Afoot. Brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. It was a horrible betrayal. This wasnt supposed to happen ever. It was a chilly december morning, 2020. The high desert outside of los angeles. In there, behind barbed wire and secure blocks of thick concrete, a prisoner was placed in front of a camera. It was a parole hearing, for a life or who was not supposed to be set free. 50 miles away, nervous and worried, the sisters of the mans victim listen to a live broadcast. With her, historic l. A. Homicide detective, now retired. And rick jackson. Powerless to intervene, they waited for the boards decision. And it all came flooded back. As if decades had vanished. And the strange, terrible events had only just occurred. I worked homicide, but by the end of my career what it was 20 years. And you also think that you have seen everything, and this is one of those cases that, that just did not make any sense. No, it did not. Still does not. And maybe never well. It was just
utah, resort town, ski mecca, until he got busted on the highway for that fake passport, the new hideout for fugitive duncan martinez, a prime suspect in the murder of his good friend ron baker. park city was just the next convenient place to disappear, until that inconvenient traffic stop followed by his arrest on passport fraud charges. that changed things. so duncan came up with a new plan, we get a call from duncan martinez s attorney. informing us that duncan was willing to talk to us about what happened on the night of the murder, out of the clear blue sky. so, the detectives, and duncan s attorney and the da office agreed on some ground rules, he would tell the story all right, but only in exchange for some sort of limited immunity from prosecution, otherwise no story, no dice. we worked out a deal where he could talk to us freely, we couldn t use anything he told us against him. there is a term for the deal they made, they call it king for a day. fancy. he
him and said, oh my god, he did it. i just remember screaming. probably the scariest moment my entire life. it was physically painful. it was not justice. the murders took only minutes. all these years later, the shock has yet to fade. it was a stunning time. and american legal theater. you think you might know the story of the oj simpson case, but there s a lot you probably haven t heard and seen. did nicole brown simpson actually predicts her own death? what she said to us was that oj is going to kill me. and he s going to get away with it. what went on in the jury room? not guilty of the crime of murder. all the people wanted to do was go home. in a frank interview prosecutor marsha clark answers the most important question of all. how did you not convict this guy? june 12th, 1994. brentwood, california. two horrific murders that came to be defined by just three words. the oj case. everybody seen a dramatic scene in both victims had their throats/
two people acting together? they produce a breweries in this mix? yeah. but dunkin , the king for a day, deflected and denied always blaming nathan for killing ron. the detective garcia even tried one more time to maybe illicit some kind of confession youngkin did you know i didn t. i did not stab ron in any way. you know we can t use this against you? i know. in fact, everything duncan said that day was off limits, but, as we say, there was some fine print. we told him, you cannot talk to other people, because if you talk to other people, those are potential witnesses against you. that was part of the deal. sure, said duncan martinez, a deal is a deal. they had no choice but to let him go. but soon, detectives and duncan
what, simpson is not going to get convicted. and i m going to be the one who standing by his side and he ll take care of me. kaelin told us, he cooperated fully and answered everything clark asked. and, a trial, he did detail a critical sequence of events before and after the murders. on the truth, he and simpson touch to mcdonald s for those three strange sounds he heard at 10:45 pm. sounds investigators believed simpson made when returning home after killing ron and nicole. can you demonstrate for us how loud it was? somewhat, yes. yes, go ahead. and where did that noise seem to be coming from. from the back of the wall. kato kaelin had come to hollywood looking for fame. what he found was something more powerful. longer lasting and, ultimately, upsetting. suddenly you are a key witness in a very high profile murder