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[narrator] in a town
known for good times.
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[auburn] reno has the title
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of "the biggest little city
in the world."
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[narrator] a college professor
disappears without a trace.
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[det. Danny] college professors
don't just up and vanish
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and cut off all contact
with their families.
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[det. Scott] this isn't
a standard missing person case.
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[det. Danny] that area
is known for the drugs,
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the prostitution,
the crime.
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[narrator] the search
for answers leads deep
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into the blazing nevada desert.
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[det. Danny] he said that
there was somebody
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at the university
wants you dead.
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[det. Scott] I noticed that
he became more and more nervous.
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He was visibly shaking.
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[narrator] but will
investigators find the truth
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buried in the hot sand
or is it only a mirage?
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[karen] I was like,
"who is this person
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and you have to be kidding me?
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He's got aliases and he's wanted
all over the place."
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[det. Scott]
they had no idea how violent,
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how dangerous
this human being was.
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[narrator] the desolate,
scorching desert
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of northeast nevada
is a barren landscape.
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[det. Scott] it's, uh,
kind of a wide open area.
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I mean, you can go
miles and miles
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and not see anybody, ever.
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[det. Danny] the landscape
is mainly tall, sage brush,
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uh, real high-desert type
of an environment.
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The heat can hit a hundred
and ten degrees.
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[narrator] on a sweltering day
in August 2007,
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a hopeful pair
of antelope hunters
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heads out into the desert
near the tiny town of jackpot.
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They noticed something curious.
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they saw some birds
circling above
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and so they go see
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what were these birds
circling around.
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[det. Scott] they thought
it was probably a dead animal.
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[narrator] the hunters lean in
for a closer look
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and realized they found
something far worse.
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[auburn] they saw some sort of
green sandals peeking out.
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And they went closer
and sure enough,
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it was a body
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and it was buried in the sand.
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[narrator] the hunters
scrambled back to their car
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to call the police.
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[sirens wailing]
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[det. Scott] when elko county
arrived on scene,
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they found, uh,
an adult female.
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And just based on her
physical structure
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and the--
and the clothing,
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the body decomposition
had started.
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There was a lot of blood
on the front of her clothes.
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It was very clear that
this was not an accident,
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isn't somebody
that just stumbled out
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in the middle of nevada desert
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and died from exposure.
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This was very clearly
a murder case.
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[det. Danny]
because of the decomposition,
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they were gonna need dna,
fingerprints, dental records,
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something to that effect.
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The scene, it was photographed.
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You look for any type
of physical evidence.
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In this case,
you'd look for tire tracks,
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uh, weapons obviously,
clothing,
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uh, anything to do
with that crime scene.
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[narrator] investigators
uncovered little evidence,
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except for some
clear tire tracks
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spotted in the nearby sand.
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[det. Scott] obviously, somebody
had driven her to that location.
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She could have been
brought from anywhere.
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[auburn] reno has the title
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"the biggest little city
in the world."
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I think that's a really
great nickname for it
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because you're closed
to everything
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that you could ever want
in a big city,
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but you still have this
sort of tight-knit,
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small town feeling.
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[narrator] while it's known
for its casinos and good times,
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the city also boasts
an academic jewel,
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the university of nevada, reno.
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And in 2007, one of the pillars
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of unr's humanities program
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is 64-year-old professor,
dr. Judy calder.
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She's made the darker side
of reno her academic specialty.
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[karen] she was really
a specialist and brilliant
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on substance abuse issues.
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[auburn] judy was doing a lot
of different research
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on domestic violence
and trying to find ways
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to make our community better.
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[karen] and, you know,
she was just an amazing person.
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She was the kind of person
if she walked in the room,
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people would
turn their head and look.
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And she had the most
colorful clothes.
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Her personality and her
approach to life was vibrant.
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[auburn] judy was living
in incline village
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with her husband, jim.
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A really small,
little community
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right off
of the lake tahoe shore.
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They had three daughters,
all grown up.
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They were a happy family.
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[narrator] the only downside
of living in incline village
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is the 60-mile trek
to work in reno.
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[auburn] judy was making
the commute every day
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down to reno to go to her job
at the university.
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And then sometimes she would
stay the night at a hotel
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so she could be closer
to the campus.
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[narrator] Friday,
August 17th, of 2007
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was going to be
another late night.
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[karen] she had some meetings
so she was going to stay down
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and not go home that weekend.
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[narrator] judy lucks out
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when a friend who's won
a complimentary room
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at the golden nugget
casino hotel offers it to her.
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Judy's husband jim
decides to join her
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so they can make
a fun weekend out of it.
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At least that was the plan.
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[auburn] but jim didn't end up
coming with her.
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He had to stay back and work
on a water heater
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that was broken at their home.
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[det. Scott] so jim told her
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that he would be down
the next day.
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[narrator] on Saturday morning,
jim is still stuck at home.
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When he calls judy,
there's no answer.
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[det. Scott] about 3:00
in the afternoon,
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jim hadn't been able
to get ahold of her,
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so he went to the nugget.
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[det. Danny] when he went
into the hotel room,
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all of her medications
were still there,
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all of her clothing.
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It seemed really strange
because she was a diabetic
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and she had left her medication
in the hotel room
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that she needed every day.
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[det. Danny]
that's when jim got worried
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and contacted
the police department.
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[det. Danny] jim said that judy
was a very responsible person.
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This was absolutely
out of character for her.
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College professors
don't just up and vanish
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and cut off all contact
with their families.
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[det. Scott] she had a job
to go back to,
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her husband couldn't
get ahold of her.
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Nobody could find her.
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[narrator] investigators hoped
the extensive
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security camera footage
from the golden nugget
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will help jumpstart
their search for judy.
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[det. Scott] we found her
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at some point
on the casino floor
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going down a set
of escalators
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from the 2nd floor
down to the casino floor.
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[narrator] the timestamp
on the video shows 10:30 a.M.
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Saturday, August 18th.
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[det. Danny] at that point,
there was video surveillance
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that showed her getting in
her vehicle by herself
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and leaving the nugget.
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[det. Scott] we were hoping
that judy might have
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just returned to work,
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so we contacted
the unr police department
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and asked them
to check her workplace.
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We asked them to check
for any door records
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indicating that she had
let herself in or out,
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uh, any surveillance
of her coming or going.
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They did that for us
and we never saw her
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on any of the videos
after she was reported missing.
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[narrator] investigators'
next focus
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on finding judy's vehicle.
