>>>
>>> TWO
>>> TWO BIG STORIES TONIGHT. THE CASE STARTS TO GO COLD.
HOW WILL INVESTIGATORS KEEP ON
THE TRAIL OF FINDING MELIA
DAVIS?
DAVIS?
DAVIS? >>
DAVIS? >> YOU LOOK FOR LUCK ANYTIME.
BUT YOU CAN CREATE IT.
>> A FORMER FBI AGENT SAYS THEY
RELY ON CHANCES MUCH A STRATEGY.
>>> THIS VIDEO CHANGE THE WAY
SOME OF YOU LOOK AT SANDRA
BLANDS DEATH.
BLANDS DEATH. BUT A FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS HE
NEVER SAW DURING THE CASE.
A DEBATE HEADS TO THE STATE
CAPITAL.
CAPITAL.
CAPITAL. WAS THERE A COVER-UP?
KHOU 11 NEWS AT 10:00 STARTS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >>> A MESSAGE TO MELIA.
-- TO MELIA DAVIS.
WE ARE NOT GIVING UP ON YOU.
THESE ARE THE INVESTIGATORS
WORKING TO BRING YOU JUSTICE.
THE AWARD FOR INFORMATION IS UP
TO $20,000.
TO $20,000. WEE LIVE HPD WITH WHAT
INVESTIGATORS NEED TO STOP THIS
CASE FROM GOING COLD.
>> TONIGHT, RETIRED FBI AGENT
AND PROSECUTOR TOLD US IN CASES
LIKE HERS LUCK IS NO SMALL PART
OF WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE OUT.
>> BETWEEN COLD AND SOLVED TATE
CASES OF MISSING CHILDREN RELY
ON WHAT FORMER FBI SUPERVISORY
SPECIAL AGENT DENNIS FRANKS
CALLS CALCULATED RISK.
>> YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR LUCK TO
DEVELOP.
DEVELOP.
DEVELOP. AT SOME POINT YOU'VE EXHAUSTED
ALL THE LEADS.
DON'T DISCOUNT ANYTHING.
KEEP IT ALIVE AND KEEP IT GOING.
IT MAY TAKE SIX MONTHS OR YEAR
OR TWO YEARS.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE IS
VERY IMPORTANT.
VERY IMPORTANT. >> THIS IS THE LAST KNOWN PHOTO
OF MELIA LYNN DAVIS.
HOUSTON POLICE A LONGER THING
SHE IS ALIVE.
DARIEN VINCE IS THE ONLY
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT. ALREADY IN JAIL FOR TAMPERING.
THEY SAY THAT HE WILL NOT TELL
HER WHERE IT IS SO THEY'RE
RELATING THIS RELYING ON
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS. THIS SHOWS A GAS CAN FOUND IN
HIS TRUNK.
HIS TRUNK. ALL INVESTIGATORS READING
THROUGH TEST RESULTS, CHIEF ART
ACEVEDO SPOKE OUT YESTERDAY TO
GET THE CASE FRESH IN MIND
HOPING THAT IT SPARKS MEMORY.
>> THEY BELIEVE A BREAK IS
CLOSE.
CLOSE.
CLOSE. >>
CLOSE. >> THE LONGER IT GOES THE MORE
LIKELY THINGS WILL GET DISCO
DISCLOSED.
DISCLOSED. >> HE COULD RELEASE DETAILS
THAT ARE TOO HESITANT TO MAKE
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. >> THEY DO NOT RELEASE ANY
INFORMATION TONIGHT.
INFORMATION TONIGHT. BUT THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION
IS UP TO $20,000.
>> THESE ARE THE IMAGES THEY
HELP YOU KEEP IN MIND.
IF YOU REMEMBER SEEING ANY OF
THIS AROUND THE TIME OF HER
DISAPPEARANCE CALL CRIME
STOPPERS.
STOPPERS.
STOPPERS. >>> I WILL WRITE YOU UP.
GET OUT.
GET OUT.
GET OUT. >> IT IS THE VIDEO THAT SPARKED
A BRAND-NEW CONTROVERSY IN THE
SANDRA BLAND CASE.
WAS HER OWN CELL PHONE VIDEO OF
HER REST COVERED UP?
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS NOT
WALL HER FAMILY IN THEIR
ATTORNEY SAY YES IT WAS.
A HEARING AT THE STATE CAPITAL
TOMORROW WILL TRY TO UNCOVER
THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH. HERE IS BRIAN COLLISTER WITH
THE INVESTIGATIVE NETWORK.
>> GET OUT OF THE CAR.
I WILL WRITE YOU UP.
