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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:01,680 (ominous music plays ) 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:10,240 - Ed Shin and Chris Smith wanted to make a lot of money. 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,640 - Chris is a very laidback kind of a guy. 4 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,080 Ed was surrounding himself with Playboy models. 5 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:20,440 He wanted to escape from reality. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,640 - He had this plan to sell gold coins in Rwanda. 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,240 Something is terribly wrong. 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,920 - To the point to where the hair on the back of your neck stands up. 9 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,960 - Did Chris open the door to his killer? 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:35,640 - And allow this monster to enter? 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,240 - (theme music plays) 12 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,520 - San Juan Capistrano is a smaller city 13 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,240 in the southern portion of Orange County, 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,880 which lies in between San Diego Counties 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,000 and Los Angeles Counties in California. 16 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,280 - It's a beach community. 17 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,440 A very trendy place to go to, a lot of families, tourists. 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,800 - It's one of the safest cities in Orange County, 19 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:16,480 with a violent crime rate of 44% less than the national average. 20 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,960 - San Juan Capistrano is attractive for businesses. 21 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:27,480 There's business office space, commercial areas, 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,960 as well as residential areas, which makes it a attractive balance 23 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,320 for families to come and live. 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,000 - 2009, Ed Shin and Chris Smith got together 25 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,320 and developed a company, 800 Exchange. 26 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:53,960 - The 800 Exchange would buy airtime for marketing ads 27 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,480 for a host of companies throughout, really, the country. 28 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:04,120 Ed Shin and Christopher Smith grew the 800 Exchange 29 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,000 to be an extremely profitable company in less than a year. 30 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:11,080 - (eerie music plays) 31 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:13,600 - Chris Smith, you could say, has it all. 32 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,920 I mean, starting as an entrepreneur that's just rocketing 33 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,120 and really successful. 34 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,520 Chris was involved with his girlfriend 35 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,240 in this incredible relationship that was really blossoming. 36 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,680 - Chris and his girlfriend were very close to getting married 37 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,480 and spend the rest of their lives together. 38 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,640 - But by June of 2010, Chris was ready to leave 39 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,200 the corporate world behind. 40 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:48,520 - Chris was a very serious surfer and had the goal 41 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,160 of getting away from it at all, travelling the world, 42 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,960 living a life without all the distractions of the busy, 43 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:02,320 everyday business end of his life. 44 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:09,000 Chris decides to sell his portion of the company to Ed, 45 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:14,000 which was estimated to be around a million dollars. 46 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,160 A goal of his was to leave the corporate world at some point 47 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,480 but it was not expected to be this soon. 48 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,120 - That very same day, Chris writes to his attorney saying, 49 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,320 "Ed and I worked everything out. 50 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,520 I'm going to be paid this amount in shares 51 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,560 and this amount in gold coins, and we've come to that agreement." 52 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,520 And that was sent on Friday, June 4th, 53 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,760 around 6 p.m. 54 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,120 RAY: Chris writes to his family that he is going to charter 55 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,680 a yacht and travel the world, and he's gonna leave behind 56 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,000 his cell phone and communication devices. 57 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,240 - Chris sends a text to his girlfriend 58 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,720 and breaks up with her prior to leaving on this trip, 59 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,760 which to his family is, this is not Chris. 60 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,160 - Chris's family gets another bombshell email from Chris 61 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,040 stating he's now travelling to the Galapagos Islands 62 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,600 with a Playboy playmate named Tiffany Taylor. 63 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:29,280 - The family were all questioning his decision making, 64 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,840 but they also embraced the fact that maybe he was going through 65 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,040 a lot with the business and wanted to escape from reality 66 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,880 for a short period of time. 67 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,200 - (dramatic music plays) 68 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:49,560 - October 2010, Ed Shin takes Paul Smith, Chris's brother, 69 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,000 and other employees of 800 Exchange, to Las Vegas 70 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,440 as a networking type trip. 71 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,040 Paul runs into Tiffany Taylor, the same Tiffany Taylor 72 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,760 that allegedly is with Chris on this adventure that he's taking. 73 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,360 - Paul approaches Tiffany, who is supposed to be 74 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,200 travelling with his brother and asks her, 75 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:15,960 "How's my brother doing? 76 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,880 Have you seen him lately? Do you know where he is?" 77 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:24,320 Tiffany looks at Paul and has no idea what he's talking about. 78 00:05:26,280 --> 00:05:28,920 - Paul was left with many questions at this point, 79 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,280 and he just knew that something was not right. 80 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:33,880 - The dad suspects something. 81 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,640 Steve Smith is a former law enforcement 82 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,440 and he's also a fire captain. 83 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,920 So, his senses are heightened. 