Rich Mass Killer Realizes She's Been Caught 8 Years Later

You doing okay this morning? >> Yep. >> Sorry to wake you up. Listen, my name's. Tyler. This is Steve. How are you? >> This is 42-year-old Amy Valardi. And for. the last 8 years, she's been living with. a terrifying secret that these. detectives are about to expose. >> I got assigned a case about the homicide. that happened in Pendleton in 2015. So, we we'd like to talk to you. >> Oh my god. In 2015, Amy's parents and.

grandparents were found brutally. murdered inside their family home. And. with no witnesses and no physical. evidence connecting anyone to the. murders, the case slowly goes cold. >> Say hi, Amy. >> Years after the homicides, Amy and her. husband Ross had moved on, spending. their newfound fortune on cars, a new. house, and expensive exotic animals. But. unbeknownst to everyone, the killers had. been closer to home all along.

>> Amy's doing what she promised you was. going to do. >> Everyone's a killer. Deputies and stuff. screwed up all the evidence. >> You're dead smack in the middle of this. thing. >> We're not here because we think you did. it or you might have did it. We know you. did it. It's piling up. Ross, we don't. want to roll the dice on this. I'm. telling you. We've been following this case closely. for several years, working alongside. police departments and legal experts to.

uncover every detail and bring you. never-before-seen footage investigating. South Carolina's most disturbing. quadruple homicide. It's approximately 10:30 a.m. on a. Monday morning, just after Halloween, when the Anderson County Sheriff's. Office receives a frantic 911 call from. what sounds like a house of horrors. Peterson County 911 with location of. emergency. >> Oh my god. I need. >> Ma'am, I can't understand you. What's.

your address? >> 227 Road. >> Ma'am. Ma'am, tell me what's going on. Oh my god. >> Is somebody hurt? Ma'am, I can't. >> in my mama's house and they're they're. dead. There's blood everywhere. >> Who are these people that are in the. house? >> It's my mom and my grandpa and my daddy. and my stepdad. On the line is 32-year-old Amy Valardi, reporting that her entire family has. been murdered. Within minutes, deputies.

rushed to the home where the scene. awaiting them would be even more brutal. than Amy had led them to believe. Once officers step inside, they discover. three victims, Mike Scott, Barbara. Scott, and Violet Taylor. Lying deceased. on the living room floor. Several feet. away inside a bedroom lies the fourth. and final victim, Kathy Scott. Each.

family member appears to have suffered. multiple stab wounds and a single. gunshot wound to the head. As crime. scene investigators begin processing the. home, they discover a trail of shoe. prints, a Clorox bleach bottle sitting. in the kitchen sink, and two cell phones. discarded outside. The only significant. clues left behind by whoever carried out. this brutal attack. Back outside, deputies speak with a 911 caller, Amy. She tells officers that she and her. husband Ross live next door and became.

concerned after her mother Kathy failed. to take her dog outside this morning. When Amy went to check on her, she says. that's when she discovered the bodies of. her parents and grandparents. After clearing the entire house and. finding no murder weapon and very little. physical evidence left behind, investigators grow increasingly. concerned. they are dealing with a. ruthless and calculated killer and that. these may not be his first victims. At.

this stage, the only people on the. investigator's radar are Amy and Ross, seemingly grieving relatives of the. victims. However, later that evening, as. news of the Scott family murders spreads. across Anderson County, Amy's ex-husband. Neil contacts police with some. interesting information. said you were married to Amy previously. >> I was her first husband. I believe she's. capable of this. I say that because. while we were married, she tried to stab.

me. >> What brought on y'all separation? The. fight or. >> uh actually that was one of three. fights. One she just tried to charge me, trip her and lay her down on the ground. and tell her not to come back after me. And the other time was a knockdown drag. out where I was told she hit me and one. of my friends with ball back. I don't. remember that. The separation was on. adultery charges. Did you get knocked. out or something? >> I blacked out. >> Well, listen, Neil, I appreciate you. calling in and I'll keep your. information handy. >> Amy's violent history places her under. suspicion, but that soon becomes the.

least of detectives concerns as she and. Ross begin behaving in ways no genuinely. grieving couple ever should. On Wednesday morning, acting on. information from Amy's ex-husband, investigators quickly secure a search. warrant for Amy's trailer and rush over. The moment they step inside, they're. struck by a peculiar smell, one eerily. similar to what they encountered at the.

