WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:00.360 Hi. 2 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:02.759 I'm Tina, and I'm Rich. There's one thing we've learned 3 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:04.120 it over twenty years of marriage. 4 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.879 It's that some days you'll feel like killing your wife. 5 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:09.199 And some days you'll feel like killing your husband. 6 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:28.120 Welcome to love, Mary Kill, Hey Rich, Hey Tina. 7 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:28.640 How are you? 8 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:30.120 I am great. How are you doing. 9 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:32.640 I'm doing pretty okay. Despite everything that's going on in 10 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:33.039 the world. 11 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:34.520 There's a lot going on in the world. 12 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:36.960 It's still a million degrees here in. 13 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:38.159 Michigan, close to a million. 14 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.079 Yeah, yeah, and now we have this air quality alert 15 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.920 because of the fires in Canada. I think the air 16 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.719 quality is bad and a big part of the northern 17 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.200 part of our country. And what else is going on. 18 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:50.640 There's been some. 19 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.600 Bad the cyclospora outbreak, which is bad. You can't eat 20 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:56.119 any vegetables or anything. 21 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.399 Oh so myself an eight year olds are really happy 22 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:01.960 right now. I supposed to eat fruit or vegetables. I 23 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:04.239 don't know how serious we're supposed to take that. 24 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:08.319 Yeah, it does sound pretty pretty bad. It is. Though. 25 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.560 On a lighter note, it is National hot Dog Days, 26 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.640 So happy National hot Dog Day to you. 27 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.480 Same to you, And how did you celebrate? 28 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:16.519 I had a hot dog? 29 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:18.439 Did you what kind of hot dog? Did you have? 30 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:22.840 Just a regular old hot dog bun? And yeah, pretty 31 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.640 much brand deerborn brand hot dogs. 32 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:28.640 Oh it was the deerborn kind. Okay, that's a Michigan. 33 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:30.400 I knew that you had a hot dog because you 34 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:32.000 left the pan in the sink. 35 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:32.480 I did. 36 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:35.400 And you prefer your hot dog to be boiled, which 37 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.319 is the best way to get controversial. I don't know. 38 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:40.519 Well, if you've ever been to a baseball game, that's 39 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.400 how they make the hot dogs at the baseball game. 40 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:45.280 Is there in a thing of hot water and they 41 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.159 take it out of there, and it's just it's just delicious. 42 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.480 I think a lot of people prefer them grilled. I'm 43 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:53.920 laughing because our cats. One cat is in the room, 44 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.480 Cosmo is in the room, Clover is out of the room. 45 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:58.239 You close the door, I can't. 46 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:00.280 It's going to cause trouble, isn't it. Yeah. 47 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.640 And there's like this black paw like completely underneath the 48 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.400 door right now, and Cosmo is I don't know if 49 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.719 he's happy or if he's like, let my sister in. 50 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:11.439 I don't know. They're they're just special, that's all I 51 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:12.000 can say. 52 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:15.800 We're recording this on Wednesday, July fifteenth, late in the afternoon, 53 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.599 and the World Cup game is currently on between England 54 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.919 and Argentina. Who do you think who do you think 55 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.120 will win the World Cup? Well, there's this game and 56 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.240 then whoever this game goes. 57 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:29.240 To the final against Spain. 58 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.919 Yeah, so I and the finals on Sunday. So this 59 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:35.120 is our chance to be Yeah, like Nostradamis, I. 60 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:37.800 Don't really know. I haven't watched any Argentina games. I 61 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:39.800 have watched a game with England in it, and they 62 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:42.719 looked amazing. So I'm gonna I'm gonna pick England. It's 63 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:43.319 all the whole thing. 64 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:46.719 Yeah, I am also going to predict the same thing. 65 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.560 A lot of nice people in the UK that listen 66 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:49.879 to us. 67 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:51.240 I'm sure we have a lot of nice people in 68 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:52.439 Argentina and Spain. 69 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.639 Also true, but I don't talk to them as much 70 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:57.240 as I talk to people from the UK. So I'm 71 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:58.919 good luck to everyone. I hope everyone has it. 72 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:00.599 I just hope everyone has a good time, right. 73 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.000 I hope everyone leaves the game feeling good about themselves. 