1 00:00:01,230 --> 00:00:07,590 In this episode of American Greed, the Wild West is alive and well in North 2 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:08,590 Dakota. 3 00:00:09,170 --> 00:00:15,210 When an oil boom hits the state, a few bad men descend on the bad lands. 4 00:00:15,910 --> 00:00:21,090 It was a modern -day gold rush out there. With that comes a lot of people 5 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:22,090 checkered paths. 6 00:00:22,330 --> 00:00:25,290 James Hendrickson is the baddest of them all. 7 00:00:26,060 --> 00:00:29,800 He lived his life like Caligula. I mean, he just wanted to lay waste to 8 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:30,900 everything and everyone. 9 00:00:31,340 --> 00:00:36,520 In his drive to make a killing, Hendrickson will do anything to 10 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:40,020 competition. Basically, anyone that ever crossed James or that he thought could 11 00:00:40,020 --> 00:00:41,700 sink him, he wanted to have killed. 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,840 There's been shots. A man just kicked in our house and shot my husband. 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,560 He certainly gets an A for effort in terms of being a serial murderer. 14 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:54,340 But when this arrogant mastermind hires a sloppy hitman, his budding empire 15 00:00:54,340 --> 00:00:55,980 comes crashing down. 16 00:00:56,820 --> 00:00:58,860 We always say you can't make this stuff up. 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,680 I was like, you sons of bitches, man. Who do you think you are? Like, who do 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:08,120 think you are to come up to North Dakota and rip people off like you have and 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,240 then to kill people? 20 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:10,800 Who does that? 21 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:36,020 Deep within the American heartland, North Dakota is home to wide open 22 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,400 rugged landscapes, and few people. 23 00:01:44,700 --> 00:01:50,480 Despite being population poor, the state is rich in natural resources. 24 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,400 In 2006, North Dakota is the site of a modern economic boom. 25 00:01:59,050 --> 00:02:04,790 when a layer of oil -saturated shale is tapped in the Bakken, a rock formation 26 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:07,010 beneath the western half of the state. 27 00:02:09,610 --> 00:02:14,150 Hydraulic fracking unleashes millions of barrels of black gold. 28 00:02:16,290 --> 00:02:18,690 It was like Deadwood. It was crazy. 29 00:02:18,950 --> 00:02:20,610 It was a gold rush, basically. 30 00:02:21,470 --> 00:02:24,990 The oil business was booming. There was a lot of money to be made. 31 00:02:26,830 --> 00:02:30,970 To corral that much oil, manpower is desperately needed. 32 00:02:33,390 --> 00:02:38,830 Over the next several years, more than 100 ,000 men descend on the patch. 33 00:02:39,890 --> 00:02:44,390 Everywhere you looked, it was trucks. It was truck traffic from bumper to 34 00:02:44,390 --> 00:02:51,390 bumper. Businesses were charging $1 ,800 a month, San Francisco rents in North 35 00:02:51,390 --> 00:02:54,530 Dakota, based on how many people were looking for jobs. 36 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:06,200 In October 2011, 28 -year -old Christopher Casey Clark is one of 37 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:06,918 those men. 38 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:12,260 A former motorbike racer, Clark moves to North Dakota at the request of an old 39 00:03:12,260 --> 00:03:14,300 friend, James Hendrickson. 40 00:03:17,580 --> 00:03:23,100 Hendrickson has recently started a promising oil -related business, 41 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,880 Trucking, and wants Clark to be his operations manager. 42 00:03:27,550 --> 00:03:32,390 Casey and James raced motorcycles together in Washington State. 43 00:03:32,590 --> 00:03:34,570 So he'd known Casey for quite a while. 44 00:03:35,810 --> 00:03:42,010 Just 32 years old, James Henriksen appears to be a promising young go 45 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:48,130 In addition to owning a trucking business, he possesses an imposing 46 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:49,710 a sparkling white smile. 47 00:03:51,250 --> 00:03:55,150 By his side is his beautiful young wife, Sarah Creveling. 48 00:03:56,010 --> 00:03:59,210 The locals called the couple Ken and Barbie. 49 00:03:59,730 --> 00:04:00,990 You know, people laughed. 50 00:04:01,270 --> 00:04:05,370 You know, it's North Dakota. It's almost all male. It's rugged. 51 00:04:05,650 --> 00:04:10,490 And then you have this blonde and, you know, this handsome guy. 52 00:04:10,970 --> 00:04:16,089 They just looked out of place, you know. And when you hear about, like, the Wild 53 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:19,310 West, you were thinking, what is Sarah doing here? 54 00:04:20,290 --> 00:04:23,150 She's the only blonde chick in, like, 500 miles. 