WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:04.120 Hi, Nineties Crimetime family. Simone here, and if you like 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.719 the show and like to follow along for new episodes, 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.119 make sure to follow the show, not just download, so 4 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:15.080 you never miss out on new episodes from nineties Crimetime. Also, 5 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:16.960 if you love the show, make sure to tell your 6 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:22.399 friends and family so they don't miss out as well. Thanks. Hello, 7 00:00:23.440 --> 00:00:28.440 It's July ninth, twenty twenty six. My name is Simone 8 00:00:28.640 --> 00:01:03.520 and this is nineties Crimetime. Hello, and welcome to this 9 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:08.079 brand new episode of nineties Crimetime. And if you're new 10 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:12.560 to nineties Crimetime, welcome to the show. Like always, I 11 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:14.359 hope you all have had a great week so far 12 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:18.400 and you're enjoying your weekend. And I don't really have 13 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.560 any pre show notes or anything like that, So with that, 14 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:42.400 let's dive into today's case. The year was nineteen ninety 15 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.959 five and in the mostly affluent city of Naples, Florida. 16 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:50.359 This city was known as a paradise of the South. 17 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:56.079 You see around this time in Naples, developers cater to 18 00:01:56.120 --> 00:02:01.879 many millionaires, billionaires, and retirees by building massive homes with 19 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:06.319 large gates and golf courses surrounding them, as well as 20 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:12.039 luxurious senior communities. Country clubs were also the place to 21 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:15.240 be seen and to brag, and people loved that their 22 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.360 high class enclaves were surrounded by streets lined with beautiful 23 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:24.840 palm trees. Also, by this time, many locals flocked to 24 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:29.000 the nearby beautiful beaches, and if you were wealthy, you'd 25 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:32.280 be at the beach in your cabana or yacht, as 26 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:37.000 there was a huge marina culture. The locals weren't the 27 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:40.639 only ones who flocked to the beaches either, As reports state, 28 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.840 Naples was a pretty big tourist destination, with many vacationers 29 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:49.280 soaking up the sun at the beach, buying trinkets from 30 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:54.680 roadside chains along major routes, and or dining one of 31 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:59.680 the expensive seafood restaurants. However, when the wining and dining 32 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:03.520 in parks alreadying wound down outside the busiest tourist strips, 33 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.599 Naples could feel eerily quiet. You see, not all of 34 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:12.919 Naples residents were living in multimillion dollar mansions or driving ferraris. 35 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:17.879 Many were living in smaller homes, working paycheck to paycheck. 36 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.680 Instead of picnics at the beach, many had picnics in 37 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:26.919 the parks, and instead of five star restaurants. They ate 38 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:31.599 at their local diner or chain restaurant, and that was 39 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:36.439 just fine. They liked that routine. However, on a fall 40 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:40.360 morning in nineteen ninety five, when many residents from Naples 41 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:43.639 and the surrounding area flocked in one of their favorite 42 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:47.479 laid back chain restaurants for breakfast, they'd be shocked to 43 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:50.840 learn it was closed. And it wasn't due to a 44 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:55.520 lack of business. Instead, it was due to a gruesome massacre. 45 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:00.159 In the following case, you'll find out what a riffick 46 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:05.319 event happened here, the investigation and the shocking aftermath in 47 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:34.959 a case I title. Before the restaurant was opened, in 48 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.360 the early morning hours of November fifteenth, nineteen ninety five, 49 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.360 a worker at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Naples arrived 50 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:49.279 for her shift at around four fifty am. As most 51 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:52.360 early morning and late night workers did. She rang the 52 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:56.240 doorbell to let her coworkers, who were already inside, know 53 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.560 she had arrived and to ask them to open the 54 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:05.240 locked door for her, since the restaurant was not open yet. However, 55 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:09.079 after ringing the doorbell once and strangely not getting an answer, 56 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.759 she rang it again and still no one came to 57 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.720 the door, although she knew a few of her co 58 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:21.360 workers were scheduled before her. After a few minutes had passed, 59 