star. but she had a strong alibi. do you know who shot garrett warren? and that is only the start of the twist in the solving with mystery. this is one of those stranger than fiction kind of things. certainly, no one would write a script like this. the most stunning twist of all is what didn t happen. my mom suddenly said, don t you. that hit me hard in the balls. my mom never sore. hello, and welcome to dateline. garrett ward was a hollywood stunt man, who made his living pulling off death defying acts. then one night, he opened the door for a stranger and found himself in the middle of a terrifying scene that was all too real. garrett was looking down the barrel of a gun, moments later, four shots rang out. and soon investigators would be embroiled in a who done it with more twists than a feature film. here s josh mankiewicz with, the plot thickens. ready and action action. it ranks second only to money. i as the single most important word in hollywood. an
hello, and welcome to dateline. garrett ward was a hollywood stunt man, who made his living pulling off death defying acts. then one night, he opened the door for a stranger and found himself in the middle of a terrifying scene that was all too real. garrett was looking down the barrel of a gun, moments later, four shots rang out. and soon investigators would be embroiled in a who done it with more twists than a feature film. here s josh mankiewicz with the plot thickens. ready and action! action. it ranks second only to money. i as the single most important word in hollywood. and here in l. a., where life and art are often the same form, there is a real life drama that rivals in the action movie with a plot that includes all the element of a classic film noir. a mystery, featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stunt man who takes the fall. and as for the money, we will get to that. let s start with the biggest name on the marquee, joe pesci. fa
los angeles county, nighttime. nighttime. a police informant wears a wire as he talks to a partner in crime. i don t go to worry about you. yeah you know, i m not like that. the informant, miguel quiroz, he s the pizza parlor owner turned small time drug dealer. and the middleman with a hit note in his car targeting garrett warren. now, he was cooperating with investigators. detectives already knew quiroz wasn t the shooter. quiroz told them the man was the man who pulled the trigger was a old friend of his name was jorge hernandez. as a deal with prosecutors, quiroz wore a body wire and approached jorge hernandez at a
nighttime. a police informant wears a wire as he talks to a partner in crime. i don t go to worry about you. yeah you know, i m not like that. he miguel quiroz, he s the pizza parlor owner turned small time drug dealer. and the middleman with a hit note in his car targeting garrett warren. now, he was cooperating with investigators. detectives already knew quiroz wasn t the shooter. quiroz told them the man was the man who pulled the trigger was a old friend of his name was jorge hernandez. as a deal with prosecutors, quiroz wore a body wire and approached jorge hernandez at a party.
knew about the murder plot but they didn t have enough evidence to charge her with conspiracy. but police did convince her to cooperate. when cecelia pierce came onboard and she decided to start cooperating with us, she wore a body wire and talked to pamela smart. investigators hoped pamela smart would implicate herself in gregg s murder. on the tapes she didn t come right out and say, i did it, but she did sound like someone worried about being arrested. i m afraid you re going to come in here and one day you re going to be wired by the police and i m going to be busted. on one recording pamela implies she knows plenty about the murder plot. if you tell the truth you are probably going to be arrested, and you re going to have to send me to the slammer for the rest of our entire life. she also worries about what would happen if one of the teens involved in the plot started talking to police. because he s going to turn against them. and he is going to blame me. right.