Mother Catches Son Bringing Chopped Up Body Into Her House

This is Marshall and his mother Alicia. Just feet away inside the trunk lies the. dead body of Marshall's girlfriend. He. has cut her body up and plans [music] to. discard it in the remote mountains of. the Sierra foothills. Over the next. several weeks a series of small mistakes.

[music]. in Marshall's cover-up would bring him. face-to-face with local police and the. FBI. Watching detectives unknowingly. walk past his murder scene and slowly. discovering the monster he truly is. You got any idea where she may be? Brother, I'm going to keep it a buck. with you. I don't know. Have you Have you guys thought about. maybe she was trafficked? Absolutely. YEP. UGLY BETTY, COME OUT. WITH YOUR HANDS UP!

IT'S approximately 6:30 p.m. in Antioch, California when 24-year-old Alexis Gabe. is seen at a Chevron gas station. While. filling up her car, she receives a. message from her boyfriend. "Are you. still coming over?" She replies, "I can. only come by for a bit." After paying, Alexis gets back on the road and by 6:37. p.m. she's seen arriving at her. boyfriend's house. He doesn't know it. yet, but she's there to break up with.

him. A decision that will carry far. greater consequences than she expects. Two hours pass. Then Alexis's car is. seen leaving Marshall's house, but. something isn't right. The vehicle takes. an unusual route, one Alexis never uses. to get home, and just 12 minutes later, roughly 6 miles away, it pulls into a. quiet residential neighborhood. A masked. figure steps out of the car, noticeably. larger than Alexis. Moments later, her.

phone pings. Did you make it home? And. as the figure disappears into the. distance, Alexis is never seen or heard. from again. Sheriff's department, I'm looking for. Alexis Gabe. Is this a family member or. friend? Family member. Sister. And how long did you last talk. to her? Um no one's heard from her since. she went to see her ex-boyfriend last. night at 8:30. And she's not answering. her phone or anything? No, it's.

going straight to voicemail. On the line is Alexis Gabe's sister. Her. tone is urgent as she insists on filing. a missing person's report immediately. To better understand the situation, dispatch sends Officer Rod County to the. family's home. And that's where he. learns why Alexis's family is already. fearing the worst. Good morning. How you doing? I'm. Detective with the police department. I'm going to get some info from you guys. and I'm going to start looking for. Alexis.

Definitely. That's okay. Okay. [snorts]. Did she ever. make any like sort of suicide. statements? No. Okay. Is she. generally pretty happy? Yeah. Okay. She's always out. with her boyfriend. She's always out? Do. you know where she goes a lot of the. time? With her friend, E and Naria.

She's with us yesterday, too. Does she have any mental health issues? Is she generally on antidepressants? Yeah, I know. That's That's what she. said. That's why she's looking out for. the doctor. She's seeing the doctor. Okay. Well, they have a accident with. her boyfriend, car accident. That's why. she have a chiropractor appointment. Who is her boyfriend? The one that we don't is Marshall. Marshall? >> Marshall Jones, yeah. Okay. >> And then we just find out yesterday the. friend said, um, Marshall have.

threatening Alexis if they going to. broke up, he's going to kill or going to. kill Alexis. Oh, okay. And this is Marshall. Marshall, yeah. Okay. Needless to say, the officer knows. exactly who they need to speak with. next. According to Alexis's mother, Marshall Jones is the boyfriend she went. to see last. But even more troubling is. her claim that he had threatened to harm. himself or Alexis if they ever broke up. As Courtney wraps up his initial search, he relays the information to his.

sergeant. From there, requests are made. for street CCTV footage, a real-time. location warrant for her phone, and most. urgently, another officer is dispatched. to Marshall's address. Later that afternoon, the officer. arrives at the house knowing Marshall is. one of the last people to see Alexis. alive. The officer expects to gather. more information about her whereabouts, but he's about to get much more than. that. But before we get to that, I want. to talk about something else that's. important, too. For almost a year, I've.

