1 00:00:02,741 --> 00:00:04,656 - A Canadian businessman living in Puerto Rico 2 00:00:04,743 --> 00:00:07,442 had gone out to dinner with his wife in Old San Juan. 3 00:00:07,529 --> 00:00:11,011 They were attacked, and he was stabbed several times, 4 00:00:11,098 --> 00:00:13,230 and he bleeds out on the street. 5 00:00:13,317 --> 00:00:15,363 [tense music] 6 00:00:15,450 --> 00:00:17,452 - He was worth about 24 million. 7 00:00:17,539 --> 00:00:21,760 - She was a beauty pageant contestant in Puerto Rico. 8 00:00:21,847 --> 00:00:24,459 Her purse was there. His wallet was there. 9 00:00:24,546 --> 00:00:27,244 There was no attempt to grab anything of value. 10 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:29,768 It was very hard to establish a motive. 11 00:00:29,855 --> 00:00:31,074 - The only physical evidence is the knife. 12 00:00:31,161 --> 00:00:32,902 ♪ ♪ 13 00:00:32,989 --> 00:00:35,339 - The victim's father, some of the things that he was seeing 14 00:00:35,426 --> 00:00:37,037 was not adding up, and so 15 00:00:37,124 --> 00:00:39,126 he actually went to the FBI. 16 00:00:39,213 --> 00:00:42,129 - Upon further interviews, we start corroborating 17 00:00:42,216 --> 00:00:43,739 this being a conspiracy. 18 00:00:43,826 --> 00:00:46,611 "I was offered $3 million, and they never paid me." 19 00:00:46,698 --> 00:00:48,526 - So as the investigation unfolds 20 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:50,224 and you go to speak with the wife, 21 00:00:50,311 --> 00:00:52,313 where do you find her? - She's gone. 22 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,923 ♪ ♪ 23 00:00:54,010 --> 00:00:57,970 ♪ ♪ 24 00:00:58,058 --> 00:01:00,973 - In the FBI, we make a lot of headlines. 25 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:04,063 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:04,150 --> 00:01:07,980 Drug busts, mob stings, 27 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,505 terrorist takedowns. 28 00:01:10,592 --> 00:01:12,376 - Get down! Get down! 29 00:01:12,463 --> 00:01:14,726 - We understand why people want to tell stories about us. 30 00:01:14,813 --> 00:01:16,380 - Mark it. - Freeze! 31 00:01:16,467 --> 00:01:17,947 - FBI. - FBI! 32 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:19,166 - Action! 33 00:01:19,253 --> 00:01:20,863 - But they don't know the half of it. 34 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:22,560 [indistinct radio chatter] 35 00:01:22,646 --> 00:01:26,521 What really goes down, we save that for each other 36 00:01:26,608 --> 00:01:28,349 when we're talking agent-to-agent. 37 00:01:28,436 --> 00:01:31,874 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:31,961 --> 00:01:34,746 This is "FBI True." 39 00:01:40,622 --> 00:01:43,538 [tense music] 40 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:47,672 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:50,414 - On September 22, 2005, 42 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:53,243 Adam Anhang had gone out to dinner with his wife, 43 00:01:53,330 --> 00:01:55,115 Aurea Vázquez-Rijos. 44 00:01:55,202 --> 00:02:00,207 ♪ ♪ 45 00:02:00,294 --> 00:02:02,731 They went to a really nice, trendy restaurant 46 00:02:02,818 --> 00:02:04,776 in Old San Juan. 47 00:02:04,863 --> 00:02:06,648 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:06,735 --> 00:02:09,477 They go to dinner, and after dinner, 49 00:02:09,564 --> 00:02:10,478 they're walking back. 50 00:02:10,565 --> 00:02:12,567 ♪ ♪ 51 00:02:12,654 --> 00:02:15,352 And all of a sudden, Adam is-- 52 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:17,311 and Aurea are attacked. 53 00:02:17,398 --> 00:02:19,182 Adam is stabbed several times, 54 00:02:19,269 --> 00:02:20,662 and then he was hit over the head 55 00:02:20,749 --> 00:02:23,665 with a cobblestone from the street there. 56 00:02:23,752 --> 00:02:29,497 ♪ ♪ 57 00:02:29,584 --> 00:02:33,370 And he essentially bleeds out on the street. 58 00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:36,373 - Carlos Cases was one of the FBI's top experts 59 00:02:36,460 --> 00:02:38,418 in Latin American crime. 60 00:02:38,506 --> 00:02:40,986 Over a 27-year career, 61 00:02:41,073 --> 00:02:43,380 he led investigations into drugs, 62 00:02:43,466 --> 00:02:47,036 gangs, public corruption, and terrorism. 63 00:02:47,123 --> 00:02:50,518 - Adam's last words were, "Run, baby, run." 64 00:02:50,605 --> 00:02:52,084 - So, basically, they leave the restaurant, 65 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:53,608 they're walking down the street, 66 00:02:53,695 --> 00:02:56,611 and an individual attacks them. - Correct. 