Teenager Brutally Murdered After Getting Caught in Step-Sister's Bedroom

This chilling true crime story follows the 2018 murder of 18-year-old Tyler Griggs in Reidsville, North Carolina, a small town forever scarred by betrayal, lies, and violence. When police discovered Tyler’s body hidden inside a Goodwill donation box, the investigation unraveled a twisted web involving his stepmother, Lacey Griggs, and her shocking affair with Tyler’s teenage girlfriend, Brielle. Packed with real-life details, the case includes secret relationships, small-town rumors, a dramatic arrest during a YMCA yoga class, an emotional murder trial in 2019, and life sentences that still haunt the community. Perfect for fans of true crime documentaries, Dateline-style investigations, and small-town murder mysteries, this gripping story exposes the darkest side of family secrets and obsession.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Radsville, North Carolina, jum of twenty eighteen, a small southern
town where school had just let out. Lawns buzzed with
fireflies and air conditioners hummed across quiet cul de sacs.
But under the sticky heat and slow charms, secrets brewed.
It was the kind of place where rumors spread fast
and forgiveness came slow. That summer, eighteen year old Tyler Griggs,

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famous for his looks, charm, and affairs with older women,
was brutally murdered. His body was found stuffed in a
rusty clothing donation been behind a closed down Goodwill store.
What started as a shocking death soon unraveled into a
twisted web of obsession, betrayal, and revenge inside one family's
suburban home. Tyler Griggs was eighteen years old and had

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just finished high school at Raydsville High. It was June
of twenty eighteen, and he had walked across the stage
only a few days before his murder. School was out
for summer, and Tyler had big dreams for his future.
He wanted to move to Charlotte and become a personal trainer.
He was always in shape, oft seen jogging around the
neighborhood or lifting weights in the garage. He followed a

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lot of fitness influencers on Instagram like Bradley Martin and
Simeon Panda and save videos about workouts, nutrition tips and supplements.
He told friends he was planning to get certified after
the summer. Tyler worked part time at the Pigley Wiggley
on Freeway Drive, mostly bagging groceries and helping older customers
carry their bags. He didn't love the job, but it

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gave him money to keep gas in his old red Mustang.
The car wasn't pretty. It had peeling paint and a
cracked windshield, but Tyler had installed giant subwoofers in the
back that made the trunk rattle whenever he played music.
He drove around town blasting rap from Migo's Drake and
Travis Scott, and people always knew when Tyler was coming.
He was known for more than just his music. Tyler

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had a reputation in Rydsville with his smooth smile, tan skin,
and confident walk. Many called him a casanova. Rumors about
Tyler spread fast in town. People whispered that he had
hooked up with older women, teachers and even some one's grandmother.
Most of the stories were hard to prove, but Tyler
didn't exactly deny them. He kept a list of names

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in the notes ab on his iPhone and joked about
his milestones. His Instagram was filled with shirtless selfies, mirror
picks at the gym, and flirty captions. He had over
one thousand, five hundred followers, mostly girls from school and
neighboring towns. Tyler lived on the south side of Raidsville
with his dad, Roger Griggs, a used car salesman, and
his new stepmother, Lacey. Roger had remarried just a few

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months earlier. Tyler's relationship with his dad was rocky. Neighbors
often heard the kneeling Roger thought Tyler was lazy and ungrateful. Meanwhile,
Tyler didn't respect his dad's rules and often stayed out
lay or skipped family dinners. Lacey had moved into the
house in March, and at first she and Tyler seemed
to go along. She posted yoga photos on Facebook and

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made green smoothies for breakfast, but things soon got strange
between them. Tyler started acting different around her, and some
friends noticed flirty comments under her posts behind closed doors
something disturbing had begun to unfold. In the days before
he died, Tyler was full of energy. He posted a
photo in his cap and gown, gone to a few
graduation parties, and was making plans to leave Wrightsville behind.

