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0:00Oh, take all my blood.
0:01>> [laughter]
0:02>> This is Eloise Leland, 81 years old. At
0:05this moment, she believes she's one step
0:07ahead of the investigation.
0:09>> I haven't done anything.
0:11>> What she doesn't realize is that
0:12detectives have already uncovered
0:14something she never expected.
0:16>> There was there was some more that went
0:18on in that meeting.
0:23>> Before this investigation unfolded,
0:25Eloise had already come to the attention
0:27of law enforcement. Just months earlier,
0:30around January 16th, 2025, animal
0:33control officers visited her Hernando
0:35property during a routine welfare check.
0:38Several dogs were found suffering from
0:40obvious medical conditions, and Leland
0:42was given notice to correct the
0:43violations. When officers returned a
0:46week later, they found conditions had
0:48deteriorated even further. A wolf hybrid
0:50named Phoenix had died from severe
0:52malnutrition, while several other
0:54animals were found dead or living in
0:56neglect. The following day, authorities
0:59removed 90 dogs from the property in one
1:01of the largest animal seizures in Citrus
1:03County history. Leland, then 79 years
1:06old, was arrested on one felony count of
1:08aggravated animal cruelty and five
1:11misdemeanor counts of animal neglect.
1:13The case kept her on the radar of local
1:15law enforcement. Nearly a year later, on
1:18January 7th, 2026, investigators
1:21received confidential information from a
1:23man named Michael Grove, who had been
1:25working for Eloise.
1:27This time, the allegations had nothing
1:30to do with animals. What he revealed
1:32would take the investigation in an
1:34entirely different direction.
1:37>> It started a couple of months ago.
1:40And then, uh, a few months later, and
1:41then I had the surgery.
1:44And then, when I came out of the
1:46surgery, um,
1:47she was always coming over like she was
1:49concerned about my welfare.
1:51>> Mhm.
1:51>> But she just wanted to see if I was
1:53healthy enough to
1:55carry out this task.
1:57After after the function down and
2:00she called me up. She's like, "Are you
2:01busy?" I said, "No." She said, "Meet me
2:03by late."
2:05I walked up. She's like, "Man, I need
2:07you to do me a favor." I said, "What's
2:08that?" She said, "I need you to kill my
2:09brother." I said, "What?"
2:11I said, "Stanley?" She said, "Yeah,
2:13man." And now she told me, she said, "If
2:16you can't do it, find somebody that
2:18will. I'll take care of it."
2:20And um
2:23Like I said, everybody that I ever
2:25worked with hated Stan,
2:27but uh
2:28I stood up to him. So, it was kind of a
2:31mutual respect there.
2:33Everybody was scared of him and ran when
2:35he came there.
2:37But uh
2:39Uh she said, "Hey, if you find someone,
2:41then make him pay
2:43because Stan's in good shape. He rides
2:45bikes like 7 [music]
2:477 miles a day and
2:48and uh he's got some issues."
2:52>> As deputies listened, Michael explained
2:54that Eloise wanted her brother dead over
2:56a dispute stemming from a deal they had
2:58made years earlier.
2:59Stanley had helped Eloise purchase a
3:01valuable piece of property under a
3:03verbal agreement that the proceeds would
3:05be split equally once it was sold. But
3:07when the property was eventually sold,
3:09the agreement became the center of a
3:11bitter dispute. Eloise no longer wanted
3:13to share the money. She believed that if
3:15Stanley died, his share of the proceeds,
3:18along with his other assets, would pass
3:20through probate, leaving her in a
3:21position to benefit [music] financially.
3:24Michael then outlined what he believed
3:25was Eloise's plan. If the killing went
3:28ahead, she and John would leave early
3:30that morning and stay away until later
3:32that night or even the following day.
3:34Once it was over, she planned to leave
3:36the country and move to Ireland.
3:38>> So, what did she you made an injection
3:41motion with Stan. What did she want you
3:43to do to Stan?
3:45>> Yes.
3:46>> She want you to inject him with insulin?
3:48>> He's not a diabetic.
3:50>> He's not diabetic?
3:51>> No.
3:51>> So, where where would the insulin come
3:53from?
3:54>> You asked me because I am a diabetic,
3:56but I don't take insulin.
3:57>> However, her plan to kill her brother
3:59wasn't entirely unexpected to Michael.
4:02From everything he had come to know
4:03about Eloise, she wasn't someone who
4:05could be described as impulsive or
4:07unimaginative. She had been married four
4:09times, including to an airline pilot.
4:12She'd worked as a professional model,
4:14competed in motocross, and spent time
4:16white water rafting through the rapids
4:18of Montana. Those experiences painted
4:20the picture of someone who was
4:22adventurous, resourceful, [music] and
4:23accustomed to thinking beyond the
4:25ordinary. That breadth of life
4:26experience made the level of planning
4:28seem believable. With the investigation
4:31reaching a critical stage, detectives
4:33chose not to confront Eloise just yet.