67 00:02:56,698 --> 00:03:00,397 - Kristy Kottis is a 24-year veteran of the FBI. 68 00:03:00,484 --> 00:03:02,965 She worked gangs, crimes against children, 69 00:03:03,052 --> 00:03:06,098 as well as human and drug trafficking. 70 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:07,665 - What about the wife? What are her injuries? 71 00:03:07,752 --> 00:03:10,538 - She was hit once or twice. 72 00:03:10,625 --> 00:03:12,496 But she was taken to the hospital. 73 00:03:12,583 --> 00:03:16,108 She ended up staying at the hospital for two whole weeks. 74 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:18,546 - Who was Adam Anhang? 75 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:20,635 - Adam was a Canadian businessman 76 00:03:20,722 --> 00:03:22,724 living in Puerto Rico. 77 00:03:22,811 --> 00:03:24,726 - So Adam was in real estate, 78 00:03:24,813 --> 00:03:27,424 and he was looking to build up Puerto Rico. 79 00:03:27,511 --> 00:03:30,862 He was worth about approximately 24 million. 80 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:34,039 - Significant. - Yes, a lot of money. 81 00:03:34,126 --> 00:03:36,912 - Grettel Chavarria started her career as a detective 82 00:03:36,999 --> 00:03:38,827 with the Miami-Dade Police Department 83 00:03:38,914 --> 00:03:42,396 before joining the FBI, where she has investigated 84 00:03:42,483 --> 00:03:46,748 violent crime, murder, and crimes against children. 85 00:03:46,835 --> 00:03:49,838 - Adam was someone who was really looking to open up 86 00:03:49,925 --> 00:03:51,622 opportunities for the island. 87 00:03:51,709 --> 00:03:54,190 ♪ ♪ 88 00:03:54,277 --> 00:03:57,498 Aurea was a person that was high in the media 89 00:03:57,585 --> 00:04:00,588 at that time, and it grabbed a lot of attention. 90 00:04:03,025 --> 00:04:06,463 - Aurea, at one time, was a beauty pageant contestant 91 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:09,945 in Puerto Rico, a pageant called Miss Petite 92 00:04:10,032 --> 00:04:11,728 because she was small in stature, 93 00:04:11,816 --> 00:04:15,777 and so she was a contestant in that pageant. 94 00:04:15,864 --> 00:04:18,345 The murder was a real big deal because it happened 95 00:04:18,432 --> 00:04:20,476 in Old San Juan, which is considered by many 96 00:04:20,564 --> 00:04:22,130 to be not only the crown jewel of Puerto Rico, 97 00:04:22,218 --> 00:04:23,654 but also the Caribbean. 98 00:04:23,741 --> 00:04:25,787 That's where the major cruise ships 99 00:04:25,874 --> 00:04:27,136 dock in Puerto Rico. 100 00:04:27,223 --> 00:04:29,356 ♪ ♪ 101 00:04:29,443 --> 00:04:32,097 Thousands of tourists flock to Old San Juan 102 00:04:32,183 --> 00:04:34,448 every year to do their shopping 103 00:04:34,534 --> 00:04:39,366 and to do their sightseeing and do what tourists do. 104 00:04:39,453 --> 00:04:40,628 The type of crime that occurs there 105 00:04:40,715 --> 00:04:42,064 is usually your, you know, pickpockets 106 00:04:42,151 --> 00:04:43,848 and that kind of stuff. 107 00:04:43,935 --> 00:04:46,764 You rarely see that kind of violent crime 108 00:04:46,851 --> 00:04:48,418 in that particular area. 109 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:50,202 Police in Puerto Rico started investigating. 110 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:52,379 It was very hard to establish a motive 111 00:04:52,466 --> 00:04:54,816 because nothing was taken. 112 00:04:54,903 --> 00:04:59,299 Adam was stabbed, Aurea was hit by the attacker, 113 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:01,039 and then he fled. 114 00:05:01,126 --> 00:05:03,520 Her purse was there. Adam's wallet was there. 115 00:05:03,607 --> 00:05:06,654 There was no attempt to grab anything of value. 116 00:05:06,741 --> 00:05:09,352 - Yeah, I think it presented straight up at the time 117 00:05:09,439 --> 00:05:11,615 a random act of violence. 118 00:05:11,702 --> 00:05:15,053 - Devin Kowalski spent five years with the CIA 119 00:05:15,140 --> 00:05:17,926 before joining the FBI in 2010. 120 00:05:18,013 --> 00:05:20,885 He has led investigations into fraud, violent crime, 121 00:05:20,972 --> 00:05:24,759 and sexual exploitation. 122 00:05:24,846 --> 00:05:26,717 - Unsolved homicide in the middle of Old San Juan. 123 00:05:26,804 --> 00:05:28,153 So, you know, one event like that 124 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,981 could send things south in a hurry. 125 00:05:30,068 --> 00:05:32,201 - There was a lot of pressure on the police in Puerto Rico 126 00:05:32,288 --> 00:05:33,594 and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice 127 00:05:33,681 --> 00:05:36,727 to solve this homicide. 128 00:05:36,814 --> 00:05:39,295 - Eyewitnesses described the killer as a tall man 129 00:05:39,382 --> 00:05:42,037 who fled the scene toward La Perla, 130 00:05:42,124 --> 00:05:45,257 a nearby high-crime neighborhood. 