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 force and so the next time the caller phoned detective beach was ready. he was asking me were you able to do anything with what i gave you. i said yeah, i think i m looking at a picture of you and the phone went quiet and he said you guys are good. we re not good. it was simple google searching. at last, the detectives had a solid lead. one that raised plenty of questions. who was this jim huden and why was their tipster so will willing to give him up? the cops knew the answers to those questions. it could not be found in a google search. they would have to fly to southwest florida at a time of year when violent storm clouds
could confirm that they d been with her at the time russel douglas was killed. the detective knew he needed a break, and in july 2004, exactly seven months to the day after the murder of russel douglas, he got one. i was actually out canvassing and interviewing again, and i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russel douglas homicide. plumberg s partner on the investigation mike beach took the call. he just said hey, i m calling to see if you have unsolved homicides from december 2003, and i said yes, sir, we actually have two in december of 2003. which one are you referring to? he says the guy who got shot in the head. beach said are says he didn t know if the caller was the killer or someone related to the killer, but he knew he didn t want to lose it. i m doing everything i can to keep this gentleman on the phone because at that point he still hadn t given me his name. the caller was using an untraceable calling card and on
odd that the murder weapon wasn t simply dropped into pujet 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. 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 that she had any knowledge or part in the crime. 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 [ expletive ], but i am no killer. i m a son of a [ expletive ].
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 did. will jim crack or will detectives realize they ve got the wrong man?
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