Mom Horrified After 12 Year Old Son's Confession

Why believeing him they not your son Stop Believing him be honest baby it's okay cuz that's you're going to feel so much better you're going to feel so much better when they pull this GPS will it show that you were at home in your bed or will it show that you were somewhere else that's the question that was asked I don't know you don't know this is some that's serious kill my family what I supposed To do you don't understand that you just is guilty if you know who did it and you're not saying nothing

that's Guilty By Association snitching on everybody if I was going to get charged why did you make me S I said I don't know when the bodies of three teenagers were discovered over a period of several days in the same neighborhood in Maran County Florida the police didn't know what to think this would set the tone For the rest of the case as the emerging suspects all seemed intent on blaming each other the identity of the alleged perpetrator along with the motive for the heartless murders turned out to be more alarming than anyone wanted to

believe the police first learned that something was terribly wrong just before midnight on March 30th 2023 when they received this 911 call there's a girl laying in front of my road and she's dying okay is she awake she's dying I Don't know she's bleeding out of her head she's gargling on her blood you need to turn her on her side so she doesn't choke okay on it doesn't matter what side like on what side no just turn her on her side so she doesn't choke on the blood okay God is she awake no okay is

she breathing she's Brea she's breathing you do you know how far they are I don't have an ETA but they are on the way okay deputies from the May County Sheriff's Department arrived moments before the ambulance while paramedics rushed to try to save the victim the deputies tried to get a grasp on the chaotic scene within 5 minutes of the ambulance arriving the victim was on her way to the nearest hospital the sheriff's department was left to pick apart the seemingly inexplicable scene not responsive no not responsive no there's no ID no nothing young girl

old younger girl yeah she was right there and that's been moved she Was right there right yeah there's there's blood everywhere I was not expecting that no but I thought it was going to be BS honestly yeah I immediately thought she had got like hit by a car and I seen the big but I've never seen an exit wound in a hit yeah I wasn't aware oh yeah it I mean there's she's laying down it's all pulled out I mean it was and she was still breathing rapid breathing but I don't know I don't know

Med said shein yeah more than Likely I mean if she did that's this wild when police made contact with the 911 caller they learned that he was just as confused about the situation as the deputies he only became aware that something was a miss when he got a call from his neighbor across the street you hear nothing at all told me it sounded like someone crashed into my dumpster and then there was like two shots the neighbor in question made her way over to talk to the depuy's direct lame Unfortunately what she said only served

to make the situation even more mysterious so around what time did you hear you said it sounded like a gun like a yeah it was in a loud gunshot I would say about 20 30 minutes ago um it wasn't a lot of gunshot but I heard about four or five and I kind of blew it off casually and then I just looked out of my window cuz I did think it was strange with it how late it was and I saw the car run Into the dumpster MH and I once I seen the car run

into the dumpster I stepped out my door and I seen a man run out of the car towards down the road towards my yard and I yelled at him what the [ __ ] were you doing and then I seen him run back towards the car take a minute and I was calling him because it was his dumpster and I seen him skirt off into the neighborhood did you see if anybody was in was there only one was there I only seen one person running in it it Was a male it had a male figure

had a hat on um I want to say he was like 5 foot maybe but it was only one dude running down the road this once again tracked with the evidence as police found several sets of footprints at the the scene did you hear the crash first or did you hear what sounded like I hear the gunshots first the deputies closed down the main entrances and exits to the Forest Lakes Park neighborhood hoping to catch the alleged shooter as he Attempted to flee unfortunately the area was heavily wooded with plenty of places to hide and

lots of back roads this made for a difficult search for police and an easy getaway for the alleged perpetrator meanwhile the hospital where the victim was being treated was able to provide some help in that regard they identified the girl as 16-year-old Lea Silvernail her grandparents who were her legal Guardians were understandably distraught detectives first made contact With her grandfather Kenneth Leila was found um she was apparently with a gunshot wound and she was taken to the hospital so that's part of the reason why we came here was to let you know about her status

but we also wanted to know any information that you had about who she was with yesterday who she she in the hospital for she had a gunshot wound huh she was shot you're kidding no that's what I told you when I this is what I've been trying to tell her you're Hanging around with Kenneth hurried to the back of the house to get his wife Lisa Lila's grandmother only seemed to become more distressed when the detectives tried to ask her questions Lisa Lisa come here Lisa Lisa have a seat right here is my granddaughter okay

will she be okay to be at the hospital I don't know anything that finds you I'm The vitim Advocate okay I'm here for you have a seat for us we need some information so we can find Out who did this okay I like to know too we I will go and I will shoot them asses oh no where was she shot at does anybody know anything she was shot in the head [Laughter] that's all we have right now okay this can't be happening the situation was actually more horrifying than Lisa knew early on March 31st

the morning after the shooting the police stumbled upon the Last thing they were expecting just blocks away from the crime scene where Lelo was found police discovered a second victim also suffering from a gunshot wound there was little doubt that the two cases were connected which made the search for the shooter all the more urgent back with Lila's grandparents the detectives desperately tried to find out who might have been with Laya that night since they'd already found two victims they had to Wonder if more of her friends were hurt or in danger too Lisa look

