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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,867 --> 00:00:04,266 [upbeat music playing] 2 00:00:04,433 --> 00:00:07,066 [narrator] When a man is handed the chance to reinvent himself 3 00:00:07,233 --> 00:00:09,467 in a tropical paradise by the sea... 4 00:00:09,634 --> 00:00:10,967 [upbeat music ends] 5 00:00:11,133 --> 00:00:13,500 [ominous music playing] 6 00:00:13,667 --> 00:00:15,867 He inherited a huge amount of money. 7 00:00:16,033 --> 00:00:18,367 ...an elaborate con turns deadly. 8 00:00:19,266 --> 00:00:20,567 [David] I'm sitting there thinking, 9 00:00:20,734 --> 00:00:22,367 "There's something wrong with this guy." 10 00:00:22,367 --> 00:00:26,567 And paradise found, quickly becomes paradise lost. 11 00:00:26,734 --> 00:00:29,166 This wasn't a clinical kill. 12 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:32,166 This was somebody who was very, very upset. 13 00:00:32,333 --> 00:00:34,567 [David] He thought he was gonna get away with it. 14 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,900 [Michelle] He had these two separate lives, 15 00:00:37,066 --> 00:00:38,467 and they were on a crash course. 16 00:00:38,634 --> 00:00:42,200 [suspenseful music playing] 17 00:00:42,367 --> 00:00:45,867 [Shep] To have this violent, violent death... 18 00:00:47,266 --> 00:00:48,700 ...shocking. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,100 Very shocking. 20 00:00:52,266 --> 00:00:54,900 [ominous music playing] 21 00:01:03,867 --> 00:01:06,100 [tense music playing] 22 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,767 Rosarito, Mexico, 23 00:01:07,934 --> 00:01:10,400 just 35 miles south of San Diego. 24 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:14,066 A sun-soaked seaside resort town 25 00:01:14,233 --> 00:01:16,767 where Americans go to escape their lives, 26 00:01:16,767 --> 00:01:18,300 if only for a while. 27 00:01:19,467 --> 00:01:22,767 Today, Jake Merendino is crossing the border 28 00:01:22,934 --> 00:01:26,400 from Houston, Texas, buzzing with excitement. 29 00:01:26,567 --> 00:01:28,000 He's on his way to pick up the keys 30 00:01:28,166 --> 00:01:30,367 to his new waterfront condo. 31 00:01:30,367 --> 00:01:32,800 Jake was so excited when he left Houston. 32 00:01:32,967 --> 00:01:35,000 He couldn't leave Houston fast enough. 33 00:01:36,467 --> 00:01:40,667 He wanted to be near the sea. 34 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:45,066 [tense music ends] 35 00:01:45,233 --> 00:01:47,967 [gleeful guitar music] 36 00:01:48,133 --> 00:01:49,867 [Lori] Rosarito is a beach town. 37 00:01:50,867 --> 00:01:53,166 My husband, Dave, had a place here. 38 00:01:54,166 --> 00:01:55,300 The first time I came, 39 00:01:55,467 --> 00:01:57,200 I just fell in love with the place. 40 00:01:58,266 --> 00:02:02,300 We're down there, usually three weekends a month. 41 00:02:02,467 --> 00:02:04,400 A lot of people would come down and go surfing. 42 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,867 Our favorite tacos here are fish tacos, 43 00:02:09,033 --> 00:02:10,867 which is what they're known for. 44 00:02:10,867 --> 00:02:12,467 [merchant speaking Spanish] We've cilantro, salsa and guacamole. 45 00:02:12,634 --> 00:02:13,700 -[in Spanish] All of it. -[merchant in English] Everything? 46 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:15,300 [in Spanish] All of it, but chili. 47 00:02:15,467 --> 00:02:16,567 [merchant in Spanish] No chili. 48 00:02:16,567 --> 00:02:18,467 [gleeful music ends] 49 00:02:18,634 --> 00:02:20,700 [David] And then, we'd go out to the wine country... 50 00:02:23,066 --> 00:02:25,567 The drive down to Ensenada is one of the most 51 00:02:25,734 --> 00:02:27,900 beautiful coastlines you've ever seen. 52 00:02:30,367 --> 00:02:33,000 [Shep] Jake was starting a new chapter in his life. 53 00:02:33,166 --> 00:02:35,500 He was very excited about fixing everything up 54 00:02:35,667 --> 00:02:36,700 with the new condo. 55 00:02:36,867 --> 00:02:39,467 [ominous music stops] 56 00:02:39,467 --> 00:02:41,567 And to be in Mexico is exciting. 57 00:02:41,567 --> 00:02:44,467 [waves crashing] 58 00:02:44,634 --> 00:02:47,266 As a kid, Jake loved the water. 59 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:50,467 You couldn't drag him off the Texas beaches 60 00:02:50,467 --> 00:02:52,800 where he spent his summers. 61 00:02:52,967 --> 00:02:54,166 [Barbara] Jake grew up in Beaumont, 62 00:02:54,333 --> 00:02:56,867 but he spent a lot of time in Crystal Beach, 63 00:02:57,033 --> 00:02:59,867 down near Galveston. 64 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:04,266 [Shep] And it was just such a great time of his childhood. 65 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:08,266 He came from a very tight family, 66 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:11,266 and his parents loved him very much. 67 00:03:11,266 --> 00:03:13,166 He had a very close... 68 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:19,200 ...closer than most, relationship with his parents. 69 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:24,400 [Barbara] Irene and Buster, his parents, adopted him. 70 00:03:25,367 --> 00:03:27,600 They both worked for Exxon Mobil. 71 00:03:28,467 --> 00:03:32,400 They definitely bought a lot of stock 72 00:03:32,567 --> 00:03:34,667 and reinvested in Exxon Mobil. 73 00:03:36,066 --> 00:03:38,467 Jake was adopted, at birth, 74 00:03:38,634 --> 00:03:41,567 and he grew up as an only child. 75 00:03:41,734 --> 00:03:43,467 He inherited a huge amount of money. 76 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:46,967 At the time Jake's mother died, 77 00:03:47,133 --> 00:03:49,767 she had accumulated, at least, around $3 million. 78 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,266 [Shep] At the time, he was working for a bank. 79 00:03:54,433 --> 00:03:56,500 And he was a bill collector. 80 00:03:56,667 --> 00:03:58,800 [Barbara] Jake had no intentions of doing anything 81 00:03:58,967 --> 00:04:01,000 after his mother died. 82 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 I think he felt that, 83 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,867 as the stock continued to go up, right? 84 00:04:05,867 --> 00:04:07,667 If he was careful with it, 85 00:04:07,834 --> 00:04:10,367 you know, it could last him for as long as he lived. 86 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:15,900 And so, he finally had an opportunity to, 87 00:04:16,066 --> 00:04:18,600 you know, spend the money the way he wanted to spend it. 88 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:24,867 He wanted to enjoy that money before he died. 89 00:04:26,467 --> 00:04:31,000 [Barbara] After he and John, his ex-partner, separated, 90 00:04:31,166 --> 00:04:34,500 I think that Jake was anxious to have a relationship 91 00:04:35,367 --> 00:04:36,467 of some sort. 92 00:04:37,567 --> 00:04:40,467 [Shep] His relationship with John was a long time. 93 00:04:40,634 --> 00:04:45,867 A full-blown partner relationship for years. 94 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:48,300 In his later years, 95 00:04:48,467 --> 00:04:50,567 I don't think that Jake was ever lonely, 96 00:04:50,567 --> 00:04:53,767 and I think he just wanted an established relationship. 97 00:04:53,767 --> 00:04:55,567 Whether it was just going out to dinner 98 00:04:55,734 --> 00:04:59,467 or traveling or...going to a party, 99 00:04:59,634 --> 00:05:00,967 things like that. 100 00:05:02,900 --> 00:05:04,867 [suspenseful music playing] 101 00:05:04,867 --> 00:05:07,166 As Jake settles into his new life, 102 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:09,367 he decides to take the plunge 103 00:05:09,367 --> 00:05:11,700 and buy a vacation home. 104 00:05:11,867 --> 00:05:14,667 The allure of the West Coast beckons. 