>> AFTER SANDRA BLAINE RECORDED
HER OWN ARREST,DURING A
TRAFFIC STOP WITH THE DPS
TROOPER, SHE WAS LATER FOUND
DEAD IN A CELL AT THE WALLER
COUNTY JAIL JUST THREE DAYS
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. HER MOTHER GENEVA READ FILED A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT.
AGAINST THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND TROOPER RYAN
INSIGNIA IN FEDERAL COURT.
HER MOTHER HAD SIX LAWYERS ON
THE CASE.
THE CASE.
THE CASE. FOUR MONTHS THEY REPEATEDLY
ASKED DPS FOR ALL VIDEOS, SOUND
RECORDINGS AND TAPE RECORDINGS
AND REPORTING'S OF EACH TYPE.
BUT WE SAW THE CELL PHONE VIDEO
TO THE FAMILIES LEAD ATTORNEY
CANNON LAMBERT?
CANNON LAMBERT? >> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS
VIDEO?
VIDEO?
VIDEO? >>
VIDEO? >> I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT.
>> THE BLAND FAMILY WAS
STUNNED.
STUNNED.
STUNNED. SAYING THAT THIS VIDEO WAS
NEVER TURNED OVER TO THEM.
BUT THE DPS OR THE TEXAS
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
OR EVEN THE FBI OR U.S.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. DPS NOW SUGGESTS THE BLAND
FAMILY IN THE LAWYERS SIMPLY
úMISSED HER VIDEO IN ALL OF THE
DISCOVERY EVIDENCE.
DISCOVERY EVIDENCE. THAT THEY DID DECLINE TO GO ON
CAMERA IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT
TEXAS DPS OFFICIALS SAY THAT
THEY COMPLIED WITH THE
DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS IN THE
CIVIL LITIGATION.
CIVIL LITIGATION. CAN PAXTON WHO REPRESENTED DPS
AND THE TROOPER RELEASED A
SIMILAR STATEMENT SAYING THE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FULLY COMPLIED WITH ALL
DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS DURING
THE CIVIL LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY
MRS. BLANDS FAMILY.
NO VIDEOS RELATED TO THIS CASE
WERE CONCEALED.
WERE CONCEALED. ACCLAIMED THAT THEY EXPECTED
EVEN BEFORE WE REPORTED THE
EXISTENCE OF THE RECORDING.
>> I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL TRY
TO SUGGEST THAT THAT IS WHAT
THEY GAVE US.
THAT MEANS LARRY, TOM AND ME
AND TED AND A MERE THAT MEANS
ERIN I MEAN SIX LAWYERS DON'T
SEE THAT?
SEE THAT?
SEE THAT? SERIOUSLY?
SERIOUSLY? CALL ME AN IDIOT BUT YOU CAN
CALL THIS OF THE FIVE IDIOTS.
>> EFFECT THE INVESTIGATIVE
NETWORK IS FOUND THE STATE'S
CLAIMS OF COOPERATION ARE
MISLEADING.
MISLEADING. IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE IN THESE
PUBLICLY FILED FEDERAL COURT
RECORDS.
RECORDS.
RECORDS. THEY SHOW THE TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL AND THE DPS OPPOSE
REPEATED REQUEST BY THE BLAND
FAMILIES ATTORNEYS FOR EVIDENCE
IN THEIR POSSESSION DURING THIS
LAWSUIT.
LAWSUIT.
LAWSUIT. DPS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
KLAMATH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WAS IMMUNE FROM ANY LAWSUITS
AND CITED THE ONGOING CRIMINAL
CASE AGAINST THE TROOPER.
>> NO WONDER THEY SETTLED THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. I
CASE. I MEAN WITH THE RANGERS THE
MOST WE COULD GET WAS HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THOUSAND DOLLARS. NO WONDER THEY WANTED TO SETTLE
IT SO QUICKLY.
THEY'RE SITTING ON THIS CRAP.
>> THIS IS THE DPS TEXAS RANGER
REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED ONLY
AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS SETTLED
IN THE CRIMINAL CASE WAS
DROPPED IN 2017.
INSIDE THE RANGER REPORT OUR 59
REFERENCES TO SANDRA BLANDS
CELL PHONE, THE WARRANT TO
SEARCH THE PHONE AND THE
DISCOVERY THAT SHE HAD RECORDED
THE CONFRONTATION 59 DIFFERENT
REFERENCES.
REFERENCES. HARD TO MISS.
>> I WAS THE ONE ASKING FOR THE
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. A
A
A >>
A >> THEY
A >> THEY SAY NONE OF THOSE
REFERENCES TO CELL PHONE VIDEO
WERE IN THE VERSION OF THE
RANGER REPORT THAT THEY
RECEIVED.
RECEIVED.