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But he never got the chance. Just as he was
ready to start a new chapter, someone made sure he
wouldn't see another summer. It was Thursday morning, June twenty one,
twenty eighteen, and the sun was already beating down on
the sidewalks of Reedsville, North Carolina. Around nine ten am,
sixty two year old Clarence Tillman was walking behind the
old Goodwill store on Highway fourteen. The store had closed

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a few months earlier, but the rusted donation bin next
to the side entrance was still there. Clarence, a retiree
who collected aluminum cans and scrap metal for extra money,
had stopped by to see if anyone had dropped off
something valuable. As he approached the bin, Clarence noticed a
terrible smell in the air. At first, he thought it
might be a dead animal or rotting clothes left out

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in the heat. The bin was metal faded red with
a pealing white sticker that said give with Love. It
was meant for donated clothing, but people often dumped trash inside.
Clarence pull opened the door to look inside, and that's
when he saw it. Inside the donation bin was a
human body, curled up and stuffed in like an overfilled
garbage bag. The sight made Clarence stumble backward. He dropped

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the plastic bag full of crushed soda cans he had
been carrying. Shaking and scared, he pulled out his old
flip phone and called nine to one one. He told
the operator he had found something awful and asked for
police to come quickly. He stood near the bin, hasting
and wiping sweat from his face. As the smell grew stronger.
A few people driving past slowed down, seeing the older

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man clearly upset. A dollar General was just across the road,
and by the time the first patrol car arrived, a
small crowd had started to form nearby, whispering and wondering
what had happened. Police arrived within minutes and told Clarence
to step aside. He sat on the curb, silent and
still as officers examined the scene. Even after he gave

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his statement, Clarence stayed there for almost an hour, unable
to stop thinking about what he had just found. The
body was later confirmed to be that of Tyler Griggs,
the teenager who had recently graduated from Reidsville High School.
He had last been seen two nights earlier. As words
spread through town, people gathered outside the high school, the
Pigley Wiggly where Tyler worked, and even the old Goodwill

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parking lot. Some brought flowers, others just came to stare.
Reidsville had seen tragedy before, but nothing like this. Raydesville
police arrived on the scene just twelve minutes after receiving
the nine to one one call on the morning of
June twenty one, twenty eighteen. The first to arrive were
Officer Jalen Coitz twenty nine and Lead Detective Carla Massey

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forty three. Carla was well known in Rockingham County for
her sharp eye and tough personality. She had solved a
string of burglaries the year before and was often seen
as the GOTU Invents instigator for violent crimes. Jalen, younger
and newer to the force, followed her lee as they
approached the domation bin behind the closed down Goodwill on
Highway fourteen. The area was already starting to gather attention.

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Curious bystanders stood near the edge of the parking lot,
some filming on their phones. Police quickly roped off the
scene with yellow caution tape and pushed the crowd back.
The heat was rising fast and the air around the
bin smelled of metal, nildew, and something far worse. Detective
Massey took one look inside the rusted bin and knew
they had a homicide. The body of Tyler Griggs was

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crumpled and wedged tightly inside the donation choot. His arms
and legs were tangled in blood stained bed sheets, and
his face was swollen from blunt force. The most disturbing
part of the scene was the discovery that his tongue
had been cut out and wrapped in a faded missing
cat posture, which was also soaked in blood. Massey noted
the gruesome detail and ordered the entire bin to be

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treated as a primary crime scene. Forensic technicians from the
cam crime labarage shortly after. They wore gloves, face masks,
and book covers to avoid contamination. Using UV lights, they
searched the interior and surrounding area for traces of bodily fluids.
Fingerprint powder was applied to the exterior metal surfaces of
the bin and to a nearby shopping cart that appeared

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to have smudges on the handle. Fiber collection tools were
used on the bed sheets in Tyler's clothing, hoping to
catch hairs, threads, or any other trace evidence. A coroner
from Rockingham County was called to remove the body. The
seam was processed for over five hours as temperatures rose
into the nineties. Tyler's body was sent for autopsy. Preliminary
reports showed his neck had been broken, most likely during

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the forced stuffing of his body into the narrow metal chute.
He had also suffered a series of blows to the
head and chest before his death. The weapon was believed
to be long and heavy, possibly a fireplace poker. Investigators
determined that Tyler had still been alive when placed in
the bin. His cause of death was listed as asphyxiation
along with blunt force trauma. The fact that he had

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been alive when placed in the bin made the case
even more horrifying. Police knew this wasn't an accident. It
was personal, violent and meant to send a message. The
first person investigators turned their attention to was Roger Griggs,
forty seven years old and the father of the victim,
Tyler Griggs. Roger was well known in Raidsville, not just
for running Griggs add a lot off Freeway Drive, but

