Ammunition and guns. Firearms on magnets behind tapestries, firearms in drawers all over this house. He had his arm around a big roll of plastic. And my brain goes, theres a body. Could anyone put it all together and sleuth out the truth . What did that say to you . Well, it says a lot to me. Reporter october 28th, 2009. Routine call, middle of the day. Dispatch sent a squad car to talk to the two ladies whod phoned it in. What was it they said . Two cars where they shouldnt be . Someone moving something bulky from one to the other. Back when it started, the love birds should have known probably that it was too good to be true. Or too good to last anyway. After all, he seemed something of a selfmade mutt and she the purebred heiress type, the goldenhaired daughter of a wealthy alpha male. Whatever. By the time they promised their eternal love, the clock to its end was ticking. Inaudible to them, of course. Like a whistle only a dog can hear. Which, come to think of it, begs the questio
dog. and the setting for mark s dog whispering business? incomparable. oh, it s beautiful. it s a wonderful place. kiket island is what it s called. an 84-acre teardrop of primeval forest and meadows and beaches plunked a few feet offshore, a 90-minute commute north of seattle. the dogs could go swimming in the water there. there s plenty of trail walks. and it was just really, really outdoorsy and beautiful. outdoorsy and beautiful are words which also happen to describe the human love of mark s life, linda opdycke. the willowy blonde daughter of wally opdycke, the wealthy investor who d once helped found chateau ste. michelle winery. linda seemed a perfect match for mark, according to the clients and friends who knew him best. she was mark two. you know, i mean, they were peas in a pod. they had similar hobbies. they d hunt and fish, you know, go camp somewhere. that kind of stuff. he just thought she was the most wonderful thing since sliced bread basically. very pro
clearly tell. he just thought she was beautiful, wonderful, smart. never, never, ever said anything bad about her. never. seemed to be in love? he was. he was totally totally crazy about her. it was linda s father, wally opdycke, who owned kiket island. mark and linda lived there on wally s island and grew their very successful business together. and then in 2002, they made their union permanent. an intimate wedding ceremony in the presidential suite of the las vegas four seasons. here was wally opdycke toasting his new son-in-law. mark, welcome to the opdycke family. but maybe nothing is forever. it was just three years later when linda told the employees she was taking an extended vacation. alone. and that vacation kept extending and extending, and she just never came back.
rarely enough. the assumptions are not the same thing as evidence. and we didn t have any evidence to support that they are directly involved other than what jennifer thompson told us. why not just call them in and ask them? they wouldn t talk to us. we got a letter and a phone call from wally s attorney immediately after michiel oakes arrest, stating that wally opdycke would not talk to us. well, had you asked him by then? no, we have not even requested to interview wally. we hadn t even called him. what did you think? well, i thought, wow, huge red flags. i thought, wow, this guy, we haven t even asked to talk to him and he already has an attorney. and the attorney is already contacting us telling us not to contact wally opdycke? it was crazy. same with linda. she hired an attorney right away. linda invoked her fifth amendment right to remain silent. a judge ultimately ordered her to sit for a deposition. still didn t say anything. pretty much every question
he had absolutely no plan. none. and if there s no plan afterwards, i think it leads you to the conclusion that there was no plan beforehand. really? here was the prosecutor s closing. i will say this, the more charitable view of motive would be that ms. opdycke and mr. oakes, perhaps they really did fear for their safety for some reason, but the evidence doesn t support it. now, the less charitable view is that the defendant set out on a path of cold, calculated execution. was it because there was some feelings of revenge after this incredibly contentious divorce? was it to prove himself to ms. opdycke for some reason? the fact is we ll never know because the defendant has taken all steps necessary to obscure the truth. and the deceit needs to stop now. thank you. up to the jury then, and as