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app or on our website. On March 2, 2011, a
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frail-looking Steve Jobs took to the stage of an arts
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centre in San Francisco. Dressed in his iconic black turtleneck
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sweater and jeans, the Apple CEO addressed a sea of
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cheering reporters to unveil Apple's newest creation, the iPad 2.
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Nine days later, on March 11, crowds swarmed outside of
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Apple stores throughout the United States, with customers hoping to
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get their hands on the latest model iPad. It was
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no different at a Maryland store located on Bethesda Road.
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Nestled amongst exclusive boutiques and trendy restaurants, the Bethesda Apple
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Store did a roaring trade on the night of Friday
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March 11. Employees were run off their feet selling the
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iPad 2, in addition to serving other customers doing a
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spot of late-night shopping. After closing, a few Apple employees
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stayed back to get things in order. Just after 10pm,
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the manager on duty, Lara, not her real name, was
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tallying up receipts at one of the tills when she
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suddenly heard a series of strange banging sounds. Lara asked
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one of the two security guards on duty to help
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her identify the origin of the noise. Separately, they scoped
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out the two-storey Apple building as the noises increased in
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volume and frequency. After a few minutes, Lara followed the
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sound and realised it was coming from behind the wall
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that Apple shared with the store next door. She walked
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over and put her ear up to the wall. In
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addition to banging and thudding noises, Lara could also hear
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grunting and what sounded like something heavy being dragged. Just then,
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Lara heard a hysterical female voice emanating through the wall.
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She raced upstairs to retrieve her senior manager, who followed
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her to listen. He could also hear a female, who
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now sounded as though she was gasping for breath. A
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scream then pierced the air. Lara asked if she should
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call the police, but her manager didn't think it was serious.
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To him, it sounded as though someone had just received
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bad news. He told Lara, quote, I think it's just drama.
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The security guard agreed and the three of them went
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back to work. Meanwhile, the banging and thudding noises continued
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next door, along with the occasional scream. Approximately nine minutes
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after Lara first heard the noise, the female voice yelled,
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God help me. Please help me. Shortly after that, it
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went quiet. Nearly one hour later, just after 11pm, Lara
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was the last Apple employee to leave for the night.
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She locked the front door to the Apple building and
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went home, oblivious to what had unfolded in the yoga
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store next door. Friday March 11 2011 was a change
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of routine for Jaina Murray, who worked as a salesperson
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and supervisor at the Lululemon Athletica yoga store in Bethesda.
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The 30-year-old didn't usually work Fridays, but she'd agreed to
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swap shifts with a co-worker. Given the release of the
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iPad 2 at the Apple store next door, Jaina knew
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it would be a busy evening with extra foot traffic
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passing by. but she was only too happy to help.
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Jaina had been at the yoga store for two years
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and loved working there. The muscular 5 foot 5 inch
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tall Jaina could be seen doing cartwheels and dancing with
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customers during quieter shifts, bringing with her a sense of
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energy and joy wherever she went. Jaina arrived at the
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Lululemon store two hours early to catch up on some
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personal work She took a seat in the back of
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the store, opened her laptop and put on some music.
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Her boyfriend who lived in Seattle was coming to visit
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her the following weekend and Jaina wanted to make sure
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all her university coursework was up to date. Intelligent and determined,
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Jaina was completing her thesis to graduate with a master's
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degree in business administration and communications. Jaina was so impressed
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by Lululemon's business model and philosophy that she jumped at
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the chance to use the company as the basis of
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her thesis. This included writing a crisis communication plan that
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Lululemon staff could implement in the event of an internal emergency.
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The staff at the Lululemon headquarters in Vancouver, Canada were
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thoroughly impressed with her plan. Once Jaina graduated, she hoped
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to move to Seattle with her boyfriend and then score
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a job at Lululemon headquarters. As Jaina worked on her laptop,
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she was interrupted by her co-worker, who presented her with
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a bottle of wine as a token of appreciation for
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swapping shifts. Jaina happily chatted to her and some of
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the other employees on duty. Exuding a positive attitude that
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afforded her many friends wherever she went, Jaina lived life
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to the fullest. It was this mindset that made her
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the perfect employee for Lululemon. She abided by one of
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the popular motivational quotes often seen advertised throughout Lululemon stores.
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To live every day as if it was your last.
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28-year-old Brittany Norwood was also having a lovely Friday. She
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spent the morning at a yoga class before meeting a
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friend for lunch. Afterwards, she and her friend got their
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nails done and Brittany then rushed to Lululemon, making it
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just on time to start her 3pm shift. Brittany had
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only been at the Bethesda location for a few weeks,
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having transferred from another Lululemon store. but so far she
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was enjoying it. Described as having a wide smile, welcoming
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nature and good sense of humour, she was quick to
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make friends. Like Jaina, Brittany was also a determined woman.
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She had previously managed VIP guests at a local intercontinental hotel,
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but had taken a considerable pay cut for the opportunity
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to work for Lululemon. Her goal was to use the
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yoga store as a stepping stone to her dream career
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of becoming a personal trainer and opening her own gym.
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As Brittany arrived at work that Friday, she was closer
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to realising her dream than ever before, having secured a
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job interview at the local gym the following week. Friday
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nights were typically busy for the Louisians. store, and three
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salespeople were usually rostered on. However, one employee had called
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in sick and nobody was available to cover for her,
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leaving Jaina and Brittany to hold down the fort on
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their own. They didn't mind, as they felt confident they
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could handle the workload. As the queue of people waiting
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to enter the Apple store next door increased, it remained
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busy at the yoga store. The line at Apple was
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still out the door when Lululemon closed at 9pm. Jaina
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and Brittany completed the closing protocol for the store. As
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the more senior of the two, Jaina then switched off
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the lights, set the alarm and locked the door. At 9.45pm,
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the women said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.
