it seemed odd that the murder weapon wasn t simply dropped into puget sound. but keith ogden told the court that in early january, just days after the murder, jim huden had asked him to keep the gun in a safe place. please take the stand. josh mankiewicz: the last witness for the prosecution was detective mark plumberg. he told the court that while he was questioning huden at his home back in 2004, huden asked a rather odd question of him. he said, is peggy angry enough at me that she would implicate me in this? greg banks: had you told mr. huden that peggy thomas had implicated him? i did not. i had not implicated peggy thomas and i had not suggested that she had any knowledge or part in the crime. josh mankiewicz: in closing, the prosecution played the videotaped statements huden later made to island county detectives down at the punta gorda police station. i m a son-of-a-bitch, but i m no killer.
storm had blown over, jean said she joined her panicked husband. they ordered pizza and turned on the tv. the losses are substantial. but jean couldn t concentrate on the hurricane news. the personal storm that was wrecking her marriage and ruining her life took precedence. ken was a big tension fest and we talked. i asked a lot of questions, you know, why and what were you thinking and what are you going to do now? it was a messy situation. betrayal, deception, desertion, the usual menu of dysfunction that all too often falls under the category of another woman. but there was more to it than that. much more. a homicide investigation was at stake, one that just days earlier had led mark plumberg from wi drdbe island, washingto
doing everything i can to gain his trust, just to keep talking to him. the informant agreed to call again the next day and this time he was more forthcoming. he started telling me that i needed to look for a girlfriend of the shooter that was from las vegas. he kept saying the shooter s where i am. the caller told beach that he was a retired air force serviceman and played in a band with the shooter. the shooter, he said, was his best friend. i asked him again to call the next day and he said i have to work, but i can call on thursday. i said okay. i ll be here waiting and he almost whispered, the shooter is jim huden. jim huden, in the age of google, that was all the break mark plumberg needed. by the end of the day the detectives knew that jim huden lived in south florida and played in a band and according to the band s website, one of its members was retired air
this bullet was fired from this .380 auto. given those facts, it seemed odd that the murder weapon wasn t simply dropped into puget sound, but keith ogden toll the court that in early january, just days after the murder jim huden had asked him to keep the gun in a safe place. please take the stand. the last witness for the prosecution was detective mark plumberg. he told the court that while he was questioning huden at his home back in 2004 huden asked a rather odd question of him. he said is peggy angry enough at me that she would implicate me in this? had you told mr. huden that peggy thomas had implicated him? i did not. i had not implicated peggy thomas, and i had not suggested
where peggy worked? where peggy worked, yes. so peggy knew all about this? she helped him. for five months bill hill says he struggled under the weight of that confession and then in late july 2004 his conscience finally got the better of him. i decided to make my first call. your first call? to whidbey island. to the police. yes. to the island county sheriff s i felt guilty i was giving up my friend, but i knew something had to be done. within days of that call detectives mark plumberg and mike beach were sitting face-to-face with both their tipster bill hill and their suspect, the artist formerly known as buck naked. coming up, the interrogation gets tough. you know what you told bill. the guy is falling apart over the guilt he s carrying around because you told him what you