WEBVTT - Hell and Gone Murder Line: Aaron Hodge 0:00:46.480 --> 0:00:51.961 School of Humans. Helen Got Murder Line actively investigates cold 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:55.361 case murders in an effort to raise public awareness invite 0:00:55.401 --> 0:00:58.761 witnesses to come forward and present evidence that could potentially 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:02.961 be further investigated by law enforcement. While we value insights 0:01:03.001 --> 0:01:06.160 from family and community members, their statements should not be 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.961 considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts 0:01:10.041 --> 0:01:14.041 inherent in cold cases. We remind listeners that everyone has 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:17.160 presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 0:01:17.961 --> 0:01:20.840 Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply 0:01:21.041 --> 0:01:23.601 that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime 0:01:24.121 --> 0:01:27.121 is guilty of any wrongdoing. Thanks for listening. 0:01:29.481 --> 0:01:33.640 In October of nineteen ninety five, something strange was going 0:01:33.681 --> 0:01:36.840 on inside the Flick home at three h two McNabb 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:41.000 Street in Rector, Arkansas. The family was made up of 0:01:41.041 --> 0:01:44.200 thirty six year old David Flick, his wife, four year 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:47.841 old Barbara, their daughter, eleven year old Andrea Flick, and 0:01:47.921 --> 0:01:52.161 Barbara's son from a previous relationship, seventeen year old Aaron 0:01:52.321 --> 0:01:57.081 Michael Hodge. Aaron was never officially adopted by David Flick, 0:01:57.401 --> 0:02:00.441 but at the time he used his last name, so 0:02:00.481 --> 0:02:04.800 he went by Aaron flick. Barbara was a nurse, her husband, 0:02:04.881 --> 0:02:08.800 David had a transmission shop. Friends and family said that 0:02:08.881 --> 0:02:13.001 they were a happy couple. Andrea played basketball and did 0:02:13.001 --> 0:02:16.520 beauty pageants. Aaron was well liked by his friends as well. 0:02:17.081 --> 0:02:21.361 Both Andrea and Aaron were popular at school. Aarin would 0:02:21.441 --> 0:02:24.720 later say. Andrea, Barbara, and David were planning on going 0:02:24.721 --> 0:02:28.161 to Florida to visit relatives, leaving seventeen year old Aaron 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:32.441 at home, and, like many teens at home alone, Aaron 0:02:32.561 --> 0:02:37.241 decided to throw a party. This seems perfectly normal, except 0:02:37.561 --> 0:02:42.361 that David, Barbara, and Andrea never arrived in Florida. Their 0:02:42.401 --> 0:02:45.921 relatives were concerned, and after a week a friend of 0:02:45.960 --> 0:02:49.681 Barbara's called the police. She said the family never showed 0:02:49.761 --> 0:02:52.201 up at their relative's house and that no one had 0:02:52.201 --> 0:02:53.680 seen them in several days. 0:02:54.281 --> 0:02:55.601 So police did some checking. 0:02:56.201 --> 0:02:58.921 They found that no one in Florida had seen David, 0:02:59.081 --> 0:03:03.521 Barbara or Andrea, nor had anyone in Rector, Arkansas. But 0:03:03.961 --> 0:03:06.321 there was one member of the family who had been 0:03:06.361 --> 0:03:08.961 spotted around town, Aaron Hodge. 