105 00:05:14,834 --> 00:05:17,166 [Barbara] He really wanted a place down... 106 00:05:17,333 --> 00:05:18,400 at the beach. 107 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:22,367 And so, at which time, I suggested to him, 108 00:05:22,367 --> 00:05:24,600 "Well, just go down to Rosarito and take a look." 109 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,700 [Lori] And so, when Barbara told me 110 00:05:31,867 --> 00:05:33,667 that Jake was actually getting serious 111 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:35,567 about looking for a place down here, 112 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,000 I was really excited. 113 00:05:41,367 --> 00:05:44,367 [swift violin music playing] 114 00:05:48,367 --> 00:05:51,000 After touring a handful of upscale condos, 115 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,667 Jake falls in love with a sleek two-bedroom unit 116 00:05:53,834 --> 00:05:56,300 on the ninth floor of Palacio del Mar, 117 00:05:56,467 --> 00:05:58,000 a luxury high-rise. 118 00:05:59,467 --> 00:06:01,900 Next thing I knew, he was buying it. 119 00:06:02,066 --> 00:06:05,066 And he would -- wanted me to fly down there and see it. 120 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:07,767 [Barbara] Jake bought his condo, 121 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:10,800 I believe, for around $270,000. 122 00:06:11,867 --> 00:06:13,867 I work as an interior designer, 123 00:06:13,867 --> 00:06:14,867 and it was a pleasure, 124 00:06:15,033 --> 00:06:17,767 an absolute pleasure to work with Jake. 125 00:06:17,934 --> 00:06:20,066 He wanted a sense of style, 126 00:06:20,233 --> 00:06:22,567 a certain amount of sophistication, always, 127 00:06:22,567 --> 00:06:23,967 not only how he dressed, 128 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:25,066 but how he lived. 129 00:06:30,667 --> 00:06:33,367 [dramatic music playing] 130 00:06:35,266 --> 00:06:39,100 Jake crosses the border on May 1st, 2015, 131 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:40,600 eager to check in on the progress 132 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:42,367 of his condo renovations. 133 00:06:43,867 --> 00:06:47,000 By evening, he pulls into Bobby's by the Sea, 134 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,367 a charmingly unremarkable local hotel. 135 00:06:50,367 --> 00:06:53,567 [dramatic music ends] 136 00:06:53,567 --> 00:06:55,266 [Barbara] Jake and I were talking 137 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:56,700 and texting back and forth. 138 00:06:56,867 --> 00:06:59,266 And then, his last message to me, 139 00:06:59,266 --> 00:07:02,867 on this, was, "Well, I have to tell you, 140 00:07:03,033 --> 00:07:06,000 I haven't been this excited in years." 141 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,500 [Shep] It was a new beginning. 142 00:07:13,367 --> 00:07:15,767 But as we all well know, that did not last long. 143 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:22,467 [tense music playing] 144 00:07:22,634 --> 00:07:24,767 It's just about 3:00 AM. 145 00:07:24,934 --> 00:07:28,200 Roughly, 15 miles away from Bobby's by the Sea, 146 00:07:28,367 --> 00:07:31,767 Sergeant Jose Correa is making his usual rounds, 147 00:07:31,767 --> 00:07:33,500 when something catches his eye -- 148 00:07:34,467 --> 00:07:35,600 a Range Rover, 149 00:07:35,767 --> 00:07:38,166 seemingly abandoned on the side of the road. 150 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:43,000 [Alexandra] Early in the morning on May 2nd, 151 00:07:43,166 --> 00:07:45,300 there were two municipal police officers 152 00:07:45,467 --> 00:07:49,066 who were just driving past. 153 00:07:49,233 --> 00:07:51,066 They saw a car that was on the side of the road, 154 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:53,000 with its lights on. 155 00:07:54,867 --> 00:07:55,767 [door slams] 156 00:07:55,934 --> 00:07:57,867 [tense music continues] 157 00:07:59,867 --> 00:08:01,600 [Alexandra] It was a Range Rover, 158 00:08:01,767 --> 00:08:03,367 and so... 159 00:08:03,367 --> 00:08:05,066 that was noticeable to them 160 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:08,100 because...that is not a place where people park. 161 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,567 There's no reason for a car to be parked there. 162 00:08:12,567 --> 00:08:14,166 [indistinct chatter over radio] 163 00:08:14,333 --> 00:08:16,467 [Sgt. Correa speaking Spanish] 164 00:08:24,767 --> 00:08:29,300 [speaking Spanish] 165 00:08:33,767 --> 00:08:36,567 This wasn't a clinical kill, right? 166 00:08:36,734 --> 00:08:38,567 This wasn't a paid assassin. 167 00:08:38,567 --> 00:08:41,600 This was somebody who was very, very upset. 168 00:08:45,066 --> 00:08:48,367 [tense music playing] 169 00:08:48,533 --> 00:08:50,266 Within 24 hours, 170 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:54,200 we became aware that a passport was found in the car, 171 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:58,000 that the victim was, likely, a man named Jake Merendino. 172 00:08:59,667 --> 00:09:00,967 [Shep] It's a clichรฉ, 173 00:09:01,133 --> 00:09:04,066 but how could it happen to a nicer guy? 174 00:09:04,233 --> 00:09:08,367 And to have this violent, violent death... 175 00:09:09,667 --> 00:09:10,767 Shocking. 176 00:09:11,767 --> 00:09:12,867 Very shocking. 177 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,667 [tense music ends] 178 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,166 It's just after three in the morning, 179 00:09:23,166 --> 00:09:26,166 on May 2nd, 2015, 180 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,967 and local police are working their way 181 00:09:28,133 --> 00:09:30,266 through a gruesome scene in a ravine, 182 00:09:30,266 --> 00:09:32,667 roughly 15 miles from Rosarito, Mexico. 183 00:09:33,667 --> 00:09:35,900 Jake Merendino's body has been discovered 184 00:09:36,066 --> 00:09:38,166 at the bottom, lifeless. 185 00:09:40,166 --> 00:09:42,634 [birds cawing] 186 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,767 When daylight creeps in, 187 00:09:46,934 --> 00:09:49,066 it paints a picture even grimmer 188 00:09:49,233 --> 00:09:50,667 than they imagined. 189 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,166 [speaking Spanish] 190 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,066 [Alexandra] When two municipal police officers walked over 191 00:10:10,233 --> 00:10:12,367 to the Range Rover to investigate, 192 00:10:12,367 --> 00:10:15,200 they saw blood on the side of the car, 193 00:10:15,367 --> 00:10:16,867 or what they suspected was blood. 194 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:19,567 [tense music playing] 195 00:10:19,734 --> 00:10:21,367 There was a large puddle of blood 196 00:10:21,367 --> 00:10:23,100 at the back of the vehicle. 197 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:24,667 And then, a blood trail 198 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:26,333 up to the edge of the cliff. 199 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,166 [Sgt. Correa speaking Spanish] 200 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:55,467 [Michelle] He was stabbed, 201 00:10:55,634 --> 00:10:57,166 approximately, 24 times. 202 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,400 He had a large cut at his throat. 