Anne-Marie Green

It looked like evidence from the vehicle that hit Davis. You guys are looking around and you realize the oil continues?

It looked like evidence from the vehicle that hit Davis. You guys are looking around and you realize the oil continues?

It looked like evidence from the vehicle that hit Davis. You guys are looking around and you realize the oil continues?

Back where the tire track seemed to show a vehicle had turned around, investigators had found oil spatters on a streetlight post. It was about maybe this high. And from there, there was a trail of oil that had led down the road into the distance. It's breadcrumbs, basically.

Back where the tire track seemed to show a vehicle had turned around, investigators had found oil spatters on a streetlight post. It was about maybe this high. And from there, there was a trail of oil that had led down the road into the distance. It's breadcrumbs, basically.

Back where the tire track seemed to show a vehicle had turned around, investigators had found oil spatters on a streetlight post. It was about maybe this high. And from there, there was a trail of oil that had led down the road into the distance. It's breadcrumbs, basically.

Investigator Ronnie Powell says by the time authorities started following that oil trail from the crash site, they had a solid hunch where it might lead. Davis-McClendon's girlfriend, Meredith Haney, had told them she'd suspected where he had been going when he left her at the bar that night to meet her estranged husband, Bud Ackerman.

Investigator Ronnie Powell says by the time authorities started following that oil trail from the crash site, they had a solid hunch where it might lead. Davis-McClendon's girlfriend, Meredith Haney, had told them she'd suspected where he had been going when he left her at the bar that night to meet her estranged husband, Bud Ackerman.

Investigator Ronnie Powell says by the time authorities started following that oil trail from the crash site, they had a solid hunch where it might lead. Davis-McClendon's girlfriend, Meredith Haney, had told them she'd suspected where he had been going when he left her at the bar that night to meet her estranged husband, Bud Ackerman.

And it turns out the oily evidence led right to Ackerman's parents' house.

And it turns out the oily evidence led right to Ackerman's parents' house.

And it turns out the oily evidence led right to Ackerman's parents' house.

He'd been living there since separating from Meredith about a year earlier. Sheriff's office.

He'd been living there since separating from Meredith about a year earlier. Sheriff's office.

He'd been living there since separating from Meredith about a year earlier. Sheriff's office.

Authorities' body cameras were rolling.

Authorities' body cameras were rolling.

Authorities' body cameras were rolling.

But Ackerman and his father were both standing near the garage.

But Ackerman and his father were both standing near the garage.