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The next morning, Lululemon's store manager and owner, Rachel, made
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her way to work at 8am. Neatly dressed in workout
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gear and orange running shoes, she sipped a coffee as
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she passed a few people waiting for the Apple store
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to open. When she reached the front door of Lululemon,
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she was displeased to discover that it was unlocked. Rachel
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swore under her breath at Jaina for not locking up properly. However,
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as she stepped inside, it immediately became clear that something
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terrible had happened. Merchandise and clothing was strewn throughout. Mannequins
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were lying on the floor and a flat screen TV
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had crashed and shattered on the ground. Rachel sidestepped a
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display table that had been moved and then stopped. A
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bloody shoe print appeared in front of her. Outside the store,
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a young man named Ryan sat on a public bench
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absentmindedly scrolling through his phone. He had missed out on
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an iPad 2 the night before and had arrived at
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the Apple store early to ensure he didn't go home empty-handed.
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Ryan looked up as Rachel made a hasty exit out
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of Lululemon on her phone to the police. She asked
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Ryan if he had seen anyone enter or leave Lululemon
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that morning. He hadn't, but volunteered to check inside the
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store while they waited for police to arrive. Ryan made
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his way past the clothing racks and to the change
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rooms where the bloody shoe prints increased. Following their trail,
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He called out. There was no response. After walking through
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a half door at the back of the store, Ryan
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came to another door that led to a rear hallway
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and emergency exit. A large pool of blood had seeped
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underneath the door. Ryan tried to push it open, but
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there was something heavy on the other side. Forcing it
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open just enough to stick his head through, Ryan discovered
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the body of a woman propped up against the door,
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laying face down on the blood-drenched ground. Blood was splattered
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high up the walls. A length of rope was tied
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around the woman's neck and a red toolbox sat on
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her back with multiple blood-soaked tools surrounding her body. Panicked,
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Ryan made his way back outside. On his way, he
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passed two staff bathrooms that he hadn't noticed on his
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way in. A pair of legs protruded from one of
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the doorways, tightly bound at the ankles by zip ties.
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It was the body of another woman, lying on her
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back with her wrists bound above her head. She was
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covered in wounds to her face and upper body, with
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blood coating her clothes. The black yoga pants she was
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wearing had been ripped open at the crotch, and a
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large white rock the size of a baseball lay beside
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her in a pool of blood. Within minutes, two officers
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arrived and made their way to the rear hallway. Once
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they'd established that the perpetrator was no longer in the store,
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one of the officers assessed the woman lying in the
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back hallway. It was Jaina Murray. It appeared she had
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been deceased for some time. The officer then raced to
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the bathrooms where Brittany Norwood lay on the floor. Her
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eyes were closed but she was still breathing. The officer
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cut Brittany free from the zip tie restraints and paramedics
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soon arrived to take her to a nearby hospital. Investigators
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from the Montgomery County Police Department began their inquiries. Heading
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the case were detectives Jim Drury and Dimitri Reuven. Signs
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of a struggle were evident throughout the store. The registers
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were open and receipts were scattered behind the counter. Three
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small safes had also been opened and their contents emptied,
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indicating that robbery had been a motive for the assault
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on the two women. Meanwhile, Brittany underwent emergency treatment and
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regained consciousness. She had sustained numerous lacerations to her stomach,
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chest and legs and had shards of glass lodged in
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her back. There was a large wound to her forehead
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and her right hand was covered in defence wounds from
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fighting off her attacker. Still in shock and pain,
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began to explain what had happened to her and Jaina
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the night before. The ordeal was so brutal that the
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officer who took down the statement couldn't believe what she
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was hearing. At 9.45pm, Jaina closed up the store and
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the women went their separate ways. As Brittany walked to
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the nearby subway, she realised she'd left her wallet behind.
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She didn't have keys to the store, so she called
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Jaina to explain the situation. Coincidentally, Jaina had also accidentally
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left her laptop behind, so she told Brittany she would
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meet her back at the store to retrieve their belongings.
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They both arrived at Lululemon just after 10pm. Jaina opened
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the door and deactivated the security alarm but Brittany couldn't
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find her wallet anywhere. The two women searched the rear
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of the store for about 10 minutes before giving up.
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Jaina gave Brittany her Metro travel card so she could
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get home and promised she would look for the wallet
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again in the morning. Just then, They realised they'd forgotten
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to lock the front door behind them when they came inside.
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A man dressed head to toe in black clothing, including gloves,
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a hoodie and a ski mask, snuck out from behind
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a clothing rack. He hit Jaina over the back of
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the head with a metal bar. Suddenly, another man clad
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in the same attire appeared from a different clothing rack
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and grabbed Brittany by the hair. He began cutting her
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with a sharp object, warning that he'd slit her throat
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if she said a word. The other man took Jaina
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to the rear hallway while Brittany's attacker dragged her to
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the bathroom. He yelled racial slurs at Brittany and called
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her a quote, dirty slut. He threw her to the
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ground and slit open her yoga pants at the crotch.
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Brittany sobbed as she recounted the brutal rape that followed.
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which included the use of a coat hanger from the
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store that had serrated edges to keep the garments in position.
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At one point, the attacker hit Brittany on the head
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with a hard object, presumably the large rock found by
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her body, causing her to drift in and out of
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consciousness while the assault continued. All of a sudden, Brittany's
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attacker demanded she be quiet. Brittany listened closely and could
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hear voices coming from the Apple store next door. She
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prayed that someone would intervene and rescue her, but nothing happened.
