1 00:00:01,118 --> 00:00:03,068 [♪♪♪] 2 00:00:03,087 --> 00:00:05,304 [narrator] in a town known for good times. 3 00:00:05,339 --> 00:00:07,840 [auburn] reno has the title 4 00:00:07,875 --> 00:00:10,175 of "the biggest little city in the world." 5 00:00:10,211 --> 00:00:13,712 [narrator] a college professor disappears without a trace. 6 00:00:15,132 --> 00:00:17,433 [det. Danny] college professors don't just up and vanish 7 00:00:17,468 --> 00:00:21,387 and cut off all contact with their families. 8 00:00:21,422 --> 00:00:23,605 [det. Scott] this isn't a standard missing person case. 9 00:00:23,641 --> 00:00:25,941 [det. Danny] that area is known for the drugs, 10 00:00:25,976 --> 00:00:28,310 the prostitution, the crime. 11 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,596 [narrator] the search for answers leads deep 12 00:00:30,631 --> 00:00:32,798 into the blazing nevada desert. 13 00:00:34,468 --> 00:00:35,934 [det. Danny] he said that there was somebody 14 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:37,820 at the university wants you dead. 15 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:40,072 [det. Scott] I noticed that he became more and more nervous. 16 00:00:40,107 --> 00:00:43,108 He was visibly shaking. 17 00:00:43,127 --> 00:00:45,544 [narrator] but will investigators find the truth 18 00:00:45,579 --> 00:00:50,382 buried in the hot sand or is it only a mirage? 19 00:00:50,418 --> 00:00:52,634 [karen] I was like, "who is this person 20 00:00:52,670 --> 00:00:54,386 and you have to be kidding me? 21 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:56,839 He's got aliases and he's wanted all over the place." 22 00:00:58,426 --> 00:00:59,975 [det. Scott] they had no idea how violent, 23 00:01:00,010 --> 00:01:01,427 how dangerous this human being was. 24 00:01:07,001 --> 00:01:10,069 [♪♪♪] 25 00:01:10,104 --> 00:01:12,237 [narrator] the desolate, scorching desert 26 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:16,742 of northeast nevada is a barren landscape. 27 00:01:16,777 --> 00:01:18,861 [det. Scott] it's, uh, kind of a wide open area. 28 00:01:18,913 --> 00:01:21,280 I mean, you can go miles and miles 29 00:01:21,315 --> 00:01:22,781 and not see anybody, ever. 30 00:01:23,918 --> 00:01:27,169 [det. Danny] the landscape is mainly tall, sage brush, 31 00:01:27,204 --> 00:01:30,005 uh, real high-desert type of an environment. 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,958 The heat can hit a hundred and ten degrees. 33 00:01:32,993 --> 00:01:37,463 [♪♪♪] 34 00:01:37,498 --> 00:01:40,432 [narrator] on a sweltering day in August 2007, 35 00:01:40,468 --> 00:01:42,518 a hopeful pair of antelope hunters 36 00:01:42,553 --> 00:01:45,771 heads out into the desert near the tiny town of jackpot. 37 00:01:45,806 --> 00:01:48,006 They noticed something curious. 38 00:01:48,042 --> 00:01:50,442 [♪♪♪] 39 00:01:50,478 --> 00:01:53,445 they saw some birds circling above 40 00:01:53,481 --> 00:01:55,063 and so they go see 41 00:01:55,116 --> 00:01:57,733 what were these birds circling around. 42 00:01:57,785 --> 00:02:01,203 [det. Scott] they thought it was probably a dead animal. 43 00:02:01,238 --> 00:02:03,855 [narrator] the hunters lean in for a closer look 44 00:02:03,874 --> 00:02:07,159 and realized they found something far worse. 45 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:12,064 [auburn] they saw some sort of green sandals peeking out. 46 00:02:14,251 --> 00:02:16,752 And they went closer and sure enough, 47 00:02:16,804 --> 00:02:19,338 it was a body 48 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:20,756 and it was buried in the sand. 49 00:02:20,808 --> 00:02:23,342 [♪♪♪] 50 00:02:23,377 --> 00:02:25,577 [narrator] the hunters scrambled back to their car 51 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:27,396 to call the police. 52 00:02:27,431 --> 00:02:30,249 [sirens wailing] 53 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:31,884 [det. Scott] when elko county arrived on scene, 54 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,153 they found, uh, an adult female. 55 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:36,772 And just based on her physical structure 56 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:38,907 and the-- and the clothing, 57 00:02:38,943 --> 00:02:41,777 the body decomposition had started. 58 00:02:41,829 --> 00:02:45,164 There was a lot of blood on the front of her clothes. 