1 00:06:39,206 --> 00:06:42,172 >> SHE WAS LEARNING TO PLAY THE 2 00:06:42,172 --> 00:06:43,482 PIANO, AND PLANNING TO RESUME 3 00:06:43,482 --> 00:06:44,000 HER CAREER. 4 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 >> I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD GONE 5 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,379 NO SCHOOL, AND SHE SAID YES, 6 00:06:49,379 --> 00:06:52,206 THAT SHE WAS IN THERE FROM 7 00:06:52,206 --> 00:06:53,724 PUERTO RICO AND WAS STUDYING TO 8 00:06:53,724 --> 00:06:56,586 TAKE HER TEST SO SHE COULD WORK 9 00:06:56,586 --> 00:06:56,793 HERE. 10 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,620 >> IT WAS IN PUERTO RICO WHERE 11 00:06:58,620 --> 00:06:59,517 SHE MET HIM. 12 00:06:59,517 --> 00:07:02,000 HE WAS 11 YEARS OLDER AND A 13 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:02,517 NURSING STUDENT. 14 00:07:02,517 --> 00:07:04,655 A FEW YEARS AFTER THEY MARRIED, 15 00:07:04,655 --> 00:07:12,620 THE COUPLE MOVED TO LAREDO, 16 00:07:12,620 --> 00:07:12,827 TEXAS. 17 00:07:12,827 --> 00:07:13,448 JOEL, HAD LANDED A LUCRATIVE JOB 18 00:07:13,448 --> 00:07:14,206 AS A NURSE ANESTHETIST, KNOWN IN 19 00:07:14,206 --> 00:07:14,931 THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AS A 20 00:07:14,931 --> 00:07:15,586 C.R.N.A. 21 00:07:15,586 --> 00:07:16,413 >> A NURSE ANESTHETIST, OR A 22 00:07:16,413 --> 00:07:17,206 CRNA, CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE 23 00:07:17,206 --> 00:07:18,034 ANESTHETIST AND A PHYSICIAN 24 00:07:18,034 --> 00:07:19,000 ANESTHESIOLOGIST USE THE SAME 25 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:23,620 MEDICATION, SAME TECHNIQUES TO 26 00:07:23,620 --> 00:07:24,862 PROVIDE ANESTHESIA FOR PEOPLE OF 27 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:27,724 ALL AGES. 28 00:07:27,724 --> 00:07:30,448 TINA DORES, ALSO A C.R.N.A., 29 00:07:30,448 --> 00:07:32,344 WORKED WITH JOEL PELLOT AT 30 00:07:32,344 --> 00:07:34,689 DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL IN LAREDO. 31 00:07:34,689 --> 00:07:36,310 >> DID HE SEEM DEDICATED TO HIS 32 00:07:36,310 --> 00:07:37,413 WORK? 33 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:38,793 >> YES, VERY MUCH SO. 34 00:07:38,793 --> 00:07:40,689 HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE BETTER. 35 00:07:40,689 --> 00:07:48,000 WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, HE WAS 36 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,103 VERY FAMILY ORIENTATED, A HARD 37 00:07:49,103 --> 00:07:50,344 WORKER, SMART GUY. 38 00:07:50,344 --> 00:07:51,448 HE WOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT MARIA 39 00:07:51,448 --> 00:07:52,379 AND ALEJANDRO AND SHOWING 40 00:07:52,379 --> 00:07:53,758 PICTURES OF HIS SON AND JUST 41 00:07:53,758 --> 00:07:55,000 TALKING ABOUT FAMILY LIFE IN 42 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,206 GENERAL. 43 00:07:59,206 --> 00:08:00,241 >> AND NOW AT THE PELLOT HOME, 44 00:08:00,241 --> 00:08:01,310 PARAMEDICS AND POLICE WERE 45 00:08:01,310 --> 00:08:02,862 STRUGGLING TO SAVE THE LIFE OF 46 00:08:02,862 --> 00:08:04,758 THE YOUNG WIFE AND MOTHER. 47 00:08:04,758 --> 00:08:09,517 >> "“SHE DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD, 48 00:08:09,517 --> 00:08:10,310 MAN"”. 49 00:08:10,310 --> 00:08:11,413 >> WHEN MORE HELP ARRIVED, DE 50 00:08:11,413 --> 00:08:12,517 LA CRUZ SENT JOEL PELLOT 51 00:08:12,517 --> 00:08:13,310 DOWNSTAIRS TO THE KITCHEN. 52 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:14,965 AND THAT'S WHEN DE LA CRUZ 53 00:08:14,965 --> 00:08:16,310 REALIZED THAT THE PILL CONTAINER 54 00:08:16,310 --> 00:08:19,448 HE HAD TOSSED TO THE SIDE 55 00:08:19,448 --> 00:08:21,482 EARLIER WAS NOW MISSING. 56 00:08:21,482 --> 00:08:22,448 HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION DRUG, 57 00:08:22,448 --> 00:08:23,275 WHERE IS IT? 58 00:08:23,275 --> 00:08:24,206 I WAS, LIKE, HE HAS TO HAVE 59 00:08:24,206 --> 00:08:26,137 THEM. 60 00:08:26,137 --> 00:08:26,965 SO THAT'S WHEN I ASKED, "“HEY, 61 00:08:26,965 --> 00:08:28,310 DOES HE HAVE PILLS?"” HE COMES UP 62 00:08:28,310 --> 00:08:31,137 TO THE LAND FIRST LANDING OF THE 63 00:08:31,137 --> 00:08:33,482 STAIRS AND HE TOSSES THEM TO ME. 64 00:08:33,482 --> 00:08:34,448 SO HE HAD TAKEN THEM, SO NOW I'M 65 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:35,241 THINKING NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO 66 00:08:35,241 --> 00:08:46,827 HIDE SOMETHING. 67 00:08:46,827 --> 00:08:47,655 >> AT 3:58, LESS THAN THREE 68 00:08:47,655 --> 00:08:48,586 HOURS AFTER JOEL PELLOT HAD 69 00:08:48,586 --> 00:08:49,413 CALLED 911, HIS WIFE, 70 00:08:49,413 --> 00:08:50,206 31-YEAR-OLD MARIA MUNOZ WAS 71 00:08:50,206 --> 00:08:52,965 DECLARED DEAD INSIDE THEIR HOME. 72 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:54,310 >> POLICE BEGAN ASKING JOEL WHAT 73 00:08:54,310 --> 00:08:58,000 HAD HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE. 74 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,793 >> "“WE HAD SEX, I TOOK A SHOWER. 75 00:09:00,793 --> 00:09:01,724 THEN I THOUGHT SHE WAS LIKE 76 00:09:01,724 --> 00:09:04,310 KNOCKED OUT. 77 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:10,448 AND THEN I GO BACK UPSTAIRS AND 78 00:09:10,448 --> 00:09:11,275 SHE'S JUST, OH GOD. 79 00:09:11,275 --> 00:09:12,206 >> BY NOW, THINGS JUST DIDN'T 80 00:09:12,206 --> 00:09:14,000 FEEL RIGHT TO THE INVESTIGATORS. 81 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,344 AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT 82 00:09:15,344 --> 00:09:16,448 JOEL'S APPEARANCE THAT SEEMED 83 00:09:16,448 --> 00:09:18,206 SUSPICIOUS. 84 00:09:18,206 --> 00:09:19,586 >> HE WAS REALLY SWEATY. 85 00:09:19,586 --> 00:09:20,517 I'M WEARING A VEST. 86 00:09:20,517 --> 00:09:22,310 I'M WEARING A GUN. 87 00:09:22,310 --> 00:09:24,068 I'M WEARING ALMOST 20 POUNDS OF 88 00:09:24,068 --> 00:09:25,448 GEAR, RIGHT, AND I'M NOT 89 00:09:25,448 --> 00:09:27,620 SWEATING AS BAD AS HE WAS. 90 00:09:27,620 --> 00:09:29,103 >> SO WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR 91 00:09:29,103 --> 00:09:29,827 MIND WHEN YOU SAW HOW SWEATY HE 92 00:09:29,827 --> 00:09:30,482 WAS? 93 00:09:30,482 --> 00:09:31,413 >> HE'S USING DRUGS. 94 00:09:31,413 --> 00:09:32,103 HE MAY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF 95 00:09:32,103 --> 00:09:34,137 DRUGS. 96 00:09:34,137 --> 00:09:35,379 >> "“YOU WANNA SEE A FIRE TRUCK? 97 00:09:35,379 --> 00:09:37,551 COME ON, LET'S GO OUTSIDE. 98 00:09:37,551 --> 00:09:38,931 >> THE COUPLE'S CHILDREN, NOW IN 99 00:09:38,931 --> 00:09:43,551 THE CARE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, 100 00:09:43,551 --> 00:09:51,310 WERE ESCORTED OUTSIDE. 101 00:09:51,310 --> 00:09:52,000 >> "“WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"” 102 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,965 >> MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO 103 00:09:55,965 --> 00:09:56,620 >>"“ALEJANDRO?"” 104 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:57,448 >> AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY 105 00:09:57,448 --> 00:09:58,241 LAUNCHED A DEATH INVESTIGATION. 106 00:09:58,241 --> 00:09:59,068 >> WHEN I GET THERE, UM, I MEET 107 00:09:59,068 --> 00:09:59,965 WITH OFFICER DE LA CRUZ. 108 00:09:59,965 --> 00:10:00,551 HE RUNS THE INFORMATION BY ME. 109 00:10:00,551 --> 00:10:01,517 >> LEAD INVESTIGATOR SERGEANT 110 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:02,724 LUIS MATA DIDN'T KNOW IF MARIA 111 00:10:02,724 --> 00:10:04,241 HAD DIED BY SUICIDE, AN 112 00:10:04,241 --> 00:10:06,551 ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE, OR IF HER 113 00:10:06,551 --> 00:10:08,448 HUSBAND WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED. 114 00:10:08,448 --> 00:10:10,206 MATA KNEW HE NEEDED TO SEARCH 115 00:10:10,206 --> 00:10:12,137 THE HOUSE, BUT TO DO IT HE WOULD 116 00:10:12,137 --> 00:10:13,344 HAVE TO GET JOEL PELLOT'S 117 00:10:13,344 --> 00:10:15,275 PERMISSION. 118 00:10:15,275 --> 00:10:16,068 >> AND HE SAID, "“WELL, I DON'T 119 00:10:16,068 --> 00:10:17,172 WANT YOU GOING THROUGH MY STUFF, 120 00:10:17,172 --> 00:10:19,758 BECAUSE I'M A VERY PRIVATE MAN. 121 00:10:19,758 --> 00:10:21,379 THEN I SAID, LOOK, JOEL, I'M NOT 122 00:10:21,379 --> 00:10:22,896 GOING TO FORCE YOU TO, THIS IS 123 00:10:22,896 --> 00:10:24,103 YOUR RIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO 124 00:10:24,103 --> 00:10:26,000 HAVE TO GO AND GET WITH MY D.A. 125 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:30,000 AND APPLY FOR A SEARCH WARRANT. 