1 00:00:01,367 --> 00:00:03,600 [drill buzzing] 2 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:06,166 [suspenseful music playing] 3 00:00:06,166 --> 00:00:08,133 [Matthew] I knew something was wrong. 4 00:00:09,266 --> 00:00:10,800 Something happened to her. 5 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:15,467 Her killer thought he was gonna get away with it. 6 00:00:15,467 --> 00:00:17,667 [Dean] He formulated a plan. 7 00:00:17,667 --> 00:00:19,367 Like some sort of Vegas magic act, 8 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:21,100 he made the body disappear. 9 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:25,100 [Pamela] It's like finding a needle in a haystack. 10 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:29,400 There's such a vast expanse of where it could be. 11 00:00:30,700 --> 00:00:32,867 [Parker] No one would have believed 12 00:00:32,867 --> 00:00:35,133 that anyone would have gone to such lengths... 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,300 to hide a body. 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,100 [suspenseful music playing] 15 00:00:57,667 --> 00:01:00,800 [Dean] On May 31st, 2019, 16 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:06,367 Esmeralda Gonzalez was reported missing 17 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:09,300 to the Las Vegas metropolitan police department. 18 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,533 Esmeralda was last seen by her family 19 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,433 on May 26th, 2019. 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,867 After two days, 21 00:01:19,867 --> 00:01:23,333 her brother responded to Esmeralda's address 22 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,734 to check up on her. 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,033 When he got there, 24 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:28,300 he found her not there. 25 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:34,200 Her brother called me and told me that she's missing. 26 00:01:35,266 --> 00:01:36,800 I was in denial. 27 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:42,200 Esmeralda was a very driven young woman. 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,567 She was born in Mexico 29 00:01:45,567 --> 00:01:48,900 and she came to Las Vegas at a very young age. 30 00:01:50,166 --> 00:01:53,033 And she was able to finish up college, 31 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:54,634 she bought her first house, 32 00:01:55,567 --> 00:01:57,266 she ended up buying a second house 33 00:01:57,266 --> 00:01:59,433 and turned it into a rental property. 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,934 She became Instagram famous. 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,200 She had thousands and thousands of followers. 36 00:02:08,367 --> 00:02:12,333 Why would this girl, who is 100% independent, go missing? 37 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,100 And I knew something was wrong. 38 00:02:15,467 --> 00:02:18,467 [somber music playing] 39 00:02:18,467 --> 00:02:20,233 [Pamela] Her family told us... 40 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:26,900 Esmeralda was living in a pretty nice neighborhood 41 00:02:27,867 --> 00:02:30,300 and making pretty good money. 42 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,734 But we found she suffered from mental health problems. 43 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:40,767 When she was on her medication, 44 00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:42,333 she was fine. 45 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,266 But if the medication 46 00:02:44,266 --> 00:02:46,133 stopped working for her, 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,100 then she would have episodes. 48 00:02:50,266 --> 00:02:52,033 [Matthew] A week before she went missing, 49 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:54,033 her brother called me and he told me 50 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,266 that her mental disorder is acting up again 51 00:02:57,266 --> 00:03:00,233 and something's going on with her medicine. 52 00:03:05,066 --> 00:03:07,767 [Cinthia] My news assignment editor 53 00:03:07,767 --> 00:03:12,333 said there's this report of a missing Latina. 54 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:17,033 She was in a very, very fragile state of mind. 55 00:03:18,266 --> 00:03:21,233 To me, it hit home a little more 56 00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:24,467 for the simple fact that her parents had come 57 00:03:24,467 --> 00:03:26,333 to the United States 58 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,533 for the same reason my parents came here. 59 00:03:31,166 --> 00:03:34,433 Her family just wanted a better life. 60 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:37,700 That just makes you feel sick to your stomach. 61 00:03:41,667 --> 00:03:44,033 [Matthew] "What was her mental state?" 62 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:47,066 is, uh, the reason why something happened to her. 63 00:03:47,066 --> 00:03:49,000 I didn't know how to react. 64 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,900 It was all like a complete mystery 65 00:03:52,667 --> 00:03:54,300 what really happened. 66 00:03:57,166 --> 00:04:00,400 [suspenseful music playing] 67 00:04:04,100 --> 00:04:07,500 [Pamela] For me, all cases are kind of like a puzzle. 68 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,000 When the police detectives 69 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,367 first came and spoke to us about the case, 70 00:04:13,367 --> 00:04:16,300 they described it as a missing persons case. 71 00:04:16,900 --> 00:04:19,567 But there's no indication, 72 00:04:19,567 --> 00:04:23,233 really, that anything criminal has happened to her. 73 00:04:26,467 --> 00:04:28,734 [Dean] We went to Esmeralda's house 74 00:04:29,767 --> 00:04:33,233 to see if the disappearance was a result of something 75 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:34,734 that happened there. 76 00:04:36,166 --> 00:04:39,000 [Pamela] There wasn't a lot of disturbance at her house. 77 00:04:41,266 --> 00:04:43,600 But she left her phone, 78 00:04:45,367 --> 00:04:47,433 her car was there. 