1 00:00:02,784 --> 00:00:04,395 [Narrator] A gregarious young man just months away 2 00:00:04,438 --> 00:00:05,613 from his wedding day... 3 00:00:05,657 --> 00:00:07,702 He was always happy. 4 00:00:07,746 --> 00:00:10,357 All he wanted in life was to have a family, 5 00:00:10,401 --> 00:00:12,707 work hard and fall in love. 6 00:00:12,751 --> 00:00:15,580 [Narrator] Has his future viciously ripped away. 7 00:00:15,623 --> 00:00:18,757 It was evident the young man had been bludgeoned. 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,541 It hurt me so much. 9 00:00:20,585 --> 00:00:23,196 And I lost it, I lost it. 10 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:25,720 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 11 00:00:25,764 --> 00:00:28,114 [Narrator] Investigators are sent down a rabbit hole 12 00:00:28,158 --> 00:00:29,246 of suspects... 13 00:00:29,289 --> 00:00:31,552 He was violently jealous. 14 00:00:31,596 --> 00:00:34,120 He's a significant drug dealer. 15 00:00:34,164 --> 00:00:36,514 It looked like that he may have been kidnapped. 16 00:00:36,557 --> 00:00:38,124 They were accompanying 17 00:00:38,168 --> 00:00:41,214 a very scared-looking Hispanic young man. 18 00:00:41,258 --> 00:00:43,434 [Narrator] Before a shocking revelation... 19 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:46,219 What he was describing was more like something off 20 00:00:46,263 --> 00:00:47,612 of a TV show. 21 00:00:47,655 --> 00:00:49,483 [Narrator] Turns the case on its head. 22 00:00:49,527 --> 00:00:53,096 What he did to us changed our life forever. 23 00:00:53,139 --> 00:00:55,228 It was a shock to all of us. 24 00:00:55,272 --> 00:00:57,143 It came as an absolute surprise. 25 00:00:57,187 --> 00:00:58,536 [gun firing] 26 00:00:58,579 --> 00:01:00,233 He had no remorse, he had no guilt. 27 00:01:00,277 --> 00:01:01,582 [gun firing] He's a monster. 28 00:01:01,626 --> 00:01:04,455 [dramatic music] 29 00:01:09,155 --> 00:01:10,765 [cheerful guitar music] 30 00:01:10,809 --> 00:01:13,768 [Narrator] Cornelius, a small town in northern Oregon, 31 00:01:13,812 --> 00:01:16,206 nestled among picturesque orchards. 32 00:01:17,772 --> 00:01:19,861 Cornelius is a longtime farming community. 33 00:01:19,905 --> 00:01:24,431 It's a very kind of nice, sort of sleepy place. 34 00:01:24,475 --> 00:01:27,130 It's kind of a little bedroom community. 35 00:01:27,173 --> 00:01:29,828 It's mostly a blue-collar town, working class. 36 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:33,440 [Narrator] The calm of Cornelius 37 00:01:33,484 --> 00:01:35,442 is shaken one quiet morning, 38 00:01:35,486 --> 00:01:37,183 with the reported disappearance 39 00:01:37,227 --> 00:01:40,273 of 20 year-old - Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman. 40 00:01:40,317 --> 00:01:44,147 That morning my mom saw that Gonzalo's bed was made, 41 00:01:44,190 --> 00:01:45,800 like no one slept there. 42 00:01:45,844 --> 00:01:47,541 So she obviously got all concerned 43 00:01:47,585 --> 00:01:49,500 that he didn't come home last night. 44 00:01:51,328 --> 00:01:52,764 And then my mom tells me to go to the police station 45 00:01:52,807 --> 00:01:55,723 with Sol to report him missing. 46 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:59,640 His fiancée, Sol, and his sister, Juana, 47 00:01:59,684 --> 00:02:02,600 had been actively looking for him that day. 48 00:02:02,643 --> 00:02:05,168 That morning, the family contacted his place 49 00:02:05,211 --> 00:02:06,256 of employment. 50 00:02:06,299 --> 00:02:08,388 He had not shown up for work. 51 00:02:08,432 --> 00:02:09,824 [rumbling] 52 00:02:09,868 --> 00:02:12,305 The family was extremely distraught 53 00:02:12,349 --> 00:02:13,828 by this disappearance. 54 00:02:13,872 --> 00:02:17,180 He doesn't miss work without calling in. 55 00:02:17,223 --> 00:02:20,226 They couldn't reach him by pager, by telephone. 56 00:02:20,270 --> 00:02:23,447 And we're all freaking out because this is not who he is 57 00:02:23,490 --> 00:02:24,448 and what he does. 58 00:02:24,491 --> 00:02:25,318 It's so odd. 59 00:02:25,362 --> 00:02:27,190 It's not normal. 60 00:02:27,233 --> 00:02:30,280 We learned that Sol had seen Gonzalo the night before. 61 00:02:30,323 --> 00:02:31,672 They had visited with each other 62 00:02:31,716 --> 00:02:33,848 until about quarter after nine that evening. 63 00:02:33,892 --> 00:02:35,894 And Sol reported seeing him leaving 64 00:02:35,937 --> 00:02:37,896 in his car alone headed home. 65 00:02:37,939 --> 00:02:40,942 But he did not return home last night. 66 00:02:40,986 --> 00:02:42,857 [Narrator] To aid the detectives, 67 00:02:42,901 --> 00:02:45,686 Sol provides a description of what Gonzalo was wearing 68 00:02:45,730 --> 00:02:47,558 when she last saw him. 69 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:50,343 He had on an athletic top with some numbers on it, 70 00:02:50,387 --> 00:02:52,867 and specifically two gold chains. 71 00:02:52,911 --> 00:02:55,566 [Narrator] While Juana and Sol speak with police, 72 00:02:55,609 --> 00:02:59,222 other family members frantically look for Gonzalo. 73 00:02:59,265 --> 00:03:02,486 We all went different ways in our cars, 74 00:03:02,529 --> 00:03:05,271 driving around, just to see if we found his car. 75 00:03:05,315 --> 00:03:07,491 We were trying to look for anything. 76 00:03:07,534 --> 00:03:10,450 My dad thought, you know, maybe he got in an accident. 77 00:03:10,494 --> 00:03:11,886 We were desperate. 78 00:03:11,930 --> 00:03:13,758 We just wanted a clue. 79 00:03:13,801 --> 00:03:16,282 Around four or five o'clock in the afternoon, 80 00:03:16,326 --> 00:03:19,329 we all started feeling like, "Okay, something's wrong now." 81 00:03:19,372 --> 00:03:20,939 [Narrator] On the outskirts of town, 82 00:03:20,982 --> 00:03:24,247 Gonzalo's father makes a disturbing discovery. 83 00:03:24,290 --> 00:03:27,337 My dad spotted the car in an empty field. 84 00:03:27,380 --> 00:03:29,904 When he saw the car, the white car, he knew right away 85 00:03:29,948 --> 00:03:31,428 that was Gonzalo's car. 86 00:03:31,471 --> 00:03:33,734 [dramatic music] 87 00:03:33,778 --> 00:03:35,736 He found the car burned up. 88 00:03:35,780 --> 00:03:38,261 He rushed to the car, opened up the car 89 00:03:38,304 --> 00:03:40,698 and didn't find any body. 90 00:03:40,741 --> 00:03:44,310 So, once that happened, it was just nuts. 91 00:03:44,354 --> 00:03:45,529 Where is he at? 92 00:03:45,572 --> 00:03:46,747 Did he get kidnapped? 93 00:03:46,791 --> 00:03:47,922 Is he dead? 94 00:03:47,966 --> 00:03:49,489 It was even worse. 95 00:03:51,317 --> 00:03:52,753 [Narrator] Detectives arrive and search for signs 96 00:03:52,797 --> 00:03:54,973 of what happened to Gonzalo. 97 00:03:55,016 --> 00:03:58,542 The car was totally destroyed by fire. 98 00:03:58,585 --> 00:04:01,022 It appeared that the car had been heavily doused 99 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:04,287 with accelerant, probably gasoline. 100 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:06,854 Somebody was clearly trying to cover up evidence 101 00:04:06,898 --> 00:04:08,943 from inside that vehicle. 102 00:04:08,987 --> 00:04:12,512 There was no evidence of any body. 103 00:04:12,556 --> 00:04:16,429 There were zip ties found near the car. 104 00:04:16,473 --> 00:04:18,605 As far as the scene was concerned, 105 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:20,912 it yielded minimal clues. 106 00:04:20,955 --> 00:04:24,611 As the car had been burned completely, the chances of DNA 107 00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:28,963 or blood or fingerprints were greatly reduced. 108 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:30,835 [Narrator] Later that afternoon, 109 00:04:30,878 --> 00:04:35,318 another chilling discovery is made just 11 miles away. 110 00:04:35,361 --> 00:04:38,843 A citizen had seen something that looked like a dead body 111 00:04:38,886 --> 00:04:40,932 in the ditch on Herr Road. 112 00:04:40,975 --> 00:04:42,542 [rumbling] [dramatic music] 113 00:04:42,586 --> 00:04:45,502 The body was found about a 15, 20-minute drive 114 00:04:45,545 --> 00:04:48,548 from where the burned car was. 115 00:04:48,592 --> 00:04:50,420 [rumbling] 116 00:04:50,463 --> 00:04:53,640 This young man matched both the physical description, 117 00:04:53,684 --> 00:04:55,599 the clothing and the jewelry. 118 00:04:55,642 --> 00:04:58,863 At this point, there was no doubt that this was Gonzalo. 119 00:05:00,430 --> 00:05:02,780 It was clearly a homicide. 120 00:05:02,823 --> 00:05:05,739 There was evidence of bullet wounds on the body, 121 00:05:05,783 --> 00:05:09,874 and what appeared to be repeated knife blows to the heart. 122 00:05:09,917 --> 00:05:14,835 We also discovered some injuries to the back of the head, 123 00:05:14,879 --> 00:05:18,491 and it was evident the young man had been bludgeoned. 