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00:01This program documents actual homicide investigations.
00:05Criminal charges are often dropped or reduced,
00:07and all suspects shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
00:23When the accounting police talk, can I assist you?
00:26Hi, yes. I'm calling from the Paid & Co. H.O.A.
00:30And we had a truck yesterday was parked in our entry.
00:34This is no parking, and it's just sitting in for 24 hours.
00:39So we wanted to call it in.
00:41Okay. And can I get a description of the vehicle?
00:44It's a white.
00:46Can I get the address, please?
00:51We're at Paid & Co. H.O.A.
00:54All right, ma'am.
01:01How can we help her?
01:04Good evening.
01:06I'm calling to report to my husband
01:18What was the name of his husband?
01:21I'm calling his parents.
01:24I'm calling him.
01:27I'm calling him right away.
01:31I'm calling him.
01:33I'm calling him a car
01:41532 to radio, I'm 10-7, we're in the car, I'm the one out for this morning.
01:50Guadalupe Garcia, we're ready to put on it.
02:03Radio, it looks like an individual in the car, new passenger seat.
02:07We don't really have a decent visual on them, I'm going to try and wake them up.
02:18513, code 22.
02:20Not responding to me, knocking on the window.
02:27Door was unlocked, it's like mail, it's going to be laying in the passenger seat, upside down, head towards the
02:34ground.
02:36I'm not going to be able to run, but it'll be an obvious 48.
02:40Definitely.
02:54For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murderer is cut in half, if they don't get a lead within
03:02the first 48 hours.
03:03unmoved after
03:18Good morning.
03:21Morning.
03:21Hi.
03:24Truck has been here since 7 o'clock Monday morning.
03:27OK.
03:29Got the guy Tuesday afternoon.
03:31The family reports him missing.
03:33Wife last seen him about 6 a.m. Monday morning.
03:36Right.
03:37What's today?
03:38Wednesday?
03:39No.
03:39Couple days.
03:41And his address is not too far from here.
03:44OK.
03:47Guadalupe Garcia Rodriguez.
03:5339-year-old Guadalupe Garcia Rodriguez was born and raised in Oaxaca, Mexico,
03:58and moved to Georgia 12 years ago.
04:01The youngest of eight, he worked for a local tree service
04:05and lived with his wife of 10 years
04:06and their two young children in a mobile home park
04:10two miles from where his truck was found.
04:27So, you have him.
04:30He's under this jacket.
04:32Laying in a pool of blood.
04:34One projectile's in his leg.
04:38Guadalupe was shot twice.
04:40Once in his right thigh.
04:43And once in the chest.
04:46When I crawl over him to look down, I don't see a gun.
04:50Right.
04:53We have one shell casing there.
04:56Mm-hmm.
04:59Right there.
05:00We have that one.
05:03Nine millimeter casings.
05:05You got a defect right here.
05:08There's blood.
05:09You see that?
05:12He's got an entry wound in his right leg,
05:14which there's a defect in the center console,
05:17you know, from the passenger side going to the driver's side.
05:20So, he was in the driver's seat when he got shot in the leg.
05:23Mm-hmm.
05:24The guy was in the passenger seat, shot him in the leg,
05:27and then dragged him over to the passenger side.
05:30I think the guy pushed him down there,
05:32and then covered him with the jacket.
05:34I could put it over him and get sealed.
05:36Yeah.
05:36That's what it looks like.
05:43You ready?
05:47Pull him.
05:51Light, please.
05:54This looks like a laceration.
05:57Possibly pistol whipped.
06:00He's got a comb wrapped around his neck.
06:03Like a phone charger.
06:05Looks like it might be tied on one side.
06:08So they choked him out.
06:12He's got a wallet.
06:15Got cash in it, it looks like.
06:20No cell phone in the truck?
06:21Not that I saw, no.
06:24Somebody wanted this guy dead.
06:26Why?
