41: Father Accused of Violating Daughter & Murdering Son to Cover it Up | The Solomon Family

Few things are more terrifying than the thought of something happening to your child. And that's why the case of Grant and Gracie Solomon hits so hard. What began as allegations that their father abused Gracie and may have been responsible for Grant's mysterious death, quickly became one of the most divisive cases we've ever covered. But since our original deep dive, everything has changed. New witnesses, lawsuits, and a shocking murder-for-hire arrest have turned this case completely on its head, leaving more questions than answers…. If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow the show for weekly deep dives into the darkest true crime cases! To watch the video version of this episode, head over to youtube.com/@annieelise. .🔎Join Our True Crime Club & Get Exclusive Content & Perks..🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to both of my weekly true crime series 10 to Life & Serialously with Annie Elise wherever you get your podcasts on the Annie Elise Channel!🍎 Apple Podcasts | Where you can also unlock access to 100+ and growing extra exclusive deep dives.💚 Spotify🔴 YouTube🎙️ All Other Platforms.🚩Announcements 🖤 Want more Annie? Check out our Summer deals on our Subscription plans today! 🖤 🔎 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/annieelise🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3WpfSP8📸 Follow Annie on Socials Instagram: @_annieeliseTikTok: @_annieeliseSubstack: @annieeliseFacebook: @10toLife.⭐SponsorsVeracity: Head to http://VeracityHealth.co and use code 10TOLIFE for up to 65% off on your order. Boll and Branch: For a limited time, get 20% off sitewide at http://BollandBranch.com/10tolife with code 10tolife. Ogee Beauty: Go to http://ogee.com/ae and use code AE for 20% off. Rula: Visit http://Rula.com/10tolife to get started today..👗 Shop Annie’s Must-Haves! ShopMY: bit.ly/AnnieElise_ShopMy Amazon: bit.ly/AnnieElise_Amazon.🫵🏻 Get Involved or Recommend a CaseAbout Annie: www.annieelise.comFor Business Inquiries: [email protected].📚 Episode Sources Anglican Watch | Court of Appeals of Tennessee at Nashville | Daily Mail | Juvenile Court for Williamson County Tennessee | Law and Crime | News Nation | The Good Grief Good God Show | The Tennessean | WBKO | Williamson Scene | WKRN | WSMV••••••••••••••••••🚨Disclaimers1️⃣ Some links may be affiliate links, they do not cost you anything, but I make a small percentage from the sale. Thank you so much for watching and supporting me. 2️⃣ Sources used to collect this information include various public news sites, interviews, court documents, FB groups dedicated to the case, and various news channel segments. When quoting statements made by others, they are strictly alleged until confirmed otherwise. Please remember my videos are my independent opinion and to always do your own research. 3️⃣ The views and opinions expressed in this video are personal and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, or company. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the creator(s). These views are subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time and are not to be held in perpetuity. We make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, correctness, suitability, or validity of any information on this video and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. It is the reader’s responsibility to verify their own facts.

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  A mom arrested for allegedly plotting to kill her ex-husband.

• 1:07Speaker 05

  My son truck backed over him and it rolled over him and dragged him into the ditch and it's on top of him.

• 1:16Speaker 05

  It is very reasonable for him

• 1:18Speaker 06

  to be responsible for the death of my brother.

• 1:22Speaker 06

  There's a judge here in juvenile court in Williamson County that Grant told him, "I'm afraid my dad's going to kill me."

• 1:28Speaker 06

  Mouth was on the floor. Jaw was on the floor. I was beyond shocked.

• 1:35Annie Elise?

  There are certain fears that never leave you as a parent. The fear that somebody could potentially hurt your child or manipulate them, take advantage of them. Or worse, the ultimate fear, take your child away from you entirely. And that's exactly why today's case is just so disturbing. Because at the center of it, it's a father who is accused of doing the absolute unthinkable to his own children. And I'm talking allegations so horrifying that they instantly divide people into two separate camps. Camp one... Those who are convinced he is an absolute, complete monster through and through. And Camp 2, people who are convinced that he is being framed.

• 2:19Annie Elise?

  Now, the case of Gracie and Grant Solomon out of Tennessee, I have to be honest with you. It is one of the most chaotic, emotionally charged cases that I think I have ever covered. Because according to the children's mother, Angie, her ex-husband Aaron sexually assaulted their daughter, Gracie, and may have even murdered their son, Grant, to cover it up. Because Grant found out he knew too much. But according to Aaron, he says, no, no, no, you've got it all wrong. None of that is true. In fact, he says that the mother, Angie, is the real danger in all of this. And guys, when we first covered this case together back in 2023, it seemed pretty clear who the victim was. The allegations against Aaron were absolutely devastating.

• 3:04Annie Elise?

  We're talking incest, sexual assault, murder. And a lot of people believed that he was just this monster hiding in plain sight. While he had this position of power and he knew politicians and all of these, you know, higher officials protected him. However, since then, this case has completely unraveled. Because now, there are a lot of people questioning whether Angie, the mother, manipulated that entire narrative from the very beginning. And even more shocking, wondering and questioning whether she may have been plotting something far darker herself. So today, we are going to reopen the case together. We're going to go back through the original investigation, break down all the major developments,

• 3:49Annie Elise?

  everything new that has come out since 2023, the major insane twists that have people questioning everything that they thought they knew. And I will be sharing my new perspectives along the way. Things that have changed my mind since that we first talked about this case together. Because the truth is, in this case, the truth depends entirely on who you believe. Now, because this is such a contentious case, I do want to be very clear that everything discussed in this episode is alleged, and my opinion Anything I share is solely based on my own research, my own opinions, or court documents that I have sourced. Aaron, the father, has never been charged with a crime,

• 4:29Annie Elise?

  and both Aaron and Angie are innocent until proven guilty. Also, really quick, just a little housekeeping, another fair warning, since we will be revisiting parts of my original 2023 coverage, parts of the audio may change. You may hear it go, you know, a little bit differently because I've changed mics, I've changed equipment over the years. The goal is to bring it all together to give you one big, comprehensive overview of the case, but you may hear the audio, you know, sounding a little bit different. But with all of that being said, my name is Annie Elise. Today, we are reopening the case of Gracie and Grant Solomon, and let's get into it.

• 5:15Annie Elise?

  This story begins with Angie, the mother of Grant and Gracie. Despite growing up in a less-than-ideal household, Angie preserved and found her passions in basketball and singing. She earned her bachelor's degree and went on to obtain her doctorate in pharmaceuticals. An extremely intelligent and educated woman, with hard work and determination, she bought her own home and was on track to living a fulfilling and very successful life. However, as an adult in 2001, Angie reconnected with a boy from her high school, a boy named Aaron Solomon. At the time, Aaron was working as a sports anchor for VSMV, the NBC News affiliate

• 5:56Annie Elise?

  for Nashville, Tennessee. He and Angie quickly began a relationship, and only six weeks later, she discovered that she was pregnant with their first child, Grant. Despite intending to raise Grant on her own, though, Angie felt pressure from her parents to marry Aaron so that their child would have a father figure. After being in a relationship for only two months, Angie reluctantly agreed to the marriage. Four years later, on October 17, 2006, Angie welcomed a second child, a daughter named Gracie.

