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<i>- In the criminal</i>
<i>justice system,</i>

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<i>detectives and prosecutors</i>
<i>face daunting challenges</i>

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<i>when money</i>
<i>is the motive for murder.</i>

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<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

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<i>- The new proprietor</i>
<i>of the lodge</i>

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was in there on the bed, dead.

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<i>- Investigators</i>
<i>discover a culture clash</i>

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<i>surrounding the murder</i>

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<i>of a California</i>
<i>real-estate mogul.</i>

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- Camp Nelson Lodge
had become a money pit.

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<i>- Sucking all their finances.</i>

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- We became aware
of a stranger.

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<i>What's his connection</i>
<i>to Bonnie Hood?</i>

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<i>- And a startling verdict</i>
<i>leads to a second shooting.</i>

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- The number of times he got
shot--I had never seen that.

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<i>- The two killings</i>
<i>were inexorably tied together.</i>

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- As prosecutors,
we carry the heaviest burden

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<i>in the American law.</i>

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<i>- These men and women dedicate</i>
<i>their lives to law and order.</i>

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<i>These are their true stories.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

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<i>[insects chirping]</i>

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<i>[eerie music]</i>

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<i>- The call came in sometime</i>
<i>after 3:30 in the morning.</i>

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The caller, who identified
himself as Rudy Manuel,

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<i>said he had been shot.</i>

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<i>[sirens wailing]</i>

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<i>- On the night</i>
<i>of August 19, 1990,</i>

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my pager went off--

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shooting in Camp Nelson
at the lodge.

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<i>Beautiful mountain</i>
<i>resort for the elite.</i>

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<i>There were no lights anywhere,</i>

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<i>so it was darker</i>
<i>than the ace of spades.</i>

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<i>I walked in.</i>

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Rudy Manuel's
laying on the floor

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<i>with a gunshot graze</i>
<i>across his forehead.</i>

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<i>He was talking, and he said,</i>
<i>Bonnie's in there on the bed.</i>

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<i>Bonnie Hood was the new</i>
<i>proprietor of the lodge.</i>

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Rudy Manuel was another
employee of the lodge.

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<i>I walked into the bedroom.</i>

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<i>Bonnie Hood was on the bed,</i>

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and she's dead.

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<i>We transported Rudy</i>
<i>to the hospital.</i>

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I remember putting him
on the gurney.

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<i>After Rudy was gone,</i>
<i>they called the detectives.</i>

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<i>- When I got there,</i>
<i>the scene was still contained.</i>

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<i>In the bedroom, Bonnie's body</i>
<i>was found lying on the bed--</i>

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<i>partially</i>
<i>one leg out of the bed,</i>

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and the other one
was on the bed still.

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So it was like, maybe she was
attempting to get out of bed.

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<i>But before she was actually</i>
<i>able to, she was shot.</i>

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- She was laying with her hands
crossed like this

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and a bullet hole in her head.

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<i>- Crime techs</i>
<i>processed the cabin</i>

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<i>and discovered a .38 slug</i>
<i>lodged in the headboard,</i>

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<i>along with a blood trail</i>
<i>leading away from the bedroom.</i>

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<i>- It appeared to be that Rudy</i>
<i>managed to crawl on the floor</i>

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<i>into the living room</i>
<i>to make the 911 call.</i>

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<i>Point of entry was determined</i>
<i>to be the rear door.</i>

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<i>It was a screen that was cut,</i>

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<i>and there was</i>
<i>some pry marks found.</i>

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<i>And there was fingerprints</i>
<i>dusted throughout the cabin.</i>

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Other than evidence of
the blood on the bed

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<i>and on the floor and</i>
<i>the possible point of entry,</i>

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there wasn't much there.

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<i>In my mind, it eliminated</i>
<i>the possibility of a robbery.</i>

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<i>If they was in there to rob,</i>

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they would've gotten what they
wanted first

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and then killed them.

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It wasn't a robbery
or a crime interrupted.

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It was...

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He went in there
with the intent to kill.

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<i>Eventually the body was</i>
<i>identified as Bonnie Hood.</i>

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<i>- Everyone knew Bonnie Hood.</i>

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<i>She and her husband, Jim,</i>
<i>were from Newport Beach--</i>

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<i>the wealthy new owners</i>
<i>of the Camp Nelson resort.</i>

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- My husband and I, we would go
up and rent a cabin

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with our kids in Camp Nelson.

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<i>It felt so personal.</i>

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<i>It felt like such a violation</i>
<i>of this community.</i>

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<i>I remember calling my husband,</i>
<i>and just sobbing</i>

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and saying,
somebody shot Bonnie.

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Somebody shot Bonnie.

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<i>The community was in shock.</i>

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<i>Why did it happen?</i>

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Who did it?
Are we safe?

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- I was sick to my stomach
and frightened.

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>- Bonnie was</i>
<i>from the Newport Beach area,</i>

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<i>and she was married</i>
<i>to Jim Hood.</i>

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<i>Jim and Bonnie were</i>
<i>like the golden couple.</i>

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<i>They had a beautiful house</i>
<i>in Newport Beach.</i>

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<i>They each had a Mercedes.</i>

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<i>- Jim was</i>
<i>in the developing business,</i>

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and he had a golden touch.

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Nothing that he built
had any problems with it.

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<i>- Jim had this business</i>
<i>that he was building,</i>

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<i>and they had a lot of money.</i>

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- They were so well known
in Newport Beach

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and Orange County
social circles.

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<i>- They had</i>
<i>two beautiful children.</i>

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When her kids got
a little older,

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<i>Bonnie wanted to start</i>
<i>a second chapter of her life.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>- Bonnie had come</i>
<i>up here as a child,</i>

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and Jim and her had come
up here as a vacation.

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<i>Three years</i>
<i>before the shooting,</i>

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<i>they saw the lodge was for</i>
<i>sale, and they bought it.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>- Bonnie Hood came</i>
<i>to Camp Nelson</i>

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<i>knowing that she wanted</i>
<i>to make the Camp Nelson area</i>

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a retreat for people
from a metropolitan area,

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<i>where they could come up</i>
<i>and live the high life,</i>

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<i>only live it in the mountains.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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We weren't subject
to wanting change.

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We didn't want the metropolitan
area to come up here.

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<i>We couldn't be bothered</i>
<i>with that.</i>

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<i>We were country people.</i>

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<i>- Investigators questioned,</i>

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<i>was this influx</i>
<i>of coastal elites</i>

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<i>so threatening to locals</i>
<i>that it made Bonnie a target?</i>

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- It was two completely
clashing cultures,

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<i>and Bonnie became more</i>
<i>and more estranged</i>

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<i>from the Camp Nelson</i>
<i>community.</i>

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<i>So Bonnie and Jim--</i>

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<i>they kind of invented</i>
<i>this commuter marriage.</i>

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<i>Bonnie would be down</i>
<i>in Newport Beach.</i>

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She would go, like,
a Tuesday to a Thursday,

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<i>be there for the kids,</i>
<i>homework.</i>

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<i>And then every other weekend,</i>

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<i>Jim would come up</i>
<i>with the kids.</i>

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<i>So, when Bonnie first hired</i>
<i>Rudy to help at the lodge,</i>

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I think Jim was relieved.

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<i>Rudy was hired to build fences</i>

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<i>around the lodge property.</i>

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He's building things.
He's riding the horses.

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<i>He's lugging stuff around.</i>
<i>He's doing all of this stuff.</i>

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<i>And I think Jim thought,</i>

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<i>oh, finally, there's somebody</i>
<i>there who is helping her</i>

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<i>in ways that I can't.</i>

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<i>And as Rudy became more and</i>
<i>more inseparable with Bonnie,</i>

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there was just obviously
something sparking

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between them.

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<i>- There was speculation--</i>

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if there was something going on
between Rudy and Bonnie--

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but nobody could prove it.

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<i>I mean, the husband was coming</i>
<i>to town only on the weekends.</i>

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<i>- There may have been</i>
<i>different reports</i>

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<i>from different people,</i>
<i>but you can't dispute</i>

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<i>the evidence we found</i>
<i>at the scene,</i>

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which was that they were both
in the same bed

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on the night of the shooting.

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<i>We need to speak to Rudy and</i>
<i>find out what his story is.</i>

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<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

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<i>[siren wailing]</i>

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<i>Rudy was very fortunate,</i>

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<i>because the bullet</i>
<i>did not penetrate the skull.</i>

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<i>He was up front about his and</i>
<i>Bonnie Hood's relationship,</i>

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that they were having
a sexual relationship.

