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The First 48 - Season 29 - Episode 12: Mystery Man
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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
01:09The next day he had gone and went out of it
01:12and he didn't come back and he said no,
01:16no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:17He did not go to work.
01:19What is your husband's name?
01:21Guadalupe GarcĂa RodrĂguez.
01:24What color and type of vehicle it takes?
01:27It's a white motorcycle four x four, it's a Chevrolet.
01:41532 to radio.
01:42I'm 10-7.
01:43We're in the car.
01:44We're the one out for this morning.
01:51Guadalupe Garcia.
01:52We're ready to put on it.
02:03The radio looks like an individual in the car in the passenger seat.
02:08They don't really have a decent visual on them.
02:10I'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.
02:29It's like mail.
02:30It's going to be laying in the passenger seat, upside down, head towards the ground.
02:36A large pool, but it'll be an obvious 48.
02:54For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murderer is cut in half
02:59if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.
03:20Morning.
03:21Morning.
03:24Truck has been here since 7 o'clock Monday morning.
03:28Got 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?
03:39A couple of days.
03:41And his address is not too far from here.
03:45Okay.
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
04:04and 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
05:21when he got shot in the leg.
05:23Mm-hmm.
05:24Guy was in the passenger's seat,
05:26shot 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.
05:35That's what it looks like.
05:43You ready?
05:48Hold on.
05:51All right, please.
05:54This looks like a laceration.
05:57Possibly pistol-whipped.
06:00He's got a cord 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.
06:44Black 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
06:55arrives 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?
07:07You 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?
07:14Yes.
07:15Monday morning, I was on my way to work around 7.15.
07:19I was coming out.
07:22I saw his truck.
07:24I was like, why is he parked here?
07:26Because it's in a no parking.
07:27Right.
07:28Going out, saw his short-spanty car, get 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 to 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.
08:11I'm scared of the 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?
08:23No, any commotion?
08:24No.
08:25No.
08:28Short Hispanic man, do 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.
08:36Um, I can't remember his pants or nothing, but I know he had, like, a short haircut.
08:40OK.
08:41Could you put an edge on the guy at all?
08:43Well, he looked like he was probably, like, 30s.
08:46All right.
08:47Um, I 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.
08:58A way to observe somebody walking away from the truck.
09:01That might be the suspect.
09:04I mean, hopefully we can get some good video from across the street.
09:08Yeah.
09:08Yeah.
09:09You want to walk over and look at that business and see if there's cameras in that parking
09:13lot or just so we know?
09:23Uh, we did a quick canvas, uh, there's a business across the street that has three surveillance
09:28cameras that are facing, paving drive, and, uh, going down Marksville Highway, we have a
09:34bunch of residential houses on the street.
09:35So we'll come back out in the morning and we'll, uh, try to make contact with these people
09:39and try to get video footage of the suspect walking away.
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.
09:56Okay, I'm going to talk to her.
09:58Drive to the street.
09:59Six minute drive.
10:06Ready?
10:16Thanks.
10:19All right, let's do this.
10:46We gave her the death notification.
10:48She didn't really have much information to provide us.
10:51Uh, the 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, the person that she observed walking away from the truck with a
11:07backpack.
11:08Also, uh, 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 6.15.
11:22This is the trailer that she says has the video?
11:25Yeah.
11:36The wife says she found it strange 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
11:53the wife says her husband left for work.
11:58Her husband doesn't give anybody a ride, uh, doesn't have any coworkers or anything he normally
12:03picks up, doesn'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, but it looks like he's wearing long sleeve, black, like a hoodie.
12:16The jacket had a hoodie.
12:19Covered up.
12:20Takes his jacket off.
12:21He's like, cover's on.
12:22Oh, that's him.
12:41The video quality is not the best, so you're not able to make a face out or anything like
12:44that.
12:51Victim'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
12:59to come out, knowing that he leaves around 6, 6.30 to travel to his job.
13:05So 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
13:16trailers where the victim was living at to get a good idea on this guy and, you know,
13:22where he came from and where he went after the homicide.
13:33The team fans out.
13:36Hey, how are you?
13:38Canvassing the victim's neighborhood.
13:39Do 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.
14:01When investigating a shooting happened just on the road, I'm taking, do you know if you
14:04need your camera to pick up on this floor?
14:07Yeah, I should be able to run it back.
14:17Check.
14:19Do 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
14:39the 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 CR-V 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 CR-V is exiting the trailer park at 6.08.
15:06So I believe that the CR-V is how the suspect arrived that morning.
15:15So 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.
15:23That's what I was thinking.
15:26In the video captured after the murder...
15:30Right here.
15:32...the 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.
15:59I 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.
16:07Mm-hmm.
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.