• 6:28Annie Elise?

  As a child, Grant was known for his upbeat personality and remarkable talents. He was incredibly close to his mother and his little sister Gracie, whom he saw himself as a protector for. At the age of four, he started playing baseball and the field really became his safe haven. Grant developed into a very gifted baseball pitcher who even caught the attention of Division One schools during his high school years. According to Angie, her and Aaron's relationship quickly turned tumultuous after Grant's birth. Angie reported that Aaron had frequent violent outbursts and was manipulative, doing whatever he could to exert control over her. He even allegedly cheated on her numerous times, further contributing to the deterioration of their relationship.

• 7:13Annie Elise?

  And to make it even worse, Angie allegedly also found out that Aaron was allegedly grooming several underage girls, as well as hiring different workers in the sex industry. In 2011, Aaron reportedly voluntarily resigned from his position as a sports anchor, although Angie claims he was actually terminated due to the discovery of inappropriate content on his computer and his phone. In 2014, he transitioned to a role as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch, an investment management firm. Despite the ongoing torment and challenges that Angie was facing, she attempted to seek therapy. However, Aaron refused to give her any privacy, often attending and even listening in on

• 7:58Annie Elise?

  her sessions, apparently. According to her, he refused to let her spend any extended periods of time alone, so after a few sessions, he couldn't take it anymore, and he joined her in therapy, where Angie was there diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, stemming from all of the different torment and attacks that she had experienced throughout her life, including her childhood. And allegedly, Aaron was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder, as well as having an addiction to sex. According to some reports, the harm that Aaron inflicted on Angie intensified after the birth of their daughter Gracie. He appeared to be consistently angry, particularly toward Angie and their son Grant.

• 8:41Annie Elise?

  In early January 2013, five-year-old Gracie confided in her mother, making very disturbing allegations about her father. Aaron had apparently forbidden Angie from giving Gracie baths, insisting that only he could do so. Now if this is true, and it is according to Gracie and Angie, this is a ginormous red flag. As time passed, Angie noticed that Gracie would become extremely upset and plead not to take baths. It wasn't until Gracie came forward with her horrifying accusations that Angie discovered the reason for her daughter's distress. Now I can't quote Gracie directly, because YouTube will for sure flag me, but it is extremely disturbing, these allegations.

• 9:26Annie Elise?

  Gracie told her mom that her dad was actually hurting her in a physical and sexual nature during bath time by putting soap inside of her, and that that was really hurting her. Angie confronted Aaron about Gracie's allegations, and allegedly, he confessed to them. However, according to Angie, he warned her that if she told anybody, he would take their children away from her. During this period, Angie began seeing another therapist named Dr. Reed to figure out a way to escape from Aaron. She began taking notes on her phone about the various incidents and corresponding with a therapist via email to develop a plan, an escape plan. Gracie alleges that both sets of grandparents knew about what was happening as well, and

• 10:11Annie Elise?

  what her father had been doing to her, but for whatever reason, they chose to support him. In May of 2013, the situation reached a new low. Prior to this, Angie, Grant, and Gracie had been sleeping in the master bedroom without Aaron. Whenever Aaron had these violent outbursts, they would lock themselves in the master bedroom to keep safe. Well, on May 9, 2013, Aaron allegedly had another one of his angry outbursts, causing everyone to flee. In an attempt to escape his wrath, Angie took herself and the children to the master bedroom. However, Aaron called her into the bathroom, and allegedly, he hit her on the side of the head, then proceeded to strangle her with the cord of a hair dryer.

• 10:55Annie Elise?

  During this incident, Grant walked in and witnessed his father strangling his mother. Grant was able to intervene and stop Aaron from potentially killing his mother Angie. Angie managed to escape from the house at that moment, but neither she nor Grant reported the incident to authorities. Angie was too frightened to do so herself, and she also warned Grant not to tell anybody because she was concerned for his safety as well. However, in a weird twist, Aaron actually called 911 himself to report the incident. And let me just say, that right there is kind of out of the narcissist playbook to be the one to call 911 after you just attacked your wife so that you can be the one to control the narrative and get ahead of the story.

• 11:39Annie Elise?

  And what he does next is beyond extreme. Angie claims that her parents had come over to the house and spoken with Aaron, and that's when he called the authorities to report that Angie had attempted to take her own life by using that cord of the hairdryer. Angie stated that Aaron and her parents forced her to go to Parthenon Centennial Hospital and receive treatment while sticking with that story that she was mentally ill and had made an attempt on her own life. After speaking with the doctor alone at the hospital, Angie revealed that the story that was told to the hospital staff about her attempting to take her own life was not true. She disclosed that Aaron was actually the harmful one who had been physically harming her and who had attempted to take her life that night with that hairdryer cord.

• 12:24Annie Elise?

  They allowed her to spend the night at the hospital to relax a little, and following the doctor's advice, she obtained a restraining order against Aaron. However, when she returned home on May 11th, she discovered that the house was completely empty. Aaron and the children had vanished, and despite her repeated phone calls, neither Aaron, her parents, nor Aaron's parents answered. The next day on May 12th, which also happened to be Mother's Day, Angie had hoped that Aaron would bring the children to see her. However, instead of Aaron, the police showed up at her house. Apparently, Aaron had called 911 once again, again claiming that Angie was trying to end her life. But the police, after examining the situation, didn't find any evidence to support Aaron's claim.

• 13:09Annie Elise?

  They believed that Angie was likely in a very toxic and harmful relationship, and they left without taking any further action. According to the medical report, Angie spent less than 24 hours at that medical center where she was evaluated for life-ending thoughts. She was brought in by paramedics and accompanied by her husband and her parents. Despite the confusion about whether her presentation was due to attacks or a life-ending attempt, she was admitted, of course, out of caution. The psychiatric evaluation suggested that Angie was likely in a very toxic and harmful relationship with her husband and may have been mistreated as a child by her parents. According to the medical chart, Dr. Michael Murphy, the admitting physician, spoke with

• 13:52Annie Elise?

