1 00:00:02,419 --> 00:00:05,213 JAMES: This cabin was burned all the way to the ground. 2 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:10,218 WES: I got a scent of kind of a sweet smell. 3 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:13,722 The smell was actually burnt flesh. 4 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:16,725 KASSIE: Investigators discovered a skull of a child. 5 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:20,520 We came to the shocking realization that 6 00:00:20,562 --> 00:00:22,522 what we were dealing with was the murder 7 00:00:22,564 --> 00:00:25,525 of an entire family. 8 00:00:25,567 --> 00:00:28,111 SIMON: We asked about issues with neighbors. 9 00:00:28,153 --> 00:00:30,238 There was a neighbor who was growing marijuana 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,198 partially on their property. 11 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:34,367 SUSIE: He said, "When I get back next weekend, 12 00:00:34,409 --> 00:00:35,744 I want it gone. 13 00:00:35,785 --> 00:00:38,830 Otherwise, there's gonna be trouble." 14 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:42,375 KASSIE: His father was in debt with his business. 15 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:44,210 JOHN: Some of the employees didn't have 16 00:00:44,252 --> 00:00:47,464 such a great relationship with them. 17 00:00:47,505 --> 00:00:50,133 VERN: Someone's finances is one of the biggest drivers 18 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:52,427 of bad human behavior. 19 00:00:52,469 --> 00:00:55,221 KASSIE: It was shocking to think that someone 20 00:00:55,263 --> 00:00:56,765 could be so evil. 21 00:00:58,767 --> 00:01:04,105 [dramatic music playing] 22 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:15,575 KASSIE: El Dorado County in California 23 00:01:15,617 --> 00:01:17,243 is a pretty safe community. 24 00:01:17,285 --> 00:01:22,248 It's very rural, lots of trees and forestry. 25 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:25,585 WES: We live in an area that we call the Divide 26 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:28,630 comprised of the towns of Garden Valley, Kelsey, 27 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:30,840 Greenwood, Georgetown. 28 00:01:30,882 --> 00:01:32,592 The town of Greenwood has a population 29 00:01:32,634 --> 00:01:35,261 of approximately a thousand people. 30 00:01:35,303 --> 00:01:37,180 We're a very tight-knit community. 31 00:01:37,222 --> 00:01:39,265 KASSIE: A lot of the homes up here actually 32 00:01:39,307 --> 00:01:41,768 use these vacation homes for people down south 33 00:01:41,810 --> 00:01:43,311 or in the Bay Area. 34 00:01:46,856 --> 00:01:49,275 September 13th, 2015, 35 00:01:49,317 --> 00:01:52,654 911 dispatchers received a call regarding 36 00:01:52,696 --> 00:01:56,157 a possible vegetation fire in Greenwood, California. 37 00:02:00,578 --> 00:02:02,497 WES: Our engine arrived at scene, 38 00:02:02,539 --> 00:02:05,625 flames themselves were a couple hundred feet long, 39 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:09,629 but we got pretty lucky because this particular fire 40 00:02:09,671 --> 00:02:11,840 was in a creek drainage, 41 00:02:11,881 --> 00:02:16,344 which helped keep the fire from growing even larger. 42 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:22,559 We contained it to just over three acres, 43 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,769 but we're talking about three football fields 44 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:26,813 worth of burnt area. 45 00:02:26,855 --> 00:02:29,607 We came across a small structure, 46 00:02:29,649 --> 00:02:31,860 approximately 600 square feet, 47 00:02:31,901 --> 00:02:34,863 that had been completely burned to the ground. 48 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:40,410 At that point, I got a scent of kind of a sweet smell 49 00:02:40,452 --> 00:02:43,496 and I just couldn't place exactly what it was. 50 00:02:43,538 --> 00:02:47,417 As I came around, at a different angle, 51 00:02:47,459 --> 00:02:48,877 it just kind of clicked. 52 00:02:48,918 --> 00:02:53,590 The smell was actually flesh, burnt flesh. 53 00:02:53,631 --> 00:02:56,676 It was evident that I was looking at a skull 54 00:02:56,718 --> 00:02:58,678 and a partial chest cavity. 55 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,722 Anytime you find human remains, 56 00:03:00,764 --> 00:03:02,974 there's a shock that goes along with that. 57 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:05,852 We know that we have a fatality of some kind. 58 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:08,355 The area was immediately cordoned off 59 00:03:08,396 --> 00:03:10,774 and the sheriff's department notified. 60 00:03:13,568 --> 00:03:16,279 JAMES: When we initially get out there, 61 00:03:16,321 --> 00:03:17,864 I was just trying to kind of make sense 62 00:03:17,906 --> 00:03:20,033 of what we had, what was going on. 63 00:03:20,075 --> 00:03:22,535 The one main structure at the crime scene 64 00:03:22,577 --> 00:03:24,537 looked to be like a vacation property, 65 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:26,039 it's like a cabin. 66 00:03:26,081 --> 00:03:28,500 This structure was completely burned. 67 00:03:28,541 --> 00:03:32,253 It was just a smoldering heap of ashes, 68 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:34,255 but it was still extremely hot. 69 00:03:34,297 --> 00:03:36,299 When you got near it, you could feel the heat 70 00:03:36,341 --> 00:03:37,759 coming off of it. 71 00:03:39,594 --> 00:03:41,388 WES: After we had sectioned it off 72 00:03:41,429 --> 00:03:42,972 and kind of looked further, 73 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:46,309 we found what we thought might be a second set of bones, 74 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:48,561 but we couldn't confirm it 75 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:50,647 without walking into the structure. 76 00:03:50,689 --> 00:03:52,399 JAMES: We have 20 acres of property. 77 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,733 We have a burned-up structure. 78 00:03:53,775 --> 00:03:56,403 We have what we believe to be two sets 79 00:03:56,444 --> 00:03:59,406 of potential human remains 80 00:03:59,447 --> 00:04:01,032 and literally no other information. 81 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:07,414 I had requested our CSI personnel 82 00:04:07,455 --> 00:04:09,332 to respond to the scene. 83 00:04:09,374 --> 00:04:12,043 I had our guys essentially start working 84 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:13,837 from the outside of the property 85 00:04:13,878 --> 00:04:17,424 and then the physical structure being the last place 86 00:04:17,465 --> 00:04:20,427 that we were going to start to process. 87 00:04:20,468 --> 00:04:23,430 There were several vehicles that were on the property. 88 00:04:23,471 --> 00:04:24,931 At the top of the driveway, 89 00:04:24,973 --> 00:04:28,601 at the cabin, was a two-axle trailer 90 00:04:28,643 --> 00:04:30,854 and an old Dodge work truck. 91 00:04:32,522 --> 00:04:35,608 JAMES: Using the registration information on those vehicles, 92 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:38,862 we were able to identify that they belonged 93 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:44,826 to Buchanan Construction, as well as Adam Buchanan, 94 00:04:44,868 --> 00:04:47,746 who had an address out of Benicia, California. 95 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:53,626 SIMON: Benicia California is about a three-hour drive. 96 00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:55,003 People who live in the Bay Area, 97 00:04:55,045 --> 00:04:56,629 which Benicia is part of the greater Bay Area, 98 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:58,923 like to come up into El Dorado County 99 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:00,967 to get away on the weekends often. 100 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:04,971 About 5:00 PM, 101 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:07,098 I reached out to Benicia Police Department, 102 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,559 and I asked if they could send somebody 103 00:05:09,601 --> 00:05:11,603 by the Buchanan family house to see if anybody 104 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:14,397 was at their residence that could maybe shed some light 105 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,524 on who would have been at this cabin. 106 00:05:18,610 --> 00:05:20,820 Initially, Benicia PD called me back, 107 00:05:20,862 --> 00:05:22,781 they went to the house. 108 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:26,368 In the driveway was a white F-150 truck. 109 00:05:26,409 --> 00:05:28,995 So tried to make contact at the door. 110 00:05:29,037 --> 00:05:32,874 SIMON: Sixteen-year-old Nolen Buchanan answered. 111 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:36,836 Nolen told the police that his dad, Adam, 112 00:05:36,878 --> 00:05:39,673 his dad's girlfriend Molly, and his eight-year-old brother 113 00:05:39,714 --> 00:05:41,883 were at the cabin and that he stayed behind. 