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[Music] now a special two-part edition of 48 hours [Music] you can get married and divorced in Reno
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probably in the same week and lose everything you have in a matter of minutes I don't know
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yes but Tarla and Darren Mack story is a story of explosive love smile honey it's really good looking people a lot of
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money a lot of sex and high high high emotion and eventually murder I'm Amanda Robb and I'm a writer and I
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grew up in Reno Nevada Darren Mack is handsome Larger than Life very charismatic was an extraordinarily
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wealthy man he worked in and around gaming and that he owned a pawn shop that's why we've
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been here for 40 years and if you don't believe us just ask anybody who's done business with us everyone loved Darren
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he had that personality that you wanted to be around Dara Mack was married to a 39 year old woman named Charla she was a
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stop and stare beautiful brunette absolutely gorgeous woman she was the most positive upbeat friendly happy
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human being you would ever meet the Darren and Charlie Mac were a pretty explosive cocktail
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Mission and volatile and passion and volatile and not a whole lot in between she admitted that she did some things
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that she wasn't proud of in an effort to save her marriage they got increasingly into adventurous sex
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during their marriage it was a roller coaster when it went wrong it went really wrong
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so when his wife left him it was a terrible blow in a state known for divorce this was
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about as nasty as a divorce can get anywhere it was ugly it was vicious it was mean
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judge Weller was hearing their divorce case he felt judge Wella wasn't listening to
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[Music] him he was angry at the court system the shooter entered the parking garage
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shortly after 10 30 on June 12th that vehicle was captured on the video surveillance system inside of the
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parking garage which is how we know what time the vehicle arrived and left Darren is somebody who doesn't like to
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lose losing is unacceptable she was going to take all his money in everything that he owned
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Shooter's vehicle drove up to the fifth floor we all have the you know means to murder
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somebody every day 99.9 percent of us will never ever do it [Music] we know that the judge was shot at about
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1105 and the vehicle flees the parking garage immediately SWAT teams locked down around 10 square
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blocks of downtown the judge was rushed to the hospital in critical condition as
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police officers while I was shot at the suspicion almost immediately fell on Darren because Darren had been so
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contentious with the judge it could have been anyone who shot Chuck Weller if Darren was capable of shooting a judge
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what did that mean for his wife Charla smile on me caught in the crossfire tonight's 48 Hours mystery
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wow [Music] [Applause] we are now seeking Darren Mack m-a-c-k I'll never forget that day and and how
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it felt June 12 2006 he has not been found yet he has not been arrested yet just the panic
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that hit me immediately when I heard that they were looking for Darren Mack the minute his face was on the news I
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knew the story is unfolding almost by the minute the people of Reno were glued to
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their televisions following the Brazen shooting of family court judge Chuck Weller my thoughts immediately turned
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towards Charla in her whereabouts I thought we have to find her and Mudd and Christine Liebert desperately tried to
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reach their friend Charla Mack and immediately I got that little feeling in my stomach they were convinced Charla
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was in danger you're just pacing because there's what are you gonna do perhaps she could still be alive
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than they announced on the radio that they've also found a body that victim is now identified as Sharla Mack the
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estranged wife of Darren that was probably the scariest moment in my entire life just to realize that my
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and my beautiful friend was in wasn't there anymore [Music] they had two really big big
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personalities Darren and Charlie Mac were married in 1995 and from the beginning everyone says they had a
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chemistry that was undeniable I think when you saw the two of them walk into a room they were explosive together
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Charlie just fired him up you know she was she was more explosive than he was you know she was she was fire writer
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Amanda Robb reported on the Mac case for Marie Claire magazine they were high profile in the community they knew
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everybody everybody knew them Amanda and Charla went to the same High School in Reno she wanted to be famous more than
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anything that's really was her dream was to be famous her body was found at the Florida Lee Apartments I don't think
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this is how she imagined being famous though long before Charla ever met Darren Mack
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she pursued her dream of an acting career leaving Reno behind the teenager moved to Los Angeles got herself two
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rolls and two films one was a film with Drew Barrymore that's Charla pushing the
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gurney and one was the documentary with Diane Keaton God has helped me through everything
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that is wonderful Charla eventually gave up acting and moved back to Reno when she began dating
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Darren they seemed a perfect match Darren Mack is a handsome charismatic millionaire he takes very good care of
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himself friends say they also shared an interest in a self-awareness training group called The Landmark Education I
