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The Killer Clown Murder on the Doorstep Season 1 Episode 2
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00:00This story was interesting to me.
00:18I covered probably over a thousand murders committed at the time I was a reporter.
00:24This case was a big deal.
00:26It was done in a very exclusive neighborhood in Wellington.
00:32And the other thing was what the person used for the disguise.
00:38A clown costume.
00:41That caught the public's imagination.
00:45This is 1501 North Dixie Highway, which used to be Bargain Motors,
00:51which was owned by Michael and Marlene Warren.
00:54And I can tell you one thing that you're not going to read in the newspapers.
00:59The police really wanted Michael Warren.
01:04They really felt that this guy had been involved in the murder of Marlene Warren.
01:10But they had to prove it.
02:12I wouldn't have thought something so simple as a clown suit could create so much cover for a suspect.
02:32The police and the public really, really wanted to find out who did this to Morleen.
02:42There's no way anybody's going to know who I am, is there?
02:47Almost immediately after the murder, the police were getting anonymous phone calls saying,
02:52you should look into Michael Warren and Sheila Keene.
02:58And they were having an illicit affair.
03:00So they started to check out Sheila Keene.
03:15Mike hired Sheila Keene to work for him.
03:20And she repossessed cars.
03:26Sheila Keene had very long dark hair and very dark brown eyes.
03:31She was described as a very tough country girl.
03:35She is from an area in Florida that's very rural.
03:42She doesn't have a squeaky clean record.
03:45Not a criminal mastermind.
03:47There was a shoplifting charge when she was a young, dumb kid.
03:51Somehow, Sheila got into the repo business.
03:57That's not an easy business to be in.
04:01Because basically what your job is, is to steal cars, but legally.
04:05Because the car that you're taking, the owner doesn't want you to have it.
04:10Not everybody can do that for a living.
04:20Are you having an affair with Sheila?
04:23No.
04:25Are you sure about it?
04:26Sure about it.
04:29Positive.
04:33When police interviewed him, Michael always denied the affair with Sheila Keene.
04:39And always denied it.
04:41Sheila Keene also said their relationship was strictly business.
04:49This is Detective Bill Williams.
04:51The date is 52790.
04:54This will be an interview with Sheila Keene.
04:58Are you sure you don't have a relationship with Mike?
05:00No.
05:01Not at all.
05:03Just a friendship.
05:04Yeah.
05:05Friend.
05:06He's been great.
05:07Health and me, Warren.
05:09Reportedly, this is like the worst kept secret in town.
05:15Employees of Bargain Motors know that there's something going on between these two.
05:21Mike wasn't one to hide anything.
05:23You know, he would leave the door wide open in his office.
05:26She'd have sex right there on his lap.
05:28Marlene wasn't around.
05:29Of course, any guy that can get a younger woman, he's not going to hide if she's willing to do it in front of everybody else.
05:38You know what I'm saying?
05:39Hey, look what I got here.
05:40You know, this is my trophy.
05:41Mike's always been a player.
05:46He was married, but he wasn't married.
05:49You know, in his head, he'd go out and do what he wanted.
05:52Two weeks before the homicide, employees at Bargain Motors said that they had noticed that Sheila had become more possessive, more demanding of Michael.
06:08Sheila didn't like me and my brother because we hung out with Mike all the time.
06:11That took time away from her and him.
06:13You could tell that she wanted Mike to herself.
06:16She's bad news.
06:26Is there anything specific you can tell us about as far as how you form that opinion?
06:33Is that just that?
06:34Over-possessive.
06:35Is that how you say it?
06:37Now law enforcement starts to see the motive.
06:40Is it a love relationship that would involve money?
06:44All of which are common motives for homicides.
06:51Michael was trying to stop it.
06:55He kept saying, Sheila, you need to go.
07:00I'm busy.
07:03The more he did, the more she came back.
07:07And I told Mike, I said, somebody's going to get hurt out of this.
07:15But I'd never dream of Marlene.
07:17About six months before my mom's murder, we had a party at my house in Wellington.
07:38That's the day I met Sheila Keenmore.
07:46When she came in, she had a bag of alligator tail.
07:51It was all chopped up in squares, ready to be cooked.
07:57Mike's mother, Joyce, says,
07:59Hey, Marlene, you better watch that one.
