Richard Spivey
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having delivered death notifications and stuff, is when you tell people that somebody's dead, there's a moment where it doesn't register and people are like in kind of disbelief. They're also like, what do you mean they're dead? What happened? None of that from him. Just immediately accepted that she's dead and drops to the ground. And I mean, most people would be like, are you sure?
having delivered death notifications and stuff, is when you tell people that somebody's dead, there's a moment where it doesn't register and people are like in kind of disbelief. They're also like, what do you mean they're dead? What happened? None of that from him. Just immediately accepted that she's dead and drops to the ground. And I mean, most people would be like, are you sure?
Was she in an accident? How did this happen? A million questions.
Was she in an accident? How did this happen? A million questions.
They talked to him on the phone as he's headed from Brevard back to Raleigh. Investigators spoke with him on the phone, said that they needed to talk to him just to get, you know, find out information about her. By the time he got back to Raleigh, he had already spoken with a friend of his. It was an attorney who basically said, don't talk to them. Don't say anything to them.
They talked to him on the phone as he's headed from Brevard back to Raleigh. Investigators spoke with him on the phone, said that they needed to talk to him just to get, you know, find out information about her. By the time he got back to Raleigh, he had already spoken with a friend of his. It was an attorney who basically said, don't talk to them. Don't say anything to them.
Get yourself an attorney in Raleigh before you talk to them.
Get yourself an attorney in Raleigh before you talk to them.
Well, the only thing we found as far as the blood, all the blood was hers. Once the closet doors opened, there was a little fingerprint smear in the blood, but it could not be identified.
Well, the only thing we found as far as the blood, all the blood was hers. Once the closet doors opened, there was a little fingerprint smear in the blood, but it could not be identified.
The only DNA that really stood out that was his from any of the evidence collected, there was a condom found behind a couch in the living room. And the seminal fluid that was in that was his. The exterior DNA ended up being another female friend of his who lives in Montana that had come to visit them for a few days.
The only DNA that really stood out that was his from any of the evidence collected, there was a condom found behind a couch in the living room. And the seminal fluid that was in that was his. The exterior DNA ended up being another female friend of his who lives in Montana that had come to visit them for a few days.
When we brought in the State Bureau of Investigation, one of their latent evidence people was looking at a lot of the bloodstains and looking at, like I said, there was blood on the bed sheets and pillows had fallen off and the bed and there's bloodstains on them. She actually was able to identify a footwear impression on one of the pillowcases.
When we brought in the State Bureau of Investigation, one of their latent evidence people was looking at a lot of the bloodstains and looking at, like I said, there was blood on the bed sheets and pillows had fallen off and the bed and there's bloodstains on them. She actually was able to identify a footwear impression on one of the pillowcases.
She reached out to somebody that she knew at the FBI in Quantico. They ran it through their database and actually were able to identify the shoe. And it was a hush puppy orbital shoe, like a casual shoe.
She reached out to somebody that she knew at the FBI in Quantico. They ran it through their database and actually were able to identify the shoe. And it was a hush puppy orbital shoe, like a casual shoe.
July 4th, 2005, they'd gone in there and bought a bunch of shoes. That was one of the only receipts they found were any shoes.
July 4th, 2005, they'd gone in there and bought a bunch of shoes. That was one of the only receipts they found were any shoes.
When we reached out to Hush Puppy to confirm that that was the tread for that, Hush Puppy told us, oh, that's a sole that you use on the Belleville or a Sealy shoe. And they're like, those are the only shoes that have that? And he goes, oh yeah, those are the only brands that we manufacture that have that sole. And we were like, oh, okay.
When we reached out to Hush Puppy to confirm that that was the tread for that, Hush Puppy told us, oh, that's a sole that you use on the Belleville or a Sealy shoe. And they're like, those are the only shoes that have that? And he goes, oh yeah, those are the only brands that we manufacture that have that sole. And we were like, oh, okay.