1 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:38,926 Speaker 1: Pushkin. Malibu has layers. There are the hill people and 2 00:00:38,946 --> 00:00:43,236 Speaker 1: the coast people, the super-rich and the homesteaders. What they 3 00:00:43,276 --> 00:00:46,166 Speaker 1: have in common, what's deep in the DNA of this place, 4 00:00:46,786 --> 00:00:51,906 Speaker 1: is that they don't like outsiders. This is a private paradise. 5 00:00:52,846 --> 00:00:55,506 Speaker 1: You can visit, but you can't stay. And you better 6 00:00:55,546 --> 00:00:59,446 Speaker 1: not ask any questions, or the walls go up. I 7 00:00:59,486 --> 00:01:01,606 Speaker 1: find that out when I first start trying to report 8 00:01:01,696 --> 00:01:04,936 Speaker 1: on the killing of Tristan Beaudet. This is back in 9 00:01:04,956 --> 00:01:07,996 Speaker 1: the summer of 2018, right after I heard about the 10 00:01:08,056 --> 00:01:11,856 Speaker 1: murder and the near misses. I do what curious reporters do. 11 00:01:12,516 --> 00:01:14,926 Speaker 1: I start making phone calls and coming out to Malibu 12 00:01:15,176 --> 00:01:18,786 Speaker 1: every chance I get. The cops at Lost Hills Station 13 00:01:18,846 --> 00:01:21,986 Speaker 1: want nothing to do with me. Someone who's not from 14 00:01:22,026 --> 00:01:25,726 Speaker 1: around here, looking into a series of shooting crimes around Malibu, 15 00:01:26,326 --> 00:01:29,566 Speaker 1: trying to figure out who's responsible for Tristan Beaudet's death? 16 00:01:30,566 --> 00:01:34,356 Speaker 1: No thanks. Whenever I do reach someone at Lost Hills, 17 00:01:34,596 --> 00:01:38,516 Speaker 1: they immediately redirect me to headquarters, where the outrageously misnamed 18 00:01:38,796 --> 00:01:42,486 Speaker 1: Sheriff's Information Bureau works. either ignores me, buries me in 19 00:01:42,506 --> 00:01:46,236 Speaker 1: press releases, or invites me to enter into a collaborative partnership, 20 00:01:46,956 --> 00:01:50,416 Speaker 1: which gives them creative control over how I tell their stories. 21 00:01:51,536 --> 00:01:58,526 Speaker 1: No thanks. But I keep coming out to Malibu anyway, 22 00:01:59,256 --> 00:02:02,306 Speaker 1: seeing what I can learn. What's going on with this? 23 00:02:02,406 --> 00:02:05,566 Speaker 1: What properties am I ingesting? 24 00:02:05,586 --> 00:02:05,766 Speaker 2: Magic. 25 00:02:06,346 --> 00:02:06,706 Speaker 3: Magic. 26 00:02:07,176 --> 00:02:09,256 Speaker 4: That honey on top is rescue honey. 27 00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:10,916 Speaker 5: Did you see my Instagram? 28 00:02:11,136 --> 00:02:13,526 Speaker 1: And I keep ending up at this weird health food 29 00:02:13,556 --> 00:02:15,706 Speaker 1: restaurant called Sun Life Organics. 30 00:02:16,426 --> 00:02:19,366 Speaker 4: That bee pollen comes from a region in Spain that 31 00:02:19,426 --> 00:02:23,306 Speaker 4: is just completely untouched by man. It's the purest bee pollen. 32 00:02:23,426 --> 00:02:29,086 Speaker 1: It's ridiculously overpriced, like $ 17 for a smoothie. It's just 33 00:02:29,246 --> 00:02:30,496 Speaker 1: so Malibu. 34 00:02:31,056 --> 00:02:34,856 Speaker 4: If we really could somehow get in some magic machine 35 00:02:34,896 --> 00:02:37,356 Speaker 4: that would take us on the journey of the bees 36 00:02:37,996 --> 00:02:40,576 Speaker 4: and what they went through to make that bee pollen, 37 00:02:40,616 --> 00:02:43,776 Speaker 4: I mean, that is like, it's mind-blowing. 38 00:02:44,596 --> 00:02:47,916 Speaker 1: This is Khalil Rafati, a co-founder of Sun Life Organics. 39 00:02:48,816 --> 00:02:51,196 Speaker 1: We're sitting in the sunshine outside one of his stores. 40 00:02:52,256 --> 00:02:54,596 Speaker 1: When I ask him about the Beaudet murder, he kind 41 00:02:54,636 --> 00:02:57,876 Speaker 1: of shrugs it off. That happened in the hills, not 42 00:02:57,896 --> 00:02:58,536 Speaker 1: his Malibu. 43 00:02:59,636 --> 00:03:03,496 Speaker 4: It was an isolated event far from home. 44 00:03:04,436 --> 00:03:08,586 Speaker 1: Malibu Creek State Park is mostly in unincorporated Malibu, that 45 00:03:08,676 --> 00:03:12,606 Speaker 1: rugged wilderness north of the coastal city of Malibu. And 46 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:17,106 Speaker 1: the park's address is technically Calabasas. But even if Rafati 47 00:03:17,146 --> 00:03:20,626 Speaker 1: has no opinion about the killing, he really gets Malibu, 48 00:03:21,486 --> 00:03:25,676 Speaker 1: the mystique, the image. That's his bread and butter. Or 49 00:03:25,836 --> 00:03:28,336 Speaker 1: should I say his bee pollen and rescue honey? 50 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:33,176 Speaker 4: My experience with Malibu has been a very, very magical, 51 00:03:33,236 --> 00:03:38,416 Speaker 4: very multifaceted experience. When I was first brought to Malibu, 52 00:03:38,436 --> 00:03:40,616 Speaker 4: I didn't even know Malibu was a real thing. I 53 00:03:40,656 --> 00:03:43,846 Speaker 4: thought that was some sort of a Barbie doll name 54 00:03:43,926 --> 00:03:44,966 Speaker 4: or something like that. 55 00:03:46,506 --> 00:03:50,326 Speaker 1: Malibu is a tourist town. There are only 13,000 residents, 56 00:03:51,146 --> 00:03:55,156 Speaker 1: but more than 13 million people visit every year. Most 57 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:57,366 Speaker 1: of the people who come to Malibu in search of something, 58 00:03:57,826 --> 00:04:00,006 Speaker 1: the day trippers, they're just not going to find it. 59 00:04:01,166 --> 00:04:03,586 Speaker 4: The first thing tourists say, I mean, and I've had 60 00:04:03,626 --> 00:04:07,346 Speaker 4: this question asked to me, no joke, a hundred times, 61 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:09,226 Speaker 4: where's Malibu? 62 00:04:10,646 --> 00:04:11,366 Speaker 5: I'm like, this is it. 63 00:04:11,856 --> 00:04:16,776 Speaker 4: Like, yes, Lady Gaga lives here, but she doesn't want 64 00:04:16,816 --> 00:04:19,496 Speaker 4: you to know that. And you're never going to see 65 00:04:19,536 --> 00:04:23,696 Speaker 4: her house again. The Malibu that we get to enjoy 66 00:04:23,736 --> 00:04:27,656 Speaker 4: and get to experience is not available for the public. 67 00:04:28,796 --> 00:04:31,696 Speaker 1: Have you ever heard the expression the pink bubble used 68 00:04:31,866 --> 00:04:33,016 Speaker 1: to describe Malibu? 69 00:04:34,006 --> 00:04:39,766 Speaker 4: Pink bubble, rose-tinted glasses, sure. This isn't reality. This is 70 00:04:39,806 --> 00:04:40,846 Speaker 4: definitely not reality. 71 00:04:41,846 --> 00:04:42,796 Speaker 1: I mean, this is.... 72 00:04:44,346 --> 00:04:50,106 Speaker 4: There's nothing on this planet that equals this. It is 73 00:04:50,726 --> 00:04:58,606 Speaker 4: the most magical, healing, powerful, strange, at times pretentious and shallow, 74 00:04:58,786 --> 00:05:05,366 Speaker 4: at times highly, highly spiritual. There's an energy here that 75 00:05:05,866 --> 00:05:08,776 Speaker 4: you cannot put your finger on and you cannot describe it. 76 00:05:09,946 --> 00:05:13,406 Speaker 4: And it is something that will make you, if you 77 00:05:13,446 --> 00:05:15,216 Speaker 4: allow it and you accept it and you honor it 78 00:05:15,236 --> 00:05:18,966 Speaker 4: and you respect it, And there's an energy out here 79 00:05:18,986 --> 00:05:23,186 Speaker 4: that will fucking bury you if you don't. And you 80 00:05:23,226 --> 00:05:25,106 Speaker 4: will lose your mind and you will go crazy. 