84 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,440 It just doesn't seem right to him, 85 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,960 and he starts to question whether these emails are, 86 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,120 in fact, Chris. 87 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,520 At one point, Steve emails Chris 88 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,400 and states, "Chris, if this is you, 89 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,520 tell me what lake you grew up on and what boat towed you skiing." 90 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:13,360 - Steve Smith receives an email back 91 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,680 and it says the name of the lake, 92 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:21,440 Kelly Lake, but it ignores the question about the boat, 93 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,560 which Steve believes is suspicious. 94 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,480 - The day after Christmas, the Smith family received an email from Chris 95 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,040 saying that he was in Rwanda and he had this plan 96 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,480 to sell gold coins to a dealer there. 97 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,400 That was when the family became very worried. 98 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,520 This does not sound like their son, 99 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,040 and they became very concerned about his wellbeing. 100 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,880 - In early 2011, Steve contacts the State Department 101 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,560 to see if they could check and determine if Chris's passport 102 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,200 has been used to not only leave the country, 103 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:10,000 but also if there's any indication as to where Chris 104 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,480 could possibly be or could have possibly travelled to. 105 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:18,360 - Chris's family is originally under the belief 106 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,640 that he's travelling abroad, but ultimately it's determined 107 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:25,640 that there's no record of his passport clearing 108 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:27,440 any exit controls. 109 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,440 The State Department has a record of every time a US passport is used 110 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,680 coming in or going out of the country. 111 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,600 So, unless he's smuggled himself out 112 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,160 through some underground means, there's no way that Chris is abroad. 113 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,920 - The Smith family knows that something is terribly wrong. 114 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,800 If Chris never left the country, 115 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:53,040 who have they been communicating all this time with over email? 116 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,160 - On April 11th, 2011, 117 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,680 Steve filed a missing person's report 118 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,880 on Chris with the Laguna Beach Police Department. 119 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,480 JOE: In late 2010, 800 Exchange closes their business. 120 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,920 On January of 2011, they vacate their, 121 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,840 their office space, and at this point 122 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,840 are thousands of dollars in debt for back rent. 123 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,400 So, the property manager now hires us to track down Ed Shin 124 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,400 for payment, but I'm having a real hard time finding him. 125 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:29,840 The property manager came back to us 126 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,400 and said that Laguna Beach PD 127 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:35,440 was in the area looking for Ed as well, 128 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,800 because his partner, Chris Smith, 129 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,920 has been missing and his father filed 130 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,400 a missing person's report. 131 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,000 So, now I reach out to Chris Smith's father 132 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,920 and immediately we started working the investigation. 133 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,480 So, at this point in our investigation, 134 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:57,120 we're still conducting interviews with various people. 135 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:58,680 But I wanted to look in the office. 136 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,280 We learned that it was still vacant, it wasn't occupied, 137 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,400 and we requested the manager, if we could take a look. 138 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,600 When I walked into the office, 139 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,960 I noticed that certain walls were painted 140 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,040 and others were not, 141 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:17,640 and including Chris's office, 142 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,880 the entire office was painted in his space. 143 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,280 And the entryway from the outside door 144 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:26,680 leading into the office, 145 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,440 that wall was all painted. 146 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,720 So, there was some contrast in it that didn't look right to me. 147 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,120 And I go back into Chris's office. 148 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,280 As I'm scanning, I look down 149 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,440 and notice on the door frame 150 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:49,080 a dark brownish colour that looks like blood 151 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:50,400 that's been dried. 152 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:54,200 I look in the break room and I found on the light switch 153 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,320 a brighter colour red, of like, a thumbprint 154 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,480 consistent that could be what, like blood. 155 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,600 At that point I remember going, this has got to be evidence. 156 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:11,680 So, I backed myself out of that to secure it. 157 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,880 Once I found the blood, I knew something had to happen 158 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:17,200 in this office, whether he died there 159 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,200 or whether the initial attack was in that office. 160 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,560 As a former police officer and seasoned investigator, 161 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,840 I notify local law enforcement about what appears to be blood 162 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,760 in the office. 163 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,080 Because 800 Exchange is located in San Juan Capistrano, 164 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,800 which is the Orange County Sheriff's jurisdiction, 165 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:43,840 Detective Ray Wert was assigned to the case. 166 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,000 - At this point, it's been almost a year since anyone 167 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,480 has seen Chris at all. 168 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:57,320 And with the discovery of, what is believed to be blood, 169 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,480 raises our suspicion that there is 170 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,600 possibly foul play that occurred. 