79 00:04:50,767 --> 00:04:54,166 [Dean] We did find that she had video cameras 80 00:04:54,166 --> 00:04:59,133 on her door and within the house as well. 81 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:03,533 And we're able to obtain video footage from the cameras 82 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,000 in Esmeralda's house. 83 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:10,934 [doorbell rings] 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,533 [Dean] This video footage shows her behavior 85 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,467 around her house in the days leading up 86 00:05:16,467 --> 00:05:18,033 to her disappearance. 87 00:05:26,567 --> 00:05:31,266 She's acting erratic, strange. 88 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:35,600 She's heard muttering nonsense, phrases... 89 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,400 and jumping at nothing. 90 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:43,000 [Esmeralda yells] 91 00:05:46,867 --> 00:05:49,100 You can see that Esmeralda is essentially 92 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,400 not in a right mind during that period of time. 93 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:55,467 Even though she's clearly having 94 00:05:55,467 --> 00:05:57,100 kind of a mental breakdown. 95 00:05:58,667 --> 00:06:00,867 Nothing in the house ends up helping 96 00:06:00,867 --> 00:06:02,700 as far as where she went. 97 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:09,033 The fact that she left items that could be tracked. 98 00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:10,233 Her cell phone, 99 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,233 her debit card, credit cards, 100 00:06:14,467 --> 00:06:17,367 and even her vehicle at her residence, 101 00:06:17,367 --> 00:06:19,834 questions also arise on whether or not 102 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:22,133 she was trying to escape from someone. 103 00:06:26,467 --> 00:06:29,567 We conducted interviews with family members 104 00:06:29,567 --> 00:06:31,867 and others friends that showed that Esmeralda 105 00:06:31,867 --> 00:06:34,700 had a boyfriend, John. 106 00:06:37,867 --> 00:06:39,634 [Matthew] Last time that I'd seen her 107 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:41,767 six to eight weeks before she went missing, 108 00:06:41,767 --> 00:06:44,333 I went to her house and she instantly stopped me 109 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,667 and she said, "You cannot come in here. 110 00:06:45,667 --> 00:06:47,133 I have a new man. 111 00:06:47,967 --> 00:06:50,100 He's extremely jealous. He's controlling. 112 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:52,000 He watches my cameras. 113 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,100 He doesn't want you around here." 114 00:06:54,667 --> 00:06:57,600 I was like, "This is very odd." 115 00:06:59,867 --> 00:07:03,867 We look into John to see what his criminal history was, 116 00:07:03,867 --> 00:07:06,667 and discovered that there had been a report 117 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:08,667 of a domestic dispute 118 00:07:08,667 --> 00:07:13,133 between Esmeralda and John on the 29th of May. 119 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:20,333 She is ultimately reported as missing on the 31st. 120 00:07:22,166 --> 00:07:25,500 So we become concerned. 121 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,133 [drill buzzing] 122 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:42,567 [Parker] John ends up being rather forthcoming 123 00:07:42,567 --> 00:07:46,233 with information and his own whereabouts. 124 00:07:48,066 --> 00:07:49,634 He turns over a cell phone. 125 00:07:52,066 --> 00:07:54,367 He allows detectives to essentially 126 00:07:54,367 --> 00:07:56,133 go through social media. 127 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,300 Stuff like that. 128 00:08:01,567 --> 00:08:03,934 [Dean] We used cell phone records 129 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,433 with location data to determine that John 130 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,800 was not with Esmeralda since May 29th 131 00:08:12,900 --> 00:08:15,800 in the days leading up to her disappearance. 132 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,367 [Parker] At that point in time, 133 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:23,800 we don't have enough to move on John. 134 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,233 [eerie music playing] 135 00:08:31,567 --> 00:08:33,333 [Dean] The Missing Persons Unit 136 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,834 then did a canvas of the neighborhood 137 00:08:35,900 --> 00:08:37,800 where Esmeralda lived. 138 00:08:38,367 --> 00:08:40,500 They contacted several neighbors. 139 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,367 A lot of people have ring doorbells 140 00:08:43,367 --> 00:08:46,033 that capture video not only at their front porch 141 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:48,700 or sometimes even out in the front yard or the street. 142 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:51,367 [Parker] One of the neighbors says, 143 00:08:51,367 --> 00:08:53,967 "Oh, hey, I have video footage 144 00:08:53,967 --> 00:08:56,533 of a girl knocking on my door." 145 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:01,734 [Dean] We did retrieve that security footage. 146 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,700 They're kind of taken aback. 147 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,166 The video footage showed Esmeralda dressed 148 00:09:08,166 --> 00:09:12,500 in her lingerie and high heels. 149 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,600 She appears very confused. 150 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,834 When a person is reported missing 151 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:23,867 and you know that they have a history of mental illness, 152 00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:27,700 then we do become concerned about their welfare. 153 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:30,567 [doorbell rings] 154 00:09:30,567 --> 00:09:32,667 The fear would be that 155 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:34,967 they could become a danger to themselves 156 00:09:34,967 --> 00:09:37,734 or a danger to someone else in the community. 157 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:42,834 The longer a missing person goes missing, 158 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:44,266 the colder the case gets, 159 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:47,233 the harder it is to put things together. 