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The University of Florida
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had a missing persons report
on a student.
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Not only was Christian's phone
not powered on,
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the phone was turned off intentionally.
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Knowing my son,
I knew something is wrong.
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I think it's very clear
that we had to find Christian
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as quickly as we could.
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Is he hurt, is he injured?
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There are animals
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[Hissing]
that are dangerous –
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alligators, water moccasins,
rattlesnakes –
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that are dangerous to searchers.
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He picked up a hitchhiker.
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He might be in danger.
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If anybody knows
who this guy is
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or has seen this guy
or sees this guy,
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we need to talk to him.
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You know, interviewing people
for 24 years,
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I felt like I knew that he
had – was involved it,
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just had to, specifically,
be able to prove it.
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He was keeping a journal
that contained a treasure trove
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of notes and drawings related
to his obsession.
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There was definitely stuff
in there
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that would give you pause
to think, "Okay,
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this guy is very dark-minded."
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A master plan to commit
this crime was something
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that kind of just makes
the back of your hair stand up.
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It was horrific.
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♪
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[Laconic country tune plays]
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♪
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[Suspenseful music plays]
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♪
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Gainesville is
an interesting community
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because it's a college town.
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The University of Florida is
what put Gainesville on the map.
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But aside from the college,
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Gainesville, by itself, is,
to me, unique
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because,
outside of the city limits,
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it gets into very wooded areas
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and a lot
of literal swamplands.
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There's an abundance
of alligators in this area,
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both inside the city
of Gainesville
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and Alachua County.
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There's alligators
on the UF campus.
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My lieutenant contacted me
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because the University
of Florida
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had a missing persons report
on a student.
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I was told that Erika Friman
and Pedro Bravo came to the UPD
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and was making a police report
about their friend
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Christian Aguilar being missing.
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Christian was last seen
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in the area of the city
of Gainesville,
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rather than on the University
of Florida campus,
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so, they contacted us
to come do the investigation.
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Erika Friman
tells Gainesville police
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she filed
a missing persons report
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after not hearing
from her boyfriend, Christian,
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for 24 hours.
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She told us, the night before,
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he was supposed
to spend the night with her
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and he never showed up.
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It made her incredibly worried.
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After Erika checked
with his roommate,
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found out that he wasn't home,
hadn't been there,
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she contacted parents,
from South Florida,
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who had not heard from him.
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I was at work in Miami,
9:00 in the morning on a Friday,
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and I received a phone call
from my wife.
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She's crying, she's panicking,
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and she told me that she just
got a phone call from Erika
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and that Erika told her that
Christian was not in his room
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and he's not answering
the phone.
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Immediately, knowing my son,
I knew something is wrong.
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We live in Southwest Miami.
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Christian went to USF
in Gainesville,
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not only because it's
an excellent university,
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but the biomedical
engineer curriculum
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that he was looking for
was there
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and he got a future
like nobody else in my family.
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He was the first one in our
family going to the university.
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Christian was having
the best time of his life.
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Christian's parents know
something is wrong
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when their calls
to Christian go unanswered.
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He always answer his phone,
especially if my wife calling,
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and we left immediately
to Gainesville.
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♪
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After contacting Christian's
parents and his roommate,
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Erika then contacted
his friend Pedro
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and was going,
"Where's Christian?
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You know, where did
you last see him?"
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This information
and so she convinced him
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to go with her
to make a police report.
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After speaking with Erika,
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Detective Roberts sits
down with Pedro.
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He asks Christian's
worried friend
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for as much detail
as he can remember
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about the last time
he saw Christian.
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Pedro basically said,
the day before,
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"We went to a couple of places."
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Mm-hmm.
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Pedro told me that,
on the way back from Best Buy,
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he picked up a hitchhiker
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around the painted wall
on 34th Street,
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an area where students
go out and do some art.
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He said he dropped this guy off
in the area
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of this storage facility
off County Road 121,
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towards the city of Gainesville.
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Pedro was able to give a great
description of a hitchhiker
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that they picked up
and gave a ride to.
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He was able to tell me
so much detail about him.
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He said this guy was like
in his late 50s, early 60s,
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kind of long gray hair.
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He said he appeared homeless.
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He had on a shirt and a pair
of light-colored shorts.
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He indicated that the guy was
in the car with him
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like 10, 15 minutes
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and that, while he was
in the back seat,
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he was fiddling around
with like some duct tape
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that, Pedro said,
he had in the back
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and he thought
it was kind of strange.
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He said that, on the way back,
they had a disagreement
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and that Christian asked
to be let out
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and he let him out.
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Pedro explains that he
and Christian
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had a heated discussion
about how Pedro
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was handling
some personal issues.
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Pedro says
he drops off Christian
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in the side of the road, basically,
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the side of a U.S. highway.
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Peppered with woods.
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He said, "I dropped him off
and haven't seen him since."
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Typically, in a missing
persons investigation,
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the last person to be with them
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is, obviously, somebody
that we're going to pay
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a little bit of extra attention
to, for two reasons.
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Either, one, they're responsible
for the crime that occurred;
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or, two, they're the person
with the most information
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that can help point us
in the right direction.
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And so, that – that was Pedro,
for us, at that time.
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While the investigator
continues interviewing Pedro,
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police begin a full-scale search
for Christian.
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Between us and the university,
I think there's 20, maybe –
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maybe 30 people out there
for the initial search.
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We really only had
Pedro's statement to go on.
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The detective asks Pedro
to show him the exact route
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he and Christian drove
the day before.
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We just backtracked
the whole thing,
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going to the location where
he said he dropped him off.
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He told us that he had let
Christian out of his car
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at a specific location
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in Gainesville,
on Northwest 13th Street.
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If Pedro drops off Christian
on 13th Street
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and, let's say,
Christian is walking home,
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who knows? You know, maybe he
gets out and disappears.
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Pedro Bravo stated that,
when he left Christian,
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that it was at a wooded area
next to a location
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where 4-wheelers were for sale
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and we conducted a search
in the wooded area
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behind that business.
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There are animals
that are dangerous –
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alligators, water moccasins,
rattlesnakes –
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that are dangerous
to searchers,
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that inhabit much in this area.
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There is the question of
is he hurt, is he injured?
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I think it's very clear
that we had to find Christian
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as quickly as we could.
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We found a receipt
for the shovel.
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He didn't have a yard.
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He didn't do any landscaping.
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Wasn't in the
earthmoving business.
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Why do you need a shovel?
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He wasn't talking to Erika.