06:27That's the question.
06:43Black one.
06:44Yes.
06:45You might have a witness down here.
06:48She said she reported it as a 1A.
06:52The woman who called in the truck as a suspicious vehicle arrives on scene.
06:57Okay.
06:57We'll talk to her.
06:59Good morning.
07:00Good morning.
07:02Hey, my name's Corporal Blackburn.
07:03I work with the Gwinnett County Police Department.
07:05Okay.
07:05Can I ask you a couple questions?
07:07Sure.
07:07Do you want to stand over here where the lights are not blinding us?
07:11Did you call to report the vehicle on the side of the road?
07:13Yesterday.
07:15Monday morning, I was on my way to work around 7.15.
07:19I was coming out.
07:22I saw his truck.
07:23I was like, why is he parked here?
07:26Because it's in a no parking.
07:27Right.
07:28Going out.
07:29I saw a short spanish car.
07:31Get out the truck.
07:32He was on the drive side.
07:33And then he opened up the back door and got a bag.
07:37Right.
07:37Closed the door and started walking down the street.
07:40He was walking towards the entrance.
07:42Right.
07:43To make a look.
07:44And I was like, is he leaving this part?
07:46I saw him walking across the street in front of me.
07:50And he walked across the auto center.
07:53He was in their driveway.
07:55And he walked up on Lawrenceville Highway.
07:58Going southbound.
07:59Mm-hmm.
08:00OK.
08:00When I came home Monday night, I saw the truck was still there.
08:04So I said, OK, I'll call.
08:06Make sure it is not stolen or anything.
08:08So that's when I called the police.
08:09Right.
08:11Don't scare their ass or something.
08:12I think you already know the answer to that.
08:18On Monday, did you ever hear a gunshot?
08:21No.
08:22No.
08:23Any commotion?
08:24No.
08:25No.
08:28Short Hispanic man.
08:29Do you remember what color shirt he was wearing?
08:31It was, like, black with some gray in it.
08:33Black and gray?
08:34OK.
08:34It was sleeveless.
08:35OK.
08:36I can't remember his pants or nothing,
08:38but I know he had, like, a short haircut.
08:40OK.
08:41Could you put an age on the guy at all?
08:43Well, he looked like he was probably, like, 30s.
08:46All right.
08:47I have your number.
08:48There's no reason for you to hang around.
08:50If I have any additional questions, I'll call you.
08:52All right.
08:53Thank you, man.
08:55Thanks.
08:59The wait is to observe somebody walking away from the truck.
09:01Yeah.
09:01That might be the suspect.
09:04I mean, hopefully we can get some good video from across the street.
09:07Yeah.
09:08Yeah.
09:09You want to walk over and look at that business and see if there's cameras in that parking lot?
09:13Yeah.
09:13Just so we know.
09:14Let's go.
09:24We did a quick canvas.
09:25There is a business across the street that has three surveillance cameras that are facing
09:29paving drive.
09:31And going down Marksville Highway, we have a bunch of residential houses on the street.
09:35So we'll come back out in the morning.
09:37We'll try to make contact with these people and try to get video footage of the suspect walking
09:41away.
09:46Right now, you need to get in contact with your wife.
09:49Who did he pick up?
09:50Where did he go?
09:52He didn't know where he was going that morning.
09:56OK.
09:57I want to talk to her.
09:58Drive to the street.
09:59Six-minute drive.
10:19All right.
10:20Let's do this.
10:33Hello.
10:34Hello.
10:36Hello.
10:46So we gave her the death notification.
10:48She didn't really have much information to provide us.
10:51The victim wasn't into drugs, wasn't into gambling, came home every night.
10:57And she said the victim had a backpack with his work stuff.
11:02Witness described the person that she observed walking away from the truck with a backpack.
11:09Also, she did have a video from Monday morning from the next door neighbors.
11:14A suspicious person leaning up against a tree.
11:18And I was around 615.
