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[Music] July 1997 [Music] shot there's something inherently sexy in a Versace design
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[Music] there is a flamboyance that is contained and [Music] controlled the clothes we were sent a
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message about how the world perceives us it's as a real wow factor I'm Tim gun and I am the mentor on Project Runway
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the Versace customer was not faint of heart one of the most iconic versan pieces was the Gown that he made made
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for Elizabeth Hurley two stars were born with that dress Princess Diana wanted a
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whole new look for the world and Courtney loved it also I mean he took her from trashy to sophisticated
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Versace helped put Miami on the international map my name is Tara Solomon and I am the
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Miami herold's former nightlife correspondent Versace brought his entire world of fabulosity
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and while he may have had homes all around the world he came to Miami Beach to relax do you remember where you were
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when you heard that Versace had been murdered oh I remember profoundly I opened up my computer and it flashed
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before me that johanny versan had been murdered I was stunned When Versace was killed there
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was pure pandemonium on that particular morning johnni Versace decided to go over to News
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Cafe and it was on his return home approaching the door he was he was shot and killed and all of a sudden we hear
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bang bang two shots shot please immediately please do you remember where roughly he was he was
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right right here and there was obviously blood yes plenty of blood and if you mention Johnny Versace um
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people still don't remember those names of the first few people that were killed there was uh the homicide of Jeff
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Trail and David Matson there was the murder of Lee miglin then there was the murder of
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William Reese we have what we typically call a spre killer [Music] this wasn't a halfhazard crime Mr
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Versace was targeted [Music] [Music] world famous fashion designer Johnny versachi fatally shot Gunn down outside
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his mansion in Miami Beach Flor turned into a gruesome crime scene early this morning 5 days before he was murdered
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Johnny Versace and his partner Antonio Deo had arrived at kasak kazarina their lavish Miami Beach Retreat they'd been
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in Paris and New York Versace could not have known it but his killer was already
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in town the 911 call came in about 8:45 the morning of July 15th 1997 just as Carlos Nora then a
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lieutenant with the Miami Beach Police Department was heading to work I drove over to the scene and
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encountered an area just flooded with police officers there was uh evidence at the
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front steps there was blood there was uh clothing Giani Versace was an icon you have a world-renowned fashion designer
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celebrity who was tragically killed this was all hands- on Deck yeah you don't want to screw this case up
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exactly it all happened in broad daylight Versace had gone out alone to a local cafe to buy magazines and then he
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walked home as he was putting the key in the door lock and he was shot twice once in
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the face Point Black Ridge and the other one was behind the left ear in the neck
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and that was a throughand through shot Nora believes the gunman approached Versace from behind or from the
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side I believe he was shadowing him it was a very strategically timed strategically placed attack uh to to
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kill Giani Versace the question was who would want to kill him one of the first motives
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that we felt was a possibility was that it was a contract hit or organized crime
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Mafia if you will uh because there was a dead bird found next to the body is that a sign that to to us that's
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a sign of a mafia hit but the bird it turned out was in the the wrong place at the wrong time hit by a fragment from a
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bullet that killed Versace and that left police with not much to go on but not for long they got a break
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from Lazaro Quintana who was a friend of Versace he used to call me lazara Lazaro
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was at the mansion that morning he was in the dining room with Antonio when he heard the
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shots Antonio got up and went to the window that faces the gate to enter the mansion and he yelled out no
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no and I ran out you came here I came here Johnny was right here Versace was already dead on the front steps and then
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Antonio came and he was he's crying and he was destroyed he was destroyed and he's he's who did this who
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did this and there was there was a lady standing here and she's pointing but she
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couldn't speak Antonio said go get him so I went after him Lazaro followed the gunman we're
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talking this pace real fast I yelled you bastard why did you do this why did you
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do this he makes a left turn as he makes the left turn yes he makes the left turn
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and we're still going we're still going all the way through he turns over to the
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right and car's coming so I couldn't get across car stops uhhuh and they yell he's got a gun gun he stops right across
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here yeah at the alley and that's when he's pointing the gun at me show me how he pointed the gun at you if I'm
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you so he didn't even look at you no never looked at you never saw his face never saw his face but you saw his
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clothes yes the shooter cut through this alley while Lazaro raced around the corner he
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remembered seeing a police officer there earlier I reached him and I said to him
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Mr Versace has just been shot were you calm or were you no no no a friend of mine was just shot no was I calm I was
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nervous I was upset you came down this street with the police officer I did luckily he came
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upon some men in front of this building and asked them if they saw a man running
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and they pointed they pointed to the garage he said he went in here he went in here so that's when I told the
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officer I said he's in there go get him go get him and then we heard over the radio the commotion and and okay now
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there is a man hunt when police searched the 13th Street Garage they discovered a pile of
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clothes a gray t-shirt and black shorts just what Lazaro had seen the shooter wearing he had obviously changed clothes
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when he walked out of this garage just shortly after the murder nobody knew who the shooter was nobody knew what he
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looked like nobody knew what he was wearing he was able to just vanish but he left a mountain of evidence evidence
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for investigators next to that pile of clothes was a truck that had been reported stolen in New Jersey and inside
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the truck were documents with a name I mean he left his identification in the truck that's correct he had his passport
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um uh ID a whole lot of items that connected him right away by 12:00 noon some 3 hours after
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Johnny Versace was murdered police had a suspect his name Andrew kunanon and as it turned out the Miami
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Beach Police Department was not the only one looking for him [Music] [Applause] in Milan Italy today those who knew and
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admired Gianni Versace said goodbye to the murdered fashion designer one week after Johnny Versace
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was murdered celebrities and friends from around the world gathered inside this Gothic cathedral in Milan Italy for
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his funeral I saw versace's funeral on television and I cried it was it was hard it was tough Princess Diana was
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there at the funeral sting Trudy [Music] Elton in Miami not far from where he was
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murdered there was a small intimate service to celebrate the designer's [Music] life the flowers left on the steps of
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versace's opulent mansion served as one somber reminder of what had happened we consider Andrew kunan to be
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armed and to be extremely dangerous the police activity was another they were tracking every lead
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they could hunting for Johnny versace's suspected killer 27-year-old Andrew kunanon you had a
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very good suspect Michael band was the prosecutor assigned to this case in our First Step was to go out into Community
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with pictures of canadan and start beating the bushes and looking for this guy looking to figure out is this the
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guy authorities were starting to learn all about Andrew kunanon 3 months before versace's murder
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kunanon was living in San Diego and his life was to say the least complicated I thought he'd be a very
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successful businessman or maybe in you know the fashion industry or something Star Quality like back in the 80s Robert
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erens remembers his seventh grade classmate Andrew kunanon as a good-looking kid with a keen fashion
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sense I remember Andrew would put dimes in his penny loafers it was always that little extra something that made him
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sort of stand out and get noticed Andrew sort of had this air about him that I thought was kind of Beyond his years at
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that time according to erands Andrew conanan grew up in a workingclass San Diego
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suburb and did not share much about his home life I had no idea who his mom was his dad whether he had brothers or
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sisters I had no idea who was half Filipino Andrew's father Modesto was a former navyman turned stock broker he
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and Andrew's mother Maryanne raised four children together but Andrew stood out he had a genius IQ so he enrolled in the
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pricey and prestigious Bishop School in the Tony Beach Enclave of La Hoya when I
