1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,634 To kill this poor woman was just absolutely evil. 2 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,533 Barbara Iske was gunned down in her employer's driveway. 3 00:00:13,634 --> 00:00:16,634 She was shot execution-style. 4 00:00:16,634 --> 00:00:20,066 Who would possibly have a grudge to bear against her? 5 00:00:20,066 --> 00:00:21,467 [siren wailing] 6 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:23,867 ARNTFIELD: Immediately of concern to police is why 7 00:00:23,867 --> 00:00:25,634 the employer of the murder victim 8 00:00:25,634 --> 00:00:28,634 is taking such a hard line and what she's afraid of. 9 00:00:28,634 --> 00:00:30,000 What is the connection between a sex worker in 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,734 What is the connection between a sex worker in 11 00:00:32,734 --> 00:00:36,433 Detroit and a dead bookkeeper in Grosse Pointe, Michigan? 12 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:41,467 SWAT team force the doors and enter the house. 13 00:00:41,467 --> 00:00:43,800 He would always say that he's smarter than 14 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:47,333 the dumb police, and he could get away with killing anybody. 15 00:00:48,533 --> 00:00:50,634 NARRATOR: Every day in North America, 16 00:00:50,634 --> 00:00:53,000 dozens of people are murdered. 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,500 The key to solving the toughest of these homicides 18 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:59,600 lies in the final 24 hours of the victim's life. 19 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,000 To crack the case, 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,266 To crack the case, 21 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:05,066 detectives must reconstruct that critical timeline, 22 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:08,066 the minutes and hours containing evidence that can 23 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:11,266 help unlock the mystery and catch the killer. 24 00:01:19,867 --> 00:01:22,600 Just outside of Detroit, on the shores of 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,367 Lake St. Clair, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 26 00:01:25,367 --> 00:01:27,367 is a quiet suburb of picturesque 27 00:01:27,367 --> 00:01:30,000 neighborhoods and friendly people. 28 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,166 neighborhoods and friendly people. 29 00:01:30,166 --> 00:01:32,634 COLETTA: The suburb of Grosse Point 30 00:01:32,734 --> 00:01:35,166 has tree-lined streets, 31 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:39,900 big, luxurious homes -- a beautiful place to live. 32 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,467 Clearly, this is an area of affluence. 33 00:01:43,467 --> 00:01:44,900 TUJAKA: A very low crime rate. 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,100 Nothing hugely bad happened in Grosse Pointe. 35 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:51,266 NARRATOR: And by the start of 2005, 36 00:01:51,266 --> 00:01:54,066 there hadn't been a murder there in 32 years. 37 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,367 But on June 14th, 2005, 38 00:01:59,433 --> 00:02:00,000 violence finds its way to Grosse Pointe. 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,066 violence finds its way to Grosse Pointe. 40 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:04,800 A delivery person spots a woman lying motionless 41 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,467 on the front walk of a house and calls police. 42 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:11,000 [distant sirens wailing] 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,266 Patrolmen arrive at the driveway of a home in 44 00:02:13,333 --> 00:02:15,266 the upscale neighborhood of 45 00:02:15,266 --> 00:02:18,066 Jefferson Avenue and Dodge Place. 46 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:21,533 There is an elderly lady laying on the ground, face-down 47 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:26,900 in a pool of dried blood around her upper extremities. 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 She had a gunshot wound on her face 49 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:30,100 She had a gunshot wound on her face 50 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:32,600 and had another wound on the back of her head. 51 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,066 This was a homicide. 52 00:02:36,166 --> 00:02:39,500 NARRATOR: Grosse Pointe Police homicide detective Eddie Tujaka 53 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:41,800 is called in to lead the investigation. 54 00:02:42,967 --> 00:02:46,100 TUJAKA: It's a gruesome thing -- with the amount of dried blood 55 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,266 that there was, 56 00:02:47,266 --> 00:02:51,367 we figured it had occurred several hours earlier. 57 00:02:51,433 --> 00:02:56,166 Her wallet was open and laying on the ground. 58 00:02:56,233 --> 00:02:59,467 NARRATOR: The victim is 57-year-old Barbara Iske, 59 00:02:59,533 --> 00:03:00,000 a bookkeeper to several wealthy families in 60 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,867 a bookkeeper to several wealthy families in 61 00:03:01,867 --> 00:03:03,467 Grosse Pointe. 62 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:04,867 There was still money in her wallet, 63 00:03:04,867 --> 00:03:06,533 credit cards, things like that. 64 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:10,100 There was absolutely no evidence of any type of 65 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:12,066 sexual assault. 66 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:13,800 NARRATOR: Investigators run the plates on 67 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:17,166 the blue Ford Escort parked beside the victim. 68 00:03:17,233 --> 00:03:20,533 The car belongs to Barbara, but this isn't her driveway. 69 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:25,500 The home is owned by 84-year-old Anne Marasco, 70 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,000 a wealthy resident of Grosse Pointe. 71 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Barbara Iske was Ann's bookkeeper 72 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:30,166 Barbara Iske was Ann's bookkeeper 73 00:03:30,166 --> 00:03:31,734 for her personal affairs. 74 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,000 Barbara had just arrived for work at around 75 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,533 8:30 a.m. but never made it inside. 76 00:03:38,867 --> 00:03:40,634 Based on crime scene evidence, 77 00:03:40,634 --> 00:03:42,634 detectives have an initial theory 78 00:03:42,734 --> 00:03:44,467 of what may have occurred. 79 00:03:44,467 --> 00:03:48,066 TUJAKA: Barbara parked at the Marasco house and got out of 80 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:49,967 the car with her purse and walked 81 00:03:49,967 --> 00:03:51,533 around the front of the car. 82 00:03:51,634 --> 00:03:54,900 The murderer approaches Barbara from the street. 83 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,100 She thinks that it's a robbery. 84 00:03:57,100 --> 00:04:00,000 She starts to open her wallet to give it to him. 85 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,266 She starts to open her wallet to give it to him. 86 00:04:00,266 --> 00:04:02,000 The first shot was... 87 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 [gunshot blasts] 88 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,467 to her face. 89 00:04:04,533 --> 00:04:06,233 She turned and fell, 90 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,367 and the perpetrator shot her again... 91 00:04:11,433 --> 00:04:12,533 [gunshot blasts] 92 00:04:12,634 --> 00:04:16,367 in the back of the head, which ultimately killed her. 93 00:04:16,367 --> 00:04:19,867 Her wallet was left there. Her cash was left there. 94 00:04:19,867 --> 00:04:23,367 Her credit cards were left there -- that will start to 95 00:04:23,433 --> 00:04:27,066 move the investigation away from a robbery, 96 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:29,266 towards something else. 97 00:04:29,266 --> 00:04:30,000 My first impression with the two shots 98 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,867 My first impression with the two shots 99 00:04:32,867 --> 00:04:35,734 is that it was an execution-style shooting. 100 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:40,266 The common phraseology in law enforcement is 101 00:04:40,266 --> 00:04:42,900 what's known as the double tap, two shots, 102 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,900 one's through the front, -[gunshot blasts] 103 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,967 one's through the back. -[gunshot blasts] 104 00:04:47,967 --> 00:04:51,800 It's commonly seen and, in fact, is synonymous with hired guns. 105 00:04:52,634 --> 00:04:54,467 NARRATOR: But who would want to assassinate 106 00:04:54,467 --> 00:04:55,800 this suburban bookkeeper? 107 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:59,100 Police start their inquiry with Barbara's client, 108 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:00,000 the homeowner, Ann Marasco. 109 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,967 the homeowner, Ann Marasco. 110 00:05:01,967 --> 00:05:04,467 Ann Marasco is confined to a wheelchair 111 00:05:04,467 --> 00:05:09,166 and has 24-hour care from a series of caregivers. 