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They thought they had gotten away with murder. They were wrong.

After surviving a brutal gang execution attempt, Brianna Arrington identified the people who tried to kill her. What followed was one of the largest coordinated fugitive operations in the history of the U.S. Marshals Service's Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.

In Part Two of this extraordinary story, the investigators reveal how they tracked ten violent gang members across multiple cities, coordinated nearly one hundred law enforcement officers, and arrested every suspect in a single day.

You'll also hear how detectives, prosecutors, and the U.S. Marshals turned gang members against one another, ultimately securing guilty pleas from every defendant.

This is the story of justice—and the remarkable teamwork that made it possible.

Brianna Arrington survived the impossible.

Now, the hunt begins.

After identifying the members of the Rollin' 20s Outlaw Bloods responsible for her torture and attempted execution, investigators faced an enormous challenge: arrest ten dangerous gang members before anyone could flee, destroy evidence, or retaliate against witnesses.

In this conclusion to Brianna's story, host Christopher Godsick is joined once again by the detectives, prosecutors, and U.S. Marshals who orchestrated one of the most ambitious fugitive operations in the region's history.

Together, they reveal how patience, intelligence gathering, surveillance, and teamwork resulted in every suspect being taken into custody in a single coordinated operation. They also take listeners inside the interrogation rooms, plea negotiations, and courtroom strategy that ultimately dismantled the gang's defense and secured guilty pleas from all ten defendants.

• The investigation that followed Brianna's miraculous survival.
• How detectives identified all ten suspects.
• The planning behind an operation involving nearly 100 law enforcement officers.
• How the U.S. Marshals executed simultaneous arrests across multiple jurisdictions.
• The role of surveillance, search warrants, social media, and digital evidence.
• Inside the interrogations as gang members began turning on one another.
• How prosecutors leveraged cooperation agreements and plea negotiations.
• Why every defendant ultimately pleaded guilty.
• Brianna reflects on justice, healing, and rebuilding her life after unimaginable trauma.

• Brianna Arrington
• Detective Matt Walsh – Chesapeake Police Department (formerly Norfolk Police Department)
• Nicole – Task Force Officer, U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force
• Lance Roberson – Task Force Officer, U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force
• Chris Lure – Senior Inspector, U.S. Marshals Service
• Katie Beye – Former Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, City of Norfolk

Although justice was achieved in court, Brianna's recovery continues. She lives with lasting physical and emotional injuries from the attack.

If you'd like to help Brianna rebuild her life and support her family, please visit the Helping Brianna GoFundMe campaign.

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She survived what should have been impossible.

When 23-year-old Brianna Arrington asked to leave a violent Norfolk street gang, its leaders decided she knew too much to be allowed to walk away.

Over the course of one horrific night, Brianna was beaten, stabbed multiple times, choked, forced to drink bleach, and shot point-blank in the head before being left for dead.

Against all odds, she survived.

In this first of a two-part special, Brianna tells her story publicly for the very first time alongside the detective, prosecutors, and U.S. Marshals who would later bring every person responsible to justice.

This is the story of survival, courage, and the beginning of one of the most extraordinary gang investigations in recent memory.

Episode 1: Brianna Arrington – Surviving the Unthinkable

On April 23, 2020, Brianna Arrington believed she had finally found stability.

After years of childhood abuse, foster care, homelessness, and abusive relationships, she accepted a room in a Norfolk apartment occupied by people she believed had become her family.

She had no idea they were members of one of Virginia's most violent Bloods street gangs.

When Brianna decided gang life wasn't for her and asked for her "walking papers," the gang concluded there was only one way she could leave.

She had to die.

In this emotional first episode, Brianna recounts the events that led her into the gang, the manipulation that drew her in, and the terrifying night that changed her life forever.