0:03:09.801 --> 0:03:10.881 People had seen. 0:03:10.681 --> 0:03:15.201 Aaron driving his stepfather's pickup truck around Paragold. That weekend 0:03:15.361 --> 0:03:17.721 was a big weekend to be out and about in 0:03:17.761 --> 0:03:21.201 that area. It was homecoming weekend, which is a big 0:03:21.241 --> 0:03:25.841 deal everywhere and especially in small towns. Everyone was at 0:03:25.841 --> 0:03:29.400 the Friday night football game. On October thirteenth, nineteen ninety five, 0:03:30.121 --> 0:03:33.321 Aaron drove to the homecoming game and parties in David's 0:03:33.361 --> 0:03:36.281 truck and was hanging out with friends there. He was 0:03:36.321 --> 0:03:39.961 picked up by police at the homecoming festivity and taken 0:03:40.001 --> 0:03:44.841 to the Paragold Police station. Paragold police officer Audrey Emberton 0:03:45.041 --> 0:03:49.281 came to the station and interviewed Aarin. Officer Emberton and 0:03:49.361 --> 0:03:53.081 another officer, Terry Prewitt, then went to the Flick family 0:03:53.121 --> 0:03:56.241 home in the early morning hours at around one am 0:03:56.281 --> 0:04:01.921 on Saturday, October fourteenth. Aaron lived in a converted garage. 0:04:02.001 --> 0:04:03.241 It was in the main. 0:04:03.121 --> 0:04:05.641 Part of the house, but it was his own kind 0:04:05.641 --> 0:04:07.841 of separate area, away from the rest of the family. 0:04:08.841 --> 0:04:11.961 When the police asked Aaron about his family, he said 0:04:12.001 --> 0:04:14.161 they were fine. He said he had heard from them 0:04:14.201 --> 0:04:16.241 a couple of days earlier and they were supposed to 0:04:16.281 --> 0:04:20.280 be back later that day, meaning later on Saturday. Police 0:04:20.361 --> 0:04:24.280 did not buy that story. At three am, Officer Prewitt 0:04:24.281 --> 0:04:26.361 went back to the home to talk to erin again. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.960 This time Officer Prewett asked if he could get access 0:04:30.001 --> 0:04:31.681 to the main part of the house where the rest 0:04:31.721 --> 0:04:34.840 of the family lived. Aaron told police that the doors 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:38.880 were locked, so Officer Prewitt looked around. He looked in 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:40.961 a window of the main house and saw some sheets 0:04:40.961 --> 0:04:43.561 on the floor. When he asked Aaron about the sheets, 0:04:44.001 --> 0:04:48.001 Aaron said the family had been doing some remodeling. Later 0:04:48.081 --> 0:04:51.961 that morning, Aaron was at the police station answering questions, 0:04:52.401 --> 0:04:56.161 and police went back to the Flick house. Officer Prewitt 0:04:56.241 --> 0:04:59.241 got closer to the front door and he smelled something horrible. 0:04:59.961 --> 0:05:04.961 The stench of decomposition was so overpowering that police later 0:05:05.041 --> 0:05:07.080 noted they could smell it when they were one hundred 0:05:07.121 --> 0:05:11.841 and fifty feet away from the house. Officer Prewitt entered 0:05:11.881 --> 0:05:15.561 the home, the smell got worse as he went further in. 0:05:16.561 --> 0:05:21.681 He found David, Andrea, and Barbara all dead, and forensic 0:05:21.721 --> 0:05:25.201 testing later showed they had been dead for about a week. 0:05:26.681 --> 0:05:28.961 This episode is going to be a little bit different 0:05:29.001 --> 0:05:32.041 from other cases we cover because this case isn't open. 0:05:32.521 --> 0:05:34.161 It's already been solved. 0:05:34.761 --> 0:05:36.921 But I thought that it was important to cover because 0:05:36.961 --> 0:05:40.601 this is a very divisive case. There is a man 0:05:40.721 --> 0:05:43.521 in prison for these murders, someone who claims that he 0:05:43.561 --> 0:05:49.441 was wrongfully convicted. So was there a misunderstanding, could someone 0:05:49.481 --> 0:05:53.081 else have been involved? Or is the right person behind 0:05:53.161 --> 0:05:57.961 bars for killing this family in cold blood? On the surface, 0:05:58.041 --> 0:06:01.481 this appeared to be a perfect family, but detectives quickly 0:06:01.521 --> 0:06:06.401 discovered things behind closed doors were far from what they seemed. 0:06:07.201 --> 0:06:11.241 What happened to turn this seemingly perfect family into a 0:06:11.281 --> 0:06:12.121 house of horrors? 0:06:13.201 --> 0:06:14.320 I'm Catherine Townsend. 0:06:14.761 --> 0:06:17.520 Over the past five years of making my true crime podcast, 0:06:17.561 --> 0:06:20.961 Helling Gone, I've learned that there's no such thing as 0:06:21.001 --> 0:06:25.161 a small town where murder never happens. 