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heard that he was going to La Hoya and transferring to Bishops I thought well you've got to have money that's a
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private school the class of 1987 mentioned Andrew kunanon as most likely to be remembered
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he chose a quote from King Louis I 15th to accompany his senior photo aeoa L Deluge after me the
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Deluge turns out those words could have been an omen a year after Andrew's High School graduation his father was facing
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embezzlement charges he fled the country leaving his family abandoned and broke [Music]
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he was openly gay in high school and very flamboyant and when 48 Hours first spoke to Nicole Mari Ramirez back in
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1997 he knew Andrew kunanon today he still remembers kunanon as the young man who didn't have a job but was a big
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spender and an even bigger talker Andrew Canan was basically known in the gay community's nlife in the bar
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scene he would walk in with and always PID for the Bill he wanted the illusion that it was his money he
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tried to brag that he came from a Filipino family and he knew that Mal maros Michael Williams owned a local
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restaurant and knew Andrew kunanon he also knew where kunanon really got all that money he had a very wealthy older
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partner who really provided for him how much older I would say say probably by 40
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years what did you make of that relationship I stopped trying to figure that out I was like you know here's this
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young attractive good-looking guy with this extremely older man I mean I can't imagine what the connection was
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there I would imagine that you had an idea what the connection was there I did you know Michael Williams was introduced
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to Andrew through their mutual friend a young ensen named Jeff Trail Andrew was very pretentious loud you know always
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had to be the center of the the party Jeff was opposite of that Jeff was pretty conservative
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and quiet always helping people Trail was an Annapolis graduate and a Gulf War veteran living in San
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Diego he was also gay as out as was possible tonight on 48 Hours the battle over homosexuals in the
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military in 1993 when he appeared in silhouette for a 48 Hours interview he talked to us about issues affecting gay
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people in the military we're not here to be feared we just want to do our jobs that's all we're asking for while Trel
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and kunan were friends to the best of anybody's knowledge that is all they were Jeff was always had the contagious
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personality that where you just wanted to be around him and I think that you know in a way Andrew wanted that in his
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life so surrounding himself around Jeff he always seemed very happy and and up you did not like Andrew
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no for reasons known only to canadan he sometimes used the name Andrew DVA that's how Michael Williams knew him and
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he would sue learn a lot more about Andrew who he was and what he would do would change the life of Michael
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Williams and end the lives of five innocent victims tracing Andrew kunan and's blood
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soaked path to Johnny versace's front door means following a series of unexplainable events punctuated with
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unfathomable viciousness none of the dots are easily connected except in the mind of the
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[Music] murderer the road begins with Jeff Trail he just had that Charisma about
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[Music] him it was Trail who befriended Andrew kunanon and Michael Williams believes
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his friend knew Canan had lived a dangerous life Andrew had a past of dealing drugs he had a past of
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prostitution and I really think that Jeff was trying to pull him out of that Williams says Jeff Trail had left
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the Navy and was training to join the California Highway Patrol and then suddenly and with no explanation in the
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fall of 1996 Trail moved moved to Minneapolis the day that he got in the car to leave
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I said please be safe and he reached under the seat and he he pulled out his handgun and he said I'm going to be safe
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I've got this around that same time Jeff Trail's friend Andrew kunanon was struggling
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according to Nicole Murray Ramirez he was not good-look anymore he had to have looked in the mirror and saw what I saw
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which was a a six going down to a four what was left for his life kunanon had gained weight and given
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away much of his expensive designer wardrobe he had dabbled into drugs he was now an older young man with average
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looks on top of that his older wealthy partner broke up with him I surmised that Andrew one day woke
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up after his older boyfriend broke up the relationship and what's next how is he going to
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live he lost the money the mansion and all that went with it he lived off other people he also was someone who was
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revengeful former FBI profiler Mary Ellen O tulle this is not someone that you break up with easily because when
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you're grandos and you're the center of the world people don't break up with you
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and then for reasons kunanon never fully explained on Friday April 25th 1997 he went to Minneapolis he flew from
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San Diego on a one-way ticket do you think that he went up to Minneapolis with murder on his mind yes I think that
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he did K and knew people in Minneapolis Jeff Trail was there and Michael Williams thinks something happened
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between the two of them I called to check on Jeff and he was just really depressed it alarmed me
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we'd never had a conversation like that I uh I asked him have you spoken to Andrew and he
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said uh no and I'll never speak to him again that's odd kunan knew somebody else in
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Minneapolis a 33-year-old architect named David Madson kunan and Madson had had a relationship he Lov to laugh I'm
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just got a little lunch okay and he always had big energy Julie hland was David madson's friend and coworker he
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lik problem solving we talked about World issues he was a downto earth person did David ever mention Andrew
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Canan um yes he did I think he had a fling with Andrew um I don't think it was anything serious because there were
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other people in his life that he cared about more he didn't care about Andrew um that much
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really but according to kunan and's friends Andrew believed David was the love of his life
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Julie hin didn't talk to David Madson over the weekend on Monday she was surprised when he didn't show up at work
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and by Tuesday everyone was worried I called him went to voice messaging and um a couple of my co-workers went to his
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house over lunch hour on Tuesday um heard his dog barking in the apartment she didn't know
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it but kunan and's killing spree had already started it was noticeable as soon as you open the door and walk in
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nobody made any effort to try and conceal it or hide it when retired Minneapolis homicide
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detective Dale barsness arrived at madson's apartment what he saw was gruesome there was a bloody body wrapped
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in a rug I thought he was dead that day I pretty much cried the whole night and then later we found out that um it
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wasn't David's body in the the carpet how did you feel when you heard that um shocked but then
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oh what happened the body in David madson's apartment was Jeff Trail he had been
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beaten to death with a hammer and not far from the body police found a duffel bag with a name on it Andrew kunanon
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this is the travel bag that we believe uh Andrew kunanon brought to Minneapolis on uh April
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25th but where was Andrew kunanon and where was David Madson the trail stayed cold for Just 4 days and then on
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Saturday morning two fishermen found the body of a young man on the shores of East Rush Lake
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about an hour north of Minneapolis it was David Madson he'd been shot in the head we learned that David died pretty
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soon after Jeff Trail oh my gosh you know to be in the situation that David's in with this
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crazy person you know and how scary for him I'm sure he tried to calm Ander down
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you know I mean I'm sure there was survival mode going on like how do you diffuse this
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situation but he obviously failed at that um and he lost his life because of that ballistic tests showed the bullets
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used to kill Madson came from a 40 caliber gun like the one Jeff Trail had taken to Minneapolis Police believe
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kunanon took that gun presumably when you were able to link madson's death to tra's death that changed the whole
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investigation yeah now we're down to where's and there were tire tracks near madson's
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body and his car a red Jeep was missing but it would not stay missing for long 72-year-old Lee miglin was found
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tortured and stabbed to death in the garage of his mansion on Chicago's Gold Coast on the morning of May 3rd 1996 7
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Steven and Barbara buer found the body of their neighbor Lee miglin he was a wealthy real estate developer I can
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still picture it today I could see the points of his shoes and I said it Le is right there I mean it was absolutely um
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chilling inside Lee miglin's townhouse there was some money and other things missing and there was evidence the
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killer had stayed a while police photos show he had shaved and taken a bath debris in the kitchen sink uh melted ice
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cream coming out of their containers then in uh Lee's Library finding this uh large ham uh sliced sitting on his desk
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that was plenty to recognize that uh something very very bad had gone on around the corner from the murder