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When the voices died down, the masked man pulled Brittany
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to her feet and ordered her to open the cash
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registers and safes. As she complied, Brittany could hear Jaina
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screaming from the rear of the store. Her screams became
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quieter and less frequent, before stopping altogether. The next thing
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Brittany remembered was being stretched outside by a paramedic. Brittany
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recalled that both of the men were of medium build,
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but one was significantly taller than the other. Jane's attacker
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was approximately six feet tall. while the man who assaulted
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Brittany was about 5 foot 5 and had no trouble
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overpowering her 5 foot 3, 120 pound frame. From their voices,
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she guessed they were young white American men, but their
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black attire had covered most of their features. Brittany blamed
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herself for the ordeal, believing it wouldn't have happened if
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she hadn't forgotten her wallet. After 48 painful minutes of
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recounting the night's events, she asked, Is my friend okay?
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Brittany's statement helped the crime scene investigators piece together a
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timeline of events. As Brittany's attacker forced her to open
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the registers and safes, both he and Brittany had tracked
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blood throughout the store. The size 7.5 New Balance shoe
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prints belonged to Brittany, meaning the size 14 Reebok sneakers
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belonged to her attacker. Authorities believed that the attackers had
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watched the two women go back into Lululemon from afar and,
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seeing an opportunity to burglarise the store, had followed them
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inside seconds after
they entered. Lululemon offered a $ 125, 000 reward
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for leads resulting in the conviction of the men responsible.
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The chief of police addressed reporters outside the store, giving
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a description of the two suspects and pleading for witnesses
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to come forward, adding, We only have one eyewitness, and
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she's been through a lot. Lara, the employee from Apple,
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was interviewed later that day. She broke down in tears
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when she discovered a woman had been murdered and another
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severely injured in an assault that she had largely dismissed.
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Jaina's murder had occurred a mere eight feet from where
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the Apple employees had stood listening to her screaming. The
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Lululemon store didn't have indoor surveillance. However, there were CCTV
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cameras positioned outside the rear of the Apple store. These
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cameras captured the back car park shared by Apple and Lululemon.
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As detectives began watching the previous night's recordings, nothing initially
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stood out. But at 11pm, just after the attack took place,
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two men entered the frames. They were both dressed entirely
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in black. The taller of the two wore a ski
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mask rolled up like a beanie and had a backpack
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slung over one shoulder. The shorter man was talking on
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a phone. The pair seemed in a hurry as they
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walked from the direction of Lululemon and out of view
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of the cameras. The detectives went frame by frame trying
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to get a clear picture of the men's faces, but
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it was too blurry. Regardless, they were certain these were
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the two suspects they were looking for. As detectives focused
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on identifying the two masked men, another lead came in.
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As detailed in the book The Yoga Store Murder by
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Dan Morse, the day after the attack, Jaina Murray's two-door
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Silver Pontiac G5 was found in a car park three
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blocks from the Lululemon store. Given that there was plenty
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of available parking much closer to the store when Jaina
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returned at 10pm, this was puzzling. An officer came forward
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to report that he'd been patrolling the car park at
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around 12.30 on the night of the attack, 90 minutes
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after the two masked men were captured walking away from Lululemon.
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As he drove past Jaina's Pontiac, he noticed the headlights
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were on and someone was sitting in the driver's seat.
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The officer considered pulling over to talk to the driver
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but changed his mind, thinking they'd likely just parked for
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a quick cigarette. The officer couldn't make out any details
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of the person in the driver's seat and continued on
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his way. However, Two hours later, he returned to the
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car park to find the Pontiac in the same spot
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with its lights still on. This time, the officer couldn't
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see if there was anyone in the driver's seat, and
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once again, he drove off. He patrolled the car park
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a third time an hour later to find the Pontiac
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vacant with its lights off. Detectives considered that Gina's murderer
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may have been the person spotted in the driver's seat,
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but they were at a loss to explain why. Case
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Word of the murder and assault of Jaina and Brittany
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spread around town and shocked the public. It was unlike
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anything seen in Bethesda, where local police were usually concerned
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with minor crimes in the affluent neighbourhood. Women who would
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normally be more than comfortable walking alone along Bethesda Row
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began travelling in groups and arming themselves with pepper spray
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in case they were next to be targeted. A makeshift
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memorial adorned the sidewalk outside of Lululemon as distressed locals
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lay flowers and cards. one of which read, Two beautiful souls,
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one lost, one deeply hurt. The police tip line was
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abuzz with concerned locals phoning in their suspicions on who
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was responsible. Many could be dismissed almost immediately, but there
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was one name that kept coming up over and over again,
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Keith Lockett. Keith was a 40-year-old homeless man who was
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well known to those who lived in Bethesda. With a
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reputation for getting drunk and verbally abusive, many local women
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were terrified of him. Authorities questioned the manager of a
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local restaurant where Keith typically visited every day, only to
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find out that he hadn't come in on the Friday
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or Saturday
when the attack took place. The manager of
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a nearby homeware store recalled seeing Keith walk past Lululemon
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on the Friday of the attack. He'd had a backpack
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over his shoulder, which struck the manager as odd because
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he'd never seen Keith wearing a backpack. He'd been in
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the company of two other men, whom the manager had
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never seen before. A former amateur boxer, Keith had a
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long rap sheet that included robbery, assault and battery. It
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didn't take long for officers to locate him. He was
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in a hospital out of town being treated for facial injuries,
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including a swollen eye. His clothes were covered in spots
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of dried blood. Detectives rushed to the hospital, speculating that
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Jaina or Brittany may have injured him in self-defence. It
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made sense that he sought help from a hospital out
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of town to fly under the radar. Keith's bloodied clothes
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were taken for DNA analysis. and once he was medically cleared,
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he was taken to the Montgomery County Police Station for questioning.
