02x04 - Episode 4

[bunniefuu]

[sirens wailing]

[ominous music playing]

[paper fluttering]

[woman on recording]
My little cousin is missing.

He's driving around,
and been missing since Wednesday.

[man] Who are you? Where are you from?

[woman] I'm from South Carolina.

[man] Okay. Well, we don't know you.

[woman] That's not the point.
We've been searching and looking.

We're just trying to find our cousin
and bring him home safe.

[man] So?

You think I give a f*ck?

I hope he crash that m*therf*cking car.

The f*gg*t need to be g*dd*mn missing.

Well, that's concerning.

[sobbing]

[man] Why the f*ck is you calling me?

[somber music playing]

[reporter] Tonight, a mother desperately
pleading for her child to be found safe.

A 20-year-old vanished last week.
Richland County deputies are investigating

that suspicious disappearance.

Kei'Yona, you spoke with the family today.
What are they saying?

Fraendy, right now this family
is living in pain, waiting and praying

for 20-year-old Shandon Floyd

to come back home in good health.

Amecil Floyd says her daughter
was last seen November 8th

at the Roadway Inn in Northeast Columbia,

when she drove a man to a store
around 3:00 that morning.

Shandon is a transgender woman,
and may have been targeted.

[sinister music plays]

WACH Fox News reached out to
the Richland County Sheriff's Department

for more information regarding the case,

and we're told they are
investigating at this time.

[tense music playing]

[Rains] Heidi.

[Jackson] Hey, Vicki.

I just wanted to let you know
that officers searched the area

where Shandon's phone last pinged

and they didn't find anything at all.

[Rains groans] That's so frustrating.

[Jackson] I know. It feels like
we're back at square one.

We've got Michael Eaddy
lending his vehicle to Shandon.

Then this unidentified male
following Shandon to the car,

and the car hasn't hit Flock cameras
or any cameras at all.

[Rains] Dang.

But the hotel called,
and they have some new video.

So I'm gonna go check that out.

I also have some questions about
the details of the room reservation.

Hopefully there will be something
we can follow up on.

[Jackson] Okay.

[Rains] We really need
a break in this case.

[uneasy music playing]

The girl that's missing
arrived with an older male.

Do you know which room they were in?

They had two rooms here, 117 and 124.

And they are coming
kind of group or something.

[Rains] A whole group of people?

[woman] Yeah.

And did that same person rent 124 and 117?

[woman] Mm-hmm. Online booking.
Both under same name.

[Rains] "Michael Eaddy."

Could we see the new video you found?

[mouse clicks]

Okay. She's alone.

[disturbing music plays]

That's the guy
that gets in the car with her.

[woman] Wait a minute.

I know this guy.

He came back next afternoon around 1:30.

And I say, "You need to pay
late checkout, which room?"

And he says, "201."

Can I see the late checkout?

-[mouse clicks]
-[woman] Okay, he's right there.

It's the same guy.

He paid cash when he checked in.

Then he came back and paid by card.

[Rains] So you're sure he came back alone?

-[woman] Mm-hmm.
-[camera clicks]

[Rains] Is that his name on the computer?

[woman] Mm-hmm.

[Rains] Okay, perfect.

I wasn't expecting that.

Did they know each other?
Is it somebody she met?

Or have they ever met
at that hotel before?

But I think if we find this mystery guy,
we're going to probably find Shandon.

[birds cawing in distance]

[Shandon] Hey, you.

My skin is so good.

[Amecil chuckles]

[Amecil] He was in Texas when
he went to audition for the Bad Boys Club.

I be sweating and all that.

Yeah. The baddest b*tch is here now.

-She's here.
-[Amecil laughs]

I always follow him
on social media platforms.

Snap, Instagram, Facebook.

Every ten, 15 minutes, he posts something.

So when I woke up
that Friday morning, I was like,

"I ain't heard from my baby
since Wednesday."

So I started calling him,

and then I looked on social media.

It said 21 hours.

And I was like… uh-uh.

As a parent, you're not supposed
to have favorites, but… you know,

on the low, he's kind of my favorite.

When he got to college, he came out.