124 00:05:18,535 --> 00:05:22,365 It was apparent that he had died a violent death. 125 00:05:22,408 --> 00:05:24,367 We felt almost immediately 126 00:05:24,410 --> 00:05:27,370 that this was very personal in nature. 127 00:05:27,413 --> 00:05:29,067 [dramatic music] 128 00:05:29,110 --> 00:05:32,026 There was no phone and there was no wallet at the scene. 129 00:05:32,070 --> 00:05:35,856 But he still had his jewelry with him, which were gold. 130 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:38,032 So the thought of this being a robbery 131 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:39,817 was off the table pretty quickly. 132 00:05:39,860 --> 00:05:41,384 There was another motive here. 133 00:05:41,427 --> 00:05:43,690 [dramatic music] 134 00:05:43,734 --> 00:05:46,519 There were zip ties found near the body 135 00:05:46,563 --> 00:05:50,654 and they matched the zip ties from the scene of the car. 136 00:05:50,697 --> 00:05:53,874 One of the things that went through my head was, 137 00:05:53,918 --> 00:05:58,879 "Had someone brought zip ties to restrain Gonzalo?" 138 00:06:00,446 --> 00:06:02,405 We also located four spent casings 139 00:06:02,448 --> 00:06:05,843 from a 40-caliber semi-automatic pistol. 140 00:06:05,886 --> 00:06:08,454 [Narrator] After finishing up at the crime scene, 141 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:11,065 police are faced with the difficult task 142 00:06:11,109 --> 00:06:14,895 of delivering the devastating news to Gonzalo's family. 143 00:06:14,939 --> 00:06:17,420 The police came early in the morning. 144 00:06:19,073 --> 00:06:22,599 I opened the door and they told me, "We found your brother, 145 00:06:23,991 --> 00:06:25,558 "but unfortunately he's dead." 146 00:06:25,602 --> 00:06:26,472 [dramatic music] 147 00:06:26,516 --> 00:06:27,473 I was in shock. 148 00:06:28,474 --> 00:06:30,607 [dramatic music] 149 00:06:42,488 --> 00:06:43,837 I heard my mom screaming. 150 00:06:45,143 --> 00:06:47,493 It was something I never wanna hear again. 151 00:06:47,537 --> 00:06:50,714 It's not even a scream. 152 00:06:50,757 --> 00:06:53,456 It's a pain so deep that only moms, 153 00:06:54,544 --> 00:06:56,154 only moms know what that is. 154 00:06:57,198 --> 00:06:59,549 I found out that he was murdered 155 00:07:01,551 --> 00:07:03,204 and I lost it. [sniffles] 156 00:07:03,248 --> 00:07:04,597 I lost it. 157 00:07:04,641 --> 00:07:06,512 [dramatic music] 158 00:07:06,556 --> 00:07:11,474 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 159 00:07:19,003 --> 00:07:22,789 To know that such an amazing person was taken away; 160 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:25,226 he didn't deserve to die that way. 161 00:07:25,270 --> 00:07:29,143 Bottom line is, I don't have my brother anymore. 162 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:31,972 [upbeat country music] 163 00:07:32,016 --> 00:07:34,627 [Narrator] Born in Mexico in 1979, 164 00:07:34,671 --> 00:07:37,500 Gonzalo had a playful spirit. 165 00:07:37,543 --> 00:07:38,849 He loved to dance. 166 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:40,111 He loved music. 167 00:07:40,154 --> 00:07:43,157 Always a smile, always caring 168 00:07:43,201 --> 00:07:45,812 and always joking around with people. 169 00:07:45,856 --> 00:07:50,817 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 170 00:07:55,605 --> 00:07:57,563 [Narrator] When the family moved to the United States 171 00:07:57,607 --> 00:08:02,176 in 1989, outgoing Gonzalo settled in quickly. 172 00:08:02,220 --> 00:08:03,526 He was very charming. 173 00:08:03,569 --> 00:08:04,701 He was really good-looking. 174 00:08:04,744 --> 00:08:06,180 He was popular with the girls. 175 00:08:06,224 --> 00:08:09,053 So he was always asked to be in quinceañeras, 176 00:08:09,096 --> 00:08:11,925 which is a traditional, you know, 177 00:08:11,969 --> 00:08:16,582 party for us Mexicans when you turn 15. 178 00:08:16,626 --> 00:08:20,934 [Narrator] In 1998, Gonzalo met Marisol Mora at a party, 179 00:08:20,978 --> 00:08:23,850 and the teenagers quickly fell in love. 180 00:08:23,894 --> 00:08:28,855 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 181 00:08:33,991 --> 00:08:36,210 It was that genuine love and happiness. 182 00:08:36,254 --> 00:08:38,212 There was a light in him. 183 00:08:38,256 --> 00:08:39,953 He was a completely different person. 184 00:08:39,997 --> 00:08:42,086 A happy full person. 185 00:08:42,129 --> 00:08:44,741 All he wanted in life was to have a family, 186 00:08:44,784 --> 00:08:46,960 work hard and fall in love. 187 00:08:48,353 --> 00:08:49,659 [Narrator] After a whirlwind romance, 188 00:08:49,702 --> 00:08:51,617 Gonzalo proposed to Marisol. 189 00:08:51,661 --> 00:08:54,577 So the wedding was set to be in September. 190 00:08:54,620 --> 00:08:57,318 That was just a couple of months after he was murdered. 191 00:08:59,103 --> 00:09:01,671 We have a big family, so it was gonna be a big deal. 192 00:09:03,107 --> 00:09:04,935 [Narrator] But instead of a wedding 193 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:08,112 Gonzalo's loved ones are left heartbroken and grieving. 194 00:09:08,155 --> 00:09:09,330 [dramatic music] 195 00:09:09,374 --> 00:09:11,594 While his family plans a funeral, 196 00:09:11,637 --> 00:09:15,641 detectives are digging in to the work of this homicide case. 197 00:09:15,685 --> 00:09:17,643 This case was puzzling. 198 00:09:17,687 --> 00:09:20,733 There really didn't seem to be a strong motive as 199 00:09:20,777 --> 00:09:24,041 to why this young man was murdered. 200 00:09:24,084 --> 00:09:26,739 Everything was going good in his life. 201 00:09:26,783 --> 00:09:28,262 He was responsible. 202 00:09:28,306 --> 00:09:30,221 He wasn't involved in gangs. 203 00:09:30,264 --> 00:09:33,224 He's just very well-liked, very upbeat 204 00:09:33,267 --> 00:09:35,879 and just a trustworthy young man. 205 00:09:35,922 --> 00:09:37,315 It was really difficult. 206 00:09:37,358 --> 00:09:39,056 There were still so many unanswered questions, 207 00:09:39,099 --> 00:09:40,971 and we had no definitive leads as 208 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:44,931 to who would have caused this or who we were looking for. 209 00:09:44,975 --> 00:09:47,717 The fact that that there was still a killer out there, 210 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,240 to me it was very ominous. 211 00:09:49,283 --> 00:09:51,155 This is very grim. 212 00:09:51,198 --> 00:09:54,288 We needed to really look into who was responsible for this. 213 00:09:54,332 --> 00:09:56,682 [gun fires] 214 00:09:56,726 --> 00:09:58,118 [Narrator] Coming up: 215 00:09:58,162 --> 00:10:00,251 investigators uncover a menacing grudge... 216 00:10:00,294 --> 00:10:02,862 He held an extreme dislike for Gonzalo. 217 00:10:02,906 --> 00:10:06,300 He was determined to have Gonzalo killed. 218 00:10:06,344 --> 00:10:09,260 The knife wounds directed at the heart did speak 219 00:10:09,303 --> 00:10:11,218 of extreme animosity. 220 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:13,307 [Narrator] And leads them to discover a web 221 00:10:13,351 --> 00:10:15,658 of alarming secrets and lies... 222 00:10:15,701 --> 00:10:17,094 She wasn't in love with Gonzalo, 223 00:10:17,137 --> 00:10:18,791 and he wasn't in love with her. 224 00:10:18,835 --> 00:10:20,793 She admitted it was all a lie. 225 00:10:20,837 --> 00:10:23,317 He saw skinheads in the vehicle. 226 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:25,189 And that's when we really started 227 00:10:25,232 --> 00:10:27,104 to think something was wrong. 228 00:10:27,147 --> 00:10:29,367 [Narrator] Before the truth blindsides everyone. 229 00:10:29,410 --> 00:10:30,716 I was like in shock. 230 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:34,111 It was so senseless. 231 00:10:34,154 --> 00:10:36,940 [dramatic music] 232 00:10:39,899 --> 00:10:42,293 [Narrator] In the town of Cornelius, Oregon, 233 00:10:42,336 --> 00:10:44,774 police are investigating the vicious murder 234 00:10:44,817 --> 00:10:47,777 of 20-year-old - Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman. 235 00:10:49,692 --> 00:10:52,129 Wanting more details about his last known movements, 236 00:10:52,172 --> 00:10:54,740 detectives speak to his fiancée, Sol. 237 00:10:54,784 --> 00:10:58,570 She described in detail how Gonzalo had come to her house 238 00:10:58,613 --> 00:11:00,180 on the night of the 6th, 239 00:11:00,224 --> 00:11:02,792 that they sat out front on the porch. 240 00:11:02,835 --> 00:11:05,795 They were discussing their plans for the upcoming wedding 241 00:11:05,838 --> 00:11:07,797 and going over a guest list. 242 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,321 But she stated that following the conversation 243 00:11:10,364 --> 00:11:12,410 that he left around nine o'clock. 