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He strongly denied having any involvement in the attack, but
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admitted being near the Lululemon store when it took place.
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As detailed in the book The Yoga Store Murder, Keith
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Lockett told the detectives that he had also been assaulted
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on the night of the attack, hence his facial injuries.
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he was assaulted by a, quote, short Spanish dude who
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hung out with a taller African-American man. From gossip on
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the streets, Keith knew the two men had recently paired
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up and were robbing stores in Bethesda. Keith then became emotional.
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He told detectives that he was standing across the road
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from Lululemon when, quote, The black dude and the Spanish
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dude robbed the lady and cut her. I seen it
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with my own eyes. Detectives didn't know what to make
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of Keith's statement. He was confused, sometimes incoherent, and told
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the officers that he suffered from schizoaffective disorder which required medication.
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Over the course of the interview,
Keith's story changed multiple
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times and and he later claimed to have seen a
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gang of young teens riding skateboards out of the store.
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Workers at a homeless shelter who often supplied Keith with
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meals and a place to sleep conceded that he could
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be rude, but they didn't for one minute suspect him
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of committing the attack. The blood on Keith's clothes was
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determined to be his own. Furthermore, none of his DNA
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was found at the Lululemon crime scene. With no physical
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evidence linking Keith to the attack, he was ruled out
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as a suspect. Meanwhile, the medical examiner working on Jaina's
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autopsy assumed that she'd been a victim of a motor
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vehicle or bicycle accident, given that her face and scalp
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were covered in so many bruises, lacerations and wounds. Jaina's
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face was so disfigured by various injuries that her features
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were unrecognisable. Lacerations on her face continued to her torso
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and back and ranged in size from nearly pinprick to
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four inches. The crotch of Jaina's leggings had been slashed
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and an area of blood suggested to the medical examiner that,
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like Brittany, Jaina had also been sexually assaulted. Fibres of
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rope found in Jaina's clenched hands matched the piece of
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rope tied around her neck, indicating that she had struggled
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to free herself. However, her death wasn't caused by strangulation,
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but from a one-inch stab wound sustained at the base
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of her skull. Presumably caused by a knife, the stabbing
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had severed her brain stem. In total, Jaina had sustained
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13 skull fractures and at least 331 separate injuries, of
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which 152 were to her head and 105 were defensive wounds.
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Jaina was a chronic nail biter, and even though she
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had fought hard against her attacker, her nails were too
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short to have collected any DNA from her perpetrator. Jaina's
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wounds had been caused by various objects which had been
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taken from in the store and many from the toolbox
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that had rested on her back. These items included a wrench,
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a foot-long metal bar, a metal display hook, a hammer,
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a box cutter, a Buddha statue, and an exacto knife,
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all of which were found around Jaina's body. By the
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evening of Monday March 14, three days after the attack,
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Brittany had been released from hospital and was resting up
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at home. Her parents had flown in from across the
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country and she was surrounded by her eight siblings whom
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she was extremely close to and who dropped everything to
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support her. They were extremely worried about Brittany as she'd
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become withdrawn and was hardly sleeping. Friends also rallied around her,
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sending her messages of love. Desperate for more information, detectives
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Drury and Reuven went to interview Brittany once more. Brittany
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struggled to talk as she relived the violent assault again.
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She recalled how the two men were laughing as they
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carried out the burglary, rape and murder, describing it as
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like a scene out of the violent video game Grand
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Theft Auto. Brittany paused. There was something she had been
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keeping to herself out of sheer terror that the masked
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perpetrators would return. Bursting into tears, Brittany explained that the
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two men were rifling through the contents of her bag
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when they found two separate utility bills showing her name
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and address. She was now terrified that they were going
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to pay her a visit. The detectives reassured the Norwoods
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that it was highly unlikely her perpetrators would return, but
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warned them to be on the lookout for any suspicious
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behaviour from people in the street. As the detectives prepared
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to leave, Brittany's brother Chris asked to speak to them outside.
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He asked them why they thought the killers had spared
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his sister when Jaina had been so savagely murdered. As
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detailed in the yoga store murder, one of the detectives
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asked Chris what kind of person Brittany was. He paused
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before
saying, My sister is a very secretive person. On
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the same day that Brittany was being interviewed at her
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home by detectives, Sergeant Craig Wittenberger entered the Lululemon store
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to continue his investigation. One detail continued to plague him.
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Why were only Brittany's shoe prints and one other pair
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found in the store when there were two masked men
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involved in the assault? Furthermore, why were there no bloody
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shoe prints outside the store? either at the front or
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back entrance. As Sergeant Wittenberger re-examined the front of the store,
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he noticed a table had been pushed up against the
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wall in all the commotion. When he slid it back,
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he found that the table had drawers underneath. Opening one,
470
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he pulled out a pair of shoes, men's Reebok size
471
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14 sneakers. Their tread was an exact match to the
472
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larger bloody shoe prints left in the store. The smaller
473
00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:44.659
shoe prints stopped abruptly in front of a sink at
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the back of the store, indicating that whoever wore them
475
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had removed them in an attempt to clean them. A
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strange pattern of scalloped blood marks then trailed from the
477
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sink back to the table drawer where the Reeboks were found.
