1 00:00:15,086 --> 00:00:15,456 Speaker 1: Pushkin. 2 00:00:24,386 --> 00:00:25,346 Speaker 2: I'm sorry. 3 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:54,096 Speaker 3: There's been a major development in the investigation into the 4 00:00:54,116 --> 00:00:56,566 Speaker 3: murder of a father who was killed while camping with 5 00:00:56,606 --> 00:00:58,806 Speaker 3: his two young daughters in California last June. 6 00:01:00,166 --> 00:01:03,586 Speaker 4: On the first Monday in January 2019, while he's still 7 00:01:03,626 --> 00:01:06,526 Speaker 4: finishing out his sentence for the probation and weapons violations, 8 00:01:07,286 --> 00:01:10,656 Speaker 4: Anthony Rauta is charged with a series of crimes in Malibu. 9 00:01:10,956 --> 00:01:14,136 Speaker 3: Anthony Rauta was charged yesterday with one count of murder. 10 00:01:14,536 --> 00:01:17,896 Speaker 3: He also faces 10 counts of attempted murder and five 11 00:01:17,956 --> 00:01:20,456 Speaker 3: counts of burglary over a string of shootings. They date 12 00:01:20,496 --> 00:01:23,276 Speaker 3: back to 2016. 13 00:01:23,276 --> 00:01:26,356 Speaker 4: I expected this. You could see it coming a mile away. 14 00:01:27,096 --> 00:01:30,686 Speaker 4: But it's still pretty shocking. For months, the cops have 15 00:01:30,706 --> 00:01:33,846 Speaker 4: been saying that they can't connect the various crimes. All 16 00:01:33,886 --> 00:01:38,306 Speaker 4: those near misses, the murder, the armed burglaries. Now they're 17 00:01:38,346 --> 00:01:40,916 Speaker 4: saying not only that they're connected, but that they were 18 00:01:40,996 --> 00:01:46,096 Speaker 4: all committed by the same person, Anthony Rauta. So that's 19 00:01:46,256 --> 00:01:50,436 Speaker 4: one count of murder, Tristan Beaudet, ten counts of attempted murder, 20 00:01:50,796 --> 00:01:53,756 Speaker 4: including Beaudet's two young daughters and all the victims of 21 00:01:53,776 --> 00:01:58,006 Speaker 4: the near misses. The charges don't say much about the 22 00:01:58,056 --> 00:02:01,726 Speaker 4: weapons or ammunition used in the crimes, but news reports 23 00:02:01,786 --> 00:02:04,906 Speaker 4: confirm the rumor I've been hearing, that Beaudet was killed 24 00:02:04,926 --> 00:02:08,166 Speaker 4: with a 9mm round, the same kind of ammunition that 25 00:02:08,246 --> 00:02:13,116 Speaker 4: Rauta was arrested with. Rauta pleads not guilty at the arraignment. 26 00:02:14,376 --> 00:02:17,976 Speaker 4: And he's confident. He wants to proceed to trial as 27 00:02:18,036 --> 00:02:22,966 Speaker 4: quickly as possible. Every time I see Rauta's father, Ozzy, 28 00:02:23,306 --> 00:02:27,066 Speaker 4: he says, I hope he didn't do this. But he 29 00:02:27,186 --> 00:02:30,966 Speaker 4: also repeats what Rauta is telling him. He's saying he's innocent, 30 00:02:31,206 --> 00:02:33,686 Speaker 4: Ozzy tells me. He said, I didn't even want to 31 00:02:33,726 --> 00:02:36,796 Speaker 4: be around people. People cause problems. So how can they 32 00:02:36,836 --> 00:02:41,016 Speaker 4: say I did this? I try to schedule a visit 33 00:02:41,036 --> 00:02:44,906 Speaker 4: with Rauta, but it's abruptly canceled. Finally, he does. In 34 00:02:44,946 --> 00:02:45,726 Speaker 4: subsequent letters, he writes. 35 00:03:14,306 --> 00:03:16,666 Speaker 4: I know people must feel I'm guilty, but I suffer 36 00:03:16,726 --> 00:03:20,506 Speaker 4: every day. I suffered sometimes when I was free. I 37 00:03:20,546 --> 00:03:22,706 Speaker 4: know I'm innocent, but I can't prove that because of 38 00:03:22,746 --> 00:03:25,606 Speaker 4: the emotions that are involved. There's nothing I can say 39 00:03:25,646 --> 00:03:31,256 Speaker 4: to clear my name. There's nothing I want to say. Okay, fine. 40 00:03:31,996 --> 00:03:34,356 Speaker 4: But I noticed something about his writing, a kind of 41 00:03:34,476 --> 00:03:37,876 Speaker 4: parallel he's setting up between himself and, of all people, 42 00:03:38,276 --> 00:03:43,186 Speaker 4: Tristan Beaudet. He refers to Beaudet as an innocent person, 43 00:03:43,786 --> 00:03:47,186 Speaker 4: and he says that he, Anthony Rauta, is also an 44 00:03:47,226 --> 00:03:53,326 Speaker 4: innocent person. They're both victims, in his view. He writes, 45 00:03:53,946 --> 00:03:56,686 Speaker 4: If you feel the family of Mr. Beaudet needs some closure, 46 00:03:56,706 --> 00:04:00,736 Speaker 4: I can try to help that. That's definitely a surprise. 47 00:04:01,696 --> 00:04:05,836 Speaker 4: And so is this. Quote, The Beaudet family and friends 48 00:04:05,896 --> 00:04:09,716 Speaker 4: can blame the sheriff's department for his death. That's where 49 00:04:09,736 --> 00:04:19,206 Speaker 4: the justice is at. I'm Dana Goodyear, and this is 50 00:04:19,266 --> 00:04:19,986 Speaker 4: Lost Hills. 51 00:04:20,006 --> 00:04:24,416 Speaker 1: Lost Hills. 52 00:04:47,526 --> 00:04:56,206 Speaker 4: Episode 3. Lost. Ever since her husband, Tristan Beaudet, died, 53 00:04:57,046 --> 00:05:01,226 Speaker 4: Erica Wu has felt like she's trapped inside a never-ending dream. 54 00:05:02,106 --> 00:05:05,006 Speaker 1: You know, the moment my sister told me what had happened, 55 00:05:05,736 --> 00:05:08,236 Speaker 1: I feel like I was just watching myself for the 56 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:11,916 Speaker 1: rest of the day in a way, you know? Live 57 00:05:11,956 --> 00:05:16,316 Speaker 1: out this horrible sort of nightmare. And I still feel 58 00:05:16,366 --> 00:05:19,386 Speaker 1: that way sometimes, like it's so unbelievable. This isn't real, 59 00:05:19,646 --> 00:05:24,826 Speaker 1: that this is some sort of dream or nightmare or 60 00:05:24,886 --> 00:05:28,966 Speaker 1: movie or something that I'm just watching happening to my family, 61 00:05:29,026 --> 00:05:30,426 Speaker 1: to myself and to my family. 62 00:05:31,226 --> 00:05:33,976 Speaker 4: She woke up alone that morning at home in Orange County, 63 00:05:34,366 --> 00:05:37,396 Speaker 4: getting ready to take her medical exam. The whole reason 64 00:05:37,436 --> 00:05:40,476 Speaker 4: why Tristan had taken the girls camping and she'd stayed back. 65 00:05:41,516 --> 00:05:44,646 Speaker 4: Then somehow her oldest sister was at her door. then 66 00:05:44,686 --> 00:05:45,826 Speaker 4: driving her to Malibu. 67 00:05:46,886 --> 00:05:50,856 Speaker 1: I mean, it's such a blur, but they told me 68 00:05:51,976 --> 00:05:55,776 Speaker 1: what little they knew at the time was that Tristan 69 00:05:55,816 --> 00:05:58,276 Speaker 1: had been shot and that he was dead, but that 70 00:05:58,296 --> 00:06:01,576 Speaker 1: the girls were safe. And, you know, in the hours 71 00:06:01,596 --> 00:06:04,316 Speaker 1: that it took me to get there, I was not 72 00:06:04,356 --> 00:06:06,976 Speaker 1: believing any of it, you know? I didn't believe that 73 00:06:08,376 --> 00:06:10,176 Speaker 1: he was really, you know, like, it was just so 74 00:06:10,236 --> 00:06:15,016 Speaker 1: unbelievable to me. And I remember... arguing on the phone 75 00:06:15,076 --> 00:06:17,736 Speaker 1: just how do you know that he's dead like why 76 00:06:17,756 --> 00:06:22,636 Speaker 1: why isn't he at the hospital like who who said 77 00:06:22,676 --> 00:06:24,616 Speaker 1: he was dead like how do they how do they 78 00:06:24,666 --> 00:06:28,326 Speaker 1: know um and then when they told me the girls 79 00:06:28,366 --> 00:06:30,986 Speaker 1: were safe I mean I just remember thinking like what 80 00:06:31,026 --> 00:06:33,026 Speaker 1: if they're not are you just saying that are you 81 00:06:33,066 --> 00:06:35,706 Speaker 1: just waiting until I get there to tell me um 82 00:06:39,296 --> 00:06:41,596 Speaker 1: it was just I mean like it just gosh it 83 00:06:41,636 --> 00:06:45,336 Speaker 1: just really messes with your mind, you know, hearing that, 84 00:06:45,856 --> 00:06:48,836 Speaker 1: that information. So I think I was all over the place. 85 00:06:53,406 --> 00:06:55,446 Speaker 1: I tried to go to the campground and I think 86 00:06:55,486 --> 00:06:58,966 Speaker 1: it was one of the, um, rangers or somebody there 87 00:06:59,026 --> 00:07:02,506 Speaker 1: that said something like that to me that this never happened, 88 00:07:02,536 --> 00:07:05,616 Speaker 1: you know, this kind of stuff never happens here, which just, 89 00:07:06,456 --> 00:07:10,466 Speaker 1: you know, at the time it was sort of like, okay, well, 90 00:07:10,506 --> 00:07:12,126 Speaker 1: that's good to know that that kind of stuff never 91 00:07:12,166 --> 00:07:16,086 Speaker 1: happens here, but also just happened, you know, like it 92 00:07:16,126 --> 00:07:19,736 Speaker 1: just happened. Like, uh, yeah. 93 00:07:20,876 --> 00:07:26,796 Speaker 4: And it would come out that in fact, many similar 94 00:07:26,936 --> 00:07:32,776 Speaker 4: things without being anywhere near catastrophic in the way that 95 00:07:32,816 --> 00:07:35,416 Speaker 4: it was with Tristan, but there've been a lot of 96 00:07:35,436 --> 00:07:36,076 Speaker 4: near misses. 