  Angie's psychiatrist, who revealed that the plan was for her to leave the house and file for divorce. The chart indicated that Angie did not display any signs of depression, nor did she express any thoughts about ending her own life. Additionally, her chart showed that her outpatient psychiatrist confirmed that she had not attempted to end her life in the past. Dr. Murphy also noted that there was no evidence that Angie had attempted to use that cord on herself, and he did not believe that she was in an acute state of mind that would lead to ending her own life. She was diagnosed with major depression in remission and was given a global assessment of functioning score of 65. It was noted in the discharge summary that she was in a risky situation with her possibly

• 14:36Annie Elise?

  violent husband, and that her parents were unreliable sources of information. However, Angie was cooperative and calm during that entire assessment and admission process. The summary also indicated that there were no changes to her outpatient medication schedule, and there was no concern for life-ending ideations or harm to herself or others. Therefore, it was concluded that Angie was not a danger to herself or others. So after obtaining a restraining order against Aaron, Angie anxiously awaited news of her children's whereabouts. Despite repeatedly reaching out to the police, they appeared unwilling to take action. Meanwhile, Aaron had filed for divorce and obtained an order of protection against Angie for himself and their children, who he was granted full custody of.

• 15:22Annie Elise?

  Over the next several months, Angie fought relentlessly to regain custody of her children while Gracie and Grant remained with their father. Gracie revealed that neither she nor her brother wanted to live with their father Aaron due to his strict and physically harmful behavior. He imposed strict dietary restrictions, allowing only meat and vegetables while completely prohibiting sugar. According to a friend of Grant's, he lost 25 pounds and appeared noticeably frail and skinny during the first year that he lived with his father. One incident allegedly involved Grant attempting to escape by jumping out of a moving car, but his father Aaron grabbed him by the wrist so hard that Grant thought it was broken.

• 16:05Annie Elise?

  Gracie also noticed years later that Grant would often hold his wrist, suggesting that he may have suffered an injury from the incident. On June 21, 2013, as things are beginning to escalate, the divorce hearing took place before Judge Philip E. Smith, with Aaron represented by two attorneys, David Scott and Michael Parsley, and Angie was represented by Joni Abernathy. During the hearing, Aaron used Angie's father and sister to testify against her, but medical experts who examined Angie testified in her favor. They presented evidence indicating that she was not thinking about ending her own life and did not attempt to ever harm herself. Instead, they confirmed that Angie was in fact a victim of domestic disputes.

• 16:50Annie Elise?

  During the end of the hearing, despite the medical experts testifying on Angie's behalf, Judge Smith ultimately ruled in Aaron's favor. Now, I want to just be clear, because again, we are only getting one side of the story here. We are only getting Angie and Gracie's version of events here. Now, I'm not saying that her family is toxic or not toxic, but we do have to take into consideration that her sister and her parents were testifying on Aaron's behalf, not hers. So if there is more to the story underneath the surface that we don't know about, it is entirely possible. It also is entirely possible that due to whatever she suffered in her childhood, that her parents are toxic. And maybe they are advocating for the wrong side.

• 17:34Annie Elise?

  We don't know, so just keep an open mind as we continue to go through. But I just want to remind you all of that. Over the following six months, Angie reached out to her counselor more frequently to find a solution. She also diligently documented any instances of physical harm, neglect, or manipulation committed by Aaron. By 2014, the courts granted Angie two hours of supervised visitation per week, and Aaron finally allowed her to see the children. However, during her visits, Angie observed that her children were not doing well, not at all. Grant had allegedly lost a significant amount of weight again, and Gracie had dark, discolored bags under her eyes. It was evident that the children were going through a lot of suffering, showing physical

• 18:18Annie Elise?

  signs of exhaustion. It was clear that something here needed to be done. Now, the court ruled that Angie could not have any parenting time until she underwent a full psychiatric evaluation, which she did. And the evaluation clearly stated that Angie was a fully capable parent based on ample evidence. Dr. Reed, Angie's longtime psychiatrist, informed the court that her mental health prognosis was excellent and that Aaron had manipulated the court into believing that she was much worse off than she actually was. The psychiatrist also revealed that the children had made several comments about what they had endured under Aaron's care. Despite this, Aaron retained custody of the children, with Angie only permitted to visit them for six hours per week.

• 19:03Annie Elise?

  In November of 2014, Gracie had told her mother that her dad was still attacking her in a sexual manner. Going into 2015, Gracie told her mom more and more about these allegations. She stated that there were times that she would randomly become very sleepy, and then she would wake up in her father's bed with the inside of her thighs and privates burning, but that she could never remember why. There was a time when Gracie managed to FaceTime her mother without Aaron noticing, and during the call, she showed her mother a series of bruises on her inner thighs. Gracie couldn't recall how she got the bruises, but Aaron claimed that they were just rashes from her swimsuit, which Gracie apparently knew was not true.

• 19:46Annie Elise?

  Gracie also alleged that if she or Grant said something that upset Aaron while they were driving, he would start driving very fast just to scare them. During this period, Aaron had inherited a trust fund worth more than $1 million from a deceased aunt, and he had been receiving monthly payments of about $100,000 for several months. He had a lot of money, a lot of money to burn. However, despite receiving all of this money, in April of 2015, he reported to the police that Angie was not paying child support, and this led to her arrest. This was seen as a threat to her to keep her from speaking out about the allegations that she had recently discovered from her daughter Gracie.

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• 20:56Annie Elise?

  As a result, Angie says that she spent the next three years struggling to appease Aaron to remain silent and to fight for the safety of herself and her children. Angie says that she persisted in reaching out to various law enforcement agencies, church members, and the Grace Christian Academy to express her concerns about her and her children's safety. She even tried to report Aaron for potentially grooming other students at the high school, but her warnings were dismissed. Despite her efforts in August of 2018, both Grant and Gracie fled their home with Aaron for the first time, but Aaron quickly reported them to the police as missing and had them brought back. He requested that the police take them back to his house in what Gracie believes was

• 21:39Annie Elise?

  an attempt to intimidate them into never disobeying him again. Now, the weekend of August 17th and 18th, 2018, starts to take a turn. Grant had a baseball tournament in North Carolina, and Angie had filed for an emergency custody hearing based on allegations of dependent neglect and physical harm by Aaron. So Grant stayed at his tournament, and Gracie and Aaron were on their way back to Tennessee for the custody hearing. Along the way, Aaron booked a hotel room with only one bed, despite Gracie's request for a room with two beds. Gracie claims that not only did they have to share the bed together, but that her father attacked her that night as well. During the court hearing the next day, Gracie recounted the events of the previous

• 22:24Annie Elise?

  night and provided a detailed description of what her father had done to her. However, Aaron's lawyer aggressively challenged her recollection insisting that she was mistaken and that nothing inappropriate had occurred. The lawyer even got in Gracie's face alleging to convince her that she was misremembering and that her allegations were false. Grant also submitted a letter to the courts detailing the physical actions that were taking place that he had endured at the hands of his father. He expressed that he was living in fear of his father, who restricted his food, humiliated him by calling him fat, and made him work endlessly for baseball without any breaks. According to Grant, Aaron only saw him as a reflection of his own parenting excellence, based solely on his baseball talents.

• 23:09Annie Elise?