478
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Analysis showed that the marks were from shoelaces that were
479
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wet with diluted blood. Every time the person stepped, the
480
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ends of the shoelaces flicked on the floor and left
481
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a small mark. Detective Reuven questioned store manager Rachel about
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the Reeboks. She told him that the shoes were owned
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and kept at Lululemon for their male customers to try
484
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on when buying pants. That way, any alterations that needed
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to be made to the length of the pants could
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be done in store. It was a major breakthrough. A
487
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forensic examiner concluded that the Reebok prints appeared to have
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been staged, as the print patterns were inconsistent with normal movement.
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As detailed in Murder in the Yoga Store by Peter
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Ross Range, Detective Reuven considered this evidence and told his
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shocked colleagues, The footprints never left the store because the
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killer never left the store. On Wednesday March 17, six
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days after the murder, Brittany arrived at the police station
494
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having agreed to provide hair and fingerprint samples to help
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with the crime scene analysis. Brittany was taken to an
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interview room where she was told that the technicians collecting
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the samples had been delayed. While they waited Detective Drury
498
00:39:37.610 --> 00:39:40.989
pressed Brittany to recall the night's events one more time.
499
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She retold the story nearly word for word sobbing in parts.
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When she finished Detective Drury asked if she had ever
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been in Jaina's car before. Brittany replied no. The detectives
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00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:08.659
knew she was lying. Forensic examination of Jaina's Pontiac had
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00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:12.039
revealed blood on the car's stick shift, the steering wheel
504
00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:17.110
and the inside of the door. DNA analysis showed the
505
00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:22.000
blood belonged to two people, Jaina Murray and Brittany Norwood.
506
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A black lululemon cap in the back seat had a
507
00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.820
bloodstain on the inside in the exact same position as
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the wound that Brittany had obtained to the centre of
509
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her forehead. DNA analysis confirmed it was Brittany's blood. Detectives
510
00:40:42.190 --> 00:40:44.849
wondered if Brittany could have been the person the patrol
511
00:40:44.909 --> 00:40:48.329
officer had seen sitting in the driver's seat after the attack.
512
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This speculation was not enough to place Brittany under arrest
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and so she was permitted to leave the station. The
514
00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:02.000
next day, Brittany's brother Chris called the detectives to let
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00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:04.610
them know that his sister had something she wanted to
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00:41:04.650 --> 00:41:09.409
get off her chest. Brittany soon arrived at the station
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with Chris and one of her sisters by her side.
518
00:41:13.769 --> 00:41:16.670
She told detectives there was something she had been keeping
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00:41:16.710 --> 00:41:20.750
from them because she was frightened. She had in fact
520
00:41:20.869 --> 00:41:23.550
been in Jaina's car on the night of her murder.
521
00:41:25.809 --> 00:41:29.489
Brittany claimed that midway through the assault, her attacker ordered
522
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her to move Jaina's car which was parked outside the store.
523
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00:41:37.519
He didn't offer any explanation as to why, but as
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detailed in Murder in the Yoga Store, Brittany told detectives, quote,
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They said that if I was to pass anyone and
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open my mouth, I can consider myself dead. and that
527
00:41:50.650 --> 00:41:53.269
one of them would be watching me the entire time.
528
00:41:54.949 --> 00:41:57.570
I remember seeing a cop, and I was just too
529
00:41:57.630 --> 00:42:03.570
scared to even flag him down. Brittany said she parked
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00:42:03.630 --> 00:42:07.030
the car a few blocks away and walked back to Lululemon,
531
00:42:07.429 --> 00:42:13.030
passing pedestrians whilst covered in blood. Nobody noticed her injuries,
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00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.840
and she was too scared to ask anyone for help.
533
00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:22.780
Detectives Drury and Reuven were beyond dubious and figured that
534
00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:27.610
Brittany was trying to cover her tracks. They questioned why
535
00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:32.130
she didn't keep driving to safety. She explained that her
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00:42:32.190 --> 00:42:34.949
attackers knew where she lived and she didn't want them
537
00:42:35.010 --> 00:42:39.570
to come back. No matter how hard the detectives tried,
538
00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:45.949
Brittany didn't budge from her story. Eventually, they gave up.
539
00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:50.780
They summoned Brittany's siblings into the interview room and said,
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Brittany killed Jaina. Brittany's siblings listened in horror as Detective
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Drury detailed the extensive evidence that pointed to Brittany Norwood
542
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as the sole perpetrator of the assault that killed Jaina Murray.
543
00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:15.179
Any credibility to her story about two masked men was
544
00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:19.769
dispelled and when the men captured on CCTV were identified
545
00:43:19.849 --> 00:43:23.800
as two kitchen hands in a nearby restaurant hurrying to work.
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The men were interviewed by detectives and ruled out as
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00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:34.360
suspects immediately. It was purely coincidental that they happened to
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walk into the CCTV surveillance just after the attack had
549
00:43:38.190 --> 00:43:44.079
taken place. The week of forensic investigations into the store
550
00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:48.099
had provided ample evidence that pointed to Brittany's guilt, with
551
00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:51.599
the analysis of Jaina's car being the final piece of
552
00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:57.480
the puzzle. Further interviews with the Apple employees who heard
553
00:43:57.559 --> 00:44:02.019
noises coming from the Lululemon store revealed they heard not one,
554
00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:05.239
but two female voices on the night of the attack.
555
00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:10.429
They seemed to be arguing loudly before the screaming began.
556
00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:15.139
Just before one of the women could be heard yelling,
557
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God help me, another female voice was heard screaming, Talk
558
00:44:20.539 --> 00:44:27.099
to me. Don't do this. What's going on? From the
559
00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:30.840
very beginning, even Brittany's brother Chris had found it strange
560
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that Jaina had received such brutal injuries, while Brittany had
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00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:39.239
received superficial injuries that only required a short stay in hospital.
