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- As a documentary filmmaker,
I'm fascinated by true crime
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and the mystery and suspense
of how they unravel.
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I came across this murder case
four years ago,
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and it had
more twists and turns
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than any work of fiction.
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I was surprised
by how few people
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had actually heard
of this story.
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This videotape was the key
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to unlocking some
of the horrors that occurred
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in Wilseyville, California,
almost 40 years ago.
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This man here, Leonard Lake,
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was responsible for some
of the most heinous crimes
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ever committed
in the United States
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and this videotape stands
as his chilling manifesto.
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It's impossible to know
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just how many victims
paid with their lives,
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but for me this story
all started...
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with the disappearance
of a man named Paul Cosner
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and his sister,
Sharon Sellitto,
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who set out to find him.
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- My brother Paul was
a car dealer.
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In the fall of 1984,
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Paul had advertised
a car for sale
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in the
"San Francisco Chronicle."
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It was an orange/gold
1980 Honda Prelude.
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He had a lot
of calls on it,
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and he thought it was gonna be
a good, quick deal.
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On Wednesday, October 31st,
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a guy had called him and said
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that he was interested
in the car
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and would like to take
a test-drive
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and could come meet him
at his apartment.
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So he came,
and he took a test-drive.
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Came back and said
that he wanted to buy it.
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On November 2nd, I had talked
to Paul in the morning
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because he thought
he'd sold the car.
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And I said, "Great. Who to?"
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And he said, "Some weird guy."
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And I said,
"Well, be careful."
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The next day
Paul's girlfriend, Marilyn,
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called me
probably about 11:00.
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She said that she and Paul had
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had a date set
for the night before.
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They were supposed to cook
dinner and watch a movie
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that night,
and he never came home.
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And I said, "As far as I know,
he was fine."
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I thought there must be
an explanation
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'cause it didn't make sense...
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'cause it's not like him.
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Paul and I grew up in Ohio
in farm country.
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We didn't know our father.
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Paul was definitely
more than a big brother.
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He was the father I never knew.
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He protected me
and was my best friend.
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He was very witty,
very kind and loving.
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We were very close.
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Marilyn was Paul's girlfriend.
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He was really
in love with her.
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Marilyn didn't know,
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but Paul told me he was gonna
ask her to marry him.
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He knew that she was
the right one for him
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and who he wanted to spend
the rest of his life with.
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- There was no logical reason
for Paul to go away.
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He had a very stable
relationship with Marilyn.
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He was looking
to a bright future.
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At this point, nobody knows
what's happened to Paul.
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And now the mystery begins.
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- We really didn't know where
he was or who he was with
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or if he was okay.
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I kept calling
Paul's apartment.
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And I didn't get any answer.
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I was really getting worried.
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Marilyn and Paul lived
in the same building
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in different apartments.
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Paul's landlady let us
in his apartment.
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She opened the door.
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And I thought,
God, it was so neat.
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It was so clean,
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like it had
just been vacuumed,
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like a hotel.
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That scared me because
he didn't vacuum like that.
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I didn't vacuum--
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It looked like somebody
was covering something up.
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First thing we did was search
the entire apartment.
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We looked in the hall closet
where Paul kept his guns,
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and we couldn't find
the .38-caliber revolver
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or his 22 Derringer.
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The ammo was there,
but the guns were gone.
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And then we discovered
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that Paul's car
wasn't there either.
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So we thought
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maybe it all had something
to do with each other.
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I called the police.
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We were told
that you couldn't report
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anybody missing for 24 hours,
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that we had to come down
and do it in person.
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We went to file
a police report.
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The policeman asked us,
"Well, how old is he?"
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And I said, "39," and he said,
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"He's probably out drunk
with a whore.
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"You don't need to file
a missing-persons report.
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We don't look
for anybody over six."
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We looked at each other
and were so shocked.
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And I said,
"Well, it's not my bicycle.
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It's my brother.
I want to file a report."
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And he said,
"Well, if you have to."
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It was awful.
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- We're talking
about a police department
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that was dealing
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with 500 missing-persons cases
per month.
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They were dealing
with the drug issues,
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the gang issues, and they just
don't have the manpower
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and the people power in order
to investigate all those cases.
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- Paul Cosner had only
been missing 24 hours,
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and there really wasn't much
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that police could do
at the time.
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There was nothing particularly
suspicious about this case,
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but Sharon felt otherwise.
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- I didn't get any help,
and it scared me.
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And I called his good friends,
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and none of them
had heard from him.
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I called everyone
that had left messages
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inquiring about the car
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to see if Paul had called them
back, made an appointment.
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And none of them had.
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I was going to Paul's
apartment almost every day,
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searching for the tiniest
little hint
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of where Paul could be.
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One day I went in,
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and the light was blinking
on his answering machine.
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And I thought,
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"Now we're finally gonna
find something out."
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So I went over
and hit the button.
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And there was a message.
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- I was going
to Paul's apartment
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almost every day,
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searching for the tiniest
little hint
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of where Paul could be.
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And the light was blinking
on his answering machine,
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and there was a message.
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That was the entire message,
and I could hardly breathe.
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It wasn't,
"Paul's gonna be dead
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"unless you give us
a million dollars.
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Paul's gonna be dead
unless you anything."
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It was just a statement.
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- Upon hearing
this threatening message,
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Sharon called San Francisco's
Missing Persons Division
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in the hopes that
they would now take the case
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more seriously.
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So the case was assigned
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to San Francisco's
missing persons inspectors
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Irene Brunn
and Tom Eisenmann.
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They searched
the entire apartment
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and found essentially nothing.
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And within a few days,
the case stalled.
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- It made me think
there wasn't any hope,
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there wasn't any solving this.
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I thought if I did everything
I could think of...
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I could follow the trail,
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that I could find him
and bring him home.
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- Sharon becomes
a one-woman detective,
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a one-woman police agency.
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She distributes flyers.
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She went to morgues.
She went to hospitals.
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She kept the case going.
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- At the beginning,
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I was going
in 100 different directions,
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thinking
I was gonna get a lead.
