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♪♪
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Joe: IT'S 1:30 IN THE MORNING
IN BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA,
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20 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
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JOSEPH LEAR IS AT A BUS STOP,
WAITING FOR A RIDE
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FROM HIS FRIEND CHRISTIAN.
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AND CHRISTIAN, WHO IS NORMALLY
INCREDIBLY RELIABLE,
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JUST ISN'T SHOWING UP.
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SO, NOW MR. LEAR TAKES A CAB
TO CHRISTIAN'S HOUSE
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WITH EVERY INTENTION OF GIVING
CHRISTIAN A PIECE OF HIS MIND
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AS TO WHY HE LEFT HIM ABANDONED
AT 1:30 IN THE MORNING.
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ALL THE LIGHTS ARE OFF.
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IT LOOKS AS IF NOBODY'S THERE.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
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HE STEPS INTO THIS HOUSE
IN THE DARK.
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[ CELLPHONE SCREEN CRUNCHES ]
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MR. LEAR TURNS AROUND
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AND SEES THAT
THE INTERIOR OF THIS PLACE
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LOOKS LIKE A BOMB
WENT OFF IN IT.
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HE INSTINCTIVELY KNOWS THAT
SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG, INDEED,
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AND IT FRIGHTENS HIM.
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CHRISTIAN?
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HE BEGINS
TO SEARCH THE HOME.
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HE PUSHES
THE BATHROOM DOOR OPEN...
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OH, MY GOD!
CHRISTIAN!
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...AND STAGGERS BACKWARDS
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BECAUSE
HE IS STRICKEN WITH TERROR.
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I SPENT MY CAREER
CLOSING MURDER CASES.
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BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO ANSWERED THE CALL.
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IT TAKES A RARE BREED
TO SOLVE THE UNSOLVABLE...
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TO CATCH A RUTHLESS KILLER...
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TO FIND JUSTICE FOR THE DEAD.
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THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
TO BE AN AMERICAN DETECTIVE.
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Cullen: I'M
DETECTIVE CHRIS Cullen,
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I WORK FOR THE
BENSALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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IN 2005, I WAS A DETECTIVE
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IN THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
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[ CELLPHONE BUZZING ]
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IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT.
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HEADQUARTERS CALLED, WOKE ME UP.
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WHENEVER THERE'S A HOMICIDE,
THEY CALL EVERYBODY IN.
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SO I TAKE A DEEP BREATH
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AND KNOW THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT.
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
I WENT RIGHT TO THE CRIME SCENE.
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THERE WAS MARKED PATROL CARS
THERE.
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NOBODY CAN GO IN,
NOBODY CAN GO OUT.
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♪♪
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Joe:
McMULLEN IS INFORMED
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THAT THERE'S
A 27-YEAR-OLD INDIVIDUAL,
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NO LONGER ALIVE,
WHOSE NAME IS CHRISTIAN ROJAS.
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Coughlin:
CHRISTIAN WAS FROM COSTA RICA.
HE HAD GROWN UP THERE.
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HE WENT TO A GIFTED HIGH SCHOOL,
AND HE HAD BECOME
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A SKILLED WEB DESIGNER
AND COMPUTER EXPERT.
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ONE OF THE REASONS HE WAS
IN THE UNITED STATES
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WAS TO WORK FOR A COMPUTER FIRM.
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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McMullen:
WHEN YOU ENTER A CRIME SCENE,
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YOU DON'T WANT
TO DISTURB ANYTHING.
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I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT,
THE FIRST THING YOU DO
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IS PUT YOUR HANDS
IN YOUR POCKETS
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SO YOU DON'T SCREW ANYTHING UP
BY TOUCHING IT.
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I ENTERED THE LIVING ROOM,
AND IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME
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THAT THERE HAD BEEN
SOME TYPE OF RANSACKING.
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CUSHIONS WERE RIPPED OPEN,
FURNITURE WAS MOVED,
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EVERYTHING WAS OUT OF PLACE.
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THIS IS NOT THE USUAL BURGLARY.
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THIS PLACE HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
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WHOEVER WAS IN HERE
WAS CONVINCED
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THERE WAS SOMETHING OF GREAT
VALUE TO THEM
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CONCEALED
SOMEWHERE IN THIS HOUSE,
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AND THEY TORE
THE PLACE APART TO FIND IT.
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McMullen: I SAW A PHOTOGRAPH
THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE WALL,
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THAT WAS BROKEN,
AND IT HAD THREE PEOPLE IN IT --
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TWO MEN AND A WOMAN.
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IT WAS DETERMINED
THAT THE DECEDENT
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WAS ONE OF THE TWO MEN
IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH.
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Joe: IT'S INTERESTING THAT
THIS PHOTOGRAPH
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HAS BEEN PURPOSELY DESTROYED.
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IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT SPEAKS TO EMOTION,
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WHERE SOMEONE IS SO ANGRY
THEY BREAK THE PICTURE?
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OR IS IT BECAUSE PEOPLE
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HIDE THINGS
IN PICTURE FRAMES, AS WELL?
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McMullen: AS I STARTED WALKING
TOWARDS THE BATHROOM,
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I'M SEEING SOME BLOOD
ON THE WALLS,
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SOME ON THE CARPET.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]
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Joe: SO, THIS BEGINS
IN THE HALLWAY.
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THE VICTIM IS BEING SAVAGELY
ASSAULTED,
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AND RETREATING
TOWARD THE BATHROOM
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TO AVOID THE ATTACK.
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WHEN McMULLEN PUSHES OPEN
THAT BATHROOM DOOR,
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HE SMELLS AN UNMISTAKABLE SMELL
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THAT YOU NEVER, EVER FORGET --
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THE SMELL OF DEATH.
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McMullen: I REMEMBER SEEING
THE VICTIM IN THE BATHTUB,
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AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,
"WHO COULD DO THIS TO SOMEBODY?"
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IT WAS AN AWFUL,
TERRIBLE CRIME SCENE.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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THE TUB WAS FILLED WITH WATER,
BUT THE WATER WAS BLACK.
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IT WAS FULL OF BLOOD,
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AND THERE WAS A PILLOW
OVER THE FACE OF THE DECEDENT.
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HE HAD HAD A SOCK STUFFED
IN HIS MOUTH,
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SOCKS WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK.
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HE'D BEEN HOG-TIED
WITH ELECTRICAL CORDS.
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Joe: McMULLEN NOTICES THE
IMPRINT OF A HUMAN FACE
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IN BLOOD ON A CERAMIC WALL
OF THE BATHTUB.
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THIS IS VERY, VERY VIOLENT.
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McMullen:
I REMEMBER THINKING
THAT THIS POOR INDIVIDUAL
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DID NOT DIE A QUICK DEATH.
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SEEMED TO ME THAT
HE HAD BEEN BEATEN AND TORTURED.
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IT JUST MADE IT VERY EVIDENT
TO ME THAT THIS PERSON
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MORE THAN LIKELY KNEW
WHO IT WAS, WHO ATTACKED THEM,
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AND THAT THERE WAS SOME
TYPE OF EMOTIONAL ANGER,
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MOTIVATION BEHIND IT.
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IN THE WATER,
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THERE WAS JUST VARIOUS
CONDOMS FLOATING.
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THEY HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM A BOX
AND THROWN INTO THE WATER.
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ALMOST LIKE A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.
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Joe: McMULLEN'S MIND DRIFTS BACK
TO THAT CRUSHED PHOTOGRAPH.
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McMullen: THE CONDOMS
REINFORCED MY THINKING
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THAT MAYBE THE TWO MEN
IN THE PHOTOGRAPH
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BOTH HAD AN INTEREST
IN THE FEMALE
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AND MAYBE THIS HAD TO DO
WITH JEALOUSY
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AND HAD GOTTEN WAY OUT OF HAND.
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THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE INDICATES
PERSONAL MOTIVATION.
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IT SAYS EMOTION,
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AND EMOTION OFTEN COMES
FROM LOVE INTERRUPTED.
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RICH, WHERE'S THE GUY
THAT CALLED THIS IN?
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RIGHT OVER THERE.
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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Coughlin: McMULLEN INTERVIEWS
JOSEPH LEAR RIGHT AWAY.
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HE KNOWS THAT HE'S GOT TO START
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WITH THE FIRST PERSON
THAT FOUND THE BODY.
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McMullen:
HE WAS VERY NERVOUS.
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HE WAS RUNNING ON ADRENALINE.
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HE HAD PROBABLY EXPERIENCED
THE MOST TERRIFYING THING
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THAT HE HAD EVER GONE
THROUGH IN HIS LIFE.
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WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT CHRISTIAN?
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HE WAS ONE OF
MY BEST FRIENDS.
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JOSEPH LEAR AND CHRISTIAN MET
IN COSTA RICA AT SOME POINT.
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BENSALEM WAS
THE LEARS' HOMETOWN.
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AND WHEN CHRISTIAN RELOCATED
TO THE UNITED STATES,
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HE SUGGESTED
THAT CHRISTIAN COME THERE.
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Coughlin:
EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ONLY BEEN IN
THE UNITED STATES A FEW YEARS,
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CHRISTIAN DID WELL WITH PEOPLE.
HE WAS AN AFFABLE PERSON,
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SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE
WANTED TO BE AROUND.
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AND HE WAS ALSO VERY MUCH
IN TOUCH WITH HIS FAMILY STILL.
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McMullen: HE HAD FAMILY BACK
IN COSTA RICA --
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A MOTHER
AND A COUPLE SISTERS.
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HE WOULD SEND THEM
MOST OF HIS MONEY.
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SO HE LIVED VERY MODESTLY.
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Joe:
MR. LEAR CAN'T IMAGINE MR. ROJAS
HAVING AN ENEMY IN THE WORLD.