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Hey, it's fine. I know. Hey. I'm here. You know. Alexis? Yeah, I was going to say yeah. So Gabe? Yeah, I'm sorry. Gabe. >> Gabe. Yeah, I don't know. Um, her mom told me that she didn't come. home. So, yeah, cuz I I spoke to her brother. and friends and they're concerned. Oh,

I'm concerned, too. When was the last time you spoke to her. or saw Um, you know what? I can. I'm calling my Yeah, I'm the same way. Yeah, I don't. Um, so she might call her. Uh, I talked to her throughout the day. yesterday. I want to say 6:38 is when. she told me that she was outside. Um, she Here? Yeah.

I let her in. We. hung out for a couple hours. She left. around 9:00. Did Did say where she was going? Um, yeah, but I got to show you the text. messages. She said that uh The more you. can give me the better, man. I Yeah, I. was about to say. I remember her saying, "This is from today. It's not. delivering. I've been trying to call. her.". Um. I was like, "Are you still coming over? You must still be sleeping." She's like, "I can only come by for a bit today." I. was like, "Okay.".

Um, cuz she was doing some other stuff for. her job that she was doing some running. around for it. Okay. Do you have any. idea where she may be? You know. brother, I'm going to keep it about what. you said. I honestly thought she went to. go smoke with her friend Ria when she. left here. Ria? Ria, Maria, Ria. Oh, Maria. >> Yeah. Okay. Um, I thought she went to go. smoke with her cuz. usually she won't tell me, you know. what she's doing till she's already. doing it. Mhm. Um, so I thought she went.

there and but then when I kept on. calling by like 11:00 and. I wasn't getting anything. Okay. Did she Did she seem out of sorts. when she came over yesterday? Was she on. her normal self? Whatever that may be. Yeah, I mean she came in, we hugged, we. kissed, we. uh she watched me uh, you know, do my. little heist on GTA, you know, playing. my game and what not. I mean, we had We. watched Family Guy. Okay. It was fine. When she left, did you Did you see her.

Did you see her leave? Um. Yeah. I say yeah because I mean, I. opened the garage door as she left. So, I mean Okay. You opened the You opened. the garage door? Yeah. All right. At. first glance, Marshall appears far more. willing to help than Alexis's family. hinted towards. But, as he recounts his. last encounter with Alexis, >> [music]. >> his demeanor is oddly detached, at times. even attempting to make light of the. situation. It's the kind of behavior. that doesn't go unnoticed. But, before. wrapping up the interview, the officer.

would ask one of the strangest questions. possible at a moment like this. Do you have a cuz I want to be able to. follow up with you and. How are you two You guys two You dating? Yeah. How long y'all been together? Like three going on four years. >> Okay. All right. And I showed you my. call log text messages. >> You ain't got her strapped down in the. house like a slave or nothing? No, I know. No, I know you have to ask because it's. a serious situation and I appreciate you. trying to make light of it, but no. Okay. I do not. All right. All right. On.

that strange note, the interview wraps. and the officer calls his sergeant only. to learn that while this conversation. was taking place, a major discovery had. just been made a few miles away. On a residential street in Antioch, Alexis's family comes across their. daughter's car while organizing their. own search and spreading the word on. social media. Police are immediately. informed of this discovery and the car. is towed and seized for forensic.

analysis. Inside the car, some troubling. details quickly stand out. The keys are. still in the ignition, the door is. unlocked, and personal items are. missing. After removing and analyzing. the car's infotainment unit, investigators are able to track Alexis's. precise movements before her. disappearance. And [music] just 12. minutes before the car was abandoned, it. had been at Marshall's house, not her. friend Maria's as he had previously. implied. These findings, along with the. alleged death threat, prompt.

investigators to move Marshall from a. person of interest to the primary. suspect in Alexis's disappearance. The following day, two detectives arrive. at Marshall's house suspecting he's the. last person to see her alive and may. have been withholding vital information. However, they're also here for something. else, something that will catch him. completely off guard. Hey, y'all. Um. >> What's the name of the apartment? I'm. not a detective, miss, real quick. Are. you Alexis's. uh boyfriend? Boyfriend, okay. What's.

