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1:02

Fred Javelin was a man of routine.

1:05

Every day, he would wake up at six

1:07

AM, put on a pot of coffee,

1:10

and then go out the back door to grab the newspaper

1:12

from the driveway. Reading

1:14

the paper while drinking fresh brewed coffee

1:17

was Fred's favorite way to start the

1:18

day. The morning

1:20

of October thirtieth two thousand four,

1:22

was supposed to be like all the others.

1:25

Fred woke up, put on a pot of coffee,

1:28

and walked out the back door to grab the paper.

1:30

he would have had an extra spring in his

1:33

step. It was almost Halloween,

1:35

his favorite holiday. It

1:38

was Saturday, so he could lounge

1:40

around enjoying his coffee and paper.

1:42

He was probably excited to get the candy

1:45

ready for trick treaters the next night.

1:47

On Halloween day, he was supposed

1:49

to take his three kids on a hay ride

1:52

before carving pumpkins and then

1:54

getting into costumes. but

1:56

he would never get to drink that coffee or

1:59

enjoy his Saturday

1:59

before all hallows Eve.

2:03

Fred was walking out his own back door

2:05

into an ambush. Just

2:08

before six forty AM, a

2:10

Henrico County Virginia man named

2:12

Bob called 911

2:14

to report three gunshots he had just

2:16

heard in his residential neighborhood.

2:19

Police arrived in the neighborhood and started

2:22

searching, but they didn't find anything.

2:24

At seven AM, they called Bob

2:26

back to tell him the news. Bob

2:29

said he would take his dog for a walk when the

2:31

sun came up. And if he saw anything,

2:33

he'd give them a callback. Less

2:36

than thirty minutes later, Bob and his

2:38

wife were walking their dogs. When

2:40

Bob noticed, something crumpled up

2:42

in a neighbor's driveway. It

2:45

was the body of fifty two year old Fred

2:47

Javelin.

2:47

He had been shot twice.

2:51

Another neighbor

2:52

later told the press that because

2:54

it was such a nice neighborhood, if didn't

2:56

know any better and saw the yellow crime

2:58

scene tape across the Javelin driveway,

3:01

You would just think it was a Halloween decoration.

3:05

Welcome to episode one sixty seven,

3:08

The Murder of Fred Jablin.

3:14

Frederick Mark Jablin was born on July

3:16

twenty third nineteen fifty two

3:18

in Queens, New York.

3:21

His father Irving was an accountant

3:23

and his mother Mildred was a stay at

3:25

home mom while Fred and his older

3:27

brother Michael were young.

3:29

She later became a bookkeeper.

3:32

The Javelins raised their

3:34

two sons in Floral Park,

3:36

a

3:36

Jewish working class neighborhood.

3:37

Growing

3:40

up, Fred wanted to be a scientist.

3:43

He would later graduate with a doctorate.

3:45

but he didn't exactly become a scientist

3:47

like he had dreamed of. Instead,

3:50

he

3:50

conducted groundbreaking research

3:52

in the communications field.

3:54

At

3:54

the time of his death, he

3:56

was a very distinguished university professor

3:59

and department

3:59

chair. Aside

4:01

from Fred's intelligence,

4:03

he

4:03

was known for having a playful nature,

4:06

a sharp sense of humor, and

4:07

a zest for living.

4:10

One friend told Katherine Casey, Author

4:12

of Die My Love, that Fred

4:14

had an infectious curiosity. that

4:16

made him stand out in a crowd. Another

4:19

said Fred had a horizons of humor

4:21

and a contagious love of life.

4:24

Fred graduated from the State University

4:27

of New York with a bachelor's in political

4:29

science and speech. He

4:30

then went to the University of Michigan

4:33

in Ann Arbor and earned a master's

4:35

degree in communication.

4:37

but Fred wasn't done with school yet.

4:39

He

4:40

then graduated from Purdue University

4:42

with a PhD in organizational

4:45

communication. After

4:47

earning his PhD, Fred

4:49

accepted an assistant professor position

4:51

at the University of Wisconsin at

4:54

Milwaukee.

4:55

There, he wrote his breakthrough article.

4:57

It

4:58

was about supervisor and subordinate

5:00

communication. The

5:02

article was accepted for publication in

5:04

the psychological bulletin, a

5:06

monthly peer reviewed academic journal.

5:09

A friend and colleague of

5:11

France told Katherine Casey,

5:13

at that point, organizational communication

5:16

was just getting its legs.

5:18

getting an article published and another

5:20

disciplines leading journal was a coup.

5:22

With

5:23

that paper, Fred leapfrogged

5:26

to the head of his class and built a reputation

5:28

for himself in the field. Not

5:32

long after writing the breakthrough article,

5:34

Fred was offered a teaching position at

5:36

the University of Tech at Austin.

5:38

He accepted and became

5:40

a professor of organizational communication.

5:44

at

5:44

UT Austin,

5:46

Fred met and befriended fellow

5:48

professor John Daley.

5:50

He later said, Fred

5:52

was a true teacher at heart. There

5:54

was nothing he

5:55

enjoyed more than working one on one

5:57

with a bright student.

5:59

In his first five years at the

6:02

university, Fred wrote thirteen

6:04

articles for scholarly journals and

6:06

was officially considered an expert

6:08

in the field.

6:09

He won many awards for his groundbreaking

6:12

research.

6:13

Fred bought a house on Harper's Ferry Lane

6:16

in Austin.

6:17

This was game changing for Fred.

6:20

He loved Halloween and would

6:22

decorate his house in cobwebs spiders,

6:25

and

6:25

a dummy he named mister Myers.

6:28

He would carve pumpkins and host

6:30

an annual Halloween party.

6:33

John Daley told Katherine Casey, Fred

6:35

believed that Halloween was a time when you

6:37

could be a different person. He'd

6:39

spend days making sure the decorations

6:42

were just right, arranging and

6:44

rearranging the cobwebs so

6:46

they looked real.

6:48

Fred also obsessed over his costumes.

6:50

His favorite was an elaborate

6:52

wizard costume. In

6:55

the fall of nineteen eighty one,

6:57

John

6:57

introduced Fred to one of his students,

6:59

a

7:00

young woman named Piper Roundtree.

7:03

Fred soon learned that Piper had

7:05

previously been in one of his classes,

7:07

but since it was such a large class,

7:10

he didn't remember her.

7:12

For a girl, he couldn't remember,

7:14

the determined piper was about

7:16

to take over his life.

7:19

Piper and Fred were the epitome

7:21

of opposites attract. Katherine

7:23

Casey described Fred as precise

7:25

and exacting. and Piper

7:27

as a free spirit. John

7:30

Daley said they each found

7:32

something in the other that they lacked.

7:34

Piper helped make Fred quote

7:37

more of a person. I

7:39

take that to mean a

7:40

more easygoing fun person.

7:43

Frod was a brilliant accomplished

7:46

academic, so perhaps he was a

7:48

little awkward, and Piper helped to

7:50

smooth out the edges. And

7:53

Fred offered Piper Financial support

7:55

and commitment. They

7:57

said he waited on her hand and

7:59

foot. It

7:59

would seem he adored her.

8:02

at least in the beginning.

8:05

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Piper

9:32

and Round Tree was born on January

9:35

sixth nineteen sixty in Japan.

9:37

to parents, Bill, and Betty.

9:39

Piper was eight years younger than

9:41

her soon to be husband, but she was

9:43

used to being the youngest. She was

9:45

the spoiled baby sister of five

9:48

siblings. She was very

9:50

close to all of her family, but she

9:52

shared a special bond with her

9:54

sister Tina. who was also eight

9:56

years older than her. The

9:58

Round Tree family lived all over the

9:59

place until Bill retired, then

10:02

they settled in Harlingen, Texas.

10:04

According

10:06

to Piper, she grew up thinking

10:08

her parents

10:08

were divorced because Bill was gone

10:10

for many of her school years.

10:13

She

10:13

felt like she barely knew her own father.

10:15

When he

10:15

was home, he was drinking.

10:18

And

10:18

when he drank, he

10:19

was mean.

10:21

Betty was described as a good mom

10:23

by Piper's childhood friends. She went

10:26

to PTA meetings and was always

10:28

there for her kids.

10:29

However, Piper later told a psychiatrist

10:32

that Betty

10:32

wasn't ever around. It was Tina

10:34

who raised her.

10:37

Tina told

10:37

a different story to Katherine Casey,

10:40

saying, Piper was

10:41

the baby of the family, and my mom

10:43

was really protective.

10:45

she would give Piper a lot of attention. Piper,

10:48

a bookworm, graduated

10:50

from Harlingen High School in nineteen

10:53

seventy eight. She was

10:54

very popular there and was a top

10:56

student. She was a member of the

10:58

National Honor Society, The Student

11:00

Council, and the Yearbook Committee.

11:02

She was the editor of the school's

11:05

literary publication, and she

11:07

participated in speech, drama, tennis,

11:09

and choir.

11:12

In

11:12

nineteen seventy eight, Piper started

11:14

at the University of Texas and

11:16

Austin. She

11:17

majored in speech and studied

11:19

German. She was already fluent in

11:21

Spanish. It was the

11:23

fall of nineteen eighty one that

11:25

Piper's teacher John Daley

11:27

introduced her to Dr. Fred Jablin.

