Chapter 1: What happened to Janet Levine March in August 1996?
There's actually a lot of people out there that think they got away with the murder.
This is an absolutely ideal place to live. But the beauty of a cold case unit is that in some cases, we're just one step behind you. We're never going to give up. As a detective, you can't do that. My name is Papastid Leone. I'm a sergeant in Metro Nashville Homicide Cold Case Unit. My name is Bill Pridemore. I'm a detective assigned to the Homicide Cold Case Unit.
And we're working on the Janet March case. Perry March was an attorney in Nashville. Janet was an aspiring artist. She had two children. She was reported missing to the police on August 29, 1996. At one point, they probably had a good marriage. She adored him. At one point, they were probably a loving family.
Janet was really a wonderful mother. At one point, they probably had a pretty bright future. Things changed drastically in the blink of an eye. She was gonna take a vacation. Initially, Perry's story made sense. His story was she went on a vacation and she was gonna be back. And she said, see ya. And she started her Volvo and she drove off.
The further along the investigation went, didn't make much sense.
This was not a woman that would ever leave her children.
Within days of her reported disappearance, his actions became suspicious. He would not consent to any police interview.
We believe that Perry killed Janet March the night of August the 15th, 1996, between 8 and 9 p.m.
With the kids. Upstairs. Asleep.
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Chapter 2: Why did Perry March become a suspect in his wife's disappearance?
Never in her life. Never.
I mean, there's nothing that I've ever known in Janet to say that she would ever leave.
When they found out, Janet's friends became worried as well.
That's just not who she is. She wasn't a flighty person. I mean, she's the kind of person you say she was one of a kind.
She had a wonderful sense of humor. She was very, very funny. And she was very, very talented. Shockingly talented. What kind of plans did she have for her life? Her kids.
Marriage, a home, a family, an art career.
The Levines had watched their daughter fulfill those plans one by one. In 1987, she married her college boyfriend, Perry March. Was she in love with him? Oh, yeah.
Oh, absolutely.
Janet and Perry began building a life together, settling just a few miles from her parents.
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Chapter 3: What evidence led to the cold case investigation of Janet March?
One of the items specified in the search warrant was a computer inside the home. Perry said that when Janet left that she had typed out a note basically a contract between the two of them for him to sign. That list was practically the only piece of evidence that backed up Perry's story. But the police didn't believe him.
In fact, they wanted to see the computer hard drive because they believed it would show that Perry, not Janet, had written the list. Problem was, the hard drive was missing. Someone else had gotten to it first. Did you remove the hard drive on your computer? Absolutely not. Did somebody you know remove it?
Well, there's two people who are high on my list that could have removed it, people that I know. One of them is Larry Levine and the other one is my father. Perry March's father, Arthur, was staying at the March house shortly after Janet disappeared. Did you take the hard drive out of his computer? I don't even know what a hard drive is.
As for Larry Levine, did you take the hard drive out of Terry March's computer?
Absolutely not. I had nothing to gain by trying to get at it.
Meanwhile, police were also concerned about something else they didn't find, the tires on Perry March's car. Six days after Janet disappeared, March replaced the tires with new ones. Did the tires need changing? Not according to the tire company. In fact, they questioned why the tires were being changed, and Perry said that he just didn't like the type tires that were on the car at the time.
He wanted a different brand. As investigators struggled to come up with enough evidence to charge Perry March, he stopped cooperating with the police. They couldn't find some other reason to explain Janet's being missing. They couldn't find anything. And therefore, it must be me. Then, he packed up and moved to Chicago, taking with him his two children, Sammy and Zippy.
I'm worried about how they're going to be raised. I'm worried about the values that he's going to bring to these children.
The Levines immediately filed for visitation rights with their two grandchildren. But March fought them for two years.
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Chapter 4: How did Perry March's actions raise suspicions after Janet's disappearance?
I want to know where my daughter is. I don't even know where she's buried. I don't even know if he cut her up in pieces.
Years go by, and now the case is eight years old. The detectives decided it was time. We didn't want to wait too much longer. The leads are beginning to dwindle. Let's take a shot. And that's what they did. In December 2004, a secret grand jury indicted Perry March for murder.
And as it turns out, the Mexican authorities were also building a case against him for visa fraud, and they were eager to cooperate. They kicked him out, turning him over to the FBI, who transported him here to Los Angeles. Perry March was finally back on US soil. We're here this afternoon to announce the arrest of Perry March in connection with the murder of Janet March.
Detectives Pridemore and Postiglione escorted him back to Nashville. What was he like on that plane ride? You know, when we got out there, initially he was very timid, very meek. Then he began this conversation in earnest. He wanted to know what you had on him. Oh, yeah.
Thought we were just two country cops, country hit cops, going to pick him up, and he was going to find out all he could on that five-hour plane ride.
Perry March is coming back, and he's coming back in handcuffs.
Mr. March, how does it feel to be back in Nashville?
Anything you want to say?
Perry March was booked on murder charges.
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Chapter 5: What role did Perry March's father play in the investigation?
You have that line checked again, and I will get in touch with you Friday.
As Perry March sat in a Nashville jail facing trial for one murder, he thought his new pal, Russell Nate Ferris, was making good on his promise and committing another. He thought he had Nate wrapped around his finger. The truth is, Nate had him wrapped around his finger. Bueno. Hey. Hey, Colonel. Hi. Hey, this is Bobby. How you doing?
Using the alias Bobby Givings, Ferris made phone calls to Perry March's father, Arthur, in Mexico about the hit on the Levines.
I want to do it maybe like on a Tuesday or Wednesday, so... That's fine. That would be next Tuesday or Wednesday.
And it didn't take long for Arthur March to implicate himself in the murder plot. Tell me what you need, and I'll take care of it if I can, possibly. Okay, well, basically, what I need from you, I need an instrument. The first conversation they were on, within five minutes into the conversation, they're discussing guns. Five minutes, and Arthur doesn't flinch.
After two weeks working out the plan, Ferris called Arthur March to tell him it's all over, that he'd killed the Levines.
What do you know? Colonel. Yeah. Hey, this is Bobby. Look here. Everything's done. I'm in Houston right now.
Ferris gave Arthur March his travel plans for their rendezvous in Mexico.
In his mind, he's picking up Nate, who just killed Larry and Carolyn Levine. In his mind, the job is done.
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Chapter 6: What confessions were made regarding Janet's death?
That's over.
And now maybe the attention will be on Janet versus on Perry. It was a satisfaction of knowing that finally some justice for Janet, so to speak. She's finally going to get some justice.
It's not a day that goes by that I don't think about my daughter.
She had so many talents. She was a very caring, compassionate person. Every parent thinks their kid is special, but she really was.
In 2006, Arthur March died of natural causes in prison.
When beloved family patriarch Gary Ferris went missing, his family looked everywhere on their property until they came across something horrifying. It's a homicide. Absolutely. The blame game in this family went round and round.
This is Blood is Thicker, The Ferris Wheel. I don't see how anyone can look at this story and think they were happy.
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