112 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:12,467 NARRATOR: Both Ann and her aide, Leslie, each claim they were 113 00:05:12,467 --> 00:05:15,000 not aware of what happened to Barbara outside. 114 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:18,367 HUNSICKER: The police have to tell Ann Marasco 115 00:05:18,367 --> 00:05:21,066 and her caregiver, Leslie, that Barbara has been shot. 116 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:24,367 The two women are completely shocked. 117 00:05:24,367 --> 00:05:27,367 Ann was expecting Barbara at 10:30. 118 00:05:27,367 --> 00:05:30,000 When Barbara didn't show up, Ann was worried. 119 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 When Barbara didn't show up, Ann was worried. 120 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,266 NARRATOR: Ann says Barbara was usually punctual or called. 121 00:05:34,333 --> 00:05:36,600 So Ann didn't know what had happened. 122 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,100 They didn't hear anything or they didn't see anything, 123 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:42,066 and they had been home apparently the whole time. 124 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:44,867 They had no idea that there was a dead body in 125 00:05:44,867 --> 00:05:46,600 their driveway. 126 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,100 The fact that this murder occurred in the driveway 127 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,700 immediately adjoining this residence and that 128 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:54,066 you had two adults in the residence at the time 129 00:05:54,066 --> 00:05:55,367 who claim to have heard nothing -- 130 00:05:55,367 --> 00:05:58,367 is it suspicious a little bit? It's noteworthy. 131 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:00,000 NARRATOR: Police ask Ann if there's anyone else in 132 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,700 NARRATOR: Police ask Ann if there's anyone else in 133 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:04,266 the house who may have heard or seen something. 134 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:06,734 She replies that her 51-year-old son, 135 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,634 Joseph Michael Marasco, lives with her. 136 00:06:10,867 --> 00:06:14,100 TUJAKA: Joe is not at home, and they don't know 137 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:15,634 for sure where he's at. 138 00:06:15,634 --> 00:06:17,367 NARRATOR: On bookkeeping days, 139 00:06:17,433 --> 00:06:21,100 Ann says that Barbara was always prompt and came prepared. 140 00:06:21,100 --> 00:06:24,734 Ann tells us that Barbara brings her work laptop 141 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,634 computer with all of Ann's financial information on it. 142 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:30,000 There is a thorough search for this work 143 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,266 There is a thorough search for this work 144 00:06:32,333 --> 00:06:36,367 laptop computer, and officers are not able to locate it 145 00:06:36,367 --> 00:06:40,066 anywhere in the scene, in the vehicle, or anywhere else. 146 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:43,367 The biggest question is why would the murderer just 147 00:06:43,433 --> 00:06:46,367 take the laptop computer and leave her cash there? 148 00:06:46,367 --> 00:06:47,800 That's very strange. 149 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,900 NARRATOR: The missing laptop raises 150 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,967 a new and critical question. 151 00:06:52,967 --> 00:06:54,266 Was it taken by the killer? 152 00:06:54,333 --> 00:06:58,266 And if so, was the laptop motive for murder? 153 00:06:58,266 --> 00:07:00,000 NARRATOR: With no eyewitnesses and little material evidence, 154 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,367 NARRATOR: With no eyewitnesses and little material evidence, 155 00:07:02,433 --> 00:07:06,000 investigators will need to reconstruct Barbara Iske's final 156 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,166 24 hours to solve her murder. 157 00:07:09,367 --> 00:07:12,600 Ann Marasco tells us that Barbara 158 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,467 would always arrive on Tuesday 159 00:07:15,467 --> 00:07:19,367 at 10:30 a.m., give or take five minutes. 160 00:07:19,433 --> 00:07:22,367 According to the autopsy, we believe that she 161 00:07:22,433 --> 00:07:26,333 was lying in the driveway for approximately five hours. 162 00:07:27,734 --> 00:07:30,000 NARRATOR: Given that the body was discovered at 3:26 p.m., 163 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,367 NARRATOR: Given that the body was discovered at 3:26 p.m., 164 00:07:31,367 --> 00:07:32,700 that would mean that Barbara was 165 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:35,266 murdered at around 10:30 a.m., right 166 00:07:35,266 --> 00:07:37,634 when she was scheduled to arrive at the house. 167 00:07:39,467 --> 00:07:42,266 Investigators canvass Ann's closest neighbors, 168 00:07:42,266 --> 00:07:43,600 hoping somebody saw 169 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,533 or heard something in that five-hour window. 170 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:48,266 TUJAKA: When officers go door to door, 171 00:07:48,266 --> 00:07:50,967 some of the neighbors say that they might have heard what they 172 00:07:50,967 --> 00:07:54,600 thought was fireworks, but nobody on that date 173 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,500 had seen anything at the Marasco house 174 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:00,000 or anything in front of the Marasco house. 175 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:00,800 or anything in front of the Marasco house. 176 00:08:01,967 --> 00:08:04,000 NARRATOR: Residents in Grosse Pointe are shocked 177 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,634 by the brazen violence of Barbara Iske's murder, 178 00:08:06,734 --> 00:08:09,900 and the story quickly becomes front-page news. 179 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,800 Because there hadn't been any murders in this community for 180 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:21,967 32-plus years, when the body of Barbara Iske was found, 181 00:08:21,967 --> 00:08:25,734 it sent shockwaves through the community. 182 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,734 Did they have a killer roaming the streets? 183 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,000 The police would have been under intense pressure by 184 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,900 The police would have been under intense pressure by 185 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,800 the community to solve the crime and bring 186 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:35,533 the perpetrators to justice. 187 00:08:36,467 --> 00:08:38,166 NARRATOR: Detectives begin their search 188 00:08:38,233 --> 00:08:39,467 with the victim's inner circle 189 00:08:39,467 --> 00:08:42,734 of family and friends to learn more about Barbara Iske. 190 00:08:42,734 --> 00:08:45,967 TUJAKA: She was not married, she was single, no children. 191 00:08:45,967 --> 00:08:48,734 She had a very close relationship with her brother. 192 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,467 Everyone in her family just loved Barbara. 193 00:08:51,467 --> 00:08:55,266 Barbara's family tell police that Barbara is well-liked 194 00:08:55,333 --> 00:08:58,367 by everybody, and they can't imagine 195 00:08:58,367 --> 00:09:00,000 who would possibly have a grudge to bear against her. 196 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,800 who would possibly have a grudge to bear against her. 197 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:06,166 Her family could not think of one suspect, 198 00:09:06,166 --> 00:09:09,734 because Barbara was such a likable woman. 199 00:09:13,066 --> 00:09:15,266 NARRATOR: As Michigan media continues to spread 200 00:09:15,266 --> 00:09:17,367 news of the murder far and wide, 201 00:09:17,367 --> 00:09:21,266 two local teenagers contact police with a story to tell. 202 00:09:21,333 --> 00:09:22,467 HUNSICKER: The boys tell the police 203 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:25,467 that the previous day they were driving around the Marasco 204 00:09:25,533 --> 00:09:27,166 residence at about 10 a.m. 205 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:29,166 when they hear two loud pops. 206 00:09:29,166 --> 00:09:30,000 [two gunshots blast] 207 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:30,533 [two gunshots blast] 208 00:09:30,533 --> 00:09:32,800 They saw two African American males running 209 00:09:32,900 --> 00:09:35,467 quickly to a car on the street. 210 00:09:35,533 --> 00:09:38,367 They got a pretty good look at the car, 211 00:09:38,367 --> 00:09:42,266 a green Ford Tempo, which was kind of unusual for the area. 212 00:09:42,266 --> 00:09:44,266 It's an older car, and the area 213 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:47,000 where the Marascos live was more upscale. 214 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,967 They also observed that the car had a missing window 215 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:53,634 on the driver's side that was covered up with plastic. 216 00:09:54,634 --> 00:09:59,467 The boys observe the car make the U-turn on Dodge Place 217 00:09:59,467 --> 00:10:00,000 and then speed off west on Jefferson. 218 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,166 and then speed off west on Jefferson. 219 00:10:02,166 --> 00:10:04,634 Based on the direction heading west on Jefferson, 220 00:10:04,734 --> 00:10:07,066 we believed that they were heading for the city of Detroit. 