1 00:00:15,066 --> 00:00:15,506 Speaker 1: Pushkin. 2 00:00:22,996 --> 00:00:26,976 Speaker 2: Hey, Dana, it's Chuck, Chuck Becerra, Malibu Lost Hill Sheriff's Station. Hey, 3 00:00:27,336 --> 00:00:30,726 Speaker 2: just calling you, touching base. I'm back at work. I 4 00:00:30,736 --> 00:00:32,026 Speaker 2: sent you a text. I got crunched a little bit. 5 00:00:32,606 --> 00:00:36,526 Speaker 3: That's Salvador Becerra. Goes by Chuck. He's the new captain 6 00:00:36,566 --> 00:00:40,386 Speaker 3: of Lost Hill Station. The station has been in turmoil 7 00:00:40,446 --> 00:00:45,496 Speaker 3: since Rauta was arrested. Scandal after scandal. Remember when Kobe 8 00:00:45,516 --> 00:00:47,896 Speaker 3: Bryant's helicopter crashed in the Calabasas Hills? 9 00:00:48,316 --> 00:00:51,396 Speaker 4: LA County Sheriff's deputies are facing discipline now for taking 10 00:00:51,516 --> 00:00:55,156 Speaker 4: and sharing graphic photos at the scene of the helicopter 11 00:00:55,176 --> 00:00:58,396 Speaker 4: crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant. 12 00:00:58,876 --> 00:01:01,916 Speaker 3: According to media reports, some of those deputies taking and 13 00:01:01,956 --> 00:01:06,036 Speaker 3: sharing photos were from Lost Hills. I've been trying to 14 00:01:06,086 --> 00:01:08,406 Speaker 3: get in with the leadership at the station ever since 15 00:01:08,446 --> 00:01:11,566 Speaker 3: I heard about the murder in the park. Sometimes I 16 00:01:11,606 --> 00:01:14,426 Speaker 3: just go to the station and stare. at the mirrored 17 00:01:14,486 --> 00:01:18,386 Speaker 3: glass behind the unattended reception desk. On the other side 18 00:01:18,446 --> 00:01:21,006 Speaker 3: lie the answers to everything that doesn't make sense about 19 00:01:21,026 --> 00:01:25,896 Speaker 3: this case. But all I can see is myself reflected 20 00:01:25,956 --> 00:01:30,256 Speaker 3: back at me. It's the perfect metaphor for the sheriff's department. 21 00:01:30,976 --> 00:01:34,496 Speaker 3: They see out, but you can't see in. But the 22 00:01:34,556 --> 00:01:40,366 Speaker 3: weird thing about Captain Becerra? He's friendly. This guy calls me. 23 00:01:40,386 --> 00:01:43,366 Speaker 2: I think you've been keeping up with the politics here. Remember, 24 00:01:43,406 --> 00:01:46,156 Speaker 2: I was The active captain here, they got replaced and 25 00:01:46,176 --> 00:01:46,936 Speaker 2: they got sent back. 26 00:01:48,156 --> 00:01:53,376 Speaker 3: He's nice. He wants to help. You're getting stonewalled, he 27 00:01:53,416 --> 00:01:57,146 Speaker 3: tells me cheerfully. When you're getting stonewalled, you know you're 28 00:01:57,186 --> 00:02:01,566 Speaker 3: on to a good story. Something obviously went wrong at 29 00:02:01,606 --> 00:02:04,766 Speaker 3: Lost Hills Station. There was apparently a shooter on the 30 00:02:04,826 --> 00:02:07,126 Speaker 3: loose in Malibu for over a year and a half. 31 00:02:07,946 --> 00:02:12,036 Speaker 3: And it was kept secret. Not only that. The alleged 32 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:15,716 Speaker 3: shooter hated the Lost Hills cops, had frequent contact with 33 00:02:15,776 --> 00:02:18,816 Speaker 3: law enforcement, and lived in the hills behind the station. 34 00:02:19,816 --> 00:02:23,196 Speaker 3: And Sergeant Wright, who gave me the helicopter tour? He 35 00:02:23,256 --> 00:02:26,796 Speaker 3: and Lieutenant Royal, the two Lost Hills deputies who argued 36 00:02:26,816 --> 00:02:30,806 Speaker 3: there was a serial sniper, a would-be serial killer in Malibu, 37 00:02:31,566 --> 00:02:37,346 Speaker 3: and then found him? They're under investigation. What went wrong? 38 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:42,596 Speaker 3: Sarah's newly in charge. He wasn't there for all the mess, 39 00:02:42,976 --> 00:02:45,676 Speaker 3: but he says he really, really wants me to find 40 00:02:45,806 --> 00:02:49,346 Speaker 3: out the truth. He wishes he could tell me, but 41 00:02:49,386 --> 00:02:53,426 Speaker 3: he can't. He'd get fired at a minimum, possibly charged. 42 00:02:54,326 --> 00:02:57,546 Speaker 3: The truth he keeps promising me is a bombshell. 43 00:02:57,566 --> 00:03:01,466 Speaker 2: It's crazy. Crazy. It'll make a good movie or a 44 00:03:01,506 --> 00:03:04,686 Speaker 2: good book or at least a good chapter in it. Anyways, 45 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:06,506 Speaker 2: call me when you get a chance. I'll be in 46 00:03:06,546 --> 00:03:07,686 Speaker 2: the rest of the week. Okay, bye-bye. 47 00:03:12,416 --> 00:03:18,726 Speaker 3: I think I might be in. I'm Dana Goodyear, and 48 00:03:18,806 --> 00:03:50,366 Speaker 3: this is Lost Hills. Lost Hills Episode 6, One More 49 00:03:50,426 --> 00:03:57,316 Speaker 3: Day in Paradise. In 2016 and 2017, there was a 50 00:03:57,396 --> 00:04:01,096 Speaker 3: series of near-miss shootings in and around Malibu Creek State Park. 51 00:04:01,976 --> 00:04:05,296 Speaker 3: Then nothing for 11 months. In the summer of 2018, 52 00:04:05,296 --> 00:04:10,456 Speaker 3: there was a sixth attack, another near-miss. It involved a 53 00:04:10,536 --> 00:04:13,676 Speaker 3: white Tesla being driven by a man named Ian Kincaid. 