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00:09Police are trying to figure out what led to a woman's death inside her home.
00:14She was great. She was very friendly.
00:16Great mom, very involved with her kids.
00:19She was about to get married. The wedding was like a week away.
00:23It looks like a gunshot went, and that's all I know right now.
00:26For an innocent mother of three to be killed in such a tragic manner in their own home, it's terrifying.
00:33Everything about this case rotates around three people.
00:40He was lying about where he was at.
00:46I interviewed him five times, but I couldn't get him over the fence.
00:50If anybody's going to break this case, it's going to be Ranger Holland.
00:56You're a little bitch. You got screwed.
01:00Investigators have done just about everything they can do.
01:03But this is your opportunity to make it right.
01:06At the end of the day, someone had to talk.
01:37Hey James.
01:38Jim Holland with the Rangers. How you doing?
01:40Yes, sir.
01:42Doing all right?
01:43Sit down, sit down, sit down.
01:49How's life treating you today?
01:53Another day in...
01:54Paradise, eh?
01:57Nothing like paradise.
01:59I'm working a case from Rallette, a small city outside of Dallas.
02:0429-year-old James Valeta is in jail for unrelated charges.
02:08He's also a person of interest in the murder of Laura Gorilla.
02:12I'm what they call a UCF Ranger, all right?
02:15An unsolved crime investigation team.
02:18A super elite group.
02:20To be a UCF Ranger, you've got to be really, really good at what you do, okay?
02:23It's like the epitome.
02:24It's the top level.
02:25And basically, I report to the governor.
02:28You actually remind me of the mention of the Texas Rangers that I heard about.
02:31The old Wild West days.
02:33Yeah, yeah.
02:33They'll send all these marshals and sheriffs in there.
02:36It took one Texas Ranger.
02:38One Wyatt and one Ranger, right?
02:41Rallette PD tells me they have a murder that occurred six months ago.
02:45They have several suspects, but they're not having any luck getting any of them to talk.
02:50The case remains unsolved.
02:52Why am I talking to you?
02:54Why am I sitting here today?
02:55Well, because we got a murder that's gone unsolved for six months.
02:59At the end of the day, there's just people that need to be punished.
03:01Can't get away with murder.
03:03You know where I'm going with this?
03:29I just shot off and I went to the kitchen and I saw.
03:33I saw my face by the rain on the floor.
03:40Okay, she's not moving.
03:46Hold on, let me get you some help going, okay?
03:51When the paramedics arrived, they realized that there was a woman shot on the ground and she was not alive.
03:57So immediately, they got out of the home to wait for officers.
04:12All right, take a point.
04:14They make sure that there's no one in the house or nobody else is injured.
04:18All right, let's back out.
04:23Ten, house is cleared.
04:25Three officers coming out.
04:26Clear?
04:27Yeah.
04:28The neighbors are coming out of the woodwork.
04:30I'm putting out a firelight station.
04:32The officers called for investigators and that's when we showed up to the scene.
04:43It was obvious to us that she had been shot one time in the head.
04:48I don't see any spatter going any other way though.
04:52The patrolman identifies the victim as Laura Guerrillo based on a Rolette Police Department ID tag that she has.
05:02Laura was a volunteer at the Rolette Police Department.
05:07It didn't make sense.
05:09Laura was 37 years old.
05:12She was a mom of three.
05:15Laura was very well liked and involved in the community.
05:18Had lots of friends.
05:19Just a great person.
05:22Great mom.
05:23Very involved with her kids.
05:24And that's how she spent her days was caring for the kids.
05:32Laura was about to get married.
05:35The wedding was like a week away.
05:37Her fiance, John Macris, was from Greece.
05:40But he came over to the United States.
05:42They had been together for a few years and decided to finally make it official.
05:49Laura had three children.
05:51Two were from previous relationships.
05:52And then their youngest daughter was with John.
05:56John was previously married before Laura.
05:59You know, lived around the country.
06:00But then finally settled and made roots here in Rolette.
06:04He had a business doing home reconstruction.
06:07He and Laura kind of worked together.
06:09She did his books and he did the work.
06:13He was also one of our volunteers here at the police department.
06:17It seemed like anybody that knew Laura really liked her.
