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00:00You know, police asked me for help in identifying this dirtbag, so let's get busy.
00:09I'm John Walsh, and I've dedicated my entire life to locking up the worst criminals.
00:15We're tracking down one of the most ruthless gangs of lawbreakers we've ever gone after.
00:22My son Callahan and I are fired up.
00:25With your help, we're coming for fugitives, hunting them down, and putting them right
00:29where they belong, behind bars, including these that you'll see tonight.
00:34A rapper on the verge of stardom is gunned down in cold blood, just steps from a police
00:40station.
00:42We need your help to track down his suspected killer, Latare Dixon.
00:47Then, a scene straight out of a horror movie.
00:52Three people executed, and their house set on fire to cover up the crime.
00:56The hunt is on for Jason Berman.
01:00And later, a teenager goes to a party and is caught in the crossfire of a deadly drive-by.
01:07His brother, Fox News analyst, Gianno Caldwell, is here, and determined to find the killer.
01:14I've been out for justice for families like ours across the country.
01:19America's Most Wanted is the original true crime series, and we're back.
01:24You can run, but you can't hide.
01:28Hello everyone, I'm John Walsh.
01:30And I'm Callahan Walsh.
01:31And this is America's Most Wanted.
01:34We're back with a new lineup of lowlifes who think they can outrun justice and disappear,
01:39but they forgot about one thing, you.
01:42Your tips have helped us take down 1,198 fugitives, and tonight, we're asking for your help again.
01:49And for National Police Week, we want to salute the brave men and women in law enforcement
01:54for courageously protecting our communities.
01:57To those who paid the ultimate price in the line of duty, and to the survivors, we thank
02:02you and we honor your sacrifice.
02:04Now let's saddle up and get to work.
02:06We got some really bad guys to catch.
02:09In our first case, we're on the hunt for a fugitive who allegedly gunned down a talented
02:14rap star in the prime of his life.
02:16James Caldwell Jr. was just 29 years old, and with breakout tracks and videos, he was
02:23on the verge of something very big.
02:25Watch how we weather the storm.
02:27I always give him fire and he reckon I'm on.
02:29Giving my roses while I'm here.
02:31Don't wait till I'm gone.
02:36James was a breath of fresh air.
02:39We had a very strong bond where he knew he could come to me for anything, and I felt
02:44the same way.
02:45He was one of my best friends.
02:47Music was an expression for him.
02:50It was around seven or eight that he took an interest in rap music.
02:54He would have his notebook where he would just jot down his rhymes.
02:58But it started getting serious once he was entering high school.
03:03I play with my space, man, no joint, and I'm all in.
03:07Anytime he could be in the studio, James was going to be in the studio.
03:12Hold up, wait.
03:13He had won a few different showcases, including Coast to Coast Showcase in Miami that he came
03:19in first place.
03:23James loved his community.
03:25When he talked about his rap career, he was going to give back.
03:29I want to be known for community work, you know, can't stop killing kings and all that.
03:35It made my heart really proud.
03:38James' music and his message struck a chord with fans in New Rochelle and beyond.
03:44But one of his biggest fans was an old classmate named Matari Dixon.
03:49They weren't the best of friends, but they were associates.
03:53I believe he made beats.
03:55When we look back on both of their social medias, it kind of seemed that Matari was
03:59real eager to collaborate with James.
04:01James was like the main character.
04:03He was the focal point for a lot of people.
04:05Matari was kind of the opposite, a bit of a loner, a little bit of an outcast.
04:10With his career on the rise, James was in a position to give the relative unknown a
04:15shot.
04:17And in 2021, he decided to collaborate with Matari on a new song.
04:25It kind of gave Matari a shot that maybe he wasn't ready for.
04:30The track did so poorly that James took it down off of his YouTube channel.
04:38My understanding talking to people is that it was just trash and it was mainly because
04:42of the beat.
04:44It was also very evident that Matari felt he was being disrespected and he was being
04:49left behind.
04:56April 2022 is when I started to notice the negative comments on James' social media.
05:02Matari went from someone, you know, supporting James and James' music to someone now hating
05:09on him.
05:10During our investigation, we came across several text message threads.
05:14Matari is threatening James.
05:16And it was clear that it was well beyond just words.
05:23Myself and several members of the criminal investigative division were actually gearing
05:26up to make an arrest on an unrelated case.
05:30And as we're sitting there, we hear several gunshots ring out.
05:36We got a 911 call, shots fired.
05:40When we pull up on scene, we see a victim laying face down in a pool of blood, bleeding
05:44heavily from his mouth.
05:46The suspect had fled prior to us arriving.
