1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,360 In this episode of American Greed Lieutenant 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:12,240 Joseph Glenowitz is a small -town cop 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,080 gunned down in the line of duty. 4 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:18,160 It was real scary. Things like that don't happen in Fox Lake. 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:25,660 As police search for three suspects, the community mourns 6 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:26,800 the loss of a leader. 7 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:28,980 Everybody who knew Joe. 8 00:00:29,850 --> 00:00:31,350 Just loved him and adored him. 9 00:00:31,790 --> 00:00:35,730 There were tons of little kids holding signs with his picture on it. They 10 00:00:35,730 --> 00:00:37,270 up to him as a hero. Everybody did. 11 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:42,210 But when the investigation hits a dead end, all eyes turned to the officer 12 00:00:42,210 --> 00:00:45,010 himself and the youth group he runs. 13 00:00:48,870 --> 00:00:51,730 It's supposed to develop the next generation of cops. 14 00:00:52,330 --> 00:00:57,110 But has G .I. Joe, as he's known, lost his moral compass? 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,000 Is this hero merely enriching himself? 16 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:05,239 The lieutenant is a Jekyll and Hyde. 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Who could have foretold that this was going to happen? 18 00:01:09,540 --> 00:01:12,280 That he would hatch this kind of scheme? 19 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,640 And how far would he go to protect his image? 20 00:01:16,180 --> 00:01:19,680 It's one thing to steal money. It's another thing to cheat on your wife. 21 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:22,060 It's another thing to try to kill somebody. 22 00:01:38,410 --> 00:01:43,430 It's the morning of September 1st, 2015 in Fox Lake, Illinois. 23 00:01:44,610 --> 00:01:48,910 Summer is winding down in this sleepy town on the outskirts of the Chicago 24 00:01:48,910 --> 00:01:49,910 suburbs. 25 00:01:52,270 --> 00:01:57,270 Lieutenant Joseph Glenowitz is driving into the Fox Lake Police Department to 26 00:01:57,270 --> 00:01:58,610 start his daily shift. 27 00:01:59,890 --> 00:02:05,070 A 30 -year veteran of the force, Lieutenant Joe is just a month away from 28 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:06,070 retirement. 29 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:13,220 But before he can make it into the office, at 7 .52 a .m., Glenowitz makes 30 00:02:13,220 --> 00:02:14,220 detour. 31 00:02:14,540 --> 00:02:18,340 He spots some suspicious men and wants to investigate. 32 00:02:32,970 --> 00:02:37,710 The concrete plant is in the secluded part of town, a wooded area hidden 33 00:02:37,710 --> 00:02:40,690 an industrial park and bordering a large swamp. 34 00:02:41,010 --> 00:02:45,470 Three minutes after his initial call, Glenowitz radios in again. 35 00:02:49,110 --> 00:02:49,750 Within 36 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:59,810 minutes, 37 00:02:59,970 --> 00:03:01,710 backup officers are on the scene. 38 00:03:02,510 --> 00:03:07,670 They find Joe's car parked on a gravel road, but there's no sign of the three 39 00:03:07,670 --> 00:03:10,270 suspicious men or Lieutenant Glenowitz. 40 00:03:22,930 --> 00:03:25,230 Officer's report that the scene is quiet. 41 00:03:25,430 --> 00:03:28,750 The only sound is the wind rustling through the trees. 42 00:03:29,730 --> 00:03:30,730 Suddenly... 43 00:03:31,790 --> 00:03:34,270 A distant muffled gunshot breaks the silence. 44 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:37,750 Officers try to radio Lieutenant Glenowitz. 45 00:03:39,110 --> 00:03:40,390 740, what's your location? 46 00:03:41,310 --> 00:03:44,090 Fox Lake Unit 6740, checking your status. 47 00:03:44,970 --> 00:03:46,130 There's no reply. 48 00:03:47,510 --> 00:03:48,630 792 on location. 49 00:03:48,870 --> 00:03:50,390 Try him on his cell phone, please. 50 00:03:51,470 --> 00:03:55,770 Officers don't see any suspects or hear any more gunshots. 51 00:03:56,250 --> 00:03:59,910 Fox Lake Unit's on honing, checking status on 6740. 52 00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:10,060 Guns drawn, the cops head toward the swamp, where they think the gunshot came 53 00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:11,060 from. 54 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,200 After a couple of minutes of searching, their worst fear is confirmed. 55 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:24,380 Joe Glenowitz is dead. 56 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,040 Officers say the lieutenant is found in the tall grass. 57 00:04:33,690 --> 00:04:35,830 and his gun is missing from the holster. 58 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:42,510 He was face down, and when they turned him over, blood was coming from his 59 00:04:42,510 --> 00:04:43,510 and nose. 60 00:04:45,090 --> 00:04:49,150 Officers find Joe's pepper spray on a path off the gravel road. 61 00:04:49,510 --> 00:04:51,110 It's been opened and used. 62 00:04:51,650 --> 00:04:54,950 His nightstick lies just a few feet away from the mace. 63 00:04:56,970 --> 00:05:00,410 It appears the lieutenant was in some kind of fight. 64 00:05:01,420 --> 00:05:06,000 As for the three men that Joe was pursuing, they vanished without a trace. 65 00:05:06,420 --> 00:05:12,720 It was a really frenzied sense that they thought they had a cop killer on the 66 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,440 loose. Phil Rogers is a reporter for NBC5 in Chicago. 67 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:22,480 We've got three suspects, we've got a description on them, and they must be 68 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,640 carrying the officer's weapon so they're armed. 69 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,160 Police officers swarm the village searching for the killers. 70 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:38,220 A perimeter is set up, roads are closed, and the community is put on high alert. 71 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:42,820 We're asking residents in the Fox Lake area to please be on the alert if they 72 00:05:42,820 --> 00:05:45,700 see anything suspicious to dial 911 immediately. 73 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,680 My daughter came bursting in, and she's like, Mom, there's a killer on the 74 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:53,680 loose. 75 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:57,940 Ruth Hogan owns a jewelry store on Fox Lake's main drag. 76 00:05:58,830 --> 00:06:04,590 And she's like, I just heard on the scanner that, you know, a policeman has 77 00:06:04,590 --> 00:06:06,090 shot, and he's dead. 78 00:06:07,130 --> 00:06:11,370 Fox Lake is a small town, just over 10 ,000 residents. 79 00:06:11,730 --> 00:06:14,770 The shocking news spreads like wildfire. 80 00:06:15,110 --> 00:06:19,370 My daughter was panic -stricken. I mean, I've never seen her like that. 81 00:06:20,390 --> 00:06:23,790 She was yelling at me, we've got to lock the doors, we've got to lock the doors. 