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He wasn't talking
to his parents.
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Everything just stopped.
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[Suspenseful music plays]
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Police in Gainesville
are searching
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the alligator-infested swamps
near the University of Florida
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for any sign of student
Christian Aguilar,
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who's been missing for 24 hours.
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His friend Pedro Bravo
told detectives
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he dropped Christian off shortly
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after the two of them
gave a ride to a hitchhiker.
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We have the hitchhiker,
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the description
that Pedro's given us,
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and we're actively trying
to find this person to question.
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The theories are
either the hitchhiker
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has done something to Christian
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or there's always
the possibility that,
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if Pedro dropped off Christian,
like he says he did,
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this third, unknown,
person comes by
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and kidnaps him
or does something like that.
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We always have to keep that
in mind as well.
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[Crickets chirping]
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After searching and not finding
Christian or the hitchhiker,
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it was the middle of the night.
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By the time that we drove back
to the police department,
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we'd been looking for Christian
and interviewing Pedro
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for the better part of 10 hours.
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He was very cooperative.
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During the initial interview,
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he told me that
the original reason
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that he wanted
to talk to Christian was
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that Pedro felt like he wanted
to kill himself.
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♪
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Based upon what he said,
I couldn't just release him.
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So, he was taken into custody
under the Florida Baker Act,
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which is a 72-hour hold where
they have to be interviewed
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by a psychologist to determine
whether or not they're at risk
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to harm themselves or others.
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Okay.
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Detectives believe Pedro
has given them plenty
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of leads to follow up on
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while the young man
gets the help he needs.
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From the initial place where
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Pedro described
that he dropped off Christian,
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the buildings begin
to become more sparse
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and the woods take over.
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It's thousands of acres.
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We called out the air unit.
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So, now, we've asked them
to shadow us on the search,
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just in case Christian
was actually injured
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and had maybe, you know, crawled
into the woods or something.
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♪
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The next day, the search went
from a few of us
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working our way
through the woods
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to hundreds, maybe even 1,000
or more, volunteers
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to help and try and find this –
this missing kid.
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♪
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Erika believed that they were
going to find Christian.
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♪
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He was going to be okay.
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That, you know,
he was in the hospital
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or he was somewhere
and didn't know his name
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or, you know, couldn't provide
information or something.
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She was very hesitant to believe
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that anything bad
had happened to him,
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other than, you know,
being missing.
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♪
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Christian's family came
up from Miami
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and brought a large
contingent with them.
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♪
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Any piece of evidence
or any indication
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that we can find Christian
alive, I was pursuing.
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The University of Florida
allowed students
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to go and participate
in the search.
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We participated
in doing the flyers,
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all the while monitoring
the webpages and putting photos
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and informing people
where we were searching.
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♪
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Christian!
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We wanted to believe that
Christian was out there, lost,
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and that he needed our help
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and that we wanted
to bring him home
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and that was our faith.
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Any parent will grab
any type of hope...
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♪
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...just to keep his kid alive.
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♪
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While police and volunteers
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desperately search
for Christian,
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detectives are not having
much luck
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tracking down
the mysterious hitchhiker.
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♪
281
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We needed to verify
Pedro's story
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about the hitchhiker.
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We put out an APB –
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"Hey, this is the person
that we're looking for.
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If anybody knows who this guy is
or has seen this guy
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or sees this guy,
we need to talk to him."
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We got surveillance
from every business
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that had surveillance,
that was on the route
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that Pedro Bravo traveled
through Gainesville,
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00:14:49,453 --> 00:14:52,503
looking for Christian
and the hitchhiker.
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00:14:52,543 --> 00:14:55,593
We had people looking
through hours and hours
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of surveillance video.
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The effort pays off
when investigators spot
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a major clue in the video.
295
00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:06,252
Christian and Pedro are on film
in the Best Buy,
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where Christian purchases
a Kanye West album.
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Seeing that surveillance
video of Pedro there is –
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is a great confirmation for us
that he is telling us the truth.
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Detectives also request
Christian's cellphone records,
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00:15:21,311 --> 00:15:23,181
hoping they might
contain information
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00:15:23,226 --> 00:15:26,056
pointing to Christian's
whereabouts.
302
00:15:26,099 --> 00:15:27,839
We're looking
for that pattern of life.
303
00:15:27,883 --> 00:15:32,063
Is this person doing what they
typically do in a given day?
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If they call Mom every day
at 4:00,
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00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,983
did this guy call Mom
at 4:00 on this day, right?
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That sort of thing.
307
00:15:37,153 --> 00:15:38,763
And there are people that,
you know,
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turn their phone off at night,
believe it or not,
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00:15:40,809 --> 00:15:42,809
and so it might be normal
to see somebody have
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an eight- or ten-hour block,
no activity on their network.
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00:15:46,641 --> 00:15:49,251
But it completely didn't match
anything with Christian.
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He wasn't talking to Erika.
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He wasn't talking
to his parents.
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Everything just stopped.
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00:15:54,562 --> 00:15:56,562
Detective Goeckel was able
to determine,
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00:15:56,607 --> 00:15:59,217
not only was Christian's phone
not powered on,
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he was able to determine
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00:16:00,785 --> 00:16:03,565
that the phone was turned off,
you know, intentionally.
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00:16:03,614 --> 00:16:06,494
It didn't –
The battery didn't go dead.
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That seemed to verify
that he might be in danger.
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00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:10,880
♪
322
00:16:10,926 --> 00:16:12,486
His phone turned off indicated
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00:16:12,536 --> 00:16:14,536
that there was definitely
foul play involved.
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♪
325
00:16:19,848 --> 00:16:21,588
[Suspenseful music plays]
326
00:16:21,632 --> 00:16:23,032
Forty-eight hours have passed
327
00:16:23,069 --> 00:16:25,769
since Christian Aguilar
was reported missing.
328
00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,290
There's been no sign of him
or the hitchhiker
329
00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:30,245
he and his friend Pedro
gave a ride to
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00:16:30,293 --> 00:16:32,303
the night he disappeared.
331
00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:33,639
The one person who may be able
332
00:16:33,688 --> 00:16:35,688
to provide police
with more details
333
00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:39,483
remains in the hospital,
after claiming to be suicidal.
334
00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:40,960
♪
335
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,390
After Pedro was placed
336
00:16:42,436 --> 00:16:45,436
into a mental health facility
to be evaluated,
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00:16:45,482 --> 00:16:48,222
he was released after 48 hours.