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for his larger than life personality. He was the kind
of man who always wore flashy gold jewelry, used too
much cologne, and wore sunglasses indoors. His voice boomed across
the lot like a used car commercial, and many believed
that's exactly what he was. All talk, no truth. Roger
sold used cars, mostly of older sit ins and pickup trucks,

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which he advertised on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. He had
colorful flags flying around belaw and signs offering no credit,
no problem, and drive today for ninety nine dollars down.
But behind the office door marked employees only. Roger was
known for something else, entirely, running a quiet but steady,
oxacantin operation out of the back. Local rumors had linked

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him to pill deals for years, but no charges had
ever stuck. Police met Roger on the afternoon of June
twenty one, just hours after Tyler's body had been found.
They sat down with him in his small, cluttered office
above the autolt, which smelled like air freshener and cigarette smoke.
Roger acted upset at first, but that quickly turned into
frustration and defensiveness. He told investigators he had nothing to

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do with Tyler's death and blamed his son for being wild, reckless,
and disrespectful. Roger claimed Tyler never listened, stayed out too late,
and hum around with the wrong people. Detectives asked about
Roger's relationship with his son. It was rocky. They often
argued about school, about money, and, most recently, about Tyler's
behavior at home. Just one week earlier, Roger had reportedly

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found condoms in the laundry and confronted Tyler in a
fit of rage. A neighbor remembered hearing yelllling that night,
with Roger accusing Tyler of sleeping with someone he shouldn't.
Police pressed Roger for his whereabouts the knight Tyler was
last seen. He claimed he had been working late of
the lot, dealing with a customer whose financing paperwork had issues.

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Detectives checked the auto shop security cameras, which showed Roger
walking in and out of the office several times between
eight o'clock PM and midnight. His alibi was supported by
time stamped footage and a phone call to a known
customer during that window. Despite his shady background, police couldn't
tie Roger directly to the crime. No physical evidence linked

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him too the scene, and he didn't appear to have
the means or opportunity to move Tyler's body undetected. He
stayed a person of interest for a few days, mostly
due to his hostile attitude and troubled relationship with his son.
But with a solid alibi and no forensic evidence, the
investigation shifted focus to others in the great's household, people
who had been even closer to Tyler during his final days.

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In June of twenty eighteen, police Pace began turning their
attention to Lacey Griggs, the brand new stepmother of eighteen
year old Tyler Griggs. Lacey, thirty nine, had recently married
Tyler's father, Martin Griggs, and moved into the family's large,
split level home in Greensboro, North Carolina. Before her marriage,
Lacey had worked as a bottlegirl at Club Inception, a

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popular night spot in downtown Greensborough known for flashy DJ
sets and VIP bottle service. Her Instagram feed was filled
with pictures of yoga Posa's green Deetoc smoothies and her dog, Apollo,
a white Pomeranian with over four thousand followers of his own.
She described herself as a wellness coach and claimed to
be living a clean and spiritual life, but detectives found

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out quickly that her public image didn't match what was
going on behind the scenes. When investigators searched Tyler's iPhone seven,
they found a long string of text messages and save
snapchat screenshots that raised serious red flags. Dozens of images
showed Lacey and Tyler in sexually explicit situations. Some of
the messages had contact names like Stepsucker and hot Mama,

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and investigators believed they were engaged in an ongoing relationship.
The earliest messages dated back to April twenty eighteen, just
two weeks after Lacey had moved into the house. Lacey
was brought in for questioning at the Guildford County Sheriff's office.
She wore high end active wear from Mululaiman and sipped
from a Stanley water bottle during the interview. At first,
she appeared calm, and cooperative. She told detectives she had

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been trying to create a peaceful home and bond with
Tyler after becoming his stepmother, but when detectives showed her
the text messages, her mood shifted quickly. At first, Lacey
claimed the messages were just jokes and that Tyler had
a flirty sense of humor. She called the relationship sassy,
but denied anything physical had ever happened. When pressed further,

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she claimed Tyler had become aggressive and had been harassing
her with unwanted messages. She also said he had once
tried to touch her inappropriately and she pushed him away. However,
Lacey's story kept changing. She told detectives that Tyler had
sent her flowers, then later said it was a misunderstanding.
She said she had blocked his number, but phone records
showed otherwise. Detectives also noticed visible scratch marks on Lacey's

