CASE ON DECEMBER 3rd AND
CONFIRMED BY GENETIC SEQUENCING.
>>> AND NOW THE CASE THAT
CAPTURED THE NATION’S INTEREST.
A LOCAL MOM KILLED BY HEROINE IN
HER CEREAL.
>> Devin: THE MAN FOUND GUILTY,
HER HUSBAND, JASON HARRIS, WHO
WILL BE SENTENCED TOMORROW
MORNING.
IT TOOK YEARS FOR POLICE TO
INVESTIGATE AND CHARGE HARRIS.
>> Kim: SO WHAT ARE THE
BEHIND-THE-SCENES DETAILS?
KAREN DREW HAS THE INTERESTING
TWIST.
>> Karen: THE GUILTY VERDICT IS
DUE IN PART TO SISTERLY LOVE.
HER SISTERS DIDN’T BUY THEIR
BROTHER-IN-LAW’S STORY THAT
THEIR SISTER OVERDOSED SO THEY
DID DETECTIVE WORK THEMSELVES.
THEY’RE SISTERS, PATRICIA, A
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, AND
KAREN A MORTGAGE AUDITOR.
BUT THE PAST FEW YEARS, THEY’VE
HAD ANOTHER JOB, INVESTIGATING
THEIR SISTER’S MURDER.
>> HEALTHY 36-YEAR-OLD WHO
DOESN’T WAKE UP IS NOT ORDINARY.
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPECT
FROM THE GIT-GO AND IT WASN’T.
SO WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR HER.
>> Karen: THE STORY MADE
HEADLINES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
JASON HARRIS CONVICTED AFTER HIS
WIFE’S BREAST MILK PROVED HE
LACED HER CEREAL WITH A LETHAL
DOSE OF HEROIN BUT THAT CAME 7
YEARS AFTER SHE DIED.
WHY SO LONG?
THE POLICE DIDN’T CONSIDER IT A
MURDER UNTIL CHRISTIE’S SISTERS
STARTED NOSING AROUND.
>> I LOOKED AT MORE THAN I EVER
HAD BEFORE.
>> Karen: NUMBER ONE, HOW THE
CRIME SCENE WAS HANDLED.
HER DEATH WAS DEEMED AN
ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE. >> AS SOON AS MY SISTER’S BODY
>> AS SOON AS MY SISTER’S BODY
LEFT THE HOUSE, JASON HAD ACCESS
TO HIS HOME AND HE LEFT WHEN THE
OFFICER LEFT.
>> Karen: THEY KEPT SAYING CHECK
HER MILK TO SHOW SHE WAS NOT
DOING DRUGS.
NO TESTS WERE RUN!
>> THEY HAD INFORMATION AT THEIR
FINGERTIPS THAT THEY IGNORED
WITHIN THE FIRST 48 HOURS.
>> Karen: MORE THAN 6 YEARS
PASSED AND NO ACTION BY
AUTHORITIES.
THE FAMILY FILED A CIVIL SUIT
AND AGAIN IT WAS THE SISTERS
DOING SOME OF THE INVESTIGATING.
>> THE POLICE KEPT SAYING, WE
DON’T KNOW IF HE GOT THE HEROIN,
WHERE DID HE GET IT?
I WAS ENGULFED IN THIS WORLD OF
DRUGS THAT I DID NOT TAKE A PART
IN AT ALL AND DIDN’T KNOW
ANYTHING AT ALL.
>> Karen: THEY TRACKED DOWN
FRIENDS AND OLD COWORKERS OF
JASON HARRIS LOOKING FOR ANY
TIDBIT OF INFORMATION THEY COULD
FIND.
THEN THE FROZEN BREAST MILK THEY
SAVED FROM THEIR SISTER WAS THE
TURNING POINT AND FINALLY TESTED
AND CLEAN OF DRUGS, LEADING TO
THE CONVICTION OF HARRIS.
>> I MEAN IT WAS FROM MY SISTER
AND I KNOW SHE DIDN’T USE DRUGS.
>> Karen: HE GAVE HER A BOWL OF
CEREAL THE NIGHT SHE DIED AND
THAT CEREAL WAS LACED WITH
HEROIN.
>> IT’S SURREAL BECAUSE WE’VE
BEEN FIGHTING SO LONG, I DON’T
KNOW WHAT TO DO NOW.
HOW DO YOU CLOSE THIS CHAPTER?
>> Karen: THE LOCAL 4
"DEFENDERS" REACHED OUT TO THE
DAVISON POLICE AND THE DAVISON
CITY MANAGER.
NO ONE WAS WILLING TO TALK TO US
ABOUT WHY THEY DIDN’T DO MORE IN
THE BEGINNING.
>> I DON’T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO
GO THROUGH THIS.
PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE THIS.
>> Karen: WHILE THE SISTERS
ACCOMPLISHED WHAT THEY WANTED,
FINDING THE TRUTH, IT DOESN’T
BRING BACK THEIR SISTER
CHRISTIE.
>> IT’S HARD TO HAVE KIDS
BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T GET TO MEET
THEM OR SEE THEM.
>> Karen: SO, SO VERY HARD.
JASON HARRIS WILL BE SENTENCED
TOMORROW MORNING IN A FLINT
COURTROOM.
I’LL BE THERE, AND I’LL TALK
WITH THE FAMILY AFTER THE
SENTENCE IS HANDED DOWN.
>> Devin: HE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS.
WHAT’S THE STORY WITH THEM NOW?
>> Karen: THEY’VE TRIED TO KEEP
THEM OUT OF SPOTLIGHT.
BUT THE GRANDPARENTS ARE IN A
GUARDIANSHIP FIGHT.
THEY’RE FIGHTING OVER THE
CHILDREN.
CHRISTIE’S PARENTS SPENT THEIR
ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS AND
RETIREMENT AND NOW DON’T HAVE
MONEY AND THEY HAVE A GoFundMe
TO TRY TO RAISE THE KIDS.