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In the criminal
justice system,
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detectives and prosecutors
face daunting challenges
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when money
is the motive for murder.
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The new proprietor
of the lodge
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was in there on the bed, dead.
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Investigators discover a culture clash
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surrounding the murder
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of a California
real-estate mogul.
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Camp Nelson Lodge
had become a money pit.
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Sucking all their finances.
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We became aware
of a stranger.
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What's his connection
to Bonnie Hood?
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And a startling verdict
leads to a second shooting.
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The number of times he got
shot--I had never seen that.
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The two killings
were inexorably tied together.
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As prosecutors,
we carry the heaviest burden
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in the American law.
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These men and women dedicate
their lives to law and order.
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These are their true stories.
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The call came in sometime
after 3:30 in the morning.
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The caller, who identified
himself as Rudy Manuel,
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said he had been shot.
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On the night
of August 19, 1990,
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my pager went off--
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shooting in Camp Nelson
at the lodge.
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Beautiful mountain
resort for the elite.
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There were no lights anywhere,
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so it was darker
than the ace of spades.
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I walked in.
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Rudy Manuel's
laying on the floor
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with a gunshot graze
across his forehead.
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He was talking, and he said,
Bonnie's in there on the bed.
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Bonnie Hood was the new
proprietor of the lodge.
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Rudy Manuel was another
employee of the lodge.
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I walked into the bedroom.
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Bonnie Hood was on the bed,
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and she's dead.
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We transported Rudy
to the hospital.
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I remember putting him
on the gurney.
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After Rudy was gone,
they called the detectives.
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When I got there,
the scene was still contained.
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In the bedroom, Bonnie's body
was found lying on the bed--
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partially one leg out of the bed,
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and the other one
was on the bed still.
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So it was like, maybe she was
attempting to get out of bed.
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But before she was actually
able to, she was shot.
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She was laying with her hands
crossed like this
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and a bullet hole in her head.
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Crime techs
processed the cabin
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and discovered a .38 slug
lodged in the headboard,
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along with a blood trail
leading away from the bedroom.
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It appeared to be that Rudy
managed to crawl on the floor
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into the living room
to make the 911 call.
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Point of entry was determined
to be the rear door.
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It was a screen that was cut,
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and there was
some pry marks found.
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And there was fingerprints
dusted throughout the cabin.
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Other than evidence of
the blood on the bed
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and on the floor and
the possible point of entry,
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there wasn't much there.
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In my mind, it eliminated
the possibility of a robbery.
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If they was in there to rob,
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they would've gotten what they
wanted first
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and then killed them.
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It wasn't a robbery
or a crime interrupted.
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It was...
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He went in there
with the intent to kill.
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Eventually the body was
identified as Bonnie Hood.
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Everyone knew Bonnie Hood.
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She and her husband, Jim,
were from Newport Beach--
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the wealthy new owners
of the Camp Nelson resort.
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My husband and I, we would go
up and rent a cabin
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with our kids in Camp Nelson.
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It felt so personal.
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It felt like such a violation
of this community.
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I remember calling my husband,
and just sobbing
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and saying,
somebody shot Bonnie.
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Somebody shot Bonnie.
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The community was in shock.
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Why did it happen?
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Who did it?
Are we safe?
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I was sick to my stomach
and frightened.
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Bonnie was
from the Newport Beach area,
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and she was married
to Jim Hood.
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Jim and Bonnie were
like the golden couple.
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They had a beautiful house
in Newport Beach.
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They each had a Mercedes.
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Jim was
in the developing business,
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and he had a golden touch.
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Nothing that he built
had any problems with it.
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Jim had this business
that he was building,
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and they had a lot of money.
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They were so well known
in Newport Beach
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and Orange County
social circles.
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They had
two beautiful children.
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When her kids got
a little older,
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Bonnie wanted to start
a second chapter of her life.
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Bonnie had come
up here as a child,
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and Jim and her had come
up here as a vacation.
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Three years
before the shooting,
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they saw the lodge was for
sale, and they bought it.
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Bonnie Hood came
to Camp Nelson
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knowing that she wanted
to make the Camp Nelson area
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a retreat for people
from a metropolitan area,
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where they could come up
and live the high life,
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only live it in the mountains.
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We weren't subject
to wanting change.
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We didn't want the metropolitan
area to come up here.
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We couldn't be bothered
with that.
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We were country people.
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Investigators questioned,
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was this influx
of coastal elites
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so threatening to locals
that it made Bonnie a target?
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It was two completely
clashing cultures,
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and Bonnie became more
and more estranged
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from the Camp Nelson community.
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So Bonnie and Jim--
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they kind of invented
this commuter marriage.
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Bonnie would be down
in Newport Beach.
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She would go, like,
a Tuesday to a Thursday,
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be there for the kids, homework.
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And then every other weekend,
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Jim would come up
with the kids.
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So, when Bonnie first hired
Rudy to help at the lodge,
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I think Jim was relieved.
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Rudy was hired to build fences
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around the lodge property.
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He's building things.
He's riding the horses.
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He's lugging stuff around.
He's doing all of this stuff.
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And I think Jim thought,
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oh, finally, there's somebody
there who is helping her
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in ways that I can't.
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And as Rudy became more and
more inseparable with Bonnie,
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there was just obviously
something sparking
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between them.
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There was speculation--
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if there was something going on
between Rudy and Bonnie--
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but nobody could prove it.
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I mean, the husband was coming
to town only on the weekends.
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There may have been
different reports
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from different people,
but you can't dispute
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the evidence we found
at the scene,
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which was that they were both
in the same bed
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on the night of the shooting.
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We need to speak to Rudy and
find out what his story is.
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Rudy was very fortunate,
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because the bullet
did not penetrate the skull.
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He was up front about his and
Bonnie Hood's relationship,
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that they were having
a sexual relationship.
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There was an affair between
Bonnie Hood and Rudy Manuel.
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So that automatically lets
us know
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that there's more
to this investigation.
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He was a Native American,
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lived on the reservation nearby.
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Certain white residents
of Redwood Country in the area
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believed
that a Native American
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shouldn't have been
in bed with a white woman.
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He said that him and
Bonnie Hood shared a cabin.
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He had recalled
securing the cabin doors
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and turning out
all the lights.
