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♫♫ ♫♫ ♫♫ ♫♫ >>> THIS IS "VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES."

CHRISTMAS TREES REPRESENT THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A TIME FOR GIVING AND SPREADING LOVE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

BUT THE SAME HOLIDAY SEASON THAT BRINGS JOY TO SO MANY OF US ALSO BRINGS PAIN TO THOSE WITH MURDERED LOVED ONES WHOSE CASES ARE STILL UNSOLVED.

"VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES" GIVES HOPE TO THESE FAMILIES BY BRINGING RENEWED ATTENTION TO COLD CASES AND EMPOWERING YOU, THE COMMUNITY, TO BECOME INVOLVED.

ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE CASES ON THIS EPISODE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS TODAY AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

OUR FIRST CASE HAPPENED THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS OF 2010.

IT INVOLVED A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HIS HOME.

HERE IS THE PRESTON FRANKS.

>> PRESTON FRANCIS WAS MY LITTLE BROTHER.

HE WAS A SPECIAL CASE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE HE WAS BORN THE DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY.

SO I KIND OF GOT A GIFT ON MY BIRTHDAY WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD.

PRESTON WAS -- HE LIKED TO LAUGH A LOT, HE LIKED TO PLAY PRACTICAL JOKES, HE LIKED TO SIT AROUND AND LAUGH WITH THE FAMILY.

WE GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO CHURCH OFTEN.

MY MOTHER WAS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN.

SO WE WERE IN CHURCH FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

BUT WITH MY BROTHER, I FELT HE WAS WELL ROUNDED.

I MEAN, MY MOM TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALWAYS IN ACTIVITIES.

AND FOR HIM, IF HE WANTED TO TRY TO JOIN A SPORT OR SOMETHING, WHICH I WILL SAY NEVER LASTED LONG.

I WOULD OFTEN CALL MY BROTHER "THE TRYOUT TEEN."

HE JUST WANTED TO TRY THINGS OUT, AND THAT´S AS FAR AS IT WENT.

THERE´S A PAINTING IN MY HOUSE.

A LITTLE PAINTING THAT HE DID OF OUR MOM THAT HE TRIED, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PAINTING PHASE.

SO EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT, I ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM.

THAT IS LITERALLY THE ONLY PICTURE OUTSIDE OF HER AND MY DAD´S WEDDING PICTURE THAT WE HAVE UP ON THE MANTEL AT THE HOUSE.

THE SITUATION WITH MY PARENTS WAS UNEXPECTED.

YOU LITERALLY WENT FROM A SITUATION OF HAVING BOTH PARENTS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF, WAS PARENTLESS.

IT INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH MY BROTHER AND MY MOM.

UNFORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME, SHE HAD FOUND SOME TUMORS IN HER BREAST.

AND SHE WAS ABOUT TO TRAVEL TO GO TO FLORIDA WITHIN ABOUT TWO DAYS TO GO HAVE THEM REMOVED, LIKE HAVE SURGERY.

AND THEY WERE ON THE WATERFRONT, WALKING ACROSS THE STREET IN THE CROSSWALK, AND A VEHICLE CAME AND MY MOM PUSHED MY BROTHER OUT OF THE WAY.

AND SHE GOT THE BRUNT OF THE CAR HITTING HER.

AND WHAT THE DOCTORS ENDED UP SAYING IS THAT THE STRESS TRIGGERED THE TUMORS TO BECOME CANCEROUS, AND THEY SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE THROUGH HER BODY BECAUSE HER BODY WAS ALREADY INJURED FROM GETTING HURT FROM THE CAR ACCIDENT.

AND WITHIN FIVE MONTHS, SHE DIED.

PRESTON WAS 14 AT THE TIME.

HE WAS ATTACHED TO MY MOTHER REALLY BAD, HE WAS ALWAYS WITH MY MOM.

SO HE TOOK IT REALLY HARD.

MY DAD ENDED UP GETTING LUNG CANCER.

AND HE DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

I SAW HIM CHANGE IN A WAY THAT HE WAS STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND THAT BALANCE WITH WHO HE WAS AND WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND WHAT HE WANTED TO BECOME.

AND I DON´T KNOW IF IT WAS MY OWN PERSONAL GUILT OF KNOWING HE DIDN´T HAVE MY PARENTS.

I ALWAYS TRIED TO FIX EVERYTHING FOR HIM.