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<i>There was an affair between</i>
<i>Bonnie Hood and Rudy Manuel.</i>

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So that automatically lets
us know

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that there's more
to this investigation.

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<i>- He was a Native American,</i>

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<i>lived on the reservation</i>
<i>nearby.</i>

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<i>Certain white residents</i>
<i>of Redwood Country in the area</i>

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believed
that a Native American

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shouldn't have been
in bed with a white woman.

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<i>- He said that him and</i>
<i>Bonnie Hood shared a cabin.</i>

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<i>He had recalled</i>
<i>securing the cabin doors</i>

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<i>and turning out</i>
<i>all the lights.</i>

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<i>They were in bed.</i>

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<i>And then the next thing</i>
<i>he recalled was the light</i>

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<i>coming on to the bedroom.</i>

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And this individual confronted
him with a gun in his hand,

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<i>told him to get down off</i>
<i>the bed and get on the floor.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>Rudy did not comply.</i>

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<i>He said, if you want me down,</i>

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<i>you're going to have</i>
<i>to put me down.</i>

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<i>And that's when he was shot.</i>

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<i>And then he remembers</i>
<i>hearing two shots.</i>

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[muffled gunshots, door creaks,
car engine turning over]

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<i>A vehicle was heard</i>
<i>leaving the property.</i>

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[engine revving]

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>Rudy never made it</i>
<i>to the window,</i>

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seeing the person drive off.

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<i>Rudy Manuel provided</i>
<i>as much of a description</i>

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<i>as he could</i>
<i>of the individual--</i>

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<i>a white male, late 30s,</i>
<i>blondish-brown-colored hair,</i>

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<i>medium to heavy built.</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>We had the description</i>
<i>that Rudy Manuel had indicated</i>

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<i>was the shooter.</i>

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<i>Camp Nelson</i>
<i>is a mountain community.</i>

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They have that neighborhood
type of environment,

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where everybody
knows each other.

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<i>There's two lodges</i>
<i>in business there--</i>

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<i>Camp Nelson, and the other</i>
<i>lodge was Pierpoint Lodge.</i>

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- The detectives started
coming up and asking questions

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at Pierpoint Springs Resort.

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<i>They asked if we</i>
<i>could identify the man</i>

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that supposedly shot Bonnie.

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<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

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<i>* *</i>

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<i>On the Friday night</i>
<i>prior to the murder,</i>

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a man came into Pierpoint,
and I served him.

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<i>Stranger walks in,</i>
<i>and you spot him right away</i>

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because he's not
your local people.

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<i>He ordered his drink.</i>

213
00:10:04,838 --> 00:10:07,407
<i>He sits down</i>
<i>at the end of the bar.</i>

214
00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,110
He sits there for a little bit,
gets up because we have music.

215
00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:13,446
And he went and sat down
next to another lady,

216
00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,482
made some off-color remarks.

217
00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:17,484
<i>The lady that he was sitting</i>
<i>next to approached me.</i>

218
00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:20,487
<i>She said, I really don't like</i>
<i>that guy sitting next to me.</i>

219
00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,689
I said, not a big deal.
I got it.

220
00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:24,524
I walked out
from behind the bar.

221
00:10:24,557 --> 00:10:27,427
I said, I'm sorry, sir, but we
don't need your kind in here.

222
00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:30,130
<i>You can leave, and you</i>
<i>don't need to come back.</i>

223
00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:35,201
He got up.
I took his drink, and he left.

224
00:10:35,235 --> 00:10:38,371
<i>Where he went after that,</i>
<i>we have no idea.</i>

225
00:10:38,405 --> 00:10:41,708
<i>* *</i>

226
00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:45,011
The stranger that came in
had sandy-blond hair.

227
00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:46,513
<i>Could have been</i>
<i>shoulder length,</i>

228
00:10:46,546 --> 00:10:50,250
<i>but it was very, very curly,</i>
<i>kind of disheveled.</i>

229
00:10:50,283 --> 00:10:52,886
<i>- To our surprise, he kind of</i>
<i>matched the description</i>

230
00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:54,854
<i>that Rudy Manuel had put out.</i>

231
00:10:54,888 --> 00:10:56,456
This might be the shooter.

232
00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:59,559
<i>Let's find out who he is</i>
<i>and why he was there.</i>

233
00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:02,462
What would have been his motive
for killing Bonnie Hood?

234
00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:06,199
<i>* *</i>

235
00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:11,071
He was either being
threatened or blackmailed.

236
00:11:29,389 --> 00:11:31,091
<i>- The morning after</i>
<i>the murder of Bonnie Hood,</i>

237
00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:34,227
<i>detectives pursued</i>
<i>the identity of a man</i>

238
00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:36,363
<i>who matched the description</i>
<i>of the shooter</i>

239
00:11:36,396 --> 00:11:38,865
<i>and was seen locally on</i>
<i>the night she was killed.</i>

240
00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:42,369
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

241
00:11:42,402 --> 00:11:46,106
<i>- Tight-knit community,</i>
<i>word gets around.</i>

242
00:11:46,139 --> 00:11:48,274
There was talk that we
were trying to find out

243
00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:50,176
who this person was.

244
00:11:50,210 --> 00:11:53,346
<i>Ray Torrey, who works</i>
<i>part-time at the bar,</i>

245
00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:56,716
remembered this individual
dined at the restaurant.

246
00:11:56,750 --> 00:11:59,119
<i>* *</i>

247
00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:01,488
- They described him
to the detectives,

248
00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:06,126
<i>and they described the same</i>
<i>man that we had described.</i>

249
00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:08,495
<i>- Ray recalled</i>
<i>that this stranger</i>

250
00:12:08,528 --> 00:12:10,063
<i>had come in with his own beer</i>

251
00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:12,499
<i>and left the bottle</i>
<i>sitting on the table.</i>

252
00:12:12,532 --> 00:12:14,134
<i>Ray had set it behind the bar</i>

253
00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:15,969
<i>to be cleaned up</i>
<i>in the morning.</i>

254
00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:17,871
<i>The bottle was still there.</i>

255
00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:21,307
<i>- A beer bottle's a</i>
<i>very difficult item</i>

256
00:12:21,341 --> 00:12:23,443
<i>because so many</i>
<i>people touch it,</i>

257
00:12:23,476 --> 00:12:25,211
<i>but it was collected</i>

258
00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:28,481
to see if any unidentifiable
fingerprints can be found.

259
00:12:28,515 --> 00:12:31,217
<i>* *</i>

260
00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:34,788
<i>- Meanwhile, Jim Hood had been</i>
<i>notified after the killing</i>

261
00:12:34,821 --> 00:12:37,390
<i>and arrived at Camp Nelson</i>
<i>in a haze</i>

262
00:12:37,424 --> 00:12:39,492
<i>after breaking the news</i>
<i>of Bonnie's death</i>

263
00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:41,127
<i>to their children.</i>

264
00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:43,163
- He was asked
what the relationship was

265
00:12:43,196 --> 00:12:46,266
between Rudy Manuel
and Bonnie Hood.

266
00:12:46,299 --> 00:12:47,967
<i>He said they were</i>
<i>just good friends.</i>

267
00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:51,171
He was never aware
of any sexual relationship

268
00:12:51,204 --> 00:12:52,505
between the two.

269
00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:56,009
<i>- Jim maintained that he and</i>
<i>Bonnie had a solid marriage</i>

270
00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,777
<i>and wouldn't acknowledge</i>
<i>an affair,</i>

271
00:12:57,811 --> 00:13:01,748
<i>even when told that his wife</i>
<i>was in bed with Rudy.</i>

272
00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:06,052
<i>- We felt that he was</i>
<i>trying to conceal something,</i>

273
00:13:06,052 --> 00:13:08,788
like he had a perfect
relationship with Bonnie Hood.

274
00:13:08,822 --> 00:13:11,057
They were fine.
There was no issues.