murder scene. As the search continues, detectives uncover an unusual amount of. cash. $68,000. bundled inside a bedroom safe along with. 18 firearms, all of which are seized as. potential evidence. Considering Amy and. Ross' modest lifestyle, this discovery. immediately raises questions. After. clearing the trailer, investigators ask. Amy and Ross to come to the station for. an opportunity to clear their names. And.

interestingly, both agree, almost as if. they've been expecting this very moment. Once Amy and Ross arrive at the station, they're immediately asked if they're. willing to undergo a polygraph test, something rarely requested of witnesses. Ross agrees and is the first to take a. seat. But before asking about the. murders, the examiner would begin by. trying to better understand the man. sitting across from him. And Ross is. about to reveal something from his past. that makes him almost impossible to.

break. >> This is Mr. L. I'm polygraphing them. I'm not law enforcement. >> in any way, form, fashion. I do a lot of. tests for law enforcement, but I don't. have a gun or badge. Any medical. problems you know about? >> Uh physical or um nothing physically. wrong. Um. >> you have a mental problem. >> I am rated for 30% uh for PTSD. >> Were you actually in combat or I know. you had embassy duty sometime? >> Yeah, that that was my last three years.

My first two and a half I was infantry. unit. So you was in combat the first two. and a half years you were there. >> Yeah. And like I only did one. deployment. So it's not like I did like. back to back deployments. >> So you did one deployment in combat? >> Yes, sir. >> We're in Iraq. >> You're correct. Iraq. >> Now you you've been in Marines. You know. what gunshot sounds like? Oh yeah. >> You know what all you know what. screaming and everything sounds like? >> Oh yeah. >> Uh you hear anything that was out of the. ordinary? >> Not out of the ordinary. Amy sleeps with. our television on and I I hate to think.

that that would be the reason why I. wasn't able to go save someone. >> Think Amy had anything to do with this? >> No, I don't think she had anything to do. with this. >> Although Ross steers detectives away. from Amy, his own background has started. to draw attention to himself. Ross spent. 5 years in the Marine Corps. During that. time, he received extensive hand-to-hand. combat training with knives, along with. specialized instruction on how to resist. interrogation if ever captured by the. enemy. Realizing this, the examiner.

would allow Ross to share his thoughts. on who could be responsible, and his. answer would be unexpected to say the. least. >> How do you think I did this? >> I'm just I have no freaking clue. Um, >> did you do it? >> Did I do it? No. what you got down. >> There's three possible scenarios that. >> Okay. >> Um, >> one, Mike deals in a lot of gold. Um, he. buys and sells gold. Um, he buys and.

sells guns and he buys and sells video. games and stuff like that. And maybe. maybe someone was disgruntled in a sale. Um or maybe someone noticed that, you. know, he dealt in a lot of this stuff. and figured they'd cash in. Uh, you. know, that's. >> okay. >> You know, that's one scenario that could. be a yeah, a slight possibility. Uh, the. other one, um, I think it was Tuesday or. Wednesday of this past week. um.

>> he had mentioned to me that he had seen. um Amy's ex. >> husband. >> Amy's ex-husband kind of skullking. around. Um, and then the third thing. that I've um kind of been thinking over. the last um couple hour, well, not a. couple hours, but the last 24 is the. last couple of weeks, Mike has and and. it made kind of like a weird habit where. he'll just kind of walk up to the end of. the driveway and he'll just make, you.

know, kind of make a couple of circles. and kind of look back and forth and then. he'll go up and walk up the road. So, I. don't know if that's something that is. real suspect. I don't know if that's. something that's relevant, but at this. point, you know, the detectives are. telling me, "Hey, >> yeah, think of anything that might be. out of the ordinary.". >> Unsurprisingly, none of Ross' theories. involve himself or Amy. But now it's. time for the polygraph. And detectives. are about to find out whether years of. marine training are enough to help Ross.

beat it. >> In any of Marine Train, y'all been. talking about if you got captured or. anything, about polygraph or anything. If you get caught, captured or whatever, you give them your name, your rank, social security number, blah, blah, blah. Don't give any other information. and so on and so forth. >> Do you live in South Carolina? >> Yes. >> Regarding to physically harm any of. those people, do you intend to answer. truth for each question? >> Yes, sir. >> Before last year, did you ever. intentionally harm anyone? >> No, sir. >> Did you physically harm anyone in that.

house? >> No, sir. >> Is there something else you afraid I'll. ask you a question about? >> No, sir. >> So, you kept calling it a test. Did I. pass my test? >> I just joked. I said keep calling it a. test. You know, did I pass my test? >> The examiner gives nothing away, leaving. Ross in the dark about whether he passed. or failed his polygraph. Meanwhile, Amy. is brought into another room for her own. test. Like Ross, she's about to be asked.