82 00:06:24,910 --> 00:06:26,350 Within the hour... 83 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,460 The town is overrun by law enforcement. 84 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:37,660 When you shoot a police officer, that pushes the on switch, and it pours in 85 00:06:37,660 --> 00:06:40,000 resources. It's an automatic response. 86 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,840 The manhunt was absolutely insane. 87 00:06:44,140 --> 00:06:50,460 I've never seen that many police officers or even that many law 88 00:06:50,460 --> 00:06:52,560 agencies in one small area. 89 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,920 More than 400 officers joined the hunt. 90 00:06:56,430 --> 00:07:02,570 including state police, county sheriffs, U .S. Marshals, the ATF, and the FBI. 91 00:07:03,070 --> 00:07:05,250 We are using many resources. 92 00:07:05,590 --> 00:07:11,790 We're using numerous air units to search from above and look below. We're using 93 00:07:11,790 --> 00:07:16,450 numerous canine units that are trying to sniff out and grab a hold of the scent 94 00:07:16,450 --> 00:07:17,450 of the offenders. 95 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,380 It was like something out of Vietnam where a helicopter would land and a 96 00:07:22,380 --> 00:07:25,160 guys would jump off and a couple guys would jump back on and the helicopter 97 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,160 would take off again. 98 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:28,600 I've never seen anything like it. 99 00:07:28,940 --> 00:07:31,760 It was like a movie playing out right in front of you. 100 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:38,780 There was every cop car, every police officer from all over was showing up. 101 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,940 At first, Hogan doesn't know who the fallen officer is. 102 00:07:44,420 --> 00:07:47,940 She frantically works the phones to find out any more information. 103 00:07:49,390 --> 00:07:53,830 After two tension -filled hours, a friend tells her the news. 104 00:07:54,930 --> 00:07:57,830 Her first words out of her mouth were, it's Joe. 105 00:07:58,430 --> 00:08:01,350 And I couldn't believe it. 106 00:08:01,610 --> 00:08:05,110 If anybody, it wouldn't be Joe. 107 00:08:05,730 --> 00:08:08,670 And we all just sat and cried. 108 00:08:09,630 --> 00:08:13,250 Ruth has been friends with Glenowitz for over 25 years. 109 00:08:13,730 --> 00:08:17,010 She says the officer is well -known throughout the community. 110 00:08:17,850 --> 00:08:19,050 Joe was a great guy. 111 00:08:19,490 --> 00:08:21,950 He was friends with everybody. 112 00:08:22,950 --> 00:08:29,370 Every town event, Joe was there, and Joe was there protecting everybody. 113 00:08:29,890 --> 00:08:31,750 He was a cop's cop. 114 00:08:32,150 --> 00:08:39,090 He was just this larger -than -life, I am the great American hero cop, and 115 00:08:39,090 --> 00:08:40,270 he portrayed it every day. 116 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:42,809 Grunowitz cuts an imposing figure. 117 00:08:43,010 --> 00:08:45,350 Many know him as G .I. Joe. 118 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:50,880 I mean, he drove around in a Humvee. He wore combat boots and fatigues most of 119 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,680 the time. That haircut, you had that jarhead haircut going on. 120 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,980 So he was really G .I. Joe. 121 00:08:59,340 --> 00:09:03,360 Residents began pouring into the streets to show their support for the fallen 122 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:04,360 officer. 123 00:09:05,380 --> 00:09:11,020 Tonight, not only did Fox League lose a family member, I lost a very dear 124 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:12,020 friend. 125 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,260 Our community is having a very difficult time. 126 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:20,480 Many residents remember him as someone deeply committed to Fox Lake, to the 127 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,060 profession, and his fellow officers. 128 00:09:24,740 --> 00:09:28,840 Ruth and her daughters dutifully join in the public mourning. 129 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:33,960 Everybody was hugging each other, and we were all crying, and we all couldn't 130 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,860 believe that this was happening. 131 00:09:36,860 --> 00:09:38,520 Fox Lake's a very close community. 132 00:09:39,220 --> 00:09:44,460 It became a situation where the entire town needed to lean on one another for, 133 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:45,640 you know. 134 00:09:46,540 --> 00:09:51,460 Comfort. A massive manhunt underway right now for the three suspects. The 135 00:09:51,460 --> 00:09:53,040 manhunt makes national news. 136 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:58,020 Lieutenant Charles Joseph Glinowitz, gunned down. His alleged killer still on 137 00:09:58,020 --> 00:10:01,060 the loose. We're all kind of hoping that something happens soon and they catch 138 00:10:01,060 --> 00:10:01,919 these people. 139 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,200 I believe FoxLink had no idea how to handle it. 140 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:12,880 There's so much media and they're just this little town. 141 00:10:16,460 --> 00:10:20,040 All of Chicagoland is on the lookout for the suspected cop killers. 142 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:26,440 But by late afternoon, despite the overwhelming police presence, the cops 143 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,180 haven't found any suspects. 144 00:10:28,780 --> 00:10:34,680 At the very beginning, a lot of us were saying, you had a perimeter set up so 145 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,000 quickly, how could they have gotten away? 146 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:44,100 They know they're there because Glenowitz said they were there, and 147 00:10:44,100 --> 00:10:45,100 dead. 148 00:10:46,410 --> 00:10:49,710 So somebody must have shot it, but yet they couldn't find anybody. 149 00:10:50,830 --> 00:10:53,630 The grapevine makes for a toxic environment. 150 00:10:54,630 --> 00:10:59,190 Everybody that came through my doors at the jewelry store, you know, you 151 00:10:59,190 --> 00:11:00,830 wondered, you questioned. 152 00:11:01,210 --> 00:11:03,930 Everybody was pointing the finger at somebody else, saying that this person 153 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:10,830 it. There was never a time when I believe police did not get a tip from 154 00:11:10,830 --> 00:11:12,670 saying that maybe you want to look at this person. 155 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:20,000 By nightfall, the manhunt is still in full force, but no arrests are ever 156 00:11:20,900 --> 00:11:24,740 Residents waiting for any good news head home disappointed. 157 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,160 At any minute, we thought they were going to come over and tell us we caught 158 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,800 them, and it was going to be a celebration. 