Previously on Murder at the U.

I was nowhere around no murder.

I don't know anything about no murder.

How was it that an arrest wasn't made in the last 12 years?

Because we were still missing a piece of the puzzle.

And is that piece of the puzzle still missing?

Yes.

Our story about Brian's murder was published in November 2020.

It was picked up by newspapers and TV stations across the country,

and it became one of the

most read stories on ESPN's website that year.

That was also the first time the public learned that police had suspected Rashon Jones

murdered Brian Padda.

Hey Dan, good morning, Just now turning on my phone.

About five months after we published our story, producer Dan Aruta received a voicemail from Brian's brother, Edric.

It's heating up really good. I think they're about to make an arrest soon. I'm not quite

sure when they didn't say anything, but they've been turning on the heat a lot. So they've been, you know, calling us and asking us and asking questions, et cetera.

So it's been really good.

And then, a few months later, the Miami-Dade Police made their move.

Back now with an arrest in the 15-year-old cold case, the murder of a University of Miami football player.

Brian Paddo was fatally shot outside his apartment back in November of 2006, and now police have arrested his

former teammate, 35-year-old Rashon Jones, and charged him with Padda's death. It had been nearly

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