1 00:00:10,254 --> 00:00:12,788 [squawking] 2 00:00:12,856 --> 00:00:14,890 [Joseph] We are at the base of Mount Rainie 3 00:00:14,991 --> 00:00:16,958 in the state of Washington. 4 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,795 One of the most beautiful places in this country. 5 00:00:19,863 --> 00:00:21,630 One that you would never believe 6 00:00:21,632 --> 00:00:22,764 could encounter violence. 7 00:00:22,866 --> 00:00:23,832 [sirens blaring] 8 00:00:33,077 --> 00:00:34,543 [Joseph] We have a 20-year-old kid 9 00:00:34,545 --> 00:00:36,545 who's being interviewed and interrogated 10 00:00:37,448 --> 00:00:38,980 about a very dangerous killer. 11 00:00:46,457 --> 00:00:48,890 [Joseph] Villains are capabl of terrible things. 12 00:00:48,992 --> 00:00:50,592 And they're capable of that 13 00:00:50,627 --> 00:00:52,094 with little or no motivation. 14 00:00:55,365 --> 00:00:57,532 [Joseph] He has decided he hates him. 15 00:00:57,534 --> 00:00:59,768 Then he's decided he's gonna kill him. 16 00:01:05,142 --> 00:01:07,742 You have a person who acts out of instinct. 17 00:01:07,744 --> 00:01:09,344 His instinct is to kill. 18 00:01:11,548 --> 00:01:13,315 How dangerous is that? 19 00:01:13,317 --> 00:01:15,250 About as dangerous as you can get. 20 00:01:18,355 --> 00:01:21,156 I spent my career closing murder cases. 21 00:01:22,860 --> 00:01:24,092 But I'm not the only one 22 00:01:24,728 --> 00:01:25,961 who answered the call. 23 00:01:28,098 --> 00:01:29,831 It takes a rare breed 24 00:01:29,833 --> 00:01:31,299 to solve the unsolvable. 25 00:01:32,536 --> 00:01:34,269 To catch a ruthless killer. 26 00:01:35,038 --> 00:01:37,539 To find justice for the dead. 27 00:01:39,042 --> 00:01:40,342 That's what it takes 28 00:01:41,178 --> 00:01:43,979 to be an American Detectiv. 29 00:01:53,991 --> 00:01:55,190 I'm Ben Elkins. 30 00:01:55,259 --> 00:01:57,325 I was a major crimes detective 31 00:01:57,327 --> 00:01:59,494 for Thurston County Sheriff's Office 32 00:01:59,563 --> 00:02:01,830 located in Olympia, Washington. 33 00:02:01,832 --> 00:02:05,233 I had a law enforcement care for over 28 years. 34 00:02:05,235 --> 00:02:07,335 I always like being challenged. 35 00:02:07,337 --> 00:02:09,037 Most people don't have that opportunity 36 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:11,473 to see the real evil in society. 37 00:02:11,542 --> 00:02:13,441 But as law enforcement officer, 38 00:02:13,443 --> 00:02:15,844 you had the challenge to figure out who did it 39 00:02:15,846 --> 00:02:17,078 and hold them accountable. 40 00:02:18,081 --> 00:02:20,081 [cows mooing] 41 00:02:24,354 --> 00:02:26,354 [Joseph] A woman who lives on a ranch, 42 00:02:26,356 --> 00:02:29,157 calls the Thurston County Sheriff's Department 43 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:30,625 to report that her boyfriend 44 00:02:30,627 --> 00:02:32,561 has been missing for three days. 45 00:02:35,265 --> 00:02:37,933 Detective Elkins responds to the call. 46 00:02:40,337 --> 00:02:41,736 [radio chatter] 47 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,240 This woman is Tina Inman. 48 00:02:45,242 --> 00:02:48,143 Her boyfriend is Clark Calquhoun. 49 00:02:48,145 --> 00:02:49,644 He's 53 years old 50 00:02:49,646 --> 00:02:52,714 and he's employed as a handyman on this ranch 51 00:02:52,716 --> 00:02:53,949 Hi. 52 00:02:53,951 --> 00:02:55,450 [Ben] Following up on your missing person's report. 53 00:02:58,088 --> 00:02:59,955 [Michael] My dad came to work on this ranch. 54 00:02:59,957 --> 00:03:02,090 Had had some hard times in life. 55 00:03:02,092 --> 00:03:04,292 The owners of the ranch were friends. 56 00:03:04,361 --> 00:03:05,961 And so, they saw an opportunity 57 00:03:05,963 --> 00:03:08,296 to help him get back on his feet. 58 00:03:08,365 --> 00:03:11,399 [Katrina Miller] My dad was no stranger to the farm life 59 00:03:11,435 --> 00:03:12,867 and to taking care of the animals 60 00:03:12,936 --> 00:03:14,736 and repairing things that needed to be repaired. 61 00:03:14,738 --> 00:03:18,139 He was somebody who could fix pretty much anything. 62 00:03:18,141 --> 00:03:20,342 [Joseph] As a perk of his employment, 63 00:03:20,344 --> 00:03:22,944 he's given a space to park his trailer. 64 00:03:22,946 --> 00:03:25,247 So, he has a trailer he lives in and is kept ther 65 00:03:25,249 --> 00:03:28,049 on the property at no charge to Mr. Calquhoun. 66 00:03:33,657 --> 00:03:34,956 [Ben] The ownership of the property 67 00:03:34,958 --> 00:03:37,892 was a brotherly partnership 68 00:03:37,994 --> 00:03:40,095 But the one brother that lived on it, 69 00:03:40,097 --> 00:03:41,796 owned most of the property. 70 00:03:41,865 --> 00:03:43,431 And then the other brother, Joel, 71 00:03:43,433 --> 00:03:46,301 he owned a smaller portion of it. 72 00:03:46,369 --> 00:03:47,736 It was a very large piece of property. 73 00:03:47,738 --> 00:03:50,438 It was pushing 200 acres between the two of them. 74 00:03:54,044 --> 00:03:55,777 When's the last time you saw Clark? 75 00:03:55,879 --> 00:03:57,245 Oh, three days ago. 76 00:03:58,282 --> 00:03:59,748 [Joseph] Ms. Inman explains 77 00:03:59,750 --> 00:04:01,449 that on the 28th of December, 78 00:04:02,352 --> 00:04:04,552 she, Mr. Calquhoun 79 00:04:04,554 --> 00:04:06,855 and another friend, Randy, 80 00:04:06,857 --> 00:04:09,391 were intending to go shopping in the evening. 81 00:04:13,730 --> 00:04:15,397 They were about to leave, 82 00:04:15,465 --> 00:04:16,998 when Jeremy Leininger, 83 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:18,333 son of one of the two brothers 84 00:04:18,335 --> 00:04:19,534 that owns the place, 85 00:04:19,536 --> 00:04:22,103 came up on a tractor and stopped them. 86 00:04:22,873 --> 00:04:24,039 Hey, Clark. 87 00:04:24,041 --> 00:04:25,140 Yeah. 88 00:04:25,142 --> 00:04:27,342 [Ben] He asked Clark to stay behind 89 00:04:27,344 --> 00:04:29,244 and help build some fences. 90 00:04:33,150 --> 00:04:35,150 So, Clark goes with Jeremy, 91 00:04:35,152 --> 00:04:36,384 off to do this work. 92 00:04:36,453 --> 00:04:38,987 And Ms. Inman and her friend, Randy, 93 00:04:38,989 --> 00:04:40,755 continue on with their shopping. 94 00:04:48,999 --> 00:04:51,099 Clark, I'm home. 95 00:04:54,237 --> 00:04:55,870 Ms. Inman returns quite late 96 00:04:55,939 --> 00:04:57,105 from her shopping trip. 97 00:04:58,075 --> 00:04:59,341 [Tina] Clark? 98 00:04:59,343 --> 00:05:00,642 [Joseph] But Clark isn't there. 99 00:05:03,747 --> 00:05:05,980 So, the next morning, when she wakes up, 100 00:05:05,982 --> 00:05:07,749 Clark still isn't there. 101 00:05:13,857 --> 00:05:15,690 And by the morning of the third day, 102 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:18,059 she decides to report this to the police. 103 00:05:18,061 --> 00:05:19,627 Does Clark carry a cell phone? 104 00:05:19,629 --> 00:05:21,830 No, he uses mine. 105 00:05:21,832 --> 00:05:23,298 He just wouldn't do something like this. 106 00:05:23,366 --> 00:05:25,533 I mean, he even left his wallet there. 107 00:05:25,535 --> 00:05:28,136 [Joseph] She says, "The onl thing that isn't here, 108 00:05:28,138 --> 00:05:30,071 is a turquoise and silver ring 109 00:05:30,073 --> 00:05:31,539 that he often wears." 