54 00:04:14,496 --> 00:04:18,276 Speaker 3: The date was June 18th. four days before Tristan Beaudet 55 00:04:18,316 --> 00:04:29,326 Speaker 3: was killed. Today, I'm at Ian's house, at the top 56 00:04:29,366 --> 00:04:32,226 Speaker 3: of a twisty road in the Malibu Hills, standing in 57 00:04:32,246 --> 00:04:36,586 Speaker 3: front of his garage. He pulls the car out. The 58 00:04:36,626 --> 00:04:39,416 Speaker 3: white hood has a single piece of white electrical tape 59 00:04:39,736 --> 00:04:43,796 Speaker 3: right between the headlights. He peels it away, revealing a 60 00:04:43,856 --> 00:04:44,556 Speaker 3: deep gash. 61 00:04:46,406 --> 00:04:50,236 Speaker 5: Wow. And you understand why I don't want my kids 62 00:04:50,266 --> 00:04:53,036 Speaker 5: to see it. So I was going about 60 miles 63 00:04:53,076 --> 00:04:56,396 Speaker 5: an hour, 65, something like that, when I pulled over. 64 00:04:56,416 --> 00:04:59,036 Speaker 5: But beforehand, I'd been going considerably faster. 65 00:04:59,056 --> 00:05:03,346 Speaker 3: Ian works as a gaffer in Hollywood, which means it's 66 00:05:03,386 --> 00:05:06,546 Speaker 3: his job to light the sets. He's worked on six 67 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:09,706 Speaker 3: Quentin Tarantino movies. And on the day we're talking about, 68 00:05:09,946 --> 00:05:11,766 Speaker 3: he was headed to the set of Once Upon a 69 00:05:11,786 --> 00:05:14,606 Speaker 3: Time in Hollywood. He wanted to get there. 70 00:05:14,426 --> 00:05:14,646 Speaker 2: By 6 a.m. 71 00:05:16,366 --> 00:05:17,606 Speaker 5: Let me pop the hood. 72 00:05:18,666 --> 00:05:20,946 Speaker 3: So he got up in the dark and left his home. 73 00:05:21,796 --> 00:05:23,246 Speaker 3: He took Malibu Canyon Road. 74 00:05:24,376 --> 00:05:28,576 Speaker 5: I was driving through the canyon at about 4.20, and 75 00:05:28,596 --> 00:05:33,036 Speaker 5: I was driving pretty fast. Sometimes in the morning I'd 76 00:05:33,556 --> 00:05:36,636 Speaker 5: drive excessive speed, and I thought, you know what, I'm 77 00:05:36,696 --> 00:05:38,636 Speaker 5: going to get there too early. I don't need to speed, 78 00:05:38,676 --> 00:05:42,096 Speaker 5: so I slowed down, and within a minute was when 79 00:05:42,116 --> 00:05:46,806 Speaker 5: the bullet hit my car. And I remember... thinking, what's 80 00:05:46,866 --> 00:05:48,626 Speaker 5: that sound? You know, it was like, it was like, 81 00:05:49,626 --> 00:05:51,366 Speaker 5: I thought, did I leave a coffee cup on my 82 00:05:52,086 --> 00:05:55,236 Speaker 5: roof again? And was that what that was rattling? Or 83 00:05:55,686 --> 00:05:58,036 Speaker 5: I thought, nah, I looked down and my, my teacup 84 00:05:58,076 --> 00:06:01,216 Speaker 5: was right there. And I thought, well, maybe it was 85 00:06:02,256 --> 00:06:04,436 Speaker 5: an acorn because I was driving near some oak trees. 86 00:06:04,516 --> 00:06:06,216 Speaker 5: And just, you know, these are just thoughts at four 87 00:06:06,256 --> 00:06:09,996 Speaker 5: o'clock in the morning. I wasn't trying to solve any mysteries. 88 00:06:10,536 --> 00:06:15,126 Speaker 5: And then within, I'd say 10 seconds, maybe the The 89 00:06:15,346 --> 00:06:17,906 Speaker 5: alarm started going off, so I pulled over and got 90 00:06:17,926 --> 00:06:20,946 Speaker 5: out of the car. It was pitch dark, no other traffic, 91 00:06:21,006 --> 00:06:24,726 Speaker 5: and I pulled over right there at the Hindu temple. 92 00:06:25,526 --> 00:06:28,766 Speaker 3: The bullet went in the hood, passed through the front trunk, 93 00:06:29,146 --> 00:06:29,906 Speaker 3: and out the fender. 94 00:06:30,686 --> 00:06:33,226 Speaker 5: You can see it wouldn't take too much of a 95 00:06:33,266 --> 00:06:36,626 Speaker 5: change in speed for that to have gone in elsewhere. 96 00:06:39,186 --> 00:06:42,536 Speaker 5: His height wasn't too far off, if he was indeed 97 00:06:42,616 --> 00:06:43,096 Speaker 5: aiming at me. 98 00:06:45,246 --> 00:06:48,046 Speaker 3: I test the hole with my pinky. It has a 99 00:06:48,166 --> 00:06:51,926 Speaker 3: jagged edge. I can feel how close a call that was, 100 00:06:52,566 --> 00:06:54,836 Speaker 3: how the bullet so easily could have hit him. So 101 00:06:56,656 --> 00:06:57,576 Speaker 3: I went through there. 102 00:06:58,136 --> 00:07:01,916 Speaker 5: They've replaced this piece, I think, and came through here 103 00:07:03,276 --> 00:07:09,546 Speaker 5: and then out the fender from about like here. And 104 00:07:10,046 --> 00:07:11,626 Speaker 5: they said it might have bounced off the tire. 105 00:07:13,996 --> 00:07:16,746 Speaker 3: After work, Ian says, he stopped by Lost Hills Station. 106 00:07:18,226 --> 00:07:21,286 Speaker 3: He remembers the deputy who took the report didn't appear 107 00:07:21,306 --> 00:07:21,826 Speaker 3: too worried. 108 00:07:22,526 --> 00:07:24,006 Speaker 5: So she took a picture and she handed me a 109 00:07:24,026 --> 00:07:25,906 Speaker 5: slip of paper with a number on it and said, 110 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:29,766 Speaker 5: this is your crime report if you ever need it. Okay, 111 00:07:29,906 --> 00:07:34,996 Speaker 5: and they weren't concerned. There was nobody expressing any kind 112 00:07:35,036 --> 00:07:37,556 Speaker 5: of serious interest in it. 113 00:07:41,056 --> 00:07:43,696 Speaker 3: For the next few days, he tells me, he felt strange. 114 00:07:44,206 --> 00:07:47,546 Speaker 3: and avoided Malibu Canyon. When he couldn't avoid the road, 115 00:07:47,866 --> 00:07:53,736 Speaker 3: he ruminated. Where had that shot come from? Who had 116 00:07:53,796 --> 00:08:01,216 Speaker 3: fired it? And why? Then, four days later, on June 22nd, 117 00:08:02,216 --> 00:08:03,076 Speaker 3: Beaudet was killed. 118 00:08:03,096 --> 00:08:08,916 Speaker 5: I remember driving through Malibu Canyon and seeing a lot 119 00:08:08,936 --> 00:08:15,796 Speaker 5: of cops and a fenced-off area And, you know, something 120 00:08:15,816 --> 00:08:21,126 Speaker 5: was going on. And I got to work. And I 121 00:08:21,166 --> 00:08:23,346 Speaker 5: really don't recall when I learned, but I learned that 122 00:08:23,386 --> 00:08:27,566 Speaker 5: somebody had been murdered in the campground. I thought, wow, 123 00:08:28,486 --> 00:08:29,266 Speaker 5: that's bizarre. 