244 00:11:12,453 --> 00:11:14,542 She stated while they were sitting on the porch 245 00:11:14,586 --> 00:11:17,415 that her cousin, Jaime, and a friend, Eddie, 246 00:11:17,458 --> 00:11:21,680 were playing in the garage of the house, 247 00:11:21,724 --> 00:11:24,335 apparently shooting baskets. 248 00:11:24,378 --> 00:11:27,642 That led us to believe that these two young fellows 249 00:11:27,686 --> 00:11:32,691 may have been the last known persons to see Gonzalo alive. 250 00:11:34,214 --> 00:11:34,824 So it was important that we interview them. 251 00:11:36,651 --> 00:11:38,305 [Narrator] Investigators bring Jaime and Eddie 252 00:11:38,349 --> 00:11:40,220 into the sheriff's office. 253 00:11:40,264 --> 00:11:42,919 During the interview both stated that they had to get 254 00:11:42,962 --> 00:11:46,270 to work that night and approached Gonzalo as he was getting 255 00:11:46,313 --> 00:11:49,708 in his car and asked if they could get a ride. 256 00:11:49,752 --> 00:11:51,666 They were running late for work. 257 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:55,235 They worked on a janitorial crew 258 00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:59,196 run by Sol's brother, Rafael. 259 00:11:59,239 --> 00:12:01,502 They had to be at work in Hillsboro 260 00:12:01,546 --> 00:12:04,375 at the Hawthorn Farm Fitness Center at 10 o'clock. 261 00:12:04,418 --> 00:12:06,377 They said Rafael picked them up 262 00:12:06,420 --> 00:12:09,423 and took them to work at the athletic club, 263 00:12:09,467 --> 00:12:11,251 and that eventually they got off 264 00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:13,427 at about 4:30 in the morning. 265 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:15,734 The fact that they both gave the same statement 266 00:12:15,778 --> 00:12:19,651 actually provided themselves an alibi. 267 00:12:19,694 --> 00:12:24,656 They did not offer any conflict that they had with Gonzalo. 268 00:12:26,484 --> 00:12:29,879 They indicated that they had no reason to hurt him. 269 00:12:31,706 --> 00:12:33,491 [Narrator] To corroborate Jaime and Eddie's alibi, 270 00:12:33,534 --> 00:12:37,364 police speak to their boss, Sol's brother, Rafael. 271 00:12:37,408 --> 00:12:39,236 We interviewed him at his house. 272 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:42,761 He was very cooperative, very smooth, very polite. 273 00:12:42,805 --> 00:12:44,284 Had his own business. 274 00:12:44,328 --> 00:12:46,243 A young entrepreneur. 275 00:12:46,286 --> 00:12:49,507 Rafael was a an incredibly self-possessed 19-year-old. 276 00:12:49,550 --> 00:12:53,424 He had created a janitorial service. 277 00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:55,643 Although he was very young, had a very good contract, 278 00:12:55,687 --> 00:12:57,384 had his own cleaning company, 279 00:12:57,428 --> 00:12:59,778 and appeared to be very successful. 280 00:12:59,822 --> 00:13:02,259 [Narrator] Detectives ask him to confirm Jaime 281 00:13:02,302 --> 00:13:03,869 and Eddie's story. 282 00:13:03,913 --> 00:13:07,525 He confirmed that he had picked them up at Eddie's house 283 00:13:07,568 --> 00:13:09,005 and drove them to work. 284 00:13:09,048 --> 00:13:10,920 He confirmed their story 285 00:13:10,963 --> 00:13:14,358 that they had worked cleaning the health club that night. 286 00:13:14,401 --> 00:13:16,839 He said that he was at the athletic club 287 00:13:17,883 --> 00:13:20,625 until about four in the morning. 288 00:13:20,668 --> 00:13:22,975 So Rafael, in effect, corroborates Eddie 289 00:13:23,019 --> 00:13:26,849 and Jaime's version of events on the night of the 6th. 290 00:13:26,892 --> 00:13:28,938 So we kind of set them aside. 291 00:13:28,981 --> 00:13:31,462 [Narrator] With Jaime and Eddie alibied, 292 00:13:31,505 --> 00:13:34,291 investigators turn to the autopsy report, 293 00:13:34,334 --> 00:13:36,554 hoping to find new leads. 294 00:13:36,597 --> 00:13:40,993 It became very apparent just how violently he had died. 295 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:45,519 The medical examiner did find three blunt force blows 296 00:13:45,563 --> 00:13:47,434 to his skull. 297 00:13:47,478 --> 00:13:51,656 The autopsy also showed that he had been shot five times. 298 00:13:51,699 --> 00:13:54,659 And then he had also been stabbed five times, 299 00:13:54,702 --> 00:13:57,880 very brutally, in the area of the heart. 300 00:13:57,923 --> 00:14:00,621 The close cluster of the knife wounds directed 301 00:14:00,665 --> 00:14:04,408 at the heart did speak of extreme animosity, 302 00:14:04,451 --> 00:14:06,018 some violent emotion. 303 00:14:07,541 --> 00:14:09,848 The gunshot wounds made it appear 304 00:14:09,892 --> 00:14:14,461 that his hands were up in a defensive gesture. 305 00:14:14,505 --> 00:14:17,856 Gonzalo was likely pleading for some measure of mercy 306 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:22,469 and ultimately none was to be had. 307 00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:23,906 [dramatic music] 308 00:14:23,949 --> 00:14:25,864 [Narrator] The autopsy report also determines 309 00:14:25,908 --> 00:14:29,563 that Gonzalo's death occurred around 10:00 p.m. 310 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:32,566 With the findings in hand, investigators now turn 311 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:36,440 to Gonzalo's workplace, searching for possible suspects. 312 00:14:36,483 --> 00:14:38,790 We interviewed his supervisor. 313 00:14:38,833 --> 00:14:41,967 Gonzalo's boss described him as reliable, 314 00:14:42,011 --> 00:14:45,014 steady worker, punctual. 315 00:14:45,057 --> 00:14:46,885 [Narrator] As detectives dig deeper, 316 00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:50,715 they learn about a startling new side to Gonzalo. 317 00:14:50,758 --> 00:14:53,587 It appeared that he had a relationship with one 318 00:14:53,631 --> 00:14:55,894 of the security guards that worked there. 319 00:14:56,939 --> 00:14:58,505 Gonzalo's boss did tell us 320 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:00,986 there may have been some possible involvement 321 00:15:01,030 --> 00:15:04,903 between the security guard, Bobette, and Gonzalo. 322 00:15:04,947 --> 00:15:06,992 So we needed to look into it. 323 00:15:07,036 --> 00:15:08,951 We needed to interview her. 324 00:15:08,994 --> 00:15:10,735 [Narrator] Police bring Bobette, 325 00:15:10,778 --> 00:15:13,912 Gonzalo's alleged girlfriend, in for questioning. 326 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:16,784 She was very upset about his death. 327 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:19,570 She was very emotional, very distraught about finding out 328 00:15:19,613 --> 00:15:21,006 that Gonzalo had been murdered, 329 00:15:21,050 --> 00:15:24,140 and ultimately disclosed that, in fact, 330 00:15:24,183 --> 00:15:26,490 she'd had a very intimate relationship 331 00:15:26,533 --> 00:15:28,753 with Gonzalo for a couple of months. 332 00:15:28,796 --> 00:15:31,147 But she made it very clear she wasn't in love with Gonzalo, 333 00:15:31,190 --> 00:15:33,410 and he wasn't in love with her. 334 00:15:33,453 --> 00:15:35,586 Bobette described her relationship 335 00:15:35,629 --> 00:15:38,154 with Gonzalo as kind of a fling. 336 00:15:38,197 --> 00:15:40,025 It was kept secret. 337 00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:42,985 She understood that he was engaged to be married. 338 00:15:43,028 --> 00:15:44,943 But it crossed our minds 339 00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:49,687 that maybe Bobette's feelings were stronger than she let on. 340 00:15:51,471 --> 00:15:53,125 Maybe she did not want this wedding to go forward. 341 00:15:53,169 --> 00:15:55,475 [Narrator] The wedding was planned for September, 342 00:15:55,519 --> 00:15:57,608 only a few months away. 343 00:15:57,651 --> 00:16:00,785 Police ask Gonzalo's co-worker about her movements 344 00:16:00,828 --> 00:16:02,700 on the day of the murder. 345 00:16:02,743 --> 00:16:06,051 Bobette had been at several different locations that day, 346 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:09,837 running errands, and she had receipts to support that. 347 00:16:09,881 --> 00:16:12,623 So she was ruled out as a suspect. 348 00:16:12,666 --> 00:16:15,060 [Narrator] But while Bobette's cleared of suspicion, 349 00:16:15,104 --> 00:16:17,758 she hands detectives a crucial tip. 350 00:16:17,802 --> 00:16:21,980 Bobette mentioned an ex-boyfriend named Oscar Rodriguez. 351 00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,590 [dramatic music] 352 00:16:23,634 --> 00:16:26,115 She told us Oscar was quite jealous. 