275
00:13:11,057 --> 00:13:12,826
<i>During an investigation</i>
<i>like this,</i>

276
00:13:12,859 --> 00:13:15,695
<i>you start looking at what</i>
<i>type of financial records</i>

277
00:13:15,729 --> 00:13:20,133
<i>would have her name on it,</i>
<i>have the husband's name on it.</i>

278
00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:23,069
<i>We need to try and bring up</i>
<i>more information.</i>

279
00:13:23,103 --> 00:13:25,839
<i>He was asked what type</i>
<i>of financial issues</i>

280
00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:27,707
<i>the lodge might be in.</i>

281
00:13:27,741 --> 00:13:29,209
<i>- Camp Nelson Lodge,</i>

282
00:13:29,242 --> 00:13:31,878
which was the beloved project
of Bonnie Hood,

283
00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:34,247
<i>had become a money pit.</i>

284
00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,584
<i>- They were struggling to get</i>
<i>all the rentals filled.</i>

285
00:13:37,617 --> 00:13:39,753
While Bonnie had this dream

286
00:13:39,786 --> 00:13:41,821
about what she wanted
to do with it,

287
00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,423
<i>it was really impractical,</i>

288
00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,625
<i>given where this place</i>
<i>was located.</i>

289
00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:48,161
<i>The lodge--it became</i>
<i>a kind of black hole</i>

290
00:13:48,194 --> 00:13:52,098
<i>just sucking all the money</i>
<i>out of their finances.</i>

291
00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:55,268
- It was losing between
$100,000 and $300,000.

292
00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:58,471
<i>* *</i>

293
00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:01,474
<i>- Investigators</i>
<i>recognized clear motive--</i>

294
00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:03,576
<i>the financial burden</i>
<i>of the lodge</i>

295
00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:06,780
<i>and Bonnie's seemingly</i>
<i>public affair,</i>

296
00:14:06,813 --> 00:14:09,582
<i>which Jim</i>
<i>was outwardly denying.</i>

297
00:14:09,616 --> 00:14:12,118
<i>* *</i>

298
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:14,554
<i>- My heart is hurting</i>

299
00:14:14,587 --> 00:14:17,057
for Bonnie Hood and her family.

300
00:14:17,057 --> 00:14:20,326
<i>* *</i>

301
00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,262
Happy family guy.

302
00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:26,599
<i>The Jim Hood that I knew</i>

303
00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:30,503
from our days together
as students at San Jose State--

304
00:14:30,537 --> 00:14:35,108
<i>very outgoing,</i>
<i>very gregarious guy,</i>

305
00:14:35,141 --> 00:14:37,110
and he was a good student.

306
00:14:37,143 --> 00:14:40,146
And so the two
just didn't mesh,

307
00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:43,283
that he would be involved
in anything

308
00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:46,119
that would result
in somebody getting hurt,

309
00:14:46,152 --> 00:14:48,655
let alone his wife
getting killed.

310
00:14:48,688 --> 00:14:51,658
<i>- During that interview,</i>
<i>there was nothing unusual.</i>

311
00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:54,627
I mean, he acted surprised
at some of the questions,

312
00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:56,096
<i>like, no, there's no way.</i>

313
00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:58,331
<i>There was never</i>
<i>a problem with our marriage.</i>

314
00:14:58,365 --> 00:15:00,300
As far as an alibi,
he was far away.

315
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,136
He was home
in Southern California.

316
00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:06,139
<i>Jim Hood was somebody</i>
<i>we continued</i>

317
00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:09,142
to consider as a possibility
being involved.

318
00:15:09,175 --> 00:15:14,314
<i>* *</i>

319
00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,816
<i>Rudy Manuel had a sister,</i>

320
00:15:16,850 --> 00:15:19,853
and she worked part-time
at the lodge.

321
00:15:19,886 --> 00:15:22,689
<i>When she was at the lodge</i>
<i>the weekend before,</i>

322
00:15:22,722 --> 00:15:25,125
<i>she had seen an individual</i>

323
00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:27,894
and thought he matched
the description

324
00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:31,064
that Rudy had given her
of the shooter.

325
00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:34,534
<i>And one of the things she</i>
<i>added was that the individual</i>

326
00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:38,071
she had seen had been
doing a roofing job

327
00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:40,073
at one of the local cabins.

328
00:15:40,073 --> 00:15:42,375
<i>The resident deputy</i>
<i>directed us towards</i>

329
00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:45,078
<i>one particular cabin that had</i>
<i>roofing work done on it.</i>

330
00:15:45,078 --> 00:15:49,082
<i>* *</i>

331
00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:51,518
<i>Mr. Penner</i>
<i>was the owner of the cabin.</i>

332
00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:54,320
<i>He confirmed that he did have</i>
<i>the roofing redone</i>

333
00:15:54,354 --> 00:15:57,457
<i>on that cabin</i>
<i>the weekend before.</i>

334
00:15:57,490 --> 00:15:59,759
<i>He said the roofers</i>
<i>were friends of his,</i>

335
00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:03,296
and he provided the names
Mark and Matthew Stewart--

336
00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:06,032
<i>two brothers who were</i>
<i>in construction.</i>

337
00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,467
<i>And they're from Fresno.</i>

338
00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:14,240
<i>* *</i>

339
00:16:14,274 --> 00:16:17,744
<i>Mark and Matthew Stewart</i>
<i>were contacted.</i>

340
00:16:17,777 --> 00:16:20,613
<i>They both indicated that</i>
<i>they'd gone up to the lodge,</i>

341
00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:23,216
<i>but they were done</i>
<i>with the roofing job</i>

342
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:25,752
<i>a week before the shooting</i>
<i>occurred</i>

343
00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:27,354
<i>and had not returned.</i>

344
00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,589
Mark and Matthew Stewart
did not match

345
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:32,058
the description that
Rudy Manuel had indicated

346
00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:34,527
was the shooter.

347
00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:37,063
<i>Mark and Matthew Stewart</i>
<i>were interviewed.</i>

348
00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:40,066
<i>A friend of theirs just</i>
<i>happened to be at the house--</i>

349
00:16:40,066 --> 00:16:41,735
Rick Lamar--

350
00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:46,072
and he looked very similar
to the physical description

351
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:48,441
given by Rudy Manuel
of the shooter.

352
00:16:50,076 --> 00:16:51,678
<i>Rick Lamar was asked</i>

353
00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:54,581
<i>if he had ever gone</i>
<i>to the Camp Nelson Lodge,</i>

354
00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,416
<i>and he said no.</i>

355
00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:59,586
<i>Photographs were taken of both</i>
<i>of the Stewart brothers,</i>

356
00:16:59,619 --> 00:17:03,223
Matthew and Mark,
to be shown to Rudy Manuel.

357
00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:05,025
Rick agreed to allow
his photograph

358
00:17:05,058 --> 00:17:06,659
to be taken as well.

359
00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:11,164
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

360
00:17:13,033 --> 00:17:14,434
[monitor beeping]

361
00:17:14,467 --> 00:17:16,369
<i>- Rudy, while he was</i>
<i>still recovering,</i>

362
00:17:16,403 --> 00:17:20,507
was given a lineup,
and he pointed to somebody.

363
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,509
<i>* *</i>

364
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:26,546
- He selected Rick Lamar
as being the shooter.

365
00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:35,821
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

366
00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:38,357
<i>- Shot dead at 3:00 a.m.</i>

367
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:39,692
<i>The intruder shot both Bonnie</i>

368
00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:42,761
<i>and her hired caretaker,</i>
<i>Rudy Manuel,</i>

369
00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:44,663
<i>in the head execution style.</i>

370
00:17:44,697 --> 00:17:48,100
<i>Bonnie died instantly,</i>
<i>but Rudy somehow was spared.</i>

371
00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:52,538
<i>* *</i>

372
00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:55,441
<i>- Rudy Manuel</i>
<i>selected Rick Lamar</i>

373
00:17:55,474 --> 00:17:57,776
<i>as being the shooter.</i>

374
00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:01,780
<i>Immediately, our focus</i>
<i>turned back to Rick Lamar.</i>

375
00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:05,284
Rick Lamar told us, the weekend
that the shooting occurred,

376
00:18:05,317 --> 00:18:08,520
he had been off on
a fishing trip with his dad.

377
00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:11,023
<i>The dad--he was contacted</i>
<i>by telephone</i>

378
00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:13,659
and confirmed the information.

379
00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:15,327
There was no connection
between Mr. Lamar

380
00:18:15,361 --> 00:18:18,797
and Bonnie Hood or Rudy Manuel.

381
00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:21,033
We need to gather more evidence

382
00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:23,635
that actually places him
at the shooting.