160 00:09:48,467 --> 00:09:50,634 [dog barking] 161 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:52,934 [Dean] Now we have a question, 162 00:09:54,100 --> 00:09:55,734 what has happened to her? 163 00:09:57,867 --> 00:09:58,900 [man speaking] 164 00:09:59,867 --> 00:10:01,100 [man speaking] 165 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:11,133 And you can see that at 2:33 a.m. timeframe 166 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:13,567 is the last time she can be seen alive 167 00:10:13,567 --> 00:10:15,433 when she's walking down the street. 168 00:10:17,367 --> 00:10:19,867 [suspenseful music playing] 169 00:10:19,867 --> 00:10:22,100 [Dean] Where did she go? 170 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:24,967 She's leaving on her own volition from her house, 171 00:10:24,967 --> 00:10:26,867 but her behavior is very erratic, 172 00:10:26,867 --> 00:10:31,600 and she just disappears from that moment. 173 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:34,734 We were concerned, 174 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,367 will this missing persons investigation 175 00:10:37,367 --> 00:10:41,200 ultimately become a homicide investigation? 176 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:52,300 [tense music playing] 177 00:11:09,266 --> 00:11:11,567 [Pamela] When people are missing for us 178 00:11:11,567 --> 00:11:13,333 for a certain amount of time, 179 00:11:14,967 --> 00:11:17,133 we assume it's gonna ultimately end 180 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,533 in a homicide case. 181 00:11:23,767 --> 00:11:25,400 But we need a body. 182 00:11:26,667 --> 00:11:31,000 Without a body, you have trouble proving 183 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,900 that someone's dead or that a crime has occurred. 184 00:11:38,767 --> 00:11:42,033 [Parker] It's frustrating because you kind of know 185 00:11:42,100 --> 00:11:44,767 that Esmeralda's family must be suffering, 186 00:11:44,767 --> 00:11:47,400 and this family wants some closure. 187 00:11:48,567 --> 00:11:49,967 And we can't give it 188 00:11:49,967 --> 00:11:54,333 because we can't definitely say what happened. 189 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,433 We can't essentially tell that family to give up hope. 190 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,367 [Matthew] The hardest part is just not knowing 191 00:12:08,367 --> 00:12:10,233 what really happened. 192 00:12:11,867 --> 00:12:15,400 I was afraid somebody was doing harm to her. 193 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,000 And then you're just searching all over town, 194 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,400 going everywhere that you know that she normally goes. 195 00:12:24,166 --> 00:12:26,133 Where she gets her nails done, 196 00:12:26,867 --> 00:12:28,400 the gas station. 197 00:12:28,967 --> 00:12:31,000 Is all her friends and family. 198 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,367 You're going everywhere you can think that she possibly went to, 199 00:12:35,367 --> 00:12:37,900 putting flyers up all over town. 200 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:56,333 [Dean] Then approximately six weeks later 201 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,333 on July 18th, 2019, 202 00:13:01,266 --> 00:13:03,000 Metro PD's homicide unit 203 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,400 receives an anonymous tip via a phone call. 204 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,734 The information in the anonymous tip 205 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,233 was that a prostitute came to be in the company 206 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:20,100 of a person called Christopher Prestipino 207 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:23,467 and that she had been held against her will 208 00:13:23,467 --> 00:13:27,533 for a couple days and was ultimately murdered 209 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,000 by Christopher Prestipino. 210 00:13:31,867 --> 00:13:33,767 [Parker] We had doubts about whether or not 211 00:13:33,767 --> 00:13:38,000 Esmeralda is the girl that was discussed in the... 212 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,233 In the tip. 213 00:13:39,767 --> 00:13:43,400 However, that gets me interested. 214 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:49,066 This was the first real significant break in the... 215 00:13:49,066 --> 00:13:51,100 This investigation. 216 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:55,800 And the investigation has turned upside-down. 217 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:04,467 There was investigation done 218 00:14:04,467 --> 00:14:07,734 into what was going on in Esmeralda's social life, 219 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,400 given that she was a social media influencer. 220 00:14:17,467 --> 00:14:20,667 [Pamela] But we learned she had ties 221 00:14:20,667 --> 00:14:23,700 to quasi-adult entertainment. 222 00:14:26,767 --> 00:14:28,667 [Matthew] She worked as one of those showgirls 223 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,533 on the strip where you wear the feathers 224 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,734 and you take pictures with tourists. 225 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:34,533 And I told her that it was not safe. 226 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,367 Like you're... You don't have security, 227 00:14:36,367 --> 00:14:37,867 you're vulnerable. 228 00:14:37,867 --> 00:14:40,567 So she agreed that she would work 229 00:14:40,567 --> 00:14:42,133 at a gentleman's club. 230 00:14:44,867 --> 00:14:46,934 And she worked, worked, worked, and worked 231 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,934 and saved every penny she possibly could 232 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,166 and that's why she was able to be successful 233 00:14:51,166 --> 00:14:52,934 and invest in real estate. 