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.360 more of her co workers reported for work before the 60 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:29.199 restaurant was to open at six a m. The worker 61 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.480 told her newly reported coworkers that she was unable to 62 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:35.959 get in, and after that some of them looked through 63 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:40.759 the restaurant's windows to see what was going on. Still, 64 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.639 after not getting a clear picture of anyone inside when 65 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.720 there should have been, some of the workers went to 66 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:53.120 the nearby shell gas station to call the restaurant. Reports 67 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.759 state the workers called several times, but after no one answered, 68 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:02.040 they called the police. When a deputy arrived at Cracker Barrel, 69 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:05.720 they reportedly walked around the building and also looked through 70 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:10.199 some windows, but they waited until backup arrived before breaking 71 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:16.680 into the restaurant. After backup officers arrived, they entered the restaurant. 72 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:23.720 At first, nothing seemed out of place or in disarray. However, 73 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.160 when they arrived at the back of the restaurant, near 74 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:31.399 the walking cooler, they noticed stains of blood, and when 75 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.839 they pried the door open, they came across the ghastly 76 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:39.759 sight of three workers inside the cooler and they were dead. 77 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.839 After the discovery, an officer reported back to the workers 78 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:49.120 who remained outside and told them about finding their coworkers, 79 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.360 and after hearing from the coworkers again, police learned the 80 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.959 victims were manager thirty eight year old Dorothy Siddle, cooked 81 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:04.879 twenty seven year old Vicki Smith, and evening maintenance worker 82 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:31.439 twenty one year old Jason Wiggins. According to reports, although 83 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.639 Dorothy Siddle was a manager at the Cracker Barrel in Naples, 84 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.600 she wanted to manage a cracker barrel closer to her 85 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.959 and her husband's hometown in Palmetto, Florida, which was two 86 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:49.160 hours away, as she wanted to eventually return home. Reports 87 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:51.920 also state that Dorothy was a devoted wife and mother 88 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:56.600 to her and her husband's teenage children, and she was 89 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:01.079 a devout Christian. She was also dedicated to her job, 90 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:04.560 and in fact, the only reason Dorothy and her family 91 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:07.680 lived in the Naples area was so she could train 92 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.319 to be a manager there, since Naples Cracker Barrel was 93 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.759 larger than the one in Palmetto. Vicky Smith, a cook 94 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.720 at Cracker Barrel, had been in a long term relationship 95 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:22.959 and she and her boyfriend had a seven year old 96 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:27.560 son who was said to be Vicki's whole world. She'd 97 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:29.839 worked at Cracker Barrel for about a year and a half, 98 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:34.039 and she, just like Dorothy, was dedicated to her job. 99 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.840 Vicky was so dedicated that she'd wake up extra early 100 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:41.559 to leave home at four am for her four forty 101 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.039 am shift. She also liked the early shift because by 102 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.480 the time she got off, she could spend time with 103 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:53.480 her son when he got home from school. Jason Wiggins 104 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:57.519 worked the overnight maintenance shift, but outside of work, he 105 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:03.200 loved music, especially playing his guitar. Jason was also close 106 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.519 to his family, and in fact, his brother worked at 107 00:09:06.519 --> 00:09:10.039 Cracker Barrel in the same position, but he was off 108 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.399 that night. His brother also remembered Jason as a team 109 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:18.360 player and hard worker, even though he spent many nights 110 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.360 working and cleaning the restaurant alone, which meant time away 111 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:52.840 from hanging out with his friends. At the crime scene, 112 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:58.240 this is where it gets grusome. According to reports, when 113 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.320 police found the bodies of Dorothy, Vicki, and Jason, they 114 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:08.159 noticed that all three had their wrists bound with electrical tape. 115 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:13.399 But while both of Dorothy's wrists were bound, Jason and 116 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:18.000 Vicki's tape had come loose, leaving one of their wrists free, 117 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:25.440 and horrifically, all three victims' throats had been slit. Police 118 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:28.600 also noticed a set of bloody footprints leading from the 119 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.399 freezer to the back office, and there detectives discovered the 120 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:40.039 restaurant's safe had been robbed of several thousand dollars. At 121 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.799 a press conference the next day, a lead detective told 122 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.919 reporters that since they had discovered only one set of 123 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.720 bloody footprints, they initially thought there was only one suspect. 