124 00:08:36,836 --> 00:08:39,516 Speaker 3: Suddenly, he says, the cops were all over him. 125 00:08:40,116 --> 00:08:41,116 Speaker 5: My phone just lit up. 126 00:08:41,856 --> 00:08:43,196 Speaker 2: And within. 127 00:08:44,146 --> 00:08:46,146 Speaker 5: I bet in a half an hour I probably got 128 00:08:46,146 --> 00:08:54,436 Speaker 5: 20 calls from sheriffs, from LAPD, from Lost Hills, from rangers, 129 00:08:54,576 --> 00:09:04,976 Speaker 5: from newspapers, from reporters. And I just thought, what is this? 130 00:09:06,876 --> 00:09:09,626 Speaker 3: They summoned him back to Lost Hills Station, where a 131 00:09:09,636 --> 00:09:12,086 Speaker 3: group of deputies quickly ushered him around the side. 132 00:09:12,106 --> 00:09:15,906 Speaker 5: So I drove around the back. And there must have 133 00:09:15,926 --> 00:09:19,646 Speaker 5: been 15 guys in uniform that came up. And there 134 00:09:19,686 --> 00:09:22,286 Speaker 5: were a lot of guys that were just like volunteer 135 00:09:22,356 --> 00:09:26,576 Speaker 5: kind of guys wearing sheriff's, deputy sheriff's stuff. There was 136 00:09:26,616 --> 00:09:30,076 Speaker 5: a sergeant, I remember, and there was a detective. They 137 00:09:30,676 --> 00:09:35,516 Speaker 5: had a handful of dowels of different diameter, and they 138 00:09:35,806 --> 00:09:37,346 Speaker 5: put the dowels into the hole. 139 00:09:38,326 --> 00:09:41,026 Speaker 3: That was Sergeant Tui Wright and his search and rescue team. 140 00:09:42,246 --> 00:09:44,996 Speaker 3: Sergeant Wright saw this shooting as another one of the 141 00:09:45,056 --> 00:09:48,476 Speaker 3: near misses and believed that whoever had done it had 142 00:09:48,536 --> 00:09:50,436 Speaker 3: also likely killed Tristan Beaudet. 143 00:09:50,516 --> 00:09:54,576 Speaker 5: They were trying to figure out the trajectory of the bullet. 144 00:09:55,876 --> 00:10:01,286 Speaker 3: The trajectory was important. Investigating the BMW shooting, Sergeant Wright 145 00:10:01,306 --> 00:10:04,706 Speaker 3: had found that hill, the suspected shooting mound on the 146 00:10:04,746 --> 00:10:07,906 Speaker 3: park side of the Canyon Road. He was wondering if 147 00:10:07,946 --> 00:10:11,856 Speaker 3: whoever shot the Tesla had fired from the same elevated spot. 148 00:10:13,456 --> 00:10:16,436 Speaker 3: And later, after the Woolsey fire had burned a bunch 149 00:10:16,456 --> 00:10:19,996 Speaker 3: of brush away, he went back and searched there and 150 00:10:20,116 --> 00:10:26,146 Speaker 3: found 9mm casings. But back in June 2018, Ian says, 151 00:10:26,686 --> 00:10:28,486 Speaker 3: the deputies were being secretive. 152 00:10:30,336 --> 00:10:33,516 Speaker 5: By what I gathered, they didn't want to tell me anything. 153 00:10:34,036 --> 00:10:36,116 Speaker 5: They were trying to usher me away from the car 154 00:10:36,176 --> 00:10:38,856 Speaker 5: most of the time and have somebody else ask me 155 00:10:38,896 --> 00:10:41,946 Speaker 5: questions while they were putting the dowels in and stuff. 156 00:10:42,986 --> 00:10:45,946 Speaker 3: Ian says he did hear one thing, loud and clear. 157 00:10:46,746 --> 00:10:49,566 Speaker 3: And it confused him in the months ahead, when he, 158 00:10:49,986 --> 00:10:53,426 Speaker 3: like everyone else in Malibu, kept hearing the sheriff's department 159 00:10:53,466 --> 00:10:57,306 Speaker 3: say there was no connection, no relation, no link among 160 00:10:57,466 --> 00:11:02,266 Speaker 3: all these violent crimes. He overheard Sergeant Wright and the 161 00:11:02,326 --> 00:11:06,656 Speaker 3: deputies say that he, Ian, was the eighth victim in 162 00:11:07,136 --> 00:11:11,316 Speaker 3: an ongoing shooting spree that had just turned deadly. 163 00:11:11,336 --> 00:11:21,876 Speaker 5: I believe they said that I was number eight. And 164 00:11:21,896 --> 00:11:24,496 Speaker 5: I thought, what's that mean? Why am I number eight? 165 00:11:25,526 --> 00:11:31,676 Speaker 5: And then a little later, they said that Is it Tristan? 166 00:11:32,276 --> 00:11:32,536 Speaker 1: Yeah. 167 00:11:33,556 --> 00:11:34,636 Speaker 5: That he was number nine. 168 00:11:36,756 --> 00:11:40,136 Speaker 3: This was the thinking of a faction inside Lost Hill Station. 169 00:11:41,156 --> 00:11:44,196 Speaker 3: They didn't yet know who the canyon shooter was, but 170 00:11:44,236 --> 00:11:47,596 Speaker 3: they believed that he was out there. For a year 171 00:11:47,636 --> 00:11:50,296 Speaker 3: and a half, they'd been telling the department, but the 172 00:11:50,336 --> 00:11:53,956 Speaker 3: department wouldn't listen. The Tesla shooting had been the sheriff's 173 00:11:53,996 --> 00:12:00,596 Speaker 3: department's last chance to intervene before the murder happened. And 174 00:12:00,636 --> 00:12:23,606 Speaker 3: they missed. Captain Becerra is inviting me to come and 175 00:12:23,646 --> 00:12:28,526 Speaker 3: see him at Lost Hill Station. Um, yes, of course 176 00:12:28,566 --> 00:12:31,196 Speaker 3: I want to come. It'll be my first time behind 177 00:12:31,216 --> 00:12:35,956 Speaker 3: the mirrored glass. He's a generous host. He takes me 178 00:12:35,996 --> 00:12:38,956 Speaker 3: around to meet the detectives. He takes me outside to 179 00:12:38,996 --> 00:12:41,896 Speaker 3: the parking lot so I can see the helipad. There's 180 00:12:41,916 --> 00:12:45,416 Speaker 3: a pile of scat right on the seal. Mountain lion, maybe? 