383
00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:27,039
<i>* *</i>

384
00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:29,108
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

385
00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:33,479
<i>* *</i>

386
00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:37,383
Sergeant of the unit got
a phone call from the FBI

387
00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:40,285
indicating they had identified
a usable print

388
00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:42,054
<i>from that beer bottle.</i>

389
00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:44,056
<i>* *</i>

390
00:18:44,089 --> 00:18:46,859
<i>The fingerprint was identified</i>
<i>to a Bruce Beauchamp,</i>

391
00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:50,295
<i>who had a criminal record,</i>
<i>from Fontana, California.</i>

392
00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:53,499
<i>* *</i>

393
00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:56,101
<i>Bruce Beauchamp's photograph</i>
<i>was shown to other witnesses</i>

394
00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,337
who had placed him
at the lodge that weekend

395
00:18:58,370 --> 00:19:00,005
and the weekend before.

396
00:19:00,039 --> 00:19:02,307
<i>* *</i>

397
00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:06,745
- Once we saw Bruce Beauchamp,
we knew who he was.

398
00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,847
<i>We knew that he was</i>
<i>the stranger</i>

399
00:19:08,881 --> 00:19:11,850
<i>that had come into the bar.</i>

400
00:19:11,884 --> 00:19:13,819
<i>- His photograph was shown</i>
<i>to Rudy Manuel.</i>

401
00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:17,056
This was weeks later,
so he's had time to recover.

402
00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:21,493
<i>He's not under a doctor's care</i>
<i>and under medication.</i>

403
00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:26,131
And Rudy Manuel selected
Mr. Beauchamp as the shooter.

404
00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:29,268
<i>But he said he did not know</i>
<i>this person,</i>

405
00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:30,636
<i>had never seen him before.</i>

406
00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:33,138
<i>* *</i>

407
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:35,140
<i>Okay, who is this</i>
<i>Bruce Beauchamp?</i>

408
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,176
Where did he come from?

409
00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:40,679
<i>Why was he there at the bar</i>
<i>on the day of the homicide?</i>

410
00:19:40,713 --> 00:19:44,183
What's his connection to
Bonnie Hood and/or Rudy Manuel?

411
00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:49,888
<i>* *</i>

412
00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:53,459
<i>- After Bonnie was murdered,</i>

413
00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,294
there's a chapel
up in Camp Nelson.

414
00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:57,162
There was kind of
a coming together

415
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,565
of the different pieces
of Bonnie's life

416
00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,433
<i>just to recognize her.</i>

417
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:07,272
I think it was a way of trying
to just let her know

418
00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:10,275
<i>they were sorry for the ways</i>
<i>they weren't supporting her</i>

419
00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:12,711
and just a way to have
everybody celebrate her.

420
00:20:12,745 --> 00:20:16,782
<i>* *</i>

421
00:20:16,815 --> 00:20:18,751
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

422
00:20:20,652 --> 00:20:22,488
<i>- Tulare County detectives</i>

423
00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:24,356
<i>reached out</i>
<i>to Bruce Beauchamp,</i>

424
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,692
<i>who agreed to meet them</i>
<i>at the local precinct.</i>

425
00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:28,660
<i>* *</i>

426
00:20:28,694 --> 00:20:33,232
- I expect him to lie,
but it was just the opposite.

427
00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,167
<i>He admitted</i>
<i>he had been up there</i>

428
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,835
the weekend of the shooting.

429
00:20:36,869 --> 00:20:39,304
<i>He had gone back and forth</i>
<i>to Pierpoint Lodge,</i>

430
00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:41,473
<i>the Camp Nelson Lodge,</i>

431
00:20:41,507 --> 00:20:44,643
but he didn't know Bonnie Hood.

432
00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:46,745
<i>Mr. Beauchamp's reason</i>
<i>for being up there</i>

433
00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:50,949
<i>was because he had set up</i>
<i>a date with some female...</i>

434
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,117
<i>and she never showed up.</i>

435
00:20:52,151 --> 00:20:54,953
<i>So he was there at the lodge</i>
<i>on that Saturday night</i>

436
00:20:54,987 --> 00:20:58,223
<i>from 8:00, waiting for her</i>
<i>between both lodges.</i>

437
00:20:58,257 --> 00:21:00,726
And he stayed
there till closing.

438
00:21:00,759 --> 00:21:04,430
<i>I thought it was unusual</i>
<i>to come so far from Fontana.</i>

439
00:21:06,165 --> 00:21:08,767
<i>- Beauchamp claimed</i>
<i>that he had driven four hours</i>

440
00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:12,671
<i>back to Fontana after the bar</i>
<i>closed at 1:30 a.m.</i>

441
00:21:12,705 --> 00:21:15,774
- That didn't make sense to me.

442
00:21:15,808 --> 00:21:17,976
<i>- Given Beauchamp</i>
<i>had no apparent connection</i>

443
00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:19,578
<i>to Bonnie Hood,</i>

444
00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:22,448
<i>investigators angled</i>
<i>at a financial motive</i>

445
00:21:22,481 --> 00:21:25,451
<i>and pushed him</i>
<i>to reveal a source of income.</i>

446
00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:27,453
<i>- Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>said that Jim Hood</i>

447
00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,988
is his employer

448
00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:32,991
<i>at a construction company</i>
<i>in Fontana.</i>

449
00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:36,895
<i>* *</i>

450
00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:40,766
Okay, so Beauchamp does have
a connection to Jim Hood.

451
00:21:40,799 --> 00:21:43,902
<i>* *</i>

452
00:21:43,936 --> 00:21:47,272
<i>We focused on trying to</i>
<i>identify, what's the motive?</i>

453
00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:48,974
<i>You know,</i>
<i>it could be financial.</i>

454
00:21:49,008 --> 00:21:51,410
And then there was another lead
that was developed.

455
00:21:52,911 --> 00:21:56,181
<i>Jim Hood collected</i>
<i>a fairly large life insurance</i>

456
00:21:56,215 --> 00:21:58,550
<i>on Bonnie Hood.</i>

457
00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:01,520
Was the motive
the life-insurance policy

458
00:22:01,553 --> 00:22:03,055
that he had out on her?

459
00:22:03,055 --> 00:22:06,425
<i>* *</i>

460
00:22:06,458 --> 00:22:09,928
<i>- With the murder</i>
<i>of Mr. Hood's wife</i>

461
00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:11,930
<i>in Tulare County,</i>

462
00:22:11,964 --> 00:22:13,866
it appears from the evidence
that the Hoods

463
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,834
were coming apart.

464
00:22:15,868 --> 00:22:17,603
<i>- The District Attorney's</i>
<i>Office</i>

465
00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:18,904
<i>and the Sheriff's Office--</i>

466
00:22:18,937 --> 00:22:21,073
we're trying to achieve
the same thing.

467
00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:24,309
<i>I always wanted to get</i>
<i>their opinion,</i>

468
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,911
say, okay,
this is what we have.

469
00:22:25,944 --> 00:22:27,079
<i>What do you think?</i>

470
00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:31,083
- We know Bruce Beauchamp
had a bit of a shady history.

471
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:32,451
<i>- From the reports,</i>

472
00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:35,754
we had learned Mr. Beauchamp
had a drug issue.

473
00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:39,091
He had recently refinanced
his home.

474
00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,826
He was needing money.

475
00:22:42,695 --> 00:22:46,098
<i>- We know Mr. Hood had</i>
<i>life-insurance policies</i>

476
00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,000
<i>on his wife.</i>

477
00:22:48,834 --> 00:22:53,539
<i>The theory is that Mr. Hood</i>
<i>hired Mr. Beauchamp</i>

478
00:22:53,572 --> 00:22:56,108
<i>to eliminate Mrs. Hood</i>

479
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,776
and, just incidentally,

480
00:22:57,810 --> 00:22:59,878
to collect
all those insurance proceeds.

481
00:22:59,912 --> 00:23:01,814
<i>* *</i>

482
00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:04,550
<i>- There are plenty of upsides.</i>

483
00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,885
<i>The lodge would be gone.</i>

484
00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:08,253
<i>He'd sell it.</i>

485
00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:10,756
It would get rid
of his cheating wife

486
00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:12,791
and to collect hundreds
of thousands of dollars

487
00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,093
<i>for her personal insurance.</i>

488
00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:17,863
<i>- There was no direct evidence</i>
<i>to connect Jim to the crime.</i>

489
00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:20,499
<i>Meanwhile, Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>was arrested</i>

490
00:23:20,532 --> 00:23:22,568
<i>for the murder of Bonnie Hood.</i>

491
00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:27,473
<i>* *</i>

492
00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:30,109
<i>- If your theory</i>
<i>is that Jim Hood</i>

493
00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:32,077
bought a hit on his wife,

494
00:23:32,111 --> 00:23:34,947
you'd like to find
the source of funds.