05:52When I arrived at the hospital, I felt a family friend grab me.
05:56I remember her whispering to me, he didn't make it.
06:01And from there, I felt like somebody was choking me to death.
06:06When they brought me into the room, I said, I want to see him now.
06:10And that's when someone had said to me, you know, that they were sorry that he passed
06:16away.
06:19And I just was over him crying.
06:25It only took us about 10 minutes to spin up our whole criminal investigative division.
06:29It's kind of an all hands on deck situation.
06:32We have officers all throughout the city pulling cameras, trying to track the suspect.
06:38He's captured on numerous videos.
06:42No one in our division knew who he was.
06:45But it just so happens that one of the guys that works here walks by and says, oh, what
06:52would Matari do now?
06:55And we're like, you know who this is?
06:57And he says, yeah, I grew up with him.
06:59That's Matari Dixon.
07:03So here's what we know about Matari Dixon.
07:06Take a look.
07:07He's a 32 year old black male, six foot one and weighs 235 pounds.
07:12He has brown eyes and black hair, but his head may be shaved.
07:16He also has a tattoo of a man's face on his upper left arm.
07:19One other detail about Dixon that might help you spot him, he often wears earbuds or headphones.
07:25Dixon is wanted for murder in New York and the FBI is offering $10,000 for a tip that
07:31brings this scumbag in.
07:33Coming up, surveillance video captures the brutal moment when James Caldwell Jr.
07:40is murdered and the suspected killer casually walking away.
07:44Then a twisted family nightmare.
07:47Three people shot dead, a house in flames, and the man accused of pulling the trigger
07:52is their own stepfather.
07:55And later on, an innocent teen is killed in a hail of gunfire on the streets of Chicago.
08:01The victim's brother, Fox News analyst, Gianno Caldwell.
08:06He's fighting for justice and demanding answers.
08:09But first, we need your tips to help solve this.
08:12Take a good look.
08:14In Sacramento, California, this video captures two armed men storming a Domino's pizza
08:21just before closing, intent to rob the place.
08:26With guns drawn, the two suspects demand money from the register.
08:30The employee complies, opens the register, and pulls out the cash.
08:35But it's not enough.
08:37One suspect, growing impatient, jumps the counter and forces her to open the safe.
08:43They grab blue satchels filled with money.
08:46But in their haste, spill cash across the floor as they flee, making off with around $500.
08:55Thanks to sharp detective work, investigators identified one of the suspects
09:00as 33-year-old Johnny Battle, a man already on parole.
09:05But investigators need help identifying the second thief.
09:09He appears to be a thin, light-skinned male, estimated to be around 5'10", with a slight build.
09:17If you know who this second gunman is, call us now at 866-AMW-TIPS
09:23or go to amwtips.com.
09:27Let's get these dirtbags.
09:37Now this one is as cold-blooded as it gets.
09:40Chilling surveillance video captures the moment James Caldwell Jr. is gunned down,
09:46and the suspect, Mattari Dixon, strolling away like nothing happened.
09:54JAMES CALDWELL JR.
09:57James Caldwell Jr., we miss you.
10:00Everybody here is never going to forget you.
10:03James's death was heartbreaking for me because it was like, I can't say bye.
10:09For my parents, it's probably 50 million times harder.
10:15The pain as a mother, you're losing your child,
10:19it's just something you'll never forget,
10:24and people always say that in time it gets less,
10:28but it's just something that is hard to get through.
10:35Now that we have a positive ID on the suspect, it's Mattari Dixon,
10:38the next step is the video evidence.
10:41We have a lot of video cameras in the area.
10:43You can see an individual in a black hoodie comes down the street.
10:48And then several gunshots ring out.
10:56We see James try to flee.
10:58Then he collapses from his wounds.
11:03At this point, Mattari is running from the crime scene.
11:06He turns to the corner, and he very calmly puts his earbuds in his ears,
11:11and just calmly walks down the street like nothing happened.
11:14And he walks to Metro North train station,
11:17and he is out of New Rochelle in under 15 minutes.
11:20He's out of New York State in under 25.
11:27The FBI was called in to assist with the manhunt.
11:31We were able to track Mattari's movements through cell phone records
11:35to a bus station in New York City.
11:37He then boarded a bus and traveled southbound to Atlanta, Georgia,
11:41before finally going north into South Carolina and then into Charlotte.
11:46Turns his cell phone off. That's where that trail goes cold.
11:50He is allegedly still armed and a danger to the public.
11:54There's a family out there that's praying for good news.
11:59This is going on three years.
12:01Don't sit right with me with somebody that loved and that loyal.
12:05All you could do is pray.
12:07I lost a piece of my heart.