221 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:10,066 NARRATOR: Grosse Pointe detectives reach out to 222 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:11,367 the agencies across the state 223 00:10:11,433 --> 00:10:13,467 to assemble a list of late model, 224 00:10:13,467 --> 00:10:15,500 dark-colored Ford Tempos. 225 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:18,066 TUJAKA: We contacted the Michigan State Police 226 00:10:18,066 --> 00:10:19,734 Law Enforcement Information Network, 227 00:10:19,734 --> 00:10:23,266 which is a statewide computer system, along with the Secretary 228 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:27,467 of State, requesting a list of the cars matching that 229 00:10:27,467 --> 00:10:29,634 description in the city of Detroit, 230 00:10:29,734 --> 00:10:30,000 and we received literally hundreds of responses from that. 231 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,800 and we received literally hundreds of responses from that. 232 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,467 NARRATOR: As Grosse Pointe Police 233 00:10:36,533 --> 00:10:39,867 begin the long task of sifting through all of them, 234 00:10:39,867 --> 00:10:42,800 detectives receive a call from the daughter of Barbara Iske's 235 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:46,166 bookkeeping client. -TUJAKA: Ann Marasco's daughter, 236 00:10:46,233 --> 00:10:50,266 Martha, contacts our department to let us know that 237 00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:53,867 she believed that her brother Joe Marasco 238 00:10:53,867 --> 00:10:57,100 may have had something to do with this homicide. 239 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,900 NARRATOR: A quick search of Joe Marasco 240 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 in the police database returns a hit. 241 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,066 in the police database returns a hit. 242 00:11:02,066 --> 00:11:03,734 Joe has a rap sheet. 243 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,000 Joe Marasco had a criminal record that included 244 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,367 drug offenses and theft. -Officers get in touch 245 00:11:11,367 --> 00:11:13,867 with Joe Marasco and ask him to come into the police 246 00:11:13,867 --> 00:11:15,166 station for questioning. 247 00:11:16,734 --> 00:11:19,800 TUJAKA: When I interviewed Joe, he was very nervous, 248 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:23,166 which could have been from guilt, or it could have been 249 00:11:23,233 --> 00:11:27,266 from the fact that somebody was murdered 250 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:29,066 right outside his house. 251 00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:30,000 NARRATOR: But there's another reason Joe might be anxious. 252 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,266 NARRATOR: But there's another reason Joe might be anxious. 253 00:11:32,266 --> 00:11:35,367 Joe was also a heavy heroin addict. 254 00:11:35,367 --> 00:11:38,066 So you had to figure out exactly 255 00:11:38,066 --> 00:11:39,867 why he would be nervous. 256 00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:41,600 ARNTFIELD: Joe is withdrawing from methadone. 257 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,367 He's jittery, he's agitated, he's sweating. 258 00:11:44,367 --> 00:11:46,734 So investigators need to question is this withdrawal 259 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,266 symptoms or is something else going on with this guy? 260 00:11:50,333 --> 00:11:52,100 NARRATOR: Detectives ask the jittery man 261 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:55,000 for his whereabouts on the morning of the murder. 262 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,467 TUJAKA: Joe says that he was at home 263 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:59,533 with his mother, Ann Marasco, 264 00:11:59,533 --> 00:12:00,000 and then he left the house about 11:15 to go to 265 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,867 and then he left the house about 11:15 to go to 266 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:06,967 the methadone clinic, where his appointment was 11:30. 267 00:12:06,967 --> 00:12:09,100 NARRATOR: Joe's story raises questions. 268 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:13,467 Barbara was murdered an hour earlier, around 10:30 a.m. 269 00:12:13,467 --> 00:12:14,800 So how did Joe walk down 270 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:18,166 the driveway without seeing Barbara's body? 271 00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:19,700 TUJAKA: Just like his mother, 272 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:21,500 Joe tells me that he did not 273 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:24,467 hear or see anything suspicious that morning. 274 00:12:24,467 --> 00:12:29,367 He does not have an alibi other than that he was at home. 275 00:12:29,433 --> 00:12:30,000 NARRATOR: Police wonder if Joe's anxiety 276 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,467 NARRATOR: Police wonder if Joe's anxiety 277 00:12:31,467 --> 00:12:33,100 is more than just withdrawal. 278 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,367 Perhaps he's nervous because he's the one 279 00:12:35,367 --> 00:12:38,500 who ambushed Barbara Iske in his driveway 280 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,266 and killed her in cold blood. 281 00:12:40,266 --> 00:12:42,000 [gunshot blasts] 282 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,967 NARRATOR: A day after bookkeeper Barbara Iske 283 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,867 is found slain in the driveway of a Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 284 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:55,367 house belonging to her client, Ann Marasco, 285 00:12:55,367 --> 00:12:57,000 Ann's son, Joe, 286 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,967 raises suspicions among detectives with 287 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,467 his anxious behavior and questionable alibi, 288 00:13:02,467 --> 00:13:06,000 but Joe insists there's no way he could have shot Barbara. 289 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 He was right-handed, and his hand was 290 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,734 crippled to where he had very little 291 00:13:12,734 --> 00:13:15,533 if any use of his right hand. 292 00:13:15,634 --> 00:13:16,182 He could drive and things like that, 293 00:13:16,182 --> 00:13:17,333 He could drive and things like that, 294 00:13:17,367 --> 00:13:19,467 but I didn't think that he could hold a gun 295 00:13:19,467 --> 00:13:20,800 or even fire a gun. 296 00:13:22,166 --> 00:13:25,734 We conduct a gunshot residue test on Joe, 297 00:13:25,734 --> 00:13:27,100 on both of his hands, 298 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:30,166 and we find out that there was no gunshot residue on 299 00:13:30,166 --> 00:13:31,467 either hand. 300 00:13:31,467 --> 00:13:35,333 Joe Marasco couldn't have been the one who shot Barbara Iske. 301 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:40,066 NARRATOR: Police eliminate Joe as the killer. 302 00:13:41,266 --> 00:13:42,634 To generate new leads while 303 00:13:42,634 --> 00:13:44,900 the case is still fresh in people's minds, 304 00:13:44,900 --> 00:13:46,182 police reach out to the public with a reward for help. 305 00:13:46,182 --> 00:13:48,634 police reach out to the public with a reward for help. 306 00:13:48,634 --> 00:13:52,266 Detectives posted information on Crime Stoppers in 307 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:54,734 the hope someone would come forward with a tip. 308 00:13:56,166 --> 00:13:57,734 TUJAKA: A week after the homicide, 309 00:13:57,734 --> 00:14:01,734 one of our officers tells us that there is a prostitute 310 00:14:01,734 --> 00:14:03,467 who frequents an auto repair shop 311 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:06,867 in the city of Detroit who has information about 312 00:14:06,867 --> 00:14:09,900 the subjects who committed this homicide. 313 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:12,367 The auto repair shop owner identifies the woman 314 00:14:12,367 --> 00:14:15,900 as a local sex worker named Shannon Henderson. 315 00:14:15,900 --> 00:14:16,182 I run a background check on her, and I find 316 00:14:16,182 --> 00:14:18,467 I run a background check on her, and I find 317 00:14:18,467 --> 00:14:21,233 that she's been arrested numerous times 318 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:23,734 for solicitation and prostitution. 319 00:14:25,266 --> 00:14:26,900 So then the question becomes, 320 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:31,867 what is the connection between a sex worker in Detroit 321 00:14:31,867 --> 00:14:34,734 and a dead bookkeeper in Grosse Pointe, Michigan? 322 00:14:36,467 --> 00:14:39,467 TUJAKA: It was not difficult for us to locate Shannon at 323 00:14:39,467 --> 00:14:42,533 the auto repair shop, because she wanted to talk to us. 324 00:14:42,634 --> 00:14:43,800 Shannon was brought into 325 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,182 the police station to get her statement. 326 00:14:46,182 --> 00:14:46,533 the police station to get her statement. 327 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,166 Shannon tells police that she's been hanging 328 00:14:50,166 --> 00:14:52,166 out at this house on Parkview Street, 329 00:14:53,867 --> 00:14:55,867 and she overhears two men talking 330 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:58,066 about the details of the murder of Barbara. 