1 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:22,688 >> (MUSIC) >> MY BROTHER, HE ALWAYS HAD A 2 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:23,122 >> MY BROTHER, HE ALWAYS HAD A VISION 3 00:00:23,324 --> 00:00:26,358 VISION I COULD FEEL JUST HIS ENERGY, 4 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,426 I COULD FEEL JUST HIS ENERGY, HIS PASSION FOR LIFE 5 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:28,927 HIS PASSION FOR LIFE I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS 6 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:29,561 I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS WRONG. 7 00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:31,163 WRONG. MY SUSPICIONS WERE THERE 8 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:32,765 MY SUSPICIONS WERE THERE ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN ONE SECOND, 9 00:00:32,967 --> 00:00:34,533 ALL OF A SUDDEN, IN ONE SECOND, EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE 10 00:00:34,735 --> 00:00:37,603 EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE >> IT DIDN'T SEEM WEIRD THAT 11 00:00:37,805 --> 00:00:38,670 >> IT DIDN'T SEEM WEIRD THAT CHRIS WOULD JUST UP AND LEAVE 12 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:39,705 CHRIS WOULD JUST UP AND LEAVE BECAUSE HE WAS SINGLE AND HE 13 00:00:39,907 --> 00:00:40,773 BECAUSE HE WAS SINGLE AND HE LOVED TO TRAVEL. 14 00:00:40,975 --> 00:00:41,874 LOVED TO TRAVEL. >> HE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO 15 00:00:42,076 --> 00:00:43,475 >> HE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 16 00:00:43,677 --> 00:00:46,178 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. >> HE WOULD GO FROM ONE PLACE TO 17 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:47,246 >> HE WOULD GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. 18 00:00:47,448 --> 00:00:50,449 ANOTHER. "I'M IN AUSTRIA," THEN, "I'M IN 19 00:00:50,651 --> 00:00:54,086 "I'M IN AUSTRIA," THEN, "I'M IN INDIA. 20 00:00:54,288 --> 00:00:55,454 INDIA. >> Reporter: MONTH AFTER MONTH 21 00:00:55,656 --> 00:00:56,055 >> Reporter: MONTH AFTER MONTH YOU WERE GETTING THESE E-MAILS 22 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:57,056 YOU WERE GETTING THESE E-MAILS NO PHONE CALLS 23 00:00:57,258 --> 00:00:57,589 NO PHONE CALLS >> NO. 24 00:00:57,791 --> 00:00:58,891 >> NO. WHOEVER WAS EMAILING US, I FELT 25 00:00:59,093 --> 00:00:59,725 WHOEVER WAS EMAILING US, I FELT LIKE THIS WASN'T MY SON. 26 00:00:59,927 --> 00:01:00,392 LIKE THIS WASN'T MY SON. WHO IS THIS? 27 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:01,293 WHO IS THIS? >> THERE'S BLOOD ON THE CEILING, 28 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:01,827 >> THERE'S BLOOD ON THE CEILING, BLOOD ON THE CARPET. 29 00:01:02,029 --> 00:01:02,928 BLOOD ON THE CARPET. THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS 30 00:01:03,130 --> 00:01:03,996 THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS THIS CASE IS ABOUT GREED AT ITS 31 00:01:04,198 --> 00:01:05,064 THIS CASE IS ABOUT GREED AT ITS MOST DIABOLICAL. 32 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:05,564 MOST DIABOLICAL. >> A SURFER GOES MISSING 33 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:06,665 >> A SURFER GOES MISSING WORLDWIDE ADVENTURE OR 34 00:01:06,867 --> 00:01:09,234 WORLDWIDE ADVENTURE OR MIND-BENDING MURDER? 35 00:01:09,436 --> 00:01:11,503 MIND-BENDING MURDER? >> IT WAS TOUGH. 36 00:01:11,705 --> 00:01:12,571 >> IT WAS TOUGH. >> HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT 37 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:14,206 >> HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT IT'S AS IF WE WERE WORKING WITH 38 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:15,274 IT'S AS IF WE WERE WORKING WITH THE DEVIL HIMSELF. 39 00:01:15,476 --> 00:01:24,383 THE DEVIL HIMSELF. >> I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS 40 00:01:24,585 --> 00:01:26,485 >> I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS "DATELINE. 41 00:01:26,687 --> 00:01:34,526 "DATELINE. HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "IN A 42 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:36,662 HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "IN A LONELY PLACE." 43 00:01:36,864 --> 00:01:46,238 LONELY PLACE." >> Reporter: AGAIN AND AGAIN HE 44 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,940 >> Reporter: AGAIN AND AGAIN HE RODE THEM AS IF THEY WERE HIS 45 00:01:48,142 --> 00:01:49,441 RODE THEM AS IF THEY WERE HIS WAVES AND THIS HIS OWN PRIVATE 46 00:01:49,643 --> 00:01:50,509 WAVES AND THIS HIS OWN PRIVATE OCEAN. 47 00:01:50,711 --> 00:01:51,577 OCEAN. AS IF THE SEA COULD WASH AWAY 48 00:01:51,779 --> 00:01:52,611 AS IF THE SEA COULD WASH AWAY THE TROUBLE THAT THREATENED TO 49 00:01:52,813 --> 00:01:54,213 THE TROUBLE THAT THREATENED TO SINK HIM 50 00:01:54,415 --> 00:01:54,780 SINK HIM WHY HIM, OF ALL PEOPLE 51 00:01:54,982 --> 00:01:56,381 WHY HIM, OF ALL PEOPLE HE WAS THE DUDE. 52 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:57,449 HE WAS THE DUDE. THE CHARISMATIC, CAREFREE, 53 00:01:57,651 --> 00:01:58,517 THE CHARISMATIC, CAREFREE, CREATIVE ONE WHOSE TALENT WOULD 54 00:01:58,719 --> 00:01:59,585 CREATIVE ONE WHOSE TALENT WOULD SURELY MAKE HIM RICH 55 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:01,186 SURELY MAKE HIM RICH >> HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT 56 00:02:01,388 --> 00:02:02,321 >> HE'S ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. 57 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,389 THOUGHT ANYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. >> HE WAS VERY INDEPENDENT 58 00:02:04,591 --> 00:02:09,161 >> HE WAS VERY INDEPENDENT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO FIGURE OUT A 59 00:02:09,363 --> 00:02:11,830 HE ALWAYS WANTED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT ON HIS OWN. 60 00:02:12,032 --> 00:02:13,866 WAY TO DO IT ON HIS OWN. >> Reporter: HE WAS, WHAT WOULD 61 00:02:14,068 --> 00:02:15,567 >> Reporter: HE WAS, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT, A BEAUTIFUL 62 00:02:15,769 --> 00:02:17,002 YOU CALL IT, A BEAUTIFUL DREAMER. 63 00:02:17,204 --> 00:02:17,736 DREAMER. OUT HERE ON HIS OWN. 64 00:02:17,938 --> 00:02:18,804 OUT HERE ON HIS OWN. GOING HIS OWN WAY LIKE ALWAYS. 65 00:02:19,006 --> 00:02:19,872 GOING HIS OWN WAY LIKE ALWAYS. NO IDEA WHAT WAS WAITING FOR 66 00:02:20,074 --> 00:02:20,939 NO IDEA WHAT WAS WAITING FOR HIM. 67 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:22,541 HIM. CHRIS SMITH GREW UP ON 68 00:02:22,743 --> 00:02:24,643 CHRIS SMITH GREW UP ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST IN A 69 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:27,179 CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL COAST IN A TOWN CALLED WATSONVILLE. 70 00:02:27,381 --> 00:02:28,413 TOWN CALLED WATSONVILLE. A VERY CLOSE FAMILY OF DEEPLY 71 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:29,448 A VERY CLOSE FAMILY OF DEEPLY COMMITTED CHRISTIANS 72 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:32,117 COMMITTED CHRISTIANS PARENTS, STEVE AND DEBI, BROTHER 73 00:02:32,119 --> 00:02:33,218 PARENTS, STEVE AND DEBI, BROTHER PAUL 74 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:34,786 PAUL STEVE WAS A COP. 75 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,955 STEVE WAS A COP. AND THEN A FIREFIGHTER 76 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:39,625 AND THEN A FIREFIGHTER DEBI, A TEACHER. 77 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:41,026 DEBI, A TEACHER. HOME WAS A KIND OF BOY'S EDEN. 78 00:02:41,228 --> 00:02:41,760 HOME WAS A KIND OF BOY'S EDEN. >> WE LIVED ON A PRIVATE SKI 79 00:02:41,962 --> 00:02:43,028 >> WE LIVED ON A PRIVATE SKI LAKE CALLED KELLY LAKE 80 00:02:43,230 --> 00:02:43,896 LAKE CALLED KELLY LAKE SO - 81 00:02:44,098 --> 00:02:44,963 SO - >> Reporter: NOT BAD 82 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:46,031 >> Reporter: NOT BAD >> YEAH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE. 83 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:47,099 >> YEAH, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE. >> Reporter: I MEAN, FOR KIDS, 84 00:02:47,301 --> 00:02:48,133 >> Reporter: I MEAN, FOR KIDS, MY GOD 85 00:02:48,135 --> 00:02:49,234 MY GOD >> YEAH. 86 00:02:49,436 --> 00:02:50,269 >> YEAH. IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP. 87 00:02:50,471 --> 00:02:51,603 IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP. WE HAD JET SKIS FOR A PERIOD OF 88 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:52,938 WE HAD JET SKIS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE GOT IN TROUBLE 89 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:55,641 TIME BEFORE WE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH 'EM 90 00:02:55,843 --> 00:02:56,708 WITH 'EM AND HE SOLD 'EM. 91 00:02:56,910 --> 00:02:57,776 AND HE SOLD 'EM. WE HAD A BOAT. 92 00:02:57,978 --> 00:03:01,480 WE HAD A BOAT. >> Reporter: BUT JUST MINUTES 93 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:04,183 >> Reporter: BUT JUST MINUTES AWAY, LIKE A MAGNET, 94 00:03:04,385 --> 00:03:08,453 AWAY, LIKE A MAGNET, IRRESISTIBLE WERE PACIFIC 95 00:03:08,655 --> 00:03:10,088 IRRESISTIBLE WERE PACIFIC BEACHES MANRESA AND LA SELVA 96 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:12,658 BEACHES MANRESA AND LA SELVA BACK AND FORTH THEY WENT, CHRIS 97 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:13,625 BACK AND FORTH THEY WENT, CHRIS AND PAUL 98 00:03:13,827 --> 00:03:14,359 AND PAUL LAKE TO OCEAN AND BACK AGAIN 99 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:15,460 LAKE TO OCEAN AND BACK AGAIN >> WE'D GO WAKE BOARDING 100 00:03:15,662 --> 00:03:15,994 >> WE'D GO WAKE BOARDING AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A 101 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:17,062 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A SHOWER AND GO SURF A HALF HOUR 102 00:03:17,264 --> 00:03:18,664 SHOWER AND GO SURF A HALF HOUR LATER. 103 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:21,300 LATER. >> Reporter: CHRIS, A LITTLE 104 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:23,602 >> Reporter: CHRIS, A LITTLE QUIRKY, TALENTED AND INTENSE 105 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:25,571 QUIRKY, TALENTED AND INTENSE PART SURFER DUDE, PART DO-GOODER 106 00:03:25,773 --> 00:03:27,172 PART SURFER DUDE, PART DO-GOODER EVEN AS A TEENAGER 107 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:29,875 EVEN AS A TEENAGER ALWAYS EAGER TO HELP THOSE IN 108 00:03:30,077 --> 00:03:30,909 ALWAYS EAGER TO HELP THOSE IN NEED 109 00:03:31,111 --> 00:03:31,977 NEED >> HE'D GET A NEW COAT FOR 110 00:03:32,179 --> 00:03:33,078 >> HE'D GET A NEW COAT FOR CHRISTMAS. 111 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,112 CHRISTMAS. AND THEN I'D THINK, "WELL, 112 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:35,180 AND THEN I'D THINK, "WELL, WHERE'D IT GO? 113 00:03:35,382 --> 00:03:36,248 WHERE'D IT GO? "WELL, THIS OTHER GUY NEEDED 114 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:36,815 "WELL, THIS OTHER GUY NEEDED IT." 115 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:38,283 IT." HE GAVE HIS BIKE TO A GIRL THAT 116 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:38,917 HE GAVE HIS BIKE TO A GIRL THAT WAS JUST NEEDIN' IT HE SAW DOWN 117 00:03:39,119 --> 00:03:39,451 WAS JUST NEEDIN' IT HE SAW DOWN IN SANTA CRUZ. 118 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:40,519 IN SANTA CRUZ. SO IT WAS JUST PART OF WHO HE 119 00:03:40,721 --> 00:03:41,587 SO IT WAS JUST PART OF WHO HE WAS. 120 00:03:41,789 --> 00:03:42,654 WAS. >> Reporter: HE TRIED OUT 121 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:43,722 >> Reporter: HE TRIED OUT PROFESSIONAL WAKE BOARDING 122 00:03:43,924 --> 00:03:45,057 PROFESSIONAL WAKE BOARDING BUT DISCOVERED ALSO, HE HAD A 123 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:45,857 BUT DISCOVERED ALSO, HE HAD A KNACK FOR MAKING MONEY AS HE 124 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:46,925 KNACK FOR MAKING MONEY AS HE WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 125 00:03:47,127 --> 00:03:47,993 WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PARTIED A BIT, AND WENT SURFING 126 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:49,027 PARTIED A BIT, AND WENT SURFING A LOT. 127 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:52,297 A LOT. PAUL WENT TO UNIVERSITY AND MET 128 00:03:52,499 --> 00:03:53,332 PAUL WENT TO UNIVERSITY AND MET LEAH 129 00:03:53,534 --> 00:03:55,167 LEAH >> I WOULD SAY THAT I DIDN'T 130 00:03:55,369 --> 00:03:56,034 >> I WOULD SAY THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND PAUL UNTIL I MET 131 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:57,102 UNDERSTAND PAUL UNTIL I MET CHRIS. 132 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,771 CHRIS. AND THEN IT WAS LIKE TWO PUZZLE 133 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:00,872 AND THEN IT WAS LIKE TWO PUZZLE PIECES COMING TOGETHER 134 00:04:01,074 --> 00:04:01,940 PIECES COMING TOGETHER >> Reporter: AND CHRIS WAS A 135 00:04:02,142 --> 00:04:02,975 >> Reporter: AND CHRIS WAS A NATURAL ENTREPRENEUR 136 00:04:03,177 --> 00:04:04,576 NATURAL ENTREPRENEUR HE GOT INTO THE TECH WORLD, 137 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:07,779 HE GOT INTO THE TECH WORLD, ADVERTISING. 138 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,948 ADVERTISING. MOVED TO L.A. AND BEGAN 139 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:11,550 MOVED TO L.A. AND BEGAN INVESTING IN GOLD, TOO -- IN 140 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:14,386 INVESTING IN GOLD, TOO -- IN KRUGERRANDS. 141 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,321 KRUGERRANDS. >> HE WAS ABLE TO GET A NICE, 142 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:17,356 >> HE WAS ABLE TO GET A NICE, PLUSH CONDO IN MALIBU ON THE 143 00:04:17,558 --> 00:04:18,457 PLUSH CONDO IN MALIBU ON THE BEACH AND GOT A BMW. 144 00:04:18,659 --> 00:04:20,058 BEACH AND GOT A BMW. AND -- 145 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:21,126 AND -- >> Reporter: THAT AIN'T BAD. 146 00:04:21,328 --> 00:04:22,194 >> Reporter: THAT AIN'T BAD. >> NO. 147 00:04:22,396 --> 00:04:23,795 >> NO. >> NO, IT WAS NICE 148 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:24,863 >> NO, IT WAS NICE >> YEAH, HE WAS -- HE WAS 149 00:04:25,065 --> 00:04:26,498 >> YEAH, HE WAS -- HE WAS EXCITED. 150 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:28,100 EXCITED. I REMEMBER BEING WITH HIM IN - 151 00:04:28,302 --> 00:04:30,769 I REMEMBER BEING WITH HIM IN - IN HIS BMW, LISTENING TO MADONNA 152 00:04:30,971 --> 00:04:32,904 IN HIS BMW, LISTENING TO MADONNA WITH THE TOP DOWN AND GOING 153 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:33,972 WITH THE TOP DOWN AND GOING THROUGH -- WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. 154 00:04:34,174 --> 00:04:35,040 THROUGH -- WILSHIRE BOULEVARD. AND HE WAS PROUD OF HIMSELF, OF 155 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:36,642 AND HE WAS PROUD OF HIMSELF, OF WHERE HE WAS IN LIFE 156 00:04:36,844 --> 00:04:37,843 WHERE HE WAS IN LIFE SO - 157 00:04:38,045 --> 00:04:39,311 SO - >> Reporter: AND HE WAS 158 00:04:39,513 --> 00:04:41,480 >> Reporter: AND HE WAS GENEROUS 159 00:04:41,682 --> 00:04:43,081 GENEROUS TOOK PAUL OFF ON AN EXOTIC 160 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:44,149 TOOK PAUL OFF ON AN EXOTIC ADVENTURE AND PICKED UP THE TAB. 161 00:04:44,351 --> 00:04:45,217 ADVENTURE AND PICKED UP THE TAB. >> I THINK HE WAS MAKING 162 00:04:45,419 --> 00:04:49,554 >> I THINK HE WAS MAKING $40,000 TO $75,000 A MONTH AT 163 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:52,291 $40,000 TO $75,000 A MONTH AT THE TIME 164 00:04:52,493 --> 00:04:53,358 THE TIME >> Reporter: HOLY COW. 165 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,393 >> Reporter: HOLY COW. >> HE'S LIKE, "WHERE DO YOU WANT 166 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:55,994 >> HE'S LIKE, "WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO? 167 00:04:56,196 --> 00:04:58,163 TO GO? YOU KNOW, "YOU PICK. 168 00:04:58,365 --> 00:04:59,231 YOU KNOW, "YOU PICK. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?" 169 00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:01,400 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?" AND SO I SAID, "LET'S GO FOR A 170 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:02,434 AND SO I SAID, "LET'S GO FOR A SURF TRIP. 171 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:05,137 SURF TRIP. LET'S GO TO TAHITI." 172 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:07,272 LET'S GO TO TAHITI." AND SO HE BOOKED A 23-DAY 173 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:08,373 AND SO HE BOOKED A 23-DAY VACATION 174 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:09,975 VACATION WE HOPPED AROUND ALL THESE 175 00:05:10,177 --> 00:05:11,043 WE HOPPED AROUND ALL THESE DIFFERENT ISLANDS IN TAHITI. 176 00:05:11,245 --> 00:05:12,110 DIFFERENT ISLANDS IN TAHITI. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 177 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:13,178 AND IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE. 178 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:15,814 BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: IN 2009, CHRIS 179 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:16,882 >> Reporter: IN 2009, CHRIS MOVED A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR 180 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:18,483 MOVED A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR SOUTH FROM LA TO LAGUNA BEACH. 181 00:05:18,685 --> 00:05:19,551 SOUTH FROM LA TO LAGUNA BEACH. HE HAD TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER 182 00:05:19,753 --> 00:05:20,619 HE HAD TEAMED UP WITH ANOTHER YOUNG GO-GETTER NAMED ED SHIN. 183 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:23,822 YOUNG GO-GETTER NAMED ED SHIN. >> ED WAS ACTUALLY VERY 184 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:25,924 >> ED WAS ACTUALLY VERY PROFESSIONAL 185 00:05:26,126 --> 00:05:27,459 PROFESSIONAL VERY CALM, VERY POISED, VERY 186 00:05:27,661 --> 00:05:28,093 VERY CALM, VERY POISED, VERY PROFESSIONAL, DRESSED VERY WELL. 187 00:05:28,295 --> 00:05:29,127 PROFESSIONAL, DRESSED VERY WELL. >> Reporter: AND CHRISTINA GRIES 188 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:30,228 >> Reporter: AND CHRISTINA GRIES WOULD KNOW 189 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:31,263 WOULD KNOW SHE WORKED THE FRONT DESK AT THE 190 00:05:31,465 --> 00:05:32,331 SHE WORKED THE FRONT DESK AT THE NEW ADVERTISING COMPANY CHRIS 191 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:33,398 NEW ADVERTISING COMPANY CHRIS AND ED STARTED 192 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,534 AND ED STARTED THE 800 EXCHANGE, THEY CALLED 193 00:05:35,736 --> 00:05:36,601 THE 800 EXCHANGE, THEY CALLED IT 194 00:05:36,803 --> 00:05:37,703 IT TWO MORE DIFFERENT MEN WOULD BE 195 00:05:37,905 --> 00:05:39,805 TWO MORE DIFFERENT MEN WOULD BE HARD TO FIND, SAID CHRISTINA 196 00:05:40,007 --> 00:05:41,406 HARD TO FIND, SAID CHRISTINA OUTWARDLY, ANYWAY. 197 00:05:41,608 --> 00:05:42,474 OUTWARDLY, ANYWAY. CHRIS WAS SINGLE 198 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:45,143 CHRIS WAS SINGLE ED WAS MARRIED WITH KIDS 199 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:46,211 ED WAS MARRIED WITH KIDS CHRIS WAS A SURFER 200 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:47,813 CHRIS WAS A SURFER ED WAS A SPORTS MEMORABILIA 201 00:05:48,015 --> 00:05:51,983 ED WAS A SPORTS MEMORABILIA COLLECTOR. 202 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:53,118 COLLECTOR. AND CHRIS -- 203 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:54,186 AND CHRIS -- >> HE WAS VERY CASUAL, DRESSED 204 00:05:54,388 --> 00:05:55,253 >> HE WAS VERY CASUAL, DRESSED IN BOARD SHORTS VERY OFTEN, 205 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:56,855 IN BOARD SHORTS VERY OFTEN, SWEATSHIRTS. 206 00:05:57,057 --> 00:06:02,227 SWEATSHIRTS. WOULD NOT BE THE 207 00:06:02,429 --> 00:06:03,328 WOULD NOT BE THE UBER-PROFESSIONAL PERSON THAT 208 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:04,396 UBER-PROFESSIONAL PERSON THAT C -- THAT ED ACTUALLY SEEMED TO 209 00:06:04,598 --> 00:06:05,464 C -- THAT ED ACTUALLY SEEMED TO BE VERY OFTEN. 210 00:06:05,666 --> 00:06:06,531 BE VERY OFTEN. >> Reporter: CHRIS WITH HIS 211 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:07,599 >> Reporter: CHRIS WITH HIS FREE-SPIRITED CREATIVITY WAS THE 212 00:06:07,801 --> 00:06:09,201 FREE-SPIRITED CREATIVITY WAS THE YIN TO ED'S NUMBER CRUNCHING 213 00:06:09,403 --> 00:06:10,435 YIN TO ED'S NUMBER CRUNCHING YANG 214 00:06:10,637 --> 00:06:11,336 YANG AND YET, THERE WERE SHARED 215 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:12,404 AND YET, THERE WERE SHARED PASSIONS, TOO. 216 00:06:12,606 --> 00:06:13,505 PASSIONS, TOO. THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, FOR ONE 217 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,674 THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, FOR ONE THING. 218 00:06:15,876 --> 00:06:17,809 THING. ED SEEMED ESPECIALLY DEVOUT. 219 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:19,911 ED SEEMED ESPECIALLY DEVOUT. BOTH LIKED THE FINER THINGS AND 220 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:21,513 BOTH LIKED THE FINER THINGS AND BOTH WANTED TO MAKE MONEY. 221 00:06:21,715 --> 00:06:23,648 BOTH WANTED TO MAKE MONEY. AND THEY DID 222 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:27,386 AND THEY DID THEY WORKED A PROFITABLE LITTLE 223 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:28,453 THEY WORKED A PROFITABLE LITTLE CORNER OF THE ADVERTISING GAME 224 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:30,055 CORNER OF THE ADVERTISING GAME THEY MADE AND PLACED ADS FOR 225 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:31,123 THEY MADE AND PLACED ADS FOR DEBT CONSOLIDATION, THAT SORT OF 226 00:06:31,325 --> 00:06:32,724 DEBT CONSOLIDATION, THAT SORT OF THING. 227 00:06:32,926 --> 00:06:33,792 THING. THE IDEA WAS TO GET VIEWERS WHO 228 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:36,995 THE IDEA WAS TO GET VIEWERS WHO SAW THE ADS ON TV INTERESTED 229 00:06:37,197 --> 00:06:38,730 SAW THE ADS ON TV INTERESTED ENOUGH TO CALL AN 800 NUMBER 230 00:06:38,932 --> 00:06:39,664 ENOUGH TO CALL AN 800 NUMBER AND WHEN THEY DID, THEIR 231 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:41,233 AND WHEN THEY DID, THEIR INFORMATION WOULD BE FARMED OUT 232 00:06:41,435 --> 00:06:42,834 INFORMATION WOULD BE FARMED OUT TO COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 233 00:06:43,036 --> 00:06:44,970 TO COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. EACH CALL WAS A "LEAD. 234 00:06:45,172 --> 00:06:45,804 EACH CALL WAS A "LEAD. >> WE WERE GETTING LEADS FOR 235 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,105 >> WE WERE GETTING LEADS FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE CALLING IN THAT 236 00:06:47,307 --> 00:06:48,707 PEOPLE THAT WERE CALLING IN THAT HAD EITHER CREDIT CARD DEBT OR 237 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:49,775 HAD EITHER CREDIT CARD DEBT OR ST -- STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND 238 00:06:49,977 --> 00:06:50,842 ST -- STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND PUTTING THEM TOWARDS COMPANIES 239 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:52,477 PUTTING THEM TOWARDS COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO 240 00:06:52,679 --> 00:06:53,545 THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR DEBTS. 241 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:55,680 CONSOLIDATE THEIR DEBTS. >> Reporter: RIGHT AWAY THE NEW 242 00:06:55,882 --> 00:06:56,615 >> Reporter: RIGHT AWAY THE NEW BUSINESS TOOK OFF. 243 00:06:56,817 --> 00:06:57,149 BUSINESS TOOK OFF. >> I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY, 244 00:06:57,351 --> 00:06:57,816 >> I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY, "YEAH. 245 00:06:58,018 --> 00:06:59,184 "YEAH. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR IS DOING 246 00:06:59,386 --> 00:07:00,185 THE COMPANY I WORK FOR IS DOING AMAZING. 247 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:01,019 AMAZING. WE'RE DOING GREAT. 248 00:07:01,221 --> 00:07:02,621 WE'RE DOING GREAT. AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO WORK 249 00:07:02,823 --> 00:07:04,222 AND I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO WORK THERE. 250 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:05,857 THERE. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT'S A LOT OF 251 00:07:06,059 --> 00:07:06,925 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GROW 252 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:08,493 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GROW >> Reporter: CHRIS EVEN BROUGHT 253 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:09,561 >> Reporter: CHRIS EVEN BROUGHT HIS BROTHER PAUL ON-BOARD. 254 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:10,629 HIS BROTHER PAUL ON-BOARD. BY THEN PAUL AND LEAH WERE 255 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:11,730 BY THEN PAUL AND LEAH WERE MARRIED WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS. 256 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:12,798 MARRIED WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS. AND THERE THEY WERE, TWO 257 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,865 AND THERE THEY WERE, TWO BROTHERS LIVING IN SOUTHERN 258 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:14,933 BROTHERS LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 259 00:07:15,135 --> 00:07:18,637 CALIFORNIA >> MY BROTHER WOULD COME OVER 260 00:07:18,839 --> 00:07:20,238 >> MY BROTHER WOULD COME OVER FROM TIME TO TIME. 261 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:21,306 FROM TIME TO TIME. AND WE'D GO SURF SALT CREEK 262 00:07:21,508 --> 00:07:22,707 AND WE'D GO SURF SALT CREEK TOGETHER 263 00:07:22,909 --> 00:07:24,042 TOGETHER IT WAS -- LIFE COULDN'T HAVE 264 00:07:24,244 --> 00:07:25,076 IT WAS -- LIFE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER. 265 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:26,144 BEEN BETTER. >> Reporter: AND UNCLE CHRIS 266 00:07:26,346 --> 00:07:27,212 >> Reporter: AND UNCLE CHRIS ALWAYS MADE TIME FOR HIS NIECES. 267 00:07:27,414 --> 00:07:27,813 ALWAYS MADE TIME FOR HIS NIECES. >> HE WOULD HAVE WATER BALLOON 268 00:07:28,015 --> 00:07:29,347 >> HE WOULD HAVE WATER BALLOON FIGHTS 269 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:30,515 FIGHTS >> Reporter: YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT 270 00:07:30,717 --> 00:07:31,750 >> Reporter: YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT THIS WATER BAL -- TELL ME 271 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:32,517 THIS WATER BAL -- TELL ME ABOUT -- WHAT WAS THAT ALL 272 00:07:32,719 --> 00:07:33,585 ABOUT -- WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? 273 00:07:33,787 --> 00:07:34,653 ABOUT? >> OUR DAUGHTERS WERE PROBABLY 274 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:36,254 >> OUR DAUGHTERS WERE PROBABLY THREE AND ONE. 275 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:37,856 THREE AND ONE. >> WE NEED ONE OF THOSE WATER 276 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:38,924 >> WE NEED ONE OF THOSE WATER BALLOON LAUNCHERS. 277 00:07:39,126 --> 00:07:40,892 BALLOON LAUNCHERS. >> OUR OLDEST WANTED TO HAVE A 278 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:41,593 >> OUR OLDEST WANTED TO HAVE A WATER BALLOON FIGHT. 279 00:07:41,795 --> 00:07:43,195 WATER BALLOON FIGHT. AND SO THEY JUST WENT AT IT. 280 00:07:43,397 --> 00:07:45,864 AND SO THEY JUST WENT AT IT. AND SHE NAILED HIM 281 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,999 AND SHE NAILED HIM I MEAN, FOR A GROWN MAN TO BE 282 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,100 I MEAN, FOR A GROWN MAN TO BE WILLING TO GET SO SOAKING WET, I 283 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:50,168 WILLING TO GET SO SOAKING WET, I WAS SURPRISED. 284 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:51,736 WAS SURPRISED. >> Reporter: AND AT WORK, IN THE 285 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:55,006 >> Reporter: AND AT WORK, IN THE OFFICE 286 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:56,641 OFFICE >> HE WAS PLAYFUL. 287 00:07:56,843 --> 00:07:57,275 >> HE WAS PLAYFUL. HE WOULD BUY REMOTE CONTROL TOYS 288 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:58,243 HE WOULD BUY REMOTE CONTROL TOYS AND FLY THEM AROUND THE OFFICE 289 00:07:58,445 --> 00:07:59,277 AND FLY THEM AROUND THE OFFICE WHEN I REMEMBER. 290 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:00,345 WHEN I REMEMBER. AND HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY PRANKS 291 00:08:00,547 --> 00:08:01,413 AND HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY PRANKS ON OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WERE 292 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:02,647 ON OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WERE NEARBY IN THE OFFICE SUITE 293 00:08:02,849 --> 00:08:03,748 NEARBY IN THE OFFICE SUITE >> Reporter: MIND YOU, CHRIS HAD 294 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:04,616 >> Reporter: MIND YOU, CHRIS HAD HIS SERIOUS SIDE, TOO. 295 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,751 HIS SERIOUS SIDE, TOO. CERTAINLY WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING 296 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,353 CERTAINLY WHEN IT CAME TO MAKING MONEY. 297 00:08:08,555 --> 00:08:09,387 MONEY. BUT ALSO, IN EARLY 2010, HE WAS 298 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:09,955 BUT ALSO, IN EARLY 2010, HE WAS SERIOUS ABOUT SOMEONE. 299 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:10,989 SERIOUS ABOUT SOMEONE. >> I REMEMBER HER BEING VERY 300 00:08:11,191 --> 00:08:12,624 >> I REMEMBER HER BEING VERY STRIKING, VERY BEAUTIFUL, REALLY 301 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:15,126 STRIKING, VERY BEAUTIFUL, REALLY SWEET. 302 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:15,827 SWEET. >> Reporter: CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND 303 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:16,895 >> Reporter: CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND WAS A DANCER AND A PILATES 304 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:17,996 WAS A DANCER AND A PILATES INSTRUCTOR 305 00:08:18,198 --> 00:08:19,064 INSTRUCTOR AND HE WAS IN LOVE 306 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:20,131 AND HE WAS IN LOVE HE INTRODUCED HER TO HIS 307 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:21,199 HE INTRODUCED HER TO HIS PARENTS. 308 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:22,234 PARENTS. >> AND THEN THAT WAS PRETTY 309 00:08:22,436 --> 00:08:22,767 >> AND THEN THAT WAS PRETTY SPECIAL. 310 00:08:22,969 --> 00:08:23,835 SPECIAL. 'CAUSE I REMEMBER CHRIS -- 311 00:08:24,037 --> 00:08:25,437 'CAUSE I REMEMBER CHRIS -- >> IT WAS. 312 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:26,505 >> IT WAS. >> TALKING ABOUT HER 313 00:08:26,707 --> 00:08:28,139 >> TALKING ABOUT HER AND HE LEANED OVER ME, "DAD, 314 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,174 AND HE LEANED OVER ME, "DAD, ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL? 315 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:30,242 ISN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL? AND THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE 316 00:08:30,444 --> 00:08:31,309 AND THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE HE'D GO, "DAD, I THINK SHE MAY 317 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:32,410 HE'D GO, "DAD, I THINK SHE MAY BE THE ONE." 318 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:33,445 BE THE ONE." >> SHE MAY BE THE ONE. 319 00:08:33,647 --> 00:08:35,046 >> SHE MAY BE THE ONE. >> Reporter: BUT MEANWHILE, 320 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:37,682 >> Reporter: BUT MEANWHILE, PULLING ALWAYS, THERE WAS THE 321 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:38,750 PULLING ALWAYS, THERE WAS THE SURF, THE OCEAN ALWAYS CALLING 322 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:41,386 SURF, THE OCEAN ALWAYS CALLING EVEN WHEN IT MEANT HIS DAYS WERE 323 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:43,522 EVEN WHEN IT MEANT HIS DAYS WERE A LITTLE UPSIDE DOWN 324 00:08:43,724 --> 00:08:44,623 A LITTLE UPSIDE DOWN >> CHRIS, I WAS TOLD, WOULD WORK 325 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:45,657 >> CHRIS, I WAS TOLD, WOULD WORK LONG HOURS IN THE EVENING OR 326 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:46,758 LONG HOURS IN THE EVENING OR SOMETIMES FROM HOME. 327 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,360 SOMETIMES FROM HOME. JUST BECAUSE I WAS TOLD HE -- HE 328 00:08:48,562 --> 00:08:49,427 JUST BECAUSE I WAS TOLD HE -- HE LIKED TO GO SURFING DURING THE 329 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:50,795 LIKED TO GO SURFING DURING THE DAY. 330 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:52,130 DAY. HE LOVED THE IDEA OF BEING OUT 331 00:08:52,332 --> 00:08:53,198 HE LOVED THE IDEA OF BEING OUT ON THE WATER 332 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,766 ON THE WATER AND I REMEMBER HIM MAKING A JOKE 333 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:57,435 AND I REMEMBER HIM MAKING A JOKE HOW HE SAID HE WAS GONNA TRY TO 334 00:08:57,637 --> 00:09:00,272 HOW HE SAID HE WAS GONNA TRY TO GET OUR OFFICE TO BE ON A BOAT 335 00:09:00,474 --> 00:09:02,774 GET OUR OFFICE TO BE ON A BOAT SO WE COULD BE OUTSIDE 336 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:03,842 SO WE COULD BE OUTSIDE >> Reporter: AND YET, BY JUNE OF 337 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:05,977 >> Reporter: AND YET, BY JUNE OF 2010, PAUL COULD SEE HIS BROTHER 338 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,612 2010, PAUL COULD SEE HIS BROTHER WAS BECOMING DISTRACTED, GROWING 339 00:09:07,814 --> 00:09:09,180 WAS BECOMING DISTRACTED, GROWING RESTLESS 340 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:10,248 RESTLESS >> HIM AND I SAT IN THE HOT TUB, 341 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:11,316 >> HIM AND I SAT IN THE HOT TUB, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ONE 342 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:13,184 YOU KNOW, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LAST TIMES WE WERE 343 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:14,519 OF THE LAST TIMES WE WERE TOGETHER 344 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:15,587 TOGETHER AND HE WAS VERY STRESSED 345 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:16,655 AND HE WAS VERY STRESSED >> Reporter: OH, THEY'D FIND OUT 346 00:09:16,857 --> 00:09:17,722 >> Reporter: OH, THEY'D FIND OUT EVENTUALLY, WHAT WAS BOTHERING 347 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:19,291 EVENTUALLY, WHAT WAS BOTHERING HIM. 348 00:09:19,493 --> 00:09:22,494 HIM. IT WOULD WIND UP HAUNTING THEM 349 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:25,997 IT WOULD WIND UP HAUNTING THEM ALL. 350 00:09:26,199 --> 00:09:28,633 ALL. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK -- 351 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:32,037 >>> WHEN WE COME BACK -- >> I THOUGHT HE FINALLY DID IT 352 00:09:32,239 --> 00:09:33,939 >> I THOUGHT HE FINALLY DID IT >> CHRIS SMITH'S LIFE TAKES A 353 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:36,207 >> CHRIS SMITH'S LIFE TAKES A SUDDEN TURN -- WORD OF A 354 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:38,009 SUDDEN TURN -- WORD OF A GLOBETROTTING ADVENTURE WITH A 355 00:09:38,211 --> 00:09:39,144 GLOBETROTTING ADVENTURE WITH A GLAMOROUS NEW COMPANION. 356 00:09:39,346 --> 00:09:39,644 GLAMOROUS NEW COMPANION. >> A "PLAYBOY" PLAYMATE? 