110 00:05:35,645 --> 00:05:37,045 So Elkins thinks, 111 00:05:37,047 --> 00:05:39,114 "Maybe this isn't somebody missing." 112 00:05:39,116 --> 00:05:41,750 Maybe it's somebody who's been done away with. 113 00:05:43,153 --> 00:05:45,153 [Tina] I just know something bad has happened to him. 114 00:05:45,756 --> 00:05:47,522 [Ben] As a investigator, 115 00:05:47,524 --> 00:05:49,424 there's always these things called indicators. 116 00:05:49,426 --> 00:05:51,526 And when I interviewed Tina, 117 00:05:51,528 --> 00:05:53,428 I didn't pick up on any indicators 118 00:05:53,430 --> 00:05:55,663 that she was involved in any foul play. 119 00:05:56,733 --> 00:05:58,867 Did Clark have any enemies? 120 00:05:59,536 --> 00:06:00,835 Is anybody out to get him? 121 00:06:01,838 --> 00:06:03,438 Not really. 122 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,341 Inman says, "No. Everybody loves Clark." 123 00:06:06,343 --> 00:06:08,343 But there was something a few days ago 124 00:06:08,345 --> 00:06:10,145 that struck her as very odd. 125 00:06:12,115 --> 00:06:14,349 She says one of the owners 126 00:06:14,351 --> 00:06:17,485 mentioned to her that Jeremy, 127 00:06:17,587 --> 00:06:19,454 the son of the owners, 128 00:06:19,456 --> 00:06:22,991 had complained to her that he was missing $150 129 00:06:22,993 --> 00:06:25,427 and he believed that Clark 130 00:06:25,429 --> 00:06:27,929 had taken his money from his truck. 131 00:06:27,931 --> 00:06:30,298 [Ben] Tina never indicated that Clark 132 00:06:30,366 --> 00:06:32,300 all of a sudden, had extra money. 133 00:06:32,368 --> 00:06:33,668 'Cause he would have shared that with her. 134 00:06:33,770 --> 00:06:36,171 They would've used it for groceries or whatever. 135 00:06:36,773 --> 00:06:37,839 Okay, Tina. 136 00:06:38,742 --> 00:06:40,675 Here's my card. If you think of anything else... 137 00:06:41,845 --> 00:06:44,179 [Joseph] Elkins, of course, wants to have confirmation 138 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,047 of what Inman has to say. 139 00:06:47,184 --> 00:06:49,984 You cannot rely on a single source. 140 00:06:50,053 --> 00:06:52,287 So, Elkins runs down Randy, 141 00:06:52,355 --> 00:06:54,489 the friend who was in the car 142 00:06:54,591 --> 00:06:57,358 when Clark and Inman were gonna go shopping. 143 00:06:59,729 --> 00:07:00,662 [moos] 144 00:07:04,734 --> 00:07:06,668 -[Ben] Excuse me, Randy. -Yeah. 145 00:07:07,437 --> 00:07:08,336 [Ben] Detective Elkins. 146 00:07:08,338 --> 00:07:09,637 You got a minute to speak with me? 147 00:07:10,540 --> 00:07:11,840 [Joseph] He explains to Rand 148 00:07:11,842 --> 00:07:15,043 that Clark has been missing now for three days. 149 00:07:15,045 --> 00:07:17,345 And he wants to know what he recalls 150 00:07:17,347 --> 00:07:20,148 about the night he went missing. 151 00:07:20,150 --> 00:07:21,716 [Randy] Three of us were getting ready to go in town. 152 00:07:21,718 --> 00:07:23,184 Jeremy came and grabbed Clark. 153 00:07:23,286 --> 00:07:24,719 Needed help doing something. 154 00:07:24,721 --> 00:07:26,855 [Ben] Both their statements were very consistent 155 00:07:26,857 --> 00:07:29,390 on the last time that they had both seen him 156 00:07:29,459 --> 00:07:30,725 and what transpired. 157 00:07:30,727 --> 00:07:32,594 Elkins then asked Randy, 158 00:07:32,629 --> 00:07:35,330 "Has there been any confrontations with anyone 159 00:07:35,332 --> 00:07:36,731 that you're aware of?" 160 00:07:36,733 --> 00:07:38,933 No. Everybody's getting along just fine here. 161 00:07:40,270 --> 00:07:41,536 I understand that Jeremy 162 00:07:41,538 --> 00:07:44,172 thought Clark stole some money from him. 163 00:07:44,241 --> 00:07:47,041 [scoffs] Uh, that's news to me. 164 00:07:47,043 --> 00:07:49,544 [Joseph] Randy said, "They have no issues between them." 165 00:07:49,546 --> 00:07:51,346 So, there's still this lingering question 166 00:07:51,348 --> 00:07:53,681 of where did this accusation come from? 167 00:07:53,750 --> 00:07:54,749 If you could think of anything, 168 00:07:55,352 --> 00:07:56,651 give us a call. 169 00:07:56,653 --> 00:07:59,153 [Joseph] And why is that floating around out there? 170 00:08:06,029 --> 00:08:07,362 [neighing] 171 00:08:11,034 --> 00:08:13,101 [Ben] So, the next person to interview 172 00:08:13,169 --> 00:08:14,702 was Jeremy Leininger. 173 00:08:14,704 --> 00:08:17,539 Jeremy's the last person that was seen with Clark. 174 00:08:17,541 --> 00:08:19,274 So, the antenna started to go up. 175 00:08:20,443 --> 00:08:22,977 [Ben] Jeremy, got a minute to take a break? 176 00:08:23,980 --> 00:08:24,945 No. 177 00:08:24,947 --> 00:08:26,981 If you are conducting a field interview, 178 00:08:27,083 --> 00:08:29,250 you wanna put this person on your turf. 179 00:08:29,252 --> 00:08:31,486 Your ground, not theirs. 180 00:08:31,554 --> 00:08:32,887 Why don't we speak in the car? 181 00:08:32,956 --> 00:08:34,889 -It's cold out. -Okay. 182 00:08:34,958 --> 00:08:36,491 [Joseph] You invite him into your office 183 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,993 that happens to have four wheels and an engine. 184 00:08:39,095 --> 00:08:41,396 It's as efficient as a building 185 00:08:41,464 --> 00:08:42,997 and a hell of a lot quicker. 186 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,446 [Joseph] And then, Clark says, 187 00:08:58,448 --> 00:09:00,315 "I've gotta meet somebody out at the gate. 188 00:09:00,317 --> 00:09:01,849 There's somebody coming to see me." 189 00:09:06,189 --> 00:09:08,990 Now, Jeremy introduces Mr. X 190 00:09:08,992 --> 00:09:10,825 into this conversation. 191 00:09:10,827 --> 00:09:13,394 Somebody comes to see our missing person. 192 00:09:14,731 --> 00:09:16,297 So, who is Mr. X 193 00:09:16,366 --> 00:09:18,533 and why would he have to go to the gate 194 00:09:18,535 --> 00:09:19,567 to see him? 195 00:09:41,958 --> 00:09:43,424 [Ben] Jeremy downplayed it. 196 00:09:43,426 --> 00:09:44,826 That it was no big deal 197 00:09:44,828 --> 00:09:46,361 and he really didn't say anything 198 00:09:46,363 --> 00:09:49,063 in regards to it being a problem 199 00:09:49,065 --> 00:09:51,399 between him or Clark. 200 00:09:56,473 --> 00:09:58,539 Jeremy's cooperative, friendly, 201 00:09:58,541 --> 00:10:01,075 reports he has nothing to hide. 202 00:10:01,077 --> 00:10:02,644 And after Elkins interviews him, 203 00:10:02,646 --> 00:10:04,278 he's back to square one. 204 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:06,147 Where is Mr. Calquhoun? 205 00:10:06,149 --> 00:10:08,349 And what condition is he in? 206 00:10:08,351 --> 00:10:09,851 We don't know if he's alive or dead. 207 00:10:14,457 --> 00:10:15,690 [phone rings] 208 00:10:18,228 --> 00:10:20,528 I had suspicions that something happened 209 00:10:20,530 --> 00:10:23,364 that could've been foul play but I didn't know what yet. 210 00:10:24,634 --> 00:10:26,300 So, what we did, is initially 211 00:10:26,369 --> 00:10:29,871 we put out a, uh, missing person bulletin. 212 00:10:29,972 --> 00:10:33,341 We began to, uh, put up a missing person's poster 213 00:10:33,343 --> 00:10:34,676 all over town. 214 00:10:37,147 --> 00:10:39,013 Putting up the flyers for my dad, 215 00:10:39,015 --> 00:10:40,648 really made things a reality. 