124 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.759 They also thought that since the restaurant was off Interstate 125 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.720 seventy five, whoever did this could be easily kill rob 126 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:06.039 and flee back on the road, and even though it 127 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:09.960 was very early in the investigation, the detectives thought he 128 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:13.320 and his team had an idea of what had happened 129 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:19.639 early the previous morning. According to reports, the detectives told 130 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:23.440 the press that on November fifteenth, the restaurant's alarm went 131 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.600 off at around four thirty am when Dorothy arrived for work. 132 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:33.080 Jason was already there since he worked overnight, and since 133 00:11:33.159 --> 00:11:37.039 Vicky's shift was at four forty, they presumed she arrived 134 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:42.679 shortly after Dorothy. Then the detective said the robbery more 135 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:47.519 than likely occurred between four thirty and four fifty, and 136 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:51.440 that the suspect forced either Dorothy and or Vicki to 137 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:57.200 let them inside. Then after the robbery and killings, the 138 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:00.840 suspect fled out the back door through a field nearby. 139 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.039 As detectives saw money, two stacks of dollar and five 140 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:09.679 dollar bills and coins to be exact, and a cigarette 141 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.559 butt there which they took in for testing. They also 142 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.080 sent in a knife that was left randomly in the 143 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:20.000 kitchen area, which they believed may have been used in 144 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:25.679 the triple slaying. At the scene, detectives also dusted the 145 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.480 vehicles left behind by the victims, checking to see if 146 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:34.159 any other fingerprints were on their cars, but until they 147 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.799 got answers from the crime lab. Detectives welcomed any tips 148 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:43.240 and information from the workers and general public, and Cracker 149 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.720 Barrel Corporate offered a twenty five thousand dollars reward for 150 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:51.320 information as well. Reports state that in the days following 151 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:56.879 the murders, tips started to trickle in slowly about potential suspects. 152 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.519 Another report stated that detective told the press there were 153 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.639 four suspects who were serial robbers in the area that 154 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:11.440 they were looking at, but later those suspects were panned out. 155 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:18.039 As the investigation continued, detectives continued to interview other Cracker 156 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:22.519 Barrel workers, the victims' families, and continued to ask the 157 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:29.039 general public for any information. However, by now detectives figured 158 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.480 the suspect of suspects more than likely were really familiar 159 00:13:32.559 --> 00:13:35.720 with the restaurant, as they possibly knew the schedules of 160 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:40.519 the victims, unless they were really lucky lookouts and guessed 161 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:46.840 the right time to attack. Meanwhile, while the investigation continued, 162 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:50.360 Cracker Barrel still offered its twenty five thousand dollars reward 163 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:55.120 for information, and although a small memorial remained outside the 164 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:59.879 restaurant to honor Dorothy Vicki and Jason, the Cracker Bear 165 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.399 Marylyn Naples reopened on November twenty fourth, nineteen ninety five, 166 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:10.799 nine days after the tragedy to their luck. By early December, 167 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.639 detectives started receiving highly credible information about possible suspects from 168 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.320 the victims' families, who told them to look at a 169 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:25.720 former employee named Brandy Baine Jennings and possibly his friend 170 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:32.000 from work, Jason Graves, Dorothy's husband, told detectives that Brandy 171 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:35.120 was a cook at Cracker Barrel and didn't do well there. 