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Arkansas we're interviewing seventeen year Old Aaron 0:07:41.961 --> 0:07:45.721 hodge about a possible involvement the triple homicide of his entire. 0:07:45.761 --> 0:07:50.921 Family aaron was. Crying he said he had no idea what. Happened, 0:07:51.521 --> 0:07:54.921 meanwhile police were processing the crime. Scene inside the, house 0:07:55.681 --> 0:07:59.961 the doorway To andrea's room was. Locked police busted it 0:08:00.041 --> 0:08:03.721 down and found her lying in her. Bed andrea had 0:08:03.761 --> 0:08:06.281 been shot in the. Head her torso was on the 0:08:06.321 --> 0:08:09.161 bed and her feet were dangling off. It she was 0:08:09.201 --> 0:08:12.081 wearing only her underwear and had been covered up with her. 0:08:12.081 --> 0:08:16.081 Comforter andrea's white shorts AND t shirt were on the 0:08:16.121 --> 0:08:19.481 floor near the. Bed her head was leaning against a 0:08:19.521 --> 0:08:21.641 wall and her arm was up in what may have 0:08:21.681 --> 0:08:25.521 been a defensive. Position detectives said they felt like she 0:08:25.561 --> 0:08:28.441 had struggled with her, killer and that her killer had 0:08:28.521 --> 0:08:31.041 used a pillow to muffle the noise from the. Gun 0:08:32.321 --> 0:08:35.801 aaron lived in a converted bedroom right off the. Garage 0:08:35.961 --> 0:08:39.960 his room was neat with no trace of. Blood police 0:08:40.121 --> 0:08:43.481 did fine shells from a thirty eight caliber weapon In aaron's. 0:08:43.521 --> 0:08:46.081 Room they later said that the murder weapon had been 0:08:46.081 --> 0:08:49.441 a thirty eight caliber gun like the one owned By David. 0:08:49.521 --> 0:08:53.521 Flick police followed the trail of blood down the hall 0:08:53.560 --> 0:08:56.481 To barber's. Bedroom they found her lying on her bed 0:08:56.680 --> 0:08:59.761 in her, nightgown with layers of bedding covering her. Body 0:09:00.721 --> 0:09:03.761 because she was wearing her nightgown and because of the 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:07.241 position of her, body they felt That barbara had been 0:09:07.241 --> 0:09:10.680 sleeping when she was. Attacked they Found david's body there, 0:09:10.721 --> 0:09:13.960 too face, down at the foot Of barbara's water. Bed 0:09:14.560 --> 0:09:17.161 he was wearing blue pants and a WHITE t. Shirt 0:09:18.201 --> 0:09:21.521 police noted they found no signs of a struggle in this. 0:09:21.601 --> 0:09:25.921 Bedroom police thought That david had not been shot and 0:09:26.001 --> 0:09:29.001 killed In barbara's, bedroom but that he had been dragged 0:09:29.001 --> 0:09:29.761 there from the living. 0:09:29.841 --> 0:09:32.201 Room there were pulls of. 0:09:32.081 --> 0:09:35.441 Blood on the living room sofa and a blood trail 0:09:35.521 --> 0:09:37.560 down the hallway of the house that had been covered 0:09:37.601 --> 0:09:41.801 up with. Pillows officers believed the killer had used the 0:09:41.841 --> 0:09:45.241 pillows to muffle the sound of the, gun but there 0:09:45.321 --> 0:09:48.241 was a lot that police didn't know because the bodies Of, 0:09:48.361 --> 0:09:52.201 David andrea And barbara were too decomposed to know exactly 0:09:52.321 --> 0:09:55.040 what happened to them or how long they had been. 0:09:55.081 --> 0:09:59.641 There all three victims were bloated and covered in large 0:09:59.641 --> 0:10:02.761 blisters that were filled with. Fluid all of them had 0:10:02.801 --> 0:10:06.201 been shot in the head at close. Range barbara And 0:10:06.201 --> 0:10:10.481 andrea had each been shot. Once david had been shot three. 