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I was gonna get
some information.
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I had been calling
the TV stations,
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trying to get somebody
to do a story
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about Paul's disappearance.
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- The San Francisco Police
are asking for help tonight
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in their search for a man
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who placed a newspaper
advertisement
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to sell his 1980 Honda.
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- We have been on the phone
constantly.
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He had a lot of friends
that were used-car dealers.
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They've been networking.
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- If you have seen this man
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or know what may have
happened to him,
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please call the San Francisco
Police Department.
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- It got kind of silent,
and another month would go by.
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Month after month after month
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after month after month.
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And people I know would say...
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"Well, you've got to give up.
You have to quit this.
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You have to move on."
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And I'd say,
"You can't move on."
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Paul was my life.
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I just thought there had
to be answers.
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- At this point,
law enforcement had no leads,
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and Sharon's investigation
had hit an impasse,
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but then a new lead surfaced.
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- One of the reporters
that I talked to
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mentioned that there was
a whole family
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from San Francisco,
the Dubs family,
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who had disappeared about
three months before Paul.
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- Harvey and Deborah Dubs
were last seen
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on the evening of July 26th.
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The next day, the Dubs
and their 18-month-old son
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disappeared.
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- Harvey Dubs was
a local videographer.
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He would routinely place ads
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in the
"San Francisco Chronicle"
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to rent out video equipment
that he owned.
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Soon after placing an ad,
Harvey Dubs,
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his wife, Deborah. and their
infant son, Sean, disappeared.
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The case of the Dubs shared
a striking similarity
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to Paul Cosner's
disappearance.
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Both had placed an ad in
the "San Francisco Chronicle."
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Both had disappeared.
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- I knew there had to be
a connection,
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so I called
Debbie Dubs' father.
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He told me that somebody
had answered the ad,
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stolen the equipment, and the
whole family had disappeared.
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And I said,
"Well, don't you think
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that it has to be tied in
together?"
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And he said,
yes, it surely did.
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- It was
a highly publicized case.
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Whole families
simply don't vanish
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off the face of the Earth.
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- The day they disappeared,
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Deborah Dubs is on the phone
with her best friend, Karin,
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and she's talking
about the fact
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that there is some weird guy
they're gonna meet
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that evening who wanted to rent
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some of the equipment
that he had.
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While she's on the phone
to Karin,
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the doorbell rings,
and Deborah says,
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"Oh, that must be them."
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That's the last time
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anybody ever heard
from the Dubs family.
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- Karin Tuck's husband
went over to the Dubs' house.
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There was a key in the door.
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And he went inside,
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and he found that the house
had been ransacked.
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He immediately called
the police,
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and the officers responded
to the scene.
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- Inspector Irene Brunn
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is called to come
into the house.
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As soon as she gets in there,
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she starts to recognize
something is wrong here.
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Things are not the way
they're supposed to be.
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There's dirty dishes
in the sink.
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There's dirty diapers.
There's missing items.
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Videotapes, video equipment.
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She already starts to suspect
foul play is involved
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with this
particular disappearance.
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- So, at that time,
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Irene Brunn
inventoried the scene
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and was able to obtain
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the serial number
of some of the video equipment
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that had apparently been taken
from the home
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when it was burglarized.
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- I told the police
I heard the top lock
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and my neighbor's door locking
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the very next day after the
Dubs were reported missing,
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and then I heard footsteps
coming down the stairs.
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And I leaned over,
and I looked.
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And there was this Asian man
in his mid-20s, I'd say,
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and another man
carrying something
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that seemed to be
fairly heavy.
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So I just blurted out,
"Excuse me.
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Are you a friend of the Dubs?"
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He turned around,
then he walked to the car.
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I noticed
that the license plate
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said "V Dubs".
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So I knew
something was going on,
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'cause it was
the neighbors' car
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and I could see
that the driver
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was not Harvey or Deborah.
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And they just peeled off.
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- The investigators believed
that these two men
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were likely involved
in the Dubs' disappearance.
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- But who were they?
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And did these same men
have anything to do
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with Paul Cosner's
disappearance?
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- Life as I'm living it
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is boring.
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The challenge
of this project...
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the excitement...
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the thrill if it succeeds...
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even...
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the exciting experience
if it fails.
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As long
as I don't get caught...
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it's very attractive.
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It's something
that I fantasize...
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daily about.
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We'll see.
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- Two days following
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the reported
Dubs' disappearance,
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there was a break in the case,
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in that there was activity
on their bank card.
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An ATM card of the Dubs
had been used
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to take money
out of a Wells Fargo account
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00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:24,407
belonging to the Dubs family.
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Investigators found
surveillance photos
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00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:29,412
from the ATM machine.
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00:18:29,456 --> 00:18:31,936
An Asian man
with a fisherman's cap
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00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:35,766
used the Dubs' ATM card
to remove cash.
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00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:39,030
Missing Persons found
that the card was used
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00:18:39,074 --> 00:18:40,684
at the Benihana restaurant
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00:18:40,728 --> 00:18:43,165
near the airport
in South San Francisco.
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00:18:43,209 --> 00:18:44,862
There were three people
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00:18:44,906 --> 00:18:47,126
in the restaurant
using this card--
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a Caucasian man
and an Asian man
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and a Caucasian woman.
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00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:52,305
- Right now police are looking
for several people
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00:18:52,348 --> 00:18:55,395
who used one of Mrs. Dubs'
credit cards on the peninsula.
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- The San Francisco
Police Department
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held a press conference
in which they distributed
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sketches
of the three individuals
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00:19:01,923 --> 00:19:06,014
that were linked
to the Dubs' disappearance.
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00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,369
A month
after their disappearance,
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the Dubs' automobile
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00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:17,591
was located
in long-term parking
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00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:20,985
at San Francisco Airport.
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00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:25,076
- When I heard
that their car was recovered,
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I knew this was not good,
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00:19:27,253 --> 00:19:30,517
and I had really a bad feeling
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00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,911
that they were probably
no longer with us.