at me who was she with yesterday she came here with she came here with um and I'm going to tell you everything cuz I don't like the people she hangs around with anyway that's what we need that's what we need Lisa said Lea was almost always with her boyfriend 17-year-old Michael Hodo she also directed the police to Lea's best friend who might have more information about Her activities the day before the shooting another name came up too and it was one police were already familiar with and then that runaway girl Camille okay she was with

her too yesterday Camille quarrel 16 had been reported as a runaway by her aunt and legal guardian several weeks prior it was an Open Secret that she'd been staying with Lila at her grandparents house but no one had successfully brought her home yet when police made contact with Camille's Aunt Amy she was not shy about expressing her frustration with the investigation I did call it in this morning to ask somebody to go through there and nobody has called me back I've called five or six times a day since she's been gone even worse Amy's son

was hearing all kinds of gossip about the case at school people were saying Camille had also been shot the names of the victims and the location of the crime was seemingly common knowledge disturbingly police had Not yet confirmed if Camille was involved also they had not yet released the names of the victims or the location which meant whoever was spreading this information had to be involved and there was another body discovered this morning uhhuh in that neighborhood okay I want to know if it's my child okay the second person is not uh Camille I can't

identify who that person is but it's not her the identity of the second victim only made the case more dire Especially in regards to Camille's safety frustratingly the police were still in the dark about most of the leadup to the crime up until they got in touch with Lila's best friend Gabby she was more forthcoming and told the detectives that she'd spent the day with Lila and her boyfriend Michael Hodo and several other teens who would soon become an integral part of the case was there anybody else in the car other than you Leila anytime

during the day Camille Was there this was the second statement placing Camille at the scene of the crime but disturbingly there was still no sign of her prior to the shooting Camille's aunt said she'd caught sight of her at the park once or twice and kept a close eye on her Instagram feed to see what she was up to since the night of the 30th though it had been radio silence back with the detectives Leela's friend recounted their travels Throughout the day and who else was with the group we went to robs we went to

like you know like I don't know if it's a Bandon do you know what a trap house is yeah okay so apparent like apparent apparently like this kid Rob I don't know him personally but they do okay um they're like friends or whatever and we just we went over there and we chilled over there significantly Gabby said that Lila had been the one driving all day day but the only sign of her vehicle a White Chevy Cruise was a tire track left at the crime scene the police hope that finding the vehicle would offer some

insight into what happened the night Lila was shot do you know it last name or anything else about Rob no I don't really know if Rob is like his real name or not cuz I know some people know him as Reaper Rob and stuff like that so was anyone else there at at the house besides the three of you and Rob well there was this kid three but I don't Know his real name what's 35 look like um I don't know he he's 12 he's he's a little 12year old detectives knew they needed to track

down Rob and 35 they started with Rob who they believed to be 17-year-old Robert Robinson who was already incarcerated at a juvenile detention facility for a different offense when detectives asked them about 35 he directed them to a boy named Christopher Atkins shockingly G was right he was only 12 years old since Chris and Rob were both miners their mothers were asked to join them at the police station before any conversations took place Chris's mother Ashley was the first to arrive I don't understand where the hell is my son if he be in questioning why

the I'm not in there where which second is where where's my son he's in the other one right here they talking to him no yet no they're all getting their stuff together it seems she wasn't convinced they Weren't already ready questioning him because Ashley did her best to hear what was going on in the other room after almost 2 hours of waiting she was finally escorted to the next room to join Chris who was visibly trembling can I put your back sure yes yes ma' absolutely did you want another are you sure you look like

a c let me get you you say you have four siblings okay you guys get along okay in the house the detectives set about gradually Breaking the ice with Chris all the time appearing hyperaware that he was only 12 years old after taking all necessary precautions like making both Chris and his mother aware of their rights and establishing on record that Chris knew the difference between right and wrong they finally got to the issue at hand so Chris what I like to start with talking to you about is um and like I said I just

wanted I just want you to be honest with us I'd like you to talk to me about Last Thursday night first we made something to eat then we watch TV and I went to sleep for a little bit and I heard something outside I open Open Door nothing outside now I think I went to sleep so I think what you just told me was what you probably had rehearsed in your mind several times to tell a police officer if you ever had to talk about that Thursday night Because sitting here and talking to you with

your mom here crying and and knowing that you have these siblings I you're probably in sort of an embarrassing and and shameful position if you are sorry for what happened repent for it and start from the very beginning and go to the very end without me having to pull it from you cuz somebody I have to pull each individual action from that tells me that they they don't really want to say what they did Wrong that they don't feel bad for it Reaper down there is has been super honest um he you know took him

a minute to get to get comfortable with me and um he's told me everything down to details that only he would know and involed that nobody else would know of the details um he points finger at you 17-year-old Rob also known by the concerning moniker Reaper was also being questioned just like Chris Rob and his mom Erica were both advised of their Miranda rights Before the interrogation commenced I'm trying to bring the best way to say this to you guys um we're investigating several different incidents that occurred over the last couple of weeks okay um

one being uh a theft of uh side by side one being the theft of um I'm sorry a burglar um we're investigating a a robbery and we're investigating a murder okay um mhm so the first ones you named is Believable the last one you named not you don't have the heart for a fact okay what' you do on Thursday all day I mean I was home all day like I was home all Thursday okay who were you with was did anybody come over did we hang out with anybody did you go anywhere with anybody I

a go no came over like 1:00 what did you guys do then we just chilling Lally like we were just chilling okay was anybody with at the time how did he get to your House things like that he drove supp drove to my house it was him um Landon Lea and it was another girl with them I don't know her name Sosa was a nickname that Lila's boyfriend 17-year-old Michael used Michael's father had last seen him about 6:30 last night around the same time Gabby said she parted ways with the group Landon was another local