He posted a picture on social media,
and he had on this little skirt,

had some little braids in his head.

I was like, "What? Wait a minute.
What is… Is this my baby?"

So that's when he told me, you know.

I said, "I don't love you any less."

Even drew me closer because it was like,

now I have the daughter
that I always wanted.

I finally got my girl.

I said, "Just be careful."

[ominous music playing]

[Rains] So we go to the hotel,
we speak to the clerk,

and she says, "Yeah, Michael Eaddy
rented two rooms online, 117 and 124."

There was a lot of people going into
those rooms, like a group of people.

Okay. Have the rooms been cleaned
and given out to other customers?

-[Rains] Yeah.
-Okay.

[Rains] What we did discover, going back
and watching video, when Shandon leaves,

following behind is the person
that rented room 201.

The same guy
that got into the car with her.

[Jackson] I'm very concerned that
Shandon's the victim of something.

In that area, there's lots of hotels.
We've done stings.

It could just be kids partying,

but it could be sex work.

[intense music playing]

If he was there as a buyer

and he discovered that she's trans,
she could be in a really bad situation.

He could hurt her.

I'm going to call Mr. Eaddy
and try to get more information.

If you want to find out what you can
about the man at the hotel…

I'm going to go check the sex ads
and see if she's in them.

[keyboard clacking]

[alarming music plays]

[phone line rings]

[Ruiz] Oh my God.

[line continues ringing]

[Rains] I'm trying to get in touch with
Michael Eaddy, but he does not answer.

[paper shuffling]

[line continues ringing]

[Jackson] So right now,
there's 15,600 ads.

That's… We need
to narrow this down a little bit more.

We can put Shandon's picture in there
and see if something comes back to match.

Let's look around Two Notch Road.
How about that?

Tell me if you see something

-that looks like it could be her.
-Okay.

[phone line rings]

He's not answering,
but I'm going to call, um, the mom…

and see if I can get more clarification.

[mouse scrolling]

-[Jackson] Oh no. Look at that.
-Yeah.

That looks very similar.
That looks so much like her.

-Look, even the eyes.
-The nose.

-The same, like… kind of lips.
-Mm-hmm.

-[Rains] Hi, Ms. Floyd.
-[Amecil] Hey, how are you?

[Rains] I just had a question.

Do you know Mr. Eaddy personally?

[Amecil] No, ma'am.

I can't get him to answer his phone.

That's definitely her.

[Yarnal] The exact same hair.

Uh-huh, even the little wispies there.
Oh yeah.

The last ad was posted
from near that same hotel

on the day that she became missing.

-That's concerning…
-Yeah, that is…

…especially because you have,
like, one every day,

and then all of a sudden, there's no more.

[phone line ringing]

[Rains] Heidi.

Looking through the sex ads,
we found Shandon.

It looks just like her.

[Rains] Wow.

And the posts stop after she goes missing.

There's no more posts after that.

[Rains] Oh wow.

-[Ruiz] Hey, Sarge.
-[Rains] Uh-huh?

[Ruiz] I got the criminal history
of the man seen with Shandon.

[Rains] Three charges for kidnapping
that he pled to strong-arm robbery,

disorderly conduct,
resisting arrests, threats to life,

and as*ault and battery
of a high and aggravated nature.

Pretty much all felonies.
We have got to find him.

[siren wailing]

So, we found an extensive
criminal history for the man

seen with Shandon at the hotel,
but he has no fixed address.

We need to try to locate
a phone number for him,

check his social media.
We really need to find him.

Kerwin, if you can run
Michael Eaddy through the system,

see what we can find out about him.

Also, the family's on their way in.

Apparently, they went to the hotel
and were allowed to view the video,

and they were also given the name
of the man Shandon left with.

[crickets chirping]

[apprehensive music playing]

Hello, I'm Sergeant Rains.
I spoke to you on the phone.

And this is Investigator Kerwin.

There's a conference room
down this way where we can all sit,

so if you guys want to come this way.

I can't even imagine what all of you guys
are going through. I can't imagine. Like…

It's very worrisome.
You talk to him every day, and he's…

You're learning all these new things,
and nobody's answering their phone.