06:22For an innocent mother of three to be killed in such a tragic manner in her own home, it's terrifying.
06:34John, come here.
06:35Come here.
06:36Come here.
06:36Come here.
06:38John showed up at the scene about 20 minutes after the 911 call with his daughter.
06:43Because nobody went to pick his daughter up from school that morning.
06:49I don't know what's going on.
06:50Right now, all I know is there's somebody down inside the house that looks like a gunshot wound.
06:55That is all I can tell you and that's all I know right now.
06:59Who all lives here?
07:08John initially tells responding officers that Laura's brother, Brian, John's three children, and his mom live in the house.
07:17He fails to mention that his fiancee, Laura, lives in the house.
07:23Laura's brother, Brian, called 911 around noon, saying that he had just woken up.
07:30He went to the kitchen.
07:31He saw a woman laying on the ground.
07:33He assumed that it was John's mother who was in town for their wedding.
07:38He couldn't even make out who was on the floor.
07:42John, here's what I need, okay?
07:45Just to find out everything that's going on, okay?
07:48We're going to, all right?
07:51Listen to me.
07:51I need you to tell me that it's okay for us to go in the house and search and find
07:55out everything.
07:57I'll let you know everything when I find out, okay?
08:01Fair enough?
08:02Okay.
08:04Once we were able to enter the scene, we did an initial walkthrough to look and see what we were
08:10dealing with.
08:12Showcasing him right here.
08:17We found a single-shell casing a few feet away from Laura's body, close to her feet.
08:23It was a .40 caliber.
08:27But she is just like we saw her.
08:29Okay.
08:30See that?
08:31Can you see her forehead?
08:34Yeah.
08:37How Laura was found was disturbing just because you could tell she was shot immediately getting into her house.
08:46We haven't touched anything, not even these shoes.
08:49Okay, cool.
08:51Seeing that her shoes were right by the door, the fact that she was still clutching her purse and her
08:56keys in her hand,
08:58I mean, you could just tell that this was, she was completely taken off guard.
09:02We could not find any forced entry.
09:04There was no doors kicked or pushed in or broken, windows broken, nothing like that.
09:11In the master bedroom, some drawers had been opened.
09:14There was a small safe that was there with the door standing open.
09:17There was no gun.
09:19There was no, you know, bloody fingerprints or anything like that.
09:24To our other breaking news in Rowlett, where police are trying to figure out what led to a woman's death
09:29inside her home.
09:30Right now, police only calling it a death investigation and could not go into many details.
09:36It's a developing situation.
09:42We did do some canvassing in the neighborhood, talked to a couple of the neighbors.
09:49I was just, like, shocked.
09:53They lived directly across the street, one house over.
09:57And whenever my kids would go outside, they'd meet their kids, you know, and they grew up with each other.
10:03Laura loved her kids.
10:04She was a great mom.
10:05So, when something like this happened in the neighborhood, it was, it was, it was nerve-wracking, you know?
10:15Her neighbor next door saw her come home that morning, which gave us the last time that we know for
10:21sure somebody saw her alive.
10:23And it was about 8, 10.
10:26Detectives also were able to confirm with the crossing guard that they saw John leaving the house around 745.
10:35One of the main people that the detectives wanted to interview was Laura's brother, Brian.
10:41They wanted to figure out how was it that someone who was there in the home could not hear a
10:46gunshot, especially a few feet away.
10:50So, we brought Laura's brother down here to the police department to interview him.
10:56Turns out her brother suffered from hearing loss.
11:00Detectives were able to find records to show that, in fact, he couldn't hear at all in one of the
11:05ears.
11:05So, if he slipped on his good ear, he wouldn't be able to hear anything.
11:11There was nothing but love between Laura and her brother.
11:15So, we did eliminate him from being a suspect.
11:20Next person is the victim's fiancée, John.
11:33Suspicions are immediately raised.
11:35Because John is actually the last one to leave the house.
11:38And the murder happened shortly after.
11:43How are you doing, sir?
11:47My next question is on the private police.
11:51I'm just out there with the police officers and detectives at the scene.
11:55And the word they're telling me, it is going to be Laura.
12:01I'm sorry for your loss.
12:08I want you to know that we're going to find out what happened.