181 00:12:46,646 --> 00:12:50,266 Speaker 3: I look around at the dry, empty hills. Over the 182 00:12:50,306 --> 00:12:53,026 Speaker 3: ridge is that steep slope where Rauta made his camp. 183 00:12:54,026 --> 00:12:56,386 Speaker 3: How did it take them so long to find him? 184 00:12:57,896 --> 00:13:01,156 Speaker 3: Captain Becerra is babbling on about how cops hate journalists, 185 00:13:01,256 --> 00:13:02,416 Speaker 3: how if I'm ever going to find out what I 186 00:13:02,456 --> 00:13:04,866 Speaker 3: want to know about this investigation, I'm going to need 187 00:13:04,876 --> 00:13:07,586 Speaker 3: to build some trust. He thinks I should meet as 188 00:13:07,666 --> 00:13:11,446 Speaker 3: many deputies as possible, go out with them, see Malibu 189 00:13:11,566 --> 00:13:15,196 Speaker 3: through their eyes. He suggests I go on a ride-along 190 00:13:15,396 --> 00:13:17,836 Speaker 3: with the beach team. Okay. 191 00:13:17,856 --> 00:13:18,076 Speaker 2: Okay. 192 00:13:24,586 --> 00:13:26,586 Speaker 3: Rauta told me in a letter that he hasn't been 193 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:30,746 Speaker 3: to Malibu's beaches in years, since the mid-2000s. But it's 194 00:13:30,766 --> 00:13:33,986 Speaker 3: worth a try. So I spend a morning weaving in 195 00:13:34,026 --> 00:13:35,946 Speaker 3: and out of sunbathers on a quad. 196 00:13:39,266 --> 00:13:44,616 Speaker 6: There was an incident regarding paparazzis in Matthew McConaughey near 197 00:13:44,656 --> 00:13:49,516 Speaker 6: Paradise Cove. And there was an incident where a paparazzi 198 00:13:49,556 --> 00:13:54,586 Speaker 6: was assaulted and his property was vandalized. thrown in the water, 199 00:13:54,706 --> 00:13:55,326 Speaker 6: his camera. 200 00:13:55,906 --> 00:13:58,316 Speaker 3: And then we had some pirates, guys that were dressed 201 00:13:58,356 --> 00:14:00,816 Speaker 3: in pirate outfits, that were at Zuma 7 in the 202 00:14:00,856 --> 00:14:04,376 Speaker 3: parking lot that were smoking marijuana in their car. 203 00:14:04,956 --> 00:14:06,936 Speaker 7: They said they were in a band, so they're dressed 204 00:14:06,976 --> 00:14:09,816 Speaker 7: like pirates. They're smoking weed in their car. That was 205 00:14:09,876 --> 00:14:13,406 Speaker 7: back when weeds, I mean, you're still not supposed to 206 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:16,686 Speaker 7: smoke in public, but it was more of a big 207 00:14:16,726 --> 00:14:20,846 Speaker 7: deal back then. This job's fun because you just drive 208 00:14:20,866 --> 00:14:21,966 Speaker 7: around and watch everything. 209 00:14:44,596 --> 00:14:47,466 Speaker 3: It's Becerra. He tells me he's arranged a day with 210 00:14:47,526 --> 00:14:51,726 Speaker 3: Malibu Search and Rescue, Sergeant Tui Wright's old team. I 211 00:14:51,746 --> 00:14:53,886 Speaker 3: head back to the station and climb into a Search 212 00:14:53,926 --> 00:15:01,276 Speaker 3: and Rescue SUV. Search and Rescue played a pivotal role 213 00:15:01,316 --> 00:15:04,176 Speaker 3: in the Rauta investigation. They found a lot of evidence 214 00:15:04,336 --> 00:15:07,136 Speaker 3: and assisted in the capture operation. I've been trying to 215 00:15:07,156 --> 00:15:08,736 Speaker 3: get on their radar for months. 216 00:15:09,706 --> 00:15:10,506 Speaker 8: So, um. 217 00:15:11,406 --> 00:15:11,966 Speaker 3: Nice ringtone. 218 00:15:13,206 --> 00:15:14,006 Speaker 1: That's a nice ringtone. 219 00:15:14,026 --> 00:15:15,206 Speaker 7: Well, that's the ringtone for the team. 220 00:15:16,006 --> 00:15:19,466 Speaker 3: We drive around for hours, looking at the beautiful ocean views. 221 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:21,506 Speaker 3: The guys tell me some stories. 222 00:15:22,526 --> 00:15:24,886 Speaker 9: A gentleman called the sheriff's station and thought there was 223 00:15:24,906 --> 00:15:26,346 Speaker 9: a woman being attacked on a trail. 224 00:15:26,686 --> 00:15:30,386 Speaker 3: This is Mark Hollinger, a medical officer with Search and Rescue. 225 00:15:30,476 --> 00:15:32,316 Speaker 9: He was wondering if she was being beaten or raped. 226 00:15:32,336 --> 00:15:34,796 Speaker 9: He was very concerned. We came out there, did a 227 00:15:34,816 --> 00:15:38,136 Speaker 9: big search, found no evidence of anybody on the trail, 228 00:15:38,196 --> 00:15:41,136 Speaker 9: any evidence of a woman that was attacked. One of 229 00:15:41,176 --> 00:15:43,906 Speaker 9: our team members said, said, you know, I believe that 230 00:15:43,946 --> 00:15:46,566 Speaker 9: when mountain lions are in heat, they put out a 231 00:15:46,666 --> 00:15:49,926 Speaker 9: sound very similar to a woman screaming. So he went 232 00:15:50,626 --> 00:15:54,496 Speaker 9: onto Google and was able to get the recording of 233 00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:58,256 Speaker 9: this sound, which does sound like a woman screaming for help, 234 00:15:58,336 --> 00:16:01,376 Speaker 9: actually saying, help, help, help, type thing, very similar. 235 00:16:03,656 --> 00:16:12,326 Speaker 3: He's not wrong. This is a recording I found. So We, 236 00:16:12,386 --> 00:16:12,606 Speaker 3: as a. 237 00:16:12,626 --> 00:16:15,006 Speaker 9: Follow-up, we went to the gentleman's house who reported it 238 00:16:15,826 --> 00:16:19,526 Speaker 9: and played that tape for him and said, is this 239 00:16:19,566 --> 00:16:21,846 Speaker 9: what you heard that night? And he goes, oh my God, yes, 240 00:16:21,886 --> 00:16:26,146 Speaker 9: that's the exact sound I heard. Did you find the woman? 241 00:16:26,166 --> 00:16:28,756 Speaker 9: Is she okay? We said, actually, no, the sound you're 242 00:16:28,796 --> 00:16:30,236 Speaker 9: hearing is a mountain lion in heat. 243 00:16:31,176 --> 00:16:34,856 Speaker 3: It's a good story, but they're not telling me the story. 