126 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,896 >> JOEL EVENTUALLY GAVE CONSENT 127 00:10:31,896 --> 00:10:33,000 FOR THE SEARCH. 128 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,896 STILL, MATA HAD A LOT OF 129 00:10:34,896 --> 00:10:36,931 QUESTIONS. 130 00:10:36,931 --> 00:10:38,275 TO GET SOME ANSWERS, HE DIRECTED 131 00:10:38,275 --> 00:10:41,413 AUTHORITIES TO PUT JOEL IN A 132 00:10:41,413 --> 00:10:42,517 POLICE CRUISER TO TAKE HIM TO 133 00:10:42,517 --> 00:10:49,310 THE STATION. 134 00:10:49,310 --> 00:10:50,275 >> COULD YOU SEE HIM BEFORE YOU 135 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:50,965 WENT IN? 136 00:10:50,965 --> 00:10:51,758 >> I COULD SEE HIM THROUGH MY 137 00:10:51,758 --> 00:10:52,448 CAMERA. 138 00:10:52,448 --> 00:10:55,310 EVERYTHING THERE IS RECORDED. 139 00:10:55,310 --> 00:10:58,034 HE'S HITTING WALLS. 140 00:10:58,034 --> 00:11:03,103 HE'S MOVING FURNITURE. 141 00:11:03,103 --> 00:11:04,206 IT WAS SCARING SOME OF THE 142 00:11:04,206 --> 00:11:05,000 PEOPLE DOWN THE HALL IN THE 143 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,103 DISPATCH ROOM. 144 00:11:06,103 --> 00:11:11,000 SO THAT'S HOW LOUD IT WAS. 145 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:11,862 >> "“HOLDING UP OKAY MAN?"” 146 00:11:11,862 --> 00:11:12,931 >> AROUND 4 A.M. MATA BEGINS HIS 147 00:11:12,931 --> 00:11:15,379 INTERVIEW WITH JOEL PELLOT WHO 148 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:16,586 CLAIMS HE HAD GIVEN MARIA THAT 149 00:11:16,586 --> 00:11:18,620 CONTAINER OF CLONAZEPAM 150 00:11:18,620 --> 00:11:20,689 PRESCRIBED TO HIM. 151 00:11:20,689 --> 00:11:21,931 >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE 152 00:11:21,931 --> 00:11:24,620 SWALLOWED THEM ALL? 153 00:11:24,620 --> 00:11:26,689 >> I DON'T KNOW MAN, I DON'T 154 00:11:26,689 --> 00:11:28,310 KNOW. 155 00:11:28,310 --> 00:11:29,689 >> HOW MANY PILLS WERE THERE 156 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,448 BEFORE? 157 00:11:31,448 --> 00:11:33,344 >> I DON'T KNOW. 158 00:11:33,344 --> 00:11:34,448 >> MAS O MENOS? 159 00:11:34,448 --> 00:11:35,965 >> I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 160 00:11:35,965 --> 00:11:37,724 >> HE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE 161 00:11:37,724 --> 00:11:40,275 MINOREST THINGS. 162 00:11:40,275 --> 00:11:41,379 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I 163 00:11:41,379 --> 00:11:42,896 ASKED HIM PLAY BACK TO ME THE 164 00:11:42,896 --> 00:11:43,965 MINUTE YOU GOT THERE WHAT DID 165 00:11:43,965 --> 00:11:44,793 YOU DO? 166 00:11:44,793 --> 00:11:45,586 AND HE, WELL, WHAT DID I DO? 167 00:11:45,586 --> 00:11:47,793 WHAT DID I DO? WHAT DID I DO? 168 00:11:47,793 --> 00:11:48,896 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF YOU 169 00:11:48,896 --> 00:11:49,827 REMEMBER THE TRUTH, YOU DON'T 170 00:11:49,827 --> 00:12:07,689 HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. 171 00:12:07,689 --> 00:12:09,724 >> WHAT WAS THE TIME PERIOD 172 00:12:09,724 --> 00:12:11,620 BETWEEN THE TIME YOU GOT OUT OF 173 00:12:11,620 --> 00:12:13,000 THE SHOWER UNTIL WHEN YOU 174 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:13,931 NOTICED SHE'S NOT REALLY 175 00:12:13,931 --> 00:12:15,000 RESPONDING ANYMORE? 176 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,793 >> UH, 10 MINUTES? 177 00:12:16,793 --> 00:12:20,172 I'M NOT 100 PERCENT SURE. 178 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:22,000 >> THE SUDDEN DEATH OF A HEALTHY 179 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,137 31-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LIKE MARIA 180 00:12:24,137 --> 00:12:25,620 MUNOZ DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO 181 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:27,103 SERGEANT LUIS MATA AND NEITHER 182 00:12:27,103 --> 00:12:29,310 DID HER HUSBAND JOEL PELLOT'S 183 00:12:29,310 --> 00:12:32,137 EXPLANATION. 184 00:12:32,137 --> 00:12:33,241 HIS INITIAL STATEMENT WAS THAT 185 00:12:33,241 --> 00:12:35,000 HE WENT IN AND TOOK A SHOWER. 186 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,482 HE THOUGHT SHE WAS ASLEEP, AND 187 00:12:37,482 --> 00:12:38,413 THEN 10 MINUTES LATER HE 188 00:12:38,413 --> 00:12:39,517 REALIZES THAT SHE'S 189 00:12:39,517 --> 00:12:43,034 UNRESPONSIVE. 190 00:12:43,034 --> 00:12:44,275 WHEN A COMMON PERSON SHOWERS, 191 00:12:44,275 --> 00:12:45,206 WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 192 00:12:45,206 --> 00:12:46,448 BATHROOM? 193 00:12:46,448 --> 00:12:48,206 STEAM, CONDENSATION, THE SMELL 194 00:12:48,206 --> 00:12:51,344 OF SOAP OR SHAMPOO. 195 00:12:51,344 --> 00:12:53,103 THAT MASTER BEDROOM SHOWER, 196 00:12:53,103 --> 00:12:55,448 WHICH IS THE ONE HE ALLEGED HE 197 00:12:55,448 --> 00:12:57,344 USED, WAS AS DRY AS A DESERT. 198 00:12:57,344 --> 00:13:00,000 >> INVESTIGATORS HAD ALSO 199 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,827 DISCOVERED A SYRINGE WRAPPER ON 200 00:13:03,827 --> 00:13:05,862 THE FLOOR AND A NEEDLE CATHETER 201 00:13:05,862 --> 00:13:08,000 ON THE STAIRS. 202 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,448 SYRINGES AND I.V. EQUIPMENT IN A 203 00:13:11,448 --> 00:13:12,517 MEDICAL BAG WERE FOUND INSIDE 204 00:13:12,517 --> 00:13:13,620 THE HOME. 205 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:14,862 >> WHY WOULD THERE BE SYRINGES 206 00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:16,758 IN THE HOME? 207 00:13:16,758 --> 00:13:19,206 >> SO, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. 208 00:13:19,206 --> 00:13:23,724 >> THEN, JOEL MAKES A HAND 209 00:13:23,724 --> 00:13:24,517 GESTURE AND TAPS HIS BICEP. 210 00:13:24,517 --> 00:13:25,758 >> STEROIDS? 211 00:13:25,758 --> 00:13:26,827 >> YEAH, FOR, THAT'S ME. 212 00:13:26,827 --> 00:13:28,586 >> WITH JOEL PELLOT AT THE 213 00:13:28,586 --> 00:13:30,206 POLICE STATION, MARIA'S CLOSE 214 00:13:30,206 --> 00:13:33,206 FRIEND ANGELA MONTOYA AND HER 215 00:13:33,206 --> 00:13:34,586 HUSBAND LUIS AYALA, RUSHED OVER 216 00:13:34,586 --> 00:13:35,655 TO THE HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 217 00:13:35,655 --> 00:13:37,586 KIDS. 218 00:13:37,586 --> 00:13:40,551 LUIS, A COWORKER OF JOEL, SAYS 219 00:13:40,551 --> 00:13:42,620 HE HAD BEGUN TO SEE CHANGES IN 220 00:13:42,620 --> 00:13:44,931 JOEL'S PHYSIQUE AND PERSONALITY 221 00:13:44,931 --> 00:13:48,862 TWO YEARS BEFORE MARIA'S DEATH. 222 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:49,827 >> HE LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT AND 223 00:13:49,827 --> 00:13:50,758 THEN STARTED GAINING MUSCLE. 224 00:13:50,758 --> 00:13:51,448 >> DID YOU SUSPECT THAT MAYBE HE 225 00:13:51,448 --> 00:13:53,620 WAS TAKING STEROIDS? 226 00:13:53,620 --> 00:13:54,724 >> MAYBE, BUT I MEAN HE WAS 227 00:13:54,724 --> 00:13:55,517 CHANGING, LIKE MORE FRIENDLY 228 00:13:55,517 --> 00:13:56,482 WITH GIRLS. 229 00:13:56,482 --> 00:13:57,137 >> FLIRTING MORE. 230 00:13:57,137 --> 00:13:59,034 >> YEAH. 231 00:13:59,034 --> 00:14:00,758 >> THE FAMILY MAN WHO ONCE HAD 232 00:14:00,758 --> 00:14:02,000 BRAGGED TO FRIENDS AND 233 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,931 COLLEAGUES ABOUT HIS WIFE AND 234 00:14:03,931 --> 00:14:06,206 KIDS BEGAN CHANGING HIS SOCIAL 235 00:14:06,206 --> 00:14:08,103 MEDIA POSTS TOO. 236 00:14:08,103 --> 00:14:09,896 HE DELETED THE PICTURES OF 237 00:14:09,896 --> 00:14:11,241 MARIA, OR HE JUST STARTED 238 00:14:11,241 --> 00:14:12,482 POSTING EVERYTHING BY HIMSELF, 239 00:14:12,482 --> 00:14:14,655 NOT WITH HIS KIDS. 240 00:14:14,655 --> 00:14:16,965 >> JOEL, IN DEMAND AS A NURSE 241 00:14:16,965 --> 00:14:19,413 ANESTHETIST, WAS MAKING A LOT OF 242 00:14:19,413 --> 00:14:21,448 MONEY AND, ACCORDING TO ANGELA, 243 00:14:21,448 --> 00:14:22,689 HE ENJOYED SHOWING OFF HIS 244 00:14:22,689 --> 00:14:24,586 WEALTH. 245 00:14:24,586 --> 00:14:31,379 >> HE HAS THIS NEW SPORTY CAR. 246 00:14:31,379 --> 00:14:32,034 I BOUGHT MARIA THAT ONE, AND I 247 00:14:32,034 --> 00:14:33,000 BOUGHT MYSELF THIS ONE, BRAGGING 248 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:33,827 ABOUT IT. 249 00:14:33,827 --> 00:14:35,310 >> BUT FRIENDS SAY THE CHANGES 250 00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:36,413 THEY SAW IN JOEL WENT MUCH 251 00:14:36,413 --> 00:14:37,517 DEEPER. 