Whenever Aaron friar50, and daughter, Ellie Fray15, disappeared from his home in Medford, Oregon, on October 2, 2017, the researchers quickly dedicated that there was a dirty game.
“They saw the blood splashed the sofa, on the roof, all the way,” said main detective Bill Ford. “There was … a potential to which this was what we could refer to as a homicide of no body. That a homicide had a leg, but we don’t have a body.”
But who was dead? Was Aaron Friar, Ellie or both?
Natalie Morales investigates the mysterious disappearance of the couple in “First Love, then murders” a new “48 hours” that is broadcast on Saturday, April 19 at 10/9C in CBS and transmitting in Paramount+.
The search was on.
“We probably had 70, 75 [officers] In the streets of Medford, “says Ford.
Then, only four hours after being reported as missing, Ellie was located by the police. She was alive, unharmed and had her leg walking down a bus bus with two young people: her boyfriend, Gavin Macfarlane, 19, and Gavin’s friend, Russell Jones, 22.
“So, now we know that Ellie is safe,” said Ford.
But what about his father, Aaron Fray?
Based on the bloody scene of the crime at home, time was running quickly to find it. But could Ellie have been involved? Ford maintained an open mind.
Ellie and the two men were separated and taken to the Medford Police Station to interrogate it. Ellie seemed perplexed when the police tolerate her that her father was missing.
“Porto A Port Bone and now I’m really worried about what is happening,” Ellie told a detective.
She simply sacrificed a suggestion about where her father could be: “Maybe he was looking for me.”
Around that time, Ford began to interview Russell Jones.
Medford Police Department 
“He is a talkative … very, very talkative,” said Ford. “So, I, child or knew if I could enter there and make talk, he … would cost him to keep his mouth closed.”
Ford’s theory was correct.
Jones was eager to speak, but first he wanted something: a cigarette.
“I speak better when I have a cigarette,” Jones told Ford Duration his recorded police interview.
Ford took Russell out of the station for a cigarette break.
“Only the son of smoking and joking is what we call it,” Ford explained.
But Ford took the task in question seriously: finding Aaron Fray.
“I look at him and say:” You know, Russell, I don’t want a child to find Aaron, Ellie’s father, outside anywhere, meets something like that, “Ford recalls.” I said: “Can you take us to Aaron?” And he tells an eye.
Ford was surprised: “Holy smokes! That is a great moment, you know?”
Hi, he immediately charged Jones in his police car.
As a veteran researcher and his suspect, his impulse, Jones confessed to Ford.
“He ends up saying that it was an answer to Aaron’s death, but helped load the body,” Ford recalled.
“You are driving with him, he is now starting to sing like a canary,” Morales said.
“Exactly,” Ford replied.
But who had killed Aaron Fray and why?
Medford Police Department 
As his trip continued, Ford says that Jones advanced in the tangents. But Ford says he didn’t care. Everything was part of his plan.
“Keep talking, keep it happy,” said Ford. “Hello, I just asked for another cigarette … and I said:” You’ve already had two. Once we leave, I will give you another. “And that is a tactic.”
“You have to give us something,” said Ford. “Nicotine is a powerful tool.”
And then, while a rural mountain pass to 20 miles on the outskirts of the city, Jones made an announcement:
Ford said: “Suddenly, Russell says” Stop! … Stop here. “
To see more of the case, see “first love, then kill” a new “48 hours” that is broadcast on Saturday, April 19 at 10/9C in CBS and the transmission in Paramount +.