Joining host Chris Godsick are:

• Brianna Arrington
• Detective Matt Walsh (Norfolk Police Department/Chesapeake Police Department)
• Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Katie By
• Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force
• Law enforcement officials directly involved in the investigation

Together they examine:

• Brianna's difficult childhood and years in foster care.
• How vulnerable young people are recruited by violent gangs.
• The family atmosphere that concealed a criminal enterprise.
• The initiation process into the Rollin 20s Outlaw Bloods.
• What happened after Brianna requested to leave the gang.
• The brutal torture and attempted execution that she miraculously survived.
• How investigators began piecing together one of Norfolk's most disturbing attempted murder cases.

Episode 2 follows the massive law enforcement operation that led to the arrest of every suspect and the courtroom strategy that ultimately secured guilty pleas from all ten defendants.

Brianna continues to recover from the physical and emotional trauma of the attack.

If you'd like to help her rebuild her life and support her family, please visit the Helping Brianna GoFundMe campaign.

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Go behind the scenes of one of the most complex missing persons investigations we've ever covered on Chasing Evil. In this special live Q&A, host Christopher Godsick is joined by the investigators who solved the murder of 17-year-old Valerie Tyndall.

Rush County Detective Randy Meek, Detective Shawn Smallwood, Senior U.S. Deputy Marshal Tom Abreu, and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department K9 Officer Tony Weaver discuss the investigative decisions that ultimately exposed Patrick Scott's lies and led to his conviction. From preserving critical digital evidence and analyzing surveillance footage to the remarkable work of cadaver dog Bailey, the panel answers listener questions and reveals the challenges that couldn't fit into the original two-part series.

The investigators explain how teamwork between local, state, and federal agencies helped solve the case, why the first days of a missing person investigation are so critical, and what they learned from one of the most difficult cases of their careers.

If you listened to Parts 1 and 2, this conversation provides an inside look at the investigation from the people who lived it.

In this special live listener Q&A:

• Detective Randy Meek explains when Valerie Tyndall's disappearance became a homicide investigation.
• Detective Shawn Smallwood discusses Patrick Scott's deceptive interviews and how investigators recognized the inconsistencies.
• Senior Deputy U.S. Marshal Tom Abreu shares how the U.S. Marshals Service joined the investigation and why a fresh set of eyes proved invaluable.
• IMPD K9 Officer Tony Weaver explains how cadaver dog Bailey is trained and how human-remains detection dogs work.
• The panel discusses using digital evidence, surveillance cameras, social media, and search warrants to reconstruct Valerie's final movements.
• Learn how investigators unexpectedly discovered critical evidence through Apple Health data.
• Hear why preserving digital evidence in the first hours of a missing person investigation can determine whether a case is solved.
• Discover how local, state, and federal agencies coordinated their efforts during the six-month investigation.
• The investigators answer audience questions about Patrick Scott, the search for Valerie, sentencing, investigative strategy, and lessons learned from the case.

• Randy Meek – Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Shawn Smallwood – Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Tom Abreu – Senior Inspector, Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Service
• Tony Weaver – Detective, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Missing Persons Unit
• Bailey – Human Remains Detection (HRD) K9

If you haven't already, be sure to listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of the Patrick Scott investigation before this Q&A for the complete story.

This live discussion expands on the investigation featured in Episodes 1 and 2, providing additional insight into the forensic techniques, investigative strategy, and teamwork that ultimately brought justice for Valerie Tyndall.

When 17-year-old Valerie Tyndall vanished without a trace, investigators believed they were chasing a missing persons case. By Part Two, they were racing to prove something far more sinister.

Rush County detectives and the U.S. Marshals uncover a series of contradictions that place Valerie's last known moments at Patrick Scott's home. A search of his property reveals hidden evidence, suspicious electronics, and a carefully concealed collection of personal mementos that raises even more questions.

As investigators analyze mountains of digital evidence, GPS records, surveillance footage, and phone data, a chilling timeline begins to emerge. An unusual trip to a distant Home Depot, unexplained purchases, and a carefully orchestrated pattern of movement point detectives toward a terrifying possibility.

Then comes the breakthrough no one expected.

Four highly trained human remains detection dogs independently converge on the same location near Patrick Scott's property. But when divers search the pond where every dog indicated, they find... nothing.

What seemed like a dead end instead becomes one of the most important moments in the investigation.