234 00:14:55,967 --> 00:14:59,433 There were definitely adult entertainment 235 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:00,934 aspects of her life, 236 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:03,667 kind of loosely fitting 237 00:15:03,667 --> 00:15:06,100 what the anonymous tipster had said. 238 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:12,266 So, it seemed like a pretty valid tip, 239 00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:15,467 but for us as prosecutors, 240 00:15:15,467 --> 00:15:18,100 we need a crime scene or we need a body. 241 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:20,934 I mean, we need something to go on 242 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,667 if we're gonna charge a homicide 243 00:15:22,667 --> 00:15:25,533 much more than this person is missing. 244 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,634 [suspenseful music playing] 245 00:15:31,100 --> 00:15:33,867 [Dean] The first thing done with this information 246 00:15:33,867 --> 00:15:38,634 is try to identify the person named in the tip. 247 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:41,767 In this case, they were able to identify 248 00:15:41,767 --> 00:15:43,433 Christopher Prestipino 249 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,400 because his last name is very unusual. 250 00:15:47,567 --> 00:15:50,767 [Parker] We learned that Christopher worked 251 00:15:50,767 --> 00:15:53,033 here in Las Vegas. 252 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:56,367 He dealt with production lighting. 253 00:15:56,367 --> 00:16:00,367 [Pamela] He was sort of a behind-the-scenes worker, 254 00:16:00,367 --> 00:16:04,266 and they're able to find out that around the time 255 00:16:04,266 --> 00:16:09,000 Esmeralda goes missing, he doesn't show up for work, 256 00:16:10,767 --> 00:16:13,200 which is unusual for him. 257 00:16:15,367 --> 00:16:17,467 [Dean] He had criminal history 258 00:16:17,467 --> 00:16:21,200 involving possession and sales of narcotics. 259 00:16:23,567 --> 00:16:26,567 [Cinthia] But based on what I saw on social media, 260 00:16:26,567 --> 00:16:29,233 this guy was perverted. 261 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:31,100 He had so many posts, 262 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:33,500 inappropriate posts about women, 263 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:37,300 things he would do to women. 264 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:42,433 I remember seeing that he liked a lot 265 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:46,433 of like nasty groups on Facebook. 266 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:51,333 He's a sicko walking around in our community. 267 00:16:52,467 --> 00:16:53,900 He's a predator. 268 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:59,000 [Matthew] I never met him, this guy, 269 00:17:00,066 --> 00:17:02,400 but there's so many thoughts going through your mind. 270 00:17:03,767 --> 00:17:05,100 You can't help but to think like, 271 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:06,300 "Are these things connected?" 272 00:17:11,467 --> 00:17:13,433 [Pamela] Was there some connection 273 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:17,700 between Esmeralda Gonzalez and Christopher Prestipino? 274 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,233 [tense music playing] 275 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:37,700 [Dean] Detectives were looking for a connection 276 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:40,734 between Esmeralda Gonzalez 277 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,600 and Christopher Prestipino. 278 00:17:48,100 --> 00:17:50,867 We map out Esmeralda's address 279 00:17:50,867 --> 00:17:53,734 and Christopher's address and find 280 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,934 that they're less than one-tenth of a mile apart. 281 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:04,867 The street that Prestipino's cul-de-sac empties out onto 282 00:18:04,867 --> 00:18:06,533 is in fact the same street 283 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,333 that Esmeralda is seen walking towards 284 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:11,367 when she leaves that neighbor's house 285 00:18:11,367 --> 00:18:15,533 at 2:30 a.m. on May 31st. 286 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:19,767 [Pamela] Because of the proximity 287 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,734 of Esmeralda Gonzalez's house 288 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,266 and also the... Kind of the description 289 00:18:25,266 --> 00:18:26,767 of her loosely fitting 290 00:18:26,767 --> 00:18:29,300 what the anonymous tipster had said, 291 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:34,467 we were able to put together that she was likely 292 00:18:34,467 --> 00:18:37,133 the person in the anonymous tip. 293 00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:40,667 [Dean] Up until this moment, 294 00:18:40,667 --> 00:18:42,667 there's been a bunch of dead ends 295 00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:46,367 in the Esmeralda Gonzalez investigation. 296 00:18:46,367 --> 00:18:47,867 Now it seems that there's been 297 00:18:47,867 --> 00:18:50,000 a huge break in the case. 298 00:18:53,467 --> 00:18:57,266 Christopher Prestipino ends up being the suspect. 299 00:18:57,266 --> 00:19:00,400 Prestipino is playing game of cat and mouse. 300 00:19:01,867 --> 00:19:05,367 If you don't have a body, one of the main elements 301 00:19:05,367 --> 00:19:07,634 of a human being killed, 302 00:19:07,700 --> 00:19:09,266 you have to prove murder 303 00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:11,900 through at least circumstantial evidence. 304 00:19:19,567 --> 00:19:22,867 [Pamela] We subpoenaed Christopher's banking records 305 00:19:22,867 --> 00:19:26,500 and we could see where his card was used. 306 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,767 We pulled the video surveillance, 307 00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:35,700 you see trips to the hardware store. 308 00:19:36,567 --> 00:19:40,166 The hardware purchases start occurring on June 2nd 309 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:43,567 after Esmeralda went missing. 310 00:19:43,567 --> 00:19:47,467 [Pamela] All of the purchases were highly suspicious, 311 00:19:47,467 --> 00:19:51,533 like a rope, and cement, and wheelbarrow, 312 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,834 and all these things that you would need 313 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:57,567 in order to move a body. 314 00:19:57,567 --> 00:20:00,634 But all of the little pieces of evidence 315 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,834 is circumstantial evidence. 