, and the confession ultimately collapsed. Today, the 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: disappearance of Billy and Robert Dye and Dan Bresher remains 29 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: the oldest active cold case in Jefferson County. The men's 30 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: vehicle has never been recovered, and no physical evidence has 31 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: ever confirmed what happened that night. Even after nearly seventy years, 32 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: investigators say they are still willing to review credible tips, 33 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: holding out hope that advances in technology or a long 34 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: kept secret could one day bring answers to one of 35 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: Alabama's most enduring mysteries when we return a deadly shooting 36 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: spree in Mississippi, a closely watched double murder trial in Virginia, 37 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:47,119 Speaker 1: and an execution scheduled in Florida. Stay with us new 38 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: details now in a deadly shooting spree that has devastated 39 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 1: a rural Mississippi community. Authorities in Clay County, Mississippi, have 40 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: charged twenty four year old Dereka Moore with multiple care 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: ounce of murder after a series of shootings left six 42 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: people dead, including a seven year old child. Investigators say 43 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: the violence unfolded across three separate locations near the town 44 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: of Cedar Bluff, just outside West Point. Police alleged Moore 45 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: first killed his father, his brother, and an uncle inside 46 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: a family mobile home. Authorities say More then drove to 47 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: a nearby residence belonging to relatives, forcing his way inside, 48 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: and shot a young cousin. Another child in the home 49 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: was able to escape without injury. The final shootings occurred 50 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: at a third location, where two additional adults, including a 51 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: local pastor and his brother, were killed. Law enforcement officers 52 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: arrested More later that night at a roadblock without incident. 53 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: Authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the public, 54 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: but they have not publicly identified a motive. Prosecutors indicated 55 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: they may seek the death penalty as the case moves forward. 56 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: The community remains in mourning as investigators continue to piece 57 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: together the events that led to the violence. In northern Virginia, 58 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: a high profile murder trial is getting under way in 59 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: Fairfax County. Former federal law enforcement agent Brendan Banfield is 60 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: standing trial on charges of aggravated murder in the twenty 61 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: twenty three deaths of his wife, Christine Banfield, and a 62 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: man named Joseph Ryan. Prosecutors alleged Banfield conspired with the 63 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: couple's Brazilian ou pair, Juliana Perez Magileysh, to lure Ryan 64 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: to the family's home under the guise of a consensual encounter. 65 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: According to prosecutors, the plan was to make it appear 66 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: that Ryan was an intruder who stabbed Christine Banfield, prompting 67 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: Banfield to shoot Ryan in self defense. Investigators say the 68 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: scene was staged Magalaya. Bush later pleaded guilty to a 69 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: reduced manslaughter charge and has cooperated with prosecutors authorities. A 70 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 1: digital evidence shows a fake online profile created in Christine 71 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: Banfield's name was used to communicate with Ryan before the killings. 72 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: Defense attorneys dispute that version of events, arguing the online 73 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: communications originated directly with Christine Banfield. Banfield has fleeted not guilty. 74 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 1: In addition to murder charges, Banfield faces child abuse and 75 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: neglect counts because his younger daughter was inside the home 76 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: at the time of the killings. Jury selection is under 77 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: way and the trial is expected to last several weeks. Finally, 78 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: this hour, Florida is preparing for its first execution of 79 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: the year. Sixty four year old Ronald Palmer Heath is 80 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: scheduled to be executed by lethal injection February tenth at 81 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: Florida State Prison in Stark was convicted of first degree 82 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: murder for the nineteen eighty nine killing of Michael Sheridan, 83 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: a traveling salesman who prosecutors say was lured from a 84 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: bar in Gainesville to a remote area. Authority say Heath 85 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: and his brother, Kenneth Heath robbed Sheridan, then beat and 86 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: stabbed him. The brothers later used the victim's credit cards 87 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: in the days following the killing. Kenneth Heath received a 88 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: life sentence after accepting a plea deal Ronald Heath has 89 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: spent decades on death row, and his attorneys are pursuing 90 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: final appeals in state and federal courts. If carried out, 91 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: the execution would mark floridas first of twenty twenty six, 92 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: following a year in which the state conducted a historically 93 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: high number of executions.