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They were in bed.
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And then the next thing
he recalled was the light
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coming on to the bedroom.
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And this individual confronted
him with a gun in his hand,
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told him to get down off
the bed and get on the floor.
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Rudy did not comply.
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He said, if you want me down,
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you're going to have
to put me down.
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And that's when he was shot.
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And then he remembers
hearing two shots.
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A vehicle was heard
leaving the property.
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Rudy never made it
to the window,
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seeing the person drive off.
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Rudy Manuel provided
as much of a description
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as he could
of the individual--
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a white male, late 30s,
blondish-brown-colored hair,
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medium to heavy built.
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We had the description
that Rudy Manuel had indicated
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was the shooter.
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Camp Nelson
is a mountain community.
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They have that neighborhood
type of environment,
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where everybody
knows each other.
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There's two lodges
in business there--
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Camp Nelson, and the other
lodge was Pierpoint Lodge.
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The detectives started
coming up and asking questions
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at Pierpoint Springs Resort.
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They asked if we
could identify the man
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that supposedly shot Bonnie.
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On the Friday night
prior to the murder,
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a man came into Pierpoint,
and I served him.
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Stranger walks in,
and you spot him right away
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because he's not
your local people.
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He ordered his drink.
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He sits down
at the end of the bar.
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He sits there for a little bit,
gets up because we have music.
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And he went and sat down
next to another lady,
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made some off-color remarks.
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The lady that he was sitting
next to approached me.
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She said, I really don't like
that guy sitting next to me.
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I said, not a big deal.
I got it.
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I walked out
from behind the bar.
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I said, I'm sorry, sir, but we
don't need your kind in here.
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You can leave, and you
don't need to come back.
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He got up.
I took his drink, and he left.
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Where he went after that,
we have no idea.
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The stranger that came in
had sandy-blond hair.
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Could have been
shoulder length,
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but it was very, very curly,
kind of disheveled.
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To our surprise, he kind of
matched the description
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that Rudy Manuel had put out.
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This might be the shooter.
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Let's find out who he is
and why he was there.
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What would have been his motive
for killing Bonnie Hood?
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He was either being
threatened or blackmailed.
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You'd like to find
the source of funds.
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The morning after
the murder of Bonnie Hood,
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detectives pursued
the identity of a man
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who matched the description
of the shooter
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and was seen locally on
the night she was killed.
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Tight-knit community,
word gets around.
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There was talk that we
were trying to find out
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who this person was.
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Ray Torrey, who works
part-time at the bar,
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remembered this individual
dined at the restaurant.
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They described him
to the detectives,
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and they described the same
man that we had described.
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Ray recalled
that this stranger
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had come in with his own beer
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and left the bottle
sitting on the table.
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Ray had set it behind the bar
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to be cleaned up
in the morning.
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The bottle was still there.
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A beer bottle's a
very difficult item
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because so many
people touch it,
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but it was collected
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to see if any unidentifiable
fingerprints can be found.
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Meanwhile, Jim Hood had been
notified after the killing
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and arrived at Camp Nelson
in a haze
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after breaking the news
of Bonnie's death
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to their children.
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He was asked
what the relationship was
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between Rudy Manuel
and Bonnie Hood.
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He said they were
just good friends.
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He was never aware
of any sexual relationship
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between the two.
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Jim maintained that he and
Bonnie had a solid marriage
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and wouldn't acknowledge
an affair,
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even when told that his wife
was in bed with Rudy.
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We felt that he was
trying to conceal something,
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like he had a perfect
relationship with Bonnie Hood.
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They were fine.
There was no issues.
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During an investigation
like this,
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you start looking at what
type of financial records
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would have her name on it,
have the husband's name on it.
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We need to try and bring up
more information.
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He was asked what type
of financial issues
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the lodge might be in.
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Camp Nelson Lodge,
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which was the beloved project
of Bonnie Hood,
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had become a money pit.
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They were struggling to get
all the rentals filled.
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While Bonnie had this dream
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about what she wanted
to do with it,
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it was really impractical,
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given where this place
was located.
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The lodge--it became
a kind of black hole
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just sucking all the money
out of their finances.
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It was losing between
$100,000 and $300,000.
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Investigators recognized clear motive--
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the financial burden
of the lodge
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and Bonnie's seemingly
public affair,
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which Jim
was outwardly denying.
273
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My heart is hurting
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for Bonnie Hood and her family.
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Happy family guy.
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The Jim Hood that I knew
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from our days together
as students at San Jose State--
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very outgoing,
very gregarious guy,
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and he was a good student.
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And so the two
just didn't mesh,
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that he would be involved
in anything
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that would result
in somebody getting hurt,
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let alone his wife
getting killed.
284
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,795
During that interview,
there was nothing unusual.
285
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I mean, he acted surprised
at some of the questions,
286
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like, no, there's no way.
287
00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:50,454
There was never
a problem with our marriage.
288
00:14:50,454 --> 00:14:52,413
As far as an alibi,
he was far away.
289
00:14:52,413 --> 00:14:55,242
He was home
in Southern California.
290
00:14:55,242 --> 00:14:58,245
Jim Hood was somebody
we continued
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00:14:58,245 --> 00:15:01,248
to consider as a possibility
being involved.
292
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Rudy Manuel had a sister,
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and she worked part-time
at the lodge.
294
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When she was at the lodge
the weekend before,
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she had seen an individual
296
00:15:17,264 --> 00:15:19,962
and thought he matched
the description
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00:15:19,962 --> 00:15:23,139
that Rudy had given her
of the shooter.
298
00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:26,664
And one of the things she
added was that the individual
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00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:30,103
she had seen had been
doing a roofing job
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00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:32,148
at one of the local cabins.
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00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:34,498
The resident deputy
directed us towards
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00:15:34,498 --> 00:15:37,153
one particular cabin that had
roofing work done on it.
303
00:15:41,157 --> 00:15:43,638
Mr. Penner
was the owner of the cabin.
304
00:15:43,638 --> 00:15:46,467
He confirmed that he did have
the roofing redone
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00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:49,600
on that cabin
the weekend before.
306
00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,863
He said the roofers
were friends of his,
307
00:15:51,863 --> 00:15:55,389
and he provided the names
Mark and Matthew Stewart--
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00:15:55,389 --> 00:15:58,087
two brothers who were
in construction.