81 00:05:35,856 --> 00:05:39,276 Speaker 1: I'm starting to think Malibu actually has a lot to 82 00:05:39,336 --> 00:05:44,416 Speaker 1: do with these crimes. I'm Dana Goodyear, and this is 83 00:05:44,476 --> 00:05:45,196 Speaker 1: Lost Hills. 84 00:05:46,686 --> 00:05:50,936 Speaker 2: Episode 2. The Pink Bubble. 85 00:06:18,006 --> 00:06:20,446 Speaker 1: In the weeks after Beaudet was killed, all through that 86 00:06:20,506 --> 00:06:24,246 Speaker 1: summer of 2018, I kept hearing that everyone in Malibu 87 00:06:24,286 --> 00:06:28,766 Speaker 1: was panicking. The situation seemed out of control. There was 88 00:06:28,806 --> 00:06:32,736 Speaker 1: a murderer at large, and residents kept calling 911, reporting 89 00:06:32,776 --> 00:06:37,116 Speaker 1: the sounds of gunfire in the night. Tristan Beaudet was dead. 90 00:06:38,036 --> 00:06:38,856 Speaker 1: Who would be next? 91 00:06:38,856 --> 00:06:40,716 Speaker 5: 911, what's your emergency? 92 00:06:41,296 --> 00:06:43,736 Speaker 6: Um, yes, I just woke up to a gunshot outside. 93 00:06:43,776 --> 00:06:46,716 Speaker 1: And you just heard one gunshot? 94 00:06:46,736 --> 00:06:46,796 Speaker 2: No. 95 00:07:01,536 --> 00:07:04,776 Speaker 1: Neighbors didn't think the authorities were taking their concerns seriously. 96 00:07:05,536 --> 00:07:07,956 Speaker 1: And the victims of the near misses were starting to 97 00:07:08,036 --> 00:07:13,606 Speaker 1: speak out. Cece Woods is a self-described Malibu bigmouth who 98 00:07:13,636 --> 00:07:17,346 Speaker 1: writes an online tabloid called The Local. She posted on 99 00:07:17,406 --> 00:07:20,086 Speaker 1: Facebook that there might be a sniper or sicko in 100 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:24,026 Speaker 1: the community. She included a screen grab about the Tesla shooting, 101 00:07:24,346 --> 00:07:27,676 Speaker 1: near miss number six, which caused another near miss victim 102 00:07:27,716 --> 00:07:31,276 Speaker 1: to comment, I am one of those shootings. It was 103 00:07:31,316 --> 00:07:34,616 Speaker 1: near miss number three. The victim had been sleeping in 104 00:07:34,656 --> 00:07:37,076 Speaker 1: her car with her boyfriend in the campground at Malibu 105 00:07:37,106 --> 00:07:40,146 Speaker 1: Creek State Park. They woke up to find a bullet 106 00:07:40,206 --> 00:07:44,036 Speaker 1: lodged in the trunk. She wrote, The shooter used a 107 00:07:44,096 --> 00:07:46,716 Speaker 1: shotgun with a slug, shot through my car from a 108 00:07:46,776 --> 00:07:50,056 Speaker 1: point-blank range, and then took off. I came very, very 109 00:07:50,116 --> 00:07:53,406 Speaker 1: close to being hit, but luckily I wasn't. When the 110 00:07:53,446 --> 00:07:56,006 Speaker 1: police came, which took over two hours to show up, 111 00:07:56,466 --> 00:07:59,546 Speaker 1: they told me, quote, things like this don't happen out here. 112 00:08:00,506 --> 00:08:01,926 Speaker 1: I asked what they were going to do about it, 113 00:08:01,946 --> 00:08:04,886 Speaker 1: and they told me they couldn't do anything. I asked 114 00:08:04,926 --> 00:08:06,766 Speaker 1: if I'd been dead if they would have shown up sooner. 115 00:08:08,566 --> 00:08:11,776 Speaker 1: All the stories had something in common. the fact that 116 00:08:11,796 --> 00:08:15,236 Speaker 1: the authorities didn't seem to care. The driver of the 117 00:08:15,276 --> 00:08:18,836 Speaker 1: Porsche hit on the Canyon Road, near Mist No. 4, 118 00:08:18,836 --> 00:08:22,296 Speaker 1: later reported that after calling 911, he waited 30 minutes 119 00:08:22,336 --> 00:08:24,796 Speaker 1: for a patrol car to come. When one did, it 120 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:30,206 Speaker 1: passed him by, without stopping. He finally drove himself to 121 00:08:30,246 --> 00:08:33,806 Speaker 1: Lost Hills Station and demanded deputies take a report. One 122 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:35,706 Speaker 1: of them dug metal pellets out of his car with 123 00:08:35,766 --> 00:08:40,116 Speaker 1: a knife, but didn't book them into evidence. Did anyone 124 00:08:40,156 --> 00:08:44,946 Speaker 1: even want to solve these crimes? Residents wanted answers, but 125 00:08:44,986 --> 00:08:49,006 Speaker 1: the sheriff's department kept putting out press releases saying things like, Finally, 126 00:08:49,066 --> 00:08:51,486 Speaker 1: in August, State Senator Henry Stern called a public safety meeting, 127 00:08:51,506 --> 00:08:52,506 Speaker 1: the first since all this started. 128 00:09:09,446 --> 00:09:13,046 Speaker 7: We're here today because many of you, including myself, have 129 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:14,366 Speaker 7: serious concerns. 130 00:09:15,146 --> 00:09:16,266 Speaker 1: That's Senator Stern. 131 00:09:16,766 --> 00:09:19,666 Speaker 7: We need to take our land back, and we can't 132 00:09:19,786 --> 00:09:23,266 Speaker 7: cede these mountains to any kind of violence or fear. 133 00:09:24,286 --> 00:09:26,906 Speaker 7: We don't want to be known in this region for 134 00:09:26,946 --> 00:09:29,546 Speaker 7: these kinds of incidents. We don't want to be defined 135 00:09:29,586 --> 00:09:32,286 Speaker 7: by this, and we certainly don't want to live in fear. 136 00:09:33,116 --> 00:09:37,176 Speaker 1: He asks a detective named Lieutenant James Royal to speak 137 00:09:37,236 --> 00:09:38,576 Speaker 1: on behalf of Lost Hills Station. 138 00:09:39,126 --> 00:09:40,526 Speaker 6: Good afternoon. Can you hear me? 139 00:09:42,306 --> 00:09:45,506 Speaker 1: He's been the community liaison to Malibu for years. People 140 00:09:45,546 --> 00:09:46,866 Speaker 1: trust him. 141 00:09:47,226 --> 00:09:50,936 Speaker 6: Our primary objective today is to share with you as 142 00:09:51,016 --> 00:09:55,076 Speaker 6: much information as possible without jeopardizing our case. What I'd 143 00:09:55,096 --> 00:09:58,696 Speaker 6: like to do first is discuss the exact dates of 144 00:09:58,756 --> 00:10:03,376 Speaker 6: the actual shooting events, confirmed shooting events that we have 145 00:10:03,396 --> 00:10:07,996 Speaker 6: been dealing with since November 3rd of 2016 and culminating 146 00:10:08,076 --> 00:10:11,996 Speaker 6: on June 22nd, of 2018 with the tragic death of Mr. 147 00:10:12,036 --> 00:10:17,976 Speaker 1: Beaudet. He states the department's official position. Detectives haven't established 148 00:10:18,016 --> 00:10:20,636 Speaker 1: a connection between any of the near misses and the murder, 149 00:10:21,226 --> 00:10:23,306 Speaker 1: and the newly reported shots may or may not be 150 00:10:23,366 --> 00:10:26,366 Speaker 1: related to the near misses, the murder, or to each other. 151 00:10:27,206 --> 00:10:31,416 Speaker 6: I really want to reassure you that This investigation did 152 00:10:31,456 --> 00:10:36,556 Speaker 6: not start on June 22nd. However, we still cannot confirm 153 00:10:37,656 --> 00:10:42,226 Speaker 6: that the series of events are related forensically. 