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arms and a bruise on her right wrist. When asked
about them, she said she had slipped doing yoga, but
her story didn't match the timing of her text messages,
which referred to a rough night. By mid June, detectives
began to consider Lacey a person of interest. Although they
didn't yet have enough evidence to arrest her, they continued
to dig into her background, including old social media posts,

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deleted photos, and her previous relationships. Friends of the family
later told police that Lacey had a pattern of dating
younger men and enjoyed attention from teenage boys. On June
twenty fourth, twenty eighteen, around three o'clock in the afternoon,
the rain was falling hard and Bridger in Missouri. That's
when police received a strange and disturbing anonymous tip. The

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caller said that Tyler Greggs had been seen entering his
stepsister's bedroom just days before he was found dead. This
new piece of information changed everything for investigators. Detectives went
straight to the Griggs home to take another look. This time,
they paid close attention to Lacey Greggs upstairs bedroom, where
she lived with her daughter, Brielle. What they found braized
even more questions. The carpet near Lacey's bed was stained

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with bleach, one of the bed sheets was missing, and
in a locked hallway closet, hidden behind a stack of
old toys, police found a black trash bag. Inside the
bag were blood soaked rags, an empty bottle of ammonia
and a used pair of Latex gloves. The evidence suggested
someone had tried hard to clean up a mess, most
likely blood. The police sent the rags to the Missouri

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State Crime Lab for testing. They also removed several items
from the home, including the bed frame, a stained mattress cover,
and a discarded cell phone that had been tossed behind
the bathroom sink. Investigators also collected digital evidence. They checked
ne nearby security cameras, including one from a Sinclair gas
station just a block from the Griggs neighborhood. The footage

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was timestamped ten fifty eight pm on the night of
the murder. In a grainy video, of detectives could clearly
see Lacey's white Dodge Caravan pulling out of the gas
station lot. A few minutes later, it turned onto East
Elm Street and disappeared toward their home. The vehicle was
gone only about fifteen minutes, and then it returned. Inside
the van were Lacey and her daughter Brielle. But according

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to Lacey's earlier interview, she had said they'd been out
seeing a late movie and didn't return home until nearly
one am. That part of her story didn't match up anymore.
Police were already suspicious, but the biggest twist came when
they looked into the digital trail left behind. Investigators found
that after Tyler was pronounced dead at the hospital, riel

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deleted several text messages from both her phone and his.
She also erased a series of Snapchat messages, even though
screenshots of some of them had already been saved by
a friend of Tyler's. Those screenshots showed heated arguments, secret
meet ups, and even a selfie of Tyler shirtless in
Brielle's bedroom. Now with leech stains, deleted messages, and a

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time line that no longer made sense, police turned their
attention toward Briell Griggs. She was no longer just a
grieving stepsister. She was now a prime suspect. In June
of twenty eighteen, investigators turned their attention to Brielle Morgan,
the nineteen year old daughter of Lacey from a past relationship.
Rielle had just graduated from Bridgerart and High School and

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was working part time as a barista at Beans and Books,
a cozy cafe off Main Street that was popular among
local teens. Known for her bright green hair piercings and
oversized leather jacket. Rielle stood out in the quiet, conservative town.
She had recently moved back in with her mom after
spending a year couch surfing between friends homes in nearby
Columbia and Saint Luis. She was often seen sketching in

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her note book or listening to metal bands like Ghost
and Slip Knot through giant headphones. Rielle painted privac of
watercolor scenes that some in town whispered were inappropriate, and
her social media posts were filled with dark quotes, cryptic means,
and selfies taken in graveyards in parking garages. Police first
looked at Brielle when several of Tyler's friends from school

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told detectives about how close she and Tyler had gotten
in the months leading up to his death. Though they
were newly stepped siblings, the two had reportedly started spending
a lot of time together after Lacey and Kevin's sudden wedding.
According to investigators, Brielle and Tyler had a secret relationship
that blurred the lines between friendship and romance. Some friends
even described them as kissing cousins, a nickname the two

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jokingly used on Snapchat. It quickly became clear that Brielle
had known about the affair between her mother and Tyler.
One friend told police that Brielle had once threatened to
expose them both after she caught them sneaking around late
at night behind the family's detached garage. Brielle was angry,
but instead of going public, she began hooking up with
Tyler herself, supposedly to win him back or keep him

