immediately started trying to find out who this michael oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. keith morrison: once police had michael oak s id, they discovered he was spending time with linda opdycke, mark s ex-wife. so now, two officers from the okanagan county sheriff s department paid a visit at linda s house here in winthrop, washington. and sure enough, there was michael oakes suv in her driveway. once in the house, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed, but then he said he needed to find his pills. he became agitated or frustrated. kept on asking for his medication. and the chief, not knowing if michael was having some sort of a medical issue, allowed him to look around for his medication. keith morrison: and while supposedly hunting for pills michael then secretly snuck out the basement area of the house and went to his vehicle.
the deputy just gave him a warning. said don t go back there, go on your way. keith morrison: it was just a minor trespassing incident, after all. but now, a day later, it didn t seem so minor. time to find both cars. the dog trainer s car was no longer at the grange hall, but an alert detective noticed it here, in the parking lot of the northern lights casino, three miles from the place where the ladies had seen it. looked like blood on the back of a car. and when investigators ordered up the casino s surveillance video, they saw this. 6:21 pm, october 28th, perhaps seven hours after the ladies saw the car at the grange. here was someone driving mark s car onto the casino parking lot. whoever it was, abandoned it. and now dan luvera s investigation was moving very quickly. immediately started trying to find out who this michael oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange
his word against the ladies, the deputy let him go. the deputy just gave him a warning. said don t go back there, go on your way. keith morrison: it was just a minor trespassing incident, after all. but now, a day later, it didn t seem so minor. time to find both cars. the dog trainer s car was no longer at the grange hall, but an alert detective noticed it here, in the parking lot of the northern lights casino, three miles from the place where the ladies had seen it. looked like blood on the back of a car. and when investigators ordered up the casino s surveillance video, they saw this. 6:21 pm, october 28th, perhaps seven hours after the ladies saw the car at the grange. here was someone driving mark s car onto the casino parking lot. whoever it was, abandoned it. and now dan luvera s investigation was moving very quickly. immediately started trying to find out who this michael
denied ever being behind the grange. his word against the ladies, the deputy let him go. the deputy just gave him a warning. said don t go back there, go on your way. keith morrison: it was just a minor trespassing incident, after all. but now, a day later, it didn t seem so minor. time to find both cars. the dog trainer s car was no longer at the grange hall, but an alert detective noticed it here, in the parking lot of the northern lights casino, three miles from the place where the ladies had seen it. looked like blood on the back of a car. and when investigators ordered up the casino s surveillance video, they saw this. 6:21 pm, october 28th, perhaps seven hours after the ladies saw the car at the grange. here was someone driving mark s car onto the casino parking lot. whoever it was, abandoned it. and now dan luvera s investigation was moving very quickly. immediately started trying to find out who this michael
was moving very quickly. immediately started trying to find out who this michael oakes guy was that was seen behind the grange by the two witnesses. keith morrison: once police had michael oak s id, they discovered he was spending time with linda opdycke, mark s ex-wife. so now, two officers from the okanagan county sheriff s department paid a visit at linda s house here in winthrop, washington. and sure enough, there was michael oakes suv in her driveway. once in the house, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed, but then he said he needed to find his pills. he became agitated or frustrated. kept on asking for his medication. and the chief, not knowing if michael was having some sort of a medical issue, allowed him to look around for his medication. keith morrison: and while supposedly hunting for pills michael then secretly snuck out the basement area of the house and went to his vehicle.