55 00:04:25,610 --> 00:04:30,790 Rick Airy lives next door to Clark and the Hendricksons in an RV park in the 56 00:04:30,790 --> 00:04:32,550 bustling community of Newtown. 57 00:04:33,450 --> 00:04:38,170 A few weeks after their arrival, his new neighbors offer him a job. 58 00:04:38,570 --> 00:04:43,110 Casey approached me and he said, Rick, do you want a truck pushing job? 59 00:04:43,350 --> 00:04:47,190 I said, dude, I don't know the first thing about pushing trucks. 60 00:04:48,070 --> 00:04:51,750 He said, I'll pay you $1 ,500 a week salary. 61 00:04:52,470 --> 00:04:54,070 And I was like, deal. 62 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,800 Harry works as Blackstone's truck dispatcher. 63 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:05,460 In the desolate and lonely oil fields, Rick and KC quickly develop a strong 64 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:06,460 friendship. 65 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,500 We'd BS, we'd talk, and he had a good heart. 66 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:16,360 And him and I just hit it off like we'd grown up the same way, you know? So 67 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,340 we're just kindred souls and fast friends. 68 00:05:21,140 --> 00:05:25,820 Blackstone's main business is running water tankers to and from the oil 69 00:05:26,780 --> 00:05:31,500 Fracking requires fresh water to help break up the oil -rich shale. 70 00:05:31,740 --> 00:05:36,420 We'd have 75 to 100 trucks out there. We'd have multiple jobs going because 71 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:40,520 only were we filling frack tanks around the clock, we had wells that were 72 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,520 already producing that had dedicated runs where we'd have to go pull the 73 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,540 off them. The money is good, but the men work long hours. 74 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:49,300 Oh, gosh. 75 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:51,040 24 -7, man. 76 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:52,460 It was ridiculous. 77 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:58,660 So, I mean, it was one of them jobs where you got to shower maybe once a 78 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:01,440 You know, I was living on Red Bull in Copenhagen. 79 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,180 After an intense few months, Rick and KC are burning out. 80 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:15,020 In early 2012, the men make plans to leave Blackstone and help a mutual 81 00:06:15,020 --> 00:06:16,780 start a new trucking business. 82 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,440 I was like, dude, look at what James is doing. 83 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,600 I was like, we could do this for ourselves, and we could pay the truck 84 00:06:24,820 --> 00:06:28,040 run a legit show, and we can make our own money. 85 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:34,540 Rick and KC conspire to poach some Blackstone clients and take them to 86 00:06:34,540 --> 00:06:35,540 gig. 87 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:40,580 But KC tells his friend it's crucial they keep their plans secret. 88 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,920 He was like, man, we got to keep it quiet. 89 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:46,460 James cannot find out. James cannot find out. 90 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,280 In February 2012, 91 00:06:51,020 --> 00:06:57,360 shortly before his planned covert departure from Blackstone, Casey Clark 92 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,340 scheduled to take a two -week vacation. 93 00:06:59,980 --> 00:07:04,660 James Henriksen had told Casey Clark, you're just working too hard, you need a 94 00:07:04,660 --> 00:07:05,740 break, go on vacation. 95 00:07:06,220 --> 00:07:10,900 But before Casey can leave, James Henriksen has one request. 96 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:16,860 He wants Clark to stop by the office and drop off his company credit card. 97 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:22,780 They claim that how are we going to buy fuel and pay for things when you're on a 98 00:07:22,780 --> 00:07:23,780 two -week vacation? 99 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:26,340 We need that card. We need that card. 100 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:36,560 On February 22, 2012, Casey Clark heads to the Blackstone Trucking Office. 101 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,260 Early morning, I think on a Tuesday morning sometime, and there were 102 00:07:42,260 --> 00:07:44,820 walking around, approximately 20 to 25 truckers. 