12:12I want you to know, sir.
12:13Yes, sir.
12:14We're going to find out the police response to it.
12:16Good to see you.
12:22Good to see you.
12:24Sir.
12:25Madam?
12:33I'm going to ask you a question.
12:36It's okay.
12:39It appears that somebody attacked Laura.
12:42What would be the motive for someone to come in the house,
12:46attack Laura,
12:48No idea.
13:04It appeared that we were missing $9,000 from the safe.
13:08The safe door was open,
13:10but there was no money in there.
13:12John's theory was that she interrupted a robbery.
13:14Let me ask you this.
13:16She took the child to school.
13:19They left about what time was open.
13:217.30.
13:21The unit number.
13:23We left both.
13:24We left the house around 7.30.
13:28After John left home that morning,
13:30he said that he went to a home improvement store in Dallas
13:33where he picked up some materials
13:36and ultimately made his way to his job site in Dallas.
13:42He pulled out his cell phone for the detective.
13:44and started giving timestamps.
13:47He actually gave us consent
13:49to extract the data on his phone,
13:51so we did that.
13:53Investigative 101 stuff.
13:54You know, where do you start?
13:55You start at the epicenter.
13:56What's the epicenter?
13:58John.
13:59He says if he has an alibi,
14:01maybe the fact that he was gone at the time of murder
14:05was just a little bit too convenient.
14:08You have to really look at him
14:09and see if there's any possibility
14:11that he's capable of murder.
14:30New information from Rowlett where neighbors are in disbelief.
14:34The death here inside this home
14:35is now considered a homicide.
14:38With no signs of a forced entry,
14:40investigators say either someone followed Laura into her home
14:43or was already inside
14:45when she returned home from taking her children to school.
14:48Many tonight say it just doesn't add up.
14:53The question is, did Laura's fiancé, John do it?
14:57John immediately plays out his alibi
15:00and law enforcement goes back to check it.
15:07John told us which stores he was at.
15:12We actually got a hold of the video.
15:15We were sifting through massive amounts of video surveillance.
15:22We looked for John on video
15:25at the home improvement store in Dallas
15:27where he told us he was.
15:40He was precise on his timeline
15:43and the video confirmed that.
15:46So we knew that at that point he didn't do it.
15:49So it made the question even bigger.
15:52Okay, if John didn't do this, who did?
15:56It turns out John wasn't alone on video surveillance.
16:00Detectives also see John's two workers,
16:03James Valeta and Jesus Trevino.
16:06They did meet him at the store
16:08well over an hour after John arrived.
16:17Jesus Trevino had been a convicted felon
16:19for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
16:23And James Valeta was currently on probation
16:26for a sexual assault of a child.
16:30They both really stood out to us.
16:33So we wanted to find out
16:35where were they in that hour before
16:37when Laura was killed.
16:49They both said that they had not come to Rowlett
16:52on the Friday of the murder.
16:55That they had met up with John.
16:58And he told me, don't be late.
17:01Don't be late to...
17:02What are we going to be up at?
17:05Which one?
17:06In Dallas.
17:10Just started moving doors.
17:13He pulled up and...
17:14John showed up and everything.
17:19We started working.
17:21Let me ask you this.
17:22I'm going to ask you this.
17:22All right.
17:23Okay.
17:23Laura lives in her life.
17:25If you had any suspicions
17:27or if you had any personal knowledge,
17:29would you tell us?
17:30Yeah.
17:31Because if y'all find out I knew,
17:34I'm...
17:38James is living in a shady motel in Dallas.
17:42So they both claimed that
17:44they met up in Dallas
17:45and stayed together at James' motel room
17:48before they went to meet up with John
17:50to pick up their job supplies for that day.
17:54In these type of situations
17:55to verify people's stories and whereabouts,
17:58we get their cell phone records.
18:01At that point,
18:02we had to wait for the cell phone data.
18:04We did not have enough reason
18:06to keep them in custody.
18:08So after we talked to them,
18:10we released them.
18:13The next day,
18:15we did get their cell phone records.
18:18Detectives were able to get
18:20to our locations
18:21from Jesus Trevino's phone.
18:24They showed that Trevino's phone
18:26traveled from Dallas
18:27and went all the way to Rowlett
18:29and then quickly came back to Dallas.