114 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:44,969 Nolen said he was home alone. 115 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:47,555 He was expecting his parents and his brother Gavin 116 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:49,432 to come home Sunday night. 117 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:51,685 JAMES: So we do have information that we potentially know 118 00:05:51,726 --> 00:05:54,020 who was in the structure, 119 00:05:55,146 --> 00:05:57,649 but we can't jump to any conclusions. 120 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:00,527 The fire was still too hot for us to be able 121 00:06:00,568 --> 00:06:06,700 to actually process that scene and ID the remains. 122 00:06:06,741 --> 00:06:10,120 But we do know that we have what I believe to be two sets of-- 123 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:13,456 of human remains in this burned-up structure, 124 00:06:13,498 --> 00:06:16,584 and we have information that three people 125 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,962 were supposed to be at that cabin 126 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:21,506 and that they never returned. 127 00:06:23,925 --> 00:06:26,469 SIMON: Detective Conley and I drove down to Benicia 128 00:06:26,511 --> 00:06:28,013 to try and contact Nolen 129 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:29,973 and the other family members to learn more. 130 00:06:30,015 --> 00:06:32,684 Our goal at this point is to contact anyone we could 131 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,937 to help give us some information as to who was at that cabin. 132 00:06:37,939 --> 00:06:39,983 On the three-hour drive down to Benicia, 133 00:06:40,025 --> 00:06:41,860 Detective Conley and I tried to learn everything 134 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:44,571 we could about Adam Buchanan. 135 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:47,449 We contacted his business, Buchanan Construction. 136 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:50,118 The secretary confirmed phone numbers for Adam 137 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,911 and his girlfriend Molly, 138 00:06:51,953 --> 00:06:55,498 which we pinged to try and find their location. 139 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,000 We had no connection on those phones 140 00:06:57,042 --> 00:06:58,585 within the last couple of days. 141 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,548 Detective Conley and I arrived at Buchanan Construction 142 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:05,842 just before 5:00 PM on that Monday. 143 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:09,179 In the driveway, we contacted Howard Buchanan, 144 00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:10,764 who's Adam's father, 145 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:13,600 and Susan Buchanan, Adam's mother. 146 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:15,602 JOHN: Obviously, they were very shocked. 147 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:17,228 Unfortunately, I had very little detail for them, 148 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:19,230 other than we knew there was remains 149 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,149 in a burned-out structure. 150 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,276 They obviously were concerned. 151 00:07:23,318 --> 00:07:25,862 We tried to get a background on the cabin, 152 00:07:25,904 --> 00:07:28,740 kind of the layout. 153 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:30,784 He told us that it was under construction. 154 00:07:30,825 --> 00:07:33,119 And they were basically remodeling it 155 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:37,540 or renovating it as a vacation home. 156 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:40,502 SIMON: We wanted to know who slept where in the cabin, 157 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:43,630 was the cabin connected to power sources, generators, 158 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:46,091 anything that could cause an accidental fire. 159 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,510 One of the other options is maybe someone 160 00:07:48,551 --> 00:07:49,803 burned the house down. 161 00:07:51,721 --> 00:07:53,640 We still didn't know if the fire 162 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:55,809 was started by someone who was in the cabin still, 163 00:07:55,850 --> 00:07:57,936 or by someone who left the cabin. 164 00:08:01,773 --> 00:08:04,984 JAMES: When we're in a situation where we really don't know 165 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:07,153 the details of what we're investigating, 166 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:08,863 we have to treat everything 167 00:08:08,905 --> 00:08:11,825 that is there as potential evidence. 168 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:16,830 Back at the scene, we begin documenting with photographs, 169 00:08:16,871 --> 00:08:18,206 walking the property. 170 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:20,834 Down this hillside, 171 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:23,253 we located some trash in the fire pit. 172 00:08:24,921 --> 00:08:27,007 When we're collecting them, we don't necessarily know 173 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:30,135 if it will have any significance down the road. 174 00:08:33,054 --> 00:08:35,640 On the third day of the investigation, 175 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:37,684 the structure is essentially extinguished 176 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:41,271 and we can immediately dive into the entire structure. 177 00:08:41,312 --> 00:08:43,356 As we took a closer look, 178 00:08:43,398 --> 00:08:46,860 we discovered a third set of remains that we suspect 179 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:49,070 it could potentially be human as well. 180 00:08:50,905 --> 00:08:52,866 This piece of evidence really changed 181 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:55,243 the direction of the entire case. 182 00:08:55,285 --> 00:09:00,040 Roughly a 5x5 centimeter piece of skull. 183 00:09:00,081 --> 00:09:02,667 Right through the center portion was a small, 184 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:04,878 almost perfectly circular hole, 185 00:09:04,919 --> 00:09:08,131 which, even to the untrained eye, 186 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:10,258 appeared to be consistent with a bullet hole. 187 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:13,720 JOHN: At that point, 188 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:15,889 I think all of us kind of realized 189 00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:17,349 that this was in fact a homicide 190 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:20,352 and it was no longer an accidental fire 191 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:24,230 or other means of a fire that burned out the cabin. 192 00:09:24,272 --> 00:09:25,732 SIMON: The second we saw this hole, 193 00:09:25,774 --> 00:09:28,068 it was the first real indicator 194 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,402 that foul play was involved 195 00:09:29,444 --> 00:09:31,738 and it changed everything. 196 00:09:31,780 --> 00:09:33,740 KASSIE: At that point, the investigation turned 197 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:36,201 to try and figure out was it a home invasion? 198 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:37,869 Did somebody follow these people home 199 00:09:37,911 --> 00:09:39,621 and then murdered them? 200 00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:41,623 We came to the shocking realization 201 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:44,250 that what we were dealing with was potentially 202 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:52,884 RACHEL: I don't know when it started, 203 00:09:54,135 --> 00:09:56,429 but Molly and Adam would fight all the time. 204 00:09:56,471 --> 00:09:58,765 SUSIE: There were times when I--I worried that-- 205 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:01,393 that they would kill each other for heaven's sakes. 206 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,061 VERN: Nolen told us that the business 207 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:04,979 was struggling at that time. 208 00:10:05,021 --> 00:10:07,440 RACHEL: Adam was very hardheaded. 209 00:10:07,482 --> 00:10:10,276 This is how his company was going to be run. 210 00:10:10,318 --> 00:10:12,862 SIMON: If Adam fired some of their employees, 211 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,751 KASSIE: Once investigators determined that there was 212 00:10:28,169 --> 00:10:30,839 a bullet hole in a piece of skull in this cabin 213 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,882 that had been burned to almost nothing, 214 00:10:32,924 --> 00:10:35,885 it was immediately apparent that there was foul play. 215 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:38,972 JAMES: The remains were collected 216 00:10:39,014 --> 00:10:41,224 and those were sent with the forensic pathologist 217 00:10:41,266 --> 00:10:43,393 for their work to begin. 