11:29

At this

11:31

point, Piper was

11:32

a senior at the university. She

11:34

would

11:34

often talk to John in between classes.

11:37

One

11:38

day, he told Piper about

11:40

an event he and Fred were going

11:42

to.

11:42

She asked if she could go and John

11:44

said yes. He

11:46

ended up having to cancel at the last

11:48

minute, but he asked Fred to still

11:50

go. Fred went and

11:52

he and Piper seemed to fall for

11:54

each other right away. By

11:56

December nineteen eighty one, they

11:58

were

11:58

living together.

12:01

In the

12:01

spring of nineteen eighty two, Piper

12:03

graduated

12:03

with a bachelor's in communication and

12:06

German. Then

12:08

she left for a year on a scholarship

12:11

in Germany.

12:12

While there,

12:13

Piper met another man.

12:14

When

12:15

Fred found out, he flew over

12:17

to win her back. His

12:19

plan worked.

12:20

She came back to him when the scholarship

12:23

was over. and

12:23

they moved back in together.

12:26

In

12:26

the fall of nineteen eighty three,

12:28

Piper enrolled in a San Antonio

12:31

law school. with

12:31

Fred paying her tuition, of course.

12:34

Then on

12:34

October fourteenth nineteen eighty

12:37

three, Fred and Piper got married.

12:40

It wasn't long before Fred found

12:42

out that Piper wasn't

12:44

exactly who he thought she was.

12:46

She was very demanding. and

12:48

she had a formidable temper, which

12:50

she wasn't afraid to show.

12:53

Despite all of this, Fred

12:55

remained an extremely devoted partner.

12:58

When Piper's law school grades

13:00

dropped, Fred put his beloved house up

13:02

for rent and moved to San

13:04

Antonio to help support her.

13:07

He continued working in Austin,

13:09

driving three hours round trip to work

13:11

every day for two years.

13:13

Fred's sacrifices seemed to

13:16

be worth it in the end. Piper

13:18

graduated from law school in the spring of

13:20

nineteen eighty six and the couple moved

13:22

back to Austin. She

13:24

enjoyed painting

13:25

while studying for the bar and looking for

13:28

a job. By October,

13:31

she had a job with the Hays County

13:33

District Attorney's Office. But just

13:35

a year later, Piper was unemployed.

13:38

When people asked why she left the

13:40

DA's office, Piper said she

13:42

didn't feel safe as a prosecutor after

13:44

a man came in, to

13:46

negotiate a plea deal and took out a gun

13:48

and put it in between them. The

13:51

truth was that she had been

13:53

fired. This would be the beginning of

13:55

a pattern of

13:56

lying in Piper's life.

13:58

She always

13:59

bent the truth to make herself sound

14:01

better. or

14:02

to sound like the victim in any situation.

14:04

She was able to get

14:06

a new job at the Texas Association

14:09

of school boards fairly quickly after

14:11

being fired. In

14:14

nineteen eighty eight, Piper and Fritz

14:16

started talking about having children. And

14:18

in July nineteen eighty nine, the

14:20

couple welcomed a

14:21

daughter, Jocelyn.

14:24

Piper continued to work

14:25

while Jocelyn went to day care.

14:27

But

14:27

then Piper quit the school board

14:30

association

14:30

and took a higher paying job at a law

14:32

firm. A

14:34

year later, she was unemployed

14:36

again. She

14:37

told people that she was fired for being

14:40

pregnant with her second child, but the

14:42

firm said it was for

14:43

a lack of performance.

14:46

Looking

14:46

back at the academic accomplishments

14:48

of Piper Roundtree, you would

14:50

think she was destined for success

14:52

like her husband. Maybe

14:54

she was one of those people who thrives

14:56

in an

14:57

insulated school environment, but

14:59

struggles out in the real

15:01

world. In

15:02

March of nineteen ninety two, Piper

15:04

gave birth to a boy named Paxton.

15:07

She ended up experiencing intense

15:10

postpartum depression. She

15:12

spent weeks in bed and didn't

15:14

have the energy to care for her newborn. When

15:17

she recovered, Piper

15:18

then went to work for the Texas Classroom

15:21

Teachers Association. After

15:22

a year, she was

15:24

let go for, quote, not having

15:27

passion for the job. Then

15:29

Piper, impetuously, opened up

15:31

her own law office, which was

15:33

unsuccessful from the get go.

15:35

Then in nineteen ninety three,

15:37

she found out she was pregnant with her

15:39

third child. But this

15:41

time, there were complications.

15:43

and well

15:43

into the pregnancy.

15:46

Piper

15:46

suffered a miscarriage.

15:48

It was

15:48

a very difficult time for Piper

15:51

and Fred.

15:51

They were devastated, and

15:53

Piper fell into another deep

15:56

depression. She decided

15:58

she wanted to stay home with the kids.

16:00

She no longer wanted to work.

16:02

To

16:03

help pay the bills, Fred took on

16:05

consulting work,

16:06

something he didn't want to do, but

16:08

felt he had to do. to keep the family

16:11

afloat. The

16:12

second job didn't last long,

16:14

not because Fred gave it up, but

16:17

because Piper demanded he'd be at

16:19

home more with her and the kids.

16:22

Around the same time that Piper said she wanted

16:24

to stay home, the Javelin

16:26

started going to marriage

16:26

counseling.

16:28

According to Katherine Casey, they

16:30

might have started counseling because of

16:32

something Piper did. Shortly

16:34

after Paxton was born, Piper

16:37

withdrew her retirement fund, which

16:39

was around sixteen hundred dollars.

16:41

She combined that with fourteen

16:43

hundred dollars from a joint account with

16:45

Fred and then she paid for breast implant

16:47

surgery. Maybe it

16:49

doesn't sound like a huge amount she took from their

16:51

joint account. but it's worth about

16:53

three thousand today, which adds

16:55

perspective. She

16:57

didn't tell Fred until two days before

17:00

the surgery. and he didn't want

17:02

Piper to get the surgery. He was

17:04

worried about leaking implants and how

17:06

breastfeeding would work. But

17:08

Piper didn't care about his concerns.

17:11

Yes. It was her body and her

17:13

choice, but healthy couples

17:15

discussed major medical decisions.

17:18

and one partner should not be sneaking money out

17:20

of a joint account. That's a major

17:22

breach of

17:22

trust. Then in

17:25

nineteen ninety four,

17:27

Fred was offered a job at the University

17:29

of Richmond in Virginia.

17:31

This job paid a lot more

17:33

than his position in Texas. The

17:37

Javelins bought a house on

17:39

hearthglow lane and the Kingsley suburb

17:41

of Richmond. It was a

17:43

nice house. A two story Red Brick

17:45

home set far off from the

17:47

street. In

17:48

December nineteen ninety five,

17:50

Piper

17:50

gave birth to another daughter.

17:52

Calin or Cali for

17:54

short.

17:55

Once again, Piper

17:57

suffered from postpartum depression.

17:59

Except

18:00

this time, when the postpartum

18:03

left, motherhood didn't come as naturally

18:05

as it had with her first two

18:07

kids. Kallie

18:07

needed attention, but Piper didn't

18:09

have any to give to her.

18:11

In nineteen

18:12

ninety six, Piper and Fred

18:14

were back in marriage counseling.

18:16

She said

18:17

she felt underappreciated and

18:20

ignored. She

18:20

wanted Fred to pay more attention to her

18:23

and the kids. She complained

18:25

that Fred kept her on a financial

18:28

leash. She wanted to

18:28

be in control of the money.

18:31

though So

18:33

Fred gave her the control.

18:34

He always tried to give her

18:36

what she wanted. By nineteen

18:39

ninety eight, People

18:40

were starting to notice that Piper didn't really

18:42

seem to care about her

18:44

children. She wouldn't

18:44

even pick them up from

18:45

school if they were sick. She

18:47

would escape to her neighbor, Mel's house.

18:50

Just to get

18:50

away for a little while, she said.

18:53

Mel would then

18:54

look outside her window.

18:56

and

18:56

see Cali playing in the yard by herself. She

18:58

would have been

18:59

just over two years old.

19:01

Fred ended up

19:03

sending Cali to day care.

19:05

so he knew

19:06

she would be cared for.

19:07

He hired nannies and cleaning

19:10

ladies even

19:10

though Piper didn't work, but

19:12

she would often

19:14

fire Fred told

19:14

his friend, John Daily, that

19:17

Piper was never happy. No

19:19

matter what he did, it wasn't

19:21

enough. but he said he loved Piper

19:23

and had to keep trying.

19:25

The year nineteen ninety

19:27

nine was another tough one for the

19:30

Javelin family. Piper

19:31

started having an

19:33

affair,

19:33

something Fred knew nothing about, at

19:35

least for a while.

19:36

She was also diagnosed

19:39

with a possible mood disorder and put on antidepressants

19:42

and anti anxiety medication.

19:44

Also during this time,

19:47

Piper wrecked up thirty two thousand in debt while

19:49

being in charge of finances. That

19:51

would be over fifty seven thousand

19:54

today. When Fred found

19:56

out, he took back control of the

19:58

finances and told her she needed to get

20:00

a job and help pay off the debt.

20:02

Piper ended

20:03

up taking over an attorney's

20:05

office who was looking to retire,

20:07

but she didn't have a license to

20:09

practice in Virginia.