Boy Who police determined didn't know Anything that would Aid the investigation as for the unnamed girl the police likely want wondered if she could be the missing Camille and why she hadn't been seen or heard from since did you go anywhere after 6:30 Rob who why do y'all keep asking I just keep asking because we've been working on our investigation what do y'all think happened bro I'm telling you I the house that night like I would I only seen S one time that day we know you were out Of the house after 6:30 okay we

know you were with around 7:00 p.m. thanks to CCTV footage police believed that Rob along with others in the friend group had been involved in the theft of a vehicle and an armed robbery that night as serious as these crimes were they paled in comparison to what police believed happened later back in the room with Chris his mother tried to make him understand the Severity of the situation well you need tell if you's the time whole story you know you left out of the house Thursday when I told you not to and you speak you

got talk right now Reapers already told us what the plan was that night so there's I mean we knew what we know what the original plan was we're asking you now to be to be honest and to to come forth and tell us what happened and why it happened he KN on the window when you say he I don't I Never want to guess who's he Reaper AKA Rob took a lot of convin in before he opened up Rob right now you're protecting KTM and your buddies you need to think about protecting the disturbing meaning

behind KTM will be revealed in due time for now the fact that the police knew about the mysterious phrase was enough to get Robb talking albeit reluctantly was that that house when you saw when you were with who who with Y it was Me 35 mhm Lea was there mhm and there was it the police Knew by now that there were more people at the house than just Chris Rob Michael and ilila did you go anywhere with them that night no I didn't go nowhere with them I just told you I went I swear to

God was at the house they said they was going to leave I went back home actually mom I didn't come in until like late I didn't come in until after 700 anyways know What time you came home now they talking about what that M at 710 I was what I'm saying is you don't know what time you came home because you defy your curfew so much you don't know what time you came in it might have been 8:00 it might have been 7:30 it might you know what I'm saying so you don't know what I'm

saying is if you know something that they're trying to get out of you I don't give a who your friends are who you trying to protect I got to Get to work and I'm sick of dealing with this jail cuz you Jews to have friends things you need to be honest unfortunately for Rob the police already knew that he was still holding back the dark details of what he got up to that night what about his cell phone do you do you own that phone yeah I own that phone so do do you all want

permission to check the location that would be great yeah no that would be great you mean though oh they can check my phone They might find they're they're not looking in your phone for anything else so you're certain that your phone GPS will keep you at your house that that night are you are you so we going so we going I can just tell you I really don't know nothing about no murder that that is the truth I don't know nothing about no murder and I was not I was not there with no murder that's

not what they asked what They asked was when they pull this GPS will it show that you were at home in your bed or will it show that you were somewhere else that's the question that was asked you don't know I don't know what y'all want me to do like I'm telling you stuff they I'm line and I'm telling them the truth and you send with why believe in them then not your son Stop Believing him I not not there like I didn't I was not there you were there first and Foremost s just with

everything you saying first and foremost you lie so much I don't know what to believe would come down you didn't bur the bridge that's been gone let's get that understood like I like but what I'm saying is you so quick to want to protect people let me finish protecting you so quick to want to protect black people don't want to snitch want to be cool this and cool that and not be known as a who is in the paper work and all of This that you're willing to sit her and go down for murder that

I know you didn't do I I know that you didn't do it but you going to be guilty by association cuz you don't want to tell who the did it I did not that's the problem I did not kill nobody I did not kill nobody somebody you know do do it what the no I don't know nothing about no murder I don't know nothing about no murder if you lying you standing on this island by Yourself because if you got something to tell these people because they have a way to tell if you're ly the

best way to tell if Rob was lying was Chris who was still in the room next door he was sharing a bit more than Rob and some key differences in their statements stood out already what do you think he's going to tell us Robert he's not going with me I swear to God he not I didn't do anything I promise you I didn't do anything who did I don't understand why You keep lying and then you go back because it's going to be a snitch and matter kill me it don't matter that it's a snitch

and I will die this is not no joke you would die like you would die for snitching out here people die for that real talk Mama people get po and killed for snitching we're talking about life sentences here right and this is like really just listen your actions and the people you choose to hang with and all of this I didn't K any is slowly Killing me I should just pause let me let me talk I supposed to be at work right now I just took a promotion I can't keep missing work all the that

you are doing or the people you hang with or just any of that like I'm I don't know if you know or not but threatening me with contempt of court because I don't come to none of your court stuff for the other you got going on I make sure you get there but I cannot keep missing work and you sitting Here in my place telling me that you don't want to snitch because your life is they going to kill you po you you you you don't know I didn't it wasn't me I didn't nobody they

trying to get me my I didn't say that you killed anyone you understand that you just as guilty if you know who did it and you're not saying nothing that's Guilty By Association like what part of that is not clicking for you if you know who killed these kids then you need to tell Him some part of this TI raade must have made an impression because at long last Rob shared his version of events TI's kid all three of okay tell me about it were you there what the story were you there tell me the