159 00:11:33,140 --> 00:11:36,420 And when that didn't happen, it was scary. 160 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:43,160 I always sleep with a 9mm, and that night I had it under my pillow. 161 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:50,110 Next on American Greed, Fox Lake's hero gets a legendary send -off. 162 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:55,230 Thousands are expected to say goodbye to the popular cop many simply knew here 163 00:11:55,230 --> 00:11:56,490 as G .I. Joe. 164 00:12:12,490 --> 00:12:18,490 Throughout the years of 2014 and 2015, several high -profile police shootings 165 00:12:18,490 --> 00:12:19,790 dominate the news. 166 00:12:23,870 --> 00:12:30,850 American cities 167 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:35,370 like Ferguson, Missouri, Baltimore, and Chicago become battle zones. 168 00:12:37,390 --> 00:12:42,290 The Black Lives Matter movement protests what they perceive as unfair treatment 169 00:12:42,290 --> 00:12:43,290 by police. 170 00:12:44,670 --> 00:12:50,890 In September 2015, some believe the murder of Lieutenant Joe Glenowitz is a 171 00:12:50,890 --> 00:12:51,890 backlash. 172 00:12:52,290 --> 00:12:55,350 Now, police are the targets. 173 00:12:56,010 --> 00:13:00,110 Now, some of this is the current atmosphere and thinking that law 174 00:13:00,110 --> 00:13:04,310 had been sincerely violated, and people got caught up in the fervor of that. 175 00:13:04,730 --> 00:13:06,190 Yep, Blue Lives Matter. 176 00:13:06,910 --> 00:13:10,350 And that's not just for Joe, that's for all our police officers. 177 00:13:10,970 --> 00:13:12,990 They put their lives on the line every day. 178 00:13:14,690 --> 00:13:18,150 Tammy Revet works in a sign shop in Fox Lake. 179 00:13:18,470 --> 00:13:23,710 To show her support for Lieutenant Joe, she begins printing signs and stickers 180 00:13:23,710 --> 00:13:25,650 to honor the fallen hero. 181 00:13:26,450 --> 00:13:31,450 Myself, my husband, my other co -workers at the time walked around passing out 182 00:13:31,450 --> 00:13:33,250 the stickers and signs. 183 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:35,950 We wanted people to have... 184 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,360 Thousands of signs blanket the community. 185 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,380 They were literally everywhere you looked. 186 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:46,620 We couldn't make them fast enough. 187 00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:51,960 The signs helped build the legend of Lieutenant Joe. 188 00:13:53,360 --> 00:14:00,160 Suddenly, you had this hero cop that everybody suddenly just 189 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,260 lionized. 190 00:14:02,570 --> 00:14:06,110 We would run into people up there that said, well, I didn't really know him and 191 00:14:06,110 --> 00:14:09,590 I'd really never heard of him. But what I've learned about him now, I'm really 192 00:14:09,590 --> 00:14:10,590 impressed with. 193 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,890 The outpouring of grief is tremendous. 194 00:14:14,890 --> 00:14:19,730 The night after Glinowitz's death, a candlelight vigil is held in his honor. 195 00:14:20,990 --> 00:14:23,170 It was probably the saddest thing I'd ever been to. 196 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:26,010 There wasn't a dry eye there. 197 00:14:26,770 --> 00:14:30,210 The outpouring of love for Joe was unbelievable. 198 00:14:31,690 --> 00:14:32,970 We love you, Joe. 199 00:14:34,350 --> 00:14:37,890 Glenowitz leaves behind a widow and four sons. 200 00:14:38,770 --> 00:14:45,610 Joe was my best friend, my world, my hero, the love of my life for the last 201 00:14:45,610 --> 00:14:46,630 1⁄2 years. 202 00:14:47,250 --> 00:14:52,790 She brought her boys, and she was talking. That really got me. 203 00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:58,710 You know, somebody's husband was taken, somebody's father was taken. That's the 204 00:14:58,710 --> 00:14:59,710 real tragedy. 205 00:15:01,709 --> 00:15:04,590 Joe's funeral is an overwhelming event. 206 00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:12,470 Mourners pile into a local high school for the memorial service. 207 00:15:13,050 --> 00:15:15,570 When we were growing up, we all knew Joe was a hero. 208 00:15:16,770 --> 00:15:18,850 But now the nation knows he's a hero. 209 00:15:21,350 --> 00:15:24,590 The funeral procession is witnessed by thousands. 210 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:32,720 Fellow officers travel from as far away as California and New York to pay their 211 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:33,720 respects. 212 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:39,900 This one was off the charts of the outpouring of support from the law 213 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,460 enforcement community from around the United States. 214 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,640 The governor of Illinois orders flags to be flown at half -mast. 215 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,500 Joe is memorialized at a Chicago Bears football game. 216 00:15:54,110 --> 00:15:56,790 and honored on the floor of the U .S. Senate. 217 00:15:57,150 --> 00:15:59,810 Lieutenant Glenowitz really made a difference in his life. 218 00:16:00,090 --> 00:16:01,550 It is sad to lose him. 219 00:16:02,470 --> 00:16:08,050 But while the community bonds over their fallen hero, there is still a sense of 220 00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:09,250 danger in the air. 221 00:16:09,630 --> 00:16:12,530 The police have yet to catch any suspects. 222 00:16:13,490 --> 00:16:17,550 Then as the days had gone on and they still weren't finding him, then we 223 00:16:17,550 --> 00:16:19,070 thought, okay, where were they? 224 00:16:19,430 --> 00:16:21,190 Did they get into somebody's house? 225 00:16:22,380 --> 00:16:25,360 That's when the police were going door to door on people's roof. 226 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,100 I mean, it was scary. 227 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,960 It was like wartime. 228 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:36,560 False calls are routine. 229 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:45,400 One woman says she spots the killers just outside of town. 230 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Two people jumped out of a cornfield and tried to get into her car. 231 00:16:50,730 --> 00:16:53,650 Turned out it wasn't them, and the story was completely made up. 232 00:16:54,090 --> 00:17:00,730 One night I sat listening to the scanner as the helicopters were closing in on a 233 00:17:00,730 --> 00:17:03,270 suspect, and then it was a deer. 234 00:17:03,870 --> 00:17:04,869 I was like, no. 235 00:17:06,380 --> 00:17:10,619 Next on American Greed, police finally get the clue they need. 236 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,140 A surveillance tape shows three men that match Joe's description. 237 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,660 I believe that the subjects are dangerous. They murdered a police 238 00:17:19,660 --> 00:17:20,839 they're capable of doing anything. 239 00:17:31,340 --> 00:17:36,290 To help crack the case of Lieutenant Joe Glenowich's death, The Lake County 240 00:17:36,290 --> 00:17:39,970 Major Crimes Task Force descends on Fox Lake, Illinois. 