had a car impounded this morning. not only was it impounded, it was impounded approximately within 30 minutes of the homicide. approximately 4:00 in the morning. and it was six miles approximate north of where the homicide occurred. and dave moffitt resided approximately 28 miles southeast 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
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 to tell them something, they got a tip. local reporter stephanie moore. we heard that sheriff deputies were walking the fields along highway 141. so that would be the highway you
scene found the ammunition found in the ditch on highway 141. right in the ditch where the car crashed. it was across the highway, a little 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. some shooter s ear muffs, a camo neck cloth that you d wear you could wear as a mask. reporter: like somebody preparing for an act of terror or an execution. clearly, david moffitt was their killer. had to be. and then? you know what they say about assumptions. those cops found something else near the accident scene. sort of thing that could make a person wonder, what in heaven s name is going on here? it was one little thing. in a shoebox. the shoes were not in it but there was various paperwork.
morning. and it was six miles approximate north of where the homicide occurred. and dave moffitt resided approximately 28 miles southeast 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. as 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
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 were placed in that awful may morning had no idea what had just happened to justin michael s bedroom middle of the night the reporters knew only this they d been sent here because of a suspicious death, and it was related somehow to this house. then as he waited for somebody to tell them something, they got a tip. local reporter stephanie moore. we heard that sheriff s deputies were walking the fields along highway 141. so that would be the highway you would take from des moines to go to grimes. and they were just walking these fields and we asked them, are you looking for a body no are you looking for someone? no are you looking for a weapon we can t say