20:11

It wasn't long before the

20:13

Bar Association found out that

20:15

Piper was practicing law without a

20:18

Virginia license. She was

20:19

ordered to take their bar exam,

20:21

and

20:21

Fred paid the three thousand

20:22

dollars for a University of Richmond

20:25

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20:27

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20:27

He also

20:29

hired a full time housekeeper to

20:31

help

20:32

piper at home while she studied,

20:34

but she fell the bar

20:36

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20:39

depression. In early May two

20:41

thousand, Fred and Piper started seeing

20:43

a therapist. whom Piper had already been

20:45

seen by herself for couples

20:47

counseling. The therapist

20:49

quickly realized that Fred was

20:52

sincerely concerned about Piper.

20:54

He was not the way Piper had made him out

20:56

to be during their solo sessions.

20:59

That

20:59

same month, Piper had a hysterectomy

21:01

and again became very depressed.

21:04

Fred took care of the kids that summer

21:06

while she did her own thing.

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22:17

By the

22:20

fall of two thousand, Fred

22:22

moved into a separate bedroom so

22:24

Piper could sleep better.

22:26

neighbors say her mood darkened. She

22:29

was rarely seen around the

22:31

house.

22:31

She eventually asked Fred for an apartment

22:33

of her own so she could

22:36

paint even though she had the whole house to

22:38

herself during the day.

22:40

In

22:40

December two thousand, two

22:42

days before the Javelin family was supposed to go

22:44

to Disney World.

22:45

Piper called her neighbor Linda and

22:47

asked to borrow her car.

22:50

Linda thought it was for an air end, so

22:52

she said yes.

22:54

Hours passed and Piper didn't

22:56

return.

22:57

Linda called her and asked where she

23:00

was.

23:00

Piper said calmly,

23:02

I don't

23:03

know.

23:04

More hours passed and her

23:07

neighbor mill got a call about

23:09

Piper being at a doctor's

23:11

office. The caller said, Piper

23:13

couldn't drive. she needed a ride

23:15

home. Saumel went to

23:17

get her and she wasn't even able

23:19

to walk. She was nearly

23:21

unconscious because the staff had given her something to

23:23

calm her down. Mel

23:25

and

23:25

her husband had Piper home.

23:27

When

23:27

they carried her inside the

23:30

Javelin house, The kids were unfazed

23:32

by their mother's condition or

23:34

her absence. Then

23:37

mill called Fred and told him to

23:39

come home. Later that night,

23:41

Piper

23:41

called

23:42

Linda and asked her to come over

23:44

and tell her what had happened that

23:46

day. When Linda went to the house,

23:48

she said Piper was manic and

23:51

pacing.

23:51

She ordered Linda to tell her

23:53

everything.

23:53

Linda told Piper what happened,

23:55

but then she started yelling that Fred

23:57

was drugging her, and

23:59

Linda got

23:59

uncomfortable and left.

24:01

The next morning,

24:04

Mel got a call from Fred asking where

24:06

Piper and Cali were. Mel

24:08

said

24:08

she didn't know. She

24:09

hadn't seen either of them since she had dropped

24:12

Piper off the day before.

24:13

Come to

24:14

find out. Piper had called

24:16

her sister Tina in the middle of the night

24:18

and

24:18

said Fred was drugging her. She

24:20

said she was scared

24:21

and wanted to travel to Houston

24:24

with Cali.

24:25

Piper packed her suitcases and

24:27

called a limo service to take her and

24:29

Cali to the airport. She

24:32

didn't tell Fred, but he eventually

24:34

found out where they were. It is unclear

24:35

if he asked her to come home, but

24:37

we do

24:38

know that he still took the other two kids

24:40

to Disney. He probably didn't

24:42

want to ruin their vacation.

24:44

While in Houston,

24:47

Piper

24:47

told Tina that after she got home on the

24:49

day she borrowed

24:49

Linda's car, Fred

24:51

was angry. She

24:52

claimed he ripped her clothes off and put

24:55

her to bed,

24:55

calling her an embarrassment.

24:57

And she said that Fred drugged

25:00

her.

25:00

Tina, a nurse

25:01

practitioner, felt like Piper

25:03

was suffering from exhaustion and

25:05

that

25:06

Fred was undermining her self esteem.

25:09

Basically, everything was friends

25:12

fault. Meanwhile, Fred

25:14

Jocelyn and Paxton spent a

25:16

week at Disney flew

25:18

to Texas to see Piper and Cali.

25:20

A few days

25:21

later, the whole Javelin family went

25:23

back to Richmond, after it was

25:25

agreed that Fred would find a teaching job in

25:28

Texas. He even applied

25:29

for his old position at the

25:31

University of Texas at Austin.

25:35

Once

25:35

again again, Fred was giving in

25:37

to Piper's every demand.

25:39

He

25:39

would really do anything for his

25:42

family. But the good times

25:43

never lasted long. On

25:45

January sixth two thousand

25:48

one, Piper moved out of the house and

25:50

moved in with her friend Lany. who

25:52

was getting divorce. Five days

25:54

later on January eleventh, Piper

25:56

called the

25:57

police and said that Fred had pushed her

25:59

into a

25:59

wall during an argument. She

26:02

had

26:02

a small cut on one hand,

26:05

but said she didn't think it was from the

26:07

argument when police showed

26:09

up. Fred told them that there had been a verbal

26:10

argument. Police asked the

26:12

kids who were witnesses, and

26:14

they said nothing physical happened.

26:17

Piper was adamant that Fred

26:19

had pushed her. She said that Fred

26:21

was definitely abusive and they could

26:23

ask her friend Mel. So

26:26

police talked

26:26

to Mel and Mel

26:27

said no, that was not

26:30

true. Fred was far from abusive.

26:32

A week

26:33

later, on January

26:36

eighteenth. Fred sent Piper an

26:38

email saying that he wanted to stay

26:40

together. He still cared about her

26:42

and missed her. He suggested that

26:44

they stay married, but live in

26:46

separate bedrooms while they saw a

26:48

counselor. He said he

26:50

would keep looking for a job in

26:52

Texas, If he couldn't find one,

26:54

he'd take Lee from the University of

26:56

Richmond in July and then move to

26:58

Texas with her and the kids.

27:01

It is unknown what Piper's reaction to this

27:03

email was. On

27:05

February fourth, Fred found out

27:07

that soon after their return from Richmond,

27:10

Piper had stolen his Mastercard

27:12

and ordered a Citibank card

27:14

with his information.

27:17

In thirty days, She had taken out

27:19

nine thousand in cash advances and

27:22

made nearly eleven thousand

27:24

in purchases. She

27:25

also transferred three thousand of

27:27

his paycheck to an account she opened

27:29

at a different bank. She

27:31

bought clothes, tennis equipment,

27:33

three

27:33

years' worth of hair salon

27:36

services, and seven thousand dollars in

27:38

prepaid moving expenses. That's

27:41

thirty thousand bucks in

27:43

two thousand one, which would be

27:45

about fifty grand today.

27:47

The

27:47

next day, February

27:50

fifth, Piper took

27:50

Jocelyn to a doctor's appointment and

27:52

then checked into a hotel with her kids.

27:55

She called

27:55

Mel and said that she was afraid Fred

27:57

would have her arrested.

27:59

On February

27:59

seventh, Piper and the kids were still in

28:02

the hotel. Piper told

28:04

Mel she thought the police were going to get her

28:06

at any time. And

28:08

then

28:08

Piper called her psychiatrist to cancel

28:10

her appointment.

28:12

The psychiatrist told her

28:14

that her actions were part of a

28:16

pattern of chaos. her

28:18

emotions

28:18

were out of control. He

28:20

wanted

28:20

her to take medicine for mood swings.

28:24

Later that day,

28:25

Piper went to file a restraining order

28:28

against Fred. She

28:30

said that on January eleventh, Fred

28:32

had been physically abusive. Hours after

28:34

filing the order, police

28:36

arrested Fred at the campus for

28:38

domestic violence.

28:40

After his release the

28:42

same

28:42

day day, a

28:43

defeated and probably very

28:44

embarrassed friend moved to

28:46

a motel while Piper and

28:48

the kids lived in the house.

28:52

On March eleventh, Fred went

28:54

to an emergency hearing and asked

28:55

for temporary custody. He said

28:57

the kids

28:58

were unsafe with Piper.

29:00

and the

29:01

judge agreed.

29:02

The next day, Piper

29:05

filed another report of domestic

29:07

violence against Fred. Then

29:09

she went home and took all the items she wanted

29:11

from the house, including

29:12

Fred's mother's piano, and

29:14

moved

29:15

into a townhouse.

29:17

Naturally,

29:17

she didn't tell Fred.

29:19

But Fred

29:20

still wasn't ready to give up. He

29:22

begged Piper to come back for

29:25

the kids. But

29:25

Piper said no. With

29:27

no other move to make,

29:29

Fred asked his attorney to file

29:30

for divorce on grounds of desertion.

29:32

On

29:33

March sixteenth, a judge lifted the

29:36

restraining order and let Fred move

29:38

back into the house. The judge

29:40

also rolled again that Fred

29:42

would have temporary

29:42

custody of their children.

29:45

Piper

29:45

later followed a cross complaint

29:47

asking for her own divorce.