338
00:16:48,268 --> 00:16:49,438
The doctors were able
to determine
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00:16:49,486 --> 00:16:50,966
he's not suicidal at all.
340
00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:52,400
♪
341
00:16:52,446 --> 00:16:53,836
He has no intention
of killing himself.
342
00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:56,492
He would say those things
to the people around him
343
00:16:56,537 --> 00:16:58,707
in order to manipulate them.
344
00:16:58,756 --> 00:17:01,496
Investigators wonder
if Pedro's also been trying
345
00:17:01,542 --> 00:17:03,022
to manipulate them.
346
00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:06,325
Detective Roberts brings him in
for another interview,
347
00:17:06,373 --> 00:17:07,853
to determine if he's telling
the truth
348
00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:10,546
about the last time
he saw Christian.
349
00:17:10,594 --> 00:17:11,904
♪
350
00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,460
[Thud]
351
00:17:54,203 --> 00:17:56,643
♪
352
00:17:56,684 --> 00:17:58,514
He kept changing his story.
353
00:17:58,555 --> 00:18:01,645
First, Christian and Pedro
had a disagreement.
354
00:18:01,689 --> 00:18:05,689
Christian asked to be let out
and he – he let him out.
355
00:18:05,736 --> 00:18:08,606
Now, he said that they got
into an argument
356
00:18:08,652 --> 00:18:11,132
where he punched Christian
and he got out of the vehicle,
357
00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:12,607
made him get out of the vehicle.
358
00:18:12,656 --> 00:18:16,616
When you're interviewing someone
on a possible crime,
359
00:18:16,660 --> 00:18:18,620
the fact that they change
the story
360
00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:21,802
makes you focus more on them.
361
00:18:52,218 --> 00:18:54,258
[Thudding]
362
00:19:04,752 --> 00:19:06,362
♪
363
00:19:06,406 --> 00:19:09,756
Indications about Christian
were really red flags
364
00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,850
because he didn't appear
that concerned about it.
365
00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:15,850
After four or five different
versions from Pedro
366
00:19:15,893 --> 00:19:17,423
and having done this for,
you know,
367
00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:21,510
interviewing people
for 24 years, I felt like
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00:19:21,551 --> 00:19:23,771
I knew that he
was involved in it,
369
00:19:23,814 --> 00:19:26,864
just had to, specifically,
be able to prove it.
370
00:19:26,904 --> 00:19:28,434
There was a lot
of things that,
371
00:19:28,471 --> 00:19:30,131
kind of putting pieces together,
372
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:32,079
we were able to kind of pick up
and say, "Okay, there's –
373
00:19:32,127 --> 00:19:35,607
there are some things here
that – that are not adding up."
374
00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:37,702
The information
about the hitchhiker
375
00:19:37,741 --> 00:19:42,491
originally was viable,
but there was nothing there.
376
00:19:42,529 --> 00:19:44,439
I don't believe
he actually existed.
377
00:19:44,487 --> 00:19:46,837
I think it was just
a story they made up.
378
00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:49,751
There's been no sign
of Christian for four days.
379
00:19:49,797 --> 00:19:52,837
With Pedro now a person of
interest in his disappearance,
380
00:19:52,887 --> 00:19:56,717
detectives start digging deeper
into their friendship.
381
00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:01,500
When we spoke with Erika again,
at first, she didn't believe
382
00:20:01,548 --> 00:20:04,378
that Pedro could do
something like this.
383
00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:07,550
But the more information
she got from us,
384
00:20:07,597 --> 00:20:09,637
she became more
and more suspicious,
385
00:20:09,686 --> 00:20:12,726
and it made sense to her.
386
00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:15,076
Erika told us she,
Pedro Bravo,
387
00:20:15,126 --> 00:20:17,516
and Christian Aguilar
were all friends.
388
00:20:17,564 --> 00:20:19,314
They'd hung out
in the same friend group
389
00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:22,398
at a high school
in Doral, Florida.
390
00:20:22,438 --> 00:20:25,048
They graduated
all in the same class.
391
00:20:25,093 --> 00:20:30,013
Erika Friman and Pedro Bravo
had dated.
392
00:20:30,054 --> 00:20:33,454
Erika told us that
she had stopped seeing Pedro
393
00:20:33,493 --> 00:20:37,373
in May of their senior year
in high school.
394
00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:40,760
She had made it very clear
to him that she didn't intend
395
00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:43,334
to be boyfriend/girlfriend
with him anymore.
396
00:20:43,372 --> 00:20:47,682
She had, in my opinion,
done everything right in regards
397
00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:49,384
to this breaking up with him.
398
00:20:49,422 --> 00:20:50,682
She was honest with him.
399
00:20:50,727 --> 00:20:52,767
She was forthright with him.
400
00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:54,816
She didn't try and lead him on.
401
00:20:54,862 --> 00:20:58,472
When she shows up in Gainesville
to go to Santa Fe College
402
00:20:58,518 --> 00:21:01,088
that fall,
she doesn't know anybody.
403
00:21:01,129 --> 00:21:04,439
She and Christian end up
at the same event
404
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,050
around 4th of July.
405
00:21:07,091 --> 00:21:09,051
They start seeing each other,
and that
406
00:21:09,093 --> 00:21:12,363
relatively quickly sparks
to a romance.
407
00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:14,061
That moves forward from there,
408
00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:16,798
and you know, in Erika
and Christian's mind,
409
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,320
Pedro is – he's in
the rearview mirror.
410
00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:26,416
When they first become aware
that Pedro's in town,
411
00:21:26,459 --> 00:21:28,549
that he's going to register
and pay
412
00:21:28,591 --> 00:21:30,551
to go to school in Gainesville,
413
00:21:30,593 --> 00:21:33,903
Erika has not told Pedro
about the relationship.
414
00:21:33,944 --> 00:21:35,824
She doesn't want to hurt him.
415
00:21:35,859 --> 00:21:38,989
She knows how upset he is about
the end of their relationship.
416
00:21:39,036 --> 00:21:41,296
But at the same time,
she cares about him
417
00:21:41,343 --> 00:21:43,353
and she wants him to be happy.
418
00:21:43,389 --> 00:21:46,349
Pedro found out through
mutual friends
419
00:21:46,392 --> 00:21:49,872
that she was dating Christian.
420
00:21:49,917 --> 00:21:54,837
The situation between Pedro
and Christian was very strained.