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They immediately
put out an alert for the car
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and quickly get a hit.
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[det. Scott] it was found over
by 5th and evans
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which is not too far
from the university.
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[det. Danny]
the 500 block of evans
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is not somewhere
where judy calder
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would have frequented.
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That area is known
for the drugs,
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the prostitution,
the crime.
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They dusted the outside
of judy's car for fingerprints.
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And as they were doing that,
around the driver's door handle,
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you could tell where somebody
had wiped it with a wet cloth.
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And that kind of changed
the game a little bit.
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That's a deliberate act
to conceal evidence.
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So we knew we had more
on our hands probably
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than a missing person
at that time.
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[narrator] police begin
canvassing the neighborhood,
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hoping to find someone
who might have seen
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judy's car arrive in the area.
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[det. Danny] I began
going from hotel to hotel.
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And some of the people said,
"oh, yes, we saw
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a dark-skinned male
driving judy's car."
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[det. Danny] at that point
in the investigation,
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we had a pretty good idea
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that somebody did
something to her.
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Judy's daughter kim
was interviewed
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and she was very concerned.
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She said, "my mom would've
never been in that area of town.
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You finding her car down there
tells me that she's dead."
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[det. Scott] he became more
and more nervous
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and he was visibly shaking.
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[auburn] how did this man
become involved with judy calder
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and what was the relationship?
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[det. Danny]
this was done out of rage.
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[narrator] it's been a day
since college professor,
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dr. Judy calder
vanished from reno, nevada.
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Her car has
been found abandoned
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in a seedy part of
the city,
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and her family and police
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are convinced she's in danger.
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[det. Danny] she was staying
in the nugget
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and all of her medications
were still there,
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all of her clothing.
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She'd not shown up at work.
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She wasn't answering
her cell phone.
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[auburn] investigators
ask her husband jim,
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"would somebody want
to hurt judy?
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Did she have
any enemies at work?
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Did she have any enemies
in her community?"
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and he said,
"no, absolutely not."
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[narrator]
but judy's daughter kim
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tells police
that might not be so.
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She tells detectives
about an alarming incident
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the previous year.
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[det. Danny] kim told me
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somebody attacked judy
in her garage.
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[karen] she was begging
to please don't hurt me
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or don't kill me.
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[det. Danny]
it was a violent attack.
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He attempted
to cover her mouth.
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She was able
to fight him off.
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Her attacker said to her,
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"somebody at the university
wants you dead."
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[det. Scott]
it had gone unsolved
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and so we thought, "well,
maybe it's the same person."
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[narrator] the detectives
can find no immediate leads
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in the earlier attack.
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As they look into it,
they expand the investigation,
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seeking anyone
who might have known judy
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was staying in reno
that weekend.
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[det. Scott] we learned
from jim about rickey barge,
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an associate of jim and judy's,
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was the one who had got her
the room at the nugget
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so obviously he became
somebody we wanted to talk to.
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[auburn] rickey owned
a printing shop
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called imaging technologies.
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[det. Danny] rickey's business
have done some work
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for the university
and judy had met rickey,
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and they struck up
a friendship through that.
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[narrator] rickey and jim calder
had even become partners
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in rickey's printing business.
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[det. Danny] he knew
that judy was missing
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because he had been
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driving jim around town
because jim was distraught.
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He was [ indistinct ]
he didn't drive very well.
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So rickey kind of took jim
under his wing during this time
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to help him out, uh,
since his wife was missing.
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[det. Scott] rickey seemed
very distraught and upset.
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And he was very open about
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how much he care
for judy and jim
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and he liked helping them,
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and they've been
good business partners.
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[narrator]
investigators ask rickey
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if he can think of anyone
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who might have seen judy
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or be able to offer
any additional information.
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[det. Scott]
rickey told us about a guy
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who did casual labor
for him named carlos.
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Rickey hired carlos
for casual labor jobs
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around his warehouse,
sweeping, cleaning,
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uh, sometimes
delivering stuff.
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Carlos did some deliveries
for him at the university,
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so he could have come
into contact with judy
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at the university.
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He described carlos to us.
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[det. Danny]
and his physical description
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very much could have fit
the person
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seen driving judy's car.
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[narrator] but rickey
can't offer the police
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much help finding carlos.
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[det. Scott] he didn't know
where carlos lived.
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He knew that he hung around
the casinos
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but didn't know
his last name.
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He didn't have a phone.
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He would just show up
at the warehouse
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and, "hey, do you have
any work for me?"
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[narrator] wondering if carlos
has a police record,
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the detectives decide
to check recent rap sheets.
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The hunch pays off
when they come across a man
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named carlos filomeno.
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[♪♪♪]
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[det. Scott] we were able
to identify him by a picture
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and we showed
that picture to rickey
305
00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:33,611
and he goes,
"oh, yeah, that's carlos."
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he had an active
probation warrant.
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He was a property
crime suspect,
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burglaries,
you know, check fraud.
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[narrator] now, finding carlos
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and looking for a connection
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between him
and judy's disappearance
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is the detectives'
top priority.
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It's been more than a week
since judy calder vanished.
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Jim was distraught.
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[karen] I had a pit
in my stomach,
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and I kept asking,
"what's going on?"
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nothing, no information.
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It was excruciating.
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[♪♪♪]
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[narrator] on August 28th,
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10 days after judy calder
was reported missing,
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the elko county
sheriff's department
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response to a call
from two hunters
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just outside of
jackpot, nevada.
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[auburn] it was very desolate,
hot, hot day in August.
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And they came across
this dirt berm
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and just to the back of it
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was a woman's body...
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Buried in the sand.
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[sirens wailing]
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[det. Danny] once judy
was reported missing,
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we had gone
to pretty good lengths
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to get her description out
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to all of the agencies
in and around nevada.
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[det. Danny] our secretary
came through and she says,
336
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"elko county just called
and they have a body."
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[♪♪♪]
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[det. Scott]
the victim was wearing
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what would be described
as a pan suite,
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uh, business-like attire,
341
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and some green sandals.
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[narrator] the body is carefully
removed from the shallow grave
343
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and transported
to the nevada state
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medical examiner for autopsy.
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[det. Danny]
through the dna, we learned
346
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that the body located
in rural elko county
347
00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:27,325
was in fact judy calder.
348
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[♪♪♪]
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[narrator]
from the decomposition rate,
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the me calculates
that judy likely was killed
351
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and her body buried
in the desert
352
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the same day
she went missing.