59 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:46,999 It was very clear that this was not an accident, 60 00:02:48,802 --> 00:02:50,235 isn't somebody that just stumbled out 61 00:02:50,254 --> 00:02:51,336 in the middle of nevada desert 62 00:02:51,372 --> 00:02:53,088 and died from exposure. 63 00:02:53,123 --> 00:02:54,673 This was very clearly a murder case. 64 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,758 [♪♪♪] 65 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:01,263 [det. Danny] because of the decomposition, 66 00:03:01,298 --> 00:03:03,632 they were gonna need dna, fingerprints, dental records, 67 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:04,850 something to that effect. 68 00:03:06,287 --> 00:03:08,020 The scene, it was photographed. 69 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:09,638 You look for any type of physical evidence. 70 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:11,857 In this case, you'd look for tire tracks, 71 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:14,226 uh, weapons obviously, clothing, 72 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:18,864 uh, anything to do with that crime scene. 73 00:03:18,899 --> 00:03:21,533 [narrator] investigators uncovered little evidence, 74 00:03:21,569 --> 00:03:23,768 except for some clear tire tracks 75 00:03:23,787 --> 00:03:25,337 spotted in the nearby sand. 76 00:03:26,874 --> 00:03:29,458 [det. Scott] obviously, somebody had driven her to that location. 77 00:03:29,493 --> 00:03:31,210 She could have been brought from anywhere. 78 00:03:31,245 --> 00:03:34,246 [♪♪♪] 79 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:40,319 [♪♪♪] 80 00:03:46,343 --> 00:03:48,644 [auburn] reno has the title 81 00:03:48,679 --> 00:03:50,429 "the biggest little city in the world." 82 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,797 I think that's a really great nickname for it 83 00:03:52,816 --> 00:03:54,399 because you're closed to everything 84 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:56,935 that you could ever want in a big city, 85 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,987 but you still have this sort of tight-knit, 86 00:03:59,023 --> 00:04:00,072 small town feeling. 87 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:03,742 [♪♪♪] 88 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:06,528 [narrator] while it's known for its casinos and good times, 89 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:09,531 the city also boasts an academic jewel, 90 00:04:09,583 --> 00:04:11,783 the university of nevada, reno. 91 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:15,721 And in 2007, one of the pillars 92 00:04:15,756 --> 00:04:17,556 of unr's humanities program 93 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:21,927 is 64-year-old professor, dr. Judy calder. 94 00:04:21,962 --> 00:04:25,714 She's made the darker side of reno her academic specialty. 95 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,350 [karen] she was really a specialist and brilliant 96 00:04:28,385 --> 00:04:30,969 on substance abuse issues. 97 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:32,671 [auburn] judy was doing a lot of different research 98 00:04:32,690 --> 00:04:36,008 on domestic violence and trying to find ways 99 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:38,543 to make our community better. 100 00:04:38,579 --> 00:04:41,113 [karen] and, you know, she was just an amazing person. 101 00:04:41,148 --> 00:04:43,181 She was the kind of person if she walked in the room, 102 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,950 people would turn their head and look. 103 00:04:46,654 --> 00:04:49,121 And she had the most colorful clothes. 104 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:52,207 Her personality and her approach to life was vibrant. 105 00:04:52,242 --> 00:04:55,594 [♪♪♪] 106 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,496 [auburn] judy was living in incline village 107 00:04:57,531 --> 00:04:59,064 with her husband, jim. 108 00:04:59,099 --> 00:05:02,084 A really small, little community 109 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:04,736 right off of the lake tahoe shore. 110 00:05:04,772 --> 00:05:07,539 They had three daughters, all grown up. 111 00:05:07,574 --> 00:05:09,975 They were a happy family. 112 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:13,111 [narrator] the only downside of living in incline village 113 00:05:13,147 --> 00:05:15,981 is the 60-mile trek to work in reno. 114 00:05:16,016 --> 00:05:19,217 [♪♪♪] 115 00:05:19,253 --> 00:05:21,236 [auburn] judy was making the commute every day 116 00:05:21,271 --> 00:05:24,406 down to reno to go to her job at the university. 