252 00:14:37,517 --> 00:14:38,620 IN 2018, AROUND THE SAME TIME 253 00:14:38,620 --> 00:14:40,931 MARIA GAVE BIRTH TO THE COUPLE'S 254 00:14:40,931 --> 00:14:42,137 SECOND SON, JOEL BEGAN PURSUING 255 00:14:42,137 --> 00:14:45,965 A WOMAN NAMED JANET ARREDONDO, A 256 00:14:45,965 --> 00:14:50,172 SURGICAL NURSE, HE MET AT WORK. 257 00:14:50,172 --> 00:14:51,965 >> JOEL TOOK JANET TO, LIKE, A 258 00:14:51,965 --> 00:14:54,103 VACATION SPREE IN EUROPE. 259 00:14:54,103 --> 00:14:55,896 I DON'T RECALL WHICH COUNTRIES 260 00:14:55,896 --> 00:15:05,517 HE TOLD ME. 261 00:15:05,517 --> 00:15:06,448 >> WELL, THERE WAS ONE TRIP 262 00:15:06,448 --> 00:15:07,551 THERE WAS SPAIN AND THE NEXT 263 00:15:07,551 --> 00:15:08,517 TRIP WAS FRANCE AND GREECE. 264 00:15:08,517 --> 00:15:09,448 >> THERE YOU GO. 265 00:15:09,448 --> 00:15:10,413 THERE YOU GO. 266 00:15:10,413 --> 00:15:11,379 SO MARIA FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT 267 00:15:11,379 --> 00:15:12,310 WHILE HE WAS THERE WITH JANET. 268 00:15:12,310 --> 00:15:13,310 >> ACCORDING TO ANGELA, MARIA 269 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:14,068 CONFIRMED HER SUSPICION ABOUT 270 00:15:14,068 --> 00:15:15,034 HER HUSBAND'S INFIDELITY WHEN 271 00:15:15,034 --> 00:15:16,103 SHE FOUND A PLANE TICKET FOR ONE 272 00:15:16,103 --> 00:15:17,206 OF HIS EUROPEAN TRIPS. 273 00:15:17,206 --> 00:15:19,827 WHEN HER DISAPPOINTMENT TURNED 274 00:15:19,827 --> 00:15:21,862 INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION, SHE WAS 275 00:15:21,862 --> 00:15:24,172 PRESCRIBED MEDICATION, BUT 276 00:15:24,172 --> 00:15:26,482 PERHAPS THE BEST MEDICINE FOR 277 00:15:26,482 --> 00:15:28,655 MARIA TURNED OUT TO BE HER DAILY 278 00:15:28,655 --> 00:15:29,896 JOURNALS, DISCOVERED IN HER HOME 279 00:15:29,896 --> 00:15:31,655 BY INVESTIGATORS. 280 00:15:31,655 --> 00:15:33,275 >> I DON'T WANT TO BE SAD 281 00:15:33,275 --> 00:15:35,172 ANYMORE. 282 00:15:35,172 --> 00:15:37,000 I DON'T WANT MY HEART TO HURT. 283 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:37,931 I DON'T WANT MY MIND TO BE IN 284 00:15:37,931 --> 00:15:39,275 TORTURE. 285 00:15:39,275 --> 00:15:42,551 >> YET, AT TIMES SHE SEEMED 286 00:15:42,551 --> 00:15:44,034 HOPEFUL, BELIEVING HER FAITH 287 00:15:44,034 --> 00:15:46,068 COULD MEND THE COUPLE'S TEN-YEAR 288 00:15:46,068 --> 00:15:47,862 MARRIAGE. 289 00:15:47,862 --> 00:15:50,137 >> LORD, THIS IS A LOT FOR ME. 290 00:15:50,137 --> 00:15:51,827 ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO IS SEE 291 00:15:51,827 --> 00:15:53,724 CHANGE IN HIM. 292 00:15:53,724 --> 00:15:56,000 >> AND IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING. 293 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,482 JUST MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND 294 00:15:58,482 --> 00:16:00,724 HAD TAKEN HIS MISTRESS ON THOSE 295 00:16:00,724 --> 00:16:05,482 EUROPEAN VACATIONS, JOEL TREATED 296 00:16:05,482 --> 00:16:06,586 MARIA TO A LAVISH GETAWAY IN LAS 297 00:16:06,586 --> 00:16:07,379 VEGAS. 298 00:16:07,379 --> 00:16:08,758 >> AND SHE SHOWED ME A COUPLE OF 299 00:16:08,758 --> 00:16:10,000 LOUIS VUITTON HE PURCHASED FOR 300 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,344 HER. 301 00:16:11,344 --> 00:16:12,551 >> BUT WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SECOND 302 00:16:12,551 --> 00:16:13,793 CHANCE FOR HER MARRIAGE DIDN'T 303 00:16:13,793 --> 00:16:15,275 LAST. 304 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:16,517 JOEL COULD NEVER QUITE LEAVE 305 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,413 JANET. 306 00:16:18,413 --> 00:16:19,655 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH 307 00:16:19,655 --> 00:16:21,413 JANET? 308 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:25,103 >> ABOUT TWO YEARS. 309 00:16:25,103 --> 00:16:26,448 >> OUT OF THOSE TWO YEARS, HOW 310 00:16:26,448 --> 00:16:30,551 LONG HAS MARIA KNOWN ABOUT IT? 311 00:16:30,551 --> 00:16:32,448 >> FOR A WHILE. 312 00:16:32,448 --> 00:16:35,448 FOR A LONG WHILE. 313 00:16:35,448 --> 00:16:37,068 >> IN FACT, JOEL TOLD SERGEANT 314 00:16:37,068 --> 00:16:38,862 MATA THAT HE NO LONGER LIVED 315 00:16:38,862 --> 00:16:40,931 WITH HIS FAMILY AND THAT HE HAD 316 00:16:40,931 --> 00:16:42,689 MOVED IN WITH JANET ARREDONDO 317 00:16:42,689 --> 00:16:44,034 FIVE MONTHS BEFORE MARIA'S 318 00:16:44,034 --> 00:16:46,758 DEATH. 319 00:16:46,758 --> 00:16:48,655 MATA WONDERED HOW MUCH THE OTHER 320 00:16:48,655 --> 00:16:50,551 WOMAN KNEW AND ASKED HER TO COME 321 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,275 TO THE POLICE STATION TO TALK. 322 00:16:53,275 --> 00:16:54,241 >> WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP 323 00:16:54,241 --> 00:16:55,172 WITH HIM? 324 00:16:55,172 --> 00:16:56,137 I WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED YOU AT 325 00:16:56,137 --> 00:16:57,379 6:30 IN THE MORNING IF IT WAS 326 00:16:57,379 --> 00:16:58,586 JUST FOR, FOR BEING NOSY. 327 00:16:58,586 --> 00:16:59,896 IT'S NOT THAT I'M TRYING TO BE 328 00:16:59,896 --> 00:17:00,689 NOSY, BUT I'LL GET TO WHERE I'M 329 00:17:00,689 --> 00:17:06,827 GOING. 330 00:17:06,827 --> 00:17:07,931 >> UM, HE'S, HE'S MY BOYFRIEND. 331 00:17:07,931 --> 00:17:09,000 >> MATA CONTINUED PRESSING JANET 332 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,482 ABOUT JOEL AND THEN TOLD HER 333 00:17:10,482 --> 00:17:13,344 ABOUT MARIA. 334 00:17:13,344 --> 00:17:15,378 >> THE REASON THAT I'M HERE IS 335 00:17:15,378 --> 00:17:16,896 BECAUSE LAST NIGHT JOEL'S WIFE 336 00:17:16,896 --> 00:17:18,827 PASSED AWAY. 337 00:17:18,827 --> 00:17:20,275 THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY, 338 00:17:20,275 --> 00:17:22,310 RIGHT NOW, TYPE OF FOUL PLAY. 339 00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:23,689 WE'RE STILL PENDING AN AUTOPSY. 340 00:17:23,689 --> 00:17:24,931 SO LET'S GET WITH, HOW DID YOU, 341 00:17:24,931 --> 00:17:25,862 AND JOEL EVEN START DATING. 342 00:17:25,862 --> 00:17:27,655 >> UM, I'M SORRY. 343 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:30,793 >> UM, I UNDERSTAND. 344 00:17:30,793 --> 00:17:32,655 TAKE YOUR TIME. 345 00:17:32,655 --> 00:17:36,758 I KNOW IT'S ALL KIND OF THROWN 346 00:17:36,758 --> 00:17:37,689 AT YOU, SO, YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD 347 00:17:37,689 --> 00:17:38,793 YOU AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I'M 348 00:17:38,793 --> 00:17:39,758 GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU. 349 00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:41,655 SO I AM, UH, OUR MAIN THING NOW 350 00:17:41,655 --> 00:17:44,931 IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED. 351 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:46,000 >> UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR 352 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,379 QUESTION? 353 00:17:47,379 --> 00:17:48,758 >> HOW, WHEN DID, HOW LONG HAVE 354 00:17:48,758 --> 00:17:53,379 YOU AND JOEL BEEN DATING? 355 00:17:53,379 --> 00:17:54,344 >> UH, UM, ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. 356 00:17:54,344 --> 00:17:56,517 >> OKAY. 357 00:17:56,517 --> 00:17:57,620 DID MARIA, HIS WIFE, DID SHE DO 358 00:17:57,620 --> 00:17:58,551 DRUGS? 359 00:17:58,551 --> 00:17:59,862 >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. 360 00:17:59,862 --> 00:18:00,793 HE JUST TOLD ME THAT HE, SHE WAS 361 00:18:00,793 --> 00:18:05,586 VERY DEPRESSED. 362 00:18:05,586 --> 00:18:07,206 >> WHEN SERGEANT MATA MENTIONED 363 00:18:07,206 --> 00:18:08,862 MARIA MAY HAVE OVERDOSED, JANET 364 00:18:08,862 --> 00:18:17,862 SEEMED SURPRISED. 365 00:18:17,862 --> 00:18:18,689 >> WAIT A MINUTE, ARE, ARE YOU 366 00:18:18,689 --> 00:18:19,758 SAYING SHE OVERDOSED? 