in a quiet rural township in michigan, as october chilled into autumn, two young women prepared for the social event of the season. it s gonna be great. there will be so many people. so they imagined. , so they hoped, in their naivete. then so many others of a particular demographic of the farms and in the small towns around moran county. it was a buildup that whole summer that we coordinate way to go to the halloween party. halloween! becky brinson and her friend chelsea bruck just loved dressing up for halloween. chelsea and becky worked together at a restaurant called olga s kitchen in monroe and, as they served their customers, they talked endlessly about what was coming. this wasn t going to be just any halloween party. it was big mike s annual halloween bash of 2014. everyone just everyone knew, big mike has the biggest halloween party. and after all, their friends were going and there d be bands and noise and excitement and, who knew what all there d
nothing panned out. they all had alibis. yes. but big mike? neither the detectives nor chelsea s family could shake the idea this guy was hiding something. coming up we asked for his consent to search the house, and he denied us consent. big mike in the spotlight and, a new witness who says he saw chelsea right before she went missing from mike s party. so you went back out to the parking lot, and the vehicle that you put her in was gone? and her too. and her too my uncontrolled . some mental health meds can cause tardive dyskinesia, or td, and it s unlikely to improve without treatment. ingrezza is a prescription medicine to treat adults with td movements in the face and body. it s the only treatment for td that s one pill, once-daily,
mess. it s the first time, i think, ever in my entire life of living here, like, forever that i didn t feel comfortable in my own home. outside, investigators took one look at mike s fire-pit and was there something in there? they dug through, you know, years of burning stuff. you know, having parties and what was that like? i kind of shoot my head. they had it all taped off and i think they dug all day looking in looking in there. nothing. still. was he a person of significant interest? oh, yes. absolutely. we kept mike big mike close. but the investigation was about to take a turn. det. preadmore was at the office when a new tip came in about a young man named harlin bird. he d possibly have information that would help us find chelsea or what happened to her. which is how the 19-year-old mr. bird wound up in an interview room at the sheriff s office. so who did you go to this party with?
bruck disappeared, the detectives decided it was time for a serious talk with big mike williams. chelsea. ok, you know her? i don t know her, know her. but i do know who she is. funny thing about mike. on the one hand he seemed cooperative. but on the other.. we asked for his consent to search the house, you know, for any kind of evidence from the investigation and make sure chelsea wasn t even in the house. and he denied us consent. so, they did it the hard way. they came in with 13 swat guys in full gear. and i said, do you have a search warrant? and they presented it to me right then and then. and then are you gonna let us in or we going to kick in the door? that s when i let them in. they re getting tough with you at this point. yeah. they went through my house and they were searching for things, like, they left a terrible
like, they left a terrible mess. it s the first time, i think, ever in my entire life of living here, like, forever that i didn t feel comfortable in my own home. outside, investigators took one look at mike s fire-pit and was there something in there? they dug through, you know, years of burning stuff. you know, having parties and what was that like? i kind of shoot my head. they had it all taped off and i think they dug all day looking in looking in there. nothing. still. was he a person of significant interest? oh, yes. absolutely. we kept mike big mike close. but the investigation was about to take a turn. det. preadmore was at the office when a new tip came in about a young man named harlin bird. he d possibly have information that would help us find chelsea or what happened to her. which is how the 19-year-old mr. bird wound up in an interview room at the sheriff s office. so who did you go to this party with? i went with my best friend i consider my b