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scene police would discover David madson's red Jeep but now Lee miglin's green Lexus was
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missing to this day police do not know what if any connection kunanon had to miglin but they feared kunanon would
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strike again [Music] I do know it's not a random act of violence a nationwide man hunt is still
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underway for can after Andrew kunan murdered Jeff Trail David Madson and Lee miglin the gay community was
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terrified especially in San Diego I think everybody was in a State of Shock I think some people were in a state of
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fear people didn't answer their doors people that knew him the most stayed other
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places Michael Williams relocated to Scottdale Arizona everybody was on very high alert cuz he didn't know where he
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was going to strike again yeah just six days after he killed miglin while kunan was on the run in miglin's green Lexus
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police believe he realized the FBI was tracking the car phone's signal and he needed a new new
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vehicle he's believed to have struck here in pensville Friday afternoon at the remote fins Point Cemetery at Fort M
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Park FBI is going to work at concurrently with the New Jersey State Police the Lexus was found at this
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Cemetery in Southern New Jersey inside the office lay victim number four he was 45-year-old William ree he'd been shot
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in the head and his red pickup was gone yeah he all he was was a caretaker at a cemetery Minneapolis detective Dale
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bares says William Reese was killed simply for his truck you know he just was a very honorable man in the wrong
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place absolutely at the wrong time and alone you're in Scot somewhere in Scottdale he's last heard of in New
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Jersey can you relax no until he caught you don't relax as Johnny Versace was in Europe
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working on what would be his final collection Andrew kunanon was the focus of a nationwide manhunt he was featured
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on America's Most Wanted Le say kunanon may be wearing glasses and earned a spot
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on the FBI's 10most Wanted list you think he enjoyed the the attention that he got oh I absolutely do former FBI
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profiler Mary eleno he basically held the United States hostage because we were looking for him
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everywhere we didn't know where he was oul says having murdered four men in three states over 12 days kunanon was
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now considered a spree killer a spree killer continues and continues and continues and does not go back into
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their normal life life as they know it it's done so otou believes kunanon knew he
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had had nothing to lose there's no way to undo what he's done now absolutely no way so he's really boxed himself into a
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corner from a behavioral standpoint that makes him more dangerous but then for two months there was no sign of
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kunanon until July 15th 1997 when he struck again this time was different because this time his victim
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was Johnny Versace [Music] when you heard that he had done it again do you remember how you felt every time
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there was another killing it was almost like you're being stabbed you know it it's that Rush of pain and you're just
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automatically oh my God why can't they catch him there's no question that he knew that we were hot on this Trail
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Carlos Nora remembers that within hours hundreds of police officers piled onto Miami Beach we all but locked down uh
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the causeways and the ways in and out of the city and I believe that created that
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bottleneck where he felt uncomfortable trying to leave the City crime sters with all the attention on this case
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every day brought a flood of tips how long ago the tips that were coming in were overwhelming at times especially
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since this was detective Gus Sanchez's first homicide investigation were you nervous at all of course I was yeah we
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know already that he had killed numerous people I remember going to different locations knocking on doors it always
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crosses your mind that kunan can be in there armed and he can shoot through the door detectives soon learned kunanon had
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been in Miami beach for about 2 months he was sort of hiding in plain sight exactly the police had missed several
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opportunities to get him about a week before he killed Versace kunanon pawned a gold coin stolen from Lee miglin how'd
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the pawn shop know it was him he told them Pond coin about a week before the homicide and used his own name used his
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own name what's more kunan and's name was on a form the pawn shop was required to send to the Miami Beach Police
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Department it arrived 5 days before the murder we did not have an automated system at the time it was just one of
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many forms and unfortunately nobody looked at it did you think why didn't we know about this
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before Johnny Versace was killed that thought went through my mind several times cuz apparently he was on the beach
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for a period of time kunan listed his address as the Normandy Plaza Hotel it was a dump you and I wouldn't stay in
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that hotel he'd registered under his own name must drive you nuts to know that this guy was walking walking around free
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as a bird right I I mean just the fact that this guy was being looked for speaks to the fact that he was able to
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blend in and change his appearance and successfully just stay one step ahead that
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way things might have turned out differently if police had a little more luck 4 days before Versace was killed
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someone at this sub shop recognized conanan from the America's Most Wanted story he called the police but they
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arrived too late I was disappointed I was frustrated it's just unfortunate that we didn't catch him before it
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happened after versace's murder with kunanon on the loose anxiety grew let me assure you that Miami Beach and Dade
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County are safe I was afraid remember versace's friend Lazaro Quintana had chased kunan so I told the officer go
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get him he in there go get him he knew who I was but I didn't know who he was how did you behave when you were out
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scared cautious looking over my shoulder a lot literally I mean absolutely oh yeah I was yeah I mean I get goosebumps
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on it absolutely this man had a gun this man knew what he was doing the longer kunan dodged police the
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more intense the hunt became I think the police were getting anxious where could
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he be what kind of resources did he have former prosecutor Michael band that's a
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lot of pressure that's a lot of pressure on law enforcement The Whole World's watching but we don't want anybody else
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dead there was a sense that maybe we lost him by some people I just thought that he was hiding out yeah go ahead Tom
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and then the tip came in that would change everything here we go guys here we go I get a call Michael
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I think we found [Music] them what's your emergency somebody and they're shooting I heard over the police
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radio that there had been a shot fired that they were surrounding a house booat you think what we got
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him after a 9-day Manhunt Miami Beach detective Gus Sanchez believed Andrew kunanon was finally cornered on a
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houseboat just 40 blocks from where he had shot down Johnny Versace when Sanchez arrived it was a
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standoff at this point nobody's seen kunan on the house boat no there's no confirmation at this point the
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houseboats caretaker saw signs of a Breakin and when he went inside a shot was fired police quickly surrounded the
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houseboat they are communicating by bullhorn with the houseboat after a 4-Hour Siege the SWAT team fired tear
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gas and went on [Music] [Laughter] board when it was safe prosecutor Michael band followed them it was a mess
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it was just a mess in an upstairs bedroom they found a body I just recall an individual lying on the bed looking
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up he had a bullet wound in his head there's a gun next to him when you looked at that face what did your gut
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tell you my gut told me it's him but that wasn't enough I wanted fingerprints as band waited an expert at
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the scene compared fingerprints from the corpse with kunin he looks up and he says it's him the rain of terror brought
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Upon Us by Andrew kunan is over it turned out kunan shot himself with the same gun he used to kill Johnny Versace
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William Reese and David Madson it was the gun he had taken from his friend and first victim Jeff Trail there's a sense
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of relief but this was not the outcome Michael Williams hoped for I didn't want him to do anything but go to jail and
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ride Andrew kunan and's suicide left the world with a pile of questions was there
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any connection between Johnny Versace and Andrew kunanon there have always been rumors
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there is no hard evidence do you think they knew each other I I think there's a strong possibility that they they cross
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paths before and that plays into his motive I I think so I think they knew each other or he wanted to be in his
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Circle and maybe he was rejected and this this is all speculation there is some sense it's not complete why' he do
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it what was the folks in Minnesota why Chicago why New Jersey why Versace was there a connection there was this just
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some sort of serendipitous unfortunate occasion where just two lives intersected at the wrong
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time and we'll never know we'll never know 20 years after versace's death Tim gun says versace's influence still lives
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sexy auring gorgeous red carpet gowns it's all attributable to Johnny versan po singer Bruno Mars not only wears
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Versace he mentions Versace in one of his songs if guys like Bruno Mars are singing about Johnny Versace 20 years