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MR. ROJAS HAS
NEVER USED NARCOTICS.
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HAS NO CRIMINAL RECORD,
WHICH McMULLEN CONFIRMS
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HE IS
YOUR EVERYDAY INNOCENT PERSON
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CARRYING ON A CAREER
IN THE UNITED STATES.
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McMullen: WHEN I SHOWED
JOSEPH LEAR THE PHOTOGRAPH
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THAT HAD CHRISTIAN
AND THE OTHER COUPLE IN IT,
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HE TOLD ME THAT THAT WAS
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MARK RUSSO
AND HIS WIFE, SARAH.
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Joe: HE REPORTS THAT THEY USED
TO LIVE TOGETHER.
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THEY WERE ROOMMATES
WITH CHRISTIAN ROJAS,
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BUT CHRISTIAN MOVED OUT.
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THE QUESTION BECOMES,
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UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES
DO CHRISTIAN MOVE OUT?
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McMullen:
I HAD THIS THOUGHT
GO THROUGH MY MIND
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THAT, YOU KNOW, "IS THIS SOME
TYPE OF A LOVE TRIANGLE?"
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THEN THE QUESTION BECOMES
IN McMULLEN'S MIND
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"WELL, WHO LOVES WHO?"
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THE OLD EXPRESSION
IS CERTAINLY TRUE
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IN AFFAIRS OF THE HEART --
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"TWO'S COMPANY
AND THREE IS A CROWD."
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WAS CHRISTIAN THE CROWD,
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OR WAS HE PART OF THE COMPANY?
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[ GASPING ]
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AND SOMEBODY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
FOR HIM TO GO AWAY PERMANENTLY.
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[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
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Joe: 27-YEAR-OLD
CHRISTIAN ROJAS
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IS FOUND MURDERED IN HIS HOME
IN BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA.
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DETECTIVE McMULLEN
BELIEVES THERE COULD BE,
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MIGHT BE, A LOVE TRIANGLE
AT THE BASIS OF THIS CRIME.
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McMullen: AT THIS POINT,
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT
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ABOUT MARK RUSSO
AND HIS WIFE, SARAH.
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BUT BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO EVEN
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OBTAIN CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR MARK RUSSO,
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HE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP AT
THE POLICE STATION ON HIS OWN.
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DID RUSSO PRESENT HIMSELF
BECAUSE HE'S FISHING
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FOR INFORMATION FROM THE POLICE
ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW
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OR WHAT THEY MAY SUSPECT?
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OR IS HE JUST CONCERNED
ABOUT HIS FRIEND?
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SO, HOW EXACTLY DID CHRISTIAN
COME TO LIVE
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WITH YOU AND YOUR WIFE?
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WELL, WE ACTUALLY MET
IN COSTA RICA.
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McMullen:
HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD
ACTUALLY HELPED
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CHRISTIAN FIND WORK HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
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HE DID LIVE WITH HIM
AND HIS WIFE,
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ALTHOUGH HIM AND HIS WIFE
WEREN'T MARRIED AT THE TIME,
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BUT THE RELATIONSHIP
WAS BLOOMING.
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AND IN A GESTURE
TO ALLOW THEM THEIR PRIVACY,
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CHRISTIAN THEN MOVED OUT
AND GOT HIS OWN PLACE.
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Coughlin: MARK POINTED OUT,
IT WASN'T ACRIMONIOUS.
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THEY REMAINED FRIENDS
AFTER THIS.
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McMullen: I ASKED MARK,
"DID CHRISTIAN EVER HAVE
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ANY TYPE OF ATTRACTION
TO YOUR WIFE,
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OR WAS THERE ANYTHING
LIKE THAT GOING ON?"
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AND HE SAID, "ABSOLUTELY NOT."
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HE WAS NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT,
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AND JUST LIKE JOE LEAR, HE
SEEMED TO BE SINCERELY UPSET
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AND BLOWN AWAY
BY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
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Joe: McMULLEN FINDS HIM
TO BE QUITE BELIEVABLE.
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SO MR. RUSSO
IS OUT AS A SUSPECT.
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McMullen:
WITH ANY HOMICIDES, YOU WANT
TO LEARN THE VICTIMOLOGY,
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SO WE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT,
"DID HE HAVE ANY ROOMMATES
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WAS HE IN A RELATIONSHIP,
WHERE DID HE WORK?"
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THINK ABOUT, LIKE,
A GIRLFRIEND.
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WELL, HE DOES HAVE AN EX.
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MARK TOLD US ABOUT A GIRL
NAMED HEATHER
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THAT CHRISTIAN
HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
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Coughlin: HE WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION IT WAS OVER,
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THOUGH, ABOUT A WEEK EARLIER,
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THE GIRL HAD REACHED
OUT TO CHRISTIAN.
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Joe: SHE'D NEEDED
A PLACE TO STAY.
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AND MR. RUSSO SAID THAT
CHRISTIAN WAS
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A WARMHEARTED,
CARING PERSON,
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AND HE WOULD NOT ALLOW
ANYONE TO SUFFER
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BECAUSE OF HIS UNWILLINGNESS
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.
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SO HE ALLOWED HER
TO STAY WITH HIM
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IN THE VERY RECENT PAST.
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WELL, THAT ADDED SOMETHING NEW
TO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.
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I WANTED TO FIND OUT
WHAT HEATHER'S LAST NAME WAS
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AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
HE SAW HER.
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I ONLY MET HER
ONCE OR TWICE.
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BUT I CAN ASK AROUND.
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BY THE WAY, WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO
WITH CHRISTIAN'S CAR?
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Joe: RUSSO SAID, "I HAD THIS
OLD CAR, GREEN IN COLOR,
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THAT HAD A LOT OF MILES ON IT,
AND CHRISTIAN DIDN'T HAVE A CAR,
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SO I GAVE IT TO HIM."
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McMullen: THE CAR WAS
NOT ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND
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IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
WHERE CHRISTIAN LIVED.
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SO, AT THAT POINT,
THE CAR WAS MISSING.
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WHERE IS IT?
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THE ONLY PLACE IT COULD BE
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IS IN THE HANDS OF A MURDERER.
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McMullen: KNOWING THAT THERE
WAS A CAR INVOLVED,
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AND THAT THE CAR
WAS NOW MISSING, WAS HUGE.
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THAT THEN LED US TO BELIEVE,
"OKAY, IF WE CAN FIND THE CAR,
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THEN MAYBE
WE CAN FIND THE KILLER."
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Joe: SO McMULLEN PUTS OUT THIS
DESCRIPTION OF THIS VEHICLE
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STOLEN IN THE COURSE
OF A HOMICIDE,
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SO IF ANY POLICEMAN ANYWHERE
SEES THIS CAR IN MOTION,
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THEY'RE GOING TO STOP THE CAR
AND ARREST THE CONTENTS.
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McMullen: IN THE MEANTIME,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR CLUES,
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WE'RE LOOKING TO
LINK THINGS TOGETHER.
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Joe: OFTEN AT A CRIME SCENE,
YOU CAN'T CLEARLY SEE A BODY.
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THE LIGHTING ISN'T VERY GOOD.
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THE POSITION OF THE BODY
OBSTRUCTS CERTAIN WOUNDS.
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SO IT HAS TO BE DONE
IN A CORONER'S OFFICE
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UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT.
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McMullen:
THE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION
SHOWED THAT CHRISTIAN
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WAS PROBABLY DEAD
FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS
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BEFORE HE WAS DISCOVERED.
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IT'S A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
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THE VICTIM SUFFERED ENORMOUSLY
DURING THE COURSE OF HIS DEMISE.
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HE HAD LACERATIONS AND HEAD
WOUNDS FROM BEING BLUDGEONED
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WITH A BLUNT INSTRUMENT
OF SOME TYPE.
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HE'D EITHER BEEN KNEE-DROPPED
OR KICKED IN THE CHEST,
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WITH A SERIOUS BRUISE
ON HIS STERNUM.
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McMullen:
THERE WERE OTHER INJURIES
TO HIS BODY,
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BUT THEY WERE JUST
METHODS OF TORTURE.
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WHAT HAD CAUSED
CHRISTIAN'S DEATH
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WAS ACTUALLY BLUNT-FORCE TRAUMA
AND ASPHYXIATION.
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Joe: THE CORONER SAYS
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THAT THE KNOT OF THE TUBE SOCK
AROUND THE NECK
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WAS SUFFICIENT
TO RESTRICT THE AIR SUPPLY.
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THE VICTIM HAD BITTEN THROUGH
HIS LIP WITH HIS TEETH,
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STRUGGLING TO GET AIR
IN HIS SYSTEM.
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McMullen:
THERE WERE NO DEFENSIVE WOUNDS
NOTED ON CHRISTIAN'S BODY
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AT THE AUTOPSY, INDICATING
THAT WHOEVER HAD ATTACKED HIM
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HAD IMMEDIATELY OVERPOWERED HIM
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AND THAT THERE WASN'T
MUCH OF A CONTEST.
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Joe: SO McMULLEN BELIEVES HE'S
PROBABLY LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY
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QUITE A BIT BIGGER THAN ROJAS,
TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL HIM,
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TO ATTACK HIM IN THE MANNER
IN WHICH HE WAS ATTACKED.
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WHO WOULD DO THIS?
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McMullen: CHRISTIAN'S FAMILY
WAS IN COSTA RICA,
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AND OBVIOUSLY WORD
HAD GOTTEN TO THEM
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AND THEY WERE DEVASTATED.
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FOR ME, THE DRIVING FORCE
IS ALWAYS THE VICTIM,
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GETTING JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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SO, IN THIS CASE,
IT WAS ALL ABOUT CHRISTIAN.