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00:15:58,087 --> 00:15:59,523
And they're from Fresno.
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Mark and Matthew Stewart
were contacted.
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00:16:09,925 --> 00:16:12,754
They both indicated that
they'd gone up to the lodge,
312
00:16:12,754 --> 00:16:15,322
but they were done
with the roofing job
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00:16:15,322 --> 00:16:17,933
a week before the shooting occurred
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and had not returned.
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00:16:19,500 --> 00:16:21,719
Mark and Matthew Stewart
did not match
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00:16:21,719 --> 00:16:24,157
the description that
Rudy Manuel had indicated
317
00:16:24,157 --> 00:16:26,637
was the shooter.
318
00:16:26,637 --> 00:16:29,075
Mark and Matthew Stewart
were interviewed.
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00:16:29,075 --> 00:16:32,078
A friend of theirs just
happened to be at the house--
320
00:16:32,078 --> 00:16:33,862
Rick Lamar--
321
00:16:33,862 --> 00:16:38,127
and he looked very similar
to the physical description
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00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:40,564
given by Rudy Manuel
of the shooter.
323
00:16:42,175 --> 00:16:43,828
Rick Lamar was asked
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00:16:43,828 --> 00:16:46,701
if he had ever gone
to the Camp Nelson Lodge,
325
00:16:46,701 --> 00:16:48,529
and he said no.
326
00:16:48,529 --> 00:16:51,706
Photographs were taken of both
of the Stewart brothers,
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00:16:51,706 --> 00:16:55,362
Matthew and Mark,
to be shown to Rudy Manuel.
328
00:16:55,362 --> 00:16:57,146
Rick agreed to allow
his photograph
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00:16:57,146 --> 00:16:58,800
to be taken as well.
330
00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:08,462
Rudy, while he was
still recovering,
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00:17:08,462 --> 00:17:12,640
was given a lineup,
and he pointed to somebody.
332
00:17:14,642 --> 00:17:18,689
He selected Rick Lamar
as being the shooter.
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00:17:27,524 --> 00:17:29,570
Shot dead at 3:00 a.m.
334
00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:30,919
The intruder shot both Bonnie
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00:17:30,919 --> 00:17:34,009
and her hired caretaker,
Rudy Manuel,
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00:17:34,009 --> 00:17:35,837
in the head execution style.
337
00:17:35,837 --> 00:17:39,275
Bonnie died instantly,
but Rudy somehow was spared.
338
00:17:43,714 --> 00:17:46,630
Rudy Manuel
selected Rick Lamar
339
00:17:46,630 --> 00:17:48,980
as being the shooter.
340
00:17:48,980 --> 00:17:52,984
Immediately, our focus
turned back to Rick Lamar.
341
00:17:52,984 --> 00:17:56,466
Rick Lamar told us, the weekend
that the shooting occurred,
342
00:17:56,466 --> 00:17:59,730
he had been off on
a fishing trip with his dad.
343
00:17:59,730 --> 00:18:02,168
The dad--he was contacted
by telephone
344
00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:04,779
and confirmed the information.
345
00:18:04,779 --> 00:18:06,476
There was no connection
between Mr. Lamar
346
00:18:06,476 --> 00:18:10,001
and Bonnie Hood or Rudy Manuel.
347
00:18:10,001 --> 00:18:12,178
We need to gather more evidence
348
00:18:12,178 --> 00:18:14,832
that actually places him
at the shooting.
349
00:18:24,668 --> 00:18:28,585
Sergeant of the unit got
a phone call from the FBI
350
00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:31,458
indicating they had identified
a usable print
351
00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,155
from that beer bottle.
352
00:18:35,244 --> 00:18:38,073
The fingerprint was identified
to a Bruce Beauchamp,
353
00:18:38,073 --> 00:18:41,468
who had a criminal record,
from Fontana, California.
354
00:18:44,688 --> 00:18:47,256
Bruce Beauchamp's photograph
was shown to other witnesses
355
00:18:47,256 --> 00:18:49,519
who had placed him
at the lodge that weekend
356
00:18:49,519 --> 00:18:51,173
and the weekend before.
357
00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,962
Once we saw Bruce Beauchamp,
we knew who he was.
358
00:18:57,962 --> 00:19:00,051
We knew that he was
the stranger
359
00:19:00,051 --> 00:19:03,054
that had come into the bar.
360
00:19:03,054 --> 00:19:05,013
His photograph was shown
to Rudy Manuel.
361
00:19:05,013 --> 00:19:08,234
This was weeks later,
so he's had time to recover.
362
00:19:08,234 --> 00:19:12,673
He's not under a doctor's care
and under medication.
363
00:19:12,673 --> 00:19:17,286
And Rudy Manuel selected
Mr. Beauchamp as the shooter.
364
00:19:18,679 --> 00:19:20,420
But he said he did not know
this person,
365
00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:21,812
had never seen him before.
366
00:19:24,293 --> 00:19:26,295
Okay, who is this
Bruce Beauchamp?
367
00:19:26,295 --> 00:19:28,341
Where did he come from?
368
00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:31,866
Why was he there at the bar
on the day of the homicide?
369
00:19:31,866 --> 00:19:35,348
What's his connection to
Bonnie Hood and/or Rudy Manuel?
370
00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:44,618
After Bonnie was murdered,
371
00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:46,446
there's a chapel
up in Camp Nelson.
372
00:19:46,446 --> 00:19:48,317
There was kind of
a coming together
373
00:19:48,317 --> 00:19:50,754
of the different pieces
of Bonnie's life
374
00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:52,626
just to recognize her.
375
00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:58,458
I think it was a way of trying
to just let her know
376
00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:01,461
they were sorry for the ways
they weren't supporting her
377
00:20:01,461 --> 00:20:03,898
and just a way to have
everybody celebrate her.
378
00:20:11,862 --> 00:20:13,690
Tulare County detectives
379
00:20:13,690 --> 00:20:15,562
reached out
to Bruce Beauchamp,
380
00:20:15,562 --> 00:20:17,868
who agreed to meet them
at the local precinct.
381
00:20:19,827 --> 00:20:24,397
I expect him to lie,
but it was just the opposite.