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00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:41,919
- After Paul disappeared,
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00:19:41,963 --> 00:19:46,750
when I heard they had found
the Dubs' car at the airport,
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00:19:46,794 --> 00:19:50,145
I went to the airport
parking lot
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00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:54,105
to see if Paul's car
was parked there, too,
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00:19:54,149 --> 00:19:55,716
but it wasn't there.
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00:19:55,759 --> 00:19:57,718
And I did the same thing
in San Jose
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00:19:57,761 --> 00:20:00,199
and the same thing in Oakland.
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00:20:00,242 --> 00:20:04,246
I discovered the police kept
hot sheets,
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00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:07,380
which meant,
when they were driving around
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00:20:07,423 --> 00:20:09,469
that they had a sheet
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00:20:09,512 --> 00:20:11,253
with cars
they were looking for
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00:20:11,297 --> 00:20:14,952
that were maybe stolen or used
in a crime or something.
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00:20:14,996 --> 00:20:19,653
But they were dropped off
the hot sheet every 28 days.
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00:20:19,696 --> 00:20:22,264
So I called
the San Francisco Police
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00:20:22,308 --> 00:20:25,920
and reported Paul's car stolen
every 28 days
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00:20:25,963 --> 00:20:27,226
to make sure it was
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00:20:27,269 --> 00:20:29,837
in front of every policeman
in San Francisco.
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00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:35,625
- Sharon does
everything she can
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00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:38,149
to find out what happened
to her brother.
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00:20:38,193 --> 00:20:39,934
And as the months went by,
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00:20:39,977 --> 00:20:43,024
it was looking less likely that
this would have a happy ending.
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00:20:44,199 --> 00:20:46,462
- The police are still looking
for Paul
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00:20:46,506 --> 00:20:48,290
and also for his car.
346
00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:50,814
- We have to find
something concrete...
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00:20:50,858 --> 00:20:52,773
the car or him
348
00:20:52,816 --> 00:20:54,818
or anybody with information
349
00:20:54,862 --> 00:20:56,733
that they may have seen him
someplace
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00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,996
somewhere outside of the city,
or in the city.
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00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,172
We don't have nothing.
352
00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:04,132
- Sharon never gave up hope,
but it was looking less likely
353
00:21:04,175 --> 00:21:07,614
that Paul or his car
were gonna be found.
354
00:21:09,746 --> 00:21:12,183
And then seven months
to the day
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00:21:12,227 --> 00:21:13,620
after his disappearance,
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00:21:13,663 --> 00:21:17,014
an event occurs that breaks
this case wide open.
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00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:23,586
- Good evening, everyone.
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00:21:23,630 --> 00:21:26,197
It was 7 months ago when
Channel 7 first brought you
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00:21:26,241 --> 00:21:29,288
the story of a San Francisco
man named Paul Cosner,
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00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:31,202
who mysteriously disappeared.
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00:21:31,246 --> 00:21:34,336
Tonight that case has taken
a very bizarre twist.
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00:21:36,643 --> 00:21:40,864
- So I'm out on patrol
on Sunday, June 2, 1985.
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00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:44,215
I get dispatched
to South City Lumber
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00:21:44,259 --> 00:21:46,217
on a petty theft of a vise.
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00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:51,266
I pull in--
the reporting party
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00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:53,747
happened to be an off-duty
police captain.
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00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:56,750
Explained to me
they saw a Asian male
368
00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:58,229
take the vise,
put it in the car,
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00:21:58,273 --> 00:22:00,928
and then he walked away
from the car.
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00:22:00,971 --> 00:22:03,365
I look over at the car.
The trunk's open.
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00:22:03,409 --> 00:22:05,367
I see the vise.
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00:22:05,411 --> 00:22:08,065
I start to move things around.
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00:22:08,109 --> 00:22:12,896
As I do so,
I find a 22 Ruger automatic...
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00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:15,899
and with the gun
is a silencer.
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00:22:15,943 --> 00:22:18,467
It was the first time
I ever seen a silencer.
376
00:22:18,511 --> 00:22:19,816
This is like, wow.
377
00:22:19,860 --> 00:22:23,429
You know, this is
the real deal.
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00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:25,213
- A weapon equipped
with a silencer
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00:22:25,256 --> 00:22:29,783
is illegal in California
under any circumstances.
380
00:22:29,826 --> 00:22:33,003
The fact that there's
a silencer on a firearm
381
00:22:33,047 --> 00:22:36,355
leads one to believe
there's criminality involved.
382
00:22:36,398 --> 00:22:38,574
- Just about then,
a man came out
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00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:40,794
and said, "There's
a misunderstanding here.
384
00:22:40,837 --> 00:22:42,752
"My friend took the vise,
385
00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:44,580
"thinking
that I had paid for it,
386
00:22:44,624 --> 00:22:46,147
"and I hadn't paid for it yet.
387
00:22:46,190 --> 00:22:48,976
I paid for the vise.
Everything's okay now."
388
00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:50,717
- The white male
they're talking to
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00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,936
is asked what his name is.
390
00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:56,462
He says his name is
Robin Scott Stapley.
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00:22:56,505 --> 00:22:59,290
- I asked him for ID.
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00:22:59,334 --> 00:23:00,553
When I looked at it,
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00:23:00,596 --> 00:23:02,816
he had the beard
and the rounded face.
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00:23:02,859 --> 00:23:05,427
But once I had already found
the weapon,
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00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:06,907
he is a threat
because I don't know
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00:23:06,950 --> 00:23:09,213
if he has a weapon
on him himself.
397
00:23:10,824 --> 00:23:12,347
I patted him down,
398
00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:16,046
and I actually handcuffed him
for my safety.
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00:23:17,874 --> 00:23:20,964
I ran the license plate
on the back of the vehicle.
400
00:23:21,008 --> 00:23:23,880
That plate came back
to a Lonnie Bond.
401
00:23:25,665 --> 00:23:27,014
I said,
"Who's the car belong to?"
402
00:23:27,057 --> 00:23:29,625
And he said, "Oh, it's
my neighbor, Lonnie Bond."
403
00:23:29,669 --> 00:23:31,061
I said, "Okay,
where's Lonnie now?"
