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The Unforgotten

7. The Missed Clues

The Unforgotten

Free Range Productions

Texas, True Crime, Journalism

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Why did so many well-trained investigators miss the killing spree of Billy Chemirmir? And what does that mean for other unsolved murders?

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0:00.0

Mary Sue Brooks lived alone in Richardson, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas. She owned two condos

0:08.1

a few doors down from each other. Sue lived in one and rented the other to her grandson and his wife.

0:14.6

Their one rule, which applied to both grandmother and grandson, don't come over unannounced. You may remember how Sue's friend,

0:23.5

Ruth, described her back in episode one. She was a happy spirit. She was a smile. She was a sunflower.

0:30.8

But on the evening of January 31st, 2018, Sue's family couldn't get in touch with her. Her grandson decided to break their one rule

0:39.6

and go check on his grandmother. When he got to her door, it was slightly open. When he saw what

0:46.1

was inside, he called police. Her body was laying on the floor of the living room. Plastic bags

0:53.2

of frozen groceries from Walmart sat on the counter, melting.

0:57.9

Officers called the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office and Sue's primary care doctor.

1:03.7

Because Sue had a blood pressure cuff sitting on a table nearby, not to mention her advanced

1:08.9

age, they told police they wouldn't be seeking an autopsy.

1:12.9

Natural causes, they said, call a funeral home instead.

1:16.8

But Officer Shane Harris, a 26-year veteran on the force, wasn't convinced.

1:22.6

Here's a clip from his body-worn camera, which was recording that night.

1:26.9

That's just we do one last.

1:28.8

And just the right shirt, like, and stay in here.

1:34.3

There's just one of the three playing.

1:41.3

You just shot on.

1:42.3

Harris carefully turned Sue's body over. Her body was rigid, her mouth slightly open.

1:50.3

But there were no abrasions or marks that suggested anything violent had happened here.

1:55.9

He patted down her body looking for anything clearly broken or out of place.

2:00.4

He didn't notice anything. He placed

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