172 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.679 He said that Brandy was frequently disciplined at work, that 173 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.320 he felt overshadowed, and that he blamed Dorothy for not 174 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:48.639 getting promoted. Jason Wiggins's mother also told detectives that after 175 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.080 Brandy was fired, he continued to hang around the restaurant, 176 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.879 that both Jason and David thought he was trouble, and 177 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:01.480 that they never hung out with him. Detectives also learned 178 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:06.799 that shortly after his resignation, Brandy's coworker, Jason Graves quit. 179 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:12.559 Other reports also state that after Brandy and Jason were 180 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.960 named as credible suspects, detectives heard from an ex of 181 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.799 Brandy that she thought he may have had something to 182 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:23.480 do with the robberies and murders, and that he said 183 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:27.480 shortly before the murders that Dorothy was going to quote 184 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:33.360 unquote get hers and that he couldn't stand her voice. 185 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:36.360 With all of this information, detectives were now on the 186 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:40.320 hunt for Brandy and Jason. They put out a nationwide 187 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.879 bulletin in BOLO for the two. The bulletin also mentioned 188 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.720 that the two were armed and dangerous, and that according 189 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.200 to informants, the two were more than likely traveling in 190 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.879 a pickup truck and possibly fled to other parts of 191 00:15:55.879 --> 00:16:01.519 Florida or out west to possibly Texas, knew My Mexico, Oregon, 192 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:08.440 or Montana. Meanwhile, days later, on December eighth, nineteen ninety five, 193 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.919 an officer in Las Vegas, Nevada, was running a routine 194 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:15.320 check on the tag of a truck waiting in front 195 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:19.799 of him at a traffic light. It's unclear why the 196 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:23.440 officer ran the tag, but after they did, the check 197 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:27.440 revealed that the truck's occupants were possibly armed and dangerous. 198 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:33.960 The officer then called for backup. After backup arrived, the 199 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:38.960 first officer initiated a traffic stop. The truck pulled over, 200 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:42.559 but because the officer knew the driver and passenger might 201 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.919 be dangerous, they ordered the driver to throw the keys 202 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:52.600 out the window, but instead the driver sped away. Then 203 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.600 several police cars chased the occupants in the truck for 204 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.919 about fifteen miles until officers were able to stop and 205 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:06.079 capture them, and the suspects were identified as the driver, 206 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.200 twenty six year old Brandy Bain Jennings, and the passenger, 207 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:17.559 nineteen year old Charles Jason Graves will be back after 208 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:49.759 a quick break, according to reports. Brandy Bain Jennings was 209 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:53.160 born to divorced parents and raised by his mother, Tawny. 210 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.000 Not much as publicly known about his childhood, but what 211 00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:01.079 is known is that although he had friends growing up, 212 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:05.480 some saw him as a little quote unquote edgy and 213 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:11.079 sometimes weird. When he became an adult, Brandy worked jobs 214 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:14.599 here and there, but at Cracker Barrel was where he 215 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.200 thought he'd advance in life. He never made that much money, 216 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:23.039 but he thought he'd eventually get promoted from grill cook 217 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:28.319 to waiter to earn more. However, reports state that management 218 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:32.400 and even many of his coworkers noticed that Brandy looked unkempt, 219 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:38.000 had a quick temper, and was incredibly lazy. His supervisors, 220 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:42.640 including Dorothy, apparently told him that given his appearance and 221 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:47.400 lack of work ethic, he wouldn't be promoted. So Brandy 222 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:51.000 cut his long hair, although he hated it, and allegedly 223 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.799 tried to do better at work, but he still didn't 224 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:59.160 win management's approval. Even worse, he was still being paid 225 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:01.599 the same wages as of the cook, and he wasn't 226 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:04.920 making enough to pay his bills rent, and his girlfriend 227 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:10.519 complained he never spent money on her. Despite his issues 228 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:13.440 at work, he continued working at Cracker Barrel and met 229 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.079 a new coworker, Jason Graves, who was several years younger 230 