1 00:00:15,086 --> 00:00:15,506 Speaker 1: Pushkin. 2 00:00:15,526 --> 00:00:24,316 Speaker 2: I sit in court and watch Anthony Rauta. 3 00:00:24,356 --> 00:00:24,736 Speaker 3: A lot. 4 00:00:24,756 --> 00:00:40,906 Speaker 1: No, because I denied the, uh, This is the tape 5 00:00:40,926 --> 00:00:43,506 Speaker 1: from that first time I saw him, when he threw 6 00:00:43,546 --> 00:00:47,106 Speaker 1: himself up against the walls of his plexiglass cage, shouting 7 00:00:47,126 --> 00:00:50,746 Speaker 1: at the judge, his own lawyer, the bailiff, the world. 8 00:00:50,766 --> 00:00:52,266 Speaker 4: I don't give a shit, man. 9 00:00:52,406 --> 00:00:53,246 Speaker 5: I don't give a shit. 10 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:53,826 Speaker 3: I want to speak. 11 00:00:54,506 --> 00:00:55,546 Speaker 5: You don't have a right to speak. 12 00:00:55,566 --> 00:00:56,946 Speaker 6: I'm going to fucking speak, but. 13 00:00:56,986 --> 00:00:58,126 Speaker 5: You speak through your attorney. 14 00:00:58,486 --> 00:00:59,746 Speaker 3: No, I'm not going to speak. I'm not going to 15 00:00:59,766 --> 00:01:00,366 Speaker 3: cooperate with the. 16 00:01:00,306 --> 00:01:02,896 Speaker 7: Public defender's office anymore, so that's the decision on that. 17 00:01:04,286 --> 00:01:07,756 Speaker 3: One. Come over here, you little chump. 18 00:01:08,876 --> 00:01:11,756 Speaker 6: The murder case is dragging through pretrial hearings. 19 00:01:11,816 --> 00:01:14,296 Speaker 3: Rauta's a frequent miss out. 20 00:01:15,776 --> 00:01:17,826 Speaker 8: I never know if he'll even show up or which 21 00:01:17,866 --> 00:01:19,926 Speaker 8: Rauta will show up. He can seem. 22 00:01:19,686 --> 00:01:23,386 Speaker 3: Calm and lucid. Other times, he's out of it. 23 00:01:38,566 --> 00:01:41,316 Speaker 1: He appears to be smiling or laughing, but I can 24 00:01:41,376 --> 00:01:44,896 Speaker 1: never tell at who or at what. He stretches, pulls 25 00:01:44,936 --> 00:01:49,516 Speaker 1: his cheek, yawns. It's like watching someone watch a sitcom 26 00:01:49,736 --> 00:01:55,726 Speaker 1: I can't see. Then, without warning, he'll erupt. His lawyer, 27 00:01:56,086 --> 00:01:58,686 Speaker 1: a new one every several months, is, quote, a little 28 00:01:58,746 --> 00:02:03,626 Speaker 1: punk-ass motherfucker. And Rada wants to go pro-per, represent himself. 29 00:02:05,706 --> 00:02:08,766 Speaker 1: I've wondered a lot about his mental state. and about 30 00:02:08,786 --> 00:02:13,106 Speaker 1: his guilt. Could this person really have killed Tristan Beaudet? 31 00:02:13,966 --> 00:02:17,566 Speaker 1: What would have been his motivation? I've been sending Rauta 32 00:02:17,586 --> 00:02:20,206 Speaker 1: letters in jail, Googling every name I can find that 33 00:02:20,226 --> 00:02:22,996 Speaker 1: connects to him, trying to find out as much as 34 00:02:23,056 --> 00:02:25,396 Speaker 1: I can about this man who seems to have wanted 35 00:02:25,656 --> 00:02:30,536 Speaker 1: so badly to disappear. And I keep coming back to 36 00:02:30,576 --> 00:02:34,436 Speaker 1: the same questions. What kind of loner camps out in 37 00:02:34,476 --> 00:02:38,226 Speaker 1: the hills behind the sheriff's station? And why would a 38 00:02:38,286 --> 00:02:46,256 Speaker 1: hermit wander into a campground with a gun? I'm Dana Goodyear, 39 00:02:46,916 --> 00:02:48,896 Speaker 1: and this is Lost Hills. 40 00:02:52,326 --> 00:02:53,546 Speaker 3: Lost Hills. 41 00:03:15,866 --> 00:03:25,086 Speaker 1: Episode 5, Crazy Horse. All right, are we ready to 42 00:03:25,126 --> 00:03:25,466 Speaker 1: do this? 43 00:03:27,566 --> 00:03:28,456 Speaker 3: I'm just going to go for it. 44 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:33,306 Speaker 1: I'm standing outside a large complex of attached houses in 45 00:03:33,326 --> 00:03:36,516 Speaker 1: the middle of the sprawling San Fernando Valley. I'm not 46 00:03:36,596 --> 00:03:38,696 Speaker 1: too far from Malibu, just on the other side of 47 00:03:38,716 --> 00:03:42,756 Speaker 1: the mountains, but it's a different world. Fast food places 48 00:03:42,816 --> 00:03:47,356 Speaker 1: and low-slung housing, the stucco jungle. It's 6 o'clock at night, 49 00:03:47,356 --> 00:03:50,456 Speaker 1: 95 degrees. I'm about to knock on the door to 50 00:03:50,496 --> 00:03:54,736 Speaker 1: the unit where I think Lisa Rauta Cook lives. Lisa Rauta, 51 00:03:55,266 --> 00:03:56,866 Speaker 1: as in Anthony's sister. 52 00:04:03,206 --> 00:04:04,746 Speaker 5: Hello, hi, are you Jerry? 53 00:04:05,086 --> 00:04:06,126 Speaker 6: No, hold on a second. 54 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:06,926 Speaker 3: Okay. 55 00:04:07,606 --> 00:04:08,846 Speaker 1: Actually, I'm trying to find Lisa. 56 00:04:09,246 --> 00:04:09,906 Speaker 3: Okay, one second. 57 00:04:10,006 --> 00:04:14,166 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I know that Lisa is married 58 00:04:14,186 --> 00:04:16,356 Speaker 1: to a man named Jerry Cook, and they've lived at 59 00:04:16,376 --> 00:04:18,816 Speaker 1: this address for quite some time. She has a good 60 00:04:18,856 --> 00:04:21,736 Speaker 1: job at a bank. And I have a feeling that 61 00:04:21,876 --> 00:04:25,956 Speaker 1: Anthony and Lisa are or were close. At one point, 62 00:04:26,036 --> 00:04:29,106 Speaker 1: he carried around letters from Lisa in his backpack. I 63 00:04:29,146 --> 00:04:32,086 Speaker 1: found that in some old court documents he filed, petitioning 64 00:04:32,126 --> 00:04:36,346 Speaker 1: to get the letters back. That detail kills me. So 65 00:04:36,406 --> 00:04:38,106 Speaker 1: here I am, knocking on her door. 66 00:04:38,126 --> 00:04:40,536 Speaker 3: Welcome. 67 00:04:41,016 --> 00:04:41,916 Speaker 5: Hi, are you Jerry? 68 00:04:42,236 --> 00:04:42,456 Speaker 1: Yep. 69 00:04:42,536 --> 00:04:44,016 Speaker 8: Please leave our property. 70 00:04:44,136 --> 00:04:44,426 Speaker 4: Okay. 71 00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:46,686 Speaker 1: Can I just tell you who I am? 72 00:04:46,726 --> 00:04:46,946 Speaker 3: Nope. 73 00:04:47,246 --> 00:04:47,886 Speaker 7: Don't need to know. 74 00:04:49,026 --> 00:04:51,446 Speaker 1: I've got Jerry Cook's number, so I try calling him 75 00:04:51,466 --> 00:04:53,766 Speaker 1: from the car, just as a guy with a leaf 76 00:04:53,786 --> 00:04:54,546 Speaker 1: blower walks by. 77 00:04:54,566 --> 00:05:02,066 Speaker 5: Oh, hi, is this Jerry? Jerry, this is Dana Goodyear. 78 00:05:02,106 --> 00:05:04,386 Speaker 5: I just was at your door. I'm really sorry to 79 00:05:04,426 --> 00:05:08,406 Speaker 5: have disturbed you. I'm trying to explain what I'm doing. 80 00:05:08,446 --> 00:05:13,186 Speaker 5: I've been corresponding with Anthony. I've been talking to Oswald, 81 00:05:13,216 --> 00:05:17,716 Speaker 5: and I'm trying to learn more about him and his 82 00:05:17,776 --> 00:05:21,856 Speaker 5: background and his childhood, and that's why I'm trying to 83 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:22,396 Speaker 5: reach out. 84 00:05:22,316 --> 00:05:26,136 Speaker 1: To you and Lisa. Jerry is pretty down on the idea, 85 00:05:26,816 --> 00:05:29,116 Speaker 1: but if Anthony wants him to talk to me, he will. 86 00:05:29,826 --> 00:05:33,086 Speaker 1: I'll just need to get written permission, he says, from Anthony. 