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00:00what happens when ambition turns into a deadly obsession in a quiet Ohio town a

00:07small paint store became the scene of a nightmare blood on the counter a

00:12crumpled note scribbled with numbers ninety thousand forty five thousand

00:17thirty thousand fifty thousand dollars missing from a lock safe and two bodies

00:22left behind a respected owner and a young cashier with her whole life ahead

00:26of her this isn't just a robbery gone wrong it's a story of greed betrayal and

00:32a plan that spiraled into chaos tonight we dive deep into the chilling true crime

00:38case that shook Dayton to its core the paint store murders who pulled the

00:43trigger and what drove them to destroy two lives stick with us as we unravel

00:48every twist every clue and a motive that'll leave you stunned before we

00:53restart hit that like button if you love a good mystery and drop a comment right

00:57now what's your first guess about who the killer is your theory might just be

01:02spot-on subscribe and ring the bell so you don't miss the shocking truth coming up

01:08picture Dayton Ohio 2024 a quiet city where strip malls hum with everyday life

01:16families grabbing coffee contractors picking up supplies at the heart of one of

01:21these malls sits bright Co paints a family-owned store that's been a local

01:26staple for years it's the kind of place where you'd expect friendly banter over

01:30paint swatches not a crime that'd make headlines beneath the bright cans of color

01:35tensions were brewing ambitions clashing secrets piling up bright Co wasn't

01:41just selling paint it was a pressure cooker waiting to explode why let's meet the

01:47people caught in this deadly web first there's Henry Walsh 45 the driven owner

01:53of bright Co charismatic stubborn and fiercely protective of his business and

01:57rebuilt the store from nothing to him it wasn't just a shop it was his legacy but

02:03his need for control that rubs some people the wrong way then there's Tammy read

02:09just 19 the cashier with a warm smile Tammy was saving every penny for college

02:15dreaming of a bigger life she was the kind of girl who'd stay late to help never

02:20suspecting it had cost her everything now meet Mike Bennett 32 a former salesman

02:27at bright Co charming and ambitious Mike had a knack for landing big clients but a

02:32chip on his shoulder bigger than his deals his wife Laura Bennett 30 was the

02:38store's ex accountant meticulous sharp and quietly resentful Laura turned bright Co's

02:43books into a well-oiled machine together they had big dreams dreams Henry wouldn't

02:48let them chase there's also Sarah Walsh Henry's wife 42 the steady hand behind his

02:55hustle she loved him fiercely but did she know the enemies he was making running

03:00the store day-to-day was Tom Carter 38 bright Co's manager loyal to Henry Tom knew

03:07every dollar that flowed through the place maybe too much for his own good outside

03:13the store Karen read Tammy's mom 50 raised her daughter alone pinning her hopes on

03:19Tammy's bright future and then there's Ed Mason 48 a gruff contractor who locked

03:25horns with Henry over a shady deal each of these people played a role in bright Co's

03:29was rise and its fall by October 2024 bright Co paints was thriving raking in

03:36contracts worth millions but success came at a cost resentments festered promises

03:42were broken and someone was about to snap what pushed them over the edge let's

03:47find out it's October 15 2024 just past 8 p.m. in Dayton Ohio she the strip mall

03:55around bright Co paints is dark most shops shuttered for the night

03:59inside the store the fluorescent lights flicker over a scene straight out of a

04:03nightmare Henry Walsh the owner lies slumped behind the counter a bullet hole

04:09in his chest blood pools around him staining the floor nearby Tammy read the

04:14young cashier is crumpled by the coffee machine her throat slashed her eyes

04:19frozen in shock $50,000 cash from a big client deal is gone from the safe on

04:25Henry's desk a crumpled note sits untouched scribbled with numbers

04:29ninety thousand forty five thousand thirty thousand ten thousand four

04:33thousand what do they mean a plan a debt or something far darker police flood the

04:40scene led by detective Rachel Brooks a no-nonsense cop with a knack for

04:44spotting lies the airs thick with questions two coffee mugs sit on the

04:48counter one half drunk the other untouched was Henry meeting someone he

04:53trusted the safe's lock is intact no signs of forced entry whoever did this

04:59knew exactly where to look Rachel's team finds two weapons were used a revolver

05:04for Henry a knife for Tammy why too was it a team effort or a crime that spiraled out

05:10of control there's no CCTV in the store Henry was old-school trusted his gut over

05:17cameras that trust just cost him his life the first call comes from a delivery

05:22driver who saw the shops lights on late and peeked inside he's shaken

05:27stammering about a too much blood then Karen Reed Tammy's mom arrives drawn by a