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:22.240 than he was. According to reports, Charles Jason Graves was 231 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:24.680 born into an average family and grew up as a 232 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:28.559 typical young boy with his parents, twin brother and sister 233 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:33.279 in Fort Pierce, Florida. His friends from growing up were 234 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.920 called Jason as one of the softest and sweetest young 235 00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:39.240 boys who couldn't even hurt a fly and loved helping 236 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:44.880 them build tree forts and explore the woods. It's unclear 237 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.960 what his teenage years were like, but his friend said 238 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:51.319 Jason was mostly a follower, and after he got a 239 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.640 job as a dishwasher at Cracker Barrel when he turned eighteen, 240 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.920 his coworkers noticed that about Jason as well, especially no 241 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.039 sing that Jason seemed to follow Brandy and got close 242 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.880 to him. Meanwhile, as time went on, while Brandy worked 243 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:12.519 at Cracker Barrel, his coworkers repeatedly heard him expressed frustration 244 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:17.039 with Dorothy. He frequently called her a bitch and grew 245 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:22.359 increasingly frustrated that he still hadn't been promoted. A coworker 246 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:25.039 who spoke to the police said he and Dorothy always 247 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:29.519 had words, and he, just like Brandy's ex, told police 248 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.960 that Dorothy was going to quote unquote get hers after 249 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:37.200 doing everything Dorothy allegedly told him to do to get promoted, 250 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:43.759 only to not get the promotion. By September nineteen ninety five, 251 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:47.200 Brandy grew so frustrated that he pulled a no call, 252 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:50.680 no shoe at Cracker Barrel, then showed up days later 253 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:54.640 to tail management he was officially done and had another 254 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:59.720 job lined up. It's unclear whether he actually had another job, 255 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.480 but after he quit, so did Jason, since Brandy was 256 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:09.559 Jason's primary means of transportation. As previously mentioned, after both 257 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:13.519 men quit, at least Brandy hung around Cracker Barrel, still 258 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:16.799 talking about Dorothy with former co workers, and on one 259 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:20.640 occasion when Jason actually joined him for lunch there, he 260 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.920 heard Dorothy make some sort of announcement over the restaurant's 261 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:29.400 public address system. In response, a worker there heard Brandy say, 262 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.799 quote unquote, is Dorothy here? I hate her? I even 263 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:38.319 hate the sound of her voice, and after Brandy and 264 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:42.200 Jason were arrested, detectives from Naples got to Vegas to 265 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:47.680 interrogate them. According to reports, although there is not much 266 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:51.039 publicly known about whether or not Jason said much to 267 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:57.440 detectives about the murders, Jason did reportedly ask for an attorney. However, 268 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:00.559 when Brandy was first approached by detectives, he declined to 269 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.960 speak to them as well, but on December tenth, he 270 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:07.000 told them that he originally planned to cover for Jason, 271 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:10.559 but he had talked to his mother, decided it wasn't 272 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:13.240 worth it, and wanted to tell his side of the story. 273 00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:18.640 According to reports, Brandy told detectives that he felt disrespected 274 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.519 by management at Cracker Barrel and that he had quit, 275 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:24.759 but that he had got along with everyone while working there. 276 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:29.039 He also said that after he quit, he and Jason 277 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:32.359 worked random labor jobs, but they made nowhere near enough 278 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:38.480 money for everyday expenses. Brandy also said that in October 279 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:42.200 nineteen ninety five, one of his friends, who also used 280 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:45.599 to work at Cracker Barrel, suggested robbing the restaurant as 281 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:49.599 an easy way to make money. As a side note, 282 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:53.319 this friend also sold distructor Brandy, who was making payments 283 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:58.559 on it. After quitting Cracker Barrel, Brandy didn't have enough money, 284 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:01.400 so he said this was why his friend suggested robbing 285 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:06.200 the restaurant. Brandy continued and said his friend told him 286 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:09.279 that the restaurant