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after his death what in your mind does that say about Johnny Versace that he's fully embedded in our society and
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culture and has a has a profound Legacy I feel his presence uh when I designing lyana agular a Project Runway contestant
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was just a teenager When Versace was killed they're Versace elements in what you're wearing today right yes Tim gun
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saw this and he said this looks like Versace and I was like yes mission accomplish of course the memories are
00:39:47
infinitely more personal for Michael Williams who lost his best friend and two decades later it still hurts this
00:39:56
hasn't left you I'm better it's taken me years you know if it was just Jeff being
00:40:03
killed would be one thing but then you got David and Lee miglin and William Ree and Johnny
00:40:11
Versace father people that you're now connected to it is a connection no one would ever
00:40:25
seek the world lost an icon but five families lost loved ones friends lost friends all for a reason we'll never
00:40:35
know if there ever was one [Music] [Music] [Music] he [Music] I don't think the grieving ever
00:41:44
ends it evolves we've been wanting to tell Amy's story and just felt like we weren't
00:41:51
ready before but now we feel like we can do it was so proud of her and what she's
00:42:01
accomplished oh my goodness fire eater dancer photographer model therapist she wanted to fix people you
00:42:17
might want to speak to this woman Dr Amy harck as a licensed marriage and family
00:42:22
therapist I see all kinds of different things anxiety depression change of life stuff breakups moves things like
00:42:28
that Amy helped me so much I had gone to see Amy because I had dealt with a relationship that got very out of
00:42:38
control and turned into a very serious stalking case jealousy can become dangerous even lead to violence it can
00:42:46
lead to death I want 434 yeah somebody just attacked my roommate Lee get a cop here
00:42:56
I just was woken up by screaming like blood curling scream and and then I realized that the
00:43:04
screaming wasn't stopping or slowing down and I yelled up you know Amy and I heard choking right after that I knew we
00:43:13
were in trouble this is for real this is really happening I knew we needed help like I'm going to have to make a break
00:43:20
for it when the First Responders first got that call where did they go they came right
00:43:29
here to this house Hey sir hi I can help you my room roommate was attacked I know
00:43:34
it I I heard it she's screaming she was thrown to the ground okay hold on okay Michael Herman was out here he's frantic
00:43:40
he's nervous they didn't know what to think of this guy right right they had no idea of who he was why he was
00:43:48
involved in all this they knew he was rambling on they had some doubts about him originally I think there's okay sir
00:43:54
do me a favor do me a favor calm down calm him down other than your roommate is there anybody else inside the house I
00:43:59
don't know I don't know thanks and I'm walking them around to the back of the house and it's dark back there there's
00:44:09
some light but it's pretty dark back there and when they get around to the back now they can see a body on the on
00:44:14
the ground sir sir come here I remember not knowing what I was seeing you know afterward realizing it was
00:44:25
Amy really what hit me was the way that she was killed so heartbreaking that her
00:44:32
of all people had to be taken in the way that she was I said I know who did it I just knew
00:44:40
it I was the only person she was afraid of it's the only one she was ever afraid
00:44:45
of [Music] [Music] take a seat take a seat oh my God hey we we need we need to hand this
00:45:40
what happened to you in the early morning darkness of February 15 2020 police body cameras were recording as
00:45:48
Amy Harwick barely clinging to life outside of her Hollywood Hills Home was taken to a hospital if she says anything
00:45:56
in the hospital to know that as EMTs tried to save Amy officers from the Los Angeles
00:46:04
police dep Department tried to make sense of the scene Amy's roommate Michael Herman appeared to be the only
00:46:11
witness he told officers an intruder had attacked Amy I swear to you that was a struggle I heard but is there any sign
00:46:21
of the Intruder there wasn't there wasn't Scott Masterson was the lead detective all we knew when we showed up
00:46:30
was that a female was found on the ground in the back of the house we're wide open to what really went on even
00:46:38
open to the possibility that this wasn't foul play at all when officers searched
00:46:43
the three-story house they found Amy's purse jacket and broken necklace on the floor not exactly telltale signs of a
00:46:53
crime and a discovery on Amy's balcony made them wonder if this could have been an accident or even suicide on the deck
00:47:03
of the balcony we found a medium size syringe and it was loaded with a yellowish Brown substance yeah it's
00:47:11
heroin when the officers first saw that they thought what was this some kind of drug deal or exactly or maybe she was
00:47:20
using drugs and fell over they they didn't know sir do you know her history of drug use no she's so she do drink it
00:47:27
she didn't even drink she doesn't drink she doesn't even drink she's sober and when I first saw it I said that's not
00:47:32
heroin not heroin but he didn't know what it was but what did you think wasn't that odd very odd very
00:47:42
strange and very strange to investigators says Masterson was that Michael had blood on his shirt and
00:47:49
although he said he was a roommate he didn't have his keys to the house when First Responders arrived they don't know
00:47:57
he's part of the problem part of the solution so you know they're thinking was he in a fight with
00:48:05
her that was not true Michael Herman is telling his story publicly for the first
00:48:12
time about the events on the night of Valentine's Day 2020 and into the early hours of the next day the word nightmare
00:48:21
isn't even big enough word is it no no Amy had gone out with friends and and Michael was in his downstairs bedroom
00:48:29
I'd been mostly nodding on and off I remember what sounded like a plate dropping being woken up by
00:48:36
it thinking it was Amy's cat he says he fell back asleep he later woke up to Amy
00:48:43
returning home and that blood curdling scream he then heard what sounded like Amy being thrown to the floor and later
00:48:52
choked the sound made you feel that there was someone up with her I knew I knew for a fact there was somebody up
00:48:58
there after that I'm trying to listen you don't know for sure what's going on was he acting alone was there more than
00:49:05
one person I just start rushing to look for my phone but Michael says he couldn't find
00:49:12
his phone he then started yelling to scare the Intruder I remember thinking like this is so much worse than any
00:49:19
horror movie I've ever seen you realizing that to save her like you've got to make the decision to leave her it
00:49:25
was such a hard decision decision Michael fled the house to get help but when he got to the front gate
00:49:33
it was locked he climbed over a fence cutting himself on spiked rods frantically he ran to the next door
00:49:41
neighbor's house that neighbor's surveillance camera shows Michael knocking on the door but no one answers
00:49:49
I just kind of panicked you know feeling like a a lot of time had already passed
00:49:54
he then ran into someone on the street and use their phone to call 9911 you guys need to get a a cop here
00:50:01
quick sir the officers are on the way after spending hours at the scene investigators found something in the
00:50:10
light of day that they had missed before a broken window from a French door on the ground floor with blood nearby and
00:50:20
so as soon as we saw that okay this is our point of entry we have a crime here somebody broke into
00:50:26
this house and did this so this was the first piece of evidence that said to you
00:50:31
Mike Herman might be telling you the truth correct correct later at the Hollywood Police
00:50:38
Station Michael told Masterson about the person he believed was responsible told
00:50:43
them she had an ex-boyfriend that she had had a restraining order against um that had expired I don't know his name
00:50:50
but Robert would know his name Robert is Robert klin one of Amy's closest friends friends we first spoke
00:50:58
to Robert in 2020 he told us what he told police they were like do you know do you know who might have you know
00:51:05
could have done this and I was like yeah Gareth Gareth pers house an old boyfriend whom Amy had had a troubled
00:51:14
relationship with when they dated almost 10 years earlier I was like you need to
00:51:19
go find this guy right away masteron then broke the news to Robert and Michael Amy had died at the
00:51:28
hospital she was 38 years old how difficult was it to hear that Amy didn't make it it's still difficult to
00:51:37
hear as investigators work to find Amy's ex-boyfriend they also tried to find Amy's parents Penny and Tom Harwick in
00:51:47
Pennsylvania the Harwick remember getting ready for bed when there was a knock at the door it was the local
00:51:55
police and he said Amy's been murdered it it's it's a blur right now I I don't know how to describe it
00:52:12
just devastated Penny and Tom's life with Amy began when they adopted her as an 11-month-old
00:52:20
baby do you remember the first time you saw your little girl oh absolutely remember remember kind of like a fairy
00:52:28
tale it's like here's this beautiful little girl sitting there she's going to come home with us and and be our
00:52:35
daughter it was wonderful and believe it or not she had a headful of curls and her hair was honey colored by the time
00:52:42
she was four it was so dark around that same time the Harwick adopted their son Chris and she was okay with it for a
00:52:51
couple of weeks and then she said well when is he going back and I said well he's not he's your
00:52:57
brother he's going to be here forever how would you describe your sister Amy was a very interesting uh
00:53:06
character she was into heavy metal into rock music going to concerts and Amy got
00:53:12
her parents in on the action too she turned Penny into metalheads her headers seriously seriously she would
00:53:21
always manage to get either backstage or to meet the performers that's just who she
00:53:29
was After High School Amy met Tommy Decker a drummer from La at a local concert the two began dating long
00:53:38
distance and then she said I want to move out there I want to move out to El in 2001 she headed west she was 20 years
00:53:48
old she needed to find out who she was she needed to do that for herself soon the couple tied the nod but
00:53:56
after a three-year marriage Tommy and Amy divorced it wasn't until 2009 that Amy
00:54:04
would go on to meet carth pous the man police suspected had killed her and whom they were Now searching
00:54:22
for heartbreak for a local neighborhood after a well-known therap IST was killed
00:54:27
at her Hollywood Hills Home people have left flowers here for Amy Harwick and her friends and family
00:54:35
are hoping for justice I was very confident that you know Gareth pers house was our
00:54:43
guy within 13 hours of Amy harwick's death on February 15 2020 police descended on Gareth P House's Beachside
00:54:52
neighborhood to arrest him you could tell he was playing the old what's this about why do you want to
00:55:01
talk who uh oh yeah I know Amy sure yeah he basically was saying I've been at home detectives weren't buying that
00:55:10
story or the explanation P house gave for what appeared to be a fresh black eye he blamed a home renovation I said I
00:55:20
think you better get a contractor if you get a hold of a power tool you're going
00:55:23
to be in real trouble P house was charged with Amy's murder on February 19th 2020 and detectives were
00:55:32
learning about his troubled past beginning not long after he and Amy began dating in 2009 they seemed like a
00:55:40
pretty fun couple and kind of nice to see you know friends get together when we first spoke to Rudy Torres in 2020 he
00:55:48
talked about how the couple met Amy them working as a model and Dancer would often run into Pur house an events
00:55:55
photographer at flashy La parties if you ad meet him you would think he's Charming little
00:56:02
goofy kind of dorky he wasn't a musician like she normally no no and she was trying to break the Habit her house was
00:56:11
also a computer expert and an aspiring comedian here he is one more time for Gareth everybody come on bad news for
00:56:20
the entertainers over there the best day of your career is going to be the days after you die but oddly says Amy's
00:56:26
mother Penny her daughter didn't share much else about him and why do you think that is well maybe she was already
00:56:35
feeling like he wasn't who she thought he was and Penny says her daughter never shared how volatile the two-year
00:56:44
relationship had become she had gone through quite a bit with Gareth there was there was a number of police reports