74 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:06.919 One more thing before we get to snack, we have 75 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.120 written an episode about the Nolan Wells case that has 76 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.319 been in the News and we haven't recorded it yet 77 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.400 because we're waiting for autopsy results. We don't want to 78 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:17.879 put any false information out there. We want to put 79 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:20.439 the most accurate information out that we can. 80 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.000 Yeah, and there's already a lot of speculation out there 81 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.800 in social media about this case. It's a really sad 82 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.719 and tragic case. It is taking a long time for 83 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:30.520 the autopsy results to come back. 84 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.199 Well, we are looking for the information and we're keeping 85 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.520 an eye on the case. But I did bring you 86 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:38.439 a snack last night. You messaged me. I think it 87 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.080 was about eight fifteen and you said, will you What 88 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:41.840 did you ask me? 89 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.400 I said, would you please go to Culver's and get 90 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.560 me a concrete mixer? 91 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:49.240 Yes? And Culver's is I think there are a lot 92 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:52.240 of places right now, but they are mostly in the Midwest. 93 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:56.680 And what do they call them, a dq blizzards blizzard. 94 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.240 That's right, I yeah, a lot of different places where 95 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:00.840 they have like soft serve ice cream or custard mixed 96 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:01.599 in with you know. 97 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.840 Yeah. And I would have gone to Olivers, but you 98 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:06.479 go to bed at like nine thirty. Yeah, So I 99 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:08.439 did go to the store and get you some ice 100 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.919 cream today. Really, I bought you two varieties of Jenny's. 101 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:14.560 I'll let you pick which one you want. I was 102 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.519 going to get like the local, fancy brand, but I 103 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:19.519 don't want to sample things that people aren't. 104 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:21.360 Yeah, on Jenny's is awesome. 105 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:26.480 So I got Blackout chocolate cake and Brambleberry crisp. I 106 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:27.319 know which one you're going to. 107 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.079 I'm going to take the chocolate the Blackout. 108 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:32.040 We're going to taste our ice cream really quick and 109 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:33.680 then put it in the freezer and then we'll be 110 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:34.120 right back. 111 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:34.560 Awesome. 112 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:42.279 Did you like the ice cream? 113 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.480 Oh? Man, that was amazing. It's about the chocolateest ice 114 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:46.639 cream I've ever had. 115 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:47.759 Have you had that one before? 116 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:48.800 No? I don't think so. 117 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:51.680 Okay, I've gotten that one before. The brambleberry crisp was 118 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:55.839 pretty good. It wasn't as good as the Blackout, Oh really, No, 119 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:57.360 it was good though. It was good though I don't 120 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.199 think you would have liked it though. I don't like blackberries. 121 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.160 I didn't realize that that was the fruit that was 122 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:03.519 in there. They didn't read the fine print. But it 123 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:04.199 was still really good. 124 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:05.199 Yeah, well, thank you for that. 125 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.439 You're very welcome. Was it as good as a concrete mixer? 126 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.240 Though yeah, it was right up there, I'd say, Okay. 127 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:13.360 Well, today we're going to tell you the tragic tale 128 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:17.519 of Monique Bowl. Everyday, real estate agents around the world 129 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.279 unlock the front doors of empty homes for people they've 130 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:23.800 never met. They answer questions, point out a home's best features, 131 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.360 and help prospective buyers imagine building a life there, all 132 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.600 with little more than a name, a phone number, and 133 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.879 the hope that the person standing beside them is exactly 134 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.079 who they claimed to be. Most showings, and the same way, 135 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.800 the buyers leave to think it over, the realtor turns 136 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.199 off the light, locks the door, and moves on to 137 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.639 the next appointment. On December thirtieth, twenty nineteen, twenty eight 138 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.839 year old Minneapolis area reeltor Monique Boo expected her showing 139 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:52.720 to end the same predictable way. The showing was at 140 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:56.040 a vacant home on Niagara Lane in Maple Grove, An, 141 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:59.519 a fluent Minneapolis suburb known for its quiet neighborhoods and 142 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.759 repute as one of the safest communities in the state. 