353
00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:43,825
[det. Scott]
washoe county forensics unit
354
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confirmed that
it was homicide by stabbing.
355
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[♪♪♪]
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[det. Danny]
we knew we were no longer
357
00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:56,454
looking at
a missing person's case.
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We have a murder.
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[♪♪♪]
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[det. Danny] she was stabbed
many, many, many times.
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This was done out of rage.
362
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[narrator] the body
of 64-year-old judy calder
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has been found buried
in a shallow desert grave.
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Detectives make
the 500-mile trek from reno
365
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to the burial site
near jackpot, nevada,
366
00:16:34,894 --> 00:16:37,829
hoping to find clues
in the remote desert area.
367
00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:42,033
[det. Scott] our, uh,
forensic investigators
368
00:16:42,068 --> 00:16:45,370
went and processed
the scene for tire tracks.
369
00:16:45,405 --> 00:16:48,105
Sometimes tire tracks
are fairly unremarkable,
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00:16:48,124 --> 00:16:50,675
but in this case,
they were good tire tracks.
371
00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:52,510
And so if we can find
the suspect vehicle,
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we can match it
to the crime scene.
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Detectives at the scene
located a piece of paper
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with a phone number on it.
375
00:17:02,555 --> 00:17:04,505
They tried to call that person
376
00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:07,558
to see if he knew judy calder.
377
00:17:07,594 --> 00:17:09,394
And it turned out that
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00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:12,346
that subject
was a business associate,
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00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:14,198
a colleague of judy calder's
380
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from her job at the university.
381
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[narrator] knowing judy had been
attacked a year earlier
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by a man who told her
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00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:24,642
somebody at the university
wanted her dead,
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00:17:24,661 --> 00:17:26,744
detectives wonder whether
this discovery
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could be connected
to that incident.
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00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:33,818
A team heads to the university
to rundown the lead.
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00:17:33,837 --> 00:17:36,821
Detectives are also delving
into the other major clue
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00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,192
from the burial site,
the tire tracks.
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00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:44,545
[det. Scott] we tried to match
the tire impressions
390
00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:47,014
from the desert to vehicles,
391
00:17:47,050 --> 00:17:48,850
to people that judy knew
392
00:17:48,885 --> 00:17:51,185
to see if any of those
were suspect vehicles.
393
00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,808
None of the vehicles
that we compared them to
394
00:17:56,843 --> 00:17:58,392
matched the tire tracks
that we had found
395
00:17:58,445 --> 00:17:59,477
in elko county.
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00:17:59,512 --> 00:18:01,362
[♪♪♪]
397
00:18:01,397 --> 00:18:03,047
[narrator] at the university,
398
00:18:03,083 --> 00:18:04,749
investigators
have located the man
399
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,117
whose number was on the note
400
00:18:06,152 --> 00:18:07,919
found near judy's body.
401
00:18:07,954 --> 00:18:10,488
He tells them
he only met judy briefly
402
00:18:10,523 --> 00:18:12,907
and they've had
no contact since.
403
00:18:12,959 --> 00:18:15,059
And he's able to account
for his whereabouts
404
00:18:15,095 --> 00:18:17,211
on the day judy disappeared.
405
00:18:17,247 --> 00:18:19,497
[det. Scott] we were able
to rule that person out
406
00:18:19,532 --> 00:18:21,048
as a suspect,
he had nothing to do.
407
00:18:21,084 --> 00:18:22,767
It was just a coincidence
that judy
408
00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:26,571
had that piece of paper
with her when she died.
409
00:18:26,606 --> 00:18:28,940
[narrator] with nothing to go on
from the crime scene,
410
00:18:28,975 --> 00:18:31,242
detectives begin
taking a closer look
411
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,411
at the people in judy's life.
412
00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,713
Their first stop
is her husband jim,
413
00:18:35,732 --> 00:18:37,482
who was supposed to be
with judy
414
00:18:37,517 --> 00:18:41,068
the day she disappeared
but stayed home.
415
00:18:41,104 --> 00:18:42,737
[det. Scott]
our detectives confronted jim
416
00:18:42,772 --> 00:18:45,156
about where he was that day.
417
00:18:45,191 --> 00:18:46,991
He had told us
that he had stayed home
418
00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:49,393
because of a, uh,
water heater leak,
419
00:18:49,412 --> 00:18:51,412
and we were able to confirm
with-- with the company
420
00:18:51,447 --> 00:18:53,331
that he had called them
and asked them to come out
421
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,583
and they repaired the--
a leak in the water heater,
422
00:18:55,618 --> 00:18:57,067
and that he didn't leave
the incline village area
423
00:18:57,086 --> 00:18:59,921
until about 3:00 or so,
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00:18:59,956 --> 00:19:01,672
maybe a little later
in the afternoon.
425
00:19:04,344 --> 00:19:06,677
[narrator] the detectives
also redoubled their efforts
426
00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:08,379
to find carlos filomeno
427
00:19:08,414 --> 00:19:10,681
and connect him
to judy's disappearance.
428
00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:14,952
[det. Scott] we tried to match
the tire tracks
429
00:19:14,988 --> 00:19:17,522
to the vehicles associated
to imaging technologies,
430
00:19:17,557 --> 00:19:20,424
including the van that was used
by carlos for deliveries,
431
00:19:20,460 --> 00:19:23,594
uh, but the tire imprints
from elko county
432
00:19:23,613 --> 00:19:26,280
did not match the van.
433
00:19:26,316 --> 00:19:28,366
[narrator] but as they examine
the delivery van,
434
00:19:28,401 --> 00:19:31,936
the detectives do notice
something odd.
435
00:19:31,955 --> 00:19:35,039
I opened the front passenger
door of the van.
436
00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:38,075
I noticed that was cleaned.
437
00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,577
It smelled like
a cleaning agent.
438
00:19:42,966 --> 00:19:45,333
Or investigators
swabbed the interior of it
439
00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:47,718
and traces of human blood
were found.
440
00:19:47,754 --> 00:19:50,838
[♪♪♪]
441
00:19:50,890 --> 00:19:53,124
[narrator] the blood traces
set off alarms
442
00:19:53,159 --> 00:19:56,694
and intensified the detectives'
suspicions about carlos.
443
00:19:56,729 --> 00:19:59,513
But one thing
isn't making sense.
444
00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:01,632
If carlos is responsible,
445
00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:06,571
what caused him to escalate
from petty crime to murder?
