Police Discover 3 Headless Bodies In Killer Daughter's Car

I'm out here with Miss Cassandra. Officers have just arrived at the getaway motel of 28 year old Cassandra Douglas. For the last 24 hours, she and her brother have been on the run after three of their family members were found dead and burned in the desert.

99% this is either an animal or a person. after three of their family members were found dead and burned in the desert. Damn.

99%, this is either an animal or a person. That looks like a human, dude.

And as these local officers prepare to confront the primary suspect of the most important case they've ever worked on, nothing could prepare them for the horrifying discoveries they're about to make.

Raza police, anyone inside, make yourself known.

This is a horrible nightmare.

What are we looking at here?

I don't f***ing know, you tell me.

This is one of the worst things

that I've ever wanted to be involved with.

It's a routine Friday afternoon at the Otero County Sheriff's Office when dispatch begins receiving a series of unusual 911 calls from a young man.

Communications.

Hi, good morning.

I'm hoping to file a police report and I might need some assistance doing so. Okay, and what's your first and last name? Kane May.

Okay and tell me what's going on.

I've been living abroad for the past six years.

Okay.

I found out that my father died last year shortly after Christmas. I have recently returned home. I'm living in New Mexico again and I was hoping to return to the family property. Since his passing, tons and tons of family possessions and property have all gone missing and have either been sold off, lost, or stolen. And I'm looking to reassume possession of the property,

but there are people squatting in the house. Do you know who these people are? I do. I could give you first and last names, but not anything much else.

Kane goes on to clarify that the squatters inside his deceased father's property are actually family members, mainly his uncle Victor, who allegedly took over the property and is living there with Kane's grandmother and his stepbrother. He also seemingly claims that his uncle Victor has sold off valuable assets, including firearms and expensive jewelry belonging to his father. The dispatcher logs the information Cain provides and passes it along for legal follow-up. However, not long after this first contact, on a Monday morning in January 2025, Cain

calls again. But this time, it's for something strangely different.

Dispatch.

Hi there, I was calling because I'm wondering what would it take for me to request a wellness check on somebody?

A welfare check on?

My grandmother, Mary Mouser.

Okay, the surgeon is aware. They are on an emergency call right now. As soon as they are done, they will head up there to do a welfare check.

Okay, excellent. Thank you, ma'am.

You're welcome.

A couple of hours after Cain requests a welfare check for his grandmother Mary, he calls police again for the third time to share new updates.

Tularosa Communications, you're on a recorded line.

How can I help you? to share new updates. We stopped by on our way down and everything is locked up tight. That's why I was returning your call because you said that we can, that I should call you back. All right. And like if they're tied up with an emergency. Yes, sir. We got to worry about the officers and make sure.

Thank you so much for understanding. I will.

Okay, I will let the sergeant know then.

Following this latest call from Kane, the welfare check is officially canceled, and officers are no longer dispatched to the property. At this point, the dispatcher has no reason to suspect anything other than some kind of family dispute, and the situation appears to have resolved itself for now. In reality, something far more calculated is already in motion, and the family involved

will soon be implicated in a scheme that will lead detectives down one of the most twisted murder plots they've ever handled. That same Monday, a few hours after Cain's 911 calls, a man arrives at the police station in the afternoon with an oddly timed request.

Hello, sir.

Hey, how you doing? Doing well, Sergeant Norquist. Mike, bless.

Mike, it's nice to meet you.

How can I help you today?

Okay, well, my brother-in-law helps us take care of my mother-in-law. Okay.

And he normally is very conscientious about showing up when he says he's going to show

up and everything. Yeah.

And we have just, you know, we schedule him. We've been taking care of my mom-in-law for seven years. Now she's 92 years old. So anyway, we normally communicate quite a

bit during the week and stuff, you know. So are you wanting to check on him or your mother-in-law? No, on him. He lives on NoGap? Yes, yes. And somebody had called earlier. we were out busy, someone had called in for a welfare check, but they canceled us prior to us getting up there because they said whoever it was, I can go look and find the name that said that house was locked up tight

and that nobody was up there.

The person Sergeant Nordquist is referring to is Mike's nephew-in-law, Kane Mays, and it appears that both Mike and Kane are concerned about family members. Though the family dynamics are becoming tricky to keep up with for the sergeant, Mike is about to make one thing about Kane crystal clear.

Do you know a Kane maze?

Yeah, I do know him.

That's part of the problem.

Okay, so what's the problem there?

Okay, well I think he's trying to keep us from going over the loop. The house is owned by his father. As Mike continues explaining the complex family dynamics to the Sergeant, one thing becomes clear. Three people are missing, all close relatives of Mike and Kane. But before Mike leaves, there's something serious

he needs to warn the Sergeant about.

I'm gonna get one of my deputies over

and go out to the address and see what we can see.

See if we can find something.

Okay, let me give you some heads up. His dad had a lot of guns, Frank, before he died. And he taught Cain how to shoot. And when Cain came up the other day, I didn't finish my story. When I pulled up there, okay, and I hollered out the window for a bit, because the gate was closed, right?

Yeah. because I could the gate was closed right yeah okay and then a person comes to where I can see about this much of them right up there and I go hey Vin! Vin! and he goes no it's me Kane when he walks down he's packing he's armed I says well have you seen Victor? he says no nobody's up here. Okay. So I think if I were you, I'd look through more than two guys because I think he knows how to shoot and I don't know what if there were any like rifles and stuff like that where he could be, you know, with anybody. So I had his phone number but then after

I had his phone number, so he had my phone where he started texting. Your grandmother's missing, your uncle's missing, your stepbrother's missing, right? And this is what he's talking to me about. He's a pathological liar, man. I think he's up to no good, I really do. You guys gotta be really careful.

He said he just got off the line with Sergeant Nordquist, or North.

He never called us.

We never called or contacted him. It's becoming clear to the sergeant that something is off. Sensing this won't be a routine welfare check, Sergeant Nordquist takes note of Mike's concerns and prepares to head out to the house. What makes this case so unique isn't just the crime scene officers we'll soon walk into, but the way police have to piece it together, using advanced forensics and strategic elicitation to cut through the lies.

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off your first month. With that said, let's get back to the investigation. Approximately an hour after talking to Mike, Sergeant Nordquist and a group of officers head to the property to conduct a welfare check. Based on Mike's previous concerns, officers approach the house cautiously in case they encounter Kane.

I got help. Open door.

Sheriff's office! Sheriff's office, if you're in here, make yourself known!

Sheriff's office!

Stay here with search. Stay here with search. Stay here with search.

Back in on the left. Got you.

Reef.

Yeah, I was going to say everything's stacked and piled up

The door knob was locked on this? Literally when I went like that, I was like, the door just kept going. I was like, hmm

Officers leave after confirming no one is inside

With boxes stacked throughout the home and both of Victor's cars, the blue and green Subarus missing, officers assume the family may have moved out. In reality, the clutter wasn't accidental. It was intentionally staged to conceal evidence of foul play and it has done exactly that. None of that is apparent now,

so Sergeant Nordquist calls Mike on the phone to update him on the situation. This is where the two men will slowly start to pick up on just how sketchy this whole ordeal is.