87 00:05:34,366 --> 00:05:37,666 Speaker 1: That tells me something. Even if these people never show 88 00:05:37,706 --> 00:05:40,666 Speaker 1: up in court or associate publicly with Rauta in any way, 89 00:05:41,306 --> 00:05:42,566 Speaker 1: they're still supporting him. 90 00:05:44,066 --> 00:05:46,686 Speaker 5: But I'm just saying, if Anthony tells me in writing, 91 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:50,006 Speaker 5: then I'll take a snapshot of that and text it 92 00:05:50,036 --> 00:05:51,196 Speaker 5: to you at this number, and then. 93 00:05:51,116 --> 00:05:55,236 Speaker 1: We can talk? They still care what he thinks. Okay, 94 00:05:55,476 --> 00:05:59,226 Speaker 1: thank you very much. And Jerry tells me, They all 95 00:05:59,266 --> 00:06:07,086 Speaker 1: think this is a frame job. Ozzy, Anthony Rauta's dad, 96 00:06:07,346 --> 00:06:10,726 Speaker 1: shows up for almost every hearing. I check his face 97 00:06:10,806 --> 00:06:14,426 Speaker 1: for signs of fatigue. The days when his cheeks are sallow, 98 00:06:14,716 --> 00:06:16,736 Speaker 1: he'll nod a quick hello and then hurry off to 99 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:20,236 Speaker 1: work afterward. But when he's in a good mood, we 100 00:06:20,256 --> 00:06:23,036 Speaker 1: talk for long stretches, and I ask him about the 101 00:06:23,156 --> 00:06:27,836 Speaker 1: Anthony Rauta he knows, his kid, not the alleged Malibu killer. 102 00:06:29,466 --> 00:06:31,246 Speaker 1: He tells me that Anthony was born at the big 103 00:06:31,326 --> 00:06:34,346 Speaker 1: Kaiser Hospital in Hollywood. He grew up on the east 104 00:06:34,386 --> 00:06:38,166 Speaker 1: side of Los Angeles, in Highland Park, before it was gentrified. 105 00:06:39,726 --> 00:06:43,226 Speaker 1: Anthony's the youngest of three kids. Ozzie remembers him as 106 00:06:43,326 --> 00:06:46,776 Speaker 1: shy and neat and meticulously clean. He didn't even get 107 00:06:46,816 --> 00:06:53,936 Speaker 1: dirty playing baseball. He loved cats. These details are so undescriptive. 108 00:06:55,056 --> 00:06:58,426 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm looking at the back of someone's minivan. Anthony, 109 00:06:58,486 --> 00:07:01,596 Speaker 1: his parents, and siblings are like those stick figure drawings. 110 00:07:03,036 --> 00:07:06,636 Speaker 1: Is Ozzy withholding or does he just not know? It's 111 00:07:06,716 --> 00:07:11,076 Speaker 1: almost like his youngest son barely registered for him. And 112 00:07:11,156 --> 00:07:14,136 Speaker 1: none of it even begins to explain how Anthony finds 113 00:07:14,156 --> 00:07:19,816 Speaker 1: himself in jail on murder charges. Ozzy says that he 114 00:07:19,876 --> 00:07:23,336 Speaker 1: and Anthony's mom divorced in the late 80s. Then she 115 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:27,436 Speaker 1: moved the kids to Florida when Anthony was 10 or 12. 116 00:07:28,346 --> 00:07:32,366 Speaker 1: At that point, Ozzy lost track of him completely. When 117 00:07:32,426 --> 00:07:36,256 Speaker 1: Anthony showed up in L.A. again years later, Ozzy says 118 00:07:36,276 --> 00:07:43,376 Speaker 1: he was different. Friendless, joyless, sleepless, laughing weirdly all the time. 119 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:46,286 Speaker 1: His son, but not. 120 00:07:48,566 --> 00:07:51,746 Speaker 4: Hello, Dana. I'm writing in response to your letters. I 121 00:07:51,786 --> 00:07:53,706 Speaker 4: would have written you earlier, but the jail staff has 122 00:07:53,726 --> 00:07:55,846 Speaker 4: been sending back stamps, envelopes, etc. 123 00:07:57,316 --> 00:08:01,076 Speaker 1: In June 2019, I got my first letter from Anthony Rauta. 124 00:08:01,876 --> 00:08:04,996 Speaker 1: He's careful, always playing close with information about his time 125 00:08:05,046 --> 00:08:09,086 Speaker 1: in Malibu. But he's generous with itineraries, accounts of a 126 00:08:09,126 --> 00:08:12,806 Speaker 1: vagabond life. It's kind of a Kerouac hobo tale in 127 00:08:12,846 --> 00:08:13,346 Speaker 1: his telling. 128 00:08:14,746 --> 00:08:17,886 Speaker 4: About 20 years ago, I decided to leave my life 129 00:08:17,926 --> 00:08:20,046 Speaker 4: due to threats on me and my family's life. 130 00:08:20,726 --> 00:08:23,406 Speaker 1: Rauta's letters are being read by an actor. They've been 131 00:08:23,506 --> 00:08:24,746 Speaker 1: lightly edited for clarity. 132 00:08:25,406 --> 00:08:27,746 Speaker 4: I packed a backpack with no money and I traveled 133 00:08:27,806 --> 00:08:30,926 Speaker 4: on foot in car rides from Florida to Niagara Falls. 134 00:08:32,266 --> 00:08:35,306 Speaker 1: He's been drifting around for two decades, spending time with 135 00:08:35,346 --> 00:08:38,106 Speaker 1: homeless and transient communities up and down the West Coast. 136 00:08:39,126 --> 00:08:42,266 Speaker 1: Malibu and the nearby San Fernando Valley were a home base, 137 00:08:42,946 --> 00:08:44,306 Speaker 1: the terrain he kept returning to. 138 00:08:44,326 --> 00:08:47,566 Speaker 4: I did this three times and got tired and decided 139 00:08:47,586 --> 00:08:50,616 Speaker 4: to stop traveling and settle in Los Angeles. I did 140 00:08:50,636 --> 00:08:52,656 Speaker 4: not want to work and could not adjust to a 141 00:08:52,736 --> 00:08:56,926 Speaker 4: stable life, so I decided to be homeless. I spent 142 00:08:56,946 --> 00:09:00,206 Speaker 4: many days and nights on beaches, mountains, etc. I have 143 00:09:00,226 --> 00:09:03,266 Speaker 4: hiked parts of the Pacific Crest Trail, traveled to Texas 144 00:09:03,366 --> 00:09:06,696 Speaker 4: and Arizona. I've been in various parts of the Santa 145 00:09:06,736 --> 00:09:07,526 Speaker 4: Monica Mountains. 146 00:09:08,596 --> 00:09:10,556 Speaker 1: In his first letter, he also starts to tell me 147 00:09:10,596 --> 00:09:14,436 Speaker 1: about his history with law enforcement. It goes back years. 148 00:09:15,396 --> 00:09:18,296 Speaker 1: He has a special hatred for the Lost Hills cops. 149 00:09:20,076 --> 00:09:22,836 Speaker 4: I have a history of being assaulted by sheriff's deputies 150 00:09:22,916 --> 00:09:27,246 Speaker 4: inside jail and by the Lost Hills Department. I've tried 151 00:09:27,286 --> 00:09:29,966 Speaker 4: to sue the sheriffs. I have written internal affairs in 152 00:09:29,986 --> 00:09:33,786 Speaker 4: the past, including the ACLU and Amnesty International, but no 153 00:09:33,906 --> 00:09:38,196 Speaker 4: one helped or even investigated. I wrote the county ombudsman 154 00:09:38,236 --> 00:09:42,596 Speaker 4: many times. They usually investigated, but the officers protect each 155 00:09:42,656 --> 00:09:46,136 Speaker 4: other with lies. They're lying now. 156 00:09:49,616 --> 00:09:57,946 Speaker 1: He accuses me of ignoring letters I never received, and 157 00:09:57,986 --> 00:10:01,826 Speaker 1: letters of mine come back unopened. From the erratic rhythm, 158 00:10:01,986 --> 00:10:04,706 Speaker 1: it seems like the sheriff's department is interfering with the mail. 159 00:10:05,926 --> 00:10:07,926 Speaker 1: He says they're messing with him in other ways, too. 160 00:10:07,946 --> 00:10:11,076 Speaker 1: He says, outraged, for instance, that they put him in 161 00:10:11,116 --> 00:10:14,556 Speaker 1: with the general population. His name and face have been 162 00:10:14,676 --> 00:10:17,856 Speaker 1: all over the news as an attempted murderer of two 163 00:10:17,896 --> 00:10:18,436 Speaker 1: little girls. 