11:22This is the trailer that she says has the video?
11:25Yeah.
11:36The wife says she found the strings that he hadn't answered her all day Monday.
11:40So she went to the neighbor's house.
11:43Detectives pull up the video from Guadalupe's next door neighbor.
11:48That suspicious male was seen on camera standing right outside the house like 15 minutes before the wife says her
11:55husband left for work.
11:58Her husband doesn't give anybody a ride.
12:01Doesn't have any coworkers or anything he normally picks up.
12:03Doesn't really bring anybody to the house.
12:05They had no idea who the guy was.
12:07Cameron doesn't catch that male getting in the car.
12:10He doesn't catch the truck driving by.
12:11But it looks like he's wearing long sleeve.
12:14Yeah.
12:15Black.
12:15Like a hoodie.
12:16The jacket had to hurt him.
12:19He takes his jacket off.
12:21He covers him.
12:22Oh, that's him.
12:40The video quality is not the best, so you're not able to make a face out or anything like that.
12:51The victim's family doesn't know who this person is.
12:54We don't have him on camera walking into the trailer park because he's waiting for him to come out knowing
13:00that he leaves around 6, 6.30 to travel to his job.
13:04So it kind of shows me that, you know, these two know each other, you know?
13:09We have a good timeline.
13:11It's a very short window.
13:12So ultimately we need to get the surveillance footage from nearby businesses and the nearby trailers where the victim was
13:18living at.
13:19To get a good idea on this guy and, you know, where he came from and where he went after
13:24the homicide.
13:33The team fans out.
13:36Hey, how are you?
13:38Canvassing the victim's neighborhood.
13:40Do you have access to your home surveillance cameras?
13:45And along the highway where they believe the suspect fled after the murder.
13:51Seeing if we can review some video footage.
13:57Hey, how are you?
13:58Hey, how are you?
14:00Good.
14:01Investigating the shooting happened just down the road.
14:03Do you know if you need your camera to pick up on this floor?
14:07Yeah, I should be able to run it back.
14:17Hi.
14:18Do you have cameras on the roadway?
14:21Check them real quick.
14:33We did collect video from businesses and the victim's trailer park from before and after the homicide.
14:40There was no video of the suspect walking up to Guadalupe's trailer from before the homicide.
14:45But we do have video footage of a vehicle.
14:49A green Honda CRV entered the trailer park at 6.03.
14:54Right before the suspect is captured, leaning against a tree in front of Guadalupe's trailer.
15:01Shortly after, the CRV is exiting the trailer park at 6.08.
15:05So I believe that the CRV is how the suspect arrived that morning.
15:14So that's why we don't have him on camera walking into the trailer park.
15:19Somebody dropped him off.
15:21He was on foot.
15:22So that's what I was thinking.
15:26In the video captured after the murder.
15:30Right here.
15:32The suspect can be seen walking away from the crime scene.
15:36You see him carrying the black book bag.
15:38That belongs to the victim.
15:42And let me just show you this video real quick.
15:52It's like so close to seeing his face.
15:56Hispanic male, early 40s.
15:58I think 30 to 40 is a good range.
16:01Do you see his head?
16:03Like it's shaved off.
16:04Do you see that?
16:05Or like balding or something?
16:06Yeah.
16:11There's a camera on the Chevron.
16:15Straight across.
16:17Right there, yeah.
16:20The suspect continues walking southbound on Lawrenceville Highway.
16:25But then turns off.
16:28Looks like we got him cutting through a neighborhood.
16:30Where is this?
16:31Amberwood.
16:32Like 8 in the morning?
16:34Yeah.
16:36All black with a book bag.
16:38So he's cutting through.
16:39I mean, he lives in there or he's cutting through.
16:47All right, so...
16:49We have a direction to travel.
16:51Try to get an additional video.
16:54Continue down and figure out where he went.
16:56And go from there.