00:56:51
that were made detectives learned that Amy had called police to report several violent incidents over the years she
00:56:59
said that on multiple occasions Gareth P house had choked suffocated and punched
00:57:05
her with a closed Fist and she even documented her injuries with these photos but Amy's Father Tom says Amy
00:57:16
didn't share just how bad things had gotten she didn't go into details do you think she just wanted to protect the two
00:57:23
of you yes yes after Amy ended the relationship she took steps to protect herself obtaining a restraining order
00:57:32
against P house in 202 but while she was trying to distance herself from him Rudy says P house could
00:57:41
not let her go he always wanted to get a hold of her and I used to tell him that
00:57:46
he should just leave her alone and he wouldn't take no for an answer and then he cut me
00:57:52
off in the years after their breakup Amy told her parent parents that her home was broken into on one occasion
00:58:00
strangely the only things taken were personal photos and on another her computer was wiped clean and did she
00:58:09
think it was Gareth she did oh yes but no way of proving no way of proving anything of course we were worried but
00:58:16
then we also felt like well she's done with him it's over and it was never [Music]
00:58:23
over and Penny says Amy was thriving getting a degree to become a licensed therapist hi this is Dr Amy Harwick
00:58:32
licensed marriage and family therapist Amy posted therapy videos on her social media you can seek therapy to address an
00:58:40
issue like depression anxiety a breakup you can also seek therapy to be a better
00:58:45
you but even as Amy focused on helping others she couldn't quite shake the Shadows from her past she lost a job as
00:58:54
a youth counselor Penny said says after prospective employer was anonymously sent nude photos of her Amy believed P
00:59:03
house was behind it she was really upset about it and then she wasn't sure what she was going to do despite that
00:59:10
obstacle Amy studied for a PhD in human sexuality earning the title doctor she took a special interest in marginalized
00:59:20
groups sex workers and vulnerable women and she doesn't stop she just she bounced right back I wrote a book called
00:59:28
the new sex Bible for women no she didn't stop she would work with these groups of people that she felt were
00:59:35
underrepresented and needed help what was Dr harwick's reputation Dr Amy Harwick had a amazing reputation I had a
00:59:44
lot of mutual friends that had seen her Emily sear is a model whose Grace the cover of Maxim magazine first started
00:59:52
seeing Dr Amy Harwick in 2017 in part to help her overcome anxiety she had around dating and intimacy I felt
01:00:03
that she was relatable well I didn't know just exactly how relatable it was even when she opened up to Amy about an
01:00:11
Abus of exboyfriend who had stalked her Emily says Amy never told her about her own similar
01:00:19
experience and that still is something that I am struggling to process knowing that I was Sting across from her and she
01:00:27
had been through so much that was similar as Amy was helping Emily work through her issues around dating Amy was
01:00:36
Taking a Chance on a new man in her own life Happy Valentine's Day Dre Harry comedian and host of the prices right on
01:00:45
CBS she was obviously really beautiful she was really smart she just wanted to help people especially women we spoke to
01:00:53
Carrie in 2022 said it wasn't long after meeting Amy at a party that he decided she was the one
01:01:02
and I said if this keeps going the way it's going I'm going to marry her and what happened what happened was he ended
01:01:08
up taking her to Paris on New Year's Eve and proposing to her she accepted Drew and Amy shared the news on his show soon
01:01:16
after I'd like to introduce you to my brand new lovely fiance Amy how you doing but instead of spending the rest
01:01:25
of their lives together later that year the couple split up how did she take the
01:01:31
breakup she was devastated I mean she broke it off and I think that's because all Fame was getting in the way that's
01:01:40
because says Penny Amy feared that with the added public attention she was getting while on the arm of a celebrity
01:01:48
she could be putting herself in danger you know who was watching and it made [Music]
01:02:19
worry it hit home a lot after Amy passed in the way that she did how dangerous it really is for women
01:02:30
Emily Sears one of Amy harwick's therapy clients was shaken by the news of her death the reality is we're not safe
01:02:38
nobody is in dealing with some domestic violence cuz this was a bit different because the way Gareth persos acted in
01:02:44
this case was more methodical when Deputy district attorney Victor Ava took on the case he was
01:02:51
particularly troubled by evidence that pers house had broken into Amy's house house hoping to catch her off guard when
01:02:58
she arrived home and that's at the point that we decided to charge not only the murder charge also the special
01:03:04
circumstance of lying in waight these are the crime scene notes AA along with his co-counsel Deputy district attorney
01:03:11
Katherine Mariano reviewed surveillance and body camera video interviews with Amy's family and friends and compiled a
01:03:20
timeline of the events leading up to the murder became very clear to me that his
01:03:26
obsession drove his intent to kill her they believe that pers House's obsession with Amy was ignited when he
01:03:36
saw her at this award show about a month before her murder it was a chance encounter P house working the gig as a
01:03:44
photographer Amy smiling for the cameras enjoying the Limelight but moments earlier off camera Witnesses say an
01:03:53
angry PSE house confronted her Penny harick recalls Amy telling her she hadn't seen him in almost a
01:04:02
decade he called her a and he told her she ruined his life and she just told me how afraid she was because he
01:04:08
was crying and causing a huge scene and she said Mom I went into therapist mood I just
01:04:17
tried to calm him after talking to Gareth for almost an hour Amy left the event very worried
01:04:26
was your reaction Penny when she was telling you this that's when we talked about security and she said she was
01:04:32
going to get pepper spray we decided to start sharing location so I could track where she was her close friend Robert
01:04:38
koslin says that sharing her phone's location was one of the few things Amy felt she could do to feel safe the
01:04:46
restraining order against P house had long expired and because P house hadn't expressly threatened her Robert says she
01:04:55
didn't think going to police would help still he says Amy was very concerned that's when she said look if something
01:05:05
happens to me he did it she actually said that she literally said that she's thinking that he can cause me harm and
01:05:12
the very next day he finds her phone on the internet and starts texting her Gareth sent Amy a series of texts and
01:05:19
later left her a tear-filled voicemail I have so much I need to say please give me a chance to just say it
01:05:31
please please that's when prosecutors say Amy decided to block his number I believe up until that point he was
01:05:39
trying to manipulate his way back into her life at the point that she made the decision to block him that was her
01:05:45
choice and she had that right to do that prosecutors say pel started to plan to kill Amy on Valentine's Day was that
01:05:53
just a random date abs absolutely not I think he wanted to make a statement by killing her on Valentine's
01:06:00
Day on February 14th 2020 Amy went out with a group of friends around 700 p.m. 2 hours later say prosecutors
01:06:09
surveillance cameras from her nextdoor neighbor's property were activated you get those ring cameras that show a
01:06:17
person that looks just like Gareth Pur house with gloves when he first comes into view he covers the camera and when
01:06:24
the camera senses no more motion it shuts off and then he hops over the fence into Amy's yard soon after around
01:06:33
900 p.m. they believe per house broke through that French door and that's consistent with Michael Herman he heard
01:06:41
something breaking upstairs early in the evening and I think he just got into the
01:06:45
house cut himself I don't think he even realized he cut himself leaving that blood police later found nearby DNA
01:06:54
testing would confirm if belonged to P [Music] house and detective Masterson says where
01:07:02
P house went next was revealed by Amy's unmade bed I think he climbed in her bed
01:07:09
he was there waiting for her for quite a while how creepy is that crazy creepy that's where masteron believes
01:07:19
Amy found him 4 hours later when she arrived home a little after 1:00 a.m. she walks into her bedroom and I think
01:07:27
she just froze in shock and fear and the one thing that was on the bed was her phone so I think she actually threw her
01:07:34
phone at him and turned and started to run out of the bedroom and she's screaming and they're fighting and
01:07:41
they're wrestling how hard did Amy fight for her life I think she fought with everything she had yeah had something
01:07:48
that appeared to look like a bite mark on his bicep and Pur house also had that black eye to us it was indicative of Amy
01:07:56
fighting for her life but she was obviously up against a much bigger stronger opponent prosecutors believe
01:08:03
persel started choking Amy and that's when Michael Herman yelled they believe catching P house by surprise and I think
01:08:12
that plan was definitely thwarted by the unbeknownst presence of Michael Herman there I just don't believe that he even
01:08:19
knew that somebody was home in his Panic they believe pers house dropped that syringe police found on the balcony it
01:08:27
was months before lab test revealed what it contained liquid nicotine a toxic poison that if injected into someone it
01:08:36
would kill them why kill her that way I mean with that lethal dose of nicotine people may not know what killed her it
01:08:43
may not be [Music] detected with his original plan interrupted prosecutors believe that P
01:08:50
house carried Amy barely conscious after being strangled to the third story balcony he lifts her right over the rail
01:08:58
and then drops her to kill her Gareth pers house is caught on the neighbor's camera hopping back over the
01:09:08
fence with their suspect and theory of the crime the prosecutors were ready for trial but they were surprised by Gareth
01:09:18
pers House's defense blaming Amy for what happened that night [Music] [Music] in August 2023 more than 3 years after
01:09:40
Amy harwick's death her accused killer Gareth pous went on trial I almost didn't recognize him
01:09:48
right in their opening statements prosecutors Victor Avala and Katherine Mariano told jur why and how they
01:09:57
believe P house ended Amy's life in the early morning of February 15th 2020 Dr Amy arwi was murdered by defendant Garth
01:10:09
pous because he was obsess he strangled her lifted her up over the balcony and dropped her to her
01:10:18
death I just pray that Amy was unconscious when she was when she went over the balcony
01:10:26
Tom and Penny sat through every second of the trial even the most graphic moments I need to know what happened to
01:10:33
my daughter and we wanted to be there for Amy yeah through the whole ordeal but the Harwick were not alone also in
01:10:41
the courtroom a small army of Amy's friends including Rudy Torres this is the last thing I could ever do for
01:10:49
her although fortified by her friends nothing could prepare the Harwick to hear for the first time ever Gareth P
01:10:59
House's explanation about what happened the night Amy died defense attorney Evan franel claims
01:11:07
that running into Amy in January 2020 at that award show had sent P house into quote a deep debilitating depression
01:11:17
unquote and the only way out of it was to talk to Amy on Valentine's Day 2020 only intention that night was to speak
01:11:27
to her what was your reaction to that to put it bluntly they're making up stories cuz they have no
01:11:36
defense and as for that nicotine filled syringe found at the crime scene P House's defense attorney says it wasn't
01:11:44
for Amy he brought it intending to kill himself why didn't he no he was on a mission to kill her he was wearing
01:11:51
gloves when he went there he covered up the cameras what's the purpose of doing all that if you're going to kill
01:11:56
yourself there in front of her in this trial the defense tells the jurors they will hear from an Accident
01:12:03
Reconstructionist who will show that Amy fell on her own defense attorney franel
01:12:09
then shows the jury two images a screenshot of the Reconstruction showing an animated figure hanging from the
01:12:17
balcony and an undated photo of Amy posing on top of a balcony railing you'll see that she had a certain
01:12:26
Comfort level with the balcony Raad beautiful young lady wasn't she she looked glorious what was your reaction
01:12:36
ridiculous I couldn't take it seriously it was just so far-fetched to me she's been strangled she's
01:12:43
debilitated so for her to then walk climb over a 3-foot rail do all that it doesn't seem reasonable it seems
01:12:50