164 00:10:20,176 --> 00:10:23,106 Speaker 4: As far as treatment, they refused me a phone call 165 00:10:23,146 --> 00:10:25,426 Speaker 4: at arrest and tried to question me after I asked 166 00:10:25,446 --> 00:10:28,706 Speaker 4: for an attorney. They put me in general population after 167 00:10:28,766 --> 00:10:31,786 Speaker 4: arrest even though my face was on television. Deputies try 168 00:10:31,826 --> 00:10:34,726 Speaker 4: to question me about my case. They sent back mail 169 00:10:34,766 --> 00:10:38,826 Speaker 4: with stamps and envelopes. They have refused me visits. They 170 00:10:38,866 --> 00:10:42,116 Speaker 4: sometimes try to smut my name among the inmates. I 171 00:10:42,156 --> 00:10:44,256 Speaker 4: don't want the wrong image to be conveyed to people 172 00:10:44,296 --> 00:10:46,796 Speaker 4: that I am a monster benefiting from the hardship of 173 00:10:46,836 --> 00:10:48,096 Speaker 4: the victims of the case. 174 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:53,356 Speaker 1: He writes that he's being stonewalled and railroaded, maybe even 175 00:10:53,376 --> 00:10:54,196 Speaker 1: by his own lawyers. 176 00:10:55,526 --> 00:10:57,766 Speaker 4: I have been wronged by the system and other people. 177 00:10:58,226 --> 00:11:00,246 Speaker 4: I am not a violent person and I would never 178 00:11:00,306 --> 00:11:02,446 Speaker 4: want to be known as someone who would hurt innocent 179 00:11:02,486 --> 00:11:04,006 Speaker 4: people or children. 180 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:09,166 Speaker 1: I try to draw him out on other subjects. Tell 181 00:11:09,186 --> 00:11:11,686 Speaker 1: me about your art, I say. He often includes a 182 00:11:11,746 --> 00:11:12,746 Speaker 1: sketch with his letters. 183 00:11:13,486 --> 00:11:15,766 Speaker 4: I have been writing and sketching since I was 11 184 00:11:15,766 --> 00:11:18,356 Speaker 4: or 12 years old and have been complimented over them 185 00:11:18,616 --> 00:11:23,136 Speaker 4: since then. I've been interested in rap, hip-hop since my teens. 186 00:11:23,866 --> 00:11:25,586 Speaker 4: and it was always a dream to make an album. 187 00:11:26,626 --> 00:11:32,226 Speaker 1: He cites his creative inspirations. Elvis, The Three Stooges, Tupac, 188 00:11:32,766 --> 00:11:38,616 Speaker 1: Edgar Allan Poe, and now, me. He sends me a poem. 189 00:11:39,236 --> 00:11:44,116 Speaker 1: It's called Lies. It's all about lies. Lies surrounding him, 190 00:11:44,456 --> 00:11:48,966 Speaker 1: pain killing him, living a lie for his enemies. One 191 00:11:48,986 --> 00:11:52,446 Speaker 1: pair of lines sticks out. Quote, When I open my 192 00:11:52,506 --> 00:11:56,816 Speaker 1: hands and see blood instead of sweat and dirt. That 193 00:11:56,856 --> 00:12:00,356 Speaker 1: gets me thinking. It's not to be taken literal, he writes. 194 00:12:01,836 --> 00:12:03,996 Speaker 1: He tells me he wanted to be a DJ. That 195 00:12:04,016 --> 00:12:07,056 Speaker 1: didn't work out. Then he submitted a headshot to Central 196 00:12:07,096 --> 00:12:10,076 Speaker 1: Casting in Burbank. He says he got cast in something, 197 00:12:10,536 --> 00:12:11,566 Speaker 1: but the role was canceled. 198 00:12:13,386 --> 00:12:16,826 Speaker 4: That's as close as I came to success. I met 199 00:12:16,866 --> 00:12:20,766 Speaker 4: Wilt Chamberlain as a kid and also Richard Pryor. In Canada, 200 00:12:21,026 --> 00:12:24,986 Speaker 4: I did a little looking into the television industry there. Once, 201 00:12:25,066 --> 00:12:27,086 Speaker 4: I tried to get to the set of Dark Angel 202 00:12:27,126 --> 00:12:30,516 Speaker 4: just to see Jessica Alba. But I don't think it 203 00:12:30,536 --> 00:12:34,316 Speaker 4: was the right time. I didn't see anyone. The weird 204 00:12:34,376 --> 00:12:35,036 Speaker 4: stuff I do. 205 00:12:37,216 --> 00:12:39,916 Speaker 1: He signed up for Social Security and got a driver's license. 206 00:12:40,436 --> 00:12:42,276 Speaker 1: He rented a car and drove up to Big Bear 207 00:12:42,566 --> 00:12:45,726 Speaker 1: and camped. He says he reads a lot of anarchist books, 208 00:12:45,926 --> 00:12:51,936 Speaker 1: Illuminati conspiracies, handbooks for outdoor survival... manuals on how to disappear. 209 00:12:53,236 --> 00:12:55,266 Speaker 1: He once made himself a fake press pass. 210 00:12:56,106 --> 00:12:59,366 Speaker 4: I could make birth certificate, state ID, which led to 211 00:12:59,386 --> 00:13:02,006 Speaker 4: the city news ID to convince someone I was who 212 00:13:02,106 --> 00:13:05,166 Speaker 4: I was and maybe go to shows and concerts free. 213 00:13:08,706 --> 00:13:12,496 Speaker 1: His life was lonely by design, especially in Malibu. 214 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:20,146 Speaker 4: I've seen a lot of places. The The fog in 215 00:13:20,166 --> 00:13:22,086 Speaker 4: the morning off Mulholland. 216 00:13:21,586 --> 00:13:22,366 Speaker 6: Is very thick. 217 00:13:23,406 --> 00:13:25,736 Speaker 4: At night, I would take pictures with my phone of 218 00:13:25,776 --> 00:13:30,196 Speaker 4: the colorful flowers. Baby lizards used to crawl on me 219 00:13:30,236 --> 00:13:31,416 Speaker 4: when I was sitting in the sun. 220 00:13:33,836 --> 00:13:35,566 Speaker 1: He did a lot of weird stuff on his own, 221 00:13:36,236 --> 00:13:37,166 Speaker 1: tripping out in nature. 222 00:13:38,506 --> 00:13:41,406 Speaker 4: I did do some meditation, but not a lot. Once 223 00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:43,086 Speaker 4: I think I had a vision, but I don't know. 224 00:13:43,526 --> 00:13:46,946 Speaker 4: There were no drugs involved. I was trying astral projection 225 00:13:46,966 --> 00:13:49,826 Speaker 4: at the time. It was not breathing exercises, but a 226 00:13:49,946 --> 00:13:53,786 Speaker 4: total relaxation of the body. To me, it worked. I've 227 00:13:53,806 --> 00:13:55,426 Speaker 4: never had a similar experience again. 228 00:13:57,186 --> 00:14:00,126 Speaker 1: Sometimes he was scared, like in the summer of 2018. 229 00:14:00,126 --> 00:14:01,936 Speaker 1: I heard a. 230 00:14:01,906 --> 00:14:04,256 Speaker 4: Lot of gunshots around the time of the Beaudet killing. 231 00:14:05,096 --> 00:14:07,176 Speaker 4: I thought I got shot at one night, but not 232 00:14:07,276 --> 00:14:10,516 Speaker 4: sure if it was intentional. I just heard the bullets 233 00:14:10,576 --> 00:14:11,096 Speaker 4: fly by. 234 00:14:13,016 --> 00:14:16,126 Speaker 1: That's interesting. He's claiming he was nearly a victim of 235 00:14:16,146 --> 00:14:19,926 Speaker 1: the Canyon shooter. Is this guy messing with me, or 236 00:14:20,606 --> 00:14:22,346 Speaker 1: is this some kind of clue into his psyche? 