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
the madsen tunnel? yeah. it s a pretty foil place to die. the murder happened on the summer solstice. this whole occult story came out. there is evidence of a cult activities taking place up there before. he told me that he had witnessed a murder. [inaudible] and that he was helping the police with it. little by little it started coming out. there had been some plot afoot. brutal, and violence, and chaotic, they are vicious killers. it was a horrible betrayal. this wasn t 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 man s victim listen to a live broadcast. with her, historic l. a. homicide detective, now retired. and rick jackson. powerless to interve
And south to sunnyvale. It also came down in the east bay. This is what some people in oakland woke up to this morning, thats hail covering a deck. Slowmoving storm swept across the bay area overnight, dumped more than an inch and a half of rain on some east bay cities. And our wild mix of weather brought snow to higher elevations. Mt. Hamilton in Santa Clara County received 2 inches of snow so far. The observatorys Visitors Center was closed today and caltrans closed mt. Hamilton road at the park. It could remain closed tomorrow. To the east bay, look at the whitecaps atop mt. Diablo, the scene from the walnut creek camera. We can expect unsettled weather through monday. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is following the system. Its been a wild day weatherwise. The question became what didnt see hail today . Live doppler 7 the last few hours showing you just a peppering of showers that have moved through the bay area. Live doppler 7 showing you as it got right down into street level,
President trump has a full day of meetings ahead with cabinet members as the fbi refutes his allegation that former president Obama Wiretapped him. In fact, sources say fbi director james comey is now calling on the Justice Department to publicly reject the claims as the president calls on congress to investigate them. Abcs lana zak has the latest from washington. Reporter today, the senate is expecting to hear more from the attorney general Jeff Sessions abut his meetings with the russian ambassador. Overshadowing that is the fallout from the president s twitter bomb. Terrible, he tweets, just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. Nothing found. But the president provided no evidence to back up these claims and a senior Justice Department official told abc news the director of the fbi himself, james comey, has asked the Justice Department to publicly reject the president s five twitter statements as false. The former director of National Inte