16:39Or he lives in there or he's cutting through?
16:47All right, so we have a direction to travel.
16:52Try 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, the 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.
17:21Oh, man.
17:25I got a camera right there.
17:26All right.
17:27Hey, how are you?
17:28We're trying to access cameras in this neighborhood.
17:31All right.
17:35Is that camera there?
17:36It's pointing this way.
17:43Hola.
17:44Do you have access to the ring cameras?
17:47Yeah.
17:50See, this is where it gets tricky.
17:53Nothing.
17:53Gracias.
17:58He doesn't walk this way or 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.
18:10And that's where it gets a little bit tougher.
18:15Any luck down here?
18:16Nothing yet.
18:17No.
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?
18:27Got sick.
18:28OK.
18:29Well, thank you for checking.
18:33He has disappeared.
18:35He doesn't go, man.
18:36That's the question.
18:39This is my 17th homicide.
18:42How many of you saw?
18:43The last homicides have been all solved.
18:45So 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's at.
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 to see if you recognize
19:32this person, possibly a neighbor, or...
19:37I don't.
19:41You guys recognize this person?
19:43Hispanic male, 5-5, 5-6.
19:46Hand in the book bag.
19:47Yeah, I wouldn't say that.
19:49Okay.
19:51Then...
19:53Hey.
19:55Blackburn gets a call from Detective Tyler Daniel,
19:57who is canvassing several blocks away.
20:02Aria.
20:04Hey, we might got something.
20:05Hop in.
20:08I can't see him.
20:13All right, now.
20:17I showed him a picture in a media, and he goes,
20:20oh, I know that guy.
20:22He walks up and down the street all the time.
20:24Says he has seen him with longer hair,
20:26but recently he thinks he's gotten a haircut.
20:28The one up here.
20:30He's seen him too?
20:31Yeah.
20:32I had a guy who said the same thing.
20:34He'd seen that guy walk around the back right before.
20:49It's looking good, mate.
20:51Most likely living in this neighborhood.
20:52We just gotta figure out what house now,
20:54so we're just gonna keep pushing.
20:55Unfortunately, this is a pretty big neighborhood,
20:56so let's keep knocking.
21:02Uh, we're just going door to door
21:04to see if anybody in the neighborhood
21:05recognizes this individual.
21:12Hey, man.
21:12Hey.
21:13How are you?
21:14Good, how are you?
21:14Good.
21:15Have you ever seen this gentleman?
21:16Never, never have.
21:20No one this way has seen him.
21:22Okay.
21:23All right.
21:24Close.
21:32After two weeks of canvassing.
21:35So, my instinct is that he lives
21:37somewhere in the neighborhood.
21:39Just gotta figure out where.
21:41So, we're gonna do a media release
21:43and go from there.
21:45It's kind of like the last resort.
21:48Throwing spaghetti at a wall.
21:49Uh-huh.
21:50Hoping it sticks.
21:59We are about two miles
22:00from where that father's body was found
22:02and now police need the public's help
22:04to find a killer.
22:05The pictured suspect is the suspect
22:07that's seen exiting the victim's vehicle.
22:10Anyone who might recognize the suspect
22:12is urged to call Gwinnett County Police
22:14where they can remain anonymous.
22:21One month into the investigation.
22:27Yes, I'm the lead investigator.
22:30Blackburn gets a call from an anonymous source
22:33who knew the victim.
22:35Any information regarding the investigation?
22:37Okay.
22:39This is Ryan.
22:42This is Detective Araya.
22:49The source says, 15 years ago,
22:51Guadalupe had bought some land
22:53from the father of his ex-girlfriend.
23:01Okay.
23:29The source says that the father
23:31and another man went to Guadalupe's home
23:34to pressure him to sell.
23:47Okay.
23:48Do you think it's possible
23:49that all this is happening
23:50through the lands?
23:51Well, I don't know how to tell him,
23:54but I almost think that yes.
24:00He said that he was looking for him.
24:05He said that he was looking for him.
24:09Do you know how the ex-wife is called?
24:12No.
24:13I don't know how to call him.
24:15Okay.
24:17And who is,
24:17how to call his ex-wife?
24:28The ex's address is on the same block
24:31where neighbors saw the suspect walking.
24:44We got a motive now, possibly.
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
24:58to obtain some 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, and we distinctly remember seeing a CRV in
25:25the video from the victim's trailer home coming in that morning.
25:30So this is what they took today, and this is the surveillance footage from the day of
25:34the murder, the morning of the murder.
25:36We need to get the registered owner of this car.
25:38Right.
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.
26:2710-7 with CID 12 in units.
26:3010-7 with CID 12 in units.
26:3210-7 with CID 12 in units.