08:03She's a pretty one.
08:06And my mom, she said,
08:08Is that the only thing you're helping them with?
08:11To Sheila.
08:13And she turned around with a smirk and just smiled and said, yeah.
08:17And then turned back around.
08:22Mike just pushed Marlene away.
08:24She didn't hug her anymore.
08:28They didn't do anything together anymore.
08:31She was like being put on the back burner.
08:35She felt positive that Mike was cheating on her.
08:40A lot of her hope she just gave up on.
08:47You didn't do it.
08:49I did not do it.
08:51Law enforcement interviewed Sheila on the day of the homicide.
09:13She only was able to indicate to them,
09:17I was repossessing some vehicles pretty far south of West Palm Beach.
09:22Did you make contact with anybody while you were down there?
09:25I just drove down there and looked for the car.
09:28You know, didn't see it.
09:30Didn't see anybody and it was raining.
09:34What kind of car was I ready?
09:38I don't know.
09:41You didn't fall.
09:42I'm down.
09:43I don't have any idea.
09:44When asked for details about where did you go,
09:50who did you speak to,
09:51to see if they could follow up,
09:52and she was unable or unwilling to give them
09:55the name of anybody she'd spoken to
09:57or any address that she'd gone to.
10:01Sheila's alibi is shaky at best.
10:06That's a problem.
10:07This year, when you're shopping for a costume,
10:16you might want to consider makeup instead of a plastic or rubber mask.
10:20Besides, makeup is in this year.
10:22There are all sorts of paints and sprays.
10:25So immediately after the homicide,
10:28law enforcement decided to see
10:30what establishments might have sold or rented a clown outfit.
10:35And one of the most popular ones
10:37was the costume store Spotlight Capizio,
10:41south of Bargain Motors.
10:42My name is Barbara Castricone.
10:49And my name is Deborah Offord.
10:53In the early 1990s,
10:55we worked at Spotlight Capizio.
10:58Back then, you couldn't get a costume.
11:01Online, there was no online ordering.
11:03So you either made your costume
11:05or you came to the Spotlight.
11:07I received a phone call
11:14and there was a detective on the line.
11:19He said,
11:19had anybody recently either inquired
11:22or been in the shop
11:23or purchased a clown costume?
11:30And you had called me
11:31asking me about the clown costume.
11:34And I don't think it really hit me
11:40until I saw it on the news.
11:46It was a Thursday.
11:48It was just about 6 o'clock.
11:53We were getting ready to leave the premises
11:56and this woman knocks on the door
11:58saying,
12:01can I come in?
12:01I need something really quick.
12:03And I said,
12:04well, we've closed for the day.
12:05Can you come back tomorrow?
12:07And she said,
12:08well, I really need these things today.
12:12I really need them now.
12:14So we let her in
12:16and she said that she needed a clown costume.
12:19And so I walked her over
12:21to that part of the store.
12:24So she said it was for a woman.
12:26She chose one.
12:34She said she also needed a orange wig.
12:40And then she had asked about the clown makeup.
12:45She needed something that was more of a full coverage
12:48for her face.
12:49And she paid cash.
12:52She was very pleasant,
12:54like a typical customer would be.
12:58And she was on her way
13:00and we closed up
13:01and then went into the weekend.
13:03a couple days
13:09after the call
13:10to Barbara,
13:12the police had brought
13:14a couple sheets of pictures
13:15to see if there was somebody there
13:17that we recognized.
13:21I was actually very, very nervous
13:23about the whole thing
13:24because
13:25you don't want to get somebody in trouble.
13:27I think I had
13:32narrowed it down to two.
13:37And what I noticed
13:39were those big brown eyes
13:42and the way that they had
13:43like a little bit of a downturn,
13:45almost like a little bit of a sadness to them,
13:47as well as her smile
13:49and then the long brown hair.
13:51I had to make a decision
13:59at that point
13:59and
14:00said to the police,
14:02this is my choice.
14:04This is the woman
14:04who I think bought the costume.
14:21Cops have this big break in the case.
14:32They found the clown car.
14:37Joey said that the clown
14:39walked back to
14:41a white Chrysler LeBaron.
