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>> they were involved in a bank scheme. and essentially what the bank scheme involved was using falsified records to obtain loans. and they would take the loan money and pocket it. >> the alleged scam utilized a front person, usually a young woman looking to buy a used car. after getting a loan from the credit union, she wouldnt buy the car. instead, shed split the money with wesley person and his partners. when the loan wasnt repaid, the credit union couldnt repossess the car for nonpayment bec...

>> we found five properties listing him as the owner in harrisburg, pennsylvania. when we began looking at these properties, we were able to determine that three of those properties were vacant at the time of the murder. >> the property that needed the most work was on south 13th street in downtown harrisburg. records showed it had been built in the 1930s, around the same time builders used animal hair plaster like the kind found with wesley persons body. >> were hoping for slugs, were hoping fo...

The capitol building. >> murrell was checking his voicemail. oddly, so was someone else, at the exact same place and exact same time. >> it shows, when you look at the cell phone records, that they were together. >> ten weeks after wesley person was killed, justin glover and lawrence murrell were arrested and charged with his murder. prosecutors believe wesley person cashed a check for a fraudulent bank loan without telling his partners, and in doing so, signed his own death warrant. >> wesley p...

So they could get the money they believed hed stolen from them. then they forced wesley back into their car and drove him to the home on south 13th street in harrisburg that murrell was renovating. the evidence shows this is where they shot person three times in the head. his blood spattered onto a piece of ductwork on the basement floor. the two men cleaned up the scene, but didnt see the blood on the ductwork. they wrapped the body in construction plastic, unaware that bits of animal hair plas...

Brushes with the law, but had never served time and had no violent offenses. >> my understanding they had known each other going back to when person lived in new york. >> when questioned by police, both men denied any involvement in wesleys murder. they said they dropped wesley off at his house, and that was the last time they saw him. >> shopping bags of recent purchases from that morning wesley had were found in the house. we feel certain that wesley person did make it back to the house. >> po...

Hundreds. >> wesleys cousin said when they were finished shopping, wesley left with friends whom he didnt know. he said there seemed to be some tension among them. >> they go to the back of the car, talking. and when theyre talking back there, its an intense conversation. >> it wasnt an argument. but you can see that he was talking like he was either frustrated or angry, but it wasnt loud. >> the three men drove off. and the next day wesley person was dead. police questioned wesleys family and l...

Embankment, doused it with fuel and set it on fire. but the fire didnt consume wesleys entire body. enough remained to create this likeness. and the animal hair plaster and construction plastic ultimately led police to the murder scene. >> without that pile of debris, without that piece of ductwork, wesley persons case would be unsolved today. >> justin glover and lawrence murrell were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> first thing i think of when...

Justin glover denied any involvement in wesley persons murder. they both claimed they had alibis for that night. so investigators checked the mens cell phone records. >> glovers phone is trackable, because he is constantly either receiving calls or hes making calls. and from those cell phone calls, were able to see what tower -- the closest tower that cell phone is going to hit off of. >> glover said he was with his girlfriend. >> he made a series of telephone calls to his girlfriend from the ce...

$120,000. was it possible that a falling out among the three scam artists was the motive for murder? >> disrespect always plays a big part in a lot of the murders that ive seen in this community. if these guys were pure businessmen, they wouldnt have killed him. >> a background check of wesleys friends revealed an interesting coincidence. lawrence murrell was involved in the construction business. hed buy distressed residential properties in harrisburg, pennsylvania, fix them up, then sell them ...