446
00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:07,872
[auburn] the police
were just trying
447
00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:09,490
to put the pieces together.
448
00:20:09,525 --> 00:20:12,159
How did this man
become involved with judy calder
449
00:20:12,195 --> 00:20:13,527
and what was the relationship,
450
00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,196
and why was he driving her car?
451
00:20:16,749 --> 00:20:19,166
[det. Danny] we knew that
we needed to find
452
00:20:19,202 --> 00:20:22,336
carlos filomeno
then get him interviewed.
453
00:20:23,423 --> 00:20:25,790
[♪♪♪]
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00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:27,341
[det. Scott]
I had a family member
455
00:20:27,377 --> 00:20:29,176
who knew carlos
from back in the day
456
00:20:29,212 --> 00:20:33,764
when they're both involved
in some illegal activities.
457
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,183
I had called him
and he told me "carlos' mother
458
00:20:36,219 --> 00:20:40,438
is at one of our local casinos
almost every day."
459
00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:42,573
[narrator] detectives
head to harris casino,
460
00:20:42,609 --> 00:20:45,576
hoping that carlos might
pay a visit to his mother.
461
00:20:46,713 --> 00:20:48,446
[det. Scott]
within about an hour,
462
00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:50,347
they caught him
coming down the escalators
463
00:20:50,366 --> 00:20:52,216
and they grabbed him
on his probation warrant.
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00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:57,221
[narrator] two days after
the discovery of judy's body,
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detectives face off
with carlos filomeno.
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[det. Scott] initially,
carlos, he seem non-committal
467
00:21:05,915 --> 00:21:07,415
about the interview, like,
468
00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,300
he didn't really have
anything to tell me.
469
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:12,053
We asked him specifically
if he knew judy
470
00:21:12,088 --> 00:21:14,305
and he kind of looked at me
and said,
471
00:21:14,340 --> 00:21:15,873
"no, I don't
really know judy."
472
00:21:15,892 --> 00:21:17,808
I said, "well,
do you know jim?"
473
00:21:17,844 --> 00:21:20,311
"oh, yeah, jim works
at the warehouse with rickey."
474
00:21:20,346 --> 00:21:22,596
and this went on
for quite a while,
475
00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:24,381
but as this interview unfolded,
476
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,151
more and more started
to come out from carlos.
477
00:21:27,186 --> 00:21:30,888
He started telling us,
"oh, yeah, I, I do know judy.
478
00:21:30,907 --> 00:21:35,076
Yeah. I-- I've seen her at
imaging technologies warehouse."
479
00:21:35,111 --> 00:21:38,112
I tried to explain to him
that judy's missing,
480
00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:40,230
something happened to her.
481
00:21:40,249 --> 00:21:42,166
As we started
to go down this road,
482
00:21:42,201 --> 00:21:45,069
I noticed that he became
more and more nervous.
483
00:21:45,088 --> 00:21:46,671
He was visibly shaking.
484
00:22:04,774 --> 00:22:07,441
[det. Scott] eventually,
he tells me, "I saw him do it."
485
00:22:07,477 --> 00:22:08,642
I said, "you saw what?"
486
00:22:08,695 --> 00:22:10,928
"I saw him stab her."
487
00:22:10,947 --> 00:22:12,646
I said, "carlos, you need to be
488
00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:14,398
very clear about
what you're telling me here.
489
00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:16,000
You saw who stabbed her?"
490
00:22:27,613 --> 00:22:29,697
[det. Scott] I said, "carlos,
you need to be very clear about
491
00:22:29,732 --> 00:22:30,898
what you're telling me here.
492
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:32,867
You saw who stabbed her?"
493
00:22:32,902 --> 00:22:34,869
"rickey, I saw him stab judy."
494
00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:39,740
[narrator] reno detectives
are questioning carlos filomeno
495
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,742
about the murder of judy calder
496
00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:44,662
when he makes
a stunning accusation.
497
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:48,215
He claims he witnessed
his boss, judy's good friend,
498
00:22:48,251 --> 00:22:51,168
rickey barge,
stabbing her to death.
499
00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:04,398
[narrator] according to carlos,
rickey revealed judy
500
00:23:04,434 --> 00:23:08,235
had loaned him a lot of money
and he couldn't pay her back.
501
00:23:08,271 --> 00:23:10,404
[det. Scott] that's when
rickey reveals his plan to him
502
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,859
that he is going to murder
judy calder, over money.
503
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:19,330
Rickey gives carlos,
uh, money to go to walmart
504
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:22,950
and purchase items,
specifically the knife,
505
00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:26,871
and, uh, clothing to wear during
the murder for both of them.
506
00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:35,012
[♪♪♪]
507
00:23:38,134 --> 00:23:41,018
[narrator] carlos claims rickey
lured judy to his warehouse
508
00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:43,771
with the promise
of repaying his loan.
509
00:23:43,806 --> 00:23:47,808
[det. Danny] carlos said he had
watched rickey murder, uh, judy.
510
00:23:54,534 --> 00:23:57,284
And he was afraid
for his own safety.
511
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,871
Uh, he thought that he
had to cooperate with rickey
512
00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,706
or he was gonna
end up like judy.
513
00:24:04,744 --> 00:24:08,412
So carlos said that they had
placed her body in plastic,
514
00:24:10,583 --> 00:24:14,502
put it in the back of the van,
and drove it up to elko county.
515
00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:18,422
[♪♪♪]
516
00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:22,526
[narrator] after burying judy in
the desert sand, carlos claims,
517
00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:25,529
the pair drove the company van
south to arizona
518
00:24:25,565 --> 00:24:28,599
and began destroying evidence
of the crime.
519
00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:31,735
[det. Danny] carlos said they
had the tires on the van changed
520
00:24:31,771 --> 00:24:33,654
in phoenix and on the way back,
521
00:24:33,689 --> 00:24:36,640
they had discarded the tires
along the highway.
522
00:24:36,659 --> 00:24:39,577
[det. Scott] we realized
that it could be why the tire
523
00:24:39,612 --> 00:24:42,029
imprints that we had from
elko county did not match
524
00:24:42,081 --> 00:24:45,449
the imaging technology tires
that were now on the van.
525
00:24:47,286 --> 00:24:49,253
[narrator] but it's not lost
on investigators
526
00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:51,338
that carlos has gone
to great lengths
527
00:24:51,374 --> 00:24:53,457
to separate himself
from the murderer.