THE DAY HE DIED IS THE DAY I DECIDED TO PUT MY FOOT DOWN.

HE HAD CALLED ME, AND HE WAS ASKING ME TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM.

AND I REMEMBER I WAS LIKE, "NO."

I WAS SO STERN THAT DAY THAT EVEN WHEN IT WAS IN THE EVENING, I WAS AT HOME.

AND I SAW THE PHONE NUMBER RINGING.

AND IT WAS HIS NUMBER.

I WOULDN´T ANSWER.

AFTER PROBABLY THE PHONE RANG ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, I FINALLY ANSWERED AND IT WAS MY COUSIN.

HE SAID, "I JUST CAME HERE TO THE APARTMENT, AND I PICKED UP PRESTON´S PHONE, I THINK HE´S HERE ON THE FLOOR DEAD."

>> 911 RECEIVED A CALL OF A GUNSHOT WOUND VICTIM IN THE AREA OF 12 DASH STREET IN CONTANT.

WE ENTERED THE APARTMENT, WE CLEARED THE APARTMENT.

WE FOUND MR. PRESTON FRANCIS IN THE APARTMENT.

HE HAD RECEIVED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCENE BY THE CORONER´S OFFICE, TRANSPORTED TO THE MORGUE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS IN RSH.

FORENSICS CAME AND PROCESSED THE PLACE.

THE APARTMENT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A STRUGGLE, SO THAT KIND OF INDICATED TO US, WHOEVER IT IS SHOT MR. PRESTON HAD KNOWLEDGE OF HIM, HIS APARTMENT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ENTER THE APARTMENT WILLINGLY, OR HE LET THEM IN, WHICHEVER ONE.

RIGHT OUTSIDE MR. FRANCIS´ DOOR, THERE´S AN APARTMENT WHICH WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN LIVING IN THERE.

THERE WAS TWO WINDOWS ON HIS STRUCTURE THAT LOOKED STRAIGHT TOWARDS MR. FRANCIS´ FRONT DOOR.

IF THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT INSIDE, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK OUTSIDE, THROUGH THE WINDOWS, AND SEE WHO HE WAS ARGUING WITH.

AND AFTER THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOT, SEE WHO LEFT.

WE POUNDED ON THE DOOR, NO ANSWER.

SO HE COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING IN THERE, QUIET AS A MOUSE, REFUSING TO SAY ANYTHING TO US, BECAUSE MAYBE HE WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING.

WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO TALK TO THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM AND WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF HIS NAME.

WE WENT AHEAD AND GATHERED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE COULD, AND WE START THE CANVASSING FOR WITNESSES.

ANYONE IN THE AREA WHO MAY HAVE HEARD THE SHOT OR MAY HAVE HEARD ANY KIND OF DISTURBANCE IN THE AREA.

SOME PEOPLE SAID THEY HEARD THE SHOT.

SOME PEOPLE DIDN´T HEAR THE SHOT.

AT THE TIME, THEY DID NOT HEAR ANY CARS LEAVING AT ANY HIGH RATE OF SPEED FROM WHERE PRESTON FRANCIS RESIDED, WHERE HE WAS KILLED.

HIS HOMICIDE TO ME WAS A VERY WEIRD ONE.

NO FORCED ENTRY.

WHOEVER IT IS CAME IN HIS HOUSE, HE KNEW.

WHEN I DID SOME RESEARCH INTO HIS LAPTOP, YOU COULD SEE THAT HE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS.

SO YOU COULD SEE HE WAS A VERY FRIENDLY PERSON.

SO TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS KILLED LIKE THAT, SHOT IN THE HEAD, IT´S KIND OF HARD.

WE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM HIS SISTER, THE NOW-SENATOR.

>> THERE WAS A THOUGHT, WHO WOULD WANT TO KILL MY BROTHER?

BUT TO SAY I COULD PINPOINT IN ANY DIRECTION, NOTHING.

BECAUSE I DIDN´T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

YOU KNOW.

HOUSE OF ME KNOWING THAT HE WAS TAKING CARE OF HIS DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW -- HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A GIRLFRIEND OR TWO, OR 3.

>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CRIME OF PASSION.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

HE DOESN´T HAVE A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND.

SO TO SAY THAT HE WAS INTO ANY LEGAL THINGS WOULD BE KIND OF DIFFICULT, OKAY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE DID HAVE IN THE APARTMENT OF VALUE THAT WERE NOT TAKEN.