171 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:07,560 We decide we need to go and examine the office 172 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,360 as soon as possible. 173 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,360 - Chris's case is one of those circumstances 174 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,840 where police initially investigate it as a missing person's file, 175 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,280 but very quickly the red flags start adding up 176 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,000 whereby foul play has to be considered. 177 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:26,880 So, you're really running a homicide investigation 178 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,440 baked within a missing person's investigation, 179 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,480 in which case they have a much more complicated road ahead. 180 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,120 - We meet with the property manager 181 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,720 who lets us into the office, 182 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:41,880 which has now been vacant for nearly a year, and is well preserved. 183 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:47,200 And we start to walk into various offices, 184 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:51,400 and we come to an office 185 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,920 where Chris used to work. 186 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,720 I noticed a small droplet of what appeared to be blood 187 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,080 on the inside of the door jamb of Chris's office. 188 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,600 When I look up at the ceiling, I see what also appears 189 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:13,640 to be another blood droplet on the ceiling panel 190 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,560 in the middle of the office. 191 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,120 I see additional apparent blood on the baseboard 192 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,600 and near a wall switch on the inside of Chris's old office. 193 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,160 There's apparent blood spatter 194 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,800 on the inside of his door, 195 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:38,560 which would indicate higher velocity type blood. 196 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,320 We decide to start pulling up the carpet to check 197 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,480 to see if the underside, as well as the padding, 198 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,720 and even the concrete below, 199 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,200 possibly has blood stains or staining on it. 200 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:58,120 We notice a lot of apparent blood stains 201 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,200 and large areas that appear 202 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,680 to be pooling of apparent blood. 203 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:10,360 After our examination of the office, it becomes apparent to me 204 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:15,440 that there was a very serious assault, if not a murder, 205 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,040 that occurred in this office. 206 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:24,480 Our crime scene forensics team begins to photograph, 207 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:30,040 as well as swab all the areas where there's apparent blood 208 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,640 for testing in the laboratory. 209 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,600 - The carpet in the office was removed and collected as evidence 210 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,440 and the door in Chris's office was actually taken off the hinges 211 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,400 and brought in for further analysis. 212 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,680 The crime lab was able to do a presumptive test 213 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,160 on all of the blood droplets and stains 214 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,880 that were found at the scene and they were able to identify 215 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,800 that those were from a human being. 216 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,560 - And at this point we need to try to establish 217 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,640 also a DNA profile for Chris Smith 218 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:07,720 to see if this apparent blood belongs to Chris, or not. 219 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,520 Since we don't have a DNA profile for Chris, 220 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,320 we need to reach out to Chris's family 221 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,080 and collect their DNA to establish a profile 222 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,800 through familial DNA to determine 223 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,600 if the blood from the office is Chris's, or not. 224 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,280 This is going to take some time. 225 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,960 - While Chris was a laidback, free spirit, 226 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:44,880 Ed was a devoted family man and a member of a Christian church. 227 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,400 Growing up in Orange County, 228 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,720 Shin had played the violin in high school, 229 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:55,440 he was a member of many clubs, and was even on the golf team. 230 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,360 Shin graduated from the University of California, 231 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:00,600 San Diego in 2001. 232 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:07,000 - Chris is a very laidback beach dude, kind of a guy, 233 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,760 who is just low key in how he lives his life. 234 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,360 Whereas Ed enjoys driving higher-end cars, 235 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,840 having higher-end meals, 236 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,360 dressing in flashy, designer clothing. 237 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,200 - For all their differences, Chris and Ed were one common goal: 238 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,800 they were very ambitious, very smart, 239 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,840 and they wanted to make a lot of money. 240 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,000 Laguna Beach PD talk to Ed to find out 241 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,800 what he knew about his former business partner, Chris Smith. 242 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,800 Ed tells them at this point that they had a separation agreement. 243 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:56,440 And he tells him that, "Hey look, Chris is outgoing. 244 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,960 He just basically, 'I'm tired of it. I want to see the world.'" 245 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:16,920 - Ed tells us that he has no idea where Chris is. 246 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,120 He has not heard from Chris at all. 247 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,520 - So, at this they conclude their interview with Ed, 248 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:28,680 and Laguna Beach release Ed for no further questions. 249 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,280 - The blood found in the office is determined to be 250 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:39,600 from a single source and is a match 251 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,720 to being a close family member 252 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,920 of Steve and Paul Smith. 