131 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,477 One witness, a lawyer, 132 00:05:47,564 --> 00:05:51,046 picks out a suspect from a photo lineup. 133 00:05:51,133 --> 00:05:55,224 - The suspect's name was Jonathan Román Rivera. 134 00:05:55,311 --> 00:05:57,966 He had some connection to the Pink Skirt, 135 00:05:58,053 --> 00:06:00,925 which was a restaurant that was owned by Adam 136 00:06:01,012 --> 00:06:03,145 and his wife at the time. 137 00:06:03,232 --> 00:06:07,323 In fact, police encounter Román at the restaurant. 138 00:06:07,410 --> 00:06:09,020 He claims he was asleep at his home in La Perla 139 00:06:09,107 --> 00:06:11,109 at the time of the murder, 140 00:06:11,196 --> 00:06:14,809 but there's no one who can back up his alibi. 141 00:06:14,896 --> 00:06:16,637 - At the Pink Skirt, they start asking 142 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:18,813 Jon Román questions about 143 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:20,423 his involvement in the homicide. 144 00:06:20,510 --> 00:06:22,904 They see somebody who generally meets the description 145 00:06:22,991 --> 00:06:24,471 that's being evasive. He's making denials. 146 00:06:24,558 --> 00:06:26,255 He doesn't feel comfortable. He wants to leave. 147 00:06:26,342 --> 00:06:28,126 There's an attorney there. 148 00:06:28,213 --> 00:06:29,867 And the attorney says, 149 00:06:29,954 --> 00:06:31,913 "Hey, there's really not much you can do here, 150 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,871 just cooperate." 151 00:06:33,957 --> 00:06:36,831 And the police of Puerto Rico take him into custody. 152 00:06:36,918 --> 00:06:43,751 ♪ ♪ 153 00:06:47,232 --> 00:06:48,669 - So he's under arrest. 154 00:06:48,756 --> 00:06:49,931 He goes to trial. 155 00:06:50,018 --> 00:06:51,802 ♪ ♪ 156 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:57,155 - There's witnesses at trial, government witnesses, 157 00:06:57,242 --> 00:06:58,766 that are trying to tell the prosecution like, that is-- 158 00:06:58,853 --> 00:07:02,030 the person in the courtroom is not the person that I saw, 159 00:07:02,117 --> 00:07:04,511 that a tall, relatively thin-build man 160 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:06,556 stabs the subject. 161 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:08,166 - The witness description of the assailant 162 00:07:08,253 --> 00:07:11,561 is "tall, thin guy." Is Román tall, thin? 163 00:07:11,648 --> 00:07:13,389 - No. - No. 164 00:07:13,476 --> 00:07:15,609 - What's he look like? - He's heavier-set. 165 00:07:15,696 --> 00:07:17,828 ♪ ♪ 166 00:07:17,915 --> 00:07:21,397 - So the chatter was that the police had the wrong guy. 167 00:07:21,484 --> 00:07:24,618 - But the prosecution leans on the credibility 168 00:07:24,705 --> 00:07:27,142 of the lawyer who first identified Román 169 00:07:27,229 --> 00:07:29,492 as the killer. 170 00:07:29,579 --> 00:07:32,060 Román is found guilty and sentenced 171 00:07:32,147 --> 00:07:34,715 to 105 years in prison. 172 00:07:34,802 --> 00:07:37,761 ♪ ♪ 173 00:07:41,939 --> 00:07:45,029 - So the case is closed. - Not really. 174 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:47,641 The victim's father, Abraham Anhang... 175 00:07:47,728 --> 00:07:50,121 ♪ ♪ 176 00:07:50,207 --> 00:07:52,820 He was concerned that some of the things 177 00:07:52,907 --> 00:07:54,996 that he was seeing with regards to the case 178 00:07:55,082 --> 00:07:57,694 and the way it was investigated was not adding up, 179 00:07:57,781 --> 00:07:59,696 and so he actually went to the FBI 180 00:07:59,783 --> 00:08:01,524 and met with the special agent in charge 181 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:04,701 of the San Juan office and basically 182 00:08:04,788 --> 00:08:06,747 told him about his concerns. 183 00:08:06,834 --> 00:08:09,445 - How often has that happened in anybody's career here, 184 00:08:09,532 --> 00:08:12,100 where a victim's father is like, "You know, 185 00:08:12,187 --> 00:08:13,623 the guy in jail, he may not be it?" 186 00:08:13,710 --> 00:08:15,320 - Not too often. 187 00:08:15,407 --> 00:08:17,235 He was suspicious of many things 188 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:20,021 that he found out after Adam's murder. 189 00:08:20,108 --> 00:08:22,284 Adam was very close to his mom and dad. 190 00:08:22,371 --> 00:08:25,200 [soft dramatic music] 191 00:08:25,287 --> 00:08:27,289 So one of the things that Abe found out 192 00:08:27,376 --> 00:08:31,989 was that Aurea had told Adam that she was pregnant, 193 00:08:32,076 --> 00:08:34,948 which then caused Adam to make the decision 194 00:08:35,036 --> 00:08:38,822 to marry her without really thinking it through. 