154 00:10:43,726 --> 00:10:47,906 Speaker 1: It just seems crazy. A specific area of the park 155 00:10:47,946 --> 00:10:51,606 Speaker 1: and the canyon road are being targeted, repeatedly. People keep 156 00:10:51,626 --> 00:10:56,326 Speaker 1: hearing shots. What law enforcement's saying isn't calming anybody down. 157 00:10:57,326 --> 00:10:58,386 Speaker 1: It doesn't even seem true. 158 00:11:00,646 --> 00:11:03,226 Speaker 5: And I just want to thank everyone who came out 159 00:11:03,426 --> 00:11:04,206 Speaker 5: from the community. 160 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:08,286 Speaker 7: Especially, to take time out of your day to hopefully 161 00:11:08,306 --> 00:11:10,266 Speaker 7: get some answers. 162 00:11:10,546 --> 00:11:11,446 Speaker 5: And some clarity. 163 00:11:22,096 --> 00:11:25,256 Speaker 1: A couple weeks later, in September of 2018, I meet 164 00:11:25,296 --> 00:11:28,466 Speaker 1: up with CeCe Woods of The Local, a When we 165 00:11:28,486 --> 00:11:31,746 Speaker 1: get together, there's still no suspect in custody, and Cece 166 00:11:31,986 --> 00:11:36,106 Speaker 1: is outraged. She thinks law enforcement is engaged in a 167 00:11:36,206 --> 00:11:39,506 Speaker 1: big cover-up. We arrange to meet at a shopping mall 168 00:11:39,526 --> 00:11:42,656 Speaker 1: on Pacific Coast Highway, and I spot her right away. 169 00:11:43,016 --> 00:11:43,556 Speaker 5: Cece! 170 00:11:44,416 --> 00:11:48,656 Speaker 1: You can't miss her. Bright blonde hair, low-cut T-shirt, homemade 171 00:11:48,716 --> 00:11:51,176 Speaker 1: press pass sticking out from a Louis Vuitton purse. 172 00:11:52,316 --> 00:11:57,096 Speaker 5: Okay, so what exactly are you going to want to get, like, overall? 173 00:11:57,806 --> 00:12:00,886 Speaker 1: She points to her hands, which are covered in little spots. 174 00:12:01,216 --> 00:12:03,776 Speaker 5: By the way, I don't have chickenpox. I just got laser. 175 00:12:04,256 --> 00:12:10,476 Speaker 1: That's Cece. Cece is new to reporting, and she's definitely unconventional. 176 00:12:11,216 --> 00:12:13,216 Speaker 1: Some of her best tips come from a tea leaf 177 00:12:13,236 --> 00:12:17,426 Speaker 1: reader in Burbank named Monica Source. Source, she says, has 178 00:12:17,466 --> 00:12:20,566 Speaker 1: given her a lot of information about the case. The 179 00:12:20,586 --> 00:12:22,946 Speaker 1: killer was a hiker, or he was hiking. He was 180 00:12:22,966 --> 00:12:27,096 Speaker 1: wearing a mask, all alone, camping out, crazy. His name 181 00:12:27,136 --> 00:12:28,236 Speaker 1: started with the letter R. 182 00:12:29,656 --> 00:12:33,636 Speaker 5: Oh, wait until I tell you about that one, because that, I, 183 00:12:33,856 --> 00:12:35,276 Speaker 5: did you see my rant on Facebook? 184 00:12:35,656 --> 00:12:38,746 Speaker 1: With little official information and no one in custody yet, 185 00:12:39,366 --> 00:12:42,866 Speaker 1: Cece's filling a vacuum. She's got sources in the community. 186 00:12:43,586 --> 00:12:46,646 Speaker 1: They're telling her what's happening, even if law enforcement won't. 187 00:12:47,006 --> 00:12:48,666 Speaker 5: Well, the problem is, is there's a lot of people 188 00:12:48,726 --> 00:12:52,426 Speaker 5: who are out there already delivering information to me because 189 00:12:52,586 --> 00:12:54,496 Speaker 5: they want to make sure somebody that they can trust. 190 00:12:55,276 --> 00:12:55,656 Speaker 5: And you know what? 191 00:12:55,676 --> 00:12:55,916 Speaker 2: Who knows? 192 00:12:55,936 --> 00:12:56,136 Speaker 3: Who knows? 193 00:12:56,466 --> 00:12:59,406 Speaker 5: If these criminals out there know that this stuff is 194 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:03,286 Speaker 5: being blasted and they're more likely to get caught, maybe 195 00:13:03,346 --> 00:13:04,966 Speaker 5: they'll slow it down a little. 196 00:13:05,786 --> 00:13:08,066 Speaker 1: Just then, she spots a tall man coming out of 197 00:13:08,086 --> 00:13:11,856 Speaker 1: a Starbucks carrying a venti coffee. He's wearing a fireman's uniform. 198 00:13:11,976 --> 00:13:15,916 Speaker 5: Mr. Mullen, this is our mayor. The mayor of Malibu, 199 00:13:15,956 --> 00:13:16,916 Speaker 5: believe it or not. 200 00:13:16,936 --> 00:13:20,256 Speaker 1: I am Dana Goodyear. It's Rick Mullen. He's the mayor 201 00:13:20,296 --> 00:13:24,176 Speaker 1: of Malibu. He's also a fire captain. And according to 202 00:13:24,196 --> 00:13:28,896 Speaker 1: a big L.A. Times expose... He made more than $ 400, 000 203 00:13:28,376 --> 00:13:33,396 Speaker 1: in pay and overtime in 2017. Running into the mayor 204 00:13:33,636 --> 00:13:37,956 Speaker 1: coming out of Starbucks? That makes Malibu feel perfectly quaint, 205 00:13:38,656 --> 00:13:44,476 Speaker 1: like Mr. Rogers' neighborhood with laser surgery. The mayor eyes 206 00:13:44,556 --> 00:13:47,456 Speaker 1: CeCe warily. They clearly know each other. 207 00:13:47,476 --> 00:13:49,536 Speaker 8: This could be a new kumbaya moment. 208 00:13:50,586 --> 00:13:53,086 Speaker 5: I'm trying here. I'm trying really hard. 209 00:13:53,106 --> 00:13:55,566 Speaker 8: She's now a resident of the city of Malibu. 210 00:13:55,746 --> 00:13:56,846 Speaker 5: I live in Point Dume right now. 211 00:13:57,366 --> 00:13:57,726 Speaker 1: I do. 212 00:13:58,066 --> 00:13:59,866 Speaker 5: I live on Point Dume. I live in the, yes. 213 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:04,126 Speaker 8: Former resident of unincorporated Los Angeles County. It's good stuff. 214 00:14:04,806 --> 00:14:06,606 Speaker 1: I tell him that I'm looking into the cluster of 215 00:14:06,666 --> 00:14:07,986 Speaker 1: shooting crimes in Malibu. 216 00:14:08,346 --> 00:14:09,596 Speaker 8: Those are very unusual events. 217 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:15,066 Speaker 1: It is unusually a kind of sleepy but sophisticated... beach 218 00:14:15,106 --> 00:14:17,626 Speaker 1: town in Southern California and all of a sudden there's 219 00:14:17,646 --> 00:14:21,166 Speaker 1: this other facet of it that's being revealed or has emerged. 220 00:14:21,406 --> 00:14:22,746 Speaker 8: Well you're from the New Yorker so I'll leave the 221 00:14:22,786 --> 00:14:26,526 Speaker 8: sophistication judgments up to you guys so it is a 222 00:14:27,146 --> 00:14:32,706 Speaker 8: quiet small coastal town that isn't known for dramatic things 223 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:35,766 Speaker 8: like that as she can tell you it's difficult to 224 00:14:35,786 --> 00:14:39,296 Speaker 8: figure out what's going on are they all independent things 225 00:14:39,376 --> 00:14:43,956 Speaker 8: not related to each other or is it kind of 226 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:49,886 Speaker 8: odd that there's so many things that are shooting-related in 227 00:14:49,946 --> 00:14:53,886 Speaker 8: a fairly close proximity to each other, you know, relatively. 