203 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:06,467 Some of his intestines were discovered alongside the road. 204 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:10,367 [Alexandra] I just remember the medical examiner 205 00:11:10,367 --> 00:11:11,900 explaining that... 206 00:11:12,066 --> 00:11:14,166 this didn't need to be this bad, right? 207 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:18,166 That he didn't need to be killed three times over, 208 00:11:18,166 --> 00:11:19,867 that the death could've occurred in a... 209 00:11:20,033 --> 00:11:22,600 in...just a couple of knife wounds. 210 00:11:25,066 --> 00:11:27,600 [tense music playing] 211 00:11:31,066 --> 00:11:32,567 There was no phone, 212 00:11:32,567 --> 00:11:34,467 and yes, there was no wallet, 213 00:11:34,634 --> 00:11:36,166 in the car or on the body. 214 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:39,367 [speaking Spanish] 215 00:11:55,367 --> 00:11:57,567 [tense music ends] 216 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:06,166 [solemn music playing] 217 00:12:08,367 --> 00:12:09,467 Well... 218 00:12:10,767 --> 00:12:14,000 It was probably around 6:00 AM, and, um, 219 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,567 I got a call from my sister, 220 00:12:15,567 --> 00:12:19,166 who was living in Rosarito at that time. 221 00:12:19,333 --> 00:12:21,500 And she said, "I have some bad news." 222 00:12:21,667 --> 00:12:22,900 She said, "Jake is dead." 223 00:12:23,066 --> 00:12:25,000 [solemn music playing] 224 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,500 I said, 225 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:28,367 "No, that can't be." 226 00:12:28,533 --> 00:12:31,567 And she said, "No, they found his car 227 00:12:31,734 --> 00:12:34,000 "and it was his Range Rover, 228 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,100 and he's dead." 229 00:12:37,066 --> 00:12:39,000 And I just couldn't believe it. 230 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:42,567 You know, when you just 231 00:12:42,567 --> 00:12:44,667 don't wanna believe something, at all? 232 00:12:47,066 --> 00:12:49,367 [tense music playing] 233 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,200 The first words out of my mouth were, 234 00:12:56,367 --> 00:12:57,600 "Oh my god, who did it?" 235 00:13:02,567 --> 00:13:05,100 [tense music playing] 236 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:08,867 Those closest to Jake are at a complete loss. 237 00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:10,300 Who could have done this? 238 00:13:10,467 --> 00:13:11,867 And more importantly, why? 239 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,266 He had no enemies, 240 00:13:14,433 --> 00:13:16,700 nothing that points to a motive. 241 00:13:16,867 --> 00:13:18,266 All they can do is wonder 242 00:13:18,433 --> 00:13:21,767 if this is just another senseless act of violence. 243 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,467 Sadly, in a place like Rosarito, 244 00:13:24,634 --> 00:13:27,567 with Tijuana only 12 miles away, 245 00:13:27,567 --> 00:13:31,000 tragedies like this aren't unheard of. 246 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,300 [Lori] There is an underside to Rosarito. 247 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,967 There are murders, robberies, break-ins, 248 00:13:38,133 --> 00:13:39,367 auto theft. 249 00:13:39,367 --> 00:13:41,567 It was scary to think that 250 00:13:41,734 --> 00:13:44,767 here is somebody that we knew, that we cared for, 251 00:13:44,934 --> 00:13:46,900 you know, was murdered so viciously. 252 00:13:47,066 --> 00:13:48,867 [siren wailing] 253 00:13:49,033 --> 00:13:51,266 [Alexandra] Unfortunately, there are a lot of murders 254 00:13:51,433 --> 00:13:52,500 in Tijuana. 255 00:13:53,467 --> 00:13:57,300 And I suspect law enforcement is strapped, 256 00:13:57,467 --> 00:14:00,967 because of just the sheer number of... 257 00:14:01,133 --> 00:14:04,600 murders that occur in and around Tijuana. 258 00:14:04,767 --> 00:14:06,767 [David] 95% or a higher percentage 259 00:14:06,767 --> 00:14:09,166 of murders in Mexico go unsolved. 260 00:14:09,166 --> 00:14:11,200 [tense music ends] 261 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:14,100 Ten years ago, 262 00:14:14,266 --> 00:14:16,867 it was just downright dangerous 263 00:14:16,867 --> 00:14:19,266 to go to anywhere in Mexico. 264 00:14:19,266 --> 00:14:22,967 And if you wanna go, you better have a hotel... 265 00:14:23,133 --> 00:14:24,467 and be with somebody. 266 00:14:24,467 --> 00:14:27,467 [ominous music playing] 267 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:32,266 [Shep] Jack would've made the poster child target. 268 00:14:32,433 --> 00:14:34,200 He was always very nicely dressed. 269 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,967 [Barbara] I thought about the fact that he wore a gold watch 270 00:14:38,133 --> 00:14:39,767 and he had an expensive car. 271 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:42,800 And those scammers down there... 272 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,967 they can eye out someone who's nicely dressed 273 00:14:48,133 --> 00:14:50,467 with Italian shoes. 274 00:14:50,634 --> 00:14:52,467 You know, they could take him down 275 00:14:52,467 --> 00:14:53,667 in five minutes. 276 00:14:55,266 --> 00:14:57,800 And so, the thought was that it was a robbery. 277 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:00,467 [Shep] That's one of the reasons 278 00:15:00,634 --> 00:15:04,567 it was never surprising to any of us 279 00:15:04,567 --> 00:15:06,867 that he got murdered in Mexico. 280 00:15:07,867 --> 00:15:10,367 While local law enforcement isn't dismissing the idea 281 00:15:10,533 --> 00:15:12,166 of a robbery gone wrong, 282 00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:13,767 their focus shifts 283 00:15:13,767 --> 00:15:16,500 to the unsettling details at the crime scene 284 00:15:16,667 --> 00:15:18,900 and the tangled timeline of events leading up to it. 285 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,367 Still doesn't make sense to me 286 00:15:21,533 --> 00:15:23,300 that he would be out at that time of night. 287 00:15:24,467 --> 00:15:26,467 [David] Jake did not like to drive at night. 288 00:15:27,567 --> 00:15:29,867 And it was very unusual for him to do that -- 289 00:15:31,166 --> 00:15:32,367 to go out late at night. 290 00:15:35,867 --> 00:15:37,100 Why was Jake out 291 00:15:37,266 --> 00:15:38,567 on a desolate part of the highway, 292 00:15:38,567 --> 00:15:40,400 after midnight? 293 00:15:40,567 --> 00:15:42,066 And more importantly, 294 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:44,467 who was the last person to see him alive? 295 00:15:45,367 --> 00:15:47,800 I assisted with Mexican law enforcement. 296 00:15:48,667 --> 00:15:52,266 We conducted interviews of employees at the hotel, 297 00:15:52,433 --> 00:15:53,767 and they indicated to us 298 00:15:53,934 --> 00:15:56,467 that Jake checked in to Bobby's by the Sea 299 00:15:56,467 --> 00:15:57,900 with another male. 300 00:15:59,767 --> 00:16:02,166 [Alexandra] Somebody saw Merendino having dinner 301 00:16:02,166 --> 00:16:03,967 with another man, 302 00:16:04,133 --> 00:16:08,767 and went back upstairs at about 10 o'clock that night. 