clues from california to a quiet town in montana. they thought the motive was good old fashion greed but the key to this mystery remains stubbornly out of reach. the question was would anyone ever find it. who killed the radio star? along the surface of the pacific ocean on the far side of catalina island is a silent current. strange how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara. then just before the open sea turns back. to glide again past this storied island with one sunny day in may 2006, someone in it. i have a saying that i d rather be lucky than good. reporter: ken clark is a detective with the l.a. sheriff s department. been at it a long time. as has robert martindale.
reporter: down below the surface of the pacific ocean, on the far side of california s catalina island, is a silent current. strange, how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara. then, just before the open sea, turns back to glide again past this storied island. with, one sunny day in may 2006, someone in it. i have a saying that i d rather be lucky than good. reporter: ken clark is a detective with the l.a. sheriff s department. been at it a long time. as has robert martindale. more than 50 years between them. but nothing like the case that literally floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina. would never have had the case at all, except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going to catalina island
but the key remained stubbornly out of reach. wrapped in a napkin. tucked in a cabinet. and hidden in a library. would anyone ever find it? here s keith morrison. . reporter: down below the surface of the pacific ocean. on the far side of california s catalina island is a silent current. strange how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara. then just before the open sea turns back. to glide again past this storied iland. with one sunny day in may 2006 someone in it. i have a saying i would rather be lukeky than good. reporter: ken clark of the l.a. sheriff s department has been at it for a long time. as has robert markindale.
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fortune. then one day steven b. disappeared. detectives were determined to solve the mystery, but the key remained stubbornly out of reach wrapped in a napkin, tucked in a cabinet and hidden in a library. would anyone ever find it? here s keith morrison. reporter: down below the surface of the pacific ocean on the far side of california s catalina island is a silent current, strange how it flows up to the swelling coastline of santa barbara, then just before the open sea turns back to glide again past the storied island with one sunny day in may 2006 someone in it. i have a saying that i d rather be lucky than good.