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away from her mom. The strange triangle was something out
of the soap opera, and rumors spread fast around Bridgerton.
When Brielle was brought in for questioning, she kept her cool.
At first. She sat with her arms crossed and gave
short direct answers, but after several hours and some pressure
from detectives, she broke down. She admitted that she had
been with her mother the night of Tyler's murderer and

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had helped clean the scene afterward. She said she even
drove her mother home from the place where they dumped
the body. Detectives believe Brielle's motives were a tangled mix
of jealousy, revenge, and guilt. She didn't plan the murder herself,
but she went along with it and helped cover it up.
In a small town like Bridgerton, where everyone knows everyone.

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The twisted relationships at the center of this crying shocked
even the most seasoned officers. Brielle was arrested and charged
with being an accessory to murder after the fact. On
June twenty sixth, twenty eighteen, at exactly ten forty five am,
police officers from the Ridesville Police Department entered a mid
morning yoga class at the downtown DWYMANCA and arrested thirty

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nine year old Lacey Griggs. She was wearing patterned leggings,
a loose tank top, and had her hair pulled into
a messy bun. Witnesses later recalled the sound of rain
hitting the building's windows as two uniformed officers calmly escorted
her out. The arrest was quiet but tense. Lacey appeared
surprised but made no attempt to resist. Detectives had spent

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days piecing together a complicated puzzle. Evidence from the Griggs home,
including bleach stained carpet, missing bedding, and surveillance footage, had
already pointed suspicion toward the family. Phone records revealed deleted
messages between Lacey's daughter Brielle and Tyler, and interviews with
friends and neighbors hinted at unusual relationships inside the household.

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According to police findings, the chain of events that led
to Tyler's death began when Lacey returned home earlier than
planned from what she told friends was a spiritual retreat weekend.
The retreat had been held at a wellness center outside Greensboro,
a popular spot at the time for yoga enthusiasts, crystal
healing sessions, and mindfulness workshops. She was expected to come

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home late Sunday night, but instead arrived that afternoon. Walking
through the front door, Lacey reportedly found the house quiet.
She went upstairs and opened the door to Brielle's bedroom. Inside,
she discovered Tyler, her seventeen year old stepson, and Brielle,
her nineteen year old daughter, in bed together. Investigators later
said this moment triggered an intense emotional reaction. The shock

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of seeing her daughter and stepson together collided with the
feelings she herself had developed for Tyler over the past year.
The police report describes how Lacey's emotions shifted rapidly from
disbelief to rage. In the corner of the bedroom, near
the fireplace, sat a heavy iron poker. She picked it
up and struck Tyler multiple times. Brielle, screamy and partially dressed,

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tried to stop her mother, but Lacey shoved her aside.
The blows left Tyler unconscious. Instead of calling nine to
one one, Lacey dragged Tyler's limb body down the stairs
out to her silver Honda CRV and placed him in
the back. Wearing gloves, she drove across town to a
Goodwill donation site located near a strip mall that also

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housed a Dollar Tree and a Domino's Keiza. Surveillance cameras
later confirmed the vehicle's arrival. Just after four pm, Lacey
opened the metal door of a large clothing donation bin
and pushed Tyler's body inside, covering it with bags of
old clothes. She returned home and attempted to clean the scene,
using bleach and removing bedding. Detectives believed she disposed of

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additional evidence in dumpsters behind a grocery store. In later interviews,
Lacey claimed she had no memory of the attack after
the initial confrontation, saying she felt like she had been
overtaken by a wave of betrayal and anger. The arrest
marked a major turning point in the investigation, transforming what
had once been treated as a suspicious death into a

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clear case of homicide. The trial of Lacey Griggs began
in early April twenty nine, nineteen, at the Rockingham County Courthouse.
By that spring, the case had already drawn heavy media attention,
with news vans from local stations like WFMY News two
and national outlets like Court TV parked outside every day
on Main Street. Nearby coffee shops stayed busy, serving reporters, jurors,

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and curious residents who came to watch the proceedings. Prosecutor
Dana Klein fifty one, a sharp, detail oriented attorney known
for her precise questioning, led the states case. Klein described
Lacey as a manipulative and controlling figure who carefully hit
her inappropriate relationship with her teenage stepson. The prosecution argued