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Harran: I'VE KNOWN
DETECTIVE McMULLEN FOR 28 YEARS.
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HE DOESN'T STOP.
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HE'LL KEEP
DRILLING DOWN AND DRILLING.
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AND IF HE GETS ASSIGNED
TO YOUR CASE,
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CHANCES ARE YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN FROM IT.
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ANY ANSWER
ON CHRISTIAN'S CAR?
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NOTHING YET,
BUT THESE PHONES
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HAVE BEEN RINGING
ALL MORNING.
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McMullen:
WORD TRAVELS QUICKLY.
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IT HAD GOTTEN OUT
IN THE COMMUNITY
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THAT SOMEBODY HAD BEEN MURDERED
IN THEIR HOME
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AND THAT POLICE HAD YET
TO IDENTIFY
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AND/OR APPREHEND THE SUSPECT.
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[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
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DETECTIVE McMULLEN.
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Coughlin: THIS IS
A SCARY CRIME
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THAT HAS HAPPENED
IN A SUBURBAN TOWN.
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PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO IT.
THEY WERE HORRIFIED.
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Harran: IN BENSALEM, OUR CRIME
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH
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IS MAINLY THEFTS
AND PROPERTY CRIME, BURGLARIES.
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WE DON'T GET
A LOT OF HOMICIDES.
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IF WE GET HALF A DOZEN HOMICIDES
A YEAR, THAT'S A LOT FOR US.
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THIS WAS ABOUT THE FOURTH
HOMICIDE
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THAT I'D BEEN INVOLVED WITH
SINCE I'D BECOME A DETECTIVE.
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SO, THERE'S DEFINITELY PRESSURE.
THERE'S PRESSURE FROM THE BOSS.
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McMULLEN AND HIS DEPARTMENT
ARE OVERWHELMED
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BY A NUMBER OF TIPS
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THAT ARE MEANINGLESS
AND SOMEWHAT NONSENSICAL
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FROM PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN PANIC MODE.
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BUT ONE TIP DOES COME IN
THAT HAS SOME VALUE.
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McMullen: I'D BEEN CONTACTED
BY A JOURNALIST
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FOR THE
BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES.
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HE HAD RECEIVED AN E-MAIL
FROM A GENTLEMAN
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WHO IS A FRIEND
OF CHRISTIAN ROJAS'.
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CHECK OUT
THIS E-MAIL I JUST GOT.
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Joe: THE E-MAIL WENT ON
TO EXPLAIN
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THAT CHRISTIAN ROJAS
HAD RECENTLY BEEN OFFERED
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A DREAM JOB IN COSTA RICA
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FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY
WHO HAD RELOCATED THERE.
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THE WRITER OF THE E-MAIL
GOES ON TO SAY
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THAT ROJAS' CURRENT EMPLOYER
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WAS VERY DISTRESSED ABOUT ROJAS
LEAVING HIS EMPLOYMENT.
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McMullen: CHRISTIAN
HAD TOLD THIS PERSON
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THAT HIS EMPLOYERS
HAD THE ABILITY TO DO BAD THINGS
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AND THAT HE WAS
SOMEWHAT FRIGHTENED OF THEM.
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00:16:56,931 --> 00:16:59,137
Coughlin:
AT FIRST, THE INFORMATION
THAT CHRISTIAN'S EMPLOYERS
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WOULD WANT HIM DEAD
SEEMS A LITTLE FAR-FETCHED,
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00:17:01,517 --> 00:17:04,275
BUT FOR McMULLEN,
THERE WAS A CATCH.
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00:17:06,931 --> 00:17:10,586
CHRISTIAN ROJAS WORKED
FOR A CASH-ADVANCE COMPANY
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RUN BY ANTHONY
AND MARIO MORETTI.
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00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:17,103
AND HAVING DONE A LITTLE BIT
OF RESEARCH ON THEM,
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00:17:17,103 --> 00:17:21,862
IT WAS VERIFIED THEIR FATHER
HAD HAD SOME MAFIA TIES.
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00:17:21,862 --> 00:17:25,931
NOW, THAT RAISES
McMULLEN'S EYEBROW.
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McMullen: IF THERE WAS
A CONNECTION LIKE THAT,
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IT WOULDN'T BE TOO FAR-FETCHED
TO THINK
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THAT IF CHRISTIAN WAS LEAVING
THE COMPANY UNDER BAD TERMS,
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THAT SOMETHING MAY HAVE
ESCALATED TO VIOLENCE.
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00:17:38,344 --> 00:17:41,413
Joe: THE NEXT STEP IS OBVIOUS.
WHO ARE THESE BROTHERS?
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THEY'RE EITHER PART OF THIS
OR THEY'RE NOT.
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AND McMULLEN HAS
TO FIND THE ANSWER TO IT.
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♪♪
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[ SIREN WAILS ]
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Joe:
MANY LEADS HAVE COME FORWARD,
NONE OF WHICH HAVE MUCH VALUE,
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BUT NOW McMULLEN IS PURSUING
A NEW LEAD
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THAT MAY HAVE SOME MEANING --
TWO BROTHERS
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THAT MIGHT BE CONNECTED
TO THE ITALIAN MAFIA
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IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
AND SOUTH JERSEY.
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Reporter:
POLICE SAY THE VICTIM HAS STRONG
TIES TO ORGANIZED CRIME.
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Coughlin:
THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S HISTORY,
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THERE HAS BEEN
ORGANIZED CRIME --
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THEFT, RACKETEERING, GAMBLING...
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Reporter: POLICE THIS AFTERNOON
COMBED THE SHOOTING SCENE
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AT 6th AND CATHARINE
FOR EVIDENCE.
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...CONNECTED WITH
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FAMILIES.
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THE SCARFO FAMILY WAS
A PARTICULAR FAMILY
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THAT WAS VERY INVOLVED.
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Joe: NOW, IN 2005,
THE ITALIAN MAFIA
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WAS A MERE SHADOW
OF ITS FORMER SELF.
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THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM
ANY LESS DANGEROUS.
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00:18:41,379 --> 00:18:45,103
THEY REMAIN MORE THAN CAPABLE
OF EXTREME VIOLENCE.
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00:18:45,103 --> 00:18:46,241
WELL, NOW WE'RE WONDERING,
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00:18:46,241 --> 00:18:48,241
DID THEY HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THIS?
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SO WE CONTACTED THEM BY PHONE
AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS
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TO GO AND VISIT THEM
AT THEIR OFFICE.
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00:18:57,931 --> 00:18:59,551
I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT
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THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF ANGER
TOWARDS CHRISTIAN,
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00:19:02,862 --> 00:19:05,482
BUT THEY SEEM TO BE
FOND OF CHRISTIAN.
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00:19:05,482 --> 00:19:07,034
THEY BOTH SAY CHRISTIAN ROJAS
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WAS AN INCREDIBLY COMPETENT
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER,
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00:19:11,344 --> 00:19:14,655
THAT ROJAS WAS THEIR GO-TO GUY
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
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00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:16,827
WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED THEM
IN THE BUSINESS.
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00:19:16,827 --> 00:19:20,448
HOW DID YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT
CHRISTIAN LEAVING THE COMPANY?
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00:19:20,448 --> 00:19:23,482
THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY
NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT,
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00:19:23,482 --> 00:19:27,344
BUT THEY LIKED HIM SO WELL THAT
THEY WOULDN'T STAND IN HIS WAY.
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00:19:27,344 --> 00:19:30,482
McMullen:
THEY SEEMED SINCERE
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IN THE FACT THAT THEY
WANTED HIM TO SUCCEED.
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00:19:34,344 --> 00:19:36,758
THEY SEEMED
LEGITIMATELY DISTRAUGHT
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OVER WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
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00:19:38,172 --> 00:19:40,206
WE WERE ABLE
TO VERIFY THEIR ALIBIS.
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00:19:40,206 --> 00:19:44,620
THEY WERE ALL HOME AT THEIR
RESPECTIVE RESIDENCES.
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00:19:44,620 --> 00:19:47,793
Joe: DESPITE THEIR CONNECTIONS
TO NEFARIOUS PEOPLE,
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THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS.
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00:19:50,413 --> 00:19:52,758
McMullen:
THEY DEFINITELY WANTED
THE CRIME SOLVED.
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00:19:52,758 --> 00:19:54,172
THEY MADE THAT VERY CLEAR.
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00:19:54,172 --> 00:19:55,965
THEY OFFERED THEIR RESOURCES.
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00:19:55,965 --> 00:19:57,724
THEY REALLY WANTED TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE ROLE
401
00:19:57,724 --> 00:19:59,413
IN WHAT WAS GOING ON.
402
00:19:59,413 --> 00:20:01,034
DID THEY TAKE THE SAFE?
403
00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:04,827
WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT'S SAFE?
404
00:20:04,827 --> 00:20:07,068
McMullen: AND THEY TOLD US
THAT HE HAD A SAFE
405
00:20:07,068 --> 00:20:08,413
THAT HE KEPT CASH IN.
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00:20:08,413 --> 00:20:10,275
HE WOULD CASH HIS PAYCHECK
407
00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:12,034
AND THEN CONVERT IT
TO MONEY ORDERS
408
00:20:12,034 --> 00:20:15,275
TO SEND HOME TO HIS FAMILY
IN COSTA RICA.
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00:20:15,275 --> 00:20:19,206
Joe:
McMULLEN WAS CERTAINLY AWARE
THAT THERE WAS NO SAFE FOUND
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00:20:19,206 --> 00:20:21,586
IN CHRISTIAN ROJAS' HOUSE.
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00:20:21,586 --> 00:20:26,206
SOMEBODY TOOK IT -- SOMEONE
WHO KNEW IT WAS THERE.