357 00:09:39,846 --> 00:09:40,745 >> A "PLAYBOY" PLAYMATE? HE DIDN'T EVER TALK ABOUT THOSE 358 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:41,813 HE DIDN'T EVER TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF GIRLS 359 00:09:42,015 --> 00:09:42,948 KINDS OF GIRLS I MEAN, WHY WOULD HE EVER DO 360 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:43,949 I MEAN, WHY WOULD HE EVER DO THAT 361 00:09:44,151 --> 00:09:45,016 THAT >> IT WOULD BE THE FIRST 362 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:45,517 >> IT WOULD BE THE FIRST QUESTION OF MANY IN THIS 363 00:09:45,719 --> 00:09:46,618 QUESTION OF MANY IN THIS MYSTERIOUS CASE. 364 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:48,119 MYSTERIOUS CASE. >> Reporter: MAYBE YOU COULD 365 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:48,753 >> Reporter: MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN. 366 00:09:48,955 --> 00:09:49,821 EXPLAIN. >> THERE ARE JUST SOME SECRETS 367 00:09:50,023 --> 00:10:12,510 >> THERE ARE JUST SOME SECRETS THAT A MAN IS WILLING TO GIVE UP 368 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:14,212 THAT A MAN IS WILLING TO GIVE UP >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH USED TO 369 00:10:14,414 --> 00:10:15,780 >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH USED TO SCORN WHAT HE CALLED THE MOO 370 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:16,848 SCORN WHAT HE CALLED THE MOO THE MASSES OF PEOPLE WHO PLOD 371 00:10:17,050 --> 00:10:17,949 THE MASSES OF PEOPLE WHO PLOD THROUGH LIFE LIKE CATTLE 372 00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:19,017 THROUGH LIFE LIKE CATTLE FOLLOWING THE CROWD, BOWING TO 373 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:22,187 FOLLOWING THE CROWD, BOWING TO THE MAN. 374 00:10:22,389 --> 00:10:23,254 THE MAN. >> I HEARD HIM SAY, "THE MOO 375 00:10:23,456 --> 00:10:24,155 >> I HEARD HIM SAY, "THE MOO COW," SO 376 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:24,889 COW," SO >> Reporter: THE MOO COW 377 00:10:25,091 --> 00:10:25,957 >> Reporter: THE MOO COW >> THE MOO COW 378 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:27,025 >> THE MOO COW >> Reporter: CHRIS' BROTHER, 379 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:30,228 >> Reporter: CHRIS' BROTHER, PAUL 380 00:10:30,430 --> 00:10:31,262 PAUL >> HE'D REFER TO THE U.S. AS THE 381 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:32,330 >> HE'D REFER TO THE U.S. AS THE MOO COW, JUST GETTING MILKED AND 382 00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:33,398 MOO COW, JUST GETTING MILKED AND JUST EVERYBODY WORKING SUCH LONG 383 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,432 JUST EVERYBODY WORKING SUCH LONG HOURS. 384 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,500 HOURS. >> Reporter: NOT LIVING? 385 00:10:35,702 --> 00:10:37,135 >> Reporter: NOT LIVING? >> YEAH. 386 00:10:37,337 --> 00:10:38,203 >> YEAH. NOT LIVING 387 00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:39,804 NOT LIVING A JOB WHERE YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, 388 00:10:40,006 --> 00:10:41,439 A JOB WHERE YOU'RE JUST, LIKE, SITTING WITH YOUR BUTT IN THE 389 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:42,474 SITTING WITH YOUR BUTT IN THE SEAT, YOU KNOW, ON A COMPUTER 390 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:44,109 SEAT, YOU KNOW, ON A COMPUTER ALL DAY. 391 00:10:44,311 --> 00:10:45,176 ALL DAY. THAT'S ONE THING HE NEVER WANTED 392 00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,911 THAT'S ONE THING HE NEVER WANTED TO DO. 393 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:48,913 TO DO. HE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST 394 00:10:49,115 --> 00:10:51,049 HE THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST SOMETHIN' THAT JUST TOOK YOUR 395 00:10:51,251 --> 00:10:52,651 SOMETHIN' THAT JUST TOOK YOUR LIFE, TOOK THE LIFE OUT OF YOU 396 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:54,252 LIFE, TOOK THE LIFE OUT OF YOU >> Reporter: AND BY JUNE OF 397 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:57,455 >> Reporter: AND BY JUNE OF 2010, IT SEEMED MAYBE THAT VERY 398 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:59,724 2010, IT SEEMED MAYBE THAT VERY THING HAD HAPPENED TO CHRIS. 399 00:10:59,926 --> 00:11:00,725 THING HAD HAPPENED TO CHRIS. THE MAN WHO LOVED THE WIDE OPEN 400 00:11:00,927 --> 00:11:02,794 THE MAN WHO LOVED THE WIDE OPEN SEA WAS FEELING PENNED IN. 401 00:11:02,996 --> 00:11:06,564 SEA WAS FEELING PENNED IN. PAUL KNEW BECAUSE HE WORKED 402 00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,700 PAUL KNEW BECAUSE HE WORKED ALONGSIDE CHRIS AT 800 XCHANGE 403 00:11:08,902 --> 00:11:10,301 ALONGSIDE CHRIS AT 800 XCHANGE >> HE WAS DEFINITELY VERY 404 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,903 >> HE WAS DEFINITELY VERY STRESSED OUT 405 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,538 STRESSED OUT >> Reporter: STILL, PAUL WAS 406 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,106 >> Reporter: STILL, PAUL WAS SHOCKED AT THE WAY CHRIS JUST 407 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:16,741 SHOCKED AT THE WAY CHRIS JUST LEFT 408 00:11:16,943 --> 00:11:17,776 LEFT PAUL, LEAH AND THEIR KIDS HAD 409 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:18,877 PAUL, LEAH AND THEIR KIDS HAD JUST COME BACK TO CALIFORNIA 410 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:20,245 JUST COME BACK TO CALIFORNIA FROM A VACATION IN OREGON. 411 00:11:20,447 --> 00:11:21,546 FROM A VACATION IN OREGON. AND CHRIS HAD AGREED TO PICK 412 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,148 AND CHRIS HAD AGREED TO PICK THEM UP AT THE AIRPORT 413 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:24,249 THEM UP AT THE AIRPORT >> NO ONE EVER SHOWED UP 414 00:11:24,451 --> 00:11:25,316 >> NO ONE EVER SHOWED UP >> Reporter: DIDN'T CALL 415 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:26,918 >> Reporter: DIDN'T CALL NOTHING? 416 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:27,986 NOTHING? >> NOTHING 417 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:29,054 >> NOTHING >> I WAS IRRITATED 418 00:11:29,256 --> 00:11:30,121 >> I WAS IRRITATED IT'S A LONG FLIGHT WITH KIDS, 419 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:31,189 IT'S A LONG FLIGHT WITH KIDS, AND THEN NOTHING 420 00:11:31,391 --> 00:11:32,590 AND THEN NOTHING SO, WE JUST GOT A TAXI AND WENT 421 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:33,458 SO, WE JUST GOT A TAXI AND WENT HOME 422 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:34,959 HOME >> I WAS A LITTLE BIT 423 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:36,561 >> I WAS A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED 424 00:11:36,763 --> 00:11:37,629 FRUSTRATED BUT IT'S YOUR BROTHER. 425 00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:39,230 BUT IT'S YOUR BROTHER. AND THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A 426 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,298 AND THERE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A GOOD EXPLANATION, SO - 427 00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,434 GOOD EXPLANATION, SO - >> Reporter: OH, THERE WAS AN 428 00:11:42,636 --> 00:11:45,937 >> Reporter: OH, THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION, ALL RIGHT 429 00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:46,871 EXPLANATION, ALL RIGHT THE NEXT DAY PAUL TALKED TO ED 430 00:11:47,073 --> 00:11:48,373 THE NEXT DAY PAUL TALKED TO ED WHO SAID CHRIS HAD SOLD HIS 431 00:11:48,575 --> 00:11:49,407 WHO SAID CHRIS HAD SOLD HIS SHARE OF THE BUSINESS. 432 00:11:49,609 --> 00:11:51,009 SHARE OF THE BUSINESS. >> TO NOT TELL HIS BROTHER THAT 433 00:11:51,211 --> 00:11:54,179 >> TO NOT TELL HIS BROTHER THAT HE WAS TALKIN' ABOUT A BUYOUT, 434 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:55,246 HE WAS TALKIN' ABOUT A BUYOUT, AND GOING THROUGH WITH -- A DEAL 435 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,815 AND GOING THROUGH WITH -- A DEAL LIKE THAT, IT HURT 436 00:11:57,017 --> 00:11:58,416 LIKE THAT, IT HURT YOU KNOW, IT HURT FOR A WHILE. 437 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:01,619 YOU KNOW, IT HURT FOR A WHILE. BUT WHERE WAS CHRIS? 438 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:03,788 BUT WHERE WAS CHRIS? HIS FAMILY SOON FOUND OUT. 439 00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:06,458 HIS FAMILY SOON FOUND OUT. HE SENT HIS PARENTS, STEVE AND 440 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:09,127 HE SENT HIS PARENTS, STEVE AND DEBI, AN EMAIL 441 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:10,195 DEBI, AN EMAIL >> I'M GOING ON VACATION, 442 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:11,262 >> I'M GOING ON VACATION, PROBABLY THREE-WEEK TRIP TO 443 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:12,297 PROBABLY THREE-WEEK TRIP TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND COSTA 444 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:13,398 GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND COSTA RICA 445 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,432 RICA I'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE BY 446 00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:15,500 I'LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE BY FRIDAY 447 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:16,101 FRIDAY >> AND THEN I SAID, "GOOD FOR 448 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:17,135 >> AND THEN I SAID, "GOOD FOR YOU. 449 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:18,570 YOU. TAKE PICS IF YOU CAN 450 00:12:18,772 --> 00:12:19,270 TAKE PICS IF YOU CAN YOU WILL SEE AMAZING THINGS. 451 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:20,872 YOU WILL SEE AMAZING THINGS. YES, BREATHE 452 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,474 YES, BREATHE SEE ONLY CHRIS 453 00:12:22,676 --> 00:12:24,542 SEE ONLY CHRIS LOVE YOU, MOM. 454 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,176 LOVE YOU, MOM. >> IT WAS ALL SO SUDDEN. 455 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:26,778 >> IT WAS ALL SO SUDDEN. BUT GIVEN THAT THIS WAS CHRIS -- 456 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:27,846 BUT GIVEN THAT THIS WAS CHRIS -- THE FREE SPIRIT, SURFER DUDE OF 457 00:12:28,048 --> 00:12:29,080 THE FREE SPIRIT, SURFER DUDE OF THE FAMILY, THE DECISION MADE 458 00:12:29,282 --> 00:12:32,650 THE FAMILY, THE DECISION MADE SENSE, TOO 459 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:33,685 SENSE, TOO >> I THOUGHT, "HE FINALLY DID 460 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:34,753 >> I THOUGHT, "HE FINALLY DID IT. HE REALLY DID IT." 461 00:12:34,955 --> 00:12:35,820 IT. HE REALLY DID IT." >> I JUST SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, 462 00:12:36,022 --> 00:12:36,354 >> I JUST SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO 463 00:12:36,556 --> 00:12:37,422 DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO >> GET OUT OF THE SITUATION. 464 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:38,456 >> GET OUT OF THE SITUATION. >> I WANTED THE BEST FOR HIM, 465 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:41,793 >> I WANTED THE BEST FOR HIM, WHATEVER DECISION HE WAS GONNA 466 00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:42,761 WHATEVER DECISION HE WAS GONNA MAKE 467 00:12:42,963 --> 00:12:43,828 MAKE >> THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE'D 468 00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:44,896 >> THERE WERE TIMES WHERE HE'D STOOD IN THE KITCHEN AND SAID, 469 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:46,097 STOOD IN THE KITCHEN AND SAID, "I'M JUST SO OVER IT 470 00:12:46,299 --> 00:12:47,031 "I'M JUST SO OVER IT I'M GONNA BE DONE WITH IT ALL, 471 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:50,268 I'M GONNA BE DONE WITH IT ALL, AND JUST GO BE A BARTENDER ON 472 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:53,471 AND JUST GO BE A BARTENDER ON THE BEACH. 473 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:55,073 THE BEACH. >> DEBI KNEW IT WASN'T UNLIKE 474 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:56,141 >> DEBI KNEW IT WASN'T UNLIKE HER DRIVEN SON TO SUDDENLY TAKE 475 00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:57,208 HER DRIVEN SON TO SUDDENLY TAKE A SHARP, 90-DEGREE TURN IN LIFE. 476 00:12:57,410 --> 00:12:58,309 A SHARP, 90-DEGREE TURN IN LIFE. >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY 477 00:12:58,511 --> 00:12:59,377 >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE TALKED 478 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:00,445 WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE GALAPAGOS 479 00:13:00,647 --> 00:13:01,513 ABOUT GOING TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 480 00:13:01,715 --> 00:13:02,547 ISLANDS. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING 481 00:13:02,749 --> 00:13:04,048 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS REALLY 482 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:05,250 ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS REALLY AMBITIOUS, INTERESTED IN - 483 00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:06,284 AMBITIOUS, INTERESTED IN - >> YES 484 00:13:06,486 --> 00:13:07,352 >> YES >> SOMETHING NEW, BUT IF THE 485 00:13:07,554 --> 00:13:08,419 >> SOMETHING NEW, BUT IF THE STRESS GOT TOO MUCH HE MIGHT 486 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:09,521 STRESS GOT TOO MUCH HE MIGHT JUST GO OFF AND DO SOMETHIN' 487 00:13:09,723 --> 00:13:11,122 JUST GO OFF AND DO SOMETHIN' ELSE INSTEAD 488 00:13:11,324 --> 00:13:12,190 ELSE INSTEAD >> WELL, JUST TAKE A BREAK 489 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,258 >> WELL, JUST TAKE A BREAK >> TAKE A BREAK, YEAH. 490 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,360 >> TAKE A BREAK, YEAH. >> YEAH. 491 00:13:15,562 --> 00:13:16,327 >> YEAH. RIGHT. 492 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:16,928 RIGHT. >> BUT THEN THEY LEARNED THAT 493 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:18,596 >> BUT THEN THEY LEARNED THAT CHRIS' "BREAK" WASN'T ONLY FROM 494 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,165 CHRIS' "BREAK" WASN'T ONLY FROM ALL THE "MOOS" OF THE WORLD. 495 00:13:20,367 --> 00:13:21,766 ALL THE "MOOS" OF THE WORLD. IT WAS FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND, TOO. 496 00:13:21,968 --> 00:13:22,801 IT WAS FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND, TOO. HE'D DUMPED HER BY TEXT. 497 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,402 HE'D DUMPED HER BY TEXT. SO MUCH FOR THE CHILL SURFER 498 00:13:24,604 --> 00:13:28,673 SO MUCH FOR THE CHILL SURFER DUDE 499 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:29,774 DUDE >> AS HIS MOM, YES, I WAS 500 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:30,842 >> AS HIS MOM, YES, I WAS SHOCKED. 501 00:13:31,044 --> 00:13:31,910 SHOCKED. AND I THOUGHT -- 502 00:13:32,112 --> 00:13:33,011 AND I THOUGHT -- >> WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT OF A 503 00:13:33,213 --> 00:13:35,680 >> WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT OF A WOMAN WAS THAT 504 00:13:35,882 --> 00:13:36,748 WOMAN WAS THAT >> I THINK THE HARD PART AS A 505 00:13:36,950 --> 00:13:38,383 >> I THINK THE HARD PART AS A PARENT AND A MOM, YOU KNOW, YOU 506 00:13:38,585 --> 00:13:39,417 PARENT AND A MOM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW YOUR KIDS, IS THINKING, 507 00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:40,518 KNOW YOUR KIDS, IS THINKING, "THIS IS WEIRD." 508 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:42,086 "THIS IS WEIRD." >> AND GETTING WEIRDER 509 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:43,188 >> AND GETTING WEIRDER PAUL FINALLY GOT AN EMAIL FROM 510 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,656 PAUL FINALLY GOT AN EMAIL FROM CHRIS. 511 00:13:44,858 --> 00:13:45,857 CHRIS. AND IT FEATURED A PICTURE OF HIS 512 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:49,627 AND IT FEATURED A PICTURE OF HIS BROTHER'S NEW TRAVELING 513 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:50,695 BROTHER'S NEW TRAVELING COMPANION. 514 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:51,763 COMPANION. HER NAME WAS TIFFANY TAYLOR, A 515 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:54,098 HER NAME WAS TIFFANY TAYLOR, A PLAYBOY PLAYMATE 516 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:55,366 PLAYBOY PLAYMATE >> "I MEAN, WHY -- WHY WOULD HE 517 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:56,067 >> "I MEAN, WHY -- WHY WOULD HE EVER DO THAT?" 518 00:13:56,269 --> 00:13:57,135 EVER DO THAT?" >> WELL, YOU BREAKUP 519 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:58,203 >> WELL, YOU BREAKUP >> AND THIS ISN'T -- I REMEMBER 520 00:13:58,405 --> 00:13:59,270 >> AND THIS ISN'T -- I REMEMBER TELLIN' STEVE, I MEAN, "THIS 521 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:00,338 TELLIN' STEVE, I MEAN, "THIS IS -- THIS IS WHACKY." 522 00:14:00,540 --> 00:14:01,406 IS -- THIS IS WHACKY." A PLAYBOY PLAYMATE, HE DIDN'T 523 00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,007 A PLAYBOY PLAYMATE, HE DIDN'T EVER TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF 524 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:04,642 EVER TALK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF GIRLS. 525 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:05,710 GIRLS. >> OVER THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, 526 00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:06,744 >> OVER THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, CHRIS SENT MORE EMAILS TO HIS 527 00:14:06,946 --> 00:14:08,379 CHRIS SENT MORE EMAILS TO HIS FAMILY ABOUT HIS TRAVELS WITH 528 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:09,447 FAMILY ABOUT HIS TRAVELS WITH TIFFANY. 529 00:14:09,649 --> 00:14:11,382 TIFFANY. >> "AMAZING SAILING FOR THE PAST 530 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:12,684 >> "AMAZING SAILING FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS! 531 00:14:12,886 --> 00:14:14,252 TWO WEEKS! WE ARE ON A 45-FOOT SAILING 532 00:14:14,454 --> 00:14:15,887 WE ARE ON A 45-FOOT SAILING YACHT, SO THERE'S NO INTERNET OR 533 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:20,191 YACHT, SO THERE'S NO INTERNET OR PHONES 534 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:22,160 PHONES JUST US AND THE SEA. 535 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:23,394 JUST US AND THE SEA. >> BY JULY, CHRIS' THREE-WEEK 536 00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,029 >> BY JULY, CHRIS' THREE-WEEK HOLIDAY HAD TURNED INTO A MONTH. 537 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:27,165 HOLIDAY HAD TURNED INTO A MONTH. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HOME 538 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:28,233 HE WAS SUPPOSED TO COME HOME AFTER VISITING THE GALAPAGOS 539 00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:30,168 AFTER VISITING THE GALAPAGOS AND NOW, HE WAS EXTENDING HIS 540 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:31,102 AND NOW, HE WAS EXTENDING HIS VOYAGE 541 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:33,638 VOYAGE >> THE EMAILS CONTINUED TO COME 542 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,139 >> THE EMAILS CONTINUED TO COME IN 543 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:35,740 IN AND HE WOULD GO FROM ONE PLACE 544 00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:37,408 AND HE WOULD GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, "OH, I'M GOIN' HERE 545 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:38,476 TO ANOTHER, "OH, I'M GOIN' HERE NOW. 546 00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:40,912 NOW. I'M GOIN' TO THE TIP OF CHILE. 547 00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:42,747 I'M GOIN' TO THE TIP OF CHILE. >> AND THEN ONTO ARGENTINA 548 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:44,382 >> AND THEN ONTO ARGENTINA BUT HERE'S WHAT BOTHERED THEM 549 00:14:44,584 --> 00:14:47,585 BUT HERE'S WHAT BOTHERED THEM MOST, CHRIS HADN'T CALLED HOME 550 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:49,187 MOST, CHRIS HADN'T CALLED HOME NOT EVEN ONCE. 551 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:55,894 NOT EVEN ONCE. IN AN EMAIL DATED JULY 13th, HE 552 00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:56,227 IN AN EMAIL DATED JULY 13th, HE EXPLAINED WHY. 553 00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:56,961 EXPLAINED WHY. BLUNTLY. 554 00:14:57,163 --> 00:14:57,996 BLUNTLY. >> "NO PHONE, DIDN'T BRING ONE 555 00:14:58,198 --> 00:14:59,097 >> "NO PHONE, DIDN'T BRING ONE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY 556 00:14:59,299 --> 00:15:00,164 DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY FOR A BIT. 557 00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:01,232 FOR A BIT. >> WHY NO PHONE CALLS? 558 00:15:01,434 --> 00:15:02,300 >> WHY NO PHONE CALLS? WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THAT IN 559 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:03,334 WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT THAT IN HIS EMAILS 560 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:04,702 HIS EMAILS >> HE THREW HIS PHONE AWAY 561 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,970 >> HE THREW HIS PHONE AWAY HE SAID HE DIDN'T NEED IT. 562 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:06,604 HE SAID HE DIDN'T NEED IT. HE WAS JUST TR -- HE WAS 563 00:15:06,806 --> 00:15:07,071 HE WAS JUST TR -- HE WAS TRAVELING. 564 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,139 TRAVELING. AND SO HE WAS JUST GONNA BE 565 00:15:08,341 --> 00:15:09,207 AND SO HE WAS JUST GONNA BE OPERATING -- 566 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:09,807 OPERATING -- >> AND I GUESS WHEN HE WAS AT 567 00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:10,808 >> AND I GUESS WHEN HE WAS AT SEA, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEND 568 00:15:11,010 --> 00:15:11,876 SEA, HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEND THEM 569 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:12,977 THEM >> RIGHT 570 00:15:13,179 --> 00:15:14,012 >> RIGHT SO HE WAS JUST -- HE WAS JUST 571 00:15:14,214 --> 00:15:16,247 SO HE WAS JUST -- HE WAS JUST OPERATING BY E-MAIL. 572 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:17,782 OPERATING BY E-MAIL. >> BY AUGUST HIS FATHER STEVE 573 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:18,816 >> BY AUGUST HIS FATHER STEVE WAS MORE THAN JUST ANNOYED 574 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:19,884 WAS MORE THAN JUST ANNOYED >> PROBABLY THE SECOND MONTH 575 00:15:20,086 --> 00:15:20,919 >> PROBABLY THE SECOND MONTH INTO IT, I GOT A LITTLE 576 00:15:21,121 --> 00:15:22,587 INTO IT, I GOT A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS ON IT, TOO. 577 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:25,156 SUSPICIOUS ON IT, TOO. AND I STARTED ASKING HIM 578 00:15:25,358 --> 00:15:26,758 AND I STARTED ASKING HIM QUESTIONS THAT -- NOBODY'D 579 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:27,825 QUESTIONS THAT -- NOBODY'D REALLY KNOW. 580 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:29,427 REALLY KNOW. >> MAYBE IT WAS THE FORMER COP 581 00:15:29,629 --> 00:15:30,528 >> MAYBE IT WAS THE FORMER COP IN STEVE 582 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:31,596 IN STEVE HE THOUGHT THE EMAILS SOUNDED 583 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:32,697 HE THOUGHT THE EMAILS SOUNDED LIKE CHRIS IN WORD - 584 00:15:32,899 --> 00:15:33,765 LIKE CHRIS IN WORD - BUT NOT BEHAVIOR 585 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:34,832 BUT NOT BEHAVIOR LIKE HE WASN'T ACTING LIKE 586 00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:35,900 LIKE HE WASN'T ACTING LIKE HIMSELF. 587 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:38,603 HIMSELF. THAT'S WHEN STEVE DECIDED TO SET 588 00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,171 THAT'S WHEN STEVE DECIDED TO SET A TRAP 589 00:15:40,373 --> 00:15:42,840 A TRAP >>> COMING UP -- 590 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:43,908 >>> COMING UP -- WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING WITH 591 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:45,009 WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING WITH CHRIS? 592 00:15:45,211 --> 00:15:46,878 CHRIS? A SURPRISE CLUE SURFACES IN 593 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:47,679 A SURPRISE CLUE SURFACES IN LAS VEGAS. 594 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:49,814 LAS VEGAS. >> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER AT 595 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:50,882 >> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER AT FIRST. 596 00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:51,950 FIRST. >> Reporter: TIFFANY TAYLOR, THE 597 00:15:52,152 --> 00:15:54,085 >> Reporter: TIFFANY TAYLOR, THE "PLAYBOY" PLAYMATE 598 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:55,920 "PLAYBOY" PLAYMATE >> I WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO 599 00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:57,255 >> I WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO HER AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 600 00:15:57,457 --> 00:15:57,822 HER AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WITH MY 601 00:15:58,024 --> 00:15:58,890 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WITH MY BROTHER? 602 00:15:59,092 --> 00:15:59,958 BROTHER? WHERE'S MY BROTHER 603 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:19,143 WHERE'S MY BROTHER SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS 604 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:21,346 SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH'S 605 00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:23,481 >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH'S FAMILY WAS TRYING TO BE PATIENT. 606 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:25,116 FAMILY WAS TRYING TO BE PATIENT. IN JUNE OF 2010, HE ABRUPTLY 607 00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:26,718 IN JUNE OF 2010, HE ABRUPTLY CASHED OUT OF HIS BUSINESS, 608 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,387 CASHED OUT OF HIS BUSINESS, DUMPED HIS GIRLFRIEND, SET SAIL 609 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:32,857 DUMPED HIS GIRLFRIEND, SET SAIL FOR A THREE-WEEK TOUR OF SOUTH 610 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,425 FOR A THREE-WEEK TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA WITH A PLAYBOY PLAYMATE. 611 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:35,860 AMERICA WITH A PLAYBOY PLAYMATE. OH, DEAR 612 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:37,729 OH, DEAR >> I WANTED HIM TO BE HAPPY. 613 00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:39,564 >> I WANTED HIM TO BE HAPPY. SO IF HE NEEDED TO CHECK OUT AND 614 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:40,631 SO IF HE NEEDED TO CHECK OUT AND HE WAS OFFERED A DEAL, AND HE 615 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:41,699 HE WAS OFFERED A DEAL, AND HE TOOK IT, SO BE IT. 616 00:16:41,901 --> 00:16:42,800 TOOK IT, SO BE IT. YOU KNOW, I'D SUPPORT HIM ANY 617 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:44,168 YOU KNOW, I'D SUPPORT HIM ANY WAY I COULD. 618 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:45,470 WAY I COULD. >> IT FEELS LIKE HE NEEDED 619 00:16:45,672 --> 00:16:46,504 >> IT FEELS LIKE HE NEEDED SPACE, AND WE WERE GONNA GIVE 620 00:16:46,706 --> 00:16:48,139 SPACE, AND WE WERE GONNA GIVE HIM SOME SPACE 621 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:49,741 HIM SOME SPACE >> YEAH. 622 00:16:49,943 --> 00:16:51,342 >> YEAH. UH-HUH 623 00:16:51,544 --> 00:16:52,910 UH-HUH >> THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY 624 00:16:53,112 --> 00:16:55,113 >> THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY TO DO. 625 00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:56,681 TO DO. >> Reporter: BUT THEN CHRIS' 626 00:16:56,883 --> 00:16:58,282 >> Reporter: BUT THEN CHRIS' THREE-WEEK TRIP TURNED INTO A 627 00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:12,730 THREE-WEEK TRIP TURNED INTO A MONTH, AND THEN TWO. 628 00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:13,798 MONTH, AND THEN TWO. AND HE STILL HADN'T CALLED HOME. 629 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:14,832 AND HE STILL HADN'T CALLED HOME. EMAILS ONLY. 630 00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:15,400 EMAILS ONLY. THAT JUST WASN'T LIKE CHRIS, 631 00:17:15,602 --> 00:17:16,434 THAT JUST WASN'T LIKE CHRIS, THOUGHT HIS DAD. 632 00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:17,502 THOUGHT HIS DAD. SO IN AUGUST, STEVE TYPED OUT A 633 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:18,536 SO IN AUGUST, STEVE TYPED OUT A STRANGE, BRIEF EMAIL TO THIS 634 00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:19,637 STRANGE, BRIEF EMAIL TO THIS CHRIS. 635 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:20,271 CHRIS. >> WHAT LAKE DID WE USED TO LIVE 636 00:17:20,473 --> 00:17:21,239 >> WHAT LAKE DID WE USED TO LIVE ON 637 00:17:21,441 --> 00:17:22,340 ON WHAT TYPE OF BOAT DID WE USED TO 638 00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:23,408 WHAT TYPE OF BOAT DID WE USED TO DRIVE, AND STUFF LIKE THAT 639 00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:24,475 DRIVE, AND STUFF LIKE THAT >> Reporter: QUESTIONS ONLY HIS 640 00:17:24,677 --> 00:17:25,376 >> Reporter: QUESTIONS ONLY HIS SON WOULD KNOW THE ANSWERS TO. 641 00:17:25,578 --> 00:17:26,044 SON WOULD KNOW THE ANSWERS TO. WELL, THEN THERE WAS A REPLY 642 00:17:26,246 --> 00:17:27,145 WELL, THEN THERE WAS A REPLY FROM CHRIS 643 00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:28,212 FROM CHRIS KELLY LAKE WAS THE PLACE THEIR 644 00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:29,247 KELLY LAKE WAS THE PLACE THEIR FAMILY ONCE LIVED. 645 00:17:29,449 --> 00:17:30,314 FAMILY ONCE LIVED. >> WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING THEN 646 00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:31,382 >> WHAT WAS YOUR FEELING THEN WHEN YOU SAW THAT? 647 00:17:31,584 --> 00:17:32,450 WHEN YOU SAW THAT? >> THAT'S CONFIRMING IT WAS 648 00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:33,551 >> THAT'S CONFIRMING IT WAS CHRIS? 649 00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:34,619 CHRIS? I MEAN, WHO -- IT WOULD BE 650 00:17:34,821 --> 00:17:36,220 I MEAN, WHO -- IT WOULD BE DIABOLICAL THAT MUCH TO -- TO 651 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:37,255 DIABOLICAL THAT MUCH TO -- TO RESEARCH THAT INFORMATION TO BE 652 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:38,856 RESEARCH THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK, AND GIVE THE 653 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:40,992 ABLE TO COME BACK, AND GIVE THE ANSWERS TO IT. 654 00:17:41,194 --> 00:17:44,028 ANSWERS TO IT. >> Reporter: STEVE WAS 655 00:17:44,230 --> 00:17:44,295 >> Reporter: STEVE WAS COMFORTED. 656 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,030 COMFORTED. HIS SON CHRIS WAS ALL RIGHT. 657 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:47,432 HIS SON CHRIS WAS ALL RIGHT. THE FAMILY TRIED TO RE-FOCUS ON 658 00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:49,867 THE FAMILY TRIED TO RE-FOCUS ON THEIR OWN LIVES. 659 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:50,635 THEIR OWN LIVES. PAUL WAS STILL WORKING AT 660 00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:51,736 PAUL WAS STILL WORKING AT 800 EXCHANGE, CHRIS'S OLD 661 00:17:51,938 --> 00:17:52,804 800 EXCHANGE, CHRIS'S OLD BUSINESS 662 00:17:53,006 --> 00:17:53,838 BUSINESS >> THE COMPANY WAS DOING WELL. 663 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,440 >> THE COMPANY WAS DOING WELL. >> Reporter: BY OCTOBER OF 2010, 664 00:17:55,642 --> 00:17:56,507 >> Reporter: BY OCTOBER OF 2010, FOUR MONTHS AFTER CHRIS LEFT, ED 665 00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:57,575 FOUR MONTHS AFTER CHRIS LEFT, ED HAD A PLAN TO MAKE THE BUSINESS 666 00:17:57,777 --> 00:17:58,643 HAD A PLAN TO MAKE THE BUSINESS MORE PROFITABLE. 667 00:17:58,845 --> 00:17:59,677 MORE PROFITABLE. IT INVOLVED A TRIP TO VEGAS. 668 00:17:59,879 --> 00:18:00,745 IT INVOLVED A TRIP TO VEGAS. >> WE WERE THERE MEETING AN 669 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:02,346 >> WE WERE THERE MEETING AN INVESTOR THAT WANTED TO INVEST 670 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:05,016 INVESTOR THAT WANTED TO INVEST IN THE COMPANY 671 00:18:05,218 --> 00:18:06,617 IN THE COMPANY >> Reporter: UH-HUH? 672 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:07,685 >> Reporter: UH-HUH? >> SO HE TOOK US ALL THERE 673 00:18:07,887 --> 00:18:08,753 >> SO HE TOOK US ALL THERE >> BIG LAVISH TRIP 674 00:18:08,955 --> 00:18:09,821 >> BIG LAVISH TRIP >> BIG LAVISH TRIP 675 00:18:10,023 --> 00:18:10,888 >> BIG LAVISH TRIP >> Reporter: AND EVERYONE FROM 676 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:11,956 >> Reporter: AND EVERYONE FROM THE OFFICE WAS INVITED 677 00:18:12,158 --> 00:18:13,558 THE OFFICE WAS INVITED EVEN CHRISTINA 678 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,625 EVEN CHRISTINA >> YOU KNOW, HERE I AM JUST THE 679 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:15,927 >> YOU KNOW, HERE I AM JUST THE ASSISTANT. 680 00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:17,261 ASSISTANT. SO WHY WOULD I GO? 681 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:18,329 SO WHY WOULD I GO? BUT BECAUSE WE WERE SUCH A SMALL 682 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:19,397 BUT BECAUSE WE WERE SUCH A SMALL OFFICE, ED ACTUALLY SAID, NO 683 00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,998 OFFICE, ED ACTUALLY SAID, NO EVERYONE CAN GO. 684 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,100 EVERYONE CAN GO. AND I WAS VERY EXCITED, AND I 685 00:18:22,302 --> 00:18:23,167 AND I WAS VERY EXCITED, AND I HAVE THIS GREAT ROOM 686 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:24,769 HAVE THIS GREAT ROOM I REMEMBER THINKING, WOW 687 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:26,337 I REMEMBER THINKING, WOW I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE 688 00:18:26,539 --> 00:18:27,438 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE THIS BIG TIME. 689 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,040 THIS BIG TIME. [ LAUGHTER ] 690 00:18:29,242 --> 00:18:30,475 [ LAUGHTER ] >> Reporter: DINNERS WERE 691 00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:31,709 >> Reporter: DINNERS WERE SUMPTUOUS AFFAIRS AT FANCY 692 00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:32,777 SUMPTUOUS AFFAIRS AT FANCY RESTAURANTS. 693 00:18:32,979 --> 00:18:34,378 RESTAURANTS. ED HIRED A LOCAL FIXER TO HELP, 694 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:36,948 ED HIRED A LOCAL FIXER TO HELP, A MAN WHO WENT BY THE NAME 695 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:37,582 A MAN WHO WENT BY THE NAME JOHNNY VEGAS 696 00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:38,649 JOHNNY VEGAS HIS SPECIALTY? 697 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:39,684 HIS SPECIALTY? HIRING GUESTS FOR EVENTS 698 00:18:39,886 --> 00:18:40,785 HIRING GUESTS FOR EVENTS >> INVITED GIRLS 699 00:18:40,987 --> 00:18:42,920 >> INVITED GIRLS >> YEAH. 700 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:50,895 >> YEAH. HE WOULD HIRE -- 701 00:18:51,097 --> 00:18:52,463 HE WOULD HIRE -- >> SOUNDS NICE, HUH? 702 00:18:52,665 --> 00:18:52,964 >> SOUNDS NICE, HUH? >> THESE PLAYMATES TO -- 703 00:18:53,166 --> 00:18:54,065 >> THESE PLAYMATES TO -- TO JOIN THESE DINNERS THAT WE 704 00:18:54,267 --> 00:18:55,133 TO JOIN THESE DINNERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITH INVESTORS AND 705 00:18:55,335 --> 00:18:56,234 WOULD HAVE WITH INVESTORS AND OUR CLIENTS. 706 00:18:56,436 --> 00:18:57,268 OUR CLIENTS. >> Reporter: ONE PARTICULAR 707 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,336 >> Reporter: ONE PARTICULAR DINNER TURNED VERY STRANGE WHEN 708 00:18:58,538 --> 00:18:59,403 DINNER TURNED VERY STRANGE WHEN PAUL NOTICED JUST WHO HAD JOINED 709 00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:01,239 PAUL NOTICED JUST WHO HAD JOINED THE PARTY. 