353 00:16:26,158 --> 00:16:28,030 [dramatic music] 354 00:16:28,073 --> 00:16:30,554 He was extraordinarily jealous; 355 00:16:30,597 --> 00:16:34,471 apparently had been violently jealous in the past. 356 00:16:34,514 --> 00:16:37,561 About four days before the murder, Oscar found out 357 00:16:37,604 --> 00:16:40,477 about her relationship with Gonzalo. 358 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,741 He became infuriated and began accusing her 359 00:16:43,784 --> 00:16:45,482 of cheating on him. 360 00:16:45,525 --> 00:16:47,484 That could be a motive for Gonzalo's murder, 361 00:16:47,527 --> 00:16:50,095 so Oscar became a lead suspect. 362 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:52,967 [dramatic music] 363 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,626 [Narrator] Only two days into the investigation 364 00:16:59,670 --> 00:17:03,152 of the vicious murder of - Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman, 365 00:17:03,195 --> 00:17:07,330 police discover he was involved with his co-worker, Bobette. 366 00:17:07,373 --> 00:17:08,983 Now she's pointed the finger 367 00:17:09,027 --> 00:17:12,030 at her jealous ex, Oscar Rodriguez. 368 00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:15,990 She speculated that maybe he had something to do with it. 369 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:17,166 We looked into him. 370 00:17:17,209 --> 00:17:19,081 He had a criminal history. 371 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,432 He'd been pretty extensively involved in gangs 372 00:17:22,475 --> 00:17:24,129 at that point in his life, and he was he was well known 373 00:17:24,173 --> 00:17:26,131 to the local police. 374 00:17:26,175 --> 00:17:28,220 Very much an impulsive young man 375 00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:31,180 that was also involved in drug activity and drug use. 376 00:17:33,051 --> 00:17:35,184 Bobette told us that this was a relationship she had 377 00:17:35,227 --> 00:17:37,055 to escape from. 378 00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:40,189 She personally felt threatened by his presence 379 00:17:40,232 --> 00:17:42,147 and his behavior. 380 00:17:42,191 --> 00:17:45,324 And she was very worried that perhaps he was the one 381 00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:50,024 that took some action towards Gonzalo. 382 00:17:50,068 --> 00:17:52,723 [Narrator] Investigators uncover a troubling detail 383 00:17:52,766 --> 00:17:54,594 about Oscar's life. 384 00:17:54,638 --> 00:17:58,294 It was discovered that Oscar Rodriguez's mother 385 00:17:58,337 --> 00:18:03,342 lived right next door to the victim's family. 386 00:18:05,170 --> 00:18:07,041 The investigation kind of perked up as far as focusing in 387 00:18:07,085 --> 00:18:12,090 on Oscar, given the fact that he had such access to Gonzalo. 388 00:18:13,483 --> 00:18:15,093 [Narrator] Detectives' suspicion grows further 389 00:18:15,137 --> 00:18:17,530 when they speak to Oscar himself. 390 00:18:17,574 --> 00:18:21,055 When Oscar Rodriguez was interviewed, he lied to us 391 00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:25,582 and told us he had not had any contact at all with Bobette, 392 00:18:25,625 --> 00:18:28,715 and didn't really know anything about what was going on. 393 00:18:28,759 --> 00:18:31,196 When we started to confront him that this was 394 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,417 in contradiction to the information we had from Bobette, 395 00:18:34,460 --> 00:18:37,202 he became furious, started yelling, at us, 396 00:18:37,246 --> 00:18:39,073 "You don't trust me!" 397 00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:42,425 He stated he had no claims to continue any relationship 398 00:18:42,468 --> 00:18:45,819 with Bobette and he wanted to wash his hands 399 00:18:45,863 --> 00:18:48,126 of this entire investigation. 400 00:18:48,170 --> 00:18:52,130 Because of his nature, he just drew suspicion upon himself. 401 00:18:53,479 --> 00:18:55,394 He was asked if he'd take a polygraph to show 402 00:18:55,438 --> 00:18:57,831 that he didn't have anything to do with Gonzalo's murder. 403 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:01,661 He became very volatile, and immediately demanded 404 00:19:01,705 --> 00:19:03,315 to end the interview. 405 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,752 And actually stormed out of the interview. 406 00:19:05,796 --> 00:19:07,754 [Narrator] With Oscar not cooperating, 407 00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:10,453 detectives investigate his whereabouts 408 00:19:10,496 --> 00:19:12,194 during the time of the murder. 409 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:14,718 During this timeframe, 410 00:19:14,761 --> 00:19:17,199 Oscar Rodriguez was actually serving a sentence 411 00:19:17,242 --> 00:19:19,113 in a restitution center. 412 00:19:19,157 --> 00:19:20,767 [Narrator] The restitution center 413 00:19:20,811 --> 00:19:24,597 is a work release facility for low to mid-level offenders 414 00:19:24,641 --> 00:19:28,514 where Oscar could get passes to go out and find work. 415 00:19:28,558 --> 00:19:32,866 So the question was, did Oscar have a pass at the date 416 00:19:32,910 --> 00:19:34,825 and time of the murder? 417 00:19:34,868 --> 00:19:38,176 Was it possible that he wasn't in the restitution center? 418 00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:40,265 He is on a strict timeline. 419 00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:42,180 He had to check in, check out. 420 00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:44,138 It's a secure facility. 421 00:19:44,182 --> 00:19:45,575 The building is locked. 422 00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:48,621 There are alarms on all the doors and windows. 423 00:19:48,665 --> 00:19:51,450 At the restitution center there is a lockdown period 424 00:19:51,494 --> 00:19:53,670 at night until early in the morning. 425 00:19:53,713 --> 00:19:56,412 After the records were examined, 426 00:19:56,455 --> 00:19:59,284 it was positively concluded that he was 427 00:19:59,328 --> 00:20:03,462 in the restitution center at the time Gonzalo was killed. 428 00:20:03,506 --> 00:20:06,552 It was impossible for him to have been involved 429 00:20:06,596 --> 00:20:08,337 in the actual homicide. 430 00:20:08,380 --> 00:20:11,209 And ultimately he was ruled out as a suspect. 431 00:20:12,558 --> 00:20:14,473 [Narrator] It's been a week since the murder, 432 00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:18,303 and the investigation is no closer to finding a suspect. 433 00:20:18,347 --> 00:20:20,436 Meanwhile, the family prepares 434 00:20:20,479 --> 00:20:23,482 to bury their beloved Gonzalo. 435 00:20:23,526 --> 00:20:25,615 It was really hard on everybody. 436 00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:29,227 My mom decided she wanted to take him to Mexico. 437 00:20:29,271 --> 00:20:30,924 He was buried over there and we all stayed 438 00:20:30,968 --> 00:20:33,710 for a while trying to grieve together as a family 439 00:20:33,753 --> 00:20:36,539 and process what had just happened to our family. 440 00:20:37,583 --> 00:20:41,326 My mom was just devastated. 441 00:20:41,370 --> 00:20:43,720 It hurt me so much to lose Gonzalo. 442 00:20:45,461 --> 00:20:46,984 I was grieving deeply. 443 00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:51,554 I was in denial, I was in my own world. 444 00:20:51,597 --> 00:20:54,339 [dramatic music] 445 00:20:54,383 --> 00:20:58,343 And I don't even know how I got by. [sniffles] 446 00:20:58,387 --> 00:21:00,519 [Narrator] While the family grieves in Mexico, 447 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:04,697 the community of Cornelius is feeling on edge. 448 00:21:04,741 --> 00:21:06,482 There wasn't a quick arrest within, you know, 449 00:21:06,525 --> 00:21:07,874 a couple of days or a week. 450 00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:09,659 This caused concern in the community 451 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:11,965 'cause no one knew who did it. 452 00:21:12,009 --> 00:21:13,837 [Narrator] Searching for new leads, 453 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,361 detectives turn to the public. 454 00:21:16,405 --> 00:21:18,232 [dramatic music] 455 00:21:18,276 --> 00:21:20,496 We decided to put out a reward for information. 456 00:21:20,539 --> 00:21:22,628 And the idea was to get people to come forward 457 00:21:22,672 --> 00:21:25,805 if they knew anything, and let them know 458 00:21:25,849 --> 00:21:27,590 that we're a little bit frustrated 459 00:21:27,633 --> 00:21:29,896 with where this investigation is going. 