was 46-year-old calvin powell, and he was well known to police. he s a colorful character. he s got several minor arrests, i believe there are some felonies for drugs or for, you know, property crimes. powell insisted he had nothing to do with rice s murder, but he could offer no alibi. he told investigators that 19-year-old william buck sometimes slept in his apartment and said that buck owned a weapon. what he told us was that in the past buck had assaulted him with a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. we knew that was the caliber or size of the weapon that was used to shoot and kill kevin rice. and there was another coincidence. the asthma inhaler found near the crime scene was traced by its lot number to william buck s doctor. william buck was a patient at this clinic and actually had been prescribed the precise type
laying carpet in their new house, the one they were moving into the very next morning. apparently, there was a problem with the carpet. i don t know what the problem was. so kevin left to go over to the new house to check out what the problem was. the carpet layer told police kevin stopped by, told them what he wanted done and left. he was gone for about an hour. and when he was driving down the street where he was staying at the time, that s when he encountered his attackers. shell casings at the scene indicated he had been shot with .380-caliber weapon. the witness reported seeing a man in a dark hooded sweatshirt running away from the area. police had to consider the possibility that the phone call from the carpet layer might have been a setup. pretty short order. there was a grim determination on the part of the officers to go about the business of finding out who had done this to kevin.
semiautomatic fire, chambered to fire .380-caliber ammunition. the test casings from the gun were examined with a comparison microscope. viewed side by side, the shell casings left no doubt the murder weapon was justin bullard s gun. the boots were mr. bullard s. the gun was mr. bullard s. the last phone call from the victim was to mr. bullard s apartment. but despite the overwhelming evidence, bullard not only denied he was the killer, he came up with the incredible tale that someone must have stolen all his things, committed the crime, then returned them. that s correct. cause i m really nervous about getting trapped. why s that? uh, mark? go get help!
the call was traced to this apartment, rented by 27-year-old justin bullard, who owned an aquarium cleaning business. justin bullard denied any involvement in the murder and said he never met virginia. he had no criminal history. mr. bullard s alibi was he was home alone. and the problem with that was him being home alone and no one else to corroborate him being there at the time. with the search warrant, investigators found a wealth of evidence inside his apartment. we find in his apartment a .380-caliber pistol. the pistol, registered to justin bullard, was apparently the same caliber as the gun used in virginia s murder. and investigators found something else. there are several pages ripped out of the phone book, and each of those pages relate to escort services and phone
saying, oh, my god, you know, this key works at this particular apartment here. the man inside the apartment was 46-year-old calvin powell, and he was well known to police. he s a colorful character. he s got several minor arrests, i believe there are some felonies for drugs or for, you know, property crimes. powell insisted he had nothing to do with rice s murder, but he could offer no alibi. he told investigators that 19-year-old william buck sometimes slept in his apartment and said that buck owned a weapon. what he told us was that in the past, buck had assaulted him with a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun. we knew that was the caliber or size of the weapon that was used to shoot and kill kevin rice. and there was another coincidence. the asthma inhaler found near the crime scene was traced by