>>> I´M CELIA CARROLL, AND THIS IS "VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES."

IN EMANCIPATION, HUNDREDS OF CONCERNED STUDENTS CALLED FOR THE INTO THE VIOLENCE PLAGUING OUR STREETS.

THE VIOLENCE THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF MY 18-YEAR-OLD SON, JASON.

JASON´S KILLER WAS A BIG CHILLY CONVICTED .

HUNDREDS OF THESE MURDERS HAVE REMAIN UNSOLVED.

LEAVING COUNTLESS GRIEVING FAMILIES DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.

VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES HIGHLIGHT THESE.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE CASES ON THIS EPISODE, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 1-800-222- TIPS.

>>> OUR FIRST CASE .

HERE IS THE STORY.

>> MY LATE HUSBAND, EVERYONE CALLS HIM DALE.

DECEMBER, 2015, WE GOT MARRIED.

JUNE, 2021 , THE EVENING , SIX MONTHS BEFORE HIS PASSING .

HE HAD A GREAT SOUL.

WHEN YOU MEET HIM AND TALK TO HIM , HE DOESN´T EVEN HAVE TO KNOW YOU TO HELP YOU OR EVEN SPEAK TO YOU.

I WOULD COME HOME .

THEY TOLD ME THIS.

I MIKE, DALE, PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO YOU.

DALE IS LOUD.

A GOOD PERSON ALL AROUND.

YOU COULD FEEL HIS ENERGY.

HE IS AFFECTIONATE.

DALE LOVED HIS CARS.

HE LOVES HIS JEWELRY.

HE DON´T MIND GIVING.

NO WORRY ABOUT IT.

IT´S HARD TO FIND PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT GENUINELY CARE OR THAT GENUINELY HAVE A GOOD HEART.

I WAS PREGNANT AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A GIRL, HE WAS SO HAPPY.

I WOKE UP, AND HE WAS THERE.

HE IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE KIDS´ LIFE.

2021 WAS AMAZING FOR DALE.

HE WAS THERE EVERY DAY.

HE IS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.

WHAT´S GOING ON?

HE SAID NOTHING.

JUST SIT WITH ME.

HE WAS VERY HAPPY.

NOT ONLY THAT , WHERE HE WORKED , HE HAD A BUSINESS , CARPET CLEANING.

GOING TO WORK .

DALE HAD SO MUCH GOING FOR HIM.

2021 WAS DALE´S YEAR.

42 AND LIKE THAT --FOR IT TO END LIKE THAT.

DALE WAS LEAVING HIS HOME WHEN HE WAS AMBUSHED .

THEY SHOT HIM MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE CALL CAME IN AT 8:51 A.M..

THERE WAS A MAN DOWN.

HE WAS LAYING FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND NEXT TO HIS NISSAN PICKUP TRUCK.

HE HAD SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES.

AT THAT POINT, WE STARTED AN INVESTIGATION.

WE ASKED THEM TO TELL US WHAT HE SAW.

WE TALKED TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD SPEAK TO US.

WHAT THEY SAW BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOTS WERE DISCHARGED.

WE WEREN´T SUCCESSFUL IN THAT ENDEAVOR.

WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT HE DID HAVE A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IN HIS HOME.

THAT HELPED US TO AT LEAST HAVE AN IDEA AS TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, LOOKING AT.

>> CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, MAJOR CRIMES UNIT.

WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE BUT IT´S THAT WAS OBTAINED FROM HIS RESIDENCE.

YOU CAN SEE HIM AT ABOUT 8:46 A.M. .

HIS NORMAL ROUTINE.

SOME VEHICLES WERE OWNED BY MR.

EARLY IN THE MORNING, SUNNY, DRY DAY.

NOBODY IS OUTSIDE AT THIS MOMENT.

AFTER HE FINISHED WITH THE TRASH , HE WAS SEEN AGAIN LEAVING HIS RESIDENCE AT ABOUT 8:48 , WALKING TOWARDS HIS VEHICLE.

AT ABOUT 8:49 A.M., THE SUSPECTS RAN TOWARDS HIS HOME , JUMPED THE FENCE TO THE REAR OF HIS RESIDENCE.

HERE, WE HAVE THE TWO SUSPECTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS WEARING A CAMOUFLAGE JACKET, BLACK SEARCH SHIRT.

HE HAS WHITE GLOVES WITH ORANGE INSIDE.

THE OTHER SUSPECT HAS ON ALL YOU CAN SEE THE FIREARMS IN THEIR HANDS.

>> OUR INVESTIGATION DIDN´T REVEAL THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANYTHING .

HE IS A BUSINESSMAN.

HE HAD HIS OWN SIGN BUSINESS, CLEANING BUSINESS.

HE GOT A CONTRACT TO CLEAN THE SCHOOL.

HIS BUSINESS WAS GROWING.