Hello sir, so we went up to that address, so we cleared the residence, there was nobody inside, there's no vehicles matching the descriptions of the Subarus you gave on the property. So, but there was no signs of a struggle struggle no signs of any foul play that we could determine there were some uh... boxes that appear to be like being packed up but other than that that's all we got

that were staying there at the house but definitely the king is the kicker he's the one that did all that

he called got your name and then he was able to send me that text saying that he spoke

to you.

And then he called back later and canceled the deal, right?

Yes sir. And on the face of it, it looks super sketchy, but there was no indication that we could see of any foul play or...

A struggle or anything like that?

A struggle, yes sir. Sergeant tries to reassure Mike, even he begins to wonder if the scene is hiding more than it appears. A few hours later that afternoon, Nordquist returns to the station and calls Kane, trying to understand why he cancelled the welfare check and why, most strangely, no one was inside the house.

Hi, this is Sergeant Nordquist at the Sheriff's Office. Is this Mr. Mays?

Yes, sir.

How are you? The reason why I'm calling is in regards to...

Earlier this morning you had contacted our office to do a welfare check on a family member?

That's correct.

Who is that family member to you?

It's my grandmother.

Your grandmother? Who lives up there with your grandmother at the 121 No-Go? That would be an uncle of mine and my brother. Do you have any information on them attempting to move anywhere?

I was told that my brother and my grandmother are planning to move soon. So the reason why I'm calling

is uh we went up to that address because Mr. Bleddy stopped by. Yeah he was the one who

recommended that we give you guys a call. He seemed pretty upset he was looking for Vic.

So we went inside the residence to make sure that nobody was hurt or injured. Nothing was broken into. We didn't see any signs of struggle or any signs of foul play. Did you text Mr. Bleddy at all today?

I mentioned that we stopped by and I had given you guys a call and everything was okay.

Who told you that everything was okay? Dispatch coordinator. I don't remember her name. Because the information that I got was that you called back and said you went up there and everything was okay.

Correct.

Now what was in that text message to Mr. Bloody? That's what I'm confused with.

Um, I let him know that I had tried to call you and the dispatch officer said that you were tied up with um, what sounded like a pretty hostile situation.

The way the text message reads was that you had made contact with me, and I know for sure, and you know for sure, that that didn't happen. So that way it looked kind of weird.

Naturally, Nordquist doesn't know what to make of Kane's message to Mike, in which he seems to falsely claim to have spoken with the sergeant. Suspecting Kane is hiding something, Nordquist ends the call and immediately requests a search warrant for a second search of the house. While they wait for the warrant to be processed, all police can do now is hope the missing trio turns up safe.

A hope that is far removed from the gruesome reality awaiting them just a few hours from

now.

Early on a Wednesday morning that week around 10am, something strange happens about 200 yards from the house where the trio vanished. A passerby takes notice and calls 911.

911 where's your emergency?

Yeah I'm phoning, there's a fire up into the mountain area I called before about 2 minutes

ago.

We drove down the road to see if we could are dispatched to investigate the fire. Once they arrive at the reported location, one of them spots something disturbing in the distance. A burned, flipped over vehicle matching one of Victor's missing cars.

I got a tire track towards the direction I walked this fall of the path. I got the vehicle it's smoking I got a couple sets of shoe impressions tire tracks all that 99% sure there was a page in a spinal cord in here in this vehicle. Given the circumstances, where else could it be at that?

Those are all fine.

Look right in here. That looks like a human, dude. These things burn hot.

Yeah.

Hopefully Slater and his team is on the way.

As officers look inside the car, they can see what appears to be the burned remains of three people, two badly damaged by the fire to identify them at the scene. Suspecting a homicide, they call in Sergeant Nordquist, and it wouldn't take long for him to connect the dots.

This might be a Subaru. That's a vehicle that they haven't accounted for yet. Look right here. Oh, for sure. You see it?

Yeah.

Do you see a skull anywhere?

I'm not good looking in here.

Just given the circumstances, this actually might be one of the missing people.

What's that right there?

I was looking looking in here. Just given the circumstances, this actually might be one of the missing people. What's that right there? I was looking at that too.

That's a smoke up right there.

Yep.

By one of our missing people, the missing vehicle.

From up here?

Huh?

From up here?

Yeah, I guess Brad, he suspects some guy named Kane killed most of his relatives that live here. And this vehicle, I I think is a Subaru. Looks like it's really fresh, dude.

There's more over here.

Himself, because it would have caught this whole place on fire.

What officers are beginning to suspect is horrifying. Not only do the burned remains likely belong to the three missing individuals, but given how recent the fire is, the person responsible may have burned the bodies just hours ago and could still be within reach of police. So once the scene is secured and the bodies are sent for autopsy, a nationwide bolo is issued for Kane Maze.

Although police now believe they know what happened and who's responsible, they have no idea just how far beyond Kane this plot goes. There are more players involved, more targets, and a multi-state homicide case that will exhaust every resource police have.

We gotta find him. We're afraid of him.

There was one time I should have died. Probably should be dead twice.

And he was so aggressive. I thought we were gonna die. I thought he was gonna shoot us on the property.

More than 24 hours after the fire, officers remain unable to find or contact Kane, raising concerns that he may be on the run. But this is when the initial autopsy results come in, confirming what officers had feared all along. The burned victims are Kane's close relatives.

His uncle, Victor Perea. His grandmother, Mary Mauser. And his stepbrother, Killian Mays. Beyond confirming their identities, the autopsy offers little actionable insight. At least one victim had a confirmed gunshot wound to the head, but the other remains were too severely burned to identify all injuries.

Investigators surmised that the victims were likely incapacitated well before the fire was set. Following these horrific findings, they begin digging deeper into their main suspect's background. It turns out Kane Mayes had been living in Canada and working as an engineer until just a few months earlier, and had several documented domestic incidents involving his wife. Hoping she may know where her husband is, officers reach out to Kane's wife on the

phone where they'll find out she might know far more than that.

Hello, my name is Justin Mitchell, I'm a detective with the Otero County Sheriff's Office of New Mexico.

Are you Samantha? Yes, I am. I had a feeling I might receive a call from you at some point since I did give you guys a call.

Yes, ma'am. You want to tell me from the beginning,

like how you met him and your relationship with him?

I've actually been speaking to the Ontario Provincial Police because I thought he was meshing with me, like I had mentioned. So I'm also filing a case against him right now, but because it's Canadian and now he's in America, who knows if that's gonna... But he was, he was physically violent with me and I have evidence of it. Yeah, we just met playing video games online and we started an online relationship. And for a few years, it was just basically we would talk.

And then one day, he calls me up and he says that his father disowned him. And he needs to move here right away. He's always been verbally towards me and just in general, he had a weird attitude towards things. Eventually we moved out. Brace yourself for this one because I feel bad that I didn't come forward, told people that you'd beaten me

and now this has happened. I'm gonna be honest with you. Like we both had an alcohol problem but I never drank before I met him and he definitely like pushed that on me, and he pressured me to drink a lot. Like, there was always a pressure.

He wanted me to do it. He just did start hitting me. He did start getting violent with me. Probably should be dead twice.

Samantha's statements are nothing short of horrifying, but even worse, she would share a terrifying recording with detectives, captured during one of the numerous domestic incidents involving Kane. The rest of this recording is too disturbing to play on YouTube, but it clearly documents an alleged serious

domestic violence incident involving Kane. Investigators now know they must act quickly as more people, including Samantha, could be in immediate danger. So later that day, after securing approval for the earlier search warrant,

police returned to the victim's house, but this time they bring specialized chemicals called Blue Star, used to hunt for hidden blood, bullets, and evidence that may have been cleaned up. And what they're about to uncover would reveal just how many crucial clues officers had missed during the initial search.