117 00:05:24,441 --> 00:05:26,992 And then sometimes she would stay the night at a hotel 118 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:28,827 so she could be closer to the campus. 119 00:05:31,265 --> 00:05:34,132 [narrator] Friday, August 17th, of 2007 120 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:36,768 was going to be another late night. 121 00:05:36,804 --> 00:05:40,005 [karen] she had some meetings so she was going to stay down 122 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,040 and not go home that weekend. 123 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:44,760 [narrator] judy lucks out 124 00:05:44,795 --> 00:05:46,745 when a friend who's won a complimentary room 125 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:50,515 at the golden nugget casino hotel offers it to her. 126 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,801 Judy's husband jim decides to join her 127 00:05:52,853 --> 00:05:56,221 so they can make a fun weekend out of it. 128 00:05:56,256 --> 00:05:58,306 At least that was the plan. 129 00:06:00,461 --> 00:06:02,427 [auburn] but jim didn't end up coming with her. 130 00:06:02,446 --> 00:06:04,279 He had to stay back and work on a water heater 131 00:06:04,314 --> 00:06:05,981 that was broken at their home. 132 00:06:06,033 --> 00:06:07,532 [det. Scott] so jim told her 133 00:06:07,568 --> 00:06:09,618 that he would be down the next day. 134 00:06:09,653 --> 00:06:12,871 [narrator] on Saturday morning, jim is still stuck at home. 135 00:06:12,906 --> 00:06:15,940 When he calls judy, there's no answer. 136 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:18,160 [det. Scott] about 3:00 in the afternoon, 137 00:06:18,212 --> 00:06:19,711 jim hadn't been able to get ahold of her, 138 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:20,996 so he went to the nugget. 139 00:06:21,048 --> 00:06:24,082 [♪♪♪] 140 00:06:26,053 --> 00:06:28,286 [det. Danny] when he went into the hotel room, 141 00:06:28,305 --> 00:06:31,223 all of her medications were still there, 142 00:06:31,258 --> 00:06:32,674 all of her clothing. 143 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:39,297 It seemed really strange because she was a diabetic 144 00:06:39,316 --> 00:06:41,233 and she had left her medication in the hotel room 145 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:43,134 that she needed every day. 146 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:44,653 [det. Danny] that's when jim got worried 147 00:06:44,688 --> 00:06:46,438 and contacted the police department. 148 00:06:46,473 --> 00:06:50,075 [♪♪♪] 149 00:06:50,110 --> 00:06:53,144 [det. Danny] jim said that judy was a very responsible person. 150 00:06:53,163 --> 00:06:56,364 This was absolutely out of character for her. 151 00:06:56,417 --> 00:06:58,700 College professors don't just up and vanish 152 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:03,021 and cut off all contact with their families. 153 00:07:03,056 --> 00:07:04,823 [det. Scott] she had a job to go back to, 154 00:07:04,842 --> 00:07:06,458 her husband couldn't get ahold of her. 155 00:07:06,493 --> 00:07:07,726 Nobody could find her. 156 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,728 [♪♪♪] 157 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:11,696 [narrator] investigators hoped the extensive 158 00:07:11,732 --> 00:07:14,216 security camera footage from the golden nugget 159 00:07:14,268 --> 00:07:16,701 will help jumpstart their search for judy. 160 00:07:18,355 --> 00:07:19,971 [det. Scott] we found her 161 00:07:20,007 --> 00:07:21,690 at some point on the casino floor 162 00:07:21,725 --> 00:07:23,358 going down a set of escalators 163 00:07:23,393 --> 00:07:27,012 from the 2nd floor down to the casino floor. 164 00:07:27,047 --> 00:07:30,282 [narrator] the timestamp on the video shows 10:30 a.M. 165 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:32,751 Saturday, August 18th. 166 00:07:32,786 --> 00:07:35,203 [det. Danny] at that point, there was video surveillance 167 00:07:35,239 --> 00:07:37,405 that showed her getting in her vehicle by herself 168 00:07:37,458 --> 00:07:39,724 and leaving the nugget. 169 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,226 [det. Scott] we were hoping that judy might have 170 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:42,928 just returned to work, 171 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:45,464 so we contacted the unr police department 172 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:48,266 and asked them to check her workplace. 