97 00:07:36,376 --> 00:07:36,616 Speaker 1: Yeah. 98 00:07:38,076 --> 00:07:38,556 Speaker 4: People knew. 99 00:07:40,096 --> 00:07:42,356 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that was something that I didn't find out 100 00:07:42,576 --> 00:07:45,296 Speaker 1: until much later on. Yeah. 101 00:07:49,516 --> 00:07:53,356 Speaker 4: I'm at Erica's new house in the Bay Area. This 102 00:07:53,436 --> 00:07:55,336 Speaker 4: is not the home she and Tristan were going to 103 00:07:55,376 --> 00:07:58,616 Speaker 4: move into. It's a different place that he never saw. 104 00:07:58,636 --> 00:08:02,616 Speaker 4: A townhouse in a row of identical townhouses near the 105 00:08:02,666 --> 00:08:05,926 Speaker 4: medical center where she works. She asked me to come 106 00:08:05,966 --> 00:08:08,696 Speaker 4: here for a reason. She doesn't want to talk about 107 00:08:08,736 --> 00:08:12,076 Speaker 4: the night of Tristan's death, the investigation, the charges against 108 00:08:12,176 --> 00:08:16,616 Speaker 4: Anthony Rauta, or the impending criminal trial. The words Rauta 109 00:08:16,876 --> 00:08:20,166 Speaker 4: and Malibu feel like they exist on some other planet, 110 00:08:20,926 --> 00:08:24,226 Speaker 4: light years away from her grief. I want to tell 111 00:08:24,366 --> 00:08:28,086 Speaker 4: Tristan's story, she says. I want to tell our story. 112 00:08:29,466 --> 00:08:31,806 Speaker 4: This neighborhood is so friendly and nice. 113 00:08:31,906 --> 00:08:32,506 Speaker 3: It's lovely. 114 00:08:32,526 --> 00:08:33,886 Speaker 5: Are you guys settling in? 115 00:08:34,686 --> 00:08:38,366 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're settled, as settled as you can be. 116 00:08:38,606 --> 00:08:41,166 Speaker 4: Before we get started, she shows me around. Do you 117 00:08:41,186 --> 00:08:42,326 Speaker 4: want us to leave our shoes down here? 118 00:08:42,346 --> 00:08:43,746 Speaker 5: That's fine. 119 00:08:44,966 --> 00:08:48,326 Speaker 4: There's a tiny kitchen, a breakfast nook, a cozy living room. 120 00:08:49,146 --> 00:08:51,406 Speaker 4: Every inch of the house, down to the balcony, is 121 00:08:51,566 --> 00:08:55,266 Speaker 4: filled with kids' toys. One wall is devoted to framed 122 00:08:55,326 --> 00:08:57,746 Speaker 4: paintings that Clara made with Tristan. 123 00:08:58,006 --> 00:08:58,886 Speaker 5: Isn't this the best? 124 00:08:58,926 --> 00:09:00,456 Speaker 1: Like, this is my favorite. So she would do this 125 00:09:00,496 --> 00:09:03,156 Speaker 1: thing where she would draw... just like do this like 126 00:09:03,236 --> 00:09:05,636 Speaker 1: freehand draw and she would fill in all the colors 127 00:09:06,096 --> 00:09:08,096 Speaker 1: and Tristan got her to do it on a canvas. 128 00:09:08,776 --> 00:09:11,176 Speaker 1: So this was actually Mother's Day last year they gave 129 00:09:11,196 --> 00:09:12,656 Speaker 1: me this and that coffee machine. 130 00:09:13,896 --> 00:09:17,866 Speaker 4: And everywhere there are pictures of Tristan smiling on a 131 00:09:17,876 --> 00:09:23,006 Speaker 4: hiking trail at Yosemite at Glacier National Park carrying Clara 132 00:09:23,106 --> 00:09:25,446 Speaker 4: in his arms and Evie in a frame pack on 133 00:09:25,486 --> 00:09:26,026 Speaker 4: his shoulders. 134 00:09:26,746 --> 00:09:27,586 Speaker 1: I'm really happy. 135 00:09:27,606 --> 00:09:28,326 Speaker 2: Yeah. 136 00:09:30,366 --> 00:09:34,926 Speaker 4: You guys went out into the wilderness a lot. 137 00:09:35,366 --> 00:09:38,486 Speaker 5: Yeah yeah I mean that was all Tristan he loved 138 00:09:38,506 --> 00:09:41,706 Speaker 5: to do that stuff um took me a long time 139 00:09:41,746 --> 00:09:43,926 Speaker 5: to be able to put up the pictures of him 140 00:09:44,006 --> 00:09:47,426 Speaker 5: but yeah you know obviously sorry it's a balance between 141 00:09:48,606 --> 00:09:53,066 Speaker 5: still wanting to see pictures um of him and wanting 142 00:09:53,086 --> 00:09:54,606 Speaker 5: the girls to be able to see pictures of him 143 00:09:54,766 --> 00:09:58,616 Speaker 5: but balancing that was uh just still being really hard 144 00:09:58,646 --> 00:10:01,786 Speaker 5: for me yeah I mean, we have a ton of 145 00:10:01,856 --> 00:10:03,776 Speaker 5: family pictures and stuff like that that I haven't been 146 00:10:03,796 --> 00:10:04,876 Speaker 5: able to put up yet. 147 00:10:05,316 --> 00:10:05,596 Speaker 1: Yeah. 148 00:10:07,916 --> 00:10:08,516 Speaker 5: Sorry. 149 00:10:08,536 --> 00:10:08,796 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. 150 00:10:11,716 --> 00:10:15,296 Speaker 4: The pictures are painful, but she knows they're important. And 151 00:10:15,336 --> 00:10:17,756 Speaker 4: that pretty much captures her reason for talking to me. 152 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:20,636 Speaker 4: She wants to create a portrait of Tristan that is 153 00:10:20,676 --> 00:10:26,496 Speaker 4: something other than his violent death. Erica and Tristan both 154 00:10:26,536 --> 00:10:29,476 Speaker 4: grew up in Fresno, California, in the Central Valley, a 155 00:10:30,136 --> 00:10:32,976 Speaker 4: mid-sized city in the middle of farm country, where the 156 00:10:33,016 --> 00:10:37,586 Speaker 4: credit card was invented and the modern landfill. Erica was 157 00:10:37,626 --> 00:10:41,586 Speaker 4: the fourth of five girls, serious, a little bit reserved. 158 00:10:42,486 --> 00:10:46,326 Speaker 4: In her senior year, she met Tristan, this happy, exuberant 159 00:10:46,366 --> 00:10:48,146 Speaker 4: guy bursting with confidence. 160 00:10:49,656 --> 00:10:52,156 Speaker 1: We met because we had a mutual friend who was 161 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:55,366 Speaker 1: trying to find him a date for a winter formal. 162 00:10:55,986 --> 00:10:59,306 Speaker 1: So it was January of our senior year in high 163 00:10:59,326 --> 00:10:59,886 Speaker 1: school that we met. 164 00:11:00,746 --> 00:11:03,406 Speaker 4: And did you have an impression from that night or 165 00:11:03,426 --> 00:11:06,446 Speaker 4: something you remember? Yeah, I mean. 166 00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:10,776 Speaker 1: He was a happy guy and he was very sort 167 00:11:10,796 --> 00:11:12,256 Speaker 1: of just. 168 00:11:16,726 --> 00:11:19,466 Speaker 1: Uncomplicated, you know, like he sort of just wore everything 169 00:11:19,526 --> 00:11:20,186 Speaker 1: on his sleeve. 170 00:11:24,826 --> 00:11:26,816 Speaker 4: I think it's a testament to both of you that 171 00:11:26,856 --> 00:11:29,276 Speaker 4: that was not a super awkward night. 172 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:33,856 Speaker 1: It was probably awkward. I'm sure it was awkward. But 173 00:11:35,036 --> 00:11:39,386 Speaker 1: he was definitely like first serious boyfriend. I mean, yeah. 174 00:11:42,426 --> 00:11:45,626 Speaker 4: After high school, Erica went to Stanford. Tristan went abroad 175 00:11:45,666 --> 00:11:49,576 Speaker 4: for a year and then to UC San Diego. At 176 00:11:49,616 --> 00:11:54,016 Speaker 4: his graduation, he surprised everyone. He had the highest GPA 177 00:11:54,036 --> 00:11:54,696 Speaker 4: in his college. 178 00:11:56,736 --> 00:11:59,916 Speaker 1: He was one of those, it just like came very 179 00:11:59,996 --> 00:12:02,346 Speaker 1: easily to him, kind of every, you know, what he 180 00:12:02,366 --> 00:12:04,086 Speaker 1: was good at in terms of like chemistry. Like I 181 00:12:04,106 --> 00:12:07,306 Speaker 1: feel like for me, like I've always, you know, like 182 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:09,726 Speaker 1: I have to study a lot to know what I know, 183 00:12:09,786 --> 00:12:12,806 Speaker 1: but he just like knew it and it would click 184 00:12:12,946 --> 00:12:13,626 Speaker 1: and he was. 185 00:12:16,656 --> 00:12:22,566 Speaker 4: Yeah, he was the smartest person I knew. Then he 186 00:12:22,606 --> 00:12:25,126 Speaker 4: was at Berkeley for grad school in chemistry and she 187 00:12:25,146 --> 00:12:27,886 Speaker 4: was in San Francisco for medical school. They moved in 188 00:12:27,906 --> 00:12:31,386 Speaker 4: together and then got married in 2008 when she was 189 00:12:31,386 --> 00:12:35,606 Speaker 4: 26 and he was 25. Right away, Tristan made himself 190 00:12:35,666 --> 00:12:37,816 Speaker 4: an indispensable part of Erica's family. 191 00:12:38,876 --> 00:12:41,716 Speaker 1: Tristan's personality was just, you know, he got along with everybody. 192 00:12:41,936 --> 00:12:44,536 Speaker 1: You know, he was one of those people where He had, like, 193 00:12:44,576 --> 00:12:45,816 Speaker 1: zero social anxiety. 194 00:12:46,436 --> 00:12:49,656 Speaker 4: With four sisters, Erica had a pack of brothers-in-law, and 195 00:12:49,696 --> 00:12:53,886 Speaker 4: Tristan became their ringleader. He loved to plan a 20-person 196 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:57,906 Speaker 4: family dinner, a trip to Hawaii, and especially any kind 197 00:12:57,926 --> 00:13:01,966 Speaker 4: of outdoor adventure. And once he became a father, his 198 00:13:02,046 --> 00:13:04,606 Speaker 4: love of nature took on a whole new dimension. 