A Killer in Plain Sight | Blood is Thicker: The Hargan Family Killings

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3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

When detectives started investigating the deaths of Helen and Pamela Hargan, they came to a much different conclusion than the first responders on the scene. With newfound evidence surrounding the rifle at the scene, Helen and Pamela's cell phones, and Carlos Gutierrez's call to 911, detectives realized this was not a murder-suicide; it was a double homicide. But who could have killed the mother and daughter? Police began to zoom in on a single, shocking suspect.

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0:08.0	The Hargan women seem to have it all.
0:10.0	We were blessed. My mom was amazing. But detectives would soon discover
0:14.7	inside the house there were the bodies of two women. A story of betrayal you
0:19.3	would struggle to believe if it wasn't true. I'm just praying to guys, this is a sick joke.
0:26.0	From 48 hours, this is blood is thicker, the Hargan family killings.
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0:39.0	We had to take everything,
0:41.0	every scenario into play.
0:42.0	That's our responsibility.
0:44.0	After spending the whole evening combing for clues at the Hargan House
0:50.0	homicide detective Brian Beerson of the Fairfax County police knew something was off.
0:56.6	The rifle leaning against Helen's dead body wasn't covered in blood.
1:01.6	Both Helen and Pamela's cell phones had been wiped clean. And then, later
1:06.8	into the day, the detective learned what Helen's boyfriend, Carlos
1:13.4	Carlos Gutierrez, had told 911 dispatchers.
1:15.0	My girlfriend told me that her sister killed her mom,
1:20.0	and now my girlfriend won't answer her so.
1:23.0	Carlos had said that Helen's sister Megan had killed Pamela.
1:28.0	We knew that Megan Hargan was at her father's home.
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