228 00:14:54,026 --> 00:14:56,266 Speaker 5: We just want to make sure that people are locking 229 00:14:56,286 --> 00:14:59,856 Speaker 5: their doors, are careful when they're on trails, are not 230 00:14:59,916 --> 00:15:03,976 Speaker 5: caught by surprise, and are informed, like this guy who 231 00:15:04,016 --> 00:15:08,016 Speaker 5: went camping, Tristan Beaudet, had state parks just put up 232 00:15:08,076 --> 00:15:10,346 Speaker 5: a flyer and said, listen, we've had these incidents here, 233 00:15:11,016 --> 00:15:14,886 Speaker 5: let people know. make their own informed decisions. This guy 234 00:15:14,926 --> 00:15:19,386 Speaker 5: had no warning. And his girls were laying right next 235 00:15:19,406 --> 00:15:24,666 Speaker 5: to him. And that to me, the way he died 236 00:15:24,846 --> 00:15:27,026 Speaker 5: and the fact that this guy didn't spray all the 237 00:15:27,066 --> 00:15:30,206 Speaker 5: other tents around him, I mean, was it a lucky shot? 238 00:15:30,246 --> 00:15:33,006 Speaker 5: Was it not a lucky shot? You know, it just, 239 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,026 Speaker 5: it just, it could be a target. I don't know. 240 00:15:35,106 --> 00:15:37,026 Speaker 5: I don't know. I don't pretend to know. I don't 241 00:15:37,046 --> 00:15:38,526 Speaker 5: know if any of these other shootings are even the 242 00:15:38,586 --> 00:15:41,826 Speaker 5: same guy. It could be other people. Who knows? But 243 00:15:42,436 --> 00:15:44,276 Speaker 5: The fact of the matter is people need to be careful. 244 00:15:44,656 --> 00:15:46,556 Speaker 5: And that's all I care about is I'm being careful. 245 00:15:46,876 --> 00:15:48,376 Speaker 5: I don't want them to live in fear, which is 246 00:15:48,416 --> 00:15:51,046 Speaker 5: why I'm trying to inform them and keep them safe. 247 00:15:51,646 --> 00:15:51,906 Speaker 2: Okay? 248 00:15:51,946 --> 00:15:54,866 Speaker 5: And I expect my city to do the same. I 249 00:15:54,906 --> 00:15:57,726 Speaker 5: expect law enforcement to do the same. I expect state 250 00:15:57,786 --> 00:16:00,126 Speaker 5: parks to do the same. I shouldn't be the one 251 00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:02,636 Speaker 5: doing it. And I have been, unfortunately. 252 00:16:02,996 --> 00:16:04,416 Speaker 8: So let me address what she just said. 253 00:16:04,836 --> 00:16:05,436 Speaker 5: And by the way, I. 254 00:16:07,376 --> 00:16:10,716 Speaker 8: Was the first fire department person to respond to Tristan 255 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,276 Speaker 8: Bodette's murder. 256 00:16:11,296 --> 00:16:11,616 Speaker 3: You were. 257 00:16:12,326 --> 00:16:15,926 Speaker 8: And when a tragedy like that happens, everybody wants to know, 258 00:16:16,046 --> 00:16:18,746 Speaker 8: how come I didn't know about that? I'd want to 259 00:16:18,786 --> 00:16:21,756 Speaker 8: be like the mayor from Jaws saying, hey, you know, 260 00:16:21,996 --> 00:16:24,996 Speaker 8: you yell shark and we got a problem on our hands. 261 00:16:25,596 --> 00:16:27,776 Speaker 8: It's not the city of Malibu where all these things happen. 262 00:16:28,096 --> 00:16:30,536 Speaker 8: But nevertheless, it affects a lot of people who live 263 00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:32,196 Speaker 8: in Malibu and they should know about this. 264 00:16:34,356 --> 00:16:37,376 Speaker 1: Can we talk about Jaws for a second? Jaws takes 265 00:16:37,436 --> 00:16:40,096 Speaker 1: place in high summer in a fictional beach town that's 266 00:16:40,116 --> 00:16:43,756 Speaker 1: being terrorized by a great white shark. After a young 267 00:16:43,826 --> 00:16:46,926 Speaker 1: tourist is killed, the mayor refuses to warn the public. 268 00:16:47,906 --> 00:16:51,806 Speaker 1: He's worried about the town's reputation. The famous line Mayor 269 00:16:51,826 --> 00:16:54,986 Speaker 1: Mullen's referring to is, you yell shark and we've got 270 00:16:55,026 --> 00:16:56,946 Speaker 1: a panic on our hands on the 4th of July. 271 00:16:58,026 --> 00:17:00,646 Speaker 1: Maybe Mayor Mullen doesn't want to be the mayor from Jaws, 272 00:17:01,306 --> 00:17:04,026 Speaker 1: but he also doesn't seem particularly eager to get to 273 00:17:04,066 --> 00:17:05,846 Speaker 1: the bottom of anything. 274 00:17:07,706 --> 00:17:10,666 Speaker 8: I would defer those questions to the people actually doing 275 00:17:10,686 --> 00:17:11,266 Speaker 8: the investigation. 276 00:17:12,226 --> 00:17:12,906 Speaker 2: It's a big mystery. 277 00:17:13,176 --> 00:17:15,196 Speaker 8: It's a big mystery and everybody wants to know the 278 00:17:15,256 --> 00:17:16,836 Speaker 8: answers and maybe there aren't answers. 279 00:17:43,096 --> 00:17:45,656 Speaker 1: After saying goodbye to the mayor, Cece and I jump 280 00:17:45,696 --> 00:17:49,056 Speaker 1: into her black Porsche SUV. I thought we were going 281 00:17:49,096 --> 00:17:51,696 Speaker 1: for a tour of where the shootings happened, but there's 282 00:17:51,716 --> 00:17:54,216 Speaker 1: someone she wants me to meet. Someone who was shot 283 00:17:54,296 --> 00:17:58,036 Speaker 1: at a few days ago. So we're going up Malibu Canyon, 284 00:17:58,936 --> 00:18:00,656 Speaker 1: which is also known as Las Virginas, which is. 285 00:18:00,636 --> 00:18:04,336 Speaker 5: Where all these shootings are taking place. 286 00:18:04,856 --> 00:18:08,556 Speaker 1: Malibu Canyon Road is treacherous. Looming cliffs on one side, 287 00:18:08,976 --> 00:18:12,516 Speaker 1: a steep drop-off on the other. In every direction, acres 288 00:18:12,556 --> 00:18:15,496 Speaker 1: of wilderness. It gives you a sense of what all 289 00:18:15,536 --> 00:18:19,056 Speaker 1: of Southern California must have looked like before Paradise got paved. 290 00:18:20,436 --> 00:18:23,156 Speaker 1: Cars often go off the side into the ravine below. 291 00:18:23,176 --> 00:18:27,736 Speaker 1: A scary thought, because Cece's constantly looking at her phone 292 00:18:27,756 --> 00:18:31,456 Speaker 1: while she drives. And she never stops ranting about the 293 00:18:31,516 --> 00:18:32,656 Speaker 1: Lost Hills cops. 294 00:18:33,056 --> 00:18:37,366 Speaker 5: See, the problem is it's been the good old boys forever, okay? Like, 295 00:18:37,406 --> 00:18:39,826 Speaker 5: these guys could get away with whatever they wanted to 296 00:18:39,866 --> 00:18:43,016 Speaker 5: get away with, because nobody would challenge them. And now 297 00:18:43,036 --> 00:18:45,156 Speaker 5: there's a lot of people talking about their own personal 298 00:18:45,216 --> 00:18:48,156 Speaker 5: experiences with law enforcement here. And you know what? It 299 00:18:48,356 --> 00:18:52,256 Speaker 5: ain't pretty. Okay? It's not pretty. 300 00:18:53,116 --> 00:18:56,466 Speaker 1: CeCe says that Lost Hills Station has had serious problems 301 00:18:56,516 --> 00:19:00,026 Speaker 1: going back a decade or more. In her opinion, it 302 00:19:00,066 --> 00:19:03,606 Speaker 1: needs a lot more supervision from Sheriff's Department headquarters downtown. 303 00:19:04,446 --> 00:19:06,846 Speaker 5: We need to tear down to rebuild. Let's just put 304 00:19:06,926 --> 00:19:12,196 Speaker 5: it that way. So my big mouth is now shining 305 00:19:12,236 --> 00:19:16,686 Speaker 5: the light on what's going on here. Now, you know what? 306 00:19:16,706 --> 00:19:18,726 Speaker 5: Does the city of Malibu really like the fact that 307 00:19:18,766 --> 00:19:20,386 Speaker 5: I'm shining the light on this? 308 00:19:21,226 --> 00:19:21,406 Speaker 6: Nope. 309 00:19:21,846 --> 00:19:22,706 Speaker 5: Uh-oh, wait, hold on. 310 00:19:23,726 --> 00:19:27,666 Speaker 1: She's fixated on the upcoming election for sheriff of L.A. County. 311 00:19:28,306 --> 00:19:32,706 Speaker 1: A challenger, Alex Villanueva, is running against the incumbent, Jim McDonald. 