your name? Marshall. Marshall, okay. Yeah, we're still looking for her. Have. you heard from her at all or I have not. I've been trying to call her. I've been. texting my text messages aren't getting. delivered. My. phone calls are going straight to. voicemail. Got you. Okay. Hmm. Yeah, basically at this point like I think. this is the last place that we know that. she was at. Right. And. >> So, we're just obviously that's why. we're kind of keying in on this area, you know. I understand. And like I was. telling her mom like hey, I saw her. This is the last time, you know, and I.

just. I'm worried, you know, and. it's. she's missing. And that just means that she's missing. It doesn't necessarily mean something. happened to her. So, I'm really trying. not to let my mind wander. Her friends. have. I'm not going to say they've been. putting me under scrutiny, but they make. they're making me feel like I did. something and I didn't. >> Okay. Yeah, I mean anytime and. boyfriend, right? And and that's what. I'm saying, you know, everybody handles.

stress different, you know, and so I. just We just want to rule everything. out, anything weird that happened here, so you know what I mean? Then we can. move on to hey, let's go look another area and see where. she's at, you know. I understand. You. Are you cool if we go inside and look. around real quick? Um it's not my house. It's my stepdad's, so I mean. >> Right. >> [music]. >> Yeah, I mean I can call him real fast. and see. Yeah, that's fine. Go ahead. Clearly uncomfortable with the request, Marshall agrees to call his stepfather, the homeowner of the house. And as they.

wait for his approval, detectives would. slowly begin to suspect there's. something inside the house neither. Marshall nor his stepfather wants them. to find. Hey Dad, um. Alexis went missing. And the. police just want to go through the house. real fast just to show that everything's. fine. Is that okay? Okay. Um he said. that one of you could go in, you would like the other one to stay out.

here. No problem. Sure. You have a flashlight or anything? I. don't. Yeah, me neither. You want to go. in? Sure. All right. Hold that for me. All right. What's your dad's name? Leslie. Leslie, okay. And that's the one you were. talking to on the phone? Yes. All right. He said one of us can come in? Cool. Thanks, man. Do you want me to leave the. door open? Yeah. Yeah, that'd be good. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'll come. around. Anything of hers that's here?

Um. I mean, there might be some clothes that. she left over. Okay. Um it's going to be. in my room. My room's a mess. That's. fine. Cool. This your room? This is my room. Yeah. I know. Like I said, it's a mess. >> Yeah, happens, bro. Yeah. Um. You guys drink together, I'm assuming? Uh yeah. That's the house. As the officer moves through the house,

Marshall's room quickly stands out, left. in complete disarray. And as he inspects. the room further, little does he know. this very place holds subtle clues and. will soon become a crime scene. Is there upstairs? No, it's just one. story. Thank you. And then this is other people's rooms? Yeah.

Did you want to go in the backyard or Uh. probably not. All right. I'm going to close this door. Nothing out of the ordinary. This room. is. in absolute mess. He does. Focusing on the mess, the officer. overlooks the attic, a place hiding a. terrifying secret. And it's no accident. Marshall has been guiding him through.

certain areas, carefully steering him. away from others. But despite the search. turning up nothing, officers aren't done. with him just yet. There's something. else they want to ask. Um no contact. from her? None whatsoever. Okay. Phone's. been off, you tried to call her, I'm. assuming? Indeed. Okay. Uh do you mind hanging out with him real. quick so we can. I'm going to ask you something. Would. you be willing to give us your cell. phone for a forensic download? Oh, yeah. Okay. So, I'm able to do all.

that stuff. What is a forensic download. again? It just shows me all the. information on your phone for a certain. period of time. >> Oh, okay. >> shows like, "Hey, was this phone here. the whole time?". >> Oh, yeah, sure. >> Stuff like that. >> Okay. Okay. Sure it's fine. And then I. would just have you sign like a consent. form. Okay. >> Um and then you can bring it down, sign. the consent form down at the PD. Mhm. And then I'd I'd take your passcode, and. then I would do it that way. Okay. Uh they want to they want to do a. forensic download just to make sure. that, you know, my phone is where I said. it was, i.e. where I said I was. I put.