143 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.480 It was a pretty two story yellow house, five bedrooms 144 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.800 and four baths on a quiet residential street. The buyer 145 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.040 cold called her and seemed very excited to see the house, 146 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:17.079 but the prospective clients never showed up. Later that day, 147 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:19.720 the buyer called to apologize and asked if they could 148 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:23.759 reschedule for the following afternoon, New Year's Eve. Monique agreed, 149 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.319 despite having plans with her family later that evening. Maybe 150 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:29.959 there was still time for one last sale before the 151 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.920 year came to an end. There was nothing about that 152 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.759 location that suggested danger. Monique had no way of knowing 153 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.879 that she wasn't walking into a routine home, showing she 154 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:43.759 had been intentionally lured there. This wasn't a crime of 155 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.959 opportunity or a chance encounter. Was the final step in 156 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:50.720 a carefully planned revenge plot. When Monique arrived at that house, 157 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:53.040 every piece was in place. 158 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.480 You know, I never considered before that being a realtor 159 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.399 could potentially be a dangerous job because you are, like 160 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.240 you said, meeting people that you have no idea who 161 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:05.199 they are, and usually you're meeting them in an empty home. 162 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:09.680 Especially being a female, it makes you very vulnerable. Monique 163 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.680 latrese Leanna Bao was born on October seventeenth, nineteen ninety one, 164 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:17.639 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Wanda and Frank Bao who divorced 165 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.600 when she was young. Monique was their only child together, 166 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.360 though her father, Frank, later had several more children. Wanda 167 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.439 and Monique had a very close relationship. It was the 168 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:29.920 two of them against the world. The rest of the 169 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:32.959 family was close knit as well. Monique was also close 170 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.439 to her cousins, who were more like siblings. After graduating 171 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.759 from high school, Monique worked as a server at several restaurants. 172 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.720 Her warmth and friendliness made her great at her job. 173 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.720 When in twenty eighteen, she decided she wanted to build 174 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.600 a new career, she enrolled in a real estate course, 175 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.959 passed her licensing exam, and joined the Chris Lin Dall 176 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.800 real estate group. She quickly discovered that she'd found her calling. 177 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.240 Monique loved helping people find their dream homes, and those 178 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.639 who knew her said she had a natural gift for 179 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.720 the job. Clients were drawn to Monique's warmth, infectious smile, 180 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:09.040 and easygoing personality. She had a way of making people 181 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.040 feel comfortable almost instantly. More than anything, though, Monique was 182 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.839 proud to be a mother. Her two young daughters were 183 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.199 the center of her world, and she worked hard to 184 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.720 build a career to make them proud and give them 185 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.720 the best life that she could. Monique had been dating 186 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:27.319 John Mitchell Momo, better known as Momo, a local rapper, 187 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.560 since they were teens. They welcomed two daughters in twenty 188 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:34.960 sixteen and twenty eighteen. Legacy and legend. Monique was a 189 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.320 wonderful mother and always put the children first. She was 190 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.399 working hard to build a future for them. As Monique's 191 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.480 real estate career was burgeoning, Momo's rap career was flourishing. 192 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:49.039 He'd collaborated with Little Baby, Rick Ross and the late 193 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.360 Nipsey Hustle, and had played the south By Southwest Music 194 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.600 Festival Rubbing Elbows with fifty cent. 195 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:55.919 So he was pretty big time there. 196 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.200 I mean I think he was getting miss gidding there. 197 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:58.639 Yeah. 198 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.159 When he signed with the record Big Black, it was 199 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:03.360 the break had been waiting for, with the promise of 200 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.840 a million dollar deal coming soon. On December sixteenth, twenty nineteen, 201 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.960 Momo twenty nine filmed a music video for one of 202 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:13.519 his songs, in which he stood in a shower surrounded 203 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.720 by stacks of cash, tossing bills into the air. Then 204 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.080 he placed the bills into a dryer and watched them 205 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:22.879 spin as an aspiring wrapper with a flashy image. He 206 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:25.639 may have thought that it fit his persona, but the 207 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:31.039 video didn't impress everyone. It infuriated