actually unreasonable the defense's opening concludes with this damine admission yes Gareth P house was waiting
01:12:59
in her home he broke into her home had he not been there she wouldn't died that night that is not in dispute he set a
01:13:10
chain of actions into motion that led to her death but the evidence will show that he never
01:13:19
intended on killing over the course of 10 days the prosecution presented its evidence to
01:13:28
prove that Gareth pous did intend to kill Amy Harwick dozens of witnesses testify for the state including
01:13:37
detective masteron now retired Robert kin call Michael her and of course Amy's roommate Michael Herman the man who
01:13:48
heard it all Michael described for the jury how after that incident on the red carpet Amy had been concerned about
01:13:57
those French doors that pers house would later use to break into her home Amy had
01:14:03
met with a handyman I remember uh they were over by the the glass doors and Amy was pointing it out and telling him we
01:14:12
need to secure this prosecutors also play for the jury this tape jail conversation between pers
01:14:20
house and his friends after his arrest I guess I'm officially a bad boy now right
01:14:25
I've always been kind of just a couple of weeks after he's been arrested for murder he's laughing with his friends
01:14:32
you never hear any moment of concern for Amy during that call yeah so it's not great I'm not getting out of here why
01:14:41
was that important I think that's one piece of evidence to show a consciousness of guilt so he knows
01:14:47
what's coming because the evidence shows what he did it proves what he did when it was the defense's turn to present its
01:14:54
cas case and call its expert witness to show how Amy's fall from the balcony was
01:15:00
an accident the defense suddenly rested without calling a single witness didn't that hurt the defense I am sure some
01:15:10
jurors were wondering what happened so I don't think that helps during closing arguments defense attorney Robin
01:15:17
Bernstein L presented a new theory of what happened that night that Amy may have attacked P house
01:15:25
we don't know who initiated the physical confrontation it is just as likely if not likelier she preemptively attacked
01:15:37
Gareth bur house in order to subdue him because she was afraid of him you see that all the time don't you a 115 lb
01:15:47
lady picking a fight with a 230 lb 6'4 man just Preposterous on its face did that make you mad oh took all my
01:15:55
willpower to stay in that seat to keep my mouth shut during the state's closing arguments it's Amy Harwick who has the
01:16:05
last word with prosecutor Marano reading from an email Amy wrote to herself hours
01:16:12
after her January 2020 encounter with P house tonight I felt very scared dck came up behind me and started screaming
01:16:21
I'm pretty nervous that I'm more on his radar now it terrifies me that he's obsessed with me for 9 years thinks
01:16:27
about me every day he's focused on harming me that's the closest we've ever had to
01:16:34
to a victim testifying in their murder I thought it was extremely devastating jur had three choices murder
01:16:43
in the first degree murder in the second or the Lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter when it came time for
01:16:51
deliberation I think we all thought it would be rather quick day one went by nothing I started getting a little
01:16:57
worried and thinking what could they be debating about what do you make of Gareth pers
01:17:07
House's defense see more evidence from the case at 48 hours.com I felt nervous yeah cuz you
01:17:25
never know as jurs met for a second day to decide Gareth P House's Fate The Waiting
01:17:32
for a verdict began to weigh heavily on the prosecution it's incredibly Nery the
01:17:38
weight is the worst part and on Amy harwick's friends and family and and all you hear is just like a symphony of of
01:17:47
anxious bellies just so everybody's nervous but as Court was about to adjourn we were walking out
01:17:55
of the courthouse and Rudy called down and said everybody get up here there's a verdict is it correct that the jury has
01:18:02
a verdict you can have the verdict forms over to the Bay please with the jury and
01:18:07
the above entitled action finding defendant GTH P house guilty of the crime of Murder in the First Degree
01:18:12
Gareth pous guilty of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of line in weight what did you feel at that
01:18:22
moment a huge relief huge Rel leave I I just started crying and I couldn't stop it was like pH finally after all
01:18:32
this time he's going to be held accountable for what he did two months later P house was
01:18:39
sentenced to life in prison without parole he didn't say a word Amy's friend Robert koslin Justice
01:18:55
was rendered and that's good but we shouldn't be here at all this should never have happened to begin with the
01:19:02
hole in our lives remains he's impacted so many people with his actions so many people he devastated our
01:19:10
[Music] family a family that has grown after the verdict Tom gathered Amy's friends the
01:19:20
ones who have stood by them every step of this journey I said you are not our friends you're
01:19:27
family you you really have become our family could you have gotten through this without them no I don't think
01:19:37
[Music] so it's a testament to the amazing life and Community Amy Harwick created she
01:19:45
was really happy she was really happy that she had really gotten her life together man we were all
01:19:57
happy Michael Herman says he still keeps replaying that night she's gone and I'm
01:20:05
still here you want a second chance I'm still trying to save her Michael Herman has a lot of Survivor guilt oh my
01:20:12
goodness he did the exact right thing he made all the right decisions do you feel
01:20:17
your sister got Justice I feel I feel she did Amy's brother Chris we wish that she still could be here to
01:20:28
to continue to help people CU that's what she was all about we lost a friend but so many other
01:20:37
people lost a Healer I think of a me every day because she she helped me so much Emily sear says she's struggling
01:20:47
without Amy's guidance it's just so hard to feel safe when this is the reality of
01:20:52
what happened to her and what happens to so many people Amy's loved ones are hoping to
01:20:59
change that reality after her death a petition was created to rewrite California domestic violence laws
01:21:07
including a statute preventing restraining orders from expiring and our biggest disappointment was it lost all
01:21:15
its impact when Co shut everything down prosecutor Katherine Mariano acknowledges that there are limits to
01:21:22
the legal system by the time it gets to our table we're in a position to act reactively rather than proactively but
01:21:30
as a society I think we can always do better right after the trial Amy's parents
01:21:36
headed home to Pennsylvania the place where they first became a family with their little girl and watched her grow
01:21:43
into the woman admired and now missed by so many what's the hardest part just the the absence
01:21:55
The Quiet One huge void one huge void and I miss our [Music] adventures Adventures remembered when
01:22:05
they visit Amy's grave and I couldn't get a brighter orange I know orange was your favorite
01:22:14
color but this is the closest I could get we're not the same people we were before but we keep trying to be we miss
01:22:21
you Amy every day we think of you anything you wish you had been able to say to her
01:22:29
just to tell her one more time that I love her I know she knew it but I wanted to be able to say it
01:22:38
[Music] [Music] four women at the breaking point we were desperate in fear every day an
01:23:06
investigative reporter comes to the rescue does he become the target this was a very personal attack he is 100%
01:23:12
our hero who killed Jeff gearman 48 hours Saturday on CBS at streaming on Paramount Plus
01:23:20
[Music] James Brown and papa Don't Take No Mess part one this is Casey casel and
01:23:40
Hollywood and American Top 40 a number eight if you grew up in the 70s the 80s or the '90s you knew that voice as
01:23:48
Michael Jackson threatens to take over the top spot Casey KAS was everywhere counting down the hits here's a tune
01:23:54
that reached the top 10 a few weeks ago got as high as number nine and if you're
01:23:58
too young to remember that how about this Casey was the voice of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo here it
01:24:09
comes I love that man so much I would have died for [Music] him Casey and I were married here there
01:24:21
were 500 people here we had our friends and family it was the most incredible day of
01:24:31
my life in 2014 Casey kasm was dying of a Parkinson's likee disease he was about
01:24:41
to leave behind an enormous estate worth between 80 and $100 million his family went to war over that money against each
01:24:52
other Jean killed my father and when you say killed do you mean murder what she did led to his death that's a lie it's a
01:25:04
flat out lie g g it he was perhaps the most famous person ever known for counting backwards radio
01:25:14
Legend Casey kasm died today at the age of 82 I ran back in the room and I picked
01:25:20
him up in my arms and I held him so tight and I said I have never loved anybody like I have loved you she
01:25:31
isolated him and tortured him my dad was left to die in a facility they chemically restrained him
01:25:42
they removed his hydration his nutrition and all proactive Medical Care not one decision was made by me my dad
01:25:52
was dying and and I looked at her and I said dad's not going to be here for very
01:25:56
long you should get to the hospital and she said she oh she wouldn't talk to me that's what she did
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[Music] always if you were going to countd down the American Top 40 family feuds this
01:26:13
battle would be number one in the honor of King David I am I to you what person in their right mind throws frozen meat
01:26:22
at you screaming Biblical verses to the dogs to the dogs there are always rabid dogs it's so crazy and so weird your
01:26:33
court ordered to be here today they lie they cheat abuse is Abus and they think that they can get away with it why does
01:26:41
she hate us so much shame on these children shame we have been stalked tracked bullied it's not none of what
01:26:51
she says is ever true so they killed my husband they killed their father [Music]
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n [Music] [Music] [Music] and there you are I'm Casey qu till then keep your feet in the ground and keep
01:28:02
reaching for the [Music] Stars his family says cas's wife Jean illegally moved him from a facility
01:28:11
where the 82-year-old was receiving treatment he's very ill he shouldn't be moved there's never been a Hollywood
01:28:20
drama quite like the family feud between the second wife of Casey kasm I am the owner of the house and his children she
01:28:29
unplugged my dad from his feeding tube involving inry money and ultimately his death it was May 7th 2014 and you could
01:28:40
say the mystery started right here and imagine this it was 2:30 in the [Music] morning that move that night was to get
01:28:54
him out of the drama and to keep him safe and secure we had had enough jeie kasm Casey's wife of 34
01:29:08
years says she was convinced her husband's life was in danger Jean KAS told her story of Casey
01:29:19
kum's drama for the first time to 48 hours what were you thinking Genie I was thinking that it was time to protect my
01:29:33
husband the legendary radio host who suffers from dementia was checked out of an assisted living facility by his wife
01:29:41
It's a drama that really started all the way back in 1979 when Casey then a divorced father
01:29:47
of three met jeie Thompson she was a secretary at his agent's office Casey fell for her they were married exactly
01:29:57
one year later at one of LA's most luxurious hotels so where are we right now well
01:30:06
right now we're Where it All Began which is where Casey and I got married there were about 500 people
01:30:14
here it was an amazing day the Reverend Jesse Jackson married the couple it was a dream come true
01:30:25
spectacular jeie Thompson was 22 years younger than Casey she grew up listening to him I'm Casey kasm now we're up to
01:30:35
our longdistance dedication I was growing up on Guam at the time and we only had Armed Forces Radio over there
01:30:43
and I heard uh this DJ come on and he announced this record and I went oh my God who is this guy and he went I'm gazy
01:30:55
Kay we're going to miss the bus keep your pants on so will only take 5 minutes she is a former actress best
01:31:03
known for her role on Cheers she's uh got away with colors and a flare for design and the happy couple
01:31:12
eventually moved into this mansion in one of the chicest LA neighborhoods belir just a hop away from the famous
01:31:21
Playboy Mansion Welcome to the the cas house back then kasm was on top of the world a
01:31:28
Mr countdown himself Casey KAS Casey Come on number seven is a favorite of anyone who's ever been in love here it
01:31:37
is and that voice that voice he didn't think it was so good really he said I'm just the guy next door hardly he had
01:31:46
launched American Top 40 this is Casey Cas and we'd like to welcome you to American Top 40 heard on more than 1,000