460 00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:31,724 We need public help. 461 00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:34,553 [Narrator] Nearly two weeks after Gonzalo's murder, 462 00:21:34,597 --> 00:21:37,687 police get a tip that sends the investigation 463 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:39,993 in a whole new direction. 464 00:21:40,037 --> 00:21:44,563 We got a call from an employee of the SB gas station. 465 00:21:44,607 --> 00:21:46,391 His name was Ryan Petty. 466 00:21:46,435 --> 00:21:49,742 He claimed that he had seen some graffiti written 467 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:52,919 in the bathroom of the gas station. 468 00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:56,575 And the graffiti said, "Gonzalo Guzman. 469 00:21:56,619 --> 00:21:57,837 "12th Street gang. 470 00:21:57,881 --> 00:21:59,535 "Please help. 471 00:21:59,578 --> 00:22:01,580 "Call the police." 472 00:22:01,624 --> 00:22:03,887 And once he heard about the reward, 473 00:22:03,930 --> 00:22:07,499 he put Gonzalo with that name Gonzalo, 474 00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:10,459 and recognized it must be the same victim 475 00:22:10,502 --> 00:22:13,766 who had left that cry for help on the wall. 476 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:15,942 [Narrator] Detectives rush to the gas station 477 00:22:15,986 --> 00:22:17,770 to interview Ryan. 478 00:22:17,814 --> 00:22:21,600 While interviewing him, he divulges a shocking revelation. 479 00:22:21,644 --> 00:22:23,776 So what called his attention to the bathroom was shortly 480 00:22:23,820 --> 00:22:28,607 before he saw a car pull up, a white Monte Carlo, that had, 481 00:22:28,651 --> 00:22:32,002 in his words, skinheads in the vehicle. 482 00:22:32,045 --> 00:22:37,007 One of them allegedly had a swastika tattooed on his body. 483 00:22:37,964 --> 00:22:39,531 They were accompanying 484 00:22:39,575 --> 00:22:41,794 a very scared-looking Hispanic young man. 485 00:22:41,838 --> 00:22:43,796 He stated that it looked like 486 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,798 that Gonzalo may have been kidnapped. 487 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:48,758 That was significant in the fact that we felt 488 00:22:48,801 --> 00:22:52,457 this was a big break that came in the case. 489 00:22:52,501 --> 00:22:53,850 [door slams] 490 00:22:53,893 --> 00:22:56,679 [dramatic music] 491 00:23:00,247 --> 00:23:02,119 [Narrator] Nearly two weeks 492 00:23:02,162 --> 00:23:05,339 - after Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman was found brutally murdered, 493 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:08,952 a gas station attendant named Ryan Petty has told police 494 00:23:08,995 --> 00:23:12,172 he saw Gonzalo with three suspicious men 495 00:23:12,216 --> 00:23:14,131 the night he was killed. 496 00:23:14,174 --> 00:23:18,788 He described a carload of skinheads that had drove up 497 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:22,792 and a young man in the backseat who appeared frightened. 498 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:26,056 And they escorted him into the men's restroom 499 00:23:26,099 --> 00:23:28,058 for a short period of time. 500 00:23:28,101 --> 00:23:30,495 He said that ultimately, out of the bathroom, 501 00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:32,454 the Hispanic individual came out 502 00:23:32,497 --> 00:23:36,153 and they hustled him back into the car and drove away. 503 00:23:36,196 --> 00:23:38,024 [door slams] 504 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:40,462 Ryan Petty reported that when he went into the bathroom 505 00:23:40,505 --> 00:23:44,857 after the individual left it, he saw written on the wall, 506 00:23:44,901 --> 00:23:46,816 "Gonzalo Guzman. 507 00:23:46,859 --> 00:23:47,817 "Help. 508 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:49,166 "12th Street gang. 509 00:23:49,209 --> 00:23:51,037 "Call police." 510 00:23:51,081 --> 00:23:53,518 [Narrator] But as detectives dig into Ryan's story, 511 00:23:53,562 --> 00:23:56,086 some details don't add up. 512 00:23:56,129 --> 00:23:59,959 Had it been Gonzalo who had gone into that bathroom afraid 513 00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:02,396 for his life and put his name on the wall, 514 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,183 he never would have written his name as Gonzalo Guzman. 515 00:24:06,226 --> 00:24:07,576 We knew that was incorrect. 516 00:24:07,619 --> 00:24:10,143 He would not sign his name in that nature. 517 00:24:10,187 --> 00:24:12,363 That was the maternal name. 518 00:24:12,406 --> 00:24:14,496 He would have used the paternal name. 519 00:24:14,539 --> 00:24:16,367 Guzman is his mother's name. 520 00:24:16,410 --> 00:24:19,849 He would have written his name as Gonzalo Pizano. 521 00:24:19,892 --> 00:24:22,068 Pizano is his father's name. 522 00:24:22,112 --> 00:24:26,029 And so right away this was suspicious. 523 00:24:26,072 --> 00:24:27,900 And just the whole nature 524 00:24:27,944 --> 00:24:30,381 of what he was describing was more like something off 525 00:24:30,424 --> 00:24:32,383 of a TV show. 526 00:24:32,426 --> 00:24:35,604 The skinheads, the swastika, it just 527 00:24:37,214 --> 00:24:38,955 didn't ring true. 528 00:24:38,998 --> 00:24:41,914 And so it was suspected that he was trying 529 00:24:41,958 --> 00:24:43,916 to come forward for the reward. 530 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:48,530 We looked through the videotape from the SB station 531 00:24:48,573 --> 00:24:51,924 during the period of time this employee stated 532 00:24:51,968 --> 00:24:53,578 that car had gone by. 533 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:55,885 There was nothing in that videotape 534 00:24:55,928 --> 00:24:58,540 that corroborated anything he had told us. 535 00:24:59,932 --> 00:25:01,630 No white Monte Carlo. 536 00:25:01,673 --> 00:25:04,502 No individuals who could be characterized as skinheads. 537 00:25:04,546 --> 00:25:07,026 More importantly, no individual 538 00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:09,942 who was a scared Hispanic person being escorted 539 00:25:09,986 --> 00:25:11,422 to the bathroom. 540 00:25:11,465 --> 00:25:13,206 The examination of the surveillance video 541 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:16,906 at the gas station contradicted Ryan Petty's 542 00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:18,429 version of events. 543 00:25:18,472 --> 00:25:20,562 And also one of the issues was 544 00:25:20,605 --> 00:25:23,260 he didn't report this right away. 545 00:25:23,303 --> 00:25:25,436 [Narrator] When police check Ryan's record, 546 00:25:25,479 --> 00:25:27,569 they find more troubling news. 547 00:25:27,612 --> 00:25:30,441 He had a pretty checkered past. 548 00:25:30,484 --> 00:25:32,965 He was no stranger to the criminal justice system. 549 00:25:33,009 --> 00:25:35,577 Some of his arrests were for crimes 550 00:25:35,620 --> 00:25:39,015 that would cause you to doubt his honesty. 551 00:25:39,058 --> 00:25:42,453 In my mind we ruled it out as pure fabrication. 552 00:25:42,496 --> 00:25:46,109 It just was too cute, too stereotypical. 553 00:25:46,152 --> 00:25:48,938 The mistake with the Spanish surname. 554 00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:50,635 I didn't buy it. 555 00:25:50,679 --> 00:25:52,681 [Narrator] With another lead exhausted, 556 00:25:52,724 --> 00:25:55,945 investigators face a daunting realization. 557 00:25:55,988 --> 00:25:58,991 We reached a point where we were getting nowhere. 558 00:26:00,166 --> 00:26:01,603 Leads weren't panning out. 559 00:26:03,387 --> 00:26:08,131 Having no significant suspect is very depressing. 560 00:26:09,698 --> 00:26:11,613 Really, if you don't solve these cases early on, 561 00:26:11,656 --> 00:26:13,179 the longer they go, the likelihood 562 00:26:13,223 --> 00:26:14,528 that you're actually going to be able 563 00:26:14,572 --> 00:26:17,967 to solve them becomes less and less. 564 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:21,971 In cases like this where we're not getting anywhere, 565 00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:25,365 especially on a homicide, we took this very personal. 566 00:26:25,409 --> 00:26:26,976 Up to that point, 567 00:26:27,019 --> 00:26:30,719 this team had not had an unresolved homicide. 568 00:26:30,762 --> 00:26:33,243 [Narrator] The lack of progress also adds 569 00:26:33,286 --> 00:26:36,420 to the pain suffered by Gonzalo's family. 570 00:26:36,463 --> 00:26:38,074 It was very hard. 571 00:26:38,117 --> 00:26:41,294 It was very painful to come back from Mexico 572 00:26:41,338 --> 00:26:45,298 and there was no arrest yet. 573 00:26:45,342 --> 00:26:48,345 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 574 00:26:52,523 --> 00:26:54,090 Everything was very silent 575 00:26:54,133 --> 00:26:56,440 and we were getting very, very impatient. 