14:45So law enforcement
14:46had put out the bolos
14:48for a white Chrysler LeBaron
14:50style car
14:51and then
14:52by happenstance
14:54the manager
14:56at a nearby
14:57shopping center
14:59called to report
15:01that there appeared
15:02to be an abandoned
15:03white Chrysler LeBaron
15:04in the parking lot
15:05about eight miles
15:10from Barleen Warren's house.
15:16We raced out there
15:18to see what was going on
15:19and by the time
15:21I got to the scene
15:22they were fingerprinting it
15:25with tweezers
15:27looking for filaments
15:29or hair
15:29or whatever
15:30they were looking for
15:31and they were out there
15:33for hours.
15:40When they processed the car
15:42there was hair
15:43and there were fibers
15:44that were consistent
15:45with the fibers
15:46that would have come
15:47from a clown wig
15:49but what was notable
15:52was that the car
15:53had been stolen
15:55by Bargain Motors.
15:59It had been reported
16:00stolen by quite a large
16:02car rental agency
16:03called Payless Car Rental.
16:08Bargain Motors
16:09had an ad
16:11that used the words
16:12Pay Less.
16:15People would call
16:17Bargain Motors
16:17and say
16:18hey have I reached
16:19Pay Less?
16:20And someone at
16:21Bargain Motors
16:21was like
16:21oh yeah that's us.
16:24A husband and wife
16:26had rented
16:27that white Chrysler LeBaron
16:28sometime before
16:31the homicide
16:32and when they went
16:34to go to return it
16:35the wife looked up
16:37what she thought
16:38was the Pay Less
16:39phone number
16:39and the phone book.
16:41They called and said
16:42look we're running late
16:43can we leave the car here?
16:45I'm looking right out
16:46at them
16:46right outside our fence
16:48yeah just leave
16:48the keys there.
16:50Mike and Sheila
16:51was there
16:52and they said
16:54we'll take it
16:54so they jumped in the car
16:56and then they drove off
16:57together
16:57because after that
16:59it lands up
16:59in a Winn-Dixie
17:00parking lot.
17:02Right around the time
17:04of the employee
17:05at the costume shop
17:07who had positively
17:08identified Sheila
17:10and the car being found
17:13law enforcement felt
17:15that it was sufficient
17:15to apply for a search
17:16warrant of Sheila Keen's
17:18home
17:18to search for
17:21a clown outfit
17:23that clown makeup
17:24and evidence
17:26of a homicide.
17:32so detectives say
17:35that they recover
17:36fibers
17:37maybe from
17:38a clown's wig
17:39and of course
17:40it's her apartment
17:40so they're going
17:41to find her hair
17:42so they say
17:43that they've got
17:44quite a lot of
17:45physical evidence
17:45to work with.
17:46did this lead
17:51to an arrest
17:52no
17:55there's no arrest
17:57there's always a fear
18:01of if you act
18:02too soon
18:03you only get
18:05one attempt
18:05and maybe there's
18:07some more forensic
18:08evidence we can
18:09discover
18:10I was working
18:12with the cops
18:13in every way
18:14I possibly could
18:15but the police
18:16officers weren't
18:17working fast enough
18:18you know
18:19I couldn't live
18:19with it anymore
18:20you know
18:21and I was just
18:22a walking shell
18:23of a man.
18:28My opinion
18:29of this case
18:30the sheriff's office
18:32investigation
18:33wasn't as complete
18:35as it should have been
18:36because
18:36once the sheriff's
18:38office zoned in
18:39on Sheila Keene
18:41that's all they
18:43cared about.
18:46If there was
18:47accomplices
18:47or if somebody
18:49else was involved
18:50we don't know
18:51Michael
18:53and Sheila
18:54weren't
18:55the only suspects
18:56they missed
18:58some opportunities
18:59to investigate
19:01further
19:02in solving
19:03the case.
19:09I'm absolutely
19:12convinced
19:13that
19:14there's more
19:14to the story
19:15than has been
19:17told.
19:20My gut
19:21instinct
19:22tells me
19:23this couple
19:23was involved.
19:25I had such
19:26conviction
19:26that I needed
19:28to make this
19:28phone call
19:28and I needed
19:29to report
19:30what I had
19:31seen and heard.
19:31this is quite
19:51odd.
19:55It's almost
19:56eerie
19:57to be honest.
19:58in 1990
20:03I was
20:0421 years
20:05old
20:06and
20:08this was
20:10my
20:10home.