303 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,100 [Michelle] We interviewed the security guard, 304 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:14,367 and he talked about the fact that... 305 00:16:14,533 --> 00:16:16,600 that person left the hotel on a motorcycle, 306 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:18,266 around 11:00 PM. 307 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:19,600 Which is particularly noticeable 308 00:16:19,767 --> 00:16:21,367 for the folks at Bobby's by the Sea, 309 00:16:21,367 --> 00:16:22,867 because that's not the norm. 310 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:25,400 Typically, when you come 311 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:27,667 and you park, you stay the night. 312 00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:29,367 [tense music fades] 313 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:33,266 [swift violin music playing] 314 00:16:33,266 --> 00:16:34,967 [Michelle] The security guard said that, 315 00:16:35,133 --> 00:16:36,767 eventually, Jake left the hotel. 316 00:16:37,867 --> 00:16:39,567 And he said he was going to pick up his friend, 317 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:41,200 who had broken down. 318 00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:44,634 Interviewing the man 319 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,266 who had left on the motorcycle mattered, 320 00:16:47,266 --> 00:16:50,667 because this was, potentially, the last person 321 00:16:50,667 --> 00:16:54,200 who had seen Jake Merendino alive that night. 322 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:06,066 [suspenseful music playing] 323 00:17:06,233 --> 00:17:08,166 Investigators have a hunch. 324 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:11,000 The last person to see Jake Merendino alive? 325 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:14,900 A mysterious man on a motorcycle. 326 00:17:15,066 --> 00:17:16,767 Hotel staff at Bobby's by the Sea 327 00:17:16,934 --> 00:17:18,667 noticed him pull out of the parking lot, 328 00:17:18,834 --> 00:17:21,767 just three hours before Jake's mutilated body 329 00:17:21,934 --> 00:17:23,767 was discovered in that ravine. 330 00:17:24,767 --> 00:17:26,567 The question now... 331 00:17:26,734 --> 00:17:28,266 where is he? 332 00:17:28,266 --> 00:17:31,500 And what exactly was he doing with Jake that night? 333 00:17:33,967 --> 00:17:36,700 [Alexandra] The motorcycle man, then, 334 00:17:36,867 --> 00:17:40,100 the next day went to Bobby's by the Sea 335 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:43,266 to collect some items, which he said, belonged to him. 336 00:17:43,266 --> 00:17:46,000 [pensive music playing] 337 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:48,166 He attempted to retrieve some of his items 338 00:17:48,166 --> 00:17:50,567 from the hotel room that he'd been in with Jake. 339 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:55,066 [Alexandra] And the manager informed the motorcyclist 340 00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:57,667 that his friend Jake Merendino was dead. 341 00:17:57,834 --> 00:17:59,166 [suspenseful chord strike] 342 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,100 The folks at Bobby's by the Sea said, 343 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,900 "We can't just give you things that are potentially 344 00:18:08,066 --> 00:18:10,100 part of a criminal investigation." 345 00:18:12,066 --> 00:18:13,567 [Michelle] The hotel staff told him 346 00:18:13,567 --> 00:18:15,467 that he would need to talk to law enforcement 347 00:18:15,634 --> 00:18:17,367 before he could retrieve his items. 348 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:19,800 What does this guy really know? 349 00:18:19,967 --> 00:18:22,467 And why does he seem so distressed? 350 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:24,800 Local cops haven't forgotten him. 351 00:18:24,967 --> 00:18:26,800 He walked straight out of the hotel 352 00:18:26,967 --> 00:18:28,467 and into the police station, 353 00:18:28,634 --> 00:18:30,367 wide-eyed with concern, 354 00:18:30,367 --> 00:18:31,967 just to check in, 355 00:18:32,133 --> 00:18:33,467 and see what more he could learn about 356 00:18:33,634 --> 00:18:35,300 his friend's tragic death. 357 00:18:35,467 --> 00:18:37,867 [Sgt. Correa speaking Spanish] 358 00:18:48,667 --> 00:18:51,600 [Alexandra] Mexican law enforcement asked for an ID, 359 00:18:51,767 --> 00:18:55,100 and they were able to link the individual on the motorcycle 360 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:57,467 with the man on the ID, 361 00:18:58,467 --> 00:18:59,867 who was David Meza. 362 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,533 [suspenseful music playing] 363 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,867 So, Jake and I were having dinner one night, 364 00:19:13,867 --> 00:19:15,166 and he just said, 365 00:19:15,333 --> 00:19:17,867 "Oh, I've got...I've got someone new in my life." 366 00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:22,767 He said, "His name is David Enrique Meza. 367 00:19:22,767 --> 00:19:25,467 He's from Mexico. He's from Southern California." 368 00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:28,667 Jake and I had a love for Mexico. 369 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,367 And also, uh, if I might say so, 370 00:19:32,367 --> 00:19:33,900 um, Mexican men. 371 00:19:36,367 --> 00:19:38,100 I just like a Latin lover. 372 00:19:38,266 --> 00:19:40,300 You know, beautiful dark hair. 373 00:19:40,467 --> 00:19:43,266 Just that Mexican aura. 374 00:19:44,767 --> 00:19:47,667 [Barbara] 'Cause he said he had met some nice guy. 375 00:19:47,834 --> 00:19:50,900 The sex was great, the guy was young... 376 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:52,066 hot. 377 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:54,166 Jake didn't really go into detail 378 00:19:54,333 --> 00:19:55,767 as to how they met, 379 00:19:55,934 --> 00:19:57,767 but I assumed it was online. 380 00:19:57,934 --> 00:19:59,967 A "hookup," shall we say. 381 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,800 [ominous music playing] 382 00:20:04,967 --> 00:20:06,266 [Lori] David was... 383 00:20:07,266 --> 00:20:08,800 very buff at that time. 384 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:10,100 Clearly, he worked out. 385 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,200 [Shep] And we were all shocked 386 00:20:14,367 --> 00:20:20,700 that...this hunky guy was still hanging around with Jake. 387 00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:24,400 [Barbara] There was a Christmas party. 388 00:20:25,367 --> 00:20:28,900 And Jake took out some pictures of David. 389 00:20:30,166 --> 00:20:32,367 And he showed them to... 390 00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:34,600 some friends of mine. 391 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,166 And one of them recognized David. 392 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:41,900 He said to me, 393 00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:43,166 "He's a porn star." 394 00:20:43,333 --> 00:20:45,000 [tense music playing] 395 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,367 [Shep] Some of us called him "Enrique," 396 00:20:51,367 --> 00:20:54,100 because he was such a rock star. 397 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:55,767 It was all about the... 398 00:20:57,467 --> 00:20:59,867 eroticism and the beauty 399 00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:01,767 of Enrique David Meza. 400 00:21:01,934 --> 00:21:03,300 [chuckles] 401 00:21:04,667 --> 00:21:09,667 [Shep] So Jake, he very... casually mentioned 402 00:21:09,667 --> 00:21:11,467 that Enrique has done porn. 403 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,900 But Jake never elaborated on that 404 00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:18,900 because he did not want to be known as, 405 00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:21,166 "Jake Merendino dating a porn star." 406 00:21:22,166 --> 00:21:24,100 But we all knew it, we all knew it. 407 00:21:25,667 --> 00:21:27,367 [Barbara] The age difference was considerable. 