whole story Rob just mentioned three victims but the detectives had so far only asked him about two not only did this grab their Attention but they likely suspected that the Taj that Rob mentioned was 16-year-old Taj brutin with whom they were already acquainted due to previous cases unfortunately this didn't mean they knew where to find him several weeks earlier Taj cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run the detectives would focus on this after they got more of the story from Chris who picked up the story after he said Rob AKA Reaper knocked

on his window Okay Reaper knocks on the window he knocks on the window he said come on we going to go see some girls or something then we we went out and this girl and his boy us pH over what his girl and his boy describe from Rob's statement the police believed this had to be Michael and Lila he made no mention of Camille however even when he explained where everyone was sitting in Ila's car the seating arrangement would be crucial later Lila was driving Michael was in The passenger seat while Chris and Rob were

in the back seat but they weren't alone then somebody came in the car his name it was like a somebody in all black okay and how does this person look I know you said he's wearing dark color clothes right I know I heard you say that Mas too I'm telling you what if somebody got in the car wearing a ski mask I'd be like what is going on but that didn't appear to be Chris's response and the detectives likely had a Horrible inkling as to why yeah I at Rob I was like I thought we

some girl like we I was like and then we kept driving again throughout his interrogation Chris would only refer to the man in the ski mask as the X-Men luckily Rob had already revealed the identity of their companion we pick up TD soon as Taj came out first thing he told me like we knocking off we knocking off I was like I ain't even trying to do all that it took a Little more persuading but Rob eventually told the police that they could find Taj at his girlfriend's house they picked him up and brought him

to the station after they finished talking to Chris and Rob but instead of clearing up the questions detectives had Taj made everything more confusing he said everything was Rob's idea I'm seeing right next to and my like he whisper my ear like I'm Rob tonight I look at him like what you mean you rob tonight he's Like they got a pound of weed they got some money bro and if they don't go for it I'm going to kill them that's exactly how he said at this point I'm I'm frantic I can't like if I tell

SOS right Rob sitting right next to me so therefore he's shoot me so I'm sitting here I'm scared as hell so I'm like I ain't got no choice but to just sit here and just it is what it is Rob told detectives that it was the other way around it was so Random like he just Said he wanted to knock him off I'm not thinking he's serious though like at the time when he first said it if you would have seen his face like but he was laughing like if I would have really thought he

was going to kill night I wouldn't have got back in that car I would have stayed right there and called my mom and be like can you come get me I didn't think he was serious until when the car start slowing down and I seen him up the gun Rob said that Taj did This because he wanted to take Michael's firearm over in Chris's interrogation room his story aligned with Rob's for now what trick him to just start shooting I'm trying to figure out it's something in between that you're not saying cuz I think the

person the person that the white guy I think they said he had a lot of money or something oh so it was set up as a robbery okay now we getting somewhere okay okay so they was set up to rob the man did Reaper mention That to you that something was going to be set up or anything he he didn't all I heard was p and like I thought somebody was shooting at us so I hopped out of the car ran I'm looking boom boom once again taja's version was a little different sh booma got

shot by uh Rob cuz that was diag it was crazy just like that it took two shots it wasn't no more than that it took two shots to kill both of them the police knew at least part of this was true who shot who was Yet to be determined but tragically they'd confirmed the second victim as lela's boyfriend Michael Hodo he was in the grass by the side of the road just blocks away from Lila he was deceased when police found him Michael's father had a heartbreaking reaction when he found out that his son would

not be coming home my son's dead isn't he I'm sorry to be the one that tell oh my God can they come back out here and help We have to talk we have to find us out to find this is to go find out who did this find him what I do I'm going to kill him baby while Michael's family reeled from the devastating news Chris continued with his upsetting story about Michael's final moments and you said you said he shot this white guy first yeah he the white guy was like sitting like this and

where' he shoot him at right here and The gun was pressed up against his head is that what you're I think it was like okay and then what about the white girl that's driving tell me about that turned the gun and shot where he shoot her at I I don't know Rob agreed which would soon become increasingly rare where did he shoot Le I think it was head shots on the other hand Taj put the blame back on his two companions I know he shot um s in The back of the head I seen that

happen I I seen Rob try to shoot her right and when he tried to shoot her he shot her and then her his gun didn't go off so he reloaded it again and shot her all contradictions temporarily aside Chris added another disturbing detail did he see it coming no like to the back of his head okay did have any time to defend himself no but Tai just Ting and shot him in the head at this point police were still searching Forest lak's Park For evidence now that they knew the shooting had occurred in laya's car

it was more important than ever to find the vehicle most of all though they were looking for any sign of Camille they hoped to find her alive but the police were likely aware that like Lila she could be seriously injured and in need of medical attention if that was the case every passing moment decreased her chance of survival for the time being though her Family was left in an exhausting state of limbo the situation was made infinitely worse by rumors that Camile had been caught up in the shooting frustratingly the police still had no concrete

answers for her family they had to hope that Chris Rob and Taj would ultimately provide an explanation they got even closer when Chris continued with more of the story but once again the details started to get shaky was the car driving whenever They got shot no it was just like it was it stopped and then like it kept going like when I hopped out the car it kept going where did the car keep going when it kept going right to a dumpster did you get back in the car yeah I got back I mean did