195 00:08:38,909 --> 00:08:40,563 You know, he wanted to do the right thing. 196 00:08:40,650 --> 00:08:42,433 He wanted to be a father to the baby. 197 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:43,957 And they didn't find out 198 00:08:44,044 --> 00:08:47,657 that he had gotten married until after the fact. 199 00:08:47,744 --> 00:08:49,485 Then, when it came to the murder, 200 00:08:49,572 --> 00:08:51,748 for whatever reason, Aurea hadn't cooperated fully 201 00:08:51,835 --> 00:08:54,316 with the investigation. 202 00:08:54,403 --> 00:08:56,274 So Adam's father goes into Jonathan Román's 203 00:08:56,361 --> 00:08:58,102 neighborhood, La Perla. 204 00:08:58,189 --> 00:09:00,017 He meets with some people connected 205 00:09:00,104 --> 00:09:01,932 to the criminal or gang element there, 206 00:09:02,019 --> 00:09:04,761 asking about Adam's murder. 207 00:09:04,848 --> 00:09:08,504 - Another name comes out, Alex Pabón Colón. 208 00:09:08,591 --> 00:09:11,115 - They call him "El Loco," or "The Crazy One." 209 00:09:11,202 --> 00:09:13,074 That's his street name. 210 00:09:13,161 --> 00:09:14,728 - Abe and his colleagues identified 211 00:09:14,815 --> 00:09:17,600 Alex Pabón Colón as the real person 212 00:09:17,687 --> 00:09:19,559 that killed Adam. 213 00:09:19,646 --> 00:09:22,126 - And so as we receive this information, 214 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:23,824 the FBI opens up an investigation. 215 00:09:23,911 --> 00:09:28,089 ♪ ♪ 216 00:09:28,176 --> 00:09:30,744 - And then we go and we find Alex, 217 00:09:30,831 --> 00:09:32,789 and we interview him, and he confesses to the crime. 218 00:09:32,876 --> 00:09:36,924 ♪ ♪ 219 00:09:37,011 --> 00:09:38,142 - Wait, wait. I got to stop you. 220 00:09:38,229 --> 00:09:39,796 So you're interviewing the suspect, 221 00:09:39,883 --> 00:09:41,493 and during the interview, he confesses that, 222 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,495 yes, I did this brutal murder? 223 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,280 - Yeah, he does. 224 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,587 And he confesses to this being a conspiracy. 225 00:09:47,674 --> 00:09:50,677 He had previously been in contact 226 00:09:50,764 --> 00:09:52,330 with Aurea and her family members, 227 00:09:52,417 --> 00:09:55,333 and that Aurea was gonna pay him $3 million. 228 00:09:55,420 --> 00:09:58,293 [tense music] 229 00:09:58,380 --> 00:10:00,556 ♪ ♪ 230 00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:02,253 "I was offered $3 million, and they never paid me. 231 00:10:02,340 --> 00:10:03,777 And I've sent letters." 232 00:10:03,864 --> 00:10:05,256 - So he actually writes them letters? 233 00:10:05,343 --> 00:10:06,257 - Yeah, he does. 234 00:10:21,446 --> 00:10:22,839 - So as you're hearing this information, 235 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:24,449 what strikes you first, Carlos? 236 00:10:24,536 --> 00:10:28,192 - We knew that it was very likely 237 00:10:28,279 --> 00:10:30,586 that there was an innocent man in jail. 238 00:10:30,673 --> 00:10:35,678 We let the local authorities know what we had uncovered, 239 00:10:35,765 --> 00:10:37,941 and they dug in their heels, 240 00:10:38,028 --> 00:10:41,684 and they said that Jonathan Román was the killer 241 00:10:41,771 --> 00:10:44,382 and that as far as they were concerned, 242 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:45,296 it was a closed case. 243 00:10:45,383 --> 00:10:52,477 ♪ ♪ 244 00:10:52,564 --> 00:10:56,873 We knew that we had to make it right. 245 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,702 It was a moral obligation to make it right. 246 00:10:59,789 --> 00:11:01,443 So the U.S. attorney presents our new evidence 247 00:11:01,530 --> 00:11:04,533 in a federal court, and after eight months 248 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:07,275 in prison, Román is released. 249 00:11:07,362 --> 00:11:10,844 [applause] 250 00:11:10,931 --> 00:11:13,585 Very gratifying, very rewarding, 251 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:17,024 the fact that we were able to make this right 252 00:11:17,111 --> 00:11:19,896 and for him to be able to regain his freedom 253 00:11:19,983 --> 00:11:21,202 after he was looking at life in jail... 254 00:11:21,289 --> 00:11:22,638 - I mean, think about it. 255 00:11:22,725 --> 00:11:24,466 - It doesn't get any better than that. 256 00:11:24,553 --> 00:11:27,469 And that's when the FBI then went full steam ahead 257 00:11:27,556 --> 00:11:29,340 with the murder-for-hire investigation. 258 00:11:29,427 --> 00:11:31,038 Alex Pabón is indicted. 259 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:32,779 - So now we've got the right guy in custody. 