Rick Ollic, a former Berkeley County sheriff's captain who is now chief of the Moncks Corner Police Department, said a note in Kadie's pocket contained scribblings about spiritual warfare and the Antichrist. Claiming he was too emotional to write, a detective wrote it for him. Oliver will soon be meeting with the doctor who performed the autopsies on Kadie and River, and who recommended the manner of death be left pending. Would you be willing to apologize if it turns out you were wrong? Aaron had also told the police that his wife was dealing with postpartum depression, and the authorities believed that Kadie killed herself in a delusional state. Sanders says she saw Hall through some of her darkest years as she battled to get the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office to take another look at the case -- and another look at Aaron Major. Lt. Dean Kokinda [walking where the bodies were found]: If she wanted to kill herself, she parked right here. Aaron Major continues to live the life of a free man -- something Hall blames on the original investigator, Rick Ollic. After 11 years of questions and research, and with the assistance of a crew from CBS' "48 Hours," a show about Hall's findings aired in March. Fast-forwarding another two years, in 2017, Aaron was cleared in a separate double homicide matter, just to be supposedly outed through callous innuendos three days later. and then I'll bring you wherever you want." Peter Van Sant: If there was in fact not a news broadcast How would he have known that location, that there'd been an accident there? ", Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. Vicky Hall: I called every radio station, I went to the TV stations after they died I searched and searched for years, not one person could tell me Oakley Road was ever on the TV or the radio. Peter Van Sant: She could have been thrown and struck by the side of the train? Katies mother recalled that Aaron spoke of the government causing 9/11 and the Antichrist coming. I remember that train goin' by and for some reason, that just burned in my head. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff, Kadie Majors mother, Vicky Hall, looks down the tracks where the body of her daughter Major, who was pregnant and her 10-month-old granddaughter River were found in 2008, Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Moncks Corner. Hall embarked on her own investigation determined to show her daughter did not throw herself in front of a train. Rick Ollic, who led the investigation back in 2008, didn't see it that way. Jessica Sanders: Well, I think he was Googling that because he was trying to find out if the bodies had been found yet. Peter Van Sant: Why would he have told a story about hearing this report, do you think? When two "48 Hours" producers called him asking about the Kadie Major case, he listened. I think it's very possible that she died at the house. Anyone with information potentially relevant to the investigation please call the task force hotline at (843) 719-7700. Darrell Lewis, the new investigators on the case. MONCKS CORNER Within 24 hours of finding the bodies of Kadie Major and her infant daughter along a railroad track on Jan. 17, 2008, authorities told the young mother's family that her death was a suicide that had apparently claimed her child's life as well. Her little daughter was found drowned in a pond 100 feet away. VICKY HALL [to reporters]: Thank you to this sheriff's department. Vicky did not believe Aarons version of events, either, and she felt that he himself had been behaving a little erratically at the time of Kadies disappearance. WebThe mother of two shot dead by her Illinois state trooper husband in a murder-suicide was trying to divorce him, a friend said. Thankfully for them, in 2018, the case was reopened. Jessica Sanders: Vicky was really up against the department that had their mind made up. A railroad worker had discovered the bodies around 8:20 that morning. At the time, he worked for Kadies father, a house painter. The note and wedding rings found in Kadie's pocket. Peter Van Sant: He could have altered a potential crime scene and no one went there to check that. Aaron Major: I'm not going to comment on this. Oliver has been working closely with Berkeley County's cold case unit. Copyright 2023 KSAT.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. This week on Reasonable Doubt, the team takes on the Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death for abusing Would love your thoughts, please comment. Grace Beahm Alford/Staff, Kadie Majors mother, Vicky Hall, organizes information she has collected about the incident that led to the death of her daughter, who was found dead with her granddaughter, 10-month-old River, in 2008 along train tracks Thursday, March 21, 2019 in Moncks Corner. With that, we cant help but wonder more about the one person who always stood by him, his fiance, Shayanna Jenkins. 3.]