218 00:10:43,435 --> 00:10:44,519 KASSIE: During the autopsy, 219 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:45,937 it was discovered that 220 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:47,397 for the first set of remains, 221 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:50,275 there was a bullet lodged within the hips 222 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:53,653 and also fragments of bullet lodged within the vertebrae. 223 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:55,905 The second set of remains had been burned 224 00:10:55,947 --> 00:10:57,615 to almost nothing, like, there were 225 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:01,870 several shell casings located around the body. 226 00:11:01,911 --> 00:11:03,538 And the third set of remains, 227 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:06,958 that person had died of a gunshot wound to the head. 228 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,045 The pathologist was able to almost immediately determine 229 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:13,548 that that was the skull of a child. 230 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:20,430 We got confirmation from the Department of Justice crime lab 231 00:11:20,472 --> 00:11:22,349 that the identities in the remains 232 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:25,310 were Adam Buchanan, Molly McAfee, 233 00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:27,187 and Gavin Buchanan. 234 00:11:27,228 --> 00:11:29,898 We contacted both sides of the family. 235 00:11:31,232 --> 00:11:33,026 SUSIE: My phone rang and it was a detective 236 00:11:33,068 --> 00:11:35,195 from El Dorado County Sheriff's Office. 237 00:11:35,236 --> 00:11:38,198 He told me that he had something to tell me 238 00:11:38,239 --> 00:11:40,241 and he wanted to know if it was okay 239 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:42,994 that he notified me over the phone. 240 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,622 And I said, "Yes, you can." I said, "You're gonna tell me 241 00:11:45,663 --> 00:11:47,916 that you have confirmed identities 242 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:49,501 and it's actually them." 243 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:52,420 And he said, "Yes, it's them." 244 00:11:54,756 --> 00:11:56,424 And I was still just-- 245 00:11:56,466 --> 00:11:58,927 I remember my head was thrown back and I was-- 246 00:12:00,261 --> 00:12:03,306 I was crying because the realization 247 00:12:03,348 --> 00:12:06,393 was happening and it was all, like, instantaneous, 248 00:12:06,434 --> 00:12:08,103 my heart broke. 249 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:12,941 HOWARD: Like any parent who's ever lost a child, 250 00:12:13,692 --> 00:12:16,403 I just went into kind of shock, 251 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:19,197 loss of a part of our family 252 00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:22,409 that we'll never have back. 253 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:27,247 SUSIE: I actually had Molly a week 254 00:12:27,288 --> 00:12:29,499 after I graduated high school. 255 00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:31,501 We kind of grew up together. 256 00:12:31,543 --> 00:12:34,963 You know, it was Molly and me against the world. 257 00:12:35,005 --> 00:12:37,674 Molly was rebellious starting at a very young age 258 00:12:37,716 --> 00:12:42,637 and she wanted nothing more than to be loved unconditionally. 259 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,599 HOWARD: My son, Adam, was always full of life, 260 00:12:46,641 --> 00:12:48,268 always smiling. 261 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,145 Was the type of boy 262 00:12:50,186 --> 00:12:52,647 that wanted to know how things work. 263 00:12:53,732 --> 00:12:55,275 Adam married young. 264 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:58,445 He and his wife had Nolen. 265 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:01,990 Not too long afterwards and things 266 00:13:02,032 --> 00:13:04,159 just didn't quite work out for them, 267 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,535 so they split. 268 00:13:07,162 --> 00:13:10,498 Adam remained with custody of Nolen. 269 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:13,668 Nolen didn't have the same mechanical aptitude 270 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,004 as Adam had. 271 00:13:16,046 --> 00:13:20,467 And that was a little I'd say frustrating to Adam, 272 00:13:20,508 --> 00:13:22,260 because he wouldn't pick up on things 273 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:24,721 as quickly as Adam had. 274 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:27,599 But he loved Nolen. 275 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,311 He was hoping that he was going to follow in his footsteps, 276 00:13:31,353 --> 00:13:33,063 become the same type of individual 277 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:36,524 and eventually take over the family business. 278 00:13:40,111 --> 00:13:42,238 SUSIE: Molly went on an online dating site 279 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,617 and she met Adam at a Starbucks 280 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:47,494 and they had coffee and ended up 281 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,663 going to a gun range to shoot guns at a gun range. 282 00:13:50,705 --> 00:13:53,041 That was their first date. 283 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:56,169 HOWARD: She had a-- an office manager background 284 00:13:56,211 --> 00:13:58,838 in the construction business 285 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:03,259 so it was kind of like two peas in a pod. 286 00:14:04,344 --> 00:14:07,389 And they struck it off very well. 287 00:14:07,430 --> 00:14:10,767 RACHEL: They had a whirlwind relationship. 288 00:14:10,809 --> 00:14:14,270 She immediately fell head over heels with him, 289 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:16,356 almost immediately moved in with him 290 00:14:16,398 --> 00:14:19,109 into his brand new home in Benicia 291 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:22,529 and that's where she stayed for 10 years. 292 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:24,698 Molly always wanted to be a mom. 293 00:14:24,739 --> 00:14:28,284 She had a lot of miscarriages. 294 00:14:29,411 --> 00:14:31,746 She finally did end up getting pregnant 295 00:14:31,788 --> 00:14:35,208 and she was able to have Gavin. 296 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:36,626 She had Gavin two weeks early 297 00:14:36,668 --> 00:14:38,837 and that baby was almost 10 pounds. 298 00:14:42,465 --> 00:14:45,844 Gavin was an old soul. He was a gentle giant. 299 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,596 He towered over my son 300 00:14:48,638 --> 00:14:51,391 who was seven months older than him. 301 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:53,727 Very imaginative. 302 00:14:53,768 --> 00:14:57,564 Everything he did was "imagine if." 303 00:14:57,605 --> 00:15:01,443 Molly and Adam were happy in this perfect relationship, 304 00:15:01,484 --> 00:15:03,653 or so we would see on the outside. 305 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:06,740 I don't know when it started 306 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:10,410 but Molly and Adam would fight all the time. 307 00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:12,412 SUSIE: There were times when Molly and Adam 308 00:15:12,454 --> 00:15:14,539 didn't speak to each other but the love was still there. 309 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:17,667 That got progressively worse over the years. 310 00:15:17,709 --> 00:15:19,586 When it was good, it was really, really good 311 00:15:19,627 --> 00:15:21,546 and when it was bad, it was bad. 312 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:23,548 There was lots of fighting. 313 00:15:23,590 --> 00:15:25,425 When she was done, she'd move home. 314 00:15:25,467 --> 00:15:27,427 And, uh, you know, sometimes she would bring Gavin 315 00:15:27,469 --> 00:15:29,679 and sometimes she wasn't allowed to bring him. 316 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:33,141 There were times when I-- I worried that-- 317 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:37,437 that they would kill each other for heaven's sakes. 