I need help an apparent suicide. The girlfriend who was with him. What does she know . I believe she was sameaiming for the heart. This pit bull of a private eye tells the grieving mothers there is more to the case. This is kind of crazy. Tonight, what will win out . A police investigation, or a mothers intuition . I believe she is a coldblooded killer. Theres no way its going to end well. Good evening. Im david muir. And im elizabeth vargas. Her firm is called without warning, and thats exactly how it was, a complete shock, no warning, when she first learned about the murder of a friend years ago. She helped break a cold case. And now, two women finding out their grown women have died suddenly without warning, but with a lot of unanswered questions. Join us tonight for the twists and turns, and weigh in on facebook and twitter. Heres debra roberts. Reporter shes a suburban mom making time for target practice, but dont be fooled. 54yearold Sheila Wysocki is also a hired gun. A secret weapon for desperate families who feel the system has failed them. Your typical stay at home mom before she helped crack the case of her best friends murder. Sheila has made headlines, as a soccer mom who doubles as a nononsense private eye. Her office is her car. Shes always on the go, now working overtime for two moms whose young Adult Children died under strange circumstances. Now theyre pressing wrongful death suits against the people they hold responsible. You look unassuming. People dont look at you necessarily and guess p. I. No. Reporter but yet, you get in there and you start digging. I think i owe that to the family. Reporter recently, her job too her here, not the typical too her here, not the typical place for a middleaged woman. Its a sun and alcohol soaked celebration called wakefest. Kind of like cancun with catfish. Each year its filled with partiers. Bathing suits, bikinis. I meant go wrong. Reporter july, 2015, lauren agee joins the fun with her longtime childhood friend Hannah Palmer. Lauren posts, cant wait for wakefest this weekend. Laurens not just joining the party, shes the life of the party. Spirited, silly and striking. An avid dancer, shes even performed in music videos. With her devoted mom sherry, her biggest fan. We were inseparable. Reporter you called her mini me. Mmhmm. Reporter and she called you momma bear. Momma bear. Reporter in her second year at a local college, shes studying criminal science. She wanted to solve mysteries. Reporter kind of ironic, because youre trying to solve the mystery of what happened to her. Exactly. Reporter what happened to lauren begins that weekend at wakefest. Friday, she and hannah slip right into party mode, all smiles on the lake. With them are hannahs boyfriend aaron lilly and his friend chris stout, whom lauren has just met. Both young men clearly adrenaline junkies based on their social media accounts. On land, on the water, in the sky. At night they are at the only bar in town at the marina. Thats lauren, waving at the camera. Saturday evening, offduty cop and wakefest Security Officer Chris Yarchuk bumps into lauren at the bar. Whatd you make of her . Reporter he sees her leave at around 2 00 a. M. , finding her a night of drinking with hannah, chris and aaron. So they left. They left. The last time i saw them, yeah. Reporter theyre heading to their camping spot, an outcropping across from the houseboats that make up wakefest. Theres an impressive 35foot drop to the lake on one side, a 90foot drop on the other. Hannah and her boyfriend aaron will crash in a tent. Lauren and chris will bunk together in a hammock on the edge of the cliff. Incredible anyone would think to sleep so dangerously close to a precipice. Samantha arnold, friends with lauren and hannah, was on the cliff with the group the night before lauren died and says it was scary but thrilling too. It was very steep, im climbing and im climbing. And my legs are slipping. Reporter chris and aaron would later tell police the wakefest weekend is going well. You know, we all drank, had a good old time. Eventually we ended up making our way all back to the campsite. Reporter the only way to reach the site, by boat, which can be eerie at night. This is laurens voice, captured on a video she took. Were in a canoe on the lake. Theres a cliff on both sides. Oh, my gosh, this is crazy. This is like a deathtrap. Reporter deathtrap, tragically, an apt description. The next afternoon, sunday locals lynn blair and his son dylan are fishing in the lake. Its around 4 00 and theyre coasting toward a cove near the cliff. So you were going through this area right through here . Yes, i looked over and saw something in the water, dropped my anchor. Reporter what did you think you were seeing . I didnt know. It bothered me. Reporter something bright in