  Grant stated that his father would lie about his mother's mental health despite having evidence that proved otherwise. He and Gracie both expressed their desire to live with their mother and that every moment spent with their father was filled with terror. At the conclusion of the case, Williamson County Circuit Court Judge Deanna Johnson dismissed the petition citing lack of merit. Furthermore, she barred Angie from filing any additional civil lawsuits against Aaron for the next six years. Essentially, the judge discredited Gracie and Angie's claims, assuming that Angie was filing these lawsuits out of spite rather than genuine concern. Despite Gracie's clear fear, she was forced to return to her father's custody and travel back to North Carolina to retrieve her brother.

• 23:54Annie Elise?

  Unfortunately, nobody seemed to take Gracie's concerns seriously. Now, Aaron attends the same church as many influential members of the court system in their Tennessee county, including Governor Bill Lee. They all attend Grace Chapel Church where Aaron and his children Gracie and Grant have been involved for several years, even going to school in the same building. While the church and the school are separate entities, they do share similar ideologies. And many members believe that Aaron is a good man who attends church, gives back to the community, and is a great father. Law enforcement, the courts, and the government all seem inclined to believe Aaron due to their shared affiliation with the same church and ideologies.

• 24:36Annie Elise?

  Furthermore, in this case, it was alleged that Judge Johnson had spoken with the pastor of the church shortly before making her ruling. Now, this has led Angie to believe that there is an additional bias at play here. In May of that year, Gracie and Grant were supposed to live with a family friend under DCS care, although their father was still granted some custody. There was a moment when Grant and a friend were celebrating in court as they believed they would no longer have to live with their father, but it turned out to be short-lived because he still had more custody than their mother. Gracie had also tried to confide in staff members at her high school, Grace Christian Academy, about the physical attacks that she was enduring at the hands of her father. One day, the principal called her into the office and advised her to stop talking about

• 25:21Annie Elise?

  what was happening to preserve her reputation. After hearing this, her brother Grant had enough and decided to stop going to school until he got a meeting with the principal. Grant got his meeting with the principal where they just justified their actions by explaining that they were just trying to save Gracie's reputation. Grant went to the school pastor and told him about the alleged actions that were taking place, but still, nobody apparently took any action. Now, in the video I'm about to show, Angie records Aaron in a doctor's parking lot, trying to coerce Gracie into going with him. Prior to this, Angie was in the car line to pick up Gracie for a doctor's appointment. However, Aaron showed up at the school to demand that he take Gracie to the appointment instead.

• 26:02Annie Elise?

  The school followed Aaron's demand even after Gracie broke down and told the principal why she didn't want to go with her father. This is where headmaster Robbie Mason says that Gracie's claims are "old news" and then puts her in the car with her father. Angie, still very concerned, followed Gracie and Aaron to the doctor. This is the conversation in the parking lot after Gracie's appointment. Well, I'm missing... So what's going on? Please.

• 26:34Speaker 05

  I want to play with mom. Alright, so then after the party, you go with me and Grant to Mississippi? I don't, I don't wanna go to Mississippi, please. I just wanna. Okay, Gracie, you're coming to me. Eventually.

• 26:50Speaker 05

  Because

• 26:52Speaker 05

  you guys are breaking the rules, I'm not. You two are breaking the rules, I'm not.

• 27:01Speaker 05

  Is that what you think it is? No, I know what it is. I understand. But at some point, we're supposed to be following rules that aren't being followed.

• 27:13Speaker 05

  And there's reasons for the rules, and it doesn't matter what me, us three, think. And we've had this conversation a number of times, but it's gonna stop. Gracie will be coming to me at some point. Whether you like it or not, it will happen.

• 27:28Speaker 05

  Because I'm not going to continue to allow us to be breaking the rules. And you shouldn't be allowing it either. And you shouldn't be allowing it either.

• 27:39Speaker 05

  It's not just about what you want right now. It's, it's, it's much bigger than that. And I've tried to play nice and be nice about it, and you, and that you've been with mom way more than you're supposed to, and more than, way more than what the judge says. It doesn't matter what you think right now.

• 27:56Annie Elise?

  And then everything regarding this case, the custody dispute, the domestic disputes, everything, was about to go from bad to incredibly worse. Because on July 20th, 2020, now 18-year-old Grant drove an hour to school at Grace Christian Academy for baseball practice. Remember, they were living with a family friend at the time, which explains the long commute. However, just 15 minutes before practice, Grant was struck by his own truck and killed. And the only witness to this incident was none other than his father, Aaron. On the same day around 8:44 a.m., Aaron called 911 from the parking lot to report an incident.

• 28:38Annie Elise?

  He initially claimed that Grant had parked his truck at his practice location at the Ward Performance Center Institute in Gallatin, Tennessee. Aaron said that he parked his own car and was looking at his phone when he noticed that Grant's truck was no longer parked next to him. Shortly after, he heard a loud crash and saw the truck rolling down the hill and into the ditch, hitting Grant and dragging him with the truck. When the police arrived to take his statement, he told the police that he saw Grant get out of the truck and grab his baseball gear from the bed of the truck. Then he saw the truck start backing up, hitting and dragging Grant all the way to the ditch and trapping him underneath the car. During the 911 call, Aaron initially claimed that there were three other witnesses to the incident, but this was never mentioned again.

• 29:23Annie Elise?

  He stated that he had "three guys here," but later he changed his story and reported that he was the only one present to witness the incident. Now have a listen to this call.

• 29:32Speaker 02

  I'm trying. Where's our emergency? It's 1357 South Water Street. It's off 109. Please hurry. He said 57? Please hurry. Okay. 1357. My son trots back over him and it's rolled over him and dragged him into the ditch and it's on top of him. He's trapped under the truck and I... Yeah, he... Somehow it drug him underneath it. Yes, my son is under it. I'm trying to... No, I'm trying to call 911. Okay. What's your name?

• 30:17Speaker 02

  Oh my God. My name is Aaron Solomon. And you said 1357 South Water Avenue, right? Yes. How old is he now? He's 18. He's 18 in two weeks, about a month. My son. Oh my god. Oh my god, this is not good. Is he awake? Oh, please hurry. I don't, no, I don't think so. He's not, oh, he's not alert, right? No, he's out. And he's trapped. I got three guys here and he's trapped under the truck. Okay. Oh my god. All right, just saying, sir, say, I'm a phone meanwhile, we got somebody out there. What's your name?

• 31:00Speaker 02

  Aaron Solomon.

• 31:03Speaker 02

  All right, Aaron. Huh? What kind of vehicle is it? It's a Toyota Tacoma, Tacoma, and it's, the, the vehicle has, he's underneath the vehicle. Okay, I've got that. And, and it's.

• 31:17Speaker 02

  Okay, I've got that. What color is it?

• 31:22Speaker 02

  It's a white truck.

• 31:24Speaker 02

  That's my son. He, he somehow backed up, yeah. Yeah, I'm on, on, I'm on with nine one one right now.

• 31:34Speaker 02

  Oh my god.

• 31:37Speaker 02

  Oh my god.