05:33bad feeling when Tammy didn't text her after work her screams echo as she sees

05:38her daughter's body he she was just a kid Karen sobs she was saving for college who

05:44does this Rachel takes note Tammy wasn't supposed to be there past 7 p.m. why did

05:50she stay early theories swirl a robbery gone wrong the cash suggests it but the

05:56brutality feels personal a disgruntled client may be cheated by one of Henry's

06:01tough deals or someone inside Brightco someone who knew the safe's combination

06:06those numbers on the note nag at Rachel they don't add up to 50 grand or anything

06:11obvious are they a clue to the killer's motive or just a distraction one thing's

06:18clear this wasn't random someone planned this someone with a grudge before we

06:24dig deeper let's pause why two weapons for two victims was this a cold-blooded

06:29plot or a moment of panic drop your thoughts in the comments what's your gut

06:33telling you about this crime the Sun rises over Dayton but the chill of last

06:39night's murders lingers detective Rachel Brooks stands in Brightco paints staring

06:44at that cryptic note 90,000 45,000 30,000 30,000 10,000 4,000 it's not a

06:53tally of the stolen 50 grand it's something else something that's gnawing at

06:57her the crime scenes been swept for prints fibers anything but it's clean too

07:02clean Rachel knows this wasn't a smash and grab whoever killed Henry Walsh and

07:07Tammy read had a plan and they're not done covering their tracks Rachel's team

07:13hits the ground running they set up roadblocks across Dayton hoping the

07:17killers haven't slipped away in the night phone records are pulled witnesses

07:21questioned and every employees alibi the strip malls quiet by 7 p.m. most nights

07:26but someone saw something a couple lingering in the parking lot at dusk faces

07:31hard to make out were they scoping the place or just passing through Rachel's gut

07:36says they're key but for now she's got suspects closer to home first up is Tom

07:43Carter Brightco's manager 38 the guy who kept the store humming Tom knew the safes

07:48combination and the exact time cash drops happened like the 50,000 delivered

07:55yesterday he's cagey when Rachel questions him sweat beating on his

07:59forehead left at 6 he insists grabbed a burger at Dino's diner but his phone

08:06pinged the tower near Brightco at 7 15 p.m. right around the murder window Tom

08:12swears it's a glitch says he forgot his jacket and swung by but didn't go in

08:16Rachel presses you knew Henry was sitting on cash did you want to cut Tom's eyes

08:22dart away but a diner receipt backs his story barely he's not off the hook though Tom admits

08:28Henry was a tough boss always saying no to raises enough to push him over the

08:33edge maybe next there's Sarah Walsh Henry's wife 42 now a widow staring down a

08:39future without her rock Sarah stands to inherit Brightco and whispers around town

08:45say she and Henry clashed over selling the business he wanted to expand she wanted

08:51stability could she have wanted him gone Rachel finds her at home eyes red from

08:57crying Henry was everything to me Sarah chokes out we argued sure but I'd never

09:02heard him her alibi solid six women at her book clubs where she was there from 6 to

09:089 p.m. still Rachel wonders did Sarah know more about Henry's enemies than she's

09:14letting on grief can hide secrets then there's Ed Mason 48 a contractor with a

09:21temper and a grudge Ed supplied Brightco for years but a hundred thousand dollar

09:26deal went south last month Henry shorted him claiming bad materials Ed threatened to

09:32sue loud enough for half the strip mall to hear he screwed me over Ed growls when

09:39Rachel tracks him down at a dive bar he claims he was drinking during the murders but

09:44the bartender's memories fuzzy says Ed was there maybe worse a neighbor saw Ed's truck

09:50near Brightco that evening Rachel leans in where were you really Ed he clams up but

09:56there's no blood no cash no weapons in his truck a dead end or a clever cover the

10:02deeper Rachel digs the messier it gets those numbers on the note don't match

10:06salaries invoices or debts were they a negotiation gone wrong a hit list she

10:11rechecks the crime scene details two coffee mugs one used one not Henry was

10:17expecting company someone he didn't lock the door against Tammy poor Tammy wasn't

10:22even supposed to be there she'd stayed late maybe to restock shelves or help

10:27Henry Karen reads voice haunts Rachel her plea from last night my girl was saving

10:32for college she didn't deserve this Tammy's death feels like collateral damage but

10:38why what did she see a new lead trickles in a delivery kid mentions hearing raised

10:44voices at Brightco around 6 45 p.m. just before closing not enough to pinpoint