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like going to seminars about improving himself all the time achieving his goals which was money money money money money
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Darren Mack is the oldest son of a wealthy and prominent Reno Family his parents owned one of the largest pawn
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shops in the city when his father was killed in a plane crash in 1986 Darren became half owner
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of the family business and according to court records he was said to be worth almost 10 million dollars
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they live large she drove Alexis he drove a Hummer we had fancy things fancy jewelry wow it was fabulous
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but Darren Mack had been down the aisle before I knew his first wife Debbie and what was Sheila oh she was a lovely girl
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she was very quiet very sophisticated Darren and Debbie had two children together but the marriage did not end
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well he would not stop fighting with Debbie she's spent more than a quarter of a million dollars in legal fees
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you know just responding to him smile Charles and Charlie was on his side at the time
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Darren had joined custody and for a while at least he Charla and his kids seem to be one big happy family Darren
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liked to seem to be a devoted father a devoted husband he liked having a beautiful wife a beautiful home he liked
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looking very All-American squeaky clean but their clean-cut family image was a far cry from their private lives Charlie
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was a very sexual person she did not have sexual inhibitions and that was something that she shared with her
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husband and how how great for her husband [Music] became sort of a fixture on the Strip
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Club Circuit and around Reno then it moved up into swinging Charlotte smile then they actually went to swinger
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conventions in California Arizona and Mexico where there'd be group sex parties they called it sexing I'm sorry
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what does that mean sexing is when you go to the swinging clubs but things change after their daughter
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Erica was born in 1997. Erica had a very normal life with her mother movies play
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dates sleepovers parties that was Charla's life Charlotte told Darren she was no longer
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interested in swinging she didn't like this lifestyle she did it for a while because it was really important to
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Darren the bed that she tired of it as the marriage began to crumble letters and emails we obtained document an
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increasingly abusive relationship she was a petite tiny woman and he was a very big buff guy strong but it wasn't
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Charla who claimed to be the victim it was Darren fifth place winner in the Mr Nevada
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bodybuilding contest he kept a diarrhea in which he said that she kicked him in the testicles but missed that she
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scratched his car she yelled at him on the phone she belittled him in front of his friends went on and on and on for
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six pages like this he claimed to be afraid of her well I think that's ridiculous he's just he's this guy that
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goes to the gym works out and is muscular and it it just seems ridiculous to me we're
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so much more stronger than women they can't believe that we'll be physically abused
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Dan was physically abused by his wife Darren's friend Michael small says that despite his imposing stature Darren Mack
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lived in fear he was very scared of her I was with him a couple of times when she called and threatened him so he
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wanted to end the marriage because he was battered that's a big part of it it's a known fact he carried a gun
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because he was worried she was going to come and kill him but Charla was apparently looking over
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her shoulder too one time he showed up at the house where she and Erica were and they had some kind of Confrontation
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and he had her by the neck and was trying to strangle her he was so angry with her
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in the end it was Charla who filed for divorce Darren moved out the couple fought constantly over Erica but fought
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even more over money which Darren claimed was running out he was cutting her off he canceled the credit cards he
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wouldn't pay the utilities at their home she had to keep warm by fire because they had no heat
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family court judge Chuck Weller ordered Darren to pay Charlotte ten thousand dollars a month until the divorce was
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settled but Darren thought the ruling and the judge were unfair and wouldn't give an inch anything that she got was
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something that he lost and he just wasn't going to lose oh it was just after 11 on that bright
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sunny day in June 2006 in downtown Reno when bystanders hurt a loud bang Echo off the buildings
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uh there's been a gunshot the concussion worker said he heard the shotgun kind of
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over his head I've just been advised that we have shots fired possible snipers this is
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breaking news we're in a place on the hunt right now for a sniper there is reports of at
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least one shot fire and maybe four or five northwest corner of the Justice building we have one window shot out we
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saw the glass the window actually vibrating back and forth looked like an earthquake the dispatch call came out of
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a sniper style shooting at the courthouse shortly after 1106. detective Ron Chalmers joined hundreds
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of police officers to shut down the city while SWAT teams fanned out searching for the sniper the shooting came from
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the other side of the river Reno Gazette reporter Martha Belle Isle hurried to the scene there were people
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who were hiding in different businesses and restaurants trying to get they were trying to get people off the street