it down there in the end. >> Yeah. But she was still here when he got. home? Interestingly, detectives not only gain. access to Marshall's phone, but also. learn that his stepfather was allegedly. at the house at the same time Alexis was. there. So, they make a note to speak. with the homeowner as soon as possible. to see if his account aligns with. Marshall's. Shortly afterwards, Marshall. gets into his stepfather's car and. follows the officers to the station. As. he drives, officers ahead notice. something strange. He appears anxious,

swerving slightly with something large. in the back of his car obstructing his. view. In reality, Marshall isn't just. nervous. He's just realized he's driving. straight to the police station with a. car full of incriminating evidence. About 10 minutes later, Marshall arrives. at the station trying to steady himself, quietly questioning why he brought this. car in the first place. And the second. he steps out, he realizes the officers.

are on to him. You know what you both have in. Um. yeah, blankets and whatnot. Uh wait, do. you actually have to search it or can. you just look around cuz this isn't It's. my dad's car and I don't. >> we Yeah, I mean I kind of just want to. lift the gate so I can see inside, you. know. Uh. Again, it's not my car, it's my dad's. and you have my phone so I. I you I'll open the gate for you though. so that way you can look inside. >> great.

We went to the drive-in so. tried to get her a little me some water. I mean, you can look in the bag. That's. her Philly cheesesteak. Um any of this hers? Uh no. This is Cuz we would like to collect a. DNA sample from her. Right? So we have a reference on file so. was she back here? Uh yeah, but I don't. So is any of this like None of this is.

hers. Uh I don't I don't know. Uh would you mind if we like took a. blanket to test it? Um I would because. Yeah. All right. Um and does she normally sit up in the. front seat? Um yeah. Okay. Well, let's. try to find her. Well, we're not You don't want us to. look under the blankets or what? She would like to look under the Okay. blankets. I don't want you to think I.

have a dead body or anything in here. >> cuz we're being all Yeah. Okay. So there's This is your your step. dad or your like real dad? My step dad. Gotcha. All right, cool. Naturally, Marshall's unwillingness to. show what's in the trunk immediately. raises red flags for the officers. Once. it's opened, they find multiple. blankets, pillows, and food waste with. Marshall insisting that he and Alexis. used the car as a bed at the drive-in.

With suspicion mounting, they get. Marshall to sign a consent form, download the data from his phone, and. then return it to him. And as they let. him go, detectives believe the contents. of Marshall's phone may finally reveal. what he's been hiding. Unaware that this. entire investigation is about to start. going downhill. The next day, as investigators prepare. to review the data from Marshall's. phone, they notice the download process. has failed, leaving them with nothing.

Realizing Marshall's willingness to. cooperate may already be reaching its. limits, detectives decide not to push. any further for now and instead turn. their attention elsewhere. There's still. one person they haven't spoken to yet. Marshall's stepfather, the homeowner who. was allegedly inside the house the same. night Alexis disappeared. If something. happened to her that night, he may have. witnessed it. With that in mind, they. drive back to the house to speak with. him, where they'll begin to suspect that.

not everyone wants them to discover the. truth behind Alexis's disappearance. Hey, Mr. Clark. Hey, what's Hey. We're just trying to follow up on. everything going on with Alexis. Um we. haven't talked to you We haven't talked. to you yet. Marshall had said that you were here. when Alexis was here on Wednesday night. Did you see Alexis here on the 26th? Yeah, that's what you I come and she's. here, she's here, she's she's not I. don't see I see I don't You don't recall.