173 00:07:48,302 --> 00:07:50,802 We asked them to check for any door records 174 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:53,472 indicating that she had let herself in or out, 175 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:56,408 uh, any surveillance of her coming or going. 176 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:58,543 They did that for us and we never saw her 177 00:07:58,562 --> 00:08:02,814 on any of the videos after she was reported missing. 178 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:04,816 [narrator] investigators' next focus 179 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:06,518 on finding judy's vehicle. 180 00:08:06,553 --> 00:08:09,154 They immediately put out an alert for the car 181 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:12,056 and quickly get a hit. 182 00:08:12,075 --> 00:08:14,109 [det. Scott] it was found over by 5th and evans 183 00:08:14,161 --> 00:08:17,295 which is not too far from the university. 184 00:08:17,331 --> 00:08:18,930 [det. Danny] the 500 block of evans 185 00:08:18,966 --> 00:08:20,565 is not somewhere where judy calder 186 00:08:20,584 --> 00:08:22,117 would have frequented. 187 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:24,536 That area is known for the drugs, 188 00:08:24,571 --> 00:08:26,171 the prostitution, the crime. 189 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:31,259 They dusted the outside of judy's car for fingerprints. 190 00:08:31,295 --> 00:08:34,796 And as they were doing that, around the driver's door handle, 191 00:08:34,848 --> 00:08:37,616 you could tell where somebody had wiped it with a wet cloth. 192 00:08:37,651 --> 00:08:39,951 And that kind of changed the game a little bit. 193 00:08:39,987 --> 00:08:42,854 That's a deliberate act to conceal evidence. 194 00:08:43,807 --> 00:08:46,024 So we knew we had more on our hands probably 195 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:48,860 than a missing person at that time. 196 00:08:48,896 --> 00:08:51,146 [narrator] police begin canvassing the neighborhood, 197 00:08:51,198 --> 00:08:53,365 hoping to find someone who might have seen 198 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,951 judy's car arrive in the area. 199 00:08:55,986 --> 00:08:58,637 [det. Danny] I began going from hotel to hotel. 200 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:00,939 And some of the people said, "oh, yes, we saw 201 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:04,960 a dark-skinned male driving judy's car." 202 00:09:04,995 --> 00:09:06,628 [det. Danny] at that point in the investigation, 203 00:09:06,663 --> 00:09:08,163 we had a pretty good idea 204 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:09,497 that somebody did something to her. 205 00:09:12,636 --> 00:09:14,386 Judy's daughter kim was interviewed 206 00:09:14,421 --> 00:09:16,721 and she was very concerned. 207 00:09:16,757 --> 00:09:20,175 She said, "my mom would've never been in that area of town. 208 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:23,562 You finding her car down there tells me that she's dead." 209 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:26,097 [♪♪♪] 210 00:09:27,801 --> 00:09:29,401 [det. Scott] he became more and more nervous 211 00:09:29,436 --> 00:09:32,070 and he was visibly shaking. 212 00:09:32,105 --> 00:09:34,406 [auburn] how did this man become involved with judy calder 213 00:09:34,441 --> 00:09:35,774 and what was the relationship? 214 00:09:36,994 --> 00:09:38,276 [det. Danny] this was done out of rage. 215 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:50,722 [narrator] it's been a day since college professor, 216 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:54,125 dr. Judy calder vanished from reno, nevada. 217 00:09:54,161 --> 00:09:56,428 Her car has been found abandoned 218 00:09:56,463 --> 00:09:57,996 in a seedy part of the city, 219 00:09:58,031 --> 00:09:59,598 and her family and police 220 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:02,651 are convinced she's in danger. 221 00:10:02,686 --> 00:10:04,636 [det. Danny] she was staying in the nugget 222 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:07,805 and all of her medications were still there, 223 00:10:07,824 --> 00:10:09,074 all of her clothing. 