01:31:53
in radio stations around the world he made hundreds of voiceovers scoobydoo where are you and that
01:32:02
signature voice of Scooby-Doo's pal Shaggy this night stick should do it Casey was much more than a voice to his
01:32:10
three kids from his first marriage Carrie Mike and Julie he was their loving father my father imparted so much wisdom
01:32:22
on all of us when we were children education education education Julie KAS became a physician's
01:32:29
assistant my dad imparted us to be humble to treat people with kindness to love those around you so this is the
01:32:40
studios and my father still has a studio here it's changed a little bit his oldest daughter Carrie kasm helped out
01:32:48
on his radio show this is where he did American Top 40 and American top 20 he would sit here
01:32:55
and he'd always have his water and his apple and rock candy for his voice he had into
01:33:02
modeling acting it's time for and broadcasting radio personality and television host Carrie Cas his son Mike
01:33:11
has a radio show in Singapore a song from one of America's top 10 albs and here they are Casey's children claim
01:33:18
everything changed once their father and Genie became engaged was there an estrangement there was basically they
01:33:28
were upset with their father and angry with their father because he married me and they were angry with me because I
01:33:36
married their father Casey and jeie would have their own daughter Liberty and as his success
01:33:46
grew they lived a full life Casey and jinny threw themselves into philanthropy you really it really is important to
01:33:55
give something back and to help repair the world because that's got to be my legacy I know everything from
01:34:00
environmental issues to animal rights to Progressive politics we believed in a lot of
01:34:09
Charity in 2007 at the age of 75 Casey kasm was diagnosed with a Parkinson's likee disease called Louis body dementia
01:34:21
it slows them down they can either either get rigid or shaking it may uh sometimes affect their
01:34:29
speech in 2009 he gave up his beloved radio show and signed off for the last time now one more time keep your feet on
01:34:40
the ground and keep reaching for the Stars Casey would have no Financial worries with an estate valued between
01:34:49
$80 and $100 million but around that time Genie claims his children became focused on one
01:34:58
thing it was all about the money we became the bank of casm the personal ATM machine around 2012 according to Genie
01:35:09
Casey was fed up and cut them off financially jeie says the kids were Furious but instead of getting mad Genie
01:35:18
claims Carrie and the others did something almost unimaginable I believe that Carrie kasm did kill my
01:35:29
husband that it was a long-term premeditated plan and he's gone it's just lie after lie after lie without any
01:35:43
evidence hear more about Casey from Jean Carrie and Julie on Facebook at 48 hours
01:35:50
[Music] [Music] the children of legendary DJ Casey kasm are demanding to know where is
01:36:10
Cas those adult children had put Targets on our backs do you believe that your husband Casey KAS feared his children
01:36:21
yes and feared that they could do what what they did which was kill him that's ridiculous that's
01:36:29
just that's ridiculous there's no more evil in this world than Jean Thompson KAS let me show you something Jean says
01:36:44
the alleged plot started In This Very Room behind me on a lonely stretch of Hollywood Boulevard back in 2007 she
01:36:52
says that Casey children lured their disoriented father from his belir Mansion to this very store to sign a
01:37:00
very important document he was taken to a UPS store and he was asked to sign his life
01:37:08
away while he was on medications he had sutures in his head he did not have his glasses on and he
01:37:18
was out of it uh does that mean the UPS Store this video shot by car shows Casey
01:37:24
filling out a document that would give his children and not Genie the authority to be in charge of his future healthc
01:37:32
care it's video that Genie claims shows that Casey is obviously impaired that's Casey's daughter Julie 5419 sweet C you
01:37:43
know what I mean put the address and this is the document Casey signed laying the groundwork genie claims that would
01:37:50
lead to medical decisions that would kill Casey starting in 2013 as Casey's Health
01:37:58
declined there were legal squabbles Genie was trying to control when and where people could see Casey including
01:38:06
his own children I was in tears I was speechless I called my sister balling and I said I just want to
01:38:14
see Dad and she won't let me jeie also says she and her daughter Liberty became targets of a harassment campaign were
01:38:23
you living in fear pretty much were you ever personally threatened by someone it
01:38:29
was a phone call that came in I believe it was um early in the morning and it there was a loud bang on the phone and I
01:38:39
I held my ear I said oh my God it sounds what is that and then I heard it again and I recognized it as a
01:38:47
gunshot and did you report this to the police reported it to our lawyer reported a lot of the incidences to the
01:38:57
police Genie alleges someone smashed her front gate her mail was stolen and more
01:39:04
I believe that there's another surveillance van there he is right there there he is
01:39:10
go it was around this time that Genie claims Casey's children asked police and Adult Protective Services to check up on
01:39:19
Casey they were called by Carrie Julie whomever Los Angeles police found no evidence of abuse or
01:39:31
neglect cheni claims that the harassment continued she points to this demonstration right outside her home
01:39:39
Carrie and some supporters were demanding to see Casey after 3 months of no communication we finally said enough
01:39:49
enough finally here at a rehab facility in Santa Monica the mysterious last days
01:39:56
of Casey cas's life took a dramatic turn Casey was very sick he'd been in and out
01:40:02
of hospitals for months and there had been endless legal fights mostly over visitation I was thinking that it was
01:40:11
time to protect my husband and leave the drama for all of us behind jeie says she was keeping Casey
01:40:22
at the rehab Center under a fake name but somehow his adult children found out then a few days later on May 6th
01:40:32
jeie says Carrie and Julie gained access into the facility and even got into Casey's room she says she was terrified
01:40:42
and Furious it was about the money Casey no longer was of any use to them it was all
01:40:52
about the money it turns out that the adult children's power of attorney for medical decisions
01:40:59
had never taken effect Carrie and Julie decided they needed to go to court to try to get custody of their dad we had
01:41:07
not seen him since February now this is May but jean was having none of it the day she found out they were headed to
01:41:15
court she made a dramatic move at 2:30 in the morning doctors say Genie ordered Casey's surgically implanted nutrition
01:41:24
tube and IV disconnected and checked him out of the rehab facility the doctor in
01:41:31
charge of Casey's care later wrote The Following letter to police quote she was informed of the risks of doing so and
01:41:39
was told she was placing Mr casm in great bodily harm or possible demise he's saying that you could have killed
01:41:47
him that is not true Casey was loaded in into a black SUV and disappeared into the
01:41:58
darkness you know he's ill cas's daughter doesn't know where he is Dad once told me don't ever go up against
01:42:07
Jean you don't know what she's capable of [Music] [Music] the children of legendary DJ Casey kasm
01:42:30
are demanding to know where it was May 2014 when Casey kasm vanished this is Casey casm on American Top 40 in
01:42:41
Hollywood that iconic voice in the world was nowhere to be heard and his case was
01:42:47
making big news Casey cas's children have been saying that their stepmother has been her nobody knew where my dad
01:42:55
was nobody didn't understand I don't want to speak specifically his children went on
01:43:02
National Television we want him back he knows that we're his children and pleading directly to jeie KAS we've told
01:43:11
Jean take it all take everything keep it just give us our dad back they were not
01:43:16
only outraged that Genie had taken their father but about how she had done it Jean cas pulled my dad out at 2:30 in
01:43:24
the morning out of a Convalescent Center unhooked his GBE unhooked his [Music] IV he was supposed to be transported
01:43:35
with an ambulance on a certain kind of mattress no she threw him in the back of an SUV that she didn't even get into
01:43:44
herself with no pain meds no food no water no nothing [Music] and we were devastated we knew this was
01:43:59
the beginning of the end but there would be no end to the Family Feud that had begun years earlier in that UPS
01:44:07
Store Carrie and Julie insist they didn't trick their dad into signing that document the one they hoped gave them
01:44:15
control over his medical care Jean claims that Casey has no memory of ever signing that document watch the tape put
01:44:24
the address put UPS Store you'll see my dad knew what he was doing knew what he was signing 5419 now estate planning is
01:44:31
normally done in a lawyer's office you're at a UPS Store he was terrified that Jean would find out let me give you
01:44:38
Jean's interpretation of what she told me and this is you yep and this is your father yes now there's a circle here
01:44:46
because he supposedly had had a medical procedure and had sutures in his head is
01:44:50
that true to my knowledge that is falsified information in my opinion Jean kasum is a liar
01:44:58
100% pathological liar 48 Hours has confirmed that casy had a procedure but it was a minor one 10 days before the
01:45:08
signing he had a small hair transplant just like that story just about everything both sides told us is
01:45:17
in dispute remember ever since Casey married Genie the relationship between the children from Casey's first marriage
01:45:26
and their stepmother has been toxic for example take the arguments over money the only thing she ever
01:45:34
wanted from my dad is money that's it they live understand she says the same thing to me about you but I work listens
01:45:43
to the actual I'm very proud of who I am I'm very proud of how hard I've worked I've been on air for 21
01:45:50
years you know working multiple jobs sometimes to pay the bills I own my own home my dad didn't buy that for me the
01:45:58
feud intensified after Casey's Health deteriorated she had a plan to move him out the house and cut us all off
01:46:08
starting in 2012 is when I felt that the isolation began I'm told by my sister hey I can't
01:46:15
get a hold of Dad I can't get a hold of that my father was isolated and we were not allowed to see him anymore
01:46:24
remember that demonstration outside Casey's house that day jeie even called the cops
01:46:31
my dad's very ill and he loves us do you know why she's not allowing you guys to
01:46:35
see there's many reasons but none of them are true the whole drama climaxed in miday
01:46:44
2014 that's when jeie disappeared into the night with Casey desperate to find her dad Carrie made this emotional
01:46:53
appeal on TV if you've seen anything please call the police please days after that the battlefield in the war of the
01:47:02
quams shifted to Las Vegas that's where a private eye working for Carrie discovered the
01:47:12
couple jeie had taken Casey to a posh Resort there but not for long next she put him on a charter
01:47:22
flight that private jet carrying a frail Casey casm flew Northwest from Vegas Landing
01:47:31
in Seattle he was brought to a place not far from where I'm standing right now 1100 miles from his hospital bed in
01:47:40
Santa [Music] Monica and you wanted to get away from the madness in Los Angeles we were being photographed and followed
01:47:56
to supermarkets and tortured just tortured Casey ended up in a place called Silverdale a small town in
01:48:07
western Washington for the first time since those final days we brought jeie back hi it's so good to see you
01:48:23
how are you better now that I see you yes Shasta bleheim grew up with Genie and they both hoped Casey would spend
01:48:32
some quiet peaceful days in her parents' home can you show me the bedroom where he was is yes
01:48:40
absolutely this is where Casey was um his hospital bed was here very comfortable my mother has a lot of
01:48:48
Snoopy she's an Abid Snoopy collector so Casey was in in his hospital bed with all these snoopies around him
01:48:56
here and we had all of his medical supplies some were here some were in another room was he in pain no no he was
01:49:05
not in any pain in this house ever acting on a tip Washington Adult Protective Service and Kitsap County
01:49:14
sheriff's deputies came by to check on Casey Mr case and his wife are here visiting we did check on his welfare he
01:49:21
seems to be doing fine he was upright he could communicate but Casey's stay here was
01:49:28
about to come to an end Carrie won a new court order she was coming from LA to get Casey and take him to a hospital and
01:49:38
things were about to get weird in the honor of King David very weird to the dogs to the dogs
01:49:47