0:10:10.521 --> 0:10:14.841 Times SO i want to back up and look at 0:10:14.881 --> 0:10:17.681 how long the police had been asking questions about the 0:10:17.681 --> 0:10:21.481 family and how Long aaron had been stalling with giving 0:10:21.521 --> 0:10:26.201 them any. Information On october, fourteenth after Officers pruitt And 0:10:26.241 --> 0:10:29.001 imbriden talked To aaron at three am and he said 0:10:29.001 --> 0:10:32.921 his family was, fine police went To David flick's transmission 0:10:32.921 --> 0:10:35.721 shop to see if they could find any. Clues police 0:10:35.761 --> 0:10:39.241 Asked david's employee if he had noticed. Anything he said 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.401 that a toolbox Of david's had been broken, into there 0:10:42.481 --> 0:10:44.761 was some, money and a gun that belonged To david. 0:10:44.801 --> 0:10:49.280 Missing police suspected that something was, wrong so by now 0:10:49.401 --> 0:10:52.361 the police Had aaron in. Custody when they got to 0:10:52.401 --> 0:10:56.761 the interview, Room Officer, leach the officer who was Interrogating, 0:10:56.801 --> 0:11:00.921 aaron Asked aarin to tell him what he. Knew aaron 0:11:01.081 --> 0:11:04.241 said that his family were in the, home and Then 0:11:04.521 --> 0:11:07.680 Officer leach asked what condition they were in if they were. 0:11:07.681 --> 0:11:13.281 Okay aaron, said they're. Dead so Then aaron told his 0:11:13.441 --> 0:11:16.481 version of the. Story, first he said he wasn't sure 0:11:16.521 --> 0:11:20.361 what happened to his. Family, later he completely denied having 0:11:20.401 --> 0:11:23.321 anything to do with their. Deaths he basically said that 0:11:23.401 --> 0:11:26.161 he had gotten into a big fight With david and 0:11:26.241 --> 0:11:37.961 That david had killed his. Family one week After David, 0:11:38.001 --> 0:11:41.041 Flick Barbara, flick And Andrea flick were supposed to arrive In, 0:11:41.081 --> 0:11:44.961 florida police were Interviewing aaron at the deaths of his family, 0:11:45.001 --> 0:11:48.401 members But erin claimed that he didn't kill his. Family 0:11:48.961 --> 0:11:52.841 he said that his, Stepfather David, flick had Killed andrea 0:11:52.881 --> 0:11:55.401 And barbara in a fit of rage and then turned 0:11:55.401 --> 0:11:59.521 the gun on. Himself but it was obvious that someone 0:11:59.801 --> 0:12:04.001 had covered up the bodies in the. Home there were, sheets, blankets, 0:12:04.161 --> 0:12:07.881 pillows and rugs spread out all over the living, room 0:12:08.321 --> 0:12:12.601 So aaron's version of the story on the, surface seemed 0:12:12.601 --> 0:12:16.521 to make zero. Sense If david had killed his wife 0:12:16.521 --> 0:12:19.641 and daughter and then shot, himself how could he have 0:12:19.681 --> 0:12:21.121 shot himself three. 0:12:20.961 --> 0:12:21.801 Times in the. 0:12:21.881 --> 0:12:25.361 Head this would mean That aaron had found the bodies 0:12:25.401 --> 0:12:30.921 and then moved. Them after finding the, bodies police Reinterviewed 0:12:31.041 --> 0:12:34.321 Arin Arin now said That david had been cheating On 0:12:34.401 --> 0:12:38.481 barbara and that they had been sleeping. Separately aaron claimed 0:12:38.481 --> 0:12:41.800 that he told his mother about the infidelity and that 0:12:41.881 --> 0:12:45.441 she had made a plan to Leave. David aaron claimed 0:12:45.441 --> 0:12:48.001 That andrea And barbara were planning on going To florida 0:12:48.041 --> 0:12:50.961 without him And. David he said that He, aaron was 0:12:51.001 --> 0:12:54.160 supposed to go To florida to meet them. Later aaron 0:12:54.321 --> 0:12:56.721 said he was supposed to stay with his grandmother until 0:12:56.721 --> 0:12:59.081 he made the trip To. Florida then he was going 0:12:59.121 --> 0:13:02.961 to be reunited with his mother and. Sister aarin admitted 0:13:03.001 --> 0:13:06.441 that he did break Into david's. Store he stole his 0:13:06.481 --> 0:13:09.841 stepfather's gun in, cash but he said he did that 0:13:10.001 --> 0:13:14.601 Because david owed him. Money aaron said he and a 0:13:14.641 --> 0:13:18.481 friend of his Named David gun had broken in To david's. 0:13:18.481 --> 0:13:22.241 Shop after that he went. Home he had the gun 0:13:22.321 --> 0:13:25.081 and the money with. Him he wanted to Avoid, david 0:13:25.121 --> 0:13:27.401 so he said he went to his bedroom and locked the. 0:13:27.401 --> 0:13:30.681 Door while in the, bedroom he claimed he was counting 0:13:30.681 --> 0:13:33.201 the money and messing around with the, gun putting bullets 0:13:33.201 --> 0:13:36.121 in it and pulling them. Out he Said david came 0:13:36.161 --> 0:13:39.081 into his room and found him with the gun and the. 0:13:39.121 --> 0:13:41.681 Money he said that he and his stepfather got into an. 0:13:41.721 --> 0:13:45.641 Argument at some, point the argument spilled out into the living. 