237 00:14:22,366 --> 00:14:26,476 Speaker 4: They closed down the park. I heard the sheriff's cruiser 238 00:14:26,506 --> 00:14:29,316 Speaker 4: sirens a lot during the summer. It felt like I 239 00:14:29,356 --> 00:14:31,836 Speaker 4: was being followed when I was hiking because I'd seen 240 00:14:31,876 --> 00:14:35,316 Speaker 4: the same automobiles more than once. So I don't know. 241 00:14:35,756 --> 00:14:39,066 Speaker 4: The family had a reward for information, yet no one 242 00:14:39,106 --> 00:14:43,246 Speaker 4: had information leading to my arrest. Well, that's all for now. 243 00:14:43,986 --> 00:14:45,966 Speaker 4: I hope I've given you some confidence in me and 244 00:14:46,246 --> 00:14:47,026 Speaker 4: something to build on. 245 00:14:48,826 --> 00:14:51,546 Speaker 1: I don't know about confidence, but there is definitely a 246 00:14:51,596 --> 00:14:54,896 Speaker 1: lot to build on in his letters. A timeline emerges, 247 00:14:55,316 --> 00:14:57,976 Speaker 1: and with it, the beginnings of a narrative, a little 248 00:14:58,076 --> 00:15:02,836 Speaker 1: flesh on the stick figure's bones. He dropped out of 249 00:15:02,876 --> 00:15:05,516 Speaker 1: school in Tampa in 12th grade, and then spent a 250 00:15:05,536 --> 00:15:06,706 Speaker 1: couple of months in the Army. 251 00:15:07,506 --> 00:15:10,766 Speaker 4: The Army turned into a bad experience. I joined to 252 00:15:10,806 --> 00:15:13,086 Speaker 4: get away from personal matters, but when I got there 253 00:15:13,126 --> 00:15:16,246 Speaker 4: for basic training, I could not leave my personal behind me, 254 00:15:17,226 --> 00:15:20,876 Speaker 4: and I could not adjust mentally. I did complete basic 255 00:15:20,916 --> 00:15:23,896 Speaker 4: training with good grades and returned back to Tampa Bay 256 00:15:23,946 --> 00:15:24,926 Speaker 4: to worse problems. 257 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:30,006 Speaker 1: So he hit the road. He didn't really work. The 258 00:15:30,046 --> 00:15:31,706 Speaker 1: only thing he says he did was some kind of 259 00:15:31,786 --> 00:15:35,986 Speaker 1: private eye work called skip tracing. Essentially, looking for people 260 00:15:36,026 --> 00:15:39,176 Speaker 1: who don't want to be found. I am beginning to 261 00:15:39,216 --> 00:15:42,456 Speaker 1: think he was his own hardest case. He left only 262 00:15:42,496 --> 00:15:46,296 Speaker 1: the faintest impression on the world. That is, until Tristan 263 00:15:46,316 --> 00:15:47,156 Speaker 1: Beaudet was killed. 264 00:15:49,556 --> 00:15:51,556 Speaker 4: I didn't meet a lot of people in the mountains, 265 00:15:51,916 --> 00:15:55,356 Speaker 4: where I was arrested and definitely not in my spot. 266 00:15:56,966 --> 00:15:59,986 Speaker 1: The P.O. boxes he lists as addresses on court documents? 267 00:16:00,706 --> 00:16:03,566 Speaker 1: They don't exist, or there's no record that Rauter rented them. 268 00:16:04,466 --> 00:16:07,186 Speaker 1: The library where he says he spent time? When I 269 00:16:07,226 --> 00:16:10,976 Speaker 1: go there, the librarians just look concerned and shake their heads. 270 00:16:11,916 --> 00:16:14,716 Speaker 4: Where I got arrested, there was no tent. I have 271 00:16:14,756 --> 00:16:17,876 Speaker 4: not used tents in years. One, so I can travel 272 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:21,966 Speaker 4: anytime lightly. too, so I can learn to survive outdoors 273 00:16:22,006 --> 00:16:25,426 Speaker 4: with as little as possible. As stated, I do not 274 00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:28,316 Speaker 4: know everything that was there, as I traveled and hiked 275 00:16:28,376 --> 00:16:30,976 Speaker 4: when I wanted. I was in that area less than 276 00:16:31,016 --> 00:16:31,376 Speaker 4: a year. 277 00:16:32,496 --> 00:16:35,776 Speaker 1: The McDonald's, the grocery store, the other places with dumpsters 278 00:16:35,796 --> 00:16:39,236 Speaker 1: he might have picked through, no one's seen him. No 279 00:16:39,316 --> 00:16:41,636 Speaker 1: one except the owner of the sandwich shop, who swears 280 00:16:41,696 --> 00:16:45,446 Speaker 1: Radda was hanging around last week. Only, he's been in 281 00:16:45,486 --> 00:16:49,686 Speaker 1: jail for a year. In my letters, I plead with 282 00:16:49,746 --> 00:16:52,746 Speaker 1: him to come up with just one name, a cousin, 283 00:16:52,766 --> 00:16:56,506 Speaker 1: a teacher, a childhood friend. He does not comply. 284 00:16:57,326 --> 00:16:59,506 Speaker 4: My family has nothing to do with the crimes I'm 285 00:16:59,546 --> 00:17:01,826 Speaker 4: charged with and know nothing of the things I do. 286 00:17:03,086 --> 00:17:04,966 Speaker 1: But he does give me permission to talk to his 287 00:17:05,006 --> 00:17:07,126 Speaker 1: sister Lisa and her husband Jerry. 288 00:17:08,266 --> 00:17:10,846 Speaker 4: If you do not exploit them, I don't mind you 289 00:17:10,886 --> 00:17:13,656 Speaker 4: talking to them if they want to talk to you. 290 00:17:14,676 --> 00:17:17,756 Speaker 1: But when I tell Jerry that, he declines the interview anyway. 291 00:17:19,506 --> 00:17:21,766 Speaker 1: I find a page on Facebook devoted to the high 292 00:17:21,806 --> 00:17:24,066 Speaker 1: school in Tampa that Rauta attended for a while in 293 00:17:24,086 --> 00:17:28,146 Speaker 1: the 90s. Someone remembers him. It's a guy who says 294 00:17:28,186 --> 00:17:31,266 Speaker 1: he was friends with Rauta in 8th, 9th, and 10th grade. 295 00:17:32,216 --> 00:17:34,756 Speaker 1: I think I'm finally going to get it. That one 296 00:17:34,836 --> 00:17:39,136 Speaker 1: story that crystallizes who Anthony Rauta is and makes sense 297 00:17:39,176 --> 00:17:43,616 Speaker 1: of everything. So I'm all excited, and I ask Tony Tucker, 298 00:17:43,816 --> 00:17:46,496 Speaker 1: the friend, if he has any strong memories of Rauta. 299 00:17:47,176 --> 00:17:52,116 Speaker 2: To be completely honest, I mean, I I really don't. 300 00:17:52,776 --> 00:17:56,686 Speaker 2: He was normal. Our group of friends were very much 301 00:17:56,746 --> 00:17:58,966 Speaker 2: kind of the sports kids. We didn't mind getting dirty, 302 00:17:59,026 --> 00:18:01,546 Speaker 2: so we were always there early in the morning playing 303 00:18:01,566 --> 00:18:03,226 Speaker 2: basketball before the bell rang. 304 00:18:03,926 --> 00:18:04,566 Speaker 1: Did he party? 305 00:18:04,886 --> 00:18:05,126 Speaker 7: No. 306 00:18:05,446 --> 00:18:07,886 Speaker 1: Have a girlfriend, a nickname, a hard time in school? 307 00:18:08,486 --> 00:18:10,916 Speaker 1: Not really, no. No more than anyone else. 308 00:18:11,556 --> 00:18:14,736 Speaker 2: But he didn't, I mean, seemed like a normal everyday 309 00:18:14,756 --> 00:18:15,236 Speaker 2: kid to me. 310 00:18:16,816 --> 00:18:19,036 Speaker 1: Tony lost track of him, and he doesn't even really 311 00:18:19,076 --> 00:18:28,176 Speaker 1: know why. Poof, whoosh, gone. One day after a hearing, 312 00:18:28,456 --> 00:18:30,476 Speaker 1: Ozzy comes back to the office with me, and I 313 00:18:30,516 --> 00:18:32,916 Speaker 1: walk him through some documents that have recently been unsealed. 314 00:18:33,656 --> 00:18:36,766 Speaker 1: He promises me that next time, he'll do the recorded interview. 315 00:18:37,766 --> 00:18:41,786 Speaker 1: But that court date comes, and he ghosts me. A 316 00:18:41,826 --> 00:18:45,086 Speaker 1: few days later, I open my last letter from Anthony Rauta. 317 00:18:46,546 --> 00:18:48,626 Speaker 4: I have returned from court, and I wish to reply 318 00:18:48,646 --> 00:18:51,976 Speaker 4: to your letter out of courtesy. I no longer trust 319 00:18:52,036 --> 00:18:55,556 Speaker 4: talking to you or other media. I cannot condone or 320 00:18:55,636 --> 00:18:58,736 Speaker 4: forgive you or anyone who personally tries to help law 321 00:18:58,776 --> 00:19:02,016 Speaker 4: enforcement build a case against me or harass me. 322 00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:07,216 Speaker 1: The letter is short, just two pages. A bitter, self-pitying rant. 323 00:19:08,136 --> 00:19:11,736 Speaker 1: I'm no help to him. Actually, probably the opposite. So 324 00:19:11,756 --> 00:19:12,726 Speaker 1: he's not going to help me. 325 00:19:13,756 --> 00:19:18,546 Speaker 4: God is the best judge and my only friend. The 326 00:19:18,586 --> 00:19:19,786 Speaker 4: only one I have to answer to. 327 00:19:25,286 --> 00:19:40,516 Speaker 1: Anthony Rauta is done telling me about himself. Another way 328 00:19:40,616 --> 00:19:43,936 Speaker 1: into the mind of Anthony Rauta is through his music. 