199 00:13:05,476 --> 00:13:08,736 Speaker 1: Clara would ask a question like, you know, where do 200 00:13:08,756 --> 00:13:10,856 Speaker 1: the clouds come from? Or where is the rain coming from? 201 00:13:10,896 --> 00:13:14,716 Speaker 1: And he would give, like, a scientifically accurate answer that 202 00:13:14,766 --> 00:13:19,256 Speaker 1: she could understand, you know, at three or four. One 203 00:13:19,296 --> 00:13:20,656 Speaker 1: of the things I loved was that he used to 204 00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:23,256 Speaker 1: teach the girls stuff like that, you know, like he 205 00:13:23,296 --> 00:13:24,056 Speaker 1: knew that kind of stuff. 206 00:13:25,396 --> 00:13:28,636 Speaker 4: The days before Tristan died are bright in Erica's memory, 207 00:13:29,256 --> 00:13:33,036 Speaker 4: super saturated. First, there was Father's Day. 208 00:13:34,036 --> 00:13:35,796 Speaker 1: So it was just a couple days before he passed. 209 00:13:37,816 --> 00:13:40,056 Speaker 1: We went to the beach because that's what he said 210 00:13:40,076 --> 00:13:44,746 Speaker 1: he wanted to do. And, um, I remember we, it was, uh, 211 00:13:44,986 --> 00:13:46,826 Speaker 1: like a really beautiful day and it was super sunny 212 00:13:46,886 --> 00:13:51,736 Speaker 1: and Tristan set up like a little sunshade. Um, and 213 00:13:52,236 --> 00:13:54,616 Speaker 1: the girls were playing in the waves. They were letting 214 00:13:54,636 --> 00:13:56,956 Speaker 1: the waves chase them. And I remember running after them 215 00:13:56,996 --> 00:14:00,516 Speaker 1: and Tristan running after them. And I remember sort of, um, 216 00:14:02,056 --> 00:14:06,156 Speaker 1: looking at them, the three of them and just thinking 217 00:14:06,216 --> 00:14:09,866 Speaker 1: how lucky I was, you know, to have them. 218 00:14:20,166 --> 00:14:22,646 Speaker 4: After Father's Day, they started getting ready for their move 219 00:14:22,716 --> 00:14:26,756 Speaker 4: up to the Bay Area. Erica was really busy. She 220 00:14:26,796 --> 00:14:29,836 Speaker 4: had her big exam on June 22nd and was studying 221 00:14:29,956 --> 00:14:35,766 Speaker 4: nonstop in between shifts at the hospital. So he was like, oh, 222 00:14:35,806 --> 00:14:36,406 Speaker 4: you know, it's perfect. 223 00:14:36,426 --> 00:14:38,566 Speaker 1: I'll get them out of the house Thursday night. You'll have, 224 00:14:38,726 --> 00:14:40,886 Speaker 1: you know, you'll be able to focus on the test, 225 00:14:40,926 --> 00:14:42,406 Speaker 1: do whatever you need to do. 226 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:45,456 Speaker 4: But Evie was a little sick that week, and Erica 227 00:14:45,476 --> 00:14:48,736 Speaker 4: was secretly hoping they would just stay home. She hated 228 00:14:48,756 --> 00:14:53,296 Speaker 4: it when they left. She always worried. They waffled until 229 00:14:53,316 --> 00:14:56,056 Speaker 4: the last minute. But it was their last week in 230 00:14:56,116 --> 00:15:01,536 Speaker 4: Southern California. Maybe their last chance. Tristan decided to go 231 00:15:01,596 --> 00:15:01,876 Speaker 4: for it. 232 00:15:05,066 --> 00:15:07,266 Speaker 1: We all woke up a little bit late and, um, 233 00:15:07,426 --> 00:15:10,286 Speaker 1: he made the girls breakfast. And I remember sort of 234 00:15:10,506 --> 00:15:13,586 Speaker 1: helping them get out the door, um, getting the girls 235 00:15:13,646 --> 00:15:17,906 Speaker 1: dressed and braiding their hair. You know, like I remember Tristan, 236 00:15:18,246 --> 00:15:20,526 Speaker 1: the one thing Tristan couldn't do was anything with their hair. 237 00:15:20,546 --> 00:15:22,616 Speaker 1: So I remember braiding both of the girls hair and 238 00:15:22,626 --> 00:15:24,046 Speaker 1: I'm just like, okay, just leave it like this until 239 00:15:24,076 --> 00:15:27,256 Speaker 1: you guys get back. And, you know, he was just 240 00:15:27,296 --> 00:15:29,136 Speaker 1: in such a good mood. He, you know, like I said, his, 241 00:15:29,516 --> 00:15:31,376 Speaker 1: the trip for him started as soon as he started 242 00:15:31,416 --> 00:15:33,856 Speaker 1: planning it. So he was getting all the gear together and, um, 243 00:15:36,246 --> 00:15:39,636 Speaker 1: pet loading up the car. Um, and I remember he 244 00:15:39,676 --> 00:15:41,916 Speaker 1: put the bikes on the roof, you know, and we 245 00:15:41,936 --> 00:15:45,616 Speaker 1: both thought it was super cute that, um, that my 246 00:15:45,636 --> 00:15:50,656 Speaker 1: daughter's bike was next to his. I remember, um, girls 247 00:15:50,696 --> 00:15:54,136 Speaker 1: putting their shoes on and, um, my older one helping 248 00:15:54,156 --> 00:15:55,706 Speaker 1: the little one put her shoes on so that they 249 00:15:55,726 --> 00:15:57,126 Speaker 1: could get out the door. And they were just so 250 00:15:57,166 --> 00:15:59,306 Speaker 1: excited to, you know, to go on this. 251 00:15:59,226 --> 00:15:59,886 Speaker 2: Trip with daddy. 252 00:15:59,906 --> 00:16:05,666 Speaker 1: Um, yeah. And I know it's like in retrospect, but 253 00:16:07,576 --> 00:16:09,376 Speaker 1: I think part of me that like was a little 254 00:16:09,396 --> 00:16:12,836 Speaker 1: bit anxious saying bye to them and I remember feeling 255 00:16:12,856 --> 00:16:17,106 Speaker 1: that way as they were leaving um but he loaded 256 00:16:17,126 --> 00:16:18,766 Speaker 1: the girls first and then he came back and sort 257 00:16:18,806 --> 00:16:20,386 Speaker 1: of held open the garage door to say bye to 258 00:16:20,426 --> 00:16:23,826 Speaker 1: me and um I just remember saying telling him to 259 00:16:23,866 --> 00:16:27,316 Speaker 1: be careful um I was always worried about the girls 260 00:16:27,356 --> 00:16:30,876 Speaker 1: again I just thought he was so untouchable um but 261 00:16:30,896 --> 00:16:32,616 Speaker 1: I remember just saying you know be careful with them 262 00:16:33,196 --> 00:16:37,546 Speaker 1: drive safe you've precious cargo in your back seat um. 263 00:16:40,246 --> 00:16:41,046 Speaker 4: Come back. 264 00:16:44,806 --> 00:16:46,706 Speaker 1: Um i would always say stuff like that you know 265 00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:50,046 Speaker 1: like i said i was like worried or something like 266 00:16:50,066 --> 00:16:52,266 Speaker 1: bring them back to me you all come you know 267 00:16:52,286 --> 00:16:57,626 Speaker 1: you come back together um you know he just you 268 00:16:57,666 --> 00:16:59,356 Speaker 1: know did what he always said to be like erica 269 00:16:59,716 --> 00:17:02,016 Speaker 1: don't worry we're gonna be fine you know nothing can 270 00:17:02,056 --> 00:17:05,716 Speaker 1: happen you know being out there that was like his 271 00:17:06,336 --> 00:17:08,756 Speaker 1: sanctuary you know like he didn't think something he would 272 00:17:08,816 --> 00:17:12,026 Speaker 1: never believe that something like that could have happened um 273 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,526 Speaker 1: and i just remember him saying erica just go study 274 00:17:16,386 --> 00:17:18,986 Speaker 1: take your test by the time you're done we'll be 275 00:17:19,026 --> 00:17:27,916 Speaker 1: back we'll celebrate um and then he just you know 276 00:17:27,976 --> 00:17:41,376 Speaker 1: kissed me on the cheek and he's gone Gosh, and 277 00:17:41,396 --> 00:17:44,276 Speaker 1: I feel like I can still remember what he felt 278 00:17:44,336 --> 00:17:53,416 Speaker 1: like standing there. You know? He was just so there 279 00:17:54,456 --> 00:17:56,386 Speaker 1: one minute and then so gone the next. 280 00:17:56,406 --> 00:18:37,056 Speaker 4: I don't know. Tristan sent her texts and pictures throughout 281 00:18:37,096 --> 00:18:40,996 Speaker 4: the day. The last one was late, just before bed. 282 00:18:41,936 --> 00:18:45,856 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he said Evie was maybe having a 283 00:18:45,856 --> 00:18:50,906 Speaker 1: hard time. I mean, she was two. But he would 284 00:18:50,946 --> 00:18:52,746 Speaker 1: send me, like, thumbs up. You know, I think he 285 00:18:52,766 --> 00:18:55,666 Speaker 1: sent me, like, a thumbs up, and he said, you know, 286 00:18:57,366 --> 00:19:00,416 Speaker 1: study hard, you know, what he would always say. Mm-hmm. 287 00:19:02,736 --> 00:19:07,796 Speaker 4: Losing Tristan, Erica feels she lost everything. Not just her husband, 288 00:19:08,076 --> 00:19:12,436 Speaker 4: but herself. That Erica. The Erica that was Tristan's wife 289 00:19:12,576 --> 00:19:15,896 Speaker 4: is gone. And the girls, who they were when their 290 00:19:15,916 --> 00:19:20,656 Speaker 4: father was alive, they're gone too. The family as it was, 291 00:19:21,496 --> 00:19:22,516 Speaker 4: it disappeared forever. 