316 00:20:03,567 --> 00:20:06,333 So it was helpful but not definitive 317 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:07,734 that a crime has occurred. 318 00:20:10,667 --> 00:20:13,734 [Parker] We also learn Christopher Prestipino 319 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,467 does three different truck rentals 320 00:20:16,467 --> 00:20:19,333 from June 8th to June 10th. 321 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,800 Esmeralda has reported missing on the 31st. 322 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:32,066 If Christopher Prestipino did kill Esmeralda 323 00:20:32,066 --> 00:20:34,266 and did not dispose of the body 324 00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:36,200 until the 10th, 325 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,667 that he had a long period of time 326 00:20:40,667 --> 00:20:44,500 to formulate and enact a plan to dispose of that body. 327 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:51,033 [Pamela] There's like 200 miles 328 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:52,467 put on the rental truck, 329 00:20:52,467 --> 00:20:54,266 but Las Vegas, 330 00:20:54,266 --> 00:20:57,266 there's a lot of desert surrounding it. 331 00:20:57,266 --> 00:21:01,100 There's such a vast expanse of where the remains 332 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:04,066 of Esmeralda Gonzalez could be, 333 00:21:04,066 --> 00:21:08,667 but we needed to try to piece together where she was. 334 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,200 So it's like finding a needle in a haystack. 335 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:22,467 [Parker] If he killed Esmeralda, 336 00:21:22,467 --> 00:21:25,767 I think Prestipino thinks he can outsmart detectives 337 00:21:25,767 --> 00:21:28,266 because if you don't have a body, 338 00:21:28,266 --> 00:21:32,133 we can't just go arrest him. 339 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:38,367 If he's playing a game of cat and mouse, 340 00:21:38,367 --> 00:21:40,200 you gotta keep going. 341 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,634 Now, this is roughly in this August 342 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:55,533 to September time period. 343 00:21:57,867 --> 00:22:01,000 We get the cell phone records of Prestipino 344 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,367 and a number is called really frequently 345 00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:06,667 during this May 31st 346 00:22:06,667 --> 00:22:09,634 to, let's say, June 10th timeframe. 347 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:13,467 And Casandra Garrett is the name of the person 348 00:22:13,467 --> 00:22:15,567 who's using this other phone. 349 00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:18,300 So detectives start following up on that. 350 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,433 [Dean] Casandra was kind of a drifter. 351 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,667 She lived in various places in Las Vegas, 352 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:32,400 sometimes not staying at one place too long. 353 00:22:34,567 --> 00:22:37,400 Casandra's cell phone is tracked. 354 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:42,166 Sometime in the evening of June 10th, 355 00:22:42,166 --> 00:22:44,300 Casandra leaves Las Vegas. 356 00:22:46,367 --> 00:22:50,100 Casandra ultimately ends up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 357 00:22:52,367 --> 00:22:56,934 We were really trying to get as much evidence as possible. 358 00:22:58,567 --> 00:23:01,767 There's a little bit of strategy to that. 359 00:23:01,767 --> 00:23:05,033 We don't wanna talk to Christopher 360 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:07,533 because then obviously he realizes 361 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:11,333 that he is being looked at for a homicide, 362 00:23:12,066 --> 00:23:14,166 but we needed something. 363 00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:18,533 So the detectives traveled to Milwaukee 364 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,634 to speak with Casandra Garrett 365 00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,433 to see if she would talk 366 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:25,634 about anything that happened in Las Vegas. 367 00:23:42,066 --> 00:23:43,634 Detectives respond to Milwaukee 368 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:46,600 to interview Casandra Garrett. 369 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:50,567 We know that Casandra 370 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:54,667 and our suspect Christopher Prestipino 371 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,300 were friends, 372 00:23:57,066 --> 00:24:00,467 so it's very important to speak with her 373 00:24:00,467 --> 00:24:04,000 to see what her involvement was. 374 00:24:10,567 --> 00:24:17,567 [detective speaking] 375 00:24:17,567 --> 00:24:19,100 [Casandra speaking] 376 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,367 [detective speaking] 377 00:24:23,367 --> 00:24:29,400 [Casandra speaking] 378 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,700 [detective speaking] 379 00:24:41,166 --> 00:24:44,934 [Casandra speaking] 380 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,367 [detective speaking] 381 00:24:46,367 --> 00:24:53,533 [Casandra speaking] 382 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,900 [detective speaking] 383 00:25:06,867 --> 00:25:10,367 -[Casandra speaking] -[detective speaking] 384 00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:16,500 [Casandra speaking] 385 00:25:22,567 --> 00:25:25,066 She basically tells them to pound sand 386 00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:28,900 and doesn't really give them much to follow up on. 387 00:25:29,867 --> 00:25:31,734 [Pamela] She's not too forthcoming. 388 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,767 So it's really challenging. 389 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:38,066 I think Christopher Prestipino was clearly involved 390 00:25:38,066 --> 00:25:41,367 in Esmeralda's disappearance, 391 00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:45,834 but we didn't have anything else to go on. 392 00:25:53,767 --> 00:25:56,967 [Dean] But we do become concerned. 