20:14So my
20:14mother-in-law
20:15owned the
20:16apartment complex.
20:17Part of what I
20:18did for a living
20:18was help
20:19with the
20:20turnover
20:20of these
20:21apartments.
20:22So when
20:22someone would
20:23move out
20:23I would
20:24go in
20:24and see
20:25if there
20:25was any
20:25viable
20:26furniture
20:26to be
20:27sold.
20:29On this
20:30particular
20:31week
20:31she had
20:33asked me
20:33if I
20:35would mind
20:35going into
20:36a nearby
20:37apartment.
20:43Just even
20:44coming upon
20:45the door
20:46is sort
20:47of giving
20:47me the
20:48chills.
20:50A woman
20:51answered the
20:52door
20:52and
20:54I
20:54asked
20:55if I
20:56could
20:56come
20:56in
20:56she
20:58said
20:58they
20:58were
20:59leaving
21:00the
21:00country
21:00and
21:02she
21:02left
21:03the
21:03room
21:03for a
21:03moment
21:04and
21:05I
21:05had
21:06glanced
21:07over
21:07oh my
21:09god
21:09I'm
21:10never
21:10I'm
21:10never
21:10going
21:10to
21:10forget
21:11it
21:11and
21:12saw
21:12what
21:12appeared
21:13to
21:13me
21:14to
21:14be
21:14a
21:14clown
21:15costume
21:16halfway
21:17in
21:17and
21:17halfway
21:17out
21:18of
21:18a
21:18small
21:18box
21:19in
21:19the
21:19hallway
21:19and
21:23there
21:24were
21:24clown
21:25figurines
21:26all
21:27over
21:27the
21:27apartment
21:27and
21:32I
21:32spied
21:33a
21:33photo
21:34on
21:35the
21:36entertainment
21:36unit
21:37and
21:38in
21:38the
21:38photo
21:39it
21:39was
21:39a
21:39group
21:39photo
21:40was
21:41the
21:41woman
21:41who
21:42had
21:42been
21:42killed
21:43by
21:43the
21:43clown
21:44and
21:46as
21:47the
21:47woman
21:47walked
21:48back
21:48into
21:48the
21:49room
21:49she
21:50immediately
21:51grabbed
21:51the
21:52photo
21:52out
21:52of
21:52my
21:52hand
21:52she
21:53seemed
21:53nervous
21:54and
21:55I
21:55asked
21:56her
21:56why
21:56she
21:56had
21:57a
21:57photograph
21:58of
21:58this
21:58woman
21:59she
22:00proceeded
22:01to tell
22:01me
22:02that
22:02her
22:02boyfriend
22:03knew
22:04Michael
22:04Warren
22:05I
22:10knew
22:10something
22:11was
22:11odd
22:12it
22:15just
22:16added
22:16to
22:16my
22:17suspicion
22:17that
22:18they
22:20may
22:20have
22:21had
22:21something
22:21to
22:21do
22:22with
22:22this
22:22crime
22:23I
22:25made
22:26a
22:26phone
22:26call
22:26to
22:27the
22:27police
22:27department
22:27and
22:33I
22:33never
22:33heard
22:34from
22:34anybody
22:34again
22:34in
22:39my
22:39mind
22:40and
22:40in
22:40my
22:41heart
22:41I
22:42absolutely
22:43believe
22:43both
22:44of
22:44them
22:44were
22:44involved
22:45the
22:46investigation
22:47in my
22:47opinion
22:48got it
22:48wrong
22:48with
22:49Sheila
22:49Keen
22:50and
22:51I
22:52will
22:53go to
22:53my
22:53grave
22:54believing
22:54that
22:55wholeheartedly
22:56I
23:15get
23:15this
23:15anonymous
23:16tip
23:16there
23:18was
23:18going
23:18to
23:18be
23:18a
23:18raid
23:19at
23:19Bargan
23:19Motors
23:20and
23:21I
23:22said
23:22well
23:22what
23:22for
23:23and
23:23he
23:23said
23:23I
23:24can't
23:24tell
23:24you
23:24what
23:25for
23:25just
23:26be
23:26there
23:26we
23:29were
23:29kind
23:30of
23:30hiding
23:30over
23:30there
23:31and
23:32then
23:32we
23:32saw
23:32all
23:33the
23:33police
23:33cars
23:34rushing
23:34into
23:34the
23:34parking
23:35lot
23:35with
23:36lights
23:36and
23:37sirens
23:37and
23:39the
23:39police
23:40just
23:40swarmed
23:40into
23:41the
23:41building
23:41all
23:47you
23:47saw
23:47was
23:48massive
23:48amount
23:48of
23:49detectives
23:50for
23:50hours
23:51and
23:51hours