the water, hot pink shorts, then the stunning realization. Its a body. Shes lying face down . It was terrifying. Reporter whats going through your mind . We knew it was a young lady. Im thinking, she has a mom and a daddy. All those peoples lives are going to be different from now on. Reporter somebodys life is about to be ruined. Absolutely. Reporter that awful moment about to happen when the family gets a visit from the police. He says to me im sorry to tell you this but your daughter didnt make it. Reporter oh, my gosh. I said to him, where are the people that she was with . Reporter they were being questioned by police. These are recordings taken that week of hannah, chris and aaron. We need to know every step that happened. Everybody was pretty drunk. Reporter chris tells police lauren had been talking about leaving the campsite to go see someone. He says when they went to sleep, she was in the hammock with him, but when they woke up, lauren was gone. I woke up and i woke him up and i said, where is lauren . And he said, she got up a while ago, but i didnt feel her. I said, have you seen her . And he said he didnt know. Reporter hannah says she was worried, especially since laurens flipflops, purse and cell phone are still at the campsite. She didnt have her shoes. She didnt have her keys, wallet, phone, and she like, would not leave without that stuff, you know . Did any of these kids call somebody when they thought she was missing . No. They went to wakefest even though their friend is missing. Reporter so now youre beginning to smell something funny. Right. I honestly wasnt really worried about it, because i didnt think anything had happened. I didnt think anything would happen. Thought maybe someone came and got her. We then went down to the boat dock, and we waited and waited and waited. It almost feels like im a suspect right now, but i know youre just doing your job. New tonight friends want to know h 21yearold hendersonville woman died in center hill lake. She camped this weekend on the edge of a cliff. Her body found on sunday in the water below. R as for the official investigation, the early read is that lauren, whose blood alcohol level is more than twice the legal limit, accidentally slipped and fell. The Dekalb County sherriff say her death does not appear to be foul play. The autopsy results will take a few weeks. Reporter not so fast, sherry gets a phone call and goes from to a mom on a mission. He said mrs. Smith, i dont think this was an accident. Reporter in the photo, theyre smiling on a boat. But worse, she says the edited post originally said, best weekend ever. Were apalled. Sheila has no fear. Reporter and that pit bull is taking on a strikingly similar client. So suicide is not crossing your mind at all . Never crossed my mind, never. Homicide . Absolutely. Reporter stay with us. [beeping] and lane departure alert. 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Its just unthinkable, it should have never happened. Is is jonathann shock, proom intact. Is it hard to come in here now . It give still has a little of his smell. Reporter life as she knew it came crashing down when this 911 call came in. Oh, my god, oh, my god, someone killed himself. Maam, i need you to tell me where you are. And hes dying right now. Reporter its jonathans distraught girlfriend on the phone saying he shot himself. A notion jonathans family finds incomprehensible. And i said, he did not do this. First of all, he would not have ever shot himself. Reporter so suicide is not crossing your mind at all . Never crossed my mind, never. He had a good job. He had plans for the future. A brand new car, apartment. Hes going to go furniture shopping. Well, if youre going to kill yourself, you really dont need that furniture. He was just exuberant all the time. He was, he woke up in the morning with a, like, what are we going to do today attitude, every day. Open this one first. Reporter he delighted in showering his younger sister dani with presents. Anything he could do to make somebody happy he would do. Reporter that includes his new girlfriend, 26yearold Brenda Lazaro. Athletic, shy and pretty. Shes a kung fu instructor. He a black belt in tae kwon do. They bond over martial arts. Shes also best friends with his sister dani. She and i were paired to choreograph a fight scene together. Thats how we became friends. Reporter heres video of the two on the demo team. How did you feel about brenda . I liked her. She doesnt say much at all. Reporter was he falling for her . Was she falling for him . Seemed like they were. He was a very touchyfeely affectionate person. S like had a hand on her shoulder. Reporter the romance moves quickly. After three months together, jonathan and brenda are already talking marriage, even children. Taking happy selfies