SO YOU CAN´T JUSTIFY TO SAY THAT WHAT IS A ROBBERY.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED DURING THE AUTOPSY, THAT WAS NOT A SOLUTION.

THAT WAS NOT A SUICIDE.

THIS CASE HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE COLD CASE SECTION, BUT IT´S NOT PER SE CLOSED.

NO HOMICIDES ARE CLOSED.

WE COULD GET IN A BIT OF POSITION TODAY, AND BOOM.

IN MY CAREER, I´VE MADE AN ARREST ON A 17-YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE.

SO HEY, IF I COULD DO THAT ONE, I´M GOING TO GET A BIT OF INFORMATION, I COULD DO THE SAME THING HERE.

I AM THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR STILL FOR THIS CASE.

UNTIL I RETIRE.

>> I JUST WANT HIM TO BE REMEMBERED AS FUN.

LOVING.

I LIVED FOR MY BROTHER´S LAUGH.

I THINK FOR ME FOR A LONG TIME I FELT BAD THAT THE DAY I DECIDED TO BE MISS FIRM, NOT KNOWING THAT WAS THE LAST DAY I WOULD EVER SPEAK TO HIM.

HE LITERALLY WAS MURDERED THREE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

SO WHEN MOST PEOPLE WERE SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS, I WAS SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES TO BURY HIM IN.

I FOUND HIM A NICE LITTLE OUTFIT.

I EVEN BURIED HIM IN A HAT.

HE LIKED TO WEAR HATS ALL THE TIME.

SO I MADE SURE HE LOOKED HOW HE WOULD NORMALLY LOOK.

AND HE WAS OKAY.

HE WAS OKAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP SOLVE THE MURDER OF PRESTON FRANCIS, CALL CRIME STOPPERS TODAY AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

>>> UP NEXT IS A COLD CASE THAT INVOLVES A TEENAGER WHO DID NOT LIVE TO SEE HER 18th BIRTHDAY OR CHRISTMAS.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD WENT MISSING ON ST. CROIX IN THE SUMMER OF 2013 AND WAS FOUND DEAD THE VERY NEXT DAY.

HERE IS THE STORY OF ROSALIE FIGUEROA.

>> THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, FIRST DAUGHTER.

HER NICKNAME IS MARIE.

SHE´S QUIET.

SHE LIKED TO BE BY ME.

SHE DON´T LIKE NO PROBLEMS WITH NOBODY.

SHE ALWAYS BE WITH ME, I DON´T KNOW.

SHE ALWAYS BE WITH ME.

SHE ALWAYS STICK WITH ME ALL OVER.

LIKE, ANYTHING HAPPEN, SHE TALK TO ME.

SO SMART.

SHE WAS GOING TO CHURCH.

AND THEN, THE AGE 17, SHE STOPPED GOING CHURCH.

I DON´T KNOW WHY, WHAT HAPPENED.

I DON´T KNOW.

WE WERE STARTING LEAVE -- PEOPLE SEE MY DAUGHTER WALKING WITH US.

PEOPLE KNOW SHE A LOT, YOU KNOW.

I TELL MY DAUGHTERS, DON´T BE TALKING WITH NOBODY, YOU DON´T KNOW NOBODY HERE.

SO I DON´T KNOW WHAT WAS -- CAUSED THIS, THIS HAPPEN.

I DON´T KNOW.

THE LAST DAY I SAW HER, WHEN SHE TELL ME SHE WANT SOMETHING TO EAT.

WHEN SHE FINISH EAT, SHE WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER.

AND THAT DAY, SHE JUST ACT SO GOOD.

AND SHE GONE.

SHE WENT TO THE STEPS AND SHE GONE.

I START TO WORRY BECAUSE SHE WENT, LIKE, 12:00 IN AFTERNOON.

12:00.

AND SHE NEVER COME BACK.

I WAIT FOR 1:00, 2:00.

IT WAS 12:00 IN THE NIGHT, SHE REACHED TO MY HOUSE.

>> I WENT CRAZY ALL OVER LAGOON.

ALL OVER LOOK FOR HER.

I DON´T CARE WHO DO SOMETHING TO ME, I DON´T CARE.

SO I WENT LATE IN THE NIGHT TO LOOK FOR HER.

I WENT TO DO THE REPORT.

THE NEXT DAY, THEY COME TO LOOK FOR US.