382
00:20:24,397 --> 00:20:26,312
He admitted
he had been up there
383
00:20:26,312 --> 00:20:28,009
the weekend of the shooting.
384
00:20:28,009 --> 00:20:30,490
He had gone back and forth
to Pierpoint Lodge,
385
00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:32,666
the Camp Nelson Lodge,
386
00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:35,843
but he didn't know Bonnie Hood.
387
00:20:35,843 --> 00:20:37,932
Mr. Beauchamp's reason
for being up there
388
00:20:37,932 --> 00:20:42,153
was because he had set up
a date with some female...
389
00:20:42,153 --> 00:20:43,677
and she never showed up.
390
00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:46,245
So he was there at the lodge
on that Saturday night
391
00:20:46,245 --> 00:20:49,422
from 8:00, waiting for her
between both lodges.
392
00:20:49,422 --> 00:20:51,902
And he stayed
there till closing.
393
00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:55,602
I thought it was unusual
to come so far from Fontana.
394
00:20:57,343 --> 00:20:59,954
Beauchamp claimed
that he had driven four hours
395
00:20:59,954 --> 00:21:03,871
back to Fontana after the bar
closed at 1:30 a.m.
396
00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:06,961
That didn't make sense to me.
397
00:21:06,961 --> 00:21:09,224
Given Beauchamp
had no apparent connection
398
00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:10,747
to Bonnie Hood,
399
00:21:10,747 --> 00:21:13,620
investigators angled
at a financial motive
400
00:21:13,620 --> 00:21:16,623
and pushed him
to reveal a source of income.
401
00:21:16,623 --> 00:21:18,625
Bruce Beauchamp
said that Jim Hood
402
00:21:18,625 --> 00:21:21,280
is his employer
403
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,239
at a construction company
in Fontana.
404
00:21:28,069 --> 00:21:31,942
Okay, so Beauchamp does have
a connection to Jim Hood.
405
00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:38,427
We focused on trying to
identify, what's the motive?
406
00:21:38,427 --> 00:21:40,168
You know,
it could be financial.
407
00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:42,605
And then there was another lead
that was developed.
408
00:21:44,128 --> 00:21:47,349
Jim Hood collected
a fairly large life insurance
409
00:21:47,349 --> 00:21:49,743
on Bonnie Hood.
410
00:21:49,743 --> 00:21:52,702
Was the motive
the life-insurance policy
411
00:21:52,702 --> 00:21:54,269
that he had out on her?
412
00:21:57,620 --> 00:22:01,102
With the murder
of Mr. Hood's wife
413
00:22:01,102 --> 00:22:03,104
in Tulare County,
414
00:22:03,104 --> 00:22:05,062
it appears from the evidence
that the Hoods
415
00:22:05,062 --> 00:22:07,021
were coming apart.
416
00:22:07,021 --> 00:22:08,762
The District Attorney's
Office
417
00:22:08,762 --> 00:22:10,111
and the Sheriff's Office--
418
00:22:10,111 --> 00:22:12,243
we're trying to achieve
the same thing.
419
00:22:12,243 --> 00:22:15,464
I always wanted to get
their opinion,
420
00:22:15,464 --> 00:22:17,118
say, okay,
this is what we have.
421
00:22:17,118 --> 00:22:18,641
What do you think?
422
00:22:18,641 --> 00:22:22,253
We know Bruce Beauchamp
had a bit of a shady history.
423
00:22:22,253 --> 00:22:23,646
From the reports,
424
00:22:23,646 --> 00:22:26,954
we had learned Mr. Beauchamp
had a drug issue.
425
00:22:26,954 --> 00:22:30,305
He had recently refinanced
his home.
426
00:22:30,305 --> 00:22:32,046
He was needing money.
427
00:22:33,874 --> 00:22:37,312
We know Mr. Hood had
life-insurance policies
428
00:22:37,312 --> 00:22:39,183
on his wife.
429
00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:44,711
The theory is that Mr. Hood
hired Mr. Beauchamp
430
00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:47,322
to eliminate Mrs. Hood
431
00:22:47,322 --> 00:22:48,976
and, just incidentally,
432
00:22:48,976 --> 00:22:51,065
to collect
all those insurance proceeds.
433
00:22:53,023 --> 00:22:55,722
There are plenty of upsides.
434
00:22:55,722 --> 00:22:58,072
The lodge would be gone.
435
00:22:58,072 --> 00:22:59,421
He'd sell it.
436
00:22:59,421 --> 00:23:01,945
It would get rid
of his cheating wife
437
00:23:01,945 --> 00:23:03,991
and to collect hundreds
of thousands of dollars
438
00:23:03,991 --> 00:23:05,688
for her personal insurance.
439
00:23:05,688 --> 00:23:09,039
There was no direct evidence
to connect Jim to the crime.
440
00:23:09,039 --> 00:23:11,651
Meanwhile, Bruce Beauchamp
was arrested
441
00:23:11,651 --> 00:23:13,740
for the murder of Bonnie Hood.
442
00:23:18,658 --> 00:23:21,400
If your theory
is that Jim Hood
443
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,271
bought a hit on his wife,
444
00:23:23,271 --> 00:23:26,143
you'd like to find
the source of funds.
445
00:23:26,143 --> 00:23:28,450
In Bruce Beauchamp's
checking account--
446
00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:29,930
or savings account,
447
00:23:29,930 --> 00:23:33,934
a $10,000 payment
he can't explain, right?
448
00:23:33,934 --> 00:23:36,371
That would have been
the linchpin in proving
449
00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:40,157
that Jim Hood
had ordered the hit.
450
00:23:42,029 --> 00:23:43,683
There was
a search warrant issued
451
00:23:43,683 --> 00:23:45,162
for Beauchamp's residence.
452
00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:50,167
But there was nothing
to connect him to it.
453
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,131
As long as Bruce Beauchamp
wouldn't roll on Jim Hood,
454
00:23:57,131 --> 00:24:00,526
then Jim Hood was
in the clear.
455
00:24:00,526 --> 00:24:02,963
His innocence, or his freedom,
456
00:24:02,963 --> 00:24:06,706
depended on the goodwill
and financial relationship
457
00:24:06,706 --> 00:24:08,316
of Bruce Beauchamp.