23:51rummaging
23:52through
23:52every
23:52single
23:53document
23:53and
23:53computer
23:53they
23:54could
23:54find
23:54there's
23:57a
23:57little
23:57family
23:57restaurant
23:58at the
23:58corner
23:58we're
23:59good
23:59friends
24:00with
24:00them
24:00and
24:01he
24:01calls
24:01us
24:01up
24:01he
24:02says
24:02hey
24:02Mike
24:02if I
24:03were you
24:03guys
24:03I
24:03would
24:03leave
24:04because
24:04there's
24:04about
24:0435-40
24:05cops
24:05here
24:06and
24:06they're
24:06coming
24:06to raid
24:07your
24:07building
24:07Mike
24:09Mike
24:09Mike
24:10we
24:10jump
24:10in
24:10his
24:10plane
24:11we
24:12take
24:12off
24:12to
24:12the
24:12Bahamas
24:13we
24:20land
24:20we're
24:21sitting
24:22at a
24:22bar
24:22and a
24:22restaurant
24:23but
24:24we're
24:24on
24:24TV
24:24me
24:25and
24:25Mike
24:25they
24:26have
24:27the
24:27same
24:27news
24:27that
24:27we
24:28have
24:28channel
24:285
24:29and
24:2912
24:29the
24:29local
24:29news
24:30there's
24:31some
24:31guys
24:31sitting
24:31at
24:32the
24:32bar
24:32he's
24:32looking
24:33at
24:33it's
24:33like
24:33hey
24:34that
24:34looks
24:34like
24:34the
24:35guy
24:35is
24:35on
24:35TV
24:35so
24:39obviously
24:40we
24:40called
24:40our
24:40attorneys
24:41we
24:41had
24:41to
24:41turn
24:42ourselves
24:42in
24:42after
24:48the
24:48raid
24:49the
24:50sheriff's
24:50department
24:50charged
24:51Michael
24:52Warren
24:52we
24:54thought
24:54it
24:54was
24:54going
24:54to
24:54be
24:55about
24:55the
24:55murder
24:55in
24:56Wellington
24:56but
24:57it
24:57wasn't
24:57it
24:58was
24:58about
24:59bad
24:59business
24:59practices
25:00man
25:01man
25:02he
25:02was
25:03all
25:03to
25:15him
25:15he
25:16was
25:17he
25:18he
25:19was
25:19all
25:21he
25:22he
25:22was
25:23all
25:24he
25:26was
25:26the
25:26he
25:27was
25:27the
25:27he
25:28was
25:29he
25:29was
25:30he
25:301-5-7
25:356-1-5-7
25:38So a year after the murder
25:43there were still no major leads
25:45and detectives were getting desperate
25:47so they did something radical
25:50So the sheriff's office holds a press conference
25:58and they make it public
26:00We think we have some suspects in this case
26:02It's Mike, the husband
26:04and Sheila, the mistress
26:06The detectives wanted the murder
26:09in the paper all the time
26:10to create pressure on Michael Warren
26:13and whoever did this
26:14and hoping that somebody would make a mistake
26:16and cough something up
26:17Mike is still awaiting trial
26:21for his auto crime charges
26:23And after the sheriff's office
26:28says that he's a suspect
26:30Mike wants an opportunity to clear his name
26:33and he wants to speak out
26:36So he goes on to a local radio station's morning talk show
26:42It's been a tragic thing
26:46and it's been like living in hell
26:47for the last year that it's happened
26:49and I'm just tired of being kicked around
26:51by the sheriff's department
26:53by using the media
26:55as a whipping tool
26:57to say whatever they feel like
26:59He says they've been looking at me
27:03from the very beginning
27:04If I was the suspect
27:05why wouldn't I have been arrested
27:07He's also going to say
27:08how much he loves Marlene
27:09and misses her
27:10I feel like I should say something
27:16that at least fight back
27:18He was trying to prove
27:22that he didn't have anything to do
27:25with my mom's murder
27:26Until then
27:28I had to believe him
27:30Because he was the only family that I had
27:33Mr. Warren
27:36Do you know anything
27:37about the shooting of your wife?