together. Then everything changes on super bowl sunday, 2014. At 11 30 p. M. And that 911 call. Did he use a gun or what happened . Yes, he used a gun. Did he mean to do it . Did he do it on purpose . No, yeah, he did it on ose. Line saying her boyfriend just shot himself in bed. Hold on, listen to me, listen to me. We got to be able to find you. So i need you to find somebody to tell me what the address is. Reporter frantic, it takes her minutes to finally give the exact location of jonathans new apartment. Strange, since she helped him pick it out. She kept saying i dont know and all these hesitant stalling tactics. It was like pulling teeth to get her to say anything. He said he was going to prove that he loved me. Okay. Reporter out of the blue a gunshot. Generally shes kind of explaining things a little too early. Reporter her boyfriend had apparently ended his life with a single shot to the chest. I remember theres a picture of him sitting in his boy scout uniform. Thinking i could hug it. Reporter days later, the short but full life of 27yearold jonathan crews he was kind loving big and bold. Reporter is celebrated by his family in a series of photographs. The ball boy, the boy scout, the boyfriend, but missing from his funeral, his girlfriend, the last person to see him alive. His girlfriend didnt show up at the funeral . No. Or the viewing. Or the viewing. She told me that she couldnt do it. She couldnt she was too upset. Reporter hours after the funeral, jonathans sister says she gets her first indication somethings off with brenda. She went crazy on me. She was complaining that she wasnt involved enough. None of you thought for a second to acknowledge our love during his funeral. I was just mad. Like, how dare you say these crazy things . How dare you make demands. Reporter when we come back we go to jonathans apartment. What can we learn from a dummy . His left hand had zero gun powder. Reporter and how she believes he died. 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They had gone out to dinner with jonathan and brenda. I walked in and gave him a big hug. Jacob gave him an hug, and then we set down at the table and just proceeded to try and get to know brenda at that time. Reporter what did you think, jacob, when you met her . Most of the girlfriends hes had in the past were very vivacious, very alive. Brenda was completely opposite. She was just kind of shut off. Reporter the doubledate is a dud. Brenda makes a dismal impression and apparently becoming jealous of the hello hug between jonathan and emily. He hugged emily, which put brenda over the edge. She wanted to isolate jonathan. Reporter she later ups the ante with her new love, forcing him to unfriend women from his facebook page. Were you worried about him and brenda . In my head, i just thought heres another crazy girl that hes dating. Reporter but it seems that after two months, brenda is still fuming over that platonic hug. Jonathans concerned that he must now choose between emily and brenda. The things that she was trying to make him do, and they were deal breakers for him. Reporter texting his sister choices are, a, fight it and try to make it better. B, choose brenda. C, refuse to give up either and see if brenda ends it. D, end it with brenda now. Later that same day, he told me d was his final choice. Your mind that he aimed to break up with brenda . Mmhmm. Jonathan knew the relationship with brenda was becoming toxic and he needed to get out. Reporter the next day, that fateful super bowl sunday. He meets up with emily and jacob at this mexican restaurant, telling them that brenda is threatened by his friendship with emily. When unexpectedly the martial arts master makes a menacing phone call. She just started yelling at me and telling me that i was a disrespectful little girl. Reporter so shes verbally attacking you. You hug my man, thats so rude. You stay off of my man and i said well, hes my really good friend. We have never dated each other. Weve never kissed. Its never been anything like that. Rage. This girl had rage. Irrational, unstable rage. Reporter during their goodbyes, jonathan tells his friends hes breakingup with brenda that night. Later that night, after the super bowls ended, emily gets a peculiar text from jonathans number. I want to die. Period. Reporter had you ever gotten anything like that from him before . Oh, no. I was just kind of like, what is going on . Thats so weird. Reporter despite her multiple phone calls, radio silence from jonathan until the next morning. My phone rang and it was jonathans brother. He just said it, like, jons dead. I just kind of, i immediately broke down. You know, it was something that i had never experienced before. 