253 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,720 The blood belongs to Chris Smith. 254 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,600 MICHAEL: Every criminal investigation involving a crime 255 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,680 against a person, particularly a homicide, 256 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,560 involves a practice known as victimology. 257 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,160 And it's basically who is your victim? 258 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,200 What does the victim have in common with the offender, 259 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,680 or what is the link between the victim 260 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:05,840 and the offender? 261 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,240 So, really, the victim is where the crime begins and ends. 262 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,280 RAY: I went to Chris's former apartment 263 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:18,480 and met with the property manager who was responsible 264 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,440 for renting the apartment to Chris. 265 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,680 The manager tells me that there's a man living 266 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,560 in Chris's apartment named Kenny Kraft, 267 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,640 who told him that he's just taking care of Chris's apartment 268 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,080 while he's out of town. 269 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,760 - So, to an investigator, we're looking at this, 270 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,280 how does this even occur? 271 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,640 They still don't know what happened to Chris. 272 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:42,840 He was still living there. 273 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,880 So, it brings up many red flags, 274 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,880 to the point to where the hair on the back of your neck stands up. 275 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,600 - Investigators learn that Kenny is actually working for Ed Shin 276 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,240 as his personal assistant. 277 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:57,800 - (suspenseful music plays) 278 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,000 - Kraft began working for Ed Shin. 279 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,720 And Kenny basically did, 280 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,160 like, gopher type work. 281 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:16,840 He would go to the dry cleaner, he would drive Ed places, 282 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,960 he would pick up Ed's wife at different locations. 283 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:26,080 Kenny Kraft is a grifter type of a person 284 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,720 who I would classify as a couch surfer. 285 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:34,000 He would go from place to place if somebody had a couch 286 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:35,160 he could sleep on. 287 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,800 - Most of the time he was working as a doorman or a bouncer 288 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:40,960 at local bars down there. 289 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:46,280 So, he didn't really have a particular career at this point. 290 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:47,760 - (mysterious music plays) 291 00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:55,040 - Kenny landing in Chris's $4,000 a month apartment 292 00:18:55,200 --> 00:19:00,120 was a huge find for Kenny. 293 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,120 Kenny was just going from place to place 294 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,080 trying to find his next dollar. 295 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:12,200 So, I found out that Kenny was selling some of Chris's property, 296 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,240 some of Chris's surfboards, 297 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:19,000 and was also keeping some of Chris's personal property 298 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,640 for himself. 299 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,240 - So, investigators at this point look at Kenny Kraft, 300 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,680 and they have to ask themselves a question, 301 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,080 does he have something to do with the blood found in the office? 302 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,360 Is he connected to Chris's disappearance? 303 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:35,880 So, they're going to take a step back 304 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,080 and really look into Kenny Kraft. 305 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,360 - I reach out to Kenny Kraft and I explain to him 306 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,360 that I am involved in a missing persons case 307 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,560 and I would like to have a meeting with him. 308 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,320 Kenny indicated to me that he was a little unsure 309 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:57,800 and worried about meeting with me 310 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,800 and asking if he might need an attorney? 311 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:08,240 And that was very unusual 312 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,920 based on my experience 313 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:15,560 with a witness who has no involvement in a case. 314 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,680 I told Kenny that he's more than welcome 315 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,560 to consult with an attorney 316 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:22,800 and the attorney could even join us for our meeting. 317 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,520 But it was important to try to meet sooner than later. 318 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,320 We scheduled a time to meet. 319 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,640 Shortly thereafter, Kenny called me back 320 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,680 and cancelled our appointment. 321 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:38,120 I never heard back from Kenny. 322 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,560 This further raised suspicions that Kenny 323 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,640 could very well be involved with Chris's disappearance. 324 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,320 - So, we began checking licence plate reader databases, 325 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,480 toll road databases, to see locations 326 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,520 where the licence plate to the Range Rover 327 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:06,680 had been picked up. 328 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,880 - In the vast majority of successfully prosecuted 329 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,240 no-body homicides, a forensic analysis 330 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,320 of the victim's vehicle has almost always been 331 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,320 a cornerstone of the case. 332 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,520 Vehicles, where they're left, where they're serviced, 333 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,840 where they show up on automatic plate readers or on traffic cameras, 334 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,720 and what the onboard GPS and infotainment system 335 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,360 onboard computer can tell investigators, is significant. 336 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,480 Everything from when the radio was turned on, 337 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,800 to when the seatbelt was fastened, to the speed the vehicle reached, 338 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,720 to when the brake was initiated, it is essentially a black box 339 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,040 that can be used to confirm the vehicle's movements, 340 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,240 and by extension, the victim's final movements. 