260 00:11:32,866 --> 00:11:34,868 And we've also indicted Aurea Vázquez. 261 00:11:39,220 --> 00:11:40,830 - So as the investigation unfolds 262 00:11:40,917 --> 00:11:43,311 and you go to speak with Aurea, where do you find her? 263 00:11:43,398 --> 00:11:44,878 - She's gone. 264 00:11:44,965 --> 00:11:46,270 - What do you mean, she's gone? 265 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,671 - Adam was attacked, stabbed several times. 266 00:11:55,758 --> 00:11:57,804 He bleeds out on the street. 267 00:11:57,891 --> 00:12:00,458 [tense music] 268 00:12:00,545 --> 00:12:04,288 Alex Pabón is indicted. 269 00:12:04,375 --> 00:12:06,247 And Aurea was indicted. 270 00:12:06,334 --> 00:12:08,597 She was wanted for murder in Puerto Rico. 271 00:12:08,684 --> 00:12:10,730 But she's gone. She moved to Italy. 272 00:12:10,817 --> 00:12:13,471 ♪ ♪ 273 00:12:13,558 --> 00:12:15,517 So we're working with our 274 00:12:15,604 --> 00:12:17,388 International Operations Division, 275 00:12:17,475 --> 00:12:20,043 keeping tabs on her. - Right. 276 00:12:20,130 --> 00:12:22,567 - But at the same time, Abraham, the victim's father, 277 00:12:22,654 --> 00:12:25,614 is doing the same thing with his private investigators 278 00:12:25,701 --> 00:12:28,617 that he had hired to be able to track her as well. 279 00:12:28,704 --> 00:12:30,227 - What's happening in Italy? 280 00:12:30,314 --> 00:12:32,229 - We find out that she changes her name 281 00:12:32,316 --> 00:12:36,146 from Vázquez-Rijos to Domenici. 282 00:12:36,233 --> 00:12:37,844 ♪ ♪ 283 00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:40,760 She creates this whole profile of being 284 00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:44,459 this Jewish widow and a whole fake life 285 00:12:44,546 --> 00:12:46,200 of who she was. 286 00:12:46,287 --> 00:12:48,202 - Italy will not extradite someone 287 00:12:48,289 --> 00:12:50,465 that's charged with a death penalty eligible offense. 288 00:12:50,552 --> 00:12:52,684 And the murder-for-hire that she was charged with 289 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:56,340 is a death penalty eligible offense. 290 00:12:56,427 --> 00:12:59,822 - Aurea Vázquez goes one step further, 291 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:02,477 seducing a local and giving birth to twins. 292 00:13:02,564 --> 00:13:04,827 ♪ ♪ 293 00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:07,308 - Now she has an Italian husband 294 00:13:07,395 --> 00:13:09,832 and two Italian children. 295 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:14,619 We couldn't get her out because the Italian Constitution 296 00:13:14,706 --> 00:13:18,928 forbids the extradition of the parents of Italian nationals. 297 00:13:19,015 --> 00:13:20,495 - So we're working the fugitive piece. 298 00:13:20,582 --> 00:13:21,975 We're also working the investigative piece 299 00:13:22,062 --> 00:13:24,716 back in San Juan. 300 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,893 About eight years had gone by. 301 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:28,851 The only physical evidence, really, 302 00:13:28,938 --> 00:13:32,289 is the knife that we have. 303 00:13:32,376 --> 00:13:34,683 - Alex Pabón pleads guilty. 304 00:13:34,770 --> 00:13:37,773 He's in jail awaiting sentencing. 305 00:13:37,860 --> 00:13:39,470 - We all came together and said, 306 00:13:39,557 --> 00:13:42,647 "You know, we need to reconstruct that relationship." 307 00:13:42,734 --> 00:13:45,825 ♪ ♪ 308 00:13:45,912 --> 00:13:49,393 - Back in March of 2005, Aurea coaxes Adam 309 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,221 to get married before she has a kid. 310 00:13:51,308 --> 00:13:53,702 ♪ ♪ 311 00:13:53,789 --> 00:13:56,096 - Aurea took over his entire life 312 00:13:56,183 --> 00:13:57,488 and his finances. 313 00:13:57,575 --> 00:14:00,274 - She buys vehicles, moves her family 314 00:14:00,361 --> 00:14:01,753 into the house. 315 00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:06,497 ♪ ♪ 316 00:14:06,584 --> 00:14:08,369 He ends up buying her a restaurant, 317 00:14:08,456 --> 00:14:10,023 the Pink Skirt. 318 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:12,373 ♪ ♪ 319 00:14:12,460 --> 00:14:13,635 - So he just becomes, like, sort of 320 00:14:13,722 --> 00:14:15,898 an outsider in her life 321 00:14:15,985 --> 00:14:17,291 versus them having a relationship. 322 00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,597 - Absolutely. 323 00:14:19,684 --> 00:14:22,122 - And he found out that she wasn't pregnant either. 324 00:14:22,209 --> 00:14:25,299 - Oh. Well, that's something. 