0:13:45.721 --> 0:13:49.721 Room aaron said he Told david That barbara hated him 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.481 and that they were going to leave. Him aaron said 0:13:53.601 --> 0:13:56.401 he told his stepfather he wished that he was. Dead, 0:13:57.481 --> 0:14:00.920 Then aaron claimed that his stepfather was trying to Get 0:14:00.921 --> 0:14:03.761 aaron to fight. Him aaron said he refused to do 0:14:03.881 --> 0:14:07.001 that and he left the. House aaron claimed that when 0:14:07.001 --> 0:14:09.881 he came back to the, house he heard something a, 0:14:09.921 --> 0:14:14.721 gurgling snoring kind of noise coming From. David david was 0:14:14.721 --> 0:14:18.161 on the. Couch he noticed there was blood pouring off 0:14:18.201 --> 0:14:21.841 of the. Couch he claimed That david was already. Dead 0:14:22.601 --> 0:14:25.361 aaron said that he was horrified to find his mother 0:14:25.521 --> 0:14:28.041 and sister dead as. Well he said he believed That 0:14:28.121 --> 0:14:30.921 david had killed both of them and then turned the 0:14:30.961 --> 0:14:35.641 gun on. Himself aaron said that when he realized What 0:14:35.761 --> 0:14:39.841 david had, done he shot his stepfather's body two more 0:14:39.881 --> 0:14:43.721 times because he was so angry at. Him police Asked 0:14:43.841 --> 0:14:46.561 daron why he hadn't called the authorities to report that 0:14:46.641 --> 0:14:50.361 his parents and sister were. Dead he, said, basically he was. 0:14:50.361 --> 0:14:53.681 Scared he said that he was afraid that police would 0:14:53.721 --> 0:14:57.321 blame him for the, killings so he just shut the 0:14:57.321 --> 0:14:59.681 door to the. House he went out to his own 0:14:59.721 --> 0:15:03.721 separate area and left them, there and then he threw 0:15:03.761 --> 0:15:07.041 a party in his part of the, house one that 0:15:07.121 --> 0:15:08.201 didn't end for several. 0:15:08.281 --> 0:15:10.441 Days could this be? 0:15:10.601 --> 0:15:13.761 Possible Could aaron have found the bodies, and in some 0:15:13.841 --> 0:15:17.441 kind of disassociated state of, shock just Moved david into 0:15:17.521 --> 0:15:20.641 the bedroom and then stayed away gone out with his. 0:15:20.721 --> 0:15:24.961 Friends after the, interview detectives had to figure out If 0:15:25.001 --> 0:15:26.641 aaron's version of events was even. 0:15:26.721 --> 0:15:28.881 Possible was this just. 0:15:28.801 --> 0:15:32.441 A terrified teen who was disassociated from reality after abuse 0:15:32.481 --> 0:15:36.921 at home or a cold blooded. Killer in the days 0:15:36.961 --> 0:15:41.361 between his family's deaths and police discovering the, Bodies aaron lived. 0:15:41.441 --> 0:15:45.601 Large he drove David it's black nineteen eighty NINE gmc 0:15:45.681 --> 0:15:48.601 pickup truck around. Town he spent the money that he 0:15:48.601 --> 0:15:52.001 had stolen from the. Shop he also Used david's credit. 0:15:52.041 --> 0:15:56.081 Cards witnesses told police That aaron spent money on clothes AT. J. C, 0:15:56.241 --> 0:16:00.561 penny on gas and other, items and That aaron was 0:16:00.641 --> 0:16:05.041 Signing david's name for these. Purchases one Of aaron's friends 0:16:05.081 --> 0:16:09.121 told police he saw receipts for big amounts six hundred 0:16:09.161 --> 0:16:13.121 to seven hundred, dollars and when friends and family members 0:16:13.161 --> 0:16:16.601 would Ask arin where his parents, were he told everyone 0:16:16.681 --> 0:16:20.481 that they were on vacation In. Florida after police Told 0:16:20.521 --> 0:16:24.481 aaron they found the, bodies he insisted That david had murdered. 