421
00:21:54,878 --> 00:21:57,708
The information suggests
a possible motive for Pedro
422
00:21:57,751 --> 00:22:00,321
wanting to harm
Christian – jealousy –
423
00:22:00,362 --> 00:22:03,932
but there's no direct proof
that he's committed any crime.
424
00:22:03,974 --> 00:22:07,594
Detectives devise a way to keep
him locked up to buy time
425
00:22:07,630 --> 00:22:10,290
while they look for
incriminating evidence.
426
00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:12,769
Pedro was arrested for failure
to render aid
427
00:22:12,809 --> 00:22:14,679
based on his statements
about harming Christian
428
00:22:14,724 --> 00:22:16,384
and leaving him helpless.
429
00:22:16,422 --> 00:22:17,602
After he's arrested,
430
00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,730
there's a search warrant
that is created
431
00:22:19,773 --> 00:22:21,733
and the vehicle is impounded.
432
00:22:21,775 --> 00:22:23,855
Once we start going through
the vehicle now,
433
00:22:23,907 --> 00:22:27,957
we're starting to find evidence
of a lot more stuff.
434
00:22:27,998 --> 00:22:30,438
We were able to find things
in that vehicle
435
00:22:30,479 --> 00:22:32,609
that changed the dynamics
of the case.
436
00:22:32,655 --> 00:22:34,955
They located a Gatorade bottle
437
00:22:35,005 --> 00:22:37,615
and duct tape
in the back of the car.
438
00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:42,140
The evidence is sent
to the FDLE for analysis.
439
00:22:42,186 --> 00:22:45,926
One of the things they find
on the undercarriage is dirt.
440
00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:48,673
So we take this dirt sample
off of the car,
441
00:22:48,715 --> 00:22:50,975
we send it to a soil expert,
and we learn that this is
442
00:22:51,021 --> 00:22:54,681
a specific mix of limestone
and dirt that is only found
443
00:22:54,721 --> 00:22:56,941
in the southwestern area
of Levy County,
444
00:22:56,984 --> 00:23:00,164
which is the county directly
west of Gainesville.
445
00:23:00,204 --> 00:23:04,824
♪
446
00:23:04,861 --> 00:23:06,991
God sent so many angels
in there
447
00:23:07,037 --> 00:23:09,477
to help us out
through these difficult times.
448
00:23:09,518 --> 00:23:11,778
It was crazy. It was –
449
00:23:11,825 --> 00:23:16,655
Nobody knows how difficult it is
to lose somebody.
450
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:18,479
There was a lot of people calling
451
00:23:18,527 --> 00:23:22,007
and giving us tips
and a lot of notes.
452
00:23:22,052 --> 00:23:24,492
"Oh, I think we saw him
in this place,"
453
00:23:24,533 --> 00:23:26,363
or, "That car passed by," or...
454
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,145
And every single one of
those leads ended up
455
00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:31,190
in we sending a crew
456
00:23:31,235 --> 00:23:35,455
or somebody to search for –
for Christian.
457
00:23:35,501 --> 00:23:37,371
The hope remained.
458
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,106
♪
459
00:23:40,157 --> 00:23:41,547
On October 12th,
460
00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:44,864
some 22 days after
Christian Aguilar went missing,
461
00:23:44,901 --> 00:23:48,561
there were two individuals
who were in the woods
462
00:23:48,601 --> 00:23:50,121
in an area
of North Central Florida
463
00:23:50,167 --> 00:23:53,477
that's extremely difficult
to access.
464
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:57,569
♪
465
00:23:57,610 --> 00:23:59,960
When they smelled the odor
of decomposition,
466
00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:02,183
they felt that they were
going to find a deer
467
00:24:02,223 --> 00:24:06,533
that had been mortally wounded
by a bow hunter.
468
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:09,225
When they approached the area
where the odor was emanating,
469
00:24:09,273 --> 00:24:12,063
they immediately recognized it
to be a human body.
470
00:24:12,102 --> 00:24:15,152
♪
471
00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:19,886
♪
472
00:24:19,936 --> 00:24:23,066
Three weeks after
Christian Aguilar was last seen,
473
00:24:23,113 --> 00:24:25,513
a body has been found deep
in the woods
474
00:24:25,551 --> 00:24:27,901
outside of Gainesville.
475
00:24:27,944 --> 00:24:31,174
The location was a hunting club
in Levy County,
476
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:33,988
40-some-odd miles
from Gainesville.
477
00:24:34,037 --> 00:24:40,257
A couple of miles off of a main
paved road was a lime rock road.
478
00:24:40,304 --> 00:24:45,444
The only thing that was found
was skeletal remains.
479
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,964
Because of decomposition mostly.
480
00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:53,538
And the body had been disturbed
by wild hogs in the area.
481
00:24:53,579 --> 00:24:56,189
And once the Levy County
Sheriff's Office got there,
482
00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:59,063
they were able to tell
the types of shoes that
483
00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:01,326
were there
and the color of the shirt.
484
00:25:01,369 --> 00:25:03,329
And based upon
what we had put out,
485
00:25:03,371 --> 00:25:06,981
they were sure that
this was Christian Aguilar.
486
00:25:09,638 --> 00:25:12,028
It was like around 9:00
at night
487
00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:16,775
when I got the phone call
from Randy.
488
00:25:16,819 --> 00:25:22,959
He told me that they found
a body in an area, Levy County,
489
00:25:22,999 --> 00:25:25,959
and it was Christian's.
490
00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:27,572
I couldn't believe it.
491
00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:31,833
I throw myself on the floor
because I was being –
492
00:25:31,878 --> 00:25:33,358
I was by myself,
493
00:25:33,401 --> 00:25:36,321
and I needed to deliver
that news to my family.
494
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:40,020
Let them know that, you know,
Christian was not coming back.
495
00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:43,240
I was one of the worst days
of my life.
496
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,940
♪
497
00:25:47,981 --> 00:25:52,201
Christian was facedown,
and he had been duct taped
498
00:25:52,246 --> 00:25:56,206
around his ankles, around his
neck, around his wrists.
499
00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:58,990
Any time we find a body
and it's not,
500
00:25:59,035 --> 00:26:01,255
you know,
an obviously natural death,
501
00:26:01,298 --> 00:26:03,338
the medical examiner
will perform the autopsy
502
00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:07,867
to basically try to figure out
the cause of death.
503
00:26:07,914 --> 00:26:11,004
There was so little left of him
504
00:26:11,047 --> 00:26:17,097
that we had to use very deep
tissue in the hip joint
505
00:26:17,140 --> 00:26:21,750
to identify his remains
through DNA.