29:49

She said

29:50

Fred was cruel and was

29:52

both verbally and physically abusive, and

29:55

she asked for joint

29:57

custody. At this

29:57

point, Fred was

29:58

caring for the children on

29:59

his own while paying Piper

30:02

over eleven hundred dollars in alimony

30:04

a month. he

30:05

needed more money. So when he

30:06

was asked to step in as the acting

30:09

dean, a job that

30:10

would come with a pay raise,

30:12

Fred said yes, and then he hired

30:14

a nanny. As the

30:16

year

30:16

went on, things with Piper continued

30:18

to spiral downward. and

30:21

Fred became more worried for his

30:23

safety. He created a new

30:25

will, saying that his brother Michael would get

30:27

custody of the kids. if anything happened to

30:29

him. He also installed a

30:31

security system, and

30:33

he

30:33

talked to the kids about what they

30:35

should do if their

30:37

mom came to take them away.

30:40

By then, the kids would have been

30:42

around the ages thirteen, ten,

30:44

and seven. Jocelyn and Paxton

30:46

had witnessed so much drama

30:48

from their mother over the years.

30:50

And

30:50

poor Cali, well,

30:52

she was more neglected by Piper than

30:55

anything. But imagine basically

30:57

explaining to your kids what

30:59

to do if their own mom

31:01

came to kidnap them. On

31:03

July eighteenth, Fred filed for

31:05

full custody. He was worried about

31:08

Piper's behavior. she

31:10

had been doing a lot of odd things, like sending

31:12

an email to a bunch of people,

31:14

including Fred and her son Paxton.

31:17

about an idea for a new type

31:19

of computer joystick that could

31:21

be used for sexual pleasure.

31:24

Other concerning behavior included

31:27

letting the kids cross a

31:29

foreign road by themselves to go to a

31:31

gas station. The list

31:32

went on and

31:34

on. Fred

31:34

was genuinely worried about

31:36

the children when they were with their mother.

31:38

He

31:38

needed full custody so he could keep

31:41

them safe.

31:41

In September,

31:43

the judge ruled that Fred would

31:45

have physical custody, but he and

31:47

Piper would both continue to have temporary

31:50

joint custody. The judge

31:52

ordered

31:52

a psychiatrist to

31:53

evaluate both to see who was

31:55

suitable to raise the kids.

31:57

As the months

31:58

passed, Fred continued trying

32:00

to be as cordial

32:01

as possible to Piper.

32:04

On January

32:05

seventh two thousand two,

32:07

A

32:07

hearing was over the psychiatry evaluations for

32:10

Piper and Fred. Dr.

32:12

Lee

32:12

Hagan, a psychiatrist

32:14

testified about the results.

32:17

He

32:17

Piper had ADD, bipolar,

32:20

disassociative

32:21

disorder, issues with

32:23

substance abuse or what he

32:26

called, a character disorder

32:28

because of her socially unacceptable behavior.

32:30

Doctor

32:31

Haggen said he leans more towards

32:33

a dissociative disorder and

32:35

said that Piper was hyper emotional and

32:37

might have

32:38

impaired judgment. But he

32:40

also said there was nothing damaging

32:43

about Fred. he

32:44

relied on tact and diplomacy.

32:46

According to

32:48

Catherine Casey, on March fifth two

32:51

thousand two, The

32:51

judge said that both Piper and Fred

32:53

love their children. However, the

32:55

animosity between them was potentially

32:58

detrimental to their children.

32:59

The

33:00

judge said doctor Javelin is more

33:02

of a peacemaker, more able

33:04

to bend. He

33:06

brought up that

33:07

Piper's own psychiatrist said Piper's

33:09

mental health improved while

33:10

Fred had custody,

33:12

which

33:13

is telling Piper's

33:15

mental health improved when she

33:17

wasn't responsible for her children.

33:20

It's

33:20

sad that

33:21

she could not accept

33:23

that. Because of

33:24

these reasons and others,

33:26

the judge ruled that Piper and Fred

33:28

would have joint legal custody.

33:30

but

33:30

Fred have permanent physical custody of

33:32

all three children.

33:35

Piper was inconsolable when she

33:37

found out. She

33:40

told her friends that Fred used his

33:42

expertise in communication to

33:44

manipulate the judge. She didn't

33:46

tell them that it was actually her

33:48

bizarre

33:48

behavior that caused the judge's decision.

33:51

Three

33:52

days after the hearing, Piper

33:54

emailed a forty two page document

33:56

to a

33:57

bunch of people, Fred knew. The

33:59

email

33:59

subject line was Jablin's

34:02

psychological profile. and

34:03

it was marked relevant if you have children

34:05

he supervises. The body of

34:07

the email

34:10

read After

34:10

serious consideration of the wider implications of

34:12

the attached court report,

34:14

I am forwarding

34:15

it to you.

34:18

she forwarded

34:18

was not an official court document.

34:20

It was just a word document, full

34:23

of lies,

34:24

that Piper's sister

34:25

Tina typed

34:27

up. She even listed

34:28

a bunch of fake credentials to

34:30

make the document look more official.

34:32

According to

34:34

according to catherine casey Casey, The

34:36

document was a direct assault on Fred Javelin's

34:38

character, morals, and ethics.

34:42

Tina wrote

34:42

that Fred was a narcissist,

34:45

He

34:45

didn't care about anyone but himself,

34:47

and he lacked empathy for

34:49

everyone,

34:49

including Piper and

34:52

the kids. Tina

34:52

wrote that Fred had violent and dangerous outbursts and

34:55

showed a calculated pattern

34:57

of intentional neglect. She said

34:59

that children were at a high risk for

35:02

psychological abuse. She read that

35:04

Fred frequently smoked pot and that he

35:06

had physically and sexually

35:08

assaulted Piper. He never

35:09

gave Piper any money or

35:12

affection and that Fred

35:14

hated children and never

35:16

wanted them. Tina wrote that Fred

35:17

beat Paxton and that

35:19

Jocelyn's psychiatrist said that since Fred started

35:21

caring for the children,

35:24

Jocelyn

35:24

had been bordering on anorexia and

35:26

suicide for months. This

35:28

is not what

35:29

the psychiatrist said. In

35:32

fact, he said the

35:34

opposite. Tina also added

35:36

that Fred

35:38

Beat Paxton. And

35:39

of course, she couldn't end without a racist comment

35:41

about Jewish people having

35:43

a persecution complex.

35:47

The document was

35:48

very damning to Fred's reputation.

35:51

He had to

35:52

make many embarrassing phone calls.

35:55

telling people who got the email that

35:57

it was all lies. But in

35:59

the end, Fred didn't feel that

36:02

was enough. so

36:03

he withdrew his name from

36:05

consideration from the permanent Dean's

36:07

ship. He

36:08

also told Piper that her actions

36:10

were detrimental to the children's welfare.

36:12

Yet still, over

36:13

the summer, Fred remained

36:14

as cordial as ever.

36:16

Even though

36:18

he didn't

36:19

legally have to,

36:21

Fred always

36:21

told Piper what was going on with the

36:24

children and what

36:24

their plans were. Piper

36:26

would

36:27

in turn fight

36:29

Fred on everything. Her

36:31

behavior had a profound effect

36:33

on the children. According

36:34

to the neighbors,

36:35

they became quieter, withdrawn,

36:38

and

36:38

less interested in playing with friends.

36:40

On July fifteenth, Piper

36:41

and Fred went to court to discuss the

36:44

document Piper sent out.

36:46

At

36:47

the hearing, Fred

36:48

asked the judge finalize His request

36:51

was

36:51

granted. Piper and Fred

36:53

were officially divorced.

36:56

Then Fred asked that he

36:57

be granted full permanent custody.

36:59

He said, I cannot

37:01

trust Piper's judgment.

37:03

This

37:03

email shows a person who does not know right

37:06

from wrong, has no moral

37:08

standards, will lie and

37:10

spread hatred. She does

37:11

not have the welfare of the

37:14

children at heart. The

37:16

judge

37:16

gave Fred full permanent

37:18

custody. and

37:18

limited Piper's visitation to twice monthly weekends,

37:21

holidays, and three

37:23

weeks of summer.

37:25

Following this ruling, Piper told a

37:27

friend, Fred torched

37:29

my village.

37:32

In

37:32

August, Piper

37:33

moved to Houston and started living

37:35

with Tina. She didn't

37:36

tell Fred she was moving. He

37:38

heard

37:39

about it from the kids.

37:40

Then Piper started

37:41

working as a guardian at Lydrum.

37:43

She was an attorney

37:45

in charge

37:45

of overseeing the best interests

37:47

of other people's

37:50

minor children, and divorce cases. Good

37:52

Lord,

37:52

the irony. Her

37:54

business cards

37:55

said that she had twenty years

37:58

of experience.

37:59

yeah, twenty years of

38:01

screwing up her own children's

38:04

lives. After she was

38:05

ultimately fired from being

38:08

a guardian, Piper

38:08

took a job working as a landman and the oil filled.

38:12

As the months passed,

38:13

Fred emailed Piper about the kids

38:15

and their activities.

38:18

once

38:18

appeared to be cordial.

38:20

That didn't last

38:21

long. By the

38:23

summer of

38:24

two thousand

38:26

four, Piper

38:26

was not paying child support. She was

38:28

over eight thousand

38:28

dollars behind at that point, close

38:31

to thirteen grand in two

38:33

thousand twenty two dollars. Even

38:36

though

38:36

she wasn't paying anything,

38:38

Piper

38:38

demanded that Fred pay to

38:40

fly all three children out to see her

38:42

in Texas. had

38:44

to do it. But

38:46

Fred knew

38:46

better. There was nothing in the

38:47

agreement stating that he had to

38:50

do that. so

38:51

he didn't. He

38:52

was finally standing up

38:55

for himself. That

38:56

had to feel

38:58

good. Despite his issues

38:59

with Piper, things in

39:01

Fred's romantic life were going well.