• 31:41Speaker 02

  Oh my god. Was your son working on it?

• 31:46Speaker 02

  No, no, he was just getting out of it. It's the hill, it's, we're on an incline and I guess he didn't have it in park or something? Or it wasn't engaged or?

• 31:58Speaker 02

  Oh my god.

• 32:01Speaker 02

  Oh my god, I can't believe you.

• 32:04Speaker 02

  No, no. And he's still on his truck? No one can get? Yes. No, it's, no, it's. I'm just asking you questions before we get to the item, okay?

• 32:18Speaker 02

  Can he talk to you? Huh?

• 32:22Speaker 02

  I, I, somebody's telling me that he's coming through. Okay. Maybe. He was waking up. Maybe. Trying to keep him still. So he? Well, he can't, yeah, he can't move. I don't think he can move. I, I don't know. Okay, I. No, he can't move, he's trapped. Okay, well, we got somebody in route. Now, what do you want? I, I'm telling him that. Can somebody? I'm telling him.

• 32:45Speaker 02

  Yeah, somebody talked to him. There. Yes.

• 32:51Speaker 02

  He, he, there's blood. What, is he facing up or down? He's facing up. They said he may aspirate. We need to hurry. Oh my god.

• 33:01Annie Elise?

  Blood coming out of his mouth.

• 33:04Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah, there's blood coming out. Yeah, somehow it drugging him down, I think. I don't know whether it wasn't in park or what, or if it didn't engage the brake, or it drugging underneath somehow.

• 33:20Speaker 02

  They said he's facing up.

• 33:21Annie Elise?

  Okay.

• 33:22Speaker 02

  But he's bleeding from his mouth. So Grant, turn your face to the side if you can, barely, but be careful.

• 33:30Annie Elise?

  Don't move him, okay?

• 33:33Speaker 02

  Yeah, we can't move him. We can't, we can't move him.

• 33:43Annie Elise?

  All right, these are there, there. I'm gonna let you go, okay? Now, in my opinion, Aaron sounds remarkably calm in this 911 call. Despite repeatedly stating that Grant is trapped, he doesn't appear to have checked whether he is actually stuck under the truck. Someone who arrived on the scene afterwards observed that Aaron was standing on top of a hill, pacing back and forth while on the phone with the dispatcher. This witness also noted that Aaron never went over the truck to check on Grant or attempt to rescue him, which seems very strange considering the circumstances. One would expect a parent to rush to their child's aid in such a situation. But Aaron kept his distance from the scene, kept his distance entirely, apparently.

• 34:26Annie Elise?

  Shortly after the 911 call, ambulances arrived at the scene. Police reports indicate that when they arrived, Grant was lying on his back underneath the front of the truck between the tires. The tires were not putting any weight on his body at the time, and he was bleeding from the scalp, nose, and ears. He was unresponsive initially, but still breathing. The paramedics removed him from underneath the truck, started CPR, and put him in the ambulance. However, by the time they reached the hospital at 9:30 a.m., he was pronounced dead. Hospital staff found one laceration on the back of his skull and three bruises, one on his jaw, one on his left hip, and the other near his right thigh.

• 35:06Annie Elise?

  Although he had a head injury, the cause of his death was determined to be cardiac arrest. Aaron provided his statement to the police at the hospital where Grant was and was given paperwork to fill out as well. Aaron made the decision not to have an autopsy performed on Grant, and also declined to donate his organs. This decision was made before Angie even arrived at the hospital, and she was not consulted on any of these matters, apparently. Angie expressed frustration with this decision, as she believed an autopsy could have provided valuable information, and that Grant's organs could have been used to save other lives. Despite these concerns, police quickly closed the case, ruling Grant's death as an accident.

• 35:49Annie Elise?

  However, Angie, Gracie, and their supporters find many aspects of this situation very troubling and unsatisfying, to say the least. Now, I can definitely understand why people have concerns about the story. Firstly, the claim that Grant was dragged under the truck doesn't match up with the injuries that he sustained. He only had one laceration on the back of his head, and had three bruises on his jaw, hip, and thigh, with no scrapes or marks from being dragged over pavement, rocks, and grass. Also, the truck had been driven for an hour to reach the practice location, so it would have been hot, yet there are no burn marks on Grant's body. There are also no signs of blood, scuff marks,

• 36:31Annie Elise?

  or burn marks on the asphalt where he likely would have hit his head and sustained the injury that caused him to bleed out. This figure compares Grant's height to the truck, and suggests that he was backed up over by the truck despite reports that the weight of the tires was not on top of him. However, there is no evidence of bruising on his back, butt, or abdomen, nor any scrapes or scratch marks. If he had been hit and dragged, these types of injuries would be expected, you would think. Additionally, if he had fallen and hit his head, it would have been at the time of the impact, as blunt force trauma would have caused him to fall back.

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• 37:39Annie Elise?

  The shoes that Grant was wearing during the incident are pictured here, and they appear to be completely clean, without any dirt or scuff marks, despite the claim that Grant's body was dragged through rocks, grass, and dirt. Additionally, photos from the scene suggest that the car started in the parking lot, backed over the grass depicted in the image, and ended up in a ditch with the tires on the sidewalk. Supposedly, all while dragging Grant's body. Upon examining the scene photos, it is apparent that there are no tracks or damage to the grass where Grant's body was allegedly dragged through, despite claims that the car had driven over it. However, there are clear tire marks on the sidewalk, leading to the ditch,

• 38:21Annie Elise?

  indicating that the car had driven forward onto the sidewalk. Notably, there are no tire marks or scuff marks in the parking lot where Grant was allegedly dragged, contrary to the presence of tire marks on the sidewalk where the car had driven forward. Grant's glasses were also found on the sidewalk, which is unusual because he always wore them and couldn't see without them. It's unclear how they ended up there, whether he dropped them, or if they were knocked off, or if somebody intentionally removed them. However, they were not found in the parking lot where he was allegedly hit by the car. If he had fallen and lost his glasses in that parking lot, it's unlikely that they would have remained on him as he was dragged, only to fall off after he was pinned underneath the car.

• 39:06Annie Elise?

  Make it make sense. It does not add up. The math ain't mathin'. Further examination of the scene showed a rock with blood on it was found next to the front driver's side door in the ditch. Despite Grant's only reported injury being blunt force trauma to the head, there was no blood on the pavement, only on the rock. So it raises the question, did Grant hit his head on the rock or on the pavement as Aaron claimed? If the truck had indeed backed all the way up into the ditch, it would have sustained significant damage. Yet the only visible damage is a slightly damaged back bumper. And experts assert that the back bumper on a Toyota Tacoma is easily breakable.

• 39:48Annie Elise?