318 00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:40,857 When Molly and Adam started getting into hunting, 319 00:15:40,899 --> 00:15:42,567 you know, I-- I would think, "Oh, my gosh, 320 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,277 these two are going up into the mountains, 321 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:45,945 and they're hunting, and they have guns, 322 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:48,406 and what if they start fighting, you know, 323 00:15:48,448 --> 00:15:50,367 what could happen?" 324 00:15:50,408 --> 00:15:51,951 Molly had some hard times. 325 00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:54,412 And when the detective asked me, you know, 326 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:57,791 "Would any one of them commit suicide?" 327 00:15:57,832 --> 00:16:00,543 She had attempted suicide. 328 00:16:00,585 --> 00:16:03,838 It's so hard to think about... 329 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:09,511 [suspenseful music playing] 330 00:16:10,637 --> 00:16:12,305 If it was in fact a murder-suicide, 331 00:16:12,347 --> 00:16:15,517 we would find the murder weapon in or around 332 00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:17,227 the burnt out structure next to one 333 00:16:17,268 --> 00:16:20,271 of the deceased individuals. 334 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:21,815 JAMES: As we're processing the scene, 335 00:16:21,856 --> 00:16:24,275 we're obviously looking for any firearm 336 00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:27,821 that could be associated with that gunshot wound. 337 00:16:27,862 --> 00:16:29,739 VERN: We discussed how important it is 338 00:16:29,781 --> 00:16:34,953 to find even the slightest bit of fragment of a firearm, 339 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,955 because when you find a firearm, the probability of it 340 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:40,542 being a murder-suicide goes up quite a bit 341 00:16:40,583 --> 00:16:42,293 and the absence of a firearm means 342 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,837 that there was somebody else that had been at-- 343 00:16:43,878 --> 00:16:47,882 at the cabin and killed three people. 344 00:16:55,015 --> 00:16:56,891 eful music playing] KASSIE: It was confirmed that we have the remains 345 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:58,935 of an entire family. 346 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:03,606 The question was, could this have been a murder-suicide? 347 00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:05,859 JAMES: We have to keep well of our options open 348 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:07,736 as to what potentially this case 349 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,112 could be dealing with. 350 00:17:09,154 --> 00:17:10,905 Over the course of five days, 351 00:17:10,947 --> 00:17:13,825 we processed the entirety of the scene from, uh, 352 00:17:13,867 --> 00:17:19,414 keeping mass of ash and debris down completely to the floor 353 00:17:19,456 --> 00:17:22,125 and dirt below that foundation. 354 00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:24,044 I can confidently say that there was no firearm 355 00:17:24,085 --> 00:17:27,589 located anywhere on that entire property. 356 00:17:29,632 --> 00:17:31,593 SIMON: At this point in the investigation, 357 00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:35,472 we know that someone killed the people in that cabin. 358 00:17:35,513 --> 00:17:38,016 JOHN: We needed to figure out more into their-- 359 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:41,770 their personal life and see if they had, you know, enemies. 360 00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:45,899 SIMON: After speaking with Adam's parents, 361 00:17:45,940 --> 00:17:47,984 Howard and Susan, Detective Conley and I 362 00:17:48,026 --> 00:17:50,653 asked if we could talk to Adam's 16-year old son, Nolen, 363 00:17:50,695 --> 00:17:52,947 to get some baseline information. 364 00:17:54,157 --> 00:17:55,742 JAMES: At that point, Nolen was staying 365 00:17:55,784 --> 00:17:58,828 with his grandfather and grandmother. 366 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,582 JOHN: He was kind of just matter of fact about things 367 00:18:02,624 --> 00:18:04,959 that he didn't show a lot of emotion, 368 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:07,462 uh, but he had also told us that he was trying to be brave 369 00:18:07,504 --> 00:18:08,797 and didn't wanna breakdown, 370 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:10,965 that he was trying to stay strong. 371 00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:12,801 SIMON: During this interview, Nolen told us 372 00:18:12,842 --> 00:18:14,678 that he stayed behind that weekend 373 00:18:14,719 --> 00:18:17,055 because he had some stuff to do around the house. 374 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:19,265 Nolen said that the family had gone up. 375 00:18:19,307 --> 00:18:22,519 Meaning Adam, Molly, and Gavin. 376 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,688 And they were driving the Dodge work truck 377 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:26,773 that we had seen at the cabin. 378 00:18:26,815 --> 00:18:28,775 Nolen said that they had brought up some rock 379 00:18:28,817 --> 00:18:32,028 to work on the outside of the cabin. 380 00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:35,073 We asked him about issues with neighbors. 381 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:37,200 Nolen tells us that there was a neighbor 382 00:18:37,242 --> 00:18:40,578 who was growing marijuana partially on their property. 383 00:18:41,955 --> 00:18:44,124 VERN: If you have a large marijuana operation, 384 00:18:44,165 --> 00:18:47,544 a large grow, everybody is on. 385 00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:48,920 People protecting it, 386 00:18:48,962 --> 00:18:50,922 the people's trying to steal it. 387 00:18:50,964 --> 00:18:52,924 SIMON: In our area, violent crime associated 388 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:55,635 with marijuana grows is not unheard ff. 389 00:18:55,677 --> 00:18:57,971 KASSIE: Over the years, we have had several homicides 390 00:18:58,013 --> 00:19:00,598 related to such marijuana grows, 391 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,769 so that was of course an avenue that we looked into. 392 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:07,022 JOHN: And we asked Nolen if they had any enemies 393 00:19:07,063 --> 00:19:08,314 over at the business. 394 00:19:08,356 --> 00:19:09,816 Nolen told us that the business 395 00:19:09,858 --> 00:19:11,735 was struggling at that time. 396 00:19:11,776 --> 00:19:13,528 SIMON: He even told us that the family business 397 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,655 only had five employees which is the least 398 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:17,699 they had ever had. 399 00:19:17,741 --> 00:19:20,285 KASSIE: And he talked about the fact that he knew 400 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,120 that his father... 401 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:27,167 was in debt with his business. 402 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:29,169 SIMON: We had a couple of different possibilities 403 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:31,087 to investigate further. 404 00:19:33,048 --> 00:19:35,800 SUSIE: The detective from El Dorado County called me. 405 00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:37,594 He started asking me about the neighbors 406 00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:39,596 that had the pot farm. 407 00:19:42,182 --> 00:19:45,018 When my husband and I visited the cabin 408 00:19:45,060 --> 00:19:47,687 for the first time in October of 2014, 409 00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:50,899 um, Molly and Adam both told us that when they got there, 410 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:52,776 Adam had walked the property 411 00:19:52,817 --> 00:19:54,944 and he came upon a pot farm. 412 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,701 Adam was very much against any kind of drugs. 413 00:20:01,743 --> 00:20:04,287 The next thing, you know, he's at the neighbors. 414 00:20:04,329 --> 00:20:06,873 He knocked on the door. 415 00:20:06,915 --> 00:20:09,292 SUSIE: And then the mom came to the door and Adam said, 416 00:20:09,334 --> 00:20:11,795 "Look, I will be back next weekend 417 00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:13,046 and when I get back next weekend, 418 00:20:13,088 --> 00:20:15,840 I want it gone." 419 00:20:15,882 --> 00:20:17,759 Otherwise, there's gonna be trouble. 420 00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:19,761 He's gonna call the cops. 421 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:22,722 SIMON: So the chances of a neighbor retaliating, 422 00:20:22,764 --> 00:20:24,599 killing the family, and burning the house down, 423 00:20:24,641 --> 00:20:26,601 was definitely not out of the question. 