562
00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:44.539
Brittany tried to explain this to detectives, saying that she
563
00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:47.440
had been spared from the brunt of the attack because
564
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her rapist said she was, quote, fun to fuck. However,
565
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Brittany was examined by a nurse trained in treating victims
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of sexual assault. She found there were no clinical signs
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that Brittany had been raped, nor any physical injuries that
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00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:09.530
would be expected following a rough sexual assault with a
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coat hanger. there were also no traces of semen found
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at the scene. Even though Jaina's pants had been slit,
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she hadn't been sexually assaulted either. The area of blood
572
00:45:25.409 --> 00:45:28.630
near her genitals was actually pooling from another wound on
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00:45:28.670 --> 00:45:35.010
her body. In her original statement to detectives, Brittany claimed
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she had not been near Jaina's body once the two
575
00:45:37.869 --> 00:45:43.190
had been separated. However, Three days after the attack, Brittany
576
00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:46.780
provided another statement in which she claimed to have just
577
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remembered that her attacker had pushed her onto Jaina's bleeding
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00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:56.599
body in an effort to psychologically torture her. Detectives believed
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Brittany had made up this story to explain why traces
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00:46:00.289 --> 00:46:05.670
of her blood were found on Jaina's body. It was
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determined that all of the injuries Brittany sustained could have
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00:46:09.269 --> 00:46:14.590
been self-inflicted. The lacerations to her upper back were only
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in positions that someone could reach with their own hands.
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They were all superficial and uniform in depth and appearance,
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indicating Brittany hadn't struggled when they were being inflicted. Brittany
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had claimed she'd been cut with various instruments
while she
587
00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:36.210
had her clothes on. However, there were no lacerations in
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00:46:36.409 --> 00:46:41.090
any of her clothing. When Brittany was found, her hands
589
00:46:41.130 --> 00:46:45.510
were ziplocked together high above her head. There was no
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00:46:45.610 --> 00:46:48.230
reason for this, as she could have lowered her arms
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any time. It seemed to detectives that she was putting
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00:46:53.570 --> 00:46:59.110
on a show. Analysis of the zip ties used to
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00:46:59.150 --> 00:47:03.300
restrain her wrists and ankles revealed bite marks and DNA
594
00:47:03.469 --> 00:47:06.760
where Brittany had used her teeth to secure them herself.
595
00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:12.880
A two-inch laceration between Brittany's right thumb and forefinger was
596
00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:18.369
originally labelled a defensive wound caused by a knife. However,
597
00:47:18.769 --> 00:47:22.710
analysis of the laceration indicated it had been caused by
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00:47:22.769 --> 00:47:26.409
a knife slipping in Brittany's hand as she stabbed Jaina
599
00:47:26.570 --> 00:47:32.199
and lost her grip. Because the attack on Jaina had
600
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been so brutal and left her face so disfigured, It
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00:47:36.050 --> 00:47:39.409
pointed to someone who knew Jaina and had immense feelings
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00:47:39.469 --> 00:47:45.690
of hatred towards her, not a random burglar. It begged
603
00:47:45.789 --> 00:48:08.329
the ultimate question. Why would Brittany murder Jaina? Brittany Norwood
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came from a family of high achievers. She performed well
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in school and received good grades, but it was on
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00:48:12.820 --> 00:48:35.650
the soccer field that she really shone. Brittany received an
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00:48:35.730 --> 00:48:39.340
athletic scholarship at Stony Brook University where she was named
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00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:43.639
the team's most valuable player. With dreams of becoming a
609
00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:49.460
social worker, Brittany was also studying sociology and psychology. But
610
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in 2004, she was asked to leave the university after
611
00:48:53.139 --> 00:48:58.170
multiple friends accused her of stealing from them. Brittany broke
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down and admitted to it. She promised not to do
613
00:49:01.530 --> 00:49:04.909
it again However, she didn't stay true to her word.
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She later stole $ 300 from one of her sister's purses
615
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during a family gathering, although she wholeheartedly denied doing so.
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Although she had told family and friends she had graduated,
617
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Brittany left the university before completing her degree. She secured
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a job working at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, situated a
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stone's throw from the White House. Things were looking up
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for Brittany. She was well-liked and quickly promoted. once winning
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the title of Employee of the Quarter. However, Brittany also
622
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had a secretive side. In 2007, she broke up with
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her boyfriend of 18 months. The following year, she broke
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into his house and stole various items, including jewellery, blank
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cheques and car keys. Brittany's ex filed a restraining order
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against her, claiming she had also been physically abusive towards
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him and he feared for his safety. Brittany violated the
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restraining order within two weeks and an arrest warrant was
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subsequently issued but never executed. Authorities were busy with more
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serious crimes and the warrant expired after a year. With
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the goal of becoming a personal trainer, Brittany left her
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job at the hotel and started working at the Lululemon
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store in Georgetown, D.C. Shortly after, a co-worker accused her
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of stealing money from the tills. In January 2011, Brittany
635
00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:48.280
was fired after her boss accused her of abusing her
636
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store discount. Brittany disputed this and in the end, management
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at Lululemon decided not to fire her Instead, she was
638
00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:04.769
transferred to the Bethesda store. As detailed in the book
639
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The Yoga Store Murder, after meeting up with her future co-workers,
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Brittany sent one of them a text message which read,
641
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You have such a solid team. I know it'll be
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00:51:16.780 --> 00:51:24.960
a great experience. Over the coming weeks, several employees at
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the Bethesda store noticed that certain items were missing. When
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these employees confronted the store manager, she checked the roster
645
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and noticed Brittany had been working each time that something disappeared.