329 00:19:50,716 --> 00:19:53,906 Speaker 1: Rowd has cut an EP and two full-length albums. You 330 00:19:53,946 --> 00:19:57,916 Speaker 1: can find them on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music. Search 331 00:19:57,956 --> 00:20:01,316 Speaker 1: up his pen names. Crazy Horse and Crazy Horse Da One. 332 00:20:01,936 --> 00:20:05,956 Speaker 1: That's crazy with a K. This is a song called 333 00:20:06,096 --> 00:20:09,466 Speaker 1: Kill a Pig from his album The Great White Liar. 334 00:20:13,446 --> 00:20:16,966 Speaker 1: Get ready, get set, get going, let's go. Kill a 335 00:20:17,006 --> 00:20:21,886 Speaker 1: fucking cop. Liars, sadists, pedophiles, motherfuckers, he's going to get 336 00:20:21,946 --> 00:20:22,926 Speaker 1: them with his 9mm. 337 00:20:22,986 --> 00:20:26,336 Speaker 3: To kill a cop must be the greatest feeling in 338 00:20:26,376 --> 00:20:26,636 Speaker 3: the world. 339 00:20:26,656 --> 00:20:29,016 Speaker 6: I want to enjoy it over and over again. 340 00:20:47,176 --> 00:20:50,436 Speaker 1: On his album covers, Rauta draws a long-haired warrior with 341 00:20:50,516 --> 00:20:56,666 Speaker 1: high cheekbones, emaciated, almost skeletal. I'm guessing it's Rauta's idea 342 00:20:56,686 --> 00:20:59,906 Speaker 1: of a Native American. He wears a headband that says, 343 00:21:00,246 --> 00:21:04,986 Speaker 1: Crazy Horse, with a K. The original Crazy Horse, with 344 00:21:05,026 --> 00:21:08,576 Speaker 1: a C, was an Oglala Lakota warrior. He painted his 345 00:21:08,676 --> 00:21:10,916 Speaker 1: cheek with a lightning bolt and wore a hawk feather 346 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:14,316 Speaker 1: in his hair. People say that whenever someone asked to 347 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:18,286 Speaker 1: take his picture, Crazy Horse would respond, Would You Imprison 348 00:21:18,326 --> 00:21:28,676 Speaker 1: My Shadow Also? This is the song Fall Guy from 349 00:21:28,696 --> 00:21:32,176 Speaker 1: Rauta's first album, Sometimes They Come Back, which he made 350 00:21:32,216 --> 00:21:35,036 Speaker 1: in 2013. As best I can make out, the lyrics 351 00:21:35,056 --> 00:21:48,836 Speaker 1: are Paranoia, Conspiracy Theory, CIA, Manchurian Candidacy, My Anxiety. Something, something, 352 00:21:49,256 --> 00:21:53,496 Speaker 1: on database, satellite in space. Something, something. They want to 353 00:21:53,536 --> 00:21:57,696 Speaker 1: make me the fall guy. Police are assholes. Then later, 354 00:21:58,056 --> 00:22:00,696 Speaker 1: look at my middle finger. I'm the fall guy. Middle 355 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:10,186 Speaker 1: finger up in the sky. In one of his letters, 356 00:22:10,246 --> 00:22:13,126 Speaker 1: Rada says he taught himself to use recording software and 357 00:22:13,146 --> 00:22:16,066 Speaker 1: wrote both albums on a laptop. Each one took him 358 00:22:16,106 --> 00:22:16,546 Speaker 1: about a month. 359 00:22:17,506 --> 00:22:22,636 Speaker 4: I used hotels and sometimes the library, Calabasas, and any 360 00:22:22,676 --> 00:22:24,776 Speaker 4: mall with Wi-Fi and electrical outlets. 361 00:22:25,776 --> 00:22:29,016 Speaker 1: The themes of both albums center around police and harassment, 362 00:22:29,256 --> 00:22:32,356 Speaker 1: drinking and getting fucked up, and violence. A fair amount 363 00:22:32,396 --> 00:22:36,916 Speaker 1: of violence. Avenging himself on cops, women, and undefined others 364 00:22:37,136 --> 00:22:40,026 Speaker 1: out to get him. He almost seems to be psyching 365 00:22:40,046 --> 00:22:43,646 Speaker 1: himself up for a confrontation. His music hits on all 366 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:46,726 Speaker 1: the gangster rap cliches, but there's something else in there, too. 367 00:22:47,456 --> 00:22:51,916 Speaker 1: a worldview, maybe even a cosmology. This is the opening 368 00:22:51,956 --> 00:23:05,856 Speaker 1: track from his album, The Great White Liar. He's saying, 369 00:23:06,186 --> 00:23:09,566 Speaker 1: I'm rooted in justice. I murdered the serpent. He grew 370 00:23:09,626 --> 00:23:12,366 Speaker 1: wings like a phoenix. I shot him from the sky, 371 00:23:12,546 --> 00:23:16,026 Speaker 1: pulled out his spine, his true fake mind. so he 372 00:23:16,066 --> 00:23:20,746 Speaker 1: founded a nation built on lies. It's a glimpse into 373 00:23:20,786 --> 00:23:28,586 Speaker 1: a chaotic mind, the mind of a paranoid, self-righteous, pissed-off mystic. 374 00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:43,536 Speaker 1: I've been trying to find Rauta, trace his ghostly presence 375 00:23:43,596 --> 00:23:48,736 Speaker 1: in the world. Didn't anyone know him? Hadn't anyone seen him? 376 00:23:50,496 --> 00:23:52,956 Speaker 1: Thinking about the case, it occurs to me that there 377 00:23:53,136 --> 00:23:55,776 Speaker 1: are some people around Malibu who do think they saw 378 00:23:55,836 --> 00:24:00,996 Speaker 1: him on security cameras while he was allegedly committing armed burglaries. 379 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:07,196 Speaker 1: Which is how I find myself with Jim Korkis and 380 00:24:07,236 --> 00:24:09,916 Speaker 1: Mike McNutt, who work for the local water district. 381 00:24:13,956 --> 00:24:14,816 Speaker 8: I'll give you my theory. 382 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:20,446 Speaker 1: That's Jim. We're driving over to the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility. 383 00:24:21,266 --> 00:24:24,846 Speaker 1: It's right next to Tapia Park, not far from where 384 00:24:24,866 --> 00:24:25,926 Speaker 1: Jimmy Rogers was shot. 385 00:24:27,186 --> 00:24:29,216 Speaker 8: So I think he'd been living off the coolers in 386 00:24:29,236 --> 00:24:34,176 Speaker 8: the campsite for all these years. And once he shot Tristan, 387 00:24:34,856 --> 00:24:39,996 Speaker 8: they closed the park. And basically his lunchbox was empty 388 00:24:40,016 --> 00:24:41,856 Speaker 8: at that point because he had no source of food. 389 00:24:42,966 --> 00:24:45,526 Speaker 8: And that's when he got desperate to look around. 390 00:24:46,376 --> 00:24:49,966 Speaker 1: It's here that, in the fall of 2018, a man 391 00:24:49,996 --> 00:24:52,646 Speaker 1: in black was caught on camera in the middle of 392 00:24:52,706 --> 00:24:55,646 Speaker 1: the night. What would you normally be looking at on 393 00:24:55,666 --> 00:24:56,326 Speaker 1: these cameras? 394 00:24:57,286 --> 00:24:58,726 Speaker 8: Bobcat and Pumas. 395 00:24:58,826 --> 00:25:03,746 Speaker 7: I will say that we did have another patrol in 396 00:25:03,786 --> 00:25:07,536 Speaker 7: the area. We call it the Puma Patrol, or P-54. 397 00:25:08,016 --> 00:25:10,576 Speaker 7: So we had a mountain lion that was hanging out 398 00:25:10,716 --> 00:25:13,056 Speaker 7: and checking things out, tagged and everything like that. So 399 00:25:14,116 --> 00:25:17,616 Speaker 7: But P-54 is off on those evenings that he was here. 400 00:25:19,156 --> 00:25:21,796 Speaker 1: They tell me that strange things had been happening around 401 00:25:21,836 --> 00:25:22,276 Speaker 1: the plant. 