292 00:19:26,096 --> 00:19:32,826 Speaker 1: God. Losing him in front of them, um, How that, 293 00:19:36,706 --> 00:19:38,506 Speaker 1: what kind of impact that has on them, you know, 294 00:19:38,546 --> 00:19:44,706 Speaker 1: in a way. I feel like that sort of family 295 00:19:44,746 --> 00:19:48,326 Speaker 1: that I had died too, you know, like part of me, 296 00:19:49,506 --> 00:19:50,066 Speaker 1: part of them. 297 00:19:56,536 --> 00:20:00,156 Speaker 4: Life with Tristan was in full color. Now the three 298 00:20:00,176 --> 00:20:13,476 Speaker 4: of them are surviving in the grayed-out time after. From 299 00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:16,356 Speaker 4: the minute Erica set foot in Lost Hills Station on 300 00:20:16,376 --> 00:20:19,116 Speaker 4: the morning of Tristan's death, She says she's struggled to 301 00:20:19,156 --> 00:20:23,056 Speaker 4: get information about the case. The Sheriff's Department keeps citing 302 00:20:23,236 --> 00:20:28,516 Speaker 4: the ongoing investigation, telling her only the bare minimum. There 303 00:20:28,536 --> 00:20:30,976 Speaker 4: was only one way to get answers, she tells me. 304 00:20:32,136 --> 00:20:34,196 Speaker 4: A few months before I met her, she filed a 305 00:20:34,196 --> 00:20:38,976 Speaker 4: $ 90 million claim with the county. She names Anthony Rauta 306 00:20:39,216 --> 00:20:43,596 Speaker 4: as liable in her husband's death, but he's almost an afterthought. 307 00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:48,996 Speaker 4: The Sheriff's Department and California State Parks She alleges they 308 00:20:49,096 --> 00:20:53,736 Speaker 4: acted with deliberate indifference and negligence. They willfully created the 309 00:20:53,776 --> 00:20:57,836 Speaker 4: conditions for the shooting to occur. There was a danger, 310 00:20:58,306 --> 00:21:01,886 Speaker 4: they knew about it, she claims, and they didn't tell anyone. 311 00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:06,486 Speaker 4: It's their fault, she says, that her husband is dead. 312 00:21:18,536 --> 00:21:20,686 Speaker 6: History is made in the race for L.A. 313 00:21:20,726 --> 00:21:21,406 Speaker 4: County Sheriff. 314 00:21:21,666 --> 00:21:25,246 Speaker 7: In winning, Villanueva ousted the incumbent sheriff, Jim McDonald, a 315 00:21:25,326 --> 00:21:29,326 Speaker 7: feat that has not been accomplished in more than 100 years. 316 00:21:30,326 --> 00:21:34,786 Speaker 4: The upstart, the outsider. Alex Villanueva retired at the rank 317 00:21:34,806 --> 00:21:38,866 Speaker 4: of lieutenant. He never even ran a station. And in 318 00:21:38,946 --> 00:21:45,186 Speaker 4: November of 2018, he's elected the new sheriff. Here are 319 00:21:45,206 --> 00:21:48,416 Speaker 4: the basics about the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. It's not 320 00:21:48,436 --> 00:21:52,776 Speaker 4: the LAPD. LAPD wears dark blue. Sheriff's deputies wear the 321 00:21:52,816 --> 00:21:55,406 Speaker 4: khaki shirts and green pants and have a big star 322 00:21:55,446 --> 00:21:59,926 Speaker 4: on their chests, Old West style. The LAPD polices the 323 00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:03,246 Speaker 4: city of L.A., while the Sheriff's Department patrols the dozens 324 00:22:03,286 --> 00:22:05,766 Speaker 4: of cities in the county that don't have their own forces, 325 00:22:06,266 --> 00:22:10,676 Speaker 4: like Malibu and Calabasas, as well as the county's unincorporated areas, 326 00:22:11,176 --> 00:22:14,586 Speaker 4: like where Malibu Creek State Park is. In all, it 327 00:22:14,606 --> 00:22:17,826 Speaker 4: has something like 10,000 deputies who cover an area of 328 00:22:17,866 --> 00:22:21,846 Speaker 4: nearly 3,000 square miles. They also work the jails and 329 00:22:21,866 --> 00:22:26,626 Speaker 4: the courts. One more thing. For decades, the L.A. Sheriff's 330 00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:30,596 Speaker 4: Department has been mired in scandal. Maybe you heard of 331 00:22:30,676 --> 00:22:34,616 Speaker 4: Lee Baca, two sheriffs back? He's in prison now, as 332 00:22:34,696 --> 00:22:39,196 Speaker 4: is his undersheriff, Paul Tanaka, for obstructing an FBI investigation 333 00:22:39,276 --> 00:22:42,846 Speaker 4: into the treatment of inmates in the jail system. Alex 334 00:22:42,866 --> 00:22:47,126 Speaker 4: Villanueva says he's going to clean it all up. That 335 00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:51,846 Speaker 4: sounds ambitious and, frankly, all-consuming. And you wouldn't think it 336 00:22:51,886 --> 00:22:55,226 Speaker 4: would have much to do with sleepy old, fancy old Malibu. 337 00:22:55,366 --> 00:22:55,866 Speaker 1: May I have. 338 00:22:55,826 --> 00:22:59,156 Speaker 2: Your attention and please give a warm round of applause 339 00:22:59,196 --> 00:23:00,696 Speaker 2: for Sheriff Villanueva. 340 00:23:03,536 --> 00:23:06,616 Speaker 4: But here he is at Duke's, a surfer-themed restaurant on 341 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:09,996 Speaker 4: the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway, talking about fixing 342 00:23:10,096 --> 00:23:11,336 Speaker 4: Malibu's problems, too. 343 00:23:12,156 --> 00:23:12,756 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, everyone. 344 00:23:12,776 --> 00:23:16,156 Speaker 8: I want to thank CeCe Woods and the mayor and 345 00:23:16,176 --> 00:23:19,536 Speaker 8: everyone for coming, for being in attendance here. 346 00:23:20,146 --> 00:23:23,406 Speaker 4: It's all thanks to CeCe Woods, the Malibu activist who 347 00:23:23,446 --> 00:23:26,246 Speaker 4: broke the story of the near-misses, and has been calling 348 00:23:26,286 --> 00:23:28,776 Speaker 4: out the Lost Hills cops for, as she sees it, 349 00:23:29,506 --> 00:23:33,306 Speaker 4: lying to the community. She was a vocal cheerleader for 350 00:23:33,346 --> 00:23:37,396 Speaker 4: Villanueva during his outsider campaign. She used her social media 351 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,696 Speaker 4: feeds and her website, The Local, to celebrate him. and 352 00:23:40,736 --> 00:23:43,356 Speaker 4: run down his opponent, who she blamed for the problems 353 00:23:43,416 --> 00:23:44,116 Speaker 4: at Lost Hills. 354 00:23:44,696 --> 00:23:51,176 Speaker 8: And now it looks like CeCe's support is being rewarded. 355 00:23:51,196 --> 00:23:55,616 Speaker 8: There she is, in the front row, in a leopard 356 00:23:55,636 --> 00:24:11,546 Speaker 8: print dress, listening to Villanueva. And now let me segue 357 00:24:11,566 --> 00:24:12,886 Speaker 8: to our homeless expert. 358 00:24:13,896 --> 00:24:16,286 Speaker 4: He sits back down and I see she wasn't kidding. 359 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:22,016 Speaker 4: She has the sheriff's ear. Literally, she's leaning over, whispering 360 00:24:22,056 --> 00:24:26,756 Speaker 4: into it. I wonder what this all means. Will Cece, 361 00:24:26,836 --> 00:24:28,996 Speaker 4: with her access to the new sheriff, be able to 362 00:24:29,056 --> 00:24:32,936 Speaker 4: find out what no one seems to know? What really 363 00:24:32,976 --> 00:24:36,796 Speaker 4: happened in Malibu? How the shootings could go on for 364 00:24:36,936 --> 00:24:56,496 Speaker 4: so long, unchecked, until finally... someone got killed. Anthony Rauta's 365 00:24:56,536 --> 00:25:00,476 Speaker 4: case is creeping through preliminary hearings, and the prosecutor says 366 00:25:00,536 --> 00:25:03,876 Speaker 4: that the sheriff's department is still working on ballistics. Also, 367 00:25:04,196 --> 00:25:08,486 Speaker 4: they discovered seven electronic devices in Rauta's camp. That's a 368 00:25:08,526 --> 00:25:11,126 Speaker 4: lot of cell phones and computers and Kindles for a 369 00:25:11,146 --> 00:25:14,166 Speaker 4: hermit who doesn't want to talk to anyone. They all 370 00:25:14,206 --> 00:25:17,026 Speaker 4: need to be analyzed, which is going to take even 371 00:25:17,106 --> 00:25:25,136 Speaker 4: more time. But Cece Woods doesn't need to wait. She's 372 00:25:25,156 --> 00:25:29,396 Speaker 4: getting a constant stream of information about the investigation. Not 373 00:25:29,436 --> 00:25:32,376 Speaker 4: just from her new highly placed friends in law enforcement, 374 00:25:33,876 --> 00:25:35,036 Speaker 4: but from her tea leaf reader. 375 00:25:36,236 --> 00:25:36,796 Speaker 8: No, no, no. 376 00:25:36,816 --> 00:25:39,616 Speaker 7: I used to go like every six months. And then 377 00:25:40,176 --> 00:25:43,316 Speaker 7: there was like a year and a half break, maybe. 378 00:25:43,856 --> 00:25:47,296 Speaker 7: And then all of a sudden, the last city council 379 00:25:47,516 --> 00:25:50,096 Speaker 7: election and my marriage going down the tubes. 380 00:25:50,136 --> 00:25:51,556 Speaker 2: I'm like, time to call Monica. 