367 00:18:19,758 --> 00:18:20,724 >> WE DON'T KNOW YET. 368 00:18:20,724 --> 00:18:21,551 THE MAIN THING IS THIS, JANET, 369 00:18:21,551 --> 00:18:23,172 IS WHEN WE TELL HER FAMILY, 370 00:18:23,172 --> 00:18:24,241 THEY'RE GONNA THINK THAT EITHER 371 00:18:24,241 --> 00:18:25,344 JOEL KILLED HER OR THAT YOU HAD 372 00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:26,172 SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, THAT'S 373 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:27,241 ALL WE HAVE TO RULE YOU OUT. 374 00:18:27,241 --> 00:18:28,206 OKAY. 375 00:18:28,206 --> 00:18:29,275 HAS JOEL EVER CONFIDED IN YOU 376 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:30,103 THAT HE WAS, THAT HE WANTED TO 377 00:18:30,103 --> 00:18:30,965 DO SOMETHING TO HIS WIFE? 378 00:18:30,965 --> 00:18:31,896 >> NO. 379 00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:32,862 >> JOEL HAD TOLD POLICE MARIA 380 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:36,241 MAY HAVE OVERDOSED ON THE DRUG 381 00:18:36,241 --> 00:18:44,551 CLONAZEPAM, BUT WHEN THE AUTOPSY 382 00:18:44,551 --> 00:18:51,379 WAS CONDUCTED EIGHT HOURS AFTER 383 00:18:51,379 --> 00:18:52,172 MARIA WAS DECLARED DEAD, THE 384 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,000 MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND NO PILL 385 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:53,827 RESIDUE IN HER STOMACH, AND, 386 00:18:53,827 --> 00:18:54,655 THERE WAS SOMETHING ON MARIA'S 387 00:18:54,655 --> 00:18:55,448 BODY AT THE SCENE THAT PUZZLED 388 00:18:55,448 --> 00:18:57,379 BOTH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AND 389 00:18:57,379 --> 00:18:58,172 INVESTIGATORS: A TINY MARK ON 390 00:18:58,172 --> 00:18:59,758 MARIA'S RIGHT ARM. 391 00:18:59,758 --> 00:19:01,000 >> IT WAS A LITTLE, LITTLE PRICK 392 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,620 KIND OF LIKE WHENEVER YOU, THE 393 00:19:02,620 --> 00:19:03,724 COMMON PERSON HAS THEIR BLOOD 394 00:19:03,724 --> 00:19:05,758 CHECKED WHEN THEY GO TO THE 395 00:19:05,758 --> 00:19:06,862 DOCTOR, ONE LITTLE DOT. 396 00:19:06,862 --> 00:19:17,310 >> THAT'S IT. 397 00:19:17,310 --> 00:19:18,137 >> ON HER RIGHT ELBOW CREASE. 398 00:19:18,137 --> 00:19:19,241 >> NO OTHER SIGNS OF DRUG USE 399 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:20,172 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? 400 00:19:20,172 --> 00:19:21,275 >> NOTHING, NOTHING. 401 00:19:21,275 --> 00:19:22,103 >> NOTHING. 402 00:19:22,103 --> 00:19:23,172 >> THE AUTOPSY REPORT STATES 403 00:19:23,172 --> 00:19:24,000 MARIA DIED FROM A MIXED DRUG 404 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:24,827 INTOXICATION, WHILE THE MEDICAL 405 00:19:24,827 --> 00:19:26,034 EXAMINER COULDN'T SAY HOW THE 406 00:19:26,034 --> 00:19:26,896 DRUGS GOT IN HER SYSTEM SHE DID 407 00:19:26,896 --> 00:19:27,689 RULE OUT SUICIDE AFTER TALKING 408 00:19:27,689 --> 00:19:28,931 TO MARIA'S FRIENDS, AND READING 409 00:19:28,931 --> 00:19:30,862 HER JOURNAL. 410 00:19:30,862 --> 00:19:33,689 >> ON THE DAY BEFORE SHE DIED, 411 00:19:33,689 --> 00:19:34,517 MARIA WROTE WHAT IS IT THAT I 412 00:19:34,517 --> 00:19:40,344 WANT? 413 00:19:40,344 --> 00:19:41,172 #1 MOVE FORWARD 414 00:19:41,172 --> 00:19:42,413 >> SO, COULD MARIA'S DEATH HAVE 415 00:19:42,413 --> 00:19:43,482 BEEN AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE? 416 00:19:43,482 --> 00:19:46,344 OR WAS IT MURDER? 417 00:19:46,344 --> 00:19:48,965 WHEN DR. JOHN HUNTSINGER, AN 418 00:19:48,965 --> 00:19:50,724 ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND JOEL'S 419 00:19:50,724 --> 00:19:53,448 FORMER BOSS, HEARD THE AUTOPSY 420 00:19:53,448 --> 00:19:54,379 RESULTS, HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME 421 00:19:54,379 --> 00:19:58,620 SUSPICIOUS. 422 00:19:58,620 --> 00:19:59,793 >> I CALLED DETECTIVE MATA, AND 423 00:19:59,793 --> 00:20:00,793 I TOLD HIM MY CONCERNS. 424 00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:02,862 >> HE URGED SERGEANT MATA TO 425 00:20:02,862 --> 00:20:05,413 ORDER A DETAILED TOXICOLOGY 426 00:20:05,413 --> 00:20:12,206 SCREENING TO DETERMINE WHICH 427 00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:13,172 DRUGS HAD KILLED MARIA AND HOW 428 00:20:13,172 --> 00:20:14,103 THEY GOT THERE. 429 00:20:14,103 --> 00:20:14,965 >> DID YOU INJECT HER TONIGHT? 430 00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:15,758 >> NO. 431 00:20:15,758 --> 00:20:17,000 >> WITH ANYTHING? 432 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,344 >> NO. 433 00:20:18,344 --> 00:20:20,241 >> AUTHORITIES WOULD HAVE TO 434 00:20:20,241 --> 00:20:22,000 WAIT NEARLY FOUR MONTHS TO GET 435 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:40,172 THE ANSWERS THEY NEEDED. 436 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:42,068 >> ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE 437 00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:44,241 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAREDO. 438 00:20:44,241 --> 00:20:52,379 >> THE VICTORIOUS LIFE IS, IS 439 00:20:52,379 --> 00:20:53,344 ALSO A LIFE OF SERVICE. 440 00:20:53,344 --> 00:20:54,413 ALL OF OUR LIVES WERE IMPACTED 441 00:20:54,413 --> 00:20:55,517 BY THE PRECIOUS LIFE OF MARIA. 442 00:20:55,517 --> 00:20:56,586 >> A LARGE CROWD OF FAMILY AND 443 00:20:56,586 --> 00:20:57,827 FRIENDS AME TO MOURN MARIA 444 00:20:57,827 --> 00:20:59,034 MUNOZ, INCLUDING HER ESTRANGED 445 00:20:59,034 --> 00:21:00,620 HUSBAND, JOEL. 446 00:21:00,620 --> 00:21:04,137 >> HER FUNERAL WAS REALLY SAD. 447 00:21:04,137 --> 00:21:06,172 JOEL WAS THERE, AND HE WAS 448 00:21:06,172 --> 00:21:07,413 CRYING. 449 00:21:07,413 --> 00:21:11,344 HE SEEMED VERY UPSET, VERY SAD. 450 00:21:11,344 --> 00:21:13,965 >> TO MARIA'S FRIEND YAZMIN 451 00:21:13,965 --> 00:21:16,655 MARTINEZ, HE SEEMED A LITTLE TOO 452 00:21:16,655 --> 00:21:19,379 UPSET, TOO SAD. 453 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:20,448 >> WHAT MADE ME FEEL ANGRY WAS 454 00:21:20,448 --> 00:21:21,965 HIM NEAR THE CASKET, CRYING OVER 455 00:21:21,965 --> 00:21:23,034 HER, GIVING HER KISSES. 456 00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:24,689 LIKE WHY NOW? 457 00:21:24,689 --> 00:21:27,275 YOU HAVE MADE HER SUFFER AND CRY 458 00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:29,034 SO MUCH, AND YOU'RE DOING THIS 459 00:21:29,034 --> 00:21:33,000 NOW? 460 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 >> JOEL PELLOT'S DISPLAY OF 461 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,758 GRIEF DID NOTHING TO DETER THE 462 00:21:37,758 --> 00:21:39,103 INVESTIGATION INTO HIS WIFE'S 463 00:21:39,103 --> 00:21:42,655 DEATH. 464 00:21:42,655 --> 00:21:45,103 >> SERGEANT LUIS MATA AND 465 00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,000 OFFICER GREGORIO DE LA CRUZ SAY 466 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,172 THAT FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY THE 467 00:21:49,172 --> 00:21:50,241 BODY CAM ON THE MORNING MARIA 468 00:21:50,241 --> 00:21:52,000 DIED SHOWS SOMETHING CURIOUS. 469 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,689 REMEMBER THE PILLS IN A 470 00:21:53,689 --> 00:21:54,620 CONTAINER THAT JOEL SAID HIS 471 00:21:54,620 --> 00:21:56,655 WIFE HAD TAKEN? 472 00:21:56,655 --> 00:21:58,413 DE LA CRUZ TOSSED IT ASIDE WHEN 473 00:21:58,413 --> 00:22:01,068 HE WAS GIVING MARIA CPR. 474 00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:05,000 >> "“HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION DRUG, 475 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,103 WHERE IS IT?"” 476 00:22:06,103 --> 00:22:07,344 >> AT SOME POINT IT DISAPPEARED. 477 00:22:07,344 --> 00:22:08,310 >> I SEE ITS STILL HERE RIGHT 478 00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:09,379 NOW. 479 00:22:09,379 --> 00:22:11,137 >> IT'S STILL THERE EXACTLY. 480 00:22:11,137 --> 00:22:12,103 >> AND HERE'S HOW IT HAPPENED 481 00:22:12,103 --> 00:22:13,344 THEY SAY, JOEL GRABS THE PILL 482 00:22:13,344 --> 00:22:14,862 CONTAINER AND PUTS IT IN HIS 483 00:22:14,862 --> 00:22:19,172 POCKET. 484 00:22:19,172 --> 00:22:20,413 >> HE JUST REACHED OVER AND PUT 485 00:22:20,413 --> 00:22:22,034 IT RIGHT BACK IN THE SHIRT. 486 00:22:22,034 --> 00:22:23,827 >> IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT SHE 487 00:22:23,827 --> 00:22:24,758 TOOK, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HIDE 488 00:22:24,758 --> 00:22:26,413 THAT? 489 00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:27,793 >> THEY WERE ALSO SUSPICIOUS OF 490 00:22:27,793 --> 00:22:29,413 THAT NEEDLE CATHETER. 491 00:22:29,413 --> 00:22:30,896 >> "“HEY, THERE'S A NEEDLE RIGHT 492 00:22:30,896 --> 00:22:32,551 HERE"” THE KIND USED FOR IVS, 493 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,586 DISCOVERED AT THE SCENE. 494 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:36,206 REMEMBER, MARIA HAD A TINY MARK 495 00:22:36,206 --> 00:22:38,241 ON HER RIGHT ARM. 496 00:22:38,241 --> 00:22:40,310 SERGEANT MATA SHARED HIS 497 00:22:40,310 --> 00:22:41,689 CONCERNS WITH THE WEBB COUNTY 498 00:22:41,689 --> 00:22:43,172 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 499 00:22:43,172 --> 00:22:46,724 >> WE HAVE A 24/7 PHONE, AND LAW 500 00:22:46,724 --> 00:22:48,068 ENFORCEMENT CAN CONTACT US WITH 501 00:22:48,068 --> 00:22:50,827 ANY QUESTIONS. 