216 00:10:40,650 --> 00:10:42,050 It really made things sink i 217 00:10:42,052 --> 00:10:43,818 that something was terribly wrong. 218 00:10:43,820 --> 00:10:47,188 [Joseph] Missing persons generally are found relatively quickly. 219 00:10:47,257 --> 00:10:49,157 If they're not found quickly, 220 00:10:49,159 --> 00:10:51,659 they didn't come home because they can't. 221 00:10:56,966 --> 00:10:58,399 Now it's weeks later 222 00:10:58,435 --> 00:11:00,635 and two environmental scientists 223 00:11:00,637 --> 00:11:02,603 are doing water samples 224 00:11:02,605 --> 00:11:05,273 two counties away from Thurston County. 225 00:11:06,843 --> 00:11:08,876 They notice something half-submerged 226 00:11:08,978 --> 00:11:11,145 in the bottom mud flow in a river. 227 00:11:13,249 --> 00:11:15,783 And half buried in this silt 228 00:11:15,885 --> 00:11:18,586 is the body of a Caucasian male. 229 00:11:18,688 --> 00:11:21,556 They notify the local county sheriff's office. 230 00:11:21,558 --> 00:11:22,890 They respond. 231 00:11:24,994 --> 00:11:26,994 [sirens blaring] 232 00:11:32,435 --> 00:11:34,535 My name is Detective Lorenzo Gladson. 233 00:11:34,537 --> 00:11:36,237 I've been a detective for the last six years 234 00:11:36,239 --> 00:11:38,239 with the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office. 235 00:11:38,241 --> 00:11:42,076 Our first goal was to identify who this person was. 236 00:11:42,078 --> 00:11:43,544 [Wayne] The detectives down there 237 00:11:43,546 --> 00:11:45,680 were aware of our missing person BOLO 238 00:11:45,782 --> 00:11:47,648 that Ben Elkins had put out. 239 00:11:48,651 --> 00:11:50,451 Yeah, I think you better get down here. 240 00:11:50,453 --> 00:11:52,153 Yeah, might've found your guy. 241 00:11:53,656 --> 00:11:56,257 [Joseph] He sees a silver and turquoise ring 242 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,459 on one hand. 243 00:11:58,461 --> 00:12:00,628 Well, my, my, my. 244 00:12:00,630 --> 00:12:01,829 How'd you get here 245 00:12:01,831 --> 00:12:03,698 from two counties away? 246 00:12:11,341 --> 00:12:13,441 [Joseph] So, Gladson calls Detective Elkins 247 00:12:13,443 --> 00:12:15,543 at Thurston County SO and says, 248 00:12:15,545 --> 00:12:18,246 "I'm pretty sure I have foun 249 00:12:18,248 --> 00:12:21,382 your missing man, Clark Calquhoun." 250 00:12:21,451 --> 00:12:22,216 [clicks] 251 00:12:24,487 --> 00:12:26,487 [sirens blaring] 252 00:12:29,459 --> 00:12:30,358 [Ben] Hey, Gladson. 253 00:12:32,262 --> 00:12:33,161 What have we got here? 254 00:12:35,765 --> 00:12:37,932 His body's pretty dirty with mud. 255 00:12:38,935 --> 00:12:41,636 He was not wearing any socks or shoes. 256 00:12:41,638 --> 00:12:43,871 [Ben] There was no evidence that we could find 257 00:12:43,973 --> 00:12:45,873 at that point because 258 00:12:45,975 --> 00:12:48,843 it had been so long now until he'd been found. 259 00:12:51,748 --> 00:12:53,281 [Joseph] How did he get in the middle of this river 260 00:12:54,851 --> 00:12:56,083 Was he drunk? 261 00:12:56,152 --> 00:12:57,985 Did he have a heart attack and die 262 00:12:57,987 --> 00:12:59,153 and fell in the river? 263 00:12:59,155 --> 00:13:00,154 What happened to him? 264 00:13:00,156 --> 00:13:01,255 There's a long list. 265 00:13:05,361 --> 00:13:07,495 [Ben] At that point, we made arrangements 266 00:13:07,563 --> 00:13:11,165 to respond down to Cowlitz County Coroner's Office. 267 00:13:12,735 --> 00:13:15,636 And that's when I attended the autopsy. 268 00:13:17,273 --> 00:13:18,339 [Lorenzo] From drifting down the river 269 00:13:18,341 --> 00:13:19,674 he's gonna have some injurie 270 00:13:19,775 --> 00:13:20,908 He was hung up on rocks, 271 00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:22,844 so, yeah, he's gonna have some scrapes and scratches. 272 00:13:22,846 --> 00:13:25,646 But when that silt is removed with a hose, 273 00:13:25,648 --> 00:13:27,281 it became rather obvious 274 00:13:27,383 --> 00:13:28,950 how he got in that river. 275 00:13:28,952 --> 00:13:31,385 He's got two large caliper gunshot wounds. 276 00:13:32,155 --> 00:13:33,153 That'll do it. 277 00:13:33,857 --> 00:13:36,591 At that point, we realized that the body 278 00:13:36,659 --> 00:13:38,159 was likely dumped in the river. 279 00:13:38,161 --> 00:13:40,194 That this was not just a death investigation, 280 00:13:40,263 --> 00:13:41,662 but a homicide investigation. 281 00:13:43,366 --> 00:13:45,066 [Joseph] People don't understand 282 00:13:45,068 --> 00:13:48,002 that bodies are very difficu to dispose of 283 00:13:48,070 --> 00:13:49,637 and it'll just float away. 284 00:13:49,639 --> 00:13:52,039 It'll go to Mexico. It'll go to Japan. 285 00:13:52,041 --> 00:13:53,140 We gotta get rid of this body. 286 00:13:53,142 --> 00:13:54,342 We gotta get rid of it right now. 287 00:13:54,344 --> 00:13:56,544 Emotion takes over judgement 288 00:13:56,546 --> 00:13:57,845 in those circumstances. 289 00:14:01,584 --> 00:14:05,086 In Clark's body, the doctor did find a bullet. 290 00:14:07,257 --> 00:14:10,391 [Lorenzo] We measured and weighed the round. 291 00:14:10,459 --> 00:14:12,760 I was able to identify it as a .45 caliber round. 292 00:14:13,630 --> 00:14:15,396 The significance of the .45 caliber round 293 00:14:15,431 --> 00:14:16,763 being removed from Clark 294 00:14:16,765 --> 00:14:19,133 was that if we were able to later develop a suspect, 295 00:14:19,135 --> 00:14:21,469 we know that we're looking for a .45 caliber gun 296 00:14:21,570 --> 00:14:23,271 associated with that suspect 297 00:14:25,074 --> 00:14:27,241 [Joseph] So this is the wors possible turnout 298 00:14:27,243 --> 00:14:29,143 of a missing person's case. 299 00:14:29,145 --> 00:14:31,078 Not only deceased, not only dead, 300 00:14:31,180 --> 00:14:32,480 but murdered. 301 00:14:32,548 --> 00:14:33,881 You have to tell his family 302 00:14:33,983 --> 00:14:36,450 Mr. Calquhoun has had his life taken. 303 00:14:37,220 --> 00:14:39,253 [indistinct chatter] 304 00:14:40,290 --> 00:14:41,656 [Katrina] At my dad's core, 305 00:14:41,658 --> 00:14:44,959 he was a good, caring, loving person. 306 00:14:47,430 --> 00:14:48,629 Wow. 307 00:14:49,432 --> 00:14:52,066 [Katrina] And he was amazin when I was little. 308 00:14:52,068 --> 00:14:54,235 But, because of my dad's choices, 309 00:14:54,237 --> 00:14:56,570 a lot of my family had been estranged 310 00:14:56,672 --> 00:14:57,972 for many years. 311 00:14:59,642 --> 00:15:01,842 [Michael] My dad had been through some ups and downs, 312 00:15:02,545 --> 00:15:05,146 drug, alcohol related. 313 00:15:05,148 --> 00:15:06,347 And as he came back, 314 00:15:06,349 --> 00:15:08,482 um, I, sort of, hoped for him 315 00:15:08,551 --> 00:15:10,451 to get his life back in a direction 316 00:15:10,453 --> 00:15:13,854 that was more healthy for himself and for our family. 317 00:15:15,191 --> 00:15:16,424 [Eric] My brother's goal 318 00:15:16,426 --> 00:15:18,492 was to get closer to family 319 00:15:18,561 --> 00:15:21,162 and try to reconnect with his children. 