4:36Instead, [music] they spent the next
4:37week preparing one final move, one
4:39designed to reveal far more than a
4:41formal interview ever could. On January
4:44[music] 16th, 2026, investigators went
4:47to Eloise's home. With her brother and a
4:49friend present, they calmly asked her to
4:51step outside. What followed made [music]
4:53it clear they hadn't come simply to ask
4:55questions.
4:56>> How long you been living here?
4:58>> Oh, man, I'm just a sitter for them.
4:59>> Oh.
5:00>> I own the house next door, but I got
5:02tenants in there. I sold property I had
5:05for 20 years. I sold that.
5:07>> Where was that at?
5:08>> That was just um I was raising dogs
5:10then. That was just um
5:12I'm good at dog fostering.
5:14>> Not very busy tonight. You know what I
5:16mean?
5:17>> Well.
5:18>> Eloise, are you the only one home?
5:19>> No, no. My brother and my friend are in
5:22the house.
5:22>> Your brother and your friend are in the
5:23house?
5:24>> Yes.
5:24>> What's your friend's name?
5:26>> My My friend's name is John.
5:28>> John?
5:28>> John Collier.
5:29>> Okay.
5:30Hang out for a minute with these guys.
5:32>> Sure.
5:35So, this is all very bizarre.
5:37>> Um put your hands just like this.
5:41>> What's this about?
5:44>> Is there a duffel right here?
5:45>> Yeah.
5:46This is very bizarre. What's this about?
5:49>> Do you have any pockets or anything like
5:50that?
5:50>> take that.
5:51>> I don't have anything in any pockets.
5:54>> Before anyone left the property,
5:55investigators took a moment to explain
5:57the situation to Eloise, giving her an
5:59opportunity to understand what they had
6:01uncovered and what would happen next.
6:04>> All right, Ms. Wayland.
6:05Um, I've got some news I got to break to
6:07you, okay?
6:08Uh
6:09we're all here today because there's an
6:10active warrant for your arrest. Okay.
6:13Uh it is for conspiracy to commit
6:15first-degree murder.
6:16And uh we're going to be going for a
6:17ride, okay? I'd like to get you back to
6:20a facility where it's a little bit
6:21warmer so we can sit down and try and
6:22talk all this out. If it's a
6:23misunderstanding, this [music] is your
6:24one and only opportunity to clear your
6:25name. Okay?
6:26>> I have no idea what this
6:28>> I I understand that. You're probably
6:29eager to find out what we know and and
6:32what we want to talk about. So, we're
6:33going to put you in one of these cars
6:34here with the detective.
6:35>> you have the right person?
6:36>> Yes, ma'am.
6:37Yes, ma'am. So, we're going to go and
6:39get loaded up and uh head down to the
6:41office and sit there in the in the
6:43warmth and have a little conversation,
6:44okay?
6:45We're going to leave those handcuffs in
6:46front of you. We're not, you know,
6:48normally they go behind you, but uh
6:50you don't seem like you're going to
6:52be mean and fight and try and run away,
6:54so.
6:54>> I don't think I did very much.
6:56>> Well, as soon as we get there, I'll pull
6:58those off of you and we'll we'll be able
6:59to have a conversation, okay?
7:03>> As expected, Eloise appeared confused by
7:05the encounter, insisting there had to be
7:07some kind of misunderstanding. What she
7:10didn't realize was that investigators
7:12had already gone far beyond Michael's
7:13account. They had obtained evidence that
7:16would fundamentally change the
7:17conversation they were about to have.
7:19>> There is some more that went on in that
7:21meeting.
7:23You tell me that.
7:25>> Once inside the sheriff's office,
7:26detectives [music] took an approach
7:28Eloise likely wasn't expecting. Before
7:30asking about the allegations, [music]
7:31they reached for a single photograph and
7:33slid it across the table. What happened
7:36next [music] would shape the rest of the
7:37interview.
7:38>> Eloise,
7:40it's kind of hard to see.
7:43>> What?
7:43>> Do you know that gentleman right there?
7:45>> I don't know who he is.
7:47>> You don't know who he is?
7:50>> Well, who is he?
7:53What's going on with him?
7:56>> How do you know him?
7:57>> I saw him I'm just No, I'm just saying
7:58are his hands behind his back?
8:00>> Yes, he's being put in the back of a
8:01patrol car.
8:02>> For what?
8:03>> How do you know him?
8:05>> I I mean
8:06I don't know him at all. Now, he could
8:09be that some
8:11that a friend of mine
8:13said he needs to get a car and I said,
8:15"Well, my brother's
8:16car um
8:18that the car is sitting there for 3
8:20years now.