458
00:24:09,883 --> 00:24:12,668
I've been asked not to
discuss it in great detail,
459
00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:16,933
but he did work for me.
460
00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:21,242
And I'm just--
I'm a little surprised.
461
00:24:21,242 --> 00:24:24,201
In fact, I'm very--
you know, I'm shocked by it.
462
00:24:24,201 --> 00:24:26,203
We're all amazed.
463
00:24:31,818 --> 00:24:34,385
Investigators suspected
that Jim Hood had hired
464
00:24:34,385 --> 00:24:37,258
Bruce Beauchamp
to kill his wife, Bonnie,
465
00:24:37,258 --> 00:24:41,305
yet Beauchamp was the only one
being charged with her murder.
466
00:24:48,095 --> 00:24:50,053
In this case,
I believe Mr. Hood
467
00:24:50,053 --> 00:24:52,795
was the driving factor
in the murder of his wife,
468
00:24:52,795 --> 00:24:56,495
but the DA's Office decided
not to use that connection.
469
00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:59,323
They felt that that would
just muddy the case.
470
00:24:59,323 --> 00:25:03,327
A man police finally
arrested--Bruce Beauchamp.
471
00:25:03,327 --> 00:25:06,374
Although prosecutors had
evidence against Beauchamp,
472
00:25:06,374 --> 00:25:08,507
without his cooperation,
473
00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,683
they had little
to implicate Jim Hood.
474
00:25:10,683 --> 00:25:13,250
They decided not
to include Hood
475
00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:16,863
and go all-in on their case
against Beauchamp.
476
00:25:16,863 --> 00:25:19,300
I think
that the Jim Hood information
477
00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:22,346
should have been factored
into this trial,
478
00:25:22,346 --> 00:25:24,958
but I try not to
second-quarterback prosecutors
479
00:25:24,958 --> 00:25:27,482
because that's not my field.
480
00:25:27,482 --> 00:25:29,658
Playing to their
only strength,
481
00:25:29,658 --> 00:25:31,051
prosecutors intended
482
00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:33,140
for Rudy Manuel's
planned testimony
483
00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:36,360
to corroborate all of their
circumstantial evidence
484
00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:38,014
against Beauchamp.
485
00:25:38,014 --> 00:25:41,017
As the sole eyewitness,
he was pretty much the linchpin
486
00:25:41,017 --> 00:25:43,280
of the case in that county.
487
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,197
I felt reliable
in the information he provided.
488
00:25:47,197 --> 00:25:49,199
But then he didn't tell
the truth
489
00:25:49,199 --> 00:25:53,247
about the nature of his
relationship with Bonnie.
490
00:25:53,247 --> 00:25:55,205
Rudy Manuel got
on the witness stand
491
00:25:55,205 --> 00:25:57,947
and denied that he had
a sexual relationship
492
00:25:57,947 --> 00:26:00,210
with Bonnie Hood.
493
00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:02,735
Whether it was shame
or something else
494
00:26:02,735 --> 00:26:04,824
that drove Rudy
to change his story,
495
00:26:04,824 --> 00:26:06,477
in a crushing turn,
496
00:26:06,477 --> 00:26:10,699
his credibility and the case
were ruined.
497
00:26:15,399 --> 00:26:19,229
The Tulare County jury
found Bruce Beauchamp
498
00:26:19,229 --> 00:26:20,361
not guilty...
499
00:26:22,406 --> 00:26:25,932
And subsequently
was acquitted.
500
00:26:25,932 --> 00:26:27,890
He can never be tried
for it again
501
00:26:27,890 --> 00:26:30,327
because
of the double jeopardy rule.
502
00:26:30,327 --> 00:26:32,242
He's a free man.
503
00:26:32,242 --> 00:26:34,767
Mr. Beauchamp was also free
504
00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:37,944
to point the finger
at Jim Hood.
505
00:26:37,944 --> 00:26:41,077
When you talk
about a jury of your peers
506
00:26:41,077 --> 00:26:43,558
and all the peers
507
00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:46,605
are white, blue-collar,
508
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:51,348
and the person who is on trial
is white, blue-collar,
509
00:26:51,348 --> 00:26:54,700
looks like them, and the person
who is accusing them
510
00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,267
is Indian,
511
00:26:57,267 --> 00:27:01,924
I think that very much
factored in this trial.
512
00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:03,578
I could not accept
the fact
513
00:27:03,578 --> 00:27:05,754
that Bonnie would be
this victim
514
00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:07,930
who would never have justice
515
00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:10,541
and would never have peace,
in a way.
516
00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:15,938
"Fontana resident...
517
00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:18,941
"accused and acquitted
518
00:27:18,941 --> 00:27:22,641
of murdering Bonnie Hood."
519
00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:26,296
I have great faith and great
confidence in the jury system,
520
00:27:26,296 --> 00:27:30,039
but my life's experience
in the practice of law,
521
00:27:30,039 --> 00:27:32,128
having practiced law now
for 40 years,
522
00:27:32,128 --> 00:27:35,088
the jury does not bat 100%.
523
00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:37,699
A lot of lives were shattered
524
00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:41,007
as a result
of the murder of Bonnie Hood.
525
00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:45,272
When you tell me there's
a life-insurance policy,
526
00:27:45,272 --> 00:27:48,667
I'm not going to pre-judge,
527
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:51,931
but it certainly causes me
528
00:27:51,931 --> 00:27:56,109
to be more questioning...
529
00:27:56,109 --> 00:27:58,546
about who was doing what.
530
00:28:05,509 --> 00:28:09,383
Jim Hood was still a free
man down in Orange County,
531
00:28:09,383 --> 00:28:11,994
and everybody went
about their business, I think,
532
00:28:11,994 --> 00:28:15,476
until March 22, 1992.
533
00:28:45,549 --> 00:28:48,248
This crime occurred
in an industrial complex
534
00:28:48,248 --> 00:28:49,553
in the front office.
535
00:28:49,553 --> 00:28:52,469
There was bloodstains
on the office chair,
536
00:28:52,469 --> 00:28:54,994
and there's bloodstains
on the floor.
537
00:29:05,265 --> 00:29:08,529
No one could say
what happened in that room
538
00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,052
in the office.
