back to the hit note, to where it s found. he doesn t know garrett warren. their interaction was brief at that barbecue. detectives kept after quiroz, they knew who ordered the hit wanted garrett dead because here s one more twist, the postmark on the note is in after the shooting, meaning it s not so much a hit note as a note explaining to someone how to go back and finish the job. it s a rehit if you want to call it that. that finish the job note started to unravel the mystery. that was really kind of what broke the case open. that was quite frankly the lifeline we had on this case. the one unavoidable piece of evidence that finally cracked miguel quiroz. finally he admits he was one of the middle men. miguel quiroz admits while he wasn t the shooter, he was in on the plot and he was caught by his own carelessness.
it fit his character really. a martial artist and former fighter. not only did he survive, but able to identify his shooter, a man caught with what looked like a hit note in his car. they tell you his name is miguel. that name mean anything to you? not at the time. it sounded at first like a strong case. but the more law enforcement and prosecutor chun ininvestigated, the weaker it seemed to become. mostly what you ve done is help prove your defendant s alibi? sure, so far and eventually it really proved the alibi he didn t do this. remember, multitim witnesses put him 80 miles away from garrett s home on night of the shooting of the then like a scene from column bow came this case, something the prosecutors saw during a court hearing. i m noticing something, miguel quiroz is left handed and the shooter was described as right handed. and that s say little odd. odd because what left handed person would try to commit murder with the gun in his right hand. like out of a
i don t know. that s only the start of the twists in this hollywood mystery. this is one of those stranger-than-fiction kind of things. certainly nobody would write a consistent like this. the most stunning twist was what didn t happen. my mom said, don t you [ bleep ] die. that hit me harder than the bullets. my mom never swore. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, as they say in hollywood, the plot thickens. here s josh mankowitz. ready, and action. ugh! ah! action. action! action! it rank second only to money as the single-most important word in hollywood. and here in l.a. where life and art are often the same thing, there s a real-life drama that rivals any action movie with a plot that includes all the elements of classic film noir. cut. a mystery featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stuntman who takes the fall. and as for the money, we ll get to that. let s start with the biggest name on the marquee, joe p
consistent like this. the most stunning twist was what didn t happen. my mom said, don t you [ bleep ] die. that hit me harder than the bullets. my mom never swore. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, as they say in hollywood, the plot thickens. here s josh mankiewicz. ready, and action. ugh! ah! action. action! action! it rank second only to money word in hollywood. and here in l.a. where life and art are often the same thing, there s a real-life drama that rivals any action movie with a plot that includes all the elements of classic film noir. cut. a mystery featuring an assassin, a femme fatale, a hollywood star, and a stuntman who takes the fall. and as for the money, we ll get to that. let s start with the biggest name on the marquee, joe pesci, famous for his roles as a cold-blooded killer. don t move! this drama would co-star pesci s ex-wife, claudia haro, a model and actress who appeared with pesci in the film casino. with the