18:33At about 7.30,
18:34he pinged the tower in Mesquite,
18:36which is halfway to Rowlett.
18:37And about 8.30,
18:39he pinged the tower
18:40on the north side of Rowlett.
18:42And that short time frame
18:44of Laura's murder
18:45matched precisely
18:46when Trevino was in Rowlett.
18:51Trevino was lying
18:52about where he and James were at.
18:53We knew that we were on
18:55to the right people.
18:56Now we just gotta...
18:57We gotta prove it.
18:58In researching social media
19:01on Jesus Trevino,
19:03we were able to obtain a photo
19:06of a woman holding a handgun.
19:10We were able to identify that gun
19:12as a Springfield XD40.
19:15It was a .40 caliber handgun.
19:16The same caliber of round
19:18that was used to kill Laura.
19:21I mean, it's not completely uncommon,
19:23but not something that we see a lot.
19:27The woman in this photo
19:28dated Jesus Trevino
19:30at the time that Laura was killed.
19:33She was able to provide information
19:34that helped to finally
19:35break the case wide open for us.
19:41When we went to talk to her,
19:43she explained that
19:44Jesus told her
19:45several months prior
19:47to Laura's death
19:49that he had been paid
19:51or was going to be paid
19:52by his boss
19:53to kill his box's wife.
19:57She thought enough
19:58about that information
19:59to make a local police report.
20:02We knew
20:04who had committed the murder,
20:05but we didn't have
20:07enough probable cause
20:07to take him to custody.
20:12Laura's fiance, John,
20:13has an alibi
20:14that checks out.
20:15We know that he didn't
20:16pull the trigger.
20:17But we have a story
20:19about him asking
20:20Jesus Trevino
20:21to kill his wife.
20:22If what we're hearing
20:23from Jesus' ex-girlfriend
20:25is correct,
20:26then it looks like
20:27he is going to be
20:27behind pulling the trigger,
20:29which leaves James
20:30as the driver.
20:32And obviously,
20:33it makes no sense
20:35that anyone other than John
20:36ordered this hit.
20:40We interviewed John
20:41multiple times.
20:42He's not going to
20:43open his mouth
20:44and say anything
20:45because he's the farthest one
20:46from what actually happened.
20:49Between John's two employees,
20:51the type of personality
20:53and their backgrounds,
20:54the way they portrayed
20:56themselves in the interview,
20:58we thought that James
20:59was going to be
20:59the weaker of the two.
21:01So we decided
21:02to put more pressure
21:03on James.
21:09We went to James' motel
21:10in Dallas.
21:12Since we're here,
21:13I was going to see
21:14if it's okay
21:14if we search the room.
21:16All right.
21:17Cool?
21:19He signed a consent form
21:22and we searched.
21:25I saw a backpack
21:27under the bed.
21:28And so I reached down
21:29there under the bed
21:30and I pulled that
21:31black backpack out.
21:33When I pulled that
21:33backpack out,
21:35he turned his head
21:36and he stared at it.
21:38He had like a startled
21:40look on his face
21:41and he stared
21:42at the backpack
21:42and he said,
21:44that's not mine,
21:45that's Jesus'.
21:46And I unzipped it
21:50and inside was
21:51latex gloves
21:52and two burner phones.
21:54We're investigating
21:55a murder.
21:56Why do you have
21:57this backpack
21:58with this type
21:59of things in it
22:00stashed under your bed?
22:08During our search
22:09of James' motel room,
22:10the detectives
22:11did find a small amount
22:12of marijuana
22:13and we did ultimately
22:15make the decision
22:15to charge James
22:17with possession.
22:18So we've got James
22:20in custody,
22:20but we couldn't get him
22:22to understand the position
22:23that he was in
22:24and try to save himself.
22:27He still continued
22:28to stick to his story,
22:29which is,
22:30I don't know anything
22:31about what happened
22:32to Laura.
22:34I interviewed him
22:35five times,
22:36but I couldn't get him
22:37over the fence.
22:40At this point,
22:41Jesus Trevino
22:42is a person of interest,
22:44but he had just
22:45up and disappeared.
22:47No one knew
22:48where Trevino was.