381 00:25:52,936 --> 00:25:58,326 Speaker 4: Monica's source. Cece's psychic source. Cece doesn't think Rauta did it. 382 00:25:58,716 --> 00:26:02,126 Speaker 4: And she wants to find out who did. And more important, 383 00:26:02,626 --> 00:26:03,926 Speaker 4: what the cops did wrong. 384 00:26:04,736 --> 00:26:09,356 Speaker 7: I have literally had more than 49 readings since. 385 00:26:09,396 --> 00:26:11,016 Speaker 5: Which is so not the norm. 386 00:26:11,426 --> 00:26:13,966 Speaker 7: But now since she's seen that every time I have 387 00:26:14,006 --> 00:26:17,586 Speaker 7: a reading, new information comes up, now she doesn't ignore me. 388 00:26:17,626 --> 00:26:23,286 Speaker 7: She knows shit's going down. And so she better text Monica, emergency, 389 00:26:23,326 --> 00:26:25,176 Speaker 7: it's urgent. Shit's going down. 390 00:26:26,116 --> 00:26:29,656 Speaker 4: I've got to see this. One day, Cece lets me 391 00:26:29,696 --> 00:26:30,256 Speaker 4: tag along. 392 00:26:30,676 --> 00:26:35,266 Speaker 6: My psychic-ness started through dreams. I do have a spirit 393 00:26:35,306 --> 00:26:38,086 Speaker 6: guide that works with me. He's actually the one who 394 00:26:38,106 --> 00:26:40,916 Speaker 6: does the reading, and he speaks to me. He's a Virgo. 395 00:26:40,936 --> 00:26:43,786 Speaker 6: He's very, you know, because he's kind of quirky, and 396 00:26:43,826 --> 00:26:45,956 Speaker 6: sometimes it's like a riddle, you know, and you have 397 00:26:45,976 --> 00:26:47,716 Speaker 6: to kind of figure it out, or it comes up 398 00:26:47,756 --> 00:26:50,036 Speaker 6: in a quirky way. You know, it'll show up, like, 399 00:26:50,076 --> 00:26:51,936 Speaker 6: for instance, one time I said to somebody, I see 400 00:26:51,956 --> 00:26:54,156 Speaker 6: Howard Stern in your cup, and they're like, what? And 401 00:26:54,176 --> 00:26:56,716 Speaker 6: then a couple of weeks later, she bumped into him 402 00:26:56,736 --> 00:26:58,996 Speaker 6: in a 7-Eleven. But, I mean, quirky. 403 00:26:59,116 --> 00:27:03,816 Speaker 4: It's like, yeah. Monica Soros lives with a roommate in 404 00:27:03,836 --> 00:27:06,986 Speaker 4: a cookie-cutter stucco house on a four-lane road in Burbank. 405 00:27:07,736 --> 00:27:11,286 Speaker 4: She does her readings in a tiny paneled room. There 406 00:27:11,326 --> 00:27:17,686 Speaker 4: are owls everywhere. Big, small, ceramic, stuffed, perched, peering, sharp-beaked. 407 00:27:18,366 --> 00:27:22,446 Speaker 4: Like the world's creepiest bed and breakfast. Her two dogs, 408 00:27:22,946 --> 00:27:27,156 Speaker 4: Wolfman and Bandit, suffer from anxiety, she says. So during readings, 409 00:27:27,436 --> 00:27:28,496 Speaker 4: she holds them in her lap. 410 00:27:29,346 --> 00:27:31,926 Speaker 6: Cece, pick your tea and put two teaspoons in your cup. 411 00:27:32,946 --> 00:27:35,906 Speaker 4: The table is set with a red checked tablecloth, blue 412 00:27:35,946 --> 00:27:39,306 Speaker 4: and white china, and glass jars filled with loose leaf tea. 413 00:27:39,866 --> 00:27:42,166 Speaker 6: And then when she gets her tea in there and 414 00:27:42,206 --> 00:27:44,286 Speaker 6: drinks it, she's going to stir it three times. Three 415 00:27:44,306 --> 00:27:46,206 Speaker 6: is the magic number. Three is a magical number. 416 00:27:46,886 --> 00:27:49,886 Speaker 4: Cece has two cell phones out, one for taping, one 417 00:27:49,926 --> 00:27:52,676 Speaker 4: for taking notes. She's on the edge of her seat. 418 00:27:53,616 --> 00:27:54,056 Speaker 2: Okay, you done? 419 00:27:54,136 --> 00:27:54,336 Speaker 1: Good. 420 00:27:54,716 --> 00:27:55,636 Speaker 6: Now do you remember what to do? 421 00:27:55,836 --> 00:27:58,276 Speaker 4: Cece puts the saucer on the cup and inverts it, 422 00:27:58,416 --> 00:28:00,896 Speaker 4: like she's flipping a cake out of a pan. One 423 00:28:00,936 --> 00:28:03,336 Speaker 4: hand on the cup, the other spinning the saucer. 424 00:28:04,086 --> 00:28:05,746 Speaker 7: Am I at three yet? Yeah, relax. 425 00:28:06,126 --> 00:28:07,126 Speaker 6: Embrace it, embrace it. 426 00:28:07,706 --> 00:28:11,126 Speaker 4: Monica Source lifts the overturned cup off the saucer and 427 00:28:11,286 --> 00:28:15,106 Speaker 4: stares into the dregs left on the plate. It looks 428 00:28:15,146 --> 00:28:18,376 Speaker 4: like tea leaves to me, but she starts channeling her 429 00:28:18,436 --> 00:28:20,876 Speaker 4: spirit guide. The dogs get anxious. 430 00:28:22,356 --> 00:28:23,116 Speaker 1: Gotcha. Okay. 431 00:28:23,936 --> 00:28:24,396 Speaker 4: Here we go. 432 00:28:25,476 --> 00:28:27,816 Speaker 6: I'm getting some initials around you. Of course, I'm getting 433 00:28:27,856 --> 00:28:31,866 Speaker 6: the J's. I'm getting the S's. It is actually spelling 434 00:28:32,006 --> 00:28:37,826 Speaker 6: out cops. So you're definitely going to be around cops. 435 00:28:38,966 --> 00:28:43,686 Speaker 4: She's getting Italian energy and Celtic energy and some Hispanic 436 00:28:43,726 --> 00:28:48,106 Speaker 4: energy and some strong Asian energy. She's getting a Rob 437 00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:49,106 Speaker 4: and a Joe. 438 00:28:49,936 --> 00:28:51,976 Speaker 6: Is he bad cop, good cop? 439 00:28:52,056 --> 00:28:53,216 Speaker 2: I haven't run into him yet. 440 00:28:53,476 --> 00:28:54,916 Speaker 6: Okay, because I'm getting morals. 441 00:28:54,996 --> 00:28:56,436 Speaker 2: So bad guy, you think? 442 00:28:57,416 --> 00:28:57,756 Speaker 6: Could be. 443 00:28:57,776 --> 00:28:59,516 Speaker 4: Okay. 444 00:28:59,776 --> 00:29:03,146 Speaker 6: And then it's simply spelling out proof. So there is 445 00:29:03,166 --> 00:29:05,586 Speaker 6: going to be proof. You are going to prove some 446 00:29:05,626 --> 00:29:08,006 Speaker 6: things that are going down, and you have the proof. 447 00:29:08,166 --> 00:29:09,466 Speaker 2: Okay, we'll find the proof. 448 00:29:09,666 --> 00:29:12,286 Speaker 6: And this patrol, do they do patrol by horses around 449 00:29:12,306 --> 00:29:12,726 Speaker 6: there too? 450 00:29:13,426 --> 00:29:14,306 Speaker 7: Malibu Creek State Park. 451 00:29:14,346 --> 00:29:15,746 Speaker 2: Okay, because that's what I'm getting. 452 00:29:15,766 --> 00:29:18,126 Speaker 4: The patrol is like by someone on a horse. 453 00:29:18,146 --> 00:29:18,306 Speaker 1: Okay. 454 00:29:19,206 --> 00:29:21,546 Speaker 7: Okay, so that could still be involved with Malibu Creek 455 00:29:21,566 --> 00:29:23,796 Speaker 7: State Park because Rauta did not do it. 456 00:29:25,166 --> 00:29:27,736 Speaker 6: I'm telling you, Rauta did not do it. Josh, I 457 00:29:27,746 --> 00:29:29,636 Speaker 6: don't know if we got Josh before, but I'm getting 458 00:29:29,676 --> 00:29:30,296 Speaker 6: like a Josh. 459 00:29:30,376 --> 00:29:31,076 Speaker 2: Okay. 460 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,396 Speaker 4: Yeah, we got that. 461 00:29:32,836 --> 00:29:36,096 Speaker 7: I just actually heard an issue with a Josh today. 462 00:29:37,516 --> 00:29:41,516 Speaker 4: Cece does not observe the psychic firewall. So sitting in 463 00:29:41,596 --> 00:29:45,106 Speaker 4: on her session with Monica's source is an opportunity for 464 00:29:45,206 --> 00:29:47,346 Speaker 4: me to hear what she's picking up from her other 465 00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:51,336 Speaker 4: sources in law enforcement about what's going on inside Lost 466 00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:52,036 Speaker 4: Hill Station. 467 00:29:52,436 --> 00:29:53,576 Speaker 2: You're kidding. A cop. 468 00:29:55,356 --> 00:29:57,596 Speaker 6: Yeah, something's coming in with the cop, for sure, for sure. 469 00:29:57,626 --> 00:29:58,036 Speaker 1: Okay. 470 00:29:58,226 --> 00:30:00,726 Speaker 6: And I'm also getting Tuesday or Thursday being significant. 471 00:30:00,746 --> 00:30:01,406 Speaker 2: You got that before? 472 00:30:01,726 --> 00:30:02,706 Speaker 5: Tuesday or Thursday. 473 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:07,186 Speaker 4: Oh my God, CIA. I have to admit, she's losing 474 00:30:07,246 --> 00:30:07,926 Speaker 4: me Yeah, but. 475 00:30:07,886 --> 00:30:09,606 Speaker 7: Isn't CIA like global shit? 476 00:30:09,846 --> 00:30:13,276 Speaker 4: Tuesday? Thursday? The CIA? 477 00:30:13,436 --> 00:30:14,576 Speaker 6: Why would they call it the CIA? 478 00:30:14,596 --> 00:30:15,136 Speaker 4: Yeah. 479 00:30:15,436 --> 00:30:15,876 Speaker 8: Who knows? 480 00:30:15,896 --> 00:30:19,496 Speaker 7: I could stumble upon something that may be, I mean, right? 481 00:30:19,996 --> 00:30:22,076 Speaker 6: Now, the T people. Who are the T people? 482 00:30:22,196 --> 00:30:26,416 Speaker 7: Well, there's a couple T people. There is Sergeant Tui Wright. 