331 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:03,000 Shannon identifies one of the subjects in 332 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,166 the Parkview house as Donovan Rigby. 333 00:15:06,166 --> 00:15:08,867 NARRATOR: Police records identify Donovan Rigby as 334 00:15:08,867 --> 00:15:12,700 a 31-year-old career criminal, with arrests for drug dealing, 335 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:14,800 robbery, and assault. 336 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,182 Shannon describes Donovan as being about six feet tall, 337 00:15:16,182 --> 00:15:18,900 Shannon describes Donovan as being about six feet tall, 338 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:20,367 and he's African American, 339 00:15:20,367 --> 00:15:23,367 which matches the description of people seen leaving 340 00:15:23,367 --> 00:15:24,734 the scene of the murder. 341 00:15:24,734 --> 00:15:27,467 TUJAKA: She tells us that Donovan talked about 342 00:15:27,467 --> 00:15:31,266 robbing and killing a Grosse Pointe woman. 343 00:15:31,266 --> 00:15:34,634 She described several guns in the house, 344 00:15:34,634 --> 00:15:38,734 one of which was a revolver, which we believed it was 345 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:43,166 a .38 revolver that was used in the commission of this homicide. 346 00:15:43,233 --> 00:15:44,734 [gunshot blasts] 347 00:15:47,266 --> 00:15:51,166 Shannon tells us that she saw the laptop computer 348 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:52,734 that was stolen from Barbara 349 00:15:52,734 --> 00:15:56,166 in the house, and the description matches 350 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:58,533 the description of the one taken. 351 00:15:58,533 --> 00:16:02,233 We hadn't released that information to anyone 352 00:16:02,266 --> 00:16:04,367 about the laptop being stolen. 353 00:16:04,367 --> 00:16:06,000 So it sounded convincing. 354 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Whenever police appeal to the public 355 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,634 for information regarding an unsolved crime, 356 00:16:10,634 --> 00:16:13,867 there always needs to be a strategic decision made as to 357 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:16,182 what information needs to be held back in order to vet 358 00:16:16,182 --> 00:16:17,233 what information needs to be held back in order to vet 359 00:16:17,266 --> 00:16:19,100 potential witnesses or informers. 360 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:20,967 And when you have someone come forward 361 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,800 who knows that information, 362 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,967 investigators know that they've got a solid lead. 363 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,634 NARRATOR: But Shannon also gives police a dire warning 364 00:16:28,634 --> 00:16:30,333 about the men in the house. 365 00:16:30,367 --> 00:16:32,467 TUJAKA: She tells us that all the subjects 366 00:16:32,467 --> 00:16:35,066 who live in this house are all armed, 367 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:37,533 and that they were very vocal about killing 368 00:16:37,634 --> 00:16:40,467 any police officers who came to the house. 369 00:16:44,166 --> 00:16:46,182 NARRATOR: Grosse Pointe police and Detroit P.D. place 370 00:16:46,182 --> 00:16:47,533 NARRATOR: Grosse Pointe police and Detroit P.D. place 371 00:16:47,634 --> 00:16:50,634 the Parkview Street house under 24-hour surveillance. 372 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,867 TUJAKA: We determine that Donovan Rigby 373 00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:55,533 is a resident of that house. 374 00:16:57,700 --> 00:17:00,734 Based on Shannon's information, 375 00:17:00,734 --> 00:17:05,166 Grosse Pointe Police and Detroit Police plan a raid. 376 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:10,233 TUJAKA: If it's successful and we do raid this place 377 00:17:10,266 --> 00:17:13,333 and find the laptop and the gun, 378 00:17:13,367 --> 00:17:16,182 then we've got the subject, we've got the case. 379 00:17:16,182 --> 00:17:16,333 then we've got the subject, we've got the case. 380 00:17:17,533 --> 00:17:21,000 NARRATOR: On August 25th, 2005, Grosse Pointe 381 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,333 Special Forces launch the raid to catch Barbara's killer. 382 00:17:25,166 --> 00:17:28,533 TUJAKA: SWAT teams arrive at the home and force 383 00:17:28,533 --> 00:17:31,800 the doors and enter the house on Parkview. 384 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,000 As they enter, people are running in all 385 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,166 different directions, 386 00:17:35,166 --> 00:17:39,000 trying to run upstairs and away from the SWAT team. 387 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,333 NARRATOR: In all, officers take five men into custody, 388 00:17:42,367 --> 00:17:44,900 including the prime suspect in the murder, 389 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:46,182 Donovan Rigby. 390 00:17:46,182 --> 00:17:46,233 Donovan Rigby. 391 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:49,367 Once everything is secured and all the people 392 00:17:49,367 --> 00:17:51,333 are in custody, 393 00:17:51,367 --> 00:17:53,867 we go to search the house, 394 00:17:53,867 --> 00:17:58,000 and we find a small amount of 395 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,333 narcotics, but we find no weapons at all, 396 00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:04,533 and we find no laptop at all. 397 00:18:04,533 --> 00:18:09,634 We find absolutely no evidence at all 398 00:18:09,634 --> 00:18:14,734 tying anyone in that house to Barbara's homicide. 399 00:18:17,533 --> 00:18:19,266 NARRATOR: A week after Grosse Pointe Police 400 00:18:19,266 --> 00:18:21,166 find 57-year-old bookkeeper, 401 00:18:21,166 --> 00:18:24,367 Barbara Iske, murdered in her client's driveway, 402 00:18:24,367 --> 00:18:27,533 investigators arrest a man in a raid who a police 403 00:18:27,634 --> 00:18:29,867 informant fingered as the prime suspect 404 00:18:29,867 --> 00:18:31,634 in the robbery-homicide. 405 00:18:31,634 --> 00:18:33,967 The police interrogate Donovan Rigby, 406 00:18:33,967 --> 00:18:36,734 and he says he's never heard of Barbara Iske. 407 00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:41,066 At the end of the day, Donovan is appearing very clueless. 408 00:18:41,066 --> 00:18:43,800 He has no idea what we're talking about at all. 409 00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:45,967 NARRATOR: The police interrogation of Donovan, 410 00:18:45,967 --> 00:18:46,678 like the raid on his house before it, 411 00:18:46,678 --> 00:18:47,867 like the raid on his house before it, 412 00:18:47,867 --> 00:18:49,867 yields no evidence of the murder. 413 00:18:49,867 --> 00:18:52,066 [gunshot blasts] 414 00:18:52,066 --> 00:18:55,467 So police must eliminate Donovan Rigby as a suspect. 415 00:18:56,634 --> 00:19:00,266 Now investigators have new questions for their informant. 416 00:19:00,266 --> 00:19:03,166 Why did Shannon Henderson claim that Donovan had 417 00:19:03,166 --> 00:19:05,266 Barbara's stolen laptop computer 418 00:19:05,333 --> 00:19:08,367 and a pistol like the one he used in the killing? 419 00:19:08,433 --> 00:19:09,967 TUJAKA: When we go back to Shannon 420 00:19:09,967 --> 00:19:13,734 about the bad information, she tries to tell us, "Oh, 421 00:19:13,734 --> 00:19:16,678 they must have gotten rid of it," coming up with a multitude 422 00:19:16,678 --> 00:19:17,066 they must have gotten rid of it," coming up with a multitude 423 00:19:17,066 --> 00:19:19,967 of stories on why this was unsuccessful. 424 00:19:21,066 --> 00:19:25,734 I told her do not come to us with any more false information, 425 00:19:25,734 --> 00:19:27,367 because the word will get on 426 00:19:27,367 --> 00:19:30,967 the street that you're helping the police, 427 00:19:30,967 --> 00:19:33,367 and that will not be good for you. 428 00:19:35,634 --> 00:19:38,533 After I told her that, she admits that 429 00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:41,967 she was trying to get the reward money 430 00:19:41,967 --> 00:19:46,166 and thought that by giving us this information that 431 00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:46,678 we might find something and that she would get the reward money. 432 00:19:46,678 --> 00:19:49,233 we might find something and that she would get the reward money. 433 00:19:53,100 --> 00:19:55,634 Police and criminologists are sort of divided up 434 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:59,634 the middle on the value of offering reward money. 435 00:19:59,634 --> 00:20:01,367 It can incentivize some people, 436 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:03,634 but it also brings out false tipsters. 437 00:20:03,634 --> 00:20:07,066 In this case, Shannon, who correctly deduced that 438 00:20:07,066 --> 00:20:08,533 a daytime shooting of an accountant 439 00:20:08,533 --> 00:20:12,166 would probably result in the theft of a laptop computer. 440 00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:13,734 I mean, this was holdback information 441 00:20:13,734 --> 00:20:15,166 she correctly guessed 442 00:20:15,233 --> 00:20:16,678 and took investigators down a rabbit hole 443 00:20:16,678 --> 00:20:17,367 and took investigators down a rabbit hole 444 00:20:17,367 --> 00:20:20,166 in search of that reward money. 