502 00:22:50,827 --> 00:22:53,000 >> CHIEF ASSISTANT DA MARISELA 503 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,034 JACAMAN AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY 504 00:22:55,034 --> 00:22:57,344 ISIDRO ALANIZ KNEW THE CASE 505 00:22:57,344 --> 00:23:00,413 WOULD BE TOUGH TO PROVE SINCE 506 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,172 EVEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WASN'T 507 00:23:02,172 --> 00:23:04,379 SURE EXACTLY HOW MARIA DIED. 508 00:23:04,379 --> 00:23:06,827 >> THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS 509 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:08,034 SAYING, I CAN'T SAY FOR A FACT 510 00:23:08,034 --> 00:23:13,517 THIS IS HOMICIDE. 511 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:16,793 >> AND I REMEMBER HER SAYING 512 00:23:16,793 --> 00:23:18,103 LOOK, I WASN'T THERE AND NEITHER 513 00:23:18,103 --> 00:23:19,896 WERE YOU. 514 00:23:19,896 --> 00:23:21,793 ALL WE KNOW IS THAT SHE HAS THIS 515 00:23:21,793 --> 00:23:22,758 COMBINATION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS 516 00:23:22,758 --> 00:23:24,655 IN HER BLOODSTREAM. 517 00:23:24,655 --> 00:23:26,586 WE DON'T KNOW WHO GAVE THEM TO 518 00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:28,620 HER, IF SHE HAD SOME IN HER 519 00:23:28,620 --> 00:23:30,000 SYSTEM ALREADY, IF SHE TOOK SOME 520 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,413 LATER ON. 521 00:23:32,413 --> 00:23:34,172 >> EITHER ACCIDENT OR MURDER. 522 00:23:34,172 --> 00:23:35,551 >> ACCIDENT OR MURDER. 523 00:23:35,551 --> 00:23:37,586 >> INVESTIGATORS BEGAN TO 524 00:23:37,586 --> 00:23:39,068 QUESTION MARIA'S FRIENDS AND 525 00:23:39,068 --> 00:23:41,000 DISCOVERED THAT THE SATURDAY 526 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,724 BEFORE MARIA DIED HERE WAS A 527 00:23:43,724 --> 00:23:46,310 CONFRONTATION AT JANET'S HOUSE 528 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:48,758 WHEN MARIA SAW JOEL'S CAR THERE. 529 00:23:48,758 --> 00:23:51,344 >> SO THAT'S WHEN SHE STEPPED 530 00:23:51,344 --> 00:23:52,448 OUT OF THE CAR, AND THEN SHE 531 00:23:52,448 --> 00:23:54,931 RANG THE DOORBELL. 532 00:23:54,931 --> 00:23:56,517 >> ACCORDING TO ANGELA, MARIA, 533 00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:58,137 SEEN ON JANET'S DOORBELL CAMERA, 534 00:23:58,137 --> 00:24:00,551 GAVE JOEL AN ULTIMATUM. 535 00:24:00,551 --> 00:24:02,586 >> DO YOU CHOOSE HER, OR YOU 536 00:24:02,586 --> 00:24:03,689 CHOOSE ME? 537 00:24:03,689 --> 00:24:04,482 AND THEN HE SAYS, I CHOOSE 538 00:24:04,482 --> 00:24:05,448 JANET. 539 00:24:05,448 --> 00:24:07,931 >> JANET CALLED THE POLICE. 540 00:24:07,931 --> 00:24:09,793 AND, WHEN A RESPONDING OFFICER 541 00:24:09,793 --> 00:24:11,689 ARRIVED AT HER HOME, HE CALLED 542 00:24:11,689 --> 00:24:17,137 MARIA WHO HAD BY THEN HAD LEFT 543 00:24:17,137 --> 00:24:17,965 WITH JOEL. 544 00:24:17,965 --> 00:24:18,793 WHEN MARIA ANSWERED HER CELL 545 00:24:18,793 --> 00:24:19,586 PHONE, THE OFFICER'S BODY CAM 546 00:24:19,586 --> 00:24:20,827 RECORDED THE SOUND OF JOEL 547 00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:28,586 BERATING HER IN THE BACKGROUND. 548 00:24:28,586 --> 00:24:29,689 >> HEY, I'M F-ING TALKING TO YOU 549 00:24:29,689 --> 00:24:30,931 RIGHT NOW. HANG UP THE FKING 550 00:24:30,931 --> 00:24:32,000 PHONE. 551 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:32,965 >> I GUESS THAT'S YOUR 552 00:24:32,965 --> 00:24:33,793 BOYFRIEND. 553 00:24:33,793 --> 00:24:34,724 >> YEAH. 554 00:24:34,724 --> 00:24:35,551 >> ACCORDING TO ANGELA, MARIA 555 00:24:35,551 --> 00:24:36,344 TOLD HER THAT JOEL BECAME 556 00:24:36,344 --> 00:24:37,172 VIOLENT. 557 00:24:37,172 --> 00:24:38,000 >> AND HE GOT SO FRUSTRATED WITH 558 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:38,965 EVERYTHING THAT HE PUNCHED THE 559 00:24:38,965 --> 00:24:40,034 WINDSHIELD. 560 00:24:40,034 --> 00:24:41,655 >> HE BROKE IT, DIDN'T HE? 561 00:24:41,655 --> 00:24:42,896 >> HE BROKE IT, YES, HE BROKE 562 00:24:42,896 --> 00:24:44,344 IT. 563 00:24:44,344 --> 00:24:46,551 >> ON SUNDAY MORNING, MARIA 564 00:24:46,551 --> 00:24:47,655 TEXTED HER HUSBAND ABOUT HIRING 565 00:24:47,655 --> 00:24:49,689 A DIVORCE LAWYER, AND HE REPLIED 566 00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:51,034 >> WE CAN DO THIS WITH MINIMAL 567 00:24:51,034 --> 00:24:52,689 LAWYER INTERVENTION. 568 00:24:52,689 --> 00:24:55,000 IT'S TOO MUCH MONEY. 569 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,689 >> JOEL THEN SEEMS TO HAVE HAD A 570 00:24:58,689 --> 00:24:59,827 CHANGE OF HEART, AND SENDS MARIA 571 00:24:59,827 --> 00:25:00,793 THIS E-MAIL. 572 00:25:00,793 --> 00:25:03,379 >> I AM SO SAD I AM HURTING 573 00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:04,172 INSIDE. 574 00:25:04,172 --> 00:25:05,551 I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU TO 575 00:25:05,551 --> 00:25:06,517 TALK WITHOUT ARGUING, A HEART TO 576 00:25:06,517 --> 00:25:08,827 HEART. 577 00:25:08,827 --> 00:25:10,172 >> THEY AGREED TO MEET MONDAY 578 00:25:10,172 --> 00:25:12,517 NIGHT. 579 00:25:12,517 --> 00:25:13,586 BEFORE JOEL ARRIVED, MARIA 580 00:25:13,586 --> 00:25:21,655 MESSAGED HER FRIEND YAZMIN 581 00:25:21,655 --> 00:25:22,448 "“ . I JUST ASK IF YOU CAN PRAY 582 00:25:22,448 --> 00:25:26,551 FOR ME...TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO 583 00:25:26,551 --> 00:25:27,206 TALK "” 584 00:25:27,206 --> 00:25:27,931 >> AND THEN I ANSWERED HER, AND 585 00:25:27,931 --> 00:25:28,862 I TOLD HER THAT I WOULD PRAY FOR 586 00:25:28,862 --> 00:25:29,551 HER. 587 00:25:29,551 --> 00:25:30,482 >> MARIA'S REQUEST FOR PRAYERS 588 00:25:30,482 --> 00:25:31,310 THAT NIGHT WOULD BE HER FINAL 589 00:25:31,310 --> 00:25:32,655 MESSAGE TO YAZMIN. 590 00:25:32,655 --> 00:25:38,827 SHE DIED EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 591 00:25:38,827 --> 00:25:41,241 NEARLY FOUR MONTHS AFTER MARIA'S 592 00:25:41,241 --> 00:25:43,137 DEATH SERGEANT MATA AND OFFICER 593 00:25:43,137 --> 00:25:45,620 DE LA CRUZ FINALLY GET THE 594 00:25:45,620 --> 00:25:46,586 TOXICOLOGY TEST RESULTS THEY HAD 595 00:25:46,586 --> 00:25:48,344 BEEN WAITING FOR. 596 00:25:48,344 --> 00:25:51,896 >> ZERO CLONAZEPAM. 597 00:25:51,896 --> 00:25:53,655 >> ZERO CLONAZEPAM, THE DRUG 598 00:25:53,655 --> 00:25:56,517 JOEL CLAIMED MARIA HAD TAKEN. 599 00:25:56,517 --> 00:25:58,827 INSTEAD, THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT 600 00:25:58,827 --> 00:26:00,000 REVEALED SEVEN OTHER DRUGS IN 601 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,724 MARIA'S SYSTEM. 602 00:26:02,724 --> 00:26:04,344 >> SO POSITIVE FOR MORPHINE, 603 00:26:04,344 --> 00:26:10,896 DEMEROL, VERSED, PROPOFOL, 604 00:26:10,896 --> 00:26:14,137 KETAMINE, LIDOCAINE, NARCAN. 605 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:16,068 >> MOST OF THESE MEDICATIONS ARE 606 00:26:16,068 --> 00:26:18,379 TYPICALLY USED DURING SURGERY, 607 00:26:18,379 --> 00:26:19,896 AND ONE OF THEM CAN ONLY BE 608 00:26:19,896 --> 00:26:21,965 ADMINISTERED WITH AN I.V. 609 00:26:21,965 --> 00:26:22,896 >> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? 610 00:26:22,896 --> 00:26:25,482 >> HE KILLED HER. 611 00:26:25,482 --> 00:26:28,482 THIS GUY KILLED HIS WIFE. 612 00:26:28,482 --> 00:26:30,517 >> AUTHORITIES GOT A WARRANT, 613 00:26:30,517 --> 00:26:33,000 OFFICER DE LA CRUZ, WHO HAD 614 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:38,965 TRIED TO SAVE MARIA'S LIFE, 615 00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:40,034 RETURNED TO JOEL'S HOME TO MAKE 616 00:26:40,034 --> 00:26:41,137 THE ARREST. 617 00:26:41,137 --> 00:26:42,379 >> HE KNEW WHY WE WERE THERE. 618 00:26:42,379 --> 00:26:43,482 >> BY THE TIME WE KNOCK ON THE 619 00:26:43,482 --> 00:26:44,827 DOOR, AND WE ANNOUNCE OUR 620 00:26:44,827 --> 00:26:46,172 PRESENCE JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU 621 00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:48,068 DO IN THE MOVIES, HE COMES OUT. 622 00:26:48,068 --> 00:26:49,896 I'M HERE. I'M HERE. PUTS HIS 623 00:26:49,896 --> 00:26:50,965 HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK. 624 00:26:50,965 --> 00:26:52,172 LETS US CUFF HIM. 625 00:26:52,172 --> 00:26:58,000 DOESN'T PUT UP A FIGHT. 