404
00:23:31,105 --> 00:23:33,803
"Oh, he's up in the hills."
"Oh, okay."
405
00:23:33,847 --> 00:23:36,415
And I left it at that
because it seemed legitimate.
406
00:23:36,458 --> 00:23:37,633
The plate came back clear.
407
00:23:37,677 --> 00:23:40,331
It wasn't related
to any missing person
408
00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:42,333
or any wanted person.
409
00:23:42,377 --> 00:23:43,944
And then I explained to him
410
00:23:43,987 --> 00:23:46,773
that during the time I was
doing a search of the trunk,
411
00:23:46,816 --> 00:23:49,210
I did find a gun.
412
00:23:49,253 --> 00:23:51,908
With the gun was a silencer.
413
00:23:51,952 --> 00:23:53,736
His whole demeanor changed.
414
00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:55,521
His head went down.
415
00:23:55,564 --> 00:23:58,175
He started to pace
back and forth.
416
00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:03,224
I went over, ran
the serial number on the gun,
417
00:24:03,267 --> 00:24:06,532
and the gun did come back
to R Scott Stapley.
418
00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:09,404
Now we got a problem.
419
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:10,884
- Police immediately arrested
420
00:24:10,927 --> 00:24:14,061
the man who claimed to be
Robin Scott Stapley
421
00:24:14,104 --> 00:24:16,629
for possession
of an illegal silencer,
422
00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:18,326
and they took him back
to the station
423
00:24:18,369 --> 00:24:19,806
for further questioning.
424
00:24:19,849 --> 00:24:24,027
In the meantime, Officer Wright
stayed with the car.
425
00:24:24,071 --> 00:24:27,030
- I ran the VIN,
and the car came back
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00:24:27,074 --> 00:24:30,077
to a missing person
by the name of Paul Cosner.
427
00:24:45,353 --> 00:24:47,529
- Two men,
one white and one Asian,
428
00:24:47,573 --> 00:24:50,140
enter this South San Francisco
hardware store.
429
00:24:50,184 --> 00:24:53,361
- An Asian man reportedly took
an expensive vise
430
00:24:53,404 --> 00:24:55,145
and took off on foot.
431
00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:58,409
That man got away.
His companion did not.
432
00:24:58,453 --> 00:25:00,281
- The South San Francisco
Police arrived
433
00:25:00,324 --> 00:25:02,849
and began questioning
the remaining man.
434
00:25:02,892 --> 00:25:04,372
And when the police checked
435
00:25:04,415 --> 00:25:06,330
the vehicle identification
number of his car,
436
00:25:06,374 --> 00:25:10,465
they discovered that this was
in fact Paul Cosner's car.
437
00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,119
The man was taken
438
00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:14,251
to the South San Francisco
Police Station
439
00:25:14,295 --> 00:25:16,732
for questioning.
440
00:25:22,738 --> 00:25:24,392
- I was by myself...
441
00:25:24,435 --> 00:25:25,915
And the phone rang.
442
00:25:25,959 --> 00:25:30,311
It was Lieutenant Al Sonoda
from San Francisco PD,
443
00:25:30,354 --> 00:25:32,966
and he said...
444
00:25:33,009 --> 00:25:36,535
"Sit down, Sharon."
445
00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:39,276
And I said...
446
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,496
"Oh, my God,"
and I sat down.
447
00:25:41,540 --> 00:25:43,280
And he said...
448
00:25:43,324 --> 00:25:46,196
"We found Paul's car."
449
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,373
"And Paul?"
He said, "No."
450
00:25:49,417 --> 00:25:53,856
And I kind of collapsed
on the couch.
451
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,424
I just wanted some answers.
452
00:25:57,904 --> 00:25:59,427
- The emphasis at that point
453
00:25:59,470 --> 00:26:02,169
was trying to find
Paul Cosner.
454
00:26:02,212 --> 00:26:05,520
Was he alive, or was he dead?
455
00:26:11,918 --> 00:26:14,529
Back at the police station,
the suspect told the officers
456
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:17,619
that his real name
was not Scott Stapley
457
00:26:17,663 --> 00:26:19,403
but Leonard Lake.
458
00:26:20,883 --> 00:26:23,886
He said that he was a fugitive.
459
00:26:23,930 --> 00:26:27,411
- A background check revealed
that he was a former Marine
460
00:26:27,455 --> 00:26:29,196
who was arrested by the FBI
461
00:26:29,239 --> 00:26:32,242
on 17 counts
of felony weapons charges.
462
00:26:32,286 --> 00:26:35,289
Now, Lake skipped bail
on those charges
463
00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:37,639
and had been a fugitive
ever since.
464
00:26:37,683 --> 00:26:40,642
- He said
that his crime partner,
465
00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:42,426
the fellow who was with him
in the lumberyard,
466
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:45,212
was Charles Ng.
467
00:26:45,255 --> 00:26:47,475
We also learned
that Charles Ng
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00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:49,216
had served
in the Marine Corps.
469
00:26:49,259 --> 00:26:53,002
He was arrested for the theft
of weapons from an armory
470
00:26:53,046 --> 00:26:55,788
and was sent
to Leavenworth Prison
471
00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:58,181
in Kansas.
472
00:26:58,225 --> 00:27:00,053
- At this point, they have
473
00:27:00,096 --> 00:27:02,229
no idea where Charles Ng is.
474
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,449
- Investigators asked Lake
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00:27:05,493 --> 00:27:07,277
where they could find
Charles Ng,
476
00:27:07,321 --> 00:27:10,759
and that's when he revealed Ng
was headed to the home
477
00:27:10,803 --> 00:27:13,022
of Lake's ex-wife,
Claralyn Balazs,
478
00:27:13,066 --> 00:27:14,981
in South San Francisco.
479
00:27:17,374 --> 00:27:21,422
- At one point, Leonard Lake
asked for a pen and paper.
480
00:27:21,465 --> 00:27:23,598
I believe the officers thought
he might provide
481
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,427
additional information
regarding Paul Cosner,
482
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:28,603
and they left him
with the pen and paper
483
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:29,996
and stepped out of the room.