408 00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:29,700 Jake was, you know, 50, 409 00:21:29,867 --> 00:21:33,867 and David was like 24, 25. 410 00:21:36,066 --> 00:21:37,767 [Shep] I told Jake, 411 00:21:37,934 --> 00:21:39,166 "I'm a little worried about you. 412 00:21:39,166 --> 00:21:43,300 I'm afraid that he's just gonna drop you like a hot potato." 413 00:21:43,467 --> 00:21:45,767 And he shook his head and smiled. 414 00:21:45,767 --> 00:21:47,066 He said, 415 00:21:47,233 --> 00:21:48,567 "Don't you worry. 416 00:21:48,567 --> 00:21:50,400 Daddy's got the upper hand." 417 00:21:51,767 --> 00:21:53,500 [Michelle] Jake and David's relationship 418 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:55,500 seems like it was kind of a sugar daddy, 419 00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,700 sugar baby relationship. 420 00:21:57,867 --> 00:22:00,066 Jake was paying for expensive gifts, 421 00:22:00,066 --> 00:22:02,467 expensive dinners and trips for David. 422 00:22:03,467 --> 00:22:06,367 [Shep] He would say something like... 423 00:22:06,533 --> 00:22:08,000 "Oh, yeah! 424 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:10,367 My baby and I went shopping today. 425 00:22:10,367 --> 00:22:11,567 And believe me, he -- 426 00:22:11,734 --> 00:22:14,000 he left there with a smile on his face." 427 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:16,100 [Alexandra] It felt to me 428 00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:19,467 like Jake Merendino was spending money on David, 429 00:22:19,634 --> 00:22:21,767 because he cared for David. 430 00:22:22,967 --> 00:22:25,567 [David] Jake had put David as the beneficiary 431 00:22:25,734 --> 00:22:26,867 on the condominium. 432 00:22:26,867 --> 00:22:29,467 When you buy property in Mexico, 433 00:22:29,467 --> 00:22:32,867 you designate, you know, in the title itself, 434 00:22:32,867 --> 00:22:34,700 who you name as a beneficiary. 435 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,667 [Michelle] Jake had been paid tuition 436 00:22:37,667 --> 00:22:39,066 for David to go to school 437 00:22:39,233 --> 00:22:40,400 to get a nursing degree. 438 00:22:45,166 --> 00:22:46,967 That was more than two years ago. 439 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,667 And now, David is distraught and confused 440 00:22:51,834 --> 00:22:53,567 by the shocking turn of events. 441 00:22:54,767 --> 00:22:57,467 Mexican law enforcement also found a birthday card 442 00:22:57,467 --> 00:22:59,200 in Jake Merendino's car. 443 00:22:59,367 --> 00:23:01,100 And it read, "Happy late birthday. 444 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,867 "I wish I would have been able to spend it with you, 445 00:23:05,033 --> 00:23:09,467 and I hope that we are together for a long, long time." 446 00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:13,100 Clearly, this note mattered to Jake Merendino. 447 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:14,367 He had kept it. 448 00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:15,500 It mattered to him. 449 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,367 David is happy to chat with the police. 450 00:23:19,367 --> 00:23:22,166 He answers their questions and gives a formal statement 451 00:23:22,166 --> 00:23:24,600 before heading back to San Diego, his hometown. 452 00:23:32,166 --> 00:23:35,567 [suspenseful music playing] 453 00:23:35,734 --> 00:23:38,367 With the FBI and Mexican authorities knee-deep 454 00:23:38,533 --> 00:23:40,100 in their investigation, 455 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:42,767 Jake's will is finally heading into probate. 456 00:23:43,967 --> 00:23:46,467 No one could have predicted how the proceedings would end. 457 00:23:48,767 --> 00:23:51,066 [Alexandra] We received contact 458 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:53,166 from the probate attorney 459 00:23:53,166 --> 00:23:56,767 to let us know that he had received a... 460 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,266 note in the mail. 461 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,266 It was a handwritten note, 462 00:24:02,433 --> 00:24:04,800 one page, small, 463 00:24:04,967 --> 00:24:07,467 from the Hercor Hotel. 464 00:24:07,467 --> 00:24:11,467 When Jake Merendino would come to San Diego, 465 00:24:12,667 --> 00:24:15,100 he would always stay there. 466 00:24:15,100 --> 00:24:18,400 [tense music playing] 467 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:24,767 I was retained by one of Jake Merendino's friends, 468 00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:27,567 who was named as the executor in a will that was prepared, 469 00:24:27,734 --> 00:24:29,467 sometime before his death. 470 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,000 A week or two after we filed Merendino's will for probate, 471 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,567 we got an opposition to the probate of our will. 472 00:24:36,734 --> 00:24:39,166 Attached to the application to probate the will was a... 473 00:24:39,333 --> 00:24:41,100 what they call a holographic will. 474 00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:43,166 It was on hotel stationery. 475 00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:45,867 So we sent a copy to the FBI. 476 00:24:45,867 --> 00:24:50,300 It was just simple white paper with dark ink over it, 477 00:24:50,467 --> 00:24:52,967 giving everything to a fellow named David Meza. 478 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:56,000 [tense music playing] 479 00:24:56,166 --> 00:24:59,266 A holographic will just means that the will was handwritten. 480 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:04,100 [Michael] That will would've been recognized as a valid... 481 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:07,667 will, passing property to Meza, 482 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,100 in the state of Texas. 483 00:25:12,266 --> 00:25:14,066 I laughed. I mean, 484 00:25:14,233 --> 00:25:16,000 I said, "What a joke! 485 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:18,100 Jake wrote that?" 486 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:20,767 I mean, I saw pictures of the will. 487 00:25:22,166 --> 00:25:26,166 First of all, I could hardly recognize Jake's handwriting. 488 00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:30,000 I mean, I had numerous checks from Jake, 489 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,800 and the signature didn't even look right. 490 00:25:32,967 --> 00:25:36,367 [tense music playing] 491 00:25:36,367 --> 00:25:38,600 [Michelle] The FBI conducted handwriting analysis 492 00:25:38,767 --> 00:25:40,166 on the holographic will, 493 00:25:40,333 --> 00:25:42,166 and the results were inconclusive. 