Inside the kitchen, detectives spot one of three spent .22 caliber shell casings, along with a live .22 round. Using Blue Star, they also detect high-velocity blood spatter throughout the home. As the search continues, investigators notice clear attempts to clean up the scene, and given the precision and speed with which the bodies were disposed of, they begin to suspect a grim possibility. This was not the work of a single perpetrator. But then officers find something very strange.

Condoms and pregnancy tests stored with cleaning supplies near the wellhouse and septic area. Following these disturbing findings, police would continue searching the property and contacting Kane's relatives, worried he may already be far away, possibly even on his way back to Canada. A few days later, as detectives continue searching for leads on Kane, they decide to pay Mike and his wife, Lourdes Blatt, a visit.

Just like Kane, Lourdes also has personal ties to all three victims. Victor Perria was her brother, Killian Mays was her grandnephew, and Mary Mouser was her brother's partner. But before investigators can hope to learn anything about Kane's whereabouts or possible accomplices, they must first deliver the tragic news to the couple. Yeah? He's got a nice name, too.

Hi, Lourdes.

How are you?

Detective Harrington.

Mr. Frischke.

Bobby.

Hi.

This is Ashley.

Ashley Ember. Do you mind if I sit down?

Well, I would like to give you guys a little bit of information.

As I told you yesterday, I do want to let you know vehicle it was for sure right now. Again, I cannot... So you already know there's three things? I cannot tell you.

I cannot tell you. I cannot tell you.

I cannot tell you what vehicle it was for sure you know again so you already know there can fix I can't but you know there's people yes

I'm really sorry that I even have to share this information with you.

This is a horrible nightmare.

I mean, it's horrendous. I agree with you 100%.

This is a murder.

This is one of the worst things that I've ever had to be involved with. Upon hearing the news, Lourdes is beyond devastated. What makes this situation even scarier is that she fears whoever is responsible may not be done yet.

He's a psychopath. He's a psychopath. Kate, I didn't want to say that. I didn't want to drop him in the doodle, but he's crazy. You gotta find him. We're afraid of him. He hasn't even asked how my mother is and that's his blood grandmother.

Oh my God, how can it be?

Michael, how can it be?

Yes.

Animal.

We hoped for better. No, it's not even imagination.

We are working on so many different leads right now.

And my worst, and my...

Just catch him, so everybody will be safe, because he's crazy.

And my worst imagination, I thought, I didn't know how to tell you guys this, but I was going to say, can you look for the infrared and see if there's any graves on the property? That's what I was going to tell you all.

The grave ended up being a coffin. and see if there's any graves on the property. That's what I was gonna tell y'all. You know how they can tell

something had been burned.

That's what's been sitting with you. And this has got to be the worst crime that you're in New Mexico. I mean, I haven't heard anything this horrendous on the news lately.

Yet. Indeed, this kind of killing doesn't happen every day. But investigators are about to hear another person of interest from the couple, someone who may know more about where Kane is.

So in our job, you will hear law enforcement say a lot, you know, it's what you know and what you can prove. And right now we're working on collecting the information so we can prove what we believe we know.

Yeah, see, the thing is, we don't know what he did all those years, wherever he was, what did he do?

Who did he know? And what was he do? Who did he know? And what was his... And what was his...

Mm-hmm.

Wait, do you have no idea?

I would even be worried about his sister, Beck and Roswell, so-called step-sister, you know? When he, that one text he sent me about working with the, over in Roswell or whatever he said he was...

Yeah, he was saying something about helping out

his sister with her crazy ex. Mike would go on to identify the woman in question as 28-year-old Cassandra Douglas, Kane's half-sister. And based on his concerns and the evidence from the home search suggesting at least two people were likely involved in the coverup, detectives begin to wonder if Cassandra is the next key piece to the puzzle.

So with this new lead, the interview concludes and investigators shift their focus to Cassandra and her potential connections to the homicide. Coincidentally, as investigators prepare to call Cassandra the next day, she reaches out to them instead, with a very peculiar 911 call.

Hi, is there any way that you would mind putting in a welfare check on my brother Kane May? What's the address? He told me that he was going to 680 Cox Canyon, Cloudcroft, New Mexico.

680 Cox Canyon?

Yes, ma'am. He was supposed to meet up with our uncle. And told me that if he didn't come back last night, and definitely if he didn't come back in the morning, that I needed to call you guys. He's been part of a missing persons thing and Mike has been acting very aggressive and hostile towards us."

Not only is Cassandra claiming her brother Kane is also missing, but she's suggesting that her uncle Mike might have something to do with it. Once investigators catch wind of this 911 call, they immediately sense something is off. The timing is highly suspicious, almost as if it's part of a plan to deflect suspicion away from Kane.

So later that day, officers are sent to her address with one goal in mind, assess the situation and determine whether her claims hold any weight, or if it's just an attempt to mislead the investigation.

Hello? Hello.

Hi.

Are you Candace? No, Candace is across the investigation. Did you make a 911 call for a welfare check? I did for Kane Mace. For Kane.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That was you that made that call. Okay. Have you heard from Kane?

I have not.

No, you still haven't heard from him?

I have not.

How do you know Kane?

He's my brother.

He's your brother.

My half brother.

And when was the last time you heard from him? He was supposed to go up to meet with Mike, I think on the 21st. He told me that if he didn't show up by the morning of the 22nd, that I needed to file a missing persons report because I already have three family members missing. Killian and Mary were supposed to go up to Albuquerque. I haven't seen those two alive since 1123. Give me just a second. Okay. Hmm.

Officers have no clue at this point, but Cassandra isn't alone. Right this moment, their prime suspect, Kane Mays, is hiding inside the very house they're standing in front of.

Sorry, we're also having issues with a psychotic ex of mine. Oh mine. So you're going through a lot right now. A little bit. And then with Cain going missing and Mike presumably having like over half of his guns, it's a really, really long story. And not one that I'm 100% familiar with because Cain just came back into my life September of last year. So like, I wish I had all my facts straight.

I completely understand. No big deal. How did they come into your life?

Through Cain.

Okay. So Cain comes into your life and then now you meet Mary and Killian. Okay. And then now all of them are missing. And have you talked,

did you ever have direct contact with Mike? I

Never had direct contact with Mike

No, I just heard him screaming from the hill both times as she did earlier Cassandra doubles down on her accusations Suggesting that officers should focus on Mike Implying he may be involved in the disappearances Officers take note of her statements and ask her to give them a call if Cain shows up again. Their goal remains unclear, but now that they have a story, they can start verifying. So a few hours later, as police continue looking for Cain, an officer decides to stop by the

neighborhood again and speak with Cassandra's neighbors to see if they've heard or seen anything. According to them, Cassandra hasn't been living alone. A man with long dark hair has been staying with her for the past few months. Additionally, witnesses report seeing the same man driving Victor's missing green Subaru, and that it was also seen parked outside Cassandra's residence multiple times. Realizing the description of the man matches Kane, officers return to the station to dig

deeper into Cassandra's earlier claims, where they will very quickly uncover some major contradictions. Even though Cassandra insisted she had only recently met Kane, investigators discover an older Facebook photo of the two together, proof they've known each other for years. But that's just the first lie, because officers who were out looking for Kane also recover surveillance footage from a nearby Walmart, showing Kane and Cassandra shopping

together alongside her sons and daughter. Besides buying groceries and food, investigators spot cleaning supplies like bleach and vinegar along with multiple bottles of kerosene, Items that closely align with what would be needed to clean up a violent crime and start a fire. At this point, investigators are unsure if Cassandra is actively hiding a wanted fugitive, or if she's being controlled and forced to cooperate with someone who has already

killed three members of her own family. With suspicion mounting, detectives obtain a search warrant for Cassandra's house. Then around 8 p.m. that night, a group of officers returned to the property, taking up positions outside the house as they prepare to raid it.