224 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,975 She'd not shown up at work. 225 00:10:10,994 --> 00:10:12,827 She wasn't answering her cell phone. 226 00:10:12,863 --> 00:10:14,663 [♪♪♪] 227 00:10:14,698 --> 00:10:17,365 [auburn] investigators ask her husband jim, 228 00:10:17,417 --> 00:10:19,701 "would somebody want to hurt judy? 229 00:10:20,954 --> 00:10:22,420 Did she have any enemies at work? 230 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:25,540 Did she have any enemies in her community?" 231 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,509 and he said, "no, absolutely not." 232 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:31,429 [narrator] but judy's daughter kim 233 00:10:31,465 --> 00:10:34,265 tells police that might not be so. 234 00:10:34,301 --> 00:10:37,218 She tells detectives about an alarming incident 235 00:10:37,270 --> 00:10:38,386 the previous year. 236 00:10:38,438 --> 00:10:39,938 [det. Danny] kim told me 237 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:42,107 somebody attacked judy in her garage. 238 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:47,195 [karen] she was begging to please don't hurt me 239 00:10:47,230 --> 00:10:49,280 or don't kill me. 240 00:10:49,316 --> 00:10:50,615 [det. Danny] it was a violent attack. 241 00:10:50,651 --> 00:10:52,450 He attempted to cover her mouth. 242 00:10:52,486 --> 00:10:54,619 She was able to fight him off. 243 00:10:54,655 --> 00:10:56,204 Her attacker said to her, 244 00:10:56,239 --> 00:10:57,956 "somebody at the university wants you dead." 245 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:01,493 [det. Scott] it had gone unsolved 246 00:11:01,528 --> 00:11:04,663 and so we thought, "well, maybe it's the same person." 247 00:11:08,218 --> 00:11:10,669 [narrator] the detectives can find no immediate leads 248 00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:12,721 in the earlier attack. 249 00:11:12,756 --> 00:11:15,724 As they look into it, they expand the investigation, 250 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:18,143 seeking anyone who might have known judy 251 00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:20,011 was staying in reno that weekend. 252 00:11:22,082 --> 00:11:25,266 [det. Scott] we learned from jim about rickey barge, 253 00:11:26,770 --> 00:11:28,687 an associate of jim and judy's, 254 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:30,905 was the one who had got her the room at the nugget 255 00:11:30,941 --> 00:11:33,191 so obviously he became somebody we wanted to talk to. 256 00:11:34,945 --> 00:11:36,578 [auburn] rickey owned a printing shop 257 00:11:36,613 --> 00:11:38,630 called imaging technologies. 258 00:11:38,665 --> 00:11:40,765 [det. Danny] rickey's business have done some work 259 00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:43,601 for the university and judy had met rickey, 260 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:45,787 and they struck up a friendship through that. 261 00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:51,276 [narrator] rickey and jim calder had even become partners 262 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:53,745 in rickey's printing business. 263 00:11:53,764 --> 00:11:55,580 [det. Danny] he knew that judy was missing 264 00:11:55,599 --> 00:11:57,599 because he had been 265 00:11:57,634 --> 00:12:00,769 driving jim around town because jim was distraught. 266 00:12:00,804 --> 00:12:03,021 He was [ indistinct ] he didn't drive very well. 267 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:06,391 So rickey kind of took jim under his wing during this time 268 00:12:06,426 --> 00:12:08,727 to help him out, uh, since his wife was missing. 269 00:12:10,397 --> 00:12:12,697 [det. Scott] rickey seemed very distraught and upset. 270 00:12:12,733 --> 00:12:15,650 And he was very open about 271 00:12:15,702 --> 00:12:17,202 how much he care for judy and jim 272 00:12:17,237 --> 00:12:18,703 and he liked helping them, 273 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:21,072 and they've been good business partners. 274 00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:22,957 [narrator] investigators ask rickey 275 00:12:22,993 --> 00:12:24,159 if he can think of anyone 276 00:12:24,211 --> 00:12:25,910 who might have seen judy 277 00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:28,580 or be able to offer any additional information. 278 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,383 [det. Scott] rickey told us about a guy 279 00:12:32,419 --> 00:12:34,786 who did casual labor for him named carlos. 