26:33Guadalupe's ex is outside.
26:36ÂżAlguien mĂĄs estĂĄ en la casa?
27:07No sé, ¿ustedes vivan aquà con tu esposo?
27:11SĂ.
27:12ÂżDĂłnde estĂĄ Ă©l?
27:13No, Ă©l estĂĄ con Ă©l.
27:16Guadalupe's ex, says her husband, is a manager at an underground cable installation company,
27:20and often travels for work.
27:22¿Quién se va a hacer este fin de semana?
27:24A ver si viene cada semana, o sea, una vez cada dos semanas, como trabaja cada cada mes.
27:30Ok.
27:31Yo sĂ© que tĂș escuchaste lo que pasĂł con Guadalupe.
27:34SĂ.
27:37Ăl es el papĂĄ de mis hijos.
27:39Dos de tus hijos, Âżno?
27:40SĂ.
27:42HabĂa conversaciones con Guadalupe y tu papĂĄ.
27:45¿Quién?
27:45ÂżPor quĂ© cree que tu papĂĄ querĂa hablar con Guadalupe?
27:48No sé.
27:50Mi papå antes vendió un terreno médico.
27:54Y es parte como de los papĂĄs de mi papĂĄ.
28:00Como que el terreno como familiar.
28:01Y este...
28:03Y solo una vez cuando...
28:05Cuando vino y me preguntĂł a mi papĂĄ.
28:07Me dijo, oh, dijo, porque a mĂ me gustarĂa mejor volver a comprar porque tiene agua.
28:13Tienen invernaderos donde producen el tomate.
28:22No.
28:22No.
28:26No.
28:26ÂżTu papĂĄ mandĂł a alguien?
28:27No.
28:28Porque igual mi papĂĄ tiene muchos terrenos.
28:31Mi papĂĄ de allĂĄ.
28:34Ah.
28:35ÂżLa onda que esta allĂĄ fuera ahora?
28:36ÂżQuiĂ©n, quiĂ©n maneja eseéł ŃŃĐ°Đœque?
28:38La CIRV.
28:41¿Qué CIRV?
28:42¿Qué mando maneja?
28:45¿Tu esposo maneja ese esmercado también?
28:47No, because as he has his car, I don't know.
28:52There were other people who were staying here like in June or July.
28:57A few friends come from work, and suddenly,
28:59they bring my husband to a person who comes here.
29:04Where do they stay?
29:06They stay in their apartment.
29:08They stay in their apartment.
29:09They stay in their apartment.
29:10They stay in their apartment.
29:12They stay in their apartment.
29:15They stay in their apartment.
29:16Is there a worker who always comes here?
29:19No, always.
29:20It's a...
29:21It's a man who comes here, but...
29:24How's he called?
29:26He's called...
29:27My husband has him for his name.
29:31That man is called Gario, my husband.
29:35Is this a photo that we show you?
29:37Is this a photo?
29:40Detectives show a surveillance picture of the suspect.
29:42That's right.
29:43No, that's not true, but it's...
29:45It's a white hair.
29:46Because he's...
29:47What I'm saying is he's black, black.
29:52I don't see the face.
29:56How was your relationship with him?
30:00The truth is, I didn't have any relationship with him.
30:05I didn't see him.
30:06I didn't see him.
30:08How was your relationship with him?
30:11The first time he made me think of that he was going to kill me with my two children
30:17on the weekend.
30:19It was like a year or two years.
30:22Yeah, I feel it.
30:37Okay.
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.
30:50We talked down here, bud?
30:51Yeah.
30:51Cool.
30:53It's very important that you're punished with me,
30:56because, you know, I got to figure out
30:58who killed your father, okay?
31:07All right.
31:10Do you remember this person?
31:11I haven't seen him.
31:13I go to school most of the time.
31:17You need to be 100% hunched to be, 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.
31:27But this 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 where he goes by.
31:41And how long was Galvino living here?
31:43Like a year.
31:45A year?
31:45Yeah.
31:52So you think he's been living here for one year?
31:55Yeah.
31:57So why do you think Galvino killed your father for?
32:04I don't know if it was him, actually, or if it was...
32:09No, it was him.
32:10That's why we're here.
32:12I have video of him leaving the murder scene
32:14and coming to this neighborhood and coming to this house, okay?
32:19So we have to figure out, you know, who this Galvino is, okay?
32:23Because he's a bad person, okay?
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.
32:51When did Galvino finally leave this house and didn't come back?
32:57It was around the same time police released the 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 where he was doing it.
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, that is a freaking burden off my chest now.
33:59Got him identified.
34:02Finally, finally, finally, finally.
34:1238-year-old Mario René Lopez-Jolón is originally from Guatemala, where he worked in agriculture.