who she believes is responsible for her. family's murders, and her answer would. shift suspicion to someone already. familiar to investigators. This has. probably gone through your head a. million times since then. Tell me tell. me what your theory is. >> A lot of different scenarios have went. through my head. >> Mhm. >> My uh my ex-husband. who did not have a good relationship. with my parents. >> Mhm. Can you think of a motive why he. would be involved in something like.

that? >> My mom and stepdad were pushing him for. child support and pushing him to take. care of his son and. >> Okay. >> He was not doing that. >> Okay. Tell me why you would not be. involved in something like this. >> I love my family. I love them. There's no way that I could. and especially the scene that was in. there. I could never do that kind of. thing. >> Okay. >> Although Amy attempts to steer.

detectives towards her ex-husband. Daniel, they have no evidence linking. him to the murders and are not. considering him a suspect. But now it's. time for the test. Unlike Ross, she's. never been trained to withstand the. pressure of a highstakes interrogation. And as far as she knows, both her future. and Ross's depend entirely on her. results. >> Okay. And please sit still. The test is. about to begin. Are the lights on in. this room?

>> Yes. >> Regarding whether you were involved in. the deaths of any of those people in. that double wide, are you going to tell. me the truth today? >> Yes. >> Were you present when any of those. people in that double wide were shot? >> No. >> Did you cause any of those injuries to. any of those people in that double wide? >> No. Do you know the name of the person. who caused any of those injuries to any. of those people in that double wire? >> No. >> You may not be entirely satisfied with.

the way things are going. >> No. >> Right now. >> No, I don't. >> I'm just going to tell you right up. front, you fail the crap out of this. polygraph. >> Okay. There's no doubt in my mind that. you are involved in some way, shape, or. form in this. Okay. >> Great. And it wasn't even close. It. wasn't even close. I mean, you failed. the cowboy do out of this test. You. could not have done any worse. Their.

theory is that you're dead smack in the. middle of this thing and Ross is dead. smack in the middle of it. >> But didn't Ross pass this? >> No. >> Hell no. No, he didn't pass it. >> If you go smoke, you can come back and. talk to us. Um, I would like to go talk. to my lawyer in her office next. Thank. you for your time. >> Well, let me ask you this. My goal every time I do this is to be. fair. Do you think I was fair to you.

today? Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. >> In reality, from this moment on, Amy. would hold a grudge against the. examiner, one that would stay with her. for years. Despite failing the. polygraph, the results alone aren't. enough to prove guilt. Without a. confession or physical evidence, detectives have no choice but to let the. couple go. And before long, the. investigation comes to a halt.

As weeks turn into months, leads begin. to dry up and the case eventually goes. cold. For a time, Amy continues giving. public interviews, pleading for the. killer to be found. But behind closed. doors, life goes on for Amy and Ross. And it appears they've put the tragedy. behind them. After inheriting the family's home, the. couple begins renovating the very place. where the murders took place. Once the. work is complete, they move in and.

settle into a comfortable new life, benefiting from the money left behind by. the victims. During this time, Ross. would spend nearly $40,000 on a Dodge. Ram, a Mustang, two Harley-Davidson. motorcycles, and a Yamaha personal. watercraft. Eventually, the couple would. sell the home and move to West Columbia, South Carolina. All the while, they. would keep the truth hidden, not only. from investigators, but also from their. own children, who were still too young.

to understand where all this newfound. fortune had come from. >> I'll show you some. >> Yep. See you. Open up. >> Look. It's now 2023 and in an unexpected. twist, the television series Cold. Justice approaches the Anderson County. Sheriff's Office with the hope of. finally solving the case. And 8 years. later, the investigation is officially.

reopened. Detective Tyler Duncan is. assigned alongside veteran investigator. Steve Spingola. And together, they're. tasked with re-examining every piece of. evidence collected back in 2015. And as. he scrolls through years of Facebook. posts, he comes across something. unexpected. A video the couple would. soon regret not deleting. Without this. recording, detectives might have hit yet. another frustrating dead end, especially. since Amy's parents had no CCTV cameras.

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only for us personally and me. Not a me. and I ain't me. You don't know your. English stupid. >> Wow. Really? >> Hold on. Let me go get my grandmother. who's actually an English teacher and. we'll find out who's correct on that. Why don't you have grandma come out here. real quick? >> I don't think your grandma wants to deal. with this trash. >> No, this is ridiculous at this point. >> Dad, you don't know doodoo from. feathers? >> Yeah, that's right, Jamie. I'm the. litter. >> I'll show you some.