280 00:12:34,805 --> 00:12:38,306 Rickey hired carlos for casual labor jobs 281 00:12:38,341 --> 00:12:40,258 around his warehouse, sweeping, cleaning, 282 00:12:40,293 --> 00:12:42,260 uh, sometimes delivering stuff. 283 00:12:42,295 --> 00:12:44,896 Carlos did some deliveries for him at the university, 284 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:47,599 so he could have come into contact with judy 285 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:48,817 at the university. 286 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:50,819 He described carlos to us. 287 00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:52,370 [det. Danny] and his physical description 288 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:54,022 very much could have fit the person 289 00:12:54,074 --> 00:12:55,323 seen driving judy's car. 290 00:12:57,027 --> 00:12:58,777 [narrator] but rickey can't offer the police 291 00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:01,079 much help finding carlos. 292 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:02,831 [det. Scott] he didn't know where carlos lived. 293 00:13:02,866 --> 00:13:04,749 He knew that he hung around the casinos 294 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:05,834 but didn't know his last name. 295 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:07,285 He didn't have a phone. 296 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:08,953 He would just show up at the warehouse 297 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:10,205 and, "hey, do you have any work for me?" 298 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:14,793 [narrator] wondering if carlos has a police record, 299 00:13:14,828 --> 00:13:17,846 the detectives decide to check recent rap sheets. 300 00:13:17,881 --> 00:13:20,849 The hunch pays off when they come across a man 301 00:13:20,884 --> 00:13:22,600 named carlos filomeno. 302 00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:26,471 [♪♪♪] 303 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:28,857 [det. Scott] we were able to identify him by a picture 304 00:13:28,892 --> 00:13:30,642 and we showed that picture to rickey 305 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:33,611 and he goes, "oh, yeah, that's carlos." 306 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:35,697 he had an active probation warrant. 307 00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:38,116 He was a property crime suspect, 308 00:13:38,151 --> 00:13:39,784 burglaries, you know, check fraud. 309 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:42,821 [narrator] now, finding carlos 310 00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:44,405 and looking for a connection 311 00:13:44,457 --> 00:13:46,541 between him and judy's disappearance 312 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:48,793 is the detectives' top priority. 313 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:56,084 It's been more than a week since judy calder vanished. 314 00:13:56,136 --> 00:13:58,386 Jim was distraught. 315 00:13:58,421 --> 00:14:00,054 [karen] I had a pit in my stomach, 316 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:01,723 and I kept asking, "what's going on?" 317 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:03,892 nothing, no information. 318 00:14:03,927 --> 00:14:05,510 It was excruciating. 319 00:14:07,714 --> 00:14:10,782 [♪♪♪] 320 00:14:14,087 --> 00:14:16,054 [narrator] on August 28th, 321 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:18,606 10 days after judy calder was reported missing, 322 00:14:18,658 --> 00:14:20,608 the elko county sheriff's department 323 00:14:20,660 --> 00:14:22,894 response to a call from two hunters 324 00:14:22,913 --> 00:14:25,747 just outside of jackpot, nevada. 325 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:28,833 [auburn] it was very desolate, hot, hot day in August. 326 00:14:28,869 --> 00:14:31,903 And they came across this dirt berm 327 00:14:31,922 --> 00:14:33,404 and just to the back of it 328 00:14:33,423 --> 00:14:34,873 was a woman's body... 329 00:14:36,910 --> 00:14:38,126 Buried in the sand. 330 00:14:38,178 --> 00:14:42,297 [sirens wailing] 331 00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:44,265 [det. Danny] once judy was reported missing, 332 00:14:44,301 --> 00:14:46,634 we had gone to pretty good lengths 333 00:14:46,686 --> 00:14:48,303 to get her description out 334 00:14:48,355 --> 00:14:51,639 to all of the agencies in and around nevada. 