  When the ENTs arrived, they used a jack to lift the car and to pull out Grant's body. So it's possible that the contact of the back bumper with the sidewalk during the lifting process caused the minor damage. And just so we're very, very clear here, according to the reported story, the truck allegedly rolled backwards all the way across the parking lot and into the deep ditch, even going up the other side. However, the depth and the terrain of the ditch make it extremely improbable for the truck to make such a maneuver without incurring significant damage. The force of impact would have been much greater and caused way more damage to the truck. So that right there, what we just discussed is pretty much all of the sketchy stuff going

• 40:32Annie Elise?

  on with the actual scene itself. And Angie expressed many of these same concerns when she learned more about Grant's death.

• 40:39Speaker 06

  It's an absolutely impossible narrative. For example, one of the first things that you notice is that the hospital medical records and everything can be supported by documentation that's been put out there. The medical records show that Grant only had one injury to his body, and that was to the back of his head, blunt force trauma under the occipital bone on the right side of his head. For the story of the only witness, which is Aaron Solomon, his father, says that the truck drug Grant over 60 feet down what was really gnarly pavement into a culvert ditch that was filled with riprap, which are those large quarry rocks.

• 41:22Speaker 06

  And then somehow Grant ended up lying flat on his back with his head facing the building rather than the opposite direction. And the truck was pulled over him but did not touch him. So nothing that- The multiple stories that Aaron has told could possibly be true. They defy gravity, they defy all the laws of inertia and energy, and they also defy the laws of medicine and they defy common sense. When I got, when I was, when I did arrive at the hospital, I was pretty cleared out and Aaron had made sure there was no doctors or anyone there that I could speak with. However, I did get to speak with nurses and the first thing they told me was

• 42:06Speaker 06

  the injuries do not match the accident description. And that right there is a red flag that is supposed to be rolled up the ladder to police to start an investigation if they did not do one at the scene.

• 42:19Annie Elise?

  Now, in that interview, you can hear Angie say that Aaron was the only witness to Grant's death. And when I first looked at this case in 2023, that really seemed to be true. At that point, there were no reported witnesses besides Aaron. However, since then, a small newspaper in Tennessee had published a report claiming that there were actually two additional witnesses. But according to the former Tennessee Attorney General, these two witnesses didn't come forward for more than five years. And the reasoning was because they said they had been working out of state. They apparently didn't realize that their testimony could be useful, but they were coming forward now. Which, I want to just play devil's advocate here for a moment.

• 43:02Annie Elise?

  It does feel a little bit odd to me. I mean, if you witness a freak accident, especially one involving an 18-year-old kid, which I get it technically an adult, but a kid basically, you might think to actually give at least a statement to the police about what you saw, right? But apparently, that's not what happened here. According to the Attorney General, the two men were driving on the highway when they just so happened to see Grant's truck barreling backward through the parking lot. One witness reportedly saw his truck then jump the curb, and then he said the other witness saw Grant, quote, "folded up underneath the truck with no way of getting out." And honestly, if that report is accurate, it does seem to support- Aaron's version of events.

• 43:47Annie Elise?

  However, the same report also says that even though these men rushed over to help Grant, they left the scene within just five minutes. Which again, it just feels strange, right? I mean, I don't know, the whole thing just seems a little bit sketchy to me. Like, if you see this kid, quote, your words, not mine, folded up underneath a truck, you see the truck barreling through, you're staying on the scene for only five minutes, and then you're not even giving the police a follow-up statement? Now, I have to say, we don't have the names of these witnesses, and it's hard not to question, you know, why they're only popping up now, more than five years later. But something just does not land entirely right for me. But again, that's just my opinion.

• 44:31Annie Elise?

  And that is far from the only sketchy thing that is going on in this case. A couple of days later, when Grant's family arrived at his funeral service to say their final goodbyes, they were horrified by the way his body had been handled. Now, Grant was super tall, okay, like 6'4". And according to his mom, Angie, Williamson Memorial Funeral Home tried to squeeze him into a casket that was too small for his height. And she claimed, this is a big graphic, that because of that, because they were trying to squeeze him into this shorter casket, that Grant's ankles had to be broken to make his body fit. Which, I mean, that is just horrifying to even say out loud, if that is true.

• 45:14Annie Elise?

  According to Angie, the funeral home also threw out all of Grant's clothing, meaning that she never got to keep those last final pieces of her son. Now, the funeral home, I will say, has denied breaking Grant's ankles, but they actually did admit to trashing all of his clothing. The whole thing is appalling. This poor kid had been through so much in his life already. And then, for his final resting place to also be mishandled? I mean, it's just devastating. So after all of the craziness with Grant's funeral, another big question was, of course, Grant's truck. It seemed like it would be a pretty big piece of evidence in terms of figuring out what really happened. But the police, they didn't really take- Much interest in it. In fact, they just gave the truck back to his dad, Aaron,

• 46:00Annie Elise?

  and it sat right there in his driveway for more than a year. However, by February of 2021, Angie learned that the truck had been taken to a scrapyard in Nashville. The photo of the truck taken after the incident shows almost no damage, which really doesn't seem to warrant scrapping the vehicle. It's possible that insurance could have covered the repair costs. So that part is really strange. Why scrap it? Fortunately, Angie was able to obtain the truck and have it forensically examined. Now allegedly, the results indicated that the accident could not have occurred the way Aaron described. However, even despite the history of the domestic allegations, the death of Aaron's son, his daughter's claims of attacks, and the inconsistencies in the scene itself,

• 46:45Annie Elise?

  the Gallatin Police Department refuses to investigate. However, the family suspects foul play on Aaron's part. Before his death, Grant had just turned 18 one month prior, and he had always had a history of protecting his sister Gracie. With his newly attained adult status, the family hoped that he would be taken more seriously in court and in the church. The family suspect that Aaron intentionally drove the truck over the sidewalk where Grant was possibly standing, causing him to fall back and hit his head on that nearby rock, then left the truck over Grant to kill him and prevent him from exposing Aaron's alleged attacks on Gracie. In more recent interviews, Angie and Gracie have gone on the record

• 47:30Annie Elise?

  saying that that is exactly what Aaron's motive could have been for Grant's alleged murder.

• 47:36Speaker 06

  What motive would a father have to kill his own child? To silence him. About what, though? Gracie. Grant had, he had testified in court multiple times.

• 47:51Speaker 06

  He took great pride in who he was as a person, his integrity, and also his intellect we were talking about earlier. And he had testified, and even testifying judges would say, "You're never going back." There's a judge here in juvenile court in Williamson County that Grant told, "I'm afraid my dad's going to kill me." And he looked at him, and he looked at Aaron, and he said, "I think you're big enough to take care of yourself. You can go back." So he was very hurt that no one would believe his mother or believe him and not believe his sister to get us help. And when he turned 18, he had planned, he did not tell me this, he told his friends and his girlfriend Hannah, that he was going to take Aaron to court himself and expose him.

• 48:36Speaker 06

  And for who he is and what he's doing, and for what he's done to Gracie, and he was going to fight for custody of Gracie himself so that he could make sure she was safe.

• 48:45Annie Elise?