you want to get back in the car or did you not no you didn't want to okay what made you get back in that car explain me that cuz he had a gun I thought he was going to Get shooting at me cuz if I was just with him and he just if I was just with him he just killed somebody and he probably would kill me too he think I was SN on the contrary Rob said that he was the one who jumped out of the car when you shot L I got out the

car cuz the Blood start dripping I a wanted to get on me cars claim the same thing I get out of the car they still shooting cuz it was like four to six shots I don't know Exactly how many shots it was but it was a couple shots bro so at this point we hear this lady this lady is over there like I'm I'm running I'm trying to hide in the forest I don't know what the [ __ ] I'm going to do I'm trying to call Spring everything so this lady she hey what's going

on over there he sees me or I guess he run back over there R run over he was like Hey this the third so I'm like I'm just do what you tell me do I just want to go home so the only thing That this established was that at least one of the boys had gotten out of the car but this wasn't news as the woman who saw the car hit the dumpster also told police that she saw a male figure running around shortly after she heard gunshots and saw the crash the detectives decided not

to challenge the boys on this front for now and pushed for the truth on more important matters instead they started with Rob what happened to Lea where did They I don't know T threw Lea out the hopped in the driver seat and start driving Rob said Taj repeated the process a short time later body out the car he ped him down the canic he grabbed the canic got back in the driver's seat and he drove off was that next to Lea where she was pulled out no it was in a different spot this made sense

to police because the second crime scene where Michael's body was found didn't have much blood there Were however what appeared to be drag marks leading from the road towards the brush where the body lay did you help take I ain't touch nobody I ain't touch a body I ain't touch nothing I swear to God I ain't touch nothing once they was dead I said take me home man take me home yet Taj said that wasn't how it happened she pull out Lea out of the car that's why she got left by the dumpster he starts

driving he's driving he's driving we go around the Corner he he goes over here the social s he s had in his somewhere on him so he pulled s out of the car he did drag him over in some Woods or and were you driving the car um no I was not driving the car the detectives asked Chris similar questions did you pull her out of the car no what is Rob doing during all this you back is what's he saying he was like he was like he was like oh he was like oh like

go go what happened next then we Then he he drove all the way to out therea he he tried to put the thing in River I think got stuck something the thing what thing are you talking about the car okay once again the detectives already had information that would let them know if one of the boys was lying the search of Forest Lakes Park had finally paid off leading police to another Grizzly and tragic Discovery Taj picked up the story again To tell his version of what they did with Lila's car we get over here

to this Lake it's dark as hell 35 get out of the car he get out of the car Rob tells him hey start wiping everything down so he start wiping everything down he's wiping everything down the door handles everything he's wiping everything down so after he started wiping everything down Ro take uh I think takes Leela phone or and phone or whoever phon he found in that b do him in the lake watch The lake in question turned out to be 52 miles or 8.8 km outs inside Forest Lakes Park but police had no question

that this was the scene they were looking for when they dredged the lake they recovered the two phones from the water which were determined to be Michael and Lela but this wasn't the only evidence they found Taj attempted to explain what was found as he continued his story starring Rob as The Mastermind of the crime he tailed me before get in the car Drive the car into late for whatever reason when the detectives asked Chris though he said he was nowhere near the car at that point were you in the car when it was going

in the river or I I was out the I was I was I was trying to run back to my house M you were out of the car what was Rob doing I don't know I left I was running back to to my house what did he say he did with the the car after that then he I didn't ask all of that I didn't ask Nothing what about the guns that were used I don't know where those at either oh it's barely in the lake like when he drive it might be the look two

front tires in the lake might might be a little bit more the hood but the back of the car all that is still out of the lake that was exactly how the police discovered the car what they found inside was more gruesome than they had ever anticipated back with Chris he continued His tale describe to me the clothes that you were wearing that night when all these bad things happened what happened to them they they they they wanted us to burn him who wanted you to burn him uh did you have blood or something on

him no are you sure I don't think so like detective Pender said we processed that car front to back top to bottom bottom to top three times three days worth of actual forensic work several forensic people I don't think you could have sat Anywhere in that car and not got blood on you I think it was some my shoes I'm standing over here scared it's like I think it's blood all over me but it's dark so I don't know but I think it's blood all over me Rob said burning the clothes was all Taj Taj

of course said it was Rob regardless of who had the idea the police found the remains of clothing in a burn Pile in the forest including pieces of shoes sweatpants and Sweatshirts however this was not the only clothing item the police discovered intact Chris's shoes which he described as Nike Slides were found discard parted in the bushes and a single glove was found near Michael's body another was found near the lake the police asked Taj about this so were you wearing gloves at this time like yes I was wearing gloves cuz like I said I

was supposed to go what about Rob uh Rob was wearing gloves too yeah Taj revealed that the original Plan was for the group to go car hopping that night which was why he was wearing gloves and a ski mask but police had to wonder if there was a far darker reason the boys brought these items for now the detectives wrapped up the conversation with Rob do you feel a little better now that you were honest did you need to get that off your chest worse now I feel like I just snitched on everybody the detective

stepped out but little did Rob know that His night at the police station was far from over there was a lot more that he needed to fess up to but for now he was left alone with his mother they might charge you cuz you were there and you didn't come forward didn't come forward I'm talking about when it happened I just talk about everything I'm just letting you know you don't understand get charged for murder Mama D snitching on everybody if I was going to get Char why did you make me S I said I

