Dateline: Out There in the Dark - How did the investigators catch Brandy Daniels' murderer? Details from the mysterious 2014 murder, revealed

The Dateline episode of January 26, 2018, divulged the murder mystery from 2014. It was nothing short of a complex puzzle. The murder of a young woman named Brandy Daniels shocked the investigators. No clues or leads could lead the investigators to the killers.

The investigation continued for a long time before any credible links could be found to the murderer. The whole process of investigation is delved into in the Dateline episode. The intricate details, especially how Brandy Daniel’s murderer was caught, left an impact.

How did the investigators catch Brandy Daniels' murderer? Dateline revisits the murder mystery

The investigators were able to catch the murderers with the help of a Facebook tip to the Zanesville Police Department Facebook page in 2015. On the fateful day of May 5, 2014, Brandy Daniels lost her life after she was shot three times at her driveway. Her sister and boyfriend found her body.

The investigation began right away. At the murder scene, DNA evidence was collected, along with the shell casings. Though the investigators began with solid evidence, the case was going nowhere under their lead.

It could be understood that Brandy’s estranged husband, with whom she has been living separately, and his friend Sirius Underwood were involved somehow. However, no connection could tie them with proper evidence.

Brady’s husband, Josh Daniels, was in Alaska when the murder happened. On the other hand, Sirius was at his girlfriend’s house when the police found him. He was cooperative about giving details of his alibi, which seemed rehearsed. He was also permitted to reveal his phone’s data, which had some questionable information present.

This raised the concern of the investigation further. The investigators understood that he was a suspect, and his DNA samples were collected for further investigation. However, before investigators could dig deeper into Underwood’s phone, he remotely reset it, further delaying the investigation.

In the Dateline episode, it is revealed that when the investigators dived into Josh’s phone, they found a number with a 310 area code. This same number was present at the murder site. Hence, the connection was finally made.

FBI Cellular Analysis Survey Team’s special agent, Bob Moledor, unveiled in the Dateline episode, the connection between the 310 number and Underwood. The investigations on Josh Daniels’ ex-girlfriends revealed his aggressive behavior. The case was finally taking a positive turn.

Though the investigators were able to connect Josh Daniels with the murder, a direct connection between Underwood could be made when the breakthrough Facebook tip changed everything. The tip connected Josh Daniels and Underwood with a series of past thefts.

It is revealed in the Dateline episode that Brandy was aware of the crime committed by both Josh and Underwood. Her information could lead them to get long years in jail. Hence, the connection was finally done.

After gathering enough information, the investigators questioned Josh, whose behavior gave away the truth. Meanwhile, Tommy Price, one of the two accomplices in the thefts carried out by Josh and Underwood, also confessed, providing further details. Ultimately, Josh Daniels admitted to his crimes and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 28 years.

Underwood received life in prison without parole for 38 years. The Dateline episode perfectly unfolded the whole case with details.

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