710 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:05,610 THE PARTY. >> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER AT 711 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,879 >> I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER AT FIRST WHEN SHE ENTERED THE ROOM. 712 00:19:08,081 --> 00:19:08,379 FIRST WHEN SHE ENTERED THE ROOM. >> Reporter: BUT THEN IT 713 00:19:08,581 --> 00:19:10,248 >> Reporter: BUT THEN IT CLICKED. 714 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:12,817 CLICKED. THIS HAD TO BE HER 715 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:14,318 THIS HAD TO BE HER HE WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT 716 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,422 HE WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT TIFFANY, THE WOMAN WHO HAD TAKEN 717 00:19:18,624 --> 00:19:19,056 TIFFANY, THE WOMAN WHO HAD TAKEN OFF WITH HIS BROTHER FOUR MONTHS 718 00:19:19,258 --> 00:19:19,490 OFF WITH HIS BROTHER FOUR MONTHS EARLIER. 719 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:20,558 EARLIER. >> I SAT RIGHT NEXT TO HER CAUSE 720 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,626 >> I SAT RIGHT NEXT TO HER CAUSE I WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO HER. 721 00:19:21,828 --> 00:19:22,693 I WAS SO EXCITED TO TALK TO HER. >> YEAH. 722 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:23,394 >> YEAH. >> AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 723 00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:24,829 >> AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WITH MY 724 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:25,363 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WITH MY BROTHER? 725 00:19:25,565 --> 00:19:26,430 BROTHER? >> Reporter: PAUL ASKED, ARE YOU 726 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:26,964 >> Reporter: PAUL ASKED, ARE YOU TIFFANY TAYLOR 727 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,032 TIFFANY TAYLOR SHE SAID SHE WAS 728 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:29,100 SHE SAID SHE WAS NOW, HE WAS GUSHING WITH 729 00:19:29,302 --> 00:19:29,634 NOW, HE WAS GUSHING WITH QUESTIONS. 730 00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:30,701 QUESTIONS. >> WHERE'S MY BROTHER? 731 00:19:30,903 --> 00:19:31,769 >> WHERE'S MY BROTHER? HOW WAS IT 732 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:32,870 HOW WAS IT HOW WAS THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? 733 00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:33,938 HOW WAS THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS? AND I ASKED HER THAT, AND SHE 734 00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:34,772 AND I ASKED HER THAT, AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS 735 00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:35,573 JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. 736 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:36,641 CRAZY. IT WAS A WEIRD FEELING 737 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:37,708 IT WAS A WEIRD FEELING >> LIKE YOU WERE CRAZY 738 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:38,809 >> LIKE YOU WERE CRAZY >> YEAH. 739 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:40,378 >> YEAH. LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 740 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:41,746 LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? 741 00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:42,747 ABOUT? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE 742 00:19:42,949 --> 00:19:43,714 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 743 00:19:43,916 --> 00:19:45,216 TALKING ABOUT. AND SHE LOOKED AT HER -- THE 744 00:19:45,418 --> 00:19:46,317 AND SHE LOOKED AT HER -- THE OTHER FRIEND THAT SHE HAD WITH 745 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:47,385 OTHER FRIEND THAT SHE HAD WITH HER AND THEY BOTH JUST - 746 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:48,986 HER AND THEY BOTH JUST - >> LIKE YOU WERE CRAZY 747 00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,155 >> LIKE YOU WERE CRAZY >> LIKE I WAS CRAZY, YEAH. 748 00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:52,757 >> LIKE I WAS CRAZY, YEAH. LIKE, WHAT IS THIS GUY TALKING 749 00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:55,459 LIKE, WHAT IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT? 750 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:57,562 ABOUT? >> Reporter: HE WAS TOTALLY 751 00:19:57,764 --> 00:19:58,629 >> Reporter: HE WAS TOTALLY BAFFLED, AND THEN HE CAUGHT 752 00:19:58,831 --> 00:20:00,565 BAFFLED, AND THEN HE CAUGHT SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE 753 00:20:00,767 --> 00:20:01,332 SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE >> AND I LOOKED UP AT ED, AND HE 754 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,400 >> AND I LOOKED UP AT ED, AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AND JUST SHOOK HIS 755 00:20:02,602 --> 00:20:03,467 LOOKED AT ME, AND JUST SHOOK HIS HEAD, LIKE THAT WASN'T THE GIRL. 756 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:04,535 HEAD, LIKE THAT WASN'T THE GIRL. >> OH. 757 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:06,137 >> OH. >> IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIFFANY 758 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:07,705 >> IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIFFANY TAYLOR, BUT I WAS SURE IT WAS 759 00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:08,806 TAYLOR, BUT I WAS SURE IT WAS THE SAME GIRL. 760 00:20:09,008 --> 00:20:10,408 THE SAME GIRL. >> A DIFFERENT TIFFANY TAYLOR? 761 00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:11,008 >> A DIFFERENT TIFFANY TAYLOR? >> THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME, BUT 762 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,009 >> THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD ME, BUT IT WAS THE SAME GIRL THAT WAS IN 763 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,077 IT WAS THE SAME GIRL THAT WAS IN THAT PICTURE ON THE EMAIL. 764 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:14,145 THAT PICTURE ON THE EMAIL. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK AFTER 765 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:15,713 >> WHAT DID YOU THINK AFTER THAT 766 00:20:15,915 --> 00:20:18,950 THAT >> SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN 767 00:20:19,152 --> 00:20:20,017 >> SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN DENMARK. 768 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:22,286 DENMARK. YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE 769 00:20:22,488 --> 00:20:23,221 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT YET, YOU KNOW, I 770 00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:24,822 SENSE, BUT YET, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TAKE THE 771 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:26,424 DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TAKE THE THOUGHTS 772 00:20:26,626 --> 00:20:27,491 THOUGHTS I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE 773 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:29,327 I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE? 774 00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:30,161 ALTERNATIVE? >> Reporter: IT WAS POSSIBLE, 775 00:20:30,363 --> 00:20:31,762 >> Reporter: IT WAS POSSIBLE, CERTAINLY, THAT PAUL HAD GOTTEN 776 00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:32,863 CERTAINLY, THAT PAUL HAD GOTTEN IT ALL WRONG ABOUT TIFFANY 777 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:33,931 IT ALL WRONG ABOUT TIFFANY BUT THEN, HE COULDN'T REALLY 778 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:36,067 BUT THEN, HE COULDN'T REALLY DWELL ON IT, EITHER. 779 00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:37,668 DWELL ON IT, EITHER. NOT WHEN THE NEXT SERIES OF 780 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:38,769 NOT WHEN THE NEXT SERIES OF E-MAILS ARRIVED. 781 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:40,404 E-MAILS ARRIVED. CHRIS HAD LONG SINCE LEFT SOUTH 782 00:20:40,606 --> 00:20:43,074 CHRIS HAD LONG SINCE LEFT SOUTH AMERICA FOR EUROPE, AND THEN 783 00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:44,709 AMERICA FOR EUROPE, AND THEN INDIA, AND THEN AFRICA 784 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,844 INDIA, AND THEN AFRICA HIS E-MAILS REFLECTED A MAN, NOT 785 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:48,446 HIS E-MAILS REFLECTED A MAN, NOT ON VACATION, BUT IN TURMOIL. 786 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:50,047 ON VACATION, BUT IN TURMOIL. ANGRY AT EVERYONE. 787 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,115 ANGRY AT EVERYONE. >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GETS INTO 788 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:52,717 >> ALL OF A SUDDEN HE GETS INTO TALKING ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN THE 789 00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:53,784 TALKING ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN THE WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE. 790 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:54,852 WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE. I'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF 791 00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:55,953 I'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF STRESSES IN MY LIFE. 792 00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:57,555 STRESSES IN MY LIFE. I'VE CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE, DRUG 793 00:20:57,757 --> 00:20:58,689 I'VE CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE, DRUG ABUSE. 794 00:20:58,891 --> 00:20:59,690 ABUSE. >> YEAH, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS 795 00:20:59,892 --> 00:21:00,758 >> YEAH, IT SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS UNRAVELING OR SOMETHING. 796 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,360 UNRAVELING OR SOMETHING. >> IT DID. 797 00:21:02,562 --> 00:21:02,893 >> IT DID. BUT ALSO, HE CONTEMPLATED 798 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:04,061 BUT ALSO, HE CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE. 799 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:04,629 SUICIDE. HE SEEMED TO BE BLAMING YOU 800 00:21:04,831 --> 00:21:05,596 HE SEEMED TO BE BLAMING YOU GUYS 801 00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:06,697 GUYS UH-HUH 802 00:21:06,899 --> 00:21:08,299 UH-HUH >> RIGHT 803 00:21:08,501 --> 00:21:09,900 >> RIGHT >> UH-HUH. 804 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,002 >> UH-HUH. CHILDHOOD, THEN TRYING TO 805 00:21:11,204 --> 00:21:12,069 CHILDHOOD, THEN TRYING TO TURN -- SWITCHING IT AROUND TO 806 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:12,603 TURN -- SWITCHING IT AROUND TO US AGAIN 807 00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:13,671 US AGAIN >> WHAT IS THAT LIKE, THOUGH, 808 00:21:13,873 --> 00:21:14,772 >> WHAT IS THAT LIKE, THOUGH, WHEN YOU GET AN EMAIL LIKE THAT? 809 00:21:14,974 --> 00:21:16,274 WHEN YOU GET AN EMAIL LIKE THAT? >> YOU FEEL SICK IN YOUR 810 00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:16,907 >> YOU FEEL SICK IN YOUR STOMACH. 811 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:17,975 STOMACH. WHAT IS HE -- I THOUGHT I 812 00:21:18,177 --> 00:21:19,076 WHAT IS HE -- I THOUGHT I PROVIDED A REALLY GREAT 813 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,144 PROVIDED A REALLY GREAT CHILDHOOD FOR THEM AND STUFF 814 00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:21,212 CHILDHOOD FOR THEM AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 815 00:21:21,414 --> 00:21:24,949 LIKE THAT. AND JUST WHAT WAS HE ANGRY 816 00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:30,588 AND JUST WHAT WAS HE ANGRY ABOUT? 817 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:31,222 ABOUT? >> Reporter: ALL THROUGH THE 818 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:32,189 >> Reporter: ALL THROUGH THE FALL OF 2010, CHRIS SEEMED TO BE 819 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:35,526 FALL OF 2010, CHRIS SEEMED TO BE ON EDGE. 820 00:21:35,728 --> 00:21:42,533 ON EDGE. BUT THEN, IN DECEMBER, SIX 821 00:21:42,735 --> 00:21:43,367 BUT THEN, IN DECEMBER, SIX MONTHS INTO HIS UNPREDICTABLE 822 00:21:43,569 --> 00:21:44,869 MONTHS INTO HIS UNPREDICTABLE VOYAGE, HE'D PULLED HIMSELF OUT 823 00:21:45,071 --> 00:21:45,936 VOYAGE, HE'D PULLED HIMSELF OUT OF HIS FUNK. 824 00:21:46,138 --> 00:21:47,605 OF HIS FUNK. HE EMAILED PAUL THAT HE WANTED 825 00:21:47,807 --> 00:21:48,706 HE EMAILED PAUL THAT HE WANTED TO START A NEW SOFTWARE 826 00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:49,640 TO START A NEW SOFTWARE BUSINESS, A LITTLE CLOSER TO 827 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:50,741 BUSINESS, A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME 828 00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:51,776 HOME >> MEET ME THERE IN FEBRUARY, SO 829 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:53,377 >> MEET ME THERE IN FEBRUARY, SO WE CAN SURF AND TALK ABOUT 830 00:21:53,579 --> 00:21:54,478 WE CAN SURF AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING 831 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,546 EVERYTHING I HAVE SOME INSANE IDEAS ABOUT 832 00:21:55,748 --> 00:21:56,614 I HAVE SOME INSANE IDEAS ABOUT THE PLATFORM I CAME UP WITH. 833 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:57,682 THE PLATFORM I CAME UP WITH. >> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF IDEAS. 834 00:21:57,884 --> 00:21:58,749 >> THERE WERE A COUPLE OF IDEAS. ONE WAS YOU WERE TO GO AND MEET 835 00:21:58,951 --> 00:21:59,817 ONE WAS YOU WERE TO GO AND MEET HIM IN COSTA RICA OR SOMETHING 836 00:22:00,019 --> 00:22:00,918 HIM IN COSTA RICA OR SOMETHING >> RIGHT 837 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:01,452 >> RIGHT >> START A BUSINESS THERE? 838 00:22:01,654 --> 00:22:02,520 >> START A BUSINESS THERE? >> YEAH. 839 00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:03,587 >> YEAH. >> MAKE LOTS OF MONEY? 840 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:04,622 >> MAKE LOTS OF MONEY? >> RIGHT 841 00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:05,723 >> RIGHT YEAH, AND IT WAS AT A LOCATION 842 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:06,791 YEAH, AND IT WAS AT A LOCATION THAT ONLY HIM AND I HAD TALKED 843 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:07,858 THAT ONLY HIM AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT. 844 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:08,426 ABOUT. SO YEAH, WANTING TO -- ME TO 845 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:10,061 SO YEAH, WANTING TO -- ME TO BRING MY FAMILY DOWN TO COSTA 846 00:22:10,263 --> 00:22:11,062 BRING MY FAMILY DOWN TO COSTA RICA 847 00:22:11,264 --> 00:22:12,163 RICA SO I -- YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS 848 00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:12,763 SO I -- YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS IMAGE THAT HE'S JUST OUT, YOU 849 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:14,065 IMAGE THAT HE'S JUST OUT, YOU KNOW, LIVING -- LIVING LIFE. 850 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:14,865 KNOW, LIVING -- LIVING LIFE. >> Reporter: OF COURSE, THERE 851 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:15,933 >> Reporter: OF COURSE, THERE WAS A CATCH. 852 00:22:16,135 --> 00:22:17,001 WAS A CATCH. CHRIS WAS STILL IN AFRICA, AND 853 00:22:17,203 --> 00:22:18,102 CHRIS WAS STILL IN AFRICA, AND LEFT, HE NEEDED TO TRAVEL DEEP 854 00:22:18,304 --> 00:22:20,204 LEFT, HE NEEDED TO TRAVEL DEEP INTO THE CONTINENT FOR WHAT 855 00:22:20,406 --> 00:22:20,738 INTO THE CONTINENT FOR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY SHADY 856 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:21,839 SOUNDED LIKE A VERY SHADY BUSINESS DEAL, AND A DANGEROUS 857 00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:22,907 BUSINESS DEAL, AND A DANGEROUS TRIP 858 00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:24,108 TRIP NOW HIS FAMILY WAS REALLY 859 00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:27,211 NOW HIS FAMILY WAS REALLY WORRIED. 860 00:22:27,413 --> 00:22:28,279 WORRIED. >>> COMING UP -- 861 00:22:28,481 --> 00:22:29,380 >>> COMING UP -- >> MY GUT INSTINCT TOLD ME 862 00:22:29,582 --> 00:22:34,051 >> MY GUT INSTINCT TOLD ME SOMETHING WAS REALLY, REALLY 863 00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:35,786 SOMETHING WAS REALLY, REALLY WRONG. 864 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:36,721 WRONG. >> I CONTACTED THE U.S. 865 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:54,739 >> I CONTACTED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 866 00:22:54,941 --> 00:22:56,407 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH TOLD 867 00:22:56,609 --> 00:23:00,077 >> Reporter: CHRIS SMITH TOLD HIS FAMILY HE HAD ONE MORE THING 868 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:02,847 HIS FAMILY HE HAD ONE MORE THING TO DO IN AFRICA. 869 00:23:03,049 --> 00:23:04,682 TO DO IN AFRICA. A DICEY PLAN IN POTENTIALLY 870 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:06,050 A DICEY PLAN IN POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PLACES 871 00:23:06,252 --> 00:23:07,118 DANGEROUS PLACES HE WAS GOING TO SELL HIS 872 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,153 HE WAS GOING TO SELL HIS KRUGERRANDS, THAT GOLD HE 873 00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:09,787 KRUGERRANDS, THAT GOLD HE INVESTED IN, TO HELP FINANCE HIS 874 00:23:09,989 --> 00:23:12,456 INVESTED IN, TO HELP FINANCE HIS NEXT BUSINESS VENTURE. 875 00:23:12,658 --> 00:23:13,524 NEXT BUSINESS VENTURE. AND ON DECEMBER 26, 2010, CHRIS 876 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:15,826 AND ON DECEMBER 26, 2010, CHRIS SENT THIS EMAIL TO HIS BROTHER 877 00:23:16,028 --> 00:23:16,761 SENT THIS EMAIL TO HIS BROTHER PAUL 878 00:23:16,963 --> 00:23:20,064 PAUL "I'M HEADED BACK UP THROUGH THE 879 00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:24,168 "I'M HEADED BACK UP THROUGH THE CONGO. 880 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:29,206 CONGO. I FOUND A DEALER IN RWANDA THAT 881 00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:30,274 I FOUND A DEALER IN RWANDA THAT WILL PAY 30% MARKUP ON KRUG'S. 882 00:23:30,476 --> 00:23:31,375 WILL PAY 30% MARKUP ON KRUG'S. ONLY OUT HERE IS THIS [ BLEEP 883 00:23:31,377 --> 00:23:32,443 ONLY OUT HERE IS THIS [ BLEEP LIKE REAL CURRENCY." 884 00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:33,544 LIKE REAL CURRENCY." >> HE WAS GONNA HEAD BACK UP 885 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,146 >> HE WAS GONNA HEAD BACK UP INTO RWANDA AND EXCHANGE SOME 886 00:23:35,348 --> 00:23:36,213 INTO RWANDA AND EXCHANGE SOME GOLD KRUGERRANDS THAT HE WAS 887 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:37,314 GOLD KRUGERRANDS THAT HE WAS CARRYIN' IN HIS POCKET, FOR 888 00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:38,582 CARRYIN' IN HIS POCKET, FOR CASH 889 00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:39,450 CASH >> Reporter: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A 890 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:40,518 >> Reporter: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY FOOLHARDY THING TO DO 891 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,119 PRETTY FOOLHARDY THING TO DO >> YEAH. 892 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:46,824 >> YEAH. AT THAT POINT, I WAS LIKE, 893 00:23:47,026 --> 00:23:48,025 AT THAT POINT, I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, HE'S LOST HIS MARBLES." 894 00:23:48,227 --> 00:23:50,694 "OKAY, HE'S LOST HIS MARBLES." AND THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING 895 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:51,762 AND THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE IT'S NOT 896 00:23:51,964 --> 00:23:53,397 SOMETHING THAT YOU HOPE IT'S NOT STARTS TO COME TO THE DOOR OF 897 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:54,465 STARTS TO COME TO THE DOOR OF YOUR MIND. 898 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:55,766 YOUR MIND. AND IT'S -- YOU DON'T WANNA LET 899 00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:56,767 AND IT'S -- YOU DON'T WANNA LET IT IN. 900 00:23:56,969 --> 00:23:57,668 IT IN. >> Reporter: NO? 901 00:23:57,870 --> 00:23:58,736 >> Reporter: NO? WHY? 902 00:23:58,938 --> 00:23:59,804 WHY? >> BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S AN ABYSS 903 00:24:00,006 --> 00:24:02,239 >> BECAUSE IT'S -- IT'S AN ABYSS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 904 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:04,675 AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER WILL 905 00:24:04,877 --> 00:24:05,743 EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER WILL TAKE YOU 906 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,344 TAKE YOU >> Reporter: BY THAT TIME, THE 907 00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:08,712 >> Reporter: BY THAT TIME, THE WHOLE FAMILY STARTED FEELING THE 908 00:24:08,914 --> 00:24:10,047 WHOLE FAMILY STARTED FEELING THE SAME WAY 909 00:24:10,249 --> 00:24:12,750 SAME WAY A FOREBODING SENSE OF DREAD. 910 00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:14,885 A FOREBODING SENSE OF DREAD. ALL ALONG, CHRIS' MOM HAD BEEN 911 00:24:15,087 --> 00:24:17,855 ALL ALONG, CHRIS' MOM HAD BEEN SENDING HIM E-MAILS, URGING HER 912 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:20,257 SENDING HIM E-MAILS, URGING HER SON "BE CAREFUL. 913 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:21,859 SON "BE CAREFUL. >> WE STILL LOVE YOU, AND DON'T 914 00:24:22,061 --> 00:24:23,427 >> WE STILL LOVE YOU, AND DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND WE 915 00:24:23,429 --> 00:24:25,029 DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST KEPT SAYING HOW MUCH WE ALL 916 00:24:25,231 --> 00:24:26,630 JUST KEPT SAYING HOW MUCH WE ALL MISS HIM, BUT MY GUT INSTINCT 917 00:24:26,832 --> 00:24:28,799 MISS HIM, BUT MY GUT INSTINCT TOLD ME SOMETHING WAS REALLY, 918 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,901 TOLD ME SOMETHING WAS REALLY, REALLY WRONG 919 00:24:31,103 --> 00:24:32,536 REALLY WRONG SO, AND THEN THEY ENDED THERE. 920 00:24:32,738 --> 00:24:34,238 SO, AND THEN THEY ENDED THERE. >> Reporter: ENDED 921 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:35,206 >> Reporter: ENDED THE E-MAILS STOPPED AFTER SIX 922 00:24:35,408 --> 00:24:37,341 THE E-MAILS STOPPED AFTER SIX MONTHS 923 00:24:37,543 --> 00:24:38,976 MONTHS CHRIS WENT TOTALLY SILENT. 924 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:40,044 CHRIS WENT TOTALLY SILENT. >> WHEN WE STOPPED GETTING 925 00:24:40,246 --> 00:24:41,111 >> WHEN WE STOPPED GETTING E-MAILS, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT 926 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,713 E-MAILS, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT HE -- HE HAD BEEN MUGGED, HE'D 927 00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:44,148 HE -- HE HAD BEEN MUGGED, HE'D BEEN KILLED. 928 00:24:44,350 --> 00:24:45,349 BEEN KILLED. >> KILLED. 929 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:46,984 >> KILLED. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S WHAT 930 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,018 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S WHAT HAPPENS COMMONLY, PROBABLY, DOWN 931 00:24:48,220 --> 00:24:50,154 HAPPENS COMMONLY, PROBABLY, DOWN THERE. 932 00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:52,323 THERE. YOU'RE WALKING AROUND WITH GOLD 933 00:24:52,525 --> 00:24:54,458 YOU'RE WALKING AROUND WITH GOLD IN YOUR POCKET, YOU KNOW, HE 934 00:24:54,660 --> 00:24:55,526 IN YOUR POCKET, YOU KNOW, HE PROBABLY GOT MUGGED AND KILLED 935 00:24:55,728 --> 00:24:56,594 PROBABLY GOT MUGGED AND KILLED >> Reporter: CHRIS' MOM SCOURED 936 00:24:56,796 --> 00:24:58,195 >> Reporter: CHRIS' MOM SCOURED THE INTERNET, HOPING A SATELLITE 937 00:24:58,397 --> 00:24:59,263 THE INTERNET, HOPING A SATELLITE MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF 938 00:24:59,465 --> 00:25:01,465 MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HER GLOBE-TROTTING SON 939 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:02,466 HER GLOBE-TROTTING SON >> I WOULD GO DOWN ON GOOGLE 940 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:03,534 >> I WOULD GO DOWN ON GOOGLE EARTH TO EVERY KIND OF VIDEO 941 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:05,669 EARTH TO EVERY KIND OF VIDEO THAT THEY HAD THAT MIGHT HAVE 942 00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:07,271 THAT THEY HAD THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND TO SEE IF THERE'S A 943 00:25:07,473 --> 00:25:08,339 BEEN AROUND TO SEE IF THERE'S A GLIMPSE OF HIM WALKING AROUND. 944 00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:09,940 GLIMPSE OF HIM WALKING AROUND. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST DESPERATE. 945 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:11,542 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST DESPERATE. >> Reporter: BY MARCH 2011, IT 946 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,711 >> Reporter: BY MARCH 2011, IT HAD BEEN NINE MONTHS SINCE 947 00:25:13,913 --> 00:25:15,312 HAD BEEN NINE MONTHS SINCE ANYONE HAD SEEN CHRIS. 948 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:16,714 ANYONE HAD SEEN CHRIS. AND CHRIS' FATHER, STEVE, THE 949 00:25:16,916 --> 00:25:17,982 AND CHRIS' FATHER, STEVE, THE EX-POLICE OFFICER, DECIDED IT 950 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:19,049 EX-POLICE OFFICER, DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO START HIS OWN 951 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,852 WAS TIME TO START HIS OWN INVESTIGATION. 952 00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:22,820 INVESTIGATION. >> I CONTACTED THE U.S 953 00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:24,455 >> I CONTACTED THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE MISSING 954 00:25:24,657 --> 00:25:26,624 DEPARTMENT OF STATE MISSING PERSONS OVERSEAS 955 00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:27,658 PERSONS OVERSEAS AND I SUBMITTED ALL OUR E-MAILS 956 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:28,759 AND I SUBMITTED ALL OUR E-MAILS TO THEM SHOWIN' HIS TRACKING, 957 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:29,827 TO THEM SHOWIN' HIS TRACKING, GOIN' AROUND SOUTH AMERICA, BACK 958 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,462 GOIN' AROUND SOUTH AMERICA, BACK UP, CROSSING OVER TO INDIA AND 959 00:25:31,664 --> 00:25:32,863 UP, CROSSING OVER TO INDIA AND BACK DOWN TO AFRICA, AND 960 00:25:33,065 --> 00:25:33,964 BACK DOWN TO AFRICA, AND STARTIN' A WAY BACK UP TO THE 961 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:36,300 STARTIN' A WAY BACK UP TO THE CONGO. 962 00:25:36,502 --> 00:25:37,868 CONGO. >> Reporter: STEVE WAS HOPING 963 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:38,936 >> Reporter: STEVE WAS HOPING THE STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE 964 00:25:39,138 --> 00:25:40,538 THE STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK CHRIS DOWN BY 965 00:25:40,740 --> 00:25:41,605 ABLE TO TRACK CHRIS DOWN BY SEEING WHERE HE HAD LAST USED 966 00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:44,475 SEEING WHERE HE HAD LAST USED HIS PASSPORT 967 00:25:44,677 --> 00:25:45,676 HIS PASSPORT A FEW WEEKS LATER, A GOVERNMENT 968 00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:46,677 A FEW WEEKS LATER, A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL CALLED BACK WITH SOME 969 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:47,645 OFFICIAL CALLED BACK WITH SOME DISTURBING FINDINGS. 970 00:25:47,847 --> 00:25:48,579 DISTURBING FINDINGS. >> HE FELT IN HIS OPINION AND 971 00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:49,613 >> HE FELT IN HIS OPINION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S THAT -- 972 00:25:49,815 --> 00:25:50,714 THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S THAT -- CHRIS HAD NEVER LEFT THE UNITED 973 00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:51,782 CHRIS HAD NEVER LEFT THE UNITED STATES 974 00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:53,150 STATES >> Reporter: NEVER LEFT THE 975 00:25:53,352 --> 00:25:54,985 >> Reporter: NEVER LEFT THE UNITED STATES? 976 00:25:55,187 --> 00:25:56,053 UNITED STATES? IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. 977 00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:57,655 IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. STEVE'S NEXT MOVE WAS TO TAKE 978 00:25:57,857 --> 00:26:00,891 STEVE'S NEXT MOVE WAS TO TAKE HIS OWN TRIP 979 00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:03,027 HIS OWN TRIP HE TRAVELED FROM HIS HOME IN 980 00:26:03,229 --> 00:26:04,094 HE TRAVELED FROM HIS HOME IN BEND, OREGON, TO LAGUNA BEACH, 981 00:26:04,296 --> 00:26:05,696 BEND, OREGON, TO LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, WHERE CHRIS LIVED. 982 00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:06,864 CALIFORNIA, WHERE CHRIS LIVED. HE WAS HOPING PEOPLE, LIKE 983 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,365 HE WAS HOPING PEOPLE, LIKE CHRIS' EX-BUSINESS PARTNER, ED 984 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,302 CHRIS' EX-BUSINESS PARTNER, ED SHIN, MIGHT HAVE SOME VALUABLE 985 00:26:11,504 --> 00:26:13,737 SHIN, MIGHT HAVE SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION. 986 00:26:13,939 --> 00:26:14,805 INFORMATION. >> DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIM 987 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,607 >> DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIM HE GAVE ALL TYPES OF INFORMATION 988 00:26:16,809 --> 00:26:17,508 HE GAVE ALL TYPES OF INFORMATION OUT, BUT THE MAIN PART I WAS 989 00:26:17,710 --> 00:26:19,643 OUT, BUT THE MAIN PART I WAS LOOKIN' FOR IS TRYIN' TO FIND MY 990 00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:20,210 LOOKIN' FOR IS TRYIN' TO FIND MY SON. 991 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:21,278 SON. AND HE RELATED TO ME THAT CHRIS 992 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,346 AND HE RELATED TO ME THAT CHRIS HAD GOTTEN A FALSE PASSPORT. 993 00:26:22,548 --> 00:26:23,414 HAD GOTTEN A FALSE PASSPORT. >> Reporter: HE USED A FALSE 994 00:26:23,616 --> 00:26:24,481 >> Reporter: HE USED A FALSE PASSPORT 995 00:26:24,683 --> 00:26:26,417 PASSPORT >> CORRECT 996 00:26:26,619 --> 00:26:27,585 >> CORRECT >> THAT'S WHAT ED SAID 997 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:29,286 >> THAT'S WHAT ED SAID CHRIS GOT A FAKE PASSPORT, LEFT 998 00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:30,888 CHRIS GOT A FAKE PASSPORT, LEFT THE COUNTRY. 999 00:26:31,090 --> 00:26:33,057 THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: NO CONTACT WITH HIS 1000 00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:36,293 >> Reporter: NO CONTACT WITH HIS SON, A PASSPORT THAT NEVER LEFT 1001 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:37,861 SON, A PASSPORT THAT NEVER LEFT THE COUNTRY. 1002 00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:38,929 THE COUNTRY. AND NOW, A FAKE PASSPORT 1003 00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:39,997 AND NOW, A FAKE PASSPORT DESPERATE FOR HELP, STEVE WENT 1004 00:26:40,199 --> 00:26:41,065 DESPERATE FOR HELP, STEVE WENT TO THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE 1005 00:26:41,267 --> 00:26:42,132 TO THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FILE A MISSING 1006 00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:43,734 DEPARTMENT TO FILE A MISSING PERSON REPORT. 1007 00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:45,369 PERSON REPORT. >> AND THEY REFUSED TO TAKE IT 1008 00:26:45,571 --> 00:26:45,903 >> AND THEY REFUSED TO TAKE IT >> Reporter: WHY 1009 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:51,308 >> Reporter: WHY >> THEY SAID I NEEDED TO REPORT 1010 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:52,376 >> THEY SAID I NEEDED TO REPORT IT TO MY OWN CITY OF BEND, 1011 00:26:52,578 --> 00:26:53,477 IT TO MY OWN CITY OF BEND, BUT -- EVENTUALLY THEY DID TAKE 1012 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:55,379 BUT -- EVENTUALLY THEY DID TAKE THE REPORT WHEN I SUBMITTED IT 1013 00:26:55,581 --> 00:26:56,146 THE REPORT WHEN I SUBMITTED IT >> Reporter: AFTER GETTING THE 1014 00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:57,214 >> Reporter: AFTER GETTING THE RUN AROUND, IT SEEMED TO STEVE, 1015 00:26:57,416 --> 00:26:58,315 RUN AROUND, IT SEEMED TO STEVE, FINALLY, THAT SOMEONE WAS TRULY 1016 00:26:58,517 --> 00:26:59,383 FINALLY, THAT SOMEONE WAS TRULY GOING TO INVESTIGATE CHRIS' 1017 00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:00,951 GOING TO INVESTIGATE CHRIS' DISAPPEARANCE. 1018 00:27:01,153 --> 00:27:02,019 DISAPPEARANCE. TAKE ON THE CASE 1019 00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:06,290 TAKE ON THE CASE SURELY, THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE 1020 00:27:06,492 --> 00:27:09,360 SURELY, THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE WOULD GET SOME ANSWERS 1021 00:27:09,562 --> 00:27:10,160 WOULD GET SOME ANSWERS >>> COMING UP -- 1022 00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:11,695 >>> COMING UP -- >> I WIRED SOME MONEY TO INDIA 1023 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:13,864 >> I WIRED SOME MONEY TO INDIA >> POLICE TURN TO CHRIS' 1024 00:27:14,066 --> 00:27:15,466 >> POLICE TURN TO CHRIS' BUSINESS PARTNER ED. 1025 00:27:15,668 --> 00:27:17,101 BUSINESS PARTNER ED. COULD HE HELP SOLVE THIS 1026 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:18,736 COULD HE HELP SOLVE THIS MYSTERY? 1027 00:27:18,938 --> 00:27:19,803 MYSTERY? >> WHERE DO YOU THINK CHRIS IS 1028 00:27:20,005 --> 00:27:21,372 >> WHERE DO YOU THINK CHRIS IS >> I DONT KNOW WHERE HE IS 1029 00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:22,473 >> I DONT KNOW WHERE HE IS I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK HE'S 1030 00:27:22,675 --> 00:27:39,156 I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 1031 00:27:39,358 --> 00:27:40,824 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF >> Reporter: IT WAS THE SPRING 1032 00:27:41,026 --> 00:27:42,926 >> Reporter: IT WAS THE SPRING OF 2011. 1033 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:46,163 OF 2011. ALMOST A YEAR SINCE CHRIS SMITH 1034 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,265 ALMOST A YEAR SINCE CHRIS SMITH HAD LEFT HIS FAMILY, THE WOMAN 1035 00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:49,867 HAD LEFT HIS FAMILY, THE WOMAN HE WAS IN LOVE WITH, AND HIS OLD 1036 00:27:50,069 --> 00:27:50,934 HE WAS IN LOVE WITH, AND HIS OLD LIFE WAY BEHIND. 1037 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,536 LIFE WAY BEHIND. CHRIS'S DAD, STEVE, HAD FILED A 1038 00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:54,138 CHRIS'S DAD, STEVE, HAD FILED A MISSING PERSON REPORT WITH THE 1039 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:55,806 MISSING PERSON REPORT WITH THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT 1040 00:27:56,008 --> 00:27:57,408 LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT MAYBE LAGUNA DETECTIVES COULD 1041 00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:59,009 MAYBE LAGUNA DETECTIVES COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE CHRIS WAS 1042 00:27:59,211 --> 00:28:00,077 FIGURE OUT WHERE CHRIS WAS >> I'M HOPING YOU CAN GIVE ME 1043 00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:02,212 >> I'M HOPING YOU CAN GIVE ME THE DETAILS -- 1044 00:28:02,414 --> 00:28:03,280 THE DETAILS -- >> OKAY. 1045 00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:05,182 >> OKAY. >> -- AS TO HOW THIS ALL 1046 00:28:05,384 --> 00:28:07,051 >> -- AS TO HOW THIS ALL STARTED. 