312 00:19:33,726 --> 00:19:37,846 Speaker 1: CeCe Woods is all in for Villanueva. If anyone can 313 00:19:37,896 --> 00:19:39,936 Speaker 1: get Lost Hills in line, it's him. 314 00:19:40,936 --> 00:19:45,496 Speaker 5: And I pray that Alex Villanueva becomes the sheriff because 315 00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:50,226 Speaker 5: he will clean that department up, period. And that includes 316 00:19:50,286 --> 00:19:53,826 Speaker 5: Lost Hills. And I'm going to make sure that shit 317 00:19:53,866 --> 00:19:55,166 Speaker 5: gets straightened up out here. 318 00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:59,696 Speaker 1: It seems like a stretch. If her candidate does get elected, 319 00:20:00,286 --> 00:20:02,216 Speaker 1: is he really going to care about a sleepy little 320 00:20:02,246 --> 00:20:06,116 Speaker 1: beach town full of tourists and celebrities? Not to mention 321 00:20:06,136 --> 00:20:09,776 Speaker 1: it's so far away from the Sheriff's Department headquarters. It 322 00:20:09,816 --> 00:20:12,676 Speaker 1: might take two hours to get out here in L.A. traffic. 323 00:20:12,736 --> 00:20:14,596 Speaker 5: Hopefully there's enough. 324 00:20:16,406 --> 00:20:19,306 Speaker 1: We reach Malibu Creek State Park, and the road changes 325 00:20:19,346 --> 00:20:25,546 Speaker 1: names to Las Virginas. We turn off, away from the park, 326 00:20:25,886 --> 00:20:28,126 Speaker 1: heading up to a scenic overlook on the opposite ridge. 327 00:20:29,066 --> 00:20:30,866 Speaker 1: That's where we're going to meet this guy who says 328 00:20:31,246 --> 00:20:34,406 Speaker 1: someone shot at him. She hasn't met him in person yet, 329 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:36,926 Speaker 1: but a couple days earlier, he sent an email to 330 00:20:36,966 --> 00:20:40,926 Speaker 1: the local. Hi, Cece, he wrote. I hike daily way 331 00:20:40,946 --> 00:20:44,126 Speaker 1: in the back of Carbon Canyon, and yesterday, someone fired 332 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:46,966 Speaker 1: a single shot at me. With the other things I know, 333 00:20:47,226 --> 00:20:50,286 Speaker 1: I'm betting it's the killer. Who's the right cop to 334 00:20:50,326 --> 00:20:55,586 Speaker 1: talk to? If they give a shit. I called 911. Nada. 335 00:20:58,086 --> 00:21:00,886 Speaker 1: We get up to the overlook, and it's really spectacular. 336 00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:04,186 Speaker 1: The Pacific spreads out like a blanket on one side, 337 00:21:04,506 --> 00:21:07,436 Speaker 1: and miles of mountainous wilderness in the entire San Fernando 338 00:21:07,476 --> 00:21:11,256 Speaker 1: Valley are on the other. There's a middle-aged man waiting 339 00:21:11,296 --> 00:21:14,676 Speaker 1: beside a tricked-out Jeep, with four Labradors sticking their heads 340 00:21:14,736 --> 00:21:15,316 Speaker 1: out the windows. 341 00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:20,856 Speaker 5: Well, he doesn't want to use his name. He's a local. 342 00:21:21,156 --> 00:21:21,956 Speaker 5: Let's just put it that way. 343 00:21:21,976 --> 00:21:23,386 Speaker 3: Yeah, I live down on Rambla. 344 00:21:24,276 --> 00:21:29,186 Speaker 1: He's a retired exploration geologist who helped mining companies find gold. 345 00:21:30,106 --> 00:21:33,586 Speaker 3: Somebody shot at me. Not to hit me, but to 346 00:21:33,946 --> 00:21:37,166 Speaker 3: tell me to, you know, fuck off. But you have 347 00:21:37,186 --> 00:21:40,226 Speaker 3: to understand, it's hard to describe without you seeing the geometry. 348 00:21:41,186 --> 00:21:43,886 Speaker 3: How did that person get there? There's no tracks on 349 00:21:43,906 --> 00:21:47,546 Speaker 3: the road I was walking on. It's almost inaccessible unless 350 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:53,226 Speaker 3: you're like a mountain guy. So who would be shooting 351 00:21:53,846 --> 00:21:58,016 Speaker 3: at somebody literally in the middle of nowhere unless it's 352 00:21:58,056 --> 00:21:59,956 Speaker 3: somehow related to all this other stuff that's going on? 353 00:22:00,256 --> 00:22:01,816 Speaker 1: It was broad daylight. 354 00:22:01,816 --> 00:22:02,416 Speaker 4: 9.44 in the morning. 355 00:22:02,916 --> 00:22:03,256 Speaker 1: One shot? 356 00:22:03,276 --> 00:22:06,796 Speaker 3: It was one shot. Clearly, if it had been aimed 357 00:22:06,816 --> 00:22:08,616 Speaker 3: at me, I would have been hit. Or if it 358 00:22:08,876 --> 00:22:10,596 Speaker 3: was aimed at me and I wasn't hit, there would 359 00:22:10,616 --> 00:22:12,596 Speaker 3: have been follow-up, which there was not. 360 00:22:13,576 --> 00:22:16,676 Speaker 1: One shot. just like so many of the other shootings. 361 00:22:17,656 --> 00:22:21,456 Speaker 1: With everything else that's going on, it's definitely alarming. 362 00:22:22,256 --> 00:22:25,996 Speaker 3: To me, it was probably, it's a small caliber rifle. 363 00:22:27,286 --> 00:22:28,246 Speaker 3: You can kill humans with them. 364 00:22:29,486 --> 00:22:29,906 Speaker 1: Like that. 365 00:22:30,586 --> 00:22:33,646 Speaker 3: But louder, of course. And it has a certain amount 366 00:22:33,666 --> 00:22:35,346 Speaker 3: of bass to it that I can't do with my hands. 367 00:22:36,926 --> 00:22:40,716 Speaker 1: What would you use a. 22 for, other than target shooting? 368 00:22:41,216 --> 00:22:43,576 Speaker 3: Yeah, you shoot at cans. In the old days, we 369 00:22:43,616 --> 00:22:46,376 Speaker 3: called it happy gunfire because people just shot for the 370 00:22:46,396 --> 00:22:48,156 Speaker 3: hell of it. Sean Penn was very frequent. 371 00:22:48,676 --> 00:22:49,406 Speaker 1: What do you mean? 372 00:22:49,426 --> 00:22:52,126 Speaker 3: I used to hear automatic gunfire. 373 00:22:52,146 --> 00:22:52,526 Speaker 3: . 374 00:22:52,466 --> 00:22:54,046 Speaker 1: 375 00:22:54,486 --> 00:22:55,526 Speaker 1: At Sean Penn's house? 376 00:22:55,746 --> 00:22:56,746 Speaker 5: Yeah. 377 00:22:56,806 --> 00:22:57,506 Speaker 4: Well-known fact. 378 00:22:57,646 --> 00:23:01,626 Speaker 3: Well-known fact. But he's not harming anyone. He's just shooting. 379 00:23:01,646 --> 00:23:04,966 Speaker 3: That's plinking, only in a sort of a grandiose way. 380 00:23:04,986 --> 00:23:06,146 Speaker 1: Celebrity plinking. 381 00:23:06,266 --> 00:23:07,926 Speaker 3: If one of his neighbors called him in, he would 382 00:23:07,946 --> 00:23:09,986 Speaker 3: have been in the poo-poo, except being who he is. 383 00:23:10,696 --> 00:23:13,516 Speaker 1: Reporting in Malibu, every story can lead you down a 384 00:23:13,536 --> 00:23:17,396 Speaker 1: celebrity rabbit hole. For the record, although Sean Penn at 385 00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:20,816 Speaker 1: one point had a large and well-publicized gun collection, I 386 00:23:20,856 --> 00:23:24,146 Speaker 1: haven't been able to confirm that he's engaged in celebrity plinking. 387 00:23:25,206 --> 00:23:26,526 Speaker 1: But I want to get back to the part where 388 00:23:26,546 --> 00:23:27,566 Speaker 1: the victim called 911. 389 00:23:27,566 --> 00:23:30,566 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I just stepped around the corner where I 390 00:23:30,586 --> 00:23:35,246 Speaker 3: thought I was out of sight and dialed 911. 