528
00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:57,628
[det. Danny] the way he was able
to describe the crime scene
529
00:24:57,663 --> 00:25:01,215
and the-- the manner of--
of-- the way judy was murdered
530
00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:03,217
in such great detail,
531
00:25:03,269 --> 00:25:08,556
you cannot discount that carlos
wasn't guilty of it himself.
532
00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:11,174
[narrator] to get to the truth,
the detectives' next step
533
00:25:11,194 --> 00:25:15,045
is hearing what judy's friend,
rickey barge, has to say.
534
00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:16,747
But when they arrive
at his house,
535
00:25:16,782 --> 00:25:19,700
they discovered
that he's left town.
536
00:25:19,735 --> 00:25:22,369
[det. Scott] his wife, rose,
had told us that
537
00:25:22,405 --> 00:25:25,089
he was away on business
and he couldn't be reached.
538
00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:29,359
[narrator] its suspicious timing
and as detectives continue
539
00:25:29,378 --> 00:25:35,082
to look into carlos' story,
their suspicions grow.
540
00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:37,701
[♪♪♪]
541
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,720
[det. Scott]
and we were able to find
542
00:25:39,755 --> 00:25:44,258
the video evidence of both
rickey and carlos in walmart.
543
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:45,876
Carlos was given money
from rickey,
544
00:25:45,895 --> 00:25:48,062
so that carlos
made the purchase.
545
00:25:48,097 --> 00:25:51,949
Uh, but rickey was seen
in the walmart with carlos.
546
00:25:51,984 --> 00:25:53,717
[narrator]
the video seems to confirm
547
00:25:53,736 --> 00:25:56,487
carlos' story
that rickey was involved,
548
00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:59,590
but police still
can't find rickey.
549
00:25:59,625 --> 00:26:02,326
[det. Scott] we've learned
that rickey have rented vehicle
550
00:26:02,361 --> 00:26:04,194
from one of the local
rental car agencies.
551
00:26:06,032 --> 00:26:08,499
The vehicle was recovered
down in san antonio
552
00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:10,834
near the airport.
553
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:12,419
There was a note
inside of the car.
554
00:26:12,455 --> 00:26:14,738
He said that
he was going to canada,
555
00:26:14,757 --> 00:26:17,341
but my immediate thought,
556
00:26:17,376 --> 00:26:19,176
"if you're that far south
in dallas, texas,
557
00:26:19,211 --> 00:26:20,878
you're probably headed
to mexico."
558
00:26:23,082 --> 00:26:24,431
[narrator]
it's clear to detectives
559
00:26:24,467 --> 00:26:26,483
that rickey barge is
on the run.
560
00:26:28,487 --> 00:26:30,120
[karen] I was in shock.
561
00:26:30,156 --> 00:26:31,655
Jim and his daughter,
562
00:26:31,691 --> 00:26:33,791
they were in shock
just as we were.
563
00:26:33,826 --> 00:26:35,359
And we said,
"are you kidding me?
564
00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:37,444
What happened?
No, this is not happening.
565
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,862
This is not real."
566
00:26:38,898 --> 00:26:42,600
[♪♪♪]
567
00:26:42,635 --> 00:26:45,102
[narrator] with an international
manhunt now underway,
568
00:26:45,121 --> 00:26:48,706
detectives head to rickey's
business, imaging technologies,
569
00:26:48,741 --> 00:26:50,941
to see if they can determine
if it was indeed
570
00:26:50,977 --> 00:26:53,744
the scene of a murder
as carlos claims.
571
00:26:55,798 --> 00:26:59,583
Our agency was asked
to perform the luminol test.
572
00:26:59,618 --> 00:27:02,219
It's typically used
in situations where
573
00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:05,673
it's believed that a crime scene
may have been cleaned up.
574
00:27:05,725 --> 00:27:08,759
If there is blood present,
it will react with the blood,
575
00:27:08,794 --> 00:27:10,844
producing a blue-like color.
576
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,101
[det. Danny] so the luminol
activated right in the area
577
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:19,469
where carlos said
the altercation happened.
578
00:27:19,488 --> 00:27:23,807
There were big swirls
on the floor
579
00:27:23,843 --> 00:27:26,076
where blood had been mopped up.
580
00:27:27,446 --> 00:27:29,413
[darby]
swabs were taken of that area
581
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:32,016
and brought back
to our lab and tested
582
00:27:32,051 --> 00:27:33,617
and those were
determined to match
583
00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:37,054
the dna profile
of judy calder.
584
00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:39,089
[narrator] and when test
results from the blood traces
585
00:27:39,125 --> 00:27:41,375
found in rickey's
delivery van come in,
586
00:27:41,427 --> 00:27:43,794
they are also
a match for judy.
587
00:27:45,548 --> 00:27:47,014
[auburn]
her blood was in the van.
588
00:27:47,049 --> 00:27:49,867
Her blood was at the warehouse.
589
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:52,636
Everything at this point
was pointing
590
00:27:52,671 --> 00:27:55,356
to carlos and rickey
being involved somehow
591
00:27:55,391 --> 00:27:56,640
or another with the murder.
592
00:27:59,478 --> 00:28:02,012
[narrator] but as detectives
search rickey barge's warehouse
593
00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:04,782
and his office,
the mystery deepens,
594
00:28:04,817 --> 00:28:07,868
and another possible
suspect emerges.
595
00:28:07,903 --> 00:28:09,352
[det. Scott] one of the names
on the paperwork
596
00:28:09,372 --> 00:28:11,238
from various items
that we found,
597
00:28:11,290 --> 00:28:13,741
the name mohamed kamaludeen
kept coming up.
598
00:28:15,828 --> 00:28:19,630
Then we came across paperwork
that indicated that judy
599
00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:22,199
had signed an agreement to loan
600
00:28:22,234 --> 00:28:26,420
kamaludeen about $150,000
for the start of a new business.
601
00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:31,308
[auburn] mohamed kamaludeen,
but who is this person?
602
00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:34,978
[narrator] a background check
on mohamed kamaludeen
603
00:28:35,014 --> 00:28:37,181
reveals the surprising answer
604
00:28:37,216 --> 00:28:40,934
when motor vehicle records
lead detectives into texas.
605
00:28:40,986 --> 00:28:43,070
[det. Danny] we figured out
that mohamed kamaludeen
606
00:28:43,105 --> 00:28:45,022
was actually rickey barge.
