you ve got robberies going on, the homicide, the cell phone data, how you link all these people up. you re going to have multiple snitches who are all going to be testifying, who all have their own issues. reporter: the grand jury sat for three months and heard more than 100 witnesses. in march 2016, it returned indictments against josh daniels and sirius underwood. at the request of authorities in ohio, the alaska state troopers located josh at his mother s home in wasilla. once ohio gave the green light to the troopers to move on their suspect, they did. the cuffs went on without incident. a bulked up josh was put in the backseat of a cruiser and driven downtown. detective michel confronted him you been charged with several counts, including the robberies that occurred at gabriel brothers, tumbleweed, the one that you were going to do at campbell s, and the murder of your soon-to-be ex-wife, brandy. reporter: josh was shown a graphic crime scene photo of poor brandy. this
so get allstate where good drivers save 40% for avoiding mayhem, like me. sorry! he s a baby! . welcome back. investigators were confident sirius underwood was the triggerman that fatally shot brandy daniels point plank range and thousands of miles away in alaska, brand s husband josh was involved in the plot to kill. it was a series of other crimes police gave them a motive and brought them closer to arresting both men. here s dennis murphy with more. reporter: a dogged investigation with a generous
this is what happened to your ex i m willing to talk to you to get your side of the story if you re willing to talk to me. i think you re a good investigator but i m going to have an attorney. okay. we re gonna do that. that s fine, josh. reporter: meanwhile, back in zanesville, police surrounded sirius underwood s car and arrested him. his interrogation didn t last long. you know why you re here? tell me. okay, we ve had a grand jury, and you ve been indicted. for what? aggravated murder, aggravated robberies, attempted robberies, weapon under disability, tampering with evidence, josh daniels was also arrested, and if josh is up there talking, i think it s the proper thing to tell you that you have the opportunity to tell me too. would you like to talk to me about this? no, i want a lawyer. you want a lawyer? yeah. okay. reporter: josh waved extradition, and was brought back to ohio. brandy s mother got word at the end of her shift. i get a phone call
gun in josh s face shows a pistol. he ended up falling down. being knocked down. reporter: the tipster claimed that josh wasn t the victim of the robbery but actually one of the participants. and, that his pal sirius had been the mastermind not only of the department store job, but the prime mover in a crime wave responsible for multiple armed robberies most of them captured on surveillance video. the two bodybuilders secret sideline was a head-snapping revelation. sirius underwood at night is over here robbin drug dealers, or he s robbin tumbleweed restaurants, or they re hittin , you know, gabrielle brothers. but during the day, he s the sweetest guy, loves the women, they love him. he ll train with you. posterboy, just an all-around great american. reporter: the cops believed that linking sirius and his partner in crime josh daniels to the violent robberies would help nail the two for brandy daniels murder. we re on the right track for the robberies. we re gonn
the zanesville p.d. the tipster had volunteered that her husband was part of a stick-up gang. we came in and spoke with her and obtained a lot of valuable information for this investigation. reporter: detective phil michel of the zanesville p.d. had been working for two years on a string of armed robberies. when got the facebook tipster in for an interview, guess who she identified as two members of the robbery crew? none other than sirius underwood and josh daniels! if the tipster could be believed: they d been bandits together two years before brandy would be found shot to death. the woman confirmed something detective michel had long suspected, but been unable to prove: that the robbery of a local department store had been an inside job. josh daniels had been working at the store at the time and handed over seven thousand dollars to a masked gunman. if we had been here on january 1st, 2012, what might we have seen? you can see an individual come from the southwest side of th