10:50anyone but it tightens the timeline shape Rachel's team polls employee records

10:55looking for anyone with a motive Tom's still squirrely Sarah's too perfect and Ed's

11:00too angry but that couple in the parking lot keeps nagging at her who were they

11:06Rachel tells her team to widen the net check ex employees old clients anyone

11:12Henry cross ah this wasn't random someone new Brightco inside out hold up let's take

11:18a breath three suspects a missing couple and a note that doesn't add up who's your

11:22money on Tom Sarah or Ed or is that mystery pair the real key drop your guess in the

11:29comments and let's see if you're ahead of detective Brooks detective Rachel Brooks

11:34is chasing shadow the murders at Brightco paints have Dayton buzzing but the

11:39clues those cryptic numbers the missing 50 grand the two coffee mugs are stubborn

11:44refusing to point to a clear killer Tom Carter's alibi holds just barely Sarah

11:50Walsh's grief seems real Ed Mason's anger is loud but there's no blood on his

11:56hands that couple spotted in the parking lot feels like the missing

11:59piece but they're ghosts no names no faces Rachel starting to wonder if the

12:05answer isn't in the present but buried in Brightco's past and that's when the

12:10investigation takes a sharp turn let's rewind to 2023 a year before the

12:16murders Brightco paints was on the rise and two employees were its secret

12:22weapons Mike Bennett 32 a salesman with a silver tongue and his wife Laura Bennett 30 an

12:28accountant who could make numbers sing Mike was a deal closer landing contracts

12:34that turned Brightco from a mom-and-pop shop into a million-dollar player

12:38construction firms developers they all signed because of him Laura meanwhile was

12:44the brains behind the scenes she rebuilt Brightco's messy books caught tax breaks and

12:50saved thousands together they were a powerhouse dreaming of bigger things a stake in

12:55the business a slice of the profits they'd earned but Henry Walsh saw it

12:59differently to him Mike and Laura were hired help not partners oh Mike would

13:05stride into Henry's office brimming with ideas we're doubling your sales he'd say

13:10he'd give us a share five percent that's fair Laura backed him up her

13:15spreadsheet showing millions in growth Henry wasn't having it you're on salary he'd

13:20snap oh lie take the risks I keep the rewards he offered raises two grand a

13:27month for Mike a thousand for Laura peanuts compared to the contracts Mike

13:31closed it stung Mike felt like he was building Henry's Empire while getting

13:36crumb Laura's quiet fury grew she'd given Brightco her all and Henry treated her

13:41like a clerk by late 2023 things boiled over Mike pushed one last time for a

13:47partnership Henry laughed him off you want equity start your own store that

13:52was it Mike and Laura quit on the spot slamming the door on Brightco word around

13:58Dayton was they left town maybe headed to Cleveland or Columbus but they didn't

14:04forget Mike's charm hit a growing obsession he tallied every deal he'd won

14:09convinced Henry owed him half a million in his Aesop profits Laura ever the

14:15planner fed that fire crunching numbers in her head calculating what they

14:19deserved they weren't just angry they were plotting back in the present Rachel's

14:24team digs into Brightco's old employee files Mike and Laura's names pop up along

14:30with a bitter note from Henry a good riddance too greedy Rachel's antennae go up

14:35greedy enough to kill she runs their names through the system no recent hits but a tip

14:42comes in a burner phone call to Tom Carter's desk traced to a motel in

14:47Cleveland the motel clerk remembers a couple matching Mike and Laura's

14:50description and the call links to Laura's sister who swears she didn't know what

14:55they were up to Rachel's pulse quickens were Mike and Laura back in Dayton

14:59did they know Henry kept cash in the safe the investigation pivots Rachel sends

15:07officers to check motels around Dayton hoping to catch the Bennett's before they

15:10vanish again she reexamines the crime scene in her mind those coffee mugs the

15:16open safe Henry let someone in someone he recognized Mike and Laura worked for him

15:22for years he'd have opened the door without a second thought but why Tammy

15:27Rachel visits Karen Reed Tammy's mom who's clutching a photo of her daughter at

15:32the cemetery a Tammy stayed late to help Karen whispers she was always helping

15:37why'd they take her yeah Rachel's throat Titans Tammy wasn't the target she was

15:44just there pouring coffee caught in someone's rage another clue surfaces a

15:49strip mall worker recalls seeing a car like Mike's old sedan near Bright Co a

15:54week before the murders cruising slowly like it was casing the place Rachel's teen

16:00pulls traffic cam footage but it's grainy nothing solid yet still the pieces are