39:03

He had started dating a

39:05

woman named Charlene, and had

39:07

even introduced the kids to her.

39:10

He was moving on.

39:12

He

39:12

was finally happy again.

39:14

In

39:14

October two thousand four, Fred

39:17

and the children got ready

39:19

for Fred's favorite

39:20

holiday. By decorating the outside

39:22

of the house with a homemade

39:23

scarecrow, carved pumpkins and

39:26

sheet ghosts, For

39:28

Halloween

39:28

day, Fred had

39:30

plans to take the children

39:31

to a local farm so they

39:33

could pick out pumpkins and go

39:35

on a hay ride. but

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Wednesday,

42:18

October twenty seventh,

42:20

Piper told her boss she couldn't work

42:22

on Thursday

42:22

or Friday because she had

42:25

a continuing education class.

42:26

This was

42:27

a blatant lie. Piper wasn't

42:30

taking a continuing education

42:32

class. She did

42:32

have other plans though.

42:35

on the morning of October thirtieth, fifty two

42:38

year

42:38

old Fred followed his daily

42:39

routine, wake up at

42:41

six AM, put on the

42:44

coffee, and grab the newspaper from the

42:46

driveway. At six

42:47

thirty seven AM, Fred walked

42:49

out his back door to

42:51

grab the paper. Because it was still

42:53

dark outside, Fred could not

42:55

see

42:55

that Piper was waiting in the

42:57

driveway for him.

42:59

She ambushed

43:00

her ex husband, shooting and

43:03

killing him while their

43:05

children slept inside. Fred's

43:08

next door

43:08

neighbor, Bob, called nine

43:11

eleven to report three gunshots.

43:13

He told

43:13

the dispatcher that after hearing

43:16

shots, he looked out his window and

43:18

saw a shadowy figure running

43:20

left

43:20

to right across

43:22

his lawn. Police arrived in the neighborhood

43:23

and started searching, but they didn't

43:25

find anything.

43:27

At

43:27

seven AM, They

43:29

contacted Bob to tell him the

43:31

news, and Bob said he would take his dogs for a

43:33

walk when it got light out. And if he

43:35

saw anything, he would give

43:37

them a call. Bob and his wife were walking

43:39

the dogs by Fred's driveway when he

43:42

noticed something crumpled

43:42

up in the driveway.

43:44

the driveway His wife

43:46

said to go check what it was. It

43:48

was Fred.

43:49

He was lying in

43:50

his driveway on his stomach.

43:53

with his head

43:53

turned to the side.

43:55

He had

43:56

landed on a bed of leaves

43:58

and

43:58

a fetal position staring

44:00

toward the

44:01

street with his glasses

44:02

lying on the ground.

44:04

Bob turned to his

44:05

wife and told her to call

44:08

the police. It was seven

44:10

twenty five AM. The police came back and

44:12

paramedics

44:12

showed up soon after,

44:14

but it was too

44:16

late. Fred was dead

44:18

from two gunshot wounds.

44:20

Later, an

44:21

autopsy would show that the first of

44:23

two bullets entered from

44:25

the back. Piercing

44:26

Fred's lower right side. The

44:28

bullet did a lot of damage to organs

44:30

and was a fatal shot.

44:33

The second bullet entered Fred's right

44:35

arm and exited without hitting any vital tissues.

44:38

The killer most likely stood near the

44:42

garage, and waited for Fred to get his newspaper. Then

44:44

they approached him

44:45

and fired. No casings were

44:47

found at

44:47

the site.

44:50

weapon

44:50

was most likely a revolver.

44:52

Because no one knew where

44:53

the shooter was, it was unclear

44:55

if

44:56

the children were being held hostage inside

44:59

the house. SWAT arrived and

45:00

made their way inside

45:02

to rescue the

45:03

children. Just then,

45:05

fifteen year old

45:06

Jocelyn came out of her room.

45:09

confused

45:09

about what was going

45:11

on. Officers

45:12

escorted her out of the house.

45:14

Next,

45:15

they went to eight year old

45:17

Kelly's room and woke her. Then

45:20

they woke up twelve year old

45:21

Paxton. On the way

45:24

to a rescue vehicle, the

45:25

children were directed away from where Fredley

45:28

in the driveway. They

45:29

were taken to the home of a police

45:32

officer's family. The family lived

45:34

nearby, and the kids were on the

45:35

same soccer team.

45:36

Henrico County police quickly

45:38

got to work investigating Fred's murder.

45:40

They started searching

45:42

the sewer for the murder weapon.

45:45

to witnesses,

45:46

obtaining search warrants,

45:48

and swabbing for DNA.

45:50

Officers called for

45:51

its brother Michael to relay the

45:54

bad news. After the

45:56

initial

45:56

shock, he asked if

45:58

they considered Piper to be

45:59

a suspect. When officer

46:02

spoke with the neighbor, Mel,

46:04

she told them about Piper and Fred's

46:06

new girlfriend, Charlene. After Mel explained all the

46:08

things that had happened during the Javelin's

46:12

divorce, officers could see

46:14

why Michael asked if Piper was a suspect

46:16

yet.

46:18

Police interviewed Charlene who said

46:20

she had talked

46:21

to Fred the night before. They

46:23

talked about how Fred was going to let

46:24

the kids go to taxes for Thanksgiving, but

46:27

how he also had to email

46:29

Piper about money she

46:32

owed. Police

46:32

also spoke with the Javelin children. Jocelyn

46:34

said she had heard the shots, but

46:36

she didn't know what the sound truly

46:38

was so she went back to

46:42

sleep. All three

46:42

kids said their relationship with their father was

46:45

great.

46:45

There were no problems and

46:47

nothing unusual

46:48

had happened recently.

46:50

They

46:52

said

46:52

their mom had called in the night before to say she

46:54

was driving home from Galveston. After

46:57

hearing this information,

46:58

this information officers

47:00

wanted to obtain Piper's phone and bank records to

47:02

see if she was telling

47:03

the truth. They also

47:05

asked

47:06

Houston police to

47:08

go to Pipers and see if she was home. She

47:10

was

47:11

not. By eleven

47:13

AM, Henrico police had

47:15

Piper's phone records.

47:18

They found that she

47:19

had made calls from her cell that

47:21

bounced off towers in Richmond. She

47:23

made a call

47:24

at four thirty AM,

47:26

and it bounced off a tower

47:28

of five miles from Fred's house. Banoon, it

47:30

was used

47:31

in Norfolk, Virginia.

47:33

One and a half hours

47:34

later, it was used in Baltimore,

47:36

Maryland. With this

47:38

information, officers knew

47:40

Piper had flown

47:42

somewhere. So an officer drove to the

47:43

Norfolk Airport and found out that a

47:45

Tina Roundtree had flown out of

47:48

Norfolk at twelve

47:49

thirty PM.

47:52

That plane changed in Baltimore

47:54

and was going to land in Houston

47:56

at four thirty Central.

47:58

Henrico

47:59

called

47:59

Houston police and asked for officers to go to the airport with

48:02

pictures of Piper and

48:04

Tina. They needed to see which one

48:05

got off the airplane.

48:08

any

48:08

luggage until police had a warrant.

48:10

But the Houston police did

48:12

not find Piper Or Tina at the

48:15

airport. They were too late.

48:16

too late One Houston officer

48:18

headed to Tina's house to

48:20

see if Piper was there and another

48:22

went to Piper's house.

48:24

Neither were home. By

48:26

the evening

48:27

hours, police had obtained more

48:28

of Piper's cell phone records. These

48:31

showed that

48:32

at four forty six

48:34

AM, Someone checked messages on Piper's phone near Fred's

48:36

house. The tower was by a

48:38

bunch of hotels.

48:40

Police then

48:42

checked with those hotels to see

48:44

if Piper or Tina had been registered.

48:46

A clerk

48:47

at Homestead Suites said

48:49

that Attina Roundtree had a reservation

48:52

for last

48:52

night, but did not check-in. At

48:55

around nine

48:55

PM, Henrico

48:58

detective Kobe, Finally got

48:59

a hold of Piper.

49:01

She

49:01

immediately asked where her kids

49:04

were. Kelly said he

49:04

wanted to talk to her about that.

49:07

But first,

49:08

he asked about her divorce.

49:10

She said Fred

49:11

was physically abusive and then

49:13

changed the subject. She said she

49:16

wanted to come and get the kids because

49:18

she had custody.

49:20

No matter what detective Kelly said,

49:22

Piper

49:22

only wanted to talk about the kids. Kelly informed

49:24

her that

49:25

Fred had a will stating that the

49:27

kids would go to his brother,

49:29

not to her.

49:30

to her After hearing

49:32

this, Piper became

49:33

angry. She told

49:35

Kelly that she was their mother,

49:37

but before

49:38

she could continue, her phone went dead.

49:41

The next

49:42

day, detective Kelly arrived

49:44

in Houston with his

49:46

partner. They

49:46

met with HPD, and then

49:48

they all went to speak with

49:50

Piper. After tracking her

49:51

down, officers asked where she

49:53

was that weekend. Piper became

49:55

uncomfortable and

49:56

squirmed.