In this episode, detectives Randy Meek and Sean Smallwood of the Rush County Sheriff's Office, Senior Inspector Tom Abreu of the U.S. Marshals Service, and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department K9 handler Tony Weaver explain how modern technology, forensic mapping, and the extraordinary abilities of cadaver dogs transformed an impossible investigation into a case that was finally beginning to break open.

Sometimes the biggest breakthrough isn't what investigators find.

It's what they almost miss.

In Part Two of our investigation into the disappearance of 17-year-old Valerie Tyndall, detectives begin dismantling Patrick Scott's carefully constructed timeline. Digital forensics, surveillance footage, GPS data, and countless hours of investigative work slowly reveal inconsistencies that point directly back to Scott's property.

This episode explores:

• Patrick Scott's changing account of Valerie's final hours.
• The discovery of hidden photos and personal items linking Scott to Valerie.
• The seizure and forensic examination of multiple electronic devices.
• How investigators analyzed more than a terabyte of digital evidence.
• Apple Health data and GPS records that narrowed the critical timeline.
• Surveillance footage revealing suspicious purchases made the day after Valerie disappeared.
• The remarkable work of human remains detection dogs.
• Why four independent cadaver dogs alerted on the same location.
• How water runoff and geospatial analysis reshaped the investigation.
• The role of the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Rush County Sheriff's Office, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indiana State Police, and multiple forensic specialists.
• The painstaking process investigators followed before seeking another search warrant.

• Detective Randy Meek — Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Detective Sean Smallwood — Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Senior Inspector Tom Abreu — U.S. Marshals Service
• Detective Tony Weaver — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Missing Persons Unit & K9 Handler

Hosted by Emmy Award-winning producer Christopher Godsick, Chasing Evil goes behind the headlines to tell the real stories of America's most significant fugitive investigations and major criminal cases—through the voices of the investigators, victims, survivors, and U.S. Marshals who lived them.

In June 2023, 17-year-old Valerie Tyndall vanished from rural Indiana. What began as a missing person investigation quickly evolved into one of the most disturbing murder cases in recent memory.

In this two-part episode of Chasing Evil, host Christopher Godsick examines the disappearance of Valerie Tyndall and the relentless investigation that ultimately led authorities to Patrick Scott. Through interviews with the investigators, law enforcement officers, and specialists who worked the case, listeners will hear how a coordinated effort spanning multiple agencies uncovered the truth and brought a killer to justice.

This episode features members of the Rush County Sheriff's Office, the Indianapolis Missing Persons K9 Team, and the U.S. Marshals Service. Their firsthand accounts reveal the challenges of locating a victim, building a case, and pursuing justice when time is running out.

The story of Valerie Tyndall is both heartbreaking and inspiring—a testament to the determination of investigators who refused to stop searching and a reminder that every victim deserves to be found.

Seventeen-year-old Valerie Tyndall disappeared in June 2023. As investigators searched for answers, evidence began to point toward Patrick Scott, a man who had been closely connected to Valerie before her disappearance.

This episode explores the investigation from the perspectives of the detectives, deputies, K9 specialists, and U.S. Marshals who worked the case. Their stories reveal the complexity of missing person investigations and the determination required to seek justice for victims and their families.

• Randy Meeks and Shaun Smallwood from the Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Tony Weaver of the Indianapolis Missing Persons K9 TeamTom Abreu of the U.S. Marshals Service

• Valerie Tyndall's disappearance
• The early stages of the investigation
• Evidence linking Patrick Scott to the case
• The role of missing persons investigators
• How cadaver dogs helped advance the investigation
• Cooperation between local, state, and federal agencies
• The search for justice for Valerie and her family

• Rush County Sheriff's Office
• Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
• Indianapolis Missing Persons K9 Team
• U.S. Marshals Service

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Hosted by Christopher Godsick

Produced in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service

Executive Producer: Christopher Godsick

The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of their agencies.

On November 17, 2021, Memphis rap icon Young Dolph walked into a neighborhood cookie shop and never walked out.