It's… I mean, it's concerning for sure.

It's just not adding up.

[sighs]

[Rains] So, I understand you guys
got information from the hotel?

[woman] So, with the guy, I was like,

"We need to find out
who this… m*therf*cker is."

So, I did my own little thing,
'cause I live here.

He supposedly has a brother.

I found out where his girlfriend works.

So, she was like, "What's going on?"

I said, "Listen, my cousin's missing."

"We're trying to figure out where he's at,
bring him home safe."

And she called his brother.

And I was… I was recording.

[Davis on recording] By any chance,
do you know where your brother is located?

My little cousin is missing.

He's driving around
and been missing since Wednesday.

[man] Who are you? Where are you from?

[Davis] I'm from South Carolina.

[man] Okay. Well, we don't know you.

[Davis] That's not the point.
We've been searching and looking.

We're just trying to find our cousin
and bring him home safe.

My cousin gave them a ride,
and from him giving the ride,

he came back to the hotel room,
but my cousin didn't.

[man] So? You think I give a f*ck?

-[Davis] No, but I'm--
-[man] Why you calling me?

Why the f*ck is you calling me?

The f*gg*t need to be g*dd*mn missing.

Damn, I'm gone, man.
My brother ain't got sh*t to do with this.

Oh well! I hope he crash
that m*therf*cking car.

[Davis] We're not worried about the car,
sir. We just worried about my cousin.

[man] You tripping.

[Davis] I don't have no reason
to come do this.

[man] …you just out here
by your m*therf*cking self.

Probably f*cked a child, f*gg*t!

Well, that's concerning.

[sobbing quietly]

Is there any other information that
would be helpful to this investigation?

[Amecil] Shandon has my dad's bank card.

And we noticed that people
have been spending money.

We had to cancel the whole account. So…

-You mean during this missing time?
-Just this missing time.

We'll look into it,
and any other cards Shandon had.

[sirens wailing]

Did anything come back on Michael Eaddy?

He came back with some minor things,

but nothing suspicious that…
showing that he would be involved in this.

[intriguing music playing]

[Rains] Okay, let's concentrate
on the man at the hotel.

So, a very important part
that we didn't know anything about,

was Shandon's cousin decided
to confront the man's brother.

What was important about
the voice clips that she gave us was,

the brother says,
"The f*gg*t needs to be missing."

[foreboding music playing]

The worry is, if he feels that way,

maybe the man Shandon went with
feels the same.

[disturbing music playing]

Heidi.

We had a report about a card
Shandon was carrying.

It was used at a gas station.

I'm gonna send an investigator out there
to see if they can get the video

and see who's using that card.

Okay.

[dog barking]

So there's the car.



Well, that's the man from the hotel.

He's wearing the same T-shirt.

[Yarnal] Is that a girl with him?

[Smith] Why is she
getting out of the back seat?

Right. Why is she not
in the front passenger seat?

[Smith] Somebody's in that front seat.

[Rains] He's with a white female.

Let's see if we can identify her.

She's using one of the cards
Shandon had to check out.

And they're declining the card.

Wouldn't you walk back out to the car
and say, "Hey, your card's not working"?

And she isn't.

The deputy said that the clerk said,
"Why are you holding the door open

while trying to use the card?"

And they said, "'Cause we have
somebody that's passed out in the car

and we're trying to keep an eye on 'em."

You can't see who's in the car
'cause the windows are so tinted.

[Rains] But that's
the car that she left in.

So if she's in the front passenger seat,

why is she not getting out?

[disturbing music playing]

[officer] I found the car!

[dramatic note plays]

[mouse clicking]

It's right at the top of Region 6.

It was headed southbound.

[Rains] Hey, Flock hit.

All right. Where's that?

In Ridgeway.

At least we know it's moving.
That's good news.

[Jackson] Yeah.

[Rains] We need to head out there and get

whatever available law enforcement
to check for this vehicle.

I'm… I'm so hopeful.

[suspenseful music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

[dispatcher] All units be on the lookout
for a black Chrysler 200.

Last seen on Ridgeway Road heading south.

[sirens blaring]

[officer] Black Chrysler
parked on Two Notch.

