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He wanted a lifestyle where he could be there for his family, for his kids. Reporter thats what made what happened so startling. It was dark when they got there. They found the body upstairs in the master bedroom. The victim was clearly shot with a handgun. The kids are missing, julie was missing. Reporter was this a case of murder . This is our neighborhood. These are our friends. Youre just in utter shock reporter there were secrets in that house. Who would unlock them . I didnt want my friends to know, i didnt want my family to know devious. Manipulative. This was our best friend. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. Reporter grief, like the in waves. Ride the waves or sink, it seemed to say. Ride them again and again. Its just a shot through the reporter once there were four fast friends. Four tall men, before it all went down and the waves took on their new meaning. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter no. Except i
It was dark when they got there. They found the body upstairs in the master bedroom. The victim was clearly shot with a handgun. The kids are missing, julie was missing. Reporter was this a case of murder . This is our neighborhood. These are our friends. Youre just in utter shock reporter there were secrets in that house. Who would unlock them . I didnt want my friends to know, i didnt want my family to know devious. Manipulative. This was our best friend. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. Reporter grief, like the in waves. Ride the waves or sink, it seemed to say. Ride them again and again. Its just a shot through the heart. Reporter once there were four fast friends. Four tall men, before it all their new meaning. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter no. Except it did. And when it did . Just felt like someone hit you in the stomach really hard and wanted to cry. Reporter what could they do . Ride, its what harp wo
Reporter once there were four fast friends. Four tall men, before it all went down and the waves took on their new meaning. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter no. Except it did. And when it did . Just felt like someone hit you in the stomach really hard and wanted to cry. Reporter what could they do . Ride, its what harp would have wanted, after all. Reporter harp. Jason harper, sports loving, outdoors loving california boy. With a childhood best friend named paul severns who, as they we were always together. In the early years, he was always taller than me. But then i caught up to him. We were both the two tallest guys in school. Reporter so when they got to high school, there was one sport they were very wellsuited to play, volleyball. Harp was a stud, you know. Im not gonna lie to you. He was he was you know, mvp on the team. Reporter yes, and went on to play at ucla. Where he met jeremy brandt. Here they are together on ucla bruins talk, on Public Access tv. Everybody came ba
Manipulative. This was our best friend. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. Reporter grief, like the ocean, rolled into their lives in waves. Ride the waves or sink, it seemed to say. Ride them again and again. Its just a shot through the heart. Reporter once there were four fast friends. Four tall men, before it all went down and the waves took on their new meaning. It didnt have to end like this. Reporter no. Except it did. And when it did . Just felt like someone hit you in the stomach really hard and wanted to cry. Reporter what could they do . Ride, its what harp would have wanted, after all. Reporter harp. Outdoors loving california boy. With a childhood best friend named paul severns who, as they grew, became tall paul. We were always together. In the early years, he was always taller than me. But then i caught up to him. We were both the two tallest guys in school. Reporter so when they got to high school, there wa