445 00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:21,967 HUNSICKER: I can't imagine how discouraging it is 446 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:22,900 to the police, I mean, 447 00:20:22,967 --> 00:20:24,734 you've got two different police departments 448 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,967 putting all this effort into 449 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,734 this raid in a dangerous place, and then they come up 450 00:20:28,734 --> 00:20:30,066 with nothing. 451 00:20:30,066 --> 00:20:31,634 TUJAKA: People were very scared. 452 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:33,634 The house where Barbara was killed 453 00:20:33,634 --> 00:20:36,166 was right off of a main thoroughfare. 454 00:20:36,233 --> 00:20:38,867 It could have been that she was followed, 455 00:20:38,867 --> 00:20:41,867 and it did scare the community. 456 00:20:41,867 --> 00:20:46,266 COLETTA: When a woman is gunned down in broad daylight, 457 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:46,678 the community wants answers. 458 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:48,634 the community wants answers. 459 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:52,367 If it could happen to Barbara, it could happen to anybody, 460 00:20:52,367 --> 00:20:55,800 and that really frightened residents. 461 00:20:57,634 --> 00:20:59,166 NARRATOR: With fear on the rise, 462 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,533 police redouble their efforts to find Barbara's killer, 463 00:21:02,533 --> 00:21:04,166 and they're not alone. 464 00:21:04,233 --> 00:21:06,367 Everyone in Grosse Pointe feels compelled 465 00:21:06,367 --> 00:21:09,166 to help, including an unexpected source -- 466 00:21:09,233 --> 00:21:12,166 Ann Marasco's caretaker, Leslie. 467 00:21:12,166 --> 00:21:14,734 TUJAKA: Leslie had told us that Ann and Barbara 468 00:21:14,734 --> 00:21:16,634 were very close and that 469 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:20,367 Ann relied on Barbara a great deal to protect her 470 00:21:20,367 --> 00:21:22,166 and her finances. 471 00:21:22,233 --> 00:21:24,967 HUNSICKER: Leslie also tells the police that there's 472 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,734 some kind of conflict, but she's very hesitant 473 00:21:26,734 --> 00:21:29,967 to say anything to the police about what's going on. 474 00:21:29,967 --> 00:21:33,066 NARRATOR: But detective Tujaka draws her into his confidence. 475 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:36,166 TUJAKA: I cultivated a relationship with Leslie, 476 00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:38,166 and basically, it was telling her, "Look, 477 00:21:38,166 --> 00:21:40,734 we just want to catch who did this to Barbara." 478 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,066 I told her I need to know what's going on in the house, 479 00:21:44,066 --> 00:21:46,000 so she agreed to help. 480 00:21:47,634 --> 00:21:50,266 I would give her rides home, and she would give me 481 00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:52,734 the information, and she had carte blanche 482 00:21:52,734 --> 00:21:56,066 to call me 24-7 on my cellphone. 483 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:58,533 I had gotten a good rapport with Leslie, 484 00:21:58,634 --> 00:22:01,467 to the point where she was my confidential informant. 485 00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:05,867 NARRATOR: Then suddenly, Leslie goes silent. 486 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:08,266 TUJAKA: One of the detectives happened to mention 487 00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:09,967 to Ann Marasco that 488 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,533 the housekeepers were helping us out, 489 00:22:12,533 --> 00:22:15,634 and Ann Marasco was going to fire them all. 490 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:16,678 It raises red flags. 491 00:22:16,678 --> 00:22:18,166 It raises red flags. 492 00:22:18,166 --> 00:22:19,634 Why is she doing that? 493 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:20,867 Is it because she has something 494 00:22:20,867 --> 00:22:23,066 to hide related to this homicide? 495 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:26,166 ARNTFIELD: Immediately of concern to police 496 00:22:26,233 --> 00:22:28,467 is why the employer of the murder victim 497 00:22:28,533 --> 00:22:31,533 is taking such a hard line and what she's afraid of. 498 00:22:31,533 --> 00:22:33,734 Ann Marasco threatening to fire all of 499 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,533 her employees leads me to believe that 500 00:22:37,634 --> 00:22:39,533 she knows what happened. 501 00:22:40,967 --> 00:22:43,533 NARRATOR: Now detectives consider whether millionaire 502 00:22:43,634 --> 00:22:45,467 Ann Marasco may have been 503 00:22:45,533 --> 00:22:46,678 the mastermind responsible for the murder. 504 00:22:46,678 --> 00:22:47,634 the mastermind responsible for the murder. 505 00:22:49,266 --> 00:22:50,634 [gunshot blasts] 506 00:22:54,467 --> 00:22:56,467 NARRATOR: Just a week after bookkeeper Barbara Iske is 507 00:22:56,467 --> 00:22:59,066 executed in her wealthy client's Grosse Pointe, 508 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:00,634 Michigan, driveway, 509 00:23:00,734 --> 00:23:03,867 that client, Ann Marasco, refuses to cooperate 510 00:23:03,867 --> 00:23:06,333 with investigators and also threatens 511 00:23:06,367 --> 00:23:09,166 her remaining staff if they do. 512 00:23:09,166 --> 00:23:12,800 Ann Marasco was going to fire all 513 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,634 of her caregivers for talking to the police. 514 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,467 She's hiding something -- to protect somebody? 515 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:22,700 NARRATOR: To find out, 516 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:23,497 detectives confront the wealthy doyen on 517 00:23:23,497 --> 00:23:25,467 detectives confront the wealthy doyen on 518 00:23:25,533 --> 00:23:27,533 her threat to silence her staff. 519 00:23:27,533 --> 00:23:30,900 After consulting with the Wayne County prosecutor, 520 00:23:30,900 --> 00:23:35,467 we informed her that she would be arrested and taken out in 521 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:38,533 handcuffs for obstruction of justice 522 00:23:38,533 --> 00:23:42,233 by interfering with a murder investigation. 523 00:23:42,266 --> 00:23:45,066 Ann Marasco contacted her attorneys, 524 00:23:45,066 --> 00:23:47,467 who told her that yes, she is 80-something. 525 00:23:47,467 --> 00:23:50,900 She's an invalid. We will arrest her. 526 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,497 Then her tune changes, and she tells all 527 00:23:53,497 --> 00:23:54,100 Then her tune changes, and she tells all 528 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:58,634 the housekeepers to fully cooperate with the police. 529 00:23:58,734 --> 00:24:00,533 NARRATOR: So Detective Tujaka picks up 530 00:24:00,634 --> 00:24:02,700 right where he left off with 531 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:05,634 Ann's caretaker informant, Leslie. 532 00:24:05,634 --> 00:24:08,867 TUJAKA: Leslie tells us that there is a lot of 533 00:24:08,867 --> 00:24:11,000 arguing going on in the house 534 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,700 between Joe and his mother, 535 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:17,634 and a lot of the conversations overheard by Leslie 536 00:24:17,734 --> 00:24:21,867 are that Ann Marasco thinks that Joe had 537 00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:23,497 something to do with this homicide. 538 00:24:23,497 --> 00:24:24,166 something to do with this homicide. 539 00:24:24,233 --> 00:24:28,533 And Joe is trying to convince his mother 540 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:29,867 that he was innocent. 541 00:24:31,900 --> 00:24:35,467 Joe did not have an alibi for the time of the murder, 542 00:24:35,467 --> 00:24:36,900 but at the same time, 543 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:39,467 we determined that Joe did not have the ability 544 00:24:39,467 --> 00:24:41,433 to have done this himself. 545 00:24:42,734 --> 00:24:45,166 NARRATOR: Now, detectives set out to find the source 546 00:24:45,233 --> 00:24:48,000 of the strife between Joe and his mother 547 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,066 and if it could have led to Barbara's murder. 548 00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:53,467 BUHK: Leslie describes Joe as volatile, 549 00:24:53,467 --> 00:24:53,497 ill-tempered, aggressive. 550 00:24:53,497 --> 00:24:55,900 ill-tempered, aggressive. 551 00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:58,867 Leslie tells me of the arguments 552 00:24:58,867 --> 00:25:02,533 and the fights that Joe had with Barbara 553 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:05,266 every single time that she came to the house. 554 00:25:05,266 --> 00:25:06,900 NARRATOR: The police informant believes 555 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,734 the cause of the fights may stem 556 00:25:08,734 --> 00:25:10,467 from Barbara's close relationship 557 00:25:10,533 --> 00:25:11,734 with Joe's mother, Ann. 558 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:15,467 Leslie tells police that Barbara 559 00:25:15,467 --> 00:25:17,467 and Ann have a very close friendship. 560 00:25:17,467 --> 00:25:21,734 It transcends a mere employee-employer situation. 561 00:25:21,734 --> 00:25:23,497 Ann loved Barbara like she was one of her own children. 562 00:25:23,497 --> 00:25:25,367 Ann loved Barbara like she was one of her own children. 563 00:25:25,367 --> 00:25:28,533 Barbara was protecting Ann's finances. 