483 00:30:26,876 --> 00:30:31,786 Speaker 4: But now, a snap to attention. Sergeant Tui Wright. He's 484 00:30:31,826 --> 00:30:33,426 Speaker 4: the guy who took me on the helicopter ride. 485 00:30:33,746 --> 00:30:34,646 Speaker 6: Good cop, bad cop? 486 00:30:35,186 --> 00:30:37,666 Speaker 7: Uh, I think Tui is a bad cop. 487 00:30:38,406 --> 00:30:40,226 Speaker 4: She thinks Sergeant Wright's a bad cop? 488 00:30:40,826 --> 00:30:42,646 Speaker 6: Yeah, because one of them, it looks like it's not 489 00:30:42,666 --> 00:30:43,886 Speaker 6: looking too good for them either. 490 00:30:43,906 --> 00:30:51,706 Speaker 2: How great was that? 491 00:30:54,406 --> 00:30:56,526 Speaker 4: After the session's over, I sit in the car with 492 00:30:56,566 --> 00:30:59,506 Speaker 4: Cece for a minute. It's clear how little she thinks 493 00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:03,436 Speaker 4: of the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station. But now, I find 494 00:31:03,496 --> 00:31:05,436 Speaker 4: out something new and alarming. 495 00:31:05,986 --> 00:31:07,906 Speaker 7: Alex wouldn't even know this shit was going. 496 00:31:07,846 --> 00:31:09,206 Speaker 2: On if we didn't tell him. 497 00:31:10,386 --> 00:31:11,186 Speaker 4: Hold on a second. 498 00:31:11,826 --> 00:31:12,206 Speaker 1: Alex? 499 00:31:12,766 --> 00:31:16,076 Speaker 4: Alex Villanueva? The new L.A. County Sheriff? 500 00:31:16,936 --> 00:31:17,676 Speaker 2: There are a bunch. 501 00:31:17,616 --> 00:31:22,096 Speaker 7: Of lost mofos that need some direction. 502 00:31:22,836 --> 00:31:24,656 Speaker 3: Well, hopefully they're going to get it now from Alex. 503 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:27,316 Speaker 2: I mean, and that's why we voted for him. 504 00:31:27,336 --> 00:31:30,586 Speaker 7: Because we want him to succeed. We want him to 505 00:31:30,606 --> 00:31:34,726 Speaker 7: turn this damn department around. 506 00:31:34,746 --> 00:31:35,046 Speaker 1: Yes. Yes. 507 00:31:41,716 --> 00:31:46,576 Speaker 4: It sounds like Cece's feeding the sheriff information, possibly from 508 00:31:46,616 --> 00:31:50,586 Speaker 4: her tea leaf readings. And just like him, she's gone 509 00:31:50,646 --> 00:32:16,656 Speaker 4: from being a total outsider to a total insider. Cece 510 00:32:16,676 --> 00:32:19,956 Speaker 4: and I don't share methods, not at all. But there 511 00:32:20,156 --> 00:32:22,866 Speaker 4: are ways of finding out if someone is a bad cop. 512 00:32:24,246 --> 00:32:27,226 Speaker 4: The sheriff's department doesn't like to share personnel records. You 513 00:32:27,246 --> 00:32:30,046 Speaker 4: basically have to sue to get them. I put in 514 00:32:30,066 --> 00:32:33,376 Speaker 4: a public records request, and they tell me, essentially, get 515 00:32:33,436 --> 00:32:37,876 Speaker 4: in line. But the district attorney's office does keep files 516 00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:41,576 Speaker 4: on cops with histories of misconduct, cops they've been asked 517 00:32:41,596 --> 00:32:45,726 Speaker 4: to investigate. And they're supposed to keep these records, even 518 00:32:45,786 --> 00:32:49,436 Speaker 4: if they never file charges. That's because if a cop 519 00:32:49,496 --> 00:32:51,756 Speaker 4: is called on to testify in court and has a 520 00:32:51,796 --> 00:32:54,936 Speaker 4: history of misconduct, the defense is entitled to know that. 521 00:32:55,536 --> 00:33:00,576 Speaker 4: It's considered exculpatory. So I submit a series of requests 522 00:33:00,636 --> 00:33:03,736 Speaker 4: to the DA, asking about every name I can find 523 00:33:03,916 --> 00:33:07,296 Speaker 4: involved with the Malibu case. I also try to get 524 00:33:07,336 --> 00:33:10,716 Speaker 4: to know Sergeant Tui Wright, the Lost Hills detective who 525 00:33:10,736 --> 00:33:16,496 Speaker 4: seems to be the center of the Rauta investigation. All right, 526 00:33:16,776 --> 00:33:20,226 Speaker 4: are you ready? Can you say who you are? 527 00:33:20,246 --> 00:33:23,366 Speaker 2: Yeah, remember, you've got to speak up loud because I'm 528 00:33:23,386 --> 00:33:24,046 Speaker 2: hard of hearing. 529 00:33:25,366 --> 00:33:27,526 Speaker 4: After hounding him for months, I got him to give 530 00:33:27,566 --> 00:33:31,386 Speaker 4: me that helicopter tour of Malibu's killing zone. And today, 531 00:33:31,786 --> 00:33:34,966 Speaker 4: he's sitting down with me to do an interview. Sergeant 532 00:33:34,986 --> 00:33:38,026 Speaker 4: Wright is, by his own description, not totally at home 533 00:33:38,066 --> 00:33:41,186 Speaker 4: in the culture of the Sheriff's Department. He's an ex-Marine 534 00:33:41,606 --> 00:33:44,126 Speaker 4: and a vegan and a bow hunter who grew up 535 00:33:44,186 --> 00:33:48,326 Speaker 4: in Topanga Canyon, a hippie-trippy enclave in Lost Hills jurisdiction. 536 00:33:49,406 --> 00:33:53,026 Speaker 4: He's also gotten dozens of awards and commendations, especially for 537 00:33:53,066 --> 00:33:57,036 Speaker 4: his work leading the Malibu search and rescue team. He's conflicted. 538 00:33:57,356 --> 00:34:00,226 Speaker 4: He loves the Sheriff's Department, devoted his life to it. 539 00:34:01,216 --> 00:34:03,776 Speaker 4: But he says he wants to tell me the real story. 540 00:34:04,666 --> 00:34:07,566 Speaker 4: The truth about what went on behind the scenes at 541 00:34:07,606 --> 00:34:12,426 Speaker 4: Lost Hills Station before and after Tristan Beaudet was killed. 542 00:34:13,706 --> 00:34:18,986 Speaker 4: I've got so many questions. There were three shootings in 543 00:34:19,506 --> 00:34:28,196 Speaker 4: Malibu Creek State Park in late 2016 through January 2017. 544 00:34:28,576 --> 00:34:33,016 Speaker 4: I'm imagining because it is a small community and Malibu, 545 00:34:33,616 --> 00:34:36,766 Speaker 4: Lost Hills... Sheriff's Station is just a few miles from 546 00:34:36,806 --> 00:34:40,146 Speaker 4: the park, that you would have heard about those shootings 547 00:34:40,546 --> 00:34:41,406 Speaker 4: in the park, right? 548 00:34:42,286 --> 00:34:47,576 Speaker 2: Well, I did eventually hear about those shootings. I had 549 00:34:47,616 --> 00:34:52,396 Speaker 2: only heard about them when the state park supervisors called 550 00:34:52,436 --> 00:34:57,376 Speaker 2: Lieutenant Royal and told them that they had a series 551 00:34:57,456 --> 00:35:00,756 Speaker 2: of crimes that they wanted him to weigh in on. 552 00:35:02,276 --> 00:35:05,646 Speaker 4: Near misses one through three, Sergeant Wright tells me, all 553 00:35:05,686 --> 00:35:08,866 Speaker 4: happened on state park property, so it was the rangers' 554 00:35:08,886 --> 00:35:10,446 Speaker 4: responsibility to investigate. 555 00:35:11,266 --> 00:35:15,186 Speaker 2: California State Parks is a separate law enforcement agency. They 556 00:35:15,226 --> 00:35:19,206 Speaker 2: investigate the majority of their own crimes, and they make arrests. 557 00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,366 Speaker 2: They're full peace officers in the state of California. 558 00:35:22,966 --> 00:35:26,336 Speaker 4: The shootings were in state parks jurisdiction, but they didn't 559 00:35:26,376 --> 00:35:30,016 Speaker 4: get solved, and the problem didn't seem to be going away. 560 00:35:30,856 --> 00:35:33,536 Speaker 2: When you have three shootings in a particular period of 561 00:35:33,576 --> 00:35:37,276 Speaker 2: time in the same area and with the same type 562 00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:41,496 Speaker 2: of weapon at the same time of day, it makes 563 00:35:41,516 --> 00:35:46,376 Speaker 2: you think. I mean, these are an unknown assailant that 564 00:35:46,756 --> 00:35:49,676 Speaker 2: fired from the dark and disappeared into the night. Always 565 00:35:49,776 --> 00:35:50,316 Speaker 2: one shot. 566 00:35:51,006 --> 00:35:54,506 Speaker 4: Lieutenant Royal was Sergeant Wright's supervisor, and they were both concerned. 567 00:35:55,106 --> 00:35:57,066 Speaker 4: But when they took the information to their bosses at 568 00:35:57,106 --> 00:36:00,426 Speaker 4: the station, Sergeant Wright says, the bosses blew them off. 569 00:36:01,086 --> 00:36:03,626 Speaker 2: I was told by the captain that it was a 570 00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:08,996 Speaker 2: state parks problem. And obviously, Lieutenant Royal talked to him 571 00:36:09,036 --> 00:36:11,236 Speaker 2: and I talked to him about it. And there was 572 00:36:11,296 --> 00:36:14,796 Speaker 2: concern on our part because it's right down the street. 