49:58

officers asked if

49:59

she was in Virginia on

49:59

October thirtieth and she said

50:02

no. One of the

50:03

officers later

50:04

said, he could tell that Piper was

50:06

lying. She

50:08

was slow to answer and was evasive. They

50:10

asked her where she

50:12

was on October thirtieth, and if anyone

50:16

saw her. She

50:16

said she was right here and

50:18

they asked in

50:19

this room.

50:21

room And

50:23

she said no. She was working

50:25

in Houston and Galveston. She couldn't give a clear answer on

50:27

where exactly she was working.

50:30

She

50:30

said she was all

50:32

over. Piper

50:33

said she was in her car driving from

50:36

Galveston when she called

50:38

Paxton. Police kept

50:39

trying to get Paxton to tell

50:41

them exactly where she was. She

50:44

finally gave in and said, she

50:46

was with a married man and that's

50:48

why she

50:49

wasn't being truthful. The officers reminded Piper that

50:51

this was a homicide investigation and she

50:54

needed to tell the truth no matter

50:56

how embarrassing

50:58

it was. And then

51:00

Piper changed her story. She had

51:02

been at Tina's house, but Tina

51:04

wasn't there.

51:06

Officers kept questioning

51:08

Piper. They

51:08

said if she gave them information, they could try to work something

51:10

out with CPS, with a mention

51:12

of getting to see her children,

51:15

Piper asked the officers if they had

51:17

talked to Fred's girlfriend.

51:20

She said they

51:20

had been dating for five years,

51:22

two years before the divorce.

51:25

that

51:25

Fred cheated on her a lot.

51:27

But of

51:28

course, she

51:29

hadn't noticed because she was too

51:31

busy caring for her kids.

51:33

Can you

51:34

hear my eyes rolling?

51:36

Knowing they

51:37

weren't getting anywhere, officers decided

51:39

to end the

51:41

conversation. Piper promised to call detective Kelly

51:43

at six o'clock that night, so they could

51:45

talk about custody of

51:48

the kids. she said she would provide

51:50

Kelly with the name of the married man she was with during the murder.

51:53

during the murder Now

51:54

the police headed to Tina's place

51:55

to talk

51:57

to her. They asked

51:59

if she had seen Piper on October twenty

51:59

ninth or thirtieth. Tina

52:02

was evasive. She

52:03

wouldn't answer

52:05

any questions.

52:07

Instead, she just kept asking

52:09

about the children. After

52:11

some time, Tina said she

52:13

would tell the officers where her sister was

52:15

on the twenty ninth and thirtieth.

52:17

but only

52:17

if they brought the kids

52:19

to Texas. They

52:20

asked where she was on

52:23

October twenty ninth, and if she

52:25

saw Piper, It was an easy

52:26

question, but Tina wouldn't

52:27

answer it. Again,

52:29

she said she was not going to talk

52:32

to them. then she

52:33

yelled at them to leave. That

52:35

afternoon, Piper told

52:36

detective Kelly that she didn't

52:38

want to talk

52:39

because she felt like she

52:41

was between a rock and a hard place.

52:43

He asked

52:44

if she felt like she was being accused

52:47

of anything.

52:48

She said she and needed

52:50

to figure out how to get her kids. They

52:52

agreed to meet

52:53

the next day at

52:56

nine AM. But

52:57

that meeting never happened because

52:59

Piper called detective Kelly and

53:00

said she couldn't meet him

53:03

due to

53:04

the thunderstorms. When the storms

53:05

passed, she asked her former boss

53:07

to tell the police that she had talked

53:09

to an

53:09

attorney in Virginia.

53:11

and they suggested

53:12

that she not talked to the

53:13

police as anything she said

53:15

could hurt her case.

53:17

What case

53:18

if she was innocent?

53:20

Her

53:21

custody case, I suppose. Fred did name his

53:22

brother, Michael,

53:23

as guardian of

53:24

his children, but still

53:27

it still

53:28

With the round tree sisters

53:29

not talking, officers kept

53:31

digging,

53:32

hoping they would find enough

53:33

evidence for

53:36

an arrest. They found that Piper used

53:37

a friend's account to purchase two

53:39

wigs at

53:41

Paris boutique wigs.

53:43

The whigs,

53:44

one red, the other blonde,

53:46

were long and flowing.

53:49

Police also noticed that the

53:51

same friend's debit

53:52

card was used on October twenty eighth

53:54

through the

53:55

thirtieth in the Richmond area.

53:57

One

53:58

of the purchases was at

53:59

CVS for makeup and a box of

54:02

small latex gloves.

54:04

They obtained

54:05

camera footage from places

54:07

the debit card was used.

54:08

One

54:09

tape from a seven eleven showed a woman who looked like

54:11

Piper wearing a blonde wig similar

54:13

to the one bought

54:15

on the website. On

54:18

November second, police found

54:20

that one of Piper's calls in Virginia

54:22

was to a Papa John's.

54:24

They

54:24

called the pizza place and asked if a person with the

54:26

last name of Roundtree ordered a

54:30

pizza.

54:31

They had It was

54:32

delivered to Homestead Suites to room one seventy one

54:35

on the twenty eighth. Police

54:37

went to Homestead

54:39

Suites and asked,

54:40

who rented room one seventy

54:43

one. The

54:44

manager on duty from that night said

54:46

it was a woman. She checked

54:48

in at nine fifty on the night of the twenty

54:50

eighth, under

54:51

the name Tina

54:53

Roundtree. Then, she asked to

54:55

change the name

54:56

on the register to

54:57

Geraldine Smith. The

54:59

woman

54:59

paced the lobby and looked

55:02

nervous according to the

55:04

manager. Officers showed

55:05

the manager a

55:07

photo of Piper. they confirmed that it was the woman who

55:09

checked in that night. She had been wearing a

55:12

hat, coat,

55:12

scarf, and sunglasses

55:14

even though it wasn't

55:17

cold out and it was nighttime.

55:20

Next, Henrico officers

55:22

found that

55:23

Athena Roundtree had called around

55:25

October asking if she could rent a car later that week

55:28

without a credit card. The clerk

55:30

said she

55:32

could, but she needed to bring

55:34

a driver's license and utility bill. This Tina asked to

55:36

reserve a car, but they said they only

55:38

rented on a first

55:39

come first served

55:40

basis. At

55:43

around five PM on

55:43

October twenty eight, this

55:46

Tina called the company

55:47

from the airport asking

55:50

them to hold

55:51

a car for her. When she got

55:52

there, the clerk noticed she was

55:55

clearly wearing a wig and

55:58

heavy makeup. After

55:59

handing

55:59

over her driver's license and

56:02

utility bill, Tina, since

56:04

she would

56:04

return the car on the thirtieth.

56:07

Police

56:07

showed the clerk a photo of Tina,

56:10

but the clerk didn't

56:10

think that was the woman they had seen.

56:13

Then officers

56:13

showed a photo

56:15

of Piper. and

56:16

the clerk was a hundred percent sure it was her.

56:18

Unfortunately,

56:20

the van had already been cleaned,

56:22

rented to someone else, and

56:25

returned back to the rental agency. The police still went through

56:27

the van to see if they could find

56:29

anything. They found one

56:31

piece of evidence.

56:33

a key

56:33

to homestead

56:36

suites. Meanwhile, detective

56:38

Kobe Kelly was still in Houston.

56:40

He

56:41

went to Tina's clinic and talked

56:43

to her medical assistant. He asked the assistant if

56:44

she saw Tina on the thirtieth. The

56:47

assistant said yes.

56:48

said yes Tina appointments

56:50

with patients until

56:52

twelve

56:52

thirty. At that time, she

56:54

got a phone call and left in a hurry.

56:57

Next,

56:58

eric Kelly

56:59

looked into the flights,

57:01

Tina, AKA, Piper, had

57:03

taken between

57:05

Houston and Norfolk. He

57:06

spoke with a ticket agent who checked Piper in for her flight

57:08

in Houston. The agent

57:10

remembered Piper

57:12

because, quote, she was a really

57:14

cute woman who was wearing a

57:16

blonde wig. Detective Kelly

57:18

showed the employee a photo of Piper.

57:20

and she confirmed that it was the woman she had seen. She

57:23

recalled that Tina was in a

57:24

rush. She needed to be on

57:26

the

57:27

next available flight to Norfolk. and

57:30

she had a gun to declare.

57:32

Tina hesitated when

57:33

the clerk told her the gun

57:35

had to be inspected.

57:37

She fumbled

57:37

around and finally got it out

57:40

and showed

57:40

that it wasn't loaded.

57:42

Then the

57:42

agent gave Piper forms to fill out.

57:44

and

57:45

called over a TSA agent to

57:47

inspect the

57:48

gun. Detective

57:49

Kelly talked to the TSA agent

57:51

who inspected the gun. He said

57:53

it was a revolver.

57:54

When shown a photo of Piper, he said he thought it was

57:57

Piper, but he wasn't sure. The

57:59

hair was different. the hair was

58:01

different Meanwhile, meanwhile

58:03

Piper got a hotel room to avoid

58:05

the police. She did

58:06

not fly to Virginia to attend Fred's

58:09

funeral

58:09

with her children. Instead, she went

58:11

to the volcano bar

58:12

and asked the bartender if

58:14

she remembered

58:15

seeing her on Friday, October

58:18

twenty ninth.