391 00:23:35,246 --> 00:23:35,426 Speaker 2: And? 392 00:23:36,546 --> 00:23:39,616 Speaker 3: Shot fired way back in the canyon. Can you guys 393 00:23:39,656 --> 00:23:42,416 Speaker 3: triangulate my position? Because we can find this guy if 394 00:23:42,436 --> 00:23:45,276 Speaker 3: you send a chopper. Literally, the guy could have taken 395 00:23:45,316 --> 00:23:47,796 Speaker 3: off and been over my head in less than two minutes. 396 00:23:49,226 --> 00:23:50,066 Speaker 3: But nobody called back. 397 00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:53,886 Speaker 1: A man had been killed. There'd been six near misses. 398 00:23:54,386 --> 00:23:57,666 Speaker 1: Shots in the night all summer long. A potential suspect 399 00:23:57,706 --> 00:24:00,606 Speaker 1: was pinned in the canyon. And no one came to 400 00:24:00,646 --> 00:24:01,146 Speaker 1: check it out? 401 00:24:01,626 --> 00:24:04,166 Speaker 5: You clearly felt that shot was for you, so. 402 00:24:04,726 --> 00:24:07,426 Speaker 1: There was one Lost Hills deputy who was interested in 403 00:24:07,466 --> 00:24:11,606 Speaker 1: a single shot fired deep in the canyon. Sergeant Tui Wright, 404 00:24:11,986 --> 00:24:14,486 Speaker 1: the leader of the search and rescue team, the person 405 00:24:14,506 --> 00:24:18,226 Speaker 1: who would later help find Rauta. He called the victim back. 406 00:24:18,526 --> 00:24:21,936 Speaker 3: The sheriffs, they're saying one thing, but I could tell 407 00:24:21,996 --> 00:24:25,976 Speaker 3: from his incredibly avid interest in what had happened to 408 00:24:26,036 --> 00:24:29,356 Speaker 3: me that there was something about it that he found 409 00:24:29,556 --> 00:24:34,506 Speaker 3: extremely important. With all this stuff happening, people are starting 410 00:24:34,526 --> 00:24:37,726 Speaker 3: to get hysterical. Is it overreacting? Well, I don't think so, 411 00:24:37,806 --> 00:24:39,166 Speaker 3: not given this set of events. 412 00:24:45,396 --> 00:24:48,156 Speaker 1: Two weeks after the meeting with CeCe's source, there are 413 00:24:48,176 --> 00:24:52,996 Speaker 1: a couple of manhunts in Malibu Creek State Park. Bloodhounds, helicopters, 414 00:24:53,356 --> 00:24:57,776 Speaker 1: the works. CeCe's cynical about the display. She thinks it's 415 00:24:57,856 --> 00:25:02,266 Speaker 1: all a big dog-and-pony show. But then, after Sergeant Wright 416 00:25:02,306 --> 00:25:04,706 Speaker 1: follows a trail of boot prints from a burglary behind 417 00:25:04,726 --> 00:25:09,706 Speaker 1: the sheriff's station, Anthony Rauta is captured. And somehow, it 418 00:25:09,746 --> 00:25:13,426 Speaker 1: doesn't settle anything. Seems like no one in Malibu believes 419 00:25:13,466 --> 00:25:18,986 Speaker 1: the cops. They think it's a setup, that Rauta's taking 420 00:25:19,026 --> 00:25:24,726 Speaker 1: the fall. The fever gripping Malibu doesn't break. It intensifies. 421 00:25:26,386 --> 00:25:30,266 Speaker 1: And suddenly, everyone in Malibu is running for their lives. 422 00:25:38,016 --> 00:25:41,316 Speaker 1: Less than a month after Rauta's arrest, the Woolsey Fire 423 00:25:41,516 --> 00:25:46,776 Speaker 1: ravages Malibu. 97,000 acres burn. It's one of the most 424 00:25:46,836 --> 00:25:53,596 Speaker 1: destructive fires in California history. 70-mile-an-hour gusts, the devil winds, 425 00:25:53,936 --> 00:25:57,516 Speaker 1: propel the fire through the canyons, scorching the wilderness in 426 00:25:57,556 --> 00:26:01,076 Speaker 1: and around the park. Rauta's camp The area where the 427 00:26:01,136 --> 00:26:04,336 Speaker 1: shooter lay in wait, shooting at cars. The campground where 428 00:26:04,376 --> 00:26:09,136 Speaker 1: Tristan Beaudet was killed. The entire killing zone, up in smoke. 429 00:26:09,356 --> 00:26:11,756 Speaker 5: We've got our press passes, so we're coming back in. 430 00:26:12,456 --> 00:26:15,236 Speaker 1: During the fire, I link up with CeCe Woods, who's 431 00:26:15,296 --> 00:26:16,516 Speaker 1: out reporting for the local. 432 00:26:16,916 --> 00:26:19,356 Speaker 5: We're press. We also have the sheriff's badge. 433 00:26:19,416 --> 00:26:23,666 Speaker 1: Her angle? The authorities have abandoned Malibu, left the residents 434 00:26:23,796 --> 00:26:27,086 Speaker 1: to fend for themselves. Is Malibu Creek State Park totally burned? 435 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:28,476 Speaker 5: You can't go that way. 436 00:26:28,606 --> 00:26:29,146 Speaker 2: We're press. 437 00:26:29,926 --> 00:26:33,506 Speaker 1: Cece is driving past burning palm trees and melted telephone poles. 438 00:26:34,196 --> 00:26:37,596 Speaker 1: Her friend rides shotgun. I'm in the back, backseat driving. 439 00:26:38,336 --> 00:26:43,336 Speaker 1: I tell her to put on her brights. We drive 440 00:26:43,376 --> 00:26:48,046 Speaker 1: into Point Doom, one of Malibu's most exclusive neighborhoods. Point 441 00:26:48,086 --> 00:26:50,566 Speaker 1: Doom sees some of the most intense destruction. The sky 442 00:26:50,586 --> 00:26:57,836 Speaker 1: is filled with plumes of gray smoke. And the only 443 00:26:57,886 --> 00:27:01,266 Speaker 1: other cars out on the roads are emergency vehicles going 444 00:27:01,406 --> 00:27:05,346 Speaker 1: full tilt, sirens blaring, coming at us through a fog. 445 00:27:07,206 --> 00:27:08,106 Speaker 1: I don't know. 446 00:27:09,386 --> 00:27:12,626 Speaker 2: How to do that. Jesus Christ. 447 00:27:12,646 --> 00:27:16,856 Speaker 5: Got to get out of here. Down power line. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, 448 00:27:16,876 --> 00:27:17,596 Speaker 5: let's get out of here. 449 00:27:17,896 --> 00:27:19,396 Speaker 2: Time to get out of here. 450 00:27:30,996 --> 00:27:34,936 Speaker 1: The fire is terrifyingly random. A shift of the wind. 451 00:27:35,756 --> 00:27:47,116 Speaker 1: The difference between existing and not. Mayor Mullen, the mayor 452 00:27:47,136 --> 00:27:51,296 Speaker 1: who's also a fire captain, fights the fire nonstop for days. 453 00:27:53,176 --> 00:27:58,316 Speaker 1: It's harder to begrudge him his $ 400, 000 now. After the apocalypse, 454 00:27:58,616 --> 00:28:00,896 Speaker 1: when the flames are extinguished, I go to see him. 455 00:28:02,656 --> 00:28:04,976 Speaker 1: From the top of the canyon where he'd been on 456 00:28:04,996 --> 00:28:09,996 Speaker 1: 24-7 duty, I look out over a moonscape. The world 457 00:28:10,076 --> 00:28:14,276 Speaker 1: is a charcoal drawing. In the ocean below, a plume 458 00:28:14,316 --> 00:28:19,086 Speaker 1: of ash stains the water. Mullen describes the fire as 459 00:28:19,526 --> 00:28:27,646 Speaker 1: nuclear in scale. Everything vaporized, he says. On my way home, 460 00:28:27,926 --> 00:28:31,686 Speaker 1: I drive past the charred remains of a ranch, identifiable 461 00:28:31,726 --> 00:28:34,126 Speaker 1: by a bunch of rusted horseshoes and an old windmill. 462 00:28:35,526 --> 00:28:39,306 Speaker 1: I recognize this place. This is the place a couple 463 00:28:39,346 --> 00:28:42,586 Speaker 1: years ago I listened to the owner call for vigilante 464 00:28:42,626 --> 00:28:47,866 Speaker 1: justice against a murderous mountain lion known as P-45. The 465 00:28:47,946 --> 00:29:14,896 Speaker 1: old ranch is burned. To the studs. This land is 466 00:29:14,936 --> 00:29:15,996 Speaker 1: your land. 467 00:29:17,276 --> 00:29:19,036 Speaker 5: This land is my land. 468 00:29:20,756 --> 00:29:25,156 Speaker 1: Oswald Rauta goes by Ozzy. He's the father of Anthony Rauta, 469 00:29:25,476 --> 00:29:27,516 Speaker 1: the man arrested behind Lost Hill Station. 