16:06aligning Mike and Laura had motive opportunity and knowledge of Bright Co

16:10routines but motive isn't proof Rachel needs the murder weapons the cash or a

16:14confession to nail them let's hit pause things are heating up Mike and Laura

16:19sound like they've got a serious grudge but are they killers or is Rachel

16:23chasing the wrong lead comment below what would you do if your boss cheated you out of

16:28your dreams stick around the truth is closer than you think detective Rachel

16:34Brooks is closing in the murders at Bright Co paints have left Dayton reeling

16:38and the clues are finally pointing somewhere solid Mike and Laura Bennett the

16:43ex-employees with a grudge are no longer just names on a file their suspects on the

16:49run that burner phone call traced to a Cleveland motel the witness spotting a car

16:54like Mike's near the strip mall the fact they knew Henry Walsh kept cash in the

16:59safe it's all adding up but Rachel needs hard evidence something to tie them to the

17:06blood on Bright Co's floor times ticking and she's not letting them slip away

17:10Rachel's team moves fast they blitz motels across Ohio narrowing in on a

17:16rundown spot just outside Columbus 60 miles from Dayton a clerk there ID a couple

17:22matching Mike and Laura's description checked in two days ago paid cash kept to

17:27themselves Rachel's gut screams it's them she leads a raid at dawn her heart

17:32pounding as officers surround the motel room 12's door swings open and there

17:38they are Mike bleary-eyed hands raised Laura stone-faced clutching a duffel bag

17:43inside the bag nothing no cash no weapons but Rachel notices Mike's eyes

17:49darting Laura's fingers trembling they're hiding something the interrogation

17:52room is cold the air thick with tension Rachel starts with Mike laying out the

17:57timeline you were at Bright Co that night weren't you you knew Henry stayed late

18:01knew the safe was loaded Mike squirms sticking to denials we left Dayton a year

18:08ago he mutters haven't seen Henry since but Rachel's done playing she slides over a

18:15photo of the cryptic note 90,000 45,000 30,000 30,000 or numbers Mike calculating

18:23what Henry owed you his jaw tightens and that's when she knows she's got him

18:28Laura's next her cool cracking under pressure Rachel leans in that Tammy Reed

18:33was 19 Laura she was pouring coffee not hurting you why'd she have to die Laura's

18:39eyes glisten but she stays silent Rachel doubles down revealing the motel

18:43clerks tip and the car sighting we're searching every inch of that route she

18:48says we'll find the gun the knife the cash that breaks Mike he slumps voice low

18:55it wasn't supposed to go like that Henry he stole our future Laura cuts in her

19:01voice sharp he owed us we just wanted what was ours the truth spills out October

19:0615th 2024 7 p.m. Mike and Laura walked into Bright Co posing as old friends

19:12dropping by Henry surprised but not suspicious let them in Tammy was there

19:18restocking shelves oblivious Mike locked the door pulled a revolver from his

19:23jacket we want our share he demanded a 50 grand now Henry scoffed same as always

19:29you're not partners you're nothing the words hit Mike like a match to gasoline he

19:35raised the gun shouting about the millions he'd brought in Henry laughed then

19:39stopped when the first shot rang out dropping him dead Tammy heard the noise

19:44rushed in and froze seeing Henry's body Laura panicked grabbing a knife from her

19:49back a backup plan they'd hoped not to use as she saw us Laura whispers in the

19:54interrogation tears falling he'd have told before Tammy could scream Laura

20:01slashed her throat the girl collapsing in a heap Mike and Laura tore open the safe

20:05grabbed the 50,000 and ran leaving that note behind Laura's scribbled dream of

20:11error profits never meant to be found they thought they'd gotten away clean

20:16Rachel's team scours a creek near the motel acting on a hunch divers pull up a

20:22revolver in a knife caked in mud but matching the murder weapons ballistics

20:26confirm the gun fired the bullet in Henry's chest blood traces on the knife match

20:31Tammy's the cash is gone Mike admits they burned through it paying debts and

20:37hiding out it's over Rachel feels no triumph just a heavy weight two lives

20:43snuffed out for a grudge in a bag of money the news hits Dayton hard Sarah

20:48Walsh Henry's wife collapses when Rachel tells her sobbing they worked for him he

20:53trusted them and for what greed Karen read Tammy's mom stares blankly at the police

20:59station icing Tammy's old college application a my girl died for nothing

21:04she whispers a nothing before we move on let's stop did you see this twist

21:10coming Mike and Laura the golden couple turning killers what would you have done

