Strange Harvest

628 00:30:54,269 --> 00:30:56,938 because of a Craigslist ad he posted. 629 00:30:57,021 --> 00:30:58,815 They had exchanged a few messages 630 00:30:58,898 --> 00:31:00,275 and then arranged to meet up for sex 631 00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:02,569 at a motel down the street from the pool. 632 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:05,280 This finally led to the big break in the case. 633 00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:07,740 Our technicians were able to identify the IP address 634 00:31:07,824 --> 00:31:10,785 where the Craigslist ad was originally posted. 635 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:13,329 The ad and subsequent back-and-forth messaging 636 00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:14,914 had been made from a coffee shop 637 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:17,584 in Mission Grove on February 11th. 638 00:31:17,667 --> 00:31:19,460 This was a huge lead. 639 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:21,671 We finally were able to trace the suspect's 640 00:31:21,754 --> 00:31:24,132 whereabout outside of a crime scene. 641 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:26,384 I mean, I gotta admit, I was really starting to think 642 00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:30,138 we were chasing a ghost or a vampire or something. 643 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:32,765 We did surveillance on the place for about a week. 644 00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:34,142 The last thing we wanted to do 645 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,810 was draw any attention to ourselves. 646 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,062 If this guy was a regular, for example, 647 00:31:38,146 --> 00:31:40,481 and came in all the time... 648 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,233 I mean, we were always hoping and praying 649 00:31:42,317 --> 00:31:43,985 maybe he swings by for a cup of coffee 650 00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:45,653 or place another ad, 651 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,530 and just like that, we'd have him. 652 00:31:48,698 --> 00:31:50,283 No such luck. 653 00:31:50,366 --> 00:31:53,161 There were three employees working that day. 654 00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:55,079 None of them could remember the suspect. 655 00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:56,623 It's a popular place, 656 00:31:56,706 --> 00:31:58,583 so he may have picked it for that reason. 657 00:31:58,666 --> 00:32:01,753 No surveillance system, no cameras anywhere at all. 658 00:32:01,836 --> 00:32:04,380 But the area does have a large homeless population. 659 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,593 Excuse me, sir. 660 00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:10,386 You mind if I talk to you for a sec? 661 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:12,013 That's... 662 00:32:12,096 --> 00:32:14,599 You're talking about the one near Andulka Park? 663 00:32:14,682 --> 00:32:17,060 Yeah. Yeah, that's it. 664 00:32:17,143 --> 00:32:19,395 I'm just sitting there, right? 665 00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:21,105 And he... 666 00:32:21,189 --> 00:32:22,607 He comes up to me and... 667 00:32:23,733 --> 00:32:25,360 I knew what he wanted. 668 00:32:25,443 --> 00:32:28,154 "I want to hire you as day labor." 669 00:32:28,237 --> 00:32:29,572 Did he say what kind of labor? 670 00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:32,283 Uh... landscaping. 671 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,202 Working on the house or something. 672 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:36,037 And you get in his car? 673 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,414 - Yep. - What kind of car? 674 00:32:38,498 --> 00:32:39,499 Like a... 675 00:32:40,708 --> 00:32:41,960 sedan or something. 676 00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:45,046 Like a, like a blue Camry. 677 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:46,839 When I started talking to this guy, 678 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,175 my jaw was on the floor, man. 679 00:32:50,426 --> 00:32:53,096 I mean, if he was telling the truth, this was huge. 680 00:32:53,179 --> 00:32:54,722 We even had a vehicle description. 681 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:55,974 But it gets even better. 682 00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:57,892 Mr. Johnson tells us 683 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,269 he knows where the suspect's house is. 684 00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:03,272 Apparently, the suspect had driven him to it. 685 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:05,900 Okay, see that? 686 00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:07,652 It wants you to go left, 687 00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:09,195 but you're going to go straight. 688 00:33:09,278 --> 00:33:10,738 He didn't know the street address, 689 00:33:10,822 --> 00:33:11,990 but he says he thinks he can remember 690 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:14,033 how to get there by memory. 691 00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:17,078 Apparently, he'd been driven to a residence in Highgrove, 692 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:19,080 where the suspect says he needs to grab 693 00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:22,000 some tools before they went to the so-called "job site." 694 00:33:25,086 --> 00:33:25,920 And that's what brought us 695 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:27,964 to 144 Artesian Avenue. 696 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:30,049 After picking up a duffel bag, 697 00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:32,969 they get