495
00:23:34,980 --> 00:23:37,249
<i>In Bruce Beauchamp's</i>
<i>checking account--</i>

496
00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:38,751
<i>or savings account,</i>

497
00:23:38,784 --> 00:23:42,721
a $10,000 payment
he can't explain, right?

498
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,124
<i>That would have been</i>
<i>the linchpin in proving</i>

499
00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:48,994
<i>that Jim Hood</i>
<i>had ordered the hit.</i>

500
00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:50,863
<i>* *</i>

501
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:52,531
<i>- There was</i>
<i>a search warrant issued</i>

502
00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:53,966
<i>for Beauchamp's residence.</i>

503
00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:56,568
<i>* *</i>

504
00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:58,971
But there was nothing
to connect him to it.

505
00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:01,840
<i>* *</i>

506
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:05,944
<i>- As long as Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>wouldn't roll on Jim Hood,</i>

507
00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:09,348
<i>then Jim Hood was</i>
<i>in the clear.</i>

508
00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:11,784
His innocence, or his freedom,

509
00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:15,521
<i>depended on the goodwill</i>
<i>and financial relationship</i>

510
00:24:15,554 --> 00:24:17,089
<i>of Bruce Beauchamp.</i>

511
00:24:18,691 --> 00:24:21,527
- I've been asked not to
discuss it in great detail,

512
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,764
but he did work for me.

513
00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:30,069
<i>And I'm just--</i>
<i>I'm a little surprised.</i>

514
00:24:30,102 --> 00:24:33,072
In fact, I'm very--
you know, I'm shocked by it.

515
00:24:33,072 --> 00:24:35,074
We're all amazed.

516
00:24:41,614 --> 00:24:43,216
<i>- Investigators suspected</i>
<i>that Jim Hood had hired</i>

517
00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:46,986
<i>Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>to kill his wife, Bonnie,</i>

518
00:24:47,087 --> 00:24:51,091
<i>yet Beauchamp was the only one</i>
<i>being charged with her murder.</i>

519
00:24:51,091 --> 00:24:53,093
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

520
00:24:53,093 --> 00:24:56,096
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

521
00:24:56,096 --> 00:24:57,864
<i>* *</i>

522
00:24:57,897 --> 00:24:59,799
<i>- In this case,</i>
<i>I believe Mr. Hood</i>

523
00:24:59,833 --> 00:25:02,569
<i>was the driving factor</i>
<i>in the murder of his wife,</i>

524
00:25:02,602 --> 00:25:06,139
<i>but the DA's Office decided</i>
<i>not to use that connection.</i>

525
00:25:06,172 --> 00:25:09,075
They felt that that would
just muddy the case.

526
00:25:09,109 --> 00:25:13,079
<i>- A man police finally</i>
<i>arrested--Bruce Beauchamp.</i>

527
00:25:13,113 --> 00:25:16,116
<i>- Although prosecutors had</i>
<i>evidence against Beauchamp,</i>

528
00:25:16,149 --> 00:25:18,151
<i>without his cooperation,</i>

529
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:20,453
<i>they had little</i>
<i>to implicate Jim Hood.</i>

530
00:25:20,487 --> 00:25:23,056
<i>They decided not</i>
<i>to include Hood</i>

531
00:25:23,056 --> 00:25:26,593
<i>and go all-in on their case</i>
<i>against Beauchamp.</i>

532
00:25:26,626 --> 00:25:29,062
<i>- I think</i>
<i>that the Jim Hood information</i>

533
00:25:29,095 --> 00:25:32,098
should have been factored
into this trial,

534
00:25:32,132 --> 00:25:34,734
<i>but I try not to</i>
<i>second-quarterback prosecutors</i>

535
00:25:34,768 --> 00:25:37,170
<i>because that's not my field.</i>

536
00:25:37,203 --> 00:25:39,439
<i>- Playing to their</i>
<i>only strength,</i>

537
00:25:39,472 --> 00:25:40,807
<i>prosecutors intended</i>

538
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,876
<i>for Rudy Manuel's</i>
<i>planned testimony</i>

539
00:25:42,909 --> 00:25:46,112
<i>to corroborate all of their</i>
<i>circumstantial evidence</i>

540
00:25:46,146 --> 00:25:47,781
<i>against Beauchamp.</i>

541
00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:50,750
- As the sole eyewitness,
he was pretty much the linchpin

542
00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:53,086
of the case in that county.

543
00:25:53,086 --> 00:25:56,923
- I felt reliable
in the information he provided.

544
00:25:56,956 --> 00:25:58,925
<i>- But then he didn't tell</i>
<i>the truth</i>

545
00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:03,029
about the nature of his
relationship with Bonnie.

546
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:05,031
- Rudy Manuel got
on the witness stand

547
00:26:05,031 --> 00:26:07,701
and denied that he had
a sexual relationship

548
00:26:07,734 --> 00:26:10,036
with Bonnie Hood.

549
00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:12,505
<i>- Whether it was shame</i>
<i>or something else</i>

550
00:26:12,539 --> 00:26:14,574
<i>that drove Rudy</i>
<i>to change his story,</i>

551
00:26:14,607 --> 00:26:16,209
<i>in a crushing turn,</i>

552
00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:20,480
<i>his credibility and the case</i>
<i>were ruined.</i>

553
00:26:20,513 --> 00:26:22,449
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

554
00:26:22,482 --> 00:26:25,118
<i>* *</i>

555
00:26:25,151 --> 00:26:28,955
<i>- The Tulare County jury</i>
<i>found Bruce Beauchamp</i>

556
00:26:29,055 --> 00:26:30,090
not guilty...

557
00:26:30,123 --> 00:26:32,125
<i>* *</i>

558
00:26:32,158 --> 00:26:35,695
<i>And subsequently</i>
<i>was acquitted.</i>

559
00:26:35,729 --> 00:26:37,664
He can never be tried
for it again

560
00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:40,066
because
of the double jeopardy rule.

561
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,068
<i>He's a free man.</i>

562
00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:44,537
<i>Mr. Beauchamp was also free</i>

563
00:26:44,571 --> 00:26:47,707
<i>to point the finger</i>
<i>at Jim Hood.</i>

564
00:26:47,741 --> 00:26:50,844
<i>- When you talk</i>
<i>about a jury of your peers</i>

565
00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:53,246
<i>and all the peers</i>

566
00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,249
<i>are white, blue-collar,</i>

567
00:26:56,282 --> 00:27:01,087
<i>and the person who is on trial</i>
<i>is white, blue-collar,</i>

568
00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:04,457
looks like them, and the person
who is accusing them

569
00:27:04,491 --> 00:27:07,027
<i>is Indian,</i>

570
00:27:07,027 --> 00:27:11,698
<i>I think that very much</i>
<i>factored in this trial.</i>

571
00:27:11,731 --> 00:27:13,266
I could not accept
the fact

572
00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:15,535
<i>that Bonnie would be</i>
<i>this victim</i>

573
00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:17,704
<i>who would never have justice</i>

574
00:27:17,737 --> 00:27:20,273
<i>and would never have peace,</i>
<i>in a way.</i>

575
00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:25,712
- "Fontana resident...

576
00:27:25,745 --> 00:27:28,682
"accused and acquitted

577
00:27:28,715 --> 00:27:32,285
of murdering Bonnie Hood."

578
00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:36,056
<i>I have great faith and great</i>
<i>confidence in the jury system,</i>

579
00:27:36,056 --> 00:27:39,793
but my life's experience
in the practice of law,

580
00:27:39,826 --> 00:27:41,895
having practiced law now
for 40 years,

581
00:27:41,928 --> 00:27:44,864
<i>the jury does not bat 100%.</i>

582
00:27:44,898 --> 00:27:47,434
<i>A lot of lives were shattered</i>

583
00:27:47,467 --> 00:27:50,770
<i>as a result</i>
<i>of the murder of Bonnie Hood.</i>

584
00:27:52,272 --> 00:27:55,075
<i>When you tell me there's</i>
<i>a life-insurance policy,</i>

585
00:27:55,075 --> 00:27:58,445
<i>I'm not going to pre-judge,</i>

586
00:27:58,478 --> 00:28:01,681
but it certainly causes me

587
00:28:01,715 --> 00:28:05,852
to be more questioning...

588
00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:08,288
about who was doing what.