HE WAS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY ACTIVITY.

HE DIDN´T GET IN A PHYSICAL FIGHT WITH NOBODY.

HE LEFT HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO JUMP IN HIS CAR AND LEAVE WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

>> I RAN OUTSIDE LIKE A CRAZY WOMAN.

I DIDN´T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I JUST HAVE THE KIDS HERE.

>> WE LEARNED THAT A MAN WAS SEEN IN THE BUSH AT THE HOUSE ON THANKSGIVING DAY.

IT TELLS US THEY WERE LITERALLY WAITING FOR HIM.

WHERE THIS HOUSE IS , THERE´S AN OPEN PASTOR IN THE BACK OF HIS HOME THAT COMES BACK OUT TO PINE DRIVE .

YOU CAN LITERALLY PARK THE VEHICLE AND WALK FROM THERE AND COME DOWN INTO THE BACK OF THE PRETTY.

PROPERTY.

THAT´S BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID.

TWO AND FROM.

OUR INVESTIGATION REVEALED SOME INFORMATION THAT WE CAN´T DISCLOSE BECAUSE IT IS STILL AN OPEN INVESTIGATION.

THE REASON WE ARE HERE TODAY IS LITERALLY A DESPERATE NEED BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF SOMEBODY SEES WHAT WE SEE.

WHERE TRYING TO VALIDATE THE INFORMATION WE DO HAVE AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS.

ESPECIALLY INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONCE THE SHOT WAS DONE , IT DOESN´T MATCH UP .

IF THEY ARE LOOKING OUT, WHAT DID THEY SEE.

ANYBODY NOT AT THE CRIME SCENE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THEM FLEEING ON FOOT.

DID YOU SEE THEM?

COULD YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL .

AT THE END OF THE DAY, -- >> WE ARE HOPING THE COMMUNITY SAYS SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE THE FAMILY CLOSURE.

>> IT´S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

TO GET PEOPLE LIKE THAT OFF THE STREET.

PEOPLE WHO DON´T CARE IF YOUR CHILD IS RIGHT THERE AND SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THIS HAPPENED IN FRONT OF MY KIDS.

YOU DON´T DO THAT.

AMONG THE LIVES THIS AFFECTED EVERYBODY AROUND HIM.

THEIR LIFE HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY.

>> I THANK DAY, DALE CAME HOME FROM A 12-HOUR SHIFT TO HELP AN EMPLOYEE THAT WAS HAVING CAR TROUBLE.

NOTHING WAS TOO MUCH FOR DALE.

EVERYTHING DALE WANTED MANIFESTED BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS SO PURE.

WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER DALE FOR HIS KIND HEART AND SELFLESSNESS AND FOR ALWAYS >> TO TAKE A LIFE JUST LIKE THAT .

DALE DESERVES MORE.

DALE DESERVES JUSTICE.

DALE DESERVES MORE THAN A COLD CASE.

>> LET´S HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THESE COLD-BLOODED SUSPECTS.

THEY APPEAR TO BE TWO BLACK MALES IN THEIR ONLY 20s , ABOUT 5´8" TALL , BOTH WITH A SLIM BUILD.

AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING, ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS WEARING A CAMOUFLAGE JACKET , A BLACK SHIRT , LONG BLACK PANTS, BLACK SNEAKERS, A BLACK SKI MASK, AND WHITE AND ORANGE GLOVES.

THE OTHER SUSPECT WAS WEARING A DARK COLORED SHIRT , LONG BLACK PANTS , AND LIGHT-COLORED SNEAKERS WITH A WHITE SHIRT AROUND HIS FACE AND A BLACK STOCKING ON HIS HEAD.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ATTEND THE HIGH THE SUSPECTS, OR IF YOU KNOW ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF ARSDALE FERDINAND, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS TODAY AT 1-800- 222-TIPS.

>>> UP NEXT IS A COLD CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY SOMEONE WHO WATCHED THE PREMIERE OF THIS SHOW.

THIS CASE IS MORE THAN TWO DECADES OLD , AND IT HAS REMAINED UNSOLVED DESPITE AN EARLIER ARREST AND MURDER CHARGES BEING FILED.

THE CASE INVOLVES A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH NEAR A PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY ON ST. THOMAS.

HERE IS THE STORY .

>> THIS IS A PICTURE OF HIM .

HIS FUNERAL.

IN HIS ADULT LIFE , HE DEVELOPED A NICKNAME BY HIS FRIENDS.

I NEVER PAULDEN THAT.

THAT IS NOT THE NAME I GAVE HIM.

I CALLED HIM DARNELL OR DANNY.

HE WAS A LOVING CHILD.

HE LIKED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH.

HE LOVED TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.

HE JUST LOVED TO BE A PART OF EVERYBODY.

WE HAD BIBLE STUDY AT HOME .