brought in about five thousand dollars in 287 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:12.680 change in bags through the back door, and the morning 288 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:17.279 manager made a deposit each weekday between nine and ten am. 289 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.519 Brandy said he didn't think it was a bad idea, 290 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:24.720 but that he couldn't see himself partaking in a robbery. However, 291 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:27.839 he spoke with Jason and another friend who were also 292 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:30.559 desperate for money, and they came up with the plan 293 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:35.079 to rob Cracker Barrel. However, he and Jason's friend kept 294 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:37.960 backing out, so after a while it was just Brandy 295 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:42.400 and Jason planning the robbery. Brandy continued and said that 296 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.799 a few weeks before the November fifteenth murders, he and 297 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.799 Jason decided that first it was only supposed to be 298 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:52.359 a snatch and grab with no violence, but they'd forced 299 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:55.519 whoever the night manager was that evening aside to do 300 00:23:55.599 --> 00:24:02.000 the deed. However, they chickened out multiple times until November thirteenth. 301 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:05.279 That day, Brandy said he and Jason traveled to a 302 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:09.160 motel in Fort Myers, Florida, about an hour away, to 303 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:12.960 hatch their plan for the last time. He said they 304 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:15.640 traveled to Fort Myers because Jason was to receive a 305 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:20.440 work check at his mother's home, who lived there. He 306 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:23.559 then said that after Jason cashed the check, Jason bought 307 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:27.039 a daisy Co two pellet gun that looked like a 308 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:31.680 real forty five. Brandy said they planned to use the 309 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:35.599 gun to scare the employees and get inside. That way, 310 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.440 people would just do what they said and they wouldn't 311 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:42.119 have to hurt anyone. He also added that he and 312 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:45.359 Jason went to Fort Myers to establish alibis because they 313 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.960 both had friends there and would see them. On the 314 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:51.559 day of the murders. Brandy said he and Jason got 315 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:55.039 to Cracker Barrel around one or two AM and stayed 316 00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:59.079 in the truck in the woods until around three point thirty. 317 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:01.720 He said he noticed Jason Wiggins truck and later saw 318 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:06.319 Dorothy then Vicky pull up. Brandy said he approached Dorothy 319 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:08.519 and said his truck was stuck, and she offered to 320 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:13.119 call the tilling service after he asked her if he 321 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:16.279 could wait inside since it was chilly outside, but she 322 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:21.160 said no. Then, he said everything took a turn because 323 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:24.240 as Dorothy opened the door, Jason ran up on them 324 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:28.279 and rushed her. He said. Vicky started to back away, 325 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:31.480 but Brandy told her everything was okay and to go inside. 326 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:35.839 They all went in, and Jason instructed Dorothy to turn 327 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:40.519 off the alarm, which she did. Brandy said that Jason 328 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:45.000 Wiggins was inside sweeping, and Jason Graves ordered he, Vicky, 329 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.000 and Dorothy to the back. Brandy said he put on 330 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:51.759 gloves and bound Jason Wiggins and Vicki with the electrical tape, 331 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:55.440 while Jason Graves ordered Dorothy into the office to open 332 00:25:55.480 --> 00:26:00.359 the safe and get the money. Jason, according to Brandy, 333 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:03.920 stuffed the money into his bag, supposedly took the employees 334 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.519 to the walking cooler, and then went back to the 335 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:11.519 office to gather more money. Then, Brandy continued saying that 336 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:14.720 after they heard and other employees arrive and ring the 337 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:18.279 restaurant's buzzer, they panicked and knew they had to leave. 