22:50So detectives
22:52do put his information
22:53out on the news.
22:54Laura Grillo
22:55was found shot to death
22:56inside her home.
22:58Tuesday,
22:59Rowlett police
23:00announced a person
23:01of interest,
23:0230-year-old
23:03Jesus Trevino.
23:05If someone could provide
23:06us with information,
23:07that will help us
23:09in locating him.
23:10If he isn't...
23:10John also went ahead
23:12and gave an interview
23:13here in the parking lot
23:14of our police station.
23:15Why somebody will do
23:16something like that
23:17to her?
23:18I mean,
23:18I'm not talking
23:18about Jesus.
23:19I'm talking about,
23:21in general,
23:22why?
23:23And, I mean,
23:24now a name comes up
23:25is somebody
23:25that I know.
23:28It's like,
23:29the wine now
23:30is even bigger.
23:32Why is John
23:33actually saying this
23:34to the news media?
23:35Is he really surprised?
23:37Or is he protecting himself?
23:49Four months
23:50after the murder
23:51of Laura Grillo,
23:52our prime suspect,
23:53Jesus Trevino,
23:54is on the run.
23:55But then law enforcement
23:57gets a tip
23:57from his ex-girlfriend.
23:59She was contacting him
24:01through social media
24:01and was able
24:02to give his location,
24:03and the U.S. Marshals
24:04were able to apprehend
24:06Trevino.
24:08And he is brought
24:09back to Texas.
24:17Our other suspect,
24:19James Valada,
24:20is in custody as well
24:22on a drug charge
24:23and had been interviewed
24:25by these detectives
24:26multiple times,
24:27and they aren't getting
24:29anywhere with him.
24:36So, Ranger Jim Holland
24:38is brought in
24:39to be the closer
24:39for this case.
24:42Ranger Holland
24:43has a natural connection
24:45with people,
24:45so if anybody's going
24:47to break this case
24:48wide open,
24:49it's going to be him.
24:52Everything about this case
24:53rotates around
24:54three people.
24:56And the whole thing
24:58was about
24:58who's going to break.
25:01Ranger Holland said,
25:03James is going
25:04to give it up.
25:05And that's exactly
25:06what we thought
25:06from the beginning, too,
25:07is James is the weak link
25:09in this whole situation
25:10and who we were hoping
25:11would be the one
25:12to confess first.
25:23Hey, James.
25:24Jim Holland with the Rangers.
25:25How you doing?
25:26Yes, sir.
25:27I know he's been interviewed
25:28four or five times,
25:29and James strikes me
25:32as this person
25:33who's not a brain surgeon.
25:36And so I basically
25:38had to represent
25:39these things
25:40in a more straightforward manner
25:43and make sure
25:44that he understood
25:45what I was talking about.
25:53Well, I'm going
25:54to be honest with you,
25:55all right?
25:55I'm not real good
25:56at blowing smoke.
25:57I just kind of
25:58throw stuff out there.
25:59And probably the most
26:00important decisions
26:01that you're ever going
26:02to make in your life
26:03are you going
26:04to make today.
26:05I know it's hard,
26:06but it's got to be
26:07the truth because,
26:08you know,
26:09he's already talked.
26:11As I worked
26:12into the interview
26:13with him,
26:13I embellished
26:15that Jesus Trevino
26:16was obviously talking
26:18and was obviously
26:19looking for a deal
26:20and was obviously
26:21throwing information
26:22out there
26:22that would implicate
26:24James in the crime.
26:27What do you think of Jesus?
26:28Do you think he's a good person?
26:29Do you think he's a bad person?
26:31I thought he was pretty good.
26:32I mean,
26:32I did notice
26:34looking at it
26:35over and over again
26:35that he was
26:37a friend,
26:38but he was kind of distant.
26:40As I'm talking
26:41to Valeta,
26:42I guess I'm trying
26:43to weigh how tight
26:45they are as friends.
26:46Does he like this guy?
26:48Is he going to lie
26:49for this guy?
26:50And how far will he go?
26:53Well, this is the difference
26:54between a good person
26:54and a bad person.
26:55Good people
26:57say that they're sorry
26:58for the mistakes
26:59that they made.
27:00They make amends
27:02and they pray
27:03and they go down
27:04to the road.