589
00:28:08,321 --> 00:28:15,261
<i>* *</i>

590
00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:19,132
- Jim Hood was still a free
man down in Orange County,

591
00:28:19,165 --> 00:28:21,768
and everybody went
about their business, I think,

592
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:25,238
<i>until March 22, 1992.</i>

593
00:28:25,271 --> 00:28:27,207
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

594
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,209
<i>* *</i>

595
00:28:29,242 --> 00:28:32,045
<i>[line trilling]</i>

596
00:28:55,301 --> 00:28:58,071
<i>- This crime occurred</i>
<i>in an industrial complex</i>

597
00:28:58,071 --> 00:28:59,305
<i>in the front office.</i>

598
00:28:59,339 --> 00:29:02,208
There was bloodstains
on the office chair,

599
00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:04,744
<i>and there's bloodstains</i>
<i>on the floor.</i>

600
00:29:12,919 --> 00:29:15,021
<i>[line beeping]</i>

601
00:29:15,055 --> 00:29:18,258
No one could say
what happened in that room

602
00:29:18,291 --> 00:29:19,793
in the office.

603
00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:21,628
<i>According to Jim Hood,</i>

604
00:29:21,661 --> 00:29:24,364
<i>Beauchamp just walked</i>
<i>into the business</i>

605
00:29:24,397 --> 00:29:26,366
with a gun to shoot him.

606
00:29:27,934 --> 00:29:30,904
<i>Beauchamp was just crumpled</i>
<i>on the floor,</i>

607
00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:32,539
<i>laying there</i>
<i>with his hand out,</i>

608
00:29:32,572 --> 00:29:35,675
<i>with this gun just sitting</i>
<i>in his hand.</i>

609
00:29:35,709 --> 00:29:37,844
I had never seen that,

610
00:29:37,877 --> 00:29:40,714
and no one I talked to had ever
experienced

611
00:29:40,747 --> 00:29:45,652
where a person had been shot
with the weapon in his hand,

612
00:29:45,685 --> 00:29:48,955
and it still was in his hand
when he hit the ground.

613
00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:50,523
It just doesn't happen.

614
00:29:50,557 --> 00:29:53,426
<i>* *</i>

615
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:56,463
[indistinct chatter]

616
00:30:01,368 --> 00:30:04,704
<i>- The gun that was</i>
<i>in Beauchamp's hand,</i>

617
00:30:04,738 --> 00:30:06,773
<i>it didn't bother me too much</i>

618
00:30:06,806 --> 00:30:08,942
<i>until we actually started</i>
<i>getting</i>

619
00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:12,645
<i>into the bloodstain pattern</i>
<i>of the case.</i>

620
00:30:12,679 --> 00:30:16,282
<i>[camera shutter clicking]</i>

621
00:30:16,316 --> 00:30:18,918
<i>* *</i>

622
00:30:18,952 --> 00:30:21,021
<i>These are the impact spatters</i>

623
00:30:21,054 --> 00:30:24,224
indicating that there was
a point of origin

624
00:30:24,257 --> 00:30:28,928
very close and low
to the ground in that area.

625
00:30:28,962 --> 00:30:31,498
<i>First shot entered</i>
<i>the top of his head.</i>

626
00:30:31,531 --> 00:30:33,466
<i>* *</i>

627
00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,903
When there's an impact
to your head from a gun,

628
00:30:36,936 --> 00:30:39,906
you'll have impact spatter,

629
00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:42,242
and Beauchamp's right hand

630
00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:46,646
is on top of spatter
near his head.

631
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,481
But the funny thing about this

632
00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:51,217
is there's no blood spatter
on his hands,

633
00:30:51,251 --> 00:30:54,154
<i>no blood spatter on the gun.</i>

634
00:30:54,187 --> 00:30:57,057
<i>So what that indicates</i>
<i>is the hand was there</i>

635
00:30:57,090 --> 00:31:00,827
after the blood spatter
hit the floor.

636
00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:03,430
<i>* *</i>

637
00:31:03,463 --> 00:31:06,099
- We think he staged
the scene inside his office

638
00:31:06,132 --> 00:31:08,501
before he called
the Sheriff's Department.

639
00:31:15,141 --> 00:31:16,076
<i>- Two years after Jim Hood</i>
<i>was suspected</i>

640
00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:19,212
<i>for the murder</i>
<i>of his wife, Bonnie,</i>

641
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:24,084
<i>he was now tied up</i>
<i>in another killing.</i>

642
00:31:24,084 --> 00:31:26,219
<i>- Tonight's top story--</i>
<i>Bonnie Hood,</i>

643
00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:28,888
<i>murdered mysteriously</i>
<i>in an isolated resort,</i>

644
00:31:28,922 --> 00:31:31,858
but now the man they tried
is dead

645
00:31:31,891 --> 00:31:34,427
amid the most unexpected twist
of all.

646
00:31:34,461 --> 00:31:36,463
<i>* *</i>

647
00:31:36,496 --> 00:31:37,731
<i>- 911 Emergency.</i>

648
00:31:37,764 --> 00:31:39,866
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

649
00:31:41,868 --> 00:31:44,104
<i>- We had Jim Hood transported</i>

650
00:31:44,137 --> 00:31:47,107
<i>to the San Bernardino</i>
<i>Sheriff's Office.</i>

651
00:31:47,107 --> 00:31:50,110
When Jim Hood was interviewed
by the detectives,

652
00:31:50,110 --> 00:31:53,880
he continued to keep
his story straight,

653
00:31:53,913 --> 00:31:56,549
<i>that it</i>
<i>was totally self-defense.</i>

654
00:31:56,583 --> 00:32:00,053
- Jim Hood says Beauchamp
and his wife's brother

655
00:32:00,053 --> 00:32:02,555
were engaged in a number
of nefarious activities,

656
00:32:02,589 --> 00:32:05,725
including stealing equipment
from the construction site

657
00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:09,696
of a shopping center
that Jim Hood was developing.

658
00:32:09,729 --> 00:32:11,431
<i>And so Hood--</i>

659
00:32:11,464 --> 00:32:14,067
<i>he fired the brother-in-law,</i>
<i>who was also working for him.</i>

660
00:32:14,067 --> 00:32:17,404
Beauchamp was upset that his
brother-in-law had been fired.

661
00:32:17,437 --> 00:32:19,539
<i>* *</i>

662
00:32:19,572 --> 00:32:20,607
<i>- Jim Hood claimed</i>

663
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,376
that's what the meeting
in his office was about

664
00:32:23,410 --> 00:32:26,212
and that Bruce
threatened him first.

665
00:32:26,246 --> 00:32:29,883
<i>- He claimed Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>reached behind him,</i>

666
00:32:29,916 --> 00:32:32,118
<i>pulled out a .357 Magnum,</i>

667
00:32:32,152 --> 00:32:34,320
and aimed it
at Jim Hood's chest.

668
00:32:34,354 --> 00:32:37,724
Jim Hood pulled a Glock 9
from his drawer

669
00:32:37,757 --> 00:32:40,860
<i>and started shooting</i>
<i>at Beauchamp.</i>

670
00:32:40,894 --> 00:32:43,163
Shot him seven times.

671
00:32:43,196 --> 00:32:45,965
<i>- The number of times</i>
<i>he got shot,</i>

672
00:32:45,999 --> 00:32:49,102
there was no way
that that was self-defense.

673
00:32:49,102 --> 00:32:51,738
It just doesn't happen
that way.

674
00:32:51,771 --> 00:32:53,907
<i>- Hood claimed</i>
<i>that he feared Bruce Beauchamp</i>

675
00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:55,442
<i>would show up to hurt him,</i>

676
00:32:55,475 --> 00:33:00,146
<i>so he had his own gun ready</i>
<i>at his desk.</i>

677
00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:03,783
<i>- We run background checks on</i>
<i>all the witnesses and victims.</i>

678
00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:05,618
<i>And then when we found out</i>

679
00:33:05,652 --> 00:33:07,921
<i>that Beauchamp</i>
<i>had been acquitted</i>

680
00:33:07,954 --> 00:33:10,824
for the murder of Bonnie Hood,

681
00:33:10,857 --> 00:33:13,727
<i>myself and another detective</i>

682
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:15,762
went up to Tulare County.

683
00:33:15,795 --> 00:33:18,765
<i>* *</i>

684
00:33:18,798 --> 00:33:20,767
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

685
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:27,974
<i>* *</i>

686
00:33:29,843 --> 00:33:34,080
- The two killings
were inexorably tied together.