244 00:16:36,056 --> 00:16:39,796 Speaker 3: Did you get what you needed? Becerra asks. Totally, I lie. 245 00:16:41,456 --> 00:16:44,736 Speaker 3: I've been at this for weeks, driving all over Malibu, 246 00:16:45,456 --> 00:16:50,616 Speaker 3: wasting time getting the runaround, looking out the passenger side window, 247 00:16:51,536 --> 00:17:09,866 Speaker 3: watching the stone walls stream past. Then, I get a 248 00:17:09,906 --> 00:17:13,136 Speaker 3: number for a retired Lost Hills detective named J.T. Manuel, 249 00:17:13,896 --> 00:17:15,836 Speaker 3: and he agrees to meet me at a park about 250 00:17:15,896 --> 00:17:20,076 Speaker 3: five miles from the station. He knows all about Lieutenant Royal. 251 00:17:20,956 --> 00:17:31,176 Speaker 1: Yeah, he's very intelligent, extremely intelligent mentally, and his never-give-up attitude. 252 00:17:31,496 --> 00:17:33,076 Speaker 1: I mean, he's relentless. 253 00:17:33,876 --> 00:17:35,276 Speaker 3: He knows Sergeant Wright, too. 254 00:17:36,196 --> 00:17:39,036 Speaker 1: Well, too, he's a hunter, so he's a good tracker. 255 00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:45,196 Speaker 1: And he worked narcotics forever. He's a very smart guy. 256 00:17:46,596 --> 00:17:49,436 Speaker 3: Detective Manuel is a big guy with blue eyes and 257 00:17:49,456 --> 00:17:52,516 Speaker 3: a Steelers baseball cap. We sit down on a bench 258 00:17:52,556 --> 00:17:53,236 Speaker 3: by the playground. 259 00:17:54,276 --> 00:17:57,166 Speaker 1: You know, a lot still is different that way where 260 00:17:57,746 --> 00:17:59,186 Speaker 1: you've got to work a lot harder to find the 261 00:17:59,226 --> 00:18:03,586 Speaker 1: bad guys because they're not all over the place and 262 00:18:03,626 --> 00:18:07,686 Speaker 1: the crime rates usually are not that high in this area, so... 263 00:18:08,406 --> 00:18:11,246 Speaker 1: You've got to just kind of be a hard worker 264 00:18:11,326 --> 00:18:12,906 Speaker 1: to get things accomplished. 265 00:18:13,806 --> 00:18:16,616 Speaker 3: He was a detective at Lost Hill Station for 25 years. 266 00:18:17,236 --> 00:18:21,076 Speaker 3: He reported directly to Lieutenant Royal. He heard about Near 267 00:18:21,136 --> 00:18:24,256 Speaker 3: Misses 1 through 3, the early shootings in Malibu Creek 268 00:18:24,276 --> 00:18:26,136 Speaker 3: State Park, from Lieutenant Royal. 269 00:18:26,576 --> 00:18:32,306 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Royal was a very hands-on supervisor, so he made 270 00:18:32,346 --> 00:18:33,776 Speaker 1: sure we were briefed about it. 271 00:18:34,966 --> 00:18:38,616 Speaker 3: Then Near Misses 4 and 5 happened. on the Canyon Road. 272 00:18:39,196 --> 00:18:41,196 Speaker 1: I think a lot of us believed there was a 273 00:18:41,216 --> 00:18:47,416 Speaker 1: pattern after between three and four, definitely by five. Definitely 274 00:18:47,436 --> 00:18:49,036 Speaker 1: we knew we had a shooter out there. 275 00:18:50,216 --> 00:18:54,696 Speaker 3: Lieutenant Royal and his detectives started chasing down everything, even though, 276 00:18:54,956 --> 00:18:57,776 Speaker 3: as Sergeant Wright told me, his superiors in the department 277 00:18:57,856 --> 00:18:59,236 Speaker 3: weren't giving him much support. 278 00:19:00,136 --> 00:19:05,166 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Royal was looking for a pattern and looking at 279 00:19:05,276 --> 00:19:09,706 Speaker 1: people in the area and We were all going off 280 00:19:09,766 --> 00:19:14,746 Speaker 1: of leads or suspicions and everything else. He was starting 281 00:19:14,766 --> 00:19:20,566 Speaker 1: to develop potential suspect names, potential people of interest who 282 00:19:21,466 --> 00:19:26,206 Speaker 1: may have been somewhat radical, radical behavior and all that. 283 00:19:26,346 --> 00:19:32,296 Speaker 1: So we were definitely looking at different individuals who possibly, 284 00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:34,116 Speaker 1: possibly could be in the area. 285 00:19:36,236 --> 00:19:39,826 Speaker 3: They were looking for someone. They just didn't know who. 286 00:19:41,066 --> 00:19:46,156 Speaker 1: It's very hard to find people in the hills. There's 287 00:19:46,636 --> 00:19:48,896 Speaker 1: all kinds of people living in the hills that you 288 00:19:48,936 --> 00:19:52,516 Speaker 1: don't know about or that you stumble across or you 289 00:19:52,536 --> 00:19:53,726 Speaker 1: get a phone call on. 290 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:55,816 Speaker 2: And uh it. 291 00:19:55,776 --> 00:20:00,256 Speaker 1: Truly is if you're looking for one individual without a 292 00:20:00,296 --> 00:20:04,016 Speaker 1: lot to go on it can be like a needle 293 00:20:04,056 --> 00:20:06,756 Speaker 1: in a haystack we did not have a lot of. 294 00:20:06,736 --> 00:20:10,406 Speaker 3: Leads i asked him if they were starting to develop 295 00:20:10,506 --> 00:20:12,106 Speaker 3: a psychological. 296 00:20:11,426 --> 00:20:16,186 Speaker 1: Profile yeah i just thought the person was uh definitely 297 00:20:16,246 --> 00:20:21,176 Speaker 1: somebody disturbed who uh had some kind of anger towards 298 00:20:21,276 --> 00:20:22,796 Speaker 1: the public at large. 299 00:20:23,916 --> 00:20:26,296 Speaker 3: Did you start to think at any point that maybe 300 00:20:26,336 --> 00:20:28,036 Speaker 3: the anger was toward law enforcement? 301 00:20:29,236 --> 00:20:34,956 Speaker 1: Personally, that crossed my mind, yes. But I think more 302 00:20:35,396 --> 00:20:38,576 Speaker 1: than anything, I thought this guy was just seriously out 303 00:20:38,596 --> 00:20:41,806 Speaker 1: to hurt somebody. A lone wolf type of guy. 304 00:20:43,346 --> 00:20:44,966 Speaker 8: Did Rauta's name come up at that point? 