12:10And every day, I'm trying to push through.
12:15But I know that piece will never return.
12:19It's important to me that we get justice for him
12:23It's important to me that we get justice for him
12:27because he didn't deserve to die like that.
12:32That's my baby, and I will love him forever until I'm with him.
12:43Here with us to talk about this case is Sergeant Tim Adrian
12:46with the New Rochelle Police Department.
12:48Welcome to AMW.
12:50You were able to ID Mattari Dixon pretty quickly.
12:52Can you walk us through that?
12:53Yeah, within about four hours, as we're pulling video from all over,
12:57we got video from our cameras, but we also have several businesses in the area.
13:01No one in the detective division actually knew who he was,
13:04and one of our officers just happened to be walking by the room,
13:08says, what are you guys looking at Mattari for?
13:10And at that moment, just everything stopped.
13:12And your colleague that helped ID him, how did he know him?
13:15How was he able to spot him and recognize him so quickly?
13:18He went to school with him, and he grew up with him.
13:20Oh, wow.
13:21So it wasn't like Mattari was a career criminal.
13:23He'd been arrested 20 times, and he knew him from that.
13:26Yeah, he knew him from school.
13:27He was able to legally purchase that firearm because he'd never been in trouble before.
13:30How does that change your investigation?
13:32If he was a career criminal, they're going to go right back into their business.
13:35If they're dealing drugs, if they're a gangbanger, and sometimes we get lucky,
13:38they get picked up on something completely unrelated,
13:40and then when their fingerprints come back, we score an easy arrest off of it.
13:44That's not going to be the case with this guy.
13:46He's not a gangbanger. He's not a criminal mastermind.
13:48But he still eluded capture.
13:50It seems like he's never really held down a real job
13:53and doesn't really have any discernible skills that would help him stay on the run.
13:57When you're diving into a suspect like that, what are you looking for?
14:00We're looking to see where he might end up.
14:02If he has a certain skill set that we know, if he's a carpenter or something like that,
14:06we'd put that out trying to find out if he's being employed somewhere to keep his money flowing.
14:11He has nothing like that in his background.
14:13Is it even possible he's still working in the music industry?
14:16That seems to be his passion, so that would be my guess.
14:19That would be what he seems he would be drawn to.
14:21How do you think he's been able to elude law enforcement for this long?
14:24He's stayed off the radar. He's stayed out of trouble.
14:27He's never been arrested before this, and obviously he hasn't been arrested since this.
14:31So I think he's getting help from friends and family.
14:34When you say that, in what ways do you think they're helping him?
14:37Financially, giving him a place to lay his head, helping him maybe assume a new identity.
14:42People are looking for him, and it's been two years now and he's still laying low.
14:46For our viewers at home watching this right now, how can they help you catch this guy?
14:50Take a good look at him, and if you think you see him, call.
14:54There's many times that we make these arrests and people come out of the woodwork later
14:57saying that they saw something and they thought it was minuscule or not important.
15:01Every piece of information helps.
15:03That small piece of information they're holding onto can be what we need to break this case wide open.
15:07Absolutely. Couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for being here.
15:09Thank you for having me.
15:10Appreciate it.
15:11Take a good look at Matari Dixon.
15:13He's a 32-year-old black male, 6'1", and weighs 235 pounds.
15:18He has brown eyes and black hair, but his head may be shaved.
15:22After the murder in New Rochelle, authorities believe Dixon boarded a train to Stamford, Connecticut.
15:27He may have then taken a bus to Atlanta, Georgia, and traveled on to Charlotte, North Carolina.
15:32Authorities say Dixon has ties to a small city outside of Atlanta called Stone Mountain.
15:38The FBI is offering $10,000 for the whereabouts and the arrest of Matari Dixon.
15:43Call us at 1-866-AMW-TIPS or go to our site, amwtips.com.
15:49Coming up, it's a crime scene truly straight out of a nightmare.
15:53A triple murder, a house in flames, and a stepfather who vanishes without a trace.
16:02But first, we need your tips to help us with this.
16:06Outside a grocery store in Philadelphia is a scene of a terrifying stabbing in broad daylight.
16:15At the corner of North Broad and Blavis Street, the suspect is seen here walking into a Save-A-Lot supermarket at 12.40 PM.
16:24The security guard on duty confronts this unknown man, asking him repeatedly to leave.
16:31Moments later, the dirtbag pulls out a knife and begins stabbing the security guard multiple times.
16:38He's chased by another man, but flees the scene.
16:42Thankfully, the security guard survived, but this suspect remains at large.
16:47He's described as a 50-year-old, 5'5", African-American male with a medium build.