484
00:27:35,305 --> 00:27:37,438
- It was on Sunday, June 2nd.
485
00:27:37,481 --> 00:27:39,309
In the early afternoon,
486
00:27:39,353 --> 00:27:40,702
I received a page,
487
00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:42,269
and they told me to respond
488
00:27:42,312 --> 00:27:44,837
to the police station
immediately.
489
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:49,058
I came down to the jail section
of the department here,
490
00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:50,712
specifically
to the interview room...
491
00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:56,239
To meet Mr. Lake
and talk to him.
492
00:27:56,283 --> 00:27:59,678
This is the interview room
we were in.
493
00:27:59,721 --> 00:28:02,637
And just as I opened the door,
494
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:05,118
Lake had fallen down
onto the ground,
495
00:28:05,161 --> 00:28:07,816
rolling around in convulsions.
496
00:28:08,991 --> 00:28:10,253
I called the paramedics,
497
00:28:10,297 --> 00:28:12,473
who were in the same building
with us,
498
00:28:12,516 --> 00:28:15,737
and they transported him
to Kaiser Hospital...
499
00:28:16,999 --> 00:28:18,609
In critical condition,
500
00:28:18,653 --> 00:28:22,744
and he was immediately put
in the Intensive Care Unit.
501
00:28:22,788 --> 00:28:24,398
- We knew nothing
502
00:28:24,441 --> 00:28:29,011
about what the medical problem
was with this suspect.
503
00:28:29,055 --> 00:28:31,100
Was he upset
over getting arrested?
504
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:33,407
Did he have a heart problem,
medical issues?
505
00:28:33,450 --> 00:28:34,887
We didn't know.
506
00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:40,327
- The note he was writing
507
00:28:40,370 --> 00:28:42,677
before he fell to the floor
and convulsed said,
508
00:28:42,721 --> 00:28:43,809
"Dear Lyn,
509
00:28:43,852 --> 00:28:47,334
"I love you. I forgive you.
510
00:28:47,377 --> 00:28:50,990
"Freedom is better
than all else.
511
00:28:51,033 --> 00:28:52,861
"Tell Fern I'm sorry.
512
00:28:52,905 --> 00:28:56,691
"Mom, Patty, and all,
I'm sorry for all the trouble.
513
00:28:56,735 --> 00:28:59,041
Love, Leonard."
514
00:28:59,085 --> 00:29:01,348
On the note,
he wrote down "Lyn,"
515
00:29:01,391 --> 00:29:04,090
and we're pretty sure
that he meant his ex-wife,
516
00:29:04,133 --> 00:29:06,919
Claralyn Balazs.
517
00:29:10,661 --> 00:29:14,013
- I was told that Lake was
on life support.
518
00:29:14,056 --> 00:29:17,277
I'm thinking,
"What is going on here?"
519
00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,846
- Lieutenant Al Sonoda
from San Francisco PD
520
00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:23,674
called and told me,
"One of the guys got away,
521
00:29:23,718 --> 00:29:27,896
and the other one--they've
taken him to the hospital."
522
00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:29,376
"What do you mean?
What do you mean?
523
00:29:29,419 --> 00:29:30,638
What about Paul?"
524
00:29:30,681 --> 00:29:32,335
And he said,
"We don't know anything yet."
525
00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:34,511
- Doctors at the hospital
told investigators
526
00:29:34,555 --> 00:29:39,299
that Leonard Lake was in a coma
after ingesting a cyanide pill.
527
00:29:39,342 --> 00:29:41,780
They speculated when he
could've swallowed the pill.
528
00:29:41,823 --> 00:29:43,869
It could've been
in the interrogation room
529
00:29:43,912 --> 00:29:46,436
when he was penning the letter
that they thought was
530
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:51,093
a suicide note to his ex-wife,
Claralyn Balazs.
531
00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:54,401
But you have to wonder,
who carries a cyanide pill
532
00:29:54,444 --> 00:29:56,925
in the event that
they get caught by police?
533
00:29:56,969 --> 00:29:58,448
What are you hiding
534
00:29:58,492 --> 00:30:02,061
that you would rather
kill yourself for than divulge?
535
00:30:02,104 --> 00:30:04,280
- I've worked numerous cases.
536
00:30:04,324 --> 00:30:06,892
I have never worked one
537
00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:08,850
where anybody took poison,
538
00:30:08,894 --> 00:30:11,548
especially cyanide.
539
00:30:11,592 --> 00:30:13,942
- That night news
about the incident
540
00:30:13,986 --> 00:30:16,858
was on every
Bay Area television station.
541
00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:19,339
- The first clue
to surface thus far
542
00:30:19,382 --> 00:30:21,645
in the mysterious disappearance
of a San Francisco man
543
00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:23,822
may only serve
to frustrate his loved ones.
544
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:25,084
- Police arrested a man
545
00:30:25,127 --> 00:30:27,390
they found to be driving
Cosner's car,
546
00:30:27,434 --> 00:30:29,305
but before they could find
very much out,
547
00:30:29,349 --> 00:30:31,220
the man's believed to have
poisoned himself.
548
00:30:31,264 --> 00:30:34,223
He is now in a coma.
549
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:36,747
- Later that day,
550
00:30:36,791 --> 00:30:39,663
Paul Cosner's car was towed
from the lumberyard
551
00:30:39,707 --> 00:30:42,057
in South San Francisco to
the police department impound,
552
00:30:42,101 --> 00:30:45,800
where it was gone over by
the crime lab forensic team.
553
00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:48,237
And it was evident
that blood splatter
554
00:30:48,281 --> 00:30:50,805
was present in the automobile.
555
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,286
And there was a bullet hole
found behind the visor
556
00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:56,202
on the passenger side
of the car.
557
00:30:56,245 --> 00:30:58,378
- It appears that someone
had shot somebody
558
00:30:58,421 --> 00:31:00,815
from the back seat
forward into the vehicle.
559
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,512
There was also
another bullet hole
560
00:31:02,556 --> 00:31:05,341
found in a passenger door.