. So "48 Hours" went looking for him and found him in the parking garage of an apartment complex. What do you have to say about that? Kadie and River Lynn had now been missing for more than 12 hours in stormy, icy conditions. Correct? The detective believes it was a murder-suicide. Investigators name husband as sole suspect in wife, daughters 2008 killing, VIDEO: Rethink Folly Road makes headway in phase one, VIDEO: Motorcyclist killed in James Island crash, publicfile@live5news.com - (843) 402-5555. He's never come in the middle of the night.". Sanders and Hall found that suspicious because he had searched for news about the discovery of the bodies more than an hour after he had called Hall to say he had just heard about it on the radio. Ken Dillinger | Kadie's uncle: It was a smile, I mean there was a perma-grin on her face, and It was always lit up, always lit up. Jessica Sanders: I did it was like Pandora's box it's unbelievable at all the information that she had and how badly this case was handled. All rights reserved. It was the sickest thing I ever witnessed in my whole life. Peter Van Sant: Aaron Major, is he cooperating with you guys? While the pathologist who conducted the autopsy recommended that the manner of death reports stay pending, former County Coroner Bill Salisbury labeled Kadie and River's deaths as a suicide and undetermined, respectively. She had deep lacerations across her lower abdomen and right thigh. As for Aarons alleged bisexuality, Shayanna has stated that it wouldnt have and still hasnt changed how she feels about him. If you need help with the Public File, call 210-351-1241. In the years after her daughter's death, something ate at Hall. And I wish that he you know, he wouldve told me cause I wouldnt I would not have loved him any differently. About 35 miles from Moncks, he set up a house painting business and seemed to lead an everyday life there. Kadie had married the love of her life in 2003, her high school sweetheart Aaron Major. You know, she had lost Kadie and I had actually lost my mom. Vicky Hall met Sanders four years after Kadie's death. Reach Thomas Novelly at 843-937-5715. If youre wondering what happened to Aaron Major since then, heres what we know! Business is good. There was no mention of a swollen hand. Vicky Hall: I'm looking at every car coming trying to see her truck. Erica Hernandez, Digital Journalist/Courthouse Reporter. drinking out of his big McDonald's cup. Hall and Sanders went to work determined to show that Kadie was not psychotic. Rick Ollic: I don't have an answer to that cuz I don't recall when we went. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Over the years, Vicky and a private detective Jessica Sanders worked to uncover what happened to Kadie and River Lynn. Hall got her horse business back on track, then did something she never thought she'd do with the paperwork from her private investigation. January 22nd, 2008. Rick Ollic says the note found in Kadie Major's pocket was a piece of compelling evidence showing that she was delusional at the time. She remembered seeing Aaron's hand swollen the morning deputies discovered Kadie. On July 23, 2002, Elizabeth Shannon fatally shot Major Like he had River's high chair pulled up to the table with jar food on it, a pillow stuffed in the bed where Kadie would sleep as if she's laying in the bed. diagnosis reportedly backed up by Kadies obstetrician. Vicky decided, with the help of a private investigator Jessica Sanders, to investigate for herself what had happened to her daughter and granddaughter. The walls were painted with whiteboard paint and were covered in timelines and transcriptions. Peter Van Sant: What did you read in those papers? "I think he wanted Kadie and River found," Kokinda told "48 Hours.". Kadies husband Aaron, told investigators that his wife had been suffering from postpartum depression. 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. She thought someone was coming to kill her and then she took off, he told Hall. Kadies death was ruled a suicide within days. Thomas Novelly is a political reporter based in Charleston. She was 66. In 1951, novelist William S. Burroughs was charged with murder when he shot his wife, Joan Vollmer, in the head during a drunken game of William Tell that 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Kadie wanted to go to dinner with her mom. "That turned out to be a 12-year-old boy who couldn't remember what day of the week it was. Get the word out that Rick Ollic's so called Investigation was wrong! Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. Kadie, holding River Lynn, and Aaron Major. Hall's suspicions wouldn't go away, so she decided to investigate Kadie's death. But the national attention has also caused the Sheriff's Office and nearly everyone involved in the original investigation to suddenly go quiet, refusing to discuss possible missteps with the initial probe and what they are doing now to rectify that. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. But he did point out that the case had some missteps. I dont know what got into him this [time], but it must be the devil," shesaid. JERRY MERRITHEW: You have anything to do with your child's death? However, about a decade later, the case was reopened. After being approached by the network, Berkeley County decided to re-open the case. Berkeley County Sheriffs office has since reopened the case. His whole fingers was swollen. CBS News 48Hours: Fatal Crossing chronicles what happened for the initial ruling to be overturned and the suspicion regarding Aarons involvement. Tell us what happened cuz what you told us before is not the truth. Vicky Hall, center, is surrounded by investigators and family as the case into the deaths of Kadie and River Lynn is reopened. But the truth needs to be known and justice needs to be served.. Vicky Hall then stepped up to the microphone. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [Watch It Again? 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