305 00:20:45,586 --> 00:20:45,886 Speaker 7: I think with. 306 00:20:47,106 --> 00:20:51,966 Speaker 1: With Rauta, I think that came up probably after they 307 00:20:52,026 --> 00:20:56,056 Speaker 1: saw the tape with him burglarizing and the gun. 308 00:20:58,056 --> 00:21:01,916 Speaker 3: This conversation has definitely helped me understand how and when 309 00:21:02,496 --> 00:21:05,996 Speaker 3: Anthony Rauta became a suspect. But I wonder if he 310 00:21:06,036 --> 00:21:08,846 Speaker 3: can speak to the other thing that's puzzling me, the 311 00:21:08,866 --> 00:21:11,686 Speaker 3: investigation into Sergeant Wright and Lieutenant Royal. 312 00:21:12,706 --> 00:21:14,646 Speaker 1: I don't think it was fair. I don't think it 313 00:21:14,706 --> 00:21:20,606 Speaker 1: was right. and I don't think it was warranted. Two deputies, 314 00:21:20,626 --> 00:21:24,086 Speaker 1: or two people from Lost Hills, which is commonly thought 315 00:21:24,106 --> 00:21:28,026 Speaker 1: of as a slow station, went out and basically found 316 00:21:28,086 --> 00:21:32,766 Speaker 1: a murderer and stayed persistent and collected some important evidence. 317 00:21:33,446 --> 00:21:37,426 Speaker 1: And I don't know if personally that rubbed somebody the 318 00:21:37,466 --> 00:21:40,546 Speaker 1: wrong way or they felt like it made them look bad, 319 00:21:41,106 --> 00:21:47,576 Speaker 1: but I can't really give an answer to the motives 320 00:21:47,736 --> 00:21:52,516 Speaker 1: of it, but it just, like I said, neither one 321 00:21:52,536 --> 00:21:57,256 Speaker 1: of them deserve to be punished. They deserve to be rewarded. 322 00:21:58,426 --> 00:22:02,766 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people were thinking that these 323 00:22:02,806 --> 00:22:08,746 Speaker 1: two guys got screwed for working extremely hard, and like 324 00:22:08,786 --> 00:22:10,796 Speaker 1: I said, it just did not make sense. 325 00:22:13,136 --> 00:22:16,156 Speaker 3: So according to Detective Manuel, it wasn't that they did 326 00:22:16,196 --> 00:22:21,406 Speaker 3: something wrong. It was politics. But who did they piss off? 327 00:22:22,746 --> 00:23:01,256 Speaker 3: Who is that powerful? So I make a plan to 328 00:23:01,316 --> 00:23:04,956 Speaker 3: visit Cece Woods. She knows a ton about the Sheriff's 329 00:23:04,976 --> 00:23:09,876 Speaker 3: Department and is laser-focused on Lost Hills. All this stuff, 330 00:23:10,036 --> 00:23:13,796 Speaker 3: the exile of Sergeant Wright and Lieutenant Royal, the investigations 331 00:23:13,836 --> 00:23:17,386 Speaker 3: into their police work, it all happened under the leadership 332 00:23:17,426 --> 00:23:22,946 Speaker 3: of her friend, Sheriff Alex Villanueva. Cece gives me directions 333 00:23:23,006 --> 00:23:26,486 Speaker 3: to a $ 15 million Malibu beach house. It belongs to 334 00:23:26,546 --> 00:23:29,426 Speaker 3: another friend of hers. I drive up to find her 335 00:23:29,466 --> 00:23:31,236 Speaker 3: in the garage. doing her laundry. 336 00:23:32,256 --> 00:23:35,116 Speaker 8: Because it's 8 million degrees two miles up the canyon, 337 00:23:35,576 --> 00:23:39,206 Speaker 8: and I didn't want you guys to melt. And I'm 338 00:23:39,276 --> 00:23:42,686 Speaker 8: always here, actually. I literally come here, hang out with 339 00:23:42,706 --> 00:23:46,726 Speaker 8: my girlfriend, I do my laundry in luxury, and I work. 340 00:23:46,746 --> 00:23:47,846 Speaker 8: This is where I work. 341 00:23:49,986 --> 00:23:53,886 Speaker 3: We walk inside, and the ocean fills every window. There's 342 00:23:53,926 --> 00:23:58,006 Speaker 3: a pool, a gym, a massive tank filled with rare jellyfish. 343 00:23:59,116 --> 00:24:01,926 Speaker 3: We sit down in the private movie theater, and she 344 00:24:01,986 --> 00:24:05,146 Speaker 3: launches right into a discussion of Sheriff Villanueva. 345 00:24:06,146 --> 00:24:07,626 Speaker 8: So my relationship with Alex, okay. 346 00:24:08,366 --> 00:24:12,386 Speaker 3: She's crazy about him. When his retriever died, she posted 347 00:24:12,406 --> 00:24:15,436 Speaker 3: a picture of him, his wife Vivian, and the dog. 348 00:24:16,586 --> 00:24:20,516 Speaker 3: I love you, she wrote. She says there's a lot 349 00:24:20,556 --> 00:24:23,596 Speaker 3: of speculation about her closeness to Sheriff Villanueva. 350 00:24:24,056 --> 00:24:29,746 Speaker 8: You know, it started professionally. When you're in a high-profile relationship, situation, 351 00:24:31,046 --> 00:24:34,446 Speaker 8: which with me started with the Malibu Creek State Park shootings, 352 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:36,446 Speaker 8: and that just kind of put my name all over 353 00:24:36,486 --> 00:24:41,666 Speaker 8: the world. And it still continues to. So when you 354 00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:47,796 Speaker 8: form a relationship with somebody professionally during a very, excuse me, 355 00:24:47,836 --> 00:24:56,266 Speaker 8: during a very profound, life-changing time, so the The people 356 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:58,146 Speaker 8: who are meant to stay in your life will stay. 357 00:24:58,686 --> 00:25:00,246 Speaker 8: And the people who are not meant to stay in 358 00:25:00,286 --> 00:25:02,686 Speaker 8: your life are not going to. Whoa. 359 00:25:03,346 --> 00:25:05,866 Speaker 3: This conversation is getting weirder by the minute. 