>> Yep. See you. Open it up. >> Yeah, look. >> This footage completely contradicts the. story Amy and Ross had been telling. police for years, becoming the first. major lead detective Duncan believes. could finally crack the case. And so. after 8 years with virtually no. progress, Detective Duncan prepares to. pay Amy and Ross a visit. A couple who. have spent nearly a decade believing. they got away with murder. But what. Detective Duncan is about to do is not. without risks. Knowing the couple had.

already lawyered up in the past, detectives know they have only one. chance to get this right or risk the. case going cold for good. On December 11th at 8:00 a.m., Detective. Duncan and Spangola head to Amy and. Ross' new home in West Columbia, South. Carolina, more than 100 miles from where. the murders took place. Once they. arrive, the people inside the house have. no idea their lives are about to be. turned upside down forever.

>> You ready? Let's go. There we go. There we go. >> Hey, Ross. >> I'm Tyler Duncan. I'm with Anderson. County Sheriff's Office. This is Steve. >> How you doing? How's it going? >> Um, so we're I got assigned the case. about the homicide that happened in. Pendleton in 2015. >> Okay. >> And uh so I'm trying to go around.

basically and start from the beginning. and since Amy is Amy here? >> She. So, since she's the one that called. 911, I think you were there also. Um, >> yeah. Well, I mean, I showed up just. after you called yesterday after. >> Okay. Yeah. >> So, we we'd like to talk to you. Um, we're kind of starting from the. beginning of the case and going back. through. >> Yeah. My house is a mess right now. >> Well, that's we can actually get. >> we can get sit in the car here and uh. talk. >> All right. Do you want to talk to both. at the same time? >> We'll talk to you separately and we'll. talk if you want to come on out. We'll. talk to you and then we can talk to her.

Okay. After Ross steps out of the house and. walks towards the detective's vehicle, all three men know this could very well. be their final standoff. The detectives. have the element of surprise and the. couple's unsettling digital footprint. While Ross relies on a rock-solid story. backed by years of marine training, the. stakes have never been higher as the. couple's future now rests entirely in. Ross' hands.

>> Can we wake you up? Oh, I'm sorry. >> So, if you just want to start from kind. of the beginning of what you remember. and and we'll go from there. >> All right. >> Um, well, this will be fun cuz that was. quite a while ago. Um, I went out to run. my errands. I didn't really notice. anything um out of the ordinary. that I could see. Uh, you know, that. morning when Amy got up, she had noticed.

that uh her mom's dogs had not been. taken out yet, which was weird because. her mom takes her dogs out every. morning. So her so she went out there to. see why her mom's dogs hadn't been taken. out. Um. she let her mom's dogs out into the dog. run and she went up to the uh house to, you know, knock on the door, see if her. mom maybe wasn't feeling well, see if. something was going on that she didn't,

you know, didn't tell Amy about. So she. opened it up, walks in, and that's when she apparently. found the scene that she found. Um, she. went bolting back out of the house. Uh, I believe that's when she made the. call. I think she called 911 before she. called me, if I remember correctly. >> From the start, detectives immediately. notice a few things. Ross struggles to. maintain eye contact, and the story he's.

telling is one they've already partially. verified. On the day of the murders, surveillance footage captured Ross at a. nearby Quick Trip, seemingly supporting. his account. But what appeared to clear. Ross of suspicion eight years earlier. would eventually become one of the. strongest pieces of evidence against. him. For now, Ross's story matches his. original account. But as he continues. talking, small changes would begin to. emerge, giving detectives an unexpected.

lead. >> Can you describe, I guess, your kind of. your relationship with with Mike and. Kathy? Yeah. So, um, at first when, uh, uh, when Amy and I first started dating, um, uh, my relationship with Mike was. really great, actually. Kathy is one of. those people that if you don't. understand her, she's hard to swallow, but I mean, overall, I mean, she was a. really good person, I think. Um, it's. just like just some of her mannerisms.

were a little bit, we'll say, fun. There. was a couple things that kind of were. red flags, but I don't know if they have. anything to do with this or not. Um, one. of them was. at really weird times and weird hours of. the day and night, I would see Mike walking around the. perimeter of the property talking to. himself. In something like this, what do. where does your investigation normally.

what do you guys normally follow in. cases? TV shows that I watch always say. follow the money, right? That's one of the biggest things. Follow. the money and you find out where the. real motives are. >> Interestingly, this follow the money. approach will prove to be the key to. solving the case, but not in the way. Ross thinks. After a few more minutes, Ross's interview comes to an end, and.

he's asked to let Amy know it's her. turn. As detectives wait for her, they. know the last time Amy spoke to law. enforcement, she sat silently as they. angrily confronted her over failing a. polygraph test. But now Amy's attitude. would be very different. And detectives. are about to see how 8 years of carrying. a terrifying secret had changed her. >> He's the victim. >> Oh, I got that very quickly. >> Yep. >> Very quickly, >> and he goes on and on and on.