626 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:58,862 >> JOEL PELLOT WAS TAKEN TO THE 627 00:26:58,862 --> 00:27:02,172 POLICE STATION AND BOOKED. 628 00:27:02,172 --> 00:27:03,965 PROSECUTORS BELIEVE HE WAS THE 629 00:27:03,965 --> 00:27:05,310 ONE WHO GAVE HIS WIFE THE DEADLY 630 00:27:05,310 --> 00:27:06,275 MIXTURE, BUT CAN THEY PROVE HE 631 00:27:06,275 --> 00:27:10,000 MIXTURE, BUT CAN THEY PROVE HE WANTED HER TO DIE? 632 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:30,724 WANTED HER TO DIE? 633 00:27:30,724 --> 00:27:33,827 >> WHEN JOEL PELLOT'S FORMER 634 00:27:33,827 --> 00:27:35,689 BOSS, ANESTHESIOLOGIST DR. JOHN 635 00:27:35,689 --> 00:27:38,827 HUNTSINGER SAW THE OF LIST DRUGS 636 00:27:38,827 --> 00:27:40,862 FOUND IN MARIA MUNOZ, SEVEN 637 00:27:40,862 --> 00:27:42,758 DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS, HE WAS 638 00:27:42,758 --> 00:27:44,241 SURPRISED BY ONE DRUG IN 639 00:27:44,241 --> 00:27:48,172 PARTICULAR. 640 00:27:48,172 --> 00:27:49,137 >> I WAS VERY SHOCKED TO SEE 641 00:27:49,137 --> 00:27:50,379 PROPOFOL. 642 00:27:50,379 --> 00:27:51,172 >> WHERE WOULD HE GET THAT 643 00:27:51,172 --> 00:27:52,275 PROPOFOL? 644 00:27:52,275 --> 00:27:53,344 YOU CAN'T JUST GO TO THE DRUG 645 00:27:53,344 --> 00:27:55,413 STORE TO GET PROPOFOL? 646 00:27:55,413 --> 00:27:56,206 >> YOU HAVE TO GET IT FROM A 647 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:57,310 HOSPITAL. 648 00:27:57,310 --> 00:27:59,206 >> WHILE MOST OF THE DRUGS FOUND 649 00:27:59,206 --> 00:28:00,793 IN MARIA'S SYSTEM COULD BE 650 00:28:00,793 --> 00:28:02,551 CONSUMED BY MOUTH, PROPOFOL IS 651 00:28:02,551 --> 00:28:03,793 USUALLY INJECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE 652 00:28:03,793 --> 00:28:05,827 WITH AN I.V. 653 00:28:05,827 --> 00:28:07,172 >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 654 00:28:07,172 --> 00:28:10,034 PROPOFOL, IT RELAXES YOU 655 00:28:10,034 --> 00:28:10,724 GREATLY, BUT IT DOESN'T LAST 656 00:28:10,724 --> 00:28:12,793 VERY LONG. 657 00:28:12,793 --> 00:28:13,724 IT MAKES YOU STOP BREATHING IF 658 00:28:13,724 --> 00:28:14,827 YOU HAVE TOO MUCH. 659 00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:17,241 >> I THINK MOST OF US, WHEN WE 660 00:28:17,241 --> 00:28:18,620 HEAR ABOUT PROPOFOL, WE THINK OF 661 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:19,827 MICHAEL JACKSON. 662 00:28:19,827 --> 00:28:21,172 >> CORRECT. 663 00:28:21,172 --> 00:28:23,655 >> SINGER MICHAEL JACKSON'S 664 00:28:23,655 --> 00:28:25,965 DEATH IN JUNE 2009 WAS BLAMED, 665 00:28:25,965 --> 00:28:26,931 IN PART, ON AN ACCIDENTAL 666 00:28:26,931 --> 00:28:28,413 OVERDOSE OF PROPOFOL. 667 00:28:28,413 --> 00:28:31,551 AND AFTER MARIA MUNOZ'S DEATH, A 668 00:28:31,551 --> 00:28:33,862 HIGHLY ELEVATED LEVEL OF THE 669 00:28:33,862 --> 00:28:37,000 DRUG WAS FOUND IN HER SYSTEM. 670 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,172 >> HERS WAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL 671 00:28:38,172 --> 00:28:39,413 I'VE SEEN. 672 00:28:39,413 --> 00:28:40,655 >> AND WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO 673 00:28:40,655 --> 00:28:42,137 YOU? 674 00:28:42,137 --> 00:28:43,241 >> I BELIEVE THIS WAS DEATH BY 675 00:28:43,241 --> 00:28:45,137 PROPOFOL. 676 00:28:45,137 --> 00:28:47,172 >> WITH JOEL PELLOT NOW UNDER 677 00:28:47,172 --> 00:28:48,551 ARREST, AUTHORITIES WERE 678 00:28:48,551 --> 00:28:51,137 CONVINCED THAT PELLOT'S 679 00:28:51,137 --> 00:28:52,482 GIRLFRIEND JANET ARREDONDO KNEW 680 00:28:52,482 --> 00:28:53,724 MORE THAN WHAT SHE SHARED IN 681 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:57,827 THAT FIRST INTERVIEW. 682 00:28:57,827 --> 00:28:58,896 >> SO THEY GOT A SEARCH WARRANT 683 00:28:58,896 --> 00:29:00,724 FOR HER HOME. 684 00:29:00,724 --> 00:29:05,620 THEN, THEY OFFERED HER A DEAL. 685 00:29:05,620 --> 00:29:06,724 IN EXCHANGE FOR MORE 686 00:29:06,724 --> 00:29:07,827 INFORMATION, JANET WOULD GET 687 00:29:07,827 --> 00:29:09,586 IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION. 688 00:29:09,586 --> 00:29:11,068 >> JANET AGREED TO A SECOND 689 00:29:11,068 --> 00:29:13,965 POLICE INTERVIEW, AND, 690 00:29:13,965 --> 00:29:15,137 ACCOMPANIED BY ATTORNEYS, SHE 691 00:29:15,137 --> 00:29:17,620 NOW SEEMED READY TO TALK. 692 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:18,724 >> DID JOEL EVER BRING HOME ANY 693 00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:19,793 MEDICAL DRUGS? 694 00:29:19,793 --> 00:29:21,862 >> YES. 695 00:29:21,862 --> 00:29:23,310 >> JANET TOLD POLICE THAT PELLOT 696 00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:28,793 HAD OFTEN BROUGHT DRUGS TO HER 697 00:29:28,793 --> 00:29:29,724 HOME, SOME FOR HIS OWN 698 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:30,551 RECREATIONAL USE -- INCLUDING 699 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:31,931 KETAMINE, MORPHINE, LIDOCAINE, 700 00:29:31,931 --> 00:29:33,275 FENTANYL AND MORE. 701 00:29:33,275 --> 00:29:34,206 >> VERSED. 702 00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:35,034 >> OKAY. 703 00:29:35,034 --> 00:29:37,758 >> PROPOFOL. 704 00:29:37,758 --> 00:29:41,000 >> PROPOFOL? 705 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,206 >> JANET'S INFORMATION ABOUT 706 00:29:43,206 --> 00:29:43,896 PROPOFOL KICKED THE CASE INTO 707 00:29:43,896 --> 00:29:47,000 HIGH GEAR. 708 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,793 DISTRICT ATTORNEY ISIDRO ALANIZ 709 00:29:48,793 --> 00:29:51,655 SELECTED A TEAM OF ATTORNEYS, 710 00:29:51,655 --> 00:29:53,000 LED BY MARISELA JACAMAN. 711 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,206 >> I AM KARINA RIOS. 712 00:29:54,206 --> 00:29:55,482 >> MY NAME IS ANA KAREN GARZA. 713 00:29:55,482 --> 00:29:57,344 >> MY NAME IS CRISTAL CALDERON. 714 00:29:57,344 --> 00:29:59,482 >> WE ARE MARIA'S TEAM. 715 00:29:59,482 --> 00:30:02,379 >> ALL FOUR PROSECUTORS WERE 716 00:30:02,379 --> 00:30:03,758 CONVINCED THAT MARIA'S HUSBAND 717 00:30:03,758 --> 00:30:05,000 HAD METHODICALLY PLANNED HER 718 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:06,206 MURDER AND THAT THE DEVOTED 719 00:30:06,206 --> 00:30:07,724 MOTHER AND WIFE HAD SUFFERED IN 720 00:30:07,724 --> 00:30:10,034 THE MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. 721 00:30:10,034 --> 00:30:12,620 >> I'VE HEARD OF EMOTIONAL 722 00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:14,000 ABUSE, I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE WORKED 723 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,379 AROUND IT. 724 00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:20,241 BUT I NEVER REALIZED HOW 725 00:30:20,241 --> 00:30:23,103 PREVALENT IT IS EVEN IN OUR 726 00:30:23,103 --> 00:30:26,793 LIVES WHERE YOU CAN RELATE TO 727 00:30:26,793 --> 00:30:28,275 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MARIA 728 00:30:28,275 --> 00:30:30,172 WAS EXPERIENCING. 729 00:30:30,172 --> 00:30:33,310 >> ON THE FACE OF IT, THIS IS A 730 00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:34,241 COUPLE HAVING PROBLEMS. 731 00:30:34,241 --> 00:30:35,344 HE'S HAVING AN AFFAIR, BUT TO 732 00:30:35,344 --> 00:30:36,586 YOU, THIS IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 733 00:30:36,586 --> 00:30:40,931 HOW? 734 00:30:40,931 --> 00:30:41,896 >> WELL, I THINK IT GOES SO MUCH 735 00:30:41,896 --> 00:30:42,724 FURTHER THAN JUST BEING A 736 00:30:42,724 --> 00:30:43,517 SPOUSE. 737 00:30:43,517 --> 00:30:44,310 YOU COULD SEE THE POWER STRUGGLE 738 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:45,551 THAT EXISTED OR THE LACK 739 00:30:45,551 --> 00:30:48,827 THEREOF. 740 00:30:48,827 --> 00:30:49,482 >> MARIA HAD NO POWER IN THIS 741 00:30:49,482 --> 00:30:50,586 RELATIONSHIP. 742 00:30:50,586 --> 00:30:52,068 >> AND THE EVIDENCE OF THAT 743 00:30:52,068 --> 00:30:58,758 PROSECUTORS SAY IS FOUND IN 744 00:30:58,758 --> 00:31:00,034 MARIA'S OWN JOURNALS. 745 00:31:00,034 --> 00:31:00,758 PROSECUTOR JACAMAN READ ONE OF 746 00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:01,551 THOSE ENTRIES. 747 00:31:01,551 --> 00:31:04,827 >> LIFE IS SO UNFAIR. MY HUSBAND 748 00:31:04,827 --> 00:31:06,034 THE MAN I LOVE SO MUCH IS 749 00:31:06,034 --> 00:31:07,551 CAUSING ME SO MUCH PAIN. 750 00:31:07,551 --> 00:31:09,758 I WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT 751 00:31:09,758 --> 00:31:11,517 YOU WANT ME TO DO? 752 00:31:11,517 --> 00:31:13,413 >> MARIA ALSO LEFT EVIDENCE ON 753 00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:15,310 HER CELL PHONE THAT SHE SECRETLY 754 00:31:15,310 --> 00:31:16,689 RECORDED APPROXIMATELY FOUR 755 00:31:16,689 --> 00:31:17,896 MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. 