573 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:17,896 Speaker 2: It might technically be in the state parks jurisdiction, but 574 00:36:18,536 --> 00:36:21,956 Speaker 2: who's to say it couldn't spill out into ours? It 575 00:36:22,156 --> 00:36:24,736 Speaker 2: just didn't seem like there was much interest in it 576 00:36:24,956 --> 00:36:27,856 Speaker 2: at the supervisory levels above us. 577 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:33,496 Speaker 4: Five months after Sergeant Wright and Lieutenant Royal learned about 578 00:36:33,536 --> 00:36:36,516 Speaker 4: the three near-misses in the park, there was another shooting, 579 00:36:37,216 --> 00:36:41,076 Speaker 4: this time in Lost Hills jurisdiction, the white Porsche on 580 00:36:41,096 --> 00:36:44,576 Speaker 4: the Canyon Road at 4.30 a.m. That was the one 581 00:36:44,596 --> 00:36:46,856 Speaker 4: where the driver had to drive himself to the station 582 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:52,076 Speaker 4: to make a report, even after calling 911. Near-miss number four. 583 00:36:54,676 --> 00:36:58,776 Speaker 4: Six weeks after that, near-miss number five. A teenager driving 584 00:36:58,816 --> 00:37:01,396 Speaker 4: her mother's white BMW on her way to a surf 585 00:37:01,436 --> 00:37:06,766 Speaker 4: competition with a friend. Same road, same time. Something hit 586 00:37:06,806 --> 00:37:10,246 Speaker 4: the car, blowing out a back window. Fearing for their lives, 587 00:37:10,306 --> 00:37:13,606 Speaker 4: the teenagers sped away. And when they got to Surfrider Beach, 588 00:37:13,686 --> 00:37:15,516 Speaker 4: they saw that the back of the car was riddled 589 00:37:15,536 --> 00:37:22,016 Speaker 4: with holes. Pellets from birdshot. Lodged in the rear lights. 590 00:37:23,316 --> 00:37:27,316 Speaker 2: We went out and investigated that, and I personally went 591 00:37:27,416 --> 00:37:30,826 Speaker 2: out and looked at the scene, and we searched for evidence, 592 00:37:31,146 --> 00:37:37,806 Speaker 2: and I found a shotgun wadding that I believe came 593 00:37:37,826 --> 00:37:40,986 Speaker 2: from the shot, and I believe it gave me an 594 00:37:41,046 --> 00:37:43,016 Speaker 2: indication of where the shot was fired from. 595 00:37:44,656 --> 00:37:49,416 Speaker 4: By then, July 2017, 11 months before Tristan Beaudet was killed, 596 00:37:49,816 --> 00:37:53,216 Speaker 4: there had been five near-misses. three in the park, and 597 00:37:53,276 --> 00:38:00,326 Speaker 4: two on the road. There was a puzzling, if distinct, pattern. Location, time, ammunition, 598 00:38:01,066 --> 00:38:01,866 Speaker 4: a single shot. 599 00:38:03,766 --> 00:38:09,516 Speaker 2: Well, certainly the crimes, the shootings occurred in the wee 600 00:38:09,556 --> 00:38:14,516 Speaker 2: morning hours just before dawn. So that was one thing 601 00:38:14,556 --> 00:38:19,296 Speaker 2: that was consistent in his M.O., The other was, of course, 602 00:38:19,376 --> 00:38:21,956 Speaker 2: as you know, in the beginning, a shotgun was used. 603 00:38:22,016 --> 00:38:27,376 Speaker 2: So same weapon and one shot fired. That was pretty consistent. 604 00:38:28,076 --> 00:38:31,916 Speaker 2: And the location was a huge issue. Inside the state 605 00:38:31,956 --> 00:38:35,886 Speaker 2: park and one particular campground. The state park is huge, 606 00:38:36,646 --> 00:38:40,606 Speaker 2: but one particular campground, not spread all over. One spot 607 00:38:41,366 --> 00:38:46,006 Speaker 2: within a few camp spaces of another. And then finally, 608 00:38:46,206 --> 00:38:50,136 Speaker 2: on the highway... adjacent to the campground in the same spot. 609 00:38:51,956 --> 00:38:58,216 Speaker 2: So those were consistent patterns that I think indicated a 610 00:38:58,396 --> 00:39:02,796 Speaker 2: serial shooter. I think it was only common sense to 611 00:39:02,816 --> 00:39:03,596 Speaker 2: be able to see that. 612 00:39:04,276 --> 00:39:08,056 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright says he and Lieutenant Royal were frustrated and fearful. 613 00:39:08,716 --> 00:39:11,496 Speaker 4: When Sergeant Wright told me in the helicopter that it was, quote, 614 00:39:11,776 --> 00:39:14,936 Speaker 4: our greatest fear that the shooter would kill someone, He 615 00:39:14,976 --> 00:39:18,516 Speaker 4: meant it was his and Lieutenant Royal's greatest fear. But 616 00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:20,356 Speaker 4: they couldn't get traction with their theory. 617 00:39:20,376 --> 00:39:25,626 Speaker 2: To be told by other investigators or the department there 618 00:39:25,666 --> 00:39:29,426 Speaker 2: was no evidence or there was not enough information to 619 00:39:29,466 --> 00:39:32,286 Speaker 2: link these crimes, I just thought it was ridiculous. It 620 00:39:32,326 --> 00:39:33,106 Speaker 2: wasn't my opinion. 621 00:39:33,626 --> 00:39:36,816 Speaker 4: But while the investigation was sputtering along, word of a 622 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:38,636 Speaker 4: shooter got out among the deputies. 623 00:39:39,296 --> 00:39:43,176 Speaker 2: We all knew where the shooting ground was. And I 624 00:39:43,216 --> 00:39:47,576 Speaker 2: had heard rumors that patrol cars, some patrol cars would 625 00:39:47,616 --> 00:39:50,876 Speaker 2: go by there at high speed with their guns out 626 00:39:50,896 --> 00:39:55,196 Speaker 2: the window pointing in that direction. And I believe people 627 00:39:55,236 --> 00:39:59,616 Speaker 2: that knew warned their family members. not to drive by there. 628 00:40:01,676 --> 00:40:04,556 Speaker 4: This might be the most outrageous thing Sergeant Wright has 629 00:40:04,616 --> 00:40:08,876 Speaker 4: told me. The threat was real. The deputies knew there 630 00:40:08,896 --> 00:40:10,756 Speaker 4: was a shooter in the area and that he might 631 00:40:10,796 --> 00:40:15,356 Speaker 4: kill someone. They were scared, but the department still didn't 632 00:40:15,376 --> 00:40:20,816 Speaker 4: warn the public. And then the shooting stopped. For the 633 00:40:20,876 --> 00:40:24,776 Speaker 4: next 11 months, there was a lull, which, if anything, 634 00:40:24,916 --> 00:40:27,236 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright says, made him more nervous. 635 00:40:27,916 --> 00:40:30,116 Speaker 2: We were wondering during the gap what the heck was 636 00:40:30,156 --> 00:40:35,606 Speaker 2: going on. And I had told Lieutenant Royal that I 637 00:40:35,666 --> 00:40:38,686 Speaker 2: believed we had a serial shooter. I actually told him 638 00:40:38,706 --> 00:40:40,966 Speaker 2: I thought we had a serial killer that had not 639 00:40:41,026 --> 00:40:43,086 Speaker 2: killed yet in our area that we knew of. 640 00:40:44,226 --> 00:40:49,646 Speaker 4: A serial killer in Malibu. The lull in the shootings 641 00:40:49,706 --> 00:40:53,446 Speaker 4: was shattered in June 2018 when the white Tesla was 642 00:40:53,506 --> 00:40:57,736 Speaker 4: hit on the Canyon Road near Miss No. 6. Four 643 00:40:57,756 --> 00:41:06,346 Speaker 4: days later, Tristan Beaudet was killed in his tent. After 644 00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:09,906 Speaker 4: the murder, the detectives from Homicide and Major Crimes showed up. 645 00:41:10,366 --> 00:41:17,186 Speaker 2: After the murder, obviously, the department was taking note and 646 00:41:17,606 --> 00:41:18,666 Speaker 2: there was more interest. 647 00:41:19,886 --> 00:41:21,966 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright says that his search and rescue team was 648 00:41:22,026 --> 00:41:25,686 Speaker 4: told to keep assisting with the investigation. They knew the area. 649 00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:28,846 Speaker 4: They could be helpful. And as far as he's concerned, 650 00:41:29,266 --> 00:41:29,666 Speaker 4: they were. 651 00:41:30,246 --> 00:41:34,016 Speaker 2: We were there the day of the murder. And later, 652 00:41:34,036 --> 00:41:38,876 Speaker 2: Homicide went back with one of their volunteer teams to 653 00:41:39,836 --> 00:41:44,016 Speaker 2: try and find shell casings. And they were unable to 654 00:41:44,076 --> 00:41:46,216 Speaker 2: do so. When I heard that they found nothing, I 655 00:41:47,696 --> 00:41:51,176 Speaker 2: asked them if they wanted me to take a crack 656 00:41:51,236 --> 00:41:54,256 Speaker 2: at searching with my team. And they said, by all means. 657 00:41:56,106 --> 00:41:58,646 Speaker 4: A week after Beaudet was killed, he says, his search 658 00:41:58,666 --> 00:42:02,336 Speaker 4: and rescue team used metal detectors and found five 9mm 659 00:42:02,356 --> 00:42:06,196 Speaker 4: shell casings in the campground. It looked like multiple rounds 660 00:42:06,236 --> 00:42:08,316 Speaker 4: had been fired, though it was hard to say for sure. 661 00:42:09,176 --> 00:42:11,716 Speaker 4: Two of the casings were so rusted their head stamps 662 00:42:11,776 --> 00:42:12,556 Speaker 4: were illegible. 663 00:42:12,576 --> 00:42:17,136 Speaker 2: And that was a great find. Homicide was ecstatic. They 664 00:42:17,176 --> 00:42:19,256 Speaker 2: came out to the scene. They were very happy. 665 00:42:20,856 --> 00:42:24,086 Speaker 4: Later, Sergeant Wright decided to go looking for the actual bullets. 