>> Benefit from this one. Excellent. But. follow the money. >> Follow the money. >> You could tell that he's. >> Yeah. I saw him. >> Yeah. >> Crying in our. >> And every time he's talking, he would. look and then when he would go to answer. and and again I I don't but but he can't. look at you in the in the face. His. timeline is extremely off. >> You just hop in the passenger seat. >> Okay. Well, we can we can stand outside. You doing okay this morning?

>> Yeah. Sorry to wake you up. Well, so my. name is Tyler. This is Steve. How are. you? >> But when we start with a case, you know, we're considered a cold case, we want to. start from the beginning. That's how I. operate. I hope you have no bad feelings. with me. Um I'm sorry that the maybe the. county or somebody has has irritated. you. I can only imagine. >> irritation. You know, you get pretty. irritated about. lies and stuff going around everything. else and how that affects your children. >> Certainly. and.

>> but we we're trying to do right by your. mother, your grand your grandmother and. then obviously Mr. Scott and and his. mom. So, >> I don't know if y'all are. redoing it and y'all going to do it. justice and that would be wonderful. >> Despite Amy claiming she's okay with the. case being reopened, her defensive. demeanor tells detectives otherwise. After reviewing the original case file, Detective Duncan knows that confronting. Amy directly has never worked. So,

learning from their previous experience, he decides to take an opposite approach. to get to the bottom of what Amy truly. feels about the victims. >> What do you remember? What can you help. us with? Where should we look? >> I mean, I mean, obviously, you got to know. finding dead people doesn't really leave. you in the right state of mind. can do things to you. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Um but and then everything that ensued, I mean, honestly, I can't even tell you.

I can barely remember the funerals. I. don't really remember much about being. inside the house anymore. I I think I've. blocked that out. That's just and that's. just how it's going to have to be at. this point because I've got children. I've got to be here for them and I can't. be in the L. Then, we had another girl. that was working for us. She was around. at the time here and there, Roxy. You said her name was Roxy. >> Yeah, Roxy. Boy, >> how about leading? So, he Ross was. telling us a little bit about like the. relationship between like I guess y'all.

and the family. Um, and I guess it was. good and then something happened. >> Uh, yeah, I remember what happened. Um, I mean, a lot of people remember what. happened. We got into it around 4th of. July or something with Mike. It didn't. have much to do with my mom and my. grandmother, of course. My father died. when I was 18. So, I didn't need another. father cuz I was 23 and had my own kid. And there had always been issues there. for years,

but way before this. So, he had issues with a couple of my. ex-husbands. He had issues with a couple. of my friends. >> Now, who? This is Mike. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Um, I really hate to tell y'all this. It. probably sounds horrible coming from me, but he wasn't a nice person. For the first time in 8 years, Amy. admits she never had a good relationship. with her stepfather. But detectives. would later learn her resentment towards. him went far deeper. She also points.

Duncan and Spingola towards her friend. and former employee Roxy, someone. detectives now need to interview as soon. as possible. Before wrapping up, Detective Spingola has one more question. for Amy, one they would return to again. and again throughout the investigation. >> How were things going financially at. that time? Okay. >> Yeah, it was fine. >> Nothing. >> No problems. >> Nothing abnormal. I mean, >> and you tried to cooperate. I know. you've answered questions before. >> Yeah. >> You took a polygraph?

>> Yeah. >> How'd that go? >> Uh, they were like they I they wouldn't. even tell me. They acted like I did. something horrible on it, you know, and. it's not that I haven't wanted. to cooperate. It's just you get to a. certain point and you see where things. are going and you're like, you know. what, this is [ __ ]. >> Thank you for talking to us. >> She can't remember anything because she. doesn't remember her lies. Am I wrong?