241 00:17:40,970 --> 00:17:45,490 Comprised of police officers from surrounding communities, they hold press 242 00:17:45,490 --> 00:17:47,050 conferences nearly every day. 243 00:17:47,450 --> 00:17:52,770 Two days after the crime, they publicly announce they found Joe's gun. 244 00:17:53,090 --> 00:17:56,670 There were some questions asked about a weapon recovered yesterday. 245 00:17:57,010 --> 00:18:02,690 I can confirm today that it was the officer's weapon that was recovered at 246 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:03,690 scene. 247 00:18:04,110 --> 00:18:07,790 The gun is discovered in the weeds near the lieutenant's body. 248 00:18:08,490 --> 00:18:13,410 The news contradicts earlier reports that the suspects made off with the 249 00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:16,710 weapon. His gun was taken. 250 00:18:17,110 --> 00:18:18,350 Where did his gun go? 251 00:18:18,810 --> 00:18:21,390 Then all of a sudden, oh, well, they found it in the bushes. 252 00:18:21,950 --> 00:18:23,490 Then they found it next to him. 253 00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:26,630 We had no idea what to believe. 254 00:18:29,450 --> 00:18:32,430 Dr. Thomas Rudd is the Lake County coroner. 255 00:18:33,020 --> 00:18:38,300 He says foreign DNA is discovered on the weapon, but it's inconclusive. 256 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:44,460 The only DNA that was in the officers was at the base of the clip, but it 257 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:48,520 in the DNA registry of criminals in this country. 258 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,640 Investigators get one of their best leads when they locate surveillance 259 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:57,220 from homes and businesses in the vicinity of the crime scene. 260 00:18:57,820 --> 00:19:01,960 I think we're optimistic about all of these videos right now because there are 261 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,840 different cameras that are putting a storyline together. 262 00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:10,120 The cameras allegedly capture images of the men that match the lieutenant's 263 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,120 description. 264 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,340 But the excitement is short -lived. 265 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:18,380 In the following days, those men are located and questioned by police. 266 00:19:18,820 --> 00:19:21,940 They're local day workers, and they have a solid alibi. 267 00:19:22,220 --> 00:19:25,280 They were eating breakfast when Lenowitz was killed. 268 00:19:26,220 --> 00:19:29,340 It turns out the three people were not the people that were involved in this. 269 00:19:29,700 --> 00:19:33,160 One of them had a receipt with a time stamp on it showing that they were in a 270 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,160 different location. 271 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,640 Despite early dead ends, the investigation finally makes inroads when 272 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,480 force examines Glenowitz himself. 273 00:19:45,830 --> 00:19:51,630 Lieutenant Joe is the leader of the Fox Lake Explorers, a Boy Scout offshoot 274 00:19:51,630 --> 00:19:54,950 that teaches teens the basics of law enforcement. 275 00:19:55,230 --> 00:19:58,970 The community of Fox Lake Club Explorers, I mean, it was a bunch of 276 00:19:58,970 --> 00:20:00,710 were learning how to become police officers. 277 00:20:01,190 --> 00:20:06,730 The Explorers meet weekly at the old Lions Club building in downtown Fox 278 00:20:07,050 --> 00:20:10,710 Each week was different, so like one week we would have a classroom portion. 279 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:15,210 Like one of them could have been about gun safety or how to clear a room, 280 00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:18,430 officer safety, traffic stops, anything like that. 281 00:20:18,670 --> 00:20:21,050 Jennifer Anderson is a former Explorer. 282 00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:24,850 She's also the former girlfriend of Joe's son, DJ. 283 00:20:25,430 --> 00:20:30,190 She says Lieutenant Joe is nothing less than an ideal role model. 284 00:20:30,650 --> 00:20:36,050 I lost my dad when I was younger, and Joe kind of filled the dad void that I 285 00:20:36,050 --> 00:20:39,970 needed. He was like that with a lot of Explorers. It wasn't just me. 286 00:20:40,650 --> 00:20:45,130 She says Joe is strict but dedicated to the teens he works with. 287 00:20:46,130 --> 00:20:48,510 We started the demolition three months ago. 288 00:20:48,770 --> 00:20:50,770 We trained and we trained hard. 289 00:20:51,030 --> 00:20:53,350 That speaks volumes about you guys. 290 00:20:54,750 --> 00:21:00,350 He really wanted to get kids in the neighborhood that were on drugs or 291 00:21:00,350 --> 00:21:01,149 in trouble. 292 00:21:01,150 --> 00:21:03,010 He wanted to change people's lives. 293 00:21:03,510 --> 00:21:07,770 But Joe has a unique way of running the Explorers. 294 00:21:08,330 --> 00:21:12,390 The former army sergeant places heavy emphasis on military techniques. 295 00:21:12,850 --> 00:21:14,470 Keep going. There you go. 296 00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:17,270 Explorers are trained in SWAT tactics. 297 00:21:17,730 --> 00:21:21,590 He had effectively created this sort of militia. 298 00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:24,610 Police, come on up! 299 00:21:24,930 --> 00:21:26,110 Police, come on up! 300 00:21:26,330 --> 00:21:27,330 Big boy boys! 301 00:21:27,470 --> 00:21:34,110 And observers of that say that it was just going off in weird tangents. 302 00:21:36,940 --> 00:21:40,480 Imagine that in an 8 by 10 room, folks. What was the delay on that? That is 303 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,480 flipping loud. 304 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,300 Far more extreme than it needed to. 305 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:53,540 Rather than just exposing kids to law enforcement, this was flak jacket, SWAT 306 00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:54,860 team helmet wearing. 307 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:56,900 Very extreme. 308 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:03,540 The military gear comes courtesy of the government program known as LESO, the 309 00:22:03,540 --> 00:22:05,320 Law Enforcement Support Office. 310 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:10,460 The program is designed to divert surplus military gear to local police 311 00:22:10,460 --> 00:22:11,460 departments. 312 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:17,640 The LASSO program thinks it's sending this stuff to the Fox Lake Police. The 313 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,260 Lake Police never saw it. 314 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:26,260 Investigators say Glenowitz often forges the police chief's signature to obtain 315 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:27,079 the gear. 316 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,820 He was obtaining ridiculous amounts of materials. 