the first brumback murders. new investigation and fears, we re more creighton colleagues in jepordy? you felt the need to arrest doctor garcia. we felt he was a danger to anybody, so yes, anybody he could ve perceived wronged him on some level. when dateline continues. hen dateline continues [ mid-tempo music playing ]
about as obvious as the ten ball in the side pocket. the last, best, potentials suspect in the 2008 murders, was now top of mind in the 2018 case. doctor michael bolank y guest this? before they can get around to looking him up, something astonishing happened. after the brumback murders, he called our office. he heard about the murder and said the are you guys gonna need to talk to me again? he calls you? i don t remember exactly what was said, but he made comments that he was glad doctor brumback was dead. i m glad he s dead? yeah, he made a comment to that effect. yes. it almost looks like it is boasting about this. it could be, yeah. the same detectives turn back around and started going through the same process.
on mother s day. one of the first things we found out about was based on a conversation between both of them, they were roaring with laughter, so much that the daughter took a screenshot of the conversation. that kind of stuff that humanizes this and makes you realize this was just a lightning bolt in the middle of an otherwise normal mother s day. carol brumback, roger s sister, also spoke with her brother that afternoon. then two days later, a family member broke the awful news. wow. he said roger and mary were murdered. i said, i said i said what are you talking about? he said they were murdered. what goes through your mind? i had no idea, i had no idea you know, what had happened. carol couldn t imagine who
this is what doctor told nbc affiliate wowt tv. there was no damage, everything was fine. a week after the brumback murders, the chief schmaderer was dedicated to solving all four murders. i understand the unease in our community, i can feel at this morning when i spoke to creighton university and creighton hospital, please know this law enforcement is doing these crimes. the task force consisted of homicide detectives, agents with the fbi from the local only our offices and investigators with the state patrol. so this is a full court press? yes, investigators once again went into the personnel files, looking for someone else who might have harbored a grudge against dr. brumback and bewtra. the already been down this road before, and you look back a couple years? yeah. now, what was different was we were gonna pull the records
might want to kill her brother, although well off, she said he and mary had lived modestly. tell me about his marriage to marry? i just kind of knew that was a match made in heaven. they seemed really happy? they were absolutely happy. i mean, mary just she did everything. i think she did a lot of editing for a lot of roger s publication. shortly before the murders, roger announced he would be retiring in june. he and merry plan to move back east. in fact, that is why the piano mover said come to the house that morning. now, a town known for its stakes and insurance companies, was once again buzzing with talk of murder. there was absolutely no doubt at that point, who was being targeted. it was chilling. just this sinking feeling of, oh man, he struck again. coming up he made comments like i m glad dr.brumback was dead. almost like bosting about. it could be, yeah. when you look at an old suspect.