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because they didn't know if the shooter was still going to be shooting they didn't know where he was heavily
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armed police quickly made their way through nearby buildings you're looking up you're checking buildings we could at
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least narrow down the area the shot came from because the bullet went through a glass window I
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Miss Europe possibly possibly shot originally at the parking garage heading into the next
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parking garage advised it turned out only one bullet was fired that morning exploding through the window of Judge
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Chuck Weller's Chambers spraying him and his assistant was shrapnel family court
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judge Chuck Weller shot while working in his Chambers at about 11. it was just minutes after the shooting when police
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got a break Darren's friend said that he was very concerned for Charla and felt that a childhood friend of Darren Max
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met with police and had a disturbing story to tell Dan Osborne told police he had been at
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Darren's home that morning when Charla dropped off their daughter he and Erica stayed upstairs while
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Darren spoke to Charla privately somehow Darren lured Charla into his garage [Music]
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the daughter upstairs heard a dog yelping and told Darren's friend I think your dog is yapping
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after the Frantic barking went on for a while Osborne told police he went to check on his dog that's when he ran into
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Darren who was coming up from the garage Osborne said Darren brushed past him with his hand wrapped in a towel with a
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weird look on his face not saying a word a few moments later the dog came in covered in blood
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and he became incredibly frightened and said to the little girl we have to leave
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they left Osborne put Erica in his car and started driving minutes later his cell phone rang
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it was Darren [Music] and Darren says meet me at Starbucks the friend who's completely flipped out
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at this point meets him at Starbucks with a little girl Mack took his daughter aside and spoke to her for a
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few minutes Darren Mack may have realized that that was going to be the last time he'd see his daughter
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at least as a free man he then drove off on his own if you thought that maybe Charlotte had
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been injured that morning why would he allow Darren Mack to see the little girl well I think that Dan
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Osborne felt that he probably owed the max some gratitude he was an employee for the mack family whether it's poor
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judgment or not whether it's fear or not he chose to allow Darren to see his daughter
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based on Osborne's story police rushed to Darren's condo as we looked around the property a little bit closer we
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found three droplets of blood in the driveway near the garage door behind that garage door was charlamak's
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lifeless body she was found in his garage wearing no shoes or socks with seven stab wounds
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when you're being stabbed or you're dying you curl into fetal position to try to protect your core
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this was a desperate woman who was curled up like a baby trying not to die a search of Darren's condo turned up
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incriminating evidence a note that on closer inspection police believed to be a chilling step-by-step
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guide to the day's bloody events the media dubbed it Darren's to-do list I refers to ending the problem and then
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it also referred to certain weapons that he would need to fulfill those plans police also found a rental contract for
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a silver Ford Explorer and a crucial piece of the puzzle that tied everything together the to-do list had the phrase
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parking garage if yes [Music] police reviewed surveillance video of the garage across from Weller's office
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and sure enough at 10 46 a.m just 20 minutes before Weller was shot a silver Ford Explorer is photographed
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entering the parking garage we retrace the path police believe the Explorer took that day
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the shooter's vehicle pulled into the parking garage drove up to the fifth floor
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moments later the vehicle made a three-point turn and backed in so that the rear of the vehicle was facing the
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Mills Lane Justice Center I think he knew what he set out to do on June 12th and he followed his plan piece
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by piece so this wasn't just an explosion of violence well I believe it was a calculated
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explosion of violence [Music] we know that the judge was shot at about 1105 the video surveillance camera shows
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the Ford Explorers rear hatch being closed at 1105 and the vehicle flees the parking garage immediately
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the courthouse from this parking structure this is approximately 170 yards it would take some skill as a
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marksman to to shoot that that distance and to hit your target he would take some skill but uh Darren Mack has an
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extensive history in hunting and I believe for somebody with his firearms background this would be a very
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reasonable shot from this horrifying day one shooting judge Weller is recovering from gunshot
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wounds under guard in an undisclosed location one murder did she fear for her life yes it's a homicide investigation
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right now the prime suspect Darren Mack and one disturbing question I absolutely was afraid
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where is Darren Mack he's a scary human being [Music] [Music] police say Federal and local agencies
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are looking for Mac all over the western United States [Music] the judge is reportedly under guard in a