  On May 12th, 2021, Gracie, who was 14 years old at the time, made a brave decision to expose the secrets and the lies that had been kept hidden for far too long.

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• 49:26Annie Elise?

  In an 18-minute-long video uploaded to YouTube, she shared the story of her attacks that she had suffered from a very young age. Gracie boldly stated that her father Aaron was a dishonest, controlling, and violent person. She recounted instances where he had attempted to harm her mother and had even inflicted harm on Gracie herself. She also revealed her belief that Aaron had killed her brother Grant and that she feared for her own life.

• 49:57Speaker 05

  Everything he has done to me, my brother, and my mom. I don't wanna call him my dad anymore. He's never listened to me. He's hurt me sexually, physically, and mentally. Ever since I was born, my dad has done awful things to me. First, he never let my mom bathe me. It was always him. So by not letting my mom come in at all, it meant that he could do anything to me. I would always tell my mom I felt like I was more like a wife than a sister or daughter. He would always bring his phone to the bathroom with him. At the time, I didn't know it, but I strongly believe he was taking pictures and videos. I had to learn to hide my body from him by flipping my hair for him, because he wouldn't leave me alone while I was showering or getting out.

• 50:39Speaker 05

  Dad is super manipulative and has manipulated so many people. He even tries to convince me that I'm being brainwashed by my mom, and everything I remember never happened.

• 50:50Speaker 05

  He tries to scare me into thinking my mom's house is unsafe. He knows how scared I am of robberies and kidnapping, or getting taken from my mom. In fact, he took me away from my mom for years when I was just ending my community burden year. Later on, he told me that I was never going back to my mom and that she was actually dead. I don't remember when I found out that she was alive, but I know Grant and I both believed she was dead for years because of him. Grant and my dad never had a good father-son relationship because of my dad. Dad would always harm, threaten, scare, and stress Grant out so, so badly. Before my dad took us from my mom, Grant and I were scared of dad because of his ridiculous and terrifying behavior. From trying to kill my mom and constantly yelling at her, to freaking us out from all the things he has done to us and our mom.

• 51:36Speaker 05

  When he took us, he was just as mean and powerful as he is now. This is from October 21st, 2020. Ever since Grant, my brother, passed, three months ago yesterday, my dad, Aaron Solomon, has been stalking us and just coming at us by throwing away and forgetting about boundaries I had set. I set boundaries for myself a while back, and he pretty much went by those for almost two years. But why when Grant died, he came after me? He literally just entered himself into our home and was hooking me and playing with my hair. I hated when he did that. It makes me gag.

• 52:09Annie Elise?

  It makes you think of the things he has done to me. According to Gracie, for the two years leading up to Grant's death, she had established boundaries with Aaron after attending therapy, and for the most part, he had mostly respected them. The attacks had stopped for the most part, apparently. However, after Grant's death, they started back up again. Gracie claimed that Aaron would show up at the house where she was staying, unannounced, and try to touch her hair or hug her. He would try to convince her to come over to his house, but she always refused. He would also find her friends and take videos of them, sending them to Gracie. Despite having a restraining order in place, Aaron has been ignoring it, showing up at her school and attempting to contact her. And Gracie has not been able to catch a break from him.

• 52:54Annie Elise?

  After the video was uploaded, Gracie was placed in DCF custody by court order due to the concerns of psychological harm. Angie stated that this is an unprecedented move, despite Gracie's desire to live with her mother and seek justice for her brother's death at the hands of their alleged harmful father. In addition to Gracie's video, a friend also posted a video on the same YouTube channel detailing what she knew about Gracie's experiences. There is also a "Justice for Grant" YouTube page that goes through the scene and discrepancies in various videos. Now, Aaron has filed a defamation lawsuit against Angie and a group of Gracie's friends, alleging that all of the allegations made in Gracie's video are completely untrue.

• 53:38Annie Elise?

  He claims that after multiple attempts to defame him in court, Angie resorted to social media to extort him into giving up custody and raise money for herself. According to the lawsuit, all of the claims made in the video, including the allegations of the attacks from Gracie and Grant, Aaron's diagnosis as a sex addict and a narcissist, and his termination from his job as a sports anchor due to inappropriate content on his computer, are all entirely fabricated. Under the pretext of their right to free speech, Angie and her team appealed the lawsuit, and Aaron eventually withdrew it. Then, in 2025, when Gracie turned 18 years old, she filed a lawsuit of her own against her father, Aaron, making additional allegations about the sexual assaults that

• 54:23Annie Elise?

  she says that she suffered as a child. And as of right now, that lawsuit is still pending. In my view, it's pretty hard to fathom why Gracie and her family would fabricate such serious accusations. It's not as if they have anything to gain from putting themselves through this kind of ordeal. Furthermore, impartial professionals in the court system have testified that it is likely that Angie and her children were victims in this situation of Aaron. These individuals are trained solely to rely on the facts and use their medical expertise to arrive at conclusions, rather than any personal bias or preconceptions. So it doesn't make sense to me that the courts would believe Aaron, who has a strong personal interest in the outcome, over medical professionals who have no personal stake

• 55:08Annie Elise?

  in the case, other than protecting their patients. Even the best of us would be biased in favor of ourselves and our children. So it's puzzling that the courts would believe the biased party over those whose job it is to be impartial. Parental alienation is a very real thing. So while, according to Angie and Gracie, Aaron was the one doing the alienating of the children from Angie and painting her as the crazy, scorned, harmful woman that, you know, was trying to take her own life, it is entirely possible, just playing devil's advocate here, guys, it is entirely possible, since we are only getting one version of the story right now, that there is parental alienation happening on

• 55:50Annie Elise?

  Angie's side. We need to be unbiased here and look at both sides. And again, that's because in recent years, I have learned what parental alienation is. So it is very important to gather all information from both sides, not just one narrative, and make a determination from there. I personally do believe that Gracie is a victim of a flawed system and attacks, and it has caused her a great deal of suffering. From what side? It's unclear. I do fully trust her account of events and feel that we should all be advocating for justice on her behalf, given what I have seen. And in the years since I first covered this case, I will say, I still very much stand by that part of my original opinion. I think that it's very clear that Gracie is a victim here, absolutely.

• 56:35Annie Elise?

  But exactly who victimized her? And the question of which parent alienated which parent? That, I will say, has become a lot more complicated. And that's because in April of 2025, someone was finally arrested in this case. But it wasn't Aaron. And it also wasn't any of the school officials or the church officials. It wasn't the funeral home either. It wasn't anyone who was blamed for all the mishandlings and misdoings and sinister motives. But rather, it was the mother, Angie. She was arrested and she was charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder. This was after investigators said she actually tried to hire someone to kill her ex-husband, Aaron.

• 57:17Annie Elise?