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00:20:26,206 --> 00:20:30,275
AT THIS POINT, McMULLEN IS
STARTING TO GET SOME ANSWERS,
413
00:20:30,275 --> 00:20:34,448
BUT HE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE
A FULL-FLEDGED SUSPECT YET.
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00:20:34,448 --> 00:20:38,000
McMullen:
THERE'S A SAFE THAT WAS STOLEN,
AND HIS CAR IS MISSING.
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00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,172
SO, AT THIS POINT,
IT'S A ROBBERY AND A HOMICIDE.
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00:20:41,172 --> 00:20:43,758
WE'VE SPOKEN WITH EVERYBODY,
AND WE'RE SATISFIED
417
00:20:43,758 --> 00:20:47,413
WITH THOSE PEOPLE
AND WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO TELL US.
418
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:50,206
BUT THERE'S STILL
HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, HEATHER.
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00:20:50,206 --> 00:20:52,034
AND AT THIS POINT,
SHE'S THE ONLY WILD CARD,
420
00:20:52,034 --> 00:20:54,620
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE SHE IS.
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00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:57,275
WE DON'T HAVE A LAST NAME
FOR HER.
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00:20:57,275 --> 00:21:03,137
♪♪
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00:21:03,137 --> 00:21:05,965
Joe: LATER THAT AFTERNOON,
McMULLEN'S PARTNER SAYS,
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00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:07,758
"WE'VE LOOKED OVER
THE ANSWERING MACHINE
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00:21:07,758 --> 00:21:09,241
THAT CHRISTIAN HAD IN HIS HOUSE,
426
00:21:09,241 --> 00:21:10,931
AND WE DISCOVERED
THESE MESSAGES.
427
00:21:10,931 --> 00:21:12,137
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THESE,
428
00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:14,206
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY
KIND OF INTERESTING."
429
00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:15,931
[ BEEP ]
430
00:21:22,793 --> 00:21:25,724
THE FIRST ONE WAS HEATHER,
AND SHE WAS DISTRAUGHT.
431
00:21:25,724 --> 00:21:27,103
SHE WAS CRYING.
432
00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:28,172
[ BEEP ]
433
00:21:33,517 --> 00:21:35,758
THE NEXT MESSAGE
WAS FROM HEATHER AGAIN.
434
00:21:35,758 --> 00:21:37,241
[ BEEP ]
435
00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:45,551
McMullen:
BUT HER DEMEANOR HAD GONE
FROM DISTRAUGHT TO ANGRY.
436
00:21:45,551 --> 00:21:48,103
HEATHER'S STATEMENTS
CERTAINLY PUT A DIFFERENT LIGHT
437
00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:50,034
ON HOW YOU LOOK AT HER.
438
00:21:50,034 --> 00:21:51,655
McMullen:
AFTER HEARING THOSE MESSAGES,
439
00:21:51,655 --> 00:21:54,034
IT STARTED TO MAKE ME THINK
THAT IT'S POSSIBLE
440
00:21:54,034 --> 00:21:56,000
THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH THIS HOMICIDE.
441
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,068
SHE WOULD CERTAINLY KNOW
HIS HABITS.
442
00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:00,310
SHE WOULD CERTAINLY KNOW
ABOUT A SAFE.
443
00:22:00,310 --> 00:22:01,620
WHO IS SHE?
444
00:22:06,068 --> 00:22:08,551
McMullen:
SO, THE NEXT DAY, MARK RUSSO
DID GET BACK TO ME.
445
00:22:08,551 --> 00:22:10,758
AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS ABLE
TO GET HER FULL NAME,
446
00:22:10,758 --> 00:22:13,793
AND SHE WAS IDENTIFIED
AS HEATHER LAVELLE.
447
00:22:13,793 --> 00:22:17,310
WE WENT INTO
OUR MASTER NAMES INDEX,
448
00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:19,551
AND WE PULLED A PHOTO OF HER.
449
00:22:20,827 --> 00:22:23,000
Joe: SHE IS 36 YEARS OF AGE.
450
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,241
SHE'S VERY TALL, NATURAL BLOND,
451
00:22:26,241 --> 00:22:28,896
CONSIDERED TO BE
VERY ATTRACTIVE.
452
00:22:28,896 --> 00:22:31,551
McMullen: WE HAD LEARNED THAT
SHE WAS A VERY EDUCATED PERSON,
453
00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:33,000
AND THERE WAS A TIME
THAT SHE HAD
454
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,241
A VERY GOOD-PAYING JOB
IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.
455
00:22:37,241 --> 00:22:39,862
SHE WAS IN A ASSISTANT
VICE PRESIDENT POSITION,
456
00:22:39,862 --> 00:22:43,137
MAKING WELL OVER $140,000
A YEAR.
457
00:22:43,137 --> 00:22:47,275
Joe: SO, HERE IS
A COLLEGE GRADUATE,
458
00:22:47,275 --> 00:22:50,724
TALL AND LOVELY,
MAKING VERY GOOD MONEY,
459
00:22:50,724 --> 00:22:53,896
WHO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HAS TO
STAY WITH A CHRISTIAN ROJAS
460
00:22:53,896 --> 00:22:56,310
BECAUSE SHE'S FALLEN
ON HARD TIMES.
461
00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:58,931
HOW COULD THAT BE TRUE?
462
00:22:58,931 --> 00:23:01,137
McMullen: UPON DOING
AN INQUIRY ON HER NAME,
463
00:23:01,137 --> 00:23:03,482
IT WAS DISCOVERED
THAT RECENTLY HEATHER LAVELLE
464
00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:06,379
HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION
OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
465
00:23:06,379 --> 00:23:08,586
UNFORTUNATELY,
DUE TO ADDICTIONS,
466
00:23:08,586 --> 00:23:11,103
SHE HAD LOST HER JOB
AND LOST HER HOME.
467
00:23:13,172 --> 00:23:16,241
Joe: PEOPLE WHO BECOME INVOLVED
IN DEPRESSION,
468
00:23:16,241 --> 00:23:18,172
IN LOSING THEIR WAY,
469
00:23:18,172 --> 00:23:22,620
BELIEVE THAT DRUGS ARE THE MAGIC
THAT WILL MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY.
470
00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:27,517
THE DIFFICULTY IS, IT IS MAGIC,
BUT IT'S BLACK MAGIC,
471
00:23:27,517 --> 00:23:32,517
AND IT WILL DESTROY YOU
EVERY SINGLE TIME.
472
00:23:32,517 --> 00:23:35,931
McMullen: ASIDE FROM THE ARREST
FOR THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA,
473
00:23:35,931 --> 00:23:38,724
THERE WAS ALSO
A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
474
00:23:38,724 --> 00:23:40,724
THAT SHOWED THAT HEATHER LAVELLE
HAD BEEN IN A FIGHT
475
00:23:40,724 --> 00:23:44,827
WITH HER BOYFRIEND,
JAMES SAVAGE.
476
00:23:44,827 --> 00:23:47,896
SHE JUST BASICALLY WANTED
TO GET HER BELONGINGS AND LEAVE.
477
00:23:47,896 --> 00:23:49,310
Coughlin:
BUT, AFTER POLICE SHOWED UP,
478
00:23:49,310 --> 00:23:51,758
SHE DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE
ANY FURTHER CHARGES,
479
00:23:51,758 --> 00:23:55,620
DESPITE SIGNS THERE
HAD BEEN PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
480
00:23:55,620 --> 00:23:59,689
McMullen:
WE STARTED TO COMPILE BACKGROUND
INFORMATION ON JAMES SAVAGE,
481
00:23:59,689 --> 00:24:01,827
AND WE LEARNED THAT HE DID
HAVE A CRIMINAL HISTORY.
482
00:24:01,827 --> 00:24:05,310
IN FACT, HE HAD
A VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY.
483
00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:06,862
Coughlin:
SAVAGE IS A WIDOWER,
484
00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:09,724
BUT THERE'S
A REPORT FROM HIS WIFE
485
00:24:09,724 --> 00:24:12,275
THAT HE HAD THREATENED HER WITH
A RIFLE, AND SHE HAD OBTAINED
486
00:24:12,275 --> 00:24:14,482
A PROTECTION-FROM-ABUSE
ORDER AGAINST HIM.
487
00:24:14,482 --> 00:24:17,896
HE WAS A BIG GUY.
PHYSICALLY INTIMIDATING GUY.
488
00:24:17,896 --> 00:24:20,896
HE WAS ABOUT 6'4",
WELL OVER 250 POUNDS.
489
00:24:20,896 --> 00:24:24,034
Coughlin: GIVEN THE VIOLENCE
FROM THE CRIME SCENE,
490
00:24:24,034 --> 00:24:26,517
IT WAS LIKELY SOMEBODY
WITH A LOT OF FORCE,
491
00:24:26,517 --> 00:24:29,517
AN ABILITY TO EXERT THAT FORCE
ON ANOTHER PERSON.
492
00:24:29,517 --> 00:24:32,000
SAVAGE MATCHED THAT DESCRIPTION.
493
00:24:35,344 --> 00:24:37,344
Joe: SO McMULLEN
SAYS, "OKAY,
494
00:24:37,344 --> 00:24:39,482
HEATHER HAS FALLEN
ON HARD TIMES,
495
00:24:39,482 --> 00:24:42,724
AND SHE ASKS CHRISTIAN
IF SHE CAN STAY THERE
496
00:24:42,724 --> 00:24:46,965
BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE BETWEEN
HER AND HER CURRENT BOYFRIEND.