his enemies, specifically one man, 208 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:35.600 Lynden Wiggins. Wanda, Monique's mother, was hopping mad when she 209 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:38.320 realized that he had filmed the video inside her home. 210 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.840 She confronted him, warning Momo that flaunting that kind of 211 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:45.720 money wasn't just reckless and was putting him, Monique and 212 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.519 the two baby girls in danger. Wanda later told Monique 213 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.600 his image will get us killed. For a love alike 214 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:55.639 for a share. On the day before New Year's Eve, 215 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.440 Monique was scheduled to show a home to two potential 216 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:01.639 buyers in Maple Grove at a Level A. Maple Grove 217 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.480 is an affluent, family oriented suburb about fifteen miles northwest 218 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.919 of downtown Minneapolis, home to roughly seventy thousand residents. It's 219 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:12.720 one of the fastest growing communities in the Twin Cities 220 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:16.519 and is known for its highly rated schools, well kept neighborhoods, 221 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.159 in abundance of parks, trails, and lakes. The city has 222 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:23.240 a strong ecodomy centered around a busy shopping area and 223 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:27.240 business district. Much of Maple Grove consists of quiet residential 224 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:32.240 neighborhoods where many families choose to settle. Monique's potential new client, 225 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:35.360 Lisa Polowski and her husband, planned to meet Monique at 226 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.480 the vacant house the next day, on December thirtieth. Lisa 227 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.840 was very persistent and even called Monique's personal cell phone, 228 00:10:42.039 --> 00:10:45.679 which surprised her. It made her question how she'd gotten 229 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.879 her private number. A lot of realtors have two phones, 230 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.120 their personal phone and their business funding, and she kept 231 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:55.320 them very separate from each other. Here is a clip 232 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:56.360 from Lisa's phone call. 233 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:01.840 Hi, Monique, my name is Lee the Palowski and I'm 234 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:02.919 interested in. 235 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:07.279 The property night Agora, Wayne North in Maple Grove, Minnesota. 236 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.799 Just give me a call. This is a property that 237 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.080 I'm really interested in and I'm hoping. 238 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:15.440 That after the walk through it, it is one that 239 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.720 I decide to go with. 240 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.480 Monique arrived first and let herself into the home so 241 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.080 she could familiarize herself with the layout before her clients arrived. 242 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.480 Another realtor was there showing the property to a couple. 243 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.080 After her clients left, the realtor chatted with Monique while 244 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.559 she waited for her own clients. Just then, Lisa called 245 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:38.000 her with an unusual question. She asked whether the stove 246 00:11:38.039 --> 00:11:41.000 in the house was gas or electric. She and her 247 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:44.000 husband had a bet, She claimed, it seemed like an 248 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.200 odd thing to call about when they would know the 249 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:48.799 answer as soon as they walked through the door minutes later. 250 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:52.120 It was the second time that this prospective client had 251 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:53.519 made Monique feel uneasy. 252 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:56.799 That is a really bizarre thing that would definitely make 253 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.759 my instincts on edge. Yeah. 254 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:04.080 Sure, Lisa Pulawski and her husband never showed it happens, 255 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.399 thought Monique. After she'd waited thirty minutes, she locked up 256 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.799 the house and went home. Later that evening, Lisa called Monique, 257 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.360 apologized profusely, and asked to reschedule the showing for the 258 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:17.840 following day, New Year's Eve. Wenique agreed to meet her 259 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.240 at three pm at the house in Maple Grove. 260 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:24.240 The next day. Momo arrived around two fifteen to stay 261 00:12:24.240 --> 00:12:27.120 with Legend and Legacy while Monique went to the showing. 262 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.159 It was about a thirty minute drive to Maple Grove 263 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.840 from Minneapolis. Monique was looking forward to ringing in the 264 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.879 New Year later with her daughter, cousins and their children. 265 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:40.559 While Momo was playing a show. She made salsa their 266 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:43.240 day before she left for the showing in Maple Grove. 267 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:46.600 It would be a night filled with food, drinks, laughter 268 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.320 and fun. As an only child, Monique's relationship to her 269 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:53.480 cousins was very important to her. It was her idea 270 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:56.159 to hold cousin Knight once a month so they could 271 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:59.639 all have at least one night guaranteed together amid everyone's 272 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:03.000 busy schedules. As Monique pulled up to the house on 273 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.159 Niagara Lane, she was on the phone with her cousin, Josie. 