539
00:29:10,052 --> 00:29:11,837
According to Jim Hood,
540
00:29:11,837 --> 00:29:14,622
Beauchamp just walked
into the business
541
00:29:14,622 --> 00:29:16,624
with a gun to shoot him.
542
00:29:18,191 --> 00:29:21,150
Beauchamp was just crumpled
on the floor,
543
00:29:21,150 --> 00:29:22,804
laying there
with his hand out,
544
00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:25,894
with this gun just sitting
in his hand.
545
00:29:25,894 --> 00:29:28,070
I had never seen that,
546
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:30,943
and no one I talked to had ever experienced
547
00:29:30,943 --> 00:29:35,904
where a person had been shot
with the weapon in his hand,
548
00:29:35,904 --> 00:29:39,212
and it still was in his hand
when he hit the ground.
549
00:29:39,212 --> 00:29:40,822
It just doesn't happen.
550
00:29:51,615 --> 00:29:54,923
The gun that was
in Beauchamp's hand,
551
00:29:54,923 --> 00:29:57,012
it didn't bother me too much
552
00:29:57,012 --> 00:29:59,188
until we actually started getting
553
00:29:59,188 --> 00:30:02,888
into the bloodstain pattern
of the case.
554
00:30:09,155 --> 00:30:11,287
These are the impact spatters
555
00:30:11,287 --> 00:30:14,508
indicating that there was
a point of origin
556
00:30:14,508 --> 00:30:19,165
very close and low
to the ground in that area.
557
00:30:19,165 --> 00:30:21,820
First shot entered
the top of his head.
558
00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:27,129
When there's an impact
to your head from a gun,
559
00:30:27,129 --> 00:30:30,132
you'll have impact spatter,
560
00:30:30,132 --> 00:30:32,482
and Beauchamp's right hand
561
00:30:32,482 --> 00:30:36,878
is on top of spatter
near his head.
562
00:30:36,878 --> 00:30:38,793
But the funny thing about this
563
00:30:38,793 --> 00:30:41,491
is there's no blood spatter
on his hands,
564
00:30:41,491 --> 00:30:44,407
no blood spatter on the gun.
565
00:30:44,407 --> 00:30:47,323
So what that indicates
is the hand was there
566
00:30:47,323 --> 00:30:51,066
after the blood spatter
hit the floor.
567
00:30:53,677 --> 00:30:56,332
We think he staged
the scene inside his office
568
00:30:56,332 --> 00:30:58,769
before he called
the Sheriff's Department.
569
00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:06,603
Two years after Jim Hood
was suspected
570
00:31:06,603 --> 00:31:08,475
for the murder
of his wife, Bonnie,
571
00:31:08,475 --> 00:31:13,306
he was now tied up
in another killing.
572
00:31:13,306 --> 00:31:15,482
Tonight's top story--
Bonnie Hood,
573
00:31:15,482 --> 00:31:18,137
murdered mysteriously
in an isolated resort,
574
00:31:18,137 --> 00:31:21,096
but now the man they tried
is dead
575
00:31:21,096 --> 00:31:23,707
amid the most unexpected twist
of all.
576
00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:26,928
911 Emergency.
577
00:31:31,106 --> 00:31:33,326
We had Jim Hood transported
578
00:31:33,326 --> 00:31:36,285
to the San Bernardino
Sheriff's Office.
579
00:31:36,285 --> 00:31:39,288
When Jim Hood was interviewed
by the detectives,
580
00:31:39,288 --> 00:31:43,118
he continued to keep
his story straight,
581
00:31:43,118 --> 00:31:45,860
that it
was totally self-defense.
582
00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:49,255
Jim Hood says Beauchamp
and his wife's brother
583
00:31:49,255 --> 00:31:51,866
were engaged in a number
of nefarious activities,
584
00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:54,956
including stealing equipment
from the construction site
585
00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:58,917
of a shopping center
that Jim Hood was developing.
586
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,657
And so Hood--
587
00:32:00,657 --> 00:32:03,269
he fired the brother-in-law,
who was also working for him.
588
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:06,663
Beauchamp was upset that his
brother-in-law had been fired.
589
00:32:08,796 --> 00:32:10,189
Jim Hood claimed
590
00:32:10,189 --> 00:32:12,626
that's what the meeting
in his office was about
591
00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:15,455
and that Bruce
threatened him first.
592
00:32:15,455 --> 00:32:19,111
He claimed Bruce Beauchamp
reached behind him,
593
00:32:19,111 --> 00:32:21,374
pulled out a .357 Magnum,
594
00:32:21,374 --> 00:32:23,593
and aimed it
at Jim Hood's chest.
595
00:32:23,593 --> 00:32:26,988
Jim Hood pulled a Glock 9
from his drawer
596
00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:30,122
and started shooting
at Beauchamp.
597
00:32:30,122 --> 00:32:32,385
Shot him seven times.
598
00:32:32,385 --> 00:32:35,170
The number of times
he got shot,
599
00:32:35,170 --> 00:32:38,304
there was no way
that that was self-defense.
600
00:32:38,304 --> 00:32:40,959
It just doesn't happen
that way.
601
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,135
Hood claimed
that he feared Bruce Beauchamp
602
00:32:43,135 --> 00:32:44,701
would show up to hurt him,
603
00:32:44,701 --> 00:32:49,402
so he had his own gun ready
at his desk.
604
00:32:49,402 --> 00:32:53,014
We run background checks on
all the witnesses and victims.
605
00:32:53,014 --> 00:32:54,885
And then when we found out
606
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:57,149
that Beauchamp
had been acquitted
607
00:32:57,149 --> 00:33:00,065
for the murder of Bonnie Hood,
608
00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:03,024
myself and another detective
609
00:33:03,024 --> 00:33:05,026
went up to Tulare County.
610
00:33:19,084 --> 00:33:23,262
The two killings
were inexorably tied together.
611
00:33:23,262 --> 00:33:26,613
Mr. Beauchamp
was hired to kill.
612
00:33:26,613 --> 00:33:30,051
He got acquitted,
much to Mr. Hood's surprise.
613
00:33:30,051 --> 00:33:32,575
And that once
Bruce Beauchamp was acquitted,
614
00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:34,882
he was able to extort--
615
00:33:34,882 --> 00:33:36,666
or he thought
he would be able to extort
616
00:33:36,666 --> 00:33:40,018
plenty of money from Jim Hood.