402 00:25:23,346 --> 00:25:27,826 Speaker 7: There had been other times where employees were noticing that 403 00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:31,166 Speaker 7: some of their food is missing. And so a lot 404 00:25:31,186 --> 00:25:34,006 Speaker 7: of the employees were just thinking, oh, it's just somebody 405 00:25:34,286 --> 00:25:36,876 Speaker 7: eating my lunch or whatever, right? 406 00:25:37,776 --> 00:25:40,886 Speaker 8: The first break-in happened. He was pretty good how he 407 00:25:40,906 --> 00:25:45,326 Speaker 8: got in. It was undetected, really. And so he got 408 00:25:45,446 --> 00:25:49,866 Speaker 8: in and he was like stealing chicken sandwiches and everything 409 00:25:49,906 --> 00:25:51,206 Speaker 8: he took was protein based. 410 00:25:51,806 --> 00:25:53,706 Speaker 7: One of the other things that I was told that 411 00:25:53,726 --> 00:25:55,786 Speaker 7: he was taking is stuff that he didn't need to cook. 412 00:25:56,606 --> 00:25:59,066 Speaker 7: I know for sure one of his favorites was Jimmy 413 00:25:59,126 --> 00:26:01,246 Speaker 7: Dean's breakfast sausage sandwiches. 414 00:26:02,886 --> 00:26:06,246 Speaker 1: They reviewed the footage from the security camera. And that's 415 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:09,866 Speaker 1: when they saw the man. He looked dressed for battle. 416 00:26:10,726 --> 00:26:13,846 Speaker 7: Yeah, so he had like almost like black camo attire 417 00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:16,006 Speaker 7: on and tactical gear, right? 418 00:26:16,486 --> 00:26:18,786 Speaker 6: His boots, you know, his pants were bloused in his boots. 419 00:26:18,846 --> 00:26:21,546 Speaker 6: He had high, you know, boots that have, you know, 420 00:26:21,586 --> 00:26:22,806 Speaker 6: halfway up his calf. 421 00:26:23,376 --> 00:26:25,576 Speaker 1: This is Brett Dingman, a manager at the plant. 422 00:26:26,696 --> 00:26:28,536 Speaker 6: Everything was black. He had a backpack. 423 00:26:28,656 --> 00:26:29,016 Speaker 8: He had a. 424 00:26:30,596 --> 00:26:34,936 Speaker 6: Balaclava, a mask. You know, he just looked like almost 425 00:26:34,996 --> 00:26:35,636 Speaker 6: like military. 426 00:26:36,696 --> 00:26:40,096 Speaker 1: Jim scrolls through his phone and finds the video. It 427 00:26:40,136 --> 00:26:43,036 Speaker 1: shows a man with a headlamp stealthily making his way 428 00:26:43,076 --> 00:26:47,216 Speaker 1: to the door of the plant. It's a creepy video. 429 00:26:48,436 --> 00:26:51,626 Speaker 1: A few seconds that loop over and over, and it's 430 00:26:51,736 --> 00:26:56,726 Speaker 1: totally captivating. If this is Rauta on the tape, it's 431 00:26:56,766 --> 00:26:59,126 Speaker 1: the closest I will ever get to seeing him in 432 00:26:59,146 --> 00:27:11,366 Speaker 1: his element. Rauta alone. In the night. Surrounded by woods. Scavenging, hunting, surviving. 433 00:27:13,136 --> 00:27:19,816 Speaker 1: Rauta in the wild. Jim slows the video down so 434 00:27:19,856 --> 00:27:22,716 Speaker 1: I can clearly see something sticking out from behind the man. 435 00:27:23,256 --> 00:27:26,806 Speaker 8: So it was slung around his waist here with the 436 00:27:27,146 --> 00:27:30,586 Speaker 8: barrel pointing backwards. And you can see it had a 437 00:27:30,646 --> 00:27:33,906 Speaker 8: clip in it, which it was a 9mm clip. 438 00:27:34,846 --> 00:27:37,546 Speaker 1: Everybody at the plant knew about the murder in the campground, 439 00:27:37,846 --> 00:27:39,686 Speaker 1: and the news of the other shootings was spreading. 440 00:27:40,166 --> 00:27:41,706 Speaker 6: You start going, what's going on? Is there some nut 441 00:27:41,746 --> 00:27:43,366 Speaker 6: with a gun out there? And we thought about that, 442 00:27:43,426 --> 00:27:46,626 Speaker 6: but right about soon after those reports came out is 443 00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:49,336 Speaker 6: when the break-in happened here. And at first, like, oh, 444 00:27:49,356 --> 00:27:51,376 Speaker 6: some guy broke in. Then we thought, whoa, he's dressed awful, 445 00:27:51,716 --> 00:27:53,716 Speaker 6: awful strange for breaking in. Then you see the rifle. 446 00:27:53,736 --> 00:27:55,996 Speaker 6: You go, uh-oh, this might be the guy. And that 447 00:27:56,016 --> 00:27:57,296 Speaker 6: was right then. That's when it clicked. 448 00:27:58,796 --> 00:28:02,636 Speaker 1: It clicked for law enforcement, too. Shortly after this footage 449 00:28:02,656 --> 00:28:06,486 Speaker 1: was taken, the sheriff's department searched the hills and eventually 450 00:28:06,556 --> 00:28:11,806 Speaker 1: found Rauta at his camp. That narrative, shootings to murder 451 00:28:11,886 --> 00:28:15,386 Speaker 1: to break-ins to capture, it follows a certain kind of logic. 452 00:28:17,126 --> 00:28:20,606 Speaker 1: But is it just me, or is there something contradictory 453 00:28:20,986 --> 00:28:23,486 Speaker 1: about the idea of a person stealing food in the 454 00:28:23,526 --> 00:28:28,206 Speaker 1: middle of the night and also shooting people at random? 455 00:28:29,586 --> 00:28:35,646 Speaker 1: It's a crime of survival, versus totally gratuitous violence. Calculated 456 00:28:35,706 --> 00:29:08,456 Speaker 1: opportunism right up against outright depravity. Anthony Rauta's music is 457 00:29:08,546 --> 00:29:13,996 Speaker 1: really visceral. Take Kill a Pig. It talks about wanting 458 00:29:14,056 --> 00:29:17,216 Speaker 1: to creep up on him with a 9mm, put the 459 00:29:17,256 --> 00:29:20,536 Speaker 1: heater straight to the dome, see the cop's eyes pop 460 00:29:20,576 --> 00:29:22,956 Speaker 1: out of his head, and watch him die in a 461 00:29:22,976 --> 00:29:29,396 Speaker 1: pool of blood. It's strong stuff. You can't condemn someone 462 00:29:29,436 --> 00:29:32,036 Speaker 1: on their lyrics, but I've got to wonder what was 463 00:29:32,076 --> 00:29:36,516 Speaker 1: going on with Rauta and the cops. So I turn 464 00:29:36,536 --> 00:29:40,236 Speaker 1: to the court documents, old cases with hundreds and hundreds 465 00:29:40,256 --> 00:29:44,606 Speaker 1: of pages of handwritten filings by Anthony Rauta. He seems 466 00:29:44,646 --> 00:29:48,666 Speaker 1: to prefer to represent himself. There are also many, many 467 00:29:48,726 --> 00:29:52,306 Speaker 1: pages of case narratives, evidence logs, statements from law enforcement, 468 00:29:52,506 --> 00:29:56,926 Speaker 1: witness testimony, a lot to wade through. I learned that 469 00:29:56,966 --> 00:30:00,006 Speaker 1: Rauta's trouble with the law started in his teens, back 470 00:30:00,046 --> 00:30:03,476 Speaker 1: when he was in Florida. But his problems really begin 471 00:30:03,526 --> 00:30:06,576 Speaker 1: in the early 2000s, when he started hanging out in 472 00:30:06,616 --> 00:30:14,876 Speaker 1: and around Malibu. At first, it was pretty small time, unambitious. 2003, 473 00:30:14,876 --> 00:30:17,256 Speaker 1: he breaks into a high school 10 miles from Malibu 474 00:30:17,276 --> 00:30:22,376 Speaker 1: Creek State Park, just outside Lost Hills jurisdiction. He sets 475 00:30:22,436 --> 00:30:25,926 Speaker 1: a fire. The break-in is a felony, and he gets 476 00:30:25,926 --> 00:30:30,546 Speaker 1: 180 days in jail, three years probation, and counseling. He's 477 00:30:30,646 --> 00:30:34,466 Speaker 1: ordered to pay $ 3, 000 in restitution to the Coca-Cola company, 478 00:30:35,126 --> 00:30:37,486 Speaker 1: which sounds to me like he busted a vending machine. 