424 00:20:26,643 --> 00:20:28,144 JOHN: We weren't sure that that was maybe 425 00:20:28,186 --> 00:20:29,646 what this was related to. 426 00:20:31,773 --> 00:20:33,900 SIMON: Deputies knocked on some of these houses' doors 427 00:20:33,942 --> 00:20:36,236 near the cabin to try and figure out 428 00:20:36,277 --> 00:20:39,114 who knew anything about the pot farm. 429 00:20:40,657 --> 00:20:43,076 JOHN: A short time later, they called me and said 430 00:20:43,118 --> 00:20:45,745 one of the neighbors told him what he knew about somebody 431 00:20:45,787 --> 00:20:47,914 that was trying to grow marijuana 432 00:20:47,956 --> 00:20:49,916 that Adam had told them they weren't gonna grow there 433 00:20:49,958 --> 00:20:51,876 and-- and that was kind of the end of it. 434 00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:53,253 Adam ran the guy off and that was kind 435 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,755 of the last he had ever heard of them. 436 00:20:55,797 --> 00:20:58,049 SIMON: We still had to investigate further. 437 00:20:58,091 --> 00:21:00,093 We also wanted to learn as much as we could 438 00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:03,972 about the family business based on what Nolen told us. 439 00:21:05,140 --> 00:21:06,808 JOHN: Later that same day, 440 00:21:06,850 --> 00:21:08,935 we talked to most of his employees. 441 00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:11,646 SIMON: We learned that the business was failing. 442 00:21:11,688 --> 00:21:13,189 They were at least $30,000 in debt 443 00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:15,650 and it laid off some of their employees. 444 00:21:15,692 --> 00:21:18,028 JOHN: A couple of the other workers from the business 445 00:21:18,069 --> 00:21:20,321 said that Adam and Molly were-- were friendly, 446 00:21:20,363 --> 00:21:21,948 but some of the employees didn't have 447 00:21:21,990 --> 00:21:24,784 such great relationship with Adam. 448 00:21:24,826 --> 00:21:26,411 RACHEL: From what I understand, 449 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:31,041 Adam was very particular, very hard-headed. 450 00:21:31,082 --> 00:21:34,044 This is how his company was going to be run. 451 00:21:34,085 --> 00:21:36,338 SIMON: If Adam fired some of their employees, 452 00:21:36,379 --> 00:21:40,050 it's not unheard of to have laid off workers retaliate. 453 00:21:40,091 --> 00:21:42,927 VERN: Someone's finances is one of the biggest drivers 454 00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:45,305 of bad human behavior. 455 00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:47,390 JOHN: We needed to obtain a search warrant 456 00:21:47,432 --> 00:21:49,809 for the business in Benicia 457 00:21:49,851 --> 00:21:52,437 to obtain anything that would lend to them 458 00:21:52,479 --> 00:21:55,065 having somebody that was it their enemy or, 459 00:21:55,106 --> 00:21:57,150 you know, if they were having problems with business 460 00:21:57,192 --> 00:21:58,860 or whatever the case may be. 461 00:22:03,365 --> 00:22:05,992 KASSIE: In the weekend following the murders of Molly, 462 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:07,827 Adam, and Gavin, 463 00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:09,996 a coastal cleanup was done by a local high school 464 00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:11,915 on Reservoir Road, 465 00:22:11,956 --> 00:22:16,336 approximately .7 miles away from Buchanan Construction. 466 00:22:16,378 --> 00:22:19,005 While participating in the cleanup, 467 00:22:19,047 --> 00:22:21,800 one of the students discovered a purse 468 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:25,011 hidden in a bush and nearby the purse 469 00:22:25,053 --> 00:22:27,472 was a 22 caliber rifle. 470 00:22:29,099 --> 00:22:32,811 Finding the gun and the purse in that rural area of Benicia 471 00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:36,022 was a huge break in the case. 472 00:22:36,064 --> 00:22:37,941 SIMON: At that point, Detective Conley and I 473 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:39,401 went down immediately. 474 00:22:39,442 --> 00:22:42,821 [suspenseful music playing] 475 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:49,494 SIMON: We looked at the rifle and looked inside the purse. 476 00:22:49,536 --> 00:22:53,415 Inside the purse, we saw ID card for Adam Buchanan. 477 00:22:56,418 --> 00:22:58,294 We suspected that whoever murdered 478 00:22:58,336 --> 00:23:02,173 the three at the cabin took that weapon with them 479 00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,801 with Adam and Molly's information and their wallets 480 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:08,054 into that purse and brought it all the way back to Benicia 481 00:23:08,096 --> 00:23:09,472 seven-tenths of a mile away 482 00:23:09,514 --> 00:23:11,933 from the family business... 483 00:23:11,975 --> 00:23:13,560 and hid it. 484 00:23:13,601 --> 00:23:16,229 JOHN: Based on the location where it was, 485 00:23:16,271 --> 00:23:18,815 clearly the evidence, one-- one of the other workers 486 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:21,109 from the business and so now we knew 487 00:23:21,151 --> 00:23:23,319 we had to put the pieces of this puzzle together, 488 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:25,447 so that we can get justice for the family. 489 00:23:33,163 --> 00:23:34,998 eful music playing] SIMON: Finding the rifle hidden on the side 490 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,375 of Reservoir Road was a huge break in this case. 491 00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:39,627 With the likely murder weapon, Molly's purse, 492 00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:42,630 Adam's wallet hidden just seven-tenths of a mile 493 00:23:42,672 --> 00:23:44,424 from the business. 494 00:23:44,466 --> 00:23:47,510 It gave us evidence linking Buchanan Construction 495 00:23:47,552 --> 00:23:49,095 to the murders. 496 00:23:49,137 --> 00:23:52,015 So at that point, we really fixated 497 00:23:52,057 --> 00:23:54,267 on the family business. 498 00:23:54,309 --> 00:23:56,644 The rifle was preserved and booked as evidence 499 00:23:56,686 --> 00:23:59,230 to be later analyzed. 500 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:00,982 Once the search warrant was off, 501 00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:04,277 Detective Conley and I went to the family business. 502 00:24:04,319 --> 00:24:06,363 As we looked through the financial records, 503 00:24:06,404 --> 00:24:08,114 we were able to confirm that the business 504 00:24:08,156 --> 00:24:10,075 was in debt and failing. 505 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:12,994 And then we eventually discovered something 506 00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:15,455 that changed everything. 507 00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:17,415 JOHN: There was a surveillance system 508 00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:20,293 that recorded the outside of the business. 509 00:24:20,335 --> 00:24:23,129 SIMON: We knew the family left on Friday for the cabin, 510 00:24:23,171 --> 00:24:25,298 so we wanted to see what the video surveillance 511 00:24:25,340 --> 00:24:28,176 showed in that parking lot on that Friday. 512 00:24:31,471 --> 00:24:33,014 There was video pointed straight 513 00:24:33,056 --> 00:24:34,683 at the center of the parking lot 514 00:24:34,724 --> 00:24:36,643 as Adam and Nolen were there 515 00:24:36,685 --> 00:24:41,815 loading pallets of rock onto that two axle-trailer. 516 00:24:41,856 --> 00:24:42,816 The trailer was actually hooked up 517 00:24:42,857 --> 00:24:44,693 to the F-150 at that time, 518 00:24:44,734 --> 00:24:48,071 not the Dodge Pickup that-- that Nolen had told us about. 519 00:24:49,406 --> 00:24:52,367 SIMON: Having a video show the F-150 520 00:24:52,409 --> 00:24:56,454 directly conflicted with what Nolen's story was to us, 521 00:24:56,496 --> 00:24:58,498 that they used the Dodge work truck 522 00:24:58,540 --> 00:25:00,583 pull the trailer up there. 523 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:02,168 And the same white F-150 524 00:25:02,210 --> 00:25:04,337 pulled that trailer to the cabin, 525 00:25:04,379 --> 00:25:06,381 then someone drove it back and parked it 526 00:25:06,423 --> 00:25:08,508 in Nolen's driveway. 527 00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:11,177 We definitely found that a little bit suspicious, 528 00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:12,721 so we had to find something in this case 529 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:14,639 that was hard evidence to help identify 530 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:18,560 who was at the cabin and then back in Benicia again. 531 00:25:20,562 --> 00:25:24,691 JAMES: Then we get a call from Susie Slankard. 532 00:25:24,733 --> 00:25:26,609 She said, "Rachel and the family got together 533 00:25:26,651 --> 00:25:29,154 for a lunch with Nolen." 534 00:25:29,195 --> 00:25:33,575 They just described Nolen's behavior as somewhat bizarre. 535 00:25:36,828 --> 00:25:39,873 KASSIE: He sat at lunch and we asked him questions 536 00:25:39,914 --> 00:25:42,876 about why he wasn't at the cabin. 