506
00:26:21,797 --> 00:26:24,277
And his dental records.
507
00:26:24,321 --> 00:26:28,021
And that's not terribly uncommon
in Florida.
508
00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:29,814
It was still very warm.
509
00:26:29,849 --> 00:26:33,459
The body was out in the open.
510
00:26:35,245 --> 00:26:39,025
So there was not
much of him left.
511
00:26:39,075 --> 00:26:42,595
And because of that,
there wasn't a lot
512
00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:46,174
that we could say about
how he was killed.
513
00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:49,433
There was some things we could
say about how he wasn't killed.
514
00:26:49,477 --> 00:26:52,347
We were able to say
that there were no cut marks
515
00:26:52,393 --> 00:26:55,613
on any of his bone
or hard surfaces in his body,
516
00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,307
that there was no destruction
of his body
517
00:26:58,355 --> 00:27:02,745
through the evidence you would
likely see from a bullet impact.
518
00:27:02,795 --> 00:27:05,535
He had not suffered
sufficient blunt force trauma
519
00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:07,190
to his head to say
520
00:27:07,234 --> 00:27:12,244
that he had suffered any kind of
cranial injury of that nature.
521
00:27:13,849 --> 00:27:15,939
When Christian's body
was discovered,
522
00:27:15,982 --> 00:27:17,642
it was highly decomposed,
523
00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:22,159
but the duct tape
was still very much present.
524
00:27:22,205 --> 00:27:24,465
So, as part of
the investigation,
525
00:27:24,512 --> 00:27:25,912
we sent the duct tape
526
00:27:25,948 --> 00:27:28,428
that had been taken
from Christian Aguilar's body
527
00:27:28,472 --> 00:27:31,652
and the duct tape that was
located in Pedro Bravo's vehicle
528
00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:35,133
to the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement's Materials Lab,
529
00:27:35,175 --> 00:27:36,995
where they were able to separate
530
00:27:37,046 --> 00:27:40,136
every single piece
into its component parts
531
00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:43,970
and then compare the ends
of each piece to each other
532
00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:47,930
and reassemble
the entire roll of duct tape
533
00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:51,230
and were able to show
that the end of the piece
534
00:27:51,278 --> 00:27:53,498
that was in the car
matched pieces
535
00:27:53,541 --> 00:27:57,151
that were used
to bind Christian Aguilar.
536
00:27:59,199 --> 00:28:00,809
The accumulation of evidence
537
00:28:00,853 --> 00:28:02,333
helps detectives
develop a theory
538
00:28:02,376 --> 00:28:04,326
about what happened
to Christian.
539
00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:07,508
They initially believed
Pedro acted in a fit of rage.
540
00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:10,815
But further discoveries point
to something darker.
541
00:28:10,863 --> 00:28:14,783
That this was
a premeditated crime.
542
00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:16,353
When Pedro's vehicle
was searched,
543
00:28:16,390 --> 00:28:19,180
they located a Gatorade bottle
in the back of the car.
544
00:28:19,219 --> 00:28:22,919
The Gatorade bottle contained
a mix of Gatorade,
545
00:28:22,962 --> 00:28:27,012
diphenhydramine, which is the
active ingredient in ZzzQuil,
546
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:30,273
and Tylenol, or acetaminophen.
547
00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:33,837
And we believe that Mr. Bravo
gave the Gatorade
548
00:28:33,886 --> 00:28:35,576
to Christian Aguilar.
549
00:28:35,626 --> 00:28:40,366
This is going to make anybody
extremely tired, very sleepy.
550
00:28:40,414 --> 00:28:42,684
Investigators believe Pedro
waited for the drug
551
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:46,771
to take effect so Christian
could not defend himself.
552
00:28:46,812 --> 00:28:49,862
Christian Aguilar's DNA
was found in the back seat
553
00:28:49,902 --> 00:28:53,212
of Pedro Bravo's car
in the floor mats,
554
00:28:53,253 --> 00:28:56,873
and there was bloody fluid
from his lungs
555
00:28:56,909 --> 00:28:58,479
that seeped into the carpet.
556
00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:02,089
It would tell you that Christian
was likely strangled.
557
00:29:02,131 --> 00:29:05,611
Christian was found
in a shallow grave,
558
00:29:05,656 --> 00:29:07,346
and the reason
for the shallow grave
559
00:29:07,397 --> 00:29:11,047
was because lime rock is
much harder than regular dirt.
560
00:29:11,097 --> 00:29:13,397
It's much harder to dig in.
561
00:29:13,447 --> 00:29:16,277
As they continue to collect
evidence against Pedro,
562
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:18,279
detectives build
a timeline of events
563
00:29:18,321 --> 00:29:22,501
that led to Christian's death
and burial in the woods.
564
00:29:22,543 --> 00:29:26,293
I spent the better part
of the next 30 days
565
00:29:26,329 --> 00:29:28,419
doing nothing
but looking at Pedro's phone.
566
00:29:28,462 --> 00:29:31,772
And I ended up going through
basically every fi–
567
00:29:31,813 --> 00:29:34,603
folder and file on his device
568
00:29:34,642 --> 00:29:38,432
to understand
exactly what was in there.
569
00:29:38,472 --> 00:29:40,872
Using that data,
we're able to kind of start
570
00:29:40,909 --> 00:29:42,559
tracking Pedro's movements
571
00:29:42,606 --> 00:29:46,306
throughout the day on the day
that Christian goes missing.
572
00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:49,139
We're able to see him go
to his apartment.
573
00:29:49,178 --> 00:29:51,398
We're able to see him go
to Walmart.
574
00:29:51,441 --> 00:29:54,791
And then, we see the records
just kind of disappear.
575
00:29:54,836 --> 00:29:56,926
He goes off the network.
576
00:29:56,969 --> 00:30:01,449
He put his phone on airplane
mode to hide from us,
577
00:30:01,495 --> 00:30:06,065
went out to the place
where he buried Christian.
578
00:30:06,108 --> 00:30:08,278
Somewhere between 11:00
and midnight that night,
579
00:30:08,328 --> 00:30:09,938
there's a massive battery drain.
580
00:30:09,982 --> 00:30:14,382
It was about over about a 40-,
43-, 44-minute period
581
00:30:14,421 --> 00:30:17,161
where his battery
just drops in percentages,
582
00:30:17,206 --> 00:30:18,636
which is very unusual
583
00:30:18,686 --> 00:30:20,816
unless you're doing some
sort of resource intensive,
584
00:30:20,862 --> 00:30:22,652
you know,
activity on your device.