687
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,350
<i>Mr. Beauchamp</i>
<i>was hired to kill.</i>

688
00:33:37,384 --> 00:33:40,787
<i>He got acquitted,</i>
<i>much to Mr. Hood's surprise.</i>

689
00:33:40,820 --> 00:33:43,323
<i>- And that once</i>
<i>Bruce Beauchamp was acquitted,</i>

690
00:33:43,356 --> 00:33:45,592
he was able to extort--

691
00:33:45,625 --> 00:33:47,394
or he thought
he would be able to extort

692
00:33:47,427 --> 00:33:50,697
<i>plenty of money from Jim Hood.</i>

693
00:33:50,730 --> 00:33:55,235
<i>- Mr. Hood was not going</i>
<i>to take that chance.</i>

694
00:33:55,268 --> 00:33:58,571
I try not to get involved
personally in a case,

695
00:33:58,605 --> 00:34:02,042
<i>but I just want the justice</i>
<i>part of it to work.</i>

696
00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:03,677
Let's get it done.

697
00:34:05,345 --> 00:34:09,182
- And then we get a copy
of the report.

698
00:34:09,215 --> 00:34:12,152
<i>- The gun was found</i>
<i>in his right hand,</i>

699
00:34:12,185 --> 00:34:15,088
when, in fact,
he was left-handed.

700
00:34:15,121 --> 00:34:17,157
<i>* *</i>

701
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:18,925
<i>- Evidence was stacking up</i>

702
00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:23,296
<i>that Jim Hood had staged</i>
<i>the crime scene in his office.</i>

703
00:34:23,329 --> 00:34:26,499
- So, in March of 1992,
almost exactly a year

704
00:34:26,533 --> 00:34:29,336
after Bruce Beauchamp
was acquitted

705
00:34:29,369 --> 00:34:31,438
for the murder of Bonnie Hood,

706
00:34:31,471 --> 00:34:35,709
Jim Hood was arrested for
the murder of Bruce Beauchamp.

707
00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:39,079
<i>* *</i>

708
00:34:39,112 --> 00:34:42,082
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

709
00:34:42,082 --> 00:34:48,922
<i>* *</i>

710
00:34:48,955 --> 00:34:53,927
<i>- The theory</i>
<i>of People versus Jim Hood</i>

711
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:58,098
is that he bought a hit
on his wife, Bonnie Hood.

712
00:34:58,098 --> 00:35:01,368
<i>* *</i>

713
00:35:01,401 --> 00:35:04,270
However, Bruce Beauchamp
was acquitted.

714
00:35:05,939 --> 00:35:08,742
- He was going to expose
Jim Hood

715
00:35:08,775 --> 00:35:10,777
<i>for his complicity</i>
<i>in the murder.</i>

716
00:35:12,412 --> 00:35:15,548
- That made him a threat
to Jim Hood

717
00:35:15,582 --> 00:35:18,885
that had to be eliminated
somehow.

718
00:35:18,918 --> 00:35:20,587
<i>- Investigators theorized</i>

719
00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:22,756
<i>that Hood was not</i>
<i>about to be extorted,</i>

720
00:35:22,789 --> 00:35:26,192
<i>especially by someone</i>
<i>he had already paid.</i>

721
00:35:26,226 --> 00:35:28,895
- The prosecution will prove

722
00:35:28,928 --> 00:35:32,732
that this defendant lured
the victim to his office,

723
00:35:32,766 --> 00:35:35,235
that, in fact, shot him

724
00:35:35,268 --> 00:35:37,504
and then planted
the gun on him.

725
00:35:37,537 --> 00:35:40,373
And this is not going to be
done by witness testimony,

726
00:35:40,407 --> 00:35:43,276
but rather cold, hard facts.

727
00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:47,313
- I set it up to
have a video done,

728
00:35:47,347 --> 00:35:51,484
the animation
of the crime itself.

729
00:35:51,518 --> 00:35:54,454
<i>It was one of the first times</i>

730
00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:59,125
<i>that they had animation</i>
<i>in a homicide case.</i>

731
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,161
- So right now
in San Bernardino County,

732
00:36:01,194 --> 00:36:03,496
it's a case
that involves love and sex,

733
00:36:03,530 --> 00:36:07,100
a contract killing,
and now computer animation.

734
00:36:07,133 --> 00:36:09,135
<i>- Mr. Beauchamp showing up.</i>

735
00:36:09,169 --> 00:36:11,938
Mr. Beauchamp
not carrying a weapon.

736
00:36:12,038 --> 00:36:14,207
<i>There's a series of shots.</i>

737
00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:17,110
<i>* *</i>

738
00:36:17,143 --> 00:36:20,413
<i>The gun in the hand...</i>

739
00:36:20,447 --> 00:36:22,782
staging the scene.

740
00:36:22,816 --> 00:36:27,454
The defense generally presented
Mr. Hood as a good guy

741
00:36:27,487 --> 00:36:30,156
who was trying to act
in self-defense.

742
00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:32,058
- He wants this case
to go to trial.

743
00:36:32,058 --> 00:36:33,426
He wants to be vindicated.

744
00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:35,862
He's worked all of his life

745
00:36:35,895 --> 00:36:37,130
to get where he is,

746
00:36:37,163 --> 00:36:39,065
and he wants to keep that.

747
00:36:39,099 --> 00:36:41,835
If he would leave with these
charges hanging over his head,

748
00:36:41,868 --> 00:36:46,139
everyone would assume that
he was a cold-blooded killer.

749
00:36:46,172 --> 00:36:48,174
He does not want that for him.

750
00:36:48,208 --> 00:36:50,176
He does not want that
for his children.

751
00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:52,145
He does not want that
for his friends

752
00:36:52,178 --> 00:36:53,847
and the rest of his family.

753
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:57,650
<i>- Mr. Hood had</i>
<i>enormous resources</i>

754
00:36:57,684 --> 00:37:02,322
and could present things
to contradict our positions,

755
00:37:02,355 --> 00:37:04,824
like the computer animation.

756
00:37:04,858 --> 00:37:08,028
- Our evidence will demonstrate
to you that he acted properly

757
00:37:08,061 --> 00:37:11,031
under the law in self-defense.

758
00:37:11,031 --> 00:37:13,867
<i>- The defense agrees</i>
<i>that Hood did indeed kill,</i>

759
00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:16,102
<i>but provided</i>
<i>its own animation--</i>

760
00:37:16,136 --> 00:37:19,606
<i>one portraying a gun</i>
<i>in the hand of the dead man</i>

761
00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:22,876
<i>and Hood as an innocent victim</i>
<i>of all of this.</i>

762
00:37:22,909 --> 00:37:25,378
- His eyes were looking at me

763
00:37:25,412 --> 00:37:28,314
like he was gonna beat
the living heck out of me.

764
00:37:28,348 --> 00:37:29,816
I'm scared to death.

765
00:37:29,849 --> 00:37:33,253
I thought, you know, he
was going to kill me.

766
00:37:33,286 --> 00:37:36,089
<i>* *</i>

767
00:37:36,122 --> 00:37:39,426
<i>- And then he reenacted</i>
<i>what he said happened,</i>

768
00:37:39,459 --> 00:37:42,062
<i>with a dummy standing in</i>
<i>for Bruce Beauchamp.</i>

769
00:37:42,095 --> 00:37:44,464
And that was very peculiar.

770
00:37:45,732 --> 00:37:47,701
<i>- I sat through the trial.</i>

771
00:37:47,734 --> 00:37:50,570
<i>I couldn't imagine</i>
<i>this jury could be listening</i>

772
00:37:50,603 --> 00:37:53,239
to all the evidence
that I was listening to

773
00:37:53,273 --> 00:37:55,342
and come up
with any other decision

774
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:57,577
than that he was guilty.