274 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.559 She told her that she had a bad feeling the 275 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:11.720 clients weren't going to show up again. Monique said she 276 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:14.440 would wait ten minutes then head home to get ready 277 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.600 for their Cousin's Night. She unlocked the door using the 278 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:20.639 realtor's lock box, leaving it open for the clients, and 279 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.559 entered the house. Just then, as Monique peered out the window, 280 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:28.480 a vehicle pulled into the driveway. The clients weren't driving 281 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:32.080 a car or suv that Monique expected them to arrive in. 282 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.080 They pulled up in a rented U haul truck. It 283 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.720 was odd, but Monique thought that maybe they were in 284 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:40.519 the middle of a move, and that explained their urgency 285 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:43.559 in seeing the house. Relieved that they hadn't stood her 286 00:13:43.639 --> 00:13:46.639 up again, Monique told Josie that she'd talk to her 287 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:50.200 later and ended the call. That was the last time 288 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.000 anyone in her family heard Monique's voice. At about three 289 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.080 point thirty, Josie called to see how the showing had gone, 290 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:00.600 but Monique didn't answer. Maybe the client going to make 291 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:03.639 an offer and that's why it's taking so long, Josie thought. 292 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:07.360 Moments later, she received a text message that read, can 293 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.840 I call you back? It may seem innocuous, but something 294 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.519 about it immediately bothered Josie. It wasn't the way Monique 295 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:18.600 normally talked to her. Fifteen minutes later, she texted Monique again, 296 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:22.720 but got no response. Momo had also sent Monique several 297 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.320 text messages. She hadn't answered him either. It just wasn't 298 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.879 like Monique to let texts go unanswered. Nearly two hours later, 299 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.679 at five point forty pm, Momo was sitting on the 300 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:36.840 stairs at Wanda's house texting Monique when he heard a 301 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.879 key inserted into the lock and saw the doorknob turn. 302 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:43.360 Assuming it was Monique coming home, he stood up to 303 00:14:43.399 --> 00:14:46.480 greet her when a man dressed entirely in black wearing 304 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:50.080 a ski mask with one wide eyehole, stepped inside and 305 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:54.960 immediately opened fire. Momo ran up the stairs shouting, I 306 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.480 am dead already. My babies are here. The man lumbered 307 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:02.639 up the stairs, chasing us him. He was shot multiple times, 308 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:07.200 suffering wounds to his groin, shoulder, back, and chest. One 309 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.600 bullet missed his heart by less than an inch. Thankfully, 310 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:13.919 despite the chaos unfolding in the house, Legacy and Legend 311 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:18.559 were physically unharmed. Despite being shot, Momo managed to call 312 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.039 nine one one at about five forty five pm. In 313 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.399 the background of the call, one of the baby girls 314 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.679 could be heard crying and asking for her mommy. When 315 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:31.919 first responders arrived, they found Momo critically wounded but alive. 316 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.159 As her shift at the hospital ended at five point 317 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:38.240 fifty five, Wanda Bao saw a text message from one 318 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.879 of her neighbors that simply read call me. When she 319 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.600 returned the call, he told her that someone had been 320 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:48.799 shot at her house and police had already responded. Stunned, 321 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:53.919 Wanda immediately called Monique. After several unanswered calls and text messages, 322 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.600 panics set in She rushed home to find police cars 323 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.120 lining the street, their red and blue light flashing against 324 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.559 the dark winter sky. Seeing her granddaughters sitting on the 325 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.480 couch crying, Wanda was overcome with relief that Legacy and 326 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.200 Legend were unharmed. Two of her babies were safe, but 327 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:16.279 where was Monique? As she hugged her granddaughters tightly, Wanda 328 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:20.919 continued calling her daughter repeatedly with no response. Her nightmare 329 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.759 was just beginning. Wanda noticed something on the carpet in 330 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.960 the living room, a single key, but it wasn't just 331 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:32.840 any key. She recognized it instantly. She had special ordered 332 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.200 a key to her house for Monique years earlier. It 333 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:39.799 was purple with a green butterfly. Monique always kept it 334 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.799 with her on her key ring. Seeing it by itself 335 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:45.960 on the rug made no sense unless someone had taken 336 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:49.600 it from Monique. Wanda quietly set a prayer for her daughter, 337 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:54.519 holding the babies closely. As the scene unfolded at Wanda's house, 338 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.799 the police were also worried that Monique was in real danger. 