537 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:46,755 SUSIE: And he said to me, "I am no longer an heir. 538 00:25:46,796 --> 00:25:49,466 I am an owner. 539 00:25:49,507 --> 00:25:52,385 My father put Buchanan Construction in mine 540 00:25:52,427 --> 00:25:55,805 and my brother's and his names 541 00:25:55,847 --> 00:25:58,641 and they're not here. 542 00:25:58,683 --> 00:26:00,185 And so now I'm an owner." 543 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,899 KASSIE: Nolen was talking about how he was going 544 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:09,152 to get emancipated 545 00:26:09,194 --> 00:26:11,780 because he was now the sole owner 546 00:26:11,821 --> 00:26:15,617 of Buchanan and Sons Construction Company 547 00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:17,452 with them gone. 548 00:26:18,787 --> 00:26:21,247 I remember looking at Nolen's hands 549 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:25,418 and I saw he was wearing two huge gold rings. 550 00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:27,337 I said, "Nolen, where did you get those rings? 551 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:29,130 Were those your dad's?" 552 00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:34,344 Thinking maybe he's sad and wearing his dad's rings. 553 00:26:34,386 --> 00:26:36,221 Says, "No, I just bought these." 554 00:26:37,806 --> 00:26:39,307 He just kept saying, 555 00:26:39,349 --> 00:26:42,268 "I am the sole owner." 556 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:44,729 He's going to have to liquidate assets 557 00:26:44,771 --> 00:26:47,315 to keep his company afloat. 558 00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:49,818 He's 16. 559 00:26:51,486 --> 00:26:55,156 What 16-year-old talks about being emancipated 560 00:26:55,198 --> 00:26:56,449 and liquidating assets? 561 00:26:56,491 --> 00:26:59,369 What 16-year-old is cold-hearted 562 00:26:59,411 --> 00:27:03,289 when his eight-year-old little brother is gone? 563 00:27:03,331 --> 00:27:06,793 That's when I knew he had done something. 564 00:27:06,835 --> 00:27:09,337 JAMES: Essentially the McAfee side of the family 565 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:12,757 had real strong feelings about his behavior 566 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:17,887 and his demeanor that kind of raised red flags for them. 567 00:27:17,929 --> 00:27:21,266 SIMON: At this point, we have a lot of questions for Nolen 568 00:27:21,307 --> 00:27:23,977 and we wanted to interview him a second time. 569 00:27:24,019 --> 00:27:28,231 And so Detective Conley and I interviewed him. 570 00:27:28,273 --> 00:27:29,941 We didn't confront Nolen with anything that we knew 571 00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:32,277 was a lie, but we wanted to lock him in 572 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:33,862 to his statements. 573 00:27:33,903 --> 00:27:35,530 JOHN: The first time we talked to him, 574 00:27:35,572 --> 00:27:36,823 we didn't really get into the details 575 00:27:36,865 --> 00:27:38,575 of where he spent the weekend. 576 00:27:38,616 --> 00:27:40,368 However, that second interview, 577 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:41,995 he went into a little more detail, 578 00:27:42,037 --> 00:27:43,913 told us he was home alone Saturday. 579 00:27:43,955 --> 00:27:45,665 And then he started to kind of tell us 580 00:27:45,707 --> 00:27:47,375 where he was on Sunday. 581 00:27:49,794 --> 00:27:52,505 That he, uh, went to church with his girlfriend 582 00:27:52,547 --> 00:27:54,299 and her family. 583 00:27:54,341 --> 00:27:56,760 After church, he went to hung out with some friends. 584 00:27:56,801 --> 00:27:58,595 They went to the mall. 585 00:27:58,636 --> 00:28:01,973 And that evening, he took his girlfriend out on a date. 586 00:28:02,015 --> 00:28:03,641 We started asking him, 587 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:04,851 "Well, how did you pay for the dates 588 00:28:04,893 --> 00:28:06,561 and stuff like that?" 589 00:28:06,603 --> 00:28:08,396 And he told us that, uh, Adam had left him 590 00:28:08,438 --> 00:28:11,524 an ATM card at the house. 591 00:28:11,566 --> 00:28:13,693 It was determined at that point 592 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:15,737 that we would obtain a search warrant 593 00:28:15,779 --> 00:28:17,822 for the Benicia residence. 594 00:28:19,616 --> 00:28:21,743 We went and searched the house. 595 00:28:23,661 --> 00:28:26,706 We found the ATM card that Nolen had told us about. 596 00:28:26,748 --> 00:28:28,875 It was on top of the safe. 597 00:28:28,917 --> 00:28:32,379 In the driveway was the white F-150 truck. 598 00:28:32,420 --> 00:28:35,298 The truck had some brown dirt on it, 599 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:36,841 which was consistent with the dirt 600 00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:38,843 that would've been up in Greenwood. 601 00:28:38,885 --> 00:28:41,262 SIMON: I know it had rained in the last week or two 602 00:28:41,304 --> 00:28:42,722 and that dirt would've stayed on there 603 00:28:42,764 --> 00:28:44,307 had the rain come through. 604 00:28:44,349 --> 00:28:46,351 Because that dirt was on that truck, 605 00:28:46,393 --> 00:28:48,561 I knew that it had been up at that house very recently. 606 00:28:48,603 --> 00:28:50,730 We also knew that there was video surveillance 607 00:28:50,772 --> 00:28:52,732 in the family business showing them loading 608 00:28:52,774 --> 00:28:54,984 the pallets of rock on the F-150, 609 00:28:55,026 --> 00:28:56,611 which showed that Nolen was lying 610 00:28:56,653 --> 00:28:59,280 about which vehicle they took. 611 00:28:59,322 --> 00:29:01,658 JOHN: At that point we seized the truck, 612 00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:03,368 it was included in the search warrant, 613 00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,787 we seized it to further process it 614 00:29:05,829 --> 00:29:07,956 and gather any evidence we could out of there. 615 00:29:07,997 --> 00:29:10,542 SIMON: Once knew that Nolen was lying 616 00:29:10,583 --> 00:29:12,335 about which truck they took up, 617 00:29:19,551 --> 00:29:20,760 SIMON: We had evidence that contradicted 618 00:29:21,428 --> 00:29:22,762 all of Nolen's lies. 619 00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,931 We finally had the chance to confront him with it. 620 00:29:24,973 --> 00:29:26,891 We found out that Nolen was claiming 621 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,769 that his dad had been the actual killer. 622 00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:33,064 RACHEL: I just remember feeling anger 623 00:29:35,108 --> 00:29:38,611 and that he had killed all of them. 624 00:29:43,908 --> 00:29:45,326 SIMON: Once we saw this Ford was covered in the same red dirt 625 00:29:47,078 --> 00:29:49,873 that was on that road leading to the cabin, 626 00:29:49,914 --> 00:29:52,959 we really fixated Nolen that might be involved. 627 00:29:53,001 --> 00:29:55,795 JOHN: We needed to gather any evidence we could. 628 00:29:55,837 --> 00:29:58,590 JAMES: It was really difficult to imagine 629 00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:01,509 that a 16-year-old kid murdered his entire family 630 00:30:01,551 --> 00:30:03,803 including his little baby brother. 631 00:30:03,845 --> 00:30:06,222 But there was no concern about the fact 632 00:30:06,264 --> 00:30:08,141 that he had just lost his entire family 633 00:30:08,183 --> 00:30:11,019 and his only focus was this business. 634 00:30:11,061 --> 00:30:14,314 The evidence against Nolen began to mount. 635 00:30:14,356 --> 00:30:16,816 SIMON: Prints were recovered from that rifle 636 00:30:16,858 --> 00:30:21,654 hidden near the family business, showing Nolen had used it. 637 00:30:21,696 --> 00:30:24,783 Once we had this information, it totally eliminated any chance 638 00:30:24,824 --> 00:30:27,285 that it was a random attack from the neighbors 639 00:30:27,327 --> 00:30:30,038 or retaliation from laid off employees. 640 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,166 KASSIE: Finding the gun with Nolen's fingerprints on it 641 00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:35,210 was a huge break in the case. 642 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:37,837 JAMES: But at that point, we still needed to prove 643 00:30:37,879 --> 00:30:40,799 the fact that Nolen was at that Cabin. 644 00:30:43,885 --> 00:30:45,720 SIMON: In modern investigations, 645 00:30:45,762 --> 00:30:48,765 we rely heavily on financial records. 646 00:30:48,807 --> 00:30:50,809 We looked at the bank accounts 647 00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:53,019 that were held by Adam and Molly 648 00:30:53,061 --> 00:30:56,356 and looked at the transactions in the days prior 649 00:30:56,398 --> 00:30:59,693 and the days that the family would've been up at that cabin. 650 00:31:00,985 --> 00:31:04,948 The first transaction on one debit account 651 00:31:04,989 --> 00:31:07,033 showed Friday, September 11th, 652 00:31:07,075 --> 00:31:09,160 the day that the family would've gone up to the cabin. 