103 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,480 in the yard at that time several people saw casey come to the building and 104 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:54,180 several employees saw him but where casey goes next is unknown 105 00:07:54,180 --> 00:08:01,080 several hours after clark's visit to blackstone 106 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:06,740 rick airy is unable to locate his friend so i started texting him i started 107 00:08:06,740 --> 00:08:11,020 calling him the same thing i'm not getting any return nothing no reply 108 00:08:11,020 --> 00:08:12,020 voicemail 109 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,440 That afternoon, Airy drives out to the Blackstone shop. 110 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,720 He's confronted by James Hendrickson. 111 00:08:21,180 --> 00:08:23,840 James looks right at me and he says, are you quitting too? 112 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:28,160 And he's not supposed to know at this point. It's supposed to be a big old 113 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,720 secret. I'm like, no, man, I ain't quitting. 114 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:31,300 He's like, huh. 115 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,500 Okay, well, there's just rumors going around. You guys are quitting. You and 116 00:08:35,500 --> 00:08:36,500 Casey are quitting. 117 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,880 Rick asks James if he knows where Casey is. 118 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:46,620 Henriksen tells Rick that KC has a history of skipping town unexpectedly. 119 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:51,360 Yeah, that son of a bitch, he always up and disappears like this. 120 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,340 He owes a bunch of people in Washington a bunch of money, and he hauled ass one 121 00:08:55,340 --> 00:08:56,199 other time. 122 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,180 I've been trying to call and text him all day, too. 123 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,380 But in the following weeks, Rick realizes that something's not right. 124 00:09:07,439 --> 00:09:11,060 Casey's clothes and personal items are still at his house. 125 00:09:12,020 --> 00:09:13,700 He doesn't answer his phone. 126 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,260 And his family hasn't seen or heard from him. 127 00:09:17,740 --> 00:09:22,620 At this point, we know he's missing. Like, he's not making his payments. He's 128 00:09:22,620 --> 00:09:26,400 not using his cell phone. He's not pulling a dime out of his checking 129 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:32,100 Rick Gary and others create posters and spread the word through social media. 130 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:34,120 So we just go on the offensive. 131 00:09:34,620 --> 00:09:37,240 We'll start blowing it up. We're getting it out there. 132 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:44,140 Many of the wells and oil -related businesses in North Dakota are on the 133 00:09:44,140 --> 00:09:47,800 Berthold Indian Reservation, including Blackstone. 134 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,500 Word of Casey's disappearance quickly spreads through the native communities. 135 00:09:55,020 --> 00:10:00,700 One of my clan sisters contacted me and she said, Hey, sister, did you hear 136 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:02,820 about this missing boy from that oil field? 137 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:09,720 Lissa Yellowbird Chase is a tribal attorney for MHA Nation, a union of the 138 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:12,620 Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribe. 139 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:19,380 Since Casey Clark was last seen on native lands, she takes it upon herself 140 00:10:19,380 --> 00:10:23,300 some investigating, starting with the Blackstone shop. 141 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,380 Parked out in the parking lot and started talking to truckers and saying, 142 00:10:27,380 --> 00:10:28,660 you aware that this happened? 143 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,340 Only one out of maybe ten even heard about it. 144 00:10:35,940 --> 00:10:40,960 Rick Airy says it's no surprise Blackstone employees are kept in the 145 00:10:42,540 --> 00:10:47,420 Rick is convinced that James Henriksen knows more than he's letting on. 146 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,520 I knew he had something. If he didn't have something to do with it, he knew 147 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:53,660 something. He had to have known something. 148 00:10:55,340 --> 00:11:00,460 In the first few months after Casey's disappearance, the case isn't a priority 149 00:11:00,460 --> 00:11:02,160 for law enforcement either. 150 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,680 Workers constantly come and go from the oil fields. 151 00:11:06,380 --> 00:11:12,200 But in June 2012, a clue emerges that puts the case on the cops' radar. 