0:16:24.481 --> 0:16:28.761 Them police talked To david And barbara's. Friends many of 0:16:28.801 --> 0:16:32.081 them Said david And barbara had a lot of problems With, 0:16:32.121 --> 0:16:35.801 aaron and one friend Of barbara's confessed something even more. 0:16:35.841 --> 0:16:40.481 Suspicious she said Both barbara And david had been afraid Of. 0:16:40.601 --> 0:16:44.201 Erin they said That aaron had issues at, school that 0:16:44.241 --> 0:16:46.521 he had recently been suspended for a day for making 0:16:46.521 --> 0:16:49.681 an obscene gesture while the class picture was being, taken. 0:16:49.841 --> 0:16:52.081 But things were more serious than just school. 0:16:52.081 --> 0:16:54.921 PRANKS a friend Of david's who worked with him at 0:16:54.961 --> 0:16:58.761 the transmission shop told police That david had Bought aaron 0:16:58.801 --> 0:17:02.561 A mustang for his sixteenth, birthday but that one condition 0:17:02.641 --> 0:17:05.241 of buying the car was That aaron had to maintain good, 0:17:05.321 --> 0:17:09.400 grades But aarin, Didn't his grades slipped and the car 0:17:09.481 --> 0:17:13.640 was taken. Away Then arin got stopped at THE asu. 0:17:13.721 --> 0:17:17.440 Campus he gave his name As Aaron flick and apparently 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.241 used a fake social security. 0:17:19.321 --> 0:17:19.600 Number. 0:17:20.561 --> 0:17:24.801 Anne david also confided in his friend That arin had 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:28.001 choked his Sister andrea because she wouldn't give him. Money 0:17:29.241 --> 0:17:32.401 david told his friend that he was ready to Leave 0:17:32.441 --> 0:17:35.880 barbara because he couldn't Discipline aaron the way he wanted, 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.721 to but he said he wouldn't leave because of his. 0:17:39.681 --> 0:17:40.200 Love for his. 0:17:40.360 --> 0:17:45.360 Daughter so tensions were rising inside that. House but what 0:17:45.561 --> 0:17:50.681 could have happened that led to the triple. Homicide friends 0:17:50.681 --> 0:17:53.521 Of aaron said that he drank and took. Drugs his, 0:17:53.641 --> 0:17:56.641 grandmother the grandmother he said he was supposed to stay, 0:17:56.641 --> 0:17:59.521 with was the only one WHO i can find in 0:17:59.601 --> 0:18:02.881 police interviews who actually had some nice things to say About. 0:18:02.881 --> 0:18:06.761 Aaron she apparently described him as being a mild mannered. 0:18:06.801 --> 0:18:10.840 Person in, fact things had gotten so bad Between aaron 0:18:10.881 --> 0:18:13.600 and his parents they were planning on sending him to 0:18:13.601 --> 0:18:17.721 a juvenile facility The Arkansas Baptist Boys ranch In, harrison 0:18:18.401 --> 0:18:22.801 and the relationship Between aaron and his, Stepfather david was particularly. 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:28.521 Tumultuous police talked To aaron's, Friend David. Gunn this friend 0:18:28.601 --> 0:18:32.080 later testified That aaron asked him if he would drive 0:18:32.201 --> 0:18:35.281 erin to his stepfather's transmission shop at eleven pm On, 0:18:35.441 --> 0:18:39.041 Sunday october, eighth nineteen ninety. Five when they got, There 0:18:39.201 --> 0:18:41.681 aaron tried his keys in the, door but the keys didn't, 0:18:41.681 --> 0:18:44.600 work So david said that Anir aaron broke into the 0:18:44.641 --> 0:18:48.561 shop and then broke open a. Toolbox all there was 0:18:48.601 --> 0:18:52.120 in there was fifty, dollars Which aaron. Stole the friend 0:18:52.201 --> 0:18:54.360 testified this seemed to be kind of a surprise To, 0:18:54.401 --> 0:18:57.001 aaron Because aaron said he expected to find more. Money 0:18:57.721 --> 0:19:01.160 aaron's friends said That aaron also stole a pistol a 0:19:01.241 --> 0:19:04.600 holster in shells from the. Toolbox he said That aaron 0:19:04.721 --> 0:19:09.041 loaded five shells into that. Pistol after, That David gunn 0:19:09.121 --> 0:19:10.881 said that he And aaron