479 00:30:38,926 --> 00:30:41,606 Speaker 1: That reminds me of the burglaries he's charged with now, 480 00:30:42,146 --> 00:30:45,086 Speaker 1: that vending machine he allegedly smashed open with a rock. 481 00:30:46,576 --> 00:30:50,636 Speaker 1: The next case is a bigger deal. This time, Rod 482 00:30:50,956 --> 00:30:53,716 Speaker 1: is arrested during a warrant sweep at a sleazy motel 483 00:30:53,776 --> 00:30:57,816 Speaker 1: in North Hollywood. In his motel room, the arresting officers 484 00:30:57,876 --> 00:31:01,256 Speaker 1: notice a fuse, like for explosives, sticking out of his 485 00:31:01,316 --> 00:31:06,106 Speaker 1: black backpack. The bomb squad searches Ozzie's house, and the 486 00:31:06,146 --> 00:31:08,956 Speaker 1: house in the valley where Anthony's sister Lisa... and her 487 00:31:08,996 --> 00:31:14,456 Speaker 1: husband Jerry live. They find a bunch of contraband. Rauta, apparently, 488 00:31:14,656 --> 00:31:18,696 Speaker 1: has ordered three shipments of gunpowder. One of the shipments 489 00:31:18,956 --> 00:31:25,346 Speaker 1: is four pounds. They also confiscate two old-fashioned guns, a. 490 00:31:25,296 --> 00:31:30,446 Speaker 1: 44 black powder revolver and a. 451 double-barrel Derringer handgun. 491 00:31:32,886 --> 00:31:35,666 Speaker 1: I have to dig into this a little more. Black 492 00:31:35,706 --> 00:31:39,136 Speaker 1: powder guns? It seems like an odd choice for a 493 00:31:39,176 --> 00:31:47,706 Speaker 1: guy with gangsta rap aspirations. I call up Greg Block, 494 00:31:48,146 --> 00:31:51,946 Speaker 1: a firearms trainer and expert witness, who testifies in court 495 00:31:52,046 --> 00:31:53,686 Speaker 1: about guns all the time. 496 00:31:54,526 --> 00:31:57,316 Speaker 9: So these are guns that were used during the Civil 497 00:31:57,376 --> 00:32:03,216 Speaker 9: War and the Revolution where we didn't have cartridge-firing guns. 498 00:32:04,696 --> 00:32:08,776 Speaker 1: They're muzzleloaders, which means you pour gunpowder directly into the 499 00:32:08,816 --> 00:32:13,596 Speaker 1: gun's mouth, hence the four-plus pounds of it. They're basically 500 00:32:13,636 --> 00:32:18,366 Speaker 1: what John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate President Lincoln. They're 501 00:32:18,406 --> 00:32:22,426 Speaker 1: often referred to as antique guns, but really they're replicas 502 00:32:22,826 --> 00:32:24,066 Speaker 1: of obsolete technology. 503 00:32:25,146 --> 00:32:28,246 Speaker 9: Well, you know, they make toy guns, they make prop guns, 504 00:32:28,766 --> 00:32:32,016 Speaker 9: and then they have replicas, which are exact copies of 505 00:32:32,056 --> 00:32:35,296 Speaker 9: the original firearms. Those are a couple hundred dollars. 506 00:32:36,076 --> 00:32:38,276 Speaker 1: I want to know who the audience is for weapons 507 00:32:38,336 --> 00:32:41,376 Speaker 1: like these. Maybe it'll give me some insight into Rauta. 508 00:32:42,736 --> 00:32:45,336 Speaker 9: Well, people that feel that they were born in the 509 00:32:45,396 --> 00:32:50,096 Speaker 9: wrong century, I mean, they will dress up in period costumes, 510 00:32:50,676 --> 00:32:54,686 Speaker 9: and they'll have competitions and matches and shoot this. Other 511 00:32:54,736 --> 00:32:59,446 Speaker 9: people that like the Old West or the 1700s, Because 512 00:32:59,466 --> 00:33:02,786 Speaker 9: these replicas are so inexpensive, they'll buy them and we 513 00:33:02,826 --> 00:33:05,566 Speaker 9: call them wall hangers. They'll hang them on the wall 514 00:33:05,626 --> 00:33:07,786 Speaker 9: above the fireplace. They look kind of cool. 515 00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,226 Speaker 1: That doesn't really sound like Rauta to me. He wasn't 516 00:33:11,326 --> 00:33:15,246 Speaker 1: decorating his fishing cabin or reenacting shootouts at the OK Corral. 517 00:33:16,396 --> 00:33:19,796 Speaker 1: But Greg tells me there's another category of antique gun buyer. 518 00:33:20,596 --> 00:33:23,016 Speaker 1: People who buy them because they're easier to get than 519 00:33:23,096 --> 00:33:28,376 Speaker 1: other guns. That sounds like Rauta. A convicted felon. someone 520 00:33:28,396 --> 00:33:30,076 Speaker 1: who couldn't pass a background check. 521 00:33:30,936 --> 00:33:33,176 Speaker 9: You can order them on the internet, and they can 522 00:33:33,256 --> 00:33:36,846 Speaker 9: ship them to your house because they're antique firearms. 523 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:41,046 Speaker 1: The black powder guns, the explosives, and the fuse land 524 00:33:41,086 --> 00:33:45,106 Speaker 1: Rauta in prison. He paroles out, and in 2012, he 525 00:33:45,146 --> 00:33:47,956 Speaker 1: gets arrested by a Lost Hills deputy in the parking 526 00:33:47,996 --> 00:33:51,956 Speaker 1: lot of an upscale suburban mall. It's a DUI, which 527 00:33:51,996 --> 00:33:54,956 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like that big a deal. But in the 528 00:33:54,996 --> 00:33:57,486 Speaker 1: trunk of the car, there's a box of ammunition. the 529 00:33:57,506 --> 00:34:01,566 Speaker 1: kind that fits an AR-15. I track down the deputy. 530 00:34:02,376 --> 00:34:05,776 Speaker 1: I ask if he remembers Rauta. Oh, he remembers him. 531 00:34:06,596 --> 00:34:11,236 Speaker 1: The guy threatened his life. Rauta represents himself in court 532 00:34:11,696 --> 00:34:13,976 Speaker 1: and is sentenced to 16 months in county jail for 533 00:34:14,016 --> 00:34:17,936 Speaker 1: the ammunition. He's supposed to complete an alcohol rehab program, 534 00:34:18,376 --> 00:34:21,806 Speaker 1: but doesn't. When a judge later asks him about that, 535 00:34:22,106 --> 00:34:24,086 Speaker 1: he says, I'm going to go. 536 00:34:24,106 --> 00:34:26,486 Speaker 4: I was making a date for my therapy. 537 00:34:27,226 --> 00:34:28,586 Speaker 1: This is from a court transcript. 538 00:34:29,166 --> 00:34:30,836 Speaker 4: I'm just going to go through counseling and try to 539 00:34:30,876 --> 00:34:32,976 Speaker 4: get a residence and, you know, try to get my 540 00:34:32,996 --> 00:34:36,436 Speaker 4: health better. That's really what I'm trying to do. I 541 00:34:36,456 --> 00:34:37,856 Speaker 4: should have went to the classes, but they were a 542 00:34:37,856 --> 00:34:41,116 Speaker 4: little rough for me. I can't stand being around people. 543 00:34:41,756 --> 00:34:43,856 Speaker 4: I didn't tell you that last time because it's irrelevant. 544 00:34:44,896 --> 00:34:46,766 Speaker 4: But basically, I'm going to try and do counseling and 545 00:34:46,786 --> 00:34:49,586 Speaker 4: stay on SSI if they'll have me, try to get 546 00:34:49,626 --> 00:34:51,266 Speaker 4: a residence and get my health back up. 547 00:34:52,786 --> 00:34:56,856 Speaker 1: The incident that sends Rauta back to prison in 2014... 548 00:34:56,856 --> 00:35:00,896 Speaker 1: is a weird one. It takes place outside a high school, 549 00:35:01,106 --> 00:35:04,666 Speaker 1: about a 10-minute drive from Malibu Creek State Park. A 550 00:35:04,746 --> 00:35:07,666 Speaker 1: jogger sees someone passed out in the bushes by the school. 