607
00:28:47,576 --> 00:28:49,226
[det. Scott]
and, you know, rickey barge
608
00:28:49,245 --> 00:28:51,578
turned out to be
a homeless person
609
00:28:51,614 --> 00:28:53,330
in the state of texas
610
00:28:53,365 --> 00:28:56,834
and mohamed kamaludeen
had stolen his identity
611
00:28:56,869 --> 00:28:59,253
and had been using it
for several years.
612
00:28:59,288 --> 00:29:02,089
[narrator] and police learned
that's not the only secret
613
00:29:02,124 --> 00:29:03,507
he was keeping.
614
00:29:07,463 --> 00:29:10,848
[auburn] investigators learned
that there were several casinos
615
00:29:10,883 --> 00:29:14,952
throughout town
where rickey was a regular
616
00:29:14,987 --> 00:29:17,137
and some of them, he owed,
617
00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:20,307
you know, between
$30,000 and $60,000 too.
618
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,194
He had a real gambling problem
619
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:26,196
and had kind of racked up
a lot of debts
620
00:29:26,232 --> 00:29:28,031
at a-- at a lot
of different places.
621
00:29:29,952 --> 00:29:32,302
[det. Scott] he had taken this
money from the calders
622
00:29:32,338 --> 00:29:34,938
with the intention
of incorporating them
623
00:29:34,957 --> 00:29:36,623
into this business
624
00:29:36,659 --> 00:29:38,075
and really all he did
was gamble with it.
625
00:29:40,663 --> 00:29:42,496
[narrator]
as investigators dig deeper
626
00:29:42,548 --> 00:29:44,832
into mohamed kamaludeen's
history,
627
00:29:44,884 --> 00:29:49,803
they begin uncovering even
darker secrets from his past.
628
00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:53,056
Kamaludeen was wanted
for a 1993 murder in canada.
629
00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:54,224
It was a pretty violent murder.
630
00:30:05,871 --> 00:30:08,322
[narrator] the prime suspect
in judy calder's murder
631
00:30:08,357 --> 00:30:11,074
has been revealed
as mohamed kamaludeen
632
00:30:11,110 --> 00:30:14,495
who's been using the fake
identity, rickey barge.
633
00:30:14,530 --> 00:30:16,313
He's now on the run
634
00:30:16,332 --> 00:30:19,166
and detectives discover
it's not the first time
635
00:30:19,201 --> 00:30:21,001
he's been a murder suspect.
636
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,723
[det. Scott] the calders,
they were dealing with this guy
637
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:29,593
as a family friend
and had no idea how violent
638
00:30:29,628 --> 00:30:31,512
and how dangerous
this human being was.
639
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,933
[karen]
it was just really traumatic.
640
00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:38,335
And I was like,
"who is this person?"
641
00:30:38,354 --> 00:30:40,053
and, "you have to be
kidding me."
642
00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:43,106
he's got aliases and he's wanted
all over the place.
643
00:30:43,142 --> 00:30:45,692
[det. Scott] at that point,
we had enough to obtain
644
00:30:45,728 --> 00:30:49,029
an arrest warrant for,
uh, rickey barge
645
00:30:49,064 --> 00:30:50,898
aka mohamed kamaludeen
646
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:53,417
and-- and we started
that process immediately.
647
00:30:55,905 --> 00:30:57,404
[narrator]
investigators know it's likely
648
00:30:57,456 --> 00:30:58,956
that he's fled the country,
649
00:30:58,991 --> 00:31:01,225
so they notify airlines,
embassies,
650
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:02,793
and international
law enforcement
651
00:31:02,828 --> 00:31:04,077
about their fugitive.
652
00:31:05,264 --> 00:31:07,381
[det. Danny]
on September 4th, rickey,
653
00:31:07,416 --> 00:31:11,752
uh, mohamed kamaludeen went
into the british consulate,
654
00:31:11,804 --> 00:31:14,388
uh, in mexico,
um, and wanted to
655
00:31:14,423 --> 00:31:15,672
go to brazil, I believe.
656
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:21,311
[det. Scott] he was just
about to walk out the door
657
00:31:21,347 --> 00:31:24,398
when our fbi partners
down in mexico city
658
00:31:24,433 --> 00:31:28,886
literally grab him
on the steps and arrest him.
659
00:31:28,921 --> 00:31:31,188
[narrator] news of his arrest
comes as a relief
660
00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,323
for judy's friends and family,
661
00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:36,610
but there are still so many
unanswered questions for them.
662
00:31:39,865 --> 00:31:43,233
[karen] I could not find
a reason here, I couldn't.
663
00:31:43,252 --> 00:31:45,586
I couldn't put two
and two together on this one.
664
00:31:45,621 --> 00:31:49,256
I can't imagine her doing
anything that would incite him
665
00:31:49,291 --> 00:31:52,575
to be angry and kill her.
666
00:31:52,595 --> 00:31:54,544
So it was shocking to me.
667
00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:59,850
[narrator]
on January 24th, 2008,
668
00:31:59,885 --> 00:32:02,786
four months after the discovery
of judy calder's body
669
00:32:02,821 --> 00:32:04,554
in the nevada desert,
670
00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,857
mohamed kamaludeen
is extradited
671
00:32:06,892 --> 00:32:08,642
from mexico to the us
672
00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:11,278
to face charges
of first degree murder.
673
00:32:11,313 --> 00:32:13,814
He insists that he's innocent.
674
00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:39,957
[narrator] but when detectives
press him on what
675
00:32:39,992 --> 00:32:43,727
possible motive carlos filomeno
could have for killing judy,
676
00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:47,597
mohamed suddenly and shockingly
changes his story.
677
00:32:48,851 --> 00:32:50,317
[det. Scott] he says, "no. Okay.
678
00:32:50,352 --> 00:32:52,269
I did this but
I was paid to do this."
679
00:33:13,375 --> 00:33:15,509
[narrator] he tells
the stunned investigators
680
00:33:15,544 --> 00:33:18,261
that judy and her husband
were not the happy couple
681
00:33:18,297 --> 00:33:19,463
they appeared to be.
682
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:23,767
[det. Scott] kamaludeen
told our investigators that
683
00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,719
he believed that jim's motive
684
00:33:25,771 --> 00:33:28,271
to wanna have judy killed
was because of a will
685
00:33:28,307 --> 00:33:31,942
between jim's adult children.