don't Know God what's the point of we're going to ask you to step out now okay hey Mama wait hey is my mama still here yeah she's still here wa mama talk to me give talking with someone can you see if if they do charge me can you see if she can give me a lawyer I didn't kill anybody relax relax can you ask her please rob waited asking the detective stationed at the door several times to bring his mother back but she had left To go back to work before she did she informed police

that she did not want Rob answering any more questions without a lawyer present Rob was not on board with this plan is my mama still hold on how can I get charged for murder listen can you explain it to me hold on we got it we're taking your DNA okay while the police took Rob's DNA fingerprints and photos he continued to ask them how it was possible that he would be charged with murder listen can I tell you the situation please listen let them your mom's not here yet we can't talk to you she she's

close I don't know how far she got she but she is on her way Rob's interrogation might have been on pause but the conversation with Chris remained in full swing the questions he faced were about to get a whole lot harder they executed a search warant on the house which they did collect some things and I'd like to talk to you about those Things too but because you um because it it was you look like a surprise on that yeah like what was in my house that got to do with this homicide and I will

I will and I'm I'm going to tell you about that cuz like I said I'm not going to leave anything out it's uh I can tell you it's pretty daming I guess I would use that word so serious do you own any Firearms ma'am does anyone in your home own a firearm okay cuz I'm pretty sure they Found one or two firearms in the house um and I'm sure you guys have watched CSI M right we can take a firearm we can shoot it that round that you shoot we can take and we put it

into a computer tell you what who got and actually compare it to other fired casings like the the shell from the bullet um so how re he told me to hold the guns from Why would you hold guns from when you know something that D just happened that was stupid when Reaper gave you these you think that they're going to be related to this I think so describe to me why you think that cuz he well cuz he said he said put these up put these up make sure your mama don't find okay um and

the gun that you saw X-Men use was it either one of those two guns I think it's the black meanwhile Rob continued to wait didn't kill anybody char not want to be charg eventually the detectives did come back to speak with him since he was insistent on saying more even though his mother did not return to the station all right so you know I I explained to you what your mom said on the phone right she didn't want she didn't want us to ask you any more questions while while You're presid you you reapo me

a couple times and you said that you you wanted to discuss some stuff further right I just want to make sure that clear that you don't you don't have to answer her question you don't have to talk to us at this point but you stated to me that it's my case I want to talk to you because Rob's mom was no longer present they read him as Miranda writes again right off the bat he admitted to additional involvement T told me to help Him pull the body out of the trunk and throw it in the

leg MH he grabs it he's trying to pull a leg and he was like BR it's heavy I need help so I grabbed one leg I tried to help I was like it's too heavy I don't want to do this put thing down left girl Trump cuz I told him I didn't want to I didn't want to help him like Rob went on to tell a long rambling tale about selling his gun the day before the crimes took place the detectives hear him out before dropping A bombshell that's an issue cuz we have that gun

now no that's not it was at 35's house you said you sold it I did that's not my gun that one's not mine that's that's not the same gun in addition to this the police strongly suspected Rob had stolen the firearm you not truth that you didn't pull a trigger but you knew this was going to happen you knew it was going to happen I did not know this the detectives had a Similar exchange with Taj we've sent some of the casings off to be examined already it's it's not back I'll tell you that otherwise

we wouldn't probably be having this conversation that those casings aren't going to come back like he said to a third gun to a third gun it shouldn't multiple cas ings were found at all three crime scenes but especially near the car at the lake even if the boys weren't budging on the issue of who shot Who lab tests would reveal the truth in due time in the meantime the detectives brought up something two of the boys in particular were probably dreading let's talk about the trunk trunk of that caring at the trunk there's another part

that we haven't talked about trunk mm it it was a girl in trunk and he told me to open the TRU and he shot where did uh where did he tell you to open the trunk from you see trunk from the inside like the inside okay and whenever you pull that open tell me about what you saw in there I with luggage and then he said move and he shot okay you said all you saw was luggage luggage and like you was like a girl and what part of her body could you see did you

could you see her feet or Her hair her hand describing what I seen I seen hair I did not even know it was another another person in the trunk at all okay so you just riding around and she just in there yeah I mean we rode around like that before though just cuz they ain't no room for all the people just cuz there ain't no room for all the people when you go to open up that seat what were you thinking in your head like what am I going to do I don't know I was

I was confused I was like like I Was thinking like there's this person back did this person say something um describe to me what you heard with what you heard whenever you open that seat up what noises all I heard was somebody told me to watch out and I I heard gun shot two tragically the third victim was determined to be none other than Camille her body was discovered 2 days after Lela was found on April 1st like Chris Said she'd been shot twice the location of her wounds indicated that her death had been no

accident it was highly unlikely that Camille had been shot once in the back and once in the head by chance as soon as she was identified law enforcement made contact with her Aunt Amy for a difficult conversation you probably know why we're here um where we've been investigating the mention it that happened Friday involving Lea and the other individual that was found to Seas you know it took us a little while because we we couldn't positively identify her so it took us a little while but you know we're now we're certain that it's it's Camille

that is now deceased probably to detective surprise Amy remains stoic as it turned out she already knew Camille was deceased the grandpa of Leila actually came to my house when I found your C okay telling me that Camille was deceased and how was how are you doing Is what he told me talking about the hospital that cam was diseased already I had a mother call me at midnight last night that oh oh yeah my phone has not stopped while Amy tried to come to terms with the loss of her niece the detectives at the police