58:20

bartender,

58:20

Cheryl, said she thought

58:22

so,

58:22

but wasn't sure if it

58:23

was Friday

58:26

or not.

58:27

Piper said she needed to find the married

58:30

man she had been talking to that

58:31

night. Cheryl turned

58:33

to a group of people,

58:35

and

58:35

asked if any of them had seen

58:37

Piper. A man named Kevin said,

58:39

he

58:40

thought he remembered seeing her

58:42

and then asked why it

58:44

was important. Piper said that she

58:45

got a call from Virginia

58:46

police that her ex boyfriend had

58:48

been stabbed to death, and police

58:50

wanted to know

58:51

where she was.

58:54

Piper asked

58:54

Kevin for the best way to get a hold of him in case

58:56

she needed him to prove

58:58

where she

58:59

was. He gave Piper his

59:00

number and then she left.

59:04

A few minutes later,

59:05

Piper went back

59:06

inside the bar. This time,

59:08

accompanied

59:08

with Tina and two

59:11

men in business suits.

59:13

The man asked Kevin to sign

59:15

a statement and have it

59:18

notarized, so she

59:18

could prove she was there on Friday.

59:20

He said no. had

59:22

his number. If the police wanted

59:24

to talk, they could call.

59:26

Piper started arguing

59:27

with Kevin, but Tina told

59:29

her they

59:29

needed to leave.

59:32

Piper later

59:32

let detective Kelly know about

59:34

Kevin and the bartender Cheryl. She

59:36

said she was still trying to find

59:39

the married man who walked her

59:41

home. Kelly set up

59:42

a meeting with Kevin at the Volcano

59:45

Bar.

59:45

Kevin relayed the story

59:47

Piper told him about her

59:49

ex boyfriend

59:49

getting stabbed. detective Kelly

59:52

said it was

59:52

her former husband of eighteen years

59:55

who had

59:55

been shot. Kevin

59:57

then admitted that he wasn't

59:59

one hundred percent

1:00:00

sure he saw Piper at the

1:00:03

bar on Friday night. Detective

1:00:05

Kelly asked

1:00:06

the bartender Cheryl to check the tabs. Then

1:00:09

she

1:00:09

realized, Kevin hadn't

1:00:12

even been in the bar on

1:00:14

Friday. That meant he couldn't have

1:00:16

seen Piper. Then,

1:00:18

they figured out that Kevin and Cheryl were

1:00:20

both at the bar on Saturday night, and

1:00:22

that's when they had seen Piper.

1:00:25

She had gone to the bar the same day.

1:00:27

She killed her

1:00:30

husband. I'm going

1:00:32

to pause now. for a final commercial

1:00:36

break. After

1:00:41

the revelations at the volcano bar, police

1:00:43

found out that Piper asked Tina

1:00:45

to stay the night at her house on

1:00:47

the night of October

1:00:49

twenty ninth. This way, when a

1:00:51

neighbor delivering girl scout

1:00:54

cookies came by, she would think

1:00:56

Piper was

1:00:58

home. But Piper's plan

1:00:59

didn't work. The neighbor realized the person

1:01:01

who answered the door wasn't Piper.

1:01:03

This

1:01:03

woman

1:01:05

was bigger. Antina,

1:01:07

criminal that she was, parked

1:01:08

her car outside

1:01:10

of Piper's house.

1:01:14

On November

1:01:14

sixth, police met with a

1:01:16

friend of Tina and Piper's named Carol.

1:01:18

They had received a tip that

1:01:20

she knew something about the murder.

1:01:22

During their meeting,

1:01:23

Carol told the police everything she knew.

1:01:26

On the twenty eighth, the same

1:01:27

day Piper

1:01:29

left for Virginia

1:01:31

Tina

1:01:31

contacted Carol to say that she

1:01:33

thought Piper was going

1:01:34

to do something stupid.

1:01:37

Piper had

1:01:38

taken off with Tina's

1:01:39

driver's license and credit card. And

1:01:41

the week

1:01:42

before, she had gone to a shooting

1:01:44

range with Tina's boyfriend for practice.

1:01:46

Carol said

1:01:49

that on October thirty first, Tina called crying because

1:01:51

Piper had gone to Virginia and

1:01:53

killed her ex. Tina

1:01:56

went on to detail how she helped Piper

1:01:58

dispose of evidence,

1:01:59

including a purse and

1:02:02

a wig. Tina

1:02:03

put them in grocery bags and threw

1:02:05

them in two dumpsters, one at

1:02:07

a medical center, and one

1:02:09

at

1:02:09

a convenience store.

1:02:10

After Carol told Tina that the

1:02:11

dumpsters weren't safe, they

1:02:14

decided to retrieve the

1:02:15

bags. When they were done, Tina

1:02:17

dropped

1:02:17

Carol off

1:02:20

at work. And when she came back

1:02:22

to get her, the bags were gone from the car, and it had been washed inside

1:02:26

and out. Carol

1:02:28

said that

1:02:28

the next day she went to Tina's

1:02:30

house. While there,

1:02:31

Piper arrived. Carol

1:02:33

asked

1:02:34

Piper where the gun was

1:02:36

and she said she

1:02:37

didn't know. Then asked if either Carol or

1:02:40

Tina knew someone who could

1:02:41

change a hard

1:02:44

drive. Piper also asked Carol

1:02:45

to get rid of the

1:02:46

garbage bags in her garage and

1:02:48

to throw out the desktop, tower, and

1:02:52

laptop. Tina

1:02:53

suggested Carol take

1:02:54

her computer

1:02:56

too. After

1:02:57

she thought things over,

1:02:59

Carol started worrying. She

1:03:01

ended up contacting a lawyer who

1:03:03

told her to give the evidence to

1:03:05

the police. Instead,

1:03:06

she gave it all back

1:03:08

to Piper. Carol later

1:03:10

signed an immunity

1:03:13

agreement.

1:03:14

As the investigation went on,

1:03:16

Piper

1:03:16

called detective Kelly a few times to see how it was

1:03:18

going. He thought Piper was filling him out to

1:03:20

see if she was going to be arrested.

1:03:24

Piper was right

1:03:25

to worry. The prosecution

1:03:27

finally

1:03:27

felt like they had enough to charge Piper

1:03:30

with two

1:03:30

counts of unlawful use of a firearm.

1:03:33

and

1:03:34

first degree murder. They

1:03:36

made plans to

1:03:37

arrest her as she left a

1:03:39

custody hearing in Virginia

1:03:41

on

1:03:41

the afternoon of November eighth.

1:03:43

They

1:03:43

also obtained an arrest

1:03:45

warrant

1:03:46

for Tina for helping cover up the

1:03:48

murder. On November eight,

1:03:49

Henrico Police headed to

1:03:50

the Henrico County Court House where Piper

1:03:53

was attending the custody hearing.

1:03:56

The

1:03:57

judge ruled that the children

1:03:59

would stay

1:03:59

with their uncle and aunt until the

1:04:02

investigation into Fred's murder

1:04:04

was over. then

1:04:04

another hearing would be ordered. After

1:04:06

Piper left the

1:04:07

courthouse, officers followed her

1:04:10

and then pulled her over at

1:04:12

a stoplight. They boxed

1:04:14

her

1:04:14

in with four cars.

1:04:16

Piper was

1:04:17

arrested and taken back to

1:04:19

the police station. officers

1:04:20

knew she wouldn't speak to them, so they asked who her

1:04:23

lawyer was. She said her lawyer

1:04:25

was

1:04:25

Murray Genesis, a high

1:04:27

profile defense attorney.

1:04:30

Janice was called to the police station, and Piper never

1:04:32

talked to the police again. Back

1:04:36

in Houston, officers

1:04:38

were busy arresting Tina at her clinic. They brought

1:04:40

her back to the

1:04:41

police station. They

1:04:44

told her,

1:04:44

that if she helped them,

1:04:46

they might help her not

1:04:48

lose her

1:04:49

nursing license as well as help her

1:04:51

avoid possible jail

1:04:54

time. Tina said she wanted to talk to an attorney.

1:04:56

She refused to talk to the police further

1:04:58

and was later released on

1:05:02

bond. On November eleventh, a judge

1:05:04

ruled that Piper was not eligible

1:05:06

for bond while

1:05:08

awaiting trial. kids

1:05:10

from jail but got no

1:05:12

answer. She wrote them letters

1:05:13

instead. She wrote that

1:05:15

the police had told her she was cleared

1:05:18

as a suspect. and she didn't

1:05:20

understand why she was still in

1:05:21

jail. The children

1:05:24

eventually wrote their mother back and

1:05:26

talked about their

1:05:28

new lives.

1:05:29

Piper's trial began on February twenty

1:05:32

second two

1:05:32

thousand five. The

1:05:35

prosecution

1:05:35

said Piper

1:05:36

killed Fred. so she could regain custody

1:05:38

of the kids, stop making child

1:05:40

support payments, and probably, most

1:05:43

importantly, get his two hundred

1:05:45

thousand dollar life insurance policy

1:05:46

policy that she was

1:05:47

still the beneficiary of.

1:05:50

They said that

1:05:51

Piper planned the murder and then

1:05:53

covered it up.