16:54He was seen wearing a green jacket and green camouflage pants, a gray hoodie, and tan boots.
17:00Take a look at him again.
17:02If you recognize this man, call us at 866-AMW-TIPS or go to amwtips.com and send us your information.
17:13Stay with us. We'll be right back.
17:22Welcome back.
17:23Now, this next case is the stuff of pure evil.
17:26A mother, her teenage son, and his girlfriend all shot to death, and their home burned to the ground.
17:33You won't believe who allegedly pulled the trigger and lit that match. Take a look.
17:40Our mom, Erin, was everything.
17:45My name is Kaylee Dawson, and Erin was my mother.
17:49My mother was my teacher, my counselor, the person I called in my happiest moments, and the person I called at my lowest lows.
17:58There are five of us. Kyle, Heaven, Kendra, myself, Kaylee, and Taylor.
18:03She loved being with all of us.
18:06In 2010, our mom was introduced to Jason Berman.
18:11They'd slowly fell in love.
18:15They were fun together.
18:17Their favorite hobby was jeeping, exploring the mountain roads.
18:23My mother loved him. She just knew there was something special with him.
18:31Jason is dad in my phone. I called him dad.
18:35My mom and Jason were together for eight years before they decided to tie the knot.
18:41She seemed very happy with Jason.
18:43In 2018, Jason, Erin, and Erin's son, Taylor, were living in the small rural community of Concrete, Washington.
18:52My mom was the breadwinner. She made all the money while Jason took care of the house.
18:57He made sure Taylor got off to school, took care of the dogs, did the grocery shopping, the cooking and cleaning.
19:04By 2022, there was another person spending time at the Berman house.
19:09Taylor's girlfriend, Jillian.
19:11At 18 and 19 years old, they were loving and caring toward each other.
19:16Taylor was really good with Jillian, and they were great together.
19:22It was my nephew's one-year birthday party at the lake.
19:29I don't even know if I can talk about this one.
19:32I don't even know if I can talk about this one.
19:38My mom and Taylor and Jilly and Jason were late.
19:43We were all, where's mom and Taylor? Where's Jason?
19:46And not even five minutes later, I get a call from Detective Jones.
19:51We told Kaylee that we were investigating a fatal fire at her mother's residence and that we believed that we had found her mother.
19:58I didn't quite understand what they were telling me.
20:04The nightmare began just 24 hours earlier.
20:08911, what is your emergency?
20:10I want to report a forest fire. Just black smoke, thick black smoke.
20:15I think my neighbor's house is on fire.
20:17When I got to the Berman residence, the house, which was three stories, had completely collapsed to the foundation.
20:23As the smoke cleared, we discovered one body.
20:24Aaron Berman.
20:28We were able to find two more bodies inside the residence.
20:31We suspected that the two other victims could be Taylor, Aaron's 19-year-old son, and his girlfriend, Jillian Whitney Van Boven.
20:39The police showed up and they said, we're trying to figure out where your daughter is.
20:45So I grabbed the phone and I called her father.
20:49I'm just praying that she's there.
20:52I'm just praying that she's there.
20:56And he got there and she wasn't.
21:02Jillian had a German Shepherd, Bridget.
21:05She would take her collar off at night.
21:07And first responders found Bridget roaming the property without her collar.
21:11This led us to believe that Jillian could be in the house.
21:14When Bridget finally was returned to me and I was hugging her and petting her, I looked down at my hands and they were black.
21:27It was the soot of the fire that was all over her.
21:32And realized that that was also my daughter.
21:37That that would be the last thing I would have physically ever.
21:44Tragically, a new discovery would make this already devastating event even more heartbreaking.
21:59I mean it sounds crazy. It sounds like gunshots.
22:02As we're walking around we're finding shell casings.
22:05We now have to consider that this is a crime scene and that it's not an accidental fire.
22:09We have three bodies burned beyond recognition.
22:11We were able to determine that there were four cell phones on the property belonging to Aaron, Taylor, Jillian and Jason.
22:18But Jason Berman was not found on the property nor was his blue Chevy pickup truck.
22:24This leads us to believe that now this was a homicide investigation.
22:30Jason Berman is the prime target in this manhunt.
22:33So let's haul him in.
22:35He's 50 years old, Caucasian, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds.
22:39He has blue eyes, is mostly bald and has gray hair on the sides.
22:44Authorities say he walks with a noticeable limp and frequently wears a baseball cap.
22:49His truck also disappeared that day.
22:51A blue 1994 Chevy pickup model GMT 400 with Washington plates.
22:57Authorities are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to Berman's arrest.
23:03If you've seen Jason Berman or his truck, don't wait.