11 37. Jacob called me hysterical. Just, i mean, just sobbing, saying hes dead, like, he was shot. Hes dead. Reporter she then remembers that weird text message. It was all coming in like, something is wrong, she texted me. That was not him. He would have never texted me that. Reporter youre thinking brenda texted you . Yes. Reporter later emily calls police and also tells jonathans mom pam of her suspicions of brenda. My mothers heart was like okay, i, i this makes sense now. I knew right then. I knew. Reporter what did you know . That she had done it. Reporter why would she do it . What sounds like pathological jealousy problem going on. Thats a story you hear every day, you know . People kill for that reason all the time. Reporter pams convinced that her son didnt commit suicide, that he was killed. So how do you think it might have happened . I believe she walked up and shot him, and then he rolled over. Reporter jonathan was shot on the left side of the chest. The bullet passed through his body and lodged in the mattress. For sheila, the bullet trajectory is key. For him to have done it himself, he would have had to shoot himself downward . Yes. Reporter but if, as sheila believes, brenda fired the gun standing over him its an exact shot, and whats interesting is in the 911 call. Brenda says he was shot in the heart. I believe thats exactly where she was aiming. He broke her heart that night by breaking up with her. Reporter and then she shoots him possibly in the heart, you think. I believe she was aiming for the heart. Reporter and speaking of that 911 call, sheila says there is a lot of information to be gleaned from it. Take a second listen. Did he mean to do it . Did he do it on purpose . No, yeah, he did it on purpose. I think she answered it honestly, and then said no. A freudian slip. Reporter how frustrating was it for you that police just didnt seem to turn anything up . 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And begins locating witnesses and assembling the evidence filed later in sherrys wrongful death lawsuit. When you start looking at the autopsy and the crime scene photos, and you look at her injuries, they werent adding up. Reporter sheila points out hemorrhaging in laurens neck. She sees a possible sign of strangulation. Somebody either held her down, or choked her. Reporter and shes following a lead. This Police Officer, who called sherry smith. I basically just wanted her to know that i strongly felt that it was not an accident. Reporter Ryan Melanson was working for a Neighboring Police department on the day laurens body was found and spent time with chris and aaron at the scene. They were extremely nervous. Reporter in a rare step, melanson questions the findings of his brothers in blue. Saying aaron and chris expressed no sympathy or concern for lauren. Just, their body language and demeanor toward the incident told me that there was something wrong with the picture. People dont act like that unless they have something to hide. Reporter could he be right . Sheila tracks down another skeptical Police Officer from outside Dekalb County. Remember Chris Yarchuk . He worked security at wakefest and met lauren the night before she died. He too suspects somethings off. Your radar kind of was raised right away. Absolutely. Reporter he leads us up to the campsite. A snake infested, rocky area. We took the same route as lauren as her friends, with the steep incline. Even with a rope, its no small task. It is not easy getting up here. Okay. So, this is the spot. Wow, thats quite a trek. Great view, though. Reporter the terrain is treacherous. Even in daylight. Its hard to believe that they came up here in the middle of the night. And theyre intoxicated, too. This area here is where lauren and the others set up their campsite. Do you believe she slipped down this hill and fell to her death . I do not. Reporter yarchuks main question, how did laurens body end up in a cove, hundreds of feet away from the cliff . If she fell off the steep side, her body would have had to travel around a large bend. And if she fell off the other side with the more gradual incline, he wonders, would she have ended up in the water . If she slipped and fell down here mmhmm. Reporter could she have made it in to the water . Theres too many trees here, theres too many rocks. You could maybe make it to half way down, where it flattens out. Reporter in an unscientific demonstration he shows us his theory, with a mannequin. Similar size and weight. 