1047 00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:07,618 STARTED. >> Reporter: THIS WAS EARLY 1048 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,553 >> Reporter: THIS WAS EARLY JUNE, LAGUNA COPS HAD LOOKED UP 1049 00:28:09,755 --> 00:28:10,821 JUNE, LAGUNA COPS HAD LOOKED UP CHRIS' BUSINESS PARTNER, ED 1050 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:14,024 CHRIS' BUSINESS PARTNER, ED SHIN 1051 00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:15,626 SHIN MAYBE HE KNEW WHERE CHRIS WENT 1052 00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:16,193 MAYBE HE KNEW WHERE CHRIS WENT ED TOLD THEM HOW THEY'D GONE 1053 00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:17,227 ED TOLD THEM HOW THEY'D GONE INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER 1054 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:18,829 INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER >> AND IT WORKED, IT WORKED 1055 00:28:19,031 --> 00:28:20,431 >> AND IT WORKED, IT WORKED GREAT. 1056 00:28:20,633 --> 00:28:21,865 GREAT. I MEAN, WE MADE A LOT OF MONEY, 1057 00:28:22,067 --> 00:28:22,566 I MEAN, WE MADE A LOT OF MONEY, MADE A LOT OF -- 1058 00:28:22,768 --> 00:28:24,168 MADE A LOT OF -- >> WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, OUT OF 1059 00:28:24,370 --> 00:28:25,436 >> WHAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, OUT OF CURIOSITY? 1060 00:28:25,638 --> 00:28:28,972 CURIOSITY? >> YOU KNOW, FIRST 5 MONTHS WE 1061 00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:30,574 >> YOU KNOW, FIRST 5 MONTHS WE WERE IN BUSINESS, WE MADE, LIKE, 1062 00:28:30,776 --> 00:28:32,176 WERE IN BUSINESS, WE MADE, LIKE, A MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE 1063 00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:33,277 A MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE AND, LIKE -- AND THEN THE THIRD 1064 00:28:33,479 --> 00:28:34,344 AND, LIKE -- AND THEN THE THIRD YEAR WE DID, LIKE, 5 TO 1065 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:35,946 YEAR WE DID, LIKE, 5 TO 8 MILLION. 1066 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:37,047 8 MILLION. >> Reporter: BUT BY THE SUMMER 1067 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:38,115 >> Reporter: BUT BY THE SUMMER OF 2010, ED SAID CHRIS WANTED 1068 00:28:38,317 --> 00:28:39,750 OF 2010, ED SAID CHRIS WANTED OUT. 1069 00:28:39,952 --> 00:28:41,318 OUT. >> HE WAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, 1070 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,487 >> HE WAS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A BUNCH 1071 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:45,522 LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A BUNCH OF MONEY AND TAKING OFF WITH IT. 1072 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:46,690 OF MONEY AND TAKING OFF WITH IT. SO, HE WANTED TO GO TO LIKE 1073 00:28:46,892 --> 00:28:48,492 SO, HE WANTED TO GO TO LIKE COSTA RICA PERMANENTLY 1074 00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:49,893 COSTA RICA PERMANENTLY >> Reporter: AND ED WANTED TO 1075 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:51,528 >> Reporter: AND ED WANTED TO HELP HIS FRIEND AND PARTNER, SO 1076 00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,164 HELP HIS FRIEND AND PARTNER, SO HE MADE HIM THAT OFFER, WHICH 1077 00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:55,365 HE MADE HIM THAT OFFER, WHICH WAS FRANKLY, TOUGH TO REFUSE 1078 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,901 WAS FRANKLY, TOUGH TO REFUSE >> I'LL BUY YOU OUT OF YOUR 1079 00:28:58,103 --> 00:28:58,936 >> I'LL BUY YOU OUT OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'LL TALK, 1080 00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:00,037 PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'LL TALK, WHATEVER, A MILLION DOLLARS, AND 1081 00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:01,605 WHATEVER, A MILLION DOLLARS, AND YOU GO DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO. 1082 00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:04,141 YOU GO DO WHATEVER YOU WANNA DO. GO TRAVEL THE WORLD. 1083 00:29:04,343 --> 00:29:05,909 GO TRAVEL THE WORLD. >> Reporter: ED SAID HE'D PAY 1084 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:08,078 >> Reporter: ED SAID HE'D PAY CHRIS $250,000 IN GOLD COINS AND 1085 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,113 CHRIS $250,000 IN GOLD COINS AND HE'D WIRE HIM ANOTHER 1086 00:29:09,315 --> 00:29:10,714 HE'D WIRE HIM ANOTHER $250 THOUSAND IN MONTHLY 1087 00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,282 $250 THOUSAND IN MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS 1088 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,418 INSTALLMENTS AND IF THEY EVER SOLD THE 1089 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:16,053 AND IF THEY EVER SOLD THE COMPANY, ED WOULD WIRE CHRIS 1090 00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:17,121 COMPANY, ED WOULD WIRE CHRIS ANOTHER $500,000 1091 00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:18,922 ANOTHER $500,000 TRULY A MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT. 1092 00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:20,324 TRULY A MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUT. AND WHY DID CHRIS SUDDENLY 1093 00:29:20,526 --> 00:29:22,459 AND WHY DID CHRIS SUDDENLY LEAVE? 1094 00:29:22,661 --> 00:29:24,595 LEAVE? ED HAD A THEORY. 1095 00:29:24,797 --> 00:29:26,196 ED HAD A THEORY. >> AND HE WAS REALLY BIG INTO, 1096 00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:29,399 >> AND HE WAS REALLY BIG INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC 1097 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:30,968 UH, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF THE UNITED STATES. 1098 00:29:31,170 --> 00:29:32,569 COLLAPSE OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THE NEED TO BE OUTTA HERE, 1099 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,204 AND THE NEED TO BE OUTTA HERE, AND HE WAS REALLY INTO 1100 00:29:34,406 --> 00:29:35,272 AND HE WAS REALLY INTO CONSPIRACY THEORIES, WHERE ONLY 1101 00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:37,407 CONSPIRACY THEORIES, WHERE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CONTROL EVERYTHING. 1102 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:39,543 A FEW PEOPLE CONTROL EVERYTHING. >> YEAH, AND WE'RE ALL JUST 1103 00:29:39,745 --> 00:29:41,145 >> YEAH, AND WE'RE ALL JUST PUPPETS, KINDA DEAL. 1104 00:29:41,347 --> 00:29:42,212 PUPPETS, KINDA DEAL. >> Reporter: AND, ED SAID, CHRIS 1105 00:29:42,414 --> 00:29:43,847 >> Reporter: AND, ED SAID, CHRIS HAD A DARKER SIDE. 1106 00:29:44,049 --> 00:29:45,449 HAD A DARKER SIDE. >> YOU KNOW, HE DRANK PRETTY 1107 00:29:45,651 --> 00:29:47,084 >> YOU KNOW, HE DRANK PRETTY MUCH ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. 1108 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:48,719 MUCH ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. >> Reporter: ED TOLD THEM CHRIS 1109 00:29:48,921 --> 00:29:50,087 >> Reporter: ED TOLD THEM CHRIS DRANK AND WORKED LATE INTO THE 1110 00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:51,388 DRANK AND WORKED LATE INTO THE NIGHT WRITING THE COMPANY'S 1111 00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:54,625 NIGHT WRITING THE COMPANY'S RADIO ADS AND TV ADS 1112 00:29:54,827 --> 00:29:56,226 RADIO ADS AND TV ADS AND HE ADDED IN SLEEPING PILLS 1113 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,395 AND HE ADDED IN SLEEPING PILLS AND EVEN HARDER DRUGS, TO 1114 00:29:58,597 --> 00:29:59,997 AND EVEN HARDER DRUGS, TO INSPIRE CREATIVITY, APPARENTLY 1115 00:30:00,199 --> 00:30:02,132 INSPIRE CREATIVITY, APPARENTLY >> HIS BIG JOKE WAS THAT, "I 1116 00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:03,734 >> HIS BIG JOKE WAS THAT, "I WROTE THIS SCRIPT WHILE I WAS ON 1117 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:05,369 WROTE THIS SCRIPT WHILE I WAS ON LUNESTA AND I DID A BUMP." 1118 00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:08,038 LUNESTA AND I DID A BUMP." AND I GUESS A BUMP MEANS, LIKE, 1119 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,106 AND I GUESS A BUMP MEANS, LIKE, A BUMP OF COCAINE. 1120 00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:10,174 A BUMP OF COCAINE. >> Reporter: ED SAID CHRIS WOULD 1121 00:30:10,376 --> 00:30:11,241 >> Reporter: ED SAID CHRIS WOULD SOMETIMES GO ON BENDER-LIKE 1122 00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:12,309 SOMETIMES GO ON BENDER-LIKE SHIFTS 1123 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:14,444 SHIFTS >> HE WOULD GO ON THESE WORK 1124 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,013 >> HE WOULD GO ON THESE WORK BINGES FOR LIKE FOUR, FIVE DAYS 1125 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:17,614 BINGES FOR LIKE FOUR, FIVE DAYS AND HE'D CRASH 1126 00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,783 AND HE'D CRASH >> Reporter: IN EARLY JUNE, 1127 00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:21,385 >> Reporter: IN EARLY JUNE, 2010, CHRIS WAS PLANNING HIS 1128 00:30:21,587 --> 00:30:23,020 2010, CHRIS WAS PLANNING HIS TRIP 1129 00:30:23,222 --> 00:30:25,189 TRIP STILL WORKING AT THE OFFICE, AND 1130 00:30:25,391 --> 00:30:26,256 STILL WORKING AT THE OFFICE, AND ACCORDING TO ED, COMING APART AT 1131 00:30:26,458 --> 00:30:27,324 ACCORDING TO ED, COMING APART AT THE SEAMS. 1132 00:30:27,526 --> 00:30:29,993 THE SEAMS. ED SAID HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE 1133 00:30:30,195 --> 00:30:34,798 ED SAID HE CAME INTO THE OFFICE EARLY ON FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1134 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:35,866 EARLY ON FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 4th AND DISCOVERED A MESS. 1135 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:36,934 4th AND DISCOVERED A MESS. >> THE PLACE SMELLED LIKE -- AND 1136 00:30:37,136 --> 00:30:38,135 >> THE PLACE SMELLED LIKE -- AND VOMIT. 1137 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:39,102 VOMIT. I SAID, WHAT WERE YOU DOING? 1138 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:40,170 I SAID, WHAT WERE YOU DOING? HE'S LIKE, WELL, I WAS WRITING A 1139 00:30:40,372 --> 00:30:41,238 HE'S LIKE, WELL, I WAS WRITING A SCRIPT ALL NIGHT 1140 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,306 SCRIPT ALL NIGHT I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW -- DO YOU 1141 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:43,373 I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW -- DO YOU KNOW YOU TRASHED THE OFFICE? 1142 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:45,542 KNOW YOU TRASHED THE OFFICE? AND HE WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU 1143 00:30:45,744 --> 00:30:46,610 AND HE WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN 1144 00:30:46,812 --> 00:30:47,845 MEAN AND SO, HE HAD COMPLETELY 1145 00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:49,479 AND SO, HE HAD COMPLETELY BLACKED OUT. 1146 00:30:49,681 --> 00:30:50,380 BLACKED OUT. AND HE HAD BROKEN BOTTLES, LIKE 1147 00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:51,448 AND HE HAD BROKEN BOTTLES, LIKE HE BROKE A COUPLE BOTTLES OF 1148 00:30:51,650 --> 00:30:53,050 HE BROKE A COUPLE BOTTLES OF WINE 1149 00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:54,184 WINE >> IT SMELLS HORRIBLE. 1150 00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:55,185 >> IT SMELLS HORRIBLE. THE CARPETS ARE WET. 1151 00:30:55,387 --> 00:30:56,753 THE CARPETS ARE WET. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA GRIES SAW 1152 00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:57,855 >> Reporter: CHRISTINA GRIES SAW THE PLACE WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO 1153 00:30:58,057 --> 00:30:59,857 THE PLACE WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO WORK 1154 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:01,058 WORK IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THEN, 1155 00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:02,659 IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THEN, EXCEPT FOR THE STAIN OUTSIDE 1156 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,862 EXCEPT FOR THE STAIN OUTSIDE CHRIS' OFFICE. 1157 00:31:05,064 --> 00:31:06,430 CHRIS' OFFICE. >> WE THOUGHT MAYBE CHRIS GOT 1158 00:31:06,632 --> 00:31:07,497 >> WE THOUGHT MAYBE CHRIS GOT TOO CRAZY ONE NIGHT AND VOMITED 1159 00:31:07,699 --> 00:31:10,200 TOO CRAZY ONE NIGHT AND VOMITED ON THE CARPET RIGHT BY HIS 1160 00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:11,435 ON THE CARPET RIGHT BY HIS OFFICE 1161 00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:12,903 OFFICE >> Reporter: THE MAN WAS A MESS. 1162 00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:14,504 >> Reporter: THE MAN WAS A MESS. SO ED SAID HE TOOK CHRIS OFF TO 1163 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:15,606 SO ED SAID HE TOOK CHRIS OFF TO VEGAS FOR THE WEEKEND, TO 1164 00:31:15,808 --> 00:31:21,311 VEGAS FOR THE WEEKEND, TO DECOMPRESS, AND SO THEY COULD 1165 00:31:21,513 --> 00:31:23,981 DECOMPRESS, AND SO THEY COULD GIVE THEMSELVES SOME TIME TO 1166 00:31:24,183 --> 00:31:24,548 GIVE THEMSELVES SOME TIME TO FINALIZE THEIR DEAL AND SAY 1167 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:25,048 FINALIZE THEIR DEAL AND SAY GOOD-BYE 1168 00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:26,116 GOOD-BYE >> WE JUST SAID WE WOULD GO TO 1169 00:31:26,318 --> 00:31:27,184 >> WE JUST SAID WE WOULD GO TO VEGAS TO PARTY AND KIND OF JUST, 1170 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:28,252 VEGAS TO PARTY AND KIND OF JUST, LIKE, LOOSEN IT OUT. 1171 00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:28,886 LIKE, LOOSEN IT OUT. OR LOOSEN UP AND KIND OF WORK IT 1172 00:31:29,088 --> 00:31:29,853 OR LOOSEN UP AND KIND OF WORK IT OUT. 1173 00:31:29,855 --> 00:31:30,387 OUT. >> OKAY. 1174 00:31:30,589 --> 00:31:31,488 >> OKAY. AND THEN YOU GUYS WERE BACK IN 1175 00:31:31,690 --> 00:31:32,556 AND THEN YOU GUYS WERE BACK IN THE OFFICE ON MONDAY 1176 00:31:32,758 --> 00:31:33,624 THE OFFICE ON MONDAY >> WE DROVE BACK, YEAH 1177 00:31:33,826 --> 00:31:35,259 >> WE DROVE BACK, YEAH >> Reporter: LATER THAT MONDAY, 1178 00:31:35,461 --> 00:31:36,593 >> Reporter: LATER THAT MONDAY, JUNE 7th, ED SAID HE WENT OVER 1179 00:31:36,795 --> 00:31:37,394 JUNE 7th, ED SAID HE WENT OVER TO CHRIS' APARTMENT, SEPARATION 1180 00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:40,097 TO CHRIS' APARTMENT, SEPARATION AGREEMENT IN HAND. 1181 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:42,232 AGREEMENT IN HAND. >> AND THEN, UH, I WENT BY THERE 1182 00:31:42,434 --> 00:31:44,368 >> AND THEN, UH, I WENT BY THERE IN THE AFTERNOON TO SIGN IT. 1183 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:45,469 IN THE AFTERNOON TO SIGN IT. >> THE AGREEMENT 1184 00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:46,536 >> THE AGREEMENT >> YEP, AND I TOOK IT BACK 1185 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:47,604 >> YEP, AND I TOOK IT BACK I LEFT HIM HIS COPY AND, YOU 1186 00:31:47,806 --> 00:31:48,672 I LEFT HIM HIS COPY AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOOK HANDS, HUGGED, 1187 00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:49,740 KNOW, WE SHOOK HANDS, HUGGED, AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA 1188 00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:51,275 AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO 1189 00:31:51,477 --> 00:31:51,875 DO HE'S LIKE, I'M GONNA TAKE OFF. 1190 00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:54,578 HE'S LIKE, I'M GONNA TAKE OFF. >> Reporter: LAGUNA BEACH POLICE 1191 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:56,146 >> Reporter: LAGUNA BEACH POLICE ALREADY HEARD CHRIS HADN'T USED 1192 00:31:56,348 --> 00:31:57,748 ALREADY HEARD CHRIS HADN'T USED HIS PASSPORT, AND ABOUT USING A 1193 00:31:57,950 --> 00:32:02,019 HIS PASSPORT, AND ABOUT USING A FAKE PASSPORT, BUT THEY WANTED 1194 00:32:02,221 --> 00:32:03,620 FAKE PASSPORT, BUT THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY. 1195 00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:05,355 TO KNOW WHY. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY 1196 00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:06,590 >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THIS GUY DECIDES TO, I'M GONNA 1197 00:32:06,792 --> 00:32:07,491 THIS GUY DECIDES TO, I'M GONNA LEAVE THE COUNTRY, BUT I'M NOT 1198 00:32:07,693 --> 00:32:08,425 LEAVE THE COUNTRY, BUT I'M NOT GONNA USE MY OWN PASSPORT? 1199 00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:09,526 GONNA USE MY OWN PASSPORT? >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE 1200 00:32:09,728 --> 00:32:13,664 >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE DETECTIVES, CHRIS JUST DIDN'T 1201 00:32:13,866 --> 00:32:14,331 DETECTIVES, CHRIS JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOUND 1202 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:16,466 WANT TO BE FOUND >> WE -- WHEN WE WERE IN VEGAS, 1203 00:32:16,668 --> 00:32:17,534 >> WE -- WHEN WE WERE IN VEGAS, HE MET WITH A GUY, WELL, IT WAS 1204 00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:19,703 HE MET WITH A GUY, WELL, IT WAS LIKE A MUTUAL GUY THAT I KNEW. 1205 00:32:19,905 --> 00:32:21,038 LIKE A MUTUAL GUY THAT I KNEW. >> THE JOHNNY VEGAS GUY? 1206 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:21,805 >> THE JOHNNY VEGAS GUY? >> YEAH, HE -- 1207 00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:22,906 >> YEAH, HE -- >> SO, WE KNOW WHO JOHNNY VEGAS 1208 00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:24,508 >> SO, WE KNOW WHO JOHNNY VEGAS IS 1209 00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:26,109 IS >> Reporter: JOHNNY VEGAS -- 1210 00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:28,278 >> Reporter: JOHNNY VEGAS -- THAT FIXER ED SHIN USED IN LAS 1211 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,948 THAT FIXER ED SHIN USED IN LAS VEGAS TO GREASE THE WHEELS ON 1212 00:32:31,150 --> 00:32:33,650 VEGAS TO GREASE THE WHEELS ON HIS TRIPS TO THE CASINOS 1213 00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:34,718 HIS TRIPS TO THE CASINOS ED SAID CHRIS WAS NOW THE ONE 1214 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:35,819 ED SAID CHRIS WAS NOW THE ONE ASKING JOHNNY FOR SOME FAVORS. 1215 00:32:36,021 --> 00:32:36,853 ASKING JOHNNY FOR SOME FAVORS. >> HE ASKED HIM STUFF LIKE, HOW 1216 00:32:37,055 --> 00:32:38,488 >> HE ASKED HIM STUFF LIKE, HOW COULD I GET A PASSPORT 1217 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:39,523 COULD I GET A PASSPORT AND ALL THIS STUFF 1218 00:32:39,725 --> 00:32:41,124 AND ALL THIS STUFF AND HE GAVE HIM A NUMBER 1219 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:42,726 AND HE GAVE HIM A NUMBER >> WERE YOU WITH HIM WHEN HE 1220 00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:43,827 >> WERE YOU WITH HIM WHEN HE PICKED UP THE PASSPORT 1221 00:32:44,029 --> 00:32:44,895 PICKED UP THE PASSPORT >> YES 1222 00:32:45,097 --> 00:32:45,963 >> YES >> AND THAT HAPPENED WHERE 1223 00:32:46,165 --> 00:32:47,030 >> AND THAT HAPPENED WHERE >> IN L.A. 1224 00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:48,265 >> IN L.A. >> Reporter: IN LOS ANGELES, 1225 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,233 >> Reporter: IN LOS ANGELES, JUST BEFORE CHRIS TOOK OFF, GOLD 1226 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:52,369 JUST BEFORE CHRIS TOOK OFF, GOLD IN HAND, FOR PARTS UNKNOWN 1227 00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:55,572 IN HAND, FOR PARTS UNKNOWN OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ED 1228 00:32:55,774 --> 00:32:56,640 OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, ED SAID HE HEARD FROM CHRIS, ALWAYS 1229 00:32:56,842 --> 00:32:58,241 SAID HE HEARD FROM CHRIS, ALWAYS BY EMAIL, AND HE REGULARLY WIRED 1230 00:32:58,443 --> 00:33:00,944 BY EMAIL, AND HE REGULARLY WIRED CHRIS HIS MONEY. 1231 00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:04,147 CHRIS HIS MONEY. >> I WIRED SOME MONEY TO INDIA 1232 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:05,749 >> I WIRED SOME MONEY TO INDIA HE'D SAVED ALL THE RECORDS 1233 00:33:05,951 --> 00:33:07,384 HE'D SAVED ALL THE RECORDS >> THERE'S WIRE TRANSFERS THAT 1234 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:08,986 >> THERE'S WIRE TRANSFERS THAT BASICALLY WOULD DOCUMENT THE 1235 00:33:09,188 --> 00:33:10,053 BASICALLY WOULD DOCUMENT THE FACT THAT YOU MADE THESE 1236 00:33:10,255 --> 00:33:11,154 FACT THAT YOU MADE THESE PAYMENTS TO HIM? 1237 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:12,789 PAYMENTS TO HIM? >> YES 1238 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:13,857 >> YES >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE 1239 00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:15,459 >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE DETECTIVES HE'D GET THEM COPIES 1240 00:33:15,661 --> 00:33:17,060 DETECTIVES HE'D GET THEM COPIES OF EVERYTHING, E-MAILS, WIRE 1241 00:33:17,262 --> 00:33:20,998 OF EVERYTHING, E-MAILS, WIRE TRANSFERS, THAT AGREEMENT 1242 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,301 TRANSFERS, THAT AGREEMENT LETTER 1243 00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:27,170 LETTER BUT IN THE END HE WASN'T ABLE TO 1244 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:27,738 BUT IN THE END HE WASN'T ABLE TO SHED VERY MUCH LIGHT ON THE 1245 00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:33,076 SHED VERY MUCH LIGHT ON THE CASE 1246 00:33:33,278 --> 00:33:34,244 CASE >> WHERE DO YOU THINK CHRIS IS 1247 00:33:34,446 --> 00:33:35,846 >> WHERE DO YOU THINK CHRIS IS >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS. 1248 00:33:36,048 --> 00:33:36,913 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS. I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK HE'S 1249 00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:38,081 I MEAN, HONESTLY, I THINK HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD 1250 00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:39,116 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD >> I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO TELL 1251 00:33:39,318 --> 00:33:40,150 >> I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO TELL HIS DAD, IF LIKE HE'S OUT OF THE 1252 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:41,752 HIS DAD, IF LIKE HE'S OUT OF THE COUNTRY, THEN THERE IS NOTHING I 1253 00:33:41,954 --> 00:33:43,387 COUNTRY, THEN THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. 1254 00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:45,555 CAN DO ABOUT THAT. BUT, I CAN'T FLY TO BALI 1255 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:48,759 BUT, I CAN'T FLY TO BALI >> THIS IS GONNA BE AN OPEN CASE 1256 00:33:48,961 --> 00:33:52,662 >> THIS IS GONNA BE AN OPEN CASE UNTIL WE HEAR FROM HIM 1257 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:54,498 UNTIL WE HEAR FROM HIM >> Reporter: THE LAGUNA BEACH 1258 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,967 >> Reporter: THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO 1259 00:33:57,169 --> 00:33:58,802 POLICE JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO FIND CHRIS 1260 00:33:59,004 --> 00:33:59,836 FIND CHRIS BUT WHAT IS IT THEY SAY? 1261 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,438 BUT WHAT IS IT THEY SAY? THE BEST DETECTIVE IS LUCK 1262 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,540 THE BEST DETECTIVE IS LUCK >>> COMING UP -- 1263 00:34:03,742 --> 00:34:05,175 >>> COMING UP -- >> BASICALLY WE KINDA STUMBLED 1264 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,077 >> BASICALLY WE KINDA STUMBLED ACROSS THIS CASE 1265 00:34:07,279 --> 00:34:09,413 ACROSS THIS CASE >> ENTER A PRIVATE DETECTIVE 1266 00:34:09,615 --> 00:34:10,480 >> ENTER A PRIVATE DETECTIVE WITH SOME QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN 1267 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,649 WITH SOME QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN DID SOMETHING SEEM FISHY ABOUT 1268 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:13,917 DID SOMETHING SEEM FISHY ABOUT ALL THOSE E-MAILS? 1269 00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:36,273 ALL THOSE E-MAILS? >> AND YOU'RE STARTING TO THINK, 1270 00:34:36,475 --> 00:34:42,245 >> AND YOU'RE STARTING TO THINK, >> Reporter: IT'S ONE OF THE 1271 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,713 >> Reporter: IT'S ONE OF THE CURIOUS THINGS ABOUT LIFE. 1272 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:44,381 CURIOUS THINGS ABOUT LIFE. THE WAY A MERE COINCIDENCE CAN 1273 00:34:44,583 --> 00:34:45,449 THE WAY A MERE COINCIDENCE CAN CHANGE THINGS. 1274 00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:46,483 CHANGE THINGS. >> BASICALLY, WE KINDA STUMBLED 1275 00:34:46,685 --> 00:34:47,584 >> BASICALLY, WE KINDA STUMBLED ACROSS THIS CASE 1276 00:34:47,786 --> 00:34:49,019 ACROSS THIS CASE >> Reporter: SOMEBODY CALLED YOU 1277 00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:49,719 >> Reporter: SOMEBODY CALLED YOU UP AND SAID, "LOOK INTO THOSE 1278 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:50,787 UP AND SAID, "LOOK INTO THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THE HALL." 1279 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:51,888 PEOPLE DOWN THE HALL." >> YEAH. 1280 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:52,923 >> YEAH. >> Reporter: JOE DALU IS A 1281 00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:53,990 >> Reporter: JOE DALU IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND FORMER 1282 00:34:54,192 --> 00:34:55,058 PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR AND FORMER DETECTIVE. 1283 00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:56,126 DETECTIVE. IN APRIL 2011, JOE AND HIS 1284 00:34:56,328 --> 00:34:57,194 IN APRIL 2011, JOE AND HIS PARTNER HAD JUST OPENED AN 1285 00:34:57,396 --> 00:34:59,062 PARTNER HAD JUST OPENED AN OFFICE IN THIS COMPLEX SOUTH OF 1286 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:00,063 OFFICE IN THIS COMPLEX SOUTH OF LAGUNA BEACH 1287 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:00,931 LAGUNA BEACH A CLIENT WALKED IN A COUPLE OF 1288 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:01,998 A CLIENT WALKED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER. 1289 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,066 WEEKS LATER. >> A PROPERTY MANAGER CAME INTO 1290 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:04,701 >> A PROPERTY MANAGER CAME INTO OUR OFFICE 1291 00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:05,735 OUR OFFICE THEY REALIZED WE'RE AN 1292 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:06,837 THEY REALIZED WE'RE AN INVESTIGATIVE COMPANY. 1293 00:35:07,039 --> 00:35:07,904 INVESTIGATIVE COMPANY. AND ASKED US IF WE DO SKIP 1294 00:35:08,106 --> 00:35:11,141 AND ASKED US IF WE DO SKIP TRACING WORK, LOCATING PEOPLE. 1295 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:12,742 TRACING WORK, LOCATING PEOPLE. WE SAID, "SURE." 1296 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:15,445 WE SAID, "SURE." >> Reporter: IT TURNED OUT, THE 1297 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:18,115 >> Reporter: IT TURNED OUT, THE 800 EXCHANGE OFFICE WAS -- OR AT 1298 00:35:18,317 --> 00:35:19,716 800 EXCHANGE OFFICE WAS -- OR AT LEAST HAD BEEN -- PRACTICALLY 1299 00:35:19,918 --> 00:35:21,351 LEAST HAD BEEN -- PRACTICALLY NEXT DOOR TO DALU'S OFFICE 1300 00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:22,652 NEXT DOOR TO DALU'S OFFICE A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE, THE 1301 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:24,020 A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE, THE WHOLE COMPANY LEFT FOR PARTS 1302 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:25,622 WHOLE COMPANY LEFT FOR PARTS UNKNOWN AND LEFT BEHIND A BUNDLE 1303 00:35:25,824 --> 00:35:26,690 UNKNOWN AND LEFT BEHIND A BUNDLE OF UNPAID RENT 1304 00:35:26,892 --> 00:35:27,757 OF UNPAID RENT >> Reporter: SO THE LANDLORD IS 1305 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:30,427 >> Reporter: SO THE LANDLORD IS KINDA UPSET? 1306 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:37,934 KINDA UPSET? >> YES 1307 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,002 >> YES >> Reporter: THE LANDLORD HIRED 1308 00:35:39,204 --> 00:35:40,070 >> Reporter: THE LANDLORD HIRED THE P.I.s TO FIND 800 EXCHANGE 1309 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:41,138 THE P.I.s TO FIND 800 EXCHANGE AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THAT 1310 00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:42,205 AND SEE IF THEY COULD FIND THAT RENT MONEY 1311 00:35:42,407 --> 00:35:43,273 RENT MONEY SO PRESUMABLY YOU GOTTA FIND OUT 1312 00:35:43,475 --> 00:35:44,341 SO PRESUMABLY YOU GOTTA FIND OUT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE 1313 00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:45,408 ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHAT DO YOU DO 1314 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,476 WHAT DO YOU DO >> SO WE START OFF WITH DATABASE 1315 00:35:46,678 --> 00:35:47,544 >> SO WE START OFF WITH DATABASE SEARCHES, RUNNING THEIR NAME, 1316 00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:48,612 SEARCHES, RUNNING THEIR NAME, FINDING LAST-KNOWN ADDRESSES, 1317 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:50,113 FINDING LAST-KNOWN ADDRESSES, FIND OUT ANY ASSETS THEY MAY 1318 00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:50,780 FIND OUT ANY ASSETS THEY MAY HAVE 1319 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:51,848 HAVE >> Reporter: THE COMPANY WASN'T 1320 00:35:52,050 --> 00:35:53,450 >> Reporter: THE COMPANY WASN'T HARD TO FIND 1321 00:35:53,652 --> 00:35:56,119 HARD TO FIND IT WAS A FEW MILES UP THE 1322 00:35:56,121 --> 00:35:57,187 IT WAS A FEW MILES UP THE FREEWAY IN ANOTHER OFFICE PARK 1323 00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:58,788 FREEWAY IN ANOTHER OFFICE PARK BY JULY, DALU AND HIS PARTNER 1324 00:35:58,990 --> 00:35:59,890 BY JULY, DALU AND HIS PARTNER WERE BONING UP ON THE COMPANY, 1325 00:36:00,092 --> 00:36:03,593 WERE BONING UP ON THE COMPANY, LOOKING FOR THE ASSETS, TRYING 1326 00:36:03,795 --> 00:36:04,661 LOOKING FOR THE ASSETS, TRYING TO FIND THAT RENT MONEY, WHEN 1327 00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:06,263 TO FIND THAT RENT MONEY, WHEN THE PROPERTY MANAGER WALKED BACK 1328 00:36:06,465 --> 00:36:07,330 THE PROPERTY MANAGER WALKED BACK INTO THEIR OFFICE. 1329 00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:15,405 INTO THEIR OFFICE. HE SAID LAGUNA BEACH POLICE 1330 00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:17,073 HE SAID LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DETECTIVES HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR 1331 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:17,841 DETECTIVES HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR 800 XCHANGE, TOO 1332 00:36:18,043 --> 00:36:18,642 800 XCHANGE, TOO >> WE ASKED WHY. 1333 00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:19,976 >> WE ASKED WHY. HE SAYS, "WELL, CHRIS SMITH IS 1334 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:21,311 HE SAYS, "WELL, CHRIS SMITH IS MISSING. 1335 00:36:21,513 --> 00:36:22,913 MISSING. AND THEN WE LEARNED THAT CHRIS 1336 00:36:23,115 --> 00:36:24,548 AND THEN WE LEARNED THAT CHRIS WAS BOUGHT OUT OF HIS SHARE OF 1337 00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:25,582 WAS BOUGHT OUT OF HIS SHARE OF THE COMPANY, TOOK HIS, YOU KNOW, 1338 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,184 THE COMPANY, TOOK HIS, YOU KNOW, EARNINGS AND JUST SAILED AROUND 1339 00:36:27,386 --> 00:36:28,285 EARNINGS AND JUST SAILED AROUND THE WORLD. 1340 00:36:28,487 --> 00:36:29,886 THE WORLD. >> Reporter: HE WANTED TO KNOW 1341 00:36:30,088 --> 00:36:30,954 >> Reporter: HE WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CHRIS' DISAPPEARING 1342 00:36:31,156 --> 00:36:32,556 MORE ABOUT CHRIS' DISAPPEARING ACT, SO HE CONTACTED CHRIS' 1343 00:36:32,758 --> 00:36:35,225 ACT, SO HE CONTACTED CHRIS' FATHER, STEVE. 1344 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:36,826 FATHER, STEVE. STEVE FILLED HIM IN ABOUT HIS 1345 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,762 STEVE FILLED HIM IN ABOUT HIS SON'S ESCAPE FROM THE RAT RACE 1346 00:36:38,964 --> 00:36:40,063 SON'S ESCAPE FROM THE RAT RACE >> AND HE TOLD ME, HE GOES, 1347 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:41,665 >> AND HE TOLD ME, HE GOES, "LOOK, AFTER THIS BUYOUT FROM ED 1348 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:43,266 "LOOK, AFTER THIS BUYOUT FROM ED SHIN, CHRIS WAS EMAILING US. 1349 00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:46,436 SHIN, CHRIS WAS EMAILING US. HE WAS JUST -- HE COULDN'T TAKE 1350 00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:47,504 HE WAS JUST -- HE COULDN'T TAKE THE STRESS, AND HE JUST WANTED A 1351 00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:49,206 THE STRESS, AND HE JUST WANTED A BREAK. 1352 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:51,141 BREAK. >> Reporter: IT HAD BEEN A YEAR 1353 00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:55,545 >> Reporter: IT HAD BEEN A YEAR SINCE CHRIS HAD DISAPPEARED. 1354 00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:56,613 SINCE CHRIS HAD DISAPPEARED. DALU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MISSING 1355 00:36:56,815 --> 00:36:57,681 DALU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MISSING PERSONS REPORT CHRIS' FAMILY HAD 1356 00:36:57,883 --> 00:36:58,748 PERSONS REPORT CHRIS' FAMILY HAD FILED. 1357 00:36:58,950 --> 00:36:59,849 FILED. SO BY THE TIME YOU GOT INTO THE 1358 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:00,951 SO BY THE TIME YOU GOT INTO THE CASE, THEY WERE ALREADY WORRIED, 1359 00:37:01,153 --> 00:37:02,552 CASE, THEY WERE ALREADY WORRIED, CONCERNED? 1360 00:37:02,754 --> 00:37:03,620 CONCERNED? >> YES 1361 00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:04,688 >> YES BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SENSE OF 1362 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:05,755 BUT I THINK THERE WAS A SENSE OF HOPE 1363 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:06,823 HOPE THEY WERE -- THEY WERE CURIOUS 1364 00:37:07,025 --> 00:37:08,058 THEY WERE -- THEY WERE CURIOUS >> Reporter: BUT CHRIS' DAD, 1365 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:09,492 >> Reporter: BUT CHRIS' DAD, STEVE, TOLD DALU - 1366 00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:10,560 STEVE, TOLD DALU - >> "HE WAS AT LEAST 1367 00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:11,628 >> "HE WAS AT LEAST COMMUNICATING WITH US. 1368 00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:13,196 COMMUNICATING WITH US. AND I ASKED HIM HOW. 1369 00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:14,264 AND I ASKED HIM HOW. HE SAID, "BY EMAIL." 1370 00:37:14,466 --> 00:37:15,332 HE SAID, "BY EMAIL." AND I SAID, "WELL, DO YOU KNOW 1371 00:37:15,534 --> 00:37:16,967 AND I SAID, "WELL, DO YOU KNOW IT'S HIM?" 1372 00:37:17,169 --> 00:37:19,936 IT'S HIM?" HE SAID, "THERE'S JUST THINGS IN 1373 00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:20,737 HE SAID, "THERE'S JUST THINGS IN THE EMAIL THAT WOULD -- NO ONE 1374 00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:21,805 THE EMAIL THAT WOULD -- NO ONE ELSE WOULD KNOW. 1375 00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:25,008 ELSE WOULD KNOW. SO I ASKED HIM IF I COULD TAKE A 1376 00:37:25,210 --> 00:37:26,610 SO I ASKED HIM IF I COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE E-MAILS. 1377 00:37:26,812 --> 00:37:28,745 LOOK AT THOSE E-MAILS. >> Reporter: HE STARTED POURING 1378 00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:30,347 >> Reporter: HE STARTED POURING OVER ALL OF CHRIS' COMMUNICATION 1379 00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:31,448 OVER ALL OF CHRIS' COMMUNICATION FROM HIS GLOBE-TROTTING VOYAGE 1380 00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:32,515 FROM HIS GLOBE-TROTTING VOYAGE IT'S KINDA LIKE A TRAVELOGUE, 1381 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:33,683 IT'S KINDA LIKE A TRAVELOGUE, RIGHT? 1382 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:34,651 RIGHT? "ISLANDS WE'VE SAILED AROUND ARE 1383 00:37:34,853 --> 00:37:36,286 "ISLANDS WE'VE SAILED AROUND ARE AMAZING. 