564 00:25:28,533 --> 00:25:32,000 And before Barbara had gotten involved, 565 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,066 Joe had convinced his mother to leave everything 566 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:39,533 that she had to Joe and nothing to his sister. 567 00:25:41,467 --> 00:25:45,266 He believed that, being the only son, 568 00:25:45,266 --> 00:25:47,867 that everything should go to him. 569 00:25:48,700 --> 00:25:51,000 NARRATOR: Barbara advises that if Ann leaves 570 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,367 everything to Joe alone, 571 00:25:52,367 --> 00:25:53,497 it wouldn't be fair to his sister, 572 00:25:53,497 --> 00:25:54,467 it wouldn't be fair to his sister, 573 00:25:54,533 --> 00:25:57,000 Joe's eldest and only sibling. 574 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,233 Barbara is able to convince Ann that 575 00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:02,367 she should change the terms of her will. 576 00:26:02,367 --> 00:26:07,166 TUJAKA: In 2004, Ann split her will as a 50-50 577 00:26:07,166 --> 00:26:10,967 between Joe and her daughter, 578 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,734 and also, Ann wanted Barbara as 579 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,467 the executor of the will, 580 00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:20,266 and Barbara was also one of the beneficiaries. 581 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:21,967 NARRATOR: When Joe finds out about it, 582 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,497 he blames Barbara for his mother's revisions. 583 00:26:23,497 --> 00:26:24,900 he blames Barbara for his mother's revisions. 584 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:29,333 Joe was furious when his mother split the estate. 585 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,467 His fortune was cut in half. 586 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:35,000 And when we talk about fortune, 587 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,266 we talk about multimillion dollars. 588 00:26:37,266 --> 00:26:40,166 Joe wants the entirety of his mother's estate. 589 00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:41,367 He doesn't want a piece of it. 590 00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:43,533 He wants the entire pie. 591 00:26:43,634 --> 00:26:46,066 Joe felt that Barbara had no business 592 00:26:46,066 --> 00:26:49,333 sticking her nose in his family's affairs. 593 00:26:49,367 --> 00:26:51,800 Joe is enraged by this. 594 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,497 He views this as his money, and here's this outsider, 595 00:26:53,497 --> 00:26:54,867 He views this as his money, and here's this outsider, 596 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:57,967 this interloper, who's really messing with his future. 597 00:27:00,166 --> 00:27:02,467 NARRATOR: And the police informant says the tensions 598 00:27:02,467 --> 00:27:05,233 between the two only escalated from there. 599 00:27:07,867 --> 00:27:13,533 Leslie tells me that Joe has been vocal about harming 600 00:27:13,634 --> 00:27:15,533 Barbara even to the point of, 601 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,967 you know, "I'll kill her someday," 602 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,333 because of what she did for his finances. 603 00:27:23,467 --> 00:27:23,497 NARRATOR: But did Joe's verbal threats manifest into murder? 604 00:27:23,497 --> 00:27:26,867 NARRATOR: But did Joe's verbal threats manifest into murder? 605 00:27:26,867 --> 00:27:29,867 Police already know Joe is physically unable to pull 606 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:32,467 the trigger with his right hand and passed 607 00:27:32,533 --> 00:27:34,634 a gun residue test on his left. 608 00:27:34,634 --> 00:27:36,266 Even hiring someone else to 609 00:27:36,266 --> 00:27:39,100 kill Barbara wouldn't change what Joe really wanted, 610 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:40,467 [gunshot blasts] 611 00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:43,734 which was to have his mother cut his big sister out of the will. 612 00:27:44,867 --> 00:27:47,166 To get more clarity beyond house staff 613 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:50,166 innuendo, police talk to Joe's sister herself, 614 00:27:50,166 --> 00:27:52,166 Martha Sutherland. 615 00:27:52,233 --> 00:27:53,497 Martha tells me Joe actually had worked 616 00:27:53,497 --> 00:27:55,533 Martha tells me Joe actually had worked 617 00:27:55,533 --> 00:27:59,166 for the company that his father had started. 618 00:27:59,166 --> 00:28:04,233 But Joe was a heavy addict and was screwing up so much 619 00:28:04,266 --> 00:28:06,533 that his brother-in-law, 620 00:28:06,533 --> 00:28:10,533 his sister's husband, bought him out of the company 621 00:28:10,533 --> 00:28:14,367 because he was damaging the company so badly. 622 00:28:14,367 --> 00:28:16,533 Joe hated them for that. 623 00:28:18,266 --> 00:28:21,533 Joe is upset that Martha and her husband 624 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,497 have full control over this very lucrative family business. 625 00:28:23,497 --> 00:28:26,533 have full control over this very lucrative family business. 626 00:28:26,533 --> 00:28:29,467 Joe even goes as far as sending 627 00:28:29,533 --> 00:28:32,634 death threats to Martha and her family. 628 00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:38,100 TUJAKA: Two years prior to the homicide, 629 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:42,000 Joe's sister and brother-in-law had obtained a personal 630 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,634 protection order against him, 631 00:28:43,634 --> 00:28:47,066 because they feared for their lives because of his threats. 632 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:51,266 BUHK: Joe feels that his mother's estate is payment 633 00:28:51,266 --> 00:28:53,497 for being shut out of the family business. 634 00:28:53,497 --> 00:28:54,233 for being shut out of the family business. 635 00:28:54,266 --> 00:28:58,734 That was why he had convinced his mother to leave 636 00:28:58,734 --> 00:29:01,367 everything in her will to him 637 00:29:01,367 --> 00:29:05,867 and only him, 100 percent and nothing to Martha. 638 00:29:05,867 --> 00:29:08,533 NARRATOR: Martha also confirms what her mother's caretaker, 639 00:29:08,533 --> 00:29:10,800 Leslie, told police. 640 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,467 Martha heard her brother Joe 641 00:29:12,467 --> 00:29:14,967 on several occasions threaten Barbara. 642 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:18,367 Joe has a known history of being 643 00:29:18,367 --> 00:29:20,533 aggressive and going after what he wants. 644 00:29:20,634 --> 00:29:22,533 And so now that money is in the mix, 645 00:29:22,533 --> 00:29:23,497 it may increase the suspicion that's cast upon him. 646 00:29:23,497 --> 00:29:26,333 it may increase the suspicion that's cast upon him. 647 00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:28,467 NARRATOR: But for that suspicion to be true, 648 00:29:28,467 --> 00:29:30,367 it would mean that Joe hired someone 649 00:29:30,367 --> 00:29:32,367 to kill Barbara out of spite alone, 650 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:34,367 even though Barbara had no power 651 00:29:34,367 --> 00:29:36,066 to change the will herself. 652 00:29:39,266 --> 00:29:41,166 NARRATOR: A week after Barbara Iske was gunned down 653 00:29:41,166 --> 00:29:43,266 in broad daylight, just steps 654 00:29:43,266 --> 00:29:45,266 from the front door of her wealthy client's 655 00:29:45,266 --> 00:29:46,867 Grosse Pointe, Michigan, home, 656 00:29:46,867 --> 00:29:48,867 police suspect her client's son, 657 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:51,967 Joe Marasco, may somehow be involved. 658 00:29:51,967 --> 00:29:55,266 So detectives haul Joe back down to the station 659 00:29:55,266 --> 00:29:56,634 and confront him again with 660 00:29:56,700 --> 00:29:58,867 the case details to gauge his reaction. 661 00:30:00,066 --> 00:30:03,266 TUJAKA: We interviewed Joe a second time and asked 662 00:30:03,266 --> 00:30:07,533 the exact same questions to see how he answers them. 663 00:30:07,533 --> 00:30:08,443 If it's truthful, it will be without hesitation the same. 664 00:30:08,443 --> 00:30:11,166 If it's truthful, it will be without hesitation the same. 665 00:30:11,166 --> 00:30:14,533 If there's any deception, there will be pausing 666 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:15,634 and trying to figure out 667 00:30:15,634 --> 00:30:17,734 what it is, and it will not be the same answer. 668 00:30:17,734 --> 00:30:20,166 He does not have an alibi for the time that Barbara was 669 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:22,634 murdered, because he admits 670 00:30:22,634 --> 00:30:27,867 again that he was at home and didn't leave his home 671 00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:32,333 until about 11:15, 11:20. 672 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:36,066 I asked him what time his mother had 673 00:30:36,066 --> 00:30:38,443 called him to tell him that Barbara was dead. 674 00:30:38,443 --> 00:30:39,634 called him to tell him that Barbara was dead. 675 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:43,166 And he says, "I don't remember for sure." 676 00:30:43,166 --> 00:30:45,533 I says, "Just look on your phone. 677 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,467 It'll show on your phone when you got the call." 678 00:30:48,467 --> 00:30:51,066 And Joe says, "I don't know how to do that." 679 00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,533 And I says, "Well, here, I'll do it for you." 680 00:30:53,533 --> 00:30:57,734 And I reach out, and he voluntarily hands me his phone. 