seeing her car here? No, I did not. And you don't you don't. remember was her talking to her that. night? No, I didn't see her there that night. Well, that night I was there. How's. Marshall holding up with all this? He's. um he's upset. No, for sure. >> I mean I mean. um just now finding out that his. girlfriend's coming up missing. I mean I. found out yesterday with the note coming. in the. the the flyer. Oh, yeah. >> and stuff. Uh saying that she's missing. I'm like, "What the hell is going on?" What What. was she like? Is just.

an everyday person? Like She's good. Yeah. [clears throat] I mean she's a. she's a good young lady. She never. brought drama to your house or anything. like that or. What couple of I mean there aside from. couple of drama. >> [laughter]. >> Yeah. I mean they never argued in front. of me. >> Right. But like she never brought any. outside BS to your house or anything. like that. No. Is Marshall around? I know one of the. detectives was trying to. reach him and he hadn't returned his. phone call.

Marshall's not here. He said he said. he's going to go talk to his mom. Okay. His mom don't really. I don't want to say it like that. With. this information, police now know where. to look for Marshall next, his mother's. house. What catches the officers off. guard, however, is Leslie's refusal to. confirm being with Marshall and Alexis. the night she disappeared, directly. contradicting what Marshall had. previously told investigators. Now faced. with more questions than answers, officers leave to figure out their next.

move. From this point forward, the. investigation into Alexis's. disappearance quietly begins to shift in. a much darker direction. Please, Lord. During the next several days, police. visit Marshall's mother, Alicia Clark, looking for her son. But suspiciously, she claims she hasn't seen him since the. night his girlfriend, Alexis, vanished. By now, investigators begin to consider.

a troubling possibility. Marshall may be. on the run and his family may even be. covering for him, but their biggest. piece of evidence is still to come. Just. as the investigation seems to stall, CCTV [music] footage is recovered from. the route Alicia's car took the night. she vanished. For roughly 12 minutes, the car is seen. speeding from Marshall's home to the. residential area where it's eventually. abandoned. A masked figure is seen. stepping out of the car, noticeably.

larger than Alexis with a more masculine. build. As detectives begin tracking the. figure's movements through nearby. cameras, they watch it move calmly for. over a mile until it arrives somewhere. completely unexpected, Marshall's. mother's house. This development makes. investigators certain that the masked. figure was none other than their prime. suspect, Marshall. And with that, an. emergency search warrant for his home is. secured immediately. On February 1st,

more than a dozen officers arrive at the. house convinced there is far more inside. than Marshall originally let them see. Oakley PD, search warrant. Open up. Break the door. Break the door with your. foot. Yeah, hold it for a second. Break the. door. Yes.

We need that pry. You got the pry? Pry bar? Oakley PD! Come out with YOUR HANDS UP! HANDS UP! CHECK THE LEFT. Check the left. I got a. door on the right. Check that door. Left is clear. Oakley PD, COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP! SEARCH WARRANT! CLEAR.

WHAT'S THAT? QUICK. AS officers move through the house, neither Marshall nor his stepfather are. anywhere to be found. But then, as they. prepare to enter the garage, it doesn't. take long for a violent discovery to. emerge. Smell it? Smells like dead body. Yep.

In the laundry room. Okay. Harper? Yeah. I can smell it coming from. this way. Right here, yeah? Yeah, right. in here. I got a big whiff. >> Yep. What about the backyard? Crawl space? Yep. Multiple officers begin to notice a. distinct smell, one they believe to be. the odor of a decomposing body. The.

scent appears to be coming from the. laundry room and leads up towards the. attic. So, officers prepare to. investigate and brace themselves for the. worst. It looks undisturbed. Do you Are we agreeing? Um looks like it's opened before. I. don't know. It's right here, it is. Yeah. Yeah, it's. pointing straight out to the garage. Yeah. >> So, that's the thing is like we got to. check the crawl space. Okay.

Did anybody check inside that SUV or. take a peek inside? I didn't see. anything, it's locked. >> Okay. Scott, I'm going to have this door. closed for a second. I mean, there's pathways where they. walked for electrical, but I don't see. No footprints, no drag marks? No, I. mean, it's just you can see where. they're walking, Okay. doing something. but I don't. And they said they could smell something. right where it kind of where you're at. Logan. Like there's Like there's a vent. it's coming from the vent kind of right.