686
00:33:31,977 --> 00:33:34,144
[auburn] they had two daughters
that were part of jim's
687
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,613
prior marriage and then they
had one daughter together
688
00:33:36,648 --> 00:33:38,982
and there was a dispute
about whether or not
689
00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:42,152
they should leave their money
to their third daughter.
690
00:33:42,187 --> 00:33:44,020
And so rickey claimed that
691
00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:45,372
they couldn't come
to an agreement
692
00:33:45,407 --> 00:33:47,908
and so jim asked him
to kill her.
693
00:33:51,580 --> 00:33:53,764
[det. Scott]
rickey, mohamed kamaludeen
694
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:56,933
told our detectives
that he had helped set up
695
00:33:56,952 --> 00:34:00,654
the attack on judy the year
before up in incline village
696
00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:06,076
and had hired a subject to go up
and attack her and kill her.
697
00:34:07,796 --> 00:34:10,047
[narrator] after that attack
failed, he claims,
698
00:34:10,082 --> 00:34:13,817
jim hired him to try again.
699
00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,987
Detectives can't ignore
the stunning accusation
700
00:34:17,022 --> 00:34:19,055
and as they take another look
at the evidence,
701
00:34:19,074 --> 00:34:21,441
they spot
some troubling details.
702
00:34:25,998 --> 00:34:29,599
[det. Scott] we learned that
when kamaludeen left the area,
703
00:34:29,635 --> 00:34:32,135
jim had rented him a car.
704
00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:36,423
Kamaludeen
was our primary suspect
705
00:34:36,458 --> 00:34:41,011
and jim was essentially treating
him like a business associate
706
00:34:41,046 --> 00:34:44,431
and was still willing
to do things for him.
707
00:34:44,466 --> 00:34:46,249
We found it kind of odd
that he wasn't trying
708
00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:51,254
to distance himself
from kamaludeen at that time.
709
00:34:51,273 --> 00:34:53,190
[narrator] as detectives
struggle to untangle
710
00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:54,891
the mess of accusations,
711
00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,694
a call comes in
from the state crime lab.
712
00:34:57,729 --> 00:34:59,813
Computer techs
have just gained access
713
00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:01,631
to a drive
of surveillance footage
714
00:35:01,667 --> 00:35:03,834
from the imaging technologies
warehouse.
715
00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:09,272
Detectives are hopeful
it'll show exactly
716
00:35:09,308 --> 00:35:11,508
what happened to judy calder.
717
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:17,964
[det. Scott] interior video
surveillance from the warehouse
718
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:23,220
confirmed that carlos and rickey
were there on the 17th.
719
00:35:25,174 --> 00:35:27,340
[det. Danny] when it got up
to a certain time, it stuck.
720
00:35:29,895 --> 00:35:31,928
And then it activated again,
like, two hours later.
721
00:35:34,233 --> 00:35:37,234
There was a huge time gap
that was missing out of it.
722
00:35:46,111 --> 00:35:48,495
[narrator] although video
evidence of the murder itself
723
00:35:48,530 --> 00:35:50,647
seems to have been wiped
from the tape,
724
00:35:50,666 --> 00:35:52,749
the timing
of the missing footage
725
00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:56,153
and what it suggests
about judy's time of death
726
00:35:56,188 --> 00:35:59,339
seems to confirm jim's alibi.
727
00:35:59,374 --> 00:36:01,124
[det. Scott]
jim was in incline village
728
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,260
at the time of judy's
murder on Saturday.
729
00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:07,330
[narrator] but that doesn't
rule out the possibility
730
00:36:07,349 --> 00:36:09,599
that he paid to
have judy killed
731
00:36:09,635 --> 00:36:12,669
and as detectives watch more
of the surveillance video,
732
00:36:12,688 --> 00:36:16,339
the footage shows
something chilling.
733
00:36:16,358 --> 00:36:18,141
[det. Scott] the video
surveillance from the business
734
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,894
show that jim showed up
in that warehouse
735
00:36:20,946 --> 00:36:22,779
and he actually
looks into the van
736
00:36:25,567 --> 00:36:27,534
where judy's body is in a box.
737
00:36:30,405 --> 00:36:32,021
[auburn]
and it almost seemed like
738
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:33,874
he was checking to make sure,
739
00:36:33,909 --> 00:36:35,742
"definitely she's dead, right,
740
00:36:35,794 --> 00:36:37,577
and she's in there and you're
gonna get rid of her."
741
00:36:41,133 --> 00:36:44,417
[det. Scott] why would rickey,
who just murdered his wife,
742
00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:49,005
show him the literal
location of her body?
743
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,810
And why would jim
have any interest?
744
00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:06,456
[narrator]
mohamed kamaludeen
is under arrest
745
00:37:06,491 --> 00:37:08,825
for the murder of judy calder,
746
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:11,561
but nevada police
can't easily dismiss
747
00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:14,397
his stunning claim
that judy's husband, jim,
748
00:37:14,416 --> 00:37:16,783
hired him to kill her.
749
00:37:16,835 --> 00:37:18,835
Although jim
can prove he was at home
750
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:20,837
with the water heater
repairman at the time
751
00:37:20,872 --> 00:37:23,123
police believed
judy was murdered,
752
00:37:23,175 --> 00:37:26,610
he finds himself facing some
very uncomfortable questions
753
00:37:26,645 --> 00:37:27,978
from the police.
754
00:38:07,469 --> 00:38:09,469
[jim] [ indistinct ] christ.
755
00:38:13,725 --> 00:38:15,825
[narrator]
to investigators' frustration,
756
00:38:15,861 --> 00:38:18,194
the polygraph is inconclusive.
757
00:38:22,267 --> 00:38:24,567
[det. Scott]
I interviewed carlos again,
758
00:38:24,603 --> 00:38:27,303
I asked him if jim
have anything to do with this
759
00:38:27,322 --> 00:38:29,990
and, uh, initially
his statement to me was, "no."
760
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:34,077
[narrator] then,
"why," the detectives asked,
761
00:38:34,112 --> 00:38:36,196
"is jim seen on
surveillance video
762
00:38:36,248 --> 00:38:39,316
at the crime scene after
reporting his wife missing?"
763
00:38:41,486 --> 00:38:44,871
[det. Scott] carlos told me
that after they had loaded
764
00:38:44,923 --> 00:38:47,957
judy's body into the box
and put that box into the van,
765
00:38:49,878 --> 00:38:52,362
they put a couple more boxes
of printer parts
766
00:38:52,397 --> 00:38:56,165
in the back of the van
and a short time later,
767
00:38:56,184 --> 00:38:58,518
jim shows up at the warehouse
768
00:38:58,553 --> 00:39:00,520
asking if they've heard
from judy.