Officer investigating.

[somber music playing]

[officer] Oh my God.

Central 742.

[woman] All right.



[officer] Can I get a 52
to my location for a possible 10-7?

[indistinct chatter over radio]

-Female.
-[indistinct chatter]

[officer] Yeah, she's gone.

[sirens wailing]

[solemn music playing]

[medical examiner] Yeah, he's got… rigor.

Never got those hands.

The mom is going to be devastated.

[medical examiner]
I want to estimate the time of death,

six days ago.

It's so sad that they just been driving
around with him in that car.

[Jackson] You think so?

-Yeah, 100%
-Yeah. Because…

Because at the gas station,
they got out of the driver's side.

And if the estimated
time of death was six days ago,

he was probably dead in that
passenger side the whole time.

[man] Oh.

[Jackson] Can you tell cause of death?

[Rains] Not yet. No.

And they've just been
driving around with him like that?

-Sad.
-Yeah.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[phone line ringing]

[phone receiver clattering]

[woman] Richland County Coroner's Office,
can I help you?

[Rains] Hey, this is Sergeant Rains.
I'm just checking to see

if a report is back
on a located missing person.

[woman] What's the last name?

Floyd.

[woman] Yeah, I was pretty confident
that was an overdose.

Wow.

[woman] Yeah.
He was positive for methamphetamine,

cocaine, fentanyl, THC, tramadol.

He did have a lot of drugs in his system.

Wow.

-Yeah.
-Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.
-All right, bye-bye.

Oh my gosh.

[Jackson] It's just very sad, overdose.

He has so much drugs in his system.

Yeah. That's a lot at once.

[Rains] Meth, cocaine, fentanyl,
and a whole plethora of drugs.

But the meth surprised me.

Typically, you either do meth
or you do cocaine.

Those two drugs don't typically mix.

So did he do that willingly
or not willingly?

[eerie music playing]

Did we get anywhere
with identifying the female passenger?

So we actually got a hit on her.

She's been picked up
on some other charges.

[car door closing]

-[officer] Got anything on you?
-[woman] I ain't got nothing to hide.

[man] It's over here.

-Got drugs on you. You're going to jail.
-[officer] Unzip it.

[officer 2] Oh, that's ice.

Now you are under arrest.

[woman] Get me a lawyer.

Okay, we need to get her in here,

see if we can find out
what she knows about this.

[intriguing music playing]

[Rains] So, do you know Shandon Floyd?

[woman] I don't know this person.

I've never met this person.

I've never even seen this person.

[Rains] Do you know where that car is?

[woman] No.

[Rains] Were you ever in that car?

[woman] Maybe.

[Rains] This is you at the gas station,
and you just got out of that car.

And this is the driver of the vehicle.

You get out of the back driver's side.

So, who's in the front passenger seat?

[woman] I don't know
if there was anybody in the front seat.

So, why wasn't you sitting
in the front passenger seat?

And this is a picture of you

using the bank card
that was in that vehicle.

[woman] I just don't remember.

I just want to know what happened.

[woman] He told me
to keep my mouth closed.

That if y'all come to question me,
I don't know anything.

I am, like, in a rock and a hard place.

[Rains] Listen, we know you were there.

Now is your time
to tell exactly what you know.

Were you at the hotel?

[woman] We got a room that night.

I'm not sure what time.

He went to take a shower.

Before he got out the shower,
I was asleep.

The next time I saw him
was when he came to pick me up.

What time did he come and pick you up?

[woman] In the world of getting high,

you can't really keep track of time.

Was it daylight outside or dark outside?

[woman] It was early in the morning.

He explained that him and this person

were doing cocaine together.

And X pills before that.

[Rains] So, was he
selling drugs to Shandon?

[woman] No.

Using.

How did they meet?

[woman] As far as I know,

they met at the motel.

He said they went somewhere.

They came out.

She said she was tired.
Asked him if he could drive.

She was going to take a nap.

He said sure,
she got in the passenger seat,

and he drove.

Okay, and then what happened?

[woman] He came to pick me up.

He said he wasn't feeling good.

He felt like something was wrong.

He was sweating so bad.