497
00:24:46,965 --> 00:24:50,034
WHAT IF HER CURRENT BOYFRIEND
MISUNDERSTANDS THAT
498
00:24:50,034 --> 00:24:52,103
AND DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT
CHRISTIAN ROJAS
499
00:24:52,103 --> 00:24:53,448
IS OFFERING HELP,
500
00:24:53,448 --> 00:24:56,068
BUT HE'S SOMEHOW RE-INVOLVED
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND?"
501
00:24:56,068 --> 00:24:58,482
McMullen: IT BROUGHT ME BACK
502
00:24:58,482 --> 00:25:01,482
TO THE CONDOMS BEING THROWN
IN THE BATHTUB.
503
00:25:01,482 --> 00:25:03,172
IT STARTED TO MAKE ME THINK
504
00:25:03,172 --> 00:25:05,827
THAT MAYBE JAMES SAVAGE
HAD SOMETHING TO DO
505
00:25:05,827 --> 00:25:09,482
WITH CHRISTIAN'S DEATH
DUE TO JEALOUSY.
506
00:25:09,482 --> 00:25:12,137
OUR MARTIN SAVAGE IS
NO STRANGER TO VIOLENCE,
507
00:25:12,137 --> 00:25:14,965
AND HE HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF USE OF DRUGS.
508
00:25:14,965 --> 00:25:17,344
THIS MAKES HIM
ONE DANGEROUS DUDE,
509
00:25:17,344 --> 00:25:19,103
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE
A SMALL GUY
510
00:25:19,103 --> 00:25:21,172
THAT HAS SOMEHOW
CROSSED HIS PATH.
511
00:25:33,275 --> 00:25:36,344
Joe: THROUGH A SERIES OF PIECES
OF PARTS AND PUZZLES,
512
00:25:36,344 --> 00:25:39,793
McMULLEN HAS ARRIVED
AT A FORMER GIRLFRIEND,
513
00:25:39,793 --> 00:25:41,793
ONE HEATHER LAVELLE,
514
00:25:41,793 --> 00:25:45,724
AND HER CRIMINAL NEW BOYFRIEND,
JAMES SAVAGE.
515
00:25:45,724 --> 00:25:49,068
SO NOW HIS EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED
AT FINDING THEM
516
00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:51,310
AND FINDING OUT
WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
517
00:25:51,310 --> 00:25:53,724
THE UNTIMELY DEMISE
OF CHRISTIAN ROJAS.
518
00:25:53,724 --> 00:25:59,482
♪♪
519
00:25:59,482 --> 00:26:01,827
McMullen:
WE GOT THE ADDRESS
OF JAMES SAVAGE
520
00:26:01,827 --> 00:26:04,551
FROM THE POLICE REPORT,
AND WENT TO THAT RESIDENCE
521
00:26:04,551 --> 00:26:08,172
IN AN ATTEMPT
TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM.
522
00:26:08,172 --> 00:26:09,620
CAN I HELP YOU?
523
00:26:09,620 --> 00:26:11,413
WE'RE LOOKING
FOR JAMES SAVAGE.
524
00:26:11,413 --> 00:26:14,275
WE ARE MET BY HIS MOTHER,
JACKIE SAVAGE.
525
00:26:16,758 --> 00:26:18,793
SHE TOLD US THAT
HER SON WASN'T THERE.
526
00:26:18,793 --> 00:26:22,000
SHE VERIFIED THAT HE WAS HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP
527
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,034
WITH HEATHER LAVELLE
AND THAT HE TOLD HER
528
00:26:25,034 --> 00:26:28,103
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO
TO THE SHORE FOR THE WEEKEND.
529
00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:31,206
Coughlin: JACKIE TELLS POLICE
THAT THE LAST TIME SHE SAW THEM,
530
00:26:31,206 --> 00:26:33,517
THEY WERE UNLOADING SOME
OF HEATHER'S BELONGINGS
531
00:26:33,517 --> 00:26:34,896
OUT OF JACKIE'S CAR,
532
00:26:34,896 --> 00:26:38,379
AND THEY'RE TRANSFERRING IT OVER
TO A DIFFERENT CAR.
533
00:26:38,379 --> 00:26:39,689
WHAT KIND OF CAR?
534
00:26:39,689 --> 00:26:41,344
Joe: SHE SAYS
TO DETECTIVE McMULLEN,
535
00:26:41,344 --> 00:26:43,758
THEY WERE IN
A SMALL GREEN CAR.
536
00:26:43,758 --> 00:26:46,275
"I'D NEVER SEEN THAT CAR
BEFORE."
537
00:26:46,275 --> 00:26:48,724
I DIDN'T THINK
HEATHER HAD A CAR.
538
00:26:48,724 --> 00:26:52,034
OH, REALLY?
WELL, MY, MY, MY.
539
00:26:52,034 --> 00:26:54,379
NOW, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
540
00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:56,517
McMullen:
AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED,
541
00:26:56,517 --> 00:26:58,724
THEY'RE MOST LIKELY
DRIVING CHRISTIAN'S CAR,
542
00:26:58,724 --> 00:27:00,965
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE
CONNECTED TO THE HOMICIDE.
543
00:27:00,965 --> 00:27:04,517
THERE'S ALWAYS A MOMENT
IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
544
00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:09,034
IT'S A MOMENT OF EUPHORIA,
WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING
545
00:27:09,034 --> 00:27:10,862
THAT MEANS NOTHING TO THEM
546
00:27:10,862 --> 00:27:13,000
AND MEANS EVERYTHING TO YOU.
547
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,793
EVERYTHING.
548
00:27:14,793 --> 00:27:16,689
YOU SAID THEY WERE HEADING
TO THE SHORE.
549
00:27:16,689 --> 00:27:17,758
WHICH SHORE?
550
00:27:17,758 --> 00:27:19,413
HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY
WHERE.
551
00:27:19,413 --> 00:27:21,103
HE JUST SAID "TO THE SHORE."
552
00:27:23,862 --> 00:27:25,172
Joe:
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA,
553
00:27:25,172 --> 00:27:27,137
IS VERY CLOSE
TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
554
00:27:27,137 --> 00:27:29,758
TO THE DELAWARE COAST,
TO THE MARYLAND COAST,
555
00:27:29,758 --> 00:27:31,482
NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA.
556
00:27:31,482 --> 00:27:33,965
THEY COULD BE ANYWHERE, REALLY.
557
00:27:33,965 --> 00:27:36,827
DO YOU MIND GIVING
YOUR SON A CALL FOR US?
558
00:27:36,827 --> 00:27:38,482
OKAY.
559
00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:39,965
DO YOU MIND IF WE COME IN
WHILE YOU MAKE THAT CALL?
560
00:27:39,965 --> 00:27:41,896
OH, SURE.
561
00:27:41,896 --> 00:27:46,206
WHEN PEOPLE KILL,
THEY ARE IN AN EMOTIONAL STATE
562
00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:49,310
LIKE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN
IN THEIR LIVES.
563
00:27:49,310 --> 00:27:51,965
THEY'RE DESPERATE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
564
00:27:51,965 --> 00:27:54,931
THEY JUST WANT TO RUN.
565
00:27:54,931 --> 00:27:56,068
WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO, JAMES?
566
00:27:56,068 --> 00:27:58,034
YOU'RE GOING TO GO
TO THE SHORE?
567
00:27:58,034 --> 00:28:00,827
YOU GOING TO SWIM TO EUROPE?
IS THAT YOUR PLAN?
568
00:28:00,827 --> 00:28:03,068
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
569
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,310
[ SIGHS ]
570
00:28:34,517 --> 00:28:37,206
HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
COMING HOME OR COMING BACK.
571
00:28:37,206 --> 00:28:39,724
HE HAD MADE MENTION THAT
SHE MAY NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN.
572
00:28:53,931 --> 00:28:56,206
[ RECEIVER CLICKS, DIAL TONE ]
573
00:28:56,206 --> 00:28:57,655
McMullen:
IT SEEMED AS THOUGH,
574
00:28:57,655 --> 00:29:00,379
FROM THE CONTEXT
OF THE SHORT PHONE CALL,
575
00:29:00,379 --> 00:29:02,586
THAT THEY WERE ON THE RUN.
576
00:29:02,586 --> 00:29:04,724
THEY SEEMED
DESPERATE FOR MONEY.
577
00:29:04,724 --> 00:29:07,724
THERE WAS CONCERNS AS TO WHAT
THEY WERE GOING TO DO NEXT.
578
00:29:07,724 --> 00:29:11,482
Joe:
SAVAGE IS IN DESPERATION MODE.
579
00:29:11,482 --> 00:29:13,241
HE'S VIOLENT.
580
00:29:13,241 --> 00:29:16,172
HE'S A DRUG ADDICT,
AND NOW HE'S SCARED.
581
00:29:16,172 --> 00:29:19,586
WHAT'S HE CAPABLE OF?
ANYTHING.
582
00:29:19,586 --> 00:29:22,517
McMullen:
WE WANTED TO FIND JAMES SAVAGE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME,
583
00:29:22,517 --> 00:29:24,000
WE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT HEATHER'S SAFETY
584
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,931
BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR TO US
WHAT HER ROLE IN THIS WAS.
585
00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:29,137
DID HE USE HER TO GET INTO
CHRISTIAN'S APARTMENT?
586
00:29:29,137 --> 00:29:31,379
DID HE FORCE HER
TO FLEE WITH HIM?
587
00:29:31,379 --> 00:29:41,034
♪♪
588
00:29:41,034 --> 00:29:45,068
SO AT THAT POINT, WE DECIDED
WE WANTED TO TRACK
589
00:29:45,068 --> 00:29:47,413
THE CELLPHONE USED
BY JAMES SAVAGE.
590
00:29:47,413 --> 00:29:49,379
THEY PING THE LOCATIONS
ON THAT CELLPHONE.