360 00:25:06,726 --> 00:25:08,066 Speaker 8: I think they just look at me because I'm this 361 00:25:08,176 --> 00:25:11,996 Speaker 8: cute little blonde thing. You know, this mouthy little big-boob 362 00:25:12,056 --> 00:25:15,616 Speaker 8: blonde thing. And they think that, like, that's enough to 363 00:25:15,656 --> 00:25:19,396 Speaker 8: sway the sheriff's, like, opinion, which is bullshit. And it's like, 364 00:25:20,316 --> 00:25:23,616 Speaker 8: you know, I want to protect my ass, too, by. 365 00:25:25,806 --> 00:25:28,806 Speaker 8: Not allowing people to think that I would ever use 366 00:25:28,846 --> 00:25:35,986 Speaker 8: my sexuality to get somewhere because I don't. I use facts. Facts, truth, data, whatever. 367 00:25:37,026 --> 00:25:40,526 Speaker 3: Cece says Sheriff Villanueva is doing exactly what she wants, 368 00:25:41,186 --> 00:25:43,086 Speaker 3: cleaning house at Lost Hills Station. 369 00:25:43,486 --> 00:25:47,056 Speaker 8: Holy shit. Okay, good Lost Hills and bad Lost Hills. 370 00:25:47,856 --> 00:25:50,676 Speaker 8: Let's go to the bad Lost Hills. Bad Lost Hills 371 00:25:51,596 --> 00:25:55,736 Speaker 8: has been around for a very long time. That dark 372 00:25:55,796 --> 00:26:00,596 Speaker 8: cloud just hung right over that station. You want to 373 00:26:00,876 --> 00:26:07,186 Speaker 8: talk about continuing the rogue cop mentality? That's what was 374 00:26:07,226 --> 00:26:09,706 Speaker 8: happening at that department. 375 00:26:09,806 --> 00:26:12,986 Speaker 3: In 2019, a captain she really disliked had taken over 376 00:26:13,026 --> 00:26:13,746 Speaker 3: at Lost Hills. 377 00:26:14,566 --> 00:26:16,286 Speaker 8: At this point, I'm really fucking sick and tired of 378 00:26:16,326 --> 00:26:19,746 Speaker 8: that asshole, okay? And everybody else who's a cock blocker 379 00:26:19,806 --> 00:26:20,166 Speaker 8: over there. 380 00:26:20,786 --> 00:26:23,996 Speaker 3: She wanted Sheriff Villanueva to get rid of him. And, 381 00:26:24,076 --> 00:26:27,096 Speaker 3: she says, she made it clear. She would send Villanueva 382 00:26:27,176 --> 00:26:28,156 Speaker 3: pictures of the captain. 383 00:26:28,176 --> 00:26:31,196 Speaker 8: I would draw a red circle around his head. I 384 00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:39,986 Speaker 8: would put a big X through it. I couldn't help myself. 385 00:26:40,206 --> 00:26:41,746 Speaker 8: I'm like, I want that fucker gone. 386 00:26:43,306 --> 00:26:45,466 Speaker 3: The guy she's talking about was captain at the time 387 00:26:45,506 --> 00:26:48,716 Speaker 3: of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash. So that wasn't good. 388 00:26:49,696 --> 00:26:52,916 Speaker 3: And CeCe was upset about a sexual assault investigation where 389 00:26:52,936 --> 00:26:55,996 Speaker 3: the victim was a college student in Malibu. So she 390 00:26:56,096 --> 00:26:59,566 Speaker 3: pushed to get the captain canned. And then for Chuck 391 00:26:59,586 --> 00:27:02,186 Speaker 3: Becerra to get his job, which he did. 392 00:27:03,006 --> 00:27:06,866 Speaker 8: From what I heard, a rumor on the eighth floor 393 00:27:06,886 --> 00:27:12,926 Speaker 8: is that when Alex did that, every captain in the 394 00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:17,246 Speaker 8: department crossed their legs and protected their manhood. 395 00:27:17,326 --> 00:27:25,406 Speaker 3: Ha ha ha! Cece clearly finds this all exhilarating. 396 00:27:25,946 --> 00:27:31,046 Speaker 8: So now, as soon as that happened, like two months later, 397 00:27:31,746 --> 00:27:35,146 Speaker 8: one of the deputies comes up to me. He's like, oh, hey, Cece, blah, blah, blah. 398 00:27:35,746 --> 00:27:37,846 Speaker 8: You know, I just wanted you to know that, like, 399 00:27:38,566 --> 00:27:42,426 Speaker 8: at least half the station is scared to death of you. 400 00:27:43,146 --> 00:27:45,826 Speaker 8: I'm like, that means half the station's not doing their job. 401 00:27:45,846 --> 00:27:47,106 Speaker 3: Okay. 402 00:27:47,626 --> 00:27:50,386 Speaker 8: So you let them know if I catch them, I 403 00:27:50,426 --> 00:27:51,386 Speaker 8: will put them on blast. 404 00:27:52,186 --> 00:27:52,526 Speaker 5: Okay? 405 00:27:52,706 --> 00:27:55,716 Speaker 8: Whether it's an article or whatever it is, I'm going 406 00:27:55,736 --> 00:27:59,436 Speaker 8: to make sure all the right people know. So they 407 00:27:59,516 --> 00:28:02,556 Speaker 8: should be scared of a watchdog. They should be. 408 00:28:03,436 --> 00:28:06,596 Speaker 3: She says she's looking out for Sheriff Villanueva's best interests 409 00:28:07,096 --> 00:28:09,146 Speaker 3: and going to war with his enemies. 410 00:28:10,186 --> 00:28:12,686 Speaker 8: He's not a fan of these people who are making 411 00:28:12,706 --> 00:28:13,506 Speaker 8: the department look bad. 412 00:28:14,306 --> 00:28:15,506 Speaker 3: Who is she talking about? 413 00:28:16,206 --> 00:28:19,406 Speaker 8: I'm going to say a royal and a right are 414 00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:23,896 Speaker 8: not in his... On his good boy list, you know 415 00:28:23,916 --> 00:28:24,836 Speaker 8: what I mean? 416 00:28:25,396 --> 00:28:29,676 Speaker 3: I really don't. There are some 10,000 deputies in the L.A. 417 00:28:29,716 --> 00:28:34,176 Speaker 3: Sheriff's Department. How would Alex Villanueva even be aware of 418 00:28:34,276 --> 00:28:39,256 Speaker 3: two former Malibu cops? Detective Manuel said there were some politics. 419 00:28:40,336 --> 00:28:44,556 Speaker 3: Did Sergeant Wright and Lieutenant Royal somehow piss off the sheriff? 