8:22And do you know what?
8:24Maybe you could make a deal with him,
8:25but that was I mean, it looks like him.
8:27That's what I'm saying.
8:28>> Mhm.
8:28>> This was this afternoon, but I don't
8:30know if that's the same person or not.
8:33And why in the world is
8:36Is he
8:38>> All right, there's one thing that I
8:39always like to lay out for anybody that
8:40I talk to in this room, whether they're
8:42a victim, a suspect, or a witness, or
8:43anything of that nature. Um
8:46our time is important just the same as
8:47your time is important. You would not be
8:49here if there was no certain information
8:51that we felt was compelling enough to
8:52bring you into this room.
8:53>> Well, I see that they don't
8:54>> me just let me finish up there, okay? Um
8:58I know that you've got some knowledge of
9:00who that man is.
9:01And this is your opportunity
9:03>> I guess he he A friend of mine has known
9:05him for a lot of years.
9:06>> Just let me finish up there, okay?
9:08>> If that is the same person
9:09>> This is the opportunity for you to be
9:12forthcoming and [music] truthful with
9:14what you know.
9:15Um
9:16and if I get the impression that you're
9:18not being honest with us, I'm just going
9:20to end the interview, okay? So, I would
9:22just ask that for the sake of not
9:24wasting your time or mine, please just
9:25be honest with me and I'm going to give
9:27you that same courtesy, [music] okay?
9:28>> Okay. That is the person that I talked
9:30to this morning.
9:31>> Okay.
9:32>> I don't know why he's in handcuffs.
9:33>> Do you know what his name is?
9:36>> I don't remember.
9:36>> It's a friend of
9:37>> Okay. Who's Who's the mutual friend?
9:40>> Mutual friend is His name is Michael.
9:43>> Okay. Do you know Michael's last name?
9:45>> Oh my
9:45goodness.
9:47I don't remember. I've I've known him
9:48for years and years.
9:50>> The [music] The reason uh for your
9:53awesome introduction.
9:54>> Michael's been telling me that that this
9:57This is the first time I've seen this
9:58friend.
9:58>> Mhm.
9:59>> But he's telling me he's been
10:01He works for a He's a long-haul driver
10:04or something. He's got a house here and
10:05he's out of town and his
10:07his wife
10:09Anyway, he's
10:11problems with his wife and he's selling
10:13He's selling the house now and anyway, I
10:15just
10:17just that he asked me to help get him I
10:19just He just borrowed some money from me
10:20to give to this friend, he said.
10:22>> And who borrowed the money from you?
10:25The Mike Your Your friend Michael did?
10:27>> Yeah. I mean to
10:28>> borrowed money from you to give to his
10:29friend.
10:30>> Yeah.
10:31>> And his friend is the one that you're
10:32saying you met this morning. That's the
10:33fellow in the picture.
10:34>> I guess that is. I guess that is.
10:36>> Okay. You can look at the picture again
10:37if you want to see it.
10:40>> So,
10:42our deputies
10:44stopped him earlier.
10:47And he had a story to tell us.
10:50>> They stopped him?
10:51>> Yes.
10:52>> Where was he?
10:52>> Earlier this afternoon. I'm not sure
10:54>> Why is he Why is he
10:56>> Well,
10:59that's a different story as to why he's
11:02in handcuffs.
11:02>> Yeah, cuz
11:03>> Okay?
11:04But
11:07while he was in those
11:09he explained a story to us about his
11:12meeting with you today.
11:17You want to tell us about that?
11:21>> Like I said, he's
11:22My friend uh
11:24Michael has just talked about him saying
11:26all the things.
11:27>> Mhm.
11:27>> All the prob- problems [music] he's been
11:29going through.
11:30>> So, went to pick him up at the airport
11:33and hit a deer in his car and
11:35wrecked his car. I mean, it was just
11:38>> What kind of What kind of car was he
11:39driving today?
11:40>> I don't know cars.
11:41>> You don't know cars. You know what color
11:42it was?
11:45>> I think it was a
11:46I don't I'm sorry. I don't know.
11:49>> He said he he
11:50I don't even know
11:51whose car it was.
11:52>> Okay.
11:53>> Because he said that uh
11:55>> He He told us all about the meeting he
11:58had with you today.
12:00>> Okay.
12:00>> He said he and I I told him my brother
12:02has this car that's been sitting there
12:04for 3 years. He said he had to
12:07He's going to need a car and I said,
12:08"Well, it's been sitting there for 3
12:09years."
12:10>> Mhm.
12:11>> So, I don't know.
12:13>> There was There was some more that went
12:15on in that meeting.