Occupants of 7 Morningside, this is the Roswell Police Department.

Exit the front door with your hands up. Do or nap.

Kilo two, I want to make history.

Kilo two, I want to make history.

You got a shield?

Yeah. I'm gonna shoot.

Rozal, police, search warrant!

I guess we're gonna pull in.

I'm gonna take left.

Ready? Smart room. Got another door here. Ready? Yep. Yep.

Alright. Alright. Alright.

Alright. Alright. Smart room. Got another door here. Ready? Yep. I'm going to go, I got a hallway with the, looks like the refrigerator kitchen.

Put it on me.

And Cassandra, did you always live here?

Yeah. I'm going to go in the hallway. I'm going to go in the hallway. I'm going to go in the hallway.

I'm going to go in the hallway. And Cassandra Jolly is the one that lived here, huh?

Yeah.

Look, they got some La Merte stuff right here.

Santa Merte.

Here's a... See that? Wait. This is weird. There's that monitor for the camera that's in the window.

What are those guys on?

A fucking terrace watch.

I don't know.

I had a marble and then I had a...

Yeah, I saw that one in the closet.

Your big cans are all over this room.

Your red bull cans.

Inside, something about the house immediately feels off to the officers, as they observe unusual posters, graffiti, and other unsettling details scattered throughout. They then make their way into the bathroom bathroom where one officer recalls hearing that something might be hidden underneath the house.

I highly doubt that.

No, we haven't.

I'm sure this is what he was referring to.

Like under all this?

That's what he said, he said, the neighbor across the street said that he used to live here.

And then there's a door underneath the washer and dryer. At least to the basement.

Because didn't they say there was another secret exit

or something here?

There's a couple windows.

What do they go to?

Do you use a field?

They look up there, you know.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

Ready? Ready, set it down. Yeah, now hold it. Ready? Ready? Ready.

Ready. Ready. Ready. Ready. Ready. Ready. Ready. Ready. Yeah, I'll hold it. No dust on it. Oh that will fit.

That? no dust on it oh that will fit that?

mm hmm

you know what i mean?

oh yeah

that's too new

mm hmm

alright

we got a water leaked.

It's kind of weird to have a door right there too, huh?

At the center of the basement sits a plastic storage tote, toolbox, duffel bags, and other various items. Officers noticed there's no dust on the items, and whoever left them behind was in a hurry, possibly trying to leave unnoticed. Beyond the basement, police would go on to find something highly suspicious, documents belonging to one of the victims, alongside paperwork linked to Kane's father and live .22 caliber ammunition.

Following these discoveries, investigators secure the scene and begin working to obtain a real-time location warrant for Cassandra's phone. With their suspicions growing that Cassandra fled with Kane, officers know they need to locate them quickly before they vanish, potentially escaping to Canada. 12 hours later, investigators strike gold. The warrant for Cassandra's phone is successfully approved, and in a major development, Verizon

pings Cassandra's phone nearly 1,000 miles away. She's no longer in New Mexico, but in Hernando, Mississippi, inside a Super 8 motel. With this discovery, the case becomes multi-state with police in Mississippi quickly briefed on the investigation. Officers are then dispatched to locate Cassandra.

This is the final phase in the case, and what happens next will determine whether police get the critical answers they need, or lose the lead entirely. As officers make their way to the Super 8 Motel, their primary objectives are to extract information about Kane's whereabouts, test Cassandra's statements, and determine how deeply she may have been involved in the homicide of her own relatives. When officers finally arrive at the motel,

something immediately feels off.

Miss who?

Miss John. All right, actually, technically I'm Douglas,

because I still have my ex's last name.

So what's going on?

What are we looking at here?

I don't know, you tell me. All I know is that my brother went missing on the 21st. We were trying to investigate his property. We thought Mary and Killian had left. And Mike came down and started being aggressive and hateful and shooting rounds.

And we've already tried to file this with the Roswell Police Department down in New Mexico.

Would you consent to a search of your vehicle? Interestingly, Cassandra now seems on the verge of an emotional breakdown for reasons the officers are yet to understand. After all, only 24 hours have passed and seemingly no new information has been relayed to her. Neither news of the murder, nor that Kane is the main suspect, nor that her house was just searched. So to get to the bottom of her emotional reaction, Mississippi officers on scene coordinate a

call with Special Agent Kyle Graham in New Mexico, who's been tracking the growing list of contradictions in Cassandra's statements. Using those inconsistencies, the detective is about to carefully test Cassandra's story and see how far she cracks.

Do you mind grabbing those, taking your waffles upstairs?

I'm not upstairs, I'm downstairs.

Downstairs?

Oh, yeah.

1-8-4.

You spoke with the detectives two days ago at Shearhouse and Roswell, correct?

Yeah. You spoke with the detectives two days ago at Shure House in Roswell, correct?

Yeah. The data holders showed up and I had to leave. So I brought them over here to Mississippi. Why is that anything wrong?

No, there's nothing wrong with that.

What we're trying to do is we're trying to figure out what's going on with the, you know,

with the family.

I don't know.

I haven't even, like like I just met Jillian and my grandmother for the first time in my entire life in November. Were they there whenever you guys were there? No. Where were they at? I don't know.

The house was empty and there were boxes in the middle of the living room. That was his dad's property.

He was supposed to go to him afterwards, but he wasn't here. He had to go up to Canada.

And so who was driving in the dead house? Like, who could drive a car?

I don't... They all could. I know that they had that little... blue car. And who was driving the green car? That I don't know. As far as I know that car

is not drivable. Well we have video of Kane driving the green Subaru. Huh. And we have information from the neighbors that the green Subaru was at your house at one point in time. This is what I want, okay? I just want honesty. I know you know a little bit more than what you're telling me. I don't know if you're trying to protect the team

or if you're scared.

I'm scared, because I don't know what's going on.

Okay, well, we've been working this case for three days straight.

And I know a lot more information than I'm telling you.

Of course you do. I want more information than I'm telling you. I'm trying to see if you're gonna be honest with me.

With every sentence, the detective becomes more convinced that Cassandra is hiding something she fears could incriminate her brother or even herself. But there is something a lot more concrete detectives previously uncovered, and the detective is about to leverage it

to completely trap Cassandra.

Are you aware that he made a police report whenever he got to the house originally the very first time about people squatting in his father's house?

Yeah, because they weren't supposed to be there. They hadn't paid all any of the mortgage on it. We found documents showing that they were still using Frank's credit cards and Frank has been dead and that all of the bills were still using Frank's credit cards and Frank had been dead. And that all of the bills were still in Frank's name. And they were still using that.