325 00:14:25,386 --> 00:14:26,909 - It was a lie. It was a lie. 326 00:14:26,996 --> 00:14:28,606 She concocted a lie that she was pregnant 327 00:14:28,693 --> 00:14:30,695 to get Anhang to marry her. 328 00:14:30,782 --> 00:14:32,262 ♪ ♪ 329 00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:35,222 But that's not the only lie in the marriage. 330 00:14:35,309 --> 00:14:37,746 ♪ ♪ 331 00:14:37,833 --> 00:14:39,356 - What do you mean by that? 332 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:42,359 - So she's stepping out, doing her thing. 333 00:14:42,446 --> 00:14:44,187 - She's having an affair. I mean-- 334 00:14:44,274 --> 00:14:45,580 - Oh, a full-blown affair? - Yeah, multiple. 335 00:14:45,667 --> 00:14:48,975 ♪ ♪ 336 00:14:49,062 --> 00:14:52,282 Each person we would talk to, like, people in the community 337 00:14:52,369 --> 00:14:55,764 that knew Aurea before Adam, would be like, "Holy cow, 338 00:14:55,851 --> 00:14:59,159 this is pretty obvious." - She was a liar. 339 00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:03,076 She always tried to manipulate everyone in her life. 340 00:15:03,163 --> 00:15:04,512 - They went to marriage counseling. 341 00:15:04,599 --> 00:15:06,427 Over each session, it became clear 342 00:15:06,514 --> 00:15:08,255 that he wanted a divorce. - He had buyer's remorse. 343 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:09,778 He went back to the store to return it, 344 00:15:09,865 --> 00:15:12,955 and she wasn't having any of it. 345 00:15:13,042 --> 00:15:16,611 So on December 21, 2005, 346 00:15:16,698 --> 00:15:18,874 Adam files for divorce. 347 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:21,616 - The prenuptial agreement generally called for 348 00:15:21,703 --> 00:15:24,662 if they were divorced, she would get a couple of 349 00:15:24,749 --> 00:15:26,795 hundred thousand dollars of alimony. 350 00:15:26,882 --> 00:15:30,016 But if Adam died, she would be paid out 351 00:15:30,103 --> 00:15:32,409 a lot more money, several, several million dollars. 352 00:15:32,496 --> 00:15:36,239 - And that's where she comes up with this wild idea 353 00:15:36,326 --> 00:15:37,893 that she was gonna have him killed. 354 00:15:37,980 --> 00:15:41,897 - Alex Pabón Colón talks about José Ferrer, 355 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:43,812 Aurea's sister's boyfriend. 356 00:15:43,899 --> 00:15:46,815 ♪ ♪ 357 00:15:46,902 --> 00:15:48,817 They met in Old San Juan a couple of days 358 00:15:48,904 --> 00:15:50,340 before the crime, 359 00:15:50,427 --> 00:15:52,212 and Alex was walked through what exactly 360 00:15:52,299 --> 00:15:53,778 that they wanted him to do. 361 00:15:53,865 --> 00:15:55,650 ♪ ♪ 362 00:15:55,737 --> 00:15:58,870 - The next morning, Aurea reaches out 363 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,829 to Adam, begging him to discuss 364 00:16:00,916 --> 00:16:03,353 the divorce over dinner. 365 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,487 - So she had this sense of urgency to sit with him, 366 00:16:06,574 --> 00:16:09,620 but it came tied with the fact that she already had a plan. 367 00:16:09,707 --> 00:16:12,145 ♪ ♪ 368 00:16:12,232 --> 00:16:13,973 - So after dinner at the Dragonfly, 369 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:15,931 they stop by the Pink Skirt 370 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:17,628 down the block to have a drink. 371 00:16:17,715 --> 00:16:19,456 ♪ ♪ 372 00:16:19,543 --> 00:16:22,503 - While they're there, José Ferrer Sosa 373 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:27,160 calls Alex Pabón, who gets ready to attack. 374 00:16:27,247 --> 00:16:29,205 - They went to go pick up their car to drive home, 375 00:16:29,292 --> 00:16:32,252 but on the way, at the corner of La Luna and San Justo, 376 00:16:32,339 --> 00:16:34,254 is where Adam was attacked. 377 00:16:34,341 --> 00:16:41,217 ♪ ♪ 378 00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:47,397 - FBI investigators now understand who killed Adam, 379 00:16:47,484 --> 00:16:49,356 how they did it, and why. 380 00:16:49,443 --> 00:16:53,186 But they want to know how Jonathan Román ended up 381 00:16:53,273 --> 00:16:55,971 taking the fall for the murder. 382 00:16:56,058 --> 00:16:58,017 - A couple of weeks after the murder, 383 00:16:58,104 --> 00:17:00,236 José Ferrer Sosa, Aurea's sister's boyfriend, 384 00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:02,891 starts showing some interest in Jonathan, 385 00:17:02,978 --> 00:17:04,762 summoning him to the Pink Skirt. 386 00:17:04,848 --> 00:17:07,896 They'd walk into the Pink Skirt, 387 00:17:07,983 --> 00:17:10,986 and the Police of Puerto Rico case detective is there. 388 00:17:11,073 --> 00:17:13,944 We have an attorney somehow there that's paid for 389 00:17:14,032 --> 00:17:16,165 by Aurea and her family. - He was a patsy. 