Afoot. Brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. It was a horrible betrayal. This wasnt supposed to happen ever. It was a chilly december morning, 2020. The high desert outside of los angeles. In there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. It was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the mans victim listen to a live broadcast. With her, historic l. A. Homicide detective, now retired. And rick jackson. Powerless to intervene, they waited for the boards decision. And it all came flooded back. As if decades had vanished. And the strange, terrible events had only just occurred. I worked homicide, but by the end of my career what it was 20 years. And you also think that you have seen everything, and this is one of those cases that, that just did not make any sense. No, it did not. Still does not. And maybe never well. It was just
utah, resort town, ski mecca, until he got busted on the highway for that fake passport, the new hideout for fugitive duncan martinez, a prime suspect in the murder of his good friend ron baker. park city was just the next convenient place to disappear, until that inconvenient traffic stop followed by his arrest on passport fraud charges. that changed things. so duncan came up with a new plan, we get a call from duncan martinez s attorney. informing us that duncan was willing to talk to us about what happened on the night of the murder, out of the clear blue sky. so, the detectives, and duncan s attorney and the da office agreed on some ground rules, he would tell the story all right, but only in exchange for some sort of limited immunity from prosecution, otherwise no story, no dice. we worked out a deal where he could talk to us freely, we couldn t use anything he told us against him. there is a term for the deal they made, they call it king for a day. fancy. he
was, wearing a wire. you have to understand his personality, to him this is hollywood stuff here. i could really pull this off. screaming my name to help him out, dude i thought i was going to die. then, 19 went to work, to try and draw nathan out by claiming he had left behind his blood on the walls of the tunnel. on the wall. he played it, downplayed it down that was good, but detectives in the da s office still wanted a little bit more evidence before indicting him for murder, and dunkin , thanks
duncan,a former marine reservist was bright and funny to ron s quiet tried. duncan got a job after high school, we ll run went to college. they both grew up in l.a., and we re best friends for years. duncan stepfather was a professor at ucla where ron went to school. nathan was from detroit. ended up in l.a. after serving in the army. he had been a great athlete growing up. a football star. runner up boxing champ as a teenager. he was the most recent member of the trio. duncan told detectives that on the night of the murder, summer souls this, ron had planned to take the bus to ucla to visit his circle friends. he adds for a ride to the bus stop. so they dropped him off. and ron went where he went. and that, said duncan, was the last time he and nathan ever
resort town, ski mecca, until he got busted on the highway for that fake passport, the new hideout for fugitive duncan martinez, a prime suspect in the murder of his good friend don baker. park city was just the next convenient place to disappear, until that inconvenient traffic stop followed by his arrest on passport fraud charges. that changed things. so duncan came up with a new plan, we get a call from narcan martinez attorney. informing us that duncan was willing to talk to us about what happened on the night of the murder, out of the clear blue sky. so, the detectives, and don t cancel tierney and the da