591
00:29:49,379 --> 00:29:52,482
IT COMES BACK
TO THE DELAWARE COAST.
592
00:29:52,482 --> 00:29:55,344
McMullen:
WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THEY HAVE FRIENDS OR RELATIVES
593
00:29:55,344 --> 00:29:56,551
THERE,
WHERE THEY COULD STAY.
594
00:29:56,551 --> 00:30:00,034
SO WE DECIDED TO START
CHECKING LOCAL HOTELS.
595
00:30:00,034 --> 00:30:02,068
THERE WAS ONE HOTEL
THAT WAS CHECKED,
596
00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:03,379
AND IT WAS DETERMINED
597
00:30:03,379 --> 00:30:06,896
THAT THEY HAD JUST
CHECKED OUT EARLIER THAT DAY.
598
00:30:06,896 --> 00:30:11,931
♪♪
599
00:30:11,931 --> 00:30:16,206
Joe: THEY GO IN THAT MOTEL
AND CONTACT THE MANAGER.
600
00:30:16,206 --> 00:30:18,482
SHE PROVIDES THEM
WITH A REGISTRATION FORM
601
00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:20,517
AND SAYS THAT SAVAGE
WAS ACCOMPANIED
602
00:30:20,517 --> 00:30:22,793
BY A TALL, BLONDE GIRL
603
00:30:22,793 --> 00:30:25,482
WHO SAID NOTHING
DURING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
604
00:30:25,482 --> 00:30:28,241
THEY CHECK
THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE,
605
00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:33,206
AND THERE IS JAMES SAVAGE
AND HEATHER LAVELLE.
606
00:30:33,206 --> 00:30:37,482
EXTERIOR VIDEO CAMERAS
FROM THE SAME ESTABLISHMENT
607
00:30:37,482 --> 00:30:43,103
SHOWED THEM GETTING
INTO A GREEN CAR AND LEAVING,
608
00:30:43,103 --> 00:30:46,724
WHICH IS THE CAR THAT WE BELIEVE
BELONGED TO CHRISTIAN.
609
00:30:46,724 --> 00:30:48,586
WE ASKED IF WE COULD GO
INSIDE THE ROOM.
610
00:30:48,586 --> 00:30:50,551
AND ACCORDING TO
THE HOTEL STAFF,
611
00:30:50,551 --> 00:30:53,413
THE ROOM HAD NOT
EVEN BEEN CLEANED YET.
612
00:30:53,413 --> 00:30:55,206
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
613
00:30:55,206 --> 00:30:57,275
Coughlin:
IN THE HOTEL ROOM,
614
00:30:57,275 --> 00:31:01,275
THERE ARE STAINED TOWELS --
RED AND BLACK.
615
00:31:01,275 --> 00:31:03,827
McMullen: IT APPEARED AS THOUGH
SOMEBODY HAD DYED THEIR HAIR
616
00:31:03,827 --> 00:31:07,034
IN A VERY QUICK MANNER,
WITHOUT CLEANING UP AFTERWARDS.
617
00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:10,344
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE
JUST HIT THE ROAD
618
00:31:10,344 --> 00:31:12,413
AND JUST ABRUPTLY
DYE THEIR HAIR COLOR
619
00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:14,206
FOR NO REAL REASON AT ALL.
620
00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:15,896
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
621
00:31:15,896 --> 00:31:17,344
Joe: THEY ALERT ENFORCEMENT,
622
00:31:17,344 --> 00:31:19,413
THEY'RE STILL
IN THE SUSPECT VEHICLE
623
00:31:19,413 --> 00:31:21,689
SOMEWHERE ON
THIS COASTAL HIGHWAY
624
00:31:21,689 --> 00:31:24,103
AND THAT THEY NOW
CHANGED THEIR HAIR COLOR.
625
00:31:24,103 --> 00:31:27,172
POLICE PUBLICIZE
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
626
00:31:27,172 --> 00:31:29,172
OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS,
627
00:31:29,172 --> 00:31:31,724
TO BE PLACED IN EVENING NEWS
AND NEWSPAPERS.
628
00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:33,551
THE NEXT DAY, THERE WAS
A CALL ON THE LINE
629
00:31:33,551 --> 00:31:37,103
FROM THE POLICE
IN NAGS HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA.
630
00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:40,275
THEY HAD LOCATED THE GREEN CAR
THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
631
00:31:40,275 --> 00:31:41,724
[ SIREN WAILS ]
632
00:31:41,724 --> 00:31:43,517
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
633
00:31:43,517 --> 00:31:45,000
Joe: THEY MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP.
634
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,241
AS THE OFFICER STEPS OUT OF
HIS CAR TO APPROACH THEM...
635
00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:50,068
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
636
00:31:50,068 --> 00:31:51,724
...THEY TAKE OFF.
637
00:31:51,724 --> 00:31:54,137
HE GETS BACK IN THE CAR
638
00:31:54,137 --> 00:31:56,241
AND PULLS OUT
A HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT.
639
00:31:56,241 --> 00:31:59,206
CLOSE TO 100 MILES AN HOUR
DOWN THIS HIGHWAY.
640
00:31:59,206 --> 00:32:02,137
THEY ARE COMIN' SOUTH,
AND THEY ARE SMOKIN'.
641
00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:03,482
[ SIREN WAILS ]
642
00:32:03,482 --> 00:32:04,482
McMullen:
DURING THIS CHASE,
643
00:32:04,482 --> 00:32:07,448
THE POLICE EMPLOYED STOP STICKS.
644
00:32:07,448 --> 00:32:10,172
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ROLL OUT
IN FRONT OF A FLEEING VEHICLE.
645
00:32:10,172 --> 00:32:13,551
AND WHEN THE CAR GOES OVER IT,
IT PUNCTURES THE TIRES.
646
00:32:13,551 --> 00:32:16,034
[ TIRES SCREECH ]
647
00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:18,620
AND THEY RUN THROUGH IT
IN THAT SMALL GREEN CAR
648
00:32:18,620 --> 00:32:21,034
AND SHRED THE TIRES
OFF THE RIMS,
649
00:32:21,034 --> 00:32:23,551
AND THE CAR GRINDS
TO A STOP IN A DITCH.
650
00:32:23,551 --> 00:32:25,517
GET OUT OF THE CAR!
651
00:32:25,517 --> 00:32:27,137
DON'T BE AN IDIOT!
652
00:32:27,137 --> 00:32:30,137
McMullen: BOTH THE DRIVER
AND THE PASSENGER GOT OUT
653
00:32:30,137 --> 00:32:32,620
AND RAN
IN TWO SEPARATE DIRECTIONS.
654
00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:36,310
NOW THE CHASE IS ON.
655
00:32:36,310 --> 00:32:37,655
[ SIREN WAILS ]
656
00:32:37,655 --> 00:32:40,586
ONLY THIS TIME, IT'S ON FOOT.
657
00:32:40,586 --> 00:32:44,206
DESPERATION
CAUSES THIS BEHAVIOR.
658
00:32:44,206 --> 00:32:45,862
YOU ARE TERROR-STRICKEN.
659
00:32:45,862 --> 00:32:47,413
YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY.
660
00:32:47,413 --> 00:32:49,862
YOU'RE THINKING,
"FEET, DON'T FAIL ME NOW."
661
00:32:55,206 --> 00:32:57,448
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
662
00:32:57,448 --> 00:32:59,724
Joe: DETECTIVE McMULLEN'S
TWO PRIMARY SUSPECTS
663
00:32:59,724 --> 00:33:01,793
HAVE BEEN PURSUED
BY THE POLICE
664
00:33:01,793 --> 00:33:03,620
IN NAGS HEAD, NORTH CAROLINA.
665
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,965
POLICE!
SHOW ME YOUR HANDS!
666
00:33:05,965 --> 00:33:07,275
GO, GO, GO!
667
00:33:07,275 --> 00:33:08,586
McMullen:
THEY REFUSED TO STOP,
668
00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:12,241
AND IT TURNED INTO A LONG,
DRAWN-OUT PURSUIT.
669
00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:14,310
POLICE!
670
00:33:14,310 --> 00:33:18,068
Joe: THE REALITY IS, WHEN YOU
RUN FROM THE POLICE,
671
00:33:18,068 --> 00:33:20,482
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ESCAPE.
672
00:33:20,482 --> 00:33:22,137
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BE
VERY TIRED
673
00:33:22,137 --> 00:33:24,586
AND SOAKING WET
WHEN YOU GET ARRESTED.
674
00:33:24,586 --> 00:33:26,413
WHY GO THROUGH THE EXHAUSTION?
675
00:33:26,413 --> 00:33:28,862
TURN AROUND
AND PUT UP YOUR HANDS.
676
00:33:28,862 --> 00:33:31,172
[ SIRENS WAILING ]
677
00:33:31,172 --> 00:33:33,103
[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
678
00:33:33,103 --> 00:33:37,827
McMullen:
ULTIMATELY, THEY WERE BOTH
APPREHENDED BY OFFICERS.
679
00:33:37,827 --> 00:33:40,931
OUR NEXT STEP WAS WE HAVE TO
GET DOWN TO NAGS HEAD.
680
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:43,655
SO WE MADE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
PRETTY QUICKLY.
681
00:33:43,655 --> 00:33:46,137
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]THE FIRST THING WE DID,
682
00:33:46,137 --> 00:33:48,827
WE HAD GOTTEN A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR THE CAR.
683
00:33:48,827 --> 00:33:51,310
AND WE FOUND CLOTHING
684
00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:54,275
THAT WE BELIEVED
BELONGED TO CHRISTIAN.
685
00:33:54,275 --> 00:33:56,000
IT HAD BLOOD ON IT.