27:41I do not know any more
27:43than
27:44the fact that my son
27:48what my son has told me
27:49at the time that he was at the house
27:51I started putting pieces together
27:56He was promising me
28:00we will start a business
28:02I will give you half the insurance policy
28:06so you can buy a house or something
28:07Telling me everything
28:10you know
28:10thinking okay he's my dad
28:11he's gonna
28:12he's gonna be there for me
28:13Well guess what
28:16He wasn't
28:18Mike ended up getting
28:21the life insurance
28:22More important than that
28:24life insurance
28:24was the assets
28:26So that's the home
28:28in the aero club
28:29and that's the businesses
28:30Those aren't in Marlene's name anymore
28:33Mike is the owner of those things now
28:35So Mike got a payday
28:38but nothing for Joey
28:39Mike took all the money
28:46everything
28:47And after
28:50the newspaper
28:51saying that they had an affair
28:53and I knew
28:54right then
28:56I knew
28:57that Michael Warren
28:59had something to do
29:00with my mom's murder
29:01He had me pretty brainwashed
29:05So the detectives
29:32were not able to charge him
29:34with the murder
29:34but they were able
29:35to charge him
29:36with the misdoings
29:37over at Bargain Motors
29:38A few people
29:43had expressed
29:44is this nothing more
29:45than a childish
29:46we can't get the murderer
29:48so we're gonna get Michael
29:49for whatever
29:50silliness we can get him
29:51like it's almost
29:52like a payback
29:52Even the judge
29:55was kind of like
29:56if your wife
29:58hadn't been killed
29:58I don't even know
30:00that we would be here
30:00When Mike got out of prison
30:21it was a short
30:23phone call
30:24but he called me
30:25just to say
30:26have a good life
30:28It was just
30:30sickening to me
30:30I tried to trace it
30:33to find out
30:34where he was at
30:35but I never did
30:38That was the very last time
30:42I spoke to Michael Warren
30:44Michael Warren
30:49took everything
30:50Mike
30:52ruined my life
30:55I had abandonment issues
31:00alcohol issues
31:02I had so many issues
31:03because of that man
31:04It was so hard
31:07Mike's arrest
31:11just made me feel
31:13glad that they
31:14did get something
31:16but to not get
31:19total justice
31:20for my mother
31:21is
31:23this is not justice
31:24to me
31:25It really eats me
31:30up inside
31:30but
31:31I didn't let it kill me
31:33One of the reasons
31:53why I believe
31:54that the case
31:55became a cold case
31:56was
31:57the clown suit
32:00was actually
32:01a good disguise
32:02If it was
32:07almost any other
32:08type of costume
32:09where the face
32:09wasn't painted
32:10and you didn't have
32:12a big wig
32:13on your head
32:13that maybe
32:15somebody could have
32:16identified somebody
32:17faster
32:17The other thing
32:20I think was
32:21they never went
32:22into the house
32:23there wasn't
32:24any kind of struggle
32:25and then they just
32:26simply walked back
32:27to their car
32:28and drove away
32:28there isn't a lot
32:31of physical evidence
32:32They always thought
32:37that Mike and Sheila
32:38had something to do
32:39with this
32:39They brought it
32:40to the prosecution
32:41and the state
32:42attorney's office
32:43a couple of times
32:44and the prosecution
32:45would say
32:46nope
32:46there's not enough
32:47here
32:47you gotta go back
32:48bring me more
32:49So they never
32:51had enough
32:52to move
32:53the case
32:53forward
32:54to a prosecution
32:55even though
32:56they liked Sheila
32:57and Mike
32:57for it
32:58just wasn't
33:00enough there
33:00After Mike
33:07got released
33:08Mike
33:09kind of disappeared
33:11She like
33:14I was told
33:15she went
33:15and lived
33:16with her brother
33:16about his date
33:17With nobody
33:22wanting to talk
33:23it went cold
33:25I felt
33:29mad
33:29angry
33:30hurt
33:32disrespected
33:34for Marlene
33:35She didn't
33:37deserve this