576 00:26:56,483 --> 00:26:59,095 My mom was getting very impatient with the detectives, 577 00:26:59,138 --> 00:27:01,706 and all they told us is to please trust them. 578 00:27:01,750 --> 00:27:03,665 So we put our life in their hands. 579 00:27:05,492 --> 00:27:07,712 [Narrator] Two more months pass without an arrest. 580 00:27:07,756 --> 00:27:09,583 With the case at a standstill, 581 00:27:09,627 --> 00:27:12,543 detectives review the entire investigation 582 00:27:12,586 --> 00:27:15,154 for something they may have missed. 583 00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:17,287 It can be very frustrating when you reach that point 584 00:27:17,330 --> 00:27:19,158 where you've kind of hit the wall, 585 00:27:19,202 --> 00:27:23,293 but you just have to resolve to redouble your efforts 586 00:27:23,336 --> 00:27:26,513 and to keep digging, keep pushing. 587 00:27:26,557 --> 00:27:28,211 It was time to go back 588 00:27:28,254 --> 00:27:31,562 and look over everybody one more time. 589 00:27:31,605 --> 00:27:34,173 We knew that Eddie and Jaime were the last people 590 00:27:34,217 --> 00:27:38,047 to see Gonzalo at Sol's house the night of the murder. 591 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,744 Even though they'd been interviewed 592 00:27:39,788 --> 00:27:43,269 and gave a pretty good account of their activity that night, 593 00:27:43,313 --> 00:27:47,143 their boss, Rafael, provided an alibi for them. 594 00:27:47,186 --> 00:27:49,058 We wanted to be sure. 595 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:53,105 So at this stage is when we asked them to take a polygraph. 596 00:27:54,803 --> 00:27:57,327 But when we began to ask them to take a polygraph, 597 00:27:57,370 --> 00:27:59,764 they started dodging and weaving. 598 00:27:59,808 --> 00:28:02,419 For some reason they began to balk 599 00:28:02,462 --> 00:28:05,074 and this threw a red flag as 600 00:28:05,117 --> 00:28:07,250 to why they weren't coming forward. 601 00:28:07,293 --> 00:28:11,645 Again, these are the last two people to see Gonzalo alive. 602 00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:14,518 And now they're getting cold feet 603 00:28:14,561 --> 00:28:16,607 about taking a polygraph exam. 604 00:28:18,174 --> 00:28:20,350 And that's when we really started 605 00:28:20,393 --> 00:28:21,743 to think something was wrong. 606 00:28:23,614 --> 00:28:25,181 [Narrator] Detectives keep the pressure on Jaime 607 00:28:25,224 --> 00:28:27,270 and Eddie, and on September 14th, 608 00:28:27,313 --> 00:28:29,315 Eddie comes in for his polygraph. 609 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,449 The polygrapher was hooking Eddie up, 610 00:28:32,492 --> 00:28:37,106 attaching these leads to him to measure his response. 611 00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:40,283 And he doesn't even get to the questions, 612 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:44,678 and Eddie says, "Okay, I'll tell you what happened." 613 00:28:46,637 --> 00:28:48,639 And he immediately makes it clear 614 00:28:48,682 --> 00:28:51,381 that he wants to tell everything that happened. 615 00:28:51,424 --> 00:28:53,775 In police parlance, he spilled it. 616 00:28:53,818 --> 00:28:56,603 [dramatic music] 617 00:29:01,043 --> 00:29:02,609 [Narrator] Two months after the murder 618 00:29:02,653 --> 00:29:04,742 - of Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman, 619 00:29:04,786 --> 00:29:08,746 detectives are re-interviewing witnesses hoping for a break. 620 00:29:08,790 --> 00:29:12,794 Now, Eddie, one of the last people to see Gonzalo alive, 621 00:29:12,837 --> 00:29:15,927 has told police he knows more than he's let on. 622 00:29:15,971 --> 00:29:18,625 He gave a detailed, recorded statement 623 00:29:18,669 --> 00:29:21,715 about what happened on the night of the murder. 624 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:23,717 [Narrator] As he talks to investigators, 625 00:29:23,761 --> 00:29:25,937 Eddie drops a bombshell. 626 00:29:25,981 --> 00:29:28,331 He disclosed that that he had actually been approached 627 00:29:28,374 --> 00:29:32,335 by his boss, Rafael, who was Sol's brother, 628 00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:36,861 to coordinate delivering Gonzalo 629 00:29:36,905 --> 00:29:40,256 to the Forest Hills Country Club parking lot. 630 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,043 Eddie told us that it had all been planned out by Rafael. 631 00:29:45,087 --> 00:29:49,178 Rafael had enlisted Joe Noble to help with this crime. 632 00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:51,136 Joe was Rafael's friend. 633 00:29:51,180 --> 00:29:53,312 Eddie went on to tell us that night he 634 00:29:53,356 --> 00:29:57,795 and Jaime lured Gonzalo to drive his car to the golf course. 635 00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:01,407 And as they pulled up, Joe Noble appeared 636 00:30:01,451 --> 00:30:02,887 with a gun in his hand. 637 00:30:02,931 --> 00:30:04,802 [dramatic music] 638 00:30:04,846 --> 00:30:07,152 And as Eddie and Jaime got out of Gonzalo's car, 639 00:30:07,196 --> 00:30:12,201 Noble got into the car pointing the gun at Gonzalo. 640 00:30:13,767 --> 00:30:16,161 And also present in the parking lot was Rafael 641 00:30:16,205 --> 00:30:19,251 in his white Ford F-150. 642 00:30:19,295 --> 00:30:22,820 [Narrator] Gonzalo was driven away by Rafael and Joe, 643 00:30:22,864 --> 00:30:26,911 but Eddie claims he has no idea what happened next. 644 00:30:26,955 --> 00:30:30,175 He stated that he and Jaime had left the country club 645 00:30:30,219 --> 00:30:31,916 and got into their vehicle, left 646 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,006 and went home and went to work as usual. 647 00:30:35,050 --> 00:30:38,053 [Narrator] Could the brother of Gonzalo's fiancée, Sol, 648 00:30:38,096 --> 00:30:41,143 really be behind his brutal murder? 649 00:30:41,186 --> 00:30:46,104 It was extremely surprising to suddenly see Rafael Mora 650 00:30:46,148 --> 00:30:47,932 as somebody different than this 651 00:30:47,976 --> 00:30:50,717 really incredibly self-possessed 19-year-old 652 00:30:50,761 --> 00:30:52,937 who started his own business. 653 00:30:52,981 --> 00:30:54,199 [Narrator] But according to Eddie, 654 00:30:54,243 --> 00:30:57,202 Rafael leads a disturbing double life. 655 00:30:57,246 --> 00:31:01,467 Eddie told us that Rafael was a pretty active drug dealer. 656 00:31:01,511 --> 00:31:05,994 The nice entrepreneur cover of 657 00:31:06,037 --> 00:31:08,300 Rafael was all a lie. 658 00:31:08,344 --> 00:31:10,215 He's a significant drug dealer, 659 00:31:10,259 --> 00:31:14,306 and it appears, orchestrated the kidnapping of Gonzalo, 660 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:16,047 with Joe Noble. 661 00:31:16,091 --> 00:31:18,223 This completely surprised me. 662 00:31:18,267 --> 00:31:21,879 Rafael did appear, at least on the surface, to be legit, 663 00:31:21,923 --> 00:31:24,926 and now he's not who we thought he was. 664 00:31:24,969 --> 00:31:27,406 It was a shock to all of us. 665 00:31:27,450 --> 00:31:30,496 [Narrator] The one thing detectives still need to know 666 00:31:30,540 --> 00:31:34,761 is why Rafael would wanna kill his future brother-in-law? 667 00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:37,503 Up to that point in time there was nothing to link him. 668 00:31:37,547 --> 00:31:40,376 There was no motive that anybody could speak of. 669 00:31:40,419 --> 00:31:42,900 [Narrator] Investigators first turn their attention 670 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:44,946 to Joe Noble, suspecting 671 00:31:44,989 --> 00:31:47,470 he may have been taking orders from Rafael. 672 00:31:47,513 --> 00:31:51,778 Joe Noble was known as a small-time criminal. 673 00:31:51,822 --> 00:31:54,129 An informant told us he was very concerned 674 00:31:54,172 --> 00:31:58,960 about a 40-caliber pistol he had sold to Joe Noble. 675 00:31:59,830 --> 00:32:01,223 And he suspected 676 00:32:01,266 --> 00:32:03,268 that this may have been the murder weapon used 677 00:32:03,312 --> 00:32:05,444 in the killing of Gonzalo. 678 00:32:05,488 --> 00:32:06,968 [Narrator] That's not the last 679 00:32:07,011 --> 00:32:08,926 of the informant's revelations. 680 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:13,104 He said that Joe Noble had talked to a female 681 00:32:13,148 --> 00:32:17,021 at one of the local bars and had asked her to alibi for him 682 00:32:17,065 --> 00:32:18,936 on the particular night in question. 