>> Yeah, once we hit this area and start. walking to the garage is where I smelt. it. Mhm? Smells like blood and hair. Yeah. You see? Black hair. Look at. That paint Could be blood. All right, let's. just flops. Let's clear out.

After following the stench, officers. come up empty-handed, but they do. uncover what appears to be dried blood. After clearing the entire house, officers are still unable to locate the. source [music] of the smell, so a K9. unit is called in. If human remains are. hidden somewhere on the property, this. dog may be their best bet on finding. them. I don't know if I got a big whiff. right in the laundry room. Smelled like. Just dead body. All right, let's see if he gets. No worries.

That's nothing. So that is it heading down to the other. thing he's looking for? He's checking. Okay, good girl. And that's the attached garage. Okay, can we go in there? Yes.

Okay, good girl. Did you guys see that or did. I don't I don't know. We didn't bring. that in. You said to up the wall here? >> Mhm. Yeah. So it's just checking odor. As I said, you work canine, so we didn't. get final. And that was the kind of. thing where it's like, I have some weird. odor, but it's not all of her behaviors, which. was more what we had there. And of. course, you and I both know there could.

be You could have vacuumed up a tissue. that had bloody nose. All right, good. Okay, good girl. 20? It's not saying. anything. Huh? All right, that's all we got. Somewhat surprisingly, the handler isn't. fully convinced the dog has detected. human remains. However, several. indications suggest it has picked up on. something [music] suspicious, as it. repeatedly returns to Marshall's room, sits in one spot while staring at its. handler, and most [music] alarmingly, begins clawing at the wall, a sign the.

odor may be coming from the attic, but. even after multiple additional searches. and with more canine units brought in, officers are left with troubling yet. inconclusive results. Small traces of. blood, the presence of bleach and other. cleaning supplies, and a missing shower. curtain. Following these discoveries, officers secure the scene and begin. working to obtain real-time location. data for Marshall's phone, now fully. suspecting they have a homicide on their. hands.

Over the next several weeks, officers. are seemingly no closer to finding. Marshall. Neither his mother nor his. stepfather appear willing to cooperate. any further. But every time the. investigation seems like it's losing. momentum, Alexis Gabe's family keeps. pushing forward, pressuring police to. find their daughter and bring her. justice. That pressure soon begins to. pay off when investigators finally. obtain a real-time location warrant for. Marshall's phone and discover he's moved. to Vacaville, California, roughly an.

hour and a half from his home. After a. quick check, they find out exactly where. that location leads, his sister's house. So, officers quickly head to her address. hoping to find Marshall there. What's your name? Ariana. Ariana, I'm. James. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet. you. Nice to meet you. Obviously, you. know why we're here, right? I do. When he got here, he was awesome. While he was here, that's when I saw the. first flyer for Alexis. And that's when.

I started putting the pieces together. what could be. I said, "Get your. Tomorrow, you got to be gone. I [music]. I want nothing to do with this." And his. gun was underneath I I lost my. What was their relationship like between. Alexis and Marshall? So, it got toxic. over the last year and a half. He was a. lot more torn up about them breaking up. than about her being missing. [music] I. will say that irrefutably. Looking back.

on it, my brother does have sociopathic. and narcissistic tendencies about. himself. Your mom and Marshall are. close, right? >> Yes. Do you think that she's helped him out. in any way? Will she get in trouble? I I hope not. I mean, I hope. in the end of all this, she'll be as. cooperative as you are. Because. ultimately, your brother made the choice. that he made, right? >> So, do you think he went to Vegas? No. [music]. I believe I believe this is the number. that he's using. If you guys want to.

take it, that's fine. Most worryingly. for officers, Ariana seems to suspect. someone else may be helping Marshall. evade police. However, Ariana also gives. them something significant. Marshall's. new phone number. So, after wrapping up. the interview, investigators move. quickly to track his location. This is. when they discover that Marshall's phone. is pinging all the way back to his. mother, Alicia Clark's house. Up to this. point, Alicia has been telling police. she doesn't know where Marshall is. Now,

detectives begin to suspect [music]. she's lying and may even be actively. hiding from police. Over the next few hours, [music] police. secure an emergency search warrant for. Alicia's house. Officers rush to the. location knowing full well Marshall. could disappear again at any moment. But. little do they know the lead they're. following is actually a setup. Open the door for police. Search. warrant, come to the door.