769
00:39:00,555 --> 00:39:04,190
Rickey takes jim over to the van
where judy's body is
770
00:39:04,226 --> 00:39:06,943
and shows him these other boxes.
771
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:10,897
[auburn] how disturbing
that he was just a few feet
772
00:39:10,949 --> 00:39:13,233
from his dead wife
and had no idea?
773
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:18,905
[det. Scott]
it became clear to us that
774
00:39:18,957 --> 00:39:21,624
kamaludeen was the only one
accusing jim
775
00:39:21,660 --> 00:39:23,543
for paying for him
to kill his wife.
776
00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:27,897
And there was no
further evidence to--
777
00:39:27,933 --> 00:39:30,133
to implicate and certainly
778
00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:33,002
nowhere near enough to even
consider charging jim
779
00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:36,172
for, uh, be complicit
in his wife's murder.
780
00:39:37,843 --> 00:39:40,343
[narrator] once jim is cleared,
prosecutors begin
781
00:39:40,378 --> 00:39:43,379
preparing the murder trial
of mohamed kamaludeen
782
00:39:43,398 --> 00:39:46,566
with carlos filomeno
as the star witness.
783
00:39:47,886 --> 00:39:49,652
[det. Scott]
if he was a suspect in the case,
784
00:39:49,688 --> 00:39:52,822
we couldn't use his statement
against rickey,
785
00:39:52,858 --> 00:39:54,407
that's why
he was never charged.
786
00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:58,445
He was our only
witness to the murder.
787
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:08,004
[narrator] in October 2008,
the trial begins.
788
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:11,107
Prosecutors tell the jury
that mohamed kamaludeen
789
00:40:11,143 --> 00:40:13,209
calling himself rickey barge
790
00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:15,128
killed his friend judy calder
791
00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:17,630
and then concocted
a scheme to lay the blame
792
00:40:17,682 --> 00:40:19,282
on everyone around him.
793
00:40:19,317 --> 00:40:21,134
From his accomplice, carlos,
794
00:40:21,186 --> 00:40:23,636
to judy's husband, jim.
795
00:40:23,688 --> 00:40:25,772
[det. Danny] the prosecution
said that it was a murder
796
00:40:25,807 --> 00:40:28,691
committed over
a financial hardship.
797
00:40:28,727 --> 00:40:30,927
Uh, it was tension between
798
00:40:30,946 --> 00:40:34,197
judy and rickey over a loan
that rickey hadn't paid back.
799
00:40:36,368 --> 00:40:41,371
[auburn] it came down to money
and a gambling problem
800
00:40:41,406 --> 00:40:45,241
and a man who sort of felt like
he didn't owe anybody anything.
801
00:40:48,747 --> 00:40:51,681
[narrator] prosecutors describe
how mohamed lured judy
802
00:40:51,716 --> 00:40:54,467
by claiming he was ready
to repay his loan.
803
00:40:56,505 --> 00:40:59,422
[det. Scott] they had gone so
far as to buy the murder weapon,
804
00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:03,793
buy clothing, and that when
she entered the warehouse,
805
00:41:03,812 --> 00:41:05,261
with the intention
of collecting money
806
00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:06,479
that she
was owed,
807
00:41:06,515 --> 00:41:08,064
she was stabbed twice
808
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:15,905
and died fairly quickly
and was placed in a box
809
00:41:15,941 --> 00:41:18,658
that was lying with plastic
inside of a work van,
810
00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:21,194
and was dumped in
northeastern nevada
811
00:41:21,246 --> 00:41:23,329
on the middle of nowhere.
812
00:41:23,365 --> 00:41:25,498
Nevada is a huge state
and they wanted
813
00:41:25,534 --> 00:41:29,452
to take her so far away from
the crime scene and from reno.
814
00:41:33,708 --> 00:41:36,526
[narrator] mohamed kamaludeen's
lawyer stick to his claim
815
00:41:36,561 --> 00:41:39,462
that jim calder masterminded
his wife's murder.
816
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,233
After six days of testimony,
817
00:41:43,268 --> 00:41:46,936
the jury deliberates
for just five hours.
818
00:41:46,972 --> 00:41:49,889
[det. Danny] kamaludeen
was found guilty of the murder
819
00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:52,675
of judy calder
and he was sentenced to life
820
00:41:52,694 --> 00:41:54,194
in the nevada state prison,
821
00:41:54,229 --> 00:41:56,446
uh, without
the possibility of parole.
822
00:42:01,953 --> 00:42:03,887
[narrator] the conviction comes
as a relief
823
00:42:03,922 --> 00:42:06,906
to judy calder's
loved ones and friends,
824
00:42:06,958 --> 00:42:09,959
but they know it's a scar
that will never heal.
825
00:42:13,031 --> 00:42:17,033
[karen] it was very hurtful
that she was just
826
00:42:17,052 --> 00:42:20,086
dumped in a place
where there was isolation.
827
00:42:21,907 --> 00:42:24,974
That was such a, uh, insult
828
00:42:25,010 --> 00:42:29,262
because it's so antithetical
to everything that judy was.
829
00:42:29,314 --> 00:42:31,731
[narrator] judy spent her life
studying the darker side
830
00:42:31,766 --> 00:42:33,900
of human nature,
831
00:42:33,935 --> 00:42:36,219
but tragically
didn't recognize it
832
00:42:36,254 --> 00:42:39,756
in a man who was supposed
to be her friend.
833
00:42:39,791 --> 00:42:42,609
[karen] she was the kind of
person that would help anybody.
834
00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:46,529
We've lost a very vibrant,
835
00:42:46,564 --> 00:42:50,116
full of life,
uh, loving life person
836
00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:52,335
who was so giving and so caring.
837
00:42:55,707 --> 00:42:57,423
We miss her.
838
00:42:57,459 --> 00:43:00,176
I look at her picture
and she's--
839
00:43:00,211 --> 00:43:02,545
she's still there in my mind.
She's still there.
840
00:43:06,434 --> 00:43:08,785
And if I'm stressed out,
I will say,
841
00:43:08,820 --> 00:43:10,136
"what would judy do?"
842
00:43:13,658 --> 00:43:16,643
[♪♪♪]