393 00:25:56,967 --> 00:26:00,934 If he and Casandra begin discussing the case, 394 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,033 they may start covering up their crime 395 00:26:04,100 --> 00:26:05,834 and disposing of the evidence. 396 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,033 [Pamela] We had to figure out where the crime scene is. 397 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:12,266 So we got search warrants served 398 00:26:12,266 --> 00:26:14,333 in Christopher Prestipino's house 399 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,667 in order to find more evidence 400 00:26:16,667 --> 00:26:19,767 that would substantiate a homicide 401 00:26:19,767 --> 00:26:23,166 and help us find Esmeralda's body. 402 00:26:23,166 --> 00:26:26,400 [somber music playing] 403 00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:35,066 [Dean] This search was conducted 404 00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:37,734 on September 20th. 405 00:26:39,266 --> 00:26:41,667 SWAT is used in these circumstances 406 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,834 is because the subject matter of the investigation 407 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:46,367 is a violent act 408 00:26:46,367 --> 00:26:49,900 where someone is ultimately killed. 409 00:26:51,667 --> 00:26:54,767 [Pamela] When the detectives served the search warrant, 410 00:26:54,767 --> 00:26:58,033 Christopher Prestipino was home 411 00:26:58,867 --> 00:27:02,000 and cooperated with the police. 412 00:27:04,166 --> 00:27:08,867 When the detectives showed Mr. Prestipino 413 00:27:08,867 --> 00:27:11,934 a picture of Esmeralda Gonzalez 414 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,567 and he denied ever seeing her or ever meeting her. 415 00:27:16,567 --> 00:27:19,700 So we searched his residence. 416 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,133 [door creaking] 417 00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:29,367 [Pamela] There wasn't a whole lot of evidence 418 00:27:29,367 --> 00:27:33,834 that indicated violence in the house. 419 00:27:36,967 --> 00:27:40,800 There wasn't an obvious weapon, 420 00:27:43,266 --> 00:27:45,233 there wasn't blood, 421 00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,533 but there were things that suggested 422 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,934 that something could've happened in the house. 423 00:27:54,166 --> 00:27:57,133 The garage floor was redone. 424 00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:02,333 There were new carpets. 425 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,066 Those things would be consistent 426 00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:12,800 with someone who's trying to hide evidence of a crime. 427 00:28:14,467 --> 00:28:16,567 But there's no way to say 428 00:28:16,567 --> 00:28:20,500 that something bad happened to her in the house. 429 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:34,934 We were concerned if we never find this body, 430 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,533 are we gonna be able to put a case on? 431 00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:43,667 [Parker] Maybe Prestipino thinks 432 00:28:43,667 --> 00:28:45,567 he can outsmart everyone, 433 00:28:45,567 --> 00:28:47,233 but we didn't stop. 434 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:50,333 [somber music playing] 435 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,567 [Pamela] Several months into the investigation, 436 00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:04,100 a witness comes forward and it was pretty big. 437 00:29:04,867 --> 00:29:07,000 One of Casandra Garrett's friends 438 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,233 ends up talking to us. 439 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:14,166 According to the friend, Casandra had talked 440 00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:17,533 about this young woman being tied up 441 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,667 in the house of Prestipino 442 00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:22,500 for several days. 443 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:25,867 That she was drugged 444 00:29:25,867 --> 00:29:30,000 and that she was prevented from leaving the house. 445 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,834 [Parker] And so because of that, 446 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:38,200 we decided to take another run at Casandra. 447 00:29:43,367 --> 00:29:45,166 [Pamela] We told her 448 00:29:45,166 --> 00:29:49,967 that if she did tell us what happened to Esmeralda, 449 00:29:49,967 --> 00:29:54,934 that her liability would be lessened 450 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,367 if she could implicate someone else 451 00:29:58,367 --> 00:30:02,166 versus having most of the responsibility laid 452 00:30:02,166 --> 00:30:03,934 at her doorstep. 453 00:30:05,367 --> 00:30:07,467 Casandra decided that she would cooperate 454 00:30:07,467 --> 00:30:10,767 with the detective's investigation 455 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:14,767 and Casandra agreed to come back to Las Vegas 456 00:30:14,767 --> 00:30:17,900 from Wisconsin on October 4th. 457 00:30:20,066 --> 00:30:22,967 She admitted that she was with Christopher 458 00:30:22,967 --> 00:30:24,400 when they dumped the body. 459 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:29,667 Then she led the detectives to a remote desert area, 460 00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:33,233 approximately 47 miles north of Las Vegas. 461 00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:43,533 [Pamela] And once they got out to that desert location, 462 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:51,033 what we found was really shocking. 463 00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:11,934 [Parker] Early October, Pam and I are alerted, 464 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,667 hey, the body's likely been found. 465 00:31:13,667 --> 00:31:15,467 It's a tomb. 466 00:31:15,467 --> 00:31:18,266 And Casandra Garrett ends up being the person 467 00:31:18,266 --> 00:31:21,767 who shows us where the body is in tomb 468 00:31:21,767 --> 00:31:23,800 and disposed of in the middle of the desert. 469 00:31:24,967 --> 00:31:27,467 It's so heavy. 470 00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:29,767 A tow truck with kind of a crane gets out 471 00:31:29,767 --> 00:31:31,433 in the middle of the desert. 