317 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:38,720 Helmets, flak jackets, radios, body armor, you name it, he 318 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:39,720 was getting it. 319 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,780 We went into that basement and found boxes and boxes of stuff that it looked 320 00:22:44,780 --> 00:22:47,900 us like it had never even been opened. And the question is, what was he going 321 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:48,900 do with it? 322 00:22:48,940 --> 00:22:54,220 As for the Explorer's operating budget, the group is swimming in cash. 323 00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,960 From 2008 to 2015, more than $250 ,000 passes through the program. 324 00:23:01,620 --> 00:23:06,820 Boy Scout programs, scouting programs, always operate on a shoestring, but this 325 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:11,500 one was getting a lot of money and was operating at a much higher level. So Joe 326 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:16,080 would go out and raise money, and every year businesses would write a $500 check 327 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,080 to the Explorers. 328 00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:20,380 And it just, I mean, it just continued on for years and years and years. 329 00:23:20,780 --> 00:23:22,300 Next on American Greed. 330 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,100 Joe's pint -sized police force faces an uncertain future. 331 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:32,880 Glenowitz had operated largely unnoticed and unmonitored for years. 332 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:37,740 Suddenly, he had someone for the first time asking questions. 333 00:23:49,070 --> 00:23:53,290 For nearly 30 years, Lieutenant Joe Glenowitz appears to be a model officer. 334 00:23:53,890 --> 00:23:59,510 But after his death, investigators dive into his official police file and find a 335 00:23:59,510 --> 00:24:01,070 much different story. 336 00:24:01,650 --> 00:24:06,030 I was absolutely shocked by it. There was many, many things were being said in 337 00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:08,430 there and many complaints about Joe that none of us ever knew. 338 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:13,390 Joe is suspended at least five times in his career and is accused of violating 339 00:24:13,390 --> 00:24:15,030 numerous rules and regulations. 340 00:24:16,140 --> 00:24:18,760 He used his squad car for an out -of -state vacation. 341 00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:22,280 He allowed friends to use the village gas pumps. 342 00:24:22,580 --> 00:24:26,780 He once got in an argument with a police dispatcher, and she says he threatened 343 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:29,380 to put, quote, three bullets in my chest. 344 00:24:29,940 --> 00:24:35,700 If you go back and you look at the personnel file, you, especially in the 345 00:24:35,700 --> 00:24:39,960 years, don't see a lot of examples of amazing law enforcement feats. 346 00:24:40,810 --> 00:24:46,290 The file also contained a letter written to the mayor in 2009 by a group of 347 00:24:46,290 --> 00:24:47,810 anonymous Fox Lake cops. 348 00:24:48,770 --> 00:24:53,050 The officers complain about the lieutenant's appalling behavior. 349 00:24:53,490 --> 00:24:58,490 They said that he was conducting himself in a manner that was not befitting of a 350 00:24:58,490 --> 00:25:02,610 police officer, that he was drinking at all hours in bars. 351 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:08,100 He was known to go out at night and get rip -roaringly drunk. He was found once 352 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:12,320 passed out in his truck with his foot on the gas pedal and revving the car up 353 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:13,320 when they found him. 354 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:18,440 The officers say Joe groped women's breasts at Christmas parties and had an 355 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,000 inappropriate sexual relationship with a subordinate. 356 00:25:21,340 --> 00:25:27,460 He was kind of a serial fornicator. He pressured, I know, one officer into 357 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:29,900 sexual favors, one female officer. 358 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,560 He was known to have many a mistress within the town. 359 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:40,520 It was far from the image of this G .I. Joe character that he had cultivated to 360 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,219 the public. 361 00:25:41,220 --> 00:25:47,200 These were allegations of sexual impropriety, of debauchery in public. 362 00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:52,720 In addition to Joe's behavior at the police department, investigators 363 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,940 there's trouble at the Explorer's post. 364 00:25:55,740 --> 00:25:59,240 What they found was that there were some financial issues that were going on. 365 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:02,860 There was missing money from the Fox Lake Police Explorer unit. 366 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:08,880 Bank records show Glenowitz uses Explorer funds for his own personal 367 00:26:09,340 --> 00:26:15,920 He spends the cash on dinners, vitamin supplements, gem memberships, and porn. 368 00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:19,900 Some of the allegations are almost comical. 369 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:27,540 Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, movie tickets, clothing, adult website. 370 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:29,360 Dating life. 371 00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:36,400 The biggest expenses are a nearly $8 ,000 trip to Hawaii and a $15 ,000 372 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:37,400 loan payment. 373 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:42,540 Over a seven -year period, investigators officially say Joe's theft reaches five 374 00:26:42,540 --> 00:26:47,760 digits. Sources tell American Greed that the total could be as much as $80 ,000. 375 00:26:48,260 --> 00:26:49,820 He had nothing to show for it. 376 00:26:50,140 --> 00:26:53,980 It's not like he went out and bought an 80 -inch TV or something. Like, it was, 377 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:55,780 you wouldn't even tell. 378 00:26:56,430 --> 00:27:01,170 I don't think to this day anybody alleges that he was getting rich off of 379 00:27:01,390 --> 00:27:04,510 There was just a suggestion that there was improper use of the phone. 380 00:27:04,770 --> 00:27:08,710 The FBI recovers text messages from Glinowich's cell phone. 381 00:27:09,310 --> 00:27:15,310 They learn that in 2014, a change at City Hall threatens Joe's cash flow. 382 00:27:16,410 --> 00:27:21,570 Fox Lake brings in a new administrator, Ann Maron, to manage the village 383 00:27:21,570 --> 00:27:22,570 expenses. 384 00:27:22,890 --> 00:27:28,190 Marin requests audits of various departments, including the police and 385 00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:29,390 Lake Explorers. 