561
00:31:05,385 --> 00:31:07,648
For investigators now,
562
00:31:07,691 --> 00:31:10,825
there's hardly any other
conclusion you can draw.
563
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:14,960
Someone was shot by somebody
in Paul Cosner's car.
564
00:31:15,003 --> 00:31:17,136
- It was clear
to investigators
565
00:31:17,179 --> 00:31:19,442
that something criminal
had taken place,
566
00:31:19,486 --> 00:31:22,445
but they weren't even sure
if it was Paul who was shot
567
00:31:22,489 --> 00:31:25,318
or if it was someone else.
568
00:31:25,361 --> 00:31:26,797
There was some pressure on
569
00:31:26,841 --> 00:31:29,757
for investigators
to find answers.
570
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,067
They had no idea
where this was going...
571
00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:39,071
And how dark it was gonna get.
572
00:32:12,452 --> 00:32:14,845
- It was pretty clear
that something criminal
573
00:32:14,889 --> 00:32:17,979
had taken place
inside of Paul Cosner's car.
574
00:32:18,023 --> 00:32:19,285
So there was some pressure on
575
00:32:19,328 --> 00:32:21,287
for investigators
to find answers.
576
00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:26,945
- There were bullet holes
and blood.
577
00:32:26,988 --> 00:32:28,990
It didn't mean it was Paul's.
578
00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:31,601
And it was some information.
579
00:32:31,645 --> 00:32:34,865
There had been silence
for seven months.
580
00:32:34,909 --> 00:32:39,000
It wasn't hopeful,
but it was something.
581
00:32:39,044 --> 00:32:41,133
I was gonna get an answer.
582
00:32:43,874 --> 00:32:47,139
- The investigators processing
Paul Cosner's car
583
00:32:47,182 --> 00:32:49,619
also found a utility bill
584
00:32:49,663 --> 00:32:51,926
for a property in Wilseyville
585
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,538
in a remote area up
in Northern California.
586
00:32:57,584 --> 00:33:02,284
The utility bill was in
the name of Claralyn Balazs...
587
00:33:02,328 --> 00:33:04,460
Leonard Lake's ex-wife.
588
00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,640
- Later that evening,
589
00:33:10,684 --> 00:33:13,165
we got together with the two
sergeants that were here,
590
00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:16,646
Irene Brunn and her partner
from San Francisco,
591
00:33:16,690 --> 00:33:19,388
and went
to Claralyn Balazs' house
592
00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:20,824
to interview her
593
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:22,130
up on Pecks Lane
594
00:33:22,174 --> 00:33:23,827
in South San Francisco.
595
00:33:23,871 --> 00:33:26,656
- They told her that
her ex-husband, Leonard Lake,
596
00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,484
was transported
to the hospital
597
00:33:28,528 --> 00:33:30,617
after ingesting
a cyanide tablet
598
00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:32,227
and was now in a coma.
599
00:33:32,271 --> 00:33:34,055
They wanted to know
if Charles Ng
600
00:33:34,099 --> 00:33:35,883
had tried to make
contact with her,
601
00:33:35,926 --> 00:33:40,018
but she denied having seen
or heard from him.
602
00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:43,543
- Investigators told Claralyn
that inside Paul's car
603
00:33:43,586 --> 00:33:46,067
they found a utility bill
with her name on it
604
00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:50,028
from a property
in Wilseyville, California.
605
00:33:50,071 --> 00:33:51,377
Claralyn confirmed
606
00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:53,379
that she did have a cabin
in Wilseyville,
607
00:33:53,422 --> 00:33:55,076
where Leonard Lake
and Charles Ng
608
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,599
would stay from time to time.
609
00:33:56,643 --> 00:33:59,472
But she claimed she had
never heard of Paul Cosner
610
00:33:59,515 --> 00:34:01,256
and had no idea
why Leonard Lake
611
00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:03,302
would've been driving his car.
612
00:34:03,345 --> 00:34:04,999
- Claralyn explained
613
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:07,001
that although she and
Leonard Lake were divorced,
614
00:34:07,045 --> 00:34:09,699
they still maintained
a close relationship,
615
00:34:09,743 --> 00:34:12,354
but she was unaware
of his day-to-day activities.
616
00:34:16,837 --> 00:34:20,101
- Going to the cabin was
the next logical thing to do
617
00:34:20,145 --> 00:34:22,712
in terms of pursuing
this investigation.
618
00:34:24,279 --> 00:34:26,499
Claralyn told
the investigators
619
00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:28,849
that it was
in a very remote area
620
00:34:28,892 --> 00:34:31,025
and that they
would have difficulty
621
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,549
being able to locate it
on their own.
622
00:34:33,593 --> 00:34:36,639
She did agree to accompany
the investigators
623
00:34:36,683 --> 00:34:39,642
to the cabin on the morning
of June the 4th.
624
00:34:39,686 --> 00:34:42,384
Paul Cosner
still had not been found,
625
00:34:42,428 --> 00:34:44,995
and it was certainly possible
626
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:48,782
that he may have been taken
to the cabin.
627
00:34:48,825 --> 00:34:51,567
- The police had told me
they were going up
628
00:34:51,611 --> 00:34:54,353
in the mountains
to look at some property
629
00:34:54,396 --> 00:34:56,355
that they thought maybe
630
00:34:56,398 --> 00:34:58,922
would have something
to do with Paul.
631
00:34:58,966 --> 00:35:03,188
I didn't know if he was being
held somewhere alive.
632
00:35:10,151 --> 00:35:12,893
- San Francisco PD requested
our assistance
633
00:35:12,936 --> 00:35:15,374
in going to a cabin
in Wilseyville
634
00:35:15,417 --> 00:35:19,029
regarding a missing-person case
that they were working with.
635
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,165
The property itself
is a dirt road with a gate.
636
00:35:24,209 --> 00:35:25,819
You drive up this driveway
637
00:35:25,862 --> 00:35:30,258
that is roughly
200, 300 yards.
638
00:35:30,302 --> 00:35:31,868
You go up a little hill.