12:17>> He told me that
12:19>> Detectives then turned their attention
12:21to what they believed was driving her
12:23actions. They laid out the motive they
12:25had uncovered, connecting it to the
12:26weeks of investigative work that had
12:28brought them to this moment.
12:30>> What you told Michael was BS
12:34about the property being sold and you
12:37getting his half of the proceeds.
12:39>> What? I never said that.
12:41>> Well, there's a written agreement
12:42between you and and your brother that
12:44talks about the money that was invested
12:46in the dog farm, the wolf dog farm. Um
12:50that that money, should the farm ever be
12:52sold, that y'all are going to split it.
12:53>> I've never seen it. What do you mean?
12:55I've never heard that.
12:55>> There's There's an agreement between you
12:57and your brother.
12:58>> Where is that agreement? I've never seen
13:00that.
13:01>> And that is why you want him dead
13:03>> [music]
13:03>> so that you can get your half and his
13:05half.
13:05>> written agreement.
13:06>> By this point, detectives [music] made
13:08it clear the interview was about to take
13:09a different direction. Before revealing
13:12what they had, they gave Eloise one last
13:14chance to speak.
13:15>> And that's going to be your last
13:17opportunity
13:21to explain your side of all this.
13:24If If you don't do that,
13:27the next time your story is told,
13:30it's going to be to a jury,
13:33and it's going to be on that video
13:36with you in the car
13:39drawing this map
13:43to where your brother's bedroom is.
13:48So, that Mike can go in
13:51and kill him
13:53and get the van as payment.
13:56>> That's That's But, that doesn't seem to
13:57make much sense, though.
13:58>> I don't Okay.
14:00>> It doesn't make any Does not make any
14:01sense that a van that's
14:04my brother paid
14:05$500 for
14:073 years ago,
14:09drove out to California, drove back,
14:11that somebody's
14:14Does that make any sense to you?
14:18>> Did it make any sense to you?
14:20>> Since Eloise refused to change her
14:21position, detectives made it clear they
14:23were prepared to let the case move
14:25[music] forward. Before ending the
14:27interview, however, they revealed one
14:29final piece of the investigation,
14:31something she never expected them to
14:32know.
14:33>> When you talked to Mike on the phone,
14:36Mike was sitting right in that room, and
14:37we were all listening.
14:39>> Well, I was talking to him.
14:41To Michael, what do you mean?
14:42>> Yes.
14:43>> My friend Michael.
14:44>> Yes.
14:45Michael has a conscience. Michael's a
14:47human. He has a conscience.
14:50He's not going to kill somebody for you.
14:53>> Well, then why is he not What's all this
14:55saying, then?
14:56About?
14:56>> Because Michael
14:58>> Oh, wait.
14:58>> found his buddy Mike, the truck driver.
15:01And you asked Mike to do it.
15:03>> I didn't know.
15:04>> How did you ask Mike
15:05>> I never even
15:06>> What did you tell Mike how you wanted
15:08him to kill
15:10>> This doesn't make any sense, now.
15:13How many Mikes are there?
15:14>> There's two.
15:16But, the other Mike is a police officer.
15:19How did you
15:20>> The one Okay.
15:21>> The guy you talked to today
15:23>> is a police officer.
15:24>> How did you want him to kill Stanley?
15:26>> Nothing was going to happen. Nothing.
15:28>> How did you want him to kill Stanley?
15:32>> He wasn't going to do anything.
15:35>> No, cuz he's a good person.
15:38But you wanted him to.
15:40You asked him to.
15:42How did you ask him to do it?
15:45>> He kept telling
15:46>> Pick one of four cuz you gave up four
15:48different ways.
15:49>> I didn't.
15:51>> Yes, you did.
15:53The words came out of your mouth,
15:55Eloise. We all heard them.
15:58You showed that guy
16:01You showed that guy how to get in the
16:03house, how to get to Stanley's room
16:08so he could kill him.
16:11How did you tell him to kill him?
16:13>> was going to happen.
16:14>> tell him to kill him?
16:15>> What Eloise didn't know was that after
16:17telling Michael to find someone else if
16:19he wouldn't do it, detectives quietly
16:21expanded the investigation beyond Citrus
16:23County.
16:24They brought in an undercover officer
16:26from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's
16:28Office, nearly 250 mi away, reducing the
16:31chances that Eloise would recognize him
16:33or trace him to the investigation.
16:35He posed as the person Michael had
16:37found.
16:38That undercover operation gave
16:40investigators the evidence they needed
16:42to move the case forward. Eloise Leland
16:44was charged with solicitation to commit
16:47first-degree murder and booked into the
16:48Citrus County Detention Facility, where
16:51she was held without bond. Detectives
16:53determined that no other individuals
16:55were involved and Stanley was removed
16:57from the environment and taken to a safe
16:59location.

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