386 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:33,750 Ann Marin had done something very simple. She had called him in and said, 387 00:27:33,750 --> 00:27:36,690 to see some accounting for the equipment and for the funds. 388 00:27:36,970 --> 00:27:39,870 Not a radical thing to say at all. 389 00:27:40,610 --> 00:27:43,570 Joe sends numerous texts to friends and family. 390 00:27:44,430 --> 00:27:48,890 Investigators say the texts from this period show that Joe is in a panic. 391 00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:56,430 Joe Glenowitz, in the text messages, makes clear that he is no friend of Ann 392 00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:59,570 Mirren and, in fact, sees her as a big, big threat. 393 00:28:00,070 --> 00:28:04,950 One message reads, she hates me, and I've never said more than three 394 00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:08,790 to her the year she's been here. If she gets a hold of the old checking account, 395 00:28:09,110 --> 00:28:10,250 I'm pretty wealthy. 396 00:28:10,890 --> 00:28:16,470 In another text message, Joe is worried about money he loaned to his son. He was 397 00:28:16,470 --> 00:28:20,820 asking for money from his son to... Pay back the Explorer account or you would 398 00:28:20,820 --> 00:28:21,960 be visiting me in prison. 399 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:29,220 As Joe's paranoia grows, investigators say he considers extreme solutions to 400 00:28:29,220 --> 00:28:34,820 problems. Texts show he contemplates arresting Ann Marin for a DUI and 401 00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:39,270 possibly... planting things on her. When the task force searched the 402 00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:44,250 lieutenant's office in a desk drawer, they located a small quantity of 403 00:28:44,510 --> 00:28:49,210 So the question is, is it mishandling of evidence, or was there another 404 00:28:49,210 --> 00:28:50,210 intention with it? 405 00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:55,760 Another text shows Joe wants to hire a hitman. Lieutenant Glenowitz had reached 406 00:28:55,760 --> 00:29:00,800 out to a third party, and the tone of those text messages was to contact a 407 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,860 -level motorcycle gang member. 408 00:29:03,100 --> 00:29:08,720 They were going to kill the administrator of Fox Lake and dump her 409 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:13,240 Volo Bog, and they were going to plant a large bag of cocaine on her to make it 410 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,320 look like a drug deal gone bad. 411 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,240 The Volo Bog is a dense and secluded wetland just south of Fox Lake. 412 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,760 Anne Maron has no idea what she's unleashed. 413 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,520 It's amazing that Celtic Soul Routine kind of set this whole thing in motion. 414 00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:32,900 It's one thing to steal money. 415 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,220 Okay, it's another thing to cheat on your wife. 416 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,600 It's another thing to try to kill somebody. 417 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:44,920 Next on American Greed, G .I. Joe finally decides on a solution to his 418 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:45,920 problems. 419 00:29:46,190 --> 00:29:47,270 Everybody felt it. 420 00:29:47,590 --> 00:29:48,650 We felt it. 421 00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:51,870 Want to see more of Joe's text messages? 422 00:29:52,430 --> 00:29:55,610 Go to AmericanGreed .CNBC .com. 423 00:29:57,390 --> 00:29:59,550 Want inside information from the show? 424 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:01,830 Join the Greed social network. 425 00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:05,090 Like us on American Greed's Facebook page. 426 00:30:06,050 --> 00:30:07,290 We'll be right back. 427 00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:24,360 On November 4th, 2015, two long months after Lieutenant Joe's death, 428 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,880 the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force has finally come to a conclusion. 429 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:32,160 Residents are hopeful the police have made a breakthrough. 430 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,500 Did they finally catch the killers? 431 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,280 Unfortunately, the task force has much different news. 432 00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:44,220 This extensive investigation has concluded with an overwhelming amount of 433 00:30:44,220 --> 00:30:45,220 evidence. 434 00:30:45,340 --> 00:30:48,720 that Glenowitz's death was a carefully staged suicide. 435 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:56,800 We have determined this staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal 436 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,480 acts that Glenowitz had been committing. 437 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:05,320 Investigators say the proof lies in the lieutenant's bank records and more than 438 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,920 6 ,500 pages of text messages. 439 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,020 There are no winners here. 440 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,340 Glenowitz committed the ultimate betrayal. 441 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,600 to the citizens he served, and the entire law enforcement community. 442 00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:26,860 Ann Marin is stunned to learn of her role in the drama and that she was a 443 00:31:26,860 --> 00:31:27,860 target. 444 00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:34,280 It's a very scary thought that an officer who is sworn to uphold the law 445 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,200 even attempt to think to do something like that to an administrator. 446 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:41,220 The criminal accusations devastate the community. 447 00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:44,640 Joe's friends have trouble processing the news. 448 00:31:45,230 --> 00:31:48,590 Dad is not the guy I knew. You're just like, where the hell did that come from? 449 00:31:48,670 --> 00:31:51,250 That's kind of, like, really crazy. 450 00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:52,970 Our heads were spinning. 451 00:31:53,210 --> 00:31:54,690 What do you believe? 452 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:56,330 They got it wrong. 453 00:31:56,530 --> 00:31:57,850 They had to have gotten it wrong. 454 00:31:58,170 --> 00:32:00,130 They need to do some more investigating. 455 00:32:01,070 --> 00:32:02,090 That's your thought. 456 00:32:02,610 --> 00:32:05,690 Many refused to believe the official line. 457 00:32:06,170 --> 00:32:08,830 I'm not denying he didn't take money. Of course he took the money. 