494 00:25:43,667 --> 00:25:46,467 [Shep] Well, everybody had the same conclusion -- 495 00:25:46,467 --> 00:25:49,066 that Jake had been drinking, 496 00:25:49,233 --> 00:25:50,367 and then Enrique said, 497 00:25:50,533 --> 00:25:51,800 "I don't think you really love me." 498 00:25:53,066 --> 00:25:53,967 And Jake said, 499 00:25:54,133 --> 00:25:56,567 "Well, of course, baby. I love you." 500 00:25:56,734 --> 00:25:58,000 And then Enrique said, 501 00:25:58,166 --> 00:26:00,367 "Well, if you really love me, prove it." 502 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:11,166 I had had a very interesting conversation with Jake 503 00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:13,000 in February. 504 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,100 And Jake made it very clear 505 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:18,667 that he was going to leave the majority of his estate 506 00:26:18,667 --> 00:26:21,567 to animals and horses, etc. 507 00:26:22,467 --> 00:26:24,000 There wasn't one word mentioned 508 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,867 of David getting anything, whatsoever. 509 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:29,900 And then, when I saw the written piece of paper 510 00:26:30,066 --> 00:26:32,000 that this was on... 511 00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:33,767 Jake wasn't stupid. 512 00:26:33,934 --> 00:26:34,834 You know? 513 00:26:34,834 --> 00:26:37,500 I mean, he could be when he was...drunk. 514 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,166 [Alexandra] If David Meza believed 515 00:26:41,166 --> 00:26:43,000 that he was going to inherit everything, 516 00:26:44,367 --> 00:26:46,867 it created a motive... 517 00:26:46,867 --> 00:26:48,667 to kill Jake Merendino. 518 00:26:48,834 --> 00:26:51,767 [dramatic music playing] 519 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:01,867 [dramatic music playing] 520 00:27:01,867 --> 00:27:03,767 Jake Merendino's friends always knew 521 00:27:03,767 --> 00:27:06,166 he had a soft spot for David Meza. 522 00:27:06,166 --> 00:27:08,000 But no one thought he'd actually leave 523 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,066 his entire fortune to David, 524 00:27:10,233 --> 00:27:13,567 the guy who used to flaunt himself as a porn star. 525 00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:18,667 Even now, Jake's inner circle swears there was a moment, 526 00:27:18,667 --> 00:27:20,967 just before everything went down, 527 00:27:21,133 --> 00:27:22,900 where they all felt David wasn't 528 00:27:23,066 --> 00:27:24,867 who they thought he was. 529 00:27:25,033 --> 00:27:28,867 Jake, David, and myself went to a restaurant, 530 00:27:29,033 --> 00:27:30,667 down in Rosarito 531 00:27:30,834 --> 00:27:33,300 and met Lori and David Britton. 532 00:27:35,367 --> 00:27:38,367 [Lori] I learned that David was going to nursing school. 533 00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:39,567 I understood from Barbara 534 00:27:39,734 --> 00:27:42,900 that Jake was paying for him to go to school. 535 00:27:43,066 --> 00:27:44,667 I've a background in nursing. 536 00:27:44,834 --> 00:27:47,500 He couldn't tell me what school he was going to, 537 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:51,200 if it was a one-year LVN program 538 00:27:51,367 --> 00:27:53,000 or a registered nurse program. 539 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,867 He had no understanding 540 00:27:55,033 --> 00:27:56,800 of what I was even talking about. 541 00:27:58,166 --> 00:27:59,567 [Barbara] He acted like a pool boy. 542 00:28:00,867 --> 00:28:03,066 He could not make eye contact. 543 00:28:03,233 --> 00:28:07,066 Asking him a question was enough for him to barely answer 544 00:28:07,233 --> 00:28:08,567 or look the other way. 545 00:28:09,467 --> 00:28:11,900 [Lori] He couldn't even answer simple questions like 546 00:28:12,066 --> 00:28:13,367 what was the name of the school? 547 00:28:13,367 --> 00:28:16,266 Have you learned how to take a blood pressure? 548 00:28:16,433 --> 00:28:17,867 I'm sitting there thinking, 549 00:28:17,867 --> 00:28:19,400 "There's something wrong with this guy. 550 00:28:19,567 --> 00:28:21,066 This guy's a phony." 551 00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:23,467 [Barbara] Jake was having a good time with the four of us, 552 00:28:23,467 --> 00:28:25,567 and he was not paying any attention to David. 553 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:34,166 [suspenseful music playing] 554 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:36,467 David Meza may think he's about to cash in 555 00:28:36,634 --> 00:28:38,867 on Jake Merendino's estate, 556 00:28:38,867 --> 00:28:41,500 but the FBI has other ideas. 557 00:28:41,667 --> 00:28:43,867 We conducted extensive analysis 558 00:28:44,033 --> 00:28:46,367 of Jake and David's social media. 559 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:49,967 [Alexandra] We determined, based on a review, 560 00:28:50,133 --> 00:28:51,767 David was in communication 561 00:28:51,767 --> 00:28:54,066 with a woman named Taylor Langston. 562 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:58,100 Taylor and David lived together, 563 00:28:58,100 --> 00:29:01,400 whenever David was not with Jake Merendino. 564 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:04,467 We learned from a review 565 00:29:04,634 --> 00:29:07,166 of Taylor Langston's Facebook page 566 00:29:07,333 --> 00:29:10,200 that she was engaged to David. 567 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:15,000 And that she was very visibly pregnant with his child. 568 00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:18,300 In fact, she was about to give birth. 569 00:29:21,567 --> 00:29:23,667 [ominous music playing] 570 00:29:25,367 --> 00:29:27,266 [Barbara] Well, I was shocked and, you know, 571 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:28,967 I knew that there was something, 572 00:29:29,133 --> 00:29:30,867 you know, really radically wrong. 573 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:33,800 [Michelle] As far as we could tell, 574 00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:36,500 Jake didn't know anything about Taylor 575 00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:39,367 or the fact that she was pregnant with David's baby. 576 00:29:47,066 --> 00:29:48,166 Early in the morning, 577 00:29:48,333 --> 00:29:50,867 the FBI arrives with calculated efficiency 578 00:29:50,867 --> 00:29:52,600 to a modest apartment in San Diego. 579 00:29:53,767 --> 00:29:57,166 They're here for David Meza and Taylor Langston, 580 00:29:57,166 --> 00:30:00,166 two people who know more than they'd like to admit 581 00:30:00,333 --> 00:30:02,567 about how Jake Merendino ended up dead 582 00:30:02,734 --> 00:30:04,200 on the side of a Mexican highway. 583 00:30:05,567 --> 00:30:09,166 Agents got David Meza and Taylor Langston comfortable 584 00:30:09,333 --> 00:30:10,767 in separate cars. 585 00:30:10,934 --> 00:30:14,767 They asked the two individuals questions. 586 00:30:16,467 --> 00:30:20,000 At the top of the list, what exactly does Taylor know 587 00:30:20,166 --> 00:30:21,700 about Jake Merendino? 588 00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:23,166 It's difficult to know 589 00:30:23,166 --> 00:30:26,500 the extent of what Taylor knew about Jake. 590 00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:30,266 We know that David told Taylor that he worked for Jake. 591 00:30:30,433 --> 00:30:32,667 Um, he referenced him as "George." 592 00:30:33,567 --> 00:30:36,867 [Alexandra] Taylor never met or spoke to George, 593 00:30:37,033 --> 00:30:38,667 according to her. 594 00:30:40,166 --> 00:30:41,800 From my point of view, 595 00:30:41,967 --> 00:30:44,266 David Meza decides, 596 00:30:44,266 --> 00:30:45,900 months ahead of time, 597 00:30:46,066 --> 00:30:48,100 that he needs to lay the groundwork 598 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:50,166 for George's death. 