585
00:30:22,690 --> 00:30:26,960
And we're able to see
a usage of the flashlight app.
586
00:30:26,999 --> 00:30:29,129
We suspect he's used
his flashlight
587
00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:31,525
to help him bury the body.
588
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:39,320
And then, he turned off airplane
mode back in Gainesville.
589
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:40,929
People lie,
but data doesn't lie.
590
00:30:40,969 --> 00:30:45,279
So seeing that there is – is
a great confirmation for us.
591
00:30:45,321 --> 00:30:49,371
We were able to pull up
surveillance videos from stores,
592
00:30:49,412 --> 00:30:53,592
stations, different locations
that have surveillance video,
593
00:30:53,634 --> 00:30:56,124
and were able to match it up
with the vehicle,
594
00:30:56,158 --> 00:30:58,288
where it went, at what times.
595
00:31:00,162 --> 00:31:03,822
I saw that he washes
the outside of the car
596
00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,992
and the wheels
with the power sprayer.
597
00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:07,518
But of course,
what he doesn't wash –
598
00:31:07,561 --> 00:31:09,431
because he probably
can't get to it –
599
00:31:09,476 --> 00:31:12,346
is the undercarriage of the car,
and that's where we recover
600
00:31:12,392 --> 00:31:14,052
the dirt.
601
00:31:14,089 --> 00:31:16,179
Those little pieces
of evidence,
602
00:31:16,222 --> 00:31:17,922
taken by themselves,
might not mean a lot,
603
00:31:17,963 --> 00:31:20,533
but they add up
and they really help shore up
604
00:31:20,574 --> 00:31:23,664
the story
that Pedro had done this.
605
00:31:23,707 --> 00:31:28,627
♪
606
00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:35,276
♪
607
00:31:35,328 --> 00:31:38,718
Pedro Bravo is behind bars
in Gainesville, Florida,
608
00:31:38,766 --> 00:31:40,936
as investigators build
what they're confident
609
00:31:40,986 --> 00:31:44,686
is a solid case
of premeditated murder.
610
00:31:44,728 --> 00:31:48,248
♪
611
00:31:48,297 --> 00:31:51,467
A search warrant was executed
on his bedroom
612
00:31:51,518 --> 00:31:53,868
and the residence
where he was living.
613
00:31:55,217 --> 00:31:59,127
There was Christian's backpack,
614
00:31:59,178 --> 00:32:00,828
a wallet,
615
00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:04,485
and different things in his
closet inside some suitcases.
616
00:32:04,531 --> 00:32:08,491
We found the receipt
for the shovel.
617
00:32:08,535 --> 00:32:10,965
Even though
he didn't have a yard,
618
00:32:11,016 --> 00:32:13,626
he didn't do any landscaping.
619
00:32:13,670 --> 00:32:17,070
Wasn't in
the earthmoving business.
620
00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:20,329
So why'd you need a shovel?
621
00:32:20,373 --> 00:32:23,513
We learned that he went
to Walmart,
622
00:32:23,550 --> 00:32:26,030
and at Walmart,
he purchased ZzzQuil,
623
00:32:26,074 --> 00:32:27,904
which is a sleeping drug
624
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:33,296
that he used to adulterate
Christian Aguilar's beverage.
625
00:32:33,342 --> 00:32:36,692
Pedro Bravo was also keeping
a journal.
626
00:32:36,737 --> 00:32:40,127
♪
627
00:32:40,175 --> 00:32:43,735
It contained a treasure trove
of notes
628
00:32:43,787 --> 00:32:48,177
and drawings related
to his obsession over Erika.
629
00:32:48,227 --> 00:32:53,407
♪
630
00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:55,189
That would say things like,
631
00:32:55,234 --> 00:32:57,374
"I hope she hasn't found
someone else.
632
00:32:57,410 --> 00:33:00,020
I need to be back
together with her."
633
00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:06,415
♪
634
00:33:06,462 --> 00:33:09,072
There was also a fully
written out plan
635
00:33:09,117 --> 00:33:12,637
of how he intended
to get Erika back in his life
636
00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:16,816
as his girlfriend
by making Christian disappear.
637
00:33:16,864 --> 00:33:21,744
With a step-by-step process
of how that was going to go.
638
00:33:23,914 --> 00:33:28,404
There was a lot of stuff
in there that was concerning.
639
00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:32,229
There was definitely stuff
in there
640
00:33:32,271 --> 00:33:33,531
that would give you pause
to think,
641
00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:36,006
okay, this guy
is very dark-minded.
642
00:33:36,057 --> 00:33:43,587
♪
643
00:33:43,630 --> 00:33:48,720
His journal talked about
his plan to dispose of Christian
644
00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:52,595
so that he could get
his girlfriend back.
645
00:33:52,639 --> 00:33:55,949
And talked about
getting an alibi.
646
00:33:55,990 --> 00:34:00,430
He had a list of things to do
to try to dispose of –
647
00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:02,913
of Christian, his competition.
648
00:34:02,953 --> 00:34:05,913
♪
649
00:34:05,956 --> 00:34:08,436
Chasing Erika and and then
planning out this murder
650
00:34:08,481 --> 00:34:10,611
and then being so cold
and calculated,
651
00:34:10,657 --> 00:34:13,087
it's very, very clear
that he thought about it
652
00:34:13,138 --> 00:34:14,838
for a long time.
653
00:34:14,878 --> 00:34:18,748
♪
654
00:34:18,795 --> 00:34:22,145
We have probable cause, which is
being able to look at a person
655
00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:24,630
with all the facts
and circumstances and say, okay,
656
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:28,981
Pedro is probably the person
that committed this crime.
657
00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:32,513
And we were able to make
the arrest for the murder.
658
00:34:34,681 --> 00:34:37,471
Pedro was a –
a friend of Christian.
659
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:39,080
It's unbelievable.
660
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,120
My words cannot explain
the place where he throw my son.
661
00:34:43,168 --> 00:34:46,388
And...
662
00:34:46,432 --> 00:34:48,612
You know, the only – the –
the only thing
663
00:34:48,651 --> 00:34:51,311
that he was thinking
at – at – at that moment,
664
00:34:51,350 --> 00:34:53,610
it was to get away
with all this.
665
00:34:53,656 --> 00:34:56,616
I-It's incomprehensible
that a kid
666
00:34:56,659 --> 00:35:00,359
with that potential
can become that kind of monster.
