I am never going to have my son back. I dont get to go to his High School Graduation were see him go to college. I have no idea what happened. It was like a meteor hit. A 12yearold kid, loved to ride his scooter everywhere, lost his life at the hands of a killer. Hes a soccer coach. Great, on and off the field, great role model. They dont have a fingerprint. They dont have a witness. There is a darkness at work. People call me a murderer. I am 100 innocent. You could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. A small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. Upstate new york, a small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. They like to joke that there are more cows than people and i dont think they are joking. In a sleepy place, you would think nothing happens that could interest the outside world , but an epic story has unfolded. A murder case, for sure, but so much more. Its a little bit fargo. Jesse mckinney, reporter for the new york times, was drawn to it. Its a small town, love triangles, faded love, and those elements, for a writer, are irresistible. The woman in the middle of it all. One of her lovers stood out, a black man in a predominantly white town. People would not accept interracial relationships. What happened between them would tip the balance in a Political Campaign give rise to a controversial lawsuit, and more highprofile, Big City Attorneys to confront each other in a murder trial that attracted national attention. Is a story that echoes beyond the county and beyond new york. But its as local as it gets, all about a smalltown boy. Garrett phillips. Garrett was a blur of a kid. It was very energetic and always on the go, always had to have something to do. The people here remember him tearing around town, a little bit skateboard, a little bit snowboard, action and balance. There he goes, Sidewalk Surfing Home in 2011. Soccer, lacrosse, football, hockey. He was good everything. s bedroom wall was a posterior shrine to sports heroes, including tom brady. He wasnt much for video games. So its pitch black before he comes in. Yes. But when he was still a toddler, garrett was dealt a devastating blow. The death of his father. He was nine months old when his dad had a Brain Aneurysm that ruptured and he was two years old when robbie passed away. Candy, a single mom, picked up the pieces as best she could. She studied at the Police Academy but eventually gave up Law Enforcement for a job at a credit union where she became a loan officer. She also had a Brief Marriage which gave garrett a kid brother. Did he mess with him . All the time. April fools was his favorite day of the year. Then, tandy moved in with a sheriffs deputy named john jones, but it didnt last. At one point, she said john shoved her during an argument and that was the last straw in that relationship. So, 2010, tandy was alone again, Making Ends Meet by moonlighting as a bartender. That is when nick hillary walked in. So hes just a customer. He came in after he was done with work and coaching. They came from different worlds. She was local to the frozen north, he was from jamaica. Swimming all day, coming back home. Mom has a great, home cooked meal waiting for you. Its a fantastic day. He moved to brooklyn as a teenager and found his niche as a soccer star, earning a scholarship to nyu, but the kid from jamaica was still searching. He ditched school for the army as the First Gulf War was winding down. I said, let me serve a greater purpose. Three years in the army forced him to grow up and now he was ready for college. Soccer was his ticket to st. Lawrence university, near the canadian border. Used to swim all day and now you will be in snow six months a year. Exactly. In summertime, it brings me right back to jamaica. You found something in Upstate New York that worked out well for you. Yeah, it sure was. He felt most comfortable on the soccer field where his teammates gave him a nickname. The general. That was a tip of the hat to his career as a veteran, and his traits as a person. s leadership, it fit him. 1999, he led st. Lawrence to an undefeated and national championship, cementing bonds of friendship that remain tight today. A great person on and off the field. He was our big brother. He was the glue that kept us together. He brought us together, arranged dinners and cooks for everyone. Posto, absolutely. It was a staple of our group. After the championship season , nick kept bleeding. He became a coach in 2009 and became head soccer coach at clarksville, minutes from his alma mater. Life was good. It got better when nick, father of three, met tandy. Him, drinking guinness, and diagramming plays on a cocktail napkin. The conversation was easy. The thing i liked about tandy, she had goals and ambition. Things between the two heated up quickly as these emails a test. I miss you millions, have a great workday. I cant wait to get home to you. I love you. They were sharing a house, blending families, and going on vacations as a couple. Nick took her to jamaica. As they say in the islands, it wasnt a cool breeze being an interracial couple in pot stand, which is 90 white. Andy said it was particularly hard on garrett. Garrett was being teased at school because his mom is dating a black man. He is getting schoolyard aggravation. Whatever tensions garrett was feeling, it didnt keep him from sports. They were always a welcome distraction, even on the fateful afternoon of october 24th, 2011. He was playing basketball in the gym, but i got upset because he had to go home and do homework. Do your homework and then go play. So i made him go home. You blasted home on his rib stick and what seems like a normal monday. 