599 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:55,400 [Michelle] David had told family, friends, and Taylor Langston 600 00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:58,867 that his boss George was not in very good health 601 00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:01,667 and would likely die at some point in the future. 602 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,400 [Alexandra] David knew that 603 00:31:04,567 --> 00:31:06,400 he would be the next person in line 604 00:31:06,567 --> 00:31:08,767 for this condominium in Rosarito. 605 00:31:08,934 --> 00:31:12,667 So that is why David Meza waited until 606 00:31:12,834 --> 00:31:14,367 after the documents were signed, 607 00:31:14,367 --> 00:31:15,900 to kill Jake Merendino. 608 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,567 And the reason that matters for us as prosecutors is that 609 00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:25,166 we have to show this was premeditated for months. 610 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,467 If David had been planning this for months, 611 00:31:34,467 --> 00:31:37,000 was Taylor in on the long con, 612 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,567 or simply naive? 613 00:31:39,767 --> 00:31:42,367 I don't think that Taylor Langston was aware 614 00:31:42,533 --> 00:31:44,467 of that part of his life, 615 00:31:44,634 --> 00:31:46,667 or it didn't seem that way. 616 00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:49,266 I'm not sure how one would define 617 00:31:49,266 --> 00:31:51,467 what David Meza did. 618 00:31:51,634 --> 00:31:55,967 He had made it clear that he would do anything for money. 619 00:31:56,133 --> 00:31:57,800 And the reason that mattered is 620 00:31:57,967 --> 00:32:01,467 because our running theory at that point was 621 00:32:01,634 --> 00:32:04,900 that David Meza was faking a loving relationship 622 00:32:05,066 --> 00:32:07,166 with Jake Merendino, for money. 623 00:32:08,367 --> 00:32:10,867 [suspenseful chord strike] 624 00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:15,166 [Michelle] You'd have instances where David would text Jake 625 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:18,200 something about the workout that he had done that day, 626 00:32:18,367 --> 00:32:20,367 and then he would turn around and text Taylor 627 00:32:20,533 --> 00:32:21,900 something very similar. 628 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:27,700 So David had these two lives, these two separate lives 629 00:32:28,867 --> 00:32:31,000 with two separate individuals... 630 00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:32,567 and they were on a crash course. 631 00:32:32,734 --> 00:32:34,500 [suspenseful chord strike] 632 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,467 [ominous music playing] 633 00:32:39,467 --> 00:32:42,367 When footage emerges from the night Jake died, 634 00:32:42,367 --> 00:32:43,767 it reveals a lot more than 635 00:32:43,767 --> 00:32:45,467 David would ever want to admit. 636 00:32:46,567 --> 00:32:48,667 David Meza told the agents 637 00:32:48,834 --> 00:32:52,667 that he was in Rosarito 638 00:32:52,667 --> 00:32:55,400 with Jake Merendino on May 1st. 639 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,266 That they had dinner, and then they'd had a fight. 640 00:32:59,266 --> 00:33:02,066 So he got on his motorcycle and left. 641 00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:06,000 When David was interviewed by Detective Brown, 642 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,500 who was a task force officer 643 00:33:07,667 --> 00:33:09,500 with the San Diego Police Department, 644 00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:13,967 David said that he was up in San Diego with Taylor 645 00:33:14,133 --> 00:33:15,800 around the time of the murder. 646 00:33:15,967 --> 00:33:17,066 [on recording] OK, so you cross... 647 00:33:30,066 --> 00:33:33,000 [Michelle] That was inconsistent with his phone data, 648 00:33:33,166 --> 00:33:35,467 which showed that he was in the area of the crime scene 649 00:33:35,634 --> 00:33:37,000 around the time of the murder. 650 00:33:37,867 --> 00:33:40,200 CCTV places him crossing the border 651 00:33:40,367 --> 00:33:42,400 at 3:57 in the morning. 652 00:33:43,567 --> 00:33:44,600 Just 24 minutes 653 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:47,867 after Jake's body was discovered by police. 654 00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:49,066 It was very fishy, right? 655 00:33:49,233 --> 00:33:50,166 I mean, it just didn't... 656 00:33:50,166 --> 00:33:51,567 the story didn't make sense. 657 00:33:51,734 --> 00:33:54,967 So for us as prosecutors, that is good news 658 00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:58,367 because that's indicative that they are lying to you. 659 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:12,266 [Alexandra] We felt that we had all of the pieces to the puzzle 660 00:34:12,433 --> 00:34:17,000 to show that David Meza stabbed Jake Merendino to death 661 00:34:17,166 --> 00:34:18,600 and rolled him down that ravine. 662 00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:22,100 Was it a slam dunk? No. 663 00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:25,667 [David] I'm fairly convinced 664 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,266 that he thought he was gonna get away with it. 665 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:30,266 [suspenseful music playing] 666 00:34:36,367 --> 00:34:37,567 It's been just over a month 667 00:34:37,734 --> 00:34:40,667 since Jake Merendino's mutilated body was found, 668 00:34:40,834 --> 00:34:43,300 dumped on the side of a desolate highway in Mexico. 669 00:34:45,467 --> 00:34:48,266 American agents are close to cracking the case, 670 00:34:48,433 --> 00:34:50,800 but they need that one crucial piece of evidence 671 00:34:50,967 --> 00:34:52,367 to pull it all together. 672 00:34:52,533 --> 00:34:55,266 So they're combing through laptops and cellphone records, 673 00:34:55,433 --> 00:34:56,767 hoping to find a motive. 674 00:34:57,867 --> 00:34:59,400 The FBI conducted a search warrant 675 00:34:59,567 --> 00:35:01,567 on Taylor Langston's cellphone, 676 00:35:01,567 --> 00:35:05,667 and we found a voicemail that was deleted from the phone, 677 00:35:05,667 --> 00:35:06,867 after the murder, 678 00:35:06,867 --> 00:35:09,300 and he sounded very distraught. 679 00:35:34,667 --> 00:35:37,867 What was striking to me was 680 00:35:37,867 --> 00:35:40,667 that he felt like he had to do it. 681 00:35:42,500 --> 00:35:43,967 He didn't have to do it. 682 00:35:44,133 --> 00:35:45,700 He chose to do it. 683 00:35:47,767 --> 00:35:50,300 To think that Jake would be stabbed 684 00:35:50,467 --> 00:35:53,000 by the very person that he was giving money to 685 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,200 and was bringing him into his life, 686 00:35:57,367 --> 00:35:59,767 and to stab him so viciously. 687 00:35:59,934 --> 00:36:01,467 Any time you have a homicide 688 00:36:01,634 --> 00:36:05,100 where somebody is stabbed that horrifically, 689 00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:10,000 that has to be a lot of anger and resentment and fear. 690 00:36:10,166 --> 00:36:11,667 [tense music playing] 691 00:36:11,667 --> 00:36:13,867 [Michelle] There was no one single piece of evidence 692 00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:17,266 that proved to us that David committed this murder. 