681 00:30:57,734 --> 00:31:01,166 So I look at the time around Barbara shooting, and there's 682 00:31:01,166 --> 00:31:04,467 a whole flurry of telephone calls from the cellphone. 683 00:31:04,533 --> 00:31:07,433 It was the same number multiple times. 684 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:08,443 And that raised my suspicions. 685 00:31:08,443 --> 00:31:11,266 And that raised my suspicions. 686 00:31:11,266 --> 00:31:14,066 So I started writing these telephone numbers down. 687 00:31:15,734 --> 00:31:18,734 Joe looks over, sees me, and says, 688 00:31:18,734 --> 00:31:21,967 "Hey, what are you doing? Give me my phone back." 689 00:31:21,967 --> 00:31:23,867 I handed him his phone back, 690 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,967 but I already had a whole list of telephone numbers. 691 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,734 NARRATOR: Joe doesn't tell investigators 692 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,867 anything new, but the people who called him might. 693 00:31:31,867 --> 00:31:34,066 This number that's been calling Joe like crazy 694 00:31:34,066 --> 00:31:35,166 is a buy-and-go phone, 695 00:31:35,166 --> 00:31:37,734 so we don't have a subscriber information for him. 696 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:38,443 NARRATOR: And without a subscriber's name, 697 00:31:38,443 --> 00:31:39,734 NARRATOR: And without a subscriber's name, 698 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,734 a buy-and-go phone's owner remains anonymous. 699 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:45,634 But numbers with subscribers who call that phone 700 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:47,467 are traceable. 701 00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:51,166 I do a search warrant for the cellphone records 702 00:31:51,166 --> 00:31:53,967 for that buy-and-go phone. 703 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,634 One of the phone numbers belongs to 704 00:31:55,634 --> 00:31:57,900 a woman named Rhiannon in the city of Detroit. 705 00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:02,533 NARRATOR: Investigators find Rhiannon at home. 706 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:03,734 They press her for the name of 707 00:32:03,734 --> 00:32:06,467 the person she called with the buy-and-go phone, 708 00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:08,367 but before she can respond, 709 00:32:08,433 --> 00:32:08,443 detectives spot a partial answer in plain sight. 710 00:32:08,443 --> 00:32:11,333 detectives spot a partial answer in plain sight. 711 00:32:12,266 --> 00:32:15,367 The detectives look over, and they see a calendar on 712 00:32:15,433 --> 00:32:18,066 the refrigerator in her kitchen. 713 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:22,066 On that calendar is written the telephone number in question 714 00:32:22,066 --> 00:32:24,367 with the name Derrick next to it. 715 00:32:25,266 --> 00:32:27,967 BUHK: She is not cooperative and does not 716 00:32:27,967 --> 00:32:30,967 want to give up the identity of Derrick. 717 00:32:30,967 --> 00:32:34,066 NARRATOR: Still, with a first name of Derrick and a long 718 00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:37,734 list of people who also call Derrick's buy-and-go number, 719 00:32:37,734 --> 00:32:38,443 detectives have another option to uncover Derrick's last name. 720 00:32:38,443 --> 00:32:42,166 detectives have another option to uncover Derrick's last name. 721 00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:46,066 TUJAKA: We were able to subpoena seven other individuals 722 00:32:46,100 --> 00:32:51,066 linked to that phone number and, under oath, question them. 723 00:32:51,066 --> 00:32:53,867 During this questioning, one of the people revealed 724 00:32:53,867 --> 00:32:57,100 that this telephone number belonged to Derrick Thompson. 725 00:32:59,166 --> 00:33:03,967 Derrick Anthony Thompson is a career criminal with 726 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,266 a lengthy history of assault and battery, 727 00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:08,443 drug offenses, theft. 728 00:33:08,443 --> 00:33:10,367 drug offenses, theft. 729 00:33:10,367 --> 00:33:11,967 The list goes on and on. 730 00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:14,367 HUNSICKER: The police think that because of Joe's long 731 00:33:14,433 --> 00:33:16,533 history of drug use that the two men might have met 732 00:33:16,533 --> 00:33:18,266 during a drug deal. 733 00:33:18,266 --> 00:33:20,634 BUHK: But maybe it's more than just the drugs. 734 00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:24,066 Derrick's cellphone records reveal that, on the day of 735 00:33:24,066 --> 00:33:27,000 the murder, Derrick made several calls to Joe. 736 00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:31,367 NARRATOR: With calls from Derrick Anthony Thompson 737 00:33:31,367 --> 00:33:33,533 to Joe Marasco and back again at the time 738 00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:35,166 Barbara Iske is killed, 739 00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:37,967 police now have one question. 740 00:33:37,967 --> 00:33:38,443 Was Derrick Anthony Thompson the one who shot Barbara Iske? 741 00:33:38,443 --> 00:33:42,533 Was Derrick Anthony Thompson the one who shot Barbara Iske? 742 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,166 NARRATOR: To answer that question, 743 00:33:47,233 --> 00:33:49,367 detectives need to determine if Derrick was 744 00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:52,467 anywhere near Joe's house when Barbara was killed. 745 00:33:53,266 --> 00:33:56,467 TUJAKA: I made up my own huge map of the city of Detroit 746 00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:59,266 with every cellphone tower location 747 00:33:59,266 --> 00:34:02,533 and locations of residences. 748 00:34:02,533 --> 00:34:07,467 I find that Derrick Thompson's cellphone was hitting on 749 00:34:07,533 --> 00:34:08,443 a cell tower approximately six blocks away 750 00:34:08,443 --> 00:34:11,634 a cell tower approximately six blocks away 751 00:34:11,634 --> 00:34:14,800 from the Marasco house at the time of the murder. 752 00:34:16,166 --> 00:34:18,967 We find an address for Derrick Thompson. 753 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,467 We immediately started a surveillance, 754 00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:25,166 and we find parked at the house 755 00:34:25,166 --> 00:34:28,166 a light blue Ford Tempo 756 00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:31,467 with a broken window. 757 00:34:32,367 --> 00:34:35,100 NARRATOR: The vehicle's make and missing driver side window 758 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:37,367 matches the car that two teenagers 759 00:34:37,367 --> 00:34:38,443 describe speeding away from Joe's house around 760 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:39,967 describe speeding away from Joe's house around 761 00:34:39,967 --> 00:34:41,533 the time Barbara was shot. 762 00:34:43,166 --> 00:34:44,967 But just when investigators think 763 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,367 they've found their shooter, 764 00:34:46,433 --> 00:34:48,634 police find a second suspicious number 765 00:34:48,634 --> 00:34:50,166 in Derrick's phone. 766 00:34:50,233 --> 00:34:54,166 TUJAKA: I find a number that Derrick is calling 767 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:56,533 as soon as he gets off the phone with Joe 768 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:59,734 and obtain subscriber information that it 769 00:34:59,734 --> 00:35:02,467 was purchased by Andre Williams. 770 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:07,066 I find that he was suspected by 771 00:35:07,066 --> 00:35:08,443 Detroit Homicide of two or three other homicides. 772 00:35:08,443 --> 00:35:11,867 Detroit Homicide of two or three other homicides. 773 00:35:11,867 --> 00:35:14,266 The police believe Andre and Derrick know each other 774 00:35:14,266 --> 00:35:16,634 from men in jail at the same time together. 775 00:35:18,166 --> 00:35:19,967 NARRATOR: And detectives discover the men 776 00:35:19,967 --> 00:35:21,333 have a mutual connection. 777 00:35:23,533 --> 00:35:26,367 TUJAKA: I found five phone calls 778 00:35:26,433 --> 00:35:29,734 from Andre Williams's cellphone to 779 00:35:29,734 --> 00:35:33,634 Joe Marasco's cellphone on the day of the murder. 780 00:35:33,634 --> 00:35:35,867 So this connected all three of 781 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,443 the subjects together to arrest all three of them. 782 00:35:38,443 --> 00:35:38,967 the subjects together to arrest all three of them. 783 00:35:39,867 --> 00:35:42,634 Derrick insists that he has had nothing to do 784 00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:43,867 with Barbara Iske's murder, 785 00:35:43,867 --> 00:35:47,634 but he does admit to being in Grosse Pointe at the time. 786 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,100 TUJAKA: Derrick tells me that this guy that he knew as Andre 787 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:54,967 just needed a ride somewhere, and all of a sudden, 788 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,734 Andre got out of the car and then got back in the car, 789 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,867 and Andre now has a laptop computer with him, 790 00:36:01,867 --> 00:36:03,867 and then they left. 791 00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:06,967 Derrick puts himself at the scene of the homicide. 