341 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:58,480 - I wanted to be very careful about keeping our investigation 342 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,680 very secretive because if Ed found out, 343 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,960 there could be a destruction of evidence, 344 00:22:06,120 --> 00:22:08,760 or if Ed was, in fact, involved, 345 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,520 he could flee the country or the area. 346 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,680 I've also flagged Ed Shin's passport 347 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,880 so that if he attempts to leave the United States, 348 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,320 I will be immediately notified. 349 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,680 - Ed Shin tells Steve that the last time he saw Chris 350 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:38,280 was when he decided to sell the shares to his company 351 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,000 in the office at 800 Exchange back in June of 2010. 352 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:48,080 Ed Shin now tells Steve that leading up to when he left, 353 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,520 that Chris had been drinking heavily, got drunk, urinated, 354 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,920 vomited in the office, had spilled red wine on the walls 355 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,120 and all over the, the office floor. 356 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,200 And therefore, he had to have a professional cleaning company 357 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,680 come in there, repaint, clean the carpets 358 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,440 for it to be presentable for everyone else 359 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,080 that worked in that environment. 360 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,600 - Steve enquires with Ed about Chris's passport 361 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,720 because Chris had never left the United States, 362 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:19,960 according to the State Department. 363 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:25,440 Ed's explanation for that is that Chris had gone to Los Angeles, 364 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:31,480 obtained a fake passport, and then went with Tiffany Taylor, 365 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,480 this model that he met in Las Vegas, and left the country. 366 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:40,600 Ed Shin explains to Steve that he doesn't know what name 367 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:44,480 or what assumed name Chris was using on the passport. 368 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,440 - Ed says Chris just wanted to go off the grid. 369 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,160 He didn't want to be found. 370 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:56,520 He wanted to just embrace life and just get away from everything. 371 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:01,040 - Ed Shin insists he does not know where Chris is. 372 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,560 He tells Chris's father that Chris sold his shares 373 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,760 and he left to go travel. 374 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,720 - The stories that Ed is giving, that we're learning, 375 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:17,560 are highly suspicious and don't make a lot of sense. 376 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:21,480 - It's important, I think, for people to remember 377 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,800 that as much as criminal investigations 378 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,960 have become scientifically standardised, 379 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,520 and there's, you know, rules and regulations, 380 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,640 and levels of oversight, and scrutiny, 381 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,760 a lot of effective detective work boils down 382 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,480 to an unquantifiable hunch. 383 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:45,400 - Ed has this persona in one aspect of his life, 384 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,400 of being a good father, a good husband, a hard worker, 385 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,160 entrepreneur, going to church, and just a, 386 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,200 a real outgoing family guy. 387 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,600 But now, you have this other area of Ed's life 388 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,440 that is very secretive, very dark. 389 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:05,000 - When Ed would go to Las Vegas, 390 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,560 he lived a very luxurious lifestyle 391 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,040 with getting high-end hotels. 392 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,840 Ed was surrounding himself with models, 393 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,400 Playboy models. 394 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:18,640 Coworkers reported seeing 395 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,680 Ed Shin gambling in Las Vegas 396 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,200 and losing, at times, hundreds of thousands of dollars 397 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,640 at a card table. 398 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,360 And this money was from company profits. 399 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,400 This is 800 Exchange money 400 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,200 financing these trips to Las Vegas. 401 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:46,400 Ed Shin had contacts in Las Vegas who would assist him 402 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,000 with getting private jets, 403 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,320 stays at casinos, dinner reservations, 404 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,960 as well as female escorts for his trips. 405 00:25:57,120 --> 00:26:01,000 One of these associates was named Jack Valero. 406 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,680 We look into Mr Valero 407 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,840 and we discover that he has an outstanding arrest warrant 408 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,360 for larceny in Nevada. 409 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,040 We're not able to find Mr Valero, 410 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,960 so, we ask Nevada officials to flag his arrest warrant 411 00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,360 so that when law enforcement contacts him, 412 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:27,240 they will also immediately notify me that they have found him, 413 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,520 and I could go and attempt to interview him as soon as possible. 414 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,240 - The more I learned about Ed Shin, I discovered he owed 415 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,360 a lot of people money. 416 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,720 He defrauded a lot of people. 417 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:47,680 Detectives also learn that Ed Shin had faked his own kidnapping 418 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,800 in order so he can extort a large sum of money in ransom 419 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,520 from his own parents. 420 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,280 This was all orchestrated by Ed Shin. 421 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,120 Ironically, his parents didn't want to press charges. 