335 00:14:53,610 --> 00:14:55,693 [det. Danny] our secretary came through and she says, 336 00:14:55,729 --> 00:14:58,479 "elko county just called and they have a body." 337 00:14:58,531 --> 00:15:01,482 [♪♪♪] 338 00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:03,100 [det. Scott] the victim was wearing 339 00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:04,869 what would be described as a pan suite, 340 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:06,204 uh, business-like attire, 341 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:07,672 and some green sandals. 342 00:15:12,996 --> 00:15:17,215 [narrator] the body is carefully removed from the shallow grave 343 00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,117 and transported to the nevada state 344 00:15:19,152 --> 00:15:21,486 medical examiner for autopsy. 345 00:15:21,521 --> 00:15:23,321 [det. Danny] through the dna, we learned 346 00:15:23,356 --> 00:15:25,974 that the body located in rural elko county 347 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:27,325 was in fact judy calder. 348 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,011 [♪♪♪] 349 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:33,331 [narrator] from the decomposition rate, 350 00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:36,501 the me calculates that judy likely was killed 351 00:15:36,536 --> 00:15:38,519 and her body buried in the desert 352 00:15:38,571 --> 00:15:41,689 the same day she went missing. 353 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:43,825 [det. Scott] washoe county forensics unit 354 00:15:43,860 --> 00:15:46,861 confirmed that it was homicide by stabbing. 355 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:49,580 [♪♪♪] 356 00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:54,369 [det. Danny] we knew we were no longer 357 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:56,454 looking at a missing person's case. 358 00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:57,455 We have a murder. 359 00:15:57,490 --> 00:16:00,558 [♪♪♪] 360 00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:06,381 [det. Danny] she was stabbed many, many, many times. 361 00:16:08,385 --> 00:16:09,851 This was done out of rage. 362 00:16:19,846 --> 00:16:22,296 [narrator] the body of 64-year-old judy calder 363 00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:25,450 has been found buried in a shallow desert grave. 364 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:32,156 Detectives make the 500-mile trek from reno 365 00:16:32,192 --> 00:16:34,859 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, 370 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, 372 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:54,312 we can match it to the crime scene. 373 00:16:57,317 --> 00:16:59,967 Detectives at the scene located a piece of paper 374 00:17:00,003 --> 00:17:01,085 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 378 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:12,346 that subject was a business associate, 379 00:17:12,399 --> 00:17:14,198 a colleague of judy calder's 380 00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:15,767 from her job at the university. 381 00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:20,671 [narrator] knowing judy had been attacked a year earlier 382 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,373 by a man who told her 383 00:17:22,409 --> 00:17:24,642 somebody at the university wanted her dead, 384 00:17:24,661 --> 00:17:26,744 detectives wonder whether this discovery 385 00:17:26,780 --> 00:17:29,530 could be connected to that incident. 386 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:33,818 A team heads to the university to rundown the lead. 387 00:17:33,837 --> 00:17:36,821 Detectives are also delving into the other major clue 388 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:41,192 from the burial site, the tire tracks. 389 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. 396 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, 424 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 [♪♪♪] 454 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. 464 00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:57,221 [narrator] two days after the discovery of judy's body, 465 00:20:57,257 --> 00:21:00,958 detectives face off with carlos filomeno. 466 00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:05,880 [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 [♪♪♪]