27:05A bad person,
27:06he makes a mistake.
27:08He just keeps walking.
27:09He just keeps walking
27:10down the road
27:11because he's a bad person.
27:15Your boy, Jesus,
27:16you think he's a brain surgeon
27:17or you think he's a dumbass?
27:21He's a dumbass.
27:22He is.
27:24I'm going to show you
27:25some pictures.
27:27You know this young lady?
27:36No clue.
27:40Guess who she dated?
27:43Jesus.
27:44Yep.
27:45Guess what Jesus told her
27:46over a year before the murder?
27:49Jesus tells her
27:50a year before the murder
27:51that he's fixing
27:52to come into a bunch of money
27:53because he's fixing
27:54to kill his boss's wife.
27:58Get this shit.
27:59She's so freaked out by it,
28:01guess what she does?
28:04Calls Dallas Police Department
28:05and reports it
28:06over a year
28:07before the murder.
28:08Gives Asus's name,
28:10says,
28:10I don't know
28:11the boss's name,
28:11but I know that he says
28:13he's getting paid
28:13to kill her.
28:15You think Asus
28:16is a brain surgeon?
28:18Tell me he's not
28:18the dumbest son of a bitch
28:19you ever heard of
28:20in your entire life.
28:22My thought process
28:23was to lay
28:24the entire thing
28:25out there,
28:26this insurmountable hurdle,
28:28something that
28:28he couldn't avoid.
28:30The question is,
28:31will he finally break?
28:34You know where
28:35I'm going with this?
28:48When Laura Gorilla
28:50was murdered,
28:50I mean,
28:51you had an innocent
28:52mother of three
28:52being gunned down
28:55in her own home.
28:56The Rowlett police
28:57detectives on this case
28:59really took the time
29:00and used every resource
29:01possible
29:02to get
29:04as much justice
29:05for Laura
29:05and her family
29:06as possible.
29:07They've repeated
29:08interview after interview,
29:10they've gone
29:10through phones,
29:11they've gone
29:12through towers.
29:13They have a really,
29:14really solid
29:17circumstantial case,
29:18but this thing
29:19wasn't going
29:20to come together
29:21unless one of these
29:21people broke down
29:22and provided information
29:24against the other two.
29:35does the gun look
29:36familiar to you?
29:40You ever seen
29:40your boy with a gun?
29:43No.
29:43Never?
29:44Never in his backpack?
29:47The latest interview
29:49lasted several hours.
29:50I felt like the longer
29:52I kept him in there,
29:53the better opportunity
29:55I had to actually get him
29:56to communicate with me.
30:01What do you know
30:01about that?
30:03It belongs to Jesus
30:04and he was in my
30:06motel room.
30:07And why was it
30:08in your motel room?
30:09Because we cleaned
30:10out the trunk
30:10of his car.
30:12It was apparent
30:13that he wasn't
30:13going to provide
30:14information against
30:15Trevino.
30:16The question was
30:17why?
30:18Is he protecting him?
30:20Are they friends?
30:21Is he afraid of them?
30:23There's a reason
30:24that he reached out
30:25to you three weeks ago
30:26when he got you a job
30:27because he couldn't
30:28get anyone else
30:28to drive him.
30:29And he set you up
30:30like a little bitch.
30:32You got screwed.
30:33But this is your
30:34opportunity to make it right.
30:40Did you know
30:41why you were
30:41driving him there?
30:44Beleda would basically
30:45laugh when presented
30:47with a very
30:48uncomfortable question.
30:50He would laugh
30:51right before he
30:52responded or lied.
30:58I don't think.
31:03It's your decision.
31:04This is probably
31:05the most important
31:06moment of your life.
31:09Let me help you
31:11through this.
31:14Hypothetically,
31:15when does he
31:16first approach you?
31:19You're my friend, right?
31:21I'm trying
31:22to be your friend.
31:23It's a self-serving world,
31:24my friend.
31:25You know that
31:26and I know that.
31:27But today,
31:28I can be the best friend
31:29in the world
31:29and you need
31:30a good friend.
31:35I really felt like
31:37he was going
31:37to provide information.