422 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,560 - Investigators dig deeper into Ed Shin's past 423 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,560 and they learn that he had actually embezzled money 424 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,280 from a former employer, LG Technologies, 425 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,760 and he pled guilty to that crime in May of 2010. 426 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,480 - In order to avoid going to prison, 427 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,120 Ed Shin took a plea agreement to pay back $700,000 428 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,840 in restitution. 429 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,400 - Detectives think that this sounds like a possible motive 430 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,000 for Ed Shin to kill Chris Smith. 431 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,600 This way he can get Chris out of the way 432 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,680 and have access to the company money 433 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,320 in order to pay the restitution to avoid going to state prison. 434 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,520 This would give Ed Shin unlimited access 435 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:42,320 to the company finances, 436 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,880 which Chris had recently wanted to put limits 437 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,040 and controls on. 438 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,120 - Police are always on the lookout for signs of deception 439 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:57,080 or evasion, and one of the foremost recurring indicators of deception 440 00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,040 is when a story changes. 441 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,120 - Ed Shin claimed that Tiffany Taylor 442 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,800 was travelling with Chris, 443 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,520 but later when Paul met Tiffany, she denied it. 444 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,240 - So, now we are even more baffled, confused, 445 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:20,360 and becoming worried that there's something amiss here. 446 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:21,560 It didn't make sense. 447 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,040 Tiffany is a very attractive woman 448 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:34,000 and happens to be a former Playmate model. 449 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:39,640 She would accompany Ed during his business trips in Las Vegas 450 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,720 and act, as we would call it, 451 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,840 arm candy for Ed. 452 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,280 Tiffany tells me that she has never met Chris 453 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,080 and doesn't know who he is. 454 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:57,520 She did remember meeting Paul Smith in October of 2010 455 00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,160 in Las Vegas. 456 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,520 Tiffany told me that when she met Paul, 457 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,440 he had told her that his brother Chris 458 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,160 had advised he was travelling with Tiffany. 459 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,200 Tiffany thought this was very strange 460 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,400 because she didn't have any idea who Chris was 461 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,720 and she expressed that to Paul. 462 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,840 - Police further investigate Tiffany's passport 463 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,040 and they learn that Tiffany's never left the country 464 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,960 or even travelled to any of the countries 465 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,880 that Chris claimed through emails. 466 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,120 - After doing a investigation on Tiffany 467 00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:37,400 and interviewing her, 468 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,880 I determined that she has no involvement whatsoever 469 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,920 in Chris's disappearance, 470 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,000 nor does she know his location. 471 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,520 Tiffany Taylor is not a suspect 472 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,480 in the disappearance of Chris Smith. 473 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:59,560 On August 12th of 2011, we were notified by a police officer 474 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,920 in northern California 475 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,320 that Chris's car had been located 476 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:12,120 at a car dealership in the city of San Jose. 477 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,800 We canvassed the neighbourhood where Chris's car had been found, 478 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,320 and we located a witness. 479 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,520 Our investigators showed this witness a photograph 480 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,280 of Kenny Kraft and that witness identified the photo 481 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,320 as being the person responsible for dropping 482 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Chris's car off. 483 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:44,200 - We believe Chris's body had been placed in the back 484 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,520 of the Range Rover for a period of time. 485 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:54,080 We were able to obtain cell phone records for Ed Shin's phone, 486 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,440 and in our analysis of those records, 487 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:01,080 we saw that in the week 488 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:06,160 following Chris's last-known sighting, 489 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,120 that Ed had gone to a very remote area 490 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:15,520 along the California and Mexican border 491 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,800 late in the evening on two different occasions. 492 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,120 - Financial records reveal that Ed Shin 493 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,560 also rented a truck from U-Haul at this time. 494 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,280 - When we located that rental car, 495 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,440 we discovered that the mileage matched the distance 496 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:37,760 between Chris's and Ed's office 497 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,440 and the remote area 498 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,640 where Ed's cell phone had gone to. 499 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,880 We believe that Ed Shin had done a scouting mission 500 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,880 of the remote area near the Mexican border, 501 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,200 and then went back after the pickup truck 502 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,760 had been rented, this time with Chris's body, 503 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,640 where Chris's body was disposed of. 504 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:12,960 On August 28th, 2011, I was alerted 505 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:18,040 that Ed Shin's passport was flagged 506 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,040 at Los Angeles International Airport 507 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:26,640 and it was related to a flight going to Toronto, Canada. 508 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:31,520 Upon learning of this development, I became very concerned 509 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,120 that Ed Shin was possibly fleeing the country. 