320 00:15:25,001 --> 00:15:26,334 [Hannah] We made plans 321 00:15:26,336 --> 00:15:27,969 for my husband and I 322 00:15:27,971 --> 00:15:31,572 to take our kids to see him on New Year's Day 323 00:15:31,641 --> 00:15:34,241 and Tina said that he was really, really excited. 324 00:15:34,243 --> 00:15:36,177 Oh, there's no way that he would have 325 00:15:37,246 --> 00:15:39,447 missed a chance to see me and his grandkids. 326 00:15:43,653 --> 00:15:45,586 [Katrina] Deep down, I had always hoped 327 00:15:45,655 --> 00:15:48,089 that I would have my dad back in my life. 328 00:15:48,190 --> 00:15:50,257 But at the same time, it brought peace 329 00:15:50,259 --> 00:15:52,426 knowing that he could be brought home 330 00:15:52,428 --> 00:15:54,128 and laid to rest. 331 00:15:54,130 --> 00:15:56,831 And it felt, like, we were gonna start getting answers at that point. 332 00:15:56,833 --> 00:15:58,833 [indistinct chatter] 333 00:16:08,344 --> 00:16:11,379 Investigations change their personality 334 00:16:11,447 --> 00:16:13,147 as they proceed. 335 00:16:13,149 --> 00:16:17,752 But everything emanates from a 100 acre farm 336 00:16:17,754 --> 00:16:19,453 at the base of Mount Rainier. 337 00:16:20,256 --> 00:16:22,223 There is Jeremy Leininger, 338 00:16:22,225 --> 00:16:24,458 the son of the owners. 339 00:16:24,460 --> 00:16:28,329 There's Randy. There's Clark Calquhoun's girlfriend. 340 00:16:28,331 --> 00:16:30,865 There's Mr. X at the front gate. 341 00:16:32,335 --> 00:16:34,135 They're on this little lazy Susan 342 00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:35,369 in the middle of this table. 343 00:16:36,239 --> 00:16:38,439 Who's sitting on this lazy Susan 344 00:16:38,441 --> 00:16:41,175 is responsible for making Mr. Calquhoun 345 00:16:41,277 --> 00:16:43,244 collect silt in the river. 346 00:16:52,855 --> 00:16:54,688 Now we're investigating a homicide, 347 00:16:54,790 --> 00:16:57,158 so, we would have to basically start over 348 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,093 and go back to the ranch. 349 00:16:59,095 --> 00:17:01,629 Reinterview and talk to everybody. 350 00:17:01,631 --> 00:17:03,731 With Jeremy being the last person 351 00:17:03,733 --> 00:17:05,399 that had been seen with Clark, 352 00:17:05,468 --> 00:17:07,935 Jeremy became a real person of interest. 353 00:17:07,937 --> 00:17:11,038 He lived with his mother and father at the time. 354 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:12,706 [Joseph] Joel and Karen Cain 355 00:17:12,708 --> 00:17:13,874 Jeremy's parents, 356 00:17:13,976 --> 00:17:15,876 who are half-owners in the property, 357 00:17:15,978 --> 00:17:17,244 live in close proximity 358 00:17:17,246 --> 00:17:18,779 to where this body was discovered. 359 00:17:19,148 --> 00:17:20,481 Thank you. 360 00:17:20,483 --> 00:17:23,250 [Ben] We were able to identi various information 361 00:17:23,252 --> 00:17:26,187 that led to probable cause to get a search warrant. 362 00:17:26,288 --> 00:17:28,089 [Wayne] With Jeremy being the last person 363 00:17:28,091 --> 00:17:29,122 seen with Clark, 364 00:17:29,124 --> 00:17:32,259 we were really searching Jeremy's address. 365 00:17:32,261 --> 00:17:34,662 It just happened to be owned by his dad. 366 00:17:35,264 --> 00:17:36,831 [dog barking] 367 00:17:38,568 --> 00:17:40,868 [Wayne] Jeremy was not at home at the time. 368 00:17:44,340 --> 00:17:45,940 I participated in the search warrant 369 00:17:45,942 --> 00:17:47,541 of Jeremy Leininger's home. 370 00:17:48,878 --> 00:17:50,978 Good afternoon, ma'am. I'm Detective Gladson. 371 00:17:50,980 --> 00:17:52,446 [Ben] When law enforcement arrived, 372 00:17:52,448 --> 00:17:54,548 to Joel and Karen's house, 373 00:17:54,550 --> 00:17:57,384 Karen was told it was regarding Clark missing. 374 00:17:58,287 --> 00:18:00,087 What do you mean he's missing? 375 00:18:00,189 --> 00:18:02,356 [Ben] Karen knew Clark from the ranch. 376 00:18:02,358 --> 00:18:04,625 But Karen didn't know that Clark 377 00:18:04,627 --> 00:18:06,627 was found with two bullet holes in him 378 00:18:06,629 --> 00:18:08,629 and presumed to have been murdered. 379 00:18:08,631 --> 00:18:11,832 My husband told me that he moved to California. 380 00:18:11,834 --> 00:18:12,733 California? 381 00:18:13,769 --> 00:18:14,935 [Joseph] Gladson's thought was, 382 00:18:14,937 --> 00:18:16,670 unless California is in the middle 383 00:18:16,739 --> 00:18:18,038 of the county river, 384 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,141 he didn't move to California. 385 00:18:20,143 --> 00:18:23,144 He also wonders, why would her husband, Joel 386 00:18:23,146 --> 00:18:25,446 tell her he just moved away? 387 00:18:26,382 --> 00:18:28,282 Oh, well, I'm sorry to tell you, 388 00:18:28,351 --> 00:18:30,584 he's not in California. 389 00:18:30,653 --> 00:18:33,053 We found his body down by the river. 390 00:18:33,055 --> 00:18:35,422 [Ben] You could see on her face, 391 00:18:35,424 --> 00:18:38,459 her demeanor was thinking, "Well, how can that be?" 392 00:18:38,461 --> 00:18:39,994 They inform her they have a search warrant 393 00:18:40,062 --> 00:18:41,094 for the premises 394 00:18:41,096 --> 00:18:43,330 and they're searching for a hand gun. 395 00:18:43,332 --> 00:18:44,899 [Lorenzo] Step aside, please, Ma'am. 396 00:18:50,306 --> 00:18:52,473 [Wayne] At the time they were executing the search warrant, 397 00:18:52,542 --> 00:18:56,043 they hear Karen, his wife, call Joel and say, 398 00:18:56,045 --> 00:18:57,978 "Your buddies from Thurston County are here." 399 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,981 She's obviously was not happy for us being there. 400 00:19:04,187 --> 00:19:06,187 [car engine revving] 401 00:19:07,056 --> 00:19:08,689 [tires skid] 402 00:19:08,757 --> 00:19:10,324 [Joel] Get your ass off my property! 403 00:19:10,326 --> 00:19:12,092 [officer] Please calm down, Sir. 404 00:19:12,128 --> 00:19:13,126 [Lorenzo] While I was searching 405 00:19:13,128 --> 00:19:14,728 the inside of the Leininger home, 406 00:19:14,730 --> 00:19:17,531 I heard a loud commotion and somebody screaming, 407 00:19:17,533 --> 00:19:19,266 uh, out towards the driveway. 408 00:19:20,369 --> 00:19:21,669 What the hell's going on here? 409 00:19:21,737 --> 00:19:22,570 [radio chatter] 410 00:19:22,671 --> 00:19:24,171 You're trespassing! 411 00:19:24,173 --> 00:19:26,440 Joel comes rolling in to his property. 412 00:19:26,442 --> 00:19:28,442 And here is Joel 413 00:19:28,444 --> 00:19:30,544 going out of his mind, 414 00:19:30,546 --> 00:19:33,147 ordering the police out of his home. 415 00:19:33,149 --> 00:19:34,882 They have no right. 416 00:19:34,951 --> 00:19:36,483 Get your ass off my property! 417 00:19:36,485 --> 00:19:38,686 -Wait right there. -[Joel] You got no right to be here. 418 00:19:38,754 --> 00:19:40,554 When I detective went over 419 00:19:40,556 --> 00:19:42,590 and explained to him that we had a search warrant 420 00:19:42,691 --> 00:19:43,724 for the property, 421 00:19:43,726 --> 00:19:45,559 he got very angry. 422 00:19:47,230 --> 00:19:49,730 You wonder, why would somebody do that? 423 00:19:49,732 --> 00:19:51,832 What are you afraid we're going to find 424 00:19:51,834 --> 00:19:52,933 in this house? 