686
00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:00,344
WE FOUND A SET
OF BRASS KNUCKLES.
687
00:34:00,344 --> 00:34:03,517
AND THOSE BRASS KNUCKLES
ALSO HAD BLOOD ON THEM.
688
00:34:03,517 --> 00:34:05,344
[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]
689
00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:08,068
Joe: SO WE HAVE A TRAIL OF
EVIDENCE THAT COMES OUT
690
00:34:08,068 --> 00:34:11,413
OF CHRISTIAN ROJAS' HOUSE,
INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR
691
00:34:11,413 --> 00:34:15,241
BEING DRIVEN BY JAMES SAVAGE AND
HIS COMPANION, HEATHER LAVELLE.
692
00:34:15,241 --> 00:34:18,757
YET ANOTHER NAIL
IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COFFINS.
693
00:34:22,103 --> 00:34:24,757
[ DOORS CLOSING IN DISTANCE ]
694
00:34:24,757 --> 00:34:26,655
[ SECURITY DOOR BUZZES ]
695
00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:29,137
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
IN DISTANCE ]
696
00:34:29,137 --> 00:34:31,551
McMullen:
WE TALK TO JAMES FIRST.
697
00:34:31,551 --> 00:34:33,585
HE'S A BIG, SCARY GUY,
698
00:34:33,585 --> 00:34:35,896
YOU COULD TELL
HE WAS JUST MAD AT THE WORLD.
699
00:34:35,896 --> 00:34:38,757
AND HAVING SEEN
WHAT HE HAD DONE,
700
00:34:38,757 --> 00:34:41,620
IT WAS UNNERVING
TO BE SEATED NEXT TO HIM.
701
00:34:43,965 --> 00:34:45,931
WE TOLD HIM, "LOOK,
WE'RE DOWN HERE TO TALK TO YOU
702
00:34:45,931 --> 00:34:47,447
ABOUT CHRISTIAN ROJAS.
703
00:34:47,447 --> 00:34:51,068
WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE THERE.
WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE INVOLVED."
704
00:34:51,068 --> 00:34:54,585
I MAY HAVE BEEN THERE,
BUT IT WAS THESE OTHER DUDES.
705
00:34:54,585 --> 00:34:56,103
HE SAID
THAT HE AND HEATHER
706
00:34:56,103 --> 00:34:59,655
HAD BEEN AT CHRISTIAN'S HOUSE
AND THAT THREE OTHER PEOPLE
707
00:34:59,655 --> 00:35:03,137
CAME IN
AND DID A HOME-INVASION ROBBERY
708
00:35:03,137 --> 00:35:07,448
AND THAT HE AND HEATHER
BARELY GOT OUT.
709
00:35:07,448 --> 00:35:10,379
Joe: "SAVAGE IS JUST
PUKING LIES," SAID McMULLEN.
710
00:35:10,379 --> 00:35:11,931
HE JUST CAN'T STOP."
711
00:35:13,689 --> 00:35:15,344
WANT A SMOKE?
712
00:35:15,344 --> 00:35:18,620
ALSO, McMULLEN DOESN'T WANT
SAVAGE TO SEE HIM AS AN ENEMY.
713
00:35:18,620 --> 00:35:22,241
HE WANTS SAVAGE
TO CALM HIMSELF TO SOME DEGREE.
714
00:35:22,241 --> 00:35:25,379
McMullen:
WE BROUGHT UP HEATHER.
715
00:35:25,379 --> 00:35:28,206
WE ASKED HIM,
"DID SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN
716
00:35:28,206 --> 00:35:31,724
BETWEEN HEATHER AND CHRISTIAN
THAT YOU WERE UPSET ABOUT?"
717
00:35:31,724 --> 00:35:35,689
AND HE STARTED TO TALK TO US
WHEN WE APPROACHED IT THAT WAY.
718
00:35:35,689 --> 00:35:37,931
I JUST WENT OVER THERE
TO TALK TO THE GUY.
719
00:35:40,344 --> 00:35:43,310
JAMES SAVAGE HAD
A JEALOUSY ISSUE WITH CHRISTIAN
720
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:47,137
DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT HEATHER HAD HAD WITH HIM.
721
00:35:47,137 --> 00:35:49,689
Joe:
HE SAYS THERE WAS
AN EXCHANGE OF WORDS
722
00:35:49,689 --> 00:35:52,724
BETWEEN HE AND CHRISTIAN,
AND A FIGHT BREAKS OUT.
723
00:35:52,724 --> 00:35:56,448
McMullen:
HE SAID CHRISTIAN PICKED UP
A SET OF BRASS KNUCKLES.
724
00:35:56,448 --> 00:36:00,517
HE GOT REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THAT
AND DISARMED CHRISTIAN
725
00:36:00,517 --> 00:36:03,310
AND THEN REALLY STARTED
TO ASSAULT HIM
726
00:36:03,310 --> 00:36:06,448
IN A VERY VIOLENT MANNER.
727
00:36:06,448 --> 00:36:11,172
Joe: SAVAGE SAYS CHRISTIAN ROJAS
BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS,
728
00:36:11,172 --> 00:36:14,793
SO HE AND HEATHER LEAVE,
AND WHEN THEY RETURN,
729
00:36:14,793 --> 00:36:17,724
THEY FIND HIM DEAD
IN THE BATHTUB.
730
00:36:17,724 --> 00:36:20,517
"OH, MY GOD.
HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?"
731
00:36:22,551 --> 00:36:24,137
McMullen: HE SAID,
SO HE TRIED TO MAKE
732
00:36:24,137 --> 00:36:25,931
THE WHOLE THING LOOK
LIKE A ROBBERY
733
00:36:25,931 --> 00:36:29,965
BY TYING UP HIS BODY
AFTER HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
734
00:36:29,965 --> 00:36:35,068
Joe: IT'S A PREPOSTEROUS STORY
TO TRY TO EXPLAIN AWAY
735
00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:37,275
HIS LACK OF INVOLVEMENT
IN THIS CRIME.
736
00:36:37,275 --> 00:36:41,172
SO, ULTIMATELY, DESPITE HIS
ATTEMPT AT LYING PROFUSELY,
737
00:36:41,172 --> 00:36:44,241
HE'S INCRIMINATING HIMSELF
IN THE DEATH OF CHRISTIAN ROJAS.
738
00:36:46,344 --> 00:36:49,413
McMullen: SO, IF JAMES SAVAGE
WASN'T GOING TO BE TRUTHFUL,
739
00:36:49,413 --> 00:36:51,620
MAYBE HEATHER WOULD BE
TRUTHFUL TO US.
740
00:36:51,620 --> 00:36:55,172
WE WANT TO HEAR HER ACCOUNT
OF WHAT HAPPENED.
741
00:36:55,172 --> 00:36:56,931
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
WE SAID TO HER WAS --
742
00:36:56,931 --> 00:36:58,413
WE SAID, "ARE YOU OKAY?
743
00:36:58,413 --> 00:37:00,862
DID HE FORCE YOU
TO COME DOWN HERE?"
744
00:37:00,862 --> 00:37:02,379
NO.
745
00:37:02,379 --> 00:37:05,724
"I'M NOT UNDER ANY DURESS,"
WAS THE WORDS THAT SHE USED.
746
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,275
IT MADE ME BELIEVE
THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN
747
00:37:07,275 --> 00:37:09,965
A WILLING PARTICIPANT
IN THIS HOMICIDE.
748
00:37:09,965 --> 00:37:12,241
TELL US ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH CHRISTIAN.
749
00:37:12,241 --> 00:37:15,344
IT DIDN'T LAST VERY LONG.
MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH.
750
00:37:15,344 --> 00:37:17,241
SHE HAD TOLD US THAT,
FOR A WHILE,
751
00:37:17,241 --> 00:37:19,000
HE WAS PRETTY HAPPY WITH HER.
752
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,724
BUT THEN WHEN HE REALIZED
THAT SHE HAD A DRUG PROBLEM,
753
00:37:21,724 --> 00:37:24,827
HE HAD TO LET HER GO.
754
00:37:24,827 --> 00:37:27,689
WE TALKED ABOUT
HER FALL FROM GRACE,
755
00:37:27,689 --> 00:37:30,655
HOW, AT ONE TIME,
SHE WAS DOING REALLY WELL.
756
00:37:30,655 --> 00:37:33,172
AND ONCE SHE STARTED
SMOKING CRACK COCAINE,
757
00:37:33,172 --> 00:37:35,034
THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.
758
00:37:35,034 --> 00:37:38,413
SHE WOULD BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL
TO GET MONEY TO BUY DRUGS.
759
00:37:38,413 --> 00:37:41,413
Joe: SO WHEN HEATHER BROKE UP
WITH CHRISTIAN ROJAS,
760
00:37:41,413 --> 00:37:43,724
SHE GOES AND FINDS
ANOTHER BOYFRIEND.
761
00:37:43,724 --> 00:37:47,896
WHEN DRUG USERS FIND
ANOTHER PERSON LIKE THEMSELVES,
762
00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:50,965
WHO HAS THE SAME TASTE
FOR NARCOTICS,
763
00:37:50,965 --> 00:37:55,241
THERE IS NO LIMIT
TO WHAT THEY WILL DO.
764
00:37:55,241 --> 00:37:57,241
THEY WILL TAKE THEIR
GRANDMOTHER'S RINGS
765
00:37:57,241 --> 00:38:00,482
OFF HER FINGERS
WHEN GRANDMA IS IN HER COFFIN
766
00:38:00,482 --> 00:38:04,551
IF THEY CAN CONVERT IT
INTO MONEY TO FEED THEIR HABIT.