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local hospital police aren't giving out many details [Music] day two 45 year old Darren Mack is a
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hunted man with a nationwide search underway he is heading south and flying under the radar
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this is not a violent man he is a good person his cousin Jeff Donner goes on television to make an impassioned plea
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if Darren is listening if he's watching we love him we care about him Darren called Donner just minutes after
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judge Weller was shot if he is responsible for this he snapped he broke the press needs to ask what went on in
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that courtroom that would make a good loving caring person like this possibly snap to this extent
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[Music] I want to judge Chuck Weller and what went wrong and darumak's mind was just
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about everything tell me about Darren's frustration with the family court system
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specifically with judge Weller he felt judge Wella wasn't listening to him he also felt that
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Charlotte's attorney was lying about everything that he was filing but well it was letting him get away with it
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Michael small was one of Darren's closest friends you're not uncomfortable saying out loud that Darren Mack is my
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friend no I uh I love Darren even in light of these charges these heinous crimes that he's charged with
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innocent until proven guilty small and Mac had a lot in common both men were in the midst of bitter custody
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fights we sat side by side really trying to do right by kids and family and both
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men appeared before judge Weller small says his own experience in Weller's courtroom sheds light on
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Darren's intense frustration I think I understand what he's going through inside of him better than anyone out
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there I want to talk right now about how this child is going to be delivered Weller
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ordered small to return his son to Florida where his ex-wife lives an arrangement small said would put the
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child at risk but a Florida judge had already rejected that claim I'm not a lawyer
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I don't confess to know the law all I know I would do anything to protect my children
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judge Weller's hands were tied this court does not have jurisdiction in this case
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[Music] when small missed the deadline to return the boy a Florida judge threw him in
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jail for 45 days the former actor was left to Stew about family court in general and Weller in
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particular a sentiment shared by Darren Mack both men were losing both men blame
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judge Weller and both men started a campaign against him we felt something big did have to happen in order for
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people to know what is going on in order for light to be shed on the situation something big like what like a judge
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being shot no we never talked about that we never thought about that we never wanted anyone to get hurt clearly Weller
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was not a popular judge according to Italy kept by the County Bar Association lawyers when given the choice chose to
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get Weller off their case [Music] judge Weller had twice as many preemptory challenges as the other
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family court judges Martha belisle specializes in legal Affairs for her newspaper what kind of criticism have
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you heard about Judge Weller that he tended to make decisions quickly wouldn't hear both sides but being
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unpopular and having a bias are two different things did he have a reputation of making rulings that were
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more favorable to women in his court I don't know that that's been shown so the best of your knowledge he didn't have
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any clear bias I don't know that he had a bias just two weeks after the shooting judge
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Weller had recovered and held a press conference but he wouldn't address the Mac case in every case as much as we try
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to avoid it oftentimes they're winners and losers I can say that my job is to go into the courtroom and decide cases
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without bias and that's what I have striven to do the entire time that I've been on the bench
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what did Darren Mack say to you about Judge Weller well he said he was an anti-father's rights judge Dean Tong was
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part of Darren Mack's divorce legal team he says Darren was a difficult client he
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seemed like a guy who would have trouble listening to others he wanted to basically call the shots
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Tong who specializes in custody issues warned Darren there are certain things that just won't sit well with any judge
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when it comes to deciding who gets custody smile y'all he wanted to still continue to do what he was doing which
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was the sex swinging on the side did you explain to him in very clear terms that
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he could jeopardize this case absolutely and what did he say to you he you know he took a deep breath and
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said well we'll address it we'll talk about it apparently Darren didn't take the
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warning seriously thank you for calling the world famous women in fact he later took a trip to
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the famous moonlight bunny ranch to to celebrate his impending divorce oh we all flocked to The Parlor
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we all want a shot at that one hello kitten hi I'm Brooke Taylor hi I'm Mia Morgan his friends brought him out here
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to play and have a good time and he was like you know what I'm getting a divorce
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I'm having fun I don't have no reason to worry about it to hell with her you know
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I don't need her I got these girls here and it was your average everyday divorce
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party but back at home the party was over when it comes you know to court people