31:40I think the real
31:41question was,
31:42how truthful
31:43was it going to be
31:44and how long
31:44was it going
31:45to take?
31:47Whatever the case,
31:49I'm not going
31:49anywhere until
31:50I get to the truth.
31:53I'm here to be
31:54your friend right now.
31:55All right?
31:56You want me
31:57as your friend.
32:02All right,
32:03when, um,
32:06I just first
32:07mentioned anything
32:08about this,
32:09I disregarded it.
32:11Mm-hmm.
32:11I thought he was
32:12just non-stuck.
32:13Perfect,
32:14perfect.
32:19He shows up
32:20in the morning,
32:21we get in the car
32:22and we go.
32:30At all the time,
32:33I'm like,
32:35I'm still thinking
32:35he's bullshit,
32:36I mean,
32:37even when
32:39he gets there.
32:40Mm-hmm.
32:41He goes down,
32:42he does his thing.
32:45I heard nothing.
32:53And when he gets
32:54back in the car,
32:55what does he say to you?
32:58Let's go.
32:59Okay,
32:59did he give you
33:00any details
33:00to talk about it at all?
33:02Say it's done,
33:02or she cried,
33:04or begged for her life,
33:05or was he joking about it,
33:07was he bragging,
33:08or was he freaked out?
33:10He didn't say nothing,
33:11just let's go.
33:12Okay.
33:12Okay.
33:14Later on,
33:15that's when he starts talking.
33:16Mm-hmm.
33:19I scared her.
33:20She actually tried to run.
33:27That's when I said,
33:28yeah,
33:28he shot her.
33:29Is that how he did it,
33:30or?
33:32He just shot her.
33:34Right in the head.
33:35Mm-hmm.
33:37I think he just felt like
33:39if he could present himself
33:40as being on a different side
33:42than Trevino,
33:44then he was in a better place.
33:47But this isn't over.
33:49He's given up the Trigger Man,
33:51but I need him to give up
33:53the mastermind,
33:54John.
34:17What happens with John?
34:19Was John asking for details,
34:21and he wanted all the gory details
34:22of how his students did it,
34:24or did she say anything,
34:25or, I mean,
34:26what was he saying?
34:26What was he asking?
34:27Just everybody keep quiet.
34:29Shut up.
34:30But it's pretty obvious
34:31that John ordered it.
34:33Yeah.
34:35It took hours
34:36to get him to start
34:37moving in the right direction,
34:41and he confesses
34:43because at the end of the day,
34:44it's his only play.
34:46It's really the only thing
34:48he can do.
34:49Did you ever say
34:49how much John paid him for it?
34:53He was
34:56boasting about
34:58something about 15 grand.
35:00What did he pay you?
35:02No.
35:03You got to be honest.
35:04No.
35:05He says he won't give me
35:06a grand.
35:07Mm-hmm.
35:10After he comes out of the house,
35:12tell me for sure
35:13what he does with the gun.
35:15He takes it apart.
35:16It's in a black bag.
35:17He pulls it to the gas station.
35:18He's like here.
35:20Throw it in the dumpster.
35:22And I threw it in the dumpster.
35:24I don't know the street,
35:26but I could take you that way.
35:32After James confessed
35:33to Ranger Holland,
35:34he took detectives
35:36on that ride-along.
35:38He said that after the murder,
35:40as they were driving
35:41back to Dallas,
35:43Jesus was throwing out
35:44pieces of his clothing
35:46out of the window.
35:48sure enough,
35:49seven months
35:50after the murder,
35:51there were still pieces
35:52of a black hoodie
35:53as well as shoes
35:54found exactly
35:55where he said
35:56that it would be.
35:58We couldn't find a gun.
35:59But James' confession
36:02and confirmation
36:03of how the murder
36:04took place,
36:05who ordered it,
36:06who got paid,
36:07this is major.
36:10I felt like
36:11if we could put information
36:12that Valletta turned,
36:14that John would have
36:16little choice
36:18but to kind of roll
36:19in that direction.
36:21Unfortunately,
36:23unbeknownst to me,
36:25Rowlett and the Rangers
36:26get kind of excited
36:28and they jump the gun
36:29and they immediately
36:31go out and arrest John.
36:34My original plan
36:35was to talk to him
36:36before cuffs were put on.