756 00:31:17,896 --> 00:31:20,482 >> WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS YOU 757 00:31:20,482 --> 00:31:21,724 HAVE ON THIS, THIS MARRIAGE? 758 00:31:21,724 --> 00:31:24,551 >> SHE GAVE US THIS VERY 759 00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:27,000 POWERFUL VIDEO. 760 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,344 >> YOU WALK OUT THAT DOOR. 761 00:31:29,344 --> 00:31:31,241 WE'RE GETTING A DIVORCE. 762 00:31:31,241 --> 00:31:36,000 >> ALRIGHT FINE, YOU GOT IT. 763 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,275 >> SHE WAS HAVING A DISCUSSION 764 00:31:39,275 --> 00:31:40,068 WITH HIM,AND THAT WAS SO PAINFUL 765 00:31:40,068 --> 00:31:43,206 TO WATCH. 766 00:31:43,206 --> 00:31:44,586 >> BUT PROSECUTORS WOULD NEED 767 00:31:44,586 --> 00:31:51,241 MUCH MORE THAN THAT VIDEO AND 768 00:31:51,241 --> 00:31:52,206 MARIA'S JOURNAL ENTRIES. 769 00:31:52,206 --> 00:31:53,137 HOW DID THEY BELIEVE THAT JOEL 770 00:31:53,137 --> 00:31:54,000 PELLOT DOSED HIS WIFE WITH ALL 771 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:54,931 THOSE DRUGS? 772 00:31:54,931 --> 00:31:55,758 >> THAT WAS THE MILLION-DOLLAR 773 00:31:55,758 --> 00:31:56,689 QUESTION. 774 00:31:56,689 --> 00:31:58,034 WE KEPT SAYING, HOW DID HE GET 775 00:31:58,034 --> 00:32:00,034 HER TO SUBMIT TO THIS? 776 00:32:00,034 --> 00:32:01,689 >> DURING JANET ARREDONDO'S 777 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:06,172 SECOND POLICE INTERVIEW, SHE 778 00:32:06,172 --> 00:32:07,551 SAID PELLOT HAD TOLD HER ABOUT 779 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:08,758 THE NIGHT MARIA DIED. 780 00:32:08,758 --> 00:32:10,103 HE HAD GONE THERE, HE SAID, TO 781 00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,482 HAVE THAT HEART-TO-HEART TALK 782 00:32:11,482 --> 00:32:20,724 AND THEN INJECTED HER, NOT TO 783 00:32:20,724 --> 00:32:21,689 KILL HER, PELLOT SAID, BUT TO 784 00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:22,620 CALM HER DOWN. 785 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:23,724 >> WHY DID HE TELL YOU THAT HE 786 00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:24,965 INJECTED HER, BECAUSE SHE WAS 787 00:32:24,965 --> 00:32:25,896 ERRATIC? 788 00:32:25,896 --> 00:32:27,689 >> RIGHT, HE WANTED TO UH, JUST 789 00:32:27,689 --> 00:32:28,793 CALM HER DOWN, SO HE DID IT WITH 790 00:32:28,793 --> 00:32:32,172 MEDICATION. 791 00:32:32,172 --> 00:32:34,068 >> BUT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE 792 00:32:34,068 --> 00:32:35,448 SEDATIVES WERE PART OF PELLOT'S 793 00:32:35,448 --> 00:32:37,620 PLAN TO KILL MARIA. 794 00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:39,689 THAT BEFORE PELLOT PUT A IV 795 00:32:39,689 --> 00:32:41,310 NEEDLE IN MARIA'S ARM, HE COULD 796 00:32:41,310 --> 00:32:43,068 HAVE SLIPPED SEVERAL SEDATIVE 797 00:32:43,068 --> 00:32:44,862 DRUGS INTO HER FAVORITE DRINK, 798 00:32:44,862 --> 00:32:49,517 COFFEE. 799 00:32:49,517 --> 00:32:52,379 >> KETAMINE, VERSED, MORPHINE 800 00:32:52,379 --> 00:32:54,689 AND DEMEROL. 801 00:32:54,689 --> 00:32:59,931 THOSE FOUR COULD HAVE BEEN PUT 802 00:32:59,931 --> 00:33:00,793 IN HER COFFEE, SHE THEN PASSES 803 00:33:00,793 --> 00:33:02,655 OUT. 804 00:33:02,655 --> 00:33:04,000 >> AFTER THAT, THEY SAY, PELLOT 805 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,517 INJECTED MARIA WITH A DEADLY 806 00:33:05,517 --> 00:33:07,413 DOSE OF PROPOFOL. 807 00:33:07,413 --> 00:33:10,551 THEN CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTRICT 808 00:33:10,551 --> 00:33:12,448 ATTORNEY ANA KAREN GARZA 809 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:13,965 GUTIERREZ SAYS PELLOT 810 00:33:13,965 --> 00:33:15,551 DELIBERATELY WAITED TO CALL FOR 811 00:33:15,551 --> 00:33:16,827 HELP. 812 00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:18,310 >> I BELIEVE HE WAITED UNTIL SHE 813 00:33:18,310 --> 00:33:19,551 WAS DEAD TO CALL 911 TO MAKE 814 00:33:19,551 --> 00:33:20,758 SURE THAT NO ONE CAN BRING HER 815 00:33:20,758 --> 00:33:22,000 BACK. 816 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,896 >> DID YOU PLAY ANY ROLE IN 817 00:33:23,896 --> 00:33:28,103 MARIA'S DEATH AT ALL? YOU? 818 00:33:28,103 --> 00:33:30,137 >> NO. 819 00:33:30,137 --> 00:33:31,379 >> JANET SAID PELLOT DID ADMIT 820 00:33:31,379 --> 00:33:32,482 TO HER THAT HE GOT RID OF SOME 821 00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:33,689 OF THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HE USED 822 00:33:33,689 --> 00:33:35,034 TO INJECT MARIA BEFORE FIRST 823 00:33:35,034 --> 00:33:36,413 RESPONDERS ARRIVED. 824 00:33:36,413 --> 00:33:38,034 >> HE JUST TOLD ME HE GOT RID OF 825 00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:39,689 THEM. 826 00:33:39,689 --> 00:33:42,551 >> PELLOT WAS OUT ON BAIL SO 827 00:33:42,551 --> 00:33:44,344 PROSECUTORS HAD HIM REARRESTED 828 00:33:44,344 --> 00:33:45,827 AND ALONG WITH MURDER, HE WAS 829 00:33:45,827 --> 00:33:47,448 CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH 830 00:33:47,448 --> 00:33:48,827 EVIDENCE. 831 00:33:48,827 --> 00:33:51,827 AGAIN, HE MADE BAIL AND WOULD 832 00:33:51,827 --> 00:33:56,862 WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR. 833 00:33:56,862 --> 00:33:59,965 >> IN MARCH 2023, TWO AND A HALF 834 00:33:59,965 --> 00:34:01,137 YEARS AFTER MARIA MUNOZ'S DEATH, 835 00:34:01,137 --> 00:34:02,655 HER HUSBAND WENT ON TRIAL FOR 836 00:34:02,655 --> 00:34:05,241 HER MURDER. 837 00:34:05,241 --> 00:34:06,896 >> 48 HOURS MADE SEVERAL 838 00:34:06,896 --> 00:34:09,172 INTERVIEW REQUESTS TO JOEL 839 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:15,585 PELLOT'S DEFENSE TEAM, BUT NEVER 840 00:34:15,585 --> 00:34:16,516 RECEIVED A RESPONSE. 841 00:34:16,516 --> 00:34:17,482 JOEL PELLOT DECLINED OUR REQUEST 842 00:34:17,482 --> 00:34:19,241 FOR AN INTERVIEW. 843 00:34:19,241 --> 00:34:20,620 >> THE EVIDENCE WILL SHOW THAT 844 00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:22,931 JOEL PELLOT HAD THE MOTIVE, HE 845 00:34:22,931 --> 00:34:25,241 HAD THE INTENT, AND HE HAD THE 846 00:34:25,241 --> 00:34:27,137 MEANS TO KILL MARIA. 847 00:34:27,137 --> 00:34:28,793 >> PROSECUTORS PRESENTED 15 848 00:34:28,793 --> 00:34:30,413 WITNESSES TO PROVE TO A JURY 849 00:34:30,413 --> 00:34:32,344 THAT PELLOT HAD CAREFULLY AND 850 00:34:32,344 --> 00:34:34,241 INTENTIONALLY SELECTED THE DRUGS 851 00:34:34,241 --> 00:34:37,103 TO KILL MARIA. 852 00:34:37,103 --> 00:34:39,413 THEIR STAR WITNESS - JANET 853 00:34:39,413 --> 00:34:41,447 ARREDONDO - WHO TOLD THE JURY 854 00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:45,827 WHAT SHE HAD SHARED WITH POLICE. 855 00:34:45,827 --> 00:34:48,827 >> DID MR. PELLOT INDICATE TO 856 00:34:48,827 --> 00:34:50,585 YOU THAT HE DUMPED OR DISCARDED 857 00:34:50,585 --> 00:34:51,827 THE IV CATHETER AND THE VIALS? 858 00:34:51,827 --> 00:34:53,724 >> YES. 859 00:34:53,724 --> 00:34:55,620 >> WHEN THE DEFENSE CASE 860 00:34:55,620 --> 00:34:57,689 BEGINS, JOEL PELLOT'S LAWYERS 861 00:34:57,689 --> 00:35:00,620 ADMIT THEIR CLIENT INJECTED HIS 862 00:35:00,620 --> 00:35:03,620 WIFE, BUT THEY SAY HE WASN'T 863 00:35:03,620 --> 00:35:06,034 TRYING TO KILL HER, HE WAS 864 00:35:06,034 --> 00:35:08,862 TRYING TO KILL HER, HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE HER. 865 00:35:08,862 --> 00:35:23,310 TRYING TO SAVE HER. 866 00:35:23,310 --> 00:35:25,586 >> JOEL PELLOT WEARING A BLUE 867 00:35:25,586 --> 00:35:27,655 SUIT AND A DARK GREY TIE, 868 00:35:27,655 --> 00:35:29,413 LISTENED CAREFULLY AS HIS 869 00:35:29,413 --> 00:35:35,275 DEFENSE TEAM PRESENTED HIS CASE. 870 00:35:35,275 --> 00:35:38,689 >> NOW MARIA DIED, AND THERE'S 871 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:40,310 NO QUESTION THAT JOEL WAS THERE. 872 00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:42,241 >> DEFENSE ATTORNEY ROBERTO 873 00:35:42,241 --> 00:35:44,689 BALLI CLAIMS MARIA WAS TERRIBLY 874 00:35:44,689 --> 00:35:55,448 DEPRESSED AND HAD BEEN DRINKING 875 00:35:55,448 --> 00:35:56,379 AND ABUSING DRUGS FOR MONTHS. 876 00:35:56,379 --> 00:35:57,482 >> WHEN JOEL ARRIVED MARIA WAS 877 00:35:57,482 --> 00:35:58,448 ALREADY ON SOMETHING. 