639
00:35:31,912 --> 00:35:34,175
You can see the cabin
on the left-hand side
640
00:35:34,219 --> 00:35:35,437
and it's kind of a split-level
641
00:35:35,481 --> 00:35:38,397
carved into the bank
of the hillside.
642
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,792
Around the corner and on your
right is a cement workshop.
643
00:35:42,836 --> 00:35:45,143
We asked Claralyn,
"What is that for?"
644
00:35:45,186 --> 00:35:46,840
And she replied that it was
645
00:35:46,883 --> 00:35:50,452
the fallout shelter
Leonard Lake had built.
646
00:35:50,496 --> 00:35:52,802
- Claralyn told investigators
that Leonard Lake
647
00:35:52,846 --> 00:35:55,936
became a survivalist after
he was medically discharged
648
00:35:55,979 --> 00:35:57,633
from the Marines.
649
00:35:57,677 --> 00:36:00,158
He had experienced
a complete mental breakdown
650
00:36:00,201 --> 00:36:01,855
while serving in Vietnam
651
00:36:01,898 --> 00:36:05,075
and feared a nuclear
apocalypse was imminent.
652
00:36:07,513 --> 00:36:09,123
- We took her
at her word for it
653
00:36:09,167 --> 00:36:12,518
and asked her if we could look
around the cabin.
654
00:36:12,561 --> 00:36:15,347
When we entered the cabin,
on the wall,
655
00:36:15,390 --> 00:36:18,872
Inspector Eisenmann noticed
that there was a rack
656
00:36:18,915 --> 00:36:24,660
that contained TV and
audio/visual equipment, VCR.
657
00:36:24,704 --> 00:36:27,707
And he said,
"Hey, this looks like the stuff
658
00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:30,188
"that San Francisco PD's
looking for
659
00:36:30,231 --> 00:36:32,538
for the Dubs case."
660
00:36:37,151 --> 00:36:40,110
- Irene Brunn takes down
the serial number
661
00:36:40,154 --> 00:36:43,853
and calls it in to see if it
matches the serial number
662
00:36:43,897 --> 00:36:46,247
on Harvey Dubs'
missing equipment.
663
00:36:46,291 --> 00:36:50,817
She then exclaims,
"Holy sh--, it's a hit.
664
00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:53,733
That is Harvey Dubs'
video equipment."
665
00:36:53,776 --> 00:36:56,692
- Now we have questions
that need to be answered.
666
00:36:56,736 --> 00:36:59,478
We came there looking
for a sign of Paul Cosner
667
00:36:59,521 --> 00:37:01,175
or Charles Ng,
668
00:37:01,219 --> 00:37:03,090
but now we have property
belonging
669
00:37:03,133 --> 00:37:06,528
to a whole nother
missing-persons case.
670
00:37:06,572 --> 00:37:07,703
While Inspector Brunn
671
00:37:07,747 --> 00:37:09,096
is looking
at the video equipment,
672
00:37:09,139 --> 00:37:11,838
I start looking around
the front-room area,
673
00:37:11,881 --> 00:37:14,406
and I notice that there was
suspicious stains
674
00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:18,061
on the ceiling that looked
to me like blood stains.
675
00:37:18,105 --> 00:37:20,107
I noticed there was
a potential bullet hole
676
00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:21,151
in the floor.
677
00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,502
At that point, I was thinking,
678
00:37:23,545 --> 00:37:24,894
"Why is there blood
on the ceiling,
679
00:37:24,938 --> 00:37:27,070
and why is there a bullet hole
in the floor?"
680
00:37:27,114 --> 00:37:31,292
Your investigative mindset
just gets turned up.
681
00:37:31,336 --> 00:37:35,253
It's like, holy sh--, and now
we possibly have a murder.
682
00:37:53,358 --> 00:37:55,185
- After investigators
had discovered
683
00:37:55,229 --> 00:37:58,145
the bullet holes,
the bloodstains,
684
00:37:58,188 --> 00:38:02,149
and the Dubs' missing
video equipment,
685
00:38:02,192 --> 00:38:05,239
it was becoming evident that
something much more sinister
686
00:38:05,283 --> 00:38:08,024
had taken place
here in the cabin.
687
00:38:08,068 --> 00:38:12,072
- Inspector Brunn spoke
with Claralyn Balazs
688
00:38:12,115 --> 00:38:13,943
and advised her
that we were gonna get
689
00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:16,903
a search warrant
for the house and property.
690
00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:19,862
- Claralyn immediately
became irate
691
00:38:19,906 --> 00:38:21,777
and demanded
to leave the property.
692
00:38:21,821 --> 00:38:23,126
- Inspector Brunn
693
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:24,954
allowed her to leave
due to the point--
694
00:38:24,998 --> 00:38:26,739
At that time,
we had not reached
695
00:38:26,782 --> 00:38:28,131
the search warrant yet,
696
00:38:28,175 --> 00:38:30,264
nor did we have enough
probable cause
697
00:38:30,308 --> 00:38:33,049
or evidence to arrest Claralyn.
698
00:38:40,579 --> 00:38:43,886
- The next day, once we got
the search warrant,
699
00:38:43,930 --> 00:38:46,149
Steve Matthews said,
700
00:38:46,193 --> 00:38:48,804
"Let's take a look
inside this building,"
701
00:38:48,848 --> 00:38:51,372
that appeared to be made
out of cinderblock.
702
00:38:51,416 --> 00:38:54,114
So I went in with him.
703
00:38:54,157 --> 00:38:55,637
- As we entered
the cinderblock house,
704
00:38:55,681 --> 00:38:58,161
I noticed that it was
pretty much carpentry
705
00:38:58,205 --> 00:39:00,425
and yard tools
in a small space.
706
00:39:00,468 --> 00:39:03,297
At that moment, I realized
the size of the building
707
00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,212
on the outside was way bigger
708
00:39:05,255 --> 00:39:07,345
than what you're looking at
on the inside,
709
00:39:07,388 --> 00:39:09,129
which led me to believe
there's something
710
00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:11,523
further behind the paneling.