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Two days prior to the store attack, at a weekly
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leadership meeting which included Jaina Murray, the team huddled together
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and discussed how they were going to catch Brittany in
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the act so she could be legitimately fired. They joked
650
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about setting up a nanny cam inside
the store. In
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the end, the team decided that the best course of
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action would be to announce to all staff the possibility
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that a thief was amongst them and then see what happened.
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Before their co-workers left on Friday March 11, Jaina commented,
655
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I have to close with the thief tonight. Do you
656
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think I will catch her? Jaina and Brittany worked happily
657
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together that evening, but when it came time to lock up,
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Jaina asked to look inside Brittany's bag. It was store
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policy to do so. When Brittany opened her bag, Jaina
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spotted a pair of Lululemon yoga pants with tags attached,
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but no store receipt. Brittany denied stealing them, claiming she
662
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had bought them earlier in the day. As the computer
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system had already been shut down for the night, Jaina
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told Brittany not to worry. They would sort it out later.
665
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Then they left the store. On her way to her car,
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Jaina called the employee who Brittany claimed sold her the
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yoga pants. The employee denied doing so. Jaina called her
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boss Rachel, who told Jaina not to worry about it.
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Now that they had caught Brittany in the act, Rachel
670
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planned to dismiss her the following day. Just as Jaina
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began driving home, her phone rang. It was Brittany who
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had lost her wallet and needed Jaina to let her
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into the store. As detailed in Murder in the Yoga Store,
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after being let inside, Brittany likely asked Jaina what was
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going to happen now that she had been found with
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stolen merchandise. Although the details of the conversation aren't known,
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their escalating voices could be overheard in the Apple store
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next door. Forensic analysis showed Brittany first attacked Jaina in
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the back storeroom by hitting her on the back of
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the head with a metal bar. Jaina attempted to fight back,
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but the violent attack continued. The final blow was from
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a knife kept in the back room of the store.
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Jaina had parked her car in a no-standing area right
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outside the store, thinking she'd just be running in for
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a few minutes. Knowing that Jaina's car would draw attention there,
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Brittany rummaged through Jaina's bag until she found her keys.
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She drove Jaina's Pontiac to a parking lot three blocks
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away where she sat to think about what to do next.
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Had the patrol officer investigated when he drove past, he
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would have caught Brittany covered in blood. Brittany returned to
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the store and stood in the huge amount of blood
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that had pooled around Jaina's body She then walked bloody
693
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shoe prints around the cash registers and safes before replacing
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her shoes with the men's Reeboks kept in the store
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and repeating the process. Brittany then washed both pairs in
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the back sink. She put her New Balance running shoes
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back on and walked the Reeboks back to the drawer
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in the table. As she walked, her own shoelaces left
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little marks of diluted blood. Brittany then threw clothes from
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the hangers and toppled over mannequins to make it appear
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as though a struggle had taken place. At some stage,
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she slit the crotch of Jaina's pants to make it
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seem as though she had been sexually assaulted. With the
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scene complete, Brittany then inflicted several cuts to her own body,
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cut open the crotch to her yoga pants, restrained her
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hands and feet, and lay on the bathroom floor. All
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she had to do then was wait for someone to
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find her. Brittany's brother and sister sat in shock as
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Detective Drury listed the evidence pointing to Brittany's guilt. They
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did not believe she could unleash such a brutal assault
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resulting in murder over a pair of stolen yoga pants.
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Detective Drury was upset for the Norwood family as he
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considered them lovely and cooperative people. Brittany's father had even
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invited him to go fishing once the investigation was over.
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The detective himself struggled to come to terms with Brittany's guilt,
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telling her family, quote,
I did not want to believe
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it at first. I did not want to believe it.
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On Friday March 18, one week to the day since
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the attack, Brittany was arrested for first degree murder. The
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day of the arrest coincided with Jaina's funeral. Over 200
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people gathered to say goodbye to Jaina, including the founder
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and CEO of Lululemon. As Jaina's parents drove to the chapel,
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they received a call from detectives informing them they had
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made an arrest. They were horrified to learn the person
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who killed their daughter was Brittany Norwood. Following Brittany's arrest,
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the state prosecutor met with the Janus family to see
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if they would accept a plea deal instead of going
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to trial. The plea bargain entailed that Brittany would serve
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15 years of her sentence and then become eligible for parole.