I didn't know that he had taken a pill.

I just figured, you've been up too long,
maybe you need to go to sleep.

So when I seen the person in the car,

cuddled up with a blanket,

it was nothing to raise red flags.

At any point, did you see
Shandon move in the front seat?

[woman] No.

I guess of so long of being asleep,

like, he tried to wake her up.

But she wouldn't wake up.

He parked the car.

He said, "What do I do?"

"I don't think the person's breathing.
I think they overdosed."

And… I freaked out.

I freaked out and ran.

[Rains] Then what happened?

[woman] After a three-day period,

I went back and the car was gone.

-[Rains] Did he move it?
-[woman] Yeah.

Why did he move it?

[woman] He said he was trying
to make sure that the person was found.

But his record…

He didn't think that
if he contacted the police

that it was gonna go well.

[Rains] So, Shandon was transgender.

If he didn't know that,
and then he found out,

do you think he would've
done anything to her?

[woman] That's not the case,

because he has friends that are trans.

He actually was in distress.

So why didn't you call the police?

[woman] He told me to keep my mouth shut.

'Cause he said that
once they do the autopsy,

it would prove that
he didn't do anything wrong.

They got some bad pills,
and she overdosed.

[bleak music playing]

[Jackson] How'd it go with her?

She admitted to being there,
but she basically confirmed

what the toxicology report said.

Shandon took bad pills and overdosed.

Are you gonna be able
to charge her or the man

for attempting to use the credit card?

There's no way
we can charge them with that.

If they say Shandon told them
they could use the card,

we can't prove she didn't.

[Jackson] What about
driving around with the body?

Unfortunately, there is no crime
against abandoning a body,

so there's no charges to be made.

We can't charge
either of them with anything.

That poor mother.

[Rains] I know, it's terrible.

[Jackson] Hm.

[melancholy music playing]

-[Amecil] Hey, how you doing?
-[Rains] Good.

I feel so bad.

-[Amecil] Thank you.
-I'm so sorry.

[door keypad beeping]

-So I wanted to update you on everything.
-[Amecil] Mm-hmm.

[Rains] Um…

-So the toxicology report is back.
-Mm-hmm.

This is what the preliminary
drug screen results say.

He tested positive
for methamphetamine, fentanyl,

cocaine, THC, tramadol,

and dextromethorphan.

I know, I'm so sorry.

And I know you--

[sobbing moan]

[Rains] I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

-No way--
-It's okay.

No way.

My baby, that's not him…

No.

No, they… They did that.

They did that! [sobs]

[sobs] They did that! That's not my baby.

They did that.

You can never say
what your child won't do,

but I know that wasn't my baby. And…

And… [shuddering sobs]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[Amecil moans]

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[woman] God knows.

[Amecil sobbing loudly]

[poignant music playing]

[woman] In loving memory of Shandon Floyd.

What I can't explain to you is the impact
that Shandon has left on us all.

Shandon was Shandon.

And Shandon was confident in who he was.

So if you take nothing else from
this past week of searching for him

and grieving his death, take the lesson
Shandon wanted us all to learn.

Be who you want.

Be who satisfies you.

Leave them plaques alone.

And most importantly,
live life while you can.

[applause]

[Rains] Finding people
before they come to harm

is why I signed up
to work Missing Persons.

But now, I'm coming to terms
with that not always being a reality.

A missing person case is not closed…

until the person is brought home.

[officer] Sit in that chair
right there in the corner.

[ominous music playing]

We just want to get to the bottom
of what it is that you found.

So…

what was your purpose
of going into the woods today?

I was going to work.

I was going to catch the bus,
but I've been trying to be more active,

so I've been walking.

I was walking westbound
along the fence line,

where it opened up to the creek,
probably about 200 yards.

I walked down into the creek.

It was the first time I'd seen it.

I looked to basically identify
what it was, I leaned over.

-[officer] Mm-hmm.
-[witness] Probably five yards from it.

I seen what looked like a skull.

Looked like it had been there
for a while, undisturbed.

It looked like something
a cartel would do.

[officer] Yeah.