693 00:36:17,266 --> 00:36:19,300 There was a lot of smaller pieces of evidence 694 00:36:19,467 --> 00:36:21,667 that, when taken together, painted the picture 695 00:36:21,667 --> 00:36:24,000 that David was involved in Jake's murder. 696 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:35,100 Seven months after Jake Merendino's body was discovered, 697 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:38,567 David Meza and Taylor Langston are arrested. 698 00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:43,033 And yet, 699 00:36:43,033 --> 00:36:46,066 the people closest to them are still trying to piece together 700 00:36:46,233 --> 00:36:48,567 how it all spiraled out of control. 701 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,667 [Barbara] I think Jake was desperately seeking 702 00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,300 somebody to be with. 703 00:37:01,367 --> 00:37:04,700 And David Meza absolutely said the right things 704 00:37:04,867 --> 00:37:06,100 at the right time. 705 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:08,967 [Alexandra] David Meza was really good 706 00:37:09,133 --> 00:37:12,266 at compartmentalizing his life. 707 00:37:12,433 --> 00:37:14,867 The fact that he had this whole other life... 708 00:37:15,767 --> 00:37:17,100 is quite amazing. 709 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:20,667 It does not seem to me 710 00:37:20,834 --> 00:37:24,400 that David Meza ever loved Jake Merendino. 711 00:37:24,567 --> 00:37:27,200 This was always about money. 712 00:37:27,367 --> 00:37:30,100 [Michelle] He even paid tuition for David to go to school 713 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,700 to get a nursing degree, 714 00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:34,400 and David didn't attend courses, 715 00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:37,166 pulled out of the school and asked for the money back, 716 00:37:37,166 --> 00:37:39,367 so that he could use it himself. 717 00:37:39,367 --> 00:37:41,967 Ultimately, David Meza was convicted 718 00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:45,200 of committing domestic violence in a foreign country, 719 00:37:45,367 --> 00:37:46,867 resulting in death, 720 00:37:47,033 --> 00:37:49,000 and was sentenced to life in prison. 721 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:58,800 [Alexandra] The death of Jake Merendino was very sad for his friends 722 00:37:58,967 --> 00:38:01,700 and his family, and was devastating to them. 723 00:38:02,700 --> 00:38:05,100 What oftentimes doesn't really get considered is 724 00:38:05,266 --> 00:38:08,100 what happens to David Meza's family? 725 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,300 And it... 726 00:38:10,467 --> 00:38:14,266 undoubtedly made Taylor Langston's life very difficult. 727 00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:21,800 In September 2016, 728 00:38:21,967 --> 00:38:24,467 a year after giving birth to their baby 729 00:38:24,634 --> 00:38:26,066 and marrying David Meza, 730 00:38:26,233 --> 00:38:27,867 a judge indicts Taylor Langston 731 00:38:28,033 --> 00:38:30,400 for conspiracy to obstruct justice. 732 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:35,567 Taylor Langston pled guilty to the obstruction count. 733 00:38:36,467 --> 00:38:40,166 She was incarcerated with a small baby out, 734 00:38:40,333 --> 00:38:42,166 being cared for by others. 735 00:38:44,567 --> 00:38:46,467 [dramatic music playing] 736 00:38:46,634 --> 00:38:49,166 And then, there's the matter of Jake's estate. 737 00:38:49,166 --> 00:38:51,367 When a verdict is handed down, 738 00:38:51,533 --> 00:38:54,967 his legacy's fate is finally sealed. 739 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:57,266 [Michael] Once you're convicted of the decedent's death, 740 00:38:57,266 --> 00:38:59,667 you can no longer inherit under a will. 741 00:38:59,667 --> 00:39:01,400 At the end, we reached a settlement 742 00:39:01,567 --> 00:39:04,367 where Jake Merendino's estate was divided. 743 00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:07,266 A portion of it going to his family members, 744 00:39:07,433 --> 00:39:11,166 and then a portion of it going to Merendino's ex-boyfriend, 745 00:39:11,333 --> 00:39:12,667 John. 746 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,900 [solemn music playing] 747 00:39:19,066 --> 00:39:22,100 [Shep] The thing I miss most about him is our conversations. 748 00:39:23,767 --> 00:39:25,767 I don't have anybody in my life now 749 00:39:25,767 --> 00:39:27,667 that I can talk to like that. 750 00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:31,200 We would tell each other everything, and laugh. 751 00:39:33,667 --> 00:39:35,700 Mainly, I just downright miss him. 752 00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:45,266 [Barbara] Jake really enjoyed the slower pace, 753 00:39:45,433 --> 00:39:47,567 the beautiful ocean, 754 00:39:47,567 --> 00:39:49,266 the beaches. 755 00:39:50,867 --> 00:39:53,367 But also, I think he got to a point where 756 00:39:53,367 --> 00:39:56,767 he wanted to spend more time with David. 757 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:01,800 That's kind of why I thought 758 00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:04,100 maybe Rosarito wouldn't be a bad idea. 759 00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,400 I have not been back since Jake's death. 760 00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:12,000 It was horribly sad. 761 00:40:13,100 --> 00:40:15,600 He was nothing but a good guy and he was generous. 762 00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:20,000 And David didn't have to kill him 763 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,567 to get what he wanted. 764 00:40:21,567 --> 00:40:24,000 [sentimental music playing] 765 00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:31,667 This season on Fatal Destination... 766 00:40:31,834 --> 00:40:33,467 They didn't dock in Bimini, 767 00:40:33,634 --> 00:40:37,166 and they're also not responding to any messages. 768 00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:38,900 They started calling it "The Ghost Ship." 769 00:40:40,266 --> 00:40:42,100 It was the spring break destination. 770 00:40:42,266 --> 00:40:44,166 He was a evil predator that 771 00:40:44,333 --> 00:40:46,266 stalked the streets of Myrtle Beach. 772 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,266 He was the embodiment of evil. 773 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,967 She was pretty excited to live the van life. 774 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,500 They left and bad things happened. 775 00:41:00,667 --> 00:41:03,100 I was trying to crawl away from him screaming for help. 776 00:41:04,900 --> 00:41:06,266 It's just basically a big camping trip. 777 00:41:06,433 --> 00:41:09,467 Why are there so many people missing from this event? 778 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,100 New Orleans, it's got a good side, it's got a dark side. 779 00:41:13,867 --> 00:41:15,100 It looked satanic. 780 00:41:15,266 --> 00:41:18,700 He held him under the water shouting "I am your God!" 781 00:41:18,867 --> 00:41:21,266 These people were plotting. They were predators. 782 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,300 Anything can happen on vacation. 60068

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