792 00:36:06,967 --> 00:36:08,443 He admits he drove Andre Williams to the Marasco house. 793 00:36:08,443 --> 00:36:11,367 He admits he drove Andre Williams to the Marasco house. 794 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,734 NARRATOR: Derrick Thompson implies that 795 00:36:15,734 --> 00:36:17,867 Andre Williams was the shooter, 796 00:36:17,867 --> 00:36:20,967 but police need something more solid than an implication from 797 00:36:20,967 --> 00:36:23,100 an ex-con to make any charges stick 798 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,266 beyond a reasonable doubt. 799 00:36:25,333 --> 00:36:29,533 TUJAKA: So we interrogate Andre, and Andre is giving up nothing. 800 00:36:29,533 --> 00:36:34,266 He has a backpack, and in that backpack are his school books. 801 00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:37,734 In addition to that, there are several Bible passages 802 00:36:37,734 --> 00:36:38,443 in which he has written down on loose leaf paper. 803 00:36:38,443 --> 00:36:40,467 in which he has written down on loose leaf paper. 804 00:36:41,634 --> 00:36:44,266 I says, "I know that you're a bit religious. 805 00:36:44,266 --> 00:36:46,266 "I saw your Bible passages. 806 00:36:46,266 --> 00:36:49,367 Would you like to use my Bible?" 807 00:36:49,433 --> 00:36:50,867 And he said, "Yes, please." 808 00:36:50,867 --> 00:36:53,166 I gave him my personally owned Bible. 809 00:36:53,166 --> 00:36:58,100 And I tell him the only way for forgiveness in the eyes of 810 00:36:58,100 --> 00:37:01,166 our Lord Jesus Christ is to stand up 811 00:37:01,166 --> 00:37:03,000 and take account for your sins. 812 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:08,443 And as I look at him, I see a tear come out of his eye, 813 00:37:08,443 --> 00:37:08,734 And as I look at him, I see a tear come out of his eye, 814 00:37:12,266 --> 00:37:14,233 and he says, "I want to confess." 815 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,467 And he gave us a 15-page confession. 816 00:37:19,467 --> 00:37:23,800 He confessed to absolutely every single detail. 817 00:37:25,367 --> 00:37:26,533 In this moment, 818 00:37:26,533 --> 00:37:31,066 good police work and divine intervention give 819 00:37:31,066 --> 00:37:34,634 detectives the answers they've been searching for. 820 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,443 Andre tells us that in May of 2005, 821 00:37:38,443 --> 00:37:41,100 Andre tells us that in May of 2005, 822 00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:43,533 Derrick Thompson and Joe Marasco 823 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,800 solicited Andre to kill Barbara. 824 00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,266 We've got our killer. 825 00:37:50,367 --> 00:37:53,367 NARRATOR: Andre's confession not only confirms Derrick's role as 826 00:37:53,367 --> 00:37:55,533 the driver and that Joe Marasco 827 00:37:55,533 --> 00:37:57,367 was the mastermind behind the hit, 828 00:37:57,433 --> 00:38:00,533 it also allows investigators to finally piece together 829 00:38:00,533 --> 00:38:03,367 the events that led to Barbara Iske's murder. 830 00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:08,443 TUJAKA: 8:31 a.m. on June 14th, 2005, 831 00:38:08,443 --> 00:38:08,867 TUJAKA: 8:31 a.m. on June 14th, 2005, 832 00:38:08,867 --> 00:38:12,066 Joe calls Derrick on his cellphone and says, 833 00:38:12,066 --> 00:38:13,433 "Get ready, hit's on." 834 00:38:14,467 --> 00:38:18,467 At 9:06 a.m., Derrick picks up Andre. 835 00:38:18,533 --> 00:38:20,266 Sometime around 10 a.m., 836 00:38:20,333 --> 00:38:25,100 Barbara leaves her home to go to work at the Marasco house. 837 00:38:26,533 --> 00:38:28,166 At 10:26 a.m., 838 00:38:28,166 --> 00:38:32,100 Derrick Thompson receives a cellphone call, 839 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,734 and it hits on the cell tower 840 00:38:34,734 --> 00:38:37,734 near the Marasco house in Grosse Pointe. 841 00:38:37,734 --> 00:38:38,443 At 10:30 a.m., 842 00:38:38,443 --> 00:38:39,533 At 10:30 a.m., 843 00:38:39,533 --> 00:38:42,467 Barbara arrives at the Marasco house, 844 00:38:43,533 --> 00:38:48,367 backs into the driveway, and exits the car with her purse. 845 00:38:48,367 --> 00:38:51,533 Andre gets out of the car and approaches Barbara 846 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:52,734 to make the hit. 847 00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,066 BUHK: Andre shoots her in the face. 848 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:02,734 -[gunshot blasts] -She falls on the pavement. 849 00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,734 He stands over her body, points his gun at 850 00:39:05,734 --> 00:39:08,066 the back of her head, and shoots her a second time. 851 00:39:08,066 --> 00:39:08,443 [gunshot blasts] 852 00:39:08,443 --> 00:39:10,266 [gunshot blasts] 853 00:39:10,333 --> 00:39:13,634 He quickly grabs the laptop. 854 00:39:13,634 --> 00:39:16,166 TUJAKA: At 10:32 a.m., 855 00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:20,266 Andre runs back to the car with Derrick Thompson. 856 00:39:20,266 --> 00:39:23,367 The car turns around, exits, 857 00:39:23,367 --> 00:39:25,634 and drives west on Jefferson 858 00:39:25,634 --> 00:39:27,166 towards the city of Detroit. 859 00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:32,100 At 10:55, Derrick calls Joe at home 860 00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,166 to let him know that the hit was completed. 861 00:39:35,634 --> 00:39:38,443 At 11 a.m., Derrick and Andre dispose of the murder weapon, 862 00:39:38,443 --> 00:39:39,100 At 11 a.m., Derrick and Andre dispose of the murder weapon, 863 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:42,867 laptop, and computer bag at a car wash in Detroit. 864 00:39:42,867 --> 00:39:47,066 TUJAKA: Derrick pays Andre $3,300 for the murder. 865 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:50,166 In July 2006, Derrick Thompson 866 00:39:50,233 --> 00:39:53,266 and Joe Marasco are both charged with murder. 867 00:39:53,333 --> 00:39:56,467 Derrick Thompson is convicted of first-degree murder 868 00:39:56,533 --> 00:39:59,166 and given a life sentence without the opportunity 869 00:39:59,233 --> 00:40:00,266 for parole. 870 00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:02,734 On July 18th, 2006, 871 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:05,634 Joe Marasco was also convicted 872 00:40:05,634 --> 00:40:08,443 of first-degree murder and sentenced to life 873 00:40:08,443 --> 00:40:08,634 of first-degree murder and sentenced to life 874 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:10,066 without parole. 875 00:40:10,066 --> 00:40:12,734 BUHK: In return for his testimony, 876 00:40:12,734 --> 00:40:14,867 Andre is offered a prison sentence of 877 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:16,634 20 to 30 years, plus an additional 878 00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:19,066 two years for a firearms charge. 879 00:40:20,634 --> 00:40:22,967 NARRATOR: Despite all three men being locked up, 880 00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:26,266 murder mastermind Joe Marasco continued to plot against others 881 00:40:26,266 --> 00:40:27,734 on the outside. 882 00:40:27,734 --> 00:40:32,734 Some months later, a person came to our station to make 883 00:40:32,734 --> 00:40:37,533 a report that Joe Marasco was trying to have his sister, 884 00:40:38,467 --> 00:40:42,367 her children, and her husband killed. 885 00:40:44,266 --> 00:40:46,867 NARRATOR: But before Joe can enact his plan, 886 00:40:46,867 --> 00:40:49,467 the story takes one final twist. 887 00:40:50,266 --> 00:40:52,967 During the investigation, police learned that Joe Marasco 888 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,533 has AIDS due to his heroin addiction. 889 00:40:55,533 --> 00:41:01,967 Joe was suffering from HIV and felt like the key to his health 890 00:41:01,967 --> 00:41:04,166 was an experimental drug, which would have been 891 00:41:04,166 --> 00:41:06,734 very expensive -- if he could have his mother's 892 00:41:06,734 --> 00:41:08,443 estate, then he would be able to afford that drug. 893 00:41:08,443 --> 00:41:09,734 estate, then he would be able to afford that drug. 894 00:41:09,734 --> 00:41:13,166 TUJAKA: On September 7th, 2007, Joe Marasco 895 00:41:13,166 --> 00:41:16,867 dies in prison of AIDS-related disease. 896 00:41:18,266 --> 00:41:19,967 STOCKDALE: It's such a tragic story. 897 00:41:19,967 --> 00:41:23,867 Here you have Barbara, who's been victimized by somebody's 898 00:41:23,867 --> 00:41:25,634 narcissistic entitlement over 899 00:41:25,634 --> 00:41:28,066 money, and that's just incredibly sad. 900 00:41:28,967 --> 00:41:30,266 COLETTA: There are no winners. 901 00:41:30,333 --> 00:41:35,266 Barbara's family lost a loving, generous, 902 00:41:35,266 --> 00:41:38,166 kind person, and Joe, 903 00:41:38,166 --> 00:41:38,443 he destroyed his family for his greed. 904 00:41:38,443 --> 00:41:41,634 he destroyed his family for his greed. 905 00:41:42,734 --> 00:41:44,467 HUNSICKER: It always comes down to the money. 906 00:41:44,533 --> 00:41:47,467 It's like an acid on the soul, and it makes people 907 00:41:47,467 --> 00:41:51,333 do things that are horrible, and look at what Joe did. 908 00:41:52,266 --> 00:41:55,634 Barbara was just, you know, a wonderful person. 909 00:41:55,634 --> 00:41:58,266 I mean, kind as could be, loving. 910 00:41:58,333 --> 00:42:01,367 I mean, she died simply because she was protecting Ann 911 00:42:01,367 --> 00:42:05,867 from her ass [bleep] son, and to kill this poor woman, 912 00:42:05,867 --> 00:42:08,066 you know, was just evil.