california at the time of the muferd. not only was he not in texas, he was on the other side of the country. he was. was there anything to suggest that he had some kind of vendetta against the chapa family? we were not able to find any connection between cristobal melchor and the chapa family or the olgin family. he then showed melchor the letter, and melchor was stunned. but he was even more surprised when he saw his picture on the last page of the letter. that was because melchor immediately recognized the photo. he knew when and where it was taken. plus, he said, the original photograph was of two people. the missing man, he said, was his former roommate, david strickland. if the snapshot was a surprise to melchor, the name david strickland was an even bigger one for detective volaman. turns out, he had crossed paths with david strickland before. i had interviewed david strickland in 2012, just days
her safety, and so we moved very quickly to make sure that she was safe, that she was protected. and they re like, okay, you know what, you need to leave town. like, no one could know where i was at. only my family knew where i was at. with kristene in a safe place, volaman went straight to layton, utah. with the help of the local pd, he was soon sitting across from his new person of interest. cristobal melchor said he was on a training exercise in california at the time of the muferd. not only was he not in texas, he was on the other side of the country. he was. was there anything to suggest that he had some kind of vendetta against the chapa family? we were not able to find any connection between cristobal melchor and the chapa family or the olgin family. he then showed melchor the letter, and melchor was stunned. but he was even more surprised when he saw his picture on the last page of the letter. that was because melchor immediately recognized the photo. he kne