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are very naive in this country they don't understand until it hits them on paper that a judge can alter your life
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in a New York Minute judge Weller had asked Darren and Charla to try to reach some kind of financial
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agreement on their own so he wouldn't be forced to do it for them they did hammer
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out a deal but when that fell apart the judge stepped in and ordered Darren to pay up
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he had to pay her a lump sum of 480 thousand dollars out of which she was supposed to buy a
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home and a car and then over the next five years she was supposed to receive ten thousand
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dollars a month in spousal support what was his State of Mind disillusionment frightened could not believe this was
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happening I mean he was about to lose a lot of his money Darren was ordered to make that payment
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up close to half a million dollars to Charla but soon after that hearing Charla Mack was dead
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do you think judge Weller's rulings against Darren Mack pushed him over the edge
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I can't say Darren did this do I think judge Weller's rulings attitude all that is enough to push someone over the edge
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100 yes sir is Darren Mack capable of murder we all are [Music] should we all be huddling somewhere and
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hiding should our kids be walking in front of the windows it's been four days since charlemax body
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was discovered inside Darren Mack's Garage I was very frightened and there's still no sign of Darren
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if he murdered Charlie with his daughter in the house you don't know what he's capable of
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Darren's daughter Erica was now safely in hiding with family but Charlie's friends were still on edge were you
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afraid that Darren Mack was going to come after you yes you were yes but you're the next Target
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Mark Phillips was Charlie's boyfriend at the time of her death what did you do to
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protect yourself I always had the shades drawn in my house and walked through the
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backyard to see if any disturbances and windows or anything like that before I went inside
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always had everything double locked I just don't understand why she went in there
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she knew better than that well Charles friends and family were lying low we've highlighted those areas
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of La Paz the search for Darren Mack was now an international Manhunt Reno investigators working with the FBI
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were tracking possible Duramax sightings in Mexico a couple of unverified reports came in
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at this Resort in San Jose del Cabo Mexico [Music] territory for Darren since he'd been
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here the year before for a swingers convention [Music] people would walk around without any
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clothes on they would have sex freely in the open newspaper reporter Martha Belle Isle
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went to Mexico trying to retrace Darren steps a met Hotel employee Virginia Delgadillo who claimed she met a man
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fitting Darren's description he was looking at like [Music] and an airline pilot staying at the same
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Resort also reported he thought he had seen the millionaire Fugitive FBI agents soon descended on the Mexican Hotel
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they conducted several interviews and canvases however they were unable to ultimately determine if it was Darren
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Mack that was at that Resort then exactly one week after he disappeared came the shocking announcement that
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Darren Mack hiding somewhere in Mexico wanted to surrender [Music] break tonight in the Darren Matt case
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earlier this week Mack contacted district attorney dick gamek by telephone and expressed a desire to
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surrender dick gamek a longtime Mac family friend is Reno's district attorney he did Express to me that he
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called me because I'm the only one he trusts in the system while he was still in hiding Darren's
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family had retained two high-price defense attorneys there's no question about the fact that we have
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our work cut out for us David chesnov and Scott Freeman took over the surrender negotiation let's be clear on
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what we're dealing with here your client Darren Mack did kill his ex-wife Charla
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you won't get me to tell you that Norman my son in dispute is it I think everything in the case is in dispute but
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what's not in dispute is they see Darren as a man pushed to the Limit I mean if I
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had a dollar for every time somebody said to me this guy must have just snapped do you think he went temporarily insane
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that morning he's a completely capable human being who makes bad choices and excuses
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but a series of emails Darren sent while on the Run reveal a disturbing picture of this man
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for example in one message he holds himself up as a martyr for the father's rights movement saying remember
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they want me as a sacrificial lamb they want the pleasure of executing me in the same vein he later writes that
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his story must get attention to save the hundreds of thousands yet to go through
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little Nazi Germany in the divorce industry what does that say to you what does that
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suggest to you and if that isn't a clear example to a lawyer or my colleague to have
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psychiatric analysis of our client that's what that says to me [Music] after days of negotiations Darren
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finally agreed to surrender the next morning at the U.S consulate in Puerto Vallarta
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but will he go peacefully [Music] Reno Police officials have been working with the FBI inside of Mexico to