23:06This family deserves closure.
23:07And justice.
23:09Coming up, investigators dig through the ashes and discover the twisted motive behind it all.
23:16Two of the victim's daughters join us with a powerful message about why we have to catch this fugitive.
23:23Plus, a teenager murdered in a drive-by shooting in Chicago.
23:27Tonight we're putting a spotlight on this case with the help from the victim's brother.
23:31Fox News analyst, Gianno Caldwell.
23:34But first, we need your help solving this.
23:38Montclair, California.
23:41A high-end sneaker boutique is hit for the third time in just one month.
23:46And this time, it's all caught on tape.
23:49Inside the Montclair Place Mall, five suspects casually stroll into the high-end sneaker and apparel store,
23:56Galleria Montclair.
23:58Moments later, four more waltz through the door.
24:02And suddenly, chaos erupts.
24:05In seconds, they ransack the store, stealing thousands in designer brands.
24:11In the middle of the chaos, one creep repeatedly yells out a name.
24:16Hey Christian! Hey Christian! Hey Christian!
24:18This crew walks off with over $10,000 in merchandise.
24:22And leaves behind another $20,000 in destruction.
24:26Witness cell phone footage captures them exiting, falling over the very items they came to steal.
24:34These guys think they're untouchable.
24:37But someone out there knows who they are.
24:40If you recognize any of them, call 866-AMW-TIPS or go to amwtips.com.
24:48And remember, you can make a difference.
24:57Welcome back.
24:59As the smoke clears, investigators piece together what led to a horrific scene.
25:05Three people murdered, their home torched, and the man they trusted long gone.
25:10We'll be joined by the family members who are still living with the devastation.
25:14And desperately searching for answers.
25:17But first, take a good look.
25:21Over three days, autopsies occurred on all three victims.
25:25And we were able to determine gunshots had been contributing circumstances to all of their deaths.
25:32My mind has just been going crazy trying to figure out what went down.
25:39If he got my mom first.
25:41If he got my dad first.
25:42If he got Taylor and Jillian first.
25:47I'm still in shock.
25:50We believe that the house had been set on fire to destroy the evidence.
25:58We got an arrest warrant for Jason Berman for three counts of murder in the second degree.
26:03And at this point, our focus was learning everything we could about him.
26:07We found out he'd been in a very serious motorcycle accident a couple years prior.
26:11He had broken quite a few bones, his femur, some ribs.
26:15When he returned home,
26:20he was angry.
26:22He was angry that his body didn't work as well as it had before.
26:26And after the accident, allegedly, Jason got addicted to painkillers.
26:34Jason spiraled from the painkillers after his accident.
26:38I believe there was a lot of arguing about Taylor as well.
26:43Jason had vented to me about Taylor being a lazy or sloppy teenager.
26:51My mother always stood up for Taylor.
26:54She would say, settle down, Jason.
26:56Stop being so hard on him.
26:58With the spiral, our mom was considering a divorce.
27:02They'd recently paid off their divorce.
27:04They'd recently paid off their house with his inheritance.
27:07When we talk about motive, if they divorced, he could have lost everything.
27:17I want Jason in prison.
27:20Every day I wake up, and I'm shocked all over again.
27:24Jason meant a lot to me.
27:26He was just there for me.
27:28It's the ultimate betrayal.
27:29It truly feels like three chunks of my life are gone.
27:36I just want to know why Jason felt that his life was more valuable
27:44than Aaron's, Taylor's, and Jillian's.
27:51There's nothing that can bring them back.
27:54We are very grateful to have with us Aaron Berman's daughters, Kaylee and Kendra.
28:00Thank you for being with us.
28:02But first, let me say, I know your pain.
28:05I know what you're going through, waiting for justice.
28:09Let's go back to the beginning.
28:11You were pretty close to your stepfather, weren't you?
28:13Absolutely, yeah.
28:15He'd been on our lives the last 15 years.
28:18He was my stepfather.
28:19I mean, we loved him.
28:21I thought he loved us and my mother, and he's dad in my phone,
28:25so my son shares a middle name with him because of, you know,
28:29I named my son after this man.
28:31It was Grandpa Jason, you know?
28:33It's inconceivable, isn't it?
28:35Yeah.
28:37What were your first thoughts when you heard there was a fire?
28:39I thought it was an accident.
28:41Right.
28:43The house runs on propane.
28:44A lot of appliances and things.
28:46Uh-huh.
28:48So you thought it might have been an accident,
28:50and he would be in the house.
28:52Mm-hmm.
28:53I mean, it's just so terrible.
28:55So you lost three loved ones.
28:57Yeah.