767
00:38:05,896 --> 00:38:08,896
McMullen: AFTER JAMES SAVAGE
AND HEATHER LAVELLE
768
00:38:08,896 --> 00:38:12,517
HAD THAT DOMESTIC DISPUTE,
HEATHER LEFT JAMES.
769
00:38:12,517 --> 00:38:14,034
SHE HAD NOWHERE TO GO,
770
00:38:14,034 --> 00:38:16,000
AND SHE WOUND UP
GOING BACK TO CHRISTIAN
771
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,275
AND ASKING HIM FOR HELP,
AND HE LET HER IN.
772
00:38:18,275 --> 00:38:20,241
HEATHER KNEW THAT SHE COULD
GO TO CHRISTIAN,
773
00:38:20,241 --> 00:38:22,896
BECAUSE CHRISTIAN WAS KIND,
CHRISTIAN WAS LOVING,
774
00:38:22,896 --> 00:38:24,965
CHRISTIAN CARED ABOUT PEOPLE.
775
00:38:26,931 --> 00:38:29,034
BUT THEN YOU WENT BACK
TO JAMES?
776
00:38:29,034 --> 00:38:30,517
YEAH.
777
00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:32,206
Joe: BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
SHE STILL NEEDS NARCOTICS.
778
00:38:32,206 --> 00:38:35,068
"YOU HAVE TO HELP ME.
I NEED MORE DRUGS."
779
00:38:35,068 --> 00:38:38,827
THEN, SHE TELLS SAVAGE
ABOUT CHRISTIAN,
780
00:38:38,827 --> 00:38:43,965
AND SHE ALSO TELLS HIM
HE HAS A SAFE IN HIS HOUSE.
781
00:38:43,965 --> 00:38:46,655
McMullen: IT WAS STARTING
TO BECOME CLEAR TO US
782
00:38:46,655 --> 00:38:49,896
THAT HEATHER WAS THE BRAINS
BEHIND THIS.
783
00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:52,137
HEATHER STILL HAD A KEY
TO CHRISTIAN'S HOUSE.
784
00:38:54,758 --> 00:38:56,655
Joe: THEY WANTED DRUG MONEY,
785
00:38:56,655 --> 00:38:59,206
AND CHRISTIAN
WAS THE POTENTIAL SOURCE.
786
00:39:02,482 --> 00:39:06,206
McMullen: THEY FOUND A SAFE
AND BROKE IT OPEN.
787
00:39:06,206 --> 00:39:08,206
THEY FOUND LIKE $40.
788
00:39:08,206 --> 00:39:10,517
[ CLATTER ]WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!
789
00:39:10,517 --> 00:39:12,034
[ CLATTER ]
790
00:39:13,862 --> 00:39:16,517
NOW THEY'RE ANGRY BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD SCORE
791
00:39:16,517 --> 00:39:17,965
AND THEY DIDN'T GET IT.
792
00:39:22,137 --> 00:39:24,448
SO THEY WAITED FOR HIM
TO ARRIVE HOME.
793
00:39:24,448 --> 00:39:25,724
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
794
00:39:25,724 --> 00:39:28,586
WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON HERE?
795
00:39:28,586 --> 00:39:30,586
WHERE'S THE MONEY,
CHRISTIAN?
796
00:39:30,586 --> 00:39:32,448
Coughlin:
WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME,
797
00:39:32,448 --> 00:39:34,793
HER AND JAMES
CONFRONTED HIM.
798
00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:36,034
ANSWER HER!
799
00:39:36,034 --> 00:39:37,931
I-I JUST SENT
SOME MONEY HOME, OKAY?
800
00:39:37,931 --> 00:39:39,482
EVERYTHING THAT'S LEFT
IS IN THE SAFE, OKAY?
801
00:39:39,482 --> 00:39:40,620
HE'S LYING.
802
00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:42,275
Coughlin:
JAMES IS IN A JEALOUS RAGE,
803
00:39:42,275 --> 00:39:44,551
AND IMMEDIATELY SPARKS FLY.
804
00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:46,827
WHERE IS IT?!I'M NOT LYING! NO!
805
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,620
[ GASPING ]
806
00:39:52,620 --> 00:39:55,344
McMullen: THE FIGHT
BETWEEN CHRISTIAN AND JAMES
807
00:39:55,344 --> 00:39:58,241
WAS LIKE DAVID AND GOLIATH.
808
00:39:58,241 --> 00:40:00,586
THERE WAS NO CONTEST.
809
00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:06,827
♪♪
810
00:40:06,827 --> 00:40:09,379
Savage: YOU GOT THE MONEY
SOMEWHERE!
811
00:40:09,379 --> 00:40:10,724
I SWEAR!
812
00:40:10,724 --> 00:40:11,965
DON'T!
813
00:40:11,965 --> 00:40:14,000
[ SMACK ]AAH!
814
00:40:16,896 --> 00:40:18,310
McMullen:
HEATHER WAS VERY PARANOID
815
00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:20,206
THAT SOMEBODY
WAS GOING TO HEAR THEM.
816
00:40:20,206 --> 00:40:22,172
[ WHIMPERING ]
817
00:40:22,172 --> 00:40:23,689
NO, NO, NO!
818
00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:25,620
[ GASPING ]
819
00:40:25,620 --> 00:40:27,448
AT SOME POINT,
SHE TOOK A SOCK
820
00:40:27,448 --> 00:40:29,896
AND JAMMED IT
INTO HIS THROAT.
821
00:40:29,896 --> 00:40:30,965
[ GAGGING ]
822
00:40:30,965 --> 00:40:33,310
CHRISTIAN'S LAST MOMENTS
WERE TERRIFYING.
823
00:40:33,310 --> 00:40:36,034
McMullen:
JAMES THREW THE CONDOMS
IN THE BATHTUB
824
00:40:36,034 --> 00:40:39,655
BECAUSE HE WAS ANGRY
THAT HEATHER AND CHRISTIAN
825
00:40:39,655 --> 00:40:41,103
HAD SLEPT TOGETHER.
826
00:40:41,103 --> 00:40:45,000
IT PROVED THAT JEALOUSY
WAS DEFINITELY A FACTOR
827
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,482
IN THIS MURDER.
828
00:40:46,482 --> 00:40:49,241
[ GRUNTS LOUDLY ]IN A PANIC, THEY TRIED
829
00:40:49,241 --> 00:40:51,448
TO MAKE THE WHOLE THING
LOOK LIKE A ROBBERY.
830
00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:58,655
♪♪
831
00:40:58,655 --> 00:41:00,931
[ SIREN WAILS ]
832
00:41:03,931 --> 00:41:06,517
HEATHER KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
833
00:41:06,517 --> 00:41:09,068
SHE WAS THE ARCHITECT
OF THE SCAM.
834
00:41:09,068 --> 00:41:11,724
[ SECURITY DOOR BUZZES ]
835
00:41:11,724 --> 00:41:14,103
McMullen: SHE BROUGHT SAVAGE
INTO CHRISTIAN'S HOUSE,
836
00:41:14,103 --> 00:41:16,172
AND SHE ENABLED
EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN,
837
00:41:16,172 --> 00:41:17,586
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
838
00:41:17,586 --> 00:41:19,862
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY AS GUILTY
AS SAVAGE
839
00:41:19,862 --> 00:41:23,137
OF KILLING CHRISTIAN.
840
00:41:23,137 --> 00:41:26,206
Joe: BOTH JAMES SAVAGE
AND HEATHER LAVELLE
841
00:41:26,206 --> 00:41:29,034
WERE EXTRADITED BACK
TO PENNSYLVANIA.
842
00:41:29,034 --> 00:41:31,965
THEY WERE CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE
AND RELATED OFFENSES.
843
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,482
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY FACING
THE DEATH PENALTY.
844
00:41:39,068 --> 00:41:40,758
HOWEVER,
THE TRIAL NEVER OCCURRED,
845
00:41:40,758 --> 00:41:43,793
BECAUSE
BOTH OF THEM PLED GUILTY.
846
00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:45,931
THEY BOTH WERE SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON,
847
00:41:45,931 --> 00:41:47,758
WHERE THEY REMAIN TO THIS DAY.
848
00:41:49,862 --> 00:41:51,482
McMullen: I DID GET TO MEET
CHRISTIAN'S FAMILY.
849
00:41:51,482 --> 00:41:55,206
AND THEY WERE THERE WHEN THE
SENTENCE WAS ACTUALLY IMPOSED.
850
00:41:55,206 --> 00:41:58,931
I KNOW THAT THEY GAVE
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS.
851
00:41:58,931 --> 00:42:00,620
Coughlin: THEY WERE VERY VOCAL
ABOUT THE FACT
852
00:42:00,620 --> 00:42:04,896
THAT THE CONVICTION,
WHILE IMPORTANT,
853
00:42:04,896 --> 00:42:07,275
DIDN'T BRING HIM BACK.
854
00:42:07,275 --> 00:42:09,275
McMullen: CHRISTIAN WAS LOVED
BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.
855
00:42:09,275 --> 00:42:13,206
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A GOOD SOUL,
HE WAS A TRUSTING PERSON.
856
00:42:13,206 --> 00:42:16,379
UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD OPENED
HIS DOOR TO SOME EVIL PEOPLE.
857
00:42:16,379 --> 00:42:19,655
HUMAN NATURE CAN GET VERY LOW.
858
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Joe: CHRISTIAN ROJAS,
27 YEARS OF AGE,
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TRULY INNOCENT, WELL-EDUCATED,
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COMES TO AMERICA
TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM.
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AND WHAT HE DISCOVERS
IS THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
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IN THE PERSON
OF ONE HEATHER LAVELLE.
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NOT CHRISTIAN'S PLAN,
BUT CERTAINLY THE RESULT.
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HOW SAD IS THAT?
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