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facilitate the return of Mac to the United States 22nd 11 days after that violent rampage
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that shook the City of Reno police anxiously await the surrender of the man they believe responsible Mack
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who is believed to also have been using the names of Darren Stone and John Smith
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there was a question whether Darren Mack would give up without a fight but in the end the millionaire fugitive
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quietly turned himself in at a luxury hotel in Puerto Vallarta he walked in around midnight and walked
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by the front desk went to the phone bank called his lawyer walked back to the desk and the um the officials came over
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and said I think we're the people you're looking for [Music] Darren's last night was spent in this
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Stark Mexican jail cell a dramatic reversal of Fortune for a man who was accustomed to living the High
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Life Darren Mack has now stepped out of the vehicle we can hear some of the press
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photographers what prompted darn Mack to surrender the only thing that I can think is that
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he was obsessed with exposing what he believed were judge Weller's injustices was carrying thirty six thousand dollars
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in cash 20 credit cards and a suitcase full of evidence a pair of shoes with some blood spatter were in the suitcase
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some other clothing with what appeared to be blood stains or in a suitcase did you analyze the blood stains on the
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clothing yes and who do they belong to the DNA profile matches that as Charlotte Mack
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Darren Mack was charged with the murder of his wife and the attempted murder of Judge Weller
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this case had all the the Hallmarks of overwhelming evidence Las Vegas special prosecutor Christopher Lally is handling
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the case when you look at the DNA evidence the eyewitness evidence the finger print
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evidence all the forensic things that people look for in a case this one had Darren has pled not guilty to both
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crimes I believe that he's not guilty of these crimes you you do admit though you've got you have your work cut out
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for you people need to remember that Mr Mack came back voluntarily so that he could present his defense
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from the sound of it daramax attorneys may be making a case for self-defense our investigation shows that this woman
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was violent and could get angry and do things that were inappropriate that may actually raise the question of
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self-defense Darren Hinton email he sent to Reno da de gamut while negotiating his surrender claiming it
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was Charla who was the aggressor in that garage she would never try to attack Darren or
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do anything like that even if she would which I don't think she ever would she would certainly have
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never even considered it with her daughter around ever period it just wouldn't have happened Darren Mack's
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attorneys may also raise questions about his State of Mind is he mentally incompetent it's not for lawyers or
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prosecutors to decide it's for experts co-prosecutor Robert daskus thinks Insanity will be a hard sell you look at
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the the object if you will of his hostility he went after the two people he had a
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motive to kill he went after charlem Mack with whom he was having a bitter divorce in a custody battle anyone after
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judge Weller someone at least in Darren Max mine who was treating him unfairly and the defense will need to work around
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that so-called to-do list which could show premeditation what do you make of this I'd have to know who wrote it
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cryptic list here I'd have to know who wrote it before I don't think Darren wrote this I didn't say that but I I
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don't know who wrote it and it hasn't been established and until I knew who wrote it how could I possibly speculate
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as to what the meaning of it was as they gear up for trial damage attorneys say they'll spare no expense
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to defend their client but apparently it won't be easy what is your client's net worth as we
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speak it's zero he is no money yeah how was that I understand that he was worth anywhere from nine to 12
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million dollars he's in bankruptcy so you're taking this case on pro bono no he has a lot of friends and family
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that care about him a great deal after the violent event s of that June morning many still wrestle with the
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Fallout custody litigation expert Dean Tong what has this case done to the father's
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rights movement in this country it certainly slapped me in the face you know how dare you be a martyr for this
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for what we've worked so hard for release from jail and back home with his new wife and family Michael small would
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learn more about the case and eventually withdraw his support from Darren as Darren away's trial for the murder of
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his wife Charla their daughter Erica is now the center of a new custody dispute between her grandmothers does she know
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about the circumstances surrounding her mother's death yes yes she knows that her father has been
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charged with her mother's murder yes but she also Hears A lot of comments from Darren's friends and family that try to
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instill doubt in her mind and so now she has made the comment while we don't know if my daddy killed my mommy
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she said maybe the cat did it [Music] so Darren Mack sits in jail waiting to tell his side of the story
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the twists and turns of this case are just beginning this special two-part edition of 48
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hours will continue [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music]