1384 00:37:36,488 --> 00:37:37,621 AMAZING. >> YES 1385 00:37:37,823 --> 00:37:38,955 >> YES "JUST DOCKED IN PORT OF 1386 00:37:39,157 --> 00:37:41,124 "JUST DOCKED IN PORT OF ARGENTINA. 1387 00:37:41,326 --> 00:37:45,095 ARGENTINA. >> Reporter: THE E-MAILS WERE 1388 00:37:45,297 --> 00:37:47,430 >> Reporter: THE E-MAILS WERE LIKE PICTURE POSTCARDS IN PROSE, 1389 00:37:47,632 --> 00:37:48,932 LIKE PICTURE POSTCARDS IN PROSE, FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 1390 00:37:49,134 --> 00:37:50,300 FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. BUT DALU THOUGHT SOMETHING 1391 00:37:50,502 --> 00:37:51,901 BUT DALU THOUGHT SOMETHING DIDN'T SMELL RIGHT 1392 00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,105 DIDN'T SMELL RIGHT WHAT INTRIGUED YOU ABOUT THEM? 1393 00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:57,307 WHAT INTRIGUED YOU ABOUT THEM? >> I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS 1394 00:37:57,509 --> 00:37:59,409 >> I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME ODD WAS THAT THE 1395 00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:01,077 THAT STRUCK ME ODD WAS THAT THE WRITER WAS TRYING TOO HARD TO 1396 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,646 WRITER WAS TRYING TOO HARD TO MAKE THE RECEIVER BELIEVE THAT, 1397 00:38:02,848 --> 00:38:04,714 MAKE THE RECEIVER BELIEVE THAT, "THIS IS ME. 1398 00:38:04,916 --> 00:38:05,915 "THIS IS ME. THIS IS CHRIS. 1399 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:09,919 THIS IS CHRIS. >> Reporter: TAKE THIS EMAIL 1400 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:10,687 >> Reporter: TAKE THIS EMAIL FROM OCTOBER, 2010 1401 00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:12,822 FROM OCTOBER, 2010 CHRIS WROTE TO HIS DAD, "I CAN'T 1402 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,958 CHRIS WROTE TO HIS DAD, "I CAN'T CALL YOU FROM MUMBAI 1403 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,559 CALL YOU FROM MUMBAI BUT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MEET ME 1404 00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:18,194 BUT DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MEET ME IN YOUR HOMETOWN IN AUSTRIA 1405 00:38:18,396 --> 00:38:19,262 IN YOUR HOMETOWN IN AUSTRIA SOMETIME IN JANUARY? 1406 00:38:19,464 --> 00:38:20,897 SOMETIME IN JANUARY? >> AND IT WAS -- IT WAS ALMOST 1407 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:21,965 >> AND IT WAS -- IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, "WELL, HIS DAD KNOWS WHERE 1408 00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:23,033 LIKE, "WELL, HIS DAD KNOWS WHERE HE GREW UP 1409 00:38:23,235 --> 00:38:24,100 HE GREW UP HIS DAD KNOWS WHERE THIS IS. 1410 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:25,168 HIS DAD KNOWS WHERE THIS IS. >> Reporter: YEAH. 1411 00:38:25,370 --> 00:38:26,236 >> Reporter: YEAH. YOU WOULDN'T -- YOU WOULDN'T 1412 00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:27,871 YOU WOULDN'T -- YOU WOULDN'T SAY, "TO YOUR HOMETOWN." 1413 00:38:28,073 --> 00:38:29,072 SAY, "TO YOUR HOMETOWN." >> YEAH, I THINK THE NORMAL 1414 00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:30,040 >> YEAH, I THINK THE NORMAL THING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY 1415 00:38:30,242 --> 00:38:31,541 THING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD SAY WOULD BE-- "HEY, LET'S -- I WANT 1416 00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:32,642 WOULD BE-- "HEY, LET'S -- I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE YOU -- WHERE 1417 00:38:32,844 --> 00:38:34,210 TO GO BACK TO WHERE YOU -- WHERE YOU GREW UP. 1418 00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:35,312 YOU GREW UP. >> Reporter: AND REMEMBER HOW 1419 00:38:35,514 --> 00:38:36,379 >> Reporter: AND REMEMBER HOW CHRIS' DAD, FEELING A BIT 1420 00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:37,981 CHRIS' DAD, FEELING A BIT WORRIED, SENT THOSE TEST 1421 00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:39,049 WORRIED, SENT THOSE TEST QUESTIONS TO HIS SON 1422 00:38:39,251 --> 00:38:40,650 QUESTIONS TO HIS SON "WHAT LAKE DID YOU USED TO LIVE 1423 00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:41,751 "WHAT LAKE DID YOU USED TO LIVE ON 1424 00:38:41,953 --> 00:38:43,320 ON AND WHAT TYPE BOAT DID YOU SKI 1425 00:38:43,522 --> 00:38:44,387 AND WHAT TYPE BOAT DID YOU SKI BEHIND?" 1426 00:38:44,589 --> 00:38:46,089 BEHIND?" >> THERE'S SOME DOUBT ABOUT WHO 1427 00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:47,390 >> THERE'S SOME DOUBT ABOUT WHO HE WAS TALKING TO. 1428 00:38:47,592 --> 00:38:48,658 HE WAS TALKING TO. THERE'S ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THAT 1429 00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:49,726 THERE'S ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THAT WOULD KNOW THAT, OBVIOUSLY, HIS 1430 00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:50,827 WOULD KNOW THAT, OBVIOUSLY, HIS FAMILY AND CHRIS 1431 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:52,429 FAMILY AND CHRIS >> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY STEVE 1432 00:38:52,631 --> 00:38:54,030 >> Reporter: WHICH IS WHY STEVE WAS RELIEVED WHEN CHRIS 1433 00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:56,700 WAS RELIEVED WHEN CHRIS RESPONDED THAT THEY LIVED ON 1434 00:38:56,902 --> 00:38:57,767 RESPONDED THAT THEY LIVED ON KELLY LAKE 1435 00:38:57,969 --> 00:38:59,369 KELLY LAKE EXCEPT STEVE HAD ASKED HIS SON 1436 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:00,570 EXCEPT STEVE HAD ASKED HIS SON TWO QUESTIONS -- THE NAME OF 1437 00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:03,139 TWO QUESTIONS -- THE NAME OF THEIR LAKE AND THE KIND OF BOAT 1438 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:04,207 THEIR LAKE AND THE KIND OF BOAT THEY HAD 1439 00:39:04,409 --> 00:39:06,343 THEY HAD AND DALU NOTICED, AND HIS COP 1440 00:39:06,545 --> 00:39:08,078 AND DALU NOTICED, AND HIS COP SENSE WAS TINGLING 1441 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:09,245 SENSE WAS TINGLING >> AND I THOUGHT, "WAIT, HE 1442 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:10,580 >> AND I THOUGHT, "WAIT, HE ANSWERED THE LAKE QUESTION 1443 00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:12,182 ANSWERED THE LAKE QUESTION BUT HE NEVER ANSWERED THE TYPE 1444 00:39:12,384 --> 00:39:14,718 BUT HE NEVER ANSWERED THE TYPE OF BOAT. 1445 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:21,024 OF BOAT. AND THAT BOTHERED ME 1446 00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:24,160 AND THAT BOTHERED ME >> Reporter: AND THEN, DALU READ 1447 00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:26,396 >> Reporter: AND THEN, DALU READ THIS E-MAIL THAT CHRIS SENT TO 1448 00:39:26,598 --> 00:39:29,199 THIS E-MAIL THAT CHRIS SENT TO HIS BROTHER, PAUL, AFTER HIS DAD 1449 00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:30,266 HIS BROTHER, PAUL, AFTER HIS DAD HAD ASKED HIM THOSE QUESTIONS. 1450 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:31,868 HAD ASKED HIM THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THE PENNY DROPPED. 1451 00:39:32,070 --> 00:39:32,936 AND THE PENNY DROPPED. "WHAT WAS THE MODEL OF OUR BOAT 1452 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:34,537 "WHAT WAS THE MODEL OF OUR BOAT THAT WE GREW UP RIDING ON? 1453 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:35,605 THAT WE GREW UP RIDING ON? >> AND PAUL REPLIED BACK 1454 00:39:35,807 --> 00:39:37,207 >> AND PAUL REPLIED BACK AND THEN I THOUGHT, "THIS IS IT. 1455 00:39:37,409 --> 00:39:38,274 AND THEN I THOUGHT, "THIS IS IT. HE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER. 1456 00:39:38,476 --> 00:39:40,243 HE DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER. >> Reporter: DALU NOW KNEW IT 1457 00:39:40,445 --> 00:39:40,944 >> Reporter: DALU NOW KNEW IT WAS NOT CHRIS SMITH WRITING 1458 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:42,045 WAS NOT CHRIS SMITH WRITING THOSE E-MAILS. 1459 00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:43,646 THOSE E-MAILS. >> IT DOES GET A LITTLE CREEPY 1460 00:39:43,848 --> 00:39:44,681 >> IT DOES GET A LITTLE CREEPY AT THAT POINT. 1461 00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:45,782 AT THAT POINT. BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE STARTIN' TO 1462 00:39:45,984 --> 00:39:47,384 BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE STARTIN' TO THINK, "WHO IS THIS PERSON?" 1463 00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:49,018 THINK, "WHO IS THIS PERSON?" "IF THIS ISN'T CHRIS, THEN WHO 1464 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:58,128 "IF THIS ISN'T CHRIS, THEN WHO IS IT? 1465 00:39:58,330 --> 00:40:01,197 IS IT? >> Reporter: OH, BOY 1466 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:02,999 >> Reporter: OH, BOY >>> COMING UP -- A DISTURBING 1467 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:04,067 >>> COMING UP -- A DISTURBING DISCOVERY IN CHRIS' OFFICE 1468 00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:05,135 DISCOVERY IN CHRIS' OFFICE >> I LOOKED AT THE LIGHT SWITCH. 1469 00:40:05,337 --> 00:40:06,236 >> I LOOKED AT THE LIGHT SWITCH. AND THERE WAS -- WHAT I THOUGHT 1470 00:40:06,438 --> 00:40:07,237 AND THERE WAS -- WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BLOOD. 1471 00:40:07,439 --> 00:40:28,324 WAS BLOOD. IT WAS RED, DARK RED 1472 00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:29,692 IT WAS RED, DARK RED >>> PRIVATE EYE JOE DALU WAS SO 1473 00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:31,294 >>> PRIVATE EYE JOE DALU WAS SO INTRIGUED BY THE MYSTERY OF WHAT 1474 00:40:31,496 --> 00:40:34,798 INTRIGUED BY THE MYSTERY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIS SMITH THAT HE 1475 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,635 HAPPENED TO CHRIS SMITH THAT HE WENT TO WORK ON IT PRO BONO. 1476 00:40:38,837 --> 00:40:42,305 WENT TO WORK ON IT PRO BONO. HE KNEW LAGUNA BEACH POLICE HAD 1477 00:40:42,507 --> 00:40:43,373 HE KNEW LAGUNA BEACH POLICE HAD WENT TO WORK ON A MISSING 1478 00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:46,009 WENT TO WORK ON A MISSING PERSONS CASE 1479 00:40:46,211 --> 00:40:46,543 PERSONS CASE SO HE WENT TO THE PROPERTY 1480 00:40:46,745 --> 00:40:47,744 SO HE WENT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER. 1481 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:50,013 MANAGER. >> WE ASKED IF THE OFFICE WAS 1482 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:51,848 >> WE ASKED IF THE OFFICE WAS STILL VACANT AND THEY SAID, YES, 1483 00:40:52,050 --> 00:40:53,316 STILL VACANT AND THEY SAID, YES, CAN AND LOOKED AT MY PARTNER AND 1484 00:40:53,518 --> 00:40:54,417 CAN AND LOOKED AT MY PARTNER AND I SAID CAN WE GO IN AND LOOK, 1485 00:40:54,419 --> 00:40:57,053 I SAID CAN WE GO IN AND LOOK, AND THEY SAID SURE 1486 00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:57,821 AND THEY SAID SURE THEY OPENED IT UP. 1487 00:40:58,023 --> 00:41:01,357 THEY OPENED IT UP. EVERYTHING WAS EMPTY 1488 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:01,991 EVERYTHING WAS EMPTY >> THIS IS THE OLD 800 EXCHANGE 1489 00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:02,759 >> THIS IS THE OLD 800 EXCHANGE SPACE. 1490 00:41:02,961 --> 00:41:03,526 SPACE. >> CHRIS' DESK WAS HERE. 1491 00:41:03,728 --> 00:41:07,230 >> CHRIS' DESK WAS HERE. >> OKAY. 1492 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:07,831 >> OKAY. >> THERE WAS A CREDENZA BEHIND 1493 00:41:08,033 --> 00:41:09,299 >> THERE WAS A CREDENZA BEHIND HIM. 1494 00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:12,202 HIM. >> SOON DALU STARTED TO NOTICE 1495 00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:12,802 >> SOON DALU STARTED TO NOTICE THINGS, A STAIN BY CHRIS' OLD 1496 00:41:13,004 --> 00:41:15,772 THINGS, A STAIN BY CHRIS' OLD OFFICE 1497 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:16,806 OFFICE >> THERE WAS A WHITE POWDERY 1498 00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:19,142 >> THERE WAS A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE COMING THROUGH THE 1499 00:41:19,344 --> 00:41:19,742 SUBSTANCE COMING THROUGH THE GROUND AND SEEPING THROUGH THE 1500 00:41:19,944 --> 00:41:21,845 GROUND AND SEEPING THROUGH THE CARPET WHICH MY PARTNER 1501 00:41:22,047 --> 00:41:22,946 CARPET WHICH MY PARTNER IDENTIFIED AS LIKE A SULFUR. 1502 00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:23,513 IDENTIFIED AS LIKE A SULFUR. >> LIKE A SALT STAIN ON THE 1503 00:41:23,715 --> 00:41:24,314 >> LIKE A SALT STAIN ON THE CARPET 1504 00:41:24,516 --> 00:41:25,982 CARPET >> YES 1505 00:41:26,184 --> 00:41:27,217 >> YES >> DALU TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND 1506 00:41:27,419 --> 00:41:31,654 >> DALU TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND THOUGHT SOME SORT OF HEAVY 1507 00:41:31,856 --> 00:42:01,885 THOUGHT SOME SORT OF HEAVY CHEMICAL CLEANER HAD BEEN USED 1508 00:42:02,087 --> 00:42:02,452 CHEMICAL CLEANER HAD BEEN USED ON THE SPOT. 1509 00:42:02,654 --> 00:42:04,020 ON THE SPOT. >> DALU TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND 1510 00:42:04,222 --> 00:42:05,088 >> DALU TOOK A PICTURE OF IT AND THOUGHT SOME SORT OF HEAVY 1511 00:42:05,290 --> 00:42:06,155 THOUGHT SOME SORT OF HEAVY CHEMICAL CLEANER HAD BEEN USED 1512 00:42:06,357 --> 00:42:07,223 CHEMICAL CLEANER HAD BEEN USED ON THE SPOT. 1513 00:42:07,425 --> 00:42:08,324 ON THE SPOT. BUT OF COURSE, ED SHIN SAID 1514 00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:09,359 BUT OF COURSE, ED SHIN SAID CHRIS THREW UP ON THE CARPET 1515 00:42:09,561 --> 00:42:10,460 CHRIS THREW UP ON THE CARPET AFTER A DRUNKEN BINGE AT THE 1516 00:42:10,662 --> 00:42:11,528 AFTER A DRUNKEN BINGE AT THE OFFICE 1517 00:42:11,730 --> 00:42:12,028 OFFICE SO, THAT MADE SOME SENSE 1518 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:13,396 SO, THAT MADE SOME SENSE BUT DALU WAS AN OBSERVANT TYPE 1519 00:42:13,598 --> 00:42:14,197 BUT DALU WAS AN OBSERVANT TYPE ALL EYES AND -- AND WHAT DO YOU 1520 00:42:14,399 --> 00:42:15,298 ALL EYES AND -- AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW 1521 00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:16,332 KNOW >> WHEN I STEPPED IN, I LOOKED 1522 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:17,433 >> WHEN I STEPPED IN, I LOOKED AT THE LIGHT SWITCH -- AND IT 1523 00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:18,501 AT THE LIGHT SWITCH -- AND IT WAS WHITE -- AND THERE WAS A 1524 00:42:18,503 --> 00:42:19,569 WAS WHITE -- AND THERE WAS A BLOOD SMEAR, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS 1525 00:42:19,771 --> 00:42:20,637 BLOOD SMEAR, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS BLOOD. 1526 00:42:20,839 --> 00:42:22,138 BLOOD. IT WAS RED, DARK RED 1527 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:22,772 IT WAS RED, DARK RED >> WHAT APPEARED TO BE BLOOD ON 1528 00:42:22,974 --> 00:42:23,806 >> WHAT APPEARED TO BE BLOOD ON THE LIGHT SWITCH 1529 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:24,874 THE LIGHT SWITCH >> YES 1530 00:42:25,076 --> 00:42:25,942 >> YES >> AND THEN ON THE DOOR FRAME. 1531 00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:27,010 >> AND THEN ON THE DOOR FRAME. >> WHEN YOU SAW THAT, WHAT'S THE 1532 00:42:27,212 --> 00:42:28,077 >> WHEN YOU SAW THAT, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT OCCURRED TO 1533 00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:29,145 FIRST THING THAT OCCURRED TO YOU? 1534 00:42:29,347 --> 00:42:30,213 YOU? >> THAT IT WAS -- IT WASN'T JUST 1535 00:42:30,415 --> 00:42:31,314 >> THAT IT WAS -- IT WASN'T JUST A MISSING PERSON'S 1536 00:42:31,516 --> 00:42:32,382 A MISSING PERSON'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY HAPPENED TO 1537 00:42:32,584 --> 00:42:33,449 SOMETHING SERIOUSLY HAPPENED TO CHRIS. 1538 00:42:33,651 --> 00:42:34,517 CHRIS. >> DALU CALLED THE SHERIFF'S 1539 00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:35,585 >> DALU CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 1540 00:42:35,787 --> 00:42:36,653 OFFICE >> SO YOU FIND OUT, FROM JOE 1541 00:42:36,855 --> 00:42:37,220 >> SO YOU FIND OUT, FROM JOE DALU, ABOUT SOME WEIRD THING 1542 00:42:37,422 --> 00:42:38,788 DALU, ABOUT SOME WEIRD THING GOIN' ON 1543 00:42:38,990 --> 00:42:39,322 GOIN' ON >> YEAH, I DID 1544 00:42:39,524 --> 00:42:40,390 >> YEAH, I DID HE SAID HE SAW S -- WHAT HE 1545 00:42:40,592 --> 00:42:41,491 HE SAID HE SAW S -- WHAT HE THOUGHT MIGHT BE BLOOD ON THE 1546 00:42:41,693 --> 00:42:42,725 THOUGHT MIGHT BE BLOOD ON THE DOOR JAMB, INSIDE -- INSIDE THE 1547 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:43,593 DOOR JAMB, INSIDE -- INSIDE THE OFFICE 1548 00:42:43,795 --> 00:42:44,694 OFFICE SO - 1549 00:42:44,896 --> 00:42:45,762 SO - >> THAT'LL GET YOUR ATTENTION. 1550 00:42:45,964 --> 00:42:46,829 >> THAT'LL GET YOUR ATTENTION. >> IT GOT MY ATTENTION 1551 00:42:47,031 --> 00:42:47,897 >> IT GOT MY ATTENTION >> SERGEANTS DON VOGHT AND RAY 1552 00:42:48,099 --> 00:42:48,965 >> SERGEANTS DON VOGHT AND RAY WERT, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S 1553 00:42:49,167 --> 00:42:50,033 WERT, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 1554 00:42:50,235 --> 00:42:51,100 DEPARTMENT FIRST THING TO DO -- SEND SOME 1555 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:52,569 FIRST THING TO DO -- SEND SOME TECHS OVER TO TAKE A GOOD CLOSE 1556 00:42:52,771 --> 00:42:53,236 TECHS OVER TO TAKE A GOOD CLOSE LOOK AROUND THE OLD 800XCHANGE 1557 00:42:53,438 --> 00:42:53,770 LOOK AROUND THE OLD 800XCHANGE OFFICE 1558 00:42:53,972 --> 00:42:54,837 OFFICE THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED FINDING 1559 00:42:55,039 --> 00:42:55,905 THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED FINDING MORE SUSPICIOUS SPOTS. 1560 00:42:56,107 --> 00:42:56,973 MORE SUSPICIOUS SPOTS. ON SOME CEILING TILES, BEHIND 1561 00:42:57,175 --> 00:42:57,507 ON SOME CEILING TILES, BEHIND SOME MOLDING 1562 00:42:57,709 --> 00:42:58,575 SOME MOLDING THEY PULLED UP CARPET AND FOUND 1563 00:42:58,777 --> 00:42:59,676 THEY PULLED UP CARPET AND FOUND DARK-COLORED STAINS ON THE 1564 00:42:59,878 --> 00:43:00,843 DARK-COLORED STAINS ON THE CONCRETE UNDERNEATH. 1565 00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:01,878 CONCRETE UNDERNEATH. >> THE SPOTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR 1566 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:02,845 >> THE SPOTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR HUMAN BLOOD. 1567 00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:03,913 HUMAN BLOOD. 'COURSE -- COULD HAVE BEEN 1568 00:43:04,115 --> 00:43:04,981 'COURSE -- COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY'S BLOOD. 1569 00:43:05,183 --> 00:43:06,049 ANYBODY'S BLOOD. EVEN ANOTHER TENANT. 1570 00:43:06,251 --> 00:43:07,150 EVEN ANOTHER TENANT. >> WE GOT BLOOD IN THE OFFICE. 1571 00:43:07,352 --> 00:43:08,685 >> WE GOT BLOOD IN THE OFFICE. WE DON'T KNOW WHOSE IT IS. 1572 00:43:08,887 --> 00:43:09,752 WE DON'T KNOW WHOSE IT IS. SO - 1573 00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:10,687 SO - >> AND HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND FOR 1574 00:43:10,889 --> 00:43:11,421 >> AND HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND FOR OVER A YEAR. 1575 00:43:11,623 --> 00:43:12,488 OVER A YEAR. >> CORRECT 1576 00:43:12,690 --> 00:43:13,556 >> CORRECT >> OF COURSE, SINCE CHRIS WASN'T 1577 00:43:13,758 --> 00:43:15,191 >> OF COURSE, SINCE CHRIS WASN'T AROUND, THERE WASN'T A BLOOD 1578 00:43:15,393 --> 00:43:16,225 AROUND, THERE WASN'T A BLOOD SAMPLE TO COMPARE IT TO. BUT 1579 00:43:16,427 --> 00:43:17,293 SAMPLE TO COMPARE IT TO. BUT MAYBE CHRIS'S FAMILY COULD HELP 1580 00:43:17,495 --> 00:43:18,895 MAYBE CHRIS'S FAMILY COULD HELP WITH THAT. 1581 00:43:19,097 --> 00:43:19,429 WITH THAT. WITH A DNA SAMPLE. 1582 00:43:19,631 --> 00:43:21,297 WITH A DNA SAMPLE. >> I HAD ALREADY TAKEN A SWAB 1583 00:43:21,499 --> 00:43:22,332 >> I HAD ALREADY TAKEN A SWAB TEST 1584 00:43:22,534 --> 00:43:23,166 TEST THEY DID BOTH SWABS ON PAUL AND 1585 00:43:23,368 --> 00:43:24,233 THEY DID BOTH SWABS ON PAUL AND MY WIFE DEBI 1586 00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:25,435 MY WIFE DEBI >> MEANWHILE, P.I. DALU REMAINED 1587 00:43:25,637 --> 00:43:26,402 >> MEANWHILE, P.I. DALU REMAINED DEEPLY INVESTED IN FINDING OUT 1588 00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:27,437 DEEPLY INVESTED IN FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIS 1589 00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:28,504 WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIS AFTER THAT BLOOD, SOMEONE'S 1590 00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:29,706 AFTER THAT BLOOD, SOMEONE'S BLOOD, WAS FOUND IN THE OFFICE, 1591 00:43:29,908 --> 00:43:30,607 BLOOD, WAS FOUND IN THE OFFICE, HE FELT IT WAS TIME TO HAVE A 1592 00:43:30,809 --> 00:43:32,742 HE FELT IT WAS TIME TO HAVE A HEART-TO-HEART TALK WITH CHRIS' 1593 00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:34,010 HEART-TO-HEART TALK WITH CHRIS' DAD, STEVE 1594 00:43:34,212 --> 00:43:35,979 DAD, STEVE >> I SAID, "LISTEN 1595 00:43:36,181 --> 00:43:42,452 >> I SAID, "LISTEN I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO 1596 00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:43,486 I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE CHRIS IS 1597 00:43:43,688 --> 00:43:44,554 UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE CHRIS IS NOT GONNA COME BACK, AND STEVE 1598 00:43:44,756 --> 00:43:45,622 NOT GONNA COME BACK, AND STEVE WAS JUST QUIET 1599 00:43:45,824 --> 00:43:46,689 WAS JUST QUIET AND HE CAME BACK AND HE SAID, 1600 00:43:46,891 --> 00:43:47,757 AND HE CAME BACK AND HE SAID, "BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT 1601 00:43:47,959 --> 00:43:48,825 "BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT WE HAVE TO WAIT. 1602 00:43:49,027 --> 00:43:49,959 WE HAVE TO WAIT. I PROVIDED DNA 1603 00:43:50,161 --> 00:43:51,494 I PROVIDED DNA LET'S JUST WAIT. 1604 00:43:51,696 --> 00:43:52,028 LET'S JUST WAIT. I SAID, "I UNDERSTAND. 1605 00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:53,129 I SAID, "I UNDERSTAND. WE'LL WAIT 1606 00:43:53,331 --> 00:43:54,197 WE'LL WAIT MAYBE CHRIS IS STILL ALIVE." 1607 00:43:54,399 --> 00:43:55,264 MAYBE CHRIS IS STILL ALIVE." >> IT'S SORT OF A TOUGH THING 1608 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:57,400 >> IT'S SORT OF A TOUGH THING FOR A PARENT 1609 00:43:57,602 --> 00:43:59,002 FOR A PARENT >> I CAN'T IMAGINE 1610 00:43:59,204 --> 00:44:00,603 >> I CAN'T IMAGINE I REALLY CAN'T 1611 00:44:00,605 --> 00:44:01,671 I REALLY CAN'T >> BUT THEN THE RESULTS CAME IN. 1612 00:44:01,873 --> 00:44:02,839 >> BUT THEN THE RESULTS CAME IN. >> WE CONFIRMED THAT ALL THE 1613 00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:03,473 >> WE CONFIRMED THAT ALL THE BLOOD IN THE CRIME SCENE WAS IN 1614 00:44:03,675 --> 00:44:04,874 BLOOD IN THE CRIME SCENE WAS IN FACT CHRIS SMITH'S 1615 00:44:05,076 --> 00:44:06,242 FACT CHRIS SMITH'S >> ALL OF IT 1616 00:44:06,444 --> 00:44:07,210 >> ALL OF IT >> ALL OF IT 1617 00:44:07,412 --> 00:44:08,111 >> ALL OF IT >> NOBODY ELSE WAS BLEEDING IN 1618 00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:09,212 >> NOBODY ELSE WAS BLEEDING IN THERE AT ALL 1619 00:44:09,414 --> 00:44:10,246 THERE AT ALL >> IN THE END IT WAS ALL FROM 1620 00:44:10,448 --> 00:44:12,949 >> IN THE END IT WAS ALL FROM ONE PERSON AND IT WAS ONE 1621 00:44:13,151 --> 00:44:14,017 ONE PERSON AND IT WAS ONE PERSON'S DNA 1622 00:44:14,219 --> 00:44:17,120 PERSON'S DNA AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE 1623 00:44:17,322 --> 00:44:20,957 AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BODY, RAY WERT AND DON VOGHT 1624 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:25,862 A BODY, RAY WERT AND DON VOGHT CAME TO A SOBERING CONCLUSION -- 1625 00:44:26,064 --> 00:44:27,530 CAME TO A SOBERING CONCLUSION -- CHRIS HAD TO BE DEAD 1626 00:44:27,732 --> 00:44:29,999 CHRIS HAD TO BE DEAD STILL, THE SMITH FAMILY WAS JUST 1627 00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:31,467 STILL, THE SMITH FAMILY WAS JUST NOT READY, NOT YET, TO ACCEPT 1628 00:44:31,669 --> 00:44:35,071 NOT READY, NOT YET, TO ACCEPT THAT CHRIS MIGHT BE GONE 1629 00:44:35,273 --> 00:44:35,672 THAT CHRIS MIGHT BE GONE DID YOU KEEP HOPE ALIVE UNTIL 1630 00:44:35,874 --> 00:44:36,139 DID YOU KEEP HOPE ALIVE UNTIL THEN 1631 00:44:36,341 --> 00:44:37,206 THEN >> OH YEAH 1632 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:38,274 >> OH YEAH JUST -- YOU ALWAYS GOTTA HAVE 1633 00:44:38,476 --> 00:44:39,342 JUST -- YOU ALWAYS GOTTA HAVE HOPE 1634 00:44:39,544 --> 00:44:40,376 HOPE >> I WAS HOLDIN' OUT FOR HOPE A 1635 00:44:40,578 --> 00:44:41,444 >> I WAS HOLDIN' OUT FOR HOPE A LITTLE BIT 1636 00:44:41,646 --> 00:44:42,545 LITTLE BIT BUT IN MY HEART, I FELT THAT 1637 00:44:42,747 --> 00:44:43,613 BUT IN MY HEART, I FELT THAT CHRIS HAD PASSED AND GONE TO BE 1638 00:44:43,815 --> 00:44:44,681 CHRIS HAD PASSED AND GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD. 1639 00:44:44,883 --> 00:44:45,782 WITH THE LORD. BUT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, 1640 00:44:45,984 --> 00:44:46,883 BUT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, YOU'RE ST -- YEAH, YOU'RE STILL 1641 00:44:47,085 --> 00:44:47,950 YOU'RE ST -- YEAH, YOU'RE STILL HOPING THAT YOU'LL SEE YOUR 1642 00:44:48,152 --> 00:44:49,085 HOPING THAT YOU'LL SEE YOUR BROTHER AGAIN. 1643 00:44:49,287 --> 00:44:50,620 BROTHER AGAIN. >> BACK AT THE ORANGE COUNTY 1644 00:44:50,822 --> 00:44:53,322 >> BACK AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A MISSING 1645 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:54,924 SHERIFF'S OFFICE, A MISSING PERSON CASE TURNED INTO A 1646 00:44:55,126 --> 00:44:56,726 PERSON CASE TURNED INTO A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION 1647 00:44:56,928 --> 00:44:58,127 HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IT WAS UP TO THESE INVESTIGATORS 1648 00:44:58,329 --> 00:45:00,797 IT WAS UP TO THESE INVESTIGATORS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO 1649 00:45:00,999 --> 00:45:02,432 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO CHRIS SMITH AND WHY. 1650 00:45:02,634 --> 00:45:04,567 CHRIS SMITH AND WHY. >>> COMING UP -- 1651 00:45:04,769 --> 00:45:06,169 >>> COMING UP -- DETECTIVES TALK TO EVERYONE. 1652 00:45:06,371 --> 00:45:07,236 DETECTIVES TALK TO EVERYONE. CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND. 1653 00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:09,372 CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND. >> HER HEART HAD BEEN BROKEN 1654 00:45:09,574 --> 00:45:11,007 >> HER HEART HAD BEEN BROKEN >> HIS BUSINESS PARTNER. 1655 00:45:11,209 --> 00:45:12,141 >> HIS BUSINESS PARTNER. >> HE WAS VERY AGREEABLE TO 1656 00:45:12,343 --> 00:45:14,210 >> HE WAS VERY AGREEABLE TO HELP 1657 00:45:14,412 --> 00:45:15,878 HELP >> A NEW EMPLOYEE. 1658 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:16,512 >> A NEW EMPLOYEE. >> Reporter: DIDN'T HE ACTUALLY 1659 00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:17,447 >> Reporter: DIDN'T HE ACTUALLY MOVE INTO CHRIS SMITH'S 1660 00:45:17,649 --> 00:45:18,514 MOVE INTO CHRIS SMITH'S APARTMENT? 1661 00:45:18,716 --> 00:45:38,868 APARTMENT? >> HE DID. 1662 00:45:39,070 --> 00:45:41,304 >> HE DID. >> Reporter: FORENSIC TESTING IS 1663 00:45:41,506 --> 00:45:42,405 >> Reporter: FORENSIC TESTING IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE TURNING A 1664 00:45:42,607 --> 00:45:43,506 A LITTLE BIT LIKE TURNING A LIGHT ON IN A DARKENED ROOM. 1665 00:45:43,708 --> 00:45:48,978 LIGHT ON IN A DARKENED ROOM. THE EMPTY PLACE THAT WAS ONCE 1666 00:45:49,180 --> 00:45:49,679 THE EMPTY PLACE THAT WAS ONCE THE HEADQUARTERS OF 800XCHANGE 1667 00:45:49,881 --> 00:45:50,480 THE HEADQUARTERS OF 800XCHANGE TOLD AN ENLIGHTENING STORY 1668 00:45:50,682 --> 00:45:52,949 TOLD AN ENLIGHTENING STORY CHRIS' BLOOD WAS ALL OVER THE 1669 00:45:53,151 --> 00:45:53,449 CHRIS' BLOOD WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. 1670 00:45:53,651 --> 00:45:58,921 PLACE. HIS OFFICE, THE BREAK ROOM, 1671 00:45:59,123 --> 00:45:59,288 HIS OFFICE, THE BREAK ROOM, DOORWAY, HALLWAY 1672 00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:01,257 DOORWAY, HALLWAY BUT WHAT DID ALL THAT MEAN 1673 00:46:01,459 --> 00:46:04,127 BUT WHAT DID ALL THAT MEAN AND WHAT EXACTLY WENT ON IN 1674 00:46:04,329 --> 00:46:04,660 AND WHAT EXACTLY WENT ON IN THERE? 1675 00:46:04,862 --> 00:46:05,528 THERE? >> CHRIS'S BROTHER WORKED IN 1676 00:46:05,730 --> 00:46:08,097 >> CHRIS'S BROTHER WORKED IN THAT VERY OFFICE 1677 00:46:08,299 --> 00:46:08,798 THAT VERY OFFICE SO HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US 1678 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,867 SO HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH VERY INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT 1679 00:46:11,069 --> 00:46:13,536 WITH VERY INTIMATE DETAILS ABOUT WHO WAS IN WHAT OFFICE, HOW THE 1680 00:46:13,738 --> 00:46:15,104 WHO WAS IN WHAT OFFICE, HOW THE FURNITURE WAS SET UP BACK THEN 1681 00:46:15,306 --> 00:46:17,240 FURNITURE WAS SET UP BACK THEN >> WHICH HELPED, AND THEN 1682 00:46:17,442 --> 00:46:18,841 >> WHICH HELPED, AND THEN INVESTIGATORS CALLED AROUND, 1683 00:46:19,043 --> 00:46:20,476 INVESTIGATORS CALLED AROUND, TALKED TO CHRIS'S COLLEAGUES, 1684 00:46:20,678 --> 00:46:25,314 TALKED TO CHRIS'S COLLEAGUES, THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, HIS 1685 00:46:25,516 --> 00:46:26,415 THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS. 1686 00:46:26,617 --> 00:46:27,483 FRIENDS. >> DID YOU TALK TO CHRIS' 1687 00:46:27,685 --> 00:46:29,085 >> DID YOU TALK TO CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND 1688 00:46:29,287 --> 00:46:31,788 GIRLFRIEND >> WE BOTH DID, YES. 1689 00:46:31,990 --> 00:46:33,389 >> WE BOTH DID, YES. >> SHE MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY 1690 00:46:33,591 --> 00:46:36,626 >> SHE MUST HAVE BEEN A PRETTY UNHAPPY WOMAN. 1691 00:46:36,828 --> 00:46:38,761 UNHAPPY WOMAN. >> SHE WAS 1692 00:46:38,763 --> 00:46:41,998 >> SHE WAS HER HEART HAD BEEN BROKEN, AND 1693 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:43,633 HER HEART HAD BEEN BROKEN, AND SHE WAS DUMPED BY A TEXT 1694 00:46:43,835 --> 00:46:44,700 SHE WAS DUMPED BY A TEXT >> Reporter: THEY DIDN'T TELL 1695 00:46:44,902 --> 00:46:46,702 >> Reporter: THEY DIDN'T TELL HER ABOUT THE BLOOD IN THE 1696 00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:47,370 HER ABOUT THE BLOOD IN THE OFFICE AT FIRST. 1697 00:46:47,572 --> 00:46:48,437 OFFICE AT FIRST. THEY WANTED HER UNVARNISHED 1698 00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:49,539 THEY WANTED HER UNVARNISHED REACTION TO HER FORMER 1699 00:46:49,741 --> 00:46:51,140 REACTION TO HER FORMER BOYFRIEND, THE MAN WHO DUMPED 1700 00:46:51,342 --> 00:46:52,208 BOYFRIEND, THE MAN WHO DUMPED HER, AND RAN OFF WITH ANOTHER 1701 00:46:52,410 --> 00:46:53,276 HER, AND RAN OFF WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. 1702 00:46:53,478 --> 00:46:55,278 WOMAN. >> THEY WERE PRETTY SERIOUS, 1703 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:55,945 >> THEY WERE PRETTY SERIOUS, FROM EVERYTHING WE HAD LEARNED 1704 00:46:56,147 --> 00:46:57,580 FROM EVERYTHING WE HAD LEARNED AND YEAH, SHE WAS, YOU'D SAY, 1705 00:46:57,782 --> 00:46:59,182 AND YEAH, SHE WAS, YOU'D SAY, SCORNED, ABSOLUTELY. 1706 00:46:59,384 --> 00:46:59,916 SCORNED, ABSOLUTELY. >> DID SHE SAY NEGATIVE THINGS 1707 00:47:00,118 --> 00:47:01,350 >> DID SHE SAY NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT CHRIS? 1708 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:02,952 ABOUT CHRIS? >> SHE DID 1709 00:47:03,154 --> 00:47:04,554 >> SHE DID SHE DID. 1710 00:47:04,756 --> 00:47:07,757 SHE DID. SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME TIMES 1711 00:47:07,959 --> 00:47:10,993 SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME TIMES WHERE HE WOULD BE UPSET. 1712 00:47:11,195 --> 00:47:12,628 WHERE HE WOULD BE UPSET. >> Reporter: THAT'S PERHAPS AN 1713 00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:14,263 >> Reporter: THAT'S PERHAPS AN UNDERSTATEMENT 1714 00:47:14,465 --> 00:47:15,264 UNDERSTATEMENT IN FACT, THE POLICE INTERVIEW 1715 00:47:15,466 --> 00:47:16,866 IN FACT, THE POLICE INTERVIEW WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRIS' 1716 00:47:17,068 --> 00:47:18,501 WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND TO UNLOAD ON HER EX, 1717 00:47:18,703 --> 00:47:19,569 GIRLFRIEND TO UNLOAD ON HER EX, AND DID SHE EVER 1718 00:47:19,771 --> 00:47:21,170 AND DID SHE EVER SHE SAID HE COULD BE PARANOID, 1719 00:47:21,372 --> 00:47:23,873 SHE SAID HE COULD BE PARANOID, VOLATILE, AND AT TIMES ERRATIC 1720 00:47:24,075 --> 00:47:24,941 VOLATILE, AND AT TIMES ERRATIC >> WE TORE THE BANDAGE OFF AN 1721 00:47:25,143 --> 00:47:26,042 >> WE TORE THE BANDAGE OFF AN OLD WOUND. 1722 00:47:26,244 --> 00:47:27,143 OLD WOUND. >> Reporter: AND THE 1723 00:47:27,345 --> 00:47:28,211 >> Reporter: AND THE INVESTIGATORS DECIDED THEY 1724 00:47:28,413 --> 00:47:29,278 INVESTIGATORS DECIDED THEY WANTED TO TALK TO A GUY NAMED 1725 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,515 WANTED TO TALK TO A GUY NAMED KENNY KRAFT. 1726 00:47:32,717 --> 00:47:33,583 KENNY KRAFT. CHRISTINA REMEMBERS HE SHOWED UP 1727 00:47:33,785 --> 00:47:35,418 CHRISTINA REMEMBERS HE SHOWED UP AT THE OFFICE AFTER CHRIS 1728 00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:37,320 AT THE OFFICE AFTER CHRIS DISAPPEARED. 1729 00:47:37,522 --> 00:47:38,154 DISAPPEARED. >> KENNY JUST, KIND OF, NEEDED A 1730 00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:38,955 >> KENNY JUST, KIND OF, NEEDED A JOB AT THE TIME AND SO HE WAS A 1731 00:47:39,157 --> 00:47:40,022 JOB AT THE TIME AND SO HE WAS A FRIEND, I BELIEVE OF ONE OF THE 1732 00:47:40,224 --> 00:47:41,123 FRIEND, I BELIEVE OF ONE OF THE OTHER CO-WORKERS THERE, AND ED 1733 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:42,191 OTHER CO-WORKERS THERE, AND ED GAVE HIM A JOB, AND PUT HIM TO 1734 00:47:42,393 --> 00:47:44,060 GAVE HIM A JOB, AND PUT HIM TO WORK DOING RANDOM ERRANDS. 1735 00:47:44,262 --> 00:47:44,894 WORK DOING RANDOM ERRANDS. >> BUT, HERE'S WHAT INTRIGUED 1736 00:47:45,096 --> 00:47:45,962 >> BUT, HERE'S WHAT INTRIGUED INVESTIGATORS. 1737 00:47:46,164 --> 00:47:48,064 INVESTIGATORS. WHILE KENNY DIDN'T KNOW CHRIS, 1738 00:47:48,266 --> 00:47:49,131 WHILE KENNY DIDN'T KNOW CHRIS, HE SEEMED TO BE TRYING ON HIS 1739 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:51,234 HE SEEMED TO BE TRYING ON HIS LIFE 1740 00:47:51,436 --> 00:47:52,869 LIFE >> DIDN'T HE ACTUALLY MOVE INTO 1741 00:47:53,071 --> 00:47:56,105 >> DIDN'T HE ACTUALLY MOVE INTO CHRIS SMITH'S APARTMENT? 1742 00:47:56,307 --> 00:47:57,139 CHRIS SMITH'S APARTMENT? >> HE DID. 1743 00:47:57,341 --> 00:47:58,207 >> HE DID. >> DID YOU SEARCH THAT 1744 00:47:58,409 --> 00:47:59,308 >> DID YOU SEARCH THAT APARTMENT? 1745 00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:00,376 APARTMENT? >> WE DID. 1746 00:48:00,578 --> 00:48:02,011 >> WE DID. >> YES, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN 1747 00:48:02,213 --> 00:48:03,045 >> YES, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THERE. 1748 00:48:03,247 --> 00:48:04,146 THERE. ALL THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN MOVED 1749 00:48:04,348 --> 00:48:05,748 ALL THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN MOVED OUT OF THERE OF CHRIS' 1750 00:48:05,950 --> 00:48:06,816 OUT OF THERE OF CHRIS' >> Reporter: OF COURSE, CHRIS' 1751 00:48:07,018 --> 00:48:08,651 >> Reporter: OF COURSE, CHRIS' EX-BUSINESS PARTNER, ED SHIN, 1752 00:48:08,853 --> 00:48:09,485 EX-BUSINESS PARTNER, ED SHIN, DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION TOO. 1753 00:48:09,687 --> 00:48:10,553 DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION TOO. THE INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT 1754 00:48:10,755 --> 00:48:12,154 THE INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT ED WAS AN INTERESTING GUY, 1755 00:48:12,356 --> 00:48:17,193 ED WAS AN INTERESTING GUY, AMBITIOUS, OUTGOING BUSINESSMAN. 