AND THEY SAY, WE NEED TO GO TO THE POLICE STATION.

I WAS THINKING THAT THEY FIND HER AND THEY HAVE HER IN A HOSPITAL OR WAS LIKE THAT.

THEY SHOW ME HER GLASSES.

AND ONE OF THE POLICE, HE TALK SPANISH.

HE TOLD ME, "I´M SO SORRY, YOUR DAUGHTER DIE, THEY KILL HER."

I SAY, "NO, STOP IT."

I WAS SHAKING.

I WAS SO NERVOUS.

AND I THINK I FAINT IN THE FLOOR.

>> IT WAS AN ABANDONED HOUSE OUT BY PARADISE PICNIC.

THAT´S IN THE AREA WHERE THERE WAS TOURISTS VISITING.

AND THEY SAW A SIGN OF A HOUSE FOR SALE, THEY WENT TO LOOK AT THE HOUSE.

WHILE LOOKING AT THE HOUSE, THEY WENT TO THE SWIMMING POOL, THEY FOUND THIS FEMALE BODY FLOATING IN THE WATER.

MY INVESTIGATION REVEALED ON JULY 12, 2013, SHE TOLD HER MOM THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MEET A FRIEND TO DO SOME SCHOOLWORK.

SHE LEFT WHERE SHE WAS LIVING IN LAGOON PROJECT.

THE MOM SAID, TELL YOUR DAD WHERE YOU´RE GOING.

>> AT THE TIME SHE LEFT THE HOME, THE FATHER REPORTED SHE WAS WEARING A BRA HALTER TOP DRESS.

WHEN SHE WAS FOUND, SHE WAS FOUND IN THE HALTER TOP.

IT APPEARS TO BE DARK COLORED.

AND A SKIRT.

SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT SHE HAD HER SKIRT UP UNDER THE HALTER TOP.

SHE WAS CHRISTIAN, SHE WASN´T ALLOWED TO WEAR CERTAIN THINGS OR SAY.

A TYPICAL TEENAGER WOULD DISGUISE THE CLOTING LEAVING THE HOME.

WE THINK THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SHE LOOKED.

IT WAS NOT NORMAL FOR HER NOT TO BE IN THE HOME 6:00 IN THE EVENING.

ANYTHING LATER THAN THAT, SHE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A CALL, I´M DADDY, I´M MOMMY, I´M COMING.

THEY DID NOT HEAR FROM HER.

THEY ACTUALLY STARTED LOOKING FOR HER BEFORE THEY MADE A POLICE REPORT.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING DAY, NOW, A TOURIST FOUND HER IN THE POOL.

HE IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE YARD, CALLED 911.

POLICE ARRIVED.

EMT ARRIVED.

WE TRIED TO FIND SIGN LIFE.

THERE WAS NONE.

SO THEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER´S OFFICE WAS CALLED AND THEY COLLECTED HER REMAINS.

AND THEN ON THE 10th OF JULY, WE PERFORMED THE AUTOPSY WHICH TOLD US THAT THIS WAS DEFINITELY A HOMICIDE.

WE HAD CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS ON HER FACE WHICH SHOWED US SHE GOT ASSAULTED.

AND THEN THE ASPHYXIATION, WHICH THE DOCTOR SAID COULD EITHER BE FROM -- DEFINITELY FROM DROWNING, BUT IT SEEMS AS IF SHE WAS HELD UNDER THE WATER.

THERE WERE SIGNS THAT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.

SO THE INVESTIGATION MAY BE SHE MAY HAVE MET A MALE FRIEND, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, MAY HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, MAYBE WENT FARTHER THAN WHAT SHE EXPECTED.

>> WE GOT A TIP THAT IT WAS ALLEGED SHE WAS PICKED UP BY TWO INDIVIDUALS, A BLACK MALE, A HISPANIC MALE, DURING THE DAYTIME ON JULY 3rd, 2013.

PICKED UP IN THE LAGOON AREA AND DROVE WITH HER.

THE VEHICLE, THE MAKE WAS A FORD, THE COLOR WAS WHITE, THE YEAR WAS 1990.

ACCORDING TO INFORMATION, THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY INTO THE CAR.

IT APPARENTLY LOOKED LIKE SHE´D KNOWN THIS INDIVIDUAL AND WENT INTO THE CAR WILLINGLY.

THEY FOLLOWED UP ON IT.