775
00:37:57,610 --> 00:37:59,579
<i>But there was a part of me</i>
<i>that worried</i>

776
00:37:59,612 --> 00:38:01,448
<i>that he was going to get away</i>
<i>with this.</i>

777
00:38:13,593 --> 00:38:15,528
<i>- Tonight on "Hard Copy"...</i>

778
00:38:16,596 --> 00:38:20,166
<i>Jim Hood lost his wife</i>
<i>to a mystery man's bullet.</i>

779
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:21,735
<i>Now he's been shot dead, too.</i>

780
00:38:21,768 --> 00:38:24,537
<i>Jim Hood pulled the trigger.</i>

781
00:38:24,571 --> 00:38:28,108
<i>Was it murder or self-defense?</i>

782
00:38:28,141 --> 00:38:32,812
<i>While Jim Hood sat in jail,</i>
<i>a new scenario emerged.</i>

783
00:38:32,846 --> 00:38:35,815
<i>[dramatic music]</i>

784
00:38:35,849 --> 00:38:37,817
<i>* *</i>

785
00:38:37,851 --> 00:38:41,388
- Sharon, who was
Bruce Beauchamp's wife,

786
00:38:41,421 --> 00:38:45,492
<i>was called as a witness</i>
<i>and testified.</i>

787
00:39:15,455 --> 00:39:17,724
<i>* *</i>

788
00:39:17,757 --> 00:39:21,194
- Sharon testified
that Jim paid him $50,000

789
00:39:21,227 --> 00:39:22,729
to kill Bonnie.

790
00:39:24,597 --> 00:39:27,901
<i>- Once Bruce Beauchamp</i>
<i>got acquitted,</i>

791
00:39:27,934 --> 00:39:32,105
Mr. Beauchamp
decides to milk Mr. Hood

792
00:39:32,138 --> 00:39:34,341
for all he can.

793
00:39:34,374 --> 00:39:38,078
<i>- Sharon indicated he went</i>
<i>to ask for more money.</i>

794
00:39:38,111 --> 00:39:39,679
You better pay me
another 100,000,

795
00:39:39,713 --> 00:39:42,415
or I'm going to say you paid me
to kill your wife.

796
00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:51,257
<i>- And so the jury</i>

797
00:39:51,291 --> 00:39:52,892
<i>had to decide what happened</i>

798
00:39:52,926 --> 00:39:55,095
in those two minutes
or three minutes

799
00:39:55,128 --> 00:39:57,097
inside Jim Hood's office.

800
00:39:57,130 --> 00:39:59,499
<i>- And, of course,</i>
<i>all the defense has to do</i>

801
00:39:59,532 --> 00:40:02,302
is convince one person
that they're not guilty,

802
00:40:02,335 --> 00:40:04,137
and we don't get a conviction.

803
00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:08,141
<i>- In the end, the seemingly</i>
<i>damning evidence and testimony</i>

804
00:40:08,174 --> 00:40:10,377
<i>weren't enough</i>
<i>to convince the jury</i>

805
00:40:10,410 --> 00:40:11,911
<i>beyond a reasonable doubt.</i>

806
00:40:11,945 --> 00:40:15,248
<i>- Jim Hood's trial</i>
<i>results in a hung jury.</i>

807
00:40:15,281 --> 00:40:19,919
It seemed impossible to me
that he would not be convicted.

808
00:40:19,953 --> 00:40:22,889
<i>- The case was</i>
<i>declared a mistrial.</i>

809
00:40:22,922 --> 00:40:25,258
- There's nothing
you'd less rather do

810
00:40:25,291 --> 00:40:26,526
than try a case twice.

811
00:40:26,559 --> 00:40:29,129
<i>* *</i>

812
00:40:29,162 --> 00:40:31,164
<i>[dramatic sting]</i>

813
00:40:31,197 --> 00:40:33,733
<i>* *</i>

814
00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:36,169
<i>- So, in June of 1993,</i>

815
00:40:36,202 --> 00:40:39,172
Jim's second trial begins.

816
00:40:39,205 --> 00:40:43,943
- When Mr. Hood got
on the witness stand,

817
00:40:43,977 --> 00:40:46,613
<i>he had conformed</i>
<i>his version of events</i>

818
00:40:46,646 --> 00:40:48,815
<i>to match the physical evidence</i>

819
00:40:48,848 --> 00:40:51,651
<i>he had heard</i>
<i>in the first trial.</i>

820
00:40:51,685 --> 00:40:54,788
What's an innocent man
have to do

821
00:40:54,821 --> 00:40:57,123
with changing his testimony?

822
00:40:57,157 --> 00:40:59,859
<i>- The prosecution seized</i>
<i>the opportunity</i>

823
00:40:59,893 --> 00:41:02,228
<i>to call jurors</i>
<i>from the first trial,</i>

824
00:41:02,262 --> 00:41:06,066
<i>who testified that Hood had</i>
<i>told them a different story.</i>

825
00:41:06,066 --> 00:41:08,568
- Jim changed his story

826
00:41:08,601 --> 00:41:10,970
about how Bruce was
after he'd been shot.

827
00:41:11,071 --> 00:41:13,773
He'd physically laid down
and shown one thing,

828
00:41:13,807 --> 00:41:15,975
and then he physically laid
down and showed something else

829
00:41:16,076 --> 00:41:17,344
in the second jury trial.

830
00:41:17,377 --> 00:41:18,845
<i>And I knew.</i>

831
00:41:18,878 --> 00:41:20,980
I knew that he had
just hung himself.

832
00:41:21,081 --> 00:41:28,121
<i>* *</i>

833
00:41:28,154 --> 00:41:29,989
<i>- The jury had a verdict,</i>

834
00:41:30,090 --> 00:41:32,659
and that verdict was
that Jim Hood was guilty

835
00:41:32,692 --> 00:41:33,927
of first-degree murder.

836
00:41:35,762 --> 00:41:37,430
<i>When the verdict comes back,</i>

837
00:41:37,464 --> 00:41:41,735
<i>there's a certain sense of</i>
<i>justice done for the victims.</i>

838
00:41:41,768 --> 00:41:43,903
<i>However, the hit for hire--</i>

839
00:41:43,937 --> 00:41:46,139
<i>sending Beauchamp up</i>
<i>to kill Bonnie--</i>

840
00:41:46,172 --> 00:41:49,109
is a theory
that has never been proven.

841
00:41:50,910 --> 00:41:54,214
<i>As a result,</i>
<i>the murder of Bonnie Hood</i>

842
00:41:54,247 --> 00:41:57,017
is considered unsolved.

843
00:41:57,117 --> 00:41:59,519
<i>* *</i>

844
00:41:59,552 --> 00:42:00,920
<i>- A lot of people forget</i>

845
00:42:00,954 --> 00:42:02,889
that there were two children
in that Hood family

846
00:42:02,922 --> 00:42:04,858
that endured this whole thing.

847
00:42:04,891 --> 00:42:07,460
They lost their mom.
Their dad went to prison.

848
00:42:07,494 --> 00:42:09,896
<i>* *</i>

849
00:42:09,929 --> 00:42:12,499
They're the biggest victims
of all in this case,

850
00:42:12,532 --> 00:42:16,369
<i>* *</i>

851
00:42:16,403 --> 00:42:19,606
<i>[somber music]</i>

852
00:42:19,639 --> 00:42:26,579
<i>* *</i>

853
00:42:26,613 --> 00:42:28,682
<i>- It's just a shame.</i>

854
00:42:28,715 --> 00:42:30,750
<i>* *</i>

855
00:42:30,784 --> 00:42:33,253
<i>When I picture Bonnie now,</i>

856
00:42:33,286 --> 00:42:37,090
I think of her in her jeans
and her flannel shirt,

857
00:42:37,090 --> 00:42:39,392
<i>blond hair down,</i>

858
00:42:39,426 --> 00:42:42,796
<i>sitting on Mulberry,</i>
<i>her horse, riding the trails.</i>

859
00:42:44,297 --> 00:42:48,868
<i>I think she's still up there</i>
<i>in Camp Nelson.</i>

860
00:42:48,902 --> 00:42:51,338
<i>I think that was</i>
<i>her happy place.</i>

861
00:42:51,371 --> 00:42:58,478
<i>* *</i>

862
00:43:02,115 --> 00:43:06,619
- I tend to want to disbelieve
that my fraternity brother

863
00:43:06,653 --> 00:43:10,657
would do something like that.

864
00:43:10,690 --> 00:43:13,827
<i>I've been married to my wife</i>
<i>for 52 years.</i>

865
00:43:15,128 --> 00:43:18,365
It's just hard
for me to understand

866
00:43:18,398 --> 00:43:22,902
how somebody could get
to that point in rage--

867
00:43:22,936 --> 00:43:26,940
<i>the enormity</i>
<i>of taking someone's life.</i>

868
00:43:26,973 --> 00:43:30,877
But I have no reason
to believe he did.

869
00:43:30,910 --> 00:43:33,313
But I have no reason
to believe that he didn't.

870
00:43:33,346 --> 00:43:36,282
<i>* *</i>