711
00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:13,438
We removed that stuff
and found
712
00:39:13,481 --> 00:39:15,875
that there's a door there
and opened the door.
713
00:39:15,918 --> 00:39:20,445
- It swings inward, and now
you have this room in there.
714
00:39:20,488 --> 00:39:22,795
You know,
I'm gonna be honest with you.
715
00:39:22,838 --> 00:39:26,842
I was, like, scared to even
think about going in there.
716
00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:28,757
It was like, what the hell's
in here?
717
00:39:34,110 --> 00:39:36,983
But it was freaking me out,
and that was, like,
718
00:39:37,026 --> 00:39:38,811
shock level number nine.
719
00:39:40,726 --> 00:39:43,946
We realized that there was
a secondary room in there...
720
00:39:46,209 --> 00:39:48,864
Followed by a living area.
721
00:39:48,908 --> 00:39:51,171
The living area
had a sleeping bag,
722
00:39:51,214 --> 00:39:53,521
survival magazines and books,
723
00:39:53,565 --> 00:39:56,089
and some miscellaneous
stored food.
724
00:39:56,132 --> 00:39:58,657
The confined area
had a separate door,
725
00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:01,224
locked from the outside.
726
00:40:01,268 --> 00:40:05,881
We instantly realized
that this is a actual cell.
727
00:40:05,925 --> 00:40:08,841
Who else would have locks
on the outside of a door?
728
00:40:08,884 --> 00:40:12,235
It's obvious that that was
someplace to confine somebody
729
00:40:12,279 --> 00:40:15,064
that would not be able
to get out.
730
00:40:15,108 --> 00:40:17,589
- Then we looked on the wall,
731
00:40:17,632 --> 00:40:20,766
and there was a list of rules.
732
00:40:20,809 --> 00:40:24,291
And the rules were
about remaining quiet.
733
00:40:24,334 --> 00:40:26,859
"Don't try to yell or scream.
734
00:40:26,902 --> 00:40:29,688
You obey the master."
735
00:40:32,647 --> 00:40:34,301
Also, there was a mirror,
736
00:40:34,344 --> 00:40:37,739
so that if you're inside
the cell,
737
00:40:37,783 --> 00:40:41,395
you can't look through
the mirror other than yourself.
738
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:44,529
In the main area
of this bunker,
739
00:40:44,572 --> 00:40:49,403
there was a camera set up
to be able to record
740
00:40:49,447 --> 00:40:54,103
anything that was occurring
inside that cell.
741
00:40:54,147 --> 00:40:57,193
And I also noticed a board
742
00:40:57,237 --> 00:41:00,414
with 21 photos
of young ladies.
743
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,285
Some of them were in the nude,
744
00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:06,246
others just a little bit
of clothing on them.
745
00:41:06,289 --> 00:41:08,901
Why is this in the shed?
746
00:41:08,944 --> 00:41:11,077
Why were these photos taken,
747
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,558
and where are these
young ladies now?
748
00:41:20,303 --> 00:41:21,827
- We start off
our investigation
749
00:41:21,870 --> 00:41:25,352
going up to San Francisco PD
with a missing-persons case,
750
00:41:25,395 --> 00:41:29,269
and a short time later
end up with bloodstains,
751
00:41:29,312 --> 00:41:33,578
bullet holes, and a cell.
752
00:41:33,621 --> 00:41:36,276
Now we know we have to look
all around the property
753
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:37,973
to see what we could find.
754
00:41:38,017 --> 00:41:41,934
And we notice there's this
trench behind the bunker
755
00:41:41,977 --> 00:41:45,154
that's about 100 feet long.
756
00:41:45,198 --> 00:41:47,548
I remembered a chair
sticking out of it,
757
00:41:47,592 --> 00:41:50,682
household goods,
papers, magazine.
758
00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:52,510
It was obvious
that there was clothing
759
00:41:52,553 --> 00:41:54,773
stacked and buried in there--
760
00:41:54,816 --> 00:41:57,558
windshield to a car.
761
00:41:57,602 --> 00:42:00,430
There was just a lot of stuff
in this trench.
762
00:42:00,474 --> 00:42:03,825
And then we look through
the ditch a little closer...
763
00:42:03,869 --> 00:42:08,177
and you can clearly
see the skull of somebody.
764
00:42:08,221 --> 00:42:12,007
We knew we had
a bigger problem.
765
00:42:12,051 --> 00:42:13,922
Like holy sh--.
Now what? You know?
766
00:42:16,446 --> 00:42:17,709
So we were wondering,
767
00:42:17,752 --> 00:42:21,016
could this be part
of the Dubs family?
768
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:23,541
Could this be Paul Cosner?
769
00:42:33,028 --> 00:42:35,901
- One of the most significant
murder investigations
770
00:42:35,944 --> 00:42:38,251
in San Francisco Police
history.
771
00:42:38,294 --> 00:42:42,298
- Going through burn piles,
finding bones.
772
00:42:42,342 --> 00:42:45,127
- They found buried in
the ground a five-gallon tub.
773
00:42:45,171 --> 00:42:49,262
- In the tub, they found
two VHS tapes.
774
00:42:58,532 --> 00:43:01,013
- She's asking, "What have
you done with my baby?
775
00:43:01,056 --> 00:43:02,536
Where's my baby?"
776
00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:05,844
- It sent chills up my spine,
no doubt about it.
777
00:43:05,887 --> 00:43:09,412
- Lake's companion,
Charles Ng, got away.
778
00:43:09,456 --> 00:43:12,067
Police have issued a warrant
for his arrest.
779
00:43:12,111 --> 00:43:13,765
- People were disappearing.
780
00:43:13,808 --> 00:43:16,028
Were there more bodies
to be found?
781
00:43:16,071 --> 00:43:17,856
The clock was ticking
to find out
782
00:43:17,899 --> 00:43:19,509
what the hell happened here.
783
00:43:19,553 --> 00:43:21,686
- This case will make
Charles Manson look like
784
00:43:21,729 --> 00:43:24,297
a man who organized
Sunday school picnics.
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