17:09Over the next several days,
17:12the team continues to hunt for video.
17:16Hey, sir, do you have any cameras that face the roadway?
17:18In hopes of tracking the suspect.
17:25I got a camera right there.
17:27All right, hey, how are you?
17:28We're trying to access cameras in this neighborhood.
17:31All right.
17:35Is that camera there? It's pointing this way.
17:43Yeah.
17:44Do you have access to the ring cameras?
17:47Yeah.
17:50See, this is where it gets tricky.
17:52Nothing.
17:53Gracias.
17:58He doesn't walk this way.
17:59Or doesn't walk past this location.
18:04So now we're trying to pick him back up.
18:07And there's these little side streets where he could have turned down.
18:10That's where it gets a little bit tougher.
18:15Any luck down here?
18:16Nothing yet. No.
18:19They don't got nothing up here, on the right side.
18:23Here goes nothing.
18:25Hey, how are you?
18:26How are you?
18:28Okay.
18:29Well, thank you for checking.
18:33He's disappeared.
18:35Where the does go, man?
18:36That's the question.
18:39This is my 17th homicide.
18:43How many of you saw?
18:43Last homicides have been all solved.
18:45So, you know, we're going to try to keep that trend.
18:47And this way we'll get solved.
18:49You're going to be 17 and 0, brother.
18:51I promise.
18:51We'll figure it out.
18:53We just got to find out where he got that.
19:02Nine days in.
19:04The last camera we lose him at is at Hillwood Drive.
19:08We checked these houses right here.
19:10And we don't have anybody captured walking past them.
19:13So we're just going to go knock on some residential houses.
19:15Show them the picture of the suspect.
19:17See if he possibly lives in the area.
19:19If they have been walking in the neighborhood.
19:31Let's go in the door to door.
19:32See if you recognize this person.
19:34Asked with your neighbor or.
19:37I don't.
19:41You guys recognize this person?
19:43Hispanic male.
19:445556.
19:46Hand the book bag.
19:47Yeah, I wouldn't say that.
19:49Okay.
19:50Then.
19:53Hey.
19:55Blackburn.
19:55Blackburn gets a call from Detective Tyler Daniel, who is canvassing several blocks away.
20:02Aria.
20:04Hey, we might got something.
20:05Hop in.
20:07Yep.
20:08I'm seeing.
20:13All right, now.
20:18I showed him a picture in a media and he goes, oh, I know that guy.
20:22He walks up and down the street all the time.
20:24Says he has seen him with longer hair, but recently he thinks he's gotten a haircut.
20:28Uh, the one up here.
20:30He's seen him too?
20:31Yeah.
20:33I had a guy that said the same thing.
20:34He'd seen that guy walk around with a bad guy before.
20:49It's looking good, mate.
20:51Most likely living in this neighborhood.
20:52We just gotta figure out what house now, so we're just gonna keep pushing.
20:55Unfortunately, this is a pretty big neighborhood, so let's keep knocking.
21:02Uh, we're just going door to door to see if anybody in the neighborhood recognizes this
21:06individual.
21:08No.
21:09Never.
21:09Never.
21:12Hey, man.
21:12Hey.
21:13How are you?
21:14Good.
21:14How are you?
21:14Good.
21:15Have you ever seen this gentleman?
21:16Never.
21:16Never have.
21:19No one this way has seen him.
21:22Okay.
21:23Okay.
21:31All right.
21:32After two weeks of canvassing.
21:34So, my instinct is that he lives somewhere in the neighborhood.
21:39Just gotta figure out where.
21:41So, we're gonna do an immediate release and go from there.
21:45It's kind of like the last resort.
21:48Throwing spaghetti at a wall.
21:49Uh-huh.
21:50Open the sticks.
21:58We are about two miles from where that father's body was found, and now police need the public's
22:03help to find a killer.
22:05The pictured suspect is the suspect that's seen exiting the victim's vehicle.