1:05:54

The following timeline is what the prosecution

1:05:56

presented. On

1:05:58

October twenty eight,

1:05:59

Piper twenty eight

1:06:01

arrived in Norfolk. She

1:06:03

rented a van using Tina's ID and

1:06:05

utility bill and then

1:06:06

drove to Richmond. She spent

1:06:08

the next two nights in the hotel.

1:06:10

On

1:06:12

the morning of the thirtieth,

1:06:13

Piper drove to Fred's and

1:06:16

ambushed him in

1:06:18

his driveway. shooting him to death as their children

1:06:20

slept just inside the

1:06:22

house. Ninety minutes

1:06:23

later, she stopped

1:06:26

for gas. before she returned the van in Norfolk just after

1:06:28

nine AM. Then she flew

1:06:30

back

1:06:30

to Houston.

1:06:32

The

1:06:33

defensive strategy was to plant reasonable

1:06:36

doubt. They

1:06:37

suggested Tina was the

1:06:39

guilty party, not Piper.

1:06:40

No

1:06:41

one saw Piper pull

1:06:42

the trigger, and there

1:06:44

was no forensic evidence tying

1:06:46

her to the scene. No one

1:06:48

could say, that the cell phone pings

1:06:50

were made by Piper herself.

1:06:52

And everything

1:06:53

was Tina's name,

1:06:54

not Piper's. Piper was

1:06:57

too smart to leave behind so

1:06:59

many breadcrumbs.

1:07:02

Piper

1:07:02

testified that she did not kill

1:07:04

Fred. She also

1:07:05

said that she did not own a thirty

1:07:07

eight, but Tina did

1:07:09

Also, she said she didn't own

1:07:11

any wigs, but Tina

1:07:14

did.

1:07:14

And Tina

1:07:15

used her cell phone

1:07:17

all the time. When asked if she wanted

1:07:19

the jury to believe Tina was

1:07:21

the murderer, Piper said she

1:07:23

had no

1:07:23

idea what

1:07:26

happened.

1:07:26

On February twenty sixth, the

1:07:28

jury deliberated for less than an

1:07:30

hour before finding Piper Gilti, a

1:07:33

first degree murder. and

1:07:35

use of

1:07:35

a firearm during commission of a

1:07:38

felony. Piper

1:07:38

cried when

1:07:40

the verdict was read.

1:07:43

According to

1:07:43

her friend Lani,

1:07:45

she

1:07:45

truly thought she was going to be

1:07:48

acquitted. Next,

1:07:48

the jury

1:07:49

needed to make a sentencing recommendation

1:07:52

to the

1:07:53

judge. They recommended

1:07:54

the maximum, life

1:07:57

in prison. One

1:07:58

jury member said they

1:07:59

decided quickly They

1:08:00

didn't want Piper to come back into the lives of her children. They were

1:08:03

better off without her.

1:08:04

On

1:08:06

May

1:08:07

sixth, Piper

1:08:08

was sentenced to life in prison, plus three years.

1:08:12

In November two thousand

1:08:13

five, Tina took

1:08:16

a deal and

1:08:16

plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge

1:08:18

of tampering with evidence. She was sentenced to nine months, deferred adjudication,

1:08:24

a three hundred dollar find

1:08:26

and eighty hours of community service. She kept her license and

1:08:28

clinic.

1:08:28

kept her license and clinic

1:08:31

Piper later appealed her

1:08:33

convictions and sentences, both

1:08:35

of which

1:08:36

were

1:08:38

affirmed. Today,

1:08:39

Piper and Roundtree is

1:08:41

incarcerated at Flavanah Correctional Center

1:08:44

for Women in

1:08:45

Troy, Virginia. where

1:08:46

she has been extremely litigious,

1:08:49

suing her warden

1:08:50

and other prison workers

1:08:52

for various offenses, including supposedly

1:08:55

being deprived

1:08:56

of her bible. Tina,

1:08:58

always protective of her

1:09:01

baby sister, actually told reporters in

1:09:03

two thousand fourteen after one lawsuit that officials were scared of Piper

1:09:05

because she used to be a

1:09:07

prosecutor in Texas. Tina

1:09:12

neglected to mention

1:09:12

that Piper had been fired after

1:09:15

one year with the DA's

1:09:20

office. Swear. these two hair

1:09:22

brained criminals would be hilarious if we were not talking about the brutal murder

1:09:26

of Fred

1:09:28

Jablin. Father of three. You don't see

1:09:30

many mentions of the

1:09:30

Javelin kids in these more

1:09:33

recent

1:09:35

articles. Thank god. From

1:09:37

what I can tell, they

1:09:39

are all flourishing adults with different careers around the country. Hopefully,

1:09:43

as adults, They

1:09:46

moved on with their lives and are not settled themselves with a burden of maintaining

1:09:48

a relationship with

1:09:51

their mother in prison. not

1:09:54

after what she did to them. When

1:09:57

Piper was

1:09:58

convicted,

1:09:59

her high profile

1:10:02

attorney,

1:10:03

Murray Janice, announced that he would

1:10:05

not be representing her in any appeals and asked

1:10:07

the court to appoint a

1:10:07

public defender.

1:10:11

Virginia has some

1:10:11

different laws regarding parole, specifically

1:10:13

that once a prisoner turned

1:10:16

sixty, or has

1:10:17

served fifteen years

1:10:19

that could apply. Janice told the

1:10:21

press at the time of her conviction that he didn't believe

1:10:23

any parole board would

1:10:26

let Piper roundtree out.

1:10:28

He was

1:10:29

right. She is

1:10:30

exactly where she belongs.

1:10:32

Piper's first chance

1:10:33

at parole was in twenty

1:10:34

twenty when she was sixty. but

1:10:38

it was denied. The reasons

1:10:40

given were that her release would diminish

1:10:42

the seriousness of the crime and

1:10:45

the serious nature and

1:10:47

circumstances of the offense. Her next

1:10:49

chance at parole will be in two thousand thirty three when

1:10:51

she is seventy three years old.

1:10:52

yeah seventy three years old

1:10:55

This is the part of the episode

1:10:56

where I usually wonder

1:10:58

about the why,

1:10:59

but we

1:11:01

know why Piper did

1:11:03

it. Sure. Fred's

1:11:03

life insurance policy

1:11:04

would obviously be a

1:11:06

motive for a woman who

1:11:09

hemorrhaged money the

1:11:11

way she did. Although I seriously doubt

1:11:13

two hundred thousand would have even lasted a year in

1:11:15

her hands.

1:11:19

But I

1:11:19

think it's painfully obvious. Piper's motive was

1:11:22

really

1:11:22

revenge. She was

1:11:24

furious

1:11:24

she had lost

1:11:26

a thread. I don't even

1:11:27

think she wanted custody of her children,

1:11:29

and any real sense of

1:11:31

that concept. She had

1:11:33

never been

1:11:34

a real mother to

1:11:36

them. I will

1:11:37

say it is obvious she suffered from depression

1:11:39

and especially postpartum

1:11:44

depression. and

1:11:44

that is truly sad. But there

1:11:46

is a quote I've seen floating around the last

1:11:47

few years that

1:11:49

I feel strongly

1:11:51

applies

1:11:51

to Piper Roundtree.

1:11:54

Your mental

1:11:55

illness is not

1:11:57

your fault,

1:11:58

but it is

1:11:59

your responsibility. It's

1:12:01

a quote thrown around more

1:12:03

and more as we speak more openly about mental health issues, but it

1:12:06

is also true

1:12:08

legally.

1:12:10

both criminally and in civil

1:12:12

suits. Piper saw any

1:12:14

number of therapists,

1:12:18

including psychiatrists, over the years, and her victim went

1:12:20

to couples counseling

1:12:22

faithfully with her.

1:12:25

He

1:12:25

supported her. He

1:12:26

wanted her to get better. She

1:12:28

had much

1:12:29

more support and help than

1:12:31

many people get for their

1:12:33

mental health struggles.

1:12:36

Piper

1:12:36

knew what she was

1:12:37

doing. She knew right from wrong.

1:12:40

She

1:12:40

hurt her children. often

1:12:42

neglecting them for her own selfishness. She was a hateful, spiteful

1:12:45

woman

1:12:48

and she

1:12:49

is a cold blooded murderer. Fred

1:12:52

Javelin

1:12:52

was the epitome

1:12:54

of a nice guy.

1:12:57

He

1:12:58

had truly loved his wife.

1:13:00

Despite how emotionally abusive, not to

1:13:02

mention financially abusive, she

1:13:03

was to him.

1:13:07

Even after all she did

1:13:08

to him and said

1:13:10

about him and humiliated

1:13:11

him, Fred

1:13:13

always

1:13:15

remained and friendly to his

1:13:17

ex wife. He went above and beyond in communicating

1:13:20

with her

1:13:23

about their children. He always tried to

1:13:25

do the right thing. Fred just wanted

1:13:28

peace. He wanted to

1:13:30

make sure his

1:13:31

children were safe. and

1:13:34

he

1:13:34

wanted to move on with his

1:13:36

life with a

1:13:37

woman he cared about and

1:13:40

one who finally cared about

1:13:42

his feelings and treated him with love and respect.

1:13:45

Instead, he was

1:13:47

brutally shot

1:13:48

down by his

1:13:50

ex wife. in his

1:13:51

own driveway as their children

1:13:53

were sleeping inside

1:13:56

his

1:13:56

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