152 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:18,320 Casey Clark's abandoned pickup truck is discovered in Williston, nearly 80 miles 153 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,780 away from where he was last seen. 154 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,840 I'm devastated at this point. I mean, it just sucked the air out of the room. I 155 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,460 couldn't breathe. My heart's in my chest. I'm like, you got to be shitting 156 00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:35,340 Next on American Greed, a closer look at James Hendrickson's past reveals that 157 00:11:35,340 --> 00:11:37,160 he's a man of many secrets. 158 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,520 We actually got a copy of his criminal record. It's just like, god dang, this 159 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,160 guy's a real dirtbag, you know? 160 00:11:56,780 --> 00:12:02,200 By all appearances, James Hendrickson is an up -and -coming player in the North 161 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:03,300 Dakota oil fields. 162 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:08,400 In 2012, his trucking company is booming. 163 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,680 He buys a Bentley and a brand -new house in Watford City. 164 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:19,820 But after the disappearance of Casey Clark, Rick Airy discovers that 165 00:12:19,820 --> 00:12:21,820 isn't exactly a model citizen. 166 00:12:22,670 --> 00:12:28,130 He soon discovers that Hendrickson is just as dirty as the black gold they 167 00:12:28,130 --> 00:12:29,210 pulled from the ground. 168 00:12:31,330 --> 00:12:33,870 We actually got a copy of a criminal record. 169 00:12:35,350 --> 00:12:37,270 And that was like all I needed. 170 00:12:37,570 --> 00:12:40,750 Assault, burglary, manufacturing drugs. 171 00:12:41,530 --> 00:12:44,150 I mean, you just go on and on and on and on and on. 172 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:50,890 Over the past 10 years, Hendrickson has been arrested multiple times in his home 173 00:12:50,890 --> 00:12:51,890 state of Oregon. 174 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:57,880 He'd done time in jail, never a long dent from what I could tell. 175 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:00,800 He's a con man. 176 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:15,060 In 2011, Steve Kelly has the unfortunate distinction of being Hendrickson's 177 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:17,500 first business partner in North Dakota. 178 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,540 Kelly is a member of MHA Nation. 179 00:13:22,110 --> 00:13:25,150 and the owner of Trustland Oilfield Services. 180 00:13:26,570 --> 00:13:33,550 I got a call in July of 2011, and he said he had trucks down in Texas, and 181 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:36,030 he wanted to know if I was looking for trucks. 182 00:13:37,070 --> 00:13:43,090 At the time, Kelly's business is booming, but he needs more tankers to 183 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:44,090 with demand. 184 00:13:44,230 --> 00:13:47,010 And I asked him, I said, how did you get my name? 185 00:13:47,370 --> 00:13:50,870 He said, well, I looked you up on that tarot list. 186 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:57,860 TARO is the Tribal Employment Rights Office, which gives Native Americans 187 00:13:57,860 --> 00:14:00,600 preference to business activities on the reservation. 188 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,560 The TARO office has all the Indian contractors listed there. 189 00:14:05,900 --> 00:14:12,320 And at the time, I suppose there was probably 60 of us, 50 of us. And so he 190 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:15,340 went on down the list until he got to Trustland and called me. 191 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:21,200 Kelly agrees to bring on Henriksen as a subcontractor. 192 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,560 He says James is initially a good worker. 193 00:14:26,380 --> 00:14:30,140 Hendrickson quickly builds up his fleet and expands his operations. 194 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:35,880 His team eventually includes Casey Clark and Rick Airy. 195 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:43,000 He had, to my knowledge, no industry knowledge in trucking. He went up there 196 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,520 just started doing it. He was a good salesman, even better con man. 197 00:14:47,660 --> 00:14:52,560 But in December of 2011, Kelly says their relationship sours. 198 00:14:53,920 --> 00:15:00,760 Kelly's company puts in a $500 ,000 bid on a new oil well run by Petro Hunt, a 199 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,700 firm with which he's well established. 200 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:09,980 To his surprise, Kelly discovers that James Hendrickson and Blackstone have 201 00:15:09,980 --> 00:15:11,640 already won the job. 202 00:15:12,140 --> 00:