472 00:31:32,667 --> 00:31:34,634 It picks up the tomb 473 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:36,967 and it's brought back to the CSI lab 474 00:31:36,967 --> 00:31:38,400 here in Las Vegas. 475 00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:44,100 [Pamela] They had to drill it open 476 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:48,967 and it was a really, really heavy structure. 477 00:31:48,967 --> 00:31:51,166 [Parker] They were able to find portions of bones 478 00:31:51,166 --> 00:31:53,667 and there is a watch that Esmeralda was wearing 479 00:31:53,667 --> 00:31:55,467 in some of her social media posts 480 00:31:55,467 --> 00:31:58,567 that is in that tomb that she was buried with. 481 00:31:58,567 --> 00:32:00,367 And so that's one of the initial ways 482 00:32:00,367 --> 00:32:01,734 that she's identified. 483 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,433 But eventually, DNA confirms 484 00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:05,500 that's Esmeralda's body. 485 00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:11,100 It was shock, 486 00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:14,567 shock but kind of awe in the sense of, 487 00:32:14,567 --> 00:32:18,834 hey, someone really build this thing. 488 00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:21,667 The amount of thought that it took 489 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:24,667 to essentially enclosed this into a tomb, 490 00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:26,634 no one would have believed 491 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:28,667 that anyone would've gone to such lengths 492 00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:30,567 to hide a body. 493 00:32:30,567 --> 00:32:32,266 [reporter 1] Prosecutors suspected a body 494 00:32:32,266 --> 00:32:34,333 that was recently found in the desert 495 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,934 is missing woman 24-year-old, Esmeralda Gonzalez. 496 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,634 [reporter 2] Detectives located it in the desert, 497 00:32:39,700 --> 00:32:41,433 encased in a homemade concrete 498 00:32:41,500 --> 00:32:43,233 and a wooden structure. 499 00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:51,433 [Matthew] I just remember when her friend called me 500 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:53,266 and told me if they ended up killing her, 501 00:32:53,266 --> 00:32:56,166 I was actually mentally prepared for it 502 00:32:56,166 --> 00:32:57,734 when they did find her. 503 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,100 The story was, it was all over the news, 504 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,000 like you couldn't even get away from it. 505 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,233 I try not to hear all the details. 506 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:07,967 If I hear the details, 507 00:33:07,967 --> 00:33:11,266 like I can imagine exactly how she would react. 508 00:33:11,266 --> 00:33:12,166 And that type of thought 509 00:33:12,166 --> 00:33:13,867 just kind of, like, sticks in your mind, 510 00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:16,400 so I just try not to hear the specifics. 511 00:33:17,166 --> 00:33:19,600 I was in complete shock. 512 00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:27,467 [Parker] So that's the point in time when you can go forward 513 00:33:27,467 --> 00:33:30,333 with an arrest warrant for Christopher Prestipino. 514 00:33:32,467 --> 00:33:35,367 Detectives become aware that he's gonna fly back 515 00:33:35,367 --> 00:33:37,367 from vacation on this flight. 516 00:33:37,367 --> 00:33:39,667 It's gonna land here in McCarran Airport. 517 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:42,533 I'm at the airport with the detectives. 518 00:33:43,166 --> 00:33:45,533 Detectives circle around him, 519 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,266 hook him under each arm. 520 00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:49,500 We say we found the body. 521 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,033 Prestipino goes limp 522 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:55,834 and, kind of, collapses 523 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:58,834 into the arms of the detectives. 524 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,634 [Pamela] He is arrested at that point, 525 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:09,500 but he obtained counsel and he refused to talk. 526 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:15,667 It's then that Casandra lays out actually 527 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,033 what occurred on May 31st 528 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,300 in those early morning hours. 529 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:28,133 [detective speaking] 530 00:34:41,467 --> 00:34:45,233 [Casandra speaking] 531 00:34:46,166 --> 00:34:49,667 [Dean] Casandra said she and Christopher 532 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:52,667 were at Christopher's house the night 533 00:34:52,667 --> 00:34:54,767 of May 30th 534 00:34:54,767 --> 00:34:57,634 into the morning of May 31st. 535 00:34:59,467 --> 00:35:03,133 Esmeralda is in lingerie walking down the street. 536 00:35:03,700 --> 00:35:05,934 That street leads real close 537 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,800 to Christopher Prestipino's house. 538 00:35:08,867 --> 00:35:12,867 [woman] She was walking around knocking on people's doors, 539 00:35:12,867 --> 00:35:15,333 and this guy took advantage of the situation. 540 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,066 Esmeralda was having a mental health episode, 541 00:35:22,066 --> 00:35:24,367 but I think he probably thought we can party 542 00:35:24,367 --> 00:35:26,800 with her and have sex with her. 543 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:32,266 [Casandra speaking] 544 00:35:32,266 --> 00:35:33,467 [detective speaking] 545 00:35:33,467 --> 00:35:36,600 [Casandra speaking] 546 00:36:17,667 --> 00:36:22,867 Christopher appears to become kind of paranoid. 