And so I told him that that was illegal and you needed to make a police report because you can't be using... Don't stick that in my face, honey. That's like identity theft. Is it true that King didn't even know his dad died? Yeah. He didn't know that his dad died until he came back to states. He found his obituary.

He found his obituary shortly before. On the internet.

That's how he figured it out.

So almost a year later he finds out his dad died.

And I know that he's upset about that. But that's not enough reason to kill somebody.

I didn't do that.

Then what?

Did he kill somebody?

No.

I don't understand what you're trying to accuse him of.

Well that doesn't sound very convincing. I don't know what he's trying to accuse him of. He's asking you to go to the bathroom.

That doesn't sound convincing either.

Sure enough, that doesn't sound too convincing to the detective, because Cassandra has seemingly slipped up. At this point, no one had told her that the missing family members were dead or that Kane was suspected of killing them. Realizing her mistake, Cassandra quickly

starts backpedaling to the face of the earth. Especially when they're... Two of them are elderly. And then Kane just comes in from Canada and all hell breaks loose.

That's kind of suspicious to me.

God, I'm so stupid. I wouldn't even think to put two and two together like that.

But Mike! Mike was so f***ing scary when he came down. And he was so aggressive. As a last-ditch effort, Cassandra goes back to accusing Mike of being responsible for the disappearances. But, in fact, officers in New Mexico have already quietly debunked that claim, information they are holding back for the right time and place. Before leaving, they also check Cassandra's car, where they find belongings hastily packed up.

But Cassandra explains this as a desperate attempt to run away from her abusive ex-boyfriend. So, shortly afterwards, the officers wrap up their visit. But, in doing so, they've proven something crucial. They can find Cassandra whenever they want, something she clearly didn't anticipate. It seems as though the confrontation went nearly perfectly for the detectives, but Cassandra has a crucial secret that had went unnoticed at the motel.

Kane had traveled to Mississippi alongside her, was staying nearby, and had successfully hidden from officers, marking yet another moment where she misleads police about his whereabouts. So less than an hour after police leave the motel, the two would begin plotting, coming up with a plan they think will get them out of this gruesome mass murder. At 2pm, Cassandra's vehicle is seen in front of the Hernando Police Department. Kane would

step out and calmly walk into the station. 15 minutes later, Kane would be seated in the department's interview room, too, alongside Detective Stovall. The sudden appearance of Cain would leave detectives with little room to prepare, so Special Agent Silva, a New Mexico detective already working this case, would be placed on call to assist in the interview. It's important to note that this is an interview and not an interrogation, as Kane has agreed

to speak voluntarily and has not been detained. In reality, this interview can only work against him, but in his mind, this is both his and Cassandra's final chance at freedom. Agent Silva would begin the interview by making this crystal clear.

And before we get any further, I just, I do want to let you know that you are not under Miranda rights. interview by making this crystal clear. We can go over another question and we can skip to the next one. But I do want to let you know that you are free to leave, okay?

Thank you, sir.

All right.

After realizing he's free to walk out at any time, Kane shifts tactics. He begins probing the detective for information, trying to figure out how much investigators have bought into the false narrative he's been intentionally feeding them.

Can I ask you something? It's on one hand, kind of nice to talk to somebody from Otero. Also, maybe a little concerning. Did we have to speak directly because I'm considered a missing person?

Well, that's what I wanted to talk to you about is there's so many, like, missing persons. There's a lot of phone calls to the sheriff's office. So like, why would why would 20 be confusing that you're missing? And there's also some other missing reports going on. Like there's a lot of firearms missing, right? There's a lot of vehicles missing.

They want to talk to you and get your side of the story of what's going on.

I was trying to come in and speak with somebody in person. And what happened with that? On my way down to Alamogordo, I gave another uncle a phone call because I had seen him on the property and he was a very looming presence at the time. I was hoping to stop in and ask him about some things

and some personal aspects that were going on. I wound up getting run off the property and had to kind of go into hiding because I know his influence and the extent of his company.

Which uncle is that?

Mike Blitt.

So he, so Mike ran you off the property,

you had questions for him, is that what I'm understanding?

Yes, sir.

So when did this happen?

It was when I was on my way down on the 21st. I kind of explained the situation to my sister a little bit and I told her, if you don't hear from me, call somebody.

I know you keep jumping around and just trying to confirm everything. You went to Mike's house to talk to him and he shot at you, correct? Yes, sir. I want to talk to Mike about that. Why are you shooting at people through front doors?

That's kind of dangerous.

That was the suite that was on the 21st.

I would absolutely appreciate you taking a look.

Kane makes his alibi clear. Mike, the man who kicked the entire investigation off in the first place, is the suspect detectives need to be focusing on, alleging he shot at them through the front door when they approached the home. Unfortunately, detectives have spent far more time investigating than Kane realizes, allowing

Agent Silva to completely debunk Kane's story.

Simply put, there are no bullet holes or any signs of a shooting on the property. full area, if that makes sense. Um, it was kind of cut off.

Uh, can you hear me? Yes, sir.

You went to Mike's house, much shot at you this week through the front door. You announce yourself. How come you didn't call 911?

I know that they very much do not take too kindly to law enforcement.

So here's the thing on that is I have, I have some investigators that are there at Mike's house that have been to Mike's house. There are no bullet holes through his front door. There are no bullet holes through the siding. They're not seeing you on his cameras at his house. So that's what I'm saying, that some of it's not making sense. So did you actually go to Mike's house and knock on the door?

Because you're not on camera. And his cameras go back this week, they go back last week.

Um, I'm not seeing you anywhere on there. We had a ton of different, um, game cams that are all under, uh, SD cards. He doesn't have any of the Cain appears shocked by these details.

Whatever he thought happened that could favor his story simply didn't. Kane would sit in silence for an extended period of time, seemingly in denial that his

plan was so terribly miscalculated. If they still have the footage, they should totally show me pulling up. I parked along the mailbox. Kind of behind it a bit, not necessarily pulled up past it. Walked right up the drive up to the... It's kind of tucked in between the slope on the hill and then it goes into the house where the stone steps are.

That metal storm door.

Okay. What's your next?

I'm just trying to give you a path so that you can see. And that was early afternoon-ish, I got there between one and three o'clock, I believe it was. I have to look at the f***ing help, I don't have it. But if they have that footage still, then I'm definitely on it."

Kane proceeds to give a nearly ten-minute explanation of where he was parked. Unnecessarily complex explanations like these are usually a telltale sign to the detectives that the suspect has shifted into a defensive state looking for any validation that the detective is believing their lies. Agent Silva takes note of this and begins leaning deeper, this time pressing Kane on his sister Cassandra and her potential involvement. Previously, police recovered and documented strange items during the Holmes crime scene

search and it's still unclear why they were there. Silva plans to use these details to force Kane into defending Cassandra's innocence, a tactic that will create a contradicting story compared to what Cassandra told officers just hours prior.

So are you aware that we spoke to Cassandra?

Yes, sir.

The reason I ask is I'm just trying to get, like, if something happened up there Kane, I want to know, like, was there an argument going on and I know that you were up there in January okay we can we kind of get away from that you were up there in January if something happened up there I want to know what happened okay if there was an argument if something happened like kind of help me help you. Okay.