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that when her secret was revealed in the most shocking
way possible, she reacted with extreme violence. Klein presented physical evidence,
including the bloodstained fireplace, poker surveillance footage from the Goodwill lot,
and forensic reports matching Tyler's DNA to stains found in
Lacey's vehicle. Defense attorney Marcus Bell forty four, pushed a

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different story. He claimed Lacey experienced temporary emotional dissociation when
she discovered her daughter and Tyler together. The defense described
her as a loving mother overwhelmed by shock, suggesting the
attack was a momentary break from reality rather than a
planned act. Bell brought in a psychiatrist who testified about
stress induced blackouts and impulsive aggression. The courtroom was full

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nearly every day of the trial. Family members, friends, and
townspeople filled the wooden benches, sometimes spilling into an overflow
room with a live video feed. Tyler's mother, seated in
the front row, cried softly during key testimony, especially when
jurors saw photographs of the crime scene. Brielle, wearing plain
clothing and minimal makeup, appeared pale and tense as she

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waited for her own legal fate. Over two weeks, jurors
heard from more than twenty witnesses, including police officers, forensic experts,
and neighbors. They reviewed text messages that had been deleted
from Brielle's phone, as well as location data placing Lacey
at the domation site the afternoon. Tyler's bad was found.
On April eighteen, twenty nineteen, after six hours of deliberation,

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the jury returned a unanimous verdict. Lacey was found guilty
of first degree murder. The judge sentenced her to life
in prison without the possibility of parole. Brielle, who had
been tried separately for a role in covering up the
crime and lying to police, received a seven year sentence
for conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The verdict left the
community divided. Some residents said justice had been served and

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the sentences were fair. Others left the courthouse in silence,
still shaken by the disturbing details that had unfolded over
the past year. In the weeks after the verdict in
April twenty nineteen, the town of Wrightsville began to settle
back into routine, though the case continued to leave a
mark on everyone who followed it. Roger Griggs, once a
familiar face at his used car lot on Freeway Drive,

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quietly closed the business and sold off the remaining vehicles
by May County property records showed the law had been
purchased by a regional auto chain. Roger himself vanished from
the public eye, with neighbors saying he moved to Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina. A few locals claimed to have seen him
along Ocean Boulevard, going by a different name and working
near the boardwalk. Detective Carla Massey, who had led the

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investigation from the first nine to one one call to
the final day in court, was honored by the Ridesdale
City Council of in a May twenty nineteen ceremony at
city Hall. She received a glass award and a standing
ovation from residents. Local newspapers, including The News and Record,
ran front page photos of the event. Massey continued her
work with the department, later speaking to criminal justice students

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at Rockingham Community College about the case. Reel Griggs was
transferred to the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh.
Though she initially kept to herself, reports from prison staff
noted that she began participating in an art therapy program.
By late twenty nineteen, she was helping lead sessions, showing
other inmates how to paint landscapes and portraits using donated

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brushes and campuses. Department of Corrections records lister per role
eligibility date as twenty twenty six. Lacey Griggs remains in
the same rally facility, serving her life sentence without parole.
Since arriving, she has given several recorded interviews to local
TV stations and one true crime documentary crew. In each appearance,

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she shifted blame on to Tyler, claiming events were misunderstood
and that the killing wasn't supposed to have him like that.
Her statement sparked backlash on social media, with hashtags about
the case briefly trending in the region. Tyler Griggs is
buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Wrightsville. His grave site, marked
with a black granite headstone engraved with a guitar and
a basketball, is regularly visited by former classmates and family members.

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In the months after the trial, the Goodwill donation box
where his body was found was removed and destroyed. In
its place, the city installed a metal memorial bench painted
deep blue, with a small plaque bearing Tyler's name. Even
as new headlines take over, the case remains a lasting
shadow over the town. For many in Raydsville, the events
of twenty eighteen are impossible to forget. In the heat

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of a southern summer, one teenager's secrets ignited a wildfire
of betrayal that left a town forever change. What began
as a quiet scandal ended in murder, manipulation, and the
ruin of three lives. Raidsville, North Carolina, may be small,
but in June of twenty eighteen, it became home to
one of the most twisted family tragedies the South has

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ever seen.