547 00:36:22,867 --> 00:36:26,900 [Casandra speaking] 548 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,800 [Dean] So they make the determination to kill her. 549 00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:39,834 He starts beating on Esmeralda 550 00:36:40,767 --> 00:36:42,834 and chokes her out. 551 00:36:43,567 --> 00:36:48,500 [Casandra speaking] 552 00:36:56,100 --> 00:36:57,734 [detective speaking] 553 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:03,300 [Casandra speaking] 554 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,100 Christopher then injects Esmeralda with muriatic acid, 555 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:26,166 which is used in cleaning swimming pools, 556 00:37:26,166 --> 00:37:29,634 which ultimately kills Esmeralda. 557 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:32,166 And he's trying to use that 558 00:37:32,166 --> 00:37:33,867 to throw the investigators off the scent 559 00:37:33,867 --> 00:37:36,533 in the disposal of the body. 560 00:37:39,166 --> 00:37:42,934 [Parker] Christopher then built an entire tomb 561 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,033 full of concrete 562 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:48,700 with various screws and jacks. 563 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,533 He actually entombs that body. 564 00:37:55,367 --> 00:37:57,567 Ultimately, Christopher and Casandra 565 00:37:57,567 --> 00:37:59,734 drove the rented moving truck 566 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,000 with the concrete in the back 567 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,166 to an area approximately 47 miles north of Las Vegas 568 00:38:05,166 --> 00:38:07,166 and were able to dump 569 00:38:07,166 --> 00:38:10,634 the complete structure, wood, concrete, and all 570 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,634 out of the back of the truck into a remote desert area. 571 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,767 There's like a point of really dehumanizing someone, 572 00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:25,934 but it's really shocking I think to know, 573 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,367 like literally what he had to do to accomplish this, 574 00:38:29,367 --> 00:38:32,066 like moving a young woman's body, 575 00:38:32,066 --> 00:38:33,767 just pouring cement on 576 00:38:33,767 --> 00:38:36,867 with the hopes that no one ever finds her. 577 00:38:36,867 --> 00:38:40,467 I think Prestipino does everything in his power 578 00:38:40,467 --> 00:38:42,800 to just kind of erase her. 579 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:52,667 [Parker] If not for how aggressive we were 580 00:38:52,667 --> 00:38:53,867 at continuing to follow up 581 00:38:53,867 --> 00:38:56,166 and the investigation 582 00:38:56,166 --> 00:38:59,166 going through the various search warrants, 583 00:38:59,166 --> 00:39:00,800 the social media 584 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,500 and the cell phone mapping, 585 00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:08,100 this probably would never have been solved. 586 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,834 [Pamela] For Casandra Garrett, 587 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,767 we felt like we had to give her some credit 588 00:39:17,767 --> 00:39:20,934 or some benefit for assisting 589 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000 with locating the body. 590 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,867 And so she got a 20-year sentence 591 00:39:25,867 --> 00:39:29,634 with parole eligibility after eight years. 592 00:39:31,767 --> 00:39:34,133 [Parker] Christopher Prestipino eventually pleads 593 00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:38,467 to second degree murder and first degree kidnapping 594 00:39:38,467 --> 00:39:42,166 and receives a sentence of 10 to 25 years... 595 00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:43,934 combined. 596 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,567 It's really shocking, I think, to know 597 00:39:47,567 --> 00:39:50,967 like literally what he had to do to accomplish this 598 00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:54,100 with the hopes that no one ever finds her. 599 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,000 That's pretty dark to be able to do that. 600 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,500 I've prosecuted homicides for 20 years 601 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,867 and the thing that I always think about 602 00:40:03,867 --> 00:40:05,367 in this case 603 00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:08,233 is how she's preyed upon 604 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:11,467 when she's in this really vulnerable state. 605 00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:13,133 So that's always the part for me 606 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:14,700 that makes it really sad. 607 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:19,233 [Matthew] Her brother called me 608 00:40:19,300 --> 00:40:21,400 to come get her dog Bonita. 609 00:40:22,467 --> 00:40:26,433 As soon as I picked her up, she stayed by my side. 610 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:29,767 She was my emotional support animal. 611 00:40:29,767 --> 00:40:31,433 So she traveled with me, 612 00:40:31,500 --> 00:40:33,867 I took care of her for quite a while. 613 00:40:33,867 --> 00:40:35,667 And she went 614 00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:38,600 to Esmeralda's funeral with me and everything. 615 00:40:41,467 --> 00:40:44,767 I put her down October 616 00:40:44,767 --> 00:40:48,133 of 2021. 617 00:40:49,567 --> 00:40:52,166 So until this day she... Her ashes are next 618 00:40:52,166 --> 00:40:54,300 to her mom's ashes in her room. 619 00:40:56,166 --> 00:40:57,967 It doesn't make sense to me. 620 00:40:57,967 --> 00:40:59,667 Literally, you could've just let her go 621 00:40:59,667 --> 00:41:02,233 and said she's not mentally well. 622 00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:05,867 Why did you have to kill her? 623 00:41:05,867 --> 00:41:09,500 [ominous music playing] 624 00:41:13,467 --> 00:41:18,133 This case is Dracula meets The Sons of Anarchy . 625 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:22,333 I've never seen anybody go to this length to dispose 626 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:23,467 of a body. 627 00:41:23,467 --> 00:41:27,567 At that point we had got a ladder, and I went down. 628 00:41:27,567 --> 00:41:29,567 We were thinking, is Keith down there?