22:10Anyone who might recognize the suspect is urged to call Gwinnett County Police where they can remain anonymous.
22:21One month into the investigation.
22:28I'm the lead investigator.
22:30Blackburn gets a call from an anonymous source who knew the victim.
22:48The source says, 15 years ago, Guadalupe had bought some land from the father of his ex-girlfriend.
23:00Okay.
23:06Okay.
23:29The source says that the father and another man went to Guadalupe's home to pressure him to sell.
23:36No.
23:37But I told him, who is the other man?
23:41He said, no.
23:42He said, I don't know who he is.
23:44He said, I haven't seen it.
23:47Okay.
23:48Do you think it's possible that all this is going through the streets?
23:51Well, I don't know how to tell him, but I almost think that yes.
24:00He said, well, he was looking for him.
24:04He said, well, he was looking for him.
24:09Do you know how the ex-girlfriend is called?
24:12No, I don't know how to tell him.
24:15Okay.
24:16And who is, how is his ex-wife?
24:28The ex's address is on the same block where neighbors saw the suspect walking.
24:38Okay.
24:44We got a motive now.
24:46Possibly.
24:47We got a house.
24:50This can't be a coincidence.
24:53The plan is to do some recon at the ex's house to see who is coming and leaving and to
24:58obtain
24:59some license plate numbers of the vehicles at the residence.
25:11One hour later, we went to the ex's residence conducting surveillance.
25:19The house had us on a CRV parked in the driveway.
25:22And we distinctly remember seeing a CRV in the video from the victim's trailer home coming
25:28in that morning.
25:30So this is what they took today.
25:31And this is the surveillance footage from the, from the day of the murder, the morning
25:35of the murder.
25:36We need to get the registered owner of this car.
25:38Right.
25:41Let's see.
25:47This is going to be the registered owner.
25:49The CRV is registered to the husband of Guadalupe's ex.
25:56I mean, we had this guy walking in the direction.
25:59We had ties from the victim over property spook.
26:03I mean, I feel like we have enough for a search warrant to hit the house.
26:11About to execute the search warrant.
26:17That's the house right there.
26:2110-7 with CID 120 in units.
26:31What Guadalupe's ex is outside.
26:35All right.
26:36All right.
27:03All right.
27:15Guadalupe's ex says her husband is a manager at an underground cable installation company
27:20and often travels for work.
27:22He goes for a week on Saturday...
27:24..or, a couple weeks?
27:26One day, two weeks?
27:27How are we working?
27:30Okay.
27:31You said you heard what happened with Guadalupe?
27:35Yes.
27:37He's the father of my children.
27:39The two of your kids.
27:40Yes.
27:41There were conversations with Guadalupe and your dad.
27:45Why did you think your dad wanted to talk to Guadalupe?
27:48I don't know.
27:50My dad came to a medical home.
27:54He was part of my dad's parents.
27:59He was a family home.
28:01And when I came to my dad, I'd like to buy him because he has water.
28:12They have invernaderos where they produce a tomato.
28:16Did your dad talk to you about the importance of having that property?
28:23No.
28:24No.
28:24No.
28:26No.
28:27No.
28:28No.
28:29The girl has wow-owner that shop has a lot of shovels managed.
28:31My dad is wherever right now.
28:34You don't know, a home only
28:35that is outside.
28:36What is the CR-V?
28:40The CR-V 0.
28:42People who handle it?
28:44Your husband too?
28:47No.
28:48Because he has his driver's back and he hasn't got him.
28:52There was more people who stayed in June or July.
28:59There are a lot of people who come here.
29:04Where are the workers?
29:07In this room.
29:08In the right room.
29:10They stay on the 8th.
29:12On the weekends, on the weekends, on the weekends.
29:17Do you always come here?
29:19Not always.
29:20It's a man who comes here.
29:23But...
29:24What's his name?
29:25He's called...
29:27I don't know.