667
00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:04,284
As police and prosecutors
work to solidify the case
668
00:35:04,319 --> 00:35:08,319
against Pedro Bravo, he sits
in the Alachua County Jail.
669
00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:11,717
The details of his alleged
murder plot have been uncovered,
670
00:35:11,761 --> 00:35:14,761
but he's still
apparently plotting.
671
00:35:14,808 --> 00:35:19,028
Now move ahead to December
of that year.
672
00:35:19,073 --> 00:35:22,163
I had received information
from a defense attorney
673
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:25,467
that Pedro has told an inmate,
674
00:35:25,514 --> 00:35:28,784
a person by the name
of Michael Angelo,
675
00:35:28,822 --> 00:35:30,742
that Pedro wants
to convince this jury
676
00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:32,650
that he did not commit
this offense
677
00:35:32,695 --> 00:35:37,045
and that law enforcement
has gotten the wrong person.
678
00:35:37,091 --> 00:35:40,441
Mr. Angelo has,
in his possession,
679
00:35:40,486 --> 00:35:42,876
a letter that he purports
to have been written
680
00:35:42,923 --> 00:35:44,883
by Mr. Bravo propositioning
681
00:35:44,925 --> 00:35:48,575
to have people
that Michael Angelo knows
682
00:35:48,624 --> 00:35:51,544
commit a series
of copycat murders.
683
00:35:51,584 --> 00:35:53,724
The purpose for which
is to prove
684
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,160
that there is a killer
who is still on the loose
685
00:35:57,198 --> 00:36:01,458
out there killing
University of Florida students.
686
00:36:01,507 --> 00:36:05,287
You know, this master plan to
commit this crime was horrific.
687
00:36:05,337 --> 00:36:08,207
Kind of just makes
the back of your hair stand up.
688
00:36:08,253 --> 00:36:10,863
To prove that he's telling
the truth, the inmate,
689
00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:13,687
Michael Angelo provides
detectives details
690
00:36:13,736 --> 00:36:15,866
on where Pedro says he hid
the shovel
691
00:36:15,912 --> 00:36:18,052
he used to bury Christian.
692
00:36:18,088 --> 00:36:23,178
Mr. Angelo sort of draws a map
and gives an oral description
693
00:36:23,224 --> 00:36:25,104
of where we will locate
these items,
694
00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:29,539
which is in a –
a Spyglass Condominium complex
695
00:36:29,578 --> 00:36:31,968
in Gainesville,
which is where Mr. Bravo
696
00:36:32,015 --> 00:36:35,845
was living
at the time of this incident.
697
00:36:35,889 --> 00:36:37,669
It's very important
to find the shovel
698
00:36:37,717 --> 00:36:41,067
because the only way
that he could know
699
00:36:41,111 --> 00:36:44,161
where the shovel is
is if Mr. Bravo told him.
700
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:47,032
It therefore follows
that whatever else Mr. Angelo
701
00:36:47,074 --> 00:36:51,124
has to say about what Mr. Bravo
said is likely true.
702
00:36:52,906 --> 00:36:55,686
Myself, several members of the
Gainesville Police department –
703
00:36:55,735 --> 00:36:57,645
detectives,
forensic investigators –
704
00:36:57,693 --> 00:37:00,833
head to Mr. Bravo's apartment.
705
00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:06,829
It is set in the woods
and it has multiple buildings,
706
00:37:06,876 --> 00:37:10,746
and these buildings
are connected by boardwalks.
707
00:37:12,665 --> 00:37:14,925
And part of what Mr. Angelo
has told us
708
00:37:14,971 --> 00:37:18,541
is that the shovel
is under a boardwalk.
709
00:37:18,584 --> 00:37:22,634
There are many build– probably
40 buildings in the complex,
710
00:37:22,675 --> 00:37:26,895
and each one of them
has multiple boardwalks.
711
00:37:28,202 --> 00:37:31,682
And I start walking around and
looking around underneath them,
712
00:37:31,727 --> 00:37:33,377
and there are a lot.
713
00:37:33,425 --> 00:37:35,555
We get to the very, very end,
714
00:37:35,601 --> 00:37:38,651
the southern end of the complex.
715
00:37:38,691 --> 00:37:42,741
There is a boardwalk
that is maybe
716
00:37:42,782 --> 00:37:46,002
two and a half inches
off the ground.
717
00:37:46,046 --> 00:37:47,916
And I didn't think
that it was possible
718
00:37:47,961 --> 00:37:49,571
that you could have put
a shovel underneath it
719
00:37:49,615 --> 00:37:53,785
the way it was constructed,
but felt it was worth looking.
720
00:37:53,836 --> 00:37:56,796
We had a flashlight,
shined in underneath it,
721
00:37:56,839 --> 00:38:01,669
and we see a short-handled
garden spade.
722
00:38:01,714 --> 00:38:04,674
It was covered by the dirt
723
00:38:04,717 --> 00:38:07,807
from when he was burying
Christian Aguilar.
724
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:12,550
And it showed me that what
Mr. Bravo told Michael Angelo
725
00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:16,034
about the shovel was true.
726
00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:18,336
There is no question in my mind
that Pedro Bravo
727
00:38:18,383 --> 00:38:20,953
is the person
who killed Christian Aguilar.
728
00:38:20,994 --> 00:38:23,044
You could have taken away
my 10 best pieces of evidence.
729
00:38:23,083 --> 00:38:25,353
I still would have tried
to convict him.
730
00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:27,610
♪
731
00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:35,395
♪
732
00:38:35,443 --> 00:38:40,933
♪
733
00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:43,060
On August 4th, 2014,
734
00:38:43,103 --> 00:38:44,933
two years after
Christian Aguilar
735
00:38:44,974 --> 00:38:46,984
vanished in
Gainesville, Florida,
736
00:38:47,020 --> 00:38:50,330
Pedro Bravo goes on trial
for his murder.
737
00:38:50,371 --> 00:38:54,641
Prosecutors present the jury
with a compelling narrative.
738
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,340
♪
739
00:38:58,379 --> 00:39:01,949
What we actually think happened
was that Pedro Bravo
740
00:39:01,991 --> 00:39:04,081
meets Christian Aguilar
at the Hub
741
00:39:04,124 --> 00:39:06,044
on the University
of Florida's campus.
742
00:39:06,082 --> 00:39:08,912
That leads to they're going
to go get something to eat.
743
00:39:08,955 --> 00:39:13,175
Bravo managed to put
a combination of Tylenol
744
00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:17,530
and diphenhydramine
into Christian Aguilar's drink.