took a ride and drove 0:19:10.921 --> 0:19:14.121 to a. Cemetery aaron got out of the car and said. 0:19:13.881 --> 0:19:14.441 He needed to. 0:19:14.481 --> 0:19:17.841 Think then he came back to the. Car they drove 0:19:17.881 --> 0:19:21.881 To aaron's. House aaron walked in carrying that stolen. Pistol 0:19:22.601 --> 0:19:25.120 the next time he Saw aaron was when he was 0:19:25.161 --> 0:19:30.521 at school the next day driving his stepfather's. Truck police 0:19:30.561 --> 0:19:33.881 were trying to establish a timeline because of the fact 0:19:33.921 --> 0:19:37.161 That aaron was driving the. Truck police believed the family 0:19:37.201 --> 0:19:39.881 were killed on the night Of october, eighth nineteen ninety, 0:19:39.881 --> 0:19:42.840 five which means they would have been lying there for 0:19:43.001 --> 0:19:46.600 five days until the thirteenth or the early morning hours 0:19:46.601 --> 0:19:50.281 of the, fourteenth when they were. Found more than one 0:19:50.321 --> 0:19:53.400 person told police it was very unusual For aaron to 0:19:53.401 --> 0:19:56.640 be driving his stepfather's. Vehicle they knew he did not 0:19:56.881 --> 0:20:00.321 normally have permission to drive that. TRUCK a lot of 0:20:00.361 --> 0:20:04.081 people told Police aaron and his stepfather did not get, 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.160 along And aaron didn't just drive the truck to school 0:20:07.161 --> 0:20:10.561 that one. Day he drove his stepfather's truck for several. 0:20:10.641 --> 0:20:13.481 Days he took his friends to the, Movies he drove 0:20:13.521 --> 0:20:17.041 Around rector And paragold And jonesboro in the, truck and 0:20:17.601 --> 0:20:21.921 he threw parties at. Home police talked to a lot 0:20:21.921 --> 0:20:24.640 of teenagers who said they were drinking and smoking pot 0:20:24.721 --> 0:20:28.001 in that apartment all. Week police also talked to a 0:20:28.001 --> 0:20:31.360 young woman who testified she had sex With aaron in 0:20:31.441 --> 0:20:36.041 his bedroom off the. Garage some people at the parties 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.801 said they noticed a bad smell even though the bodies 0:20:39.801 --> 0:20:42.721 were in the main part of the. House they Said 0:20:42.801 --> 0:20:45.880 aaron had excus. Uses he told them the sewer was backing. 0:20:45.961 --> 0:20:48.201 Up he told others it was cat. 0:20:48.241 --> 0:20:49.160 Litter he. 0:20:49.241 --> 0:20:51.400 Said there was work and remodeling and stuff going on 0:20:51.441 --> 0:20:53.521 in the main part of the, house so everyone just 0:20:53.561 --> 0:20:57.120 stayed away from. It it wasn't until much later that 0:20:57.241 --> 0:21:01.561 these teens realized with horror they had been partying next 0:21:01.601 --> 0:21:06.401 to three dead. Bodies his friend said during that week 0:21:06.441 --> 0:21:09.561 That aarin seemed calm and happy and, normal that he 0:21:09.681 --> 0:21:12.201 told more than one person it was the best week 0:21:12.241 --> 0:21:12.440 of his. 0:21:12.521 --> 0:21:14.201 Life he had. 0:21:14.041 --> 0:21:16.721 Plenty of money to spend on purchases and a nice 0:21:16.761 --> 0:21:21.001 truck to. Drive police found bloody clothing In david's, truck 0:21:21.241 --> 0:21:23.840 along with a pillow that appeared to have a gunshot 0:21:23.881 --> 0:21:26.840 hole in. It that was the one they believed the 0:21:26.921 --> 0:21:30.681 killer used as a. Silencer this didn't seem to make, 0:21:30.721 --> 0:21:34.481 sense because If aaron's version of the story was, true 0:21:34.601 --> 0:21:36.880 Then david would have to have killed his wife and, 0:21:36.961 --> 0:21:40.561 daughter then put that bloody pillow case into the, truck 0:21:41.361 --> 0:21:44.521 then gone, back lay down on the sofa and shot 0:21:44.561 --> 0:21:48.121 himself in the. Head this was something That aaron never 0:21:48.161 --> 0:21:52.281 really explained in his version of the. Story aaron told 0:21:52.361 --> 0:21:55.721 police he did not kill his, family but he did 