425 00:19:52,935 --> 00:19:54,034 [Joel] Get the hell away from here. 426 00:19:54,036 --> 00:19:56,604 The deputy grabbed a hold of Joel Leininger's wrist, 427 00:19:56,606 --> 00:19:59,240 try and detain him and the struggle ensued. 428 00:19:59,875 --> 00:20:01,141 [officer] Drop that. 429 00:20:01,143 --> 00:20:02,743 [Joel] Hey, get the hell away from here. 430 00:20:02,745 --> 00:20:04,478 Don't touch me. 431 00:20:04,546 --> 00:20:07,081 [Joseph] People believe they know their rights. 432 00:20:07,149 --> 00:20:11,252 I will assure you that no one knows their rights, 433 00:20:11,254 --> 00:20:13,454 unless they went to law school. 434 00:20:13,456 --> 00:20:15,189 [Lorenzo] Sir, I'm placing you under arrest 435 00:20:15,257 --> 00:20:17,057 -for obstruction of justice. -[Joel] Like hell. 436 00:20:18,561 --> 00:20:20,728 [Joseph] A search warrant's been issued for the premise 437 00:20:20,730 --> 00:20:23,097 It is the order of the court 438 00:20:23,132 --> 00:20:25,266 It doesn't matter what you think or what you believe. 439 00:20:26,068 --> 00:20:29,336 It takes five deputies to control him 440 00:20:29,338 --> 00:20:30,671 and put him in a police car 441 00:20:33,609 --> 00:20:35,376 [Lorenzo] After Joel Leining was detained, 442 00:20:35,444 --> 00:20:37,911 we continued with the search of his residence. 443 00:20:38,648 --> 00:20:40,848 [radio chatter] 444 00:20:40,850 --> 00:20:43,050 If you have somebody that's cooperating 445 00:20:43,052 --> 00:20:44,084 with a search warrant, 446 00:20:44,186 --> 00:20:45,953 well they don't have anything to hide. 447 00:20:45,955 --> 00:20:47,888 But generally, folks that are worried, 448 00:20:47,957 --> 00:20:49,623 are the ones that react negatively 449 00:20:49,625 --> 00:20:51,759 when law enforcement's present at their home. 450 00:20:57,967 --> 00:20:59,466 [officer] Hey, detective. Come check this out. 451 00:21:02,138 --> 00:21:04,338 [Lorenzo] We searched and found an empty holster 452 00:21:05,241 --> 00:21:07,441 that had a magazine with it 453 00:21:07,443 --> 00:21:11,078 That magazine contained .45 caliber ammunition, 454 00:21:11,180 --> 00:21:13,647 consistent with the .45 caliber round 455 00:21:13,649 --> 00:21:15,449 that was removed from Clark Calquhoun. 456 00:21:17,586 --> 00:21:19,253 [Joseph] So, what was in that holster 457 00:21:19,255 --> 00:21:21,755 is most likely the murder weapon. 458 00:21:21,757 --> 00:21:23,791 They ask the wife, Karen, 459 00:21:23,859 --> 00:21:25,225 "Who's bedroom is this?" 460 00:21:25,227 --> 00:21:28,295 assuming she's gonna say it's Jeremy's bedroom. 461 00:21:28,397 --> 00:21:30,597 -[Lorenzo] Who's room is this? -Joel's. 462 00:21:30,666 --> 00:21:32,299 This is Joel's room? 463 00:21:32,368 --> 00:21:34,635 Yeah, we don't sleep together. 464 00:21:38,107 --> 00:21:43,477 That raises an eyebrow. So, this is Joel's bedroom. And there's his empty holster. 465 00:21:43,579 --> 00:21:48,082 And now we have Joel outsid the house going absolutely out of his mind 466 00:21:48,150 --> 00:21:49,550 as they're searching the place. 467 00:21:49,552 --> 00:21:52,986 That, kind of, raises flags where, now are we looking at 468 00:21:52,988 --> 00:21:54,922 Joel as the person that killed Clark? 469 00:21:54,924 --> 00:21:59,059 It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to decide that there's something here. 470 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:10,637 [Joseph] So, they bring Joel in to their sheriff's department, 471 00:22:10,639 --> 00:22:15,142 because he's in custody and he has calmed down to some degree. 472 00:22:15,144 --> 00:22:16,343 [Joel] This is a complete waste of time. 473 00:22:16,345 --> 00:22:18,078 I don't even know why you have me down here. 474 00:22:18,180 --> 00:22:22,449 Gladson explains that they have found Mr. Calquhoun, he's a victim of a homicide. 475 00:22:22,451 --> 00:22:24,351 Well, the problem... 476 00:22:24,353 --> 00:22:26,587 is Clark Calquhoun was shot with a .45. 477 00:22:26,655 --> 00:22:30,090 [Ben] Here we got a summer type holster 478 00:22:30,159 --> 00:22:34,361 inside his residence that he would have access to. No gun... 479 00:22:34,363 --> 00:22:36,497 So how do you explain that, Joel? 480 00:22:37,566 --> 00:22:39,233 I haven't seen that gun in months. 481 00:22:39,235 --> 00:22:42,436 I reported it missing back in September. 482 00:22:42,438 --> 00:22:45,439 [Lorenzo] We searched and found a record of Leininger 483 00:22:45,441 --> 00:22:48,442 reporting his .45 caliber handgun as missing 484 00:22:48,444 --> 00:22:50,677 in September of 2016. 485 00:22:52,148 --> 00:22:54,715 When Joel was arrested, it was strictly 486 00:22:54,717 --> 00:22:57,684 for the obstruction of justice and resisting arrest. 487 00:22:57,753 --> 00:23:01,622 So we didn't have any factual information to be able to do anything 488 00:23:01,624 --> 00:23:05,259 in regards to detaining or charging Joel with any crime. 489 00:23:05,261 --> 00:23:08,662 All we had was what we calle "Skinny evidence." 490 00:23:09,265 --> 00:23:10,764 [softly] Cut him loose. 491 00:23:12,835 --> 00:23:16,537 Joel posted bail immediately for obstructing a law enforcement officer 492 00:23:16,539 --> 00:23:19,440 and resisting arrest, and then was released. 493 00:23:19,442 --> 00:23:22,142 [Ben] Joel could now be our primary suspect. 494 00:23:22,144 --> 00:23:26,146 But all we had was a lot of circumstantial evidence. 495 00:23:26,148 --> 00:23:28,949 So we still haven't identifi who killed Clark. 496 00:23:28,951 --> 00:23:30,484 It can be anybody at this point. 497 00:23:30,553 --> 00:23:33,587 In a murder case, you're investigating total darkness. 498 00:23:33,689 --> 00:23:35,823 You're punching in the dark. 499 00:23:35,825 --> 00:23:37,958 You want somebody to say "Ouch." 500 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,827 And if somebody says "Ouch," 501 00:23:39,829 --> 00:23:41,495 then you shot a life. 502 00:23:46,235 --> 00:23:48,135 So as you learn 503 00:23:48,137 --> 00:23:52,239 more about the dynamics and more about their personalities, 504 00:23:52,241 --> 00:23:57,044 then you go back and re-interview people from a different perspective. 505 00:23:57,046 --> 00:23:59,546 Elkins decides to re-intervi Randy, 506 00:23:59,548 --> 00:24:03,450 the friend who was in the car when Clark and Inman 507 00:24:03,452 --> 00:24:05,452 and Randy were gonna go shopping. 508 00:24:07,189 --> 00:24:08,722 Hey, Randy. 509 00:24:08,724 --> 00:24:10,891 Hey! What can I do for you? 510 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,061 This time, Elkins is armed with more facts. 511 00:24:14,063 --> 00:24:16,196 You happen to remember anything strange 512 00:24:16,298 --> 00:24:19,366 leading up to the days before Clark's disappearance? 513 00:24:21,136 --> 00:24:22,102 [Randy] Well... 514 00:24:24,039 --> 00:24:25,739 Now that you mention it, uh... 515 00:24:25,741 --> 00:24:26,940 Yeah, the other night-- 516 00:24:27,543 --> 00:24:30,477 How 'bout that? [chuckles] 517 00:24:30,579 --> 00:24:34,681 Randy shared, uh, before Clark went missing, 518 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:37,751 he was with Jeremy and a friend of his 519 00:24:37,753 --> 00:24:39,520 identified as Tyler. 