1756 00:48:17,395 --> 00:48:19,562 AMBITIOUS, OUTGOING BUSINESSMAN. HE SAILED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY 1757 00:48:19,764 --> 00:48:20,763 HE SAILED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO AND 1758 00:48:20,965 --> 00:48:25,301 OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO AND AFTER GRADUATION GOT MARRIED, 1759 00:48:25,503 --> 00:48:25,902 AFTER GRADUATION GOT MARRIED, HAD FOUR KIDS, WAS A FAITHFUL 1760 00:48:26,104 --> 00:48:27,403 HAD FOUR KIDS, WAS A FAITHFUL CHURCH-GOER. 1761 00:48:27,605 --> 00:48:29,005 CHURCH-GOER. >> I FELT THAT THE LORD HAD PUT 1762 00:48:29,207 --> 00:48:30,606 >> I FELT THAT THE LORD HAD PUT ED IN MY PATH, SOMEBODY WHO I 1763 00:48:30,808 --> 00:48:32,208 ED IN MY PATH, SOMEBODY WHO I COULD HELP AS LIKE A BROTHER 1764 00:48:32,410 --> 00:48:35,945 COULD HELP AS LIKE A BROTHER >> Reporter: JOSEPH GRAY MET ED 1765 00:48:36,147 --> 00:48:38,581 >> Reporter: JOSEPH GRAY MET ED AT A LOCAL CHURCH. 1766 00:48:38,783 --> 00:48:49,659 AT A LOCAL CHURCH. >> DECIDED TO INVITE MYSELF, ED, 1767 00:48:49,861 --> 00:48:50,893 >> DECIDED TO INVITE MYSELF, ED, AND ANOTHER GENTLEMEN INTO A 1768 00:48:50,895 --> 00:48:54,463 AND ANOTHER GENTLEMEN INTO A W 1769 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:57,133 W WEEKLY, LIKE SMALL MEN'S -- 1770 00:48:57,335 --> 00:48:59,101 WEEKLY, LIKE SMALL MEN'S -- SMALL MEN'S BIBLE STUDY, I GUESS 1771 00:48:59,303 --> 00:49:00,536 SMALL MEN'S BIBLE STUDY, I GUESS I'D CALL IT. 1772 00:49:00,738 --> 00:49:01,270 I'D CALL IT. WE DID GET CLOSE OVER THE COURSE 1773 00:49:01,472 --> 00:49:02,338 WE DID GET CLOSE OVER THE COURSE OF MONTHS SHARING OUR STRUGGLES. 1774 00:49:02,540 --> 00:49:03,406 OF MONTHS SHARING OUR STRUGGLES. >> Reporter: IT WAS 2008 AND THE 1775 00:49:03,608 --> 00:49:04,807 >> Reporter: IT WAS 2008 AND THE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN WAS CERTAINLY 1776 00:49:05,009 --> 00:49:05,541 FINANCIAL MELTDOWN WAS CERTAINLY IMPACTING PEOPLE LIKE ED, WHO 1777 00:49:05,743 --> 00:49:07,143 IMPACTING PEOPLE LIKE ED, WHO HAD STARTED HIS OWN SPORTS 1778 00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:09,211 HAD STARTED HIS OWN SPORTS MEMORABILIA BUSINESS 1779 00:49:09,413 --> 00:49:09,812 MEMORABILIA BUSINESS SEEING SOMEONE IN NEED, JOSEPH 1780 00:49:10,014 --> 00:49:11,414 SEEING SOMEONE IN NEED, JOSEPH SAID HE LOANED HIM MONEY, HELPED 1781 00:49:11,616 --> 00:49:13,549 SAID HE LOANED HIM MONEY, HELPED HIM GET A HOUSE. 1782 00:49:13,751 --> 00:49:15,184 HIM GET A HOUSE. EVEN COUNSELED HIM ABOUT HIS 1783 00:49:15,386 --> 00:49:17,286 EVEN COUNSELED HIM ABOUT HIS MARRIAGE 1784 00:49:17,488 --> 00:49:18,387 MARRIAGE >> I SAW THAT ED'S LIFE WAS 1785 00:49:18,589 --> 00:49:20,022 >> I SAW THAT ED'S LIFE WAS FALLING APART, AND I WAS 1786 00:49:20,224 --> 00:49:21,057 FALLING APART, AND I WAS STARTING THIS NEW DIVISION OF 1787 00:49:21,259 --> 00:49:23,192 STARTING THIS NEW DIVISION OF OUR COMPANY, AND I THOUGHT I 1788 00:49:23,394 --> 00:49:24,827 OUR COMPANY, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE HIM A LIFELINE, AND 1789 00:49:25,029 --> 00:49:25,895 WOULD GIVE HIM A LIFELINE, AND INVITE HIM TO COME ONBOARD 1790 00:49:26,097 --> 00:49:26,963 INVITE HIM TO COME ONBOARD >> Reporter: IT WAS AT HIS NEW 1791 00:49:27,165 --> 00:49:28,030 >> Reporter: IT WAS AT HIS NEW JOB THAT ED MET CHRIS. 1792 00:49:28,232 --> 00:49:29,098 JOB THAT ED MET CHRIS. EVENTUALLY, ED AND CHRIS MADE 1793 00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:30,166 EVENTUALLY, ED AND CHRIS MADE SUCH A GOOD TEAM THEY SPUN 1794 00:49:30,368 --> 00:49:31,767 SUCH A GOOD TEAM THEY SPUN OFF -- 1795 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:32,835 OFF -- STARTED THEIR OWN COMPANY, 1796 00:49:33,037 --> 00:49:33,936 STARTED THEIR OWN COMPANY, 800XCHANGE 1797 00:49:34,138 --> 00:49:35,004 800XCHANGE AND ED WAS NOW A BOSS, AND MADE 1798 00:49:35,206 --> 00:49:36,072 AND ED WAS NOW A BOSS, AND MADE A QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON 1799 00:49:36,274 --> 00:49:37,173 A QUITE AN IMPRESSION ON CHRISTINA. 1800 00:49:37,375 --> 00:49:38,774 CHRISTINA. >> JUST A NORMAL YOUNG GUY WHO 1801 00:49:38,976 --> 00:49:40,910 >> JUST A NORMAL YOUNG GUY WHO WAS SMART AND HAD A GREAT IDEA, 1802 00:49:41,112 --> 00:49:44,146 WAS SMART AND HAD A GREAT IDEA, AND WAS GONNA TAKE THIS BUSINESS 1803 00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:46,248 AND WAS GONNA TAKE THIS BUSINESS SOMEWHERE. 1804 00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:47,350 SOMEWHERE. >> Reporter: CHRISTINA ALSO 1805 00:49:47,552 --> 00:49:49,485 >> Reporter: CHRISTINA ALSO THOUGHT ED WAS A GREAT DAD 1806 00:49:49,687 --> 00:49:54,290 THOUGHT ED WAS A GREAT DAD >> HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS BY THE 1807 00:49:54,492 --> 00:49:55,358 >> HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS BY THE OFFICE OFTEN, AND SO TO SEE THEM 1808 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:56,425 OFFICE OFTEN, AND SO TO SEE THEM MADE ME SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE 1809 00:49:56,627 --> 00:49:57,526 MADE ME SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, HE MADE FAMILY A PRIORITY 1810 00:49:57,728 --> 00:49:58,561 MADE FAMILY A PRIORITY >> Reporter: SO WELL SPOKEN, SO 1811 00:49:58,763 --> 00:49:59,662 >> Reporter: SO WELL SPOKEN, SO EASY THAT WHEN ED SHIN FIRST 1812 00:49:59,864 --> 00:50:01,263 EASY THAT WHEN ED SHIN FIRST PRESENTED HIMSELF TO THE LAGUNA 1813 00:50:01,465 --> 00:50:02,331 PRESENTED HIMSELF TO THE LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT A YEAR 1814 00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:03,399 BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT A YEAR AFTER CHRIS DISAPPEARED, 1815 00:50:03,601 --> 00:50:06,068 AFTER CHRIS DISAPPEARED, INVESTIGATORS SEEMED TO HAVE 1816 00:50:06,270 --> 00:50:11,240 INVESTIGATORS SEEMED TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR HIM 1817 00:50:11,442 --> 00:50:12,475 SYMPATHY FOR HIM AFTER ALL, IT WAS CHRIS WHO LEFT 1818 00:50:12,677 --> 00:50:14,076 AFTER ALL, IT WAS CHRIS WHO LEFT 800XCHANGE 1819 00:50:14,278 --> 00:50:15,678 800XCHANGE >> FOR A GROWN MAN TO DECIDE TO 1820 00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:17,313 >> FOR A GROWN MAN TO DECIDE TO JUST KINDA WALK AWAY BECAUSE 1821 00:50:17,515 --> 00:50:22,151 JUST KINDA WALK AWAY BECAUSE HE -- HE COULD, BUT REALLY IN -- 1822 00:50:22,353 --> 00:50:24,787 HE -- HE COULD, BUT REALLY IN -- IN ESSENCE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE HE 1823 00:50:24,989 --> 00:50:28,524 IN ESSENCE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE HE LEFT YOU HOLDING THE BAG 1824 00:50:28,726 --> 00:50:30,126 LEFT YOU HOLDING THE BAG >> I COULD'VE USED HIM 1825 00:50:30,328 --> 00:50:32,261 >> I COULD'VE USED HIM >> Reporter: THE ORANGE COUNTY 1826 00:50:32,463 --> 00:50:33,863 >> Reporter: THE ORANGE COUNTY INVESTIGATORS TOOK A CLOSE LOOK 1827 00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:34,397 INVESTIGATORS TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT INTERVIEW. 1828 00:50:34,599 --> 00:50:35,431 AT THAT INTERVIEW. >> ED WAS QUESTIONED 1829 00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:37,033 >> ED WAS QUESTIONED HE HAD ANSWERS 1830 00:50:37,235 --> 00:50:38,100 HE HAD ANSWERS OF THE QUESTIONS HE COULDN'T 1831 00:50:38,302 --> 00:50:40,269 OF THE QUESTIONS HE COULDN'T ANSWER, HE WAS VERY AGREEABLE TO 1832 00:50:40,471 --> 00:50:41,871 ANSWER, HE WAS VERY AGREEABLE TO HELP IN ANY WAY HE COULD, HE 1833 00:50:42,073 --> 00:50:44,006 HELP IN ANY WAY HE COULD, HE EXPRESSED THAT 1834 00:50:44,208 --> 00:50:46,675 EXPRESSED THAT >> I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK ON MY 1835 00:50:46,877 --> 00:50:47,743 >> I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK ON MY E-MAILS TO SEE WHAT E-MAILS I 1836 00:50:47,945 --> 00:50:49,345 E-MAILS TO SEE WHAT E-MAILS I HAD ON THE 4th, AND I'D BE HAPPY 1837 00:50:49,547 --> 00:50:50,379 HAD ON THE 4th, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED. 1838 00:50:50,581 --> 00:50:51,480 TO GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED. >> HE EVEN AGREED TO DO SOME 1839 00:50:51,682 --> 00:50:53,382 >> HE EVEN AGREED TO DO SOME HOMEWORK THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM 1840 00:50:53,584 --> 00:50:54,150 HOMEWORK THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM TO GET SOME MORE MATERIALS 1841 00:50:54,352 --> 00:50:55,217 TO GET SOME MORE MATERIALS THAT -- THAT LAGUNA BEACH POLICE 1842 00:50:55,419 --> 00:50:57,053 THAT -- THAT LAGUNA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD ASKED THEM TO 1843 00:50:57,255 --> 00:50:58,087 DEPARTMENT HAD ASKED THEM TO HE WAS BEING VERY COOPERATIVE. 1844 00:50:58,289 --> 00:50:59,522 HE WAS BEING VERY COOPERATIVE. >> CAN I EMAIL YOU ALL THIS 1845 00:50:59,724 --> 00:51:01,690 >> CAN I EMAIL YOU ALL THIS STUFF? 1846 00:51:01,892 --> 00:51:02,758 STUFF? >> ABSOLUTELY. 1847 00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:03,793 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: BUT ED SHIN, THE 1848 00:51:03,995 --> 00:51:04,894 >> Reporter: BUT ED SHIN, THE MAN WHO MADE SUCH A GOOD 1849 00:51:05,096 --> 00:51:06,495 MAN WHO MADE SUCH A GOOD IMPRESSION, PRESENTED A GOOD 1850 00:51:06,697 --> 00:51:07,596 IMPRESSION, PRESENTED A GOOD CASE, HAD A SECRET 1851 00:51:07,798 --> 00:51:09,732 CASE, HAD A SECRET LOTS OF SECRETS. 1852 00:51:09,934 --> 00:51:11,534 LOTS OF SECRETS. >>> COMING UP -- 1853 00:51:11,736 --> 00:51:12,935 >>> COMING UP -- >> THEY SAW THOUSANDS, TENS OF 1854 00:51:13,137 --> 00:51:15,071 >> THEY SAW THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS BEING GAMBLED. 1855 00:51:15,273 --> 00:51:17,473 THOUSANDS BEING GAMBLED. >> HIGH STAKES AND RISKY 1856 00:51:17,675 --> 00:51:20,409 >> HIGH STAKES AND RISKY BUSINESS 1857 00:51:20,611 --> 00:51:21,477 BUSINESS ED SHIN WAS A MAN WITH A PAST. 1858 00:51:21,679 --> 00:51:23,045 ED SHIN WAS A MAN WITH A PAST. >> I REMEMBER THINKING HE'S NOT 1859 00:51:23,047 --> 00:51:42,264 >> I REMEMBER THINKING HE'S NOT WHO I THOUGHT HE WAS 1860 00:51:42,466 --> 00:51:42,832 WHO I THOUGHT HE WAS >> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS IN 1861 00:51:43,034 --> 00:51:43,899 >> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS 1862 00:51:44,101 --> 00:51:45,501 VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY SAY 1863 00:51:45,703 --> 00:51:47,103 ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY SAY BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR 1864 00:51:47,305 --> 00:51:48,704 BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT ABOUT 1865 00:51:48,906 --> 00:51:49,772 INVESTIGATORS TO FIND OUT ABOUT ED SHIN'S VEGAS. 1866 00:51:49,974 --> 00:51:53,509 ED SHIN'S VEGAS. PULL A STRING AND THE THINGS YOU 1867 00:51:53,711 --> 00:51:57,246 PULL A STRING AND THE THINGS YOU HEAR 1868 00:51:57,448 --> 00:51:58,881 HEAR MY, MY 1869 00:51:59,083 --> 00:51:59,915 MY, MY ED SHIN LOVED GOING TO VEGAS 1870 00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:00,983 ED SHIN LOVED GOING TO VEGAS BUT HE DIDN'T JUST PLAY THE 1871 00:52:01,185 --> 00:52:02,585 BUT HE DIDN'T JUST PLAY THE SLOTS OR SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO AT 1872 00:52:02,787 --> 00:52:04,286 SLOTS OR SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO AT THE FIVE DOLLAR TABLES 1873 00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:05,454 THE FIVE DOLLAR TABLES OH NO. 1874 00:52:05,656 --> 00:52:06,322 OH NO. NOT ED SHIN. 1875 00:52:06,524 --> 00:52:07,389 NOT ED SHIN. YOU SAID HE TRAVELED IN A 1876 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:08,457 YOU SAID HE TRAVELED IN A PRIVATE PLANE, THAT -- 1877 00:52:08,659 --> 00:52:10,092 PRIVATE PLANE, THAT -- >> THERE WAS TIMES HE DID, YES 1878 00:52:10,294 --> 00:52:12,595 >> THERE WAS TIMES HE DID, YES >> Reporter: CHRISTINA, THE 1879 00:52:12,797 --> 00:52:13,829 >> Reporter: CHRISTINA, THE 800XCHANGE RECEPTIONIST, TOLD 1880 00:52:14,031 --> 00:52:16,165 800XCHANGE RECEPTIONIST, TOLD INVESTIGATORS ABOUT ONE OF THE 1881 00:52:16,367 --> 00:52:17,600 INVESTIGATORS ABOUT ONE OF THE TIMES THE STAFF WENT ON A 1882 00:52:17,802 --> 00:52:21,337 TIMES THE STAFF WENT ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO VEGAS WITH ED 1883 00:52:21,539 --> 00:52:24,540 BUSINESS TRIP TO VEGAS WITH ED >> A ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM TAKES 1884 00:52:24,742 --> 00:52:25,641 >> A ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM TAKES ME TO A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL. 1885 00:52:25,843 --> 00:52:26,709 ME TO A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL. AND I REMEMBER SEEING ED'S ROOM 1886 00:52:26,911 --> 00:52:27,776 AND I REMEMBER SEEING ED'S ROOM THAT HE WAS STAYING IN 1887 00:52:27,978 --> 00:52:28,844 THAT HE WAS STAYING IN JUST THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT ROOM 1888 00:52:29,046 --> 00:52:30,946 JUST THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT ROOM TWO STORIES, A 24-HOUR BUTLER, A 1889 00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:33,616 TWO STORIES, A 24-HOUR BUTLER, A MASSAGE ROOM, POOL ROOM, 1890 00:52:33,818 --> 00:52:35,451 MASSAGE ROOM, POOL ROOM, MULTIPLE BEDROOMS, AN ELEVATOR 1891 00:52:35,653 --> 00:52:36,852 MULTIPLE BEDROOMS, AN ELEVATOR IT WAS -- IT WAS BEYOND WHAT I 1892 00:52:37,054 --> 00:52:38,454 IT WAS -- IT WAS BEYOND WHAT I HAD EVER SEEN. 1893 00:52:38,656 --> 00:52:41,724 HAD EVER SEEN. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS 1894 00:52:41,926 --> 00:52:42,725 >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS LEARNED ED NOT ONLY LIKED 1895 00:52:42,927 --> 00:52:44,693 LEARNED ED NOT ONLY LIKED STUNNING HOTEL ROOMS, HE ALSO 1896 00:52:44,895 --> 00:52:45,394 STUNNING HOTEL ROOMS, HE ALSO LIKED TO KEEP COMPANY WITH 1897 00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:47,196 LIKED TO KEEP COMPANY WITH BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. 1898 00:52:47,398 --> 00:52:48,297 BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. >> THERE'S A GROUP OF WOMEN THAT 1899 00:52:48,499 --> 00:52:49,165 >> THERE'S A GROUP OF WOMEN THAT COME DOWN AND THEY'RE AROUND MY 1900 00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:50,232 COME DOWN AND THEY'RE AROUND MY AGE, MAYBE A LITTLE OLDER, MAYBE 1901 00:52:50,434 --> 00:52:51,300 AGE, MAYBE A LITTLE OLDER, MAYBE A LITTLE YOUNGER AND VERY 1902 00:52:51,502 --> 00:52:52,935 A LITTLE YOUNGER AND VERY SCANTILY DRESSED 1903 00:52:53,137 --> 00:52:53,969 SCANTILY DRESSED AND I REMEMBER THINKING, "OH, 1904 00:52:54,171 --> 00:52:55,604 AND I REMEMBER THINKING, "OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S VEGAS 1905 00:52:55,806 --> 00:52:59,241 YOU KNOW, IT'S VEGAS THEY'RE JUST WALKING BY US." 1906 00:52:59,443 --> 00:53:00,943 THEY'RE JUST WALKING BY US." AND THEN I SEE THEM GET IN THE 1907 00:53:01,145 --> 00:53:02,044 AND THEN I SEE THEM GET IN THE CAR WITH ED. 1908 00:53:02,246 --> 00:53:03,646 CAR WITH ED. >> Reporter: ED TOLD CHRISTINA 1909 00:53:03,848 --> 00:53:04,713 >> Reporter: ED TOLD CHRISTINA HE HIRED THE WOMEN TO BRING 1910 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:06,282 HE HIRED THE WOMEN TO BRING ATTENTION AND POTENTIAL NEW 1911 00:53:06,484 --> 00:53:08,150 ATTENTION AND POTENTIAL NEW CLIENTS TO THE COMPANY 1912 00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:08,951 CLIENTS TO THE COMPANY AND WHEN IT CAME TO ED SPENDING 1913 00:53:09,153 --> 00:53:12,154 AND WHEN IT CAME TO ED SPENDING MONEY, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS 1914 00:53:12,356 --> 00:53:13,756 MONEY, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS COMING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE. 1915 00:53:13,958 --> 00:53:15,357 COMING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE. >> WE HAD CO-WORKERS TELL US 1916 00:53:15,559 --> 00:53:17,126 >> WE HAD CO-WORKERS TELL US THAT HE WOULD SIT AT A TABLE FOR 1917 00:53:17,328 --> 00:53:19,128 THAT HE WOULD SIT AT A TABLE FOR TEN HOURS, AND THEY SAW 1918 00:53:19,330 --> 00:53:22,865 TEN HOURS, AND THEY SAW THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS 1919 00:53:23,067 --> 00:53:26,602 THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS BEING GAMBLED. 1920 00:53:26,804 --> 00:53:29,271 BEING GAMBLED. >> IT WAS AFTER VEGAS THAT I 1921 00:53:29,473 --> 00:53:30,339 >> IT WAS AFTER VEGAS THAT I REMEMBER WALKING AWAY FROM IT 1922 00:53:30,541 --> 00:53:31,407 REMEMBER WALKING AWAY FROM IT THINKING HE'S NOT WHO I THOUGHT 1923 00:53:31,609 --> 00:53:32,508 THINKING HE'S NOT WHO I THOUGHT HE WAS 1924 00:53:32,710 --> 00:53:33,576 HE WAS >> Reporter: THAT WAS SOMETHING 1925 00:53:33,778 --> 00:53:35,177 >> Reporter: THAT WAS SOMETHING JOSEPH GRAY FOUND OUT TOO. 1926 00:53:35,179 --> 00:53:36,245 JOSEPH GRAY FOUND OUT TOO. REMEMBER, HE MET ED AT CHURCH, 1927 00:53:36,447 --> 00:53:37,880 REMEMBER, HE MET ED AT CHURCH, TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING, GOT HIM 1928 00:53:38,082 --> 00:53:39,448 TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING, GOT HIM A JOB AT HIS COMPANY, LG 1929 00:53:39,650 --> 00:53:41,050 A JOB AT HIS COMPANY, LG TECHNOLOGIES 1930 00:53:41,252 --> 00:53:42,151 TECHNOLOGIES AND THEN, ED BETRAYED HIM. 1931 00:53:42,353 --> 00:53:43,719 AND THEN, ED BETRAYED HIM. GRAY DISCOVERED ED REPAID HIS 1932 00:53:43,921 --> 00:53:45,321 GRAY DISCOVERED ED REPAID HIS FRIENDSHIP AND GENEROSITY BY 1933 00:53:45,523 --> 00:53:47,056 FRIENDSHIP AND GENEROSITY BY SECRETLY MANIPULATING LG'S BANK 1934 00:53:47,258 --> 00:53:47,990 SECRETLY MANIPULATING LG'S BANK INFORMATION. 1935 00:53:48,192 --> 00:53:49,625 INFORMATION. >> THIS IS ALL A ELECTRONIC 1936 00:53:49,827 --> 00:53:53,896 >> THIS IS ALL A ELECTRONIC SYSTEM 1937 00:53:54,098 --> 00:53:55,998 SYSTEM SO YOU PUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN, 1938 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,534 SO YOU PUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN, THE FUNDS GET TRANSFERRED. 1939 00:53:58,736 --> 00:54:00,302 THE FUNDS GET TRANSFERRED. ED WENT IN AND CHANGED THAT 1940 00:54:00,504 --> 00:54:01,370 ED WENT IN AND CHANGED THAT INFORMATION TO HIS OWN PERSONAL 1941 00:54:01,572 --> 00:54:02,972 INFORMATION TO HIS OWN PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT 1942 00:54:03,174 --> 00:54:04,607 BANK ACCOUNT >> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, HE 1943 00:54:04,809 --> 00:54:05,674 >> Reporter: IN OTHER WORDS, HE STOLE IT, THEN LEFT THE COMPANY 1944 00:54:05,876 --> 00:54:08,110 STOLE IT, THEN LEFT THE COMPANY BEFORE LG DISCOVERED THE THEFT 1945 00:54:08,312 --> 00:54:08,877 BEFORE LG DISCOVERED THE THEFT >> SO A YOUNG MAN THAT I HAD 1946 00:54:09,079 --> 00:54:11,013 >> SO A YOUNG MAN THAT I HAD HELPED OUT, ENDED UP ABSCONDING 1947 00:54:11,215 --> 00:54:13,682 HELPED OUT, ENDED UP ABSCONDING WITH BETWEEN THE LEADS THAT WE 1948 00:54:13,884 --> 00:54:16,285 WITH BETWEEN THE LEADS THAT WE ASSUME WERE STOLEN AND THE 1949 00:54:16,487 --> 00:54:21,924 ASSUME WERE STOLEN AND THE PHYSICAL FUNDS THAT WERE TAKEN, 1950 00:54:22,126 --> 00:54:23,259 PHYSICAL FUNDS THAT WERE TAKEN, JUST SHY OF $2.5 MILLION 1951 00:54:23,461 --> 00:54:25,394 JUST SHY OF $2.5 MILLION >> Reporter: ED PLEADED GUILTY 1952 00:54:25,596 --> 00:54:27,029 >> Reporter: ED PLEADED GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT AND HE WORKED 1953 00:54:27,231 --> 00:54:28,631 TO EMBEZZLEMENT AND HE WORKED OUT A DEAL TO PAY PARTIAL 1954 00:54:28,833 --> 00:54:30,766 OUT A DEAL TO PAY PARTIAL RESTITUTION. 1955 00:54:30,968 --> 00:54:32,368 RESTITUTION. THAT WAS 2010, WHEN HE AND CHRIS 1956 00:54:32,570 --> 00:54:33,435 THAT WAS 2010, WHEN HE AND CHRIS WERE ALREADY AT 800XCHANGE 1957 00:54:33,637 --> 00:54:35,037 WERE ALREADY AT 800XCHANGE THE DEAL 1958 00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:36,105 THE DEAL AS LONG AS ED REPAID AS LONG AS 1959 00:54:36,307 --> 00:54:37,172 AS LONG AS ED REPAID AS LONG AS ED REPAID $700,000, HE'D AVOID A 1960 00:54:37,374 --> 00:54:39,742 ED REPAID $700,000, HE'D AVOID A PRISON SENTENCE. 1961 00:54:39,944 --> 00:54:40,342 PRISON SENTENCE. SO ONE BY ONE YOU HAD 1962 00:54:40,544 --> 00:54:41,477 SO ONE BY ONE YOU HAD ENCOUNTERED THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD 1963 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:42,544 ENCOUNTERED THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD A DIFFERENT VIEW OF ED SHIN THAN 1964 00:54:42,746 --> 00:54:43,612 A DIFFERENT VIEW OF ED SHIN THAN THE ONE HE WOULD LIKE THEM TO 1965 00:54:43,814 --> 00:54:45,381 THE ONE HE WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE 1966 00:54:45,583 --> 00:54:46,482 HAVE >> WE DID. 1967 00:54:46,684 --> 00:54:47,683 >> WE DID. PEOPLE WHO -- THAT KNEW HIM AND 1968 00:54:47,885 --> 00:54:49,518 PEOPLE WHO -- THAT KNEW HIM AND OTHER PEOPLE WE DID TALK TO 1969 00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,721 OTHER PEOPLE WE DID TALK TO SAID, "YEAH, THERE'S A 1970 00:54:52,923 --> 00:54:55,958 SAID, "YEAH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT -- THERE'S A DIFFERENT 1971 00:54:56,160 --> 00:54:57,660 DIFFERENT -- THERE'S A DIFFERENT SIDE TO ED SHIN. 1972 00:54:57,862 --> 00:54:59,695 SIDE TO ED SHIN. >> Reporter: THE MORE DIGGING 1973 00:54:59,897 --> 00:55:00,763 >> Reporter: THE MORE DIGGING THEY DID, THE MORE INVESTIGATORS 1974 00:55:00,965 --> 00:55:02,364 THEY DID, THE MORE INVESTIGATORS COULD SEE ED WAS LIVING IN A 1975 00:55:02,566 --> 00:55:03,966 COULD SEE ED WAS LIVING IN A HOUSE OF CARDS 1976 00:55:04,168 --> 00:55:08,237 HOUSE OF CARDS FALLING DOWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF 1977 00:55:08,439 --> 00:55:09,305 FALLING DOWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF HIS OWN MONEY PROBLEMS 1978 00:55:09,507 --> 00:55:10,873 HIS OWN MONEY PROBLEMS THAT'S SOMETHING CHRISTINA SAW 1979 00:55:11,075 --> 00:55:11,974 THAT'S SOMETHING CHRISTINA SAW JUST BEFORE SHE QUIT WORKING FOR 1980 00:55:12,176 --> 00:55:13,042 JUST BEFORE SHE QUIT WORKING FOR 800XCHANGE 1981 00:55:13,244 --> 00:55:14,109 800XCHANGE >> A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM 1982 00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:15,144 >> A LOT OF PHONE CALLS FROM VENDORS SAYING THEY DIDN'T 1983 00:55:15,346 --> 00:55:17,813 VENDORS SAYING THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE PAYMENT, THAT WE OWED 1984 00:55:18,015 --> 00:55:19,448 RECEIVE PAYMENT, THAT WE OWED THEM MONEY 1985 00:55:19,650 --> 00:55:21,016 THEM MONEY AND IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW -- NOT 1986 00:55:21,218 --> 00:55:23,152 AND IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW -- NOT SMALL AMOUNTS. 1987 00:55:23,354 --> 00:55:24,753 SMALL AMOUNTS. I'M TALKING, LIKE, $30,000, 1988 00:55:24,955 --> 00:55:25,854 I'M TALKING, LIKE, $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 THAT WE OWED 1989 00:55:26,056 --> 00:55:26,922 $40,000, $50,000 THAT WE OWED THESE PEOPLE 1990 00:55:27,124 --> 00:55:27,990 THESE PEOPLE >> ED SHIN'S DESPERATE 1991 00:55:28,192 --> 00:55:29,091 >> ED SHIN'S DESPERATE HE'S GOT A LARGE DEBT THAT HE'S 1992 00:55:29,293 --> 00:55:30,159 HE'S GOT A LARGE DEBT THAT HE'S PAYING OFF BECAUSE OF A CRIMINAL 1993 00:55:30,361 --> 00:55:31,226 PAYING OFF BECAUSE OF A CRIMINAL CASE, AND HE'S GOT A WIFE AND 1994 00:55:31,428 --> 00:55:32,294 CASE, AND HE'S GOT A WIFE AND FOUR KIDS. 1995 00:55:32,496 --> 00:55:33,362 FOUR KIDS. >> AND A GAMBLING PROBLEM. 1996 00:55:33,564 --> 00:55:34,430 >> AND A GAMBLING PROBLEM. >> AND A GAMBLING PROBLEM. 1997 00:55:34,632 --> 00:55:37,099 >> AND A GAMBLING PROBLEM. AND THE BIGGEST THING IS ONE OF 1998 00:55:37,301 --> 00:55:38,167 AND THE BIGGEST THING IS ONE OF OFF, HE'S GOIN' TO PRISON. 1999 00:55:38,369 --> 00:55:39,568 OFF, HE'S GOIN' TO PRISON. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS HAD 2000 00:55:39,770 --> 00:55:41,403 >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS HAD ED SHIN ON THEIR RADAR 2001 00:55:41,605 --> 00:55:42,771 ED SHIN ON THEIR RADAR DID HE HAVE SOME IDEA THAT YOU 2002 00:55:42,973 --> 00:55:43,539 DID HE HAVE SOME IDEA THAT YOU WERE AFTER HIM 2003 00:55:43,741 --> 00:55:44,573 WERE AFTER HIM >> I DON'T THINK SO, AT THAT 2004 00:55:44,775 --> 00:55:45,641 >> I DON'T THINK SO, AT THAT POINT, NO. 2005 00:55:45,843 --> 00:55:46,709 POINT, NO. HE HAD NO CLUE THAT WE WERE -- 2006 00:55:46,911 --> 00:55:48,310 HE HAD NO CLUE THAT WE WERE -- THAT WE WERE LOOKIN' INTO HIM. 2007 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:49,878 THAT WE WERE LOOKIN' INTO HIM. >> Reporter: THEN THE SHERIFF'S 2008 00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:55,784 >> Reporter: THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT AN URGENT CALL ABOUT 2009 00:55:55,986 --> 00:56:02,858 OFFICE GOT AN URGENT CALL ABOUT ED FROM THE FEDS 2010 00:56:03,060 --> 00:56:05,761 ED FROM THE FEDS >> WE HAD FLAGGED HIS -- HIS 2011 00:56:05,963 --> 00:56:07,830 >> WE HAD FLAGGED HIS -- HIS PASSPORT IN CASE HE WOULD FLEE 2012 00:56:08,032 --> 00:56:08,397 PASSPORT IN CASE HE WOULD FLEE THE COUNTRY FOR -- FOR SOME 2013 00:56:08,599 --> 00:56:11,633 THE COUNTRY FOR -- FOR SOME REASON 2014 00:56:11,835 --> 00:56:14,837 REASON AND SURE ENOUGH, WE WERE 2015 00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:17,039 AND SURE ENOUGH, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT HE WAS BOARDING A 2016 00:56:17,241 --> 00:56:17,606 NOTIFIED THAT HE WAS BOARDING A PLANE IN L.A. AND HEADED FOR 2017 00:56:17,808 --> 00:56:18,674 PLANE IN L.A. AND HEADED FOR CANADA 2018 00:56:18,876 --> 00:56:19,274 CANADA >> Reporter: ED, IN FACT, HAD 2019 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:20,242 >> Reporter: ED, IN FACT, HAD ALREADY BOARDED, AND THE FLIGHT 2020 00:56:20,444 --> 00:56:21,877 ALREADY BOARDED, AND THE FLIGHT WAS LITERALLY MINUTES FROM 2021 00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:23,479 WAS LITERALLY MINUTES FROM TAKING OFF 2022 00:56:23,681 --> 00:56:24,747 TAKING OFF THEY MADE A CALL 2023 00:56:24,949 --> 00:56:25,314 THEY MADE A CALL ED WAS PULLED FROM THE PLANE 2024 00:56:25,516 --> 00:56:26,682 ED WAS PULLED FROM THE PLANE HE WAS STILL ON PROBATION FOR 2025 00:56:26,884 --> 00:56:27,216 HE WAS STILL ON PROBATION FOR THE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. 2026 00:56:27,418 --> 00:56:28,283 THE EMBEZZLEMENT CASE. SO THE INVESTIGATORS COULD PULL 2027 00:56:28,485 --> 00:56:29,351 SO THE INVESTIGATORS COULD PULL HIM IN FOR AN INTERROGATION. 2028 00:56:29,353 --> 00:56:30,452 HIM IN FOR AN INTERROGATION. BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY 2029 00:56:30,654 --> 00:56:31,620 BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT THAT 2030 00:56:31,822 --> 00:56:32,020 INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT THAT CASE 2031 00:56:32,222 --> 00:56:33,088 CASE >> THERE'S BLOOD IN CHRIS'S 2032 00:56:33,290 --> 00:56:35,758 >> THERE'S BLOOD IN CHRIS'S OFFICE 2033 00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:37,059 OFFICE OKAY 2034 00:56:37,261 --> 00:56:37,326 OKAY >> UH-HUH. 2035 00:56:37,528 --> 00:56:38,727 >> UH-HUH. >> WE KNOW THAT. 2036 00:56:38,929 --> 00:56:39,528 >> WE KNOW THAT. AND WE KNOW IT'S CHRIS'S BLOOD 2037 00:56:39,730 --> 00:56:40,028 AND WE KNOW IT'S CHRIS'S BLOOD >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE 2038 00:56:40,230 --> 00:56:41,130 >> Reporter: ED TOLD THE INVESTIGATORS OVER AND OVER, HE 2039 00:56:41,332 --> 00:56:42,197 INVESTIGATORS OVER AND OVER, HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 2040 00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:43,265 HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CHRIS SMITH 2041 00:56:43,467 --> 00:56:45,401 DISAPPEARANCE OF CHRIS SMITH >> I DIDN'T KILL HIM 2042 00:56:45,603 --> 00:56:47,002 >> I DIDN'T KILL HIM >> DID YOU FIGHT HIM 2043 00:56:47,204 --> 00:56:48,971 >> DID YOU FIGHT HIM IN THE OFFICE? 2044 00:56:49,173 --> 00:56:50,005 IN THE OFFICE? >> NOT PHYSICALLY. 2045 00:56:50,207 --> 00:56:50,773 >> NOT PHYSICALLY. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SHOUTING 2046 00:56:50,975 --> 00:56:51,807 I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SHOUTING MATCHES. 2047 00:56:52,009 --> 00:56:52,875 MATCHES. >> YOU HAVE NEVER PHYSICALLY 2048 00:56:53,077 --> 00:56:53,942 >> YOU HAVE NEVER PHYSICALLY TOUCHED HIM IN A FIT OF ANGER? 2049 00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:54,476 TOUCHED HIM IN A FIT OF ANGER? >> NO. 2050 00:56:54,678 --> 00:56:55,577 >> NO. >> EVER? 2051 00:56:55,779 --> 00:56:56,645 >> EVER? >> NO. 2052 00:56:56,847 --> 00:56:57,746 >> NO. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE 2053 00:56:57,948 --> 00:56:59,047 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT. 2054 00:56:59,249 --> 00:56:59,882 TALKIN' ABOUT. HE'S GONE. 2055 00:57:00,084 --> 00:57:00,949 HE'S GONE. I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW 2056 00:57:01,151 --> 00:57:02,017 I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW NOTHIN'. 2057 00:57:02,219 --> 00:57:03,085 NOTHIN'. AND THEN RAY TOLD HIM, "WELL, 2058 00:57:03,287 --> 00:57:03,619 AND THEN RAY TOLD HIM, "WELL, GUESS WHAT 2059 00:57:03,821 --> 00:57:04,720 GUESS WHAT YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER 2060 00:57:04,922 --> 00:57:05,921 YOU'RE UNDER ARREST FOR MURDER OF CHRIS SMITH." 2061 00:57:06,123 --> 00:57:06,889 OF CHRIS SMITH." >> Reporter: THEN THEY LEFT THE 2062 00:57:07,091 --> 00:57:08,257 >> Reporter: THEN THEY LEFT THE ROOM FOR A BIT 2063 00:57:08,459 --> 00:57:09,024 ROOM FOR A BIT LET HIM THINK. 2064 00:57:09,226 --> 00:57:10,092 LET HIM THINK. AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK? 2065 00:57:10,294 --> 00:57:11,160 AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK? ED SHIN HAD A WHOLE NEW STORY. 2066 00:57:11,362 --> 00:57:12,261 ED SHIN HAD A WHOLE NEW STORY. >>> COMING UP -- 2067 00:57:12,463 --> 00:57:13,328 >>> COMING UP -- >> HE SAID, "WELL, IF I TELL YOU 2068 00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:14,430 >> HE SAID, "WELL, IF I TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AM I STILL 2069 00:57:14,632 --> 00:57:17,666 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AM I STILL GOIN' TO JAIL? 2070 00:57:17,868 --> 00:57:19,268 GOIN' TO JAIL? >> WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO CHRIS? 2071 00:57:19,470 --> 00:57:20,335 >> WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO CHRIS? >> IT WAS A HARD NIGHT 2072 00:57:20,537 --> 00:57:21,403 >> IT WAS A HARD NIGHT >> I FELL TO MY KNEES. 2073 00:57:21,405 --> 00:57:22,471 >> I FELL TO MY KNEES. HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT. 2074 00:57:22,673 --> 00:57:24,606 HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT. >> THIS CASE WAS ABOUT GREED AT 2075 00:57:24,808 --> 00:57:43,058 >> THIS CASE WAS ABOUT GREED AT ITS MOST DIABOLICAL. 2076 00:57:43,260 --> 00:57:44,193 ITS MOST DIABOLICAL. >> Reporter: ED SHIN WAS UNDER 2077 00:57:44,395 --> 00:57:45,260 >> Reporter: ED SHIN WAS UNDER ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF 2078 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:47,396 ARREST FOR THE MURDER OF CHRIS SMITH. 2079 00:57:47,598 --> 00:57:50,065 CHRIS SMITH. BUT ED WAS INSISTING HE HAD 2080 00:57:50,267 --> 00:57:51,166 BUT ED WAS INSISTING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. 2081 00:57:51,368 --> 00:57:52,734 NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. SO INVESTIGATORS LEFT HIM ALONE 2082 00:57:52,936 --> 00:57:54,336 SO INVESTIGATORS LEFT HIM ALONE TO REFLECT 2083 00:57:54,538 --> 00:57:57,506 TO REFLECT >> WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND 2084 00:57:57,708 --> 00:57:58,574 >> WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF 2085 00:57:58,776 --> 00:58:01,777 WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, LESS THAN TEN MINUTES, HE 2086 00:58:01,979 --> 00:58:02,845 TIME, LESS THAN TEN MINUTES, HE TOLD ANOTHER DETECTIVE, "HEY, 2087 00:58:03,047 --> 00:58:03,946 TOLD ANOTHER DETECTIVE, "HEY, CAN I TALK TO THEM AGAIN?" 2088 00:58:04,148 --> 00:58:04,980 CAN I TALK TO THEM AGAIN?" >> YEAH. 2089 00:58:05,182 --> 00:58:06,615 >> YEAH. NOW, HE WANTS TO TALK. 2090 00:58:06,817 --> 00:58:12,921 NOW, HE WANTS TO TALK. FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH 2091 00:58:13,123 --> 00:58:16,024 FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH WERE, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU 2092 00:58:16,226 --> 00:58:18,994 WERE, "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, BUT IT'S NOT 2093 00:58:19,196 --> 00:58:20,062 GUYS THINK, BUT IT'S NOT FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. 2094 00:58:20,264 --> 00:58:21,697 FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. HE SAID, "WELL, IF I TELL YOU 2095 00:58:21,899 --> 00:58:22,731 HE SAID, "WELL, IF I TELL YOU WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AM I STILL 2096 00:58:22,933 --> 00:58:24,967 WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, AM I STILL GOIN' TO JAIL? 2097 00:58:25,169 --> 00:58:26,468 GOIN' TO JAIL? "I DON'T KNOW, ED. 2098 00:58:26,670 --> 00:58:27,536 "I DON'T KNOW, ED. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? 2099 00:58:27,738 --> 00:58:29,671 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE TO 2100 00:58:29,873 --> 00:58:30,739 I HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. 2101 00:58:30,941 --> 00:58:31,807 SAY. >> Reporter: HIS STORY, IT WAS 2102 00:58:32,009 --> 00:58:32,875 >> Reporter: HIS STORY, IT WAS SELF DEFENSE 2103 00:58:33,077 --> 00:58:33,976 SELF DEFENSE THE PARANOID, ERRATIC CHRIS 2104 00:58:34,178 --> 00:58:35,644 THE PARANOID, ERRATIC CHRIS SMITH, HE SAID, HAD FINALLY COME 2105 00:58:35,846 --> 00:58:36,144 SMITH, HE SAID, HAD FINALLY COME UNGLUED AND ATTACKED HIM 2106 00:58:36,346 --> 00:58:37,546 UNGLUED AND ATTACKED HIM >> HE GRABBED ME 2107 00:58:37,748 --> 00:58:38,280 >> HE GRABBED ME AND THEN BEFORE I KNEW IT, WE 2108 00:58:38,482 --> 00:58:40,415 AND THEN BEFORE I KNEW IT, WE WERE THROWING BLOWS. 2109 00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:42,050 WERE THROWING BLOWS. >> Reporter: FINALLY SAID ED, 2110 00:58:42,252 --> 00:58:43,118 >> Reporter: FINALLY SAID ED, CHRIS HIT HIS HEAD ON HIS DESK 2111 00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,254 CHRIS HIT HIS HEAD ON HIS DESK AND COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR, DEAD 2112 00:58:45,456 --> 00:58:46,321 AND COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR, DEAD OR AT LEAST, DYING 2113 00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:47,422 OR AT LEAST, DYING >> HOW DO YOU THINK HE WAS 2114 00:58:47,624 --> 00:58:49,057 >> HOW DO YOU THINK HE WAS PROBABLY DEAD? 2115 00:58:49,259 --> 00:58:51,193 PROBABLY DEAD? THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD OR - 2116 00:58:51,395 --> 00:58:53,328 THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD OR - >> THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD 2117 00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:54,396 >> THERE WAS SO MUCH BLOOD >> Reporter: HE INSISTED IT 2118 00:58:54,598 --> 00:58:56,331 >> Reporter: HE INSISTED IT WASN'T LIKE HE MEANT TO KILL 2119 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:57,065 WASN'T LIKE HE MEANT TO KILL CHRIS. 2120 00:58:57,267 --> 00:59:05,307 CHRIS. BUT IT CERTAINLY CONFIRMED THAT 2121 00:59:05,509 --> 00:59:06,141 BUT IT CERTAINLY CONFIRMED THAT CHRIS WAS DEAD AND THE FAMILY 2122 00:59:06,343 --> 00:59:07,709 CHRIS WAS DEAD AND THE FAMILY HAD TO BE TOLD 2123 00:59:07,911 --> 00:59:08,911 HAD TO BE TOLD >> IT WAS A HARD NIGHT 2124 00:59:09,113 --> 00:59:10,379 >> IT WAS A HARD NIGHT >> AND THEN WE TOLD PAUL 2125 00:59:10,581 --> 00:59:13,048 >> AND THEN WE TOLD PAUL AND THEN IT WAS A ROUGH THING 2126 00:59:13,250 --> 00:59:15,183 AND THEN IT WAS A ROUGH THING FOR YOU. 2127 00:59:15,385 --> 00:59:16,251 FOR YOU. HE FELL DOWN INTO THE STREET 2128 00:59:16,453 --> 00:59:17,886 HE FELL DOWN INTO THE STREET JUST CRYIN' YOU KNOW 2129 00:59:18,088 --> 00:59:21,657 JUST CRYIN' YOU KNOW IT WAS AWFUL 2130 00:59:21,859 --> 00:59:24,326 IT WAS AWFUL >> I FELL TO MY KNEES. 2131 00:59:24,528 --> 00:59:25,394 >> I FELL TO MY KNEES. DAD SHOWED UP, AND MOM, AND JUST 2132 00:59:25,596 --> 00:59:26,995 DAD SHOWED UP, AND MOM, AND JUST CRIED IT OUT IN THE PARKIN' LOT 2133 00:59:27,197 --> 00:59:28,063 CRIED IT OUT IN THE PARKIN' LOT FOR QUITE A WHILE. 