33:38The biggest
33:58plus
33:59for an investigator
34:00is patience
34:01It's not
34:04at all
34:05like you would
34:06see in the films
34:07where everything
34:08is wrapped up
34:09within an hour
34:10or two
34:10It could take
34:13decades
34:14to bring a case
34:16to conclusion
34:17From the very beginning
34:25the detectives
34:27had a pretty
34:28strong suspicion
34:29who killed
34:30Marlene Warren
34:31We got lucky
34:37and
34:39had another shot
34:41to bring the case
34:43to a close
34:44We couldn't believe
34:46when we found out
34:48that Mike
34:48and Sheila
34:49were now
34:51together
34:51My name is Mark
35:15Anderson
35:16I'm an investigator
35:19for the state
35:20attorney's office
35:21in Palm Beach
35:22County, Florida
35:23When the case
35:45was reopened
35:46A little bit of research
35:49online
35:49revealed that in 2002
35:53out in Las Vegas
35:55Nevada
35:56Mike Warren
35:58actually married
35:59Sheila Keene
36:00Everybody said
36:04oh my gosh
36:05you know
36:06it was true
36:08it was a validation
36:10for what everybody's
36:11suspicions were
36:12Sheila had been
36:15the number one
36:16suspect
36:17from day one
36:19to realize
36:21that
36:22they became
36:23married
36:23I don't think
36:26Stephen King
36:27on his best day
36:28could come up
36:29with something
36:29like that
36:30I don't think
36:32that it's weird
36:33that Michael Warren
36:34would stand
36:35by Sheila
36:35some of it
36:36may be self-preservation
36:38you know
36:38there's always
36:39that possibility
36:40if you
36:40decide to
36:41discard Sheila
36:42she may tell
36:43what she knows
36:44if she knows
36:45something
36:45We found out
36:48that Mike
36:49and Sheila
36:49were living
36:50happily ever after
36:51in the small town
36:53of Abingdon
36:53Virginia
36:54This was a fantastic
36:59new life
37:00for them
37:01They're gonna
37:03buy a big house
37:04on a lake
37:05They're gonna
37:06have parties
37:07They became
37:09fixtures
37:09of the community
37:10You put the murder
37:12of Marlene
37:13in the rearview mirror
37:15and you start
37:16with a clean slate
37:17They were running
37:21a business
37:22a very short distance
37:24over the state line
37:26into Tennessee
37:27A restaurant
37:29called
37:30The Purple Cow
37:31My name's Mark Archer
37:42I'm from Kingsport, Tennessee
37:44and I used to work
37:45at The Purple Cow
37:46You can't go inside
37:52and eat
37:52It's just
37:53a drive-thru
37:54They were the subs
37:57the steaks
37:57the burgers
37:58the fish
37:59you name it
38:00My bosses
38:05were named
38:06Mike
38:06and Debbie Warren
38:08Sheila wasn't
38:10Sheila
38:10in this new life
38:11She started
38:12going by Debbie
38:13Everybody
38:16called her Debbie
38:16and that's the only name
38:19that we knew of
38:20Even her brother
38:22worked there
38:23and he
38:24called her Debbie
38:25Mike and Debbie Warren
38:28hired me
38:29as a cook
38:30They were nice
38:33welcome
38:34seemed like
38:36a decent place
38:37to be
38:37Most owners of a restaurant
38:41normally ain't there
38:42They were there
38:44every single day
38:45Looking at the menu
38:48the largest hamburger
38:50available for purchase
38:51was called
38:52Mike's Intimidator
38:54obviously named after
38:56Mike Warren
38:56If you're there
38:59for a full year
39:00at Purple Cow
39:01you was
39:03eligible
39:04to go on a cruise
39:05Mike and Debbie
39:07paid for everything
39:09The only thing
39:10that I had to pay for
39:11was
39:12alcohol and soda
39:13They were generous
39:17people
39:18to a certain point
39:19but they were also
39:21kind of greedy people
39:22They would
39:24save
39:25every
39:26drop
39:28out of a ketchup
39:29bottle
39:29but then they'd
39:30go out and buy
39:31over a $100,000
39:32car
39:32You know
39:33certain things
39:35that they did
39:35was kind of odd
39:36to me
39:37So
39:37Tell me
39:44what do you know
39:46about Mike and Debbie?
