to one-touch conference calls. beyond traditional tv. to tv on any device. beyond low-res surveillance video. to crystal clear hd video monitoring from anywhere. gig-fueled apps that exceed expectations. comcast business. beyond fast. [theme music] keith morrison (voiceover): roberto ayala, manager of a multimillion-dollar california farm owned by the powerful moore family, had been killed by a complicated homemade bomb. the prime suspect? pete moore, famously hotheaded, angry, roberto ayala, manager of a multimillion dollar california farm owned by the powerful moore family has been killed by a complicated home made bomb. the prime suspect, pete moore, famously hot headed, angry, because he believed his father might give his inheritance to ayala.
there is an eden in the american west. a cornucopia whose bounty daily fills the bellies of millions. great farms employ legions of workers and enriched with their profits, families pass the land down father to son, generation after generation. they live modestly here in california s central valley. multi-millionaires in crop dusters and battered pickup trucks, deeply conservative, self-reliant, tough enough to thrive in a dangerous business that takes guts and brains, too often lives. here among the churning, thrashing machinery the power that helps grow the food of life, death can take a man unawares, even on a sleepy summer day. we just looked up and there he was. like today.
we discovered in old court records, a saga of smart, expensive lawyering dealing with misdeeds that go way beyond tapping an ex-wife s telephone. 1997, paul was arrested after an incident in san francisco one night. ugly accusation. rape, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, trying to run his alleged victim over with his pickup truck. the charges that could put paul in prison for a decade or more. instead, paul spent nearly three years driving back and forth between his place here in colusa and san francisco engaged in a series of court maneuvers. the result? paul simply got probation after pleading no contest to assault with intent to commit rape but denying blame for the offense. the other charges were dropped. but the conviction put paul on california s sex offenders list, searchable by county.
directions, to pete moore or a drug cartel or a crazed assassin, and now they had another lead to work on. somebody made an anonymous call to the sheriff s department and said the caller basically stated you need to be looking at paul moore. and reporter: paul not peter. paul not peter. reporter: for all the produce that comes rolling out of colusa county, california, its population of humans is small. just 22,000. everybody seems to know just about everybody here. so when a would be anonymous tipster called the sheriff s office, it turned out he wasn t anonymous at all. the detective who took the call recognized the voice and phoned him right back. said, hey, you need to come in and talk to us. the caller as it turned out was this man, dave moore, cousin of roger and gus, with a multimillion dollar spread of his own and a passion for war birds.
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