2134 00:59:28,265 --> 00:59:29,698 FOR QUITE A WHILE. I JUST HAD NEVER FELT THAT 2135 00:59:29,900 --> 00:59:33,468 I JUST HAD NEVER FELT THAT BEFORE 2136 00:59:33,670 --> 00:59:35,070 BEFORE IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY A 2137 00:59:35,272 --> 00:59:36,138 IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY A HORRIBLE FEELING 2138 00:59:36,340 --> 00:59:37,706 HORRIBLE FEELING YOU KNOW, IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN 2139 00:59:37,908 --> 00:59:40,409 YOU KNOW, IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE GUT. 2140 00:59:40,611 --> 00:59:41,476 THE GUT. >> Reporter: BUT WHERE WAS 2141 00:59:41,678 --> 00:59:43,078 >> Reporter: BUT WHERE WAS CHRIS'S BODY 2142 00:59:43,280 --> 00:59:44,146 CHRIS'S BODY IF INVESTIGATORS COULD FIND 2143 00:59:44,348 --> 00:59:45,747 IF INVESTIGATORS COULD FIND THAT, THEY WOULD KNOW EXACTLY 2144 00:59:45,949 --> 00:59:47,349 THAT, THEY WOULD KNOW EXACTLY HOW CHRIS DIED 2145 00:59:47,551 --> 00:59:48,450 HOW CHRIS DIED >> I WANNA FIND CHRIS'S BODY 2146 00:59:48,652 --> 00:59:49,518 >> I WANNA FIND CHRIS'S BODY HIS FAMILY WANTS TO FIND HIS 2147 00:59:49,720 --> 00:59:50,686 HIS FAMILY WANTS TO FIND HIS BODY 2148 00:59:50,888 --> 00:59:51,653 BODY WE NEED, WE NEED THAT 2149 00:59:51,855 --> 00:59:53,255 WE NEED, WE NEED THAT INFORMATION. 2150 00:59:53,457 --> 00:59:54,289 INFORMATION. >> I WOULDN'T KNOW 2151 00:59:54,491 --> 00:59:59,661 >> I WOULDN'T KNOW THERE'S NO WAY 2152 00:59:59,863 --> 01:00:00,729 THERE'S NO WAY I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT 2153 01:00:00,931 --> 01:00:01,797 I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT >> Reporter: DIDN'T KNOW, HE 2154 01:00:01,999 --> 01:00:03,966 >> Reporter: DIDN'T KNOW, HE SAID, BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE GOT 2155 01:00:04,168 --> 01:00:06,368 SAID, BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE GOT RID OF THE BODY. 2156 01:00:06,570 --> 01:00:09,504 RID OF THE BODY. BUT THEN THE INVESTIGATORS GOT 2157 01:00:09,706 --> 01:00:13,342 BUT THEN THE INVESTIGATORS GOT ED'S PHONE RECORDS 2158 01:00:13,544 --> 01:00:15,277 ED'S PHONE RECORDS AND WELL, WELL, WHERE WAS ED'S 2159 01:00:15,479 --> 01:00:16,979 AND WELL, WELL, WHERE WAS ED'S PHONE DAYS AFTER WHATEVER 2160 01:00:17,181 --> 01:00:18,013 PHONE DAYS AFTER WHATEVER HAPPENED BACK IN THE OFFICE? 2161 01:00:18,215 --> 01:00:19,114 HAPPENED BACK IN THE OFFICE? >> THOSE SAME PHONE RECORDS 2162 01:00:19,316 --> 01:00:20,749 >> THOSE SAME PHONE RECORDS SHOWED HIM GOING ALL THE WAY OUT 2163 01:00:20,951 --> 01:00:21,817 SHOWED HIM GOING ALL THE WAY OUT TO BOULEVARD CALIFORNIA AND 2164 01:00:22,019 --> 01:00:22,851 TO BOULEVARD CALIFORNIA AND OCOTILLO CALIFORNIA WHICH IS IN 2165 01:00:23,053 --> 01:00:26,088 OCOTILLO CALIFORNIA WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, NEAR 2166 01:00:26,290 --> 01:00:29,257 THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT, NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER 2167 01:00:29,459 --> 01:00:31,393 THE MEXICAN BORDER >> Reporter: HERE IT IS. 2168 01:00:31,595 --> 01:00:33,695 >> Reporter: HERE IT IS. VAST, EMPTY, AMONG THE LONELIEST 2169 01:00:33,897 --> 01:00:35,631 VAST, EMPTY, AMONG THE LONELIEST PLACES IN AMERICA, THE 2170 01:00:35,833 --> 01:00:37,265 PLACES IN AMERICA, THE CALIFORNIA DESERT JUST NORTH OF 2171 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:38,900 CALIFORNIA DESERT JUST NORTH OF THE MEXICAN BORDER 2172 01:00:39,102 --> 01:00:39,935 THE MEXICAN BORDER THERE ARE HOLES OUT THERE 2173 01:00:40,137 --> 01:00:42,070 THERE ARE HOLES OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, EVERY LAWMAN AROUND 2174 01:00:42,272 --> 01:00:43,672 SOMEWHERE, EVERY LAWMAN AROUND KNOWS IT 2175 01:00:43,874 --> 01:00:49,011 KNOWS IT PLACES WHERE THE BONES OF 2176 01:00:49,213 --> 01:00:50,612 PLACES WHERE THE BONES OF TERRIBLE CRIMES LIE UNDER THE 2177 01:00:50,814 --> 01:00:51,713 TERRIBLE CRIMES LIE UNDER THE SAND, UNDISCOVERED, THEIR TALES 2178 01:00:51,915 --> 01:00:53,315 SAND, UNDISCOVERED, THEIR TALES UNTOLD 2179 01:00:53,517 --> 01:00:54,916 UNTOLD IN FACT, ED'S PHONE PINGED OUT 2180 01:00:55,118 --> 01:00:56,018 IN FACT, ED'S PHONE PINGED OUT HERE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE 2181 01:00:56,220 --> 01:01:03,492 HERE TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE WEEK AFTER CHRIS DISAPPEARED 2182 01:01:03,694 --> 01:01:05,727 WEEK AFTER CHRIS DISAPPEARED TWO TRIPS. 2183 01:01:05,929 --> 01:01:06,795 TWO TRIPS. >> TWO TRIPS 2184 01:01:06,997 --> 01:01:07,963 >> TWO TRIPS AND ONE OF THE TRIPS WAS AT 2185 01:01:08,165 --> 01:01:08,497 AND ONE OF THE TRIPS WAS AT 1:00, 2:00 IN THE MORNING. 2186 01:01:08,699 --> 01:01:09,431 1:00, 2:00 IN THE MORNING. >> Reporter: DID YOU BRING IN 2187 01:01:09,633 --> 01:01:10,799 >> Reporter: DID YOU BRING IN CADAVER DOGS AND - 2188 01:01:11,001 --> 01:01:11,266 CADAVER DOGS AND - >> WE DID. 2189 01:01:11,468 --> 01:01:12,100 >> WE DID. >> CADAVER DOGS. 2190 01:01:12,302 --> 01:01:13,635 >> CADAVER DOGS. >> CADAVER DOGS. 2191 01:01:13,637 --> 01:01:14,236 >> CADAVER DOGS. WELL OVER 100 SEARCHERS, 2192 01:01:14,438 --> 01:01:15,837 WELL OVER 100 SEARCHERS, HORSEBACK, MOTORCYCLE, DOGS. 2193 01:01:16,039 --> 01:01:17,472 HORSEBACK, MOTORCYCLE, DOGS. >> ATV 2194 01:01:17,674 --> 01:01:18,540 >> ATV >> Reporter: OUR CAMERAS WERE 2195 01:01:18,742 --> 01:01:19,608 >> Reporter: OUR CAMERAS WERE THERE, AS SEARCHERS FOUND 2196 01:01:19,810 --> 01:01:20,676 THERE, AS SEARCHERS FOUND NOTHING. 2197 01:01:20,878 --> 01:01:21,777 NOTHING. AND OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS, 2198 01:01:21,979 --> 01:01:23,945 AND OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THE FAMILY WOULD BEG FOR 2199 01:01:24,147 --> 01:01:26,615 THE FAMILY WOULD BEG FOR INFORMATION FROM ED SHIN AND 2200 01:01:26,817 --> 01:01:31,920 INFORMATION FROM ED SHIN AND HERE AGAIN, NOTHING. 2201 01:01:32,122 --> 01:01:34,189 HERE AGAIN, NOTHING. SO WHEN ED FINALLY WENT ON TRIAL 2202 01:01:34,391 --> 01:01:35,357 SO WHEN ED FINALLY WENT ON TRIAL IN #2018 AT THE ORANGE COUNTY 2203 01:01:35,559 --> 01:01:36,892 IN #2018 AT THE ORANGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, SEVEN YEARS 2204 01:01:37,094 --> 01:01:38,460 SUPERIOR COURT, SEVEN YEARS AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR 2205 01:01:38,662 --> 01:01:42,230 AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MURDER, PROSECUTOR MATT MURPHY 2206 01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:43,298 MURDER, PROSECUTOR MATT MURPHY WAS LOADED FOR BEAR. 2207 01:01:43,500 --> 01:01:48,136 WAS LOADED FOR BEAR. AND FOR MURPHY, THIS CASE WAS A 2208 01:01:48,338 --> 01:01:49,471 AND FOR MURPHY, THIS CASE WAS A PERFECT FIT. 2209 01:01:49,673 --> 01:01:50,238 PERFECT FIT. HE'S A SURFER, TOO 2210 01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:51,306 HE'S A SURFER, TOO KNOWS CHRIS'S WORLD. 2211 01:01:51,508 --> 01:01:52,374 KNOWS CHRIS'S WORLD. MAYBE EVEN CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF 2212 01:01:52,576 --> 01:01:53,408 MAYBE EVEN CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF HIM OUT THERE. 2213 01:01:53,610 --> 01:01:54,476 HIM OUT THERE. SO, WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT, THIS 2214 01:01:54,678 --> 01:01:55,444 SO, WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT, THIS CASE 2215 01:01:55,646 --> 01:01:56,078 CASE >> THIS CASE WAS ABOUT GREED AT 2216 01:01:56,280 --> 01:01:57,646 >> THIS CASE WAS ABOUT GREED AT ITS MOST DIABOLICAL AND BASE 2217 01:01:57,848 --> 01:01:58,714 ITS MOST DIABOLICAL AND BASE FORM 2218 01:01:58,916 --> 01:02:00,315 FORM HE KILLED A REALLY NICE GUY OVER 2219 01:02:00,517 --> 01:02:02,451 HE KILLED A REALLY NICE GUY OVER MONEY SO THAT HE COULD GO 2220 01:02:02,653 --> 01:02:04,753 MONEY SO THAT HE COULD GO GAMBLING IN VEGAS. 2221 01:02:04,955 --> 01:02:06,221 GAMBLING IN VEGAS. BUT TO THEN ASSUME HIS IDENTITY 2222 01:02:06,423 --> 01:02:08,390 BUT TO THEN ASSUME HIS IDENTITY ONLINE AND TORTURE HIS FAMILY 2223 01:02:08,592 --> 01:02:10,225 ONLINE AND TORTURE HIS FAMILY LIKE THIS, IT'S AWFUL. 2224 01:02:10,427 --> 01:02:13,729 LIKE THIS, IT'S AWFUL. THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW 2225 01:02:13,931 --> 01:02:15,363 THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW THAT ED SHIN OWED A LOT OF 2226 01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:16,431 THAT ED SHIN OWED A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY. 2227 01:02:16,633 --> 01:02:18,033 PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY. THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW 2228 01:02:18,235 --> 01:02:19,134 THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW THAT IN TRYING TO LEGALLY 2229 01:02:19,336 --> 01:02:20,202 THAT IN TRYING TO LEGALLY PROTECT HIS OWN FINANCIAL 2230 01:02:20,404 --> 01:02:21,770 PROTECT HIS OWN FINANCIAL INTERESTS, CHRIS SMITH BECAME AN 2231 01:02:21,972 --> 01:02:23,371 INTERESTS, CHRIS SMITH BECAME AN OBSTACLE FOR ED SHIN 2232 01:02:23,573 --> 01:02:24,439 OBSTACLE FOR ED SHIN >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR TOLD 2233 01:02:24,641 --> 01:02:26,074 >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR TOLD THE JURY THAT CHRIS SUSPECTED 2234 01:02:26,276 --> 01:02:28,744 THE JURY THAT CHRIS SUSPECTED HIS PARTNER WAS STEALING FROM 2235 01:02:28,946 --> 01:02:29,811 HIS PARTNER WAS STEALING FROM THEIR COMPANY, WANTED NEW RULES 2236 01:02:30,013 --> 01:02:30,846 THEIR COMPANY, WANTED NEW RULES TO STOP HIM, BUT ED WAS STARVED 2237 01:02:31,048 --> 01:02:31,947 TO STOP HIM, BUT ED WAS STARVED FOR CASH AND DESPERATE TO GET 2238 01:02:32,149 --> 01:02:34,549 FOR CASH AND DESPERATE TO GET IT 2239 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:35,684 IT DESPERATE ENOUGH TO KILL 2240 01:02:35,886 --> 01:02:37,285 DESPERATE ENOUGH TO KILL IT WAS THAT BLOOD THAT WAS NEVER 2241 01:02:37,487 --> 01:02:39,454 IT WAS THAT BLOOD THAT WAS NEVER FULLY CLEANED UP, SAID THE 2242 01:02:39,656 --> 01:02:41,590 FULLY CLEANED UP, SAID THE PROSECUTOR, THAT PROVED THE 2243 01:02:41,792 --> 01:02:43,191 PROSECUTOR, THAT PROVED THE ATTACK WAS SUDDEN AND VIOLENT. 2244 01:02:43,393 --> 01:02:44,793 ATTACK WAS SUDDEN AND VIOLENT. >> THERE'S BLOOD ON THE CEILING, 2245 01:02:44,995 --> 01:02:45,827 >> THERE'S BLOOD ON THE CEILING, BLOOD ON THE CARPET. 2246 01:02:46,029 --> 01:02:47,429 BLOOD ON THE CARPET. THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS 2247 01:02:47,631 --> 01:02:51,600 THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS THERE'S BLOOD ON THE FURNITURE 2248 01:02:51,802 --> 01:02:52,768 THERE'S BLOOD ON THE FURNITURE THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW, 2249 01:02:52,970 --> 01:02:54,369 THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW, THAT MAN THERE BEAT OR STABBED 2250 01:02:54,571 --> 01:02:57,072 THAT MAN THERE BEAT OR STABBED CHRIS SMITH BRUTALLY TO DEATH IN 2251 01:02:57,274 --> 01:02:58,140 CHRIS SMITH BRUTALLY TO DEATH IN THAT OFFICE. 2252 01:02:58,342 --> 01:02:59,808 THAT OFFICE. >> Reporter: AND THEN THE 2253 01:03:00,010 --> 01:03:00,408 >> Reporter: AND THEN THE PROSECUTOR TOLD THE COURT, ED 2254 01:03:00,610 --> 01:03:01,343 PROSECUTOR TOLD THE COURT, ED GOT BUSY 2255 01:03:01,545 --> 01:03:02,944 GOT BUSY IT WAS BEGINNING OF A BRAZEN 2256 01:03:03,146 --> 01:03:04,546 IT WAS BEGINNING OF A BRAZEN COVERUP. 2257 01:03:04,748 --> 01:03:07,215 COVERUP. ED GOT INTO HIS DEAD PARTNER'S 2258 01:03:07,417 --> 01:03:08,283 ED GOT INTO HIS DEAD PARTNER'S EMAIL ACCOUNTS, MASQUERADED AS 2259 01:03:08,485 --> 01:03:09,351 EMAIL ACCOUNTS, MASQUERADED AS CHRIS. 2260 01:03:09,553 --> 01:03:10,919 CHRIS. AND HIS VERY FIRST EMAIL SENT 2261 01:03:11,121 --> 01:03:13,588 AND HIS VERY FIRST EMAIL SENT MINUTES AFTER THE KILLING WAS TO 2262 01:03:13,790 --> 01:03:15,190 MINUTES AFTER THE KILLING WAS TO A COMPANY LAWYER 2263 01:03:15,392 --> 01:03:17,893 A COMPANY LAWYER >> AT 6:01 THAT NIGHT DID YOU 2264 01:03:18,095 --> 01:03:19,461 >> AT 6:01 THAT NIGHT DID YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONCERNING WHAT 2265 01:03:19,663 --> 01:03:20,529 RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONCERNING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CHANGE IN HEART 2266 01:03:20,731 --> 01:03:22,130 APPEARED TO BE A CHANGE IN HEART OR CHANGE IN DIRECTION FROM 2267 01:03:22,332 --> 01:03:23,732 OR CHANGE IN DIRECTION FROM MR. SMITH CONCERNING THE FUTURE 2268 01:03:23,934 --> 01:03:25,867 MR. SMITH CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF THESE COMPANIES 2269 01:03:26,069 --> 01:03:27,469 OF THESE COMPANIES >> YES 2270 01:03:27,671 --> 01:03:28,537 >> YES >> GIVE US THE GIST OF THAT. 2271 01:03:28,739 --> 01:03:30,138 >> GIVE US THE GIST OF THAT. >> HE SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT 2272 01:03:30,340 --> 01:03:32,374 >> HE SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THEY HAD REACHED A RESOLUTION. 2273 01:03:32,576 --> 01:03:32,974 THEY HAD REACHED A RESOLUTION. AND HE WAS GOING TO BE BOUGHT 2274 01:03:33,176 --> 01:03:33,909 AND HE WAS GOING TO BE BOUGHT OUT. 2275 01:03:34,111 --> 01:03:36,077 OUT. >> Reporter: ED HAD FAKED A 2276 01:03:36,279 --> 01:03:37,679 >> Reporter: ED HAD FAKED A BUYOUT 2277 01:03:37,881 --> 01:03:39,815 BUYOUT AND WITH THAT EMAIL, HE SEVERED 2278 01:03:40,017 --> 01:03:41,416 AND WITH THAT EMAIL, HE SEVERED CHRIS SMITH'S TIES TO THE 2279 01:03:41,618 --> 01:03:42,517 CHRIS SMITH'S TIES TO THE COMPANY, WHICH ALLOWED ED TO 2280 01:03:42,719 --> 01:03:44,085 COMPANY, WHICH ALLOWED ED TO STEAL EVERYTHING 2281 01:03:44,287 --> 01:03:45,720 STEAL EVERYTHING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, MAYBE 2282 01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:47,856 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, MAYBE MORE 2283 01:03:48,058 --> 01:03:49,724 MORE AND THEN HE STARTED GETTING RID 2284 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:52,661 AND THEN HE STARTED GETTING RID OF THE AWFUL EVIDENCE BEFORE THE 2285 01:03:52,863 --> 01:03:54,796 OF THE AWFUL EVIDENCE BEFORE THE STAFF COULD GET WISE 2286 01:03:54,998 --> 01:03:56,398 STAFF COULD GET WISE >> ED HAD TOLD US VIA EMAIL, I 2287 01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:57,999 >> ED HAD TOLD US VIA EMAIL, I BELIEVE, TO WORK FROM HOME 2288 01:03:58,201 --> 01:03:59,601 BELIEVE, TO WORK FROM HOME I'M HAVING THE OFFICE REDONE A 2289 01:03:59,803 --> 01:04:01,203 I'M HAVING THE OFFICE REDONE A LITTLE BIT 2290 01:04:01,405 --> 01:04:02,804 LITTLE BIT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE REPAINTED. 2291 01:04:03,006 --> 01:04:03,872 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE REPAINTED. SO BE AWARE THERE MIGHT BE TARPS 2292 01:04:04,074 --> 01:04:05,640 SO BE AWARE THERE MIGHT BE TARPS ON THE FLOOR JUST BECAUSE OF THE 2293 01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:07,108 ON THE FLOOR JUST BECAUSE OF THE PAINTERS 2294 01:04:07,310 --> 01:04:10,846 PAINTERS >> Reporter: AND ED, POSING AS 2295 01:04:11,048 --> 01:04:11,913 >> Reporter: AND ED, POSING AS CHRIS ONLINE, TURNED HIS 2296 01:04:12,115 --> 01:04:13,014 CHRIS ONLINE, TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO CHRIS' FAMILY, 2297 01:04:13,216 --> 01:04:14,082 ATTENTION TO CHRIS' FAMILY, SPINNING FABULOUS TALES OF WORLD 2298 01:04:14,284 --> 01:04:15,717 SPINNING FABULOUS TALES OF WORLD TRAVELS FOR MONTHS ON END. 2299 01:04:15,919 --> 01:04:17,285 TRAVELS FOR MONTHS ON END. >> LOOK, I'VE NEVER SEEN 2300 01:04:17,487 --> 01:04:20,488 >> LOOK, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THOSE E-MAILS. 2301 01:04:20,690 --> 01:04:22,090 ANYTHING LIKE THOSE E-MAILS. >> Reporter: BUT ED MINGLED FACT 2302 01:04:22,292 --> 01:04:25,827 >> Reporter: BUT ED MINGLED FACT AND FICTION IN THOSE E-MAILS 2303 01:04:25,829 --> 01:04:26,895 AND FICTION IN THOSE E-MAILS IT WAS ED ACTING AS CHRIS WHO 2304 01:04:27,097 --> 01:04:27,963 IT WAS ED ACTING AS CHRIS WHO DUMPED CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND 2305 01:04:28,165 --> 01:04:29,064 DUMPED CHRIS' GIRLFRIEND ED WHO SAID CHRIS HAD TAKEN OFF 2306 01:04:29,266 --> 01:04:30,131 ED WHO SAID CHRIS HAD TAKEN OFF WITH TIFFANY TAYLOR. 2307 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:31,333 WITH TIFFANY TAYLOR. AND PAUL WAS RIGHT 2308 01:04:31,535 --> 01:04:32,801 AND PAUL WAS RIGHT HE DID SEE TIFFANY IN VEGAS. 2309 01:04:33,003 --> 01:04:33,869 HE DID SEE TIFFANY IN VEGAS. OF COURSE SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO 2310 01:04:34,071 --> 01:04:34,936 OF COURSE SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WHOLE MESS. 2311 01:04:35,138 --> 01:04:37,072 WITH THE WHOLE MESS. NO WONDER SHE LOOKED AT HIM 2312 01:04:37,274 --> 01:04:41,776 NO WONDER SHE LOOKED AT HIM BLANKLY. 2313 01:04:41,978 --> 01:04:43,078 BLANKLY. >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND 2314 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:46,982 >> RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR 2315 01:04:47,184 --> 01:04:49,718 >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR CALLED KENNY KRAFT TO THE STAND. 2316 01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:58,994 CALLED KENNY KRAFT TO THE STAND. ED HIRES HIM TO GET RID OF 2317 01:04:59,196 --> 01:04:59,628 ED HIRES HIM TO GET RID OF CHRIS' CAR, HIS STUFF, HIS SURF 2318 01:04:59,830 --> 01:05:00,595 CHRIS' CAR, HIS STUFF, HIS SURF BOARD. 2319 01:05:00,797 --> 01:05:01,129 BOARD. >> SO YOU -- YOU TOOK THE 2320 01:05:01,331 --> 01:05:02,197 >> SO YOU -- YOU TOOK THE SURFBOARDS DOWN AND GAVE 'EM TO 2321 01:05:02,399 --> 01:05:03,298 SURFBOARDS DOWN AND GAVE 'EM TO YOUR FRIEND. 2322 01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:04,366 YOUR FRIEND. IS THAT RIGHT? 2323 01:05:04,568 --> 01:05:05,433 IS THAT RIGHT? >> CORRECT 2324 01:05:05,635 --> 01:05:06,501 >> CORRECT >> AND DID YOU SELL THEM OR YOU 2325 01:05:06,703 --> 01:05:07,569 >> AND DID YOU SELL THEM OR YOU GAVE 'EM TO HIM? 2326 01:05:07,771 --> 01:05:08,069 GAVE 'EM TO HIM? >> GAVE THEM TO HIM. 2327 01:05:08,271 --> 01:05:09,671 >> GAVE THEM TO HIM. >> Reporter: THAT WAS A BIG 2328 01:05:09,873 --> 01:05:10,238 >> Reporter: THAT WAS A BIG TELL 2329 01:05:10,440 --> 01:05:11,306 TELL ANY SURFER, AND MOST ESPECIALLY 2330 01:05:11,508 --> 01:05:12,407 ANY SURFER, AND MOST ESPECIALLY A SURFING D.A., KNOWS YOU DON'T 2331 01:05:12,609 --> 01:05:17,445 A SURFING D.A., KNOWS YOU DON'T HEAD OUT ON A SURFING TRIP AND 2332 01:05:17,647 --> 01:05:21,082 HEAD OUT ON A SURFING TRIP AND LEAVE YOUR BOARDS BEHIND 2333 01:05:21,284 --> 01:05:22,584 LEAVE YOUR BOARDS BEHIND >> THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST 2334 01:05:22,786 --> 01:05:24,152 >> THERE'S A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST THAT ANYBODY THAT'S EVER DONE A 2335 01:05:24,354 --> 01:05:25,720 THAT ANYBODY THAT'S EVER DONE A SURF TRIP KNOWS. 2336 01:05:25,922 --> 01:05:26,588 SURF TRIP KNOWS. AND ED SHIN DIDN'T 2337 01:05:26,790 --> 01:05:27,355 AND ED SHIN DIDN'T >> Reporter: HOW WOULD THE 2338 01:05:27,557 --> 01:05:27,856 >> Reporter: HOW WOULD THE DEFENSE COUNTER ALL THAT 2339 01:05:28,058 --> 01:05:28,957 DEFENSE COUNTER ALL THAT OH, ED SHIN HAD A PLAN 2340 01:05:29,159 --> 01:05:29,491 OH, ED SHIN HAD A PLAN >> HIS STOCK AND TRADE IS 2341 01:05:29,693 --> 01:05:30,759 >> HIS STOCK AND TRADE IS MANIPULATING PEOPLE AND LYING. 2342 01:05:30,961 --> 01:05:31,626 MANIPULATING PEOPLE AND LYING. AND ALL THEY NEED IS ONE 2343 01:05:31,828 --> 01:05:32,160 AND ALL THEY NEED IS ONE SO - 2344 01:05:32,362 --> 01:05:33,295 SO - >> Reporter: ALL I NEED TO DO IS 2345 01:05:33,497 --> 01:05:33,762 >> Reporter: ALL I NEED TO DO IS GET ON THE STAND 2346 01:05:33,964 --> 01:05:34,829 GET ON THE STAND I CAN PERSUADE THOSE PEOPLE THAT 2347 01:05:35,031 --> 01:05:35,330 I CAN PERSUADE THOSE PEOPLE THAT I'M HONORABLE. 2348 01:05:35,532 --> 01:05:36,431 I'M HONORABLE. >> RIGHT 2349 01:05:36,633 --> 01:05:37,465 >> RIGHT AND JUST W -- ALL HE NEEDS IS 2350 01:05:37,667 --> 01:05:37,999 AND JUST W -- ALL HE NEEDS IS ONE. 2351 01:05:38,201 --> 01:05:39,301 ONE. AND HE -- HE AVOIDS A 2352 01:05:39,503 --> 01:05:40,135 AND HE -- HE AVOIDS A CONVICTION 2353 01:05:40,337 --> 01:05:41,236 CONVICTION THAT'S A SIREN SONG TO A CON MAN 2354 01:05:41,438 --> 01:05:42,437 THAT'S A SIREN SONG TO A CON MAN LIKE ED SHIN 2355 01:05:42,639 --> 01:05:43,371 LIKE ED SHIN >> Reporter: WOULD HE TAKE THE 2356 01:05:43,573 --> 01:05:55,450 >> Reporter: WOULD HE TAKE THE STAND? 2357 01:05:55,652 --> 01:05:55,884 STAND? HOW COULD HE RESIST? 2358 01:06:00,690 --> 01:06:01,478 HOW COULD HE RESIST? >>>. 2359 01:06:01,479 --> 01:06:02,267 >>>. >>> 2360 01:06:02,268 --> 01:06:03,056 >>> I WENT TO GRAB MY PHONE AND MY MOM JUST SAID DO NOT ANSWER 2361 01:06:03,260 --> 01:06:04,125 MY MOM JUST SAID DO NOT ANSWER THAT 2362 01:06:04,327 --> 01:06:05,226 THAT >> I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE HORROR 2363 01:06:05,428 --> 01:06:24,679 >> I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE HORROR GOING TO COME. 2364 01:06:24,881 --> 01:06:25,313 GOING TO COME. >> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEY ED 2365 01:06:25,515 --> 01:06:26,381 >> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEY ED WELBOURNE OPENED HIS CASE WITH 2366 01:06:26,583 --> 01:06:27,449 WELBOURNE OPENED HIS CASE WITH ONE BIG IDEA, THAT CHRIS SMITH 2367 01:06:27,651 --> 01:06:29,050 ONE BIG IDEA, THAT CHRIS SMITH WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN 2368 01:06:29,252 --> 01:06:31,753 WAS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN DEATH. 2369 01:06:31,955 --> 01:06:33,355 DEATH. AND ED SHIN? 2370 01:06:33,557 --> 01:06:34,990 AND ED SHIN? WAS A THIEF, MAYBE, DISHONEST, 2371 01:06:35,192 --> 01:06:37,125 WAS A THIEF, MAYBE, DISHONEST, SURE 2372 01:06:37,327 --> 01:06:38,727 SURE BUT NOT A KILLER 2373 01:06:38,929 --> 01:06:42,464 BUT NOT A KILLER IT WAS, MORE OR LESS, THE SAME 2374 01:06:42,666 --> 01:06:44,466 IT WAS, MORE OR LESS, THE SAME STORY ED HAD BEEN TELLING SINCE 2375 01:06:44,668 --> 01:06:46,735 STORY ED HAD BEEN TELLING SINCE HE WAS ARRESTED. 2376 01:06:46,937 --> 01:06:47,836 HE WAS ARRESTED. THAT CHRIS ATTACKED HIM BEFORE 2377 01:06:48,038 --> 01:06:49,437 THAT CHRIS ATTACKED HIM BEFORE HITTING HIS HEAD ON HIS DESK, 2378 01:06:49,639 --> 01:06:51,072 HITTING HIS HEAD ON HIS DESK, CAUSING HIS OWN DEATH. 2379 01:06:51,274 --> 01:06:52,674 CAUSING HIS OWN DEATH. THAT CHRIS WAS AN ANGRY, 2380 01:06:52,876 --> 01:06:54,275 THAT CHRIS WAS AN ANGRY, VOLATILE, ALCOHOLIC. 2381 01:06:54,477 --> 01:06:55,910 VOLATILE, ALCOHOLIC. WHY SHOULD THE JURY BELIEVE 2382 01:06:56,112 --> 01:06:58,046 WHY SHOULD THE JURY BELIEVE THAT 2383 01:06:58,248 --> 01:07:00,682 THAT HERE WAS THE DEFENSE STRATEGY. 2384 01:07:00,884 --> 01:07:02,817 HERE WAS THE DEFENSE STRATEGY. CALL THE GIRLFRIEND WHO TALKED 2385 01:07:03,019 --> 01:07:06,021 CALL THE GIRLFRIEND WHO TALKED TO THE POLICE SEVEN YEARS AGO 2386 01:07:06,223 --> 01:07:09,424 TO THE POLICE SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN SHE STILL THOUGHT CHRIS 2387 01:07:09,626 --> 01:07:11,159 WHEN SHE STILL THOUGHT CHRIS DUMPED HER FOR ANOTHER WOMAN 2388 01:07:11,361 --> 01:07:12,093 DUMPED HER FOR ANOTHER WOMAN HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS A RELUCTANT 2389 01:07:12,295 --> 01:07:13,228 HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS A RELUCTANT WITNESS AND HER TESTIMONY WAS 2390 01:07:13,430 --> 01:07:14,662 WITNESS AND HER TESTIMONY WAS NOT RECORDED 2391 01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:16,131 NOT RECORDED ON THE STAND SHE WAS FORCED TO 2392 01:07:16,333 --> 01:07:18,066 ON THE STAND SHE WAS FORCED TO CONFIRM THE STORY SHE TOLD 2393 01:07:18,268 --> 01:07:19,701 CONFIRM THE STORY SHE TOLD POLICE, THE NEGATIVE THINGS SHE 2394 01:07:19,903 --> 01:07:23,171 POLICE, THE NEGATIVE THINGS SHE SAID ABOUT CHRIS IN ANGER, 2395 01:07:23,373 --> 01:07:24,072 SAID ABOUT CHRIS IN ANGER, THINGS SHE NOW REGRETS SAYING. 2396 01:07:24,274 --> 01:07:25,473 THINGS SHE NOW REGRETS SAYING. LIKE -- 2397 01:07:25,675 --> 01:07:29,577 LIKE -- >> HE BROKE THINGS, THREW 2398 01:07:29,779 --> 01:07:30,678 >> HE BROKE THINGS, THREW WALL AT HIS OWN HOME 2399 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:32,714 WALL AT HIS OWN HOME HE GOT A NEW PHONE EVERY MONTH 2400 01:07:32,916 --> 01:07:35,550 HE GOT A NEW PHONE EVERY MONTH BECAUSE HE WOULD THROW IT 2401 01:07:35,752 --> 01:07:37,085 BECAUSE HE WOULD THROW IT AGAINST THE WALL AND BREAK IT. 2402 01:07:37,287 --> 01:07:37,619 AGAINST THE WALL AND BREAK IT. THAT'S THE STUFF THAT SHE 2403 01:07:37,821 --> 01:07:39,654 THAT'S THE STUFF THAT SHE WITNESSED. 2404 01:07:39,856 --> 01:07:40,455 WITNESSED. >> Reporter: AND THEN ED SHIN 2405 01:07:40,657 --> 01:07:46,795 >> Reporter: AND THEN ED SHIN HIMSELF APPEARED 2406 01:07:46,997 --> 01:07:48,797 HIMSELF APPEARED TO TELL THE TRUTH, HE PROMISED 2407 01:07:48,999 --> 01:07:52,033 TO TELL THE TRUTH, HE PROMISED HE WOULD 2408 01:07:52,035 --> 01:07:53,468 HE WOULD THE TRUE STORY SAID ED, CHRIS 2409 01:07:53,670 --> 01:07:55,804 THE TRUE STORY SAID ED, CHRIS WAS UNSTABLE, DISHONEST. 2410 01:07:56,006 --> 01:07:57,939 WAS UNSTABLE, DISHONEST. HE CLAIMED CHRIS HELPED HIM WITH 2411 01:07:58,141 --> 01:07:59,641 HE CLAIMED CHRIS HELPED HIM WITH THE EMBEZZLEMENT SCREAM HE, ED, 2412 01:07:59,843 --> 01:08:02,477 THE EMBEZZLEMENT SCREAM HE, ED, WAS CONVICTED OF 2413 01:08:02,679 --> 01:08:06,881 WAS CONVICTED OF AND ON THAT DAY, THE DAY CHRIS 2414 01:08:07,083 --> 01:08:07,515 AND ON THAT DAY, THE DAY CHRIS DIED, ED THREATENED TO RAT CHRIS 2415 01:08:07,717 --> 01:08:11,352 DIED, ED THREATENED TO RAT CHRIS OUT. 2416 01:08:11,554 --> 01:08:11,986 OUT. AND THAT SAID, ED, IS WHEN CHRIS 2417 01:08:12,188 --> 01:08:14,055 AND THAT SAID, ED, IS WHEN CHRIS BLEW 2418 01:08:14,057 --> 01:08:14,589 BLEW >> I THINK THAT'S WHEN HE 2419 01:08:14,791 --> 01:08:15,990 >> I THINK THAT'S WHEN HE GRABBED ME. 2420 01:08:16,192 --> 01:08:18,093 GRABBED ME. >> HOW DID YOU HE GRAB YOU 2421 01:08:18,295 --> 01:08:18,660 >> HOW DID YOU HE GRAB YOU >> HE MADE A MOVE TOWARDS MY 2422 01:08:18,862 --> 01:08:20,762 >> HE MADE A MOVE TOWARDS MY THROAT 2423 01:08:20,964 --> 01:08:21,329 THROAT >> DID HE PLACE HIS HANDS ON 2424 01:08:21,531 --> 01:08:21,763 >> DID HE PLACE HIS HANDS ON YOU? 2425 01:08:21,965 --> 01:08:24,666 YOU? >> YES 2426 01:08:24,868 --> 01:08:42,917 >> YES >> Reporter: WHAT FOLLOWED HE 2427 01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:43,551 >> Reporter: WHAT FOLLOWED HE TOLD THE COURT WAS A MONUMENTAL 2428 01:08:43,753 --> 01:08:48,523 TOLD THE COURT WAS A MONUMENTAL BRAWL. 2429 01:08:48,725 --> 01:08:49,891 BRAWL. WITH ED PORTRAYING HIMSELF AS A 2430 01:08:50,093 --> 01:08:54,262 WITH ED PORTRAYING HIMSELF AS A RELUCTANT FIGHTER UP AGAINST A 2431 01:08:54,464 --> 01:08:55,396 RELUCTANT FIGHTER UP AGAINST A VIOLENT, REMORSELESS CHRIS 2432 01:08:55,598 --> 01:08:56,397 VIOLENT, REMORSELESS CHRIS >> I'M JUST TRYING TO AVOID HIM, 2433 01:08:56,599 --> 01:08:57,499 >> I'M JUST TRYING TO AVOID HIM, NOT REALLY FIGHT HIM INITIALLY 2434 01:08:57,701 --> 01:08:58,566 NOT REALLY FIGHT HIM INITIALLY BUT THEN HE LUNGED AT ME - 2435 01:08:58,768 --> 01:08:59,901 BUT THEN HE LUNGED AT ME - LUNGED AT ME AGAIN 2436 01:09:00,103 --> 01:09:01,769 LUNGED AT ME AGAIN AND I THINK HE EITHER -- 2437 01:09:01,971 --> 01:09:02,370 AND I THINK HE EITHER -- YOU KNOW, HE HIT ME OR 2438 01:09:02,572 --> 01:09:02,637 YOU KNOW, HE HIT ME OR SOMETHING. 2439 01:09:02,839 --> 01:09:03,404 SOMETHING. BUT IT JUST, AT THAT POINT, I 2440 01:09:03,606 --> 01:09:04,472 BUT IT JUST, AT THAT POINT, I THOUGHT I HAD TO FIGHT BACK. 2441 01:09:04,674 --> 01:09:05,974 THOUGHT I HAD TO FIGHT BACK. I HAD NO CHOICE. 2442 01:09:06,176 --> 01:09:06,908 I HAD NO CHOICE. >> Reporter: THERE WAS GRAPPLING 2443 01:09:07,110 --> 01:09:07,709 >> Reporter: THERE WAS GRAPPLING AND WRESTLING. 2444 01:09:07,911 --> 01:09:08,776 AND WRESTLING. EVEN A KIND OF MID-AIR 2445 01:09:08,978 --> 01:09:09,377 EVEN A KIND OF MID-AIR COLLISION, LIKE A BALLET GONE 2446 01:09:09,579 --> 01:09:10,378 COLLISION, LIKE A BALLET GONE BAD. 2447 01:09:10,580 --> 01:09:11,446 BAD. >> AS HE WAS MAKING A MOVE TO 2448 01:09:11,648 --> 01:09:12,514 >> AS HE WAS MAKING A MOVE TO JUMP, I THINK I KIND OF WENT UP 2449 01:09:12,716 --> 01:09:13,581 JUMP, I THINK I KIND OF WENT UP TOO, TO TRY TO JUST CATCH HIM 2450 01:09:13,783 --> 01:09:14,649 TOO, TO TRY TO JUST CATCH HIM MID AIR. 2451 01:09:14,851 --> 01:09:18,820 MID AIR. AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A -- LIKE 2452 01:09:19,022 --> 01:09:19,521 AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A -- LIKE A MID-AIR COLLISION. 2453 01:09:19,723 --> 01:09:20,054 A MID-AIR COLLISION. >> Reporter: AND BLOOD, ED 2454 01:09:20,256 --> 01:09:21,122 >> Reporter: AND BLOOD, ED TESTIFIED. 2455 01:09:21,324 --> 01:09:22,190 TESTIFIED. BLOOD EVERYWHERE 2456 01:09:22,392 --> 01:09:23,291 BLOOD EVERYWHERE THEN FINALLY, THE END. 2457 01:09:23,493 --> 01:09:24,359 THEN FINALLY, THE END. CHRIS LUNGING AT ED. 2458 01:09:24,561 --> 01:09:25,426 CHRIS LUNGING AT ED. >> I JUST SIDE-STEPPED, AND I 2459 01:09:25,628 --> 01:09:26,060 >> I JUST SIDE-STEPPED, AND I GRABBED HIM, AND I REMEMBER JUST 2460 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:27,028 GRABBED HIM, AND I REMEMBER JUST TURNING AROUND AND SWINGING HIM 2461 01:09:27,230 --> 01:09:28,096 TURNING AROUND AND SWINGING HIM INTO HIS OFFICE AS HARD AS I 2462 01:09:28,298 --> 01:09:29,164 INTO HIS OFFICE AS HARD AS I COULD. 2463 01:09:29,366 --> 01:09:30,231 COULD. >> AND WERE YOU ABLE TO THROW 2464 01:09:30,433 --> 01:09:30,798 >> AND WERE YOU ABLE TO THROW HIM INTO HIS OFFICE? 2465 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:31,900 HIM INTO HIS OFFICE? >> YES 2466 01:09:32,102 --> 01:09:33,001 >> YES >> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO -- WHEN 2467 01:09:33,203 --> 01:09:34,002 >> AND WHAT HAPPENED TO -- WHEN HE WENT INTO HIS OFFICE? 2468 01:09:34,204 --> 01:09:35,036 HE WENT INTO HIS OFFICE? >> HE -- I THINK HE TOOK A 2469 01:09:35,238 --> 01:09:36,104 >> HE -- I THINK HE TOOK A COUPLE STEPS 2470 01:09:36,306 --> 01:09:37,705 COUPLE STEPS AND THAT'S WHEN HE FELL. 2471 01:09:37,907 --> 01:09:41,442 AND THAT'S WHEN HE FELL. AND HE HIT THE DESK REALLY HARD. 2472 01:09:41,644 --> 01:09:44,112 AND HE HIT THE DESK REALLY HARD. >> WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT? 2473 01:09:44,314 --> 01:09:45,446 >> WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT? >> I REMEMBER FREAKING OUT 2474 01:09:45,648 --> 01:09:46,047 >> I REMEMBER FREAKING OUT >> Reporter: ED SAID HE WAS IN 2475 01:09:46,249 --> 01:09:46,781 >> Reporter: ED SAID HE WAS IN SHOCK THEN, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO 2476 01:09:46,983 --> 01:09:47,849 SHOCK THEN, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO 2477 01:09:48,051 --> 01:09:48,917 DO BUT BECAUSE OF THAT EMBEZZLEMENT 2478 01:09:49,119 --> 01:09:50,018 BUT BECAUSE OF THAT EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME THEY'D CAUGHT HIM IN, HE 2479 01:09:50,220 --> 01:09:51,619 SCHEME THEY'D CAUGHT HIM IN, HE DIDN'T THINK THE COPS WOULD 2480 01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:56,424 DIDN'T THINK THE COPS WOULD BELIEVE A THING HE SAID, SO HE 2481 01:09:56,626 --> 01:09:57,559 BELIEVE A THING HE SAID, SO HE DIDN'T CALL 911. 2482 01:09:57,761 --> 01:09:58,560 DIDN'T CALL 911. >> WHAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING 2483 01:09:58,762 --> 01:10:00,094 >> WHAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PHONE CALL 2484 01:10:00,296 --> 01:10:01,729 OF THAT PHONE CALL >> I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO 2485 01:10:01,931 --> 01:10:03,831 >> I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY AND IF THEY COULD HELP. 2486 01:10:04,033 --> 01:10:04,465 SOMEBODY AND IF THEY COULD HELP. >> AND WHAT WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO 2487 01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:06,434 >> AND WHAT WERE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO 2488 01:10:06,636 --> 01:10:08,536 DO >> I SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME CASH. 2489 01:10:08,738 --> 01:10:12,440 >> I SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME CASH. I BELIEVE IT WAS $10,000, COULD 2490 01:10:12,642 --> 01:10:13,708 I BELIEVE IT WAS $10,000, COULD HAVE BEEN $15,000, AND I WAS 2491 01:10:13,910 --> 01:10:17,011 HAVE BEEN $15,000, AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST BE READY TO 2492 01:10:17,213 --> 01:10:18,346 SUPPOSED TO JUST BE READY TO TAKE A PHONE CALL. 2493 01:10:18,548 --> 01:10:20,248 TAKE A PHONE CALL. >> Reporter: AND SURE ENOUGH, HE 2494 01:10:20,450 --> 01:10:24,552 >> Reporter: AND SURE ENOUGH, HE SAID, SOMEBODY CALLED, A GUY 2495 01:10:24,754 --> 01:10:26,154 SAID, SOMEBODY CALLED, A GUY WITH AN EASTERN EUROPEAN ACCENT. 2496 01:10:26,356 --> 01:10:27,322 WITH AN EASTERN EUROPEAN ACCENT. >> SO YOU GOT SOME INSTRUCTIONS 2497 01:10:27,524 --> 01:10:27,689 >> SO YOU GOT SOME INSTRUCTIONS FROM THIS PERSON 2498 01:10:27,891 --> 01:10:29,958 FROM THIS PERSON >> YES 2499 01:10:30,160 --> 01:10:30,558 >> YES >> WHAT WERE THE INSTRUCTIONS 2500 01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:31,859 >> WHAT WERE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN. 2501 01:10:32,061 --> 01:10:33,394 IN. >> MEET THIS GUY AT A GAS 2502 01:10:33,596 --> 01:10:35,964 >> MEET THIS GUY AT A GAS STATION UP IN LONG BEACH, GIVE 2503 01:10:36,166 --> 01:10:39,334 STATION UP IN LONG BEACH, GIVE HIM THE MONEY AND THE 2504 01:10:39,536 --> 01:10:39,901 HIM THE MONEY AND THE DIRECTIONS, LEAVE THE OFFICE 2505 01:10:40,103 --> 01:10:40,768 DIRECTIONS, LEAVE THE OFFICE UNLOCKED 2506 01:10:40,970 --> 01:10:43,171 UNLOCKED >> Reporter: THE GUY WAS TALL 2507 01:10:43,373 --> 01:10:44,072 >> Reporter: THE GUY WAS TALL AND BLONDE, SAID ED, A LEATHER 2508 01:10:44,274 --> 01:10:46,074 AND BLONDE, SAID ED, A LEATHER JACKET, PROBABLE RUSSIAN 2509 01:10:46,276 --> 01:10:48,209 JACKET, PROBABLE RUSSIAN AND OVER THE WEEKEND ED 2510 01:10:48,211 --> 01:10:51,913 AND OVER THE WEEKEND ED TESTIFIED THE BODY WAS REMOVED 2511 01:10:52,115 --> 01:10:54,249 TESTIFIED THE BODY WAS REMOVED THE CLEANUP FOLLOWED 2512 01:10:54,451 --> 01:10:55,883 THE CLEANUP FOLLOWED BUT THEN ED TOLD THE COURT THE 2513 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:58,886 BUT THEN ED TOLD THE COURT THE WHOLE THING BECAME TOO MUCH FOR 2514 01:10:59,088 --> 01:10:59,487 WHOLE THING BECAME TOO MUCH FOR HIM, AND HE DECIDED TO FLEE TO 2515 01:10:59,689 --> 01:11:01,990 HIM, AND HE DECIDED TO FLEE TO MEXICO 2516 01:11:02,192 --> 01:11:04,392 MEXICO ALMOST MADE IT TO THE BORDER 2517 01:11:04,594 --> 01:11:04,959 ALMOST MADE IT TO THE BORDER >> AND I -- I COULDN'T DO IT 2518 01:11:05,161 --> 01:11:07,395 >> AND I -- I COULDN'T DO IT I COULDN'T GET MYSELF TO LEAVE 2519 01:11:07,597 --> 01:11:10,064 I COULDN'T GET MYSELF TO LEAVE MY FAMILY AND JUST RUN AWAY SO I 2520 01:11:10,266 --> 01:11:11,733 MY FAMILY AND JUST RUN AWAY SO I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK. 2521 01:11:11,935 --> 01:11:13,668 TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK. >> AND HE GOT BACK TO HIS 2522 01:11:13,870 --> 01:11:15,336 >> AND HE GOT BACK TO HIS E-MAILS, E-MAILS THAT WOULD 2523 01:11:15,538 --> 01:11:16,004 E-MAILS, E-MAILS THAT WOULD TORTURE THE SMITH FAMILY FOR 2524 01:11:16,206 --> 01:11:18,039 TORTURE THE SMITH FAMILY FOR MONTHS TO COME 2525 01:11:18,241 --> 01:11:19,707 MONTHS TO COME >> MR. SHIN, LOOKING BACK AT 2526 01:11:19,909 --> 01:11:22,510 >> MR. SHIN, LOOKING BACK AT THIS SITUATION DO YOU REGRET THE 2527 01:11:22,712 --> 01:11:23,111 THIS SITUATION DO YOU REGRET THE THINGS THAT YOU DID AFTER THE 2528 01:11:23,313 --> 01:11:25,513 THINGS THAT YOU DID AFTER THE FIGHT? 2529 01:11:25,715 --> 01:11:31,252 FIGHT? >> EVERYTHING. 