520 00:24:39,522 --> 00:24:41,221 [Joseph] Randy goes on to report 521 00:24:41,223 --> 00:24:45,959 that Tyler was talking abou burying dead cows on the property. 522 00:24:45,961 --> 00:24:49,596 Ranchers find a place where they can just dig a hole and drop their cow in. 523 00:24:50,232 --> 00:24:51,732 Then... 524 00:24:51,734 --> 00:24:53,634 I don't know. Tyler kinda got a little weird. 525 00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:57,070 I remember Tyler saying... 526 00:24:57,072 --> 00:24:59,339 You could probably bury a body out there, too. 527 00:25:01,043 --> 00:25:03,477 Nobody would ever know. 528 00:25:03,546 --> 00:25:07,581 [Joseph] Well, that's a pret interesting conversation two days before 529 00:25:07,683 --> 00:25:10,484 Mr. Calquhoun goes missing and lands up murdered. 530 00:25:10,586 --> 00:25:13,453 Now, he wasn't in a grave, but dead, he was. 531 00:25:14,256 --> 00:25:15,689 He actually said those words? 532 00:25:16,425 --> 00:25:17,590 Yes, sir. 533 00:25:18,727 --> 00:25:22,629 We're wondering now, maybe Tyler had some direct 534 00:25:22,631 --> 00:25:26,199 involvement in regards to the murder of Clark. 535 00:25:27,136 --> 00:25:29,436 So Elkins has to talk to Tyler Frasier. 536 00:25:29,438 --> 00:25:32,239 What about this conversation you had at this party? 537 00:25:37,580 --> 00:25:39,646 What we're trying to do, Tyler, is find out 538 00:25:39,648 --> 00:25:42,316 exactly what happened to Clark Calquhoun. 539 00:25:42,318 --> 00:25:44,451 We interviewed Tyler at his residence. 540 00:25:44,453 --> 00:25:47,154 I don't know what happened to the dude. 541 00:25:47,156 --> 00:25:49,690 -But you work with him on a ranch. -Yeah. 542 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:51,959 Sometimes. 543 00:25:51,961 --> 00:25:56,296 He indicated he did know Clark, that he was friends with Jeremy. 544 00:25:56,365 --> 00:25:59,499 And that he would occasionally work on the property in Reinier, 545 00:25:59,568 --> 00:26:03,303 but denied any involvement or any knowledge of what we were talking about. 546 00:26:03,339 --> 00:26:06,607 [Joseph] Tyler says he was with his girlfriend and never left his place 547 00:26:06,609 --> 00:26:09,176 the day that Calquhoun went missing. 548 00:26:09,244 --> 00:26:11,345 You don't recall having a conversation with Jeremy 549 00:26:11,347 --> 00:26:13,080 about burying a body on the ranch? 550 00:26:13,549 --> 00:26:14,481 What? 551 00:26:14,984 --> 00:26:16,450 That wasn't me. 552 00:26:16,452 --> 00:26:20,354 He indicated that the conversations were between Randy and Jeremy. 553 00:26:20,356 --> 00:26:21,488 You know... 554 00:26:22,591 --> 00:26:24,758 You could probably bury a body out there, too. 555 00:26:25,661 --> 00:26:27,427 And nobody'd ever know. 556 00:26:27,429 --> 00:26:30,130 -You're crazy, man. -[Randy chuckles] 557 00:26:30,132 --> 00:26:33,300 [Ben] Tyler says some map was brought out 558 00:26:33,368 --> 00:26:35,769 and they were actually comparing locations 559 00:26:35,837 --> 00:26:39,172 on that property where something could be buried. 560 00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:42,376 So, Elkins after talking to Frasier, 561 00:26:42,444 --> 00:26:46,580 realizes that Randy lied to him. Directly and thoughtfully lied. 562 00:26:48,350 --> 00:26:51,785 That he was having a conversation about burying dead things 563 00:26:51,887 --> 00:26:53,086 and not Mr. Frasier. 564 00:26:53,122 --> 00:26:54,721 So when someone does that, 565 00:26:54,723 --> 00:26:58,258 it makes you think as an investigator that they are trying to hide something. 566 00:26:58,260 --> 00:27:02,295 [Joseph] In fact, lying is always a bad thing 567 00:27:02,331 --> 00:27:03,797 Why would you lie to me? 568 00:27:03,865 --> 00:27:06,166 What else are you lying to me about? 569 00:27:10,639 --> 00:27:12,405 [Clark exclaims] 570 00:27:14,243 --> 00:27:18,245 [Joseph] Clark Calquhoun ha plans with his daughter and her children, 571 00:27:18,247 --> 00:27:19,780 his grandchildren. 572 00:27:19,848 --> 00:27:23,483 These children were very close to him, he was very close to them. 573 00:27:23,552 --> 00:27:26,653 He's trying the best he can to live his life. 574 00:27:26,655 --> 00:27:29,022 And someone decides to take it. 575 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:30,657 I'm afraid that's against the law. 576 00:27:35,998 --> 00:27:40,300 Elkins is preparing to summo Randy for another interview 577 00:27:40,368 --> 00:27:42,536 when Randy shows up in his office. 578 00:27:42,538 --> 00:27:46,039 When it comes to murder, best friends are meaningless. 579 00:27:46,041 --> 00:27:48,075 I'm a little surprised you wanted to see me, Randy. 580 00:27:48,077 --> 00:27:51,678 Yeah... Well, I got something I gotta get off my chest. 581 00:27:51,714 --> 00:27:53,346 Oh? 582 00:27:53,348 --> 00:27:56,683 Elkins likes it when somebody has to get something off their chest. 583 00:27:56,785 --> 00:27:58,552 I always did as well. 584 00:27:58,554 --> 00:28:01,088 Guilt is a terrible thing. 585 00:28:01,189 --> 00:28:03,890 For the police, an extremely useful thing. 586 00:28:03,992 --> 00:28:07,094 Um, I told you that Clark and Jeremy, 587 00:28:07,195 --> 00:28:09,162 they didn't have any problems with each other. 588 00:28:10,833 --> 00:28:11,998 Well... 589 00:28:13,402 --> 00:28:15,769 Um, that wasn't entirely true. 590 00:28:15,871 --> 00:28:19,272 [Joseph] Randy directly and specifically lied to Elkins 591 00:28:19,341 --> 00:28:22,075 because he was afraid he'd lose his job, 592 00:28:22,144 --> 00:28:24,244 he'd lose what little life he had, 593 00:28:24,246 --> 00:28:27,681 if he ratted the owner's son. 594 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:30,183 [Ben] Randy shared with us that Jeremy 595 00:28:30,285 --> 00:28:31,885 flat-out did not like, 596 00:28:31,987 --> 00:28:35,088 possibly hated Clark for many reasons. 597 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,527 Jeremy pretty much felt tha 598 00:28:40,529 --> 00:28:42,963 Clark was taking advantage of his uncle. 599 00:28:42,965 --> 00:28:46,099 And that he was basically living on the property for free, 600 00:28:46,168 --> 00:28:48,435 not having to pay for anything. 601 00:28:48,437 --> 00:28:51,271 Toss the smoke and help us out, okay? 602 00:28:51,373 --> 00:28:52,639 -All right. -Do something. 603 00:28:52,641 --> 00:28:54,241 [Joseph] Jeremy was convince 604 00:28:54,243 --> 00:28:57,144 that Clark was a freeloader lazy, 605 00:28:57,146 --> 00:29:00,046 Clark refused to work around the ranch 606 00:29:00,048 --> 00:29:03,150 on and on and on. 607 00:29:03,986 --> 00:29:06,286 [Ben] Randy emphasized that 608 00:29:06,355 --> 00:29:08,989 this negative relationship between the both of them 609 00:29:09,090 --> 00:29:11,992 had been going on for quite a while. 610 00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:15,495 And right before Clark went missing, 611 00:29:15,531 --> 00:29:19,199 Jeremy, he just going on and on about how Clark stole money from him. 612 00:29:21,336 --> 00:29:25,639 [Joseph] He goes on to say that Jeremy was more than angry, 613 00:29:25,641 --> 00:29:29,743 Jeremy was wild about the missing money from his truck. 