105pound dummy. Ill just drop it. Going forward. Reporter it was caught in the branches. Didnt even make it down to the bottom. Correct. Its not even halfway down. Reporter yarchuk alleges police skipped fundamental steps in their investigation. Including properly securing the scene, and collecting a rape kit. At the lake sheila checks the water currents. I think she would stay here based on the current. Reporter and interviews the boaters that found the body. Wants to talk to the friends. She takes a trip to the sunshine state. I flew to florida. Reporter to talk to hannah. To talk to hannah. Reporter when sheila arrives for a chat, hannah is willing. You understand that were recording . Yes. Reporter she repeats her story that lauren was simply missing when she woke up. From the time i went to sleep to the time i went away theres nothing. Theres nothing. Its just a void of like, what was she doing . She peeing . Was she with somebody else . I dont know. Reporter as for chris, who hannah and lauren met that weekend he was asleep. I didnt know him well, but when people ask me, do you think he could have done it . No. I dont think he would have been physically capable, without me hearing. Reporter hannah explains why she didnt call laurens parents and authorities that morning when lauren was gone. Everybodys like, you know, dont worry. You know, laurens the kind thats make friends with anyone. I searched as much as i could without having to go to every single boat. I figured she would find us. Reporter midconversation, sheila says theres a telling moment. And she is immediately suspicious. Hannahs phone starts ringing. Its aaron on the phone. What we were able to hear was, stick to the story. Reporter aaron said, stick to the story . Yep. Reporter next is that the clue she needs in the lauren agee case . And, a crucial find in the jonathan crews case. The mommy p. I. Tracks down brendas ex. And hes ready to kiss and tell. She almost ruined my life. Reporter dont go away. deep breath phone ringing theyll call back. No one knows your ford better than ford and ford ser right now, during the big tire event get a 140 rebate by mail, on four select tires. Mastering the enchantment of chocolate. The lindt master chocolatiering up our finest chocolate. And bringing back our dearest friend. T gold bunny. 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You dont knowknow that this is what im going to reporter and both believing the authorities have dropped the olice wont listhing i have to say. Reporter on this dte eye joins cases. 911 call. Reporter armed with information, the moms taking justice into their own hands, filing wrongful death lawsuits against the friends who were among the last to see their beloved children alive. What do you hope to accomplish with a civil lawsuit . Finding the truth. That all the lies will be uncovered, all the truth will be uncovered. Reporter uncovered, they say, because in a civil suit, defendants are required to testify under oath. Meaning that, perhaps for the first time, Brenda Lazaro may be directly asked the question, did you shoot your boyfriend jonathan crews . During her deposition we asked that question did you shoot jonathan . And she took the fifth amendment. Reporter pleading the fifth, the right not to answer because she may incriminate herself. If you have nothing to hide, why not just tell what happened . Just tell. Reporter brenda wont talk. But in their depositions some of the people closest to her do. Friends, family members, kung fu teammates. Some saying they dont think brenda would kill. She is too sweet. I dont think shes capable of murder. Shes a very bright and bubbly person. Reporter others recounting conflicting stories of what brenda told them. He put a gun to his heart. She said that he shot himself in the head. They were not even having an argument. She went to the bathroom and when she came out, he was already shot. Reporter who among those depositions stood out for you . What made me think we had a case was matthew kirk. He gave us a good profile of what brenda was like to date. Reporter matthew kirk, brendas exboyfriend. She almost ruined my life. Reporter they met in college and were together for five years. She was jealous of any woman i talked to. Shed always say things such as, you like her . She just got crazy whenever i went agirl. How did she go crazy . She cut herself. Reporter he says brenda harmed herself regularly. More than 100 times. His talking about her history and how she isolated him, she did similar things with jonathan, even though, remember, they only dated a few months. Reporter matthew says brenda was possessive, yet never violent. Well, except for maybe once. She threatened to kill my mom one time. She just held some scissors in her hands and said, im going to go see your mom. That was one time. And thats the time that i called the police on her. Brenda is jealous, creates drama, plays the victim. I believe she is a coldblooded killer. Reporter Brenda Lazaro has denied all the allegations against her. If this is so clear to you, why isnt Brenda Lazaro under arrest . A great question for the coppell Police Department. I do not understand it. Reporter in