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
the madsen tunnel? yeah. it s a pretty foil place to die. the murder happened on the summer solstice. this whole occult story came out. there is evidence of a cult activities taking place up there before. he told me that he had witnessed a murder. [inaudible] and that he was helping the police with it. little by little it started coming out. there had been some plot afoot. brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. it was a horrible betrayal. this wasn t 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 man s victim listen to a live broadcast. with her, historic l. a. homicide detective, now retired. and rick jackson. powerless to interve
called duncan weightiness. i said is there anything i can help you with? i immediately went to, we can use this, you need to get it on tape. use this? this was the excuse duncan had given the police for the burglary. he said, i only did this because somebody is extorting me as a witness somebody get murdered in los angeles, and this person that i know told me if i didn t do this burglary for him, that he was going to tell the police, and he knew about my involvement in this l.a. thing. wow. everything is done, we can t use what he told us initially against him. what is against the rules? bingo, all dense blabbing just might be his undoing. remember, under the conditions of his king for a deal, dunkin could ve talked to anybody about the case. he was specifically and
it seemed odd. he told us that he and nathan went to chatsworth park near the tunnel to look for baker. why would anyone look for their friend at chatsworth park near the tunnel if he was kidnapped? anyway, duncan kept talking. offering information which, might be true. or not. we asked dunkin to take a polygraph test. how do they do? he failed it, and all pertinent questions involving the murder. oh. soon after that, he lawyered up and stop talking. i thought we were going in the right direction because we had the right people. now, the motive for the killing. it s still kind of tough. yes, the motive. why in the world would runs friends and roommates be mixed