THOSE ARE HIS FAVORITES.

HE LOVED TO ATTEND CHURCH.

ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM CHURCH, HE WOULD ALWAYS BE TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE PREACHER SAID.

DAN´L ALWAYS HAD A BIG SMILE .

HE NEVER STAYED ANYWHERE FOR LONG.

DAN´L WAS LIKE, I DON´T CARE WHO SOMEBODY IS OR WHAT THEY ARE , I AM GOING TO LOVE THEM.

HE PORTRAYED LOVE TO PEOPLE .

DAN´L LOVED TO COOK.

HE LIKED CHINESE , SO HE WOULD ALWAYS DO A LOT OF STUFF THRICE.

ONE OF THEM IS THAT EVENTUALLY HE WANTED TO ON HIS OWN BUSINESS IN COOKING .

IN 2002 , I WAS MAKING PLANS FOR HIM TO ATTEND CULINARY SCHOOL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BE A CHEF.

I WAS GETTING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER.

THEY WERE ALMOST COMPLETED BEFORE HE GOT KILLED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002.

HE WAS KILLED ON HIS DAUGHTER´S BIRTHDAY.

SEPTEMBER 17th, HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO BUY A CONDO TO PUT ON -- CANDLE TO PUT ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE.

WHAT HAPPENED, I DON´T KNOW.

HIS GIRLFRIEND CALLED, AND SHE WAS CRYING, SHE SAID, DAN´L WAS JUST SHOT.

I SAID, WHAT?

I HUNG UP THE PHONE.

THEY TOOK ME STRAIGHT UP STAIRS AND SAID HE WAS IN SURGERY.

WAITING AND WAITING, LIKE NEVER ENDING.

AND THEN THE DOCTOR CAME OUT, AND HE SAID, I´M SO SORRY .

UNFORTUNATELY , YOUR SON JUST DIED.

I LET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW HE EXPIRED.

DETECTIVES CAME TO THE HOSPITAL AND SAID THAT [ INAUDIBLE ] WAS ARRESTED FOR KILLING HIM.

THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE THE NEXT DAY.

THE NEXT MORNING I WENT TO THE COURT WHEN THE ARRAIGNMENT WAS GOING ON.

THEY TOLD US WHAT THE CHARGES WERE THEY WERE BRINGING HIM UP ON, FOR MURDER.

HE WAS IN JAIL.

I GOT A CALL AND SAID THE CASE WAS TODAY , AND HE IS OUT.

NOBODY --THAT´S WHAT I´M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHY HE IS OUT?

WHY THERE IS NO CASE.

WHY?

WHY?

WHY?

NOBODY SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION, DIRECT INFORMATION UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

>> MY NAME IS JOSE.

I WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE SCENE, BUT I WAS ALLOWED TO REVIEW THIS CASE CONCERNING DAN´L LIBURD.

IT IS CONSIDERED A COLD CASE.

AT LEAST 20 YEARS NOW.

ACCORDING TO THIS FILE , ON TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 17, 2002 , DAN´L LIBURD, 24-YEAR-OLD MALE, WAS SHOT .

PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING , THERE WERE OFFICERS AT SPECIAL OPERATIONS BUREAU .

THEY HEARD SHOTS BEING DISCHARGED AT THE KIRWAN TERRACE.

AFTER MAKING THEIR INSPECTION , THEY RAN INTO A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY A MAN WHO WAS TRANSPORTING DAN´L LIBURD, WHO WAS SHOT .

THE OFFICERS ESCORTED THE VEHICLE TO THE HOSPITAL.

THE OTHER OFFICER AT THE SCENE, BASED ON 911 CALLS, FOUND -- THEY MET NUMEROUS -- IN THE AREA WHILE CONDUCTING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIME SCENE.

THEY LEARNED OF A WITNESS WHO GAVE A STATEMENT EXPLAINING HOW THEY CRIME AND FOLDED.

IT WAS SAID THAT DAN´L LIBURD LEFT THE HOUSE TO BUY SOME CANDLES FOR HIS DAUGHTER´S BIRTHDAY.

AND THAT THE SUSPECT WAS SEEN POINTING AT THE VICTIM WITH A TRIGGER FINGER .

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A WITNESS STATEMENT THAT AZULA MADE POINTING AT THE VIC THEM AND USING HIS FINGER LIKE HE´S PULLING A TRIGGER , I WOULD SAY THAT IS BAD BLOOD .

BUT AT THE SAME TIME , THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION ON AZULA´S SIDE , ACCORDING TO THE FILE, THAT MR. LIBURD USED TO HARASS MR. NIBBS.

THE FILE SAID THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT AND A SHOT DISCHARGED.

AT THAT POINT IS WHERE THE WITNESS WAS ABLE TO LOOK OUT AND SAW MR. NIBBS ACTIVELY SHOOTING AT THE VICTIM.

