Detective Hayes

Melody said that he has what she called spells where he would feel faint. They found a bullet lodged in my dad's rib bone. Obviously, the direction of the case changed very quickly.

Melody said that he has what she called spells where he would feel faint. They found a bullet lodged in my dad's rib bone. Obviously, the direction of the case changed very quickly.

I thought, that's the missing piece to this puzzle.

I thought, that's the missing piece to this puzzle.

It was hot. It was, you know, July the 5th. It was so hot outside.

It was hot. It was, you know, July the 5th. It was so hot outside.

So we thought a guy was probably cleaning up his yard, burning some things, burning some debris, got hot, passed out, fell into the fire.

So we thought a guy was probably cleaning up his yard, burning some things, burning some debris, got hot, passed out, fell into the fire.

I think everyone that arrived on that property probably looked around and thought, man, I'd love to have this.

I think everyone that arrived on that property probably looked around and thought, man, I'd love to have this.

She was crying when I first walked up. And when I took her down and sat down, she pretty quickly gathered herself and we started having a conversation.

She was crying when I first walked up. And when I took her down and sat down, she pretty quickly gathered herself and we started having a conversation.

She said that he has what she called spells where, you know, he would feel faint and he would be down and out, basically in bed for a couple of days during these spells. And, you know, nobody knew what was wrong with him.

She said that he has what she called spells where, you know, he would feel faint and he would be down and out, basically in bed for a couple of days during these spells. And, you know, nobody knew what was wrong with him.

She pointed out he smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and, you know, probably drank a 12-pack or more of Mountain Dew. I mean, he was very overweight.

She pointed out he smoked two packs of cigarettes a day and, you know, probably drank a 12-pack or more of Mountain Dew. I mean, he was very overweight.

A bullet was found lodged in some meaty flesh on a rib bone. A fragment of a bullet in the rib cage. It was a whole bullet. You could see the back of the bullet.

A bullet was found lodged in some meaty flesh on a rib bone. A fragment of a bullet in the rib cage. It was a whole bullet. You could see the back of the bullet.

So we for sure knew at that point we were investigating a homicide. It was no longer, this may be an accident. It was, this is a homicide.

So we for sure knew at that point we were investigating a homicide. It was no longer, this may be an accident. It was, this is a homicide.