458 00:32:09,210 --> 00:32:10,210 Proof is there. 459 00:32:12,410 --> 00:32:14,870 Would Joe have killed himself over it? Not a chance. 460 00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:17,170 He wouldn't leave his boys. 461 00:32:17,710 --> 00:32:18,710 He wouldn't do that. 462 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:23,190 Joe's supporters want to believe anything other than the task force 463 00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:26,290 There's still a lot of people out there who believe that, you know, it's 464 00:32:26,290 --> 00:32:30,190 conspiracy theory and, you know, cops are hiding something and all this other 465 00:32:30,190 --> 00:32:32,050 stuff. Maybe he was assassinated. 466 00:32:32,570 --> 00:32:35,130 Maybe he was killed by his fellow officers. 467 00:32:35,950 --> 00:32:40,890 Maybe he was killed by some folks he put in jail and they were seeking revenge. 468 00:32:41,270 --> 00:32:43,590 All of those scenarios were being floated. 469 00:32:44,770 --> 00:32:49,470 But suicide has been one of the leading theories since that fateful day. 470 00:32:49,890 --> 00:32:54,070 Police reports show that one of the first responders immediately suspected 471 00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:55,070 suicide. 472 00:32:55,970 --> 00:33:01,950 Former explorer Jennifer Anderson says just hours after the incident, friends 473 00:33:01,950 --> 00:33:04,910 the police force quietly told her Joe killed himself. 474 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,180 So that was really hard to keep my mouth shut because at that point, I really 475 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:12,520 wasn't supposed to know. Nobody really was supposed to know except the people 476 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:13,600 involved in the investigation. 477 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:19,560 But if suicide was so strongly suspected, why did the investigation 478 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,960 long? And why did police allow the manhunt to continue? 479 00:33:23,820 --> 00:33:28,500 The first day of the search alone cost over $200 ,000 in police resources. 480 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,560 The final cost is likely close to $1 million in total manpower. 481 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,700 The coroner has his suspicions. 482 00:33:37,100 --> 00:33:41,700 Law enforcement tried to cover up a suicide and make a dirty cop a hero. 483 00:33:42,540 --> 00:33:45,620 This is just my thoughts. I can't prove it. 484 00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:49,200 The task force disputes this accusation. 485 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:54,380 According to the group's commander, thorough police work takes time, 486 00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:57,460 in a case involving the death of a fellow officer. 487 00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,240 We don't jump to conclusions or assumptions based on the information 488 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,960 had. We proceeded as this was a homicide. 489 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:11,620 By creating a smoke screen, Linowitz successfully delays the exposure of his 490 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:12,620 criminal deeds. 491 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:18,840 He could have just killed himself, okay? But instead, he went to so much trouble 492 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,780 to make it look like a crime so that they would investigate it. 493 00:34:25,139 --> 00:34:31,760 I'm sure, in many ways, he felt that if he was gunned down in the line of duty 494 00:34:32,860 --> 00:34:37,679 and received a giant funeral. And, you know, that's the way he wanted to go 495 00:34:38,139 --> 00:34:42,659 Commander Falinko says suicide didn't become a viable theory until 496 00:34:42,659 --> 00:34:48,020 retrieved the text messages from Joe's phone nearly six weeks after his death. 497 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:53,719 We had no indication that there was any type of financial issues whatsoever 498 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:59,320 until we started getting those text messages and then putting all the pieces 499 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:00,320 together. 500 00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:05,010 He went from hero to zero based on his actions. 501 00:35:05,950 --> 00:35:11,970 Next on American Greed, a return to the swamp to piece together Joe Glinovich's 502 00:35:11,970 --> 00:35:17,030 final moments. The thing that was shocking was when we lifted the vest and 503 00:35:17,030 --> 00:35:19,650 thought, how does this happen if this is a homicide? 504 00:35:30,570 --> 00:35:35,350 After the task force announcement, the death of Joe Glinowitz appears to raise 505 00:35:35,350 --> 00:35:37,130 more questions than answers. 506 00:35:37,410 --> 00:35:43,350 One of the biggest mysteries is that Joe's body shows he was actually shot 507 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:44,350 times. 508 00:35:45,470 --> 00:35:49,810 The one thing that always bothered me throughout the entire investigation was 509 00:35:49,810 --> 00:35:52,290 when you're committing a suicide, you don't shoot yourself twice. 510 00:35:53,250 --> 00:35:58,470 But investigators believe Joe did indeed shoot himself twice that day. 511 00:36:01,190 --> 00:36:05,230 Lake County Coroner Tom Rudd walks us through the crime scene. 512 00:36:06,410 --> 00:36:09,430 The first piece of evidence is the setting itself. 513 00:36:09,890 --> 00:36:13,230 It's an area that the lieutenant was very familiar with. 514 00:36:14,330 --> 00:36:20,330 This is where G .I. Joe educated and trained his explorers to look for people 515 00:36:20,330 --> 00:36:22,210 and to do various tactical exercises. 516 00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:26,170 G .I. Joe knows this area like the back of his hand. 517 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:35,520 The coroner says Lenowitz parks his car and walks to the woods at the edge of 518 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,520 the swamp. 519 00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:44,880 And at this point, he activates his mace. 520 00:36:45,220 --> 00:36:48,460 He pops it, shoots it, and then drops it. 521 00:36:48,820 --> 00:36:55,760 Then he goes down this way into the brush, and around here, he drops 522 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:56,760 his baton. 523 00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:04,100 He knew that he had to essentially take them off the scent, so what did he do? 524 00:37:04,220 --> 00:37:06,080 He created a sign of a struggle. 525 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:12,980 After setting the scene, the coroner says Joe draws his gun and pointed at 526 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:14,080 lower right abdomen. 527 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:22,840 He fires a shot into his bulletproof vest on the right side. It penetrates 528 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,820 vest and goes in, but does not hit or break the skin. 529 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:27,720 It does cause a bruising. 