2530 01:11:31,454 --> 01:11:32,553 >> EVERYTHING. >> WHY 2531 01:11:32,755 --> 01:11:36,891 >> WHY >> BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG ON EVERY 2532 01:11:37,093 --> 01:11:39,694 >> BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL NOT TO CALL THE POLICE, 2533 01:11:39,896 --> 01:11:43,431 LEVEL NOT TO CALL THE POLICE, NOT TO TRUST THAT EVERYTHING 2534 01:11:43,633 --> 01:11:49,170 NOT TO TRUST THAT EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE SORTED ITSELF OUT 2535 01:11:49,372 --> 01:11:50,438 WOULD HAVE SORTED ITSELF OUT TO -- TO COMPLETELY DECEIVE A 2536 01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:51,739 TO -- TO COMPLETELY DECEIVE A FAMILY 2537 01:11:51,941 --> 01:11:53,474 FAMILY >> Reporter: BUT OF COURSE ED'S 2538 01:11:53,676 --> 01:11:56,377 >> Reporter: BUT OF COURSE ED'S STORY WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO 2539 01:11:56,579 --> 01:11:59,113 STORY WAS NOT ABOUT TO GO UNCHALLENGED, WAS IT 2540 01:11:59,315 --> 01:12:00,848 UNCHALLENGED, WAS IT NOT A CHANCE 2541 01:12:01,050 --> 01:12:02,250 NOT A CHANCE PROSECUTOR MATT MURPHY CAME 2542 01:12:02,452 --> 01:12:04,218 PROSECUTOR MATT MURPHY CAME PREPARED BECAUSE IN HIS WORDS HE 2543 01:12:04,420 --> 01:12:04,819 PREPARED BECAUSE IN HIS WORDS HE HAD A CON MAN ON THE STAND TO 2544 01:12:05,021 --> 01:12:07,522 HAD A CON MAN ON THE STAND TO OUTWIT 2545 01:12:07,724 --> 01:12:08,356 OUTWIT WHERE DOES HE RANK IN THE REALM 2546 01:12:08,558 --> 01:12:13,861 WHERE DOES HE RANK IN THE REALM OF CON-ARTISTS 2547 01:12:14,063 --> 01:12:15,763 OF CON-ARTISTS >> OH, BOY, HE'S A HORRIBLE, 2548 01:12:15,965 --> 01:12:16,364 >> OH, BOY, HE'S A HORRIBLE, LUMENTABLE, DISGRACEFUL HUMAN 2549 01:12:16,566 --> 01:12:16,964 LUMENTABLE, DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEING. 2550 01:12:17,166 --> 01:12:18,266 BEING. >> Reporter: IT WAS CURIOUS SAID 2551 01:12:18,468 --> 01:12:19,834 >> Reporter: IT WAS CURIOUS SAID THE PROSECUTOR 2552 01:12:20,036 --> 01:12:22,337 THE PROSECUTOR WHEN HE TOLD THE PROSECUTOR 2553 01:12:22,539 --> 01:12:23,571 WHEN HE TOLD THE PROSECUTOR ABOUT FIGHTING CHRIS HE NEVER 2554 01:12:23,773 --> 01:12:24,939 ABOUT FIGHTING CHRIS HE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT BEING 2555 01:12:25,141 --> 01:12:26,708 MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT BEING GRABBED BY THE NECK UNTIL NOW. 2556 01:12:26,910 --> 01:12:29,911 GRABBED BY THE NECK UNTIL NOW. >> THAT'S GOT A BE A VERY 2557 01:12:30,113 --> 01:12:30,545 >> THAT'S GOT A BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE, 2558 01:12:30,747 --> 01:12:32,013 SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? 2559 01:12:32,215 --> 01:12:32,780 RIGHT? THIS IS WHEN YOUR PARTNER GRAB 2560 01:12:32,982 --> 01:12:33,448 THIS IS WHEN YOUR PARTNER GRAB YOU BY THE THROAT, RIGHT 2561 01:12:33,650 --> 01:12:35,249 YOU BY THE THROAT, RIGHT >> YES 2562 01:12:35,451 --> 01:12:37,185 >> YES >> DID YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING TO 2563 01:12:37,387 --> 01:12:38,219 >> DID YOU EVER SAY ANYTHING TO THE DETECTIVE ABOUT HIM GRAB YOU 2564 01:12:38,421 --> 01:12:40,955 THE DETECTIVE ABOUT HIM GRAB YOU BY THE THROAT? 2565 01:12:41,157 --> 01:12:42,290 BY THE THROAT? >> I DO NOT REMEMBER IF I DID. 2566 01:12:42,492 --> 01:12:43,925 >> I DO NOT REMEMBER IF I DID. I DON'T THINK I DID. 2567 01:12:44,127 --> 01:12:45,993 I DON'T THINK I DID. >> IF THE FIGHT WAS AS VIOLENT 2568 01:12:46,195 --> 01:12:48,763 >> IF THE FIGHT WAS AS VIOLENT AS HE CLAIMED IN HIS INTERVIEW 2569 01:12:48,965 --> 01:12:50,164 AS HE CLAIMED IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH INVESTIGATORS, WASN'T IT 2570 01:12:50,366 --> 01:12:53,768 WITH INVESTIGATORS, WASN'T IT STRANGE, ASKED THE PROSECUTOR, 2571 01:12:53,970 --> 01:12:55,236 STRANGE, ASKED THE PROSECUTOR, THAT ONLY CHRIS' BLOOD WAS 2572 01:12:55,438 --> 01:12:57,038 THAT ONLY CHRIS' BLOOD WAS SPATTERED AROUND THE OFFICE, 2573 01:12:57,240 --> 01:12:58,072 SPATTERED AROUND THE OFFICE, THAT ED SOMEHOW EMERGED 2574 01:12:58,274 --> 01:13:00,174 THAT ED SOMEHOW EMERGED APPARENTLY UNSCATHED 2575 01:13:00,376 --> 01:13:01,642 APPARENTLY UNSCATHED >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US 2576 01:13:01,844 --> 01:13:05,146 >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US >> I CANNOT. 2577 01:13:05,348 --> 01:13:08,483 >> I CANNOT. >> AS CHRIS LAY DYING, ED 2578 01:13:08,685 --> 01:13:10,051 >> AS CHRIS LAY DYING, ED ELECTED NOT TO CALL 911. 2579 01:13:10,253 --> 01:13:11,018 ELECTED NOT TO CALL 911. INSTEAD HE TESTIFIED HE GOT OUT 2580 01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:14,055 INSTEAD HE TESTIFIED HE GOT OUT OF THE OFFICE AND DROVE AROUND 2581 01:13:14,257 --> 01:13:16,424 OF THE OFFICE AND DROVE AROUND FOR A WHILE. 2582 01:13:16,626 --> 01:13:17,458 FOR A WHILE. BUT ED'S NEXT MOVE ACCORDING TO 2583 01:13:17,660 --> 01:13:21,262 BUT ED'S NEXT MOVE ACCORDING TO PROSECUTOR MURPHY WAS PROOF THAT 2584 01:13:21,464 --> 01:13:22,997 PROSECUTOR MURPHY WAS PROOF THAT HE PLANNED TO KILL CHRIS 2585 01:13:23,199 --> 01:13:24,832 HE PLANNED TO KILL CHRIS ED HIT SEND ON THAT CAREFULLY 2586 01:13:25,034 --> 01:13:26,567 ED HIT SEND ON THAT CAREFULLY COMPOSED E-MAIL TO A LAWYER, 2587 01:13:26,769 --> 01:13:31,372 COMPOSED E-MAIL TO A LAWYER, WHICH CLAIMED THAT CHRIS AGREED 2588 01:13:31,574 --> 01:13:32,073 WHICH CLAIMED THAT CHRIS AGREED TO SELL ED HIS SHARE OF THE 2589 01:13:32,275 --> 01:13:33,708 TO SELL ED HIS SHARE OF THE COMPANY. 2590 01:13:33,910 --> 01:13:35,777 COMPANY. WHICH HE'D WRITTEN BEFOREHAND. 2591 01:13:35,979 --> 01:13:36,944 WHICH HE'D WRITTEN BEFOREHAND. >> HAD TO. 2592 01:13:37,146 --> 01:13:38,579 >> HAD TO. >> HAD TO HAVE 2593 01:13:38,781 --> 01:13:40,715 >> HAD TO HAVE >> ABSOLUTELY HAD TO HAVE. 2594 01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:41,249 >> ABSOLUTELY HAD TO HAVE. THERE ISN'T A TYPO IN THAT 2595 01:13:41,451 --> 01:13:44,485 THERE ISN'T A TYPO IN THAT THING. 2596 01:13:44,687 --> 01:13:45,086 THING. THAT'S CALM, COOL, COLLECTED, 2597 01:13:45,288 --> 01:13:47,555 THAT'S CALM, COOL, COLLECTED, COLD-BLOODED, AND RUTHLESS 2598 01:13:47,757 --> 01:13:49,457 COLD-BLOODED, AND RUTHLESS >> Reporter: NEAR THE END OF HIS 2599 01:13:49,659 --> 01:13:51,826 >> Reporter: NEAR THE END OF HIS CROSS-EXAMINATION MURPHY TRIED 2600 01:13:52,028 --> 01:13:53,461 CROSS-EXAMINATION MURPHY TRIED FOR A LITTLE SARCASM 2601 01:13:53,663 --> 01:13:56,364 FOR A LITTLE SARCASM >> ARE YOU TEARING UP A LITTLE 2602 01:13:56,566 --> 01:13:57,665 >> ARE YOU TEARING UP A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW? 2603 01:13:57,867 --> 01:14:01,469 BIT RIGHT NOW? >> I DON'T THINK SO. 2604 01:14:01,671 --> 01:14:03,604 >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> DID YOU TEAR UP WHEN HE WROTE 2605 01:14:03,806 --> 01:14:05,006 >> DID YOU TEAR UP WHEN HE WROTE THAT E-MAIL WHEN YOU DID THAT? 2606 01:14:05,208 --> 01:14:05,973 THAT E-MAIL WHEN YOU DID THAT? >> YEAH. 2607 01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:07,475 >> YEAH. >> YOU WERE ACTUALLY TEARING UP 2608 01:14:07,677 --> 01:14:09,243 >> YOU WERE ACTUALLY TEARING UP AT THE COMPUTER AS YOU WERE 2609 01:14:09,445 --> 01:14:10,244 AT THE COMPUTER AS YOU WERE GOING TO BREAK A MOTHER'S HEART 2610 01:14:10,446 --> 01:14:12,780 GOING TO BREAK A MOTHER'S HEART BY ESSENTIALLY BLAMING HER FOR 2611 01:14:12,982 --> 01:14:14,215 BY ESSENTIALLY BLAMING HER FOR THE DEATH OF HER SON 2612 01:14:14,417 --> 01:14:17,185 THE DEATH OF HER SON THAT WAS MAKING YOU FEEL SAD 2613 01:14:17,387 --> 01:14:17,852 THAT WAS MAKING YOU FEEL SAD >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY 2614 01:14:18,054 --> 01:14:19,253 >> IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY EMOTIONS I FELT, YES 2615 01:14:19,455 --> 01:14:22,523 EMOTIONS I FELT, YES >> Reporter: IN HIS CLOSING THE 2616 01:14:22,725 --> 01:14:24,158 >> Reporter: IN HIS CLOSING THE PROSECUTOR ASSURED THE JURY THAT 2617 01:14:24,360 --> 01:14:25,593 PROSECUTOR ASSURED THE JURY THAT CHRIS SMITH WAS NOT THE PERSON 2618 01:14:25,795 --> 01:14:26,494 CHRIS SMITH WAS NOT THE PERSON THE DEFENSE PORTRAYED, NOT EVEN 2619 01:14:26,696 --> 01:14:28,629 THE DEFENSE PORTRAYED, NOT EVEN CLOSE, THAT IN FACT CHRIS WAS 2620 01:14:28,831 --> 01:14:32,366 CLOSE, THAT IN FACT CHRIS WAS NOT VIOLENT, WAS NOT A FIGHTER, 2621 01:14:32,568 --> 01:14:32,934 NOT VIOLENT, WAS NOT A FIGHTER, NOT A DRUNK BUT WAS A HAPPY, 2622 01:14:33,136 --> 01:14:36,537 NOT A DRUNK BUT WAS A HAPPY, FRIENDLY, CREATIVE GUY WHO 2623 01:14:36,739 --> 01:14:39,006 FRIENDLY, CREATIVE GUY WHO DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE. 2624 01:14:39,208 --> 01:14:42,243 DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE. WHAT DOES IT DO TO YOUR HEART 2625 01:14:42,445 --> 01:14:44,712 WHAT DOES IT DO TO YOUR HEART AND YOUR STOMACH AS THEY'RE 2626 01:14:44,914 --> 01:14:46,247 AND YOUR STOMACH AS THEY'RE WRAPPING THINGS UP AND THE JURY 2627 01:14:46,449 --> 01:14:48,649 WRAPPING THINGS UP AND THE JURY IS GOING TO GET THE CASE, AND 2628 01:14:48,851 --> 01:14:49,150 IS GOING TO GET THE CASE, AND NOW YOU HAVE NO CONTROL 2629 01:14:49,352 --> 01:14:50,151 NOW YOU HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER FOR HOW THESE 2630 01:14:50,353 --> 01:14:52,954 WHATSOEVER FOR HOW THESE STRANGERS ARE GOING TO DECIDE? 2631 01:14:53,156 --> 01:14:53,554 STRANGERS ARE GOING TO DECIDE? >> IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU 2632 01:14:53,756 --> 01:14:55,790 >> IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH AND YOU GET TO 2633 01:14:55,992 --> 01:14:57,225 HOLD YOUR BREATH AND YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU LIKE JUST 2634 01:14:57,427 --> 01:14:58,960 THAT POINT WHERE YOU LIKE JUST CAN'T HOLD YOUR BREATH ANYMORE 2635 01:14:59,162 --> 01:15:02,063 CAN'T HOLD YOUR BREATH ANYMORE YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE DONE. 2636 01:15:02,265 --> 01:15:06,868 YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE DONE. IT'S LIKE -- IT'S HARD 2637 01:15:07,070 --> 01:15:14,509 IT'S LIKE -- IT'S HARD >> Reporter: SOON A VERDICT AND 2638 01:15:14,711 --> 01:15:15,076 >> Reporter: SOON A VERDICT AND PERHAPS FINALLY A CHANCE TO 2639 01:15:15,478 --> 01:15:15,660 PERHAPS FINALLY A CHANCE TO EXHALE 2640 01:15:15,661 --> 01:15:15,843 EXHALE >>> COMING UP -- A POWERFUL 2641 01:15:16,045 --> 01:15:16,744 >>> COMING UP -- A POWERFUL CONFRONTATION. 2642 01:15:16,946 --> 01:15:18,112 CONFRONTATION. >> I DON'T GIVE A SWEET FLYING 2643 01:15:18,314 --> 01:15:18,980 >> I DON'T GIVE A SWEET FLYING [ BLEEP ] ABOUT THAT 2644 01:15:19,182 --> 01:15:20,815 [ BLEEP ] ABOUT THAT I DON'T. 2645 01:15:21,017 --> 01:15:23,184 I DON'T. I KIND OF CARE THAT THE FAMILY 2646 01:15:23,386 --> 01:15:23,684 I KIND OF CARE THAT THE FAMILY HAS A CHANCE TO GET SOME 2647 01:15:23,886 --> 01:15:40,835 HAS A CHANCE TO GET SOME CLOSURE. 2648 01:15:41,037 --> 01:15:42,603 CLOSURE. >>> THE DEFENDANT IS PRESENT 2649 01:15:42,805 --> 01:15:44,805 >>> THE DEFENDANT IS PRESENT THE JURORS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF 2650 01:15:45,007 --> 01:15:45,606 THE JURORS ARE PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE. 2651 01:15:45,808 --> 01:15:46,641 OF THE PEOPLE. >> Reporter: AFTER EIGHT PAINFUL 2652 01:15:46,843 --> 01:15:48,276 >> Reporter: AFTER EIGHT PAINFUL YEARS AND AN EMOTIONAL 2653 01:15:48,478 --> 01:15:49,343 YEARS AND AN EMOTIONAL MONTH-LONG TRIAL, THE FAMILY OF 2654 01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:50,411 MONTH-LONG TRIAL, THE FAMILY OF CHRIS SMITH WOULD SPEND ONE MORE 2655 01:15:50,613 --> 01:15:51,746 CHRIS SMITH WOULD SPEND ONE MORE DAY IN AN ORANGE COUNTY 2656 01:15:51,948 --> 01:15:53,080 DAY IN AN ORANGE COUNTY COURTROOM. 2657 01:15:53,282 --> 01:15:54,649 COURTROOM. THE JURORS GOT THE CASE 2658 01:15:54,851 --> 01:15:56,284 THE JURORS GOT THE CASE MIDMORNING 2659 01:15:56,486 --> 01:15:57,885 MIDMORNING AND LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER, 2660 01:15:58,087 --> 01:15:58,953 AND LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER, THEY HAD A VERDICT 2661 01:15:59,155 --> 01:16:01,622 THEY HAD A VERDICT >> WE, THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE 2662 01:16:01,824 --> 01:16:02,690 >> WE, THE JURY, IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, FIND THE 2663 01:16:02,892 --> 01:16:04,825 ENTITLED ACTION, FIND THE DEFENDANT, 2664 01:16:05,027 --> 01:16:06,427 DEFENDANT, EDWARD YOUNGHOON SHIN, GUILTY. 2665 01:16:06,629 --> 01:16:08,029 EDWARD YOUNGHOON SHIN, GUILTY. >> Reporter: GUILTY OF 2666 01:16:08,231 --> 01:16:10,698 >> Reporter: GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR 2667 01:16:10,900 --> 01:16:12,333 FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR FINANCIAL GAIN 2668 01:16:12,535 --> 01:16:13,935 FINANCIAL GAIN ED SHIN WAS DONE 2669 01:16:14,137 --> 01:16:15,036 ED SHIN WAS DONE WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HEAR THEM SAY 2670 01:16:15,238 --> 01:16:16,103 WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HEAR THEM SAY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING SO MANY 2671 01:16:16,305 --> 01:16:19,874 WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING SO MANY YEARS FOR THEM TO SAY? 2672 01:16:20,076 --> 01:16:21,075 YEARS FOR THEM TO SAY? >> IT WAS WONDERFUL. 2673 01:16:21,277 --> 01:16:23,077 >> IT WAS WONDERFUL. I JUST FELT, LIKE, WAVES AND 2674 01:16:23,279 --> 01:16:24,679 I JUST FELT, LIKE, WAVES AND WAVES OF JUST, LIKE -- 2675 01:16:24,881 --> 01:16:26,280 WAVES OF JUST, LIKE -- IT WAS -- IT WAS LIKE THE GRIEF 2676 01:16:26,482 --> 01:16:27,348 IT WAS -- IT WAS LIKE THE GRIEF I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HOLDING IN, BUT 2677 01:16:27,550 --> 01:16:30,017 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HOLDING IN, BUT NOW I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO BREATHE 2678 01:16:30,219 --> 01:16:31,052 NOW I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO BREATHE A FULL BREATH. 2679 01:16:31,254 --> 01:16:33,487 A FULL BREATH. >> Reporter: THAT BREATH, IT'S 2680 01:16:33,689 --> 01:16:34,789 >> Reporter: THAT BREATH, IT'S BITTERSWEET. 2681 01:16:34,991 --> 01:16:36,958 BITTERSWEET. BECAUSE THROUGH THE HOURS OF 2682 01:16:37,160 --> 01:16:38,593 BECAUSE THROUGH THE HOURS OF INTERVIEWS AND TESTIMONY, 2683 01:16:38,795 --> 01:16:39,627 INTERVIEWS AND TESTIMONY, ED SHIN HAS NOT PROVIDED ONE 2684 01:16:39,829 --> 01:16:41,762 ED SHIN HAS NOT PROVIDED ONE PIECE OF THE STORY THAT WOULD 2685 01:16:41,964 --> 01:16:44,932 PIECE OF THE STORY THAT WOULD BRING CHRIS HOME 2686 01:16:45,134 --> 01:16:47,535 BRING CHRIS HOME >> HIS BODY IS SOMEWHERE OUT 2687 01:16:47,737 --> 01:16:48,502 >> HIS BODY IS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, DOWN ON THE DESERT IN 2688 01:16:48,704 --> 01:16:49,203 THERE, DOWN ON THE DESERT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 2689 01:16:49,405 --> 01:16:50,304 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> Reporter: WOULD YOU WANT TO 2690 01:16:50,506 --> 01:16:51,372 >> Reporter: WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW 2691 01:16:51,574 --> 01:16:52,440 KNOW WOULD YOU WANT TO FIND IT? 2692 01:16:52,642 --> 01:16:53,541 WOULD YOU WANT TO FIND IT? >> I THINK SO. 2693 01:16:53,743 --> 01:16:56,210 >> I THINK SO. YEAH 2694 01:16:56,412 --> 01:16:56,744 YEAH WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF HIS 2695 01:16:56,946 --> 01:16:57,812 WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF HIS POSSESSIONS. 2696 01:16:58,014 --> 01:16:58,879 POSSESSIONS. WE HAVE NOTHING. 2697 01:16:59,081 --> 01:16:59,981 WE HAVE NOTHING. >> Reporter: AFTER ALL THE SMITH 2698 01:17:00,183 --> 01:17:02,683 >> Reporter: AFTER ALL THE SMITH FAMILY ENDURED, PERHAPS IT WAS 2699 01:17:02,885 --> 01:17:03,718 FAMILY ENDURED, PERHAPS IT WAS TIME FOR ANSWERS 2700 01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:05,019 TIME FOR ANSWERS >> GOOD MORNING. 2701 01:17:05,221 --> 01:17:06,420 >> GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: WE MADE AN 2702 01:17:06,622 --> 01:17:08,055 >> Reporter: WE MADE AN ARRANGEMENT TO TALK TO ED SHIN 2703 01:17:08,257 --> 01:17:11,258 ARRANGEMENT TO TALK TO ED SHIN IN JAIL, NOW A CONVICTED KILLER. 2704 01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:12,326 IN JAIL, NOW A CONVICTED KILLER. WHAT YOU DID, YOU CONFESS, IS 2705 01:17:12,528 --> 01:17:13,427 WHAT YOU DID, YOU CONFESS, IS TERRIBLY CRUEL, ALLOWING THEM TO 2706 01:17:13,629 --> 01:17:14,862 TERRIBLY CRUEL, ALLOWING THEM TO THINK THAT HE WAS ALIVE ALL THAT 2707 01:17:15,064 --> 01:17:16,497 THINK THAT HE WAS ALIVE ALL THAT TIME WHEN HE WAS DEAD, WHEN 2708 01:17:16,699 --> 01:17:17,732 TIME WHEN HE WAS DEAD, WHEN YOU'D ALREADY KILLED HIM 2709 01:17:17,934 --> 01:17:20,935 YOU'D ALREADY KILLED HIM I MEAN, THAT'S TERRIBLE. 2710 01:17:21,137 --> 01:17:24,171 I MEAN, THAT'S TERRIBLE. >> I KNOW. 2711 01:17:24,373 --> 01:17:25,740 >> I KNOW. I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THOSE 2712 01:17:25,942 --> 01:17:27,875 I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS THAT I DID WERE TERRIBLE 2713 01:17:28,077 --> 01:17:31,612 THINGS THAT I DID WERE TERRIBLE AND BEYOND WRONG 2714 01:17:31,814 --> 01:17:32,713 AND BEYOND WRONG AND, YOU KNOW -- AND I KNOW THAT 2715 01:17:32,915 --> 01:17:34,882 AND, YOU KNOW -- AND I KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY THAT THERE'S A PRICE 2716 01:17:35,084 --> 01:17:35,950 ULTIMATELY THAT THERE'S A PRICE TO BE PAID FOR ALL THAT. 2717 01:17:36,152 --> 01:17:37,551 TO BE PAID FOR ALL THAT. >> Reporter: HE WILL PAY THE 2718 01:17:37,753 --> 01:17:39,687 >> Reporter: HE WILL PAY THE PRICE -- LIFE IN PRISON. 2719 01:17:39,889 --> 01:17:43,424 PRICE -- LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS SENTENCED A FEW WEEKS 2720 01:17:43,626 --> 01:17:43,958 HE WAS SENTENCED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE MET. 2721 01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:45,459 BEFORE WE MET. >> TO SERVE THE REST OF HIS 2722 01:17:45,661 --> 01:17:46,627 >> TO SERVE THE REST OF HIS NATURAL LIFE IN THE STATE 2723 01:17:46,629 --> 01:17:48,229 NATURAL LIFE IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY 2724 01:17:48,431 --> 01:17:50,898 PENITENTIARY THIS CONCLUDES THIS SENTENCING 2725 01:17:51,100 --> 01:17:51,966 THIS CONCLUDES THIS SENTENCING >> Reporter: WHETHER ED SHIN 2726 01:17:52,168 --> 01:17:53,567 >> Reporter: WHETHER ED SHIN PANICKED LIKE HE CLAIMS OR IS IN 2727 01:17:53,769 --> 01:17:55,670 PANICKED LIKE HE CLAIMS OR IS IN FACT A COLD-BLOODED KILLER, THE 2728 01:17:55,872 --> 01:17:58,339 FACT A COLD-BLOODED KILLER, THE FACT THAT CHRIS' BODY HAS NEVER 2729 01:17:58,541 --> 01:18:01,042 FACT THAT CHRIS' BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND IS, WELL, TROUBLING 2730 01:18:01,244 --> 01:18:03,177 BEEN FOUND IS, WELL, TROUBLING INVESTIGATORS, OF COURSE, 2731 01:18:03,379 --> 01:18:08,015 INVESTIGATORS, OF COURSE, BELIEVE THAT ED -- ED HIMSELF -- 2732 01:18:08,217 --> 01:18:09,083 BELIEVE THAT ED -- ED HIMSELF -- BURIED CHRIS' BODY OUT IN THAT 2733 01:18:09,285 --> 01:18:12,486 BURIED CHRIS' BODY OUT IN THAT VAST CALIFORNIA DESERT 2734 01:18:12,688 --> 01:18:13,120 VAST CALIFORNIA DESERT THAT DAY, YOU HAD TO GET RID OF 2735 01:18:13,322 --> 01:18:13,487 THAT DAY, YOU HAD TO GET RID OF THE BODY 2736 01:18:13,689 --> 01:18:15,189 THE BODY YOU HAD TO GET IT SOMEWHERE. 2737 01:18:15,391 --> 01:18:16,057 YOU HAD TO GET IT SOMEWHERE. SO IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, THEN WHO 2738 01:18:16,259 --> 01:18:17,625 SO IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT, THEN WHO DID? 2739 01:18:17,827 --> 01:18:19,560 DID? >> THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T TALK 2740 01:18:19,762 --> 01:18:24,932 >> THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN'T TALK ABOUT. 2741 01:18:25,134 --> 01:18:26,000 ABOUT. THAT'S -- THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE 2742 01:18:26,202 --> 01:18:27,868 THAT'S -- THAT'S THE BIG ISSUE >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE GOING TO 2743 01:18:28,070 --> 01:18:28,969 >> Reporter: SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE FALL FOR THIS GUY 2744 01:18:29,171 --> 01:18:30,571 TAKE THE FALL FOR THIS GUY >> ABSOLUTELY. 2745 01:18:30,773 --> 01:18:31,605 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: TAKE THE FALL FOR 2746 01:18:31,807 --> 01:18:33,274 >> Reporter: TAKE THE FALL FOR WHO? 2747 01:18:33,476 --> 01:18:34,308 WHO? REMEMBER, ED CLAIMED SOME 2748 01:18:34,510 --> 01:18:35,376 REMEMBER, ED CLAIMED SOME RUSSIAN BROUGHT IN BY JOHNNY 2749 01:18:35,578 --> 01:18:36,477 RUSSIAN BROUGHT IN BY JOHNNY VEGAS GOT RID OF THE BODY. 2750 01:18:36,679 --> 01:18:39,146 VEGAS GOT RID OF THE BODY. WE ACTUALLY FOUND JOHNNY VEGAS 2751 01:18:39,348 --> 01:18:40,181 WE ACTUALLY FOUND JOHNNY VEGAS AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT 2752 01:18:40,383 --> 01:18:42,249 AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT >> IT'S FUNNY THOUGH, 'CAUSE 2753 01:18:42,451 --> 01:18:42,850 >> IT'S FUNNY THOUGH, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER 2754 01:18:43,052 --> 01:18:44,485 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF THIS. 2755 01:18:44,687 --> 01:18:47,188 HEARD OF THIS. >> Reporter: HIS REAL NAME IS 2756 01:18:47,390 --> 01:18:48,255 >> Reporter: HIS REAL NAME IS JOHN KAPONEN 2757 01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:49,323 JOHN KAPONEN >> RIGHT THERE I CAN TELL YOU -- 2758 01:18:49,525 --> 01:18:50,925 >> RIGHT THERE I CAN TELL YOU -- WHATEVER THAT GUY IS TELLING YOU 2759 01:18:51,127 --> 01:18:51,992 WHATEVER THAT GUY IS TELLING YOU GUYS, IT'S A LIE 2760 01:18:52,194 --> 01:18:53,260 GUYS, IT'S A LIE >> Reporter: AND THE RUSSIAN 2761 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:54,662 >> Reporter: AND THE RUSSIAN CLEANER? 2762 01:18:54,864 --> 01:18:55,730 CLEANER? THE BODY DISPOSER? 2763 01:18:55,932 --> 01:18:56,797 THE BODY DISPOSER? >> I DON'T KNOW ANY RUSSIAN 2764 01:18:56,999 --> 01:18:58,399 >> I DON'T KNOW ANY RUSSIAN PEOPLE, LET ALONE RUSSIAN 2765 01:18:58,601 --> 01:18:59,467 PEOPLE, LET ALONE RUSSIAN CLEANERS 2766 01:18:59,669 --> 01:19:01,268 CLEANERS WHAT'S A RUSSIAN CLEANER 2767 01:19:01,470 --> 01:19:02,136 WHAT'S A RUSSIAN CLEANER >> Reporter: YOU KEPT THROWING 2768 01:19:02,338 --> 01:19:04,271 >> Reporter: YOU KEPT THROWING OUT THESE NAMES LIKE JOHNNY 2769 01:19:04,473 --> 01:19:05,639 OUT THESE NAMES LIKE JOHNNY VEGAS AND PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY 2770 01:19:05,841 --> 01:19:06,907 VEGAS AND PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY HELPED YOU, THE RUSSIAN, AND IT 2771 01:19:07,109 --> 01:19:11,212 HELPED YOU, THE RUSSIAN, AND IT WAS ALL FANTASY. 2772 01:19:11,414 --> 01:19:12,813 WAS ALL FANTASY. IT WAS ALL UNTRUE. 2773 01:19:13,015 --> 01:19:18,319 IT WAS ALL UNTRUE. BUT YOU WOULDN'T REVEAL EITHER 2774 01:19:18,521 --> 01:19:20,521 BUT YOU WOULDN'T REVEAL EITHER WHERE YOU PUT THE BODY 2775 01:19:20,723 --> 01:19:21,122 WHERE YOU PUT THE BODY PERSONALLY, WHEN YOU DROVE THA 2776 01:19:21,324 --> 01:19:21,822 PERSONALLY, WHEN YOU DROVE THA RENTAL TRUCK DOWN TO WHEREVER 2777 01:19:22,024 --> 01:19:22,656 RENTAL TRUCK DOWN TO WHEREVER YOU DROVE IT TO. 2778 01:19:22,858 --> 01:19:23,691 YOU DROVE IT TO. YOU WON'T REVEAL THAT. 2779 01:19:23,893 --> 01:19:24,792 YOU WON'T REVEAL THAT. >> I CAN'T 2780 01:19:24,994 --> 01:19:25,860 >> I CAN'T I DON'T HAVE THAT. 2781 01:19:26,062 --> 01:19:26,894 I DON'T HAVE THAT. THAT'S -- AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING 2782 01:19:27,096 --> 01:19:27,962 THAT'S -- AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO, UNFORTUNATELY 2783 01:19:28,164 --> 01:19:29,063 THAT I CAN DO, UNFORTUNATELY I MEAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 2784 01:19:29,265 --> 01:19:30,097 I MEAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> Reporter: A NAME. 2785 01:19:30,299 --> 01:19:32,266 >> Reporter: A NAME. THAT'S ALL THEY NEED 2786 01:19:32,468 --> 01:19:33,300 THAT'S ALL THEY NEED A NAME 2787 01:19:33,502 --> 01:19:34,368 A NAME >> NO, THAT'S NOT -- THAT -- 2788 01:19:34,570 --> 01:19:37,638 >> NO, THAT'S NOT -- THAT -- >> Reporter: A PLACE 2789 01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:40,107 >> Reporter: A PLACE >> THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE 2790 01:19:40,309 --> 01:19:40,608 >> THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT 2791 01:19:40,810 --> 01:19:41,208 I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS. 2792 01:19:41,410 --> 01:19:41,742 EVERYBODY WANTS. AND IF - 2793 01:19:41,944 --> 01:19:42,309 AND IF - >> Reporter: YEAH, I MEAN -- 2794 01:19:42,511 --> 01:19:43,344 >> Reporter: YEAH, I MEAN -- >> SO IT'S BLATANTLY OBVIOUS, 2795 01:19:43,546 --> 01:19:44,445 >> SO IT'S BLATANTLY OBVIOUS, RIGHT? 2796 01:19:44,647 --> 01:19:45,012 RIGHT? IS -- IF IT'S BEEN SO EASY, 2797 01:19:45,214 --> 01:19:46,514 IS -- IF IT'S BEEN SO EASY, RIGHT? 2798 01:19:46,716 --> 01:19:47,114 RIGHT? IT'S EASY TO JUST SIT HERE AND 2799 01:19:47,316 --> 01:19:47,748 IT'S EASY TO JUST SIT HERE AND SAY, "WELL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO 2800 01:19:47,950 --> 01:19:48,716 SAY, "WELL, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS." 2801 01:19:48,918 --> 01:19:49,283 THIS." >> Reporter: WELL, IT DOES, 2802 01:19:49,485 --> 01:19:50,351 >> Reporter: WELL, IT DOES, KINDA. 2803 01:19:50,553 --> 01:19:50,851 KINDA. >> RIGHT 2804 01:19:51,053 --> 01:19:51,952 >> RIGHT SO THEN IF IT WAS THAT EASY FOR 2805 01:19:52,154 --> 01:19:55,122 SO THEN IF IT WAS THAT EASY FOR ME, THEN DON'T YOU THINK IT 2806 01:19:55,324 --> 01:19:56,223 ME, THEN DON'T YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY? 2807 01:19:56,425 --> 01:19:57,825 WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY? HEY, IT'S NOT. 2808 01:19:58,027 --> 01:19:58,392 HEY, IT'S NOT. >> Reporter: THEN MAYBE YOU 2809 01:19:58,594 --> 01:19:59,794 >> Reporter: THEN MAYBE YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHY IT'S 2810 01:19:59,996 --> 01:20:00,494 COULD EXPLAIN WHY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO GIVE US 2811 01:20:00,696 --> 01:20:01,595 IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO GIVE US THE ANSWER 2812 01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:04,265 THE ANSWER I MEAN, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. 2813 01:20:04,467 --> 01:20:05,366 I MEAN, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. EITHER I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION 2814 01:20:05,568 --> 01:20:09,069 EITHER I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OR I CAN TELL YOU WHY I CAN'T. 2815 01:20:09,271 --> 01:20:11,005 OR I CAN TELL YOU WHY I CAN'T. >> THERE ARE JUST SOME SECRETS 2816 01:20:11,207 --> 01:20:12,439 >> THERE ARE JUST SOME SECRETS THAT A MAN IS WILLING TO GIVE UP 2817 01:20:12,641 --> 01:20:13,507 THAT A MAN IS WILLING TO GIVE UP HIS LIFE FOR 2818 01:20:13,709 --> 01:20:15,309 HIS LIFE FOR >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT 2819 01:20:15,511 --> 01:20:16,710 >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT SO NOW I THINK WE'RE KIND OF AT 2820 01:20:16,912 --> 01:20:17,745 SO NOW I THINK WE'RE KIND OF AT AN UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS THAT, 2821 01:20:17,947 --> 01:20:18,846 AN UNDERSTANDING, WHICH IS THAT, YOU KNOW - 2822 01:20:19,048 --> 01:20:20,414 YOU KNOW - >> THIS IS SOMEWHERE THAT I 2823 01:20:20,616 --> 01:20:21,482 >> THIS IS SOMEWHERE THAT I CAN'T GO 2824 01:20:21,684 --> 01:20:22,016 CAN'T GO >> Reporter: IT -- IT'S -- 2825 01:20:22,218 --> 01:20:23,117 >> Reporter: IT -- IT'S -- RIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW -- 2826 01:20:23,319 --> 01:20:24,185 RIGHT, THAT, YOU KNOW -- >> I'M SORRY 2827 01:20:24,387 --> 01:20:25,252 >> I'M SORRY YOU KNOW, AS A JOURNALIST, 2828 01:20:25,454 --> 01:20:26,086 YOU KNOW, AS A JOURNALIST, THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY 2829 01:20:26,288 --> 01:20:26,821 THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS -- 2830 01:20:27,023 --> 01:20:27,922 WANTS -- >> Reporter: AND - 2831 01:20:28,124 --> 01:20:28,455 >> Reporter: AND - >> I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A 2832 01:20:28,657 --> 01:20:30,658 >> I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A COUP DE GRACE FOR YOU TO -- TO 2833 01:20:30,860 --> 01:20:34,195 COUP DE GRACE FOR YOU TO -- TO UNEARTH SOME - 2834 01:20:34,397 --> 01:20:35,362 UNEARTH SOME - >> Reporter: ED, I DON'T GIVE A 2835 01:20:35,564 --> 01:20:35,930 >> Reporter: ED, I DON'T GIVE A SWEET FLYING [ BLEEP ] ABOUT 2836 01:20:36,132 --> 01:20:36,430 SWEET FLYING [ BLEEP ] ABOUT THAT 2837 01:20:36,632 --> 01:20:37,498 THAT I DON'T. 2838 01:20:37,700 --> 01:20:39,166 I DON'T. I DON'T CARE 2839 01:20:39,368 --> 01:20:39,500 I DON'T CARE I KINDA CARE - 2840 01:20:39,702 --> 01:20:40,201 I KINDA CARE - >> YOU DO CARE 2841 01:20:40,403 --> 01:20:41,268 >> YOU DO CARE >> Reporter: -- THAT THE FAMILY 2842 01:20:41,470 --> 01:20:42,336 >> Reporter: -- THAT THE FAMILY HAS A CHANCE TO GET SOME 2843 01:20:42,538 --> 01:20:43,404 HAS A CHANCE TO GET SOME CLOSURE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN - 2844 01:20:43,606 --> 01:20:44,471 CLOSURE, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN - >> THEY HAVE CLOSURE - 2845 01:20:44,673 --> 01:20:45,539 >> THEY HAVE CLOSURE - >> Reporter: -- BEGGING YOU FOR. 2846 01:20:45,741 --> 01:20:46,040 >> Reporter: -- BEGGING YOU FOR. THEY DON'T HAVE CLOSURE. 2847 01:20:46,242 --> 01:20:47,107 THEY DON'T HAVE CLOSURE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR -- 2848 01:20:47,309 --> 01:20:49,243 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR -- >> YES, THEY DO. 2849 01:20:49,445 --> 01:20:49,810 >> YES, THEY DO. >> Reporter: THEY DON'T KNOW 2850 01:20:50,012 --> 01:20:50,244 >> Reporter: THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR CHILD IS 2851 01:20:50,446 --> 01:20:50,878 WHERE THEIR CHILD IS YOU'RE A PARENT. 2852 01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:51,979 YOU'RE A PARENT. >> I AM. 2853 01:20:52,181 --> 01:20:55,149 >> I AM. >> Reporter: RIGHT 2854 01:20:55,351 --> 01:20:56,684 >> Reporter: RIGHT AND SO LET'S GET TO THIS 2855 01:20:56,886 --> 01:20:57,751 AND SO LET'S GET TO THIS WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE 2856 01:20:57,953 --> 01:20:59,220 WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T PROVIDE 2857 01:20:59,422 --> 01:20:59,920 YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN'T PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. 2858 01:21:00,122 --> 01:21:02,056 THE INFORMATION. SO SECOND BEST, WHY CAN'T YOU 2859 01:21:02,258 --> 01:21:03,691 SO SECOND BEST, WHY CAN'T YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION? 2860 01:21:03,893 --> 01:21:05,259 PROVIDE THE INFORMATION? YOU'RE -- YOU GET ALL MYSTERIOUS 2861 01:21:05,461 --> 01:21:06,360 YOU'RE -- YOU GET ALL MYSTERIOUS WHEN ASKED THAT QUESTION 2862 01:21:06,562 --> 01:21:07,428 WHEN ASKED THAT QUESTION JUST TELL ME THAT? 2863 01:21:07,630 --> 01:21:08,495 JUST TELL ME THAT? ARE THERE BAD GUYS WAITING TO 2864 01:21:08,697 --> 01:21:12,766 ARE THERE BAD GUYS WAITING TO POUNCE ON YOUR FAMILY AND HARM 2865 01:21:12,968 --> 01:21:13,834 POUNCE ON YOUR FAMILY AND HARM YOUR CHILDREN OR SOMETHING 2866 01:21:14,036 --> 01:21:14,902 YOUR CHILDREN OR SOMETHING >> NO, BUT LIKE I SAID, JUST - 2867 01:21:15,104 --> 01:21:15,936 >> NO, BUT LIKE I SAID, JUST - >> Reporter: SO ED SHIN DID IT 2868 01:21:16,138 --> 01:21:17,504 >> Reporter: SO ED SHIN DID IT HIMSELF, THEN? 2869 01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:18,305 HIMSELF, THEN? >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. 2870 01:21:18,507 --> 01:21:19,673 >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I DID NOT. 2871 01:21:19,875 --> 01:21:20,741 I DID NOT. >> Reporter: BUT THAT IS EXACTLY 2872 01:21:20,943 --> 01:21:24,478 >> Reporter: BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SERGEANT DON VOGHT STILL 2873 01:21:24,680 --> 01:21:25,012 WHAT SERGEANT DON VOGHT STILL BELIEVES 2874 01:21:25,214 --> 01:21:26,247 BELIEVES >> WE FELT THEN, AND WE FEEL 2875 01:21:26,449 --> 01:21:28,249 >> WE FELT THEN, AND WE FEEL NOW, THAT ED KNOWS WHERE THE 2876 01:21:28,451 --> 01:21:29,850 NOW, THAT ED KNOWS WHERE THE BODY IS. 2877 01:21:30,052 --> 01:21:30,918 BODY IS. WE FEEL HE BURIED THE BODY 2878 01:21:31,120 --> 01:21:33,053 WE FEEL HE BURIED THE BODY >> Reporter: AND HE REFUSES TO 2879 01:21:33,255 --> 01:21:35,155 >> Reporter: AND HE REFUSES TO GIVE UP THAT LOCATION, THEY SAY, 2880 01:21:35,357 --> 01:21:37,458 GIVE UP THAT LOCATION, THEY SAY, BECAUSE HE KNOWS CHRIS' BODY 2881 01:21:37,660 --> 01:21:39,460 BECAUSE HE KNOWS CHRIS' BODY WOULD REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW 2882 01:21:39,662 --> 01:21:41,629 WOULD REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW ED KILLED HIM. 2883 01:21:41,831 --> 01:21:43,230 ED KILLED HIM. BUT ED SHIN INSISTS IT'S REALLY 2884 01:21:43,432 --> 01:21:44,298 BUT ED SHIN INSISTS IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT THAT ONE THING. 2885 01:21:44,500 --> 01:21:45,866 JUST ABOUT THAT ONE THING. >> IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING, AND 2886 01:21:46,068 --> 01:21:46,967 >> IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING, AND THAT'S IT. 2887 01:21:47,169 --> 01:21:48,035 THAT'S IT. AND THERE'S NOTHIN' ELSE 2888 01:21:48,237 --> 01:21:49,136 AND THERE'S NOTHIN' ELSE SO, YOU KNOW, THERE -- 2889 01:21:49,338 --> 01:21:50,738 SO, YOU KNOW, THERE -- >> Reporter: PROTECTING WHO? 2890 01:21:50,940 --> 01:21:51,805 >> Reporter: PROTECTING WHO? >> I TOLD YOU ALREADY. 2891 01:21:52,007 --> 01:21:53,007 >> I TOLD YOU ALREADY. AND -- 2892 01:21:53,209 --> 01:21:53,941 AND -- >> Reporter: YOUR FAMILY 2893 01:21:54,143 --> 01:21:55,542 >> Reporter: YOUR FAMILY >> ABSOLUTELY. 2894 01:21:55,744 --> 01:21:56,610 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: FROM WHAT 2895 01:21:56,812 --> 01:21:58,245 >> Reporter: FROM WHAT >> I'M NOT -- I'M NOT GONNA TALK 2896 01:21:58,447 --> 01:22:00,881 >> I'M NOT -- I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT IT 2897 01:22:00,883 --> 01:22:04,618 ABOUT IT THE MORE WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD, 2898 01:22:04,820 --> 01:22:07,855 THE MORE WE GO DOWN THAT ROAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT BECOMES 2899 01:22:08,057 --> 01:22:08,923 YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT BECOMES THIS USELESS CYCLE 2900 01:22:09,125 --> 01:22:11,058 THIS USELESS CYCLE >> Reporter: OVER AND OVER, HE 2901 01:22:11,260 --> 01:22:12,126 >> Reporter: OVER AND OVER, HE WOULDN'T EXPLAIN 2902 01:22:12,328 --> 01:22:14,828 WOULDN'T EXPLAIN >> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS 2903 01:22:15,030 --> 01:22:16,430 >> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS ENDING UP. 2904 01:22:16,632 --> 01:22:18,032 ENDING UP. >> Reporter: AND SO A FAMILY'S 2905 01:22:18,234 --> 01:22:19,166 >> Reporter: AND SO A FAMILY'S FRUSTRATION AND GRIEF WILL 2906 01:22:19,368 --> 01:22:21,802 FRUSTRATION AND GRIEF WILL REMAIN WITHOUT A FINAL RESTING 2907 01:22:22,004 --> 01:22:26,106 REMAIN WITHOUT A FINAL RESTING PLACE. 2908 01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:27,708 PLACE. SURFERS ARE A TIGHT CREW 2909 01:22:27,910 --> 01:22:29,310 SURFERS ARE A TIGHT CREW WHEN ONE DIES, THEY GATHER FOR 2910 01:22:29,512 --> 01:22:31,445 WHEN ONE DIES, THEY GATHER FOR WHAT'S CALLED A PADDLE-OUT 2911 01:22:31,647 --> 01:22:33,213 WHAT'S CALLED A PADDLE-OUT CEREMONY 2912 01:22:33,415 --> 01:22:34,148 CEREMONY AND THIS WAS CHRIS' CREW, 2913 01:22:34,350 --> 01:22:35,749 AND THIS WAS CHRIS' CREW, FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WORK, 2914 01:22:35,951 --> 01:22:39,386 FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WORK, FAMILY, GATHERED AT THE BEACH ON 2915 01:22:39,588 --> 01:22:39,987 FAMILY, GATHERED AT THE BEACH ON THE CENTRAL COAST WHERE CHRIS 2916 01:22:40,189 --> 01:22:41,622 THE CENTRAL COAST WHERE CHRIS AND PAUL GREW UP 2917 01:22:41,824 --> 01:22:48,462 AND PAUL GREW UP THERE WERE FLOWERS AND MEMORIES, 2918 01:22:48,664 --> 01:22:49,330 THERE WERE FLOWERS AND MEMORIES, LAUGHTER AND TEARS 2919 01:22:49,532 --> 01:22:50,331 LAUGHTER AND TEARS CHRIS SMITH MAY BE BURIED 2920 01:22:50,533 --> 01:22:50,864 CHRIS SMITH MAY BE BURIED SOMEWHERE IN THE GREAT BIG 2921 01:22:51,066 --> 01:22:52,833 SOMEWHERE IN THE GREAT BIG DESERT, BUT THIS IS WHERE HIS 2922 01:22:53,035 --> 01:22:59,773 DESERT, BUT THIS IS WHERE HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON, IN THE CRASHING 2923 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:00,908 SPIRIT LIVES ON, IN THE CRASHING SURF HE LOVED. 2924 01:23:01,110 --> 01:23:02,443 SURF HE LOVED. >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION 2925 01:23:02,645 --> 01:23:07,514 >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE." 2926 01:23:07,716 --> 01:23:08,115 OF "DATELINE." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY AT 2927 01:23:08,317 --> 01:23:08,916 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY AT 7:00, 6:00 CENTRAL 2928 01:23:09,118 --> 01:23:09,984 7:00, 6:00 CENTRAL AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU 2929 01:23:10,186 --> 01:23:11,051 AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY 2930 01:23:11,253 --> 01:23:12,119 EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS." 2931 01:23:12,321 --> 01:23:13,721 NEWS." I'M LESTER HOLT. 2932 01:23:13,923 --> 01:23:17,858 I'M LESTER HOLT. FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS, GOOD