28:59Our mother and youngest brother are gone.
29:01The boy he raised from four years old to 19,
29:03and his beautiful, sweet girlfriend.
29:05How is the rest of the family dealing with this?
29:08I think we're all really struggling.
29:10My older brother still lives 15 minutes
29:11from the fire.
29:13He's trying to move out of there
29:15just because, you know, he can't sleep,
29:17and we're mentally struggling with a lot of it.
29:20Absolutely.
29:22Anger, sadness, all of it.
29:24All of it.
29:26What did he do to make a living?
29:28He had a couple odd jobs over the years,
29:30but he really didn't make a living.
29:32He drove a dumb truck building logging roads
29:34for a little bit.
29:36He knows all the logging roads.
29:38He knows, you know, all the trailheads
29:39and the lakes.
29:41He knew the area so well.
29:43And he knows people that have little cabins
29:45here and there or, you know.
29:47That might be vacant that he could hold up in
29:49because there are literally hundreds of cabins.
29:51And they're hidden.
29:53And then he did drive long-haul trucking.
29:55So he could have grabbed a long-haul truck
29:57and drove across the country.
29:59I mean, he's capable of it, I suppose.
30:01If he's an 18-wheeler, he could do that.
30:03He knows how to do that.
30:05He wasn't working.
30:07How do you think he's surviving out there?
30:09Well, he is a hoarder, kind of.
30:11Hoarder.
30:13I would describe him as a hoarder.
30:15He liked to collect guns, money, gold,
30:17things like that,
30:19as well as other, like, camping gear.
30:21What hobbies or passions did he have?
30:23He loved getting a deal.
30:25He loved garage sailing
30:27and the swapmeet and stuff like that.
30:29So as crazy as he is or seems to be,
30:31he could go to a flea market, right?
30:33Absolutely.
30:35He could pick up stuff he needed.
30:37You don't think he's got anybody helping him?
30:39Rumors that there is a lady
30:41that is helping him or was helping him.
30:43Possible girlfriend.
30:45I can't fathom that anybody would want
30:47to be harboring him or helping him.
30:49He was a talker.
30:51He knew how to talk.
30:53He was a likable person.
30:55Likable, but did you ever wonder
30:57and worry about his behavior?
30:59Looking back now after this,
31:01I see that he was possessive over his things
31:03and could be frustrated by helping people out.
31:07Like, everybody's out to use him
31:10when that was never the case.
31:12We would be going to our mother who...
31:14Right, running them out.
31:16Yeah.
31:18I just feel if I had seen some signs,
31:22maybe I could have talked with her.
31:25We had good conversations about relationships
31:27and had I known maybe this wasn't
31:31a good relationship, I don't know.
31:33I just, I would say I'm sorry.
31:34I know your pain from having lost a loved one,
31:37but it's not your fault.
31:39You know it's not your fault.
31:41I know.
31:43Your mother was a good, great mother.
31:45All of you say the same things,
31:47and you all loved her so much.
31:49Every single day, something reminds me of her.
31:52I mean, you know, I want to call her right now
31:54and tell her how this went.
31:56I want to share everything with her.
31:59You deserve the justice.
32:01You deserve the peace of mind.
32:02And I think our viewers are going to help do that.
32:06Proud of you, good ladies.
32:08Thank you so much.
32:10God bless.
32:12Cal, let's take another good look at Jason Berman.
32:14He's a 50-year-old Caucasian male,
32:165 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds.
32:19He has blue eyes, is mostly bald,
32:21and has gray hair on the sides.
32:23Authorities say he walks with a noticeable limp
32:25and often wears a baseball cap.
32:27Berman allegedly fled the crime scene
32:29in Concrete, Washington,
32:30driving a blue 1994 Chevy pickup model,
32:33GMT-400, with Washington plates.
32:36It's possible he crossed the Canadian border
32:38where he has relatives.
32:40But Berman also has connections to Texas,
32:42Ohio, and New York,
32:44where he has other family and a work history.
32:46If you think you've seen Berman or his truck,
32:48call us with your tips at 1-866-AMW-TIPS
32:52or go to amwtips.com.
32:54Coming up, an innocent life stolen
32:57in a drive-by robbery.
32:58An innocent life stolen in a drive-by shooting.
33:01The victim's big brother,
33:03Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell,
33:05is asking for your help
33:07to find the dirtbag who pulled the trigger.
33:10Now stay with us.
33:19Welcome back.
33:21Christian Berman was just 18 years old.
33:24He had his whole life in front of him.
33:26Until he was shot dead on the streets of Chicago.
33:29Now his brother, Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell,
33:33is turning to AMW
33:35because a killer is still out there.