530 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,960 Investigators say the shot is the equivalent of being hit with a 531 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:38,060 But Gunowitz is in remarkable shape for his age and endures the pain. 532 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:41,980 He's going to go down. He's going to be woozy. He's going to take at least three 533 00:37:41,980 --> 00:37:43,800 to five minutes to recoup from that shot. 534 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,800 After regaining his composure, he then makes the initial radio call. 535 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:01,200 By the time officers are on the scene, the coroner says Glenowitz is deep into 536 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,100 the swamp and prepared to fire the second shot. 537 00:38:04,860 --> 00:38:10,420 He takes his gun, sticks it under his vest to about two to three inches, aims 538 00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:16,820 in the heart, major vessel region, shoots himself, hits the pulmonary 539 00:38:17,220 --> 00:38:20,380 He's drowning in his own blood, but he's still conscious. 540 00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:24,780 So he can toss the gun several feet away and fall forward and die. 541 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:31,420 The coroner says Joe's uniform and vest are still roll -call tight, and his body 542 00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:33,020 shows no signs of a struggle. 543 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,240 There were no defensive wounds on him whatsoever. 544 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,680 In other words, he wasn't fighting to try to prevent somebody from putting a 545 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:41,900 under his vest and shooting him. 546 00:38:42,980 --> 00:38:48,360 First responders report hearing the fatal shot, but specifically say they 547 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:53,540 hear any other noises, nor do they see any paths through the thick swamp grass. 548 00:38:54,380 --> 00:38:58,660 If somebody had shot him, where were they? What noise were they making? This 549 00:38:58,660 --> 00:39:02,840 very, very thick brush. You're going to hear crunching and cracking, and 550 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,460 especially if you try to move fast to do a getaway. 551 00:39:06,420 --> 00:39:11,140 As for the three suspects mentioned in the radio call, the coroner believes 552 00:39:11,140 --> 00:39:14,340 Lenowitz spotted them on the street that morning. 553 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,840 He knows that there were these three day workers. 554 00:39:18,460 --> 00:39:23,160 that walked by this area. So when he made the call in, he knew there would be 555 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,820 somebody here that they could pursue. 556 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:30,780 He had gone to so much trouble, and all of this was because he knew what the 557 00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:31,780 response would be. 558 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,820 His plan worked perfectly. 559 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:39,800 As for the foreign DNA found on Joe's gun, it could belong to anyone. 560 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:45,780 They have since learned that Glenowitz liked to give it to people to hold, show 561 00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:46,729 it off. 562 00:39:46,730 --> 00:39:51,270 you know hey you want to hold my gun and that it's very very possible that that 563 00:39:51,270 --> 00:39:56,950 was where the dna came from but why go through all this trouble of staging a 564 00:39:56,950 --> 00:40:03,230 homicide scene joe's ego is likely the biggest culprit you have a person who 565 00:40:03,230 --> 00:40:07,590 loved being a cop and loved the persona that he created in the village of fox 566 00:40:07,590 --> 00:40:13,090 lake and should he be charged with crimes for embezzlement i think it would 567 00:40:13,090 --> 00:40:14,090 really hurt him 568 00:40:14,990 --> 00:40:17,470 His pension may have also played a role. 569 00:40:17,690 --> 00:40:22,570 At the time of his death, Venowitz makes over $90 ,000 a year. 570 00:40:23,110 --> 00:40:26,470 Suicide would severely affect his family's benefits. 571 00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:31,890 If he was killed on the line of duty, his family would receive 100 % of his 572 00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:36,410 pension. But if he kills himself, he's still eligible for 75 % of his pension. 573 00:40:37,530 --> 00:40:41,310 G .I. Joe's secret life rocks Fox Lake. 574 00:40:41,950 --> 00:40:45,770 My gosh, G .I. Joe went from a hero to a criminal. 575 00:40:46,070 --> 00:40:51,230 The signs once honoring the town's hero become objects of scorn. 576 00:40:51,850 --> 00:40:57,390 People destroying signs, writing loser and traitor. 577 00:40:58,050 --> 00:41:00,910 He was the most horrific person you could ever imagine. 578 00:41:02,510 --> 00:41:05,950 A couple days prior, he's the best person you've ever met in your life. 579 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:10,290 You know, how can people do that? 580 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:15,680 Some people kept the signs up just so that they could demonstrate that kind of 581 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,860 anger, which I thought was extraordinary. 582 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:23,660 It just showed the extent to which they felt that they had been had and that 583 00:41:23,660 --> 00:41:24,900 they had been duped. 584 00:41:30,140 --> 00:41:34,800 Conspiracy theories surrounding Joe's death still float around Fox Lake to 585 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,300 day. But many residents have made their peace. 586 00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:46,810 I knew Joe as a good guy, as a protector, as a man who led the Explorer 587 00:41:47,730 --> 00:41:49,290 That's the Joe I want to remember. 588 00:41:50,830 --> 00:41:53,430 I wish I could have just talked to him and asked him why. 589 00:41:54,610 --> 00:41:58,610 I wish we had more answers before he did what he did. 590 00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:01,830 That's, I think, what kind of makes us mad. He just kind of, like, left us. 591 00:42:02,150 --> 00:42:07,610 The legacy of Lieutenant Joe Glinowitz has left a permanent scar on this once 592 00:42:07,610 --> 00:42:08,630 quiet community. 593 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:15,220 Anything now that happens in our town, oh, there's Fox Lake again on the news. 594 00:42:16,740 --> 00:42:18,420 That is what we're known for. 595 00:42:19,780 --> 00:42:22,940 I think you've got people that are embarrassed that they feel like they 596 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:24,900 had. And boy, 597 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,460 do I ever sympathize with those folks because they were had. They were 598 00:42:29,460 --> 00:42:31,380 completely deceived and betrayed.