of course, that piqued our interest very quickly. that moved david moffitt to the top of the list. polk county prosecutor steve foritano and brett lewis had been involved all along. we sent the detectives and patrol officers to that location, highway 141, to see what else they could find in that area that might be of use or might be telling in terms of the investigation. that s why the locals saw all these police officers wandering up and down the field as if they were looking for something. and they were. they were. and imagine what they found there in a ditch along the highway. probably the most important thing was they found loaded magazines. they had the same type of ammo that was found at the crime scene. the shell casings found at the crime scene matched that type of ammunition found in the ditch on highway 141. right in the ditch near where the car crashed? it was actually across the highway and a little bit farther
of where the homicide occurred. wow. well, that would be a red flag that s for sure. that was. through a further investigation, we learned that he had actually had an accident. so they pulled the accident report and read about those two cops and their strange encounters just off highway 141 starting at 4:00 that morning. a place which, by all rights, cory rose, cop number one, should never have been that particular morning. but life happens to everybody, and early on the 8th of may 2014, officer rose was adjusting. i was traveling back from the hospital in des moines. my fiancée s grandma was ill in the hospital. still in his own clothes, not in uniform yet, he was on his way to a 5:00 a.m. patrol shift in the town of boone, 25 miles or so up the road, where officer rose is an investigator with the local police department. and it was very dark on the highway, no moon at all at that hour. so he almost missed it.
because if you re going to sit in my car, you re not going to have a weapon on you. but he still made you nervous? extremely nervous. reporter: but turned out david hadn t been drinking. there was no reason to arrest him. still, the deputy s instincts kicked in. so i looked through his car and i couldn t find insurance, so i impounded it for not having insurance with an accident. reporter: not that it was drivable anyway. he sent david home in a cab. after reading deputy tart s report, detectives bartholomew and hopper knew they had to act fast. there could be clues still on highway 141. and surprises, too. the media people angie and marie saw hovering around the patrol cars they d been placed in that awful may morning had no idea what had just happened in justin michael s bedroom middle of the night. the reporters knew only this they had been sent here because of a suspicious death. and it was related somehow to this house. then as they waited for somebody
we sent the detectives and patrol officers to that location, highway 141, to see what else they could find in that area that might be of use or might be telling in terms of the investigation. that s why locals saw all these police officers wandering up and down the field looking for something. they were. they were. they were. and imagine what they found there in a ditch along the highway. probably the most important thing was they found loaded magazines. they had the same type of ammo that was found at the crime scene. the shell casings found at the crime scene matched that type of ammunition found in the ditch on highway 141. right in the ditch near where the car crashed. it was actually across the highway and a little bit farther down but within 500 yards of where the crash occurred. they also located in that ditch some paper targets that you would use for shooting target practice.