390 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:23,954 - With a full understanding of the conspiracy, 391 00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:27,262 agents step up their efforts to capture Aurea, 392 00:17:27,349 --> 00:17:29,613 who's still in Italy, now working 393 00:17:29,700 --> 00:17:32,355 as an international tour guide. 394 00:17:32,442 --> 00:17:34,270 - We know that she's traveling all over the place. 395 00:17:34,357 --> 00:17:35,880 She would go to a country as a tour guide 396 00:17:35,967 --> 00:17:36,881 for one or two days. 397 00:17:36,968 --> 00:17:38,840 We had strong information 398 00:17:38,927 --> 00:17:40,755 that she was in a particular location in Gibraltar. 399 00:17:40,842 --> 00:17:46,978 ♪ ♪ 400 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,502 We started to get our ducks in a row 401 00:17:48,589 --> 00:17:49,938 to have the approvals in place 402 00:17:50,025 --> 00:17:51,461 for a provisional arrest warrant. 403 00:17:51,548 --> 00:17:52,767 That would have given the Gibraltar police 404 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:54,160 the authority to go grab her. 405 00:17:54,247 --> 00:17:57,293 [siren blaring] 406 00:17:57,380 --> 00:18:00,383 But those approvals didn't come into 407 00:18:00,470 --> 00:18:01,819 play until after she'd left the country. 408 00:18:01,906 --> 00:18:03,908 So it was a near miss, wildly frustrating. 409 00:18:03,995 --> 00:18:08,087 After Gibraltar, what was clear was racing against the clock 410 00:18:08,174 --> 00:18:09,827 when she's bouncing around the country 411 00:18:09,914 --> 00:18:12,656 every other day, that isn't a good solution. 412 00:18:12,743 --> 00:18:15,094 So we develop an informant who has access to her, 413 00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:18,358 and we start communicating with her about a future trip. 414 00:18:18,445 --> 00:18:20,316 ♪ ♪ 415 00:18:20,403 --> 00:18:23,972 - Aurea's company specializes in tours for Jewish Americans, 416 00:18:24,059 --> 00:18:26,496 so the agents invent just such a trip 417 00:18:26,583 --> 00:18:30,500 to a country which would extradite her to the U.S. 418 00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:33,677 - It was a lure to get her to Spain. 419 00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:36,245 ♪ ♪ 420 00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:38,247 - When we take her into custody, 421 00:18:38,334 --> 00:18:40,989 we want to do it simultaneous to arresting other associates 422 00:18:41,076 --> 00:18:43,600 back in Puerto Rico, other family members 423 00:18:43,687 --> 00:18:45,080 and associates that are involved in this conspiracy. 424 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:46,821 And I think as we're going through 425 00:18:46,908 --> 00:18:48,518 this operational planning phase, 426 00:18:48,605 --> 00:18:49,476 I was kind of tough to work with. 427 00:18:49,563 --> 00:18:50,651 I'll be honest with you. 428 00:18:50,738 --> 00:18:51,782 Like, I wanted to get stuff done, 429 00:18:51,869 --> 00:18:53,436 and I wanted it done yesterday. 430 00:18:53,523 --> 00:18:56,004 The boss only gives us a 50/50 chance 431 00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:57,136 of it being successful. 432 00:18:57,223 --> 00:19:01,444 ♪ ♪ 433 00:19:01,531 --> 00:19:03,620 - Aurea arrives in country. 434 00:19:03,707 --> 00:19:05,579 And as she arrives in country and gets off the plane, 435 00:19:05,666 --> 00:19:08,973 she was met by the agents of the Spanish National Police, 436 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:10,323 and they take her off to jail. 437 00:19:10,410 --> 00:19:13,413 ♪ ♪ 438 00:19:19,419 --> 00:19:21,638 - And we were staged up, ready to go. 439 00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:23,640 Executed the two locations in Puerto Rico. 440 00:19:23,727 --> 00:19:27,253 Two arrest teams, one to go to José Ferrer Sosa's house, 441 00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:28,950 one to go to Marcia Vázquez-Rijos's house. 442 00:19:33,607 --> 00:19:36,871 It's one of the few times that things actually go to plan. 443 00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:39,395 - So she's in jail, pending extradition 444 00:19:39,482 --> 00:19:41,484 back to the U.S. 445 00:19:41,571 --> 00:19:43,834 The whole thing takes over a year 446 00:19:43,921 --> 00:19:47,229 because she went back to her Italian playbook. 447 00:19:47,316 --> 00:19:50,276 Lo and behold, she gets pregnant by an inmate. 448 00:19:50,363 --> 00:19:54,845 ♪ ♪ 449 00:19:54,932 --> 00:19:58,066 "I'm gonna have a kid born in Spain. 