653 00:31:09,202 --> 00:31:12,872 A transaction in Fairfield which is on the way 654 00:31:12,914 --> 00:31:17,127 to the cabin for $36.80 at Taco Bell. 655 00:31:17,168 --> 00:31:19,170 JOHN: We went back to that Taco Bell 656 00:31:19,212 --> 00:31:21,047 and we're able to find a surveillance video 657 00:31:21,089 --> 00:31:22,757 at that Taco Bell 658 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:25,343 of the F-150 in the drive-through, 659 00:31:25,385 --> 00:31:28,972 not the dodge as Nolen had told us. 660 00:31:29,014 --> 00:31:30,306 SIMON: By looking at the video, 661 00:31:30,348 --> 00:31:32,976 we could see the F-150 was the same one 662 00:31:33,018 --> 00:31:34,769 that was in the driveway. 663 00:31:34,811 --> 00:31:37,063 We could also see the two-axle trailer 664 00:31:37,105 --> 00:31:39,065 being pulled by the F-150 was the same one 665 00:31:39,107 --> 00:31:42,652 we saw left behind at the cabin. 666 00:31:42,694 --> 00:31:45,947 JAMES: By this point, we had learned that F-150 667 00:31:45,989 --> 00:31:48,283 had a significant role in the case. 668 00:31:50,368 --> 00:31:54,330 So we processed the truck for any potential evidence, 669 00:31:54,372 --> 00:31:57,292 we located a Taco Bell receipt 670 00:31:57,334 --> 00:31:59,419 that was dated on the Friday prior 671 00:31:59,461 --> 00:32:03,048 to the discovery of the fire and the bodies. 672 00:32:03,089 --> 00:32:05,383 SIMON: What was unique about this receipt, 673 00:32:05,425 --> 00:32:08,803 is the Taco Bell receipt had four drinks. 674 00:32:08,845 --> 00:32:11,014 If Nolen was telling the truth and stayed behind 675 00:32:11,056 --> 00:32:13,933 and only three people went up to the cabin, 676 00:32:13,975 --> 00:32:16,936 seeing a receipt for four drinks was very unusual. 677 00:32:16,978 --> 00:32:18,855 JAMES: Between the trash that was in the truck 678 00:32:18,897 --> 00:32:21,316 and the trash that we had recovered 679 00:32:21,358 --> 00:32:24,110 at the campfire at the Buchanan property, 680 00:32:24,152 --> 00:32:27,655 we were able to verify that all of those items 681 00:32:27,697 --> 00:32:30,200 were there and accounted for, for what was on the receipt. 682 00:32:30,241 --> 00:32:32,660 SIMON: We were sure that that truck 683 00:32:32,702 --> 00:32:35,038 was at the cabin that weekend. 684 00:32:36,331 --> 00:32:39,918 The next transaction was Saturday the 12th. 685 00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:41,753 It was for $40 at a ATM 686 00:32:41,795 --> 00:32:45,048 from the Valencia Club in Penryn. 687 00:32:45,090 --> 00:32:46,383 The Valencia Club is a bar 688 00:32:46,424 --> 00:32:48,426 and it's approximately 30 minutes away 689 00:32:48,468 --> 00:32:53,056 from the Buchanan's cabin in Greenwood, California. 690 00:32:53,098 --> 00:32:55,392 We actually sent investigators to that bar. 691 00:32:57,268 --> 00:33:00,397 And they were able to locate surveillance images 692 00:33:00,438 --> 00:33:04,818 and video of Molly and Adam inside the bar. 693 00:33:04,859 --> 00:33:08,154 And also their vehicle in the parking lot. 694 00:33:08,196 --> 00:33:10,949 We're able to identify the ATM they used at the bar, 695 00:33:10,990 --> 00:33:13,993 that we could see Adam taking some cash out of the ATM, 696 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:15,995 you know, to pay for his drinks and stuff at the bar, 697 00:33:16,037 --> 00:33:20,125 so that was a huge piece to us to know that that ATM card again 698 00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:23,378 had been used by Adam hours before 699 00:33:23,420 --> 00:33:26,840 this fire ravaged their cabin. 700 00:33:26,881 --> 00:33:29,300 Once we reviewed the video from the Valencia Club, 701 00:33:29,342 --> 00:33:32,262 we knew what time Adam and Molly left. 702 00:33:32,303 --> 00:33:34,347 We also knew what route they would likely take 703 00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:38,018 to the cabin and about how long it takes to get there. 704 00:33:38,059 --> 00:33:41,479 Investigators drove that exact same route 705 00:33:41,521 --> 00:33:42,981 and looked for any place 706 00:33:43,023 --> 00:33:45,400 that might have video along the way. 707 00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:48,194 One local restaurant called the Cork and Fork 708 00:33:48,236 --> 00:33:50,363 had a camera facing the highway. 709 00:33:50,405 --> 00:33:52,824 By looking at the video at 2:30 AM, 710 00:33:52,866 --> 00:33:54,367 the morning of the fire, 711 00:33:54,409 --> 00:33:58,038 the F-150 was seen driving towards the cabin. 712 00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:00,206 We believe that it was driven by Adam and Molly 713 00:34:00,248 --> 00:34:02,917 having just left the Valencia club. 714 00:34:02,959 --> 00:34:04,502 At 3:30, the video shows 715 00:34:04,544 --> 00:34:07,213 the F-150 leaving from the cabin, 716 00:34:07,255 --> 00:34:12,344 likely driven by Nolen after the fire had been started. 717 00:34:12,385 --> 00:34:14,929 Transactions were made in Benicia Sunday morning 718 00:34:14,971 --> 00:34:19,225 at Starbucks, McDonald's, and a local gas station. 719 00:34:19,267 --> 00:34:21,478 We traveled to McDonald's, we spoke to the manager, 720 00:34:21,519 --> 00:34:23,521 they were able to pull up the corresponding receipt. 721 00:34:23,563 --> 00:34:26,483 They gave a surveillance video of that transaction 722 00:34:26,524 --> 00:34:30,236 and we were able to view Nolen in the family Ford Excursion 723 00:34:30,278 --> 00:34:32,364 going to the drive-through of McDonald's 724 00:34:32,405 --> 00:34:35,241 with nobody else in the car. 725 00:34:35,283 --> 00:34:37,243 At that point, we were able to contact 726 00:34:37,285 --> 00:34:40,413 Bank of America and they were able to tell us 727 00:34:40,455 --> 00:34:43,166 that only one debit card having the last four 728 00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:45,502 were issued for that account. 729 00:34:45,543 --> 00:34:47,921 So we knew that that card had at least 730 00:34:47,962 --> 00:34:51,299 went up to the cabin and now is back in Benicia. 731 00:34:53,176 --> 00:34:55,095 SIMON: We had evidence that contradicted 732 00:34:55,136 --> 00:34:56,888 all of Nolen's lies. 733 00:34:56,930 --> 00:35:00,016 And we finally had the chance to confront him with it. 734 00:35:00,058 --> 00:35:03,937 We interviewed him at his school. 735 00:35:03,978 --> 00:35:06,022 In all the previous interviews, 736 00:35:06,064 --> 00:35:08,983 Nolen had been consistent in saying 737 00:35:09,025 --> 00:35:10,902 that the debit card on top the safe 738 00:35:10,944 --> 00:35:13,279 was the one his dad allowed him to use. 739 00:35:13,321 --> 00:35:15,115 We finally were able to tell Nolen 740 00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:17,200 that we knew the truth. 741 00:35:17,242 --> 00:35:20,036 We told Nolen this debit card was also used in the bar 742 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:23,456 in Penryn on Saturday night. 743 00:35:23,498 --> 00:35:26,084 We showed Nolen a picture from the video surveillance 744 00:35:26,126 --> 00:35:27,961 from the Taco Bell parking lot 745 00:35:28,003 --> 00:35:30,422 where the F-150 was seen that night. 746 00:35:30,463 --> 00:35:32,882 I asked Nolen what he thought that was in the photo. 747 00:35:32,924 --> 00:35:37,303 Nolen just stared at it for about 10 seconds and said, 748 00:35:37,345 --> 00:35:40,348 "I don't know what to say." 749 00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:43,518 As the interview was concluded, Nolen stood up, 750 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,186 walked out of the room, 751 00:35:45,228 --> 00:35:48,857 and outside, he was placed under arrest. 752 00:35:52,110 --> 00:35:54,946 RACHEL: When we got the news that Nolen was arrested, 753 00:35:54,988 --> 00:35:56,489 we were at home. 754 00:35:56,531 --> 00:35:59,492 Detective Peterson called my mom and said, 755 00:35:59,534 --> 00:36:01,995 you know, we just picked up Nolen 756 00:36:02,037 --> 00:36:04,914 and they had arrested him. 757 00:36:04,956 --> 00:36:08,918 I just remember feeling relief 758 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,337 and then anger. 759 00:36:10,378 --> 00:36:13,089 Because we couldn't believe that he did it 760 00:36:13,131 --> 00:36:16,092 and that he had... 761 00:36:16,134 --> 00:36:17,969 killed all of them. 762 00:36:18,011 --> 00:36:21,139 [dramatic music playing] 763 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,977 KASSIE: In November 2015, our office filed charges 764 00:36:26,019 --> 00:36:28,521 for first-degree murder against Nolen Buchanan 765 00:36:28,563 --> 00:36:31,274 for the murders of Molly, Adam, 766 00:36:31,316 --> 00:36:33,485 and eight-year-old Gavin Buchanan 767 00:36:33,526 --> 00:36:37,530 with special enhancements for the use of a firearm. 768 00:36:37,572 --> 00:36:42,035 Prosecution filed a motion to have Nolen transferred 769 00:36:42,077 --> 00:36:46,081 from juvenile court to adult court. 770 00:36:46,122 --> 00:36:50,543 In 2017, the court granted the people's motion 771 00:36:50,585 --> 00:36:52,629 and allowed the case to be transferred 772 00:36:52,671 --> 00:36:54,673 to adult court. 