510 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:41,800 I had about one hour to intercept Ed Shin at the airport 511 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,720 before he could get on the flight. 512 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,000 I contacted Los Angeles Airport Police. 513 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,960 - Detectives rush to arrest Ed Shin at LAX, 514 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,760 but it might already be too late. 515 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,240 They learn that he's already boarded the plane. 516 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,600 LAX police find Ed Shin and a business colleague 517 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,280 sitting on the plane as it's about to leave. 518 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:10,200 - Ed Shin and his companion were escorted off the plane 519 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:11,360 before it took off. 520 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,720 - Ed Shin's business colleague was questioned 521 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,160 and his bags were searched, 522 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,880 and there was no indication that he had any involvement 523 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,680 in Chris Smith's disappearance. 524 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,360 Ed Shin, being on probation, 525 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,400 was not allowed to leave the country, 526 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,520 and the fact that they caught him on a plane headed for Canada 527 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,040 gave the police the authority to arrest him 528 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,720 for that probation violation. 529 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,000 Shin is transported back to Orange County headquarters 530 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,800 where he is interviewed for several hours. 531 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,760 - When Ed is back in our interview room at the Sheriff's Department, 532 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,560 his demeanour is very relaxed. 533 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,120 Ed isn't flustered at all. 534 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,680 And for a person who's just been pulled off a plane 535 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,760 he's very calm. 536 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,520 - At first Ed Shin tells me he has nothing to do 537 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,040 with Chris's disappearance or death. 538 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,560 - And he doesn't want to talk to us anymore. 539 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:26,960 Soon after leaving the room, 540 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,960 Ed indicates that he would like to speak to me again 541 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,280 and he has something to tell me. 542 00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:37,720 RAY WERT: OK. 543 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,040 - (ominous music plays) 544 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,240 - Ed admits to me that he is responsible 545 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:49,520 for Chris's death. 546 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,880 Ed's version of the story is that he and Chris 547 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:58,760 were speaking about their separation in the business. 548 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:03,280 During this discussion, an argument broke out 549 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:09,200 and Chris became very agitated and aggressive toward Ed. 550 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,800 - He's also talking about this knockdown drag out fight 551 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,000 that he had with Chris. 552 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,160 And in the course of that, at one point 553 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,160 he talks about jumping on the desk 554 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,200 and they both hit each others heads like rams. 555 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,360 And then at one point Chris fell and hit his head 556 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,880 on the corner of the desk 557 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,640 and dropped right there. 558 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,080 - However, detectives know from the evidence 559 00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:40,320 that there was no fist fight or accidental death. 560 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:47,280 - I was able to actually locate Chris's desk, examine it, 561 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,000 and there was no physical way 562 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:56,040 this desk could hold two men fighting on top of it. 563 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,080 - With regards to Ed Shin, 564 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,680 his colleagues stated they didn't see any injuries 565 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:02,840 on him whatsoever. 566 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,520 I don't care what kind of fighter you are, 567 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,520 you're going to end up with some type of scratch, 568 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,800 bruising, red marks, some type of injury. 569 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,920 It's going to happen in any struggle like that. 570 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,760 So, in order for Ed to have no marks on him whatsoever 571 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,360 in this event that he described was so violent and a struggle, 572 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,880 tells me and tells seasoned investigators 573 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,280 that Chris was caught off guard. 574 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:31,720 - There's no doubt in my mind 575 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,800 that Ed Shin walked through Chris's door 576 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,640 with the intent to kill him. 577 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,560 We know that Ed Shin was in the sports memorabilia business 578 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,160 and actually kept 579 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,280 a baseball bat in his office. 580 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,040 And we also know that after June 4th, 581 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,680 this baseball bat had never been seen again, 582 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,160 indicating to us that the bat 583 00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,520 could have been the actual murder weapon. 584 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:03,880 - (sinister music plays) 585 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:14,080 - On Friday, June 4th at 6:01, Ed Shin now writes 586 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:18,880 to Chris's attorney as Chris stating, 587 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,200 "We've settled. Everything is good." 588 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:27,200 - This proves that Ed Shin was lying in wait. 589 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,320 That's a legal term that means that he set up that meeting 590 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,360 for the sole purpose of killing Chris. 591 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,720 - After the murder, Shin transported the body to a remote location 592 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,320 in the California desert near the Mexican border. 593 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,680 - Cell phone pings showed that Ed Shin's cell phone 594 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,400 was located at that place that night. 