339 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:01.480 Just after seven PM, a man called nine one one 340 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.400 after hearing three gunshots in an alley in North Minneapolis 341 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:09.640 at nearly the same moment Minneapolis shot spot or system 342 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:13.599 alerted officers to the shooting. At the location, they found 343 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.640 a young black woman lying face down in a snowbank. 344 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.720 She had been shot twice in the torso and once 345 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:24.480 in the face at close range. She had also suffered bruises, scratches, 346 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:28.440 and a chipped tooth. Nearby her body were three spent 347 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:32.480 forty five caliber shell casings and the bottom half of 348 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:36.279 a realtor's lock box. The woman had been shot about 349 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:40.559 six miles from Wanda Boo's house. Just as detectives were 350 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.519 loosening their ties preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve with 351 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:47.039 their friends and family, they suddenly found themselves dragged into 352 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:51.400 work to investigate two violent crime scenes that might be related. 353 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.240 Back at Wanda's house, one detective quietly asked her if 354 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:59.200 Monique had any tattoos. She stared blankly at the officer 355 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.440 as her heart set into her stomach. She knew exactly 356 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:07.000 why he was asking. Yes, she answered shakily, Monique has 357 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:10.839 a tattoo across her chest that says Heartbreaker. That was 358 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:14.640 enough for investigators to identify the woman found in the snowbank. 359 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.839 Monique Latrice Leanna Bao was dead at just twenty eight 360 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.519 years of age. Across town, Monique's cousins had begun gathering 361 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:26.720 for their New Year's Eve celebration. The news hadn't reached 362 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.200 them yet. They were expecting her to walk in the 363 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:32.200 door any second, with her bright smile and a funny 364 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.599 story about why she was late. Soon their world would 365 00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:38.519 be shattered when they learned about her death. Oh, this 366 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.880 is so so sad and tragic. I can only imagine 367 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.200 what was going through her mom's mind, especially when they 368 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:46.240 asked her about the tattoos. 369 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:49.079 As a story unfold, you'll see what a great mom 370 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:52.440 want it is. And she had such a special relationship 371 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.160 with her daughter, and this is her only child, and 372 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.960 just devastating. Yeah, Monique was just so young and beauty 373 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:02.960 full and had so much life to live. Just a 374 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.319 really sad situation. 375 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.640 We'll be back after a break. 376 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:17.039 With Monique dead and Momo fighting for his life, investigators 377 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:21.279 began reconstructing her final hours by using green camera footage 378 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:24.279 from the Maple Grove neighborhood as well as cell phone 379 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:28.400 data to piece together the timeline. The surveillance footage showed 380 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:30.680 the U haul pulling up to the house a little 381 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.880 after three PM, a man got out of the passenger seat, 382 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:36.680 walked at the front door, and entered the house. The 383 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:40.039 driver of the truck turned the truck around, then backed 384 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:42.440 it up closely to the garage and went into the 385 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:45.480 house too. A minute later, the man walked out with 386 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:48.400 his arms closed the abron Monique, dragging her to the 387 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.960 back of the vehicle, putting her inside and closing the door. 388 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.599 At three seventeen PM, they drove away from the house. 389 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:59.279 Monique was likely attacked by the man after he entered 390 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.160 the house. She was gagged and her hands were bound 391 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:05.319 with thick layers of gorilla tape. As the truck pulled 392 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:09.279 away from Maple Grove, Monique was still alive. What happened 393 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:11.640 in the next two and a half hours between Monique 394 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.640 being abducted and Momo being shot is harrowing to think about. 395 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:19.079 Monique must have been terrified for herself and her family. 396 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.240 Police believed that one of the kidnappers sat in the 397 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:24.799 back of the ye haul and questioned her about Momo's 398 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.359 whereabouts as they drove through the streets of the Twin Cities. 399 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:31.799 When she refused to tell them, they continued driving through 400 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:35.759 the snowy streets, looking for Momo's car. Investigators believed that 401 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.839