In broad daylight, two gunmen opened fire inside Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies, killing the beloved rapper and entrepreneur in a shocking attack that stunned Memphis and made national headlines. What followed was a complex homicide investigation, a multi-state manhunt, and a relentless effort by law enforcement to bring the killers to justice.

In this episode of Chasing Evil, host Christopher Godsick is joined by Shelby County Deputy District Attorney Paul Hagerman, members of the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force, and investigators who helped track down fugitive Justin Johnson.

You'll hear how investigators connected the suspects to the crime, followed digital and physical evidence across multiple states, utilized public tips, and ultimately captured one of the nation's most wanted fugitives.

This is the inside story of the Young Dolph murder investigation, the violent feud that led to it, and the pursuit of justice that followed.

Chasing Evil is produced in cooperation with the United States Marshals Service.

• Paul Hagerman – Deputy District Attorney, Shelby County, Tennessee

• Seth Bruce – Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal, Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force

• Justin Bischoff – Shelby County Sheriff's Office / Task Force Officer

• Walter Doty – Retired Memphis Police Department Gang Investigator

• Mike Miller – Senior Inspector, U.S. Marshals Service, Southern District of Indiana

• Young Dolph's rise from Memphis neighborhoods to international rap stardom

• The rivalry between CMG and Paper Route Empire

• Prior acts of violence connected to the feud

• The murder at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies

• How investigators identified Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith

• The evidence presented to the grand jury

• The nationwide fugitive investigation

• Tracking suspects through surveillance systems and digital evidence

• The role of public tips and intelligence gathering

• The arrest operation in Indiana

• Trial testimony and conviction

• Sentencing and the ongoing appeals process

Chasing Evil takes listeners inside major criminal investigations through conversations with the law enforcement professionals, prosecutors, victims, and witnesses who lived them. Produced in cooperation with the United States Marshals Service, the series provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at the pursuit of justice.

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A mother and three daughters vanish from their Tennessee home. What initially appears to be a missing persons case quickly evolves into a multi-state homicide investigation and one of the most intense manhunts in recent memory.

In this episode of Chasing Evil, host Christopher Godsick sits down with the law enforcement officers who helped bring the Adam Mayes case to its dramatic conclusion, including members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Union County Sheriff's Office, and Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

As investigators uncover evidence of a disturbing obsession, discover the bodies of Jo Ann Bain and her daughter, and race against time to locate two missing girls, a massive search effort unfolds across Tennessee and Mississippi. Hear firsthand how investigators pieced together the clues, navigated interagency challenges, and ultimately located Adam Mayes and the surviving children deep in the Mississippi woods.

In April 2012, Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters disappeared from their home in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Suspicion quickly focused on family acquaintance Adam Mayes, but investigators initially lacked enough evidence to charge him with the abduction. As the investigation intensified, law enforcement uncovered evidence of a carefully planned kidnapping, disturbing allegations involving the children, and ultimately a murder scene that transformed the case into a nationwide manhunt.

This episode features firsthand accounts from the officers who worked the case, including retired U.S. Marshals, Union County investigators, and members of Mississippi's Special Response Team. They describe the search for Mayes, the discovery of the victims, the interagency effort to find the two surviving girls, and the final confrontation that brought the case to an end.

• Jimmy Edwards – Sheriff, Union County, Mississippi
• Gail Manning – Retired Senior Inspector, U.S. Marshals Service
• Baron Baker – Chief Deputy, Union County Sheriff's Office
• Lt. Mike Vowell – Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Special Response Team
• Shane Brown – Retired Team Leader, U.S. Marshals Service

• The disappearance of Jo Ann Bain and her daughters
• Adam Mayes becomes the primary suspect
• Evidence of long-term planning and deception
• Discovery of homicide victims in Mississippi
• The launch of a multi-agency fugitive manhunt
• The role of the U.S. Marshals Service
• Search operations in the Mississippi wilderness
• The rescue of two surviving children
• The emotional impact on investigators and the community
• Reflections from the officers who brought the case to a close

• U.S. Marshals Service
• Union County Sheriff's Office
• Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
• Mississippi Highway Patrol

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Chasing Evil is produced with the cooperation of the U.S. Marshals Service. Opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the U.S. Marshals Service.