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Jaina's family refused to accept this and a trial date
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was announced. Ten days before the trial, the judge dealt
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a blow to the prosecution. They would not be allowed
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to give evidence regarding the telephone conversations between Jaina and
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Rachel just prior to the murder, in which Jaina told
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her boss she had caught Brittany stealing. Classified as hearsay,
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this ruling was critical. as it meant that the prosecution
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could not argue a motive for Jaina's murder. Brittany's trial
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began on October 24, 2011, in the Montgomery County Circuit
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Court in Rockville, Maryland. Over 200 exhibits and 25 witnesses
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were called, including the Apple Store employees who recounted hearing
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Jaina's cries for help. the prosecutor conceded that Brittany had
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played her part very well. He admitted that had she
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discarded the men's Reebok shoes instead of returning them to
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the drawer and left Jaina's car parked in its original location,
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Brittany may have gotten away with murder. In his opening statement,
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Brittany's defence attorney stunned the jury and onlookers when he
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cut straight to the point and admitted Brittany's guilt, saying,
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There was a horrific fight, and during that fight, Brittany
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Norwood lost it. Jaina was killed by Brittany. There was
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no point in maintaining her innocence. The evidence against her
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was too overwhelming. Rather, Brittany was seeking to be convicted
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for second-degree murder instead of first. On November 2 2011,
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the jury deliberated for only 21 minutes. before finding Brittany
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Norwood guilty for the first-degree murder of Jaina Murray. As
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both families cried at the verdict, Brittany remained still and silent,
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showing no emotion. Less than 24 hours later, Jaina's parents
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went shopping at the Bethesda Lululemon store that had since
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reopened following their daughter's murder. Her father David told CBS
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that there was an important reason for their visit, saying,
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Nothing will start until we pass the first day of
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the new normal we're searching for, so this was the
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appropriate location. Jaina's mother added, We have always had Lululemon
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gifts under the tree for Christmas, and we decided this
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year was not going to be any different. Brittany was
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sentenced two months later on January 27, 2012, with over
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200 spectators crowding the courtroom. Jaina's family spoke openly about
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the impact that her murder had on their lives, with
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her brother Hugh saying, March 12, 2011 was my family's
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September 11, 2001. Nothing will ever be normal. Nothing will
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ever be the same. Jaina's brother Dirk said that he
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and his two sons draw pictures and we write notes
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and we burn them so they can rise in the
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smoke up to heaven. Jaina's murder had a profound impact
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on his two young boys and he told the courtroom
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that instead of checking the closet for boogeymen before bed,
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they check for Brittany Norwood. Brittany finally broke the silence
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that she'd maintained for the entire trial, begging for mercy
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and a chance of parole. In tears, she said, For
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the Murray family, what do I say when your daughter's
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gone and I'm the one
convicted of her murder? I
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know what I say today won't take the pain away
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over the loss of Jaina. I hope for the Murray family,
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someday you'll be able to find forgiveness in your heart.
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I am truly sorry. To illustrate the horrific nature of
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the assault and murder committed by Brittany, an emotional judge
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told the courtroom that one night he went home and
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banged his fist against a table 300 times. This was
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to mimic the hand movements of Brittany as she attacked
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Jane up. It took him over eight minutes. He told Brittany,
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You mutilated this woman and with every blow you had
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01:03:01.829 --> 01:03:05.289
a chance to think about what you were doing. You
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01:03:05.369 --> 01:03:08.320
reveled in the gore and the lies that you told
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01:03:08.429 --> 01:03:13.139
afterward were incredible. You're one hell of a liar, ma'am.
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Addressing the families, the judge was overcome with emotion as
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he said, We don't pick our families, but frankly, if
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I had to pick a family, I'd want either the
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Norwoods or the Murrays. Brittany was then sentenced to life
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imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Jane's family clapped and
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cheered as the sentence was read out. Outside of the courtroom,
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Jane's father said the apology from Brittany was too little
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01:03:49.599 --> 01:03:52.769
too late. and just a last-ditch effort to have her
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sentence reduced. Brittany appealed her conviction on the grounds that
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her initial interviews with detectives should have been omitted from
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the trial as she hadn't been read her Miranda rights.
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The appeals judge dismissed this, saying that Brittany was initially
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interviewed as a victim, not a suspect. Jaina's murder continued
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01:04:19.739 --> 01:04:23.059
to impact staff at the Apple store next door, with
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01:04:23.159 --> 01:04:28.809
manager Lara relocating to another store. The security guard who
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was on duty the night of the murder felt immensely
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sad about his role in the night's events. Having previously
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worked in rough neighbourhoods, it never crossed his mind that
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something more than an argument between two people was happening
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in the yoga store. Had he been working in a
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more dangerous location, he would have acted on the noise.
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Jaina's brother Hugh was serving in the military at the
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time of the murder and had left Iraq to be
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with his family in the wake of the crime. When
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he returned to Iraq several weeks later, a parcel was
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waiting for him. It was from Jaina who had mailed
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it shortly before she was killed. As detailed in the
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yoga store murder, Hugh opened it hesitantly, aware that it
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would be the final communication he would ever have with
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his sister. Jaina had sent him a running cap with
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a greeting card that listed things that didn't work on
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01:05:31.170 --> 01:05:40.619
their own. Chips without dip, macaroni without cheese, me without you. Inside,
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she had signed off, Take care and be safe. Love
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you and miss you. Jaina In the wake of Jaina's murder,
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a stained glass window was erected over the doorway to
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the main entrance of the Bethesda Lululemon store in her memory.
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The colourful mosaic featured the word love emblazoned in red
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cursive script. it became a local landmark known throughout town
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as the Love Window. In December 2017, the Lululemon store
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01:06:18.849 --> 01:06:24.280
relocated to another vacant lot on Bethesda Row. Unable to
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keep the stained glass window, Lululemon shipped it to Jaina's
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brother Hugh, who told NBC Washington, It means a lot
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to us as it represents Jaina. we definitely wanted to
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preserve that and have it in our home. As a
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01:06:43.500 --> 01:06:46.880
means of preserving Jaina's memory and the impact she had
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to those who knew her, Jaina's family started the Jaina
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01:06:50.719 --> 01:06:57.280
Troxell Murray Foundation. Still in existence, this foundation provides scholarships
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to those in financial need, with the hope that recipients
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01:07:00.949 --> 01:07:04.250
will be afforded the same opportunities that Jaina had to
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01:07:04.309 --> 01:07:09.980
succeed in life. Jaina's memory lives on in a video
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she posted to YouTube three months before she was murdered.
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In the clip, Jaina can be seen living her life
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to the fullest by going bungee jumping to celebrate her
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01:07:21.530 --> 01:07:27.210
30th birthday. The video is accompanied by the song Learning
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to Fly by Tom Petty and shows Jaina as she
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and her family would want her to be remembered. Full
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of energy, joy and positivity.
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Thank you.
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We'll see you next time.