BASED ON THE INFORMATION I GOT HERE, THEY NEVER FOUND THE VEHICLE, NEVER MADE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT DROVE THE VEHICLE.

>> THE INVESTIGATION TOLD US THAT SHE HAD A COUPLE OF BOYFRIENDS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE WAS DOING THAT THE PARENTS DIDN´T KNOW.

IT´S A CHRISTIAN HOME, SO SHE CAN´T HAVE A BOYFRIEND, SHE CAN´T GO OUT PARTYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO SHE WAS HIDING TO DO THINGS.

SO THE PARENTS COULDN´T TELL US A LOT ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

BECAUSE WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WAS NOT, IN FACT, WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN SHE LEFT THE HOUSE.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DOUBLE LIFE, IT WAS DELAYING US FROM ACTUALLY FINDING OUT WHO KILLED HER.

WE´D LIKE TO HEAR FROM HER FRIENDS.

THE BEST FRIENDS, THE ONES WHO KNEW HER SECRETS, THE ONES THAT CAN TELL US AND FILL IN THE BLANKS AS TO WHO SHE MAY HAVE BEEN SEEING SECRETLY.

AND THAT MIGHT LEAD US TO WHO TOOK HER AND DROWNED HER IN THAT POOL, ASSAULTED HER AND RAPED HER.

IF ANYBODY CAN HELP US BRING CLOSURE TO THIS FAMILY, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST WONDERFUL THING YOU CAN DO FOR THIS FAMILY.

>> NINE YEARS.

I AM CRYING ALOUD.

I AM EXPECTING THAT SHE GONE AND DON´T COME BACK.

I HOPE SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING, HEARING ME RIGHT NOW.

PLEASE SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW?

BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER.

>> ROSALIE´S MOTHER IS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS, AND YOU CAN HELP.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

>>> THIS MONTH MARKS THE 15-YEAR AN VERSE OF THE NEXT CASE, A 35-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES, MUTILATED, AND LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON ST. CROIX.

HERE IS THE STORY OF ROBERT O´CONNOR III.

>> ROBERT O´CONNOR III, JULY 3rd, 1968.

HIS FATHER WAS ROBERT O´CONNOR JR.

SENATOR.

AND HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

HIS FATHER RESIDED IN ST. JOHN.

ROBERT, MOST OF HIS LIFE WAS IN ST. JOHN.

BAKIE WAS A LOVING CHILD.

IF HE COULD HELP YOU, HE WOULD HELP YOU.

HE ATTENDED A LOCAL SCHOOL, HE ATTENDED -- HE WASN´T INTO LESSONS.

HE WAS WELL KNOWN AND WELL-GROOMED.

HE LIKED TO DRESS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

HE WAS INTO DESIGNER STUFF.

NAME BRAND.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE AND WELL-KNOWN, HE CARRIED HIMSELF WELL.

HE GOT HIMSELF INTO SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE LAW.

THERE WAS THIS FRIEND SITUATIONS, A ROBBERY, YOU KNOW.

DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, A ROBBERY, YOU KNOW.

THEY WOULD CALL HIS NAME, CALL HIS NAME FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN ST. JOHN.

IF THE MUSIC, THEY LIKE TO BURGLARY MUSIC, IF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MUSIC, OH, THAT´S THE O´CONNOR BOY.

TO ME AS A MOTHER, HE WAS SUCH A -- HE WAS A NICE YOUNG MAN, BUT ALWAYS SOMETHING NEGATIVE FOLLOW.

JUST ONE SENTENCE TO FIVE YEARS, GOLDEN GROVE IN ST. CROIX.

HE SERVED ALL HIS TIME.

HE HAD FINISHED WITH PRISON.

HE WAS LIVING ON HIS OWN.

HE HAD AN APARTMENT, HIS FATHER HAD GOTTEN HIM A JOB, ST. CROIX GAS.

HE WAS GOING TO WORK.

ALWAYS HE WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.

ON HIS WAY TO WORK, AND THAT MORNING, I DIDN´T HEAR FROM HIM.

AND I REPRESENT CALLING HIS NUMBER, CALLING HIS NUMBER.

NO ANSWER.

ALL THE TIME, I DID NOT KNOW MY CHILD WAS DEAD.

>> MR. O´CONNOR WAS FOUND ON SPRING GOT ROAD.

A YOUNG LADY WAS DRIVING HOME AND FOUND HIS BODY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, CALLED 911, TOLD POLICE TO DISPATCH TO THE AREA.