683 00:32:19,850 --> 00:32:21,504 We contacted her. 684 00:32:21,547 --> 00:32:25,116 She told us that, yes, Joe had asked her to say he was 685 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:29,816 with her on the night of the 6th and, 686 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:33,081 most importantly, she said, "I wasn't with him." 687 00:32:33,124 --> 00:32:35,997 [Narrator] Police bring Joe in for questioning. 688 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,390 Joe denied having any involvement whatsoever 689 00:32:38,434 --> 00:32:40,218 to the murder. 690 00:32:40,262 --> 00:32:42,960 During our interview with Joe, he actually tried 691 00:32:43,004 --> 00:32:44,483 to use the alibi. 692 00:32:44,527 --> 00:32:46,050 And then when we confronted him with the fact 693 00:32:46,094 --> 00:32:48,052 that we'd already talked to her 694 00:32:48,096 --> 00:32:51,882 and she said it was all BS, then he stopped talking. 695 00:32:51,925 --> 00:32:53,971 Joe stated that he wanted an attorney 696 00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:55,842 and didn't wanna talk anymore. 697 00:32:55,886 --> 00:32:58,149 [Narrator] With nothing concrete to hold Joe, 698 00:32:58,193 --> 00:33:00,325 police are forced to release him 699 00:33:00,369 --> 00:33:03,024 and turn their attention to Rafael. 700 00:33:03,067 --> 00:33:04,460 Investigators learned 701 00:33:04,503 --> 00:33:06,505 that Rafael's cleaning business was not all 702 00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:08,377 that it was purported to be. 703 00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:12,076 He had a contract with the Hawthorn Farms Athletic Club. 704 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,036 The manager of the health club was not very impressed 705 00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:19,431 with the quality of Rafael's work and the work of his crew. 706 00:33:19,475 --> 00:33:23,261 It was really a shoddy operation by all accounts. 707 00:33:23,305 --> 00:33:25,133 We considered the fact 708 00:33:25,176 --> 00:33:27,178 that the cleaning company may have been a front 709 00:33:27,222 --> 00:33:29,572 for Rafael's drug dealing. 710 00:33:29,615 --> 00:33:32,531 [Narrator] Rafael told police he was cleaning the gym 711 00:33:32,575 --> 00:33:35,882 with Eddie and Jaime the night of Gonzalo's murder, 712 00:33:35,926 --> 00:33:38,189 so investigators check with management 713 00:33:38,233 --> 00:33:40,583 in order to corroborate his alibi. 714 00:33:40,626 --> 00:33:44,021 The manager of the club said he often couldn't reach him. 715 00:33:45,414 --> 00:33:47,111 So he had no idea if he was there or not 716 00:33:47,155 --> 00:33:48,417 on the night of the murder. 717 00:33:49,983 --> 00:33:51,507 [Narrator] With his alibi falling apart, 718 00:33:51,550 --> 00:33:54,336 detectives ask Rafael's sister, Sol, 719 00:33:54,379 --> 00:33:56,990 why he might want Gonzalo dead. 720 00:33:57,034 --> 00:34:00,646 Sol admitted that Rafael had a serious talk with her, 721 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:03,954 and that it was clear that he was opposed to the wedding, 722 00:34:03,997 --> 00:34:06,130 felt she was too young. 723 00:34:06,174 --> 00:34:09,568 Rafael did not want Gonzalo marrying Sol. 724 00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:13,181 Just did not see Gonzalo as being worthy 725 00:34:13,224 --> 00:34:14,965 of marrying into the family. 726 00:34:16,619 --> 00:34:19,143 Investigators learned that Rafael would mock Gonzalo 727 00:34:19,187 --> 00:34:21,058 for the car he drove. 728 00:34:21,102 --> 00:34:23,930 He'd mock him for bringing over a bottle of wine 729 00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:27,673 to his parents that was cheap and not any good. 730 00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:31,373 Rafael held an extreme dislike for Gonzalo. 731 00:34:31,416 --> 00:34:35,028 When accompanied by friends, he would go by Gonzalo's car 732 00:34:35,072 --> 00:34:39,120 and talk about keying it, or smashing a window out 733 00:34:39,163 --> 00:34:41,034 and laughing about it. 734 00:34:41,078 --> 00:34:43,950 [Narrator] With the evidence against Rafael stacking up, 735 00:34:43,994 --> 00:34:46,692 police are ready to bring him in for an interview. 736 00:34:46,736 --> 00:34:49,391 But there's just one setback. 737 00:34:49,434 --> 00:34:50,696 He disappeared. 738 00:34:52,263 --> 00:34:53,699 At this point, it's become pretty apparent 739 00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:57,181 that Rafael's got something to hide. 740 00:34:57,225 --> 00:34:58,617 When you put it all together, 741 00:34:58,661 --> 00:35:00,141 there was probable cause to arrest him. 742 00:35:01,707 --> 00:35:03,622 [Narrator] With a warrant for Rafael's arrest, 743 00:35:03,666 --> 00:35:06,190 police initiate a manhunt. 744 00:35:06,234 --> 00:35:09,106 He had a girlfriend named Cindy Montez. 745 00:35:09,150 --> 00:35:12,153 We found him hiding at his girlfriend's house. 746 00:35:12,196 --> 00:35:13,589 He had dyed his hair orange. 747 00:35:13,632 --> 00:35:15,634 And it was obvious that he had done it 748 00:35:15,678 --> 00:35:17,680 to try to change his identity. 749 00:35:19,203 --> 00:35:21,292 [Narrator] On September 28th, 2000, 750 00:35:21,336 --> 00:35:25,383 Rafael is officially charged with first-degree kidnapping 751 00:35:25,427 --> 00:35:27,124 and aggravated murder. 752 00:35:27,168 --> 00:35:29,213 I was like in shock. I had 753 00:35:29,257 --> 00:35:33,435 so much anger at Rafael. 754 00:35:33,478 --> 00:35:35,567 [dramatic music] 755 00:35:35,611 --> 00:35:38,048 [sobs] It's an anger I can't explain. 756 00:35:39,658 --> 00:35:42,095 [Narrator] Just when police believe they have their man, 757 00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:45,316 the investigation takes another shocking turn. 758 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,755 We had Rafael in custody when his girlfriend showed up 759 00:35:49,799 --> 00:35:52,236 with evidence stating that there is no way 760 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,543 he could have been at the murder scene. 761 00:35:54,586 --> 00:35:57,546 This raised some obvious concerns. 762 00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:59,330 [Narrator] Could it be possible 763 00:35:59,374 --> 00:36:02,768 that Rafael was not involved in Gonzalo's murder? 764 00:36:02,812 --> 00:36:04,683 It came as an absolute surprise. 765 00:36:04,727 --> 00:36:07,556 [dramatic music] 766 00:36:11,908 --> 00:36:14,476 [Narrator] Police have arrested Rafael Mora 767 00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:18,958 in the death of his sister's - fiancee, Gonzalo Pizano- - Guzman. 768 00:36:19,002 --> 00:36:21,918 But now, Rafael's girlfriend, Cindy, 769 00:36:21,961 --> 00:36:25,835 claims she has an alibi for him on the night of the murder. 770 00:36:25,878 --> 00:36:30,492 Cindy produced a receipt from a auto detailing place 771 00:36:30,535 --> 00:36:34,496 that purported to have dropped off Rafael's vehicle 772 00:36:34,539 --> 00:36:36,498 the night of the murder, and that Rafael was there 773 00:36:36,541 --> 00:36:37,934 and signed for it. 774 00:36:37,977 --> 00:36:40,806 It was presented as a solid piece of evidence 775 00:36:40,850 --> 00:36:43,853 that Rafael was working at the athletic club the night 776 00:36:43,896 --> 00:36:47,073 in question, and they had the receipt to prove it. 777 00:36:47,117 --> 00:36:50,860 And an individual named Cassandra, who owned the company, 778 00:36:50,903 --> 00:36:55,038 had signed off and was going to be an alibi witness. 779 00:36:55,081 --> 00:36:57,258 [Narrator] Checking the validity of the receipt, 780 00:36:57,301 --> 00:36:59,216 police interview Cassandra, 781 00:36:59,260 --> 00:37:02,524 who admits to being a friend of Rafael. 782 00:37:02,567 --> 00:37:05,918 With a little bit of prodding by the investigators, 783 00:37:05,962 --> 00:37:10,227 she finally admitted that in fact the receipt was fake. 784 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:12,708 She confessed it was all a lie 785 00:37:12,751 --> 00:37:14,579 orchestrated by Rafael. 786 00:37:14,623 --> 00:37:16,625 It was something that she'd dummied up 787 00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:19,628 because Rafael had asked her to. 788 00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:22,152 [Narrator] With Rafael's alibi discredited, 789 00:37:22,195 --> 00:37:26,722 investigators turn up the heat on co-conspirator, Joe Noble. 790 00:37:26,765 --> 00:37:28,201 He told the officers 791 00:37:28,245 --> 00:37:30,029 that he hadn't been completely honest. 792 00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:32,336 He admitted that he was at the parking lot 793 00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:33,946 at the golf course. 