470 00:29:27,926 --> 00:29:32,366 Speaker 4: California, New York Island. 471 00:29:33,046 --> 00:29:34,746 Speaker 1: He sings me a little bit of that song while 472 00:29:34,786 --> 00:29:37,966 Speaker 1: we're sitting on benches outside the courtroom, waiting for Anthony 473 00:29:38,006 --> 00:29:40,626 Speaker 1: to show up for his hearing. From the Redwood Forest 474 00:29:41,986 --> 00:29:46,996 Speaker 1: to the Gulf Stream waters. But that's not Ozzy singing. 475 00:29:47,676 --> 00:29:53,316 Speaker 1: Ozzy gets uncomfortable whenever I ask about recording him. It's 476 00:29:53,396 --> 00:29:56,836 Speaker 1: now a week after the Woolsey fire ignited, and Malibu 477 00:29:57,176 --> 00:30:00,936 Speaker 1: is still smoldering. But the cameramen for the local news 478 00:30:00,976 --> 00:30:05,426 Speaker 1: affiliates are here, at the Criminal Courts building in downtown L.A. 479 00:30:06,286 --> 00:30:09,256 Speaker 1: They're always here for Anthony Rauta. He put on a 480 00:30:09,296 --> 00:30:12,466 Speaker 1: good show that first day in court. They're hoping for 481 00:30:12,496 --> 00:30:16,706 Speaker 1: an outburst to show on the 6 o'clock news. Ozzie 482 00:30:16,746 --> 00:30:20,346 Speaker 1: is 64 and planning to retire soon. He can't get 483 00:30:20,406 --> 00:30:23,046 Speaker 1: in to see his son, and he thinks the deputies 484 00:30:23,346 --> 00:30:27,216 Speaker 1: who run the jails might be abusing him. His son 485 00:30:27,236 --> 00:30:31,776 Speaker 1: has never been too good with authority, he says. Still, 486 00:30:32,176 --> 00:30:37,396 Speaker 1: Ozzie is feeling relief, thanking God that Anthony wasn't out there. 487 00:30:38,016 --> 00:30:40,116 Speaker 1: his camp was right in the path of the fire. 488 00:30:41,816 --> 00:30:45,516 Speaker 1: That's not all, though. Ozzie's feeling relief because, as he 489 00:30:45,556 --> 00:30:49,876 Speaker 1: tells me, other fires, I used to worry he set them. 490 00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:55,226 Speaker 1: He says that Anthony's got a history, a history of combustion, 491 00:30:56,026 --> 00:30:59,166 Speaker 1: shooting things off, setting things on fire, and he's done 492 00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:03,906 Speaker 1: stints in county jail and state prison. Eventually, Ozzie says, 493 00:31:04,246 --> 00:31:07,406 Speaker 1: Anthony went to Big Five Sporting Goods and bought camping supplies. 494 00:31:08,656 --> 00:31:10,736 Speaker 1: He told Ozzy he wanted to live in the wild, 495 00:31:11,116 --> 00:31:15,416 Speaker 1: away from everyone. Sometimes Ozzy would go up to Malibu 496 00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:19,036 Speaker 1: to try to find Anthony, to check on him. I 497 00:31:19,076 --> 00:31:21,526 Speaker 1: was always worried I would find him dead, he tells me. 498 00:31:22,586 --> 00:31:26,306 Speaker 1: But the camp was neat, no trash. Anthony cleared the 499 00:31:26,346 --> 00:31:30,666 Speaker 1: brush with a machete, he says. One thing Ozzy noticed 500 00:31:30,726 --> 00:31:35,466 Speaker 1: over the years? In Malibu, he says, the rich people 501 00:31:35,526 --> 00:31:44,206 Speaker 1: don't like homeless. I've been sitting there talking to Ozzy 502 00:31:44,226 --> 00:31:47,626 Speaker 1: for a while, when I overhear someone talking about Anthony. 503 00:31:48,466 --> 00:31:52,356 Speaker 1: He says, right in front of Ozzy, that fucker should 504 00:31:52,376 --> 00:32:00,456 Speaker 1: have burned. A few weeks later, I'm back at court. 505 00:32:01,016 --> 00:32:04,286 Speaker 1: The prosecutor is presenting evidence about the weapon and ammunition 506 00:32:04,486 --> 00:32:06,626 Speaker 1: deputies say they found when they arrested Rauta. 507 00:32:06,646 --> 00:32:08,286 Speaker 2: What is that? 508 00:32:08,946 --> 00:32:12,526 Speaker 1: That's the prosecutor, questioning one of the deputies who arrested Rauta. 509 00:32:13,046 --> 00:32:23,876 Speaker 1: He's showing him a photograph. A carbine is a cheap, 510 00:32:24,016 --> 00:32:32,526 Speaker 1: lightweight rifle. Not very common. Donnell is one of the 511 00:32:32,586 --> 00:32:35,726 Speaker 1: major crimes detectives I noticed in court a few weeks back. 512 00:32:36,476 --> 00:32:40,656 Speaker 6: Directing your attention to October 10, 2018, at some time 513 00:32:40,676 --> 00:32:42,956 Speaker 6: around 3 in the afternoon, where were you? 514 00:32:42,976 --> 00:32:47,386 Speaker 3: I was at the Melvin Creek State Park in Calabasas. 515 00:32:48,546 --> 00:32:52,126 Speaker 6: And do you see someone in court today that you 516 00:32:52,546 --> 00:32:54,026 Speaker 6: saw at that location? 517 00:32:55,906 --> 00:32:56,426 Speaker 2: Yes, I do. 518 00:32:56,926 --> 00:33:00,096 Speaker 6: Identify where that person is seated and what he's wearing. 519 00:33:00,276 --> 00:33:02,796 Speaker 4: The gentleman in blue behind the glass. 520 00:33:02,496 --> 00:33:03,216 Speaker 5: To my left. 521 00:33:04,196 --> 00:33:06,856 Speaker 1: That would be Anthony Rauta. who today is in a 522 00:33:06,906 --> 00:33:09,746 Speaker 1: restraint chair, with his mouth covered in mesh, so he 523 00:33:09,766 --> 00:33:13,506 Speaker 1: can't spit at anyone. His hands are tethered, but he 524 00:33:13,526 --> 00:33:15,366 Speaker 1: still managed to flip off the news crews with his 525 00:33:15,426 --> 00:33:18,686 Speaker 1: left hand as he was wheeled in. Now he's studying 526 00:33:18,746 --> 00:33:22,666 Speaker 1: his right hand, slowly clenching it and releasing it, clenching 527 00:33:22,806 --> 00:33:26,906 Speaker 1: and releasing, as if observing a fascinating butterfly beating its 528 00:33:26,966 --> 00:33:31,406 Speaker 1: wings in the sun. The prosecutor shows Detective Donnell a photograph. 529 00:33:32,186 --> 00:33:36,206 Speaker 4: Was this a backpack that you saw at that location? 530 00:33:36,826 --> 00:33:40,106 Speaker 6: And what, if anything, did you recover from that backpack? 531 00:33:41,466 --> 00:33:48,136 Speaker 4: There were multiple items, and two magazines loaded with 9mm rounds. 532 00:33:48,356 --> 00:33:52,576 Speaker 7: Along with a plastic bag containing 9mm rounds, all of 533 00:33:52,596 --> 00:33:53,416 Speaker 7: which were alive. 534 00:33:55,146 --> 00:33:57,986 Speaker 1: So at the time of his arrest, Rauta had a 535 00:33:58,026 --> 00:34:01,226 Speaker 1: 9mm carbine rifle and the ammunition to go with it. 536 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:05,766 Speaker 1: This gets my attention. So far there's been no official 537 00:34:05,806 --> 00:34:09,626 Speaker 1: information about what kind of ammunition killed Tristan Beaudet, but 538 00:34:09,646 --> 00:34:12,386 Speaker 1: the rumor going around Malibu is that it was a 539 00:34:12,646 --> 00:34:16,696 Speaker 1: 9mm round. Rauta's public defender starts to argue that the 540 00:34:16,736 --> 00:34:19,356 Speaker 1: whole thing is a setup, a scheme by the sheriff's 541 00:34:19,396 --> 00:34:22,396 Speaker 1: department to pin the murder on a homeless guy, blame 542 00:34:22,436 --> 00:34:25,196 Speaker 1: him in order to mollify the agitated folks in Malibu. 543 00:34:25,216 --> 00:34:26,476 Speaker 6: I think Mr. 544 00:34:26,536 --> 00:34:29,916 Speaker 3: Rauta is being scapegoated for something. 