  According to prosecutors, on April 11th, Angie drove over to a mall parking lot so that she could meet up with a hitman. She also allegedly gave this hitman details of where they could find Aaron, how to do it, even suggested that he climb over Aaron's back fence as a way to get to him. But like we've seen in so many cases, unfortunately for Angie, that hitman was actually an undercover special agent. So within minutes of meeting with this man, the man that she thought she was hiring to kill her ex-husband, Angie was arrested instead. And just a couple of weeks later, Angie had a court appearance where even more shocking details came out.

• 57:57Speaker 04

  We were discussing what she wanted done. And in that portion of the audio, she said that she wanted him under the ground or in the ground.

• 58:15Speaker 05

  And Agent Atkins, it was hard to hear there. What did she say in answer to your question?

• 58:25Speaker 02

  Under the ground.

• 58:26Speaker 05

  You understand that when you get out of this car this next time, that your ex-husband is gonna be dead. He ain't coming back.

• 58:47Speaker 05

  You understand that, right?

• 58:54Speaker 05

  Okay.

• 58:57Speaker 02

  Agent Atkins, do you know what she said right there? Um, that was like the only time that she kind of cried a little bit, and I think she said that she understood.

• 59:06Annie Elise?

  Angie was apparently so anxious to have Aaron killed that she was willing to give up her car registration as collateral.

• 59:16Speaker 05

  Well, something like this about five thousand.

• 59:20Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 59:22Speaker 06

  I'm sorry I'm laughing, but he's worth it. He's not worth it.

• 59:26Speaker 05

  Yeah, well.

• 59:27Speaker 06

  Sorry, but let me just tell you something.

• 59:28Speaker 05

  It's a risk I'm taking. Do you have any cash or anything? Can you go to an ATM or give me anything now?

• 59:38Speaker 05

  You got any jewelry, anything about you that you could give me to?

• 59:41Speaker 06

  I sold all of my dresses.

• 59:45Speaker 05

  What about giving me the registration until we settle this up?

• 59:50Speaker 06

  I don't even have. I mean, I have the, well, I have the registration.

• 59:54Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 59:54Speaker 06

  But, yeah, um, you're not talking about the owner.

• 1:00:05Speaker 06

  I don't mind building a TV, but I'm afraid it could be a recording of my baby.

• 1:00:09Speaker 05

  Yeah, I'm afraid of getting stiff. That's what I'm afraid of.

• 1:00:13Annie Elise?

  The undercover agent then asked whether or not Angie wanted Aaron to die quickly or slowly. And she allegedly said that she wanted him to die as slowly as possible. Her motive, she said, that it was partly revenge for all of the terrible things that she believed Aaron had done to Grant and Gracie. But prosecutor said that there was another piece of it, too. A whole other separate motive is that Angie allegedly wanted to access Gracie's trust fund, which is said to be massive. And we always know financial motivated crimes, they exist for a reason, right? There that it's usually sex, money, infidelity, something, right? And I will say this, too. It wasn't just Aaron that she was allegedly targeting.

• 1:00:57Annie Elise?

  According to reports, Angie had two more people on her hit list. The judge in this case was so concerned that he initially set Angie's bond at $500,000. I will say about a month later, the bond was reduced to about $250,000 and she ultimately ended up being released under very strict restrictions. Some of these restrictions included no internet access, no contact with Aaron, no contact with Gracie. She couldn't even go to Gracie's high school for graduation. Then, near the end of 2025, Angie was hit with even more charges. She was charged with one count of criminal simulation and one count of theft. This was for allegedly stealing from a place called Grace Works,

• 1:01:41Annie Elise?

  which is a nonprofit organization that helps people access food, shelter, and other emergency assistance in the Williamson County area. As of right now, Angie has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges and both of the cases are still ongoing. And I will say, Aaron, for the most part, he has mostly stayed out of the media, but he did appear on a religious podcast last year. And in this episode, he reacted to the charges against Angie and he again denied any allegations that he had anything to do with Grant's death or any sort of assault on his daughter Gracie. I mean, the first thing that I want to say is that I feel absolutely horrible. For Grant and Gracie. Grant obviously lost his life and Gracie not only lost her brother,

• 1:02:25Annie Elise?

  but now she's caught in the middle of this just massive, messy, bitter battle between her parents. And to me, it seems pretty clear that both of them are extremely toxic to some extent. I mean, one of them has to be lying in all of this, right? Now, on one hand, if Angie is capable of planning someone's murder and stealing from a freaking nonprofit, is it possible that she's also capable of making up these horrific allegations against Aaron, trying to isolate her kids and manipulate them and alienate them? Maybe even manipulating them so much that they believed it was their reality? Or on the other hand, what if Aaron really did do these awful things that Angie is accusing him of?

• 1:03:10Annie Elise?

  I mean, I could certainly understand if they were true, why she would want him dead. And I'm absolutely like not defending what she's accused of doing because it's never okay to kill somebody. But as a mother, I certainly can understand how rage and grief could twist into something much darker and deeper and where you just want to protect your children at all costs. But honestly, the more that I think about all of this, the entire case, the more I start to wonder if both Angie and Aaron played a role in creating all of this chaos around Grant and Gracie. In my opinion, Aaron's account of Grant's death, it still raises some serious questions, especially when you compare it to the actual injuries that have been reported. It's really difficult not to suspect that something more may have happened there.

• 1:03:54Annie Elise?

  But at the same time, Angie now has her own very serious allegations that she needs to answer for. And those allegations make the entire picture of all of this a lot more challenging to untangle. This case is honestly one of the wildest and most complicated cases I have ever covered. And it's also one that I will certainly be keeping an eye on. Both Angie's criminal cases, Gracie's lawsuit against her dad, all of it. But I'm really curious to hear what you guys think. Do you think that Angie has been right all along? And that Aaron really did have some part to play in Grant's death? Assaults against his own daughter? Or do you think that Angie is actually the villain here? Or that both parents, I guess, fail these kids just in different ways?

• 1:04:38Annie Elise?

  And that the only true victims in all of this are Grant and Gracie? And she's been building her own life as a student at the University of Tennessee. But she also has been seen on Angie's side of the courtroom during her court appearances. So it does seem like she is still standing by her mom. I can't even begin to imagine everything that Gracie has been through. And I really do hope that she is getting the support that she needs to move forward, to process all of this, to find peace. And of course, to also keep her brother's memory alive. Like I said, I want to hear what you guys think about this case. It's, there's a lot of division out there. So let me know in the comment section if you're watching this on YouTube. Let me know in the review section if you are listening on Apple

• 1:05:21Annie Elise?

  or the Q and A section if you are listening on Spotify. Don't forget, subscribe if you're watching, follow if you're listening. There is so much we need to dissect in this case. And I just, I want to know your thoughts. I will be back with you on Thursday with an all new episode, talking about everything going on this week in true crime. But it's on my true crime podcast feed serially. And as a reminder, between the both of them, there are new episodes every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. All right, guys, until the next one. I'm Annie Elise. This is 10 to life. Stay safe. Bye.