Hello. That's okay. Just open the door for me. Thank you. All right, ma'am. Come on out, please. I can take the dog that's sleeping. upstairs. I understand. She's okay. All right. Are you able to wait for her. to bring her out here for a minute while. we service this warrant? Um I'm. not. Anybody else inside? No.

After escorting Alicia and her daughter. outside, officers move in to search the. house, but they find no one else inside. They do, however, spot a working camera. outside the home, one they immediately. begin trying to obtain a warrant for. Despite Marshall's absence, the. forensics team insists that his phone is. still actively pinging inside the house. By now, investigators know something. isn't adding up. So, they prepare to. question Alicia starting with the very. reason they're here in the first place.

Where's the best place? I slept in my. bed last night. What happened to you? What's going on? So, we're obviously here for a reason. and there's a couple of reasons. Uh. we're here for Marshall's phone. So, uh we know it's here, but we don't want to tear your house. apart too much. So, if you could direct. us to it so we don't have to like. mess anything up. But you Where Where is. the phone? It's upstairs in.

my closet and the. green Hawaiian shirt that was in there. Now, I have a question. What do you guys. need it for? You guys cloned it. So, the cell phone thing, uh they went. and did the the download, um but some of the files got screwed up, so we don't have everything. Um. so, we need that, and plus we know that. he's had the phone after that. So, that's the evidence that we're looking. Strangely, Alicia appears unusually. cordial with the detectives despite.

[music] having her house breached. She's. even admitted to holding a wanted. suspect's phone, yet treats it as if. it's nothing serious. By now, investigators are more than suspicious. of her involvement. They're convinced. she not only knows where Marshall is, but more importantly, what he did to. Alexis. Do Do you Where's He's obviously not. here, so do you know where Marshall is? You have to go. I do not know. Okay. I do not know. I have intentionally told. him, "Do not tell me where.

for just the situation. I don't want to. know.". So, you're distancing yourself? Oh god, no, not at. >> Okay. Not at all. I just know This This is. This isn't who we are. I mean And we don't believe that. Yeah, I mean. >> They are not. >> We We just. You guys are just doing your Right. We. have to We have to try our best to get. answers, right? So, that's why we're. doing. >> I'm definitely not distancing my my son.

That's Okay. That's That's not the reason. What do you know? I know that. the two of them had. a solid relationship. I mean, for. Valentine's Day, um. he wanted to get her an edible. arrangement, [clears throat]. couldn't afford it. And so, he went and got the chocolate, all of the stuff. He built her an edible. arrangement. I like that. I mean that's the kind of guy he is.

I've told him since he was younger, "When you're dating, you want to make sure that you are so. good. to her, she's going to be comparing every other. guy. to you.". Right away, this description of Marshall. doesn't quite align with what. investigators believe about their. suspect, especially given his sister's. earlier claims that he's a narcissist. and a sociopath. If Alicia is fully. aware of her son's alleged crime, then. defending his character like this is not.

only disturbing, it's something most. people would find nearly impossible to. do. Sensing this may be more difficult. for her than she's letting on, detectives decide to shift their. approach, appealing to her emotions, hoping that if this is all an act, it's. about to break. Cuz I mean, obviously, we're still looking. She's still out there somewhere. And things don't look good. Yeah, it's. hard to it's hard to look that family in. the face and tell them, "Hey, look, we.

we don't really have anything to tell. you." Have you guys thought about maybe. she was human trafficked? So, you guys thought that before? I've. heard that some people posting stuff on. on the internet and stuff, but a lot of. people are not they don't have a good. grasp on how human. >> [music]. >> trafficking works. Right. You can't just. snatch up a 24-year-old, 170-lb female. I mean, I'm just going to. be straight up with you. Do you think. you Do you think Marshall had anything. to do with it? God, no.