794 00:37:33,990 --> 00:37:36,079 He was there when the car was burned. 795 00:37:36,122 --> 00:37:37,689 He admits to kidnap, he admits 796 00:37:37,733 --> 00:37:40,039 to pistol-whipping the victim. 797 00:37:40,083 --> 00:37:43,216 He said that it was Rafael ordering him to do that. 798 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:45,915 They then picked up Gonzalo, put him in the back 799 00:37:45,958 --> 00:37:48,091 of a Ford white pickup truck. 800 00:37:48,134 --> 00:37:51,094 And then Rafael drove Joe home, 801 00:37:51,137 --> 00:37:55,272 with the victim knocked out in the back of the truck. 802 00:37:55,316 --> 00:37:58,231 But when he last saw Gonzalo, Gonzalo, 803 00:37:58,275 --> 00:38:00,756 albeit knocked out, was still alive. 804 00:38:00,799 --> 00:38:04,150 And then supposedly Rafael would have then driven back out 805 00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:06,979 to Hagg lake and killed Gonzalo. 806 00:38:07,023 --> 00:38:09,155 [Narrator] Detectives have a hard time believing 807 00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:12,811 Joe was not there when Gonzalo was finally killed, 808 00:38:12,855 --> 00:38:14,683 but have no proof. 809 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:16,989 We had no physical evidence that we could link them 810 00:38:17,033 --> 00:38:20,079 to the crime, and it was frustrating. 811 00:38:20,123 --> 00:38:22,255 [Narrator] Desperate, investigators obtain 812 00:38:22,299 --> 00:38:25,650 security footage from businesses along the route 813 00:38:25,694 --> 00:38:28,740 they believe Rafael and Joe would have taken to 814 00:38:28,784 --> 00:38:30,612 and from the murder. 815 00:38:30,655 --> 00:38:34,224 Something on one of the tapes grabs their attention. 816 00:38:34,267 --> 00:38:38,184 We saw Rafael's pickup pull into the gas station 817 00:38:38,228 --> 00:38:39,403 to get gas. 818 00:38:41,231 --> 00:38:43,102 And lo and behold, there's Joseph Noble getting out 819 00:38:43,146 --> 00:38:46,105 of the white Ford and going into the gas station. 820 00:38:47,977 --> 00:38:52,373 And the timing of the gas station surveillance footage 821 00:38:52,416 --> 00:38:54,940 indicated that would have been probably shortly 822 00:38:54,984 --> 00:38:56,115 after the murder. 823 00:38:56,159 --> 00:38:58,944 [dramatic music] 824 00:39:00,337 --> 00:39:01,773 [Narrator] Police also obtain a warrant 825 00:39:01,817 --> 00:39:03,688 for Rafael's phone records. 826 00:39:03,732 --> 00:39:05,647 Rafael insisted all along 827 00:39:05,690 --> 00:39:07,344 that he couldn't have committed the murder 828 00:39:07,388 --> 00:39:10,260 because he was miles away cleaning the gym. 829 00:39:10,303 --> 00:39:13,959 And lo and behold, at the time of the murder, 830 00:39:14,003 --> 00:39:17,702 his phone was not bouncing off the nearest tower 831 00:39:17,746 --> 00:39:19,400 to the athletic club. 832 00:39:19,443 --> 00:39:22,968 It was bouncing off the nearest tower to Hagg lake, 833 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:26,668 which puts him in the area of the murder. 834 00:39:26,711 --> 00:39:27,408 That was huge. 835 00:39:29,235 --> 00:39:31,847 I felt ecstatic because I knew in that moment 836 00:39:31,890 --> 00:39:35,285 that we had him, and it absolutely conclusively meant 837 00:39:35,328 --> 00:39:39,028 that his alibi at the athletic club was false. 838 00:39:39,071 --> 00:39:40,856 This was a big moment 839 00:39:40,899 --> 00:39:43,424 of actually having some physical evidence. 840 00:39:43,467 --> 00:39:45,034 There's a great deal of satisfaction 841 00:39:45,077 --> 00:39:47,036 to having found the truth. 842 00:39:48,429 --> 00:39:50,256 [Narrator] With the new evidence in hand, 843 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:53,390 prosecutors are confident they can secure a conviction. 844 00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:57,699 And, in 2003, Joe Noble and Rafael Mora 845 00:39:57,742 --> 00:39:59,309 are tried together. 846 00:39:59,352 --> 00:40:02,007 Both were charged with aggravated murder 847 00:40:02,051 --> 00:40:04,183 and with kidnapping in the first degree. 848 00:40:05,924 --> 00:40:07,926 [Narrator] At trial, prosecutors present a picture 849 00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:09,493 of what they believe happened 850 00:40:09,537 --> 00:40:11,974 to Gonzalo the night he was murdered. 851 00:40:12,017 --> 00:40:15,107 Rafael did not want him marrying his sister. 852 00:40:16,500 --> 00:40:19,721 Rafael was determined to have Gonzalo killed. 853 00:40:19,764 --> 00:40:23,289 And so he hatched a plan to get Gonzalo out 854 00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:25,161 to the golf course. 855 00:40:25,204 --> 00:40:28,077 Lured Gonzalo out there with Eddie and Jaime. 856 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,819 After getting out of the car, Gonzalo was beaten, 857 00:40:30,862 --> 00:40:35,258 pistol-whipped, and thrown into the back seat of the pickup. 858 00:40:35,301 --> 00:40:39,741 Rafael or Joe then set the car on fire, 859 00:40:39,784 --> 00:40:42,047 and they proceeded to Hagg lake. 860 00:40:43,527 --> 00:40:46,095 They drove to an isolated spot. 861 00:40:46,138 --> 00:40:48,184 Gonzalo got out of the car. 862 00:40:48,227 --> 00:40:49,794 The gun was pointed at him. 863 00:40:51,448 --> 00:40:54,407 We believe that he was shot multiple times by Joe, 864 00:40:54,451 --> 00:40:57,236 [dramatic music] 865 00:40:58,803 --> 00:41:01,763 and that Rafael was the one that wanted 866 00:41:01,806 --> 00:41:04,853 to get the final word in, 867 00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:07,943 and stabbed him multiple times in the heart. 868 00:41:07,986 --> 00:41:11,381 [dramatic music] 869 00:41:11,424 --> 00:41:15,428 [Narrator] On the stand, a witness reveals Rafael bragged 870 00:41:15,472 --> 00:41:17,126 to him about the murder. 871 00:41:17,169 --> 00:41:20,433 That Gonzalo was begging for his life, 872 00:41:20,477 --> 00:41:22,087 that Gonzalo was promising 873 00:41:22,131 --> 00:41:24,960 that he would stop the relationship with Sol, 874 00:41:25,003 --> 00:41:27,397 that he would move to Mexico. 875 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,008 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 876 00:41:37,102 --> 00:41:39,278 No one deserves to be killed that way. 877 00:41:39,322 --> 00:41:40,279 No one. 878 00:41:40,323 --> 00:41:43,544 It was so senseless. 879 00:41:45,415 --> 00:41:49,985 [Narrator] On April 28th, 2003, the jury finds Rafael 880 00:41:50,028 --> 00:41:53,554 and Joe guilty of Gonzalo's murder. 881 00:41:53,597 --> 00:41:57,166 Joe was sentenced to life with the possibility 882 00:41:57,209 --> 00:42:00,343 of parole after 25 years. 883 00:42:00,386 --> 00:42:02,998 Rafael was sentenced to straight life, 884 00:42:03,041 --> 00:42:04,913 no possibility of parole. 885 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:07,176 [gavel bangs] 886 00:42:07,219 --> 00:42:09,134 [Narrator] After five years in prison, 887 00:42:09,178 --> 00:42:14,183 Rafael appeals his conviction, arguing ineffective counsel. 888 00:42:16,054 --> 00:42:17,447 The judge decided that this case should go back to trial, 889 00:42:17,490 --> 00:42:21,146 which was a shock to all of us. 890 00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:23,888 Ultimately, the decision was made to allow Rafael 891 00:42:23,932 --> 00:42:26,195 to plead to manslaughter in the first degree. 892 00:42:26,238 --> 00:42:29,459 [Narrator] Rafael's sentence is reduced to 25 years 893 00:42:29,502 --> 00:42:31,156 and 10 months. 894 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,506 With time served, he will be eligible 895 00:42:33,550 --> 00:42:36,553 for early release in 2024. 896 00:42:36,597 --> 00:42:38,990 He had no remorse, he had no guilt. 897 00:42:39,034 --> 00:42:40,862 He's a monster. 898 00:42:40,905 --> 00:42:43,908 What he did to us changed our life forever. 899 00:42:44,996 --> 00:42:46,389 [sniffles] He destroyed us. 900 00:42:49,914 --> 00:42:52,395 [Narrator] Even after everything they've endured, 901 00:42:52,438 --> 00:42:56,268 Gonzalo's family remains inspired by his memory 902 00:42:56,312 --> 00:43:01,273 [Martina speaks in foreign language] 903 00:43:13,677 --> 00:43:17,638 He was a happy person that wanted everybody around him 904 00:43:17,681 --> 00:43:20,466 to have that same joy, and made sure 905 00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:22,381 that we were always laughing. 906 00:43:22,425 --> 00:43:25,602 Those are the moments that I will always cherish the most. 907 00:43:25,646 --> 00:43:28,257 Gonzalo was one of the most genuine men 908 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:31,390 that I've known and that I continue to admire.