WHEN WE ARRIVED, HE WAS FOUND FACE-UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY WITH NO SIGN OF LIFE.

HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

THE CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHS, HE WAS SEEN LYING, HIS JEWELRY, HIS KEYS IN HIS POCKET, HIS PANTS PULLED DOWN BELOW WHERE HIS PENIS WAS, AND HE WAS CASTRATED.

HIS PENIS WAS PLACED IN HIS MOUTH.

HIS VEHICLE WASN´T THERE.

HIS VEHICLE WAS LATER FOUND AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN.

SO IT´S CLEAR THAT HE WAS PICKED UP FROM WHERE HIS VEHICLE WAS AND BROUGHT THERE.

THERE´S NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT THERE WAS A STRUGGLE EXCEPT THAT HE WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THERE UNDER DURESS, UNDER GUNPOINT, AND FORCED TO JUST STAND THERE.

DEFENSIVE WOUNDS, HIS HANDS WAS SHOT, SUGGESTING HIS HANDS WAS UP.

SO THE CASTRATION, I BELIEVE, MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED JUST AS HE WAS ON THE GROUND AFTER BEING SHOT ABOUT THE BODY AND HEAD AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE CONTINUED OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE HOMICIDE ITSELF.

AND REALIZED THAT THIS CASE WAS ALSO LINKED TO AN EARLIER CASE THAT CAME IN ABOUT 9:00 A.M., SAME MORNING, IN WHICH A FEMALE REPORTED TO POLICE THAT SHE WAS RAPED BY A FAMILY FRIEND IN MOUNT PLEASANT AT HIS HOME.

AND SHE IDENTIFIED HER ATTACKER AS MR. O´CONNOR.

I DON´T EVEN BELIEVE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RAPE INVESTIGATION TO REALLY GO MUCH FARTHER THAN IT WENT.

SHE COMPLAINED AT 9:00 THE MORNING, TOLD US THAT THIS RAPE HAPPENED.

AND BY 11:00 THE NIGHT, HE WAS DEAD.

THE MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT WITH THE CASTRATION SUGGESTS THAT IT´S CONNECTED TO THE ALLEGATION OF RAPE.

SO DID HE DO THESE THINGS?

I DON´T KNOW, BUT WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE OR DISPROVE THE ALLEGATIONS ARE IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF ANYBODY WHO SAW HIM AT KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE PASSED AND SAW THEM BY THE CAR, SAW SOMETHING.

KNOW WHO HE LEFT WITH.

THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US IN DETERMINING WHO WE SHOULD BE CHARGING FOR THIS.

BECAUSE VIGILANTEISM, WE SHOULDN´T BE HAVING VIGILANTES OUT THERE.

IF THEY HAD ALLOWED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR JOB, THEN MR. O´CONNOR III WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH RAPE IF, IN FACT, HE DID COMMIT THAT CRIME.

BUT WE WEREN´T ALLOWED TO EVEN COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION AND GET TO CONCLUSION HERE.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE´RE TRYING TO BRING CLOSURE FOR THE MOTHER.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT MY SON -- RAPE?

NO.

THEN YOU TAKE AND YOU CUT HIS PENIS OFF, SHOOT HIM IN HIS HEAD, STICK HIS PENIS IN HIS MOUTH?

AND LEFT HIM THERE?

THEY HAVE TO PRONOUNCE HIM THE DAY AFTER THE ACTUAL MURDER BECAUSE OF THE TIME.

SO THEY HAVE IT I THINK AS THE 10th BUT SHE WAS KILLED ON THE 9th.

MY BOY WAS IN HEAVEN.

I REMEMBER THAT LIKE IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

REMEMBER HIM AS A LOVING, AFFECTIONATE, KIND-HEARTED YOUNG MAN.

NOT AN ANIMAL THEY´RE PORTRAYING HIM TO BE.

MY CHILD DIDN´T WALK THAT ROAD.

AND I DON´T CARE, OH, IT´S MOTHER OPINION.

IT´S GOING TO BE MY OPINION TILL I DIE.

>> IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MURDER OF ROBERT O´CONNOR III, OR ANY CASES FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER COLD CASE, PLEASE CALL CRIME STOPPERS RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

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

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, GIVE THE GIFT OF CLOSURE TO THESE LONGSUFFERING FAMILIES.

TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY.

I´M CELIA CARROLL.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

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