What happened when you were up there in January of this year?

I'm trying to figure out everything that has happened as well. That's part of why I wanted to speak with you guys and kind of get you involved in looking.

Um, I'm going to be honest with you. I'm confused on these on these timelines. You were up there this week at some point and you were up there last week at some point. So what happened this week and last week while you were up there with the family?

That's what I want to know. They weren't there. Nothing's happened.

Were you at the house on the 18th of January, correct?

I'm not sure.

The reason I ask is because Cassie has been in contact and she showed us a screenshot. January 18th at 357. It's between you and her that says wait quietly.

Wait for me. That's actually something that I was going to try to find. And it says, I believe this is from you or from her. That's the text that says wait for me and that says I'm safe. I'm sorry? Those are the texts that say to wait and that I'm safe. It says I'm safe, wait for me and then there's a response that says, gotcha, I have eyes on the front, so far so good. What is that? That's the day that Mike came up to bed. Okay.

At this point, Cain must be starting to realize Cassandra may not have been on his side as much as he had thought. Not only are the police beginning to take a clear side, but his only teammate might be against him as well, perhaps explaining why she dropped

him off at the police station. Note that Kane at this point can avoid any question he wants, and more importantly, can leave whenever he wants. Even Agent Silva decides to take a brief step away from the phone, but Kane would stay,

instead letting the officer in the room in on what's going through his mind. something. I'm just here helping these guys. I don't know what you really think I'm doing. But that's all I ask of the question. I'm just sitting here. Mr. Silva seems like a trustworthy detective. I used to joke though, and I always say I'd make a great scapegoat. I'm kind of hoping it's not the case this time. I came here today to ask you guys for help

and talk to people that I knew wouldn't be necessarily under an outside influence. Right. But do you see how it looks for us? I mean they have, they've shown physical evidence of this whole situation.

And then you're here,

one day you're here in Mississippi, no ties to Mississippi at all. Like you have no family here. Nothing.

You have nothing here.

Nothing.

My family died, man.

If I was in your, If I was in that seat, and a detective 13 hours away on a cell phone call told me that my... Who are they to you? My brother, my grandmother, and my uncle. Your brother, your grandmother, your uncle. If somebody called me and said, not only was my brother killed, but also your grandmother and your uncle were killed. If somebody told me that over a phone, you know what I would be doing. Okay Do you know what I would be doing? I

Wouldn't be sitting there staring at a wall. I'll be bawling my eyes out I'll be throwing the water bottle across the room. I'll probably rip this table out of the wall Yeah, but then you guys just rich in here and but I wouldn't give a shit. Get out of here. I wouldn't give a shit. Because of how much I'm close with my brother. I'm not close with my grandma. But it's still with the fact that somebody did that to my family. Do you understand where I'm coming from? Well, they asked what I think should happen to Mike or whomever did this

and in polite company I couldn't say, but back where I'm from they'd be up from a tree. Right. So that's more of the response that you would expect.

But the issue I'm having is there's no emotion. Even the officers with no context of the case can't help but assume Cain was involved in the murders, leaving him to sit in silence as he realizes how poorly this voluntary interview has gone. Agent Silva would return and continue pressing Cain for answers, eventually revealing that he had, in fact, been inside the house multiple times the week of the three victims' disappearance, and admitted to helping Cassandra travel to Mississippi with her kids, something she lied about earlier in the motel. Even worse for Cain is that, as the hours-long interview progressed, officers behind the

scenes were already taking action. They were instructed to locate his uncle's stolen green Subaru, which they suspected Cain used to drive to Mississippi alongside Cassandra's own vehicle. After looking through surveillance footage and searching around the city, officers hit the jackpot and tracked down the missing car.

Inside, they found latex gloves, 22 caliber ammunition, an empty Ruger pistol box, and most importantly, Cain's passport, tying him directly to the stolen vehicle. Now investigators have exactly what they've been missing, probable cause. And with that, Kane is no longer free to leave, and he's about to find out just how massively

his attempt to clear himself and Cassandra backfired.

How's it going bud? How you mindin' there? Alright, you mind standin standing up for me real quick? Yes, sir.

Turn around and face this wall.

Yes, sir.

Put your hands on the wall for me. All right.

So what's going on, man? You're going to be going down to the Sutter County Sheriff's Office, all right?

You're going down to our jail, all right?

Yes, sir.

All right, you can walk this way.

Back at the Motel 8 in Mississippi, Cassandra would patiently wait for Kane to return, give her a call, or just show any signs his interview was over. But as hours passed, it became clear that something had gone terribly wrong. Growing worried, Cassandra packed her bags

and fled alongside her children, making yet another 1,000-mile drive back to New Mexico. Detectives keep tracking her phone signal until it finally stops at her parents' house. By this point, investigators have more than enough to justify Cassandra's arrest, but one critical question still remains.

Was she directly involved in the murders? And if so, to what extent? Because of that uncertainty, officers make a deliberate decision. Rather than moving in aggressively, only four investigators go to the house, keeping the encounter calm and cooperative. Their goal is to interview Cassandra on the property,

and, if possible, apply enough pressure to turn her against Kane. If they can do this, they'll be able to pin both Kane and Cassandra against each other, forcing them to incriminate themselves. So there's not 100 of us today, there's just 3 of us. Do you want me to start from the beginning from what I know?

Or do you want to ask questions first?

No, I'm going to let you tell your story and just so that you know, you're not under arrest. You're free to leave whenever you want to leave.

We came to you because we talked on the phone earlier through the text. And what I told her is she needs to stop overthinking everything. You're trying to be a detective herself. She's seen all this stuff and she's trying to put pieces together and knows that he was lying to her about things. So just start at the beginning and tell it like you told us.

So I wanted to apologize to you because whenever I spoke to you the last time,

I wasn't thinking straight.

Not only is Cassandra much more cooperative this time, but she quickly admits that she had been dishonest before and even apologizes. Her father's comment makes it seem like she's on the verge of throwing Kane under the bus, which is exactly what investigators are here for. So with the reassurance that she's not under arrest, Cassandra begins to share some much-needed

details about how three of her relatives ended up mysteriously dead.

So I know on Thursday, we were driving up there and we had just went through Rioso and he said that he wanted to stop by Bent right quick. So he said, okay, drop me off here, wait here, and I will let you know if I need anything. I've probably left him alone for like 45 minutes-ish.

Where does he go?

He's inside the house. Okay. And he says that he couldn't find anything, don't know where anybody's at, and that it's OK for me to come inside. And I go inside, and like I kept telling you, it smelled fucking weird in there, almost like something had died within the walls,

like an animal or something. I was already concerned by the fact that he felt like something had happened. So I'm trying to rationalize through that and he's just saying, I'll do it. And we're doing things legally, it's okay.

And then he has me help him, he drives the car off somewhere and has me help him push it off. And so like this little ditch thing. And at one point, whenever I tried to say, hey, you guys, like you need to call somebody,

he said that the majority of the cops up there are crooked. I worked in the ER down here. I can see how you can think that sometimes, for sure. No offense. So like, I, oh yeah, no offense to you guys either.

Investigators are clearly not fond of Cassandra's strange remark. Though by now, it's becoming clear to detectives that Cassandra is putting Kane at the center of everything while noticeably avoiding any direct mention of the murders, the cleanup or the burned bodies.