878 00:35:58,448 --> 00:35:59,103 >> ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE, 879 00:35:59,103 --> 00:36:00,137 JOEL PELLOT DIDN'T INTEND TO 880 00:36:00,137 --> 00:36:01,103 KILL HIS WIFE AND THE PROOF, HIS 881 00:36:01,103 --> 00:36:02,034 ATTORNEY'S SAY, IS IN THAT 882 00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:03,275 TOXICOLOGY REPORT . 883 00:36:03,275 --> 00:36:05,586 THEY ADMIT PELLOT GAVE HIS WIFE 884 00:36:05,586 --> 00:36:06,689 MEDICATION TO CALM HER DOWN, AND 885 00:36:06,689 --> 00:36:09,379 THEN WHEN HE FOUND HER 886 00:36:09,379 --> 00:36:11,000 UNCONSCIOUS THEY SAY, HE GAVE 887 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,068 HER NARCAN, A DRUG USED TO 888 00:36:13,068 --> 00:36:15,103 REVERSE AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. 889 00:36:15,103 --> 00:36:16,620 >> SOMEONE TRIED TO BRING HER 890 00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:17,862 BACK TO LIFE, AND IT WASN'T THE 891 00:36:17,862 --> 00:36:19,758 PARAMEDICS, IT WASN'T THE 892 00:36:19,758 --> 00:36:23,275 POLICE, IT WAS JOEL. SO HE DID 893 00:36:23,275 --> 00:36:26,137 NOT WANT HER DEAD. 894 00:36:26,137 --> 00:36:29,103 THIS WAS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. 895 00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:31,310 >> A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, THE 896 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:33,344 DEFENSE ARGUES, THAT WAS CAUSED 897 00:36:33,344 --> 00:36:35,965 BY A COMBINATION OF WHATEVER 898 00:36:35,965 --> 00:36:38,413 MARIA HAD TAKEN AND THE 899 00:36:38,413 --> 00:36:39,655 MEDICATION PELLOT USED TO INJECT 900 00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:41,000 HER. 901 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,206 >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT NARCAN 902 00:36:42,206 --> 00:36:43,310 WASN'T THERE BECAUSE HE TRIED TO 903 00:36:43,310 --> 00:36:44,965 SAVE HER, THAT HE WENT TOO FAR, 904 00:36:44,965 --> 00:36:53,517 REALIZED THAT HE HAD GONE TOO 905 00:36:53,517 --> 00:36:54,896 FAR. 906 00:36:54,896 --> 00:36:55,862 >> NARCAN IS NOT A REVERSAL 907 00:36:55,862 --> 00:36:56,793 AGENT FOR PROPOFOL AND PROPOFOL 908 00:36:56,793 --> 00:36:57,758 WAS WHAT STOPPED HER HEART AT 909 00:36:57,758 --> 00:36:59,000 THE END. 910 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:00,379 >> THE DEFENSE NEVER EXPLAINED 911 00:37:00,379 --> 00:37:01,482 TO THE JURY HOW THE PROPOFOL GOT 912 00:37:01,482 --> 00:37:02,724 INTO MARIA'S SYSTEM, BUT 913 00:37:02,724 --> 00:37:03,655 PROSECUTORS SAY THAT THE LEVEL 914 00:37:03,655 --> 00:37:04,620 OF DRUGS DISCOVERED IN MARIA'S 915 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:05,586 BODY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN 916 00:37:05,586 --> 00:37:09,000 ACCIDENTAL. 917 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,137 >> IT WAS ENOUGH MEDICATION TO 918 00:37:11,137 --> 00:37:12,655 SURVIVE TWO MAJOR SURGERIES. 919 00:37:12,655 --> 00:37:14,137 IT WAS SO MUCH. 920 00:37:14,137 --> 00:37:15,241 >> AND WHY DO YOU THINK HE GAVE 921 00:37:15,241 --> 00:37:23,551 HER SO MUCH? 922 00:37:23,551 --> 00:37:24,517 >> TO BE SURE. 923 00:37:24,517 --> 00:37:25,758 >> WHILE PELLOT HIMSELF DIDN'T 924 00:37:25,758 --> 00:37:27,482 TESTIFY, HIS EMOTIONAL MOTHER 925 00:37:27,482 --> 00:37:28,448 DID. 926 00:37:28,448 --> 00:37:30,655 MIRIAM CARRASQUILLO TOLD 927 00:37:30,655 --> 00:37:32,275 PROSECUTORS, DURING CROSS 928 00:37:32,275 --> 00:37:33,655 EXAMINATION, THAT MARIA HAD 929 00:37:33,655 --> 00:37:34,724 TALKED ABOUT HOW SAD SHE WAS 930 00:37:34,724 --> 00:37:38,275 ABOUT HER MARRIAGE. 931 00:37:38,275 --> 00:37:39,344 >> WERE YOU AWARE THAT JOEL 932 00:37:39,344 --> 00:37:40,172 PELLOT WAS SEEING JANET, WEREN'T 933 00:37:40,172 --> 00:37:45,068 YOU? 934 00:37:45,068 --> 00:37:45,758 >> YES, SHE TOLD ME 935 00:37:45,758 --> 00:37:50,344 >> WHO TOLD YOU? 936 00:37:50,344 --> 00:37:52,000 >> MARIA 937 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,068 >> AND DID YOU ENCOURAGE HER TO 938 00:37:53,068 --> 00:37:54,137 STAY IN THE MARRIAGE? 939 00:37:54,137 --> 00:37:57,586 >> I TOLD HER THAT EVERYBODY 940 00:37:57,586 --> 00:37:58,379 HAVE A LIMIT AND SHE HAVE A 941 00:37:58,379 --> 00:38:02,000 LIMIT. 942 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,344 WHEN SHE DECIDE THAT SHE DON'T 943 00:38:03,344 --> 00:38:06,482 WANT TO BE NO MORE WITH HIM I 944 00:38:06,482 --> 00:38:09,482 HAVE A HOUSE OPEN FOR HER. 945 00:38:09,482 --> 00:38:11,931 >> BUT PROSECUTORS INSIST AS SAD 946 00:38:11,931 --> 00:38:13,000 AS MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN ABOUT HER 947 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:14,793 MARRIAGE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE 948 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,689 THAT SHE ABUSED EITHER DRUGS OR 949 00:38:16,689 --> 00:38:21,172 ALCOHOL. 950 00:38:21,172 --> 00:38:22,241 >> THEY BELIEVE PELLOT'S MOTIVE 951 00:38:22,241 --> 00:38:23,482 WAS MONEY AND THAT HE MURDERED 952 00:38:23,482 --> 00:38:25,793 MARIA, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO 953 00:38:25,793 --> 00:38:27,172 PAY FOR A DIVORCE AND SPLIT HIS 954 00:38:27,172 --> 00:38:31,000 ASSETS. 955 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:37,931 >> AFTER 8 DAYS OF TESTIMONY THE 956 00:38:37,931 --> 00:38:39,000 JURY GOT THE CASE. 957 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,241 IT TOOK THEM LESS THAN AN HOUR 958 00:38:40,241 --> 00:38:41,172 TO DECIDE JOEL PELLOT'S FATE, 959 00:38:41,172 --> 00:38:42,689 GUILTY, OF MURDERING HIS WIFE 960 00:38:42,689 --> 00:38:43,655 MARIA AND TAMPERING WITH THE 961 00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:48,137 EVIDENCE. 962 00:38:48,137 --> 00:38:50,034 MANY MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL 963 00:38:50,034 --> 00:38:53,034 COMMUNITY ATTENDED THE TRIAL. 964 00:38:53,034 --> 00:38:54,103 PELLOT'S FORMER COLLEAGUE, TINA 965 00:38:54,103 --> 00:38:56,034 DORES. 966 00:38:56,034 --> 00:38:56,862 >> HE'S NOT DUMB, I MEAN HE'S A 967 00:38:56,862 --> 00:38:58,482 SMART GUY. 968 00:38:58,482 --> 00:39:01,103 SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE JUST GOT 969 00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,482 CAUGHT UP WITH HIS GOD COMPLEX 970 00:39:02,482 --> 00:39:04,379 THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS SMARTER 971 00:39:04,379 --> 00:39:05,482 THAN EVERYONE AND THAT HE WAS 972 00:39:05,482 --> 00:39:08,482 GOING TO OUTSMART THEM. 973 00:39:08,482 --> 00:39:20,862 >> JUST HOURS AFTER THE GUILTY 974 00:39:20,862 --> 00:39:23,241 VERDICT, HE WAS CUFFED AND 975 00:39:23,241 --> 00:39:25,172 ESCORTED OUT OF THE COURTROOM. 976 00:39:25,172 --> 00:39:26,724 >> SHE ADORED HIM. 977 00:39:26,724 --> 00:39:30,172 >> ANGELA'S FRIEND. 978 00:39:30,172 --> 00:39:32,172 >> SHE JUST LOVED HIM TOO MUCH. 979 00:39:32,172 --> 00:39:38,000 >> PROSECUTORS GOT JUSTICE FOR 980 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:38,517 MAE, BUT 981 00:39:38,517 --> 00:39:43,551 MARIA, BUT IT'S A TRAGIC ENDING 982 00:39:43,551 --> 00:39:45,310 FOR THE MOTHER WHO FOUGHT SO 983 00:39:45,310 --> 00:39:46,793 HARD TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER. 984 00:39:46,793 --> 00:39:49,724 >> WE COULD NEVER SEE THOSE ON 985 00:39:49,724 --> 00:39:51,448 MARIA, BUT SHE TOLD US ABOUT 986 00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:51,655 THEM. 987 00:39:51,655 --> 00:39:53,827 SHE CARRIED A LOT OF SCARS WITH 988 00:39:53,827 --> 00:39:58,344 HER FROM THIS RELATIONSHIP. 989 00:39:58,344 --> 00:40:01,103 >> MARIA'S TEAM SAY THE MOST 990 00:40:01,103 --> 00:40:02,758 IMPORTANT WITNESS AT TRIAL ENDED 991 00:40:02,758 --> 00:40:05,724 UP BEING MARIA HERSELF, AND 992 00:40:05,724 --> 00:40:07,103 THAT HER JOURNALS SHOWED THOSE 993 00:40:07,103 --> 00:40:14,620 SCARS WERE HEALING. 994 00:40:14,620 --> 00:40:16,103 >> I WANT A LIFE THAT'S MINE, 995 00:40:16,103 --> 00:40:16,931 DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE. A LIFE 996 00:40:16,931 --> 00:40:17,896 THAT'S BALANCED WITH EVERY 997 00:40:17,896 --> 00:40:18,862 EMOTION, BUT A HAPPY FULFILLING 998 00:40:18,862 --> 00:40:25,655 LIFE. 999 00:40:25,655 --> 00:40:32,896 >> SHE WAS A WONDERFUL SOUL. 1000 00:40:32,896 --> 00:40:34,655 >> SHE WAS A GREAT MOTHER, SHE 1001 00:40:34,655 --> 00:40:36,482 WAS JUST AN AMAZING PERSON. 1002 00:40:36,482 --> 00:40:37,310 AND THAT ENERGY? 1003 00:40:37,310 --> 00:40:39,620 AND THAT ENERGY? WE FELT IT. 1004 00:40:39,620 --> 00:40:55,586 WE FELT IT.