39:48They seem like
39:48pretty good people
39:49that helped us out
39:50when we need be
39:51I mean
39:52we need a little money
39:53to help us out
39:54give it to us
39:55and just take it out
39:56when we get paid
39:57How would you describe
40:00Mike and Debbie?
40:01Horrible
40:02They were just
40:05too mean
40:06and pretty much
40:08suckered people
40:09and they happened
40:09to stay there
40:10What did you think
40:12about Debbie?
40:15She was a bitch
40:17honestly
40:17We
40:21interviewed
40:22several dozen
40:24people
40:24who had worked
40:26for
40:27Mike and Sheila
40:28Some people thought
40:31Debbie was just
40:32a wonderful person
40:33Some people
40:34really disliked her
40:35said that she ran
40:36the place
40:37with an iron fist
40:39People said the same
40:41thing about Mike
40:42I've had arguments
40:46with Mike
40:46I can tell Mike
40:48does have a temper
40:49I've heard him
40:51disrespect
40:51a few workers
40:53I heard a lot
40:55of
40:55like rumors
40:59like
40:59don't piss
41:00Debbie off
41:01she'll stab you
41:02her brother
41:03he'd be like
41:03my sister's crazy
41:04I mean it
41:05she's crazy
41:06There was
41:10a tradition
41:10on
41:12Halloween day
41:14at the
41:15Purple Cow
41:15that you could
41:18dress
41:18as a character
41:19Debbie and Mike
41:21did
41:22like
41:23for us
41:24to dress up
41:24if we wanted
41:25to
41:25one time
41:29one time
41:29I've seen
41:31Debbie dress up
41:32like a clown
41:33with a wig
41:33and some makeup
41:34on
41:34she went
41:47she went to all
41:48the trouble
41:48to change
41:50her name
41:50and
41:51they were
41:51very careful
41:52not to talk
41:53about
41:53their history
41:54in Florida
41:56and yet she
41:57had the nerve
41:58to dress up
41:59as a clown
42:00one Halloween
42:00for fun
42:01the goal
42:08in 2014
42:09was to see
42:11what physical
42:13evidence
42:14had survived
42:16all those years
42:17you hope
42:20when you pull
42:20a cold case
42:21off the shelf
42:22that there's
42:23technology
42:24that 24 years
42:25later
42:25could help
42:27link
42:27a suspect
42:28to a particular
42:30piece of evidence
42:31so we package
42:33the hair
42:34fiber evidence
42:35and send it off
42:36most of it
42:39to the FBI
42:40which is
42:42one of the
42:42premier crime labs
42:43in the world
42:44in the 90s
42:47they had
42:48some strong
42:49circumstantial evidence
42:50but they did not
42:51have enough
42:52to make an arrest
42:54federal money
42:56enabled them
42:57to invest
42:58manpower
42:59and new
42:59technology
43:00and forensic science
43:02has improved
43:03a lot
43:03since the 90s
43:04they know
43:06this is going
43:06to be a big
43:07opportunity
43:08the goal
43:10really was
43:11to get
43:12people at the lab
43:14at the FBI
43:15to say
43:17yes
43:18we have enough
43:19to bring it
43:20to court
43:21that would be
43:22a huge victory
43:23right there
43:24by my watch
43:38it's about
43:39540 p.m.
43:40on Tuesday
43:41September 26th
43:432017
43:44we had
43:51received information
43:54of sufficient
43:56strength
43:57to get a warrant
43:59for first degree
44:00murder
44:01with the advancements
44:08of DNA technology
44:10we were able
44:10to say
44:11scientifically
44:12that the hair
44:13in the LeBaron
44:14was Sheila Keynes
44:17she didn't
44:23seem concerned
44:24about her arrest
44:25she didn't ask
44:26any questions
44:27about her arrest
44:28apparently
44:30the first words
44:31that she said
44:32basically were
44:33are you going
44:34to arrest
44:34my husband too
44:36why would
44:38Sheila slash
44:39Debbie wonder
44:40if we were
44:41arresting Mike
44:42as well
45:06she didn't
45:21this
45:23girl
45:24who
45:24or
45:25she
45:26actually
45:27came
45:28she
45:29actually
45:30she
45:31was
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