36:37But now that he's been arrested,
36:40the possibility
36:41of him talking
36:42is nil to nil.
37:00John's a pretty
37:01intelligent person.
37:03Does he have
37:04a lot of psychopathic
37:05tendencies?
37:06Yeah, I think so.
37:09We believe he planned
37:10this meticulously
37:11from leaving
37:12the empty safe open
37:14at the crime scene
37:15so it looked like
37:16a robbery
37:17to coordinating
37:18with his two employees
37:19to get them there
37:20at the exact right time.
37:22Let me cut to the chase
37:23a little bit.
37:24Jesus is a dumbass.
37:26All right?
37:28Sometimes he is...
37:29No, he really
37:30is a dumbass.
37:31Okay?
37:32At the end of the day,
37:33you shouldn't hire
37:33a dumbass to do a job
37:35because he's going
37:36to screw it up.
37:36All right?
37:37And if he doesn't
37:37screw it up,
37:38he's going to talk about it.
37:39And that's what happens
37:40with him.
37:41He screwed you over.
37:43You go to hire
37:44this dumbass
37:45and he tells people
37:46that you want him
37:48to kill your wife.
37:49I didn't hire
37:50the dumbass.
37:51That's my problem.
37:52Do what?
37:53I did not hire
37:54the dumbass.
37:55I did not pay him
37:56any money.
37:57That's my problem.
37:58I already know
37:59that you hired him.
38:00I know that he drove.
38:01I know that he's an idiot.
38:02I know that he pulled
38:03the trigger.
38:04Okay?
38:05I already know
38:06those things.
38:06It's not a question.
38:07All right?
38:08I'm not asking you
38:08questions.
38:09Did you do that?
38:10I already know
38:10the answer to that.
38:19I need to talk to
38:21his own name.
38:24At the end of the day,
38:26yes, I was disappointed
38:29when I left the room
38:31without a confession.
38:33But the most damning thing
38:36to him was the fact
38:37that the jury
38:37never saw him
38:39being remorseful
38:41about what happened
38:41to his fiancée, Laura.
38:45After James and John,
38:48I talked to Jesus.
38:50He just wants to meet
38:51with his attorney first.
38:53Jesus doesn't confess.
38:57But what James Veleda
38:59provided was 100%
39:02corroborated.
39:05We had sent out
39:06search warrants
39:07for John's email records.
39:10So at this point,
39:12we finally got the content
39:13of those accounts.
39:15In those records,
39:17an email came out
39:18from Laura to John
39:20saying that their relationship
39:22wasn't getting better.
39:23they weren't progressing
39:25as she wanted them to
39:27and that she was looking
39:29at leaving Texas
39:30and taking John's child.
39:33John had been through
39:34this situation before.
39:35He had had an ex-wife
39:36move out of state
39:37and take the kids.
39:38Facing this again,
39:40he didn't want to leave Laura.
39:42He just wanted her
39:43out of the way.
39:45And so he planned it.
39:50I think if Jim Holland
39:51hadn't joined
39:52the investigation,
39:55we would not have had
39:56a strong of a case
39:57on John
39:58because having
39:59an actual party
40:00to say,
40:01John said this,
40:04these were the words
40:05that came out
40:05of John's mouth.
40:06All those details
40:07made this such
40:08an airtight case.
40:34This is the epitome
40:35of a senseless crime.
40:36You have, you know,
40:38by all accounts,
40:39this wonderful,
40:40loving woman
40:41adored by neighbors
40:43and the community.
40:45There's three kids
40:46that they're going to
40:47grow up without a mom.
40:49There's a mother
40:50that lost her daughter.
40:52There's a brother
40:53that lost the sister
40:56that loved him
40:57and took care of him.
40:59Does putting three people
41:00in jail deliver justice?
41:05You know,
41:05I guess it's as close
41:06as we can get.
41:18One of the worst experiences
41:20I've ever been through.
41:21I was supposed to go
41:22pick her up
41:22and she never showed up.
41:24It's obvious
41:25he had a problem with women.
41:26I've heard some real weird shit,
41:28but this is one of the oddest
41:30that I've ever heard.
41:32November 5th.
41:33Do you remember that day?
41:34Do you remember that day?
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