545 00:34:30,896 --> 00:34:34,216 Speaker 6: And as a result of that, they brought all of 546 00:34:34,236 --> 00:34:37,296 Speaker 6: this different evidence in to try and prove something else. 547 00:34:37,436 --> 00:34:38,616 Speaker 6: The reason I was asking. 548 00:34:38,676 --> 00:34:41,916 Speaker 3: First of all, whether the gun had been tested or 549 00:34:41,956 --> 00:34:46,606 Speaker 3: anything like that was for the reason that I think 550 00:34:46,646 --> 00:34:47,646 Speaker 3: everybody expects. 551 00:34:50,806 --> 00:34:54,706 Speaker 1: It's interesting about that rifle. Ozzie tells me he didn't 552 00:34:54,776 --> 00:34:57,936 Speaker 1: know Anthony had one. Can't imagine how he got it. 553 00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:01,476 Speaker 1: He doesn't even hunt, Ozzie says. He eats from the 554 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:06,956 Speaker 1: McDonald's dumpster. Today, Anthony Rauta is sentenced to 180 days 555 00:35:07,016 --> 00:35:10,986 Speaker 1: in county jail for the rifle and ammunition. As an ex-felon, 556 00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:13,806 Speaker 1: he's not supposed to have them. But he's already been 557 00:35:13,846 --> 00:35:17,426 Speaker 1: in for a while, so the clock is ticking. The 558 00:35:17,466 --> 00:35:19,866 Speaker 1: prosecutor has told me that the last thing the major 559 00:35:19,926 --> 00:35:23,026 Speaker 1: crimes and homicide detectives want is for Rauta to walk 560 00:35:23,066 --> 00:35:24,786 Speaker 1: out of jail a free man. 561 00:35:33,586 --> 00:35:36,866 Speaker 5: I have never been a conspiracy theorist before I started 562 00:35:36,906 --> 00:35:39,286 Speaker 5: doing this for a living, and I only started a 563 00:35:39,426 --> 00:35:41,286 Speaker 5: few months ago. 564 00:35:43,966 --> 00:35:48,206 Speaker 1: CeCe Woods is not feeling Anthony Rauta as the canyon shooter, 565 00:35:48,376 --> 00:35:52,156 Speaker 1: the armed burglar, or the killer of Tristan Beaudet. She 566 00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:54,136 Speaker 1: calls me to meet her at her home away from home, 567 00:35:54,556 --> 00:35:56,636 Speaker 1: a private club on Pacific Coast Highway. 568 00:35:57,396 --> 00:35:59,836 Speaker 5: But I'm going to tell you what, when things line 569 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:04,936 Speaker 5: up too perfectly... You can't plan a wedding with these 570 00:36:04,976 --> 00:36:07,856 Speaker 5: kind of conditions and have it just come out flawless. 571 00:36:09,436 --> 00:36:12,616 Speaker 1: For one thing, she tells me, before the arrest, the 572 00:36:12,636 --> 00:36:15,276 Speaker 1: sheriff's department had said they were looking for a male 573 00:36:15,336 --> 00:36:18,866 Speaker 1: of slender build in connection with the burglaries. Doesn't sound 574 00:36:18,886 --> 00:36:19,706 Speaker 1: like router to her. 575 00:36:20,126 --> 00:36:22,846 Speaker 5: Did that guy look like slender? He had a pooch 576 00:36:22,866 --> 00:36:25,786 Speaker 5: like this. He looks like he eats Mexican food with 577 00:36:25,806 --> 00:36:29,186 Speaker 5: the officers over at La Paz. This guy did not 578 00:36:29,586 --> 00:36:32,516 Speaker 5: fit the description. And look at his haircut. Like, that's 579 00:36:32,536 --> 00:36:35,076 Speaker 5: a fashionable haircut. That is not a super cuts cut. 580 00:36:35,436 --> 00:36:35,836 Speaker 4: Okay. 581 00:36:37,136 --> 00:36:43,196 Speaker 5: I hate to say this, but, you know, and my 582 00:36:43,456 --> 00:36:47,586 Speaker 5: intuition is almost never wrong, but I'm going to go 583 00:36:47,666 --> 00:36:50,226 Speaker 5: out on a limb and say, I mean, this guy 584 00:36:50,246 --> 00:36:51,326 Speaker 5: looked like a cop to me. 585 00:36:51,346 --> 00:36:52,206 Speaker 2: Sorry. 586 00:36:52,286 --> 00:36:52,646 Speaker 4: Sorry. 587 00:36:54,836 --> 00:36:56,896 Speaker 1: In her view, he's not just the wrong guy, a 588 00:36:57,516 --> 00:37:01,896 Speaker 1: fall guy. He's an undercover cop with suspiciously good hair. 589 00:37:02,456 --> 00:37:05,146 Speaker 5: Of course they knew who he was because he's a plant. 590 00:37:06,046 --> 00:37:09,026 Speaker 1: She's calling BS on the whole Rauta thing. And she 591 00:37:09,066 --> 00:37:11,326 Speaker 1: doesn't care what the sheriff's department or any of the 592 00:37:11,346 --> 00:37:12,666 Speaker 1: cops at Lost Hills think. 593 00:37:13,206 --> 00:37:17,256 Speaker 5: I am not your little quiet, little mousy girl. I'm 594 00:37:17,296 --> 00:37:21,736 Speaker 5: a big mouth, big boobed blonde. And that does not 595 00:37:21,796 --> 00:37:22,316 Speaker 5: work for them. 596 00:37:22,776 --> 00:37:22,956 Speaker 7: Okay. 597 00:37:24,306 --> 00:37:26,846 Speaker 5: And I'm smart, which is even worse, you know? 598 00:37:30,846 --> 00:37:33,206 Speaker 1: I can't go along with Cece's idea that Rauta is 599 00:37:33,296 --> 00:37:37,376 Speaker 1: actually an undercover cop. But there is what seems like 600 00:37:37,396 --> 00:37:40,316 Speaker 1: an actual snag in the theory that Rauta did all 601 00:37:40,356 --> 00:37:45,216 Speaker 1: these crimes. Rauta was arrested with a 9mm carbine rifle. 602 00:37:46,126 --> 00:37:50,546 Speaker 1: But near misses 1 through 5 didn't use 9mm ammunition. 603 00:37:51,586 --> 00:37:55,416 Speaker 1: They all involved shotgun ammo. a metal slug in the 604 00:37:55,436 --> 00:37:58,176 Speaker 1: case of near-miss number three, and the rest, as far 605 00:37:58,196 --> 00:38:02,726 Speaker 1: as I can piece together, birdshot. Small metal pellets, kind 606 00:38:02,736 --> 00:38:06,766 Speaker 1: of like BBs, that are designed to scatter. CeCe posted 607 00:38:06,806 --> 00:38:10,646 Speaker 1: a picture of the white BMW, near-miss number five, riddled 608 00:38:10,686 --> 00:38:15,306 Speaker 1: with holes. But there was no shotgun found at Rauta's camp. 609 00:38:16,706 --> 00:38:28,146 Speaker 1: Which means there's either another weapon or another shooter. But 610 00:38:28,226 --> 00:38:31,926 Speaker 1: as I drive away from CeCe's club, I'm thinking about Malibu, 611 00:38:32,586 --> 00:38:37,646 Speaker 1: this private paradise that people guard so fiercely. In some ways, 612 00:38:37,706 --> 00:38:42,076 Speaker 1: the shootings, so shocking, don't feel all that out of place. 613 00:38:43,336 --> 00:38:46,896 Speaker 1: This is a place where celebrities have guns, and locals 614 00:38:46,936 --> 00:38:50,036 Speaker 1: defend their turf, and the cops might drive by you 615 00:38:50,076 --> 00:38:54,086 Speaker 1: when you call 911, and the rangers tell victims things 616 00:38:54,126 --> 00:38:57,726 Speaker 1: like this don't happen here. In just the first few 617 00:38:57,796 --> 00:39:01,836 Speaker 1: months of my reporting, there's been a murder, an uproar, 618 00:39:02,356 --> 00:39:05,916 Speaker 1: accusations of a cover-up, manhunts for an armed burglar, a 619 00:39:05,956 --> 00:39:11,616 Speaker 1: suspicious arrest, and a catastrophic fire. Malibu doesn't look like 620 00:39:11,676 --> 00:39:16,456 Speaker 1: a postcard anymore. That pretty surface has been seared off, 621 00:39:17,436 --> 00:39:19,316 Speaker 1: and there's chaos raging underneath. 622 00:39:20,576 --> 00:39:33,196 Speaker 2: Music Thank you.