AT THE TIME, THEY KNEW HIM AS ZULU.

RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE, THEY OBSERVED ZULU RUNNING FROM THE AREA WHILE PLACING THE FIREARM UNDER HIS SHIRT.

THE VERY SAME DAY , MR. AZULA NIBBS APPEARED WITH AN ATTORNEY AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AT WHICH TIME HE CHOSE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

THEY PROCEEDED TO MAKE THAT ARREST OF MR. NIBBS.

THE NEXT DAY HE APPEARED WHERE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS FOUND ON MURDER-RELATED CHARGES.

HE WAS INCARCERATED.

I AM NOT CLEAR AS TO WHEN AND IF HE WAS RELEASED DURING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THIS CASE.

BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE DATE OF THE TRIAL , THE WITNESS CANNOT BE LOCATED , AND SO , PROSECUTORS HAD TO MOVE .

THE CASE WAS DISMISSED , MEANING IT CAN BE REFILED.

>> 20 YEARS.

NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

IT´S HARD.

ALIKE WAS TAKEN , AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.

AZULA NIBBS IS WALKING AROUND ALMOST LIKE HE IS A KING.

MY SON, DAN´L LIBURD , IS IN THE COLD GROUND.

>> TODAY, IT´S ABOUT A WITNESS THAT CHOSE NOT TO COOPERATE AND LEFT THE TERRITORY.

IF WE ARE ABLE TO GAIN ANOTHER WITNESS TO COOPERATE , GIVEN BY THE ORIGINAL WITNESS, OR HOPEFULLY SOMEONE ENCOURAGES THAT WITNESS TO COME FORWARD, THAT IS ALL THAT THE ATTORNEYS SEE WOULD BRING TO THIS CASE.

>> HE GOT KILLED IN THE STREET.

YOU CAN SEE FROM YOUR BEDROOM AND LOOK OUT IN THE STREET.

>> WE CAN HAVE 1 MILLION WITNESSES IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHO IS WILLING TO STEP UP?

>> WE ARE IN THE HOUSING COMMUNITY.

THIS AREA WILL BE KNOWN AS A HOTSPOT AREA.

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SUCH AS DRUG DEALING AND SEVERAL MURDERS JUST UP THE ROAD.

TO MY RIGHT HERE IS WHERE IT IS ON THE SKETCH, THE MURDER OF DAN´L LIBURD TOOK PLACE.

IT WAS AN AFTERNOON, 3:00 P.M..

VERY BRIGHT .

VERY VISIBLE.

CLEARLY, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW, ESPECIALLY FROM THE TOP STORE.

AS WELL AS SO MUCH COMING TO THE END BE ON THIS WALL.

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM THAT KNOW ABOUT THIS CASE AND WANT TO HELP SOLVE IT, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE CONTACT THE MAJOR CRIMES UNIT AND LET´S BRING CLOSURE TO THIS CASE.

>> WHEN THE BABY WAS CHRISTENED , THAT´S ME, HIS TWO BROTHERS AND HIMSELF.

ONE SUNDAY FROM CHURCH , THIS IS HIM AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER.

>> FOR 20 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS BATTLE BY MYSELF.

20 YEARS.

THANK GOD THAT HE LIVES INSIDE OF ME .

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I GET DOWN, AND I WOULD CRY.

BUT THEN I PICK MYSELF UP .

THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS PICKED TO ME, AND HE GIVE ME THAT COMFORT AND I GET THAT HUG .

I WOULD LIKE DAN´L TO BE REMEMBERED AS A WARM HUMAN BEING , AS SOMEBODY´S CHILD.

A FAMILY MEMBER.

A FRIEND.

A FATHER.

A COUSIN.

SWEET, WILLING TO GO AN EXTRA MILE TO HELP ANYONE.

20 YEARS.

20 YEARS.

I AM GOING TO WAIT.

I AM GOING TO WAIT ON GOD.

WHEN HE IS READY, IT WILL BE REVEALED, AND I WILL GET JUSTICE.

I WILL GET JUSTICE FOR DAN´L LIBURD.

>> DAN´L´S MOTHER HAS LONGED FOR JUSTICE FOR 20 YEARS, AND SHE IS PLEADING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP.

IF YOU WITNESS THIS HOMICIDE OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DID, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS TODAY AT 1-800- 222-TIPS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OF DAN´L LIBURD OR ARSDALE FERDINAND, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER COLD CASE, THE VI PD WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.

PLEASE CALL CRIMESTOPPERS RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

REMEMBER , YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS , AND YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD.

LET US WORK TOGETHER TO BRING CLOSURE FOR THESE LONG- SUFFERING FAMILIES .

TOGETHER , WE CAN BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY.

I AM CELIA CARROLL.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>>> THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE BOARD, OR STAFF.