Afoot. Brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. It was a horrible betrayal. This wasnt supposed to happen ever. It was a chilly december morning, 2020. The high desert outside of los angeles. In there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. It was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the mans victim listen to a live broadcast. With her, historic l. A. Homicide detective, now retired. And rick jackson. Powerless to intervene, they waited for the boards decision. And it all came flooded back. As if decades had vanished. And the strange, terrible events had only just occurred. I worked homicide, but by the end of my career what it was 20 years. And you also think that you have seen everything, and this is one of those cases that, that just did not make any sense. No, it did not. Still does not. And maybe never well. It was just
the madsen tunnel? yeah. it s a pretty foil place to die. the murder happened on the summer solstice. this whole occult story came out. there is evidence of a cult activities taking place up there before. he told me that he had witnessed a murder. [inaudible] and that he was helping the police with it. little by little it started coming out. there had been some plot afoot. brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. it was a horrible betrayal. this wasn t supposed to happen ever. it was a chilly december morning, 2020. the high desert outside of los angeles. in there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. it was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the man s victim listen to a live broadcast. with her, historic l. a. homicide detective, now retired. and rick jackson. powerless to interve
duncan,a former marine reservist was bright and funny to ron s quiet tried. duncan got a job after high school, we ll run went to college. they both grew up in l.a., and we re best friends for years. duncan stepfather was a professor at ucla where ron went to school. nathan was from detroit. ended up in l.a. after serving in the army. he had been a great athlete growing up. a football star. runner up boxing champ as a teenager. he was the most recent member of the trio. duncan told detectives that on the night of the murder, summer souls this, ron had planned to take the bus to ucla to visit his circle friends. he adds for a ride to the bus stop. so they dropped him off. and ron went where he went. and that, said duncan, was the last time he and nathan ever