Despite Amy's best attempts, detectives. know her account is full of lies, even. more so than Ross's. Still, at this. stage, they have nothing concrete tying. either Amy or Ross to the murders, and. the couple knows it. Once detectives. return to the station, both sides. realize they're at a pivotal point in. the investigation as the next 24 hours. could determine whether Amy and Ross. walk free or spend the rest of their.

lives behind bars. The following morning, Detective Scotty. Hill and prosecutor Kelly Seagler follow. up on the previous day's leads and. decide to pay a visit to Amy's former. coworker, Roxy. The detective's hunch is. that Amy believes this interview will. strengthen her alibi. But by introducing. a new potential witness, whatever Roxy. is about to say now has the power to. shift the investigation in either the. detectives or the couple's favor.

>> Hey Roy, how you doing? Good. How are. you. >> doing? Fine. Come on in. Basically, what we we've decided to do. is start this case from the beginning. and work it like it's never been worked. before. >> Okay. >> Do everything we can. So, obviously you. were kind of a big deal in the early. early days of the case. You worked for. Ross Namy, right? >> How was she to work for? >> Um, cool. Laid back. Um,

>> we joked around a lot. Never took anyone. too serious. Um, I think I seen. um Kathy and what was his name? >> Mike. >> Mike. >> Um, at the the shop, the grooming shop. twice. And the first time everything was. great. And then the second time they. came, uh, it wasn't good. Um, it was. kind of I was in the back grooming, so I. didn't hear everything that was going. on, but just watching the body language.

and hearing the what they were saying at. the time. It wasn't it was something to. do with money. >> Okay. >> Um because afterwards Stacy Stacy uh Amy. had talked about um how she was going to. keep her kids away from um Kathy and. Mike. And that's when they just went. kapahoots from there. They never. >> got along after that. >> And then throughout working there, she'd. always tell me about how she was treated.

growing up and all of that. So, >> what kind of stuff would she say about. how she was treated? >> Um, she told me that she was always a. daddy's girl. And when um her dad passed. away, I think she said her dad had a he. was working on a car and it crushed him. and he was placed in the hospital. >> Um and her mom decided to pull the plug. on him and she said she was only 13 and. so she didn't really have a say so. But.

she always uh hated her mom for that. What Roxy has just revealed could. provide detectives with one of the. strongest motives behind the murders. As. Amy's hatred towards her mother over the. decision to remove her father from life. support had only deepened over the. years. And as detectives wrap up the. interview and relay their findings to. Duncan and Spingola, Amy and Ross are. completely unaware that their luxurious. life is about to come crashing down.

While Amy and Ross continue enjoying. their freedom, Duncan and Spola drive. over to two people who knew the victims. better than almost anyone else. Their. closest friends, Stan and Mary, to see. if their stories match, detectives. decide to interview them separately. And. while they expect to hear more. unsubstantiated claims, they're about to. uncover much more than that. Do you will. you just hop in the passenger seat so we. can sit down and and talk about what. happened back in 2015 real quick?

>> We're investigating the case again. Um. going through going through everything. >> Um and that's kind of why you know we. can kind of talk in private a little bit. and just see. >> I know at some point in time I think you. had called and talked with some. detectives back back then and stuff. So. >> I did because I felt like I I need to. tell them what I knew about what Barbara. had told me. I kind I kind of come on. the case earlier this year. Uh started. reviewing it and stuff. Uh. >> I hope you catch it, man. I tell you.

what, we were with him. Uh Kathy was. here that uh Friday before we don't know. exactly when she died, either Friday. night or Saturday, whatever. But uh she. and Kelly and uh and we told the first. people uh we were really good friends. She cleaned our house, but Mike and I. were good friends. And uh uh we sent. food home for them. that our food was in. their refrigerator when they died. >> I'd say at least 3 months before that. happened, she was just a nervous wreck. over what was going on up there in that.

house. And then that last time I went, that was just a few days before that. happened. Uh Barbara was just I mean she. was beside herself crying and and going. on about how uh Amy something bad was. going to happen because uh uh Amy just. seemed like she just hated their guts. >> I think the week that he died or the. weekend that he died, I think he told.

his boss that he knew was going to die. >> Do you know why he would say that? >> He's going to get killed. >> He was that afraid? >> Yeah, he just knew. I think they might. have I don't remember all of that stuff, but uh you know, uh. >> to the detective's surprise, neither. Stan nor Mary believe these murders came. out of nowhere. Their accounts suggest. this may have been a planned attack, potentially explaining why so little. evidence was left behind. But what stood. out to Stan and Mary even more was the.

couple's behavior in the days after the. murders, convincing them that one of the. Valardes is indeed the killer. >> Did you go to the funeral, man? Anything. unusual at the funeral? >> Weird. >> Weird. Why? >> For them just to come in like they were. all upset and and concerned about what. had happened. That just didn't seem. normal to me. I don't know. >> Do you remember anything anything. unusual happened at the funeral? Anything that stuck out in your mind? Do. I have to say that? >> Yeah.