[Music] [Music] in late May 2014 Casey kasm was counting down his days in Silverdale Washington
01:50:11
in this home tended to by a doctor his family and close friends he was content he was
01:50:20
very happy he smiled shook our hands it was just it it was nice Shasta bleheim a
01:50:27
nurse's assistant has known Casey since 1980 she helped care for him was he still able to converse answer questions
01:50:37
yes he would speak it was a whisper kind of a a sound when he talked he wasn't grimacing in any
01:50:45
pain on June 1st 2014 when Carrie kasm armed with a court order came to pick up her father and take him to the hospital
01:50:54
Genie was waiting Carrie arrives as usual with media in to her attorney we pull up and
01:51:04
then fire trucks show up another ambulance shows up because Jean has caused a fit as seen in this broadcast on NBC
01:51:13
News I saw jerryatric Harley David and writers that were forming a line to not let me in it's so crazy and so weird
01:51:24
that line of bikers was led by shasta's Brother Casey started yelling I don't want to go I don't want to leave no no
01:51:32
no he was frightened his eyes were big he didn't want to leave no he didn't want to leave acting on that court order
01:51:41
EMTs removed Casey so show me where they took him down this hallway here headed for the door he headed out and what was
01:51:49
out here out in the street the ambulance was there there were a couple of ambulance terrified jeie called her
01:51:56
lawyer I dropped the phone and I turned around to look for something and there was meat in the kitchen and I it was
01:52:05
frozen hamburger I grabbed the meat and I came out here and then um I started walking this way with the meat in my
01:52:19
hand then she took aim I am I am meat to you to the dog Jean throws a piece of frozen meat at me screaming
01:52:29
nonsense piece of meat to you why meat though why grab meat to me they were treating my husband an American treasure
01:52:37
casy casm like a piece of meat insane crazy you saw the real Jean Thompson KAS so if I may ask you are you
01:52:51
crazy no I'm not to the dog to the Carrie dodged the meat attack then jumped in the ambulance with her dad and
01:53:02
sped away to a local hospital where a doctor was standing by the first thing he said to me right when I got him in
01:53:11
the hospital your dad may not live very long I'm just going to let you know when Casey arrived here at St
01:53:20
Anthony's hospital his diagnosis was Grim he had according to hospital records a urinary tract infection and a
01:53:28
stage three ulcer of his back that's an open wound going almost to the Bone within days doctors would also diagnose
01:53:38
septic shock respiratory failure a lung infection and a host of other ailments the change was so drastic it
01:53:48
was maddening he was extremely thin his face was sunken in Shasta says Casey who was taken out of the house that day
01:53:59
was nowhere near death oh no no Heavens no not at all the next day Genie tried to get
01:54:08
Casey out of the hospital on June 2nd we had an emergency court hearing and the judge ordered that
01:54:15
he could return home once his personal physician spoke with the attending physician at the hospital
01:54:24
hospital just before 10: that night Jee arrived here at the hospital along with Shasta and her attorney they claimed
01:54:32
that the physician treating Casey had told them to come and pick him up and he said his overnight observation
01:54:40
has concluded and he's discharged but when she arrived the doctor wouldn't release
01:54:47
him saying Casey was in pain he wasn't in any pain they wanted him to be in pain Genie
01:54:56
refused to leave without Casey she started screaming they had to call the police to get her out of the facility
01:55:03
and 3 days later we had three doctors come in and say this is feudal your father's dying
01:55:11
his organs are shutting down he can no longer digest food Carrie and her siblings now faced a wrenching decision
01:55:18
they say they followed a doctor's recommendation to stop Casey's hydration and nutrition I couldn't hear it I got upset
01:55:29
I said isn't there something we can do what if we try this what if we try that because I was the fighter I wasn't going
01:55:34
to let him go on June 6th the casm children alerted Genie Julie called my lawyer and said to
01:55:45
my lawyer that we're losing him she should come to the hospital right away Genie
01:55:52
and Liberty rushed to the hospital but claim they were only permitted to see Casey for a few
01:56:00
minutes we were given 5 minutes to say goodbye to a man that I was married to for 34 and a half years he looked at me
01:56:10
and he was scared to death I went to the bed I held his hand he grabbed my arm did Casey say anything to you his said
01:56:22
that he loved me and I told him that I loved him jeie was desperate to get Casey's
01:56:38
life support restored my first and foremost thing was to save my husband's life every second
01:56:47
counted she flew back to California hoping to get the court to order it over the next few days there would be
01:56:56
several motions filed the doctors said unfortunately there is nothing more we can do to keep your father
01:57:09
alive that was the hardest thing to hear that's our [Music] dad on June 15th 2014 Casey casm the
01:57:20
Beloved Radio icon passed away he was 82 we were all surrounding him on the bed with our hands on him every single
01:57:30
one of us was touching him as he took his last breath we were all there all of us and
01:57:39
who was missing his wife and Liberty it was 100% their choice not to be there this court order says you can visit him
01:57:49
at any time no one can stop you and what Carrie is saying is that you chose not to see Casey anymore in the hospital
01:57:59
that's not true that is not true at all we were afraid to go to the hospital in death the war of the casum grew even
01:58:10
more Fierce he did not die of natural causes they planned it and they killed him Jean killed my father whether it was
01:58:21
preed meditated or whether it was just by her careless actions if someone killed your father
01:58:28
wouldn't you want [Music] Justice in June 2014 Casey cas's death was felt across the globe and there was
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one guy on the radio I used to listen to all the time who passed away today and so we want to dedicate this son to Casey
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Cas and travel safely my angel and travel he would Casey's body was taken from Silverdale to Seatac
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Airport where it was flown to Montreal and why Montreal he was there for a time because his burial was being
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obstructed Casey's body remained in Canada on ice for weeks as his widow Genie had full control over his
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burial Casey and I had spoken about this about where he would like to be buried and it was in
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Israel but Casey's children thought that was crazy my dad's as American as apple
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pie he lived in Los Angeles for 58 years he wanted to be buried in Los Angeles Casey's body took flight again this time
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to of all places [Music] Norway where Genie orchestrated a burial Fit For A King only she and Liberty were
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at Casey's grave site but they did bring their own camera crew why Norway of all
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places there are concrete reason for that but because I'm in litigation I can't share that with
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you my dad's never been to Norway she's not Norwegian what is going on here when you
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tell so many lies you get caught up in them after Casey's death the battle between the casam went nuclear both
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sides in this epic Family Feud sued the other for wrongful death what she did to
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my dad was Elder abuse straight and simple that trip is what cost my dad his life he could have had two or three more
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years she took him from us you want to call it murder you want to say she killed
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him he's dead because of her Casey's children accused jeie of a pattern of neglect where she secretly
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moved Casey from one Care Center to the next and she used the hospitals and the facil ities as a babysitter so she
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didn't have to take care of him I say that that's a flat out lie I was there I was in touch with the
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doctors Jean kasum accuses the children of hastening his death by pulling the plug on
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Casey they chemically restrained him they removed his hydration his nutrition and all proactive medical care
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it was was the equivalent of leaving Casey kasum in the desert to die I really really don't feel well it's been
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a NeverEnding drama even when car's lawyers finally deposed Jean court ordered to be here
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today She fainted blaming the episode on medication and besides accusing each other of killing Casey there's that
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Battle Royale over his for Fortune as seen in this 2017 Inside Edition video The Mansion has become the
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latest battlegr the house hasn't been taken care of the taxes aren't paid uh they've destroyed everything they've
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killed everything there's no electricity on there's no running water at the request of Casey's children a courta
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appointed trustee attempted to remove and store some of Casey's memorabilia how's it feel to go through
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Casey cas's belong after he was murdered meanwhile the fight over Casey's assets lawyers say
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could take years today you are fighting for damages and access to your father's I am fighting for justice that is what
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I'm fighting for my father's wife Jean Thompson KAS didn't want us at the house wouldn't
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pass phone calls along in 2014 Carrie started a foundation to help pass legislation to protect the visitation
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rights of children doing everything I possibly could to see my dad and the law didn't help me in in California to date
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12 states have passed a visitation Bill including California it passed a year after he died but I kept fighting till I
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won despite car's claims of elder abuse and negligence the Los Angeles District Attorney declined to prosecute Genie
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kasm citing insufficient evidence the police and the da won't do a damn thing that is why we're fighting Take the
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Money Take It All I want her in jail in November 2018 Washington's Gig Harbor police department concluded an
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investigation into Casey's death they found his older children were authorized to make medical decisions on his behalf
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and there was no evidence of homicide while the legal Wheels grind ahead this American icon with his own star on
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Hollywood Boulevard is buried in an unmarked grave in Oslo Norway I'm going to bring my father back
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to the United States of America where he belongs I'm Casey KAS and just as Casey
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cas's legendary voice is certain to carry on till then keep your feet in the ground and keep reaching for the
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Stars his family is determined to keep fighting I'm not going to quit I'm the daughter of a
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marine my father is right here with me right now and every single day of my life she can never take him away from me
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again [Music] learn more about the life of Casey kasm from his close friends at 48
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hours.com Natalie Wood was one of the biggest film stars imaginable her death more than 30 years ago still in mystery
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the case reopened do you believe Natalie would was murdered it's suspicious enough to make us think that something
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