A 62-year-old man bails his stepdaughter out of jail for attempted murder and is soon found dead.Season 31, Episode 17Originally aired: Nov 6, 2022Watch full episodes of Snapped for FREE on the Oxygen app: https://oxygentv.app.link/WatchSnappedPodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
A successful business owner returns from a dream vacation only to be met with a hail of gunfire.
The last thing in his mind is that somebody is attempting to kill him.
His valued employee may be victim number two.
She's seemingly fallen off the face of the earth.
But did he trust the wrong person?
Somebody had access to the house. Somebody he trusted.
As the deadly plot unravels, alliances shift.
Are they going to stay loyal and true to each other, or now is it all about me?
What point does blood loyalty stop and doing the right thing start?
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Chapter 2: What event triggered the investigation?
January 12th, 2004. It's late afternoon in Robeson County, North Carolina, when dispatch receives a frantic 911 call reporting shots fired outside a local bus company. Sheriff's deputies and paramedics race to the scene.
This crime occurred in a rural area. It's so far out there that by the time the officers responded out there, the suspects were already gone.
First responders arrive at the scene to find the owner of the bus company sitting in his car, which is now riddled with bullet holes. He's visibly shaken, but fortunately, only his hand seems to be injured.
He just came back from his vacation. The last thing in his mind is that somebody is attempting to kill him. First thing you want to do is secure the scene.
And then investigators will look for any shell casings, projectiles, skid marks from a vehicle, see if there's any witnesses nearby, anybody have any outside cameras.
Authorities find a scattering of shotgun pellets that have pierced the vehicle and three plastic shell casings.
You want to get a statement from the victim, get the story, and even develop a timeline around the situation.
The victim says he goes on vacation. After flying back into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, he makes his drive back home to Lumberton. He lives above his bus company that he owns. Upon arriving home and exiting his vehicle, he hears gunshots. He immediately falls back into the vehicle.
They're just rolling by, and they're firing shots. They see a target, and they're firing shots at the target. There's an attempted murder here.
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Chapter 3: Who is Judy Naylor and what is her background?
Although Judy left home at an early age, over the years, her mother Catherine and her stepfather became very involved in raising Michael.
During the summer, I would go to work with my grandfather, James Croxton. He was a big part of my life. He was a plumber and he would take me to work with him. You know, he showed me a lot. Anytime mom was leaving a relationship or in between relationships, however you want to call it, you know, we stayed there. So we were real close.
In 2002, Michael graduated high school and moved away to start his own family. It was around that time that Judy began dating 47-year-old Donald Lee McPhail.
Donald grew up in a Lumber Bridge area.
She felt that Donald was her soulmate and her true love.
After six months, Judy and Donald married. And in 2003, Judy was hired as an office manager at a bus company business in Lumberton, North Carolina.
He was impressed by her, impressed by the work that she did. Eventually she became the bookkeeper.
When she started working there, you know, I felt, you know, I was happy for her.
But after four months in her new role, that world is turned upside down on January 12th, 2004, when a drive-by shooting nearly kills Judy's boss and Judy herself is nowhere to be found.
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Chapter 4: What evidence links Judy Naylor to the crime?
While investigators dig deeper into Judy's background, they quickly discover this unassuming bookkeeper has had her fair share of trouble.
When looking at her criminal record, she had some property crime and drug crime that dated back 10 or so years before this incident happened.
My mom had a crack addiction. And it was something I grew up with, you know, so I was exposed to it.
I did look at the records. She had a cocaine problem. And drug problems are frequently a motivation for theft.
Judy's family members tell detectives that her history of bad behavior created a rift long ago.
She had a history of breaking into her own mother and father's house, stealing their jewelry, haunting their jewelry.
The relationship with her family appeared to be strained because of how Judy treated Catherine, her mother. Judy had always had a rocky relationship with her mother, from all accounts. There have been reports of physical assaults on her mother, and because of her drug habits, and because of her stealing from the family.
I was a teenager when I realized, you know, what she was doing. It had been an addiction that she'd kind of hid most of my life or tried to hide. She was battling demons, and, you know, of course, we didn't talk about it. You know, I didn't bring it up.
As sheriff's investigators study Judy's file, one recent incident stands out.
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Chapter 5: How did investigators locate Judy Naylor?
In the early hours of December 4th, 2024, CEO Brian Thompson stepped out onto the streets of Midtown Manhattan.
This assailant pulls out a weapon and starts firing at him.
We're talking about the CEO of the biggest private health insurance corporation in the world. And the suspect.
He has been identified as Luigi Nicholas Mangione.
Became one of the most divisive figures in modern criminal history.
I was targeted, premeditated, and meant to sow terror.
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Chapter 6: What was the outcome of the investigation?
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January 26th, 2004. Investigators with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office locate Judy Naylor and her husband, Donald McPhail, at a rundown motel in Robeson County. Donald is taken in for questioning while Judy is rushed to the hospital after consuming antifreeze.
I was out of town working in Atlanta at the time and my grandmother called me crying. My mother was in the hospital. I don't know if they were on a drug binge and they were ready to end it. I don't know what their thoughts were.
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