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You can hear running or roughhousing sometimes or something rolling down the hallway like a skateboard. That afternoon, sean and marissa were watching a show on tv, the sounds coming from next door different, scary. I heard a loud crash and after that violence for a few seconds and then a low voice, what sounded like moaning. I didnt think it was too little boys roughhousing anymore. It felt more dangerous. It felt wrong. Concerned, marissa walked down the hallway and listened. I knocked on the door and waited a moment and then i definitely heard a click, like a lock. I had the feeling there was someone on the other side of that door. She called the police. They live across the hall, and it made me nervous that i thought i heard yelling and then i knocked to see if they were okay and then it was silent. Im sorry if its not anything, it was a weird situation that made me uncomfortable. A Patrol Officer arrived at the secondfloor apartment around 5 15. No one answered, so he waited for the building manager. The patrolman heres what he thinks is footsteps inside the apartment. Then, they get the key, they open the door, and they go inside. Everything appeared in order. The living room is tidy. Garrett stuff was all in place. Rib stick against the wall, backpack in the corner. Turned the corner and i saw garrett. He was lying there. They think at first hes sleeping, hes fallen, hes not himself out. Ambulance to respond. Apartment four. Cpr. The Patrol Officer called in the distressing details. Unresponsive mail. Is she john joness Ex Girlfriend . Police new tandy and tracked her down. She raced to the hospital. And garrett in a bad way. What has happened . Is there any information . The doctor told me he was in full Cardiac Arrest when they brought him in and i had no idea what had happened and couldnt understand how a 12 yearold had a heart attack. Did you think, at first, maybe this had something to do with his dads problem, that it was genetic and something happened . I honestly was in shock and could not wrap my head around anything. I dont want to take you back there, but you were there when he finally gives up. They cant bring him back. No. How awful. Garrett phillips, unstoppable in life, was dead at age 12. What happens in the next few hours . Its kind of a blur. We were at the hospital a while and got sent home. Tandy have been joined by some of the men in her life. Her exhusband and john jones, but knowing notified nick hillary. He and tandy had split up the month before and he was no longer in the loop, so lieutenant mark called him. We had an incident and we would like to speak with you. Minutes later, investigators were at nextdoor, a courtesy notification, they said. We are going to reach out to all the people connected to this kid, what do they know, do they know anything about where he was or who he might have been with lexi so, we have some bad news for you. Mr. Hillery expressed shock, i cant believe this, my goodness, rubs his hands down his head. He says he remembers the moment well. I am still broken up over the situation. He has lived with me. How could i not be affected by what has happened . Nick wasnt dating tandy anymore and told police he had not been in her apartment and she moved in two months earlier. The officers didnt stay long. An autopsy was scheduled the next day. The police didnt wait for the results to reveal their suspicions to tandy. When did you start to get this feeling there might be foul play . We had gone down to the Police Station and that is when they made a comment that someone had been in my apartment. So hes home and theres someone there, and then hes attacked. Is it now a Homicide Investigation . Yes. Coming up. 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It was not an instant death. A chilling headline. His death was ruled a homicide. Police told family that Garrett Phillips was strangled. From every indication, this was a tense scene. It doesnt happen in a place like this. An intruder who kills children. Absolutely. Is there someone is going to kill again . Rumor took flight. In the fog, a story was gaining traction. Unsubstantiated reports that garrett was killed by another kid. Attorney for the police who was he with, did he have issues with other kids . Calls continued to come into the police hotline. Townspeople, egging for reassurance from the school principal. We are meeting with staff, right now. The news that one of our students has died is heartbreaking. Police were beginning to pick up clues that suggested another possibility. That the killer had to be an adult. One of the things i see is that in the back bedroom, there is a window that has been pushed out. The screen is ajar. Whoever is in their has to leave and theres only one way out and that the second story window. Theres no fire escape. The developing theory was that when a cop knocked at the door, that window became the killers only exit. Police surmised that a fit adult, not a kid, to make the leap. Not an easy jump. The cracked tile was a big clue that the killer ricocheted on his way down to the ground were police picked up another crew. They found a gash in the grass below. So this is describing where the intruder was. Basically, they argue he jumped out of the window, down to the shed, into the grass. Police wondered if the killer injured himself on the way down, possibly limping away from the crime scene, but no one reported seeing someone flee, so police called, looking for fingerprints, shoe prints, dna. Evidence was collected and sent to the crime lab. Investigators began talking to those who knew garrett best. So, tandys partners. Absolutely. That included the exhusband, john jones, and her most recent ex, nick hillary. Collins and jones were with sandy at the half will and even sat next to her during her interview with pd. John jones is to her left. Collins was quickly eliminated as a suspect because he had a solid alibi that placed them nowhere near garretts apartment on october 24th, but john jones, the local sheriffs deputy , got a different perspective. So something might be going on but you dont know what. He told police he got home about 5 00 and lived two blocks from the apartment. Police say this is jones on a grainy Security Video across the street from where garrett passed by. He was asked to roll up his shirt and pants to check for possible wounds and ligature. Tandy was talking to police and had some thoughts. Strong thoughts. Coming up. They asked if there was anyone we knew of that would want to hurt garrett and there was only one person that came to mind. 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