>> I don't want to say it. >> You know, we we're trying to put this. together. >> She was dressed like a. >> red, >> huh? >> Red dress. >> I don't remember the color of dress, but. short dress, boots, and all that stuff. Uh, Kelly will be able to tell you more. than I can on that. >> If she wasn't speaking to them or having. anything to do with them, I don't know. why she decided she'd come in and check. on them. >> What' you think happened? Minute I heard it, I I I thought Amy's.

done what she promised you was going to. do. I never even considered it being. anybody else. When you heard they were. they were murdered, what was your first. thought? >> They killed her. >> What makes you say that? >> They did. They're the ones who killed. her. Uh and y'all know that, too. So, several people told me, you know, just. don't have the proof. And what I was. told, I don't know, maybe your sheriff. told me that, but uh they went in over. there, the uh uh deputies and stuff. thought it was a a murder and screwed up.

all the evidence. >> After speaking with Stan and Mary, detectives Duncan and Spangola know. they're closing in on a breakthrough. They just hope it comes fast enough. before the couple disappears. Over the. following weeks, Duncan and Spangola. conduct dozens more interviews with. family members and friends, re-examining. every piece of evidence to see whether. anything had been overlooked over the. years. And that's when they come across. something peculiar. Amy had insisted. from the beginning the $60,000 recovered.

from her home was her savings. But as. investigator Duncan digs deeper, he. discovers Amy and Ross' dog grooming. business had been earning far less than. they originally claimed. That's when. Spingola uncovers something critical. While reviewing the victim's phone. records, he finds that just days before. his death, Mike had photographed stacks. of cash to prove to a seller that he had. enough money for an upcoming purchase. But upon closer inspection, the serial.

numbers in this photograph exactly match. the cash seized from Amy and Ross' home. Then comes their biggest breakthrough. yet. Duncan and Spingola revisit the. CCTV footage from the morning of. November 1st and identify the shoes Ross. was wearing. Fred AS6 Speed Star. sneakers. When they compare them to the. bloody footprint left at the scene, the. match is undeniable. Nearly a decade. later, Detective Duncan finally has the. concrete physical evidence he's been.

searching for. On the morning of. December 20th, detectives return to the. couple's home for what they believe will. be their final visit. Once they arrive, they spot Ross' brand new Ford Mustang, confirming the couple hadn't. disappeared. While Amy refuses to speak. with him this time, Ross agrees to. another interview. After 8 years without. an arrest, Ross is convinced any. evidence against him simply doesn't. exist. But he's about to get a reality. check and his final chance to explain. away the damning evidence stacked.

against him. >> Hey, so we just want to ask you a couple. more things and we're going to get out. of here. Okay. >> So, there was something that had come up. um while we was looking through the. file. Do you remember owning a a like a. red pair of shoes? >> Red pair of shoes. >> ASIC uh speed star shoes? >> Don't recall. >> So, there was a video on your phone. of you wearing these ASIC speed shoes.

>> Oh, yeah. Okay. Yeah, I remember those. shoes. >> What What happened to the shoes? cuz I don't think they ever found they. never found the shoes. >> That's a good question because I have no. idea. I possibly thrown away. >> The reason that I ask is we found this. is from crime scene photos and these are. confirmed to be AS6 speed store shoes. >> Okay. >> Um inside and they have blood droplets.

on them. And interestingly enough, here. at the Quick Trip wearing those shoes. the night of the murders, I have no idea. how those shoes would have had any kind. of blood on them. I mean, obviously. wearing them at a quick trip on the. 31st. >> And they never found the clothes either. that you were wearing. >> I mean, I I can understand where that. would look like to be a problem, but. again, I don't. know where the shoes are at the moment, and I don't remember what ever happened. to those particular shoes. If something.

were to have happened that I had done. would be stupid for me to wear them into. the house and then wear them after that. >> Well, that's what I'm saying. They were. never found. So, it's almost like you. got rid of them and y'all did benefit. from the murders. Okay. Because you got. a lot of money. We've been through your. financials. Okay. >> You didn't get We did not get a lot of. money from this. >> Y'all were struggling all up until the. murders. The money found in your safe. There's money photos from Mike's. computer that match the same serial. numbers as the money that was found in. the safe. So, it's not savings. That's.

money that was found inside of Mike and. Kathy's house that Mike was saving and. y'all took it after you killed them. Okay? And I'm telling you right now, we're going to prove it. >> Or you can roll the dice. When that jury. comes back, I'm telling you, like you. said, it's not going to be pretty. We're. not here because we think you did it or. you might have did it. We know you did. it. Okay? We're just here as a courtesy. It's piling up. Ross. >> So, you're telling me that and if you. guys said you went through my. financials, >> right? >> You saw where I had made the money.