No. No. Even if there's evidence that would. suggest that he has something to do with. it. You guys would have to prove it. beyond a reasonable. >> Obviously. I don't want to leave you thinking with. the you know, the lack of a better term, just. I know. Oh God, no. No. Not all. >> There's a reason. uh. I mean, I can only leave you with that. I can't I can't like. >> even saying too much.

You tell me anything. >> don't want I don't want you to like. to just. Like I just said, I mean, we've we've. done we've been. agencies here and the DA's offices that. we've all been working on this for 3. months now. We've looked every which. way. Despite the detective's best efforts, Alicia doesn't appear to budge. And the. worst part is that her dismissive. attitude seems to work. Although. officers inside managed to locate. Marshall's phone, they find it's been. wiped [music] completely clean. And with.

nothing concrete tying Alicia to the. disappearance, investigators are once. again forced to leave empty-handed. [music] With no body, no confession, and. no idea where Marshall may have gone, Alexis' case [music]. slowly starts going cold. Months go by with no new leads on. Marshall's whereabouts. But then, investigators finally secure a warrant. and obtain the CCTV footage from his. mother's house. And as detectives start. analyzing the footage, they begin to.

understand how Marshall managed to stay. one step ahead of investigators for so. long. Inside these large plastic bags, [music]. investigators believe are Alicia's. remains and suspect Marshall's mother. was aware of it. Following these. developments, [music] investigators. reach out to Marshall's sister and learn. he has a friend at an apartment complex. in Kent and may be hiding there. Using travel records, CCTV footage, and. anonymous tips, they zero in on a.

specific location, the Skyview 3322. Apartments. On June 1st, more than. [music] 4 months after Alexis Gabe. disappeared, the task force moves in to. serve a murder warrant and finally. arrest [music] Marshall. But as they. arrive and prepare to breach, nothing. about this operation is about to go as. planned. Police don't.

Open the door. Door is locked. Open the door and do it now. Do it now. We're done. You are under arrest. Open. the door and do it now. Come out.

Yeah, he got in and came to the door. with a knife. After emerging with a kitchen knife, Marshall is shot [music] multiple times. by three officers. Despite immediate. medical aid, he is pronounced dead at. the scene. The following day, Paul Beard, chief of. the Oakley Police Department, holds a. press [music] conference announcing that. Alexis Gabe's case is now officially. being treated as a homicide and that. Marshall Curtis Jones had been charged.

[music] with her murder before being. shot and killed. But any real sense of. closure for Alexis's family would not. come until much, much later. On November 3rd, while metal detecting. near Jackson Road in Plymouth, a local. resident discovers what he believes to. be human remains and immediately calls. 911. When officers arrive, they're left. speechless. Scattered across the. mountains are the remains of a young. woman. A forensic odontologist is.

brought in and using dental records. confirms the remains are those of Alexis. Gabe. >> [music]. >> In the aftermath, her family expresses a. mix of devastation and relief. They. continue pushing for charges against. Marshall's mother and hold memorials in. Alexis's honor. To this day, Alexis's. [music] family continues demanding. justice and launching a petition. criticizing the Contra Costa County. District Attorney's office for its. handling of the case and calling for. stronger accountability for victims'.

[music] families. But despite these. efforts, Marshall's mother is only. temporarily detained. Without sufficient. evidence, [music] she is never charged. as an accomplice. And the same is true. for the rest of Marshall's relatives, something that continues to infuriate. Alexis's family to this day. As of now, there is still no definitive motive for. Alexis's murder, only that their. relationship was deeply toxic. [music]. And perhaps, when Alexis finally decided. to break up with him, Marshall made a.

final, irreversible decision. If he. couldn't have [music] her, then no one. could.