station asked Chris more about the specifics of Camille's murder what happened what happened after after he shot her and he he closed it and we left I how many times did he shoot her Yeah that's what we're going I think once twice well what is it twice twice okay do you know where what part of her body he shot her no I I when I open it he he everything so I I looked away as if this wasn't horrific enough Taj put forth an even more disturbing version of events predictably he insisted he was not

the shooter the culprit he named was was spine chilling who folds the seat down 35 cuz he was on the on the side so he he hops out of the car right he get Out of the car flip the seat down boom hit her once so he shot where did he shoot her oh I don't know I wasn't I couldn't see exactly where he shot her at at all and then she's not dead yet so Rob sees that and he shoots her to make sure she's dead so Lea got one head shot and then Camille

got two cuz she wasn't dead yet for once Rob agreed with Taj at least partially before his mom left the police station he told this to the police it was 35 that 3 dropped the seat And shot the girl and he shot in the head and like shoot the in the back shoot the in the back the the dropped the back seat and he shot the girl she was still alive he's like finish her finish her so he shot it again 35 police knew was Chris's street name still something wasn't quite right after getting this

far the police were not willing to accept anything short of the full truth now um uh Reaper Rob um there's there's a lot of Similarities that are overlapping here but there's there's definitely a discrepancy that Rob told us about what happened to the person in the trunk they trying to make him the shooter right that's what y'all leaving out I mean be honest be hon we being all being honest here just be honest is he the shooter that's what they're saying that's all you got all you got to do that's all you got to do

is just say that I mean it's not going around it I can tell you that That that he is not you Chris are not being blamed for for for those people in the front seat in the back seat is what the trunk is the one that we have we have some issues with the trunk I'm I'm going keep it for real about tell us tell us be honest baby it's okay cuz that's you're going to feel so much better you're going to feel so much better you're going to feel so much better once you talk

about what what say it just say it if I a do it you Going to kill everybody I know so tell us what you he said you everybody I know who made you do it who is it Rob Rob made you do it yeah he said he going to kill everybody you know well who was this X-Man I don't know who that is now now did you just calm down yet again Rob said something different before his mom left the station he had shared this information Tod made him kill the person or he was going

to kill 35 is that what he said he told he told 35 you don't kill this girl I'm going to shoot you in your head let's go on here he said that he was going to kill he would kill everybody you know and you did fire a gun tell me about what you did I think I I shot the G I don't know where it was but and then he he came up and shot her too okay who rob okay so when you shot her what gun did you use When you shot her uh the

X dude gave me the scy if Chris used taj's firearm that would explain why they only found two weapons during the search warrant this brought up another question though which the detectives had addressed with Rob and his mom so that that's my that's my concern here is that you said that Taj was pretty much orchestrated this and was concerned that that 35 would snitch on him so he made do that but you saying he was completely fine with you not Taking any part of yes with me he just told me if you snitch cut I'm

going to kill you with his mom there Rob insisted that he was innocent now that she was gone though the police hoped he might be more forthcoming I honestly don't think you're a cold blooded killer I know TSH I've dealt with him and I've dealt with you and there's a reason I wanted to talk to you because I don't think you're that dude I don't think you're a cold blooded killer Taj I don't know anything about 35 I've never met him but I'm telling you that when the evidence says that you were there and that

you shot someone there is no explaining that evid is going to tell you that I'm there but I'm telling I'm all I can tell you is that I didn't shoot nobody did you shoot Lea no because I I got information that somebody that was in the car had a thing for Ila and he couldn't do it so Somebody else did it no okay that's not true your brother is talking is there any reason why he would be telling people that you shot one of those people if you didn't do it police likely use this as

a tactic to get robbed to talk and hopefully reveal the truth perhaps this was how Amy knew Camille was deceased before the detectives contacted her in Chris's interrogation room his mother struggled to come to terms with what He'd done you sh that's dead boy what this is a homicide this is three this is some that's serious kill my what I supposed to do that's that's that's why trying to tell you from the take now Chris take a deep breath take a deep breath now listen to me when you say that someone threatens your family and

threatens you I need to put it in the report take take a deep breath please tell me what am I supposed to do Chris's mom didn't have an answer To that she asked one of the detectives if she could step out for a moment to compose herself no no I live and he know he know my old family he was going to kill my old are you talking about Reaper or you talking are you talking about stavo Reaper you going kill my let's let's talk about X-Men real quick I I think you know who X

is and I think you're scared of them rightfully so they both said it going to kill my Family okay they both said that did they ever point a gun at you or anything like that yeah who pointed the gun at you yeah ask man she like don't tell nobody don't tell nobody I'm kill you down kill kill your mom Rob also told the detectives that he and Chris were in serious danger at the time of the crime let me tell you something about Taj Taj tell you he going to do something and you decide not

to do it with him then I probably would Have died with them so were you afraid of Taj that night because if I did not do what Taj wanted me to do I would have died that night with them is that bad a dude Taj on the other hand claimed Rob always plan to let him take the blame if anything one of us go down to anything and it was your it was you you did it everything you did it legit you like you shot everybody in the car it was not it me if he