Instead, she frames everything vaguely, claiming Kane suspected something happened inside the house but they didn't look too deeply into it and that she was simply helping him deal with a property dispute. Investigators allow Cassandra to continue telling her story,

but the more she talks, the more convoluted her version of events becomes. Then at this point, she even invites them inside where the story only grows longer. After nearly two hours of listening, Agent Kyle Graham decides it's time to push back.

So now we're going to get into my portion, okay? I don't know, there's been probably a team of fifteen of us on this case. So we know a lot of stuff, we know everything about that property, and some of the stuff that you're saying does make sense and does add up, however some of the stuff that you're saying does make sense and does add up. However, some of the stuff that you're saying doesn't make sense to me and doesn't add up. And quite frankly, I don't think some of that happened. But I will tell you right now,

I don't feel like Cain could have done everything that he did alone. And I think he included you into a whole mess of a situation. I don't believe that you killed anybody in this house or on that property. I strongly believe that. I don't think that you had any part of murdering people, but I do strongly believe that he fucked himself and he

needed help and you're a helpful person and he put you in a shitty spot and said help me. I need help cleaning this property. I need help cleaning this all this blood up and I need help getting these fucking bodies out of this house. But now's your chance. I'm giving you the opportunity. Because I'm telling you right now, I have all that I need.

The gig's up, the game's over. Okay? This is your opportunity and your chance to tell me, what did he make you do? What did he ask you to help him to do?

All I know of is that he wanted me to undo the prop like the

headboards the couch but I... You noticed no blood on that? Think about it before you

answer that. Not the side that I picked it up from no all I did was what he asked me to

do. But you understand all you all you did what he asked you to do it's too late you already helped him that's already a crime. Which I know that.

So that's the reason why I asked if I needed an attorney because I tampered with evidence. Correct. So and it wasn't until after the fact that I sat there and I thought about it because he he said that everything was found that way.

So the charge is already there there's not gonna be any more of it's not gonna Needless to say, this is not what Cassandra is hoping to hear. In this moment, she realizes her days of freedom may be numbered if she continues twisting the facts to protect both herself and Kane. Cassandra knows something has to give, so after hearing what's awaiting her, she asks to step outside for a smoke and this is where she finally gives detectives a small piece of the truth.

Like I said, I went out there. I went out to the store.

And I came back.

He said that he found them that way. He said he found them that way?

What did he tell you he found? People. How many people? Three. And who are they? Shane

Shulman, Mary, and Victor. I signed up for to take him to a job interview. I didn't sign up for him to do this.

Do you now believe that he did it?

I don't know what's a belief. I just know that there was a mess and then there was a lot of illegal shit. Lots of illegal shit.

What else did you help clean up inside the house? besides the blood And the furniture taking it out yeah

And I didn't see how bad the furniture was

Did you help clean up anything else?

There's so many red flags going on right now, still of you saying that you walked into this house and King telling you, holy shit, I just walked into a house and all my family's dead. Let's get rid of them.

That sounds really stupid.

Doesn't it sound stupid that when you say it out loud?

Because I guarantee you I walk into a house with my family dead what investigators are going to spend the rest of the day trying to do, hoping Cassandra will eventually crack and give them the full story. Unfortunately though, this is the closest they will get to a real admission, as Cassandra begins to backpedal and returns to a revised version of events where she claims they found their family members already dead. They then simply decide to cover up the scene to avoid getting in trouble because Keen believed

the police were corrupt. Detectives would spend until nightfall pressing Cassandra with no success and she ultimately sticks to the same story. So before ending the interview and leaving, Agent Graham has one more, rather strange No, go for it. Why was there a... Why'd you guys buy a brand new box of condoms?

No, that was a joke. It should be the skin on latex.

And I had bought those in Chattanooga. Oh, the him and hers?

And I threw them at Walter. Because I was tired of having kids and I was tired of being pregnant all the time.

But why would they be in the Bent House?

I... That I don't know. tired of being pregnant all the time. But why would they be in the bent house?

That I don't know. Why would they be in the bent house?

That's why I have a weird question.

Last time I knew about them, they were in the... They were at my house.

Well, this was in the well house with all of the cleanup.

He told me that there was a possibility that Corrine wasn't his mother due to DNA tests, DNA results. And that there was a potential that he had feelings for me.

Kane?

Mm-hmm.

And that didn't, that's not weird for you? Like, to be around him without your kids when you guys are pretty much brother and sister?

Like it was weird, but he never acted on it.

I thought you guys were step-siblings,

not half-siblings.

No, we're half-siblings.

Well, cause we also found a pregnancy test.

Yep, I had a one night stand at the Variety and I didn't start my period on time. And I panic and I overthink The detective's tone makes it clear.

They aren't convinced, suspecting Cain and Cassandra are hiding important details about their relationship. By now, though, what investigators came here to do is partially successful. Even though there's still no direct admission tying their suspects to the killings, Cassandra has implicated both herself and C Kane in the cover-up. Because of this, Cassandra is officially detained and brought back to the police station.

What exactly was said during Cassandra's arrest remains unknown, but the pressure appears to have completely broken her. In the hours that followed, she went on to further incriminate Kane, seemingly doing everything she could to distance herself from what happened, no matter the cost to him. A betrayal that would later come as a complete shock to Kane.

All I knew was that I had PTSD from the last time I saw, because there was my blood all over the floor and my head through the wall and I was trying to protect him from that. If he was really as innocent as he said he was, then there was going to be nothing to hide, right?

Which is why I dropped him off at the jail.

I was pretty shocked that he showed up at the police department in Mississippi.

Because I told him if he was as innocent as he told me that he was, if he really found them the way they were, then that's all he had to tell you guys, and you would figure out the rest.

In the following days, Kane is brought into an interrogation room, this time in an orange jumpsuit for what would be his final interview. Agent Graham is assigned to conduct the interview, the same investigator who previously spoke with Cassandra and secured her confession. By this stage, Graham knows the case inside and out and he approaches the interview with

a deliberate strategy, intent on extracting as much information as possible. And in this case, that's exactly what's needed, because now, more than ever, detectives need a confession. Right as the interrogation begins, Kane makes a desperate attempt to ensure Cassandra is keeping her story together. He seems to be completely unaware that Cassandra isn't protecting him anymore.

Do you happen to have a pen handy?

I do.

Do you have her number?

Mmm...

Because I have it in my wallet at the jail, but they won't let me access it. And I need to make sure that she's okay because she mentioned wanting to go back down to New Mexico. And after doing it once, that's already a hard enough trip.

Well, I talked to her Sunday when she got back into Roswell.

I don't even know what today is, man.

At this point, Keen still believed Cassandra was in Mississippi and hadn't spoken to officers since their first contact. Unfortunately, not only did Cassandra confess since then, but she did it in front of the very detective,

sitting just feet away. I traveled to Roswell again and I talked to her again for about, I don't know, two hours. But I learned a lot from her. And I'm hoping that I'm going to learn more from you. I don't want to call anybody a liar, but I think there's some inconsistencies with your statements. Because I want you to know that there's going to be a lot of questions that I ask you that I already know the answer to, but this is going to be a test for you to see if you're

being truthful with me, okay? Because I know it's the truth, because I've been working this case since Wednesday the 22nd, okay?"