666 00:42:24,856 --> 00:42:27,726 Speaker 4: Only one, the one that killed Tristan Beaudet, had ever 667 00:42:27,766 --> 00:42:31,426 Speaker 4: been found, lodged in his right shoulder blade. But the 668 00:42:31,466 --> 00:42:34,486 Speaker 4: tent showed a second entry hole and an exit hole. 669 00:42:36,066 --> 00:42:38,176 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright and one of his search and rescue guys 670 00:42:38,236 --> 00:42:41,056 Speaker 4: went out to the campground. Their idea was to position 671 00:42:41,076 --> 00:42:44,316 Speaker 4: themselves where the 9mm casings had been found and aim 672 00:42:44,336 --> 00:42:48,646 Speaker 4: a laser toward Beaudet's campsite. The laser beam pointed at 673 00:42:48,686 --> 00:42:51,846 Speaker 4: a small hill in the distance. Sergeant Wright and his 674 00:42:51,906 --> 00:42:54,306 Speaker 4: team member dug into the hill and pulled out a 675 00:42:54,366 --> 00:42:59,606 Speaker 4: spent 9mm bullet. Sergeant Wright says he also helped Major 676 00:42:59,646 --> 00:43:02,666 Speaker 4: Crimes investigate the rash of burglaries that happened around the 677 00:43:02,706 --> 00:43:04,346 Speaker 4: park after Beaudet was killed. 678 00:43:05,606 --> 00:43:08,606 Speaker 2: Major Crimes certainly came in at some point after the 679 00:43:08,646 --> 00:43:13,996 Speaker 2: burglary started. And they do specialize in burglary, serial burglary investigations. 680 00:43:14,956 --> 00:43:17,176 Speaker 2: And there seemed to be more interest in that than 681 00:43:17,836 --> 00:43:24,626 Speaker 2: the shootings, which is strange. But we work closely with 682 00:43:24,666 --> 00:43:29,426 Speaker 2: Major Crimes. Major Crimes expected that help, and they deserve 683 00:43:29,466 --> 00:43:32,006 Speaker 2: that help from the locals that know the area. 684 00:43:32,806 --> 00:43:34,906 Speaker 4: He says that after he and one of his trackers 685 00:43:34,966 --> 00:43:37,666 Speaker 4: found those boot prints leading up into the hills, he 686 00:43:37,706 --> 00:43:39,106 Speaker 4: was the one that proposed a search. 687 00:43:40,426 --> 00:43:43,436 Speaker 2: Major Crimes was not doing anything in that particular spot 688 00:43:43,526 --> 00:43:47,146 Speaker 2: or area. So it was off the radar. Everything else 689 00:43:47,226 --> 00:43:50,046 Speaker 2: they were doing was sort of random, you know, stumbling 690 00:43:50,086 --> 00:43:55,196 Speaker 2: around looking for clues. I was able to convince Detective 691 00:43:55,216 --> 00:44:00,076 Speaker 2: Berry that we needed to go back there. And he said, OK, Tui. 692 00:44:00,616 --> 00:44:05,606 Speaker 4: Ty Berry, the major crimes detective. Gray hair, beard, chick kickers. 693 00:44:06,306 --> 00:44:08,206 Speaker 4: He's the guy I saw at one of Rauter's early 694 00:44:08,246 --> 00:44:10,866 Speaker 4: hearings for his probation and weapons violations. 695 00:44:11,526 --> 00:44:13,386 Speaker 2: So it was a combined Lost Hills team with two 696 00:44:13,406 --> 00:44:17,906 Speaker 2: major crimes guys added, and they went back there. We 697 00:44:17,946 --> 00:44:20,466 Speaker 2: stumbled upon Rauta, and we captured him. 698 00:44:21,066 --> 00:44:23,976 Speaker 4: Lieutenant Royal was on that team too, part of the 699 00:44:24,016 --> 00:44:29,456 Speaker 4: Rauta capture. And I would expect that even though it 700 00:44:29,496 --> 00:44:31,576 Speaker 4: was late in coming and even though it came after 701 00:44:31,596 --> 00:44:36,546 Speaker 4: a terrible tragedy, this was a great victory for Lost 702 00:44:36,566 --> 00:44:39,446 Speaker 4: Hills to have arrested this suspect. 703 00:44:39,996 --> 00:44:44,726 Speaker 2: It was a great victory, and I mean, we had 704 00:44:44,806 --> 00:44:49,526 Speaker 2: captured a non-burglar, but I happened to start to believe 705 00:44:49,566 --> 00:44:52,146 Speaker 2: that Rauter could be the suspect in the murder at 706 00:44:52,186 --> 00:44:56,046 Speaker 2: that point because of the particular firearm he had. And 707 00:44:56,346 --> 00:45:01,406 Speaker 2: it was such a great victory that the station captain 708 00:45:02,146 --> 00:45:03,436 Speaker 2: bought dinner for everybody. 709 00:45:04,216 --> 00:45:07,056 Speaker 4: In the beginning, he says, the department was treating him 710 00:45:07,136 --> 00:45:08,916 Speaker 4: and Lieutenant Royal like heroes. 711 00:45:09,446 --> 00:45:14,066 Speaker 2: I was told at some point that some of those 712 00:45:14,146 --> 00:45:16,596 Speaker 2: involved in the arrest and the investigation were going to 713 00:45:16,616 --> 00:45:19,276 Speaker 2: get a medal. I was supposed to get a medal, 714 00:45:19,496 --> 00:45:21,716 Speaker 2: and Royal was supposed to get a medal, along with 715 00:45:22,196 --> 00:45:23,976 Speaker 2: others involved. I don't know who. 716 00:45:25,016 --> 00:45:28,676 Speaker 4: In January of 2019, when Rauta was charged with the murder, 717 00:45:28,796 --> 00:45:31,936 Speaker 4: the near misses, and the burglaries, Sgt. Wright and Lt. 718 00:45:31,996 --> 00:45:36,336 Speaker 4: Royal's efforts to solve the case were vindicated. Their theory 719 00:45:36,376 --> 00:45:39,776 Speaker 4: that the crimes were connected was seemingly now validated by 720 00:45:39,816 --> 00:45:43,906 Speaker 4: the Sheriff's Department and the DA. The suspect they had 721 00:45:44,066 --> 00:45:47,146 Speaker 4: tracked and helped capture in the hills, he turned out 722 00:45:47,186 --> 00:45:56,246 Speaker 4: to be the one. It was right around that time, 723 00:45:56,306 --> 00:46:00,366 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright tells me, that everything changed. No medal for him. 724 00:46:00,886 --> 00:46:05,726 Speaker 4: No medal for Lieutenant Royal. Kind of the opposite. Suddenly, 725 00:46:05,756 --> 00:46:07,656 Speaker 4: they were under investigation. 726 00:46:08,896 --> 00:46:12,896 Speaker 2: I've never had an internal affairs investigation before, certainly that 727 00:46:12,936 --> 00:46:16,036 Speaker 2: I know of. I've never been in trouble. And all 728 00:46:16,076 --> 00:46:20,236 Speaker 2: of a sudden, in January, we get told that we're 729 00:46:20,276 --> 00:46:22,436 Speaker 2: the subjects of an internal affairs investigation. 730 00:46:24,236 --> 00:46:28,096 Speaker 4: Sergeant Wright was transferred out of Lost Hill Station, expelled, 731 00:46:28,496 --> 00:46:32,316 Speaker 4: given freeway therapy, a long commute, a loss of seniority, 732 00:46:32,756 --> 00:46:38,356 Speaker 4: public shame. His new job, patrolling city walk at Universal 733 00:46:38,396 --> 00:46:45,136 Speaker 4: Studios out of the West Hollywood station. Finally, he just retired, 734 00:46:45,716 --> 00:46:47,856 Speaker 4: which is why he was willing, for a little while 735 00:46:47,916 --> 00:46:52,046 Speaker 4: at least, to talk to me. And Lieutenant Royal, Sergeant 736 00:46:52,086 --> 00:46:55,906 Speaker 4: Wright's supervisor, the same thing happened to him. He got 737 00:46:55,966 --> 00:47:02,666 Speaker 4: transferred out of Malibu, demoted, shamed. This is all very strange. 738 00:47:03,656 --> 00:47:06,896 Speaker 4: Is Sergeant Wright telling me the truth? Because if he is, 739 00:47:07,396 --> 00:47:10,736 Speaker 4: if he basically solved this case, then why would he 740 00:47:10,816 --> 00:47:23,786 Speaker 4: be under investigation? I asked the DA about every sheriff's 741 00:47:23,806 --> 00:47:26,626 Speaker 4: department name I could find associated with the Rauta case 742 00:47:27,186 --> 00:47:29,446 Speaker 4: to see if any of them had a history of misconduct. 743 00:47:30,466 --> 00:47:35,006 Speaker 4: Sergeant Tui Wright and Lieutenant James Royal don't. But two 744 00:47:35,046 --> 00:47:37,226 Speaker 4: of the detectives who took over the case from them, 745 00:47:38,126 --> 00:47:43,916 Speaker 4: they're dirty. Daniel Morris, the homicide detective who oversaw the 746 00:47:43,956 --> 00:47:46,356 Speaker 4: chain of custody on the murder evidence and was a 747 00:47:46,376 --> 00:47:50,276 Speaker 4: witness at Beaudet's autopsy, he's got a record of dishonesty. 748 00:47:51,196 --> 00:47:55,236 Speaker 4: And Ty Berry, the major crimes detective, he's been accused 749 00:47:55,276 --> 00:47:59,786 Speaker 4: of planting evidence, fabricating police reports, and lying. It's so 750 00:47:59,846 --> 00:48:03,136 Speaker 4: bad that the sheriff's department fired him for dishonesty back 751 00:48:03,156 --> 00:48:06,636 Speaker 4: in 2003. He only has his job because he sued 752 00:48:06,676 --> 00:48:10,016 Speaker 4: to get it back. So the homicide detective and the 753 00:48:10,056 --> 00:48:13,936 Speaker 4: major crimes lead both have histories of dishonesty. And the 754 00:48:13,996 --> 00:48:16,486 Speaker 4: two local guys who'd been trying to solve the case 755 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:18,746 Speaker 4: when their bosses didn't seem to believe there was anything 756 00:48:18,766 --> 00:48:24,406 Speaker 4: to solve, they're under investigation? Is there anyone here I 757 00:48:24,446 --> 00:48:28,996 Speaker 4: can trust? I know what I need to do. I 758 00:48:29,036 --> 00:48:31,756 Speaker 4: need to go see it for myself. I need to 759 00:48:31,796 --> 00:48:36,846 Speaker 4: go out there, where it all happened. Malibu Creek State Park.