745
00:39:17,572 --> 00:39:20,012
♪
746
00:39:20,053 --> 00:39:21,663
After going to the Best Buy,
747
00:39:21,707 --> 00:39:25,187
they drove around Gainesville
for some short period of time
748
00:39:25,232 --> 00:39:28,892
and ended up in the parking lot
of the Walmart
749
00:39:28,931 --> 00:39:32,021
on North 13th Street.
750
00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:34,495
While in the parking lot,
751
00:39:34,546 --> 00:39:37,196
it is likely
that Christian fell asleep.
752
00:39:37,244 --> 00:39:40,124
Pedro then got into
the back seat of the vehicle.
753
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:45,860
He used a – a tow strap,
looped the tow strap
754
00:39:45,905 --> 00:39:47,685
over Christian's neck.
755
00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:49,473
He then pulled back on it,
756
00:39:49,517 --> 00:39:52,297
braced his knees against
the back of the seat
757
00:39:52,346 --> 00:39:54,296
and choked him to death.
758
00:39:56,263 --> 00:39:59,963
And he then leaves
for Levy County
759
00:40:00,006 --> 00:40:03,136
and disposed of his body.
760
00:40:04,445 --> 00:40:08,875
There are so many things
that were damning to him.
761
00:40:08,928 --> 00:40:12,368
It's very difficult to pick one.
762
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:16,240
Pedro Bravo testified in his
own defense for over four hours,
763
00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:19,073
trying to explain away
every single piece of evidence
764
00:40:19,112 --> 00:40:22,422
that we had, unsuccessfully.
765
00:40:22,463 --> 00:40:24,863
Was it just a fight
between guys?
766
00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,770
It was just
a fight between guys.
767
00:40:26,815 --> 00:40:28,465
And I wish I was less than that.
768
00:40:28,513 --> 00:40:30,563
Come to regret that decision?
769
00:40:30,602 --> 00:40:32,652
I feel like I'm gonna regret
that decision
770
00:40:32,691 --> 00:40:34,951
for the rest of my life.
771
00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:36,907
My impression of Mr. Bravo
during the trial
772
00:40:36,956 --> 00:40:39,176
was that he fully believed
he would be acquitted.
773
00:40:39,219 --> 00:40:42,219
He believed that he was going
to be able to convince this jury
774
00:40:42,265 --> 00:40:45,085
that he did not
commit this offense.
775
00:40:45,138 --> 00:40:49,838
He was very cold in the way
that he was acting like.
776
00:40:49,882 --> 00:40:51,272
Yes.
777
00:40:51,318 --> 00:40:55,188
"I'm the most smart person
in the room."
778
00:40:55,235 --> 00:40:57,315
And you like, "Do you realize
779
00:40:57,367 --> 00:40:59,017
that you took
the life of somebody?
780
00:40:59,065 --> 00:41:01,065
How dare you?"
781
00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:06,680
The trial was very painful,
difficult during that time.
782
00:41:06,725 --> 00:41:09,075
It was economically
783
00:41:09,118 --> 00:41:15,298
and spiritually
devastating for our family.
784
00:41:15,342 --> 00:41:18,082
So sometimes we have
to step out.
785
00:41:18,127 --> 00:41:21,777
And we had a room designated
to us where we can scream,
786
00:41:21,827 --> 00:41:26,607
yell, or cry if we need to.
787
00:41:26,658 --> 00:41:32,008
♪
788
00:41:32,054 --> 00:41:34,584
At the end of the day,
789
00:41:34,622 --> 00:41:37,802
the jury came back
and did convict Pedro
790
00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:42,203
for the death of Christian.
791
00:41:42,238 --> 00:41:45,108
Pedro was sentenced to life
without parole.
792
00:41:45,154 --> 00:41:48,204
And it was,
for us, a big sigh of relief.
793
00:41:49,681 --> 00:41:52,601
I believe the – the community
was satisfied.
794
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,080
I don't think that anything
that we did
795
00:41:55,121 --> 00:41:58,251
is going to bring
Christian back.
796
00:41:58,298 --> 00:42:01,128
Hopefully, you know,
Mr. and Mrs. Aguilar
797
00:42:01,170 --> 00:42:02,650
have a little bit of closure
798
00:42:02,694 --> 00:42:05,834
as far as knowing
that at least justice was done.
799
00:42:05,871 --> 00:42:08,221
We didn't celebrate.
800
00:42:08,264 --> 00:42:11,274
It was nothing to celebrate. Nothing.
801
00:42:11,311 --> 00:42:14,711
We walk away in the air
with this same result
802
00:42:14,749 --> 00:42:16,969
that we found two years before,
803
00:42:17,012 --> 00:42:19,412
that Christian
was not coming home.
804
00:42:21,451 --> 00:42:24,541
I know where my son is.
That family knows.
805
00:42:24,585 --> 00:42:26,365
The difference
is he's still alive.
806
00:42:26,413 --> 00:42:28,853
They can talk, they can share.
807
00:42:28,894 --> 00:42:32,034
I can't.
We're going to heal.
808
00:42:32,071 --> 00:42:35,551
As a family,
we will be able to heal.
809
00:42:37,163 --> 00:42:39,733
Never forget.
810
00:42:39,774 --> 00:42:41,564
The pain is not
going to go away,
811
00:42:41,602 --> 00:42:45,302
but at least we're going to be
able to live with – with that.
812
00:42:45,345 --> 00:42:48,345
And we're going to know
that we did the right thing
813
00:42:48,391 --> 00:42:51,871
fighting for Christian's life.
814
00:42:51,917 --> 00:42:57,227
Christian made me
proud so many times,
815
00:42:57,270 --> 00:43:01,580
at so many times that, you know,
I cannot pick only one.
816
00:43:01,622 --> 00:43:04,712
♪
817
00:43:04,756 --> 00:43:07,276
Love about Christian
was the way that he preached.
818
00:43:07,323 --> 00:43:11,203
Live your life
as a full potential.
819
00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:13,590
Give everything that you can.
820
00:43:13,634 --> 00:43:19,214
And that – that's what we take
every day from Christian
821
00:43:19,248 --> 00:43:21,768
that, you know,
we have to live
822
00:43:21,816 --> 00:43:26,076
and do it with all the spirit,
whatever we take.
823
00:43:26,125 --> 00:43:28,645
And, by doing it,
we're honoring him.
824
00:43:28,693 --> 00:43:34,183
♪
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