A routine sex offender compliance operation in rural East Tennessee turns into a tense and potentially deadly standoff. Emmy Award-winning producer and host Chris Godsick rides along with recently retired Deputy U.S. Marshal Derrick Swenson as deputies verify registered offenders are living where they claim to live and following the law. What begins as a standard compliance check escalates when deputies track down fugitive Douglas Robinson — a repeat sex offender wanted for failure to register and under investigation for additional violent crimes. Hidden deep in the Tennessee backwoods, Robinson confronts law enforcement with a gun to his head, forcing deputies into split-second decisions where officer safety, psychology, and survival collide. The episode also features insight from U.S. Marshals Service training leadership on why these encounters are among the most dangerous situations law enforcement can face.

In this episode of Chasing Evil, host Chris Godsick joins retired Deputy U.S. Marshal Derrick Swenson to discuss the hidden world of sex offender compliance operations in East Tennessee.

What starts as routine address verification quickly evolves into a dangerous fugitive hunt involving:

• A repeat sex offender
• A stolen handgun
• A remote off-grid campsite
• A high-risk standoff inside a camper
• Split-second deadly force decisions

The episode also includes expert analysis from Assistant Chief Inspector Derek Unterwagner of the U.S. Marshals Service Training Division, who explains the science behind reaction time, officer safety, and why a suspect holding a gun to their own head can still present an immediate deadly threat to law enforcement.

• How sex offender compliance operations work
• Why offenders frequently fall out of compliance
• The realities of rural fugitive operations
• Officer safety and ballistic shield tactics
• The psychology of armed standoffs
• The “action vs. reaction” principle in law enforcement
• Why “suicide by cop” situations are so dangerous
• The emotional toll critical incidents take on deputies

• Discovery of hidden weapons during compliance checks
• Finding a moonshine still during a registry search
• Tracking Douglas Robinson through multiple counties
• Deputies locating Robinson in an off-grid camper
• The tense negotiation after Robinson points a gun at himself
• The shooting investigation and aftermath

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In this bonus mini-episode of Chasing Evil, host Chris Godsick takes a deeper look into one of the most controversial aspects of the Anthony Ojeda case: New York’s 2020 bail reform laws and the classification of manslaughter in the second degree as a non-violent felony. Joined by Albany County District Attorney Lee Kindlon and former prosecutor Caroline Murray, the conversation explores how sweeping reforms created unintended consequences for law enforcement, prosecutors, victims, and the courts.

The episode breaks down the legal concepts behind “depraved indifference,” the challenges prosecutors faced while awaiting toxicology evidence in the death of six-week-old Eli, and how Anthony Ojeda was initially charged before fleeing the country. The discussion also examines how bail reform has since evolved, the balance between criminal justice reform and public safety, and the extraordinary efforts by law enforcement and the U.S. Marshals Service to bring fugitives back to justice.

A candid, detailed conversation about law, accountability, and the difficult realities behind one of the most emotional cases featured on Chasing Evil.

• Chris Godsick welcomes Albany County DA Lee Kindlon and former prosecutor Caroline Murray
• The origins and intent behind New York’s 2020 bail reform laws
• Why prosecutors and law enforcement believed the reforms initially went too far
• How manslaughter in the second degree is classified under New York law
• The difference between violent and non-violent felony classifications
• The legal meaning of “depraved indifference” in New York homicide cases
• Why Anthony Ojeda was initially charged with manslaughter in the second degree
• The role toxicology evidence played in elevating the case
• How prosecutors viewed duty of care in the death of six-week-old Eli
• Why intent is such a critical factor in homicide prosecutions
• Caroline Murray discusses the emotional impact of child homicide cases
• The challenges prosecutors faced under the bail reform framework at the time
• Ojeda’s flight to Mexico and the efforts to return him to the United States
• How the U.S. Marshals Service and local law enforcement built a successful fugitive apprehension model
• Albany County’s continued efforts to locate and apprehend fugitives under the updated system
• A discussion on balancing criminal justice reform with public safety concerns

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