614 00:29:29,745 --> 00:29:31,845 [yells] Son of a bitch! 615 00:29:31,847 --> 00:29:35,282 Jeremy was convinced that Clark is the one who stole it. 616 00:29:35,784 --> 00:29:36,750 Did he? 617 00:29:37,286 --> 00:29:38,752 Man, I don't know. 618 00:29:39,822 --> 00:29:44,391 We never did identify for sure if Clark stole any money from Jeremy. 619 00:29:45,627 --> 00:29:49,729 Jeremy is convincing himself of all the reasons why 620 00:29:49,731 --> 00:29:52,833 Clark should not be permitted to live on this planet. 621 00:29:52,835 --> 00:29:54,401 Most of which are invented. 622 00:29:55,671 --> 00:29:57,637 -[dog barks distantly] -[police radio chatter] 623 00:30:02,744 --> 00:30:03,877 [knocking at door] 624 00:30:08,150 --> 00:30:09,850 I have a few questions to Jeremy. 625 00:30:09,852 --> 00:30:11,985 [Ben] Once Randy shared this with us, 626 00:30:12,087 --> 00:30:14,721 we tried to talk to Jeremy another time, 627 00:30:14,723 --> 00:30:16,957 he declined to provide any statements, 628 00:30:16,959 --> 00:30:21,027 and requested a lawyer. So, we couldn't ask him any more questions. 629 00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:24,731 People run from the police, they climb, they're like animals. 630 00:30:24,733 --> 00:30:27,834 Where you going? Stairway to Heaven is a son. 631 00:30:27,836 --> 00:30:29,970 There is no escape. 632 00:30:29,972 --> 00:30:32,439 [Ben] We had all circumstantial evidence 633 00:30:32,441 --> 00:30:36,142 The problem is, is that may not be enough to 634 00:30:36,144 --> 00:30:38,445 establish probable cause to arrest, 635 00:30:38,447 --> 00:30:41,781 and get a conviction. We needed something concrete. 636 00:30:47,256 --> 00:30:48,688 Shortly thereafter, 637 00:30:48,757 --> 00:30:51,391 Detective Gladson had phoned me 638 00:30:51,459 --> 00:30:54,027 and indicated that two people had come forth 639 00:30:54,029 --> 00:30:58,098 and had some information about the involvement of Jeremy. 640 00:30:58,166 --> 00:31:01,501 The two people were tenants of Joel Leininger. 641 00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:03,203 They lived on the same property. 642 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:06,106 And they were friends with Jeremy Leininger. 643 00:31:10,245 --> 00:31:13,046 We decided to split 'em up 644 00:31:13,048 --> 00:31:16,483 and Detective Gladson interviewed the male witness. 645 00:31:16,584 --> 00:31:19,152 And I interviewed a female witness. 646 00:31:39,274 --> 00:31:41,741 [Joseph] A direct confessio to murder. 647 00:31:41,743 --> 00:31:44,644 Secrets don't stay secrets. 648 00:31:44,646 --> 00:31:47,981 People suffer from diarrhea of the mouth. 649 00:31:48,083 --> 00:31:50,850 They always have and they always will. 650 00:31:53,188 --> 00:31:56,389 [Ben] And it's getting exciting, 'cause now you got witnesses 651 00:31:56,491 --> 00:31:59,059 that Jeremy conversed with and told 'em 652 00:31:59,061 --> 00:32:00,894 that he killed Clark. 653 00:32:00,996 --> 00:32:02,529 [Joseph] Is it enough to arrest him? 654 00:32:02,531 --> 00:32:03,596 Not really. 655 00:32:03,598 --> 00:32:06,132 But Elkins has another card up his sleeve. 656 00:32:06,134 --> 00:32:08,935 He gets a warrant for Jeremy's cell phone records. 657 00:32:18,647 --> 00:32:20,947 [Wayne] Big brother is real 658 00:32:20,949 --> 00:32:23,650 Your phone is never off. And so, 659 00:32:23,652 --> 00:32:25,885 if you keep your phone on, yeah, we'll find ya. 660 00:32:25,987 --> 00:32:27,887 It's that simple. 661 00:32:27,956 --> 00:32:32,525 Elkins gets telephone records and what does he discover? 662 00:32:32,527 --> 00:32:36,997 Jeremy's phone moves between all the points required. 663 00:32:37,666 --> 00:32:40,066 To include, the ranch, 664 00:32:40,068 --> 00:32:43,370 and the site where the body is dumped. 665 00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:48,308 [Ben] Also, we were able to ping the towers. 666 00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:51,344 and one of the things that the ping showed was that 667 00:32:51,346 --> 00:32:53,780 Jeremy stopped at a friend's house 668 00:32:53,848 --> 00:32:56,950 and that friend was identifi as John Perry. 669 00:32:58,987 --> 00:33:01,354 [Lorenzo] He's at John's hou for approximately 20 minute 670 00:33:01,356 --> 00:33:03,523 before the two head back nor 671 00:33:03,525 --> 00:33:05,191 to the Reinier property. 672 00:33:05,227 --> 00:33:09,029 I say both of them, because their phone records mirrored each other. 673 00:33:09,031 --> 00:33:10,530 Both phones are together. 674 00:33:10,532 --> 00:33:13,733 And go exactly to the ranch 675 00:33:13,735 --> 00:33:15,969 And then are found going ou Rose Valley 676 00:33:15,971 --> 00:33:18,371 which is out towards the riv in Cowlitz County. 677 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,407 Yeah, they probably should leave their phone at home. 678 00:33:20,409 --> 00:33:23,977 Unfortunately, most criminals aren't very swift. 679 00:33:24,046 --> 00:33:29,082 So now we were looking at John Perry as the co-conspirator at minimal. 680 00:33:29,084 --> 00:33:32,152 [Joseph] Elkins needs to pu Jeremy over his head. 681 00:33:32,154 --> 00:33:34,988 And the way to do that is to talk to Mr. Perry. 682 00:33:34,990 --> 00:33:37,724 Mr. Perry is gonna have some information 683 00:33:37,726 --> 00:33:40,460 that's going to crucify Jeremy. 684 00:33:48,637 --> 00:33:52,439 Elkins has the same group of players he's had from the beginning. 685 00:33:52,441 --> 00:33:54,407 But it's finally starting to straighten out. 686 00:33:54,409 --> 00:33:58,745 Jeremy Leininger is most likely the person responsible. 687 00:33:58,747 --> 00:34:02,082 He might have had a helper, and his name is John Perry. 688 00:34:07,155 --> 00:34:09,989 John Perry was the last piece that we needed 689 00:34:10,091 --> 00:34:12,492 because, you know, everything else was hearsay 690 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:13,793 and circumstantial. 691 00:34:13,829 --> 00:34:16,096 And John Perry, he was there 692 00:34:16,098 --> 00:34:17,630 [indistinct radio chatter] 693 00:34:17,632 --> 00:34:19,432 [knocking at door] 694 00:34:19,434 --> 00:34:23,770 I located John at an apartment complex in Longview, Washington. 695 00:34:23,839 --> 00:34:26,439 Mr. Perry, I'm here to speak with you about Jeremy Leininger 696 00:34:26,441 --> 00:34:28,141 and the murder of Clark Calquhoun. 697 00:34:28,844 --> 00:34:30,310 Yeah? 698 00:34:30,312 --> 00:34:32,345 Perry initially says, "I don't know what you're talking about. 699 00:34:32,347 --> 00:34:34,280 I don't know anything about that." 700 00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:37,350 All right. Let's come out here, we're gonna take you in for questioning. 701 00:34:38,820 --> 00:34:40,987 [Ben] He denied a lot of things. 702 00:34:41,056 --> 00:34:42,889 But we had enough to arrest him 703 00:34:42,924 --> 00:34:46,092 for that crime as being a co-conspirator of a homicide. 