617
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:44,457
Mr. Hood was not going
to take that chance.
618
00:33:44,457 --> 00:33:47,808
I try not to get involved
personally in a case,
619
00:33:47,808 --> 00:33:51,203
but I just want the justice
part of it to work.
620
00:33:51,203 --> 00:33:52,943
Let's get it done.
621
00:33:54,597 --> 00:33:58,427
And then we get a copy
of the report.
622
00:33:58,427 --> 00:34:01,387
The gun was found
in his right hand,
623
00:34:01,387 --> 00:34:04,346
when, in fact,
he was left-handed.
624
00:34:06,392 --> 00:34:08,176
Evidence was stacking up
625
00:34:08,176 --> 00:34:12,528
that Jim Hood had staged
the crime scene in his office.
626
00:34:12,528 --> 00:34:15,749
So, in March of 1992,
almost exactly a year
627
00:34:15,749 --> 00:34:18,578
after Bruce Beauchamp
was acquitted
628
00:34:18,578 --> 00:34:20,667
for the murder of Bonnie Hood,
629
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:25,019
Jim Hood was arrested for
the murder of Bruce Beauchamp.
630
00:34:38,163 --> 00:34:43,168
The theory
of People versus Jim Hood
631
00:34:43,168 --> 00:34:47,259
is that he bought a hit
on his wife, Bonnie Hood.
632
00:34:50,610 --> 00:34:53,526
However, Bruce Beauchamp
was acquitted.
633
00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:58,096
He was going to expose
Jim Hood
634
00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,054
for his complicity
in the murder.
635
00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:04,798
That made him a threat
to Jim Hood
636
00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:08,149
that had to be eliminated somehow.
637
00:35:08,149 --> 00:35:09,846
Investigators theorized
638
00:35:09,846 --> 00:35:12,066
that Hood was not
about to be extorted,
639
00:35:12,066 --> 00:35:15,461
especially by someone
he had already paid.
640
00:35:15,461 --> 00:35:18,159
The prosecution will prove
641
00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:21,989
that this defendant lured
the victim to his office,
642
00:35:21,989 --> 00:35:24,470
that, in fact, shot him
643
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:26,733
and then planted
the gun on him.
644
00:35:26,733 --> 00:35:29,605
And this is not going to be
done by witness testimony,
645
00:35:29,605 --> 00:35:32,521
but rather cold, hard facts.
646
00:35:32,521 --> 00:35:36,569
I set it up to
have a video done,
647
00:35:36,569 --> 00:35:40,747
the animation
of the crime itself.
648
00:35:40,747 --> 00:35:43,706
It was one of the first times
649
00:35:43,706 --> 00:35:48,363
that they had animation
in a homicide case.
650
00:35:48,363 --> 00:35:50,409
So right now
in San Bernardino County,
651
00:35:50,409 --> 00:35:52,715
it's a case
that involves love and sex,
652
00:35:52,715 --> 00:35:56,328
a contract killing,
and now computer animation.
653
00:35:56,328 --> 00:35:58,373
Mr. Beauchamp showing up.
654
00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:01,202
Mr. Beauchamp
not carrying a weapon.
655
00:36:01,202 --> 00:36:03,422
There's a series of shots.
656
00:36:06,338 --> 00:36:09,645
The gun in the hand...
657
00:36:09,645 --> 00:36:12,039
staging the scene.
658
00:36:12,039 --> 00:36:16,696
The defense generally presented
Mr. Hood as a good guy
659
00:36:16,696 --> 00:36:19,394
who was trying to act
in self-defense.
660
00:36:19,394 --> 00:36:21,266
He wants this case
to go to trial.
661
00:36:21,266 --> 00:36:22,702
He wants to be vindicated.
662
00:36:22,702 --> 00:36:25,139
He's worked all of his life
663
00:36:25,139 --> 00:36:26,358
to get where he is,
664
00:36:26,358 --> 00:36:28,273
and he wants to keep that.
665
00:36:28,273 --> 00:36:31,189
If he would leave with these
charges hanging over his head,
666
00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:35,367
everyone would assume that
he was a cold-blooded killer.
667
00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:37,412
He does not want that for him.
668
00:36:37,412 --> 00:36:39,414
He does not want that
for his children.
669
00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:41,373
He does not want that
for his friends
670
00:36:41,373 --> 00:36:43,157
and the rest of his family.
671
00:36:43,157 --> 00:36:46,900
Mr. Hood had
enormous resources
672
00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:51,557
and could present things
to contradict our positions,
673
00:36:51,557 --> 00:36:54,081
like the computer animation.
674
00:36:54,081 --> 00:36:57,258
Our evidence will demonstrate
to you that he acted properly
675
00:36:57,258 --> 00:37:00,261
under the law in self-defense.
676
00:37:00,261 --> 00:37:03,221
The defense agrees
that Hood did indeed kill,
677
00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,310
but provided
its own animation--
678
00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:08,835
one portraying a gun
in the hand of the dead man
679
00:37:08,835 --> 00:37:12,186
and Hood as an innocent victim
of all of this.
680
00:37:12,186 --> 00:37:14,623
His eyes were looking at me
681
00:37:14,623 --> 00:37:17,539
like he was gonna beat
the living heck out of me.
682
00:37:17,539 --> 00:37:19,062
I'm scared to death.
683
00:37:19,062 --> 00:37:22,501
I thought, you know, he
was going to kill me.
684
00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:28,681
And then he reenacted
what he said happened,
685
00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:31,292
with a dummy standing in
for Bruce Beauchamp.
686
00:37:31,292 --> 00:37:33,729
And that was very peculiar.
687
00:37:34,991 --> 00:37:36,950
I sat through the trial.
688
00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:39,822
I couldn't imagine
this jury could be listening
689
00:37:39,822 --> 00:37:42,477
to all the evidence
that I was listening to
690
00:37:42,477 --> 00:37:44,566
and come up
with any other decision
691
00:37:44,566 --> 00:37:46,829
than that he was guilty.
692
00:37:46,829 --> 00:37:48,831
But there was a part of me
that worried
693
00:37:48,831 --> 00:37:50,703
that he was going to get away
with this.