got caught up then I was then he was going to go find M the whole Night I did not have a gun Rob continued with his story claiming that he only participated out of fear did tell you to put the gun to somebody but T told me he K he told me he going to kill s he wanted me to shoot l and then he want to three shoot the girl in the back I told him I didn't want to do it told me if I didn't do it he was going to kill me you

hold the gun to lela's head yeah but I tried to shoot it but it clicked like I tried to shoot but it clicked like I Didn't have it cocked back I tried to shoot and it clicked twice so then stavo just did it itself that's why I'm think my gun wasn't listen listen listen tell y the truth steal like what am I supposed to do okay so how long how long before he actually pointed the gun he told you to shoot Lila we was already in the car like he put it in his notes showed

me and then deleted the note when was that in the Night how how early how much before that was that was like right before it happened did you shoot that girl in the trunp in Trump yeah like I said I wasn't there5 shot they Trump still the police suspected something was being left out was she still moving after you shot her he said she was still breathing or something mhm who said that X-Man or Rob did you shoot the girl once or did you shoot her twice I Mean doesn't matter at this point I shot

her I shot it once and he shot he shot her again Chris was talking about Rob thankfully the police were finally getting somewhere with him too you shot her once how many times you shoot her once you shot her once where'd you shoot her I don't know yeah you do there ain't no question there ain't no question where she was shot there's you talk about one end to the other which where did you shoot her just shot bro I seen Her and I shot like why because she was still alive she was going to snitch

on us all we was all going to go to jail for life I I didn't want to do none of it if I didn't kill that girl stavo was going to kill me I swear to God I'm looking at her in her eye she's dead finally the truth came out ballistics reports comparing shell cases found at the scene to the Firearms found in Chris's house indicated a match whether or not there was a third shooter Remained to be seen are you sorry I am I did not want it to happen I never wanted that to

happen like I never wanted to kill any anybody I never wanted to shoot anybody I never want anything to happen I just wanted to get a little bit of money the detectives made one last effort with Taj people already ended up there because of you guys' craziness no not my craziness it's not my craziness were you going to robbed them and they and it was like either you had to do What you had to do or a finger slipped and it scared everybody in the car and then they it's it's too late at that point

yeah I feel you but that's that makes more sense than the story that they're telling that you plann to kill these people that you from the beginning of the night I didn't shoot no gun we talked to Rob and we talked to Chris for hours for whatever reason one of them was more afraid of bringing you into the middle of this than they were robbed so For for that story that robs this this guy that's you know threatening everybody or his people threatening people or your people I just don't see that but Taj remained stalwart

insisting that he had never used a firearm that night night the detectives hoped that unpacking one final secret could be the key to determining the truth about his involvement they turned back to Rob to accomplish this like Chris and his mom Rob was also given a jacket to keep warm In the cold police station but he used it in a less typical way even as he tried to get comfortable in the interrogation room one of the detectives returned to unpack a final secret to try to pull the case together the KTM what exactly what is

it that you guys do what is it yeah me like a game no it's the first time we did something for who so who how many guys how many people like consider themselves a part of [Music] KTM Rob's list went on but he only had nicknames for most of the KTM members not their real names notably Michael Lea and Camille were not included was the leader of Chris was somehow even less willing to give up the details of KTM what's the the deal with the like the KTM thing huh the I know Reaper has the

tattoo what does it mean [Music] Cutthroat Cutthroat mentality does that sound right what exactly is that but just a like a made up gang name or that's one of Michael's close friends eventually came forward provided the police would keep his identity Anonymous and confirmed that KT M was indeed a gang his description of their activities was chilling their mentality is in M tell that they'll do anything to you and not give just to get the money yes just to get the money just to get what they Want basically with that the detectives had all the

information they needed to move forward with the case it had taken 8 hours each to get the truth from Rob and Chris the detective stepped out leaving Ashley and Chris alone for a few moments listen baby listen it's over it's not over yes it is it's not over it's not over you just better pray and hope that your the gun that you shot her with was a Mur weapon Ashley also had some devastating news to deliver that Was sure to upset him further I'm going to go to jail leave him top that's I got War

so I'm going go Grand be trying to figure out something I'm going try to get out when I get out of here I'm trying to get you home Ashley had a warrant out for her arrest and in order to be with her son while he was interrogated turned herself into police she was charged with possession of cocaine and methamphetamine and taken to County Jail Chris Rob and Taj were all Taken to juvenile detention and on May 15th 2023 a grand jury indicted all three boys preparations began to take the case to trial where they will

be tried as adults Taj and Rob are both facing three counts of Murder in the First Degree because tragically Lila did not survive her injuries she passed away just days after Camille's body was discovered Taj also has been charged with robbery with a firearm tampering with evidence Tampering with an electronic monitoring device carjacking while armed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and Grand Theft Auto Rob had a similarly long list of charges in addition to three counts of murder including armed burglary grand theft of a firearm petty theft robbery with a firearm and tampering with

evidence Chris meanwhile was only charged with one count of murder for Camille whom he admitted to shooting while she was in the trunk the other Charges against him were dropped including grand theft of a firearm and burglary however he's now facing an additional charge of battery after getting into a fight while incarcerated currently all three boys have entered pleas of not guilty but the trial is ongoing what the court finds and how Justice will be served for Lila Michael and Camille remains to be seen