[exhales]

[urgent, tense music playing]

-[police radio beeps]
-[indistinct radio chatter]

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct police radio chatter]

[bird chittering]

[somber music playing]

[Rains] Yes, ma'am.

Okay.



that this is Morgan.

I can just tell that it is.

He has a white shirt on
with a blue hoodie over it,

which is exactly what he was wearing.

The skull is small,
and he was a smaller guy.

[mournful music playing]

I know that's him.

[reporter] In Richland County,

a mother's worst nightmare coming to life.

A six month-long search
for a vulnerable man…

[reporter 2] …new discovery
in Richland County.

The body of 27-year-old Morgan Duncan

was found in a wooded area today.

He'd been missing since November of…

[LaTanza] I'm happy that we found Morgan.
Yes, I'm grateful.

I needed to find my son.

I need to… put him to rest for…

for me, more than anything else.

That's so sad.

How long was it? Six months?

Yeah.

We searched miles and miles,

-and he was only, like, half a mile away.
-Mm-hmm.

It's not the outcome that we wanted,

but the good thing is right now,
Morgan's family knows where he's at.

I'm so thankful to God

that they have him back, and they can
have a funeral, and they have closure,

and they have somewhere
they can go talk to him and everything.

-Hopefully they can start to heal.
-Yeah.

Vicki, you followed the evidence.
You made the arrests.

Now it's up to the court.

[sighs]

[bailiff] All rise. Court come to order.

Okay, thank you. Take your seats.

[prosecutor] The State calls Eric Greene.

The victim's mother,
LaTanza Duncan, is here, Your Honor.

She would like to address the court,

and everybody that's up there
in the gallery, Your Honor,

is here on behalf of Mr. Duncan.

All right, and then where is Ms. Duncan?

Good morning. Thank you, Judge,
for giving me the opportunity to speak.

My name is LaTanza Presley Duncan.

Well…

First of all, I love my son,

and I miss him dearly.

And Morgan was

just a great person.

Warm-hearted. No one in this courtroom
will tell you any different.

He went to Blythewood High School,

where he was a member of the Honors Forum,

which is the highest
academic program that they have.

And from there, he went to
the University of South Carolina,

and he was a pharmacy major.

He didn't get to complete
his studies because

he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Fast-forward to last year,
they moved him to Springtree.

And Eric didn't have a lease out there,

but he terrorized my son
and those tenants.

He fed them poison.

So I do believe that
he will continue to prey

on those vulnerable adults like Morgan.

He don't deserve to be among us anymore.

He made that decision.

I thank you for listening to me.

[judge] Thank you, Ms. Duncan, and again,

thank you for taking the time
to be here today.

All right, Mr. Greene.

If you want to say something,
now would be the opportunity to do so.

[Greene] Yes, Your Honor.

I just want to say that they are literally
painting a picture of me that I'm not.

'Cause I never did nothing. I never…

I never had nothing to do with
why he missing or anything.

-[lawyer] Just say thank you.
-[Greene] Thank you.

[judge] Okay. Thank you very much.

At this point in time,
Mr. Greene, your bond is denied.

-Thank you very much.
-[prosecutor] Thank you, Your Honor.

[LaTanza] I thank the community
for their support.

And I want to thank
Sheriff Lott and his team

for all the work they've done.

And I want to thank my family and friends
for coming out today in support of Morgan.

But we're not done yet.

We as a community have to stand strong

so that we can protect people
like Morgan who are vulnerable,

so some good comes out of this tragedy.

[somber music playing]

[reporter] A Midlands man
accused of murdering a vulnerable adult

was today denied bond.

Eric Greene is charged with k*lling


in Richland County last year.

Also facing charges as an accessory
is a 28-year-old woman, Julivia Waller.

Both deny all charges against them
and will await trial.

[Rains]
I can't pinpoint exactly when it happened,

the day the cases started
to come in thicker and faster

or the violence got worse.

[playing cadence]

These cases test our resolve.

But it's our duty,
no matter what, to carry on.

Each day, someone will go missing.

Be there no doubt about that.

But we will bring them home.

And when the unthinkable has happened,

you hope and pray… for justice.

[cadence playing over melancholy music]

[dramatic music playing]

[music ends]