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:59.080 tell several different versions of the. Story at, first he 0:21:59.161 --> 0:22:01.921 said he had no idea what happened to. Them, later 0:22:02.001 --> 0:22:05.600 according to court, documents he said he didn't remember exactly what, 0:22:05.761 --> 0:22:08.881 happened but that he could have done. It he admitted 0:22:08.881 --> 0:22:11.801 to police he hated his. Stepfather he said he felt 0:22:11.801 --> 0:22:16.361 like he was out of. Control Was aaron being abused at? 0:22:16.361 --> 0:22:18.441 Home was this just a fight that got out of, 0:22:18.441 --> 0:22:24.201 control or was this something much more. Premeditated one friend 0:22:24.241 --> 0:22:28.521 Of barbara's Named Darlene, bolin Testified david told her specifically 0:22:28.601 --> 0:22:31.201 that he was afraid Of erin and afraid of quote 0:22:31.401 --> 0:22:35.561 what was going to. Happen aaron's, Friend David, gunn also 0:22:35.681 --> 0:22:39.521 Testified aaron had been thinking about killing his. Stepfather he 0:22:39.641 --> 0:22:42.401 said That aaron told him six months before the murders 0:22:42.601 --> 0:22:45.481 that he planned to Kill David flick by hitting him 0:22:45.481 --> 0:22:48.561 on the head with a wrench and later burying the. Body, 0:22:49.881 --> 0:22:52.600 Then aaron's friend Said aaron planned to say that his 0:22:52.641 --> 0:22:58.041 stepfather was. Missing police didn't Believe aaron's, story but there 0:22:58.281 --> 0:23:00.481 was gunshot residue On David flick's. 0:23:00.481 --> 0:23:02.321 Hands an employee of. 0:23:02.321 --> 0:23:05.920 The State Crime laboratory Testified David flick's left hand tested 0:23:05.961 --> 0:23:10.600 positive for gunshot, residue his right hand tested. Negative the 0:23:10.761 --> 0:23:14.481 problem was most of the gunshot residue was on the wrong, 0:23:14.601 --> 0:23:16.601 hand Because David flick was right. 0:23:16.641 --> 0:23:19.001 Handed when the state crime. 0:23:18.761 --> 0:23:21.961 Expert was asked about this in, court she Said david 0:23:22.041 --> 0:23:24.241 could have had that residue on his hands because he 0:23:24.281 --> 0:23:27.201 had fired a weapon, recently but it also could have 0:23:27.241 --> 0:23:30.120 been there for other. Reasons for, example it could have 0:23:30.241 --> 0:23:32.881 rubbed off On david if his body was dragged away 0:23:33.161 --> 0:23:36.641 by some person who had gunshot residue on their own. 0:23:36.681 --> 0:23:42.200 Hands police were not Buying aaron's. Story aaron was charged 0:23:42.241 --> 0:23:45.601 with triple capital murder for the killings Of, David, barbara And. 0:23:45.601 --> 0:23:49.961 Andrea at, Trial aaron's defense attorneys said his, Father David, 0:23:49.961 --> 0:23:52.600 flick was the, killer that he Killed barbara And andrea 0:23:52.641 --> 0:23:57.721 and then shot. Himself they claimed That david shot his 0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:00.761 wife and daughter using his left hand so his non 0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:04.281 dominant hand to, fire and that he used the pillowcases 0:24:04.321 --> 0:24:09.521 as homemade silencers to muffle the. Sounds aaron's lawyers set 0:24:09.521 --> 0:24:12.961 in court that he was so distraught after coming home 0:24:13.041 --> 0:24:16.321 and finding his mother and sister's bodies And david lying 0:24:16.321 --> 0:24:20.081 on the sofa already, dead that he Shot david twice 0:24:20.161 --> 0:24:23.961 more in the, head and that after trying to cover 0:24:24.080 --> 0:24:27.920 up the bodies and, blood he basically disassociated with. 0:24:27.961 --> 0:24:30.441 Reality at, trial. 0:24:30.601 --> 0:24:34.401 The state and the defense painted two very different versions 0:24:34.681 --> 0:24:38.041 of what was really going on behind closed doors inside 0:24:38.080 --> 0:24:41.761 The flick. House there was no question there were major 0:24:41.801 --> 0:24:45.481 problems in that. Home had hated his, stepfather and at 0:24:45.561 --> 0:24:48.801