Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Brett and the story I have for you today is not as cut and dry as certain city officials would have you believe.

In fact the deeper I dove into this story, the more confused

and a little shocked and angry I became, because, I mean, this case could be a simple

mishandling of an investigation, or it could be a simple mishandling of an investigation, or it could be a corruption cover-up, and only

time will tell.

This is the story of Joyce and John Sheridan. the around. Around 613 in the morning on Sunday, September 28, 2014, a resident of Metal Run Drive,

this tight-knit neighborhood in New Jersey, here's the distant

chirping of a fire alarm.

Now he knows it's not coming from his own house, but he's pretty sure that the sound and

distinguishable smell of smoke is coming from his neighbor's place.

So even though he can't see any flames, he does what any good neighbor would do and calls

911.

And the neighbor makes his way over to the house while telling the operator about the three people

who live there, Joyce and John Sheridan and their adult son Matt.

By the time he's made it to their front door he tells them that he can

see a little bit of smoke coming from the second floor but the whole thing

isn't like engulfed in flames or anything so he tries the door not but the

door is locked so he bangs his fists against the door to see if anyone's inside and that's when he hears kind of like a knocking or a tapping sound coming from within the house.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the man tells operators

it really sounds like someone's trying to get out.

First responders arrive within four minutes of the call and they see the smoke

coming from the second floor too, but it's more intense now than when the

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