694
00:38:01,931 --> 00:38:04,934
Tonight on "Hard Copy"...
695
00:38:04,934 --> 00:38:08,503
Jim Hood lost his wife
to a mystery man's bullet.
696
00:38:08,503 --> 00:38:10,113
Now he's been shot dead, too.
697
00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:12,899
Jim Hood pulled the trigger.
698
00:38:12,899 --> 00:38:16,468
Was it murder or self-defense?
699
00:38:16,468 --> 00:38:21,211
While Jim Hood sat in jail,
a new scenario emerged.
700
00:38:26,216 --> 00:38:29,785
Sharon, who was
Bruce Beauchamp's wife,
701
00:38:29,785 --> 00:38:33,876
was called as a witness
and testified.
702
00:39:06,126 --> 00:39:09,564
Sharon testified
that Jim paid him $50,000
703
00:39:09,564 --> 00:39:11,131
to kill Bonnie.
704
00:39:12,959 --> 00:39:16,310
Once Bruce Beauchamp
got acquitted,
705
00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:20,445
Mr. Beauchamp
decides to milk Mr. Hood
706
00:39:20,445 --> 00:39:22,708
for all he can.
707
00:39:22,708 --> 00:39:26,451
Sharon indicated he went
to ask for more money.
708
00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:28,061
You better pay me
another 100,000,
709
00:39:28,061 --> 00:39:30,803
or I'm going to say you paid me
to kill your wife.
710
00:39:38,593 --> 00:39:39,638
And so the jury
711
00:39:39,638 --> 00:39:41,335
had to decide what happened
712
00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:43,468
in those two minutes
or three minutes
713
00:39:43,468 --> 00:39:45,426
inside Jim Hood's office.
714
00:39:45,426 --> 00:39:47,863
And, of course,
all the defense has to do
715
00:39:47,863 --> 00:39:50,649
is convince one person
that they're not guilty,
716
00:39:50,649 --> 00:39:52,477
and we don't get a conviction.
717
00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:56,481
In the end, the seemingly
damning evidence and testimony
718
00:39:56,481 --> 00:39:58,744
weren't enough
to convince the jury
719
00:39:58,744 --> 00:40:00,354
beyond a reasonable doubt.
720
00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:03,618
Jim Hood's trial
results in a hung jury.
721
00:40:03,618 --> 00:40:08,406
It seemed impossible to me
that he would not be convicted.
722
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:11,278
The case was
declared a mistrial.
723
00:40:11,278 --> 00:40:13,628
There's nothing
you'd less rather do
724
00:40:13,628 --> 00:40:14,934
than try a case twice.
725
00:40:22,115 --> 00:40:24,509
So, in June of 1993,
726
00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:27,512
Jim's second trial begins.
727
00:40:27,512 --> 00:40:32,430
When Mr. Hood got
on the witness stand,
728
00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:34,997
he had conformed
his version of events
729
00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:37,217
to match the physical evidence
730
00:40:37,217 --> 00:40:40,046
he had heard
in the first trial.
731
00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:43,179
What's an innocent man
have to do
732
00:40:43,179 --> 00:40:45,486
with changing his testimony?
733
00:40:45,486 --> 00:40:48,271
The prosecution seized
the opportunity
734
00:40:48,271 --> 00:40:50,622
to call jurors
from the first trial,
735
00:40:50,622 --> 00:40:54,452
who testified that Hood had
told them a different story.
736
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,932
Jim changed his story
737
00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,457
about how Bruce was
after he'd been shot.
738
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,155
He'd physically laid down
and shown one thing,
739
00:41:02,155 --> 00:41:04,418
and then he physically laid
down and showed something else
740
00:41:04,418 --> 00:41:05,724
in the second jury trial.
741
00:41:05,724 --> 00:41:07,247
And I knew.
742
00:41:07,247 --> 00:41:09,423
I knew that he had
just hung himself.
743
00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:18,388
The jury had a verdict,
744
00:41:18,388 --> 00:41:21,043
and that verdict was
that Jim Hood was guilty
745
00:41:21,043 --> 00:41:22,349
of first-degree murder.
746
00:41:24,177 --> 00:41:25,787
When the verdict comes back,
747
00:41:25,787 --> 00:41:30,096
there's a certain sense of
justice done for the victims.
748
00:41:30,096 --> 00:41:32,272
However, the hit for hire--
749
00:41:32,272 --> 00:41:34,535
sending Beauchamp up
to kill Bonnie--
750
00:41:34,535 --> 00:41:37,451
is a theory
that has never been proven.
751
00:41:39,322 --> 00:41:42,587
As a result,
the murder of Bonnie Hood
752
00:41:42,587 --> 00:41:45,503
is considered unsolved.
753
00:41:47,896 --> 00:41:49,332
A lot of people forget
754
00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:51,291
that there were two children
in that Hood family
755
00:41:51,291 --> 00:41:53,249
that endured this whole thing.
756
00:41:53,249 --> 00:41:55,861
They lost their mom.
Their dad went to prison.
757
00:41:58,298 --> 00:42:00,866
They're the biggest victims
of all in this case,
758
00:42:14,967 --> 00:42:17,056
It's just a shame.
759
00:42:19,145 --> 00:42:21,626
When I picture Bonnie now,
760
00:42:21,626 --> 00:42:25,543
I think of her in her jeans
and her flannel shirt,
761
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:27,762
blond hair down,
762
00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:31,200
sitting on Mulberry,
her horse, riding the trails.
763
00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:37,250
I think she's still up there
in Camp Nelson.
764
00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:39,687
I think that was
her happy place.
765
00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:55,007
I tend to want to disbelieve
that my fraternity brother
766
00:42:55,007 --> 00:42:59,054
would do something like that.
767
00:42:59,054 --> 00:43:02,231
I've been married to my wife
for 52 years.
768
00:43:03,624 --> 00:43:06,714
It's just hard
for me to understand
769
00:43:06,714 --> 00:43:11,284
how somebody could get
to that point in rage--
770
00:43:11,284 --> 00:43:15,331
the enormity
of taking someone's life.
771
00:43:15,331 --> 00:43:19,248
But I have no reason
to believe he did.
772
00:43:19,248 --> 00:43:21,686
But I have no reason
to believe that he didn't.
63072
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