551 00:35:08,526 --> 00:35:14,426 Speaker 1: It's Rauta, dressed head-to-toe in black. Inside his backpack, deputies 552 00:35:14,506 --> 00:35:18,226 Speaker 1: find gloves, a camouflage mask, and a headlamp. There's a 553 00:35:18,306 --> 00:35:22,956 Speaker 1: post-it containing bank account information and routing numbers. Also, some 554 00:35:22,976 --> 00:35:28,246 Speaker 1: 44-ball ammunition. And wrapped in a bandana? a wood-handled black 555 00:35:28,286 --> 00:35:33,126 Speaker 1: powder gun. What exactly was he up to? Was he 556 00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:37,346 Speaker 1: planning burglaries? Identity theft? Dressing up as a bad guy 557 00:35:37,406 --> 00:35:42,246 Speaker 1: for Halloween? He spends another two years in prison. And 558 00:35:42,266 --> 00:35:45,046 Speaker 1: when he gets out, he makes a vow to change 559 00:35:45,086 --> 00:35:45,566 Speaker 1: his life. 560 00:35:47,166 --> 00:35:50,046 Speaker 4: When I got released from prison in 2016, I made 561 00:35:50,066 --> 00:35:53,796 Speaker 4: a promise to live without welfare, SSI, or handouts. 562 00:35:54,956 --> 00:35:56,616 Speaker 1: This is from one of Rauter's letters to me. 563 00:35:57,816 --> 00:35:59,796 Speaker 4: I wanted to do solely on my own knowledge of 564 00:35:59,856 --> 00:36:03,416 Speaker 4: survival to prove something to myself, and maybe write about it. 565 00:36:04,216 --> 00:36:08,396 Speaker 1: He says avoiding people, especially law enforcement, became his number 566 00:36:08,506 --> 00:36:11,526 Speaker 1: one priority. In another letter, he wrote. 567 00:36:12,486 --> 00:36:14,866 Speaker 4: I worried every time I left the wilderness as the 568 00:36:14,906 --> 00:36:17,926 Speaker 4: sheriffs would usually try to stop and question me and 569 00:36:17,986 --> 00:36:21,726 Speaker 4: my being around such exclusive neighborhoods. I did not want 570 00:36:21,746 --> 00:36:25,996 Speaker 4: to get questioned as to my probation. When I was 571 00:36:26,076 --> 00:36:28,276 Speaker 4: alone in the wilderness, I did not have a lot 572 00:36:28,296 --> 00:36:32,096 Speaker 4: of contact with people, news, etc. I did not want 573 00:36:32,136 --> 00:36:36,976 Speaker 4: any contact, and I do not enjoy any current television, movies, music, etc. 574 00:36:38,016 --> 00:36:40,476 Speaker 4: The most important thing out there was to have shelter 575 00:36:41,206 --> 00:36:42,756 Speaker 4: and a two-week weather forecast. 576 00:36:44,606 --> 00:36:48,526 Speaker 1: In October 2016, Rauta makes his last contact with his 577 00:36:48,586 --> 00:36:53,126 Speaker 1: probation officer. And a couple weeks later, allegedly... He shoots 578 00:36:53,246 --> 00:36:56,206 Speaker 1: Jimmy Rogers as he sleeps in a hammock in Malibu 579 00:36:56,226 --> 00:37:06,066 Speaker 1: Creek State Park. The charges Raut is facing now, murder 580 00:37:06,166 --> 00:37:09,476 Speaker 1: and attempted murder, mark a break with everything I've learned 581 00:37:09,496 --> 00:37:15,116 Speaker 1: about his criminal past. He's been troublesome, antisocial, volatile, messed up. 582 00:37:15,936 --> 00:37:19,456 Speaker 1: He went down some creepy roads, got into some obscure weapons. 583 00:37:20,156 --> 00:37:26,076 Speaker 1: He was potentially, but not actually violent. Shooting Jimmy Rogers 584 00:37:26,276 --> 00:37:28,916 Speaker 1: is the first time that I know of that Raut 585 00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:32,596 Speaker 1: has been accused of physically hurting a stranger out of 586 00:37:32,636 --> 00:37:40,906 Speaker 1: the blue. The accusation is that he intended to kill 587 00:37:40,986 --> 00:37:44,806 Speaker 1: Jimmy Rogers, and that after shooting him, he tried over 588 00:37:44,946 --> 00:37:48,586 Speaker 1: and over to inflict deadly harm, and that in the 589 00:37:48,626 --> 00:37:55,056 Speaker 1: case of Tristan Beaudet, he succeeded. It doesn't really make sense, 590 00:37:55,136 --> 00:37:59,306 Speaker 1: does it? But reading back through Rauta's court filings, I 591 00:37:59,346 --> 00:38:02,346 Speaker 1: realize there's an incident he refers to repeatedly with a 592 00:38:02,406 --> 00:38:05,726 Speaker 1: lot of bitterness. He's been trying to get someone to 593 00:38:05,766 --> 00:38:09,776 Speaker 1: pay attention to this for years. It was a run-in 594 00:38:09,796 --> 00:38:15,856 Speaker 1: with some Lost Hills cops. Way back in 2004. 595 00:38:16,156 --> 00:38:19,716 Speaker 4: Lost Hills sheriff deputies responded to a public disturbance call 596 00:38:19,756 --> 00:38:23,026 Speaker 4: at Padre's Restaurant at Agora Road and Cornell Road. 597 00:38:24,096 --> 00:38:26,336 Speaker 1: This is what Rauta says in a filing he made 598 00:38:26,696 --> 00:38:27,456 Speaker 1: about the incident. 599 00:38:28,716 --> 00:38:31,136 Speaker 4: I was stopped on a dark street as a suspect, 600 00:38:31,656 --> 00:38:34,336 Speaker 4: though I am innocent. When I attempted to plead with 601 00:38:34,376 --> 00:38:38,676 Speaker 4: the deputy, others arrived surrounding me, while one higher-ranked deputy 602 00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:41,576 Speaker 4: attempted to choke me till the arresting officer asked him 603 00:38:41,616 --> 00:38:42,096 Speaker 4: to halt. 604 00:38:46,186 --> 00:38:49,386 Speaker 1: This could be the thing that propels the whole bizarre 605 00:38:49,406 --> 00:38:53,966 Speaker 1: machinery of Rauta's criminal life. takes it to the next level. 606 00:38:56,306 --> 00:38:59,586 Speaker 1: This incident, Rauta says, caused him to get a gun 607 00:39:00,906 --> 00:39:13,636 Speaker 1: for self-protection against the Lost Hills cops. It might even 608 00:39:13,716 --> 00:39:16,436 Speaker 1: explain how Rauta got to be where he is right now, 609 00:39:18,336 --> 00:39:21,306 Speaker 1: facing by far the most serious charges of his life. 610 00:39:22,966 --> 00:39:26,066 Speaker 1: It's not a straight line by any stretch from that 611 00:39:26,106 --> 00:39:29,316 Speaker 1: alleged assault to where he is today. But I can 612 00:39:29,396 --> 00:39:33,476 Speaker 1: see a connection. It's like a process got set in motion. 613 00:39:34,426 --> 00:39:42,516 Speaker 1: Rauta in trouble. Rauta uncooperative. Imprisoned. hurt, deteriorating, and possibly 614 00:39:43,296 --> 00:39:47,936 Speaker 1: wanting some kind of revenge. He isn't too good with authority, 615 00:39:48,136 --> 00:39:52,106 Speaker 1: his dad told me, and his experiences in custody and 616 00:39:52,146 --> 00:39:56,726 Speaker 1: in court, it seems like they just drove the splinter deeper. 617 00:40:00,416 --> 00:40:03,476 Speaker 1: Anthony Rauta didn't know Tristan Beaudet or any of the 618 00:40:03,516 --> 00:40:08,086 Speaker 1: near-miss victims, but everyone knows who would respond to a 619 00:40:08,126 --> 00:40:12,206 Speaker 1: murder in the park. Are the Lost Hills cops somehow 620 00:40:12,346 --> 00:40:17,786 Speaker 1: part of this? Could it, on some level, be about them? 621 00:40:22,266 --> 00:40:26,926 Speaker 1: If only I could get inside Lost Hills Station, I 622 00:40:26,966 --> 00:40:28,916 Speaker 1: could figure all this out. 623 00:40:32,856 --> 00:40:49,746 Speaker 3: Lost Hills is written and hosted by me, Dana Goodyear. 624 00:41:01,446 --> 00:41:05,226 Speaker 1: It's produced by Western Sound and Pushkin Industries. For more 625 00:41:05,266 --> 00:41:09,166 Speaker 1: information about my investigation, follow at Lost Hills Pod on 626 00:41:09,206 --> 00:41:15,196 Speaker 1: social media. Up next, Episode 6, Another Day in Paradise.