33:37And it's way past time to bring him in.
33:40Take a look.
33:42June 24, 2022, my life changed forever
33:45when my innocent teenage baby brother Christian
33:47was murdered on the south side of Chicago.
33:50Christian Berman was a high school senior
33:53with dreams of college and a bright future.
33:56ahead of him.
33:58But in an instant, it was gone.
34:02The 18-year-old was outside a house
34:05after a party around 2 a.m.
34:08when a black SUV pulled up.
34:11Gunmen jumped out and opened fire.
34:1650 shots rang out.
34:18Two people were wounded.
34:20But Christian was hit multiple times
34:23and died at the scene.
34:26I'm 35 and I'm planning a funeral for my baby brother.
34:31That shouldn't be happening.
34:33Gianno Caldwell is a Fox News political analyst.
34:37And after his brother's tragic shooting,
34:40his colleagues made it their mission
34:42to highlight his story.
34:44We know today is an emotional day for you.
34:46Gianno, I don't have words.
34:48I really don't.
34:50Except my heart aches for you.
34:52But even after two years,
34:54the case hasn't been solved.
34:58I continue to march for hope
35:01and pray that the people who murdered my little brother
35:04are found and brought to justice.
35:06Christian Berman's murder made national news.
35:09But for Gianno Caldwell,
35:11this wasn't just a headline.
35:13If I wasn't on national television,
35:15people probably wouldn't care.
35:17My family has forever been shattered.
35:20And so many families across the United States
35:21are dealing with very similar tragedies.
35:24It is time for us to speak out
35:26and hold criminals accountable
35:28to ensure that Christian's legacy means something.
35:34Joining us is Christian's brother, Gianno Caldwell,
35:37and a friend of mine.
35:39He's a founder of the Caldwell Institute for Public Safety.
35:42Glad you're here.
35:44It's an honor to be with you, John.
35:46Thank you. You're here for a very sad reason.
35:48Yes.
35:49You and I have been involved for three years now.
35:52That's exactly right.
35:54It's been almost three years
35:56we've been having this conversation.
35:58Three years that I've not even really been able
36:00to grieve my brother.
36:02Where were you when you found out about your brother?
36:04I was home in Miami
36:06when I discovered what happened.
36:08My sister Mia called me
36:10in a panic, crying.
36:12And she said, Christian's gone.
36:14I didn't understand what that meant.
36:17I didn't know if he left and went somewhere
36:19but she said, no, he's been murdered.
36:21The nightmare just started.
36:23What do you think happened that night?
36:25How did he get caught in the crossfire?
36:27What happened, how it happened, I don't know.
36:29Because in Chicago,
36:31just about any place you go
36:33is the wrong place, wrong time.
36:35Absolutely.
36:36Not only that, the city of Chicago
36:38needs 2,000 new police detectives
36:40to handle the current workload.
36:42It's an impossible job that they have.
36:44One year I went there,
36:46there were 800 plus murders
36:47made it to the courtroom.
36:49How is that possible?
36:51I always go there and see these families,
36:53just like your family.
36:55We need closure, we need justice.
36:57We want to put that behind us.
36:59It's not happening in Chicago.
37:01That's exactly right.
37:03On the day of the funeral,
37:05I was outside the church
37:07doing television because,
37:09and I would rather have been with my family,
37:11but the people who did this
37:13are still out there.
37:15I recognize that there's more help needed
37:17to know about the suspect or the suspects.
37:20From what I understand,
37:22it was a black SUV,
37:24three to four African American men with dreads.
37:26They got out at 114 South Vincent Street in Chicago.
37:29Important.
37:31And they started firing.
37:33From what I've been told,
37:35it was over a Facebook video
37:37that was posted of two men fighting
37:39and one guy beat up badly
37:41and he wanted revenge for it being posted.
37:43Those are the details that we are aware,
37:45but I know that the streets know a whole lot more
37:47for the 30 years of doing this
37:49that somebody knows something.
37:51Somebody saw something.
37:53They're usually just too afraid,
37:55and I keep saying you don't need to be afraid.
37:57You can get this hurting family justice.
37:59And this is a very unique opportunity for them.
38:01One, they can get some reward money
38:03and they can also free their conscience
38:05because they know that an innocent kid
38:07was slaughtered that night.
38:09Do the right thing.
38:11Yes.
38:12What would it mean to your family
38:14if they caught the guy?
38:15It would mean that they get the justice
38:17by him serving life in prison.
38:19And I think that's important.
38:21And I think it's also important to know.
38:23I had this interview when this first happened
38:25and I said I could forgive this guy.