420 00:28:45,466 --> 00:28:48,906 Speaker 3: Or did they piss off CeCe? Or are these things 421 00:28:49,046 --> 00:28:50,326 Speaker 3: now one and the same? 422 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:56,296 Speaker 8: But I'm no different than an activist who uses my 423 00:28:56,336 --> 00:29:02,796 Speaker 8: platform to affect change. So that's what I do. And 424 00:29:02,856 --> 00:29:08,156 Speaker 8: because Malibu is so well known, Alex knows that basically 425 00:29:08,576 --> 00:29:11,916 Speaker 8: if we fart over here, it's going to make global news. 426 00:29:12,356 --> 00:29:12,676 Speaker 1: Okay? 427 00:29:14,116 --> 00:29:16,676 Speaker 3: Speaking of which, she's got a new article in the works. 428 00:29:17,396 --> 00:29:18,316 Speaker 8: It's going to be a bombshell. 429 00:29:19,446 --> 00:29:21,496 Speaker 3: Cece checks the time. She's got to go. 430 00:29:22,556 --> 00:29:27,096 Speaker 8: I'm going to go see Vivian Villanueva. There's like a 431 00:29:27,156 --> 00:29:29,876 Speaker 8: dispatcher's lunch over at Duke's, so I'm going to go 432 00:29:29,896 --> 00:29:30,476 Speaker 8: meet with those guys. 433 00:29:32,346 --> 00:29:35,606 Speaker 3: She's on her way to a lunch with Villanueva's wife, Vivian, 434 00:29:37,226 --> 00:29:43,136 Speaker 3: at Duke's, that surfer-themed restaurant on PCH. So first the sheriff, 435 00:29:43,656 --> 00:29:47,336 Speaker 3: and now his wife. I guess everyone loves the energy 436 00:29:47,356 --> 00:30:08,176 Speaker 3: out in Malibu. Captain Becerra isn't done with me he 437 00:30:08,236 --> 00:30:11,286 Speaker 3: keeps calling He wants to know how I'm getting on. 438 00:30:12,406 --> 00:30:15,426 Speaker 3: He's chipper, as usual, but there's starting to be a 439 00:30:15,546 --> 00:30:21,606 Speaker 3: frantic edge to his patter. You really need to find 440 00:30:21,666 --> 00:30:25,206 Speaker 3: out the truth, he says. He tells me that Sergeant 441 00:30:25,266 --> 00:30:32,246 Speaker 3: Wright and Lieutenant Royal are causing him trouble. Actually, he says, 442 00:30:32,786 --> 00:30:35,296 Speaker 3: the Wright and Royal thing is like shit, and I 443 00:30:35,356 --> 00:30:38,466 Speaker 3: can't keep it off my boots. He says he's stepping 444 00:30:38,526 --> 00:30:40,676 Speaker 3: in it, tracking it all over his carpet. 445 00:30:42,976 --> 00:30:43,236 Speaker 5: What? 446 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:48,296 Speaker 3: They botched the investigation, he tells me. They're giving the 447 00:30:48,336 --> 00:30:57,576 Speaker 3: defense a defense, he says. They're helping Anthony Rauta. There's 448 00:30:57,596 --> 00:31:00,816 Speaker 3: a pair of top-secret reports detailing all the ways Sergeant 449 00:31:00,836 --> 00:31:04,886 Speaker 3: Wright and Lieutenant Royal allegedly screwed up. The Internal Affairs 450 00:31:04,946 --> 00:31:09,156 Speaker 3: reports about their police work. Captain Becerra says he's going 451 00:31:09,176 --> 00:31:11,636 Speaker 3: to put them in an envelope, write my name on it. 452 00:31:12,236 --> 00:31:14,176 Speaker 3: He's going to tape it to the bottom of his desk. 453 00:31:14,976 --> 00:31:17,146 Speaker 3: And if he's killed in the line of duty, I 454 00:31:17,186 --> 00:31:23,786 Speaker 3: should come to Lost Hills and claim it. It's Captain 455 00:31:23,806 --> 00:31:28,956 Speaker 3: Becerra again. I'm driving on PCH, the ocean on my left, 456 00:31:29,396 --> 00:31:32,896 Speaker 3: mountains on my right. He's going on and on about 457 00:31:32,936 --> 00:31:36,046 Speaker 3: the screw-ups in the router case. I know what he 458 00:31:36,086 --> 00:31:38,956 Speaker 3: thinks of Wright and Royal, or as he calls them, 459 00:31:39,176 --> 00:31:43,956 Speaker 3: Tweedledee and Tweedledum. But what about the other cops? Ty Berry, 460 00:31:44,076 --> 00:31:47,136 Speaker 3: the major crimes lead, who showed up at Rauta's early hearings. 461 00:31:47,856 --> 00:31:52,596 Speaker 3: And Daniel Morris, the homicide detective who witnessed Tristan Beaudet's autopsy. 462 00:31:53,376 --> 00:31:55,716 Speaker 3: The ones with records of misconduct, which I got from 463 00:31:55,736 --> 00:32:00,496 Speaker 3: the DA's office. The dirty cops. I realize I've never 464 00:32:00,596 --> 00:32:05,086 Speaker 3: asked him about those guys. Berry and Morris, he says brightly. 465 00:32:05,746 --> 00:32:08,706 Speaker 3: I do know them. We were deputies together 20 years ago. 466 00:32:09,766 --> 00:32:15,526 Speaker 3: We're like-minded, he says. We understand each other. All of 467 00:32:15,566 --> 00:32:26,096 Speaker 3: a sudden, I feel kind of sick. Disoriented. I'm remembering 468 00:32:26,136 --> 00:32:29,716 Speaker 3: this weird moment that happened when Becerra was first showing 469 00:32:29,736 --> 00:32:32,496 Speaker 3: me around the station. He asked if I wanted to 470 00:32:32,556 --> 00:32:37,046 Speaker 3: see the jail. I did, for sure. I knew Rauta 471 00:32:37,066 --> 00:32:40,726 Speaker 3: had spent time there. So Basara asked the jailer for 472 00:32:40,746 --> 00:32:43,366 Speaker 3: the keys. He led me to a cell with a 473 00:32:43,406 --> 00:32:47,136 Speaker 3: cot along one wall. I walked in, and as I 474 00:32:47,176 --> 00:32:50,216 Speaker 3: was looking around, I heard the sound of clanking metal. 475 00:32:51,716 --> 00:32:57,616 Speaker 3: He was closing the door. And then, still smiling, he 476 00:32:57,696 --> 00:32:58,356 Speaker 3: locked me in. 477 00:33:07,176 --> 00:33:07,856 Speaker 8: Thank you. 478 00:33:33,756 --> 00:33:36,876 Speaker 3: Lost Hills is written and hosted by me, Dana Goodyear. 479 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:41,316 Speaker 3: It's produced by Western Sound and Pushkin Industries. For more 480 00:33:41,336 --> 00:33:45,246 Speaker 3: information about my investigation, follow at Lost Hills Pod on 481 00:33:45,306 --> 00:33:50,286 Speaker 3: social media. Up next, Episode 7, Morning Light.