there s been shots. a man just came into our house and shot my husband. this is how our story began in an ugly splash of violenc and terror what are the numbers? he s going to shoot me. but was this the beginnin of the story or the end that was the evening spokane police detectives brian sesnic and mark burbridge were pulled into the strangest case of their careers. it was the most uniqu homicide i d investigated, and i knew that from the first moments of my involvement. really? just you knew? yes it was sesnick who drov over first to the address at south hill the sort of place a homicide detective can go a whole caree without visiting a single time the house is in a ver upper-class neighborhood and the south hill, that like where you want to be in town right the street that it s on, i d never been to before
The investigation into the death of a Spokane, Wash., businessman exposes a web of malevolence extending from the Pacific Northwest to a North Dakota oil field.
The investigation into the death of a Spokane, Wash., businessman exposes a web of malevolence extending from the Pacific Northwest to a North Dakota oil field.
dream. we ended up finding a lot of people related to the oil business. i remember him telling us, i m going to make millions of dollars. a big money venture oozing with outlaws. a violent individual, been to prison for robbery. big man. probably 250 pounds of steroided rock muscle. significant criminal history. greed is what killed my dad. greed is what caused all of this. a thirst for oil, a lust for blood. i trust aid con artist. i trusted a sociopath. wild, isn t it, what can happen to a quiet little prairie town when oil comes along. yeah. among the green and pleasant landscapes of american privilege is a fine historic rise of land called the south
the victim s wife, elberta carlile, told a crazy story about a man in black bursting into the house killing her husband, looking her square in the eye but leaving her alive. so, burbridge wondered, did she hire him? in my world, wives kill husbands. the relationship is a probability. but then up at the house they heard a curious story from a neighbor. that very evening for a couple hours before the shooting a mysterious white van was parked just across the street from the carliles house. 911, what are you reporting? hi. i called crimestoppers because there s a suspicious vehicle in front of my house 30 minutes ago and now they just came back and sitting there and i m really freaked out. of course, in many if not most neighborhoods in america, a parked white van might not attract a bit of attention. maybe i m just being paranoid, but it s really bizarre that a van would be in this neighborhood. but this is the south hill, after wall. nondescript white vans don t just sho