coralluzzo himself, but they couldn t find him. so they asked tavara for help. do you know where george is? i said george is dead. drowned the year before while swimming in a river in new jersey. still, to satisfy the d.a., investigators had to make a case that coralluzzo was either guilty or innocent. but because dead men don t talk, it meant they had to slog through seven years of reports and interviews and statements. and it was two years after paige s body was discovered, while wading through that mountain of material, an investigator stumbled on an overlooked piece of evidence that would change the whole case. it was security camera video of coralluzzo s friends, including tavar at a market the night paige disappeared. coralluzzo wasn t in the video, mind you. but the time stamp backed up the story minute by minute that tavara had been telling the
somebody? george was a sketchy person, and he totally did this. the coralluzzo she knew, she said, was cunning enough to have one of his pals help him. somebody like this guy, his best friend, jose tavara. detectives suspected that too. so they found tavara, brought him in for questioning. and what do you know? he d recently injured his arm. he had a bandage on him and the cop asked me. what is that? the detective goes what happened there. i said i burned myself at work. well, are you good enough of a friend to burn a car down for george, you know. it with was a traumatic time what with the fruitless search for the mission mother of three, loved by so many, who turned out to have secrets, and the day planner. and voice mails and phone
he was intoxicated, like slurring his words, you know, not being able to focus. he wouldn t have been able to, you know, murder her and then go get rid of the body. he was incapable of it. of course tavara might have been lying to protect his friend. detectives wanted to talk to coralluzzo himself, but they couldn t find him, so he asked tavara for help. they were like do you know where george is? i said george is dead. drowned the year before while swimming in a river in new jersey. still, to satisfy the da investigators had to make a case that coralluzzo was either guilty or innocent, but because dead men don t talk, it meant they had to slog through seven years of reports and interviews and statements. and it was two years after paige s body was discovered, while wading through that mountain of material an investigator stumbled on an
started tavara and the other army soldier were riding in when it was hit by a rocket. the vehicle exploded, spun around and by the time i got up there, tavare was next to the vehicle. captain lombardo pulled joel away from the wreckage. he was engulfed in flames from the explosion. he was making noises so i knew he was alive. reporter: but just barely. he had combination of severe head injuries and severe burns throughout the the body. amputation, multiple neurological problems. i came from work. my husband is waiting for me. he said i have to tell you something. he walked in and i said we have to talk. she immediately gave a sense, and said it s joel. don t tell me nothing happened to my son.
started tavara and the other army soldier were riding in when it was hit by a rocket. the vehicle exploded, spun around and by the time i got up there, tavare was next to the vehicle. captain lombardo pulled joel away from the wreckage. he was engulfed in flames from the explosion. he was making noises so i knew he was alive. reporter: but just barely. he had combination of severe head injuries and severe burns throughout the the body. amputation, multiple neurological problems. i came from work. my husband is waiting for me. he said i have to tell you something. he walked in and i said we have to talk. she immediately gave a sense, and said it s joel. don t tell me nothing happened to my son.