29:28My husband doesn't have his name.
29:31That gentleman's name is my husband.
29:35The photo we showed you.
29:37Is this the photo?
29:40Detectives show a surveillance picture of the suspect.
29:44It's not that, but it's black.
29:45It's black.
29:46Because what I'm saying is morena, morena.
29:56How was your relationship with a good hotel?
30:01The truth is, I didn't have any relationship with a good hotel.
30:05Because I separated from 10 years ago.
30:10The second time, the first time, we were determined that
30:16he was going to have my two children on the weekend.
30:18It was like a year...
30:21two weeks.
30:23Of just a year.
30:25But now, by all, he left away.
30:27They all left, for rent, for lunch, for everything.
30:31And it came out of their house.
30:41Outside.
30:41Hey, man.
30:43My name's Corporal Black.
30:44What is your name?
30:45One of the sons of Guadalupe and his ex
30:47returns home from school.
30:50Can we talk down here, bud?
30:51Yeah.
30:51Cool.
30:53It's very important that you're punished with me
30:56because, you know, I've got to figure out
30:58who killed your father, okay?
31:01I didn't have a good relationship with my real dad.
31:04I didn't really talk to him for, like, three, four years.
31:09Do you remember this person?
31:12I haven't seen him.
31:13I go to school most of the time.
31:17You need to be 100% hungry, okay?
31:19I already know that he was staying here.
31:22That's why we are here, okay?
31:24There's no reason to cover up for this person.
31:27This person that was staying with you,
31:28what does he go by?
31:31He went by Galvino.
31:37Is that his first name?
31:39That's what he goes by.
31:41And how long was Galvino living here?
31:43Like a year.
31:45A year?
31:45Yeah.
31:47His bedroom is, like, next to my privilege.
31:50So you think he's been living here for one year?
31:55Yeah.
31:57So why do you think Galvino killed your father for?
32:05I don't know if it was him, actually, or if it was him.
32:09No, it was him.
32:10That's why we're here.
32:11I had video of him leaving the murder scene
32:14and coming to this neighborhood and coming to this house.
32:18Okay?
32:19So we have to figure out, you know, who this Galvino is, okay?
32:23Because he's a bad person.
32:25Okay?
32:26He killed your father.
32:27So that's why I need you to be 100% honest with me
32:30and help me figure out how I can find Galvino
32:33before he kills somebody else.
32:50And when did Galvino finally leave his house
32:53and didn't come back?
32:57It was around the same time police released
33:00the suspect's photo to the media.
33:03Do you know how he left this place?
33:05No?
33:07All right.
33:08Want to go back up here?
33:09Yeah.
33:20The team executes their search warrant for the house.
33:23Down here?
33:25That's right in the state.
33:30There was a 9mm wide round of ammunition.
33:33Victim was shot with a 9mm.
33:36There's a folder of paperwork.
33:40I took pictures of it.
33:43Dude, the paperwork has his name.
33:54Oh, man.
33:56That is a freaking burden off my chest now.
34:00Got him identified.
34:01Finally.
34:02Finally, finally, finally.
34:1338-year-old Mario René Lopez-Jolón
34:15is originally from Guatemala
34:17where he worked in agriculture.
34:20He came to the U.S. two years ago
34:22in search of job opportunities
34:23to pay off debt
34:24and send money back home to his wife
34:27and eight children.
34:32Let's just ask her real quick
34:33if this is Gallo.
34:34Yep.
34:35Is that Gavino?
34:37Is Gallo?
34:38Yes.
34:53Guadalupe's ex now admits
34:55that her husband took Gavino with him
34:57on his work trip
35:00to Huntsville, Alabama.
35:03And where's that location at?
35:26There's enough for warrants.
35:27Yeah.
35:29Let's head back to 35.
35:31We're going to make some phone calls.
35:32I'm going to get arrest warrants.