38:27And people said,
38:29how could that be the case?
38:31Your brother was just murdered.
38:33With accountability, there can be forgiveness
38:35because this guy can turn his life around in jail.
38:37He can be a change agent.
38:39My brother, I can never get him back.
38:41But what I can do is make good from his death.
38:43And that's exactly why I established
38:45the Congress testifying
38:47before the Judiciary Committee
38:49on Violent Crime in Chicago
38:51on the field hearing.
38:53There's so many stories that aren't being told
38:55and those stories need light as well.
38:57This started about my brother.
38:59And I said that his legacy would mean something
39:01and now this is his legacy
39:03to shed light for other families
39:05to prevent tragedies like this from happening.
39:07I always said it with Adam.
39:09We wanted to make sure he didn't die in vain.
39:11Absolutely.
39:13And we're going to do everything we can.
39:15We're going to continue his support.
39:17When America's Most Wanted shows up
39:19with our white hot spotlight in that city,
39:21we usually get results.
39:23The cases that you have done
39:25over the almost 1,200 people you brought to justice
39:27has made a difference.
39:29And I just remember watching America's Most Wanted
39:31on the Saturday nights
39:33and just seeing John Walsh saving lives
39:35and bringing people to justice.
39:37And I hope I'm able to say here,
39:39John Walsh was the guy who made it happen.
39:41Right.
39:43You never get over this.
39:45Very clearly, John.
39:47You never get over it.
39:49Bleeding hole that never heals up.
39:51Never, never.
39:53And it's unfortunate that that's the reality,
39:55but I'm in a place where I'm learning
39:57about these experiences.
39:59Justice is the only end result that means anything.
40:01We're going to catch the guy
40:03or guys that killed your brother.
40:05I hope that these cages are really rattled
40:07and people are coming forth with new tips
40:09that's going to help solve this.
40:11You're a very strong man. Hang in there.
40:13Thank you, my friend.
40:15Let's hope that John Bonanno and his family
40:17get the justice they've been fighting for
40:19and take a killer off the streets.
40:21If you know anything, anything at all
40:23that could help solve this case, don't wait.
40:25Call us at 1-866-AMW-TIPS
40:27or head to amwtips.com.
40:30And when we come back, we'll take another look
40:32at the fugitives we profiled tonight
40:34who need to be found and put away for good.
40:37Stay with us.
40:39You don't want to miss what's next.
40:46Welcome back.
40:48Let's take another look
40:50at who we're tracking down tonight.
40:52Matari Dixon is accused of shooting
40:54an up-and-coming rap star in New Rochelle, New York.
40:57Investigators say he hopped a train
40:59then vanished into the South.
41:01He's a 32-year-old black male,
41:036'1", and weighs 235 pounds.
41:06He has brown eyes and black hair,
41:08though his head might be shaved.
41:10Authorities say Dixon is rarely seen
41:12without either earbuds or headphones on.
41:13So be on the lookout for that.
41:15The FBI is offering $10,000
41:17for his whereabouts and for his arrest.
41:20Jason Berman is accused
41:22of killing his own family
41:24and burning down their house
41:26to cover up his crime.
41:28He's most likely on the run
41:30in the Pacific Northwest.
41:32He's 50 years old, Caucasian,
41:345'11", and weighs 210 pounds.
41:37He has blue eyes, is mostly bald,
41:39and has gray hair on the sides.
41:41Authorities say he walks
41:43with a noticeable limp
41:45and often wears a baseball cap.
41:47He was last seen driving
41:49a blue 1994 Chevy pickup
41:51with Washington plates.
41:53Authorities are offering
41:55a $15,000 reward
41:57for information leading
41:59to Berman's arrest.
42:01And please, we need your help
42:03to find the killers who took the life
42:05of 18-year-old Christian Beeman
42:07while he was at a party in Chicago.
42:09Somebody out there knows
42:11what happened that night,
42:13so if you have any information
42:15about these fugitives, don't wait.
42:17Every minute counts.
42:19Call 1-866-AMW-TIPS
42:22or visit amwtips.com.
42:25Now before we go,
42:27let's take a quick look ahead
42:29to next week in a fugitive
42:31we're hunting for.
42:33A quiet mountain town.
42:35As beautiful as it is,
42:37there's just kind of an evil.
42:39A missing couple
42:41in a twisted trail
42:43now an accused killer
42:45is off the grid
42:47and on the run.
42:49That's next week
42:51on America's Most Wanted.
42:53Thank you for watching this week.
42:55I'm Callahan Walsh.
42:57Stay safe and we'll see you next time.
42:59And I'm John Walsh.
43:01And remember, you can make a difference.
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