a statement, the coppell Police Department says it does not have enough evidence to present to a grand jury. We tracked down Brenda Lazaro, still working at the kung fu school, just minutes away from the crews home. Shes now married with a baby. Both brenda and her attorneys declined to comment on the lawsuit. Youve lost your brother and she is living her life. I think its hideous. Reporter what do you want her to know . I want her to know that she is not fooling everyone. That there are people out there who know exactly who she is. Reporter as for lauren agee, her cliffside friends are also moving on, for better or worse. According to facebook, hannah and aaron are now engaged. While chris stout is currently in jail for an unrelated dui charge. And like brenda, all pleaded the fifth in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against them. Hannah, chris, and aaron deny they had anything to do with laurens death. 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Starting thursday at kohls get play proof kids gear built for springtime fun like jumping beans dresses for only 12 7 mix and match tops and bottoms and carters sandals 19. 99. Youll get kohls cash too. Play proof guarantee only at kohls. Reporter while Brenda Lazaro, jonathan crews exgirlfriend, continues honing her martial skills, pam crews awaits her day in court against her. And sherry smith finally has her day of reckoning, nearly two years after losing her daughter. A judge is about to decide if her wrongful death lawsuit against Hannah Palmer can proceed. Im not nervous, im just yeah, im nervous. Reporter first, a blow to sherrys hopes. The judge dismisses nearly all the observations of witnesses like Police Officers Chris Yarchuk and Ryan Melanson and the conclusions of private investigator Sheila Wysocki. Their opinions were not based on any relevant scientific methods, processes, and data, and seemed to be just pulled out of the thin air. Reporter in fact, we spoke to dr. Jonathan arden, a forensic pathologist. To me, the evidence is highly consistent with a fall off a cliff. Reporter as for the police investigation, the Dekalb County Sheriffs Department defends its detective work, saying there is simply no evidence in this tragic case that will support laurens death being considered homicide or foul play. And the judge agrees, ruling there will be no trial against Hannah Palmer. The court finds that the plaintiff has not produced any shred of evidence that anyone intentionally harmed ms. Agee. Reporter its a disappointing setback for sherry. Her lawyer alex little says they will appeal. Its just another day in court. Well proceed on, and we expect to prevail. Reporter sheila says this about the judges findings. Was i offended by what the judge said . No. Because i deal with it every day and im prepared for it and i love that people underestimate me. Keep it coming. Reporter sherrys lawsuit against aaron lilly and chris stout is still pending. They have not responded to a request for comment. I am going to go and get a large glass of wine. Reporter no matter what happens, this grieving mom says nothing will lessen the pain of losing lauren. An agony she does not need to explain to pam crews. To stay close to jonathan, she wears a special necklace. This necklace has a little bit of jonathans ashes inside. Get to carry a little of him every day. He was such a good boy. Reporter after meeting, the two moms vow to stay in touch. I feel like ive known you for so long. I know, i feel like ive known you, too. Reporter united in their love for their children, their loss, and the woman in whom theyve placed so much faith. You get emotional with some of these cases, dont you . With all of them. Pam wants to be heard. She wants jonathan to be heard. Same with lauren and sherry, and i hear them. Reporter and sherry hopes lauren can hear what is in her heart. So we are sending these to heaven, guys. All right. All right, lauren. On the count of three. One. Two. Three. We love you. We love you. In a statement to 20 20, Hannah Palmer wrote, the courts decision allows me to look to my future. I would like to express my deepest simpledeep deepest sympathies to laurens family. And the crews case is scheduled for september. Well stay on it. Thats our program tonight. Im david muir. And im elizabeth vargas. From all of us, good night. Next up on action news, the manhunt for a monster who violated a fouryearold delaware girl. And a teens death may be the result of cyber bullying. Thats next. Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. Police continue their search for the despicable individual who abducted and then sexual assaulted a fouryearold girl. They search banning park in wilmington because thats where the little girl
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