>> and we saw where you spent it. >> No, you didn't. >> Yes, we did. Cars. Your car was even. reborn, buddy. I'm tell I'm not trying. to scare you here, but. >> that's actually absolutely what you're. trying to do. >> Well, I'm not. You said it the best. Follow the money. We did that. It led. right into your single wide. Just. telling you. Using Ross' own words. against him, Detective Duncan and. Spingola followed the money and. ironically, it led detectives straight. back to him. For the first time, Ross.

begins to realize he and Amy may not be. as untouchable as they once believed. But even then, he's convinced detectives. still don't have enough to secure a. conviction, and he's about to show them. just how confident he really is. >> Let's just play this out in a. hypothetical, right? >> Right. Let's say a deal happens, >> right? >> What kind of deal would that be? >> I don't know, Ross. Here's Okay, but. here's the deal. With That's a bad. analogy. Here's the thing, sir. Without.

a deal, >> there's no hope. Do you believe that? I. want you to go and, you know, think. about this. >> I I understand that, but my my point. being is you guys just brought up my. kids, my wife, >> my family. >> Right. >> Mine is going to be better than Amy. because I came to the trough first. Right. >> Right. So, prison time no matter what. Amy, prison time no matter what. So, now. you're talking about both of us are. going to prison. Um, my my three kids in here,

they grew up without a father and a. mother. Granted, my mother would be more. than willing to take them. I understand. that. >> We're not the ones who put you on this. predicament, okay? Y'all made a decision. for whatever reason, okay, to do what. y'all do. You say we made a decision. back wall. I understand it. We make. decisions at stress. >> Now you have now, you know, 8 years, whatever. Now you're going to have to. deal with the consequences. >> For almost 10 years now, no one has.

found anything. enough to come down here and bother me. or my wife or my family. For 8 years, nothing's been enough to come down here. But now all of a sudden, 8 years later, there's enough evidence to come bother. me. Why or how? >> And we found the missing pieces. >> Okay. >> Okay. And I just showed you. >> Why? Why is it Why is it 8 years later. that missing pieces had just finally. quote unquote fallen into place? >> I can't answer that because I wasn't I.

wasn't the ones that was investigating. this case before I got it. >> So tell me where they fell for sure. >> I don't know. >> I can't plead guilty to something that. >> Ross, don't go there. Don't go there. anymore, please. I have a lot of respect. for you. >> Don't go there anymore. >> All right. I won't. >> I did my job and you did yours. You. understand that? >> Yep. >> That's it. That's the bottom line. No. more bull here. >> All right. I won't. And then if if if. that is where we are, then at this. juncture, it is time for me to hop out. of the truck and I probably will be.

contacting an attorney. >> Well, he's free to go. Okay. >> Yep. You guys have a nice drive back to. Anderson. Despite Ross still refusing to admit to. the horrific crime he and Amy committed, Duncan and Spangola no longer need his. confession. The evidence speaks for. itself. Later that day, both Amy and. Ross are arrested and transported to the. Anderson County Detention Center, where. they are charged with four counts of. murder based on 8 years of findings. This is what investigators believe.

happened on the night of October 31st, 2015. Around 11:00 p.m. that night, Amy. and Ross walked the short distance from. their trailer to the Scott family home. Because they were family, detectives. believe they were able to enter the. house without forcing their way inside. Investigators believe Mike Scott was. attacked first before he had a chance to. defend himself. Kathy Scott, Barbara. Scott, and Violet Taylor all suffered. slash wounds, which investigators. concluded were the fatal injuries. after.

they had already died. Each victim was. then shot in the head. Detectives. believe Amy and Ross then took the cash. Mike kept inside the home before leaving. the scene. 2 days after the murder, Amy. returned to the house and placed the 911. call, reporting she had discovered the. bodies. In February 2026, Amy is found. guilty on all four counts of murder and. sentenced to four life sentences. As of. August 2026, Ross remains behind bars.

awaiting trial. If convicted, he too. could receive four life sentences, one. for each victim.