After Agent Graham makes it obvious Kane is on his own now, the interview demeanor changes fast. He wastes no time bringing up Cassandra's confession and placing it directly against Kane, making it clear that detectives are no longer relying on his version of events alone.

Did you hurt anybody inside that house, including Victor, Killian, and Mary?

No, sir.

So how does Victor, Killian, and Mary just mysteriously go missing?

I have been trying to find out the same.

You do understand though that that we found all three of them, correct? I believe Special Agent Silva did tell you that. He alluded to something that I was really hoping is not truthful. So I'm just gonna, I'm not really one to beat around the bush. Okay, I just call it like it is. Okay.

But Cassie's told me everything that's happened. Okay. She told me the involvement. She told me everything that's happened. Okay, she told me the involvement. She told me what you guys did. That you walked into the house, you found all three of them dead.

You guys picked up their bodies, you put them in the blue Suvru, you drove it up the hill, you guys both tipped it over. She's told me it all. Okay, you guys used the little green dolly to pick him up and put him on the dolly wheel him out to the car you tied a rope around

Killian's waist hooked the rope up to your dad's hitch and drove the car to pull him into the backseat so the gigs up came okay I told you I don't beat around the bush we've done it I've worked over a hundred hours in one week

okay this is serious so now this is your opportunity and your chance to tell me We've done a- I've worked over a hundred hours in one week, okay?

This is serious. So now, this is your opportunity and your chance to tell me your side of the story Cassie's told me hers. Okay? Okay."

As Kane sits in silence, the realization sets in. He's on his own now, and whatever story he had planned coming into this interrogation has now been flipped entirely on its head. But Agent Graham presents the story strategically. By laying it out exactly as Cassandra described it, he gives Kane an opening to admit only to helping conceal the murders, while shifting responsibility for the actual killings onto someone else. If he can get this confession first,

it'll be significantly easier to get Kane to confess to the killings later on.

Do you wanna start back at the beginning? And I know the date that all this happened also. I can, I can tell you what happened. I can't tell you why. I have, I don't know. I was trying to find out. I f***ed up your crime scene, and I'm sorry for that. Is everything that I just said, what Cassie

told me, is that accurate? To a degree. And what isn't? When we went to the house that day. And it's just you and Cassie? Yeah. No, not the kids. No. There's a witness too. And who is that? The mailman. He can attest to this. Like the postal man that drives and delivers the mail in the mailboxes?

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. We had gotten there just before him. He went up. I told her to hang tight for a minute because that meant that everybody would be awake. And that was kind of looking hopeful. Killian was up and moving about. And I knocked on the door. I told him, hey, you just missed the postman. And he was real fidgety. He was scratching his head a lot.

He was irritated. And I told him, hey, I got some good news. Everything's moving along with the mortgage company. We're looking to move in and we ought to be all set by like the end of the month. Everything should be good. They got my process or my status is pending. He closed the door and I watched him take the mail off to the bedroom. And then he went back and I... Did you know I heard like

Must have been 20 gunshots I Didn't even think to do the front door. I just ran around to the side came through my door

And it wasn't closed all the way. I ran through the bedroom. My Uncle Vic was laying in his doorway. With a gun in one hand, his other was like shaking, just

kinda like floating there. And Killian was across from him. I don't know why. I don't know who shot...

I don't know.

So where...

I'm sorry. I'm sorry Kane, but I don't mean to be an ass, okay? But I know when you were going down this road that that's where you were headed Okay, that one of them did all this The evidence they both had guns Cain and Victor both had guns Killian I mean killian sorry they both had

In guns and they told me there weren't any left in the house. Where are they?

You and Cassie were the only ones in there, so what'd you guys do with the guns? Cain falls directly into Agent Graham's trap, confessing to concealing the bodies and giving a terribly thought out lie about who committed the murders. But Graham doesn't stop there and begins pressing further, letting Kane know that nothing he can say at this point will dig him out of his grave.

I'm not gonna lie to you though, Kane, like this was a pretty, this was a pretty tough one for us. This took a lot of time. This is the most that we've ever spent on a case by the way this is the farthest we've been to investigate one too and I mean the whole wrapping the rope around Killian's waist and pulling him in with the other car I

mean that was pretty creative I'm being serious I'm not being a smart-ass I don't I don't know how I would have got him in the car either. I don't know how I would have got him on the wagon. That's 200 pounds dead weight, 280 pounds dead weight. That's a lot. I mean, you're not much bigger than me.

I mean, think about how crazy that sounds though. Like you were cremating them. And you went up there on the 22nd and you burned them right? After you and her put chain-link over the top of the car with the little camouflage tarp thing and all the sticks and brush covering it. I did try to offer them a cremation. I mean, that was nice of you.

But I didn't hurt them.

Because the rest of the family didn't get to say their goodbyes.

There aren't enough of us left.

And I mean, I gotta give it to you too. Using the come-alongs and the steel pipe to prop it over to get it dumped over.

Like this is one of the one of the most creative homicides that I've seen.

I would never hurt my family. So, McCain, that's what they all say. I just don't I don't buy that you didn't do it. I'm sorry. I can't. I think Cassie's full of shit on a lot of things, but I don't think she's full of shit on that. And I'm not so sure that she wasn't involved in it,

to be honest with you.

She wasn't even there, sir.

OK, well, I'm telling you right now, Cassie's in jail. Then I need an attorney.

Okay.

Thank you sir. My next question is are you going to sign a waiver of extra addition to go back to Mexico or do you want us to have to get a governor's warrant and you sat up here in our jail for months?

Do you mean New Mexico?

Yeah.

Okay.

What do you think detective?

I can't tell you but I can serve you with this target notice okay? These are the charges that are being filed against you. This is what we're going for grand jury, okay?

I can't accept that.

Well, it's not an option. That's what these are the charges. That's what's coming against me.

Yes, sir.

These are your charges. Clearly, Kane doesn't seem to understand the law, and he'll be fighting the charges regardless of whether he accepts them or not. On paper, Kane is charged with an array of crimes, including arson, aggravated burglary, and three counts of first-degree murder.

Additionally, Cassandra would be officially charged following the interrogation, also getting three counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and tampering with evidence. In the weeks that follow, detectives and prosecutors begin assembling the full picture. The blood patterns inside the house, the cleanup supplies, the burned Subaru, the shell casings, the clothing, the phone records, and Cassandra's own statements describing the disposal of

the bodies. And after countless, sleepless nights, investigators believe they have finally pieced together what happened. Victor, Mary, and Killian were killed near the south bedroom and kitchen before being moved through the house. Their bodies were then loaded into Victor's blue Subaru, which Kane allegedly drove into

the canyon, pushed over a ditch, and set on fire. Kane's shifting stories and control of the green Subaru point investigators towards him as the primary actor, while Cassandra's admissions place her squarely in the cleanup and coverup. Detectives see Kane returning from Canada as the start of a growing grievance

over what he believes is rightfully his, 22 acres of family land. They allege that a dispute over the property motivated Kane and that he drew Cassandra into a plan to cover up the deaths and claim control of the land. For now, both remain presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in court.

If convicted, they could each face multiple life sentences under New Mexico law, with decades behind bars before any possibility of parole. As for Mike, Lourdes, and the other relatives, they can rest safely for now, praying that As for Mike, Lourdes, and the other relatives, they can rest safely for now, praying that those responsible never see the light of day again.