450 00:19:58,153 --> 00:19:59,502 "And because of this, the Spanish 451 00:19:59,589 --> 00:20:01,635 won't be able to extradite me back to the U.S." 452 00:20:01,722 --> 00:20:04,899 - It was that feeling of, wow, could anything else 453 00:20:04,986 --> 00:20:06,205 come from this woman? 454 00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:09,295 ♪ ♪ 455 00:20:09,382 --> 00:20:11,427 - But to her dismay, the Spaniards 456 00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:13,212 were having none of it. 457 00:20:13,299 --> 00:20:14,387 They couldn't wait to get rid of her. 458 00:20:14,474 --> 00:20:16,432 ♪ ♪ 459 00:20:16,519 --> 00:20:19,957 Knowing her propensity for drama, 460 00:20:20,044 --> 00:20:23,265 I don't want to fly her commercial from Madrid 461 00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:25,615 back to the U.S. because she's gonna cause 462 00:20:25,702 --> 00:20:27,269 a scene in the airplane, 463 00:20:27,356 --> 00:20:29,053 and the pilot is gonna, you know, kick her out 464 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:30,751 and kick the agents out. 465 00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:33,101 So what I did was I got authorization 466 00:20:33,188 --> 00:20:37,932 to use one of the FBI's jets to bring her back 467 00:20:38,019 --> 00:20:39,629 straight to Puerto Rico. 468 00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:42,371 ♪ ♪ 469 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:44,068 - We had everything for the baby. 470 00:20:44,155 --> 00:20:47,376 We had a carrier. We had medical personnel. 471 00:20:47,463 --> 00:20:50,510 - Prior to landing, when we gave her 472 00:20:50,597 --> 00:20:52,207 a final opportunity to spend time with her child... 473 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:54,992 - Yes, I went up to her, and I said, 474 00:20:55,079 --> 00:20:57,125 "Hey, this is gonna be your last, you know, 475 00:20:57,212 --> 00:20:59,562 "breastfeeding opportunity. 476 00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:02,173 Just so you're aware, we're gonna land in San Juan." 477 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:05,699 And she immediately asked me, "Is there gonna be any media?" 478 00:21:05,786 --> 00:21:07,657 And, "Can I fix myself up?" 479 00:21:07,744 --> 00:21:14,621 ♪ ♪ 480 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:16,579 - To me, it was mind-boggling. 481 00:21:16,666 --> 00:21:18,886 You know, here you are, facing life in prison 482 00:21:18,973 --> 00:21:21,628 for the murder of your husband. 483 00:21:21,715 --> 00:21:24,979 You're about to lose your baby, newborn baby. 484 00:21:25,066 --> 00:21:27,024 You're probably never gonna see her again 485 00:21:27,111 --> 00:21:28,939 while you're free, 486 00:21:29,026 --> 00:21:32,073 and all you care about is looking good for the media? 487 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,945 [soft dramatic music] 488 00:21:35,032 --> 00:21:41,909 ♪ ♪ 489 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:19,338 - 27 years in the FBI. 490 00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:21,818 I worked criminal my entire career. 491 00:22:21,905 --> 00:22:25,126 I dealt with killers, homicidal maniacs, 492 00:22:25,213 --> 00:22:27,824 drug traffickers, gun traffickers, 493 00:22:27,911 --> 00:22:31,785 but when you got to talking to them on a one-to-one level, 494 00:22:31,872 --> 00:22:34,091 you could sort of understand 495 00:22:34,178 --> 00:22:36,529 why they turned out the way they turned out. 496 00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:40,315 Aurea is the first and last one in my career 497 00:22:40,402 --> 00:22:43,013 that I could truly say this person was evil. 498 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:44,406 ♪ ♪ 499 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:47,670 - She used her beauty, her charm, 500 00:22:47,757 --> 00:22:49,933 to try to get away with murder. 501 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:56,940 ♪ ♪ 502 00:23:07,211 --> 00:23:08,865 - We can't pick our cases. 503 00:23:08,952 --> 00:23:10,867 We can just choose to work them 504 00:23:10,954 --> 00:23:12,303 like they involve our own family, 505 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:14,523 and I don't know that I've ever had 506 00:23:14,610 --> 00:23:18,005 an experience with such a passionate next of kin 507 00:23:18,092 --> 00:23:19,920 than Adam's father. 508 00:23:20,007 --> 00:23:22,531 I really only see that same passion 509 00:23:22,618 --> 00:23:24,838 for seeking the truth in law enforcement. 510 00:23:24,925 --> 00:23:28,842 And so just to be able to deliver for him 511 00:23:28,929 --> 00:23:31,540 and his family is just huge. 512 00:23:31,627 --> 00:23:34,500 ♪ ♪