595 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:56,480 - Ed Shin tells me that he did not touch the body 596 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,600 or move the body, and that he called Jack Valero 597 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,720 to find someone to help do that. 598 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,160 Ed Shin was put in contact with a man, 599 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,280 described as a Eastern European, 600 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,320 to do this task. 601 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,720 - Jack Valero denies this ever happened 602 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,640 and Shin's claim is never substantiated. 603 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:26,400 - After the killing, Ed spends months 604 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,960 impersonating Chris to his family and friends and business colleagues, 605 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,640 that he was alive and well, and travelling the world. 606 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,840 - On Friday, June 4th, 2010, 607 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,680 Ed Shin agrees to meet Chris Smith 608 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,560 at the office of 800 Exchange. 609 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,800 Shin arranges this meeting for after 5 p.m. 610 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,280 when he knows no other staff will be at the office. 611 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,480 - Tensions had been escalating 612 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,400 between the two business partners. 613 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:06,280 - Ed did not allow Chris to have access to their books 614 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,720 because what Ed was doing, he was taking money from the company 615 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,560 and hiding it or using it. 616 00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:15,920 - The term often used in many investigations 617 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,520 is follow the money, but the same logic applies 618 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,640 when there is no money to be found. 619 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,960 That's as much a red flag for investigators. 620 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,080 And in this case, it turns out Chris's partner 621 00:39:26,240 --> 00:39:28,360 is in financial dire straits. 622 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:32,080 Immediately right there, given that they are partners in this business, 623 00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:33,600 provides motive. 624 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,600 With Chris out of the way, he remains the sole shareholder, 625 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,760 the controlling officer of the company. 626 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,040 He can draw shareholder loans, he can sell the company, 627 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,760 he can take any number of steps that Chris may have prevented 628 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:48,000 in order to ameliorate or mitigate this, 629 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,200 this terrible financial situation. 630 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,000 - Chris wanted to put limits and controls 631 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,360 on the company spending. 632 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:58,240 Chris was frustrated with the amount of money 633 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:00,240 that Ed was spending. 634 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,480 - Ed Shin did not have the money to pay out Chris 635 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:08,080 because he needed $700,000 to pay the restitution 636 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,560 for the embezzlement case. 637 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,000 RAY: Between 5 p.m. and 6:01 p.m... - (blows) 638 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:23,240 - Ed Shin kills Chris Smith in their 800 Exchange office. 639 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:28,120 - Ed continued to write family and friends of Chris, 640 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:29,280 impersonating him 641 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,280 until the blood was found in the office, 642 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,240 and at that point, that's when Shin's whole world 643 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,640 started to come undone. 644 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,720 - In December of 2018 Ed Shin 645 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,760 is convicted of first degree murder 646 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,720 with special circumstances in the killing 647 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,160 of his business partner Chris Smith. 648 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,800 - Special circumstances are circumstances that, 649 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,960 if attached to a murder, increase the penalty 650 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:01,120 to where you could actually potentially get the death penalty 651 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,000 or life without parole. 652 00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,120 And in this particular case, 653 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:10,240 the special circumstance was murder for financial gain. 654 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,480 Ed Shin is now serving life without the possibility of parole 655 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,360 in a California state prison. 656 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,320 - Chris's family is extremely relieved 657 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,640 that the person responsible for their son's death 658 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,400 has been arrested. 659 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,360 Although many questions still remain, 660 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:34,840 they're relieved that the person responsible is now in jail. 661 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:40,760 Shin has never indicated where Chris's body is 662 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,840 and he's indicated that there are secrets 663 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,920 that a man can never give up. 664 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,800 I think he's still hoping to use it down the road to get out. 665 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:59,040 It's like his only remaining card that he has. 666 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,600 - The one thing that lives with me is getting to know Chris 667 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,920 through his family and friends and not having the opportunity 668 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,520 to have met him. 669 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,360 I feel that I have, but there were so many good things 670 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,440 that I found about him that it would've been an honour 671 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:20,640 to meet someone like him, just being vibrant in life. 672 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,760 - Chris went into this business partnership 673 00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,080 with great intentions 674 00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:33,760 and had no idea the person 675 00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,680 that Ed Shin really was. 676 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:41,920 - Basically Chris opened the door to his life 677 00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,640 and allowed this monster, Ed Shin, to enter it 678 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,480 in the most intimate settings, 679 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,880 where Chris would be vulnerable and Ed Shin took advantage of that. 680 00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,240 Ed Shin is a predator, there's no doubt. 681 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,960 Subtitles by Sky Access Services 56360

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