21:15in their shoes walk away or fight for what you thought was yours drop your

21:20thoughts in the comments and let's unpack the fallout next the interrogation

21:24room falls silent but the weight of Mike and Laura Bennett's confession lingers

21:30detective Rachel Brooks steps out her mind replaying their words he owed us

21:35fifty thousand dollars and two lives Henry Walsh and Tammy Reed gone for a grudge

21:41that festered too long the evidence is ironclad the revolver and knife pulled

21:46from the creek Mike's fingerprints Tammy's blood there's no running from this

21:51Dayton Ohio waits for justice but no verdict can undo the pain left behind

21:56in spring twenty twenty five Mike and Laura face trial in a packed Montgomery

22:02County courtroom the prosecution lays it bare first-degree murder for Henry premeditated

22:08in cold second-degree for Tammy a panicked act that didn't spare her life robbery

22:14charges pile on for the stolen fifty grand Mike tries to play the victim claiming

22:19Henry's injustice pushed him to the edge Laura stays quiet her eyes fixed on the

22:26floor the judge isn't swayed you chose greed over humanity he says his voice

22:31cutting through the room both are sentenced to life without parole no chance of

22:35ever walking free the gavel falls and Dayton exhales but it's not relief just

22:42closure bright Co paints doesn't survive the scandal the strip mall storefront

22:47sits empty its sign fading under Ohio's gray skies Sarah Walsh Henry's widow can't

22:54bear to keep it going she sells the property at a loss and moves to Florida

22:58chasing a fresh start away from the memories friends say she's quieter now

23:03haunted by the betrayal of people Henry once trusted he worked so hard she told

23:09one reporter and for what to die over a few bucks Sarah's trying to rebuild but

23:15some scars don't fade Karen Reed Tammy's mom channels her grief into something

23:20brighter she starts a scholarship fund in Tammy's name helping local kids chase

23:25college dreams like her daughter did at the first award ceremony Karen's voice

23:30breaks as she hands out a check ah Tammy was my light she says this keeps her

23:36alive Dayton rallies around her but Karen still visits Tammy's grave every Sunday

23:42whispering apologies for a world that let her down the town feels the ripple

23:47effects contractors who relied on Brightco scramble for new suppliers

23:52neighbor swap stories stunned that Mike and Laura once the couple everyone envied

23:57could sink so love trust phrase and Dayton's tight-knit corners people lock

24:02their doors a little tighter now that cryptic note with its numbers 90,000 45,000 30,000

24:09becomes a grim legend a reminder of what ambition can twist into when it's fed by

24:15resentment what's the lesson here Mike and Laura thought they could shortcut their way to

24:21success that stealing what they felt entitled to would set them free but greed

24:25doesn't build it destroys Henry wasn't perfect his stubbornness lit the fuse

24:31Tammy though was innocent a bystander caught in someone else's war hard work

24:36patience honesty that's what carves out a real legacy not a gun and a knife

24:41Dayton's healing slowly but it'll never forget the night Brightco paints turned red

24:46let's take a moment justice was served but at what cost what do you think did

24:53Henry's choices play a role or was this all on Mike and Laura comment below and

24:58let's talk about what comes next and there it is the chilling truth behind the

25:03paint store murders Mike and Laura Bennett thought they could rewrite their story

25:07with a gun a knife and a bag of cash instead they wrote a tragedy taking Henry

25:13Walsh's life Tammy Reed's future and their own freedom Dayton Ohio is picking up the

25:19pieces but the scars of that October night run deep Sarah Walsh starts over far

25:25from the store her husband loved Karen red keeps Tammy's memory alive one

25:30scholarship at a time and a town that trusted its neighbors now looks twice at

25:35every shadow this case sticks with you doesn't it it's not just about a crime

25:40it's about what happens when ambition twists into something darker have you ever

25:45felt cheated like Mike and Laura did maybe at work where your ideas built

25:51someone else's success but the credit never came where's the line between

25:55fighting for what's yours and losing yourself to greed that's the question

26:00this story leaves us with Henry wasn't blameless he held tight to his Empire

26:05blind to the resentment at bread but Tammy she was just a kid with dreams caught in a

26:11fight that wasn't hers it makes you wonder how far would you go to claim what

26:16you think you're owed before we sign off let's get you involved if this story hits

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26:27this one drop a comment did Mike and Laura deserve life in prison or did Henry

26:33stubbornness light the fuse maybe you think Tammy's death could have been avoided

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26:49stay safe and keep asking yourself what's the real cost of chasing a dream

26:55thanks for watching we'll see you in the comments and back here soon

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