338 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:21.880 He said, though, as he went to flee out of 339 00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:27.119 the back, Jason spent more time inside. After a while, 340 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:30.079 Jason joined him, and he told them he placed the 341 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:34.640 hostages in the walking cooler. Brandy said that he went 342 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.960 back inside, though, to make sure the cooler was able 343 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:39.880 to be opened from the outside so the three could 344 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:43.839 be let out by other coworkers or the police. When 345 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:47.119 asked about the actual murders, he said it was pretty 346 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:50.519 much obvious Jason killed the workers and he had nothing 347 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:54.440 to do with that, as he considered all three, including Dorothy, 348 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:58.519 as his friends. When detectives confronted him about his bloody 349 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.599 shoeprint being found near the coop, Brandy backtracked and said 350 00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:05.000 he knew the victims were dead, but he went back 351 00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:08.440 to check on them one last time anyway, and that 352 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:13.119 after he did, he slipped on blood. However, despite his 353 00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:16.960 lengthy confession, detectives knew there was more evidence against him 354 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:22.039 than Brandy let on, and eventually he and Jason Graves 355 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.640 were charged with three counts of capital first degree murder 356 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.200 and one count of robbery with a deadly weapon. We'll 357 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:33.599 be back with the finality of this story After a 358 00:27:33.640 --> 00:28:03.960 final break. In October nineteen ninety six, Brandy's trial began, 359 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.640 with the prosecution seeking the death penalty, and in their 360 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.480 opening arguments, they said that the murders were not a 361 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:15.079 robbery gone wrong, but that this was a planned robbery 362 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:20.960 in which witnesses were intentionally eliminated. Even More, the state 363 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:25.000 portrayed Brandy as the driving force behind the crime. They 364 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:29.640 infantized that Brandy had worked at Cracker Barrel for about 365 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:34.079 eleven months, knew all three victims had discussed robbing the 366 00:28:34.119 --> 00:28:39.480 restaurant before, had made statements about not leaving witnesses, strongly 367 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:45.559 disliked Dorothy Siddle, and admitted participating in the robbery. Also, 368 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:49.799 Brandy's shoes matched the bloody impressions found inside the restaurant 369 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:55.480 and along the escape route. Reports state that during the trial, 370 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:59.839 Brandy's attorneys didn't deny his involvement because, after all, brand 371 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.960 new he admitted to participating in the robbery, helping tape 372 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:08.519 the victims, being inside the restaurant, being in the freezer area, 373 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:14.880 fleeing afterward, and traveling to Vegas with Jason Graves. However, 374 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:18.319 the attorneys argued Jason was the sole murderer and used 375 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:25.079 Brandy's lengthy initial confession to support that theory. Prosecution came back, though, 376 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:28.359 to refute their theory and presented to the court that 377 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:31.319 it was determined that the knife at the scene was 378 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:36.160 determined to be his. They called other witnesses who again 379 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:41.359 said Brandy frequently talked about revenge against Dorothy and about 380 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:46.920 wanting to rob Cracker Barrel. Prosecution also called two exotic 381 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:50.319 dancers who witnessed both Brandy and Jason partying at the 382 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:53.920 club in Fort Myers and freely given money to the dancers, 383 00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:58.599 specifically giving them each five hundred dollars, with some of 384 00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:04.599 the bills having bloodstains them. Prosecutors theorized that after the murders, 385 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.799 Brandy and Jason traveled back to Fort Myers to go 386 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.960 to the strip club. After several weeks of his trial 387 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:17.759 and deliberations, on October thirty first, nineteen ninety six, Brandy 388 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:22.559 Baine Jennings was found guilty of all charges, and on 389 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:27.119 December second, nineteen ninety six, a judge sentenced him to 390 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:30.920 death after the jury voted ten to two that that 391 00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:36.599 be his sentence. Meanwhile, Jason Gray's trial began back in 392 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:40.960 October nineteen ninety six as well, and prosecutors did not 393 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:43.440 seek the death penalty for him because they were not 394 00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:46.200 sure how much he had to do with the murders, 395 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:51.720 but they knew he wasn't innocent, however, after Jason testified 396 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:54.480 that he helped stand guard at the door with the 397 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:58.000 gun while Brandy slipped their victim's throats and helped him 398 00:30:58.039 --> 00:31:02.359 rob cracker barrel and laid In October, Jason Graves was 399 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:06.759 also found guilty and later sentenced to three life terms. 400 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:11.599 In the months and years after the verdicts, both the 401 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:16.960