773 00:36:57,592 --> 00:37:00,512 At that hearing, we learned for the first time 774 00:37:00,553 --> 00:37:05,642 that Nolen was now claiming self-defense. 775 00:37:05,684 --> 00:37:10,480 Nolen was claiming that his dad had been the actual killer. 776 00:37:23,535 --> 00:37:25,745 KASSIE: Nolen Buchanan did take the stand 777 00:37:25,787 --> 00:37:28,373 and had to testify in order to put forth 778 00:37:28,415 --> 00:37:31,418 his claim of self-defense. 779 00:37:34,337 --> 00:37:36,715 Now, what Nolen said happened that evening 780 00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:40,468 was that he was in bed asleep 781 00:37:40,510 --> 00:37:43,304 in the alcove in the cabin. 782 00:37:43,346 --> 00:37:46,808 That his brother was in the cot right next to him. 783 00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:52,188 He described that he woke to screaming and to gunshots. 784 00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:55,191 He then heard somebody yell "No". 785 00:37:55,233 --> 00:37:58,862 And then saw the barrel of a rifle 786 00:37:58,903 --> 00:38:02,532 point at his brother. 787 00:38:02,574 --> 00:38:05,368 He said that the gun raised 788 00:38:05,410 --> 00:38:07,829 and that his brother was laying in the bed 789 00:38:07,871 --> 00:38:10,915 and was shot one time. 790 00:38:10,957 --> 00:38:13,835 At that point, the person turned the gun 791 00:38:13,877 --> 00:38:15,670 towards Nolen, 792 00:38:15,712 --> 00:38:18,548 Nolen attempted to wrestle the gun away, 793 00:38:18,590 --> 00:38:20,842 pushed the person back, 794 00:38:20,884 --> 00:38:22,344 obtained the gun, 795 00:38:22,385 --> 00:38:27,015 and he shot that person two times. 796 00:38:27,057 --> 00:38:29,351 He determined that the person that he claims 797 00:38:29,392 --> 00:38:33,355 to have shot was actually his father. 798 00:38:33,396 --> 00:38:37,734 At that point, he then exited the cabin, 799 00:38:37,776 --> 00:38:39,861 and he claimed that he went out to the truck 800 00:38:39,903 --> 00:38:42,447 and he decided to grab some gasoline, 801 00:38:42,489 --> 00:38:46,826 and lit everyone on fire. 802 00:38:46,868 --> 00:38:51,039 In order to make it as if nothing had ever happened. 803 00:38:51,081 --> 00:38:54,417 He then fled in the F-150 truck. 804 00:38:54,459 --> 00:38:57,754 This was his version of events at trial. 805 00:38:57,796 --> 00:39:00,924 However, we were able to forensically disprove 806 00:39:00,965 --> 00:39:03,551 Nolen's claim of self-defense. 807 00:39:03,593 --> 00:39:05,261 Dr. Nagao, the pathologist 808 00:39:05,303 --> 00:39:06,805 from the Sacramento County Crime lab 809 00:39:06,846 --> 00:39:10,850 testified on rebuttal that that circular hole 810 00:39:10,892 --> 00:39:13,603 in Gavin's skull would've been consistent 811 00:39:13,645 --> 00:39:16,064 with a perpendicular shot. 812 00:39:16,106 --> 00:39:20,026 Dr. Nagao estimated that the shot that Adam had made 813 00:39:20,068 --> 00:39:23,405 in the defense animation would've been more consistent 814 00:39:23,446 --> 00:39:25,949 with a 45-degree angle. 815 00:39:25,990 --> 00:39:30,453 If Adam had shot Gavin at a 45 degree angle, 816 00:39:30,495 --> 00:39:32,622 the hole in the skull would've been beveled 817 00:39:32,664 --> 00:39:34,332 and at an angle. 818 00:39:34,374 --> 00:39:35,625 It would've been more of an oval shape. 819 00:39:35,667 --> 00:39:37,502 The shot as described by Nolen 820 00:39:37,544 --> 00:39:40,922 was simply not consistent with reality. 821 00:39:40,964 --> 00:39:44,050 JAMES: Nolen likely killed Gavin 822 00:39:44,092 --> 00:39:48,513 at the house when he was there home alone 823 00:39:48,555 --> 00:39:51,599 while Molly and Adam are out at the bar, 824 00:39:51,641 --> 00:39:53,768 not knowing what's going on. 825 00:39:53,810 --> 00:39:57,856 Nolen waited until they came home. 826 00:39:57,897 --> 00:40:00,316 And essentially ambushed them. 827 00:40:01,526 --> 00:40:04,612 Based on where Adam's body was located, 828 00:40:04,654 --> 00:40:07,407 he was most likely killed first. 829 00:40:12,078 --> 00:40:14,706 Nolen collected the rifle, Molly's purse, 830 00:40:14,748 --> 00:40:16,791 Adam's wallet, and brought them with him. 831 00:40:16,833 --> 00:40:21,046 He set the cabin on fire, and then drove back to Benicia. 832 00:40:21,087 --> 00:40:24,007 Then Nolen turned his phone on, called his girlfriend, 833 00:40:24,049 --> 00:40:26,009 went out to breakfast at McDonald's, 834 00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:27,594 went to church with her, 835 00:40:27,635 --> 00:40:29,054 spent a day at the mall with his friends 836 00:40:29,095 --> 00:40:31,014 and hung out as normal. 837 00:40:31,056 --> 00:40:33,516 All weekend when Nolen claimed to be home, 838 00:40:33,558 --> 00:40:35,769 not a single person saw him or heard from him, 839 00:40:35,810 --> 00:40:37,854 it wasn't until he returned Sunday 840 00:40:37,896 --> 00:40:40,899 that his activity spiked. 841 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:44,527 KASSIE: The jury deliberated for approximately two hours. 842 00:40:44,569 --> 00:40:47,030 Nolen Buchanan was found guilty of three counts 843 00:40:47,072 --> 00:40:48,907 of first-degree murder. 844 00:40:48,948 --> 00:40:51,076 On July 13th, 2018, 845 00:40:51,117 --> 00:40:54,662 Nolen Buchanan was sentenced 150 years to life 846 00:40:54,704 --> 00:40:59,626 for the murders of Molly, Gavin, and Adam. 847 00:40:59,668 --> 00:41:02,379 SIMON: I believe part of his motivation was greed. 848 00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:04,089 He felt he was smarter than everyone around him 849 00:41:04,130 --> 00:41:05,882 and probably felt like he could run the business 850 00:41:05,924 --> 00:41:07,842 better than his dad. 851 00:41:07,884 --> 00:41:09,803 RACHEL: Nolen just wanted everybody out of his way. 852 00:41:09,844 --> 00:41:13,556 He thought it's Buchanan and Sons Construction, 853 00:41:13,598 --> 00:41:15,016 he was gonna get emancipated, 854 00:41:15,058 --> 00:41:16,935 he was gonna run that company on his own, 855 00:41:16,976 --> 00:41:18,853 he was a man, he had watched his dad 856 00:41:18,895 --> 00:41:20,855 do it for years. 857 00:41:20,897 --> 00:41:24,901 And I think he thought he was gonna live his life of luxury. 858 00:41:26,736 --> 00:41:29,406 SUSIE: What would make a 16-year-old kill 859 00:41:29,447 --> 00:41:31,157 his entire family? 860 00:41:31,199 --> 00:41:34,536 I believe that he is a narcissistic sociopath. 861 00:41:34,577 --> 00:41:38,039 I believe that it was greed. 862 00:41:38,081 --> 00:41:41,001 He thought he deserved everything 863 00:41:41,042 --> 00:41:43,586 his father had built. 864 00:41:43,628 --> 00:41:46,423 Everything was gonna go to him. 865 00:41:46,464 --> 00:41:48,925 And he couldn't wait. 866 00:41:48,967 --> 00:41:51,720 RACHEL: I don't have a nephew anymore, 867 00:41:51,761 --> 00:41:54,723 he was my only nephew... 868 00:41:54,764 --> 00:41:56,891 and that hurts. 869 00:41:56,933 --> 00:41:59,561 I told Nolen that his crocodile tears 870 00:41:59,602 --> 00:42:03,732 didn't fool me and that I had once loved him. 871 00:42:03,773 --> 00:42:06,651 But I had no love for him anymore. 872 00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:09,904 I'll never forgive him for what he did to my family. 873 00:42:11,656 --> 00:42:14,159 HOWARD: And I just turned and looked to the back of Nolen. 874 00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,787 I'm going, "Why? 875 00:42:17,829 --> 00:42:20,790 What could've been in your mind 876 00:42:20,832 --> 00:42:23,793 that you thought you could've done this, 877 00:42:23,835 --> 00:42:25,545 gotten away with it. 878 00:42:25,587 --> 00:42:28,173 Why?" 879 00:42:28,214 --> 00:42:30,925 I still say why. 880 00:42:30,967 --> 00:42:33,636 I'll always say why. 881 00:42:33,678 --> 00:42:36,806 [dramatic music playing] 882 00:42:42,812 --> 00:42:44,272 SUSIE: When Gavin was five years old, 883 00:42:44,314 --> 00:42:47,609 he and his mom went into a pet store. 884 00:42:47,650 --> 00:42:49,194 The pet store was doing a fundraiser 885 00:42:49,235 --> 00:42:52,072 for law enforcement K9s. 886 00:42:52,113 --> 00:42:54,783 He went home and he went into his piggybank. 887 00:42:54,824 --> 00:42:56,659 He had about a hundred dollars in there. 888 00:42:56,701 --> 00:42:58,661 Molly let him walk into the store 889 00:42:58,703 --> 00:43:00,538 and he handed the clerk a hundred dollars and he said, 890 00:43:00,580 --> 00:43:03,541 "I want that dog out there to get a vest." 891 00:43:03,583 --> 00:43:06,169 He could've spent that money on anything he wanted, 892 00:43:06,211 --> 00:43:08,546 but he wanted to help the dogs. 893 00:43:08,588 --> 00:43:11,800 On October of 2015, we had created 894 00:43:11,841 --> 00:43:14,177 Gavin Buchanan memorial foundation. 895 00:43:14,219 --> 00:43:17,180 Our goal was to provide protective equipment 896 00:43:17,222 --> 00:43:19,140 for law enforcement K9. 897 00:43:19,182 --> 00:43:21,810 Every time we have one of these events, 898 00:43:21,851 --> 00:43:23,895 I know he's with us. 899 00:43:23,937 --> 00:43:26,856 We carry on Gavin's legacy. 900 00:43:26,898 --> 00:43:31,069 We keep going with his passion. 901 00:43:31,111 --> 00:43:34,197 [dramatic music playing]