RECEIVED. HER SISTER BELIEVES THE DPS DID
NOT WANT TO THE CELL PHONE
VIDEO BEING SEEN AFTER PUBLIC
OUTRAGE WAS SPARKED BY THE
TROOPERS DASH CAMERA VIDEO.
>> IF EVERYONE SAW THIS IT
WOULD HAVE MADE DPS THE CORBEL.
>> AS FOR FEDERAL COURT
EVIDENCE, THE ATTORNEY WAS
ORDERED TO GIVE IT ALL BACK TO
THE COURT AND THE CASE WAS
SETTLED.
SETTLED.
SETTLED. LEAVING THEIR WORD AGAINST
THOSE WHO ARRESTED SANDRA BLAND.
ON FRIDAY, LAWMAKERS HAVE A
TURNOUT TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE NETWORK,
BRIAN COLLISTER.
BRIAN COLLISTER. >> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DPS
HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TESTIFY
HERE TOMORROW MORNING.
WE WILL BE THERE AND BRING YOU
THE LATEST ON AIR, ONLINE AND
ON THE KHOU 11 NEWS UP.
>>> THIS VIDEO IS JUST
INFURIATING.
INFURIATING. A MAN PUNCHED AN 88-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN FOR NO REASON.
THIS IS TOUGH TO SEE SO WE WILL
ZOOM IN FOR YOU.
THE MAN SITTING IN A WHEELCHAIR
OUTSIDE OF AN HEB STORE WHEN
THE VICTIM WALKS BY.
HIS PUNCH KNOCKS THE POOR LADY
TO THE GROUND.
SEVERAL PEOPLE RUSHED TO HELP
HER AND HE CASUALLY STANDS UP
AND WALKS AWAY WITH HIS
WHEELCHAIR.
WHEELCHAIR. THIS HAPPEN ON MARCH 8 AT THE HB
-- HEB ON BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
HERE'S A BETTER LOOK AT THE SKY.
IF YOU RECOGNIZE HIM, YOU KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
CALL HOUSTON POLICE.
>>> ANOTHER VIGIL TONIGHT TO
PRAY FOR WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BUT THEY TELL POLICE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. PAMELA TURNER'S DEATH HAS MADE
HEADLINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
EARLIER TODAY HER FAMILY AND
FRIENDS LATER TO REST.
THE STORY KICKS OFF THE 92nd
NIGHTCAP.
NIGHTCAP.
NIGHTCAP. >> AFTER THE FUNERAL LOVED
ONES, AND ACTIVIST DEMAND A
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AND QUICK
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. >> I WANT BAYTOWN TEXAS TO KNOW
THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU WILL BRUSH UNDER THE RUG
AND SEND THE POLICEMAN BACK TO
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. IF
WORK. IF HE IS GOING TO WORK LET HIM
KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. >>
TOO. >> REVEREND SHARPTON ALSO
CALLED IT AN INSULT AT THE
BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICER WHO
KILLED TURNER IS NOW BACK ON
THE JOB.
THE JOB.
THE JOB. HE HAS BEEN ON ADMINISTRATIVE
DUTY SINCE MONDAY ACCORDING TO
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >>> INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS HOME
IN SUGAR LAND WAS THE CENTER OF
A WOMEN'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
EXPLOSIVE HOBBY.
EXPLOSIVE HOBBY. 17-YEAR-OLD MAXIMILIAN YOUNG
WAS CHARGED EARLIER THIS MONTH
WITH POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVE
COMPONENTS AFTER A TIP FROM
FELLOW STUDENTS.
FELLOW STUDENTS. >> NEVER SPECIFIC THREAT
AGAINST THE SCHOOL BUT THE
STUDENT ALLEGEDLY TALKED ABOUT
THE KIND OF DAMAGE THAT BOMBS
COULD DO.
COULD DO.
COULD DO. >>> FIVE ADORABLE AND PRECIOUS
PUPPIES SNUGGLE TOGETHER FOR
BEEN COUNTIES ANIMAL SHELTER IN
ROSENBERG.
ROSENBERG. THEY WERE FOUND IN AN OPEN
SUITCASE HERE AT THIS MISSION
BIG PARK.
BIG PARK.
BIG PARK. DESPITE BEING LEFT IN THE PARK
WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER, THEY
ARE OVERALL IN GOOD HEALTH.
>>> BEER LOVERS ARE RAISING A
GLASS TO LAWMAKERS IN AUSTIN.
AFTER A DECADE OF DEBATE YOU
WILL SOON BE ABLE TO BUY A CASE
OF YOUR FAVORITE DRAFT BEER
STRAIGHT FROM THE BREWERY.
IT MAY NOT