35:41So I obtained arrest warrants
35:43against the suspect
35:44for felony murder, malice murder.
35:47I made contact with
35:49a U.S. marshal in Alabama.
35:52They're going to set up on this house
35:53where we believe the suspect
35:55is staying out right now for the night.
35:58Myself and Corporal Raya
35:59are about to head out
36:00and then link up
36:02with Huntsville PD
36:03once we get there.
36:15Purple Blackbird.
36:17We got it.
36:20Huntsville police
36:21find Mario Lopez-Holone
36:23and take him into custody.
36:25All right.
36:25I appreciate the help, man.
36:27Yes, sir.
36:27All right.
36:28Bye.
36:28Bye.
36:30Bye.
36:44Bye.
36:44I'm hoping to kind of get a full rundown
36:48of, you know, why this all occurred.
36:57Hey.
36:57Good.
36:58How are you?
36:59Good.
37:01Mario, my name is Coco Blackburn, I'm from the Gwinnett County Police Department.
37:12Oh, okay.
37:13Come a long ways.
37:15You want to stand up and get the handcuffs off?
37:24So, we work for the Gwinnett County Police Department.
37:26I was, on July 1st, I was the lead detective for a homicide investigation.
37:34For Guadalupe, Rodriguez, okay?
37:38Do you know what I'm thinking?
37:56I looked at the news.
37:59He was my friend, that guy.
38:05We came together.
38:06Once they got him, I don't know, because he was taking it.
38:11And he told me that he gave me money.
38:14I gave him money to get out of charge.
38:18Mario says on the morning of the murder, he went to Guadalupe's house to ask for his money back.
38:28And that he then walked to a nearby gas station to play their slot machines.
38:43So, during the investigation, I learned a lot, okay?
38:46And I kind of got an idea why this happened.
38:49We want to talk to you to discuss everything that happened and get your side of the story, okay?
38:57So, there's a question.
39:00So, we have some questions about gender mitigation.
39:04Do you want to talk to us about that?
39:26I want to get a lawyer because it's going to be, it's really difficult for me to understand.
39:32Okay. And that's your right. Okay. But I just want you to know that, um, after, you know, during the
39:40investigation, um, there's video footage of you leaving the homicide scene. Okay. So I'm just going to leave it as
39:48that. Okay.
39:56So you'll be exuditing to the Gugnac County Jail.
40:00Okay.
40:03Okay.
40:21I mean, it'd be nice to get the suspects out of the story and, you know, figure out, you know,
40:25why?
40:27Um, I mean, which is something that he was giving money to kill this guy over land, over Guadalupe's refusal
40:35for not telling him to land back to the ex's father in Mexico.
40:40But it feels good. This was one of my toughest cases that I've had. And I ultimately got the suspect
40:45arrested.
40:45This was my 17th homicide. So still 17 and 0.
40:54Two days later.
40:56Okay.
40:57Blackburn gets ahold of Guadalupe's ex-girlfriend's father.
41:04He says he doesn't know why, um, you know, Mario killed Lupe. But I learned that Guadalupe's land will go
41:12to Guadalupe's eldest son with the ex.
41:16So that means the land will stay with the ex's family. So I believe there's a possibility that the land
41:22dispute was the motive for the homicide.
41:25There's also, to me, you know, if Mario did get the green light to kill Lupe, why didn't Mario get
41:32a cut? And why is he still in the country?
41:35You know, when he was arrested, he only had two phones and $10 bombs. So it's kind of still, you
41:40know, the what if, but something that we just won't know.
41:45Guadalupe's death was very tragic. From the victim's wife, Guadalupe was a hardworking man. He was a family man, loving
41:53husband, devoted father. So this is very tragic.
41:57And basically now his children will no longer have a father to raise them, but hopefully for his family.
42:05It's a good sense of relief knowing that a suspect has been identified and captured, giving the family closure from
42:12this investigation.
42:13Guadalupe.
42:47You
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