34:20He came to the U.S. two years ago in search of job opportunities to pay off debt and send
34:25money back home to his wife and eight children.
34:32Let's just ask her real quick if this is Gallo.
34:34Yeah.
34:35Is that Gavino?
34:37Is that Gavino?
34:40Is that Gavino?
34:53Guadalupe's ex now admits that her husband took Gavino with him on his work trip.
35:00To Huntsville, Alabama.
35:03Is that Gavino?
35:09Well, where's that location at?
35:26There's enough for warrants, yeah.
35:29Let's head back to 35.
35:30We're going to make some phone calls.
35:32I'm going to get arrest warrants.
35:41So I obtained arrest warrants against the suspect for felony murder, malice murder.
35:47I made contact with a U.S. marshal in Alabama.
35:52They're going to set up on this house where we believe that suspect is staying out right now for the
35:57night.
35:58Myself and Corporal Raya are about to head out and then link up with Huntsville PD once we get there.
36:15We got it up on.
36:19Huntsville police find Mario Lopez Holon and take him into custody.
36:25All right, I appreciate the help, man.
36:27Yes, sir.
36:27All right, thank you. Bye.
36:44I'm hoping to kind of get a full rundown of, you know, why this all occurred.
36:57Hey, good to have you.
37:00How are you?
37:01Hola.
37:02Hola.
37:04My name is, uh, Corporal Blackburn.
37:06We're in the 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 Huntsville County Police Department.
37:26Um, I was, uh, on July 1st, I was, uh, the lead detective for a homicide investigation for Guadalupe Rodriguez.
37:36Okay.
37:38No, well, yes.
37:55Yo miré...
37:58The news was my friend, the boy.
38:05We came together, once they got him,
38:09I don't know, because they were taking him.
38:12He told me they gave him money,
38:14and I gave him money to get out of the office.
38:18Mario says on the morning of the murder,
38:20he went to Guadalupe's house to ask for his money back.
38:28And that he then walked to a nearby gas station
38:31to 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.
38:52And get your side of the story, okay?
38:57So we have some questions about the mitigation.
39:04Do you want to talk to us about that?
39:09Well, I would like to put an lawyer,
39:13to get an lawyer.
39:17Okay.
39:26He said, I think I want to get a lawyer,
39:28because it's going to be,
39:29it's really difficult for me to understand.
39:31Okay.
39:33And that's your right, okay?
39:35Yes, that's your right.
39:36But I just want you to know that,
39:38um,
39:39after, you know,
39:40during the investigation,
39:42um,
39:42there's video footage of you leaving the homicide scene,
39:45okay?
39:45So,
39:47I'm just going to leave it as that, okay?
39:56Okay.
39:57you'll be exuditing to the Gugnet County Jail.
40:12Okay.
40:21I mean,
40:21it'd be nice to get the suspects out of the story,
40:23and, you know,
40:24figure out, you know,
40:25why?
40:27Um,
40:28I mean,
40:29it was just something that,
40:30he was giving money to kill this guy,
40:32over land,
40:33over Guadalupe's refusal,
40:35for not telling him to land back,
40:36to the ex's father in Mexico.
40:40But it feels good,
40:41this was one of my toughest cases that I've had,
40:43and, uh,
40:44ultimately got the suspect arrested.
40:46This was my 17th homicide,
40:48so,
40:48still,
40:4917 and 0.
40:54Two days later.
40:56Okay.
40:57Blackburn gets a hold of Guadalupe's ex-girlfriend's father.
41:04He says he doesn't know why,
41:05um,
41:07you know,
41:07Mario killed Lupe,
41:09but,
41:10I learned that Guadalupe's land will go to Guadalupe's eldest son,
41:14with the ex.
41:16So that means the land will stay with the ex's family,
41:19so,
41:20I believe there's a possibility that the land dispute was the motive for the homicide.
41:25There's also,
41:26to me, you know,
41:27if Mario,
41:28did get the green light to kill Lupe,
41:31why didn't Mario get a cut,
41:33and why is he still in the country, you know?
41:35When he was arrested,
41:36he only had two phones and $10 bombs.
41:39it's kind of still, you know,
41:40the what if,
41:41but something that we just won't know.
41:45Guadalupe's death was very tragic.
41:47From the victim's wife, Guadalupe was a hard working man.
41:51Uh,
41:52he was a family man,
41:53loving husband,
41:54devoted father.
41:56So this is very tragic.
41:58And basically,
41:59now,
41:59his children will no longer have a father,
42:02to raise them,
42:03but hopefully for his family.
42:05It's a good sense of relief,
42:06knowing that a suspect has been identified and captured,
42:09giving the family closure,
42:11from this investigation.
42:46You
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