704 00:34:47,429 --> 00:34:49,963 [Lorenzo] He was booked in the Thurston County jail. 705 00:34:49,965 --> 00:34:51,831 Locked $250,000 of bail. 706 00:34:51,833 --> 00:34:54,534 He knew he was facing significant time. 707 00:35:20,428 --> 00:35:23,997 And Mr. Perry says, "Let me tell you what I know." 708 00:35:24,032 --> 00:35:25,532 Please do. 709 00:35:25,534 --> 00:35:28,001 And that was when the case blew open. 710 00:35:34,242 --> 00:35:38,144 He had indicated exactly what his involvement was. 711 00:35:38,146 --> 00:35:39,546 And what transpired. 712 00:35:39,548 --> 00:35:41,314 At some point in time, 713 00:35:41,316 --> 00:35:44,150 Jeremy was fed up, he was done with Clark. 714 00:35:46,254 --> 00:35:49,589 [Joseph] Jeremy is the perso with the smallest motive in the world. 715 00:35:49,658 --> 00:35:51,991 He doesn't like Clark, 716 00:35:51,993 --> 00:35:54,527 that turns into hating Clark, 717 00:35:54,529 --> 00:35:57,830 that turns into overwhelming desire to kill him. 718 00:36:01,937 --> 00:36:06,172 So what does Jeremy do? He needs the means to get rid of Clark. 719 00:36:06,241 --> 00:36:08,241 Well, his dad's got the means. 720 00:36:08,243 --> 00:36:10,343 A .45 automatic. 721 00:36:11,379 --> 00:36:14,180 And eventually, he gets enough nerve to use it. 722 00:36:14,249 --> 00:36:15,515 Hey, Clark. 723 00:36:15,517 --> 00:36:17,050 Yeah? 724 00:36:17,052 --> 00:36:18,551 There's a hole in the fence over in the northeast side of the ranch. 725 00:36:18,553 --> 00:36:20,787 Think I could a little hand in fixing it, please? 726 00:36:20,855 --> 00:36:22,255 [Clark] Sure thing, Jeremy. 727 00:36:24,826 --> 00:36:28,595 Clark Calquhoun walks into a death trap without knowing. 728 00:36:30,966 --> 00:36:32,966 [Jeremy] Thanks for your help, Clark. 729 00:36:32,968 --> 00:36:35,235 Wanna come smoke some weed with my buddy John and I real quick? 730 00:36:35,237 --> 00:36:37,003 -Yeah, I'm always down for that. -Hop in. 731 00:36:55,657 --> 00:36:58,091 [Ben] They picked up John Perry 732 00:36:58,126 --> 00:37:00,727 and they had marijuana in the truck. 733 00:37:00,729 --> 00:37:03,830 They went back to their property on Reinier Road. 734 00:37:03,832 --> 00:37:04,998 And something happened. 735 00:37:26,655 --> 00:37:27,754 So, Clark... 736 00:37:29,357 --> 00:37:30,890 I'm missing some money, you take it? 737 00:37:31,359 --> 00:37:32,859 Not this again. 738 00:37:40,135 --> 00:37:42,268 [gunshots] 739 00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:46,839 And when he turned, Clark was on the ground. 740 00:37:46,841 --> 00:37:48,841 And Jeremy was holding a gun. 741 00:38:04,526 --> 00:38:05,591 [John] What did you do? 742 00:38:05,660 --> 00:38:07,026 [Jeremy] Help me pick this guy up, will ya? 743 00:38:07,028 --> 00:38:08,361 [John] No, no! 744 00:38:30,051 --> 00:38:32,318 [Wayne] So, he drug the bod to an area of the farm 745 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,520 where they had a backhoe 746 00:38:34,522 --> 00:38:37,623 that he was able to lift Clark's body and buck it off the backhoe 747 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:39,759 and then deposit it in the back of his truck. 748 00:38:41,663 --> 00:38:43,696 [Ben] They went southbound on I-5. 749 00:38:43,698 --> 00:38:46,566 They proceeded down to our Coweeman River. 750 00:39:09,190 --> 00:39:12,325 [Joseph] Jeremy believes no one will ever know what happened to Clark. 751 00:39:12,327 --> 00:39:13,859 Oh, I don't think so. 752 00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:22,301 Jeremy told people he melted the gun down. We never found the weapon. 753 00:39:22,370 --> 00:39:23,970 No blisters, none of that. 754 00:39:23,972 --> 00:39:26,439 But we have the statement of a helper. 755 00:39:26,441 --> 00:39:28,741 We have all the other circumstances to go with it. 756 00:39:28,743 --> 00:39:33,079 All this information was more than enough to establish a probable cause, 757 00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:35,081 where the prosecutor agreed, "Yes." 758 00:39:35,183 --> 00:39:37,750 We now have probable cause to arrest Jeremy. 759 00:39:42,190 --> 00:39:44,657 He was arrested in Cowlitz County. 760 00:39:46,327 --> 00:39:50,229 He was transported to Thurston County where he wa booked in our jail. 761 00:39:50,231 --> 00:39:53,599 And at no time did he co-operate with law enforcement. 762 00:39:56,171 --> 00:40:00,740 [Joseph] The result of that is that he is convicted for the crime of murder. 763 00:40:00,742 --> 00:40:03,976 And received a sentence of 18 years 764 00:40:03,978 --> 00:40:07,146 in the Washington State Penitentiary for his crime. 765 00:40:07,749 --> 00:40:09,715 John Perry pleads guilty 766 00:40:09,717 --> 00:40:12,652 and is sentenced to 12 month in prison. 767 00:40:20,361 --> 00:40:26,399 As far as a lot of the details and how my brother was 768 00:40:26,467 --> 00:40:27,667 murdered... 769 00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:32,872 I really tried to distance myself from a lot of that, 770 00:40:32,974 --> 00:40:34,073 because at that point, 771 00:40:34,075 --> 00:40:37,643 there's nothing I can do to change what had happened. 772 00:40:37,645 --> 00:40:39,445 My brother's not coming back. 773 00:40:41,850 --> 00:40:43,950 [Hannah] Nobody deserves to die that way. 774 00:40:44,486 --> 00:40:45,985 My dad... 775 00:40:46,087 --> 00:40:48,554 He was just kind and gentle, and... 776 00:40:49,958 --> 00:40:51,157 a teddy bear. 777 00:40:53,728 --> 00:40:55,795 [Katrina] I know my Dad's in heaven. 778 00:40:55,797 --> 00:40:58,197 And I know he's watching me and my kids. 779 00:40:59,234 --> 00:41:02,835 And I know he knows that I love him deeply. 780 00:41:02,837 --> 00:41:05,671 But I wish I would have had the opportunity to tell him that, 781 00:41:05,707 --> 00:41:08,341 at one point in my life. 782 00:41:08,343 --> 00:41:12,144 [Michael] I do wish I could convey to my father where we are now as a family. 783 00:41:12,146 --> 00:41:16,282 That, we're okay, that through this tragedy, 784 00:41:16,350 --> 00:41:18,784 uh, we've been made stronger. 785 00:41:18,853 --> 00:41:23,689 I'm incredibly grateful for Detective Elkins 786 00:41:23,725 --> 00:41:26,759 and the personal attention that he gave to our family. 787 00:41:30,231 --> 00:41:33,199 [Ben] Nobody wants to have a family member murdered. 788 00:41:33,267 --> 00:41:36,002 But to have someone held accountable, 789 00:41:36,070 --> 00:41:38,337 it's nice, because they're able to have closure. 790 00:41:38,339 --> 00:41:41,173 So, it was rewarding for me as a detective. 791 00:41:41,242 --> 00:41:44,644 Because I truly believe Jeremy was evil. 792 00:41:44,646 --> 00:41:48,080 Elkins stood in Calquhoun's shoes, because he couldn't anymore. 793 00:41:48,149 --> 00:41:49,615 He became his voice. 794 00:41:49,617 --> 00:41:52,051 Like all homicide detective 795 00:41:52,053 --> 00:41:54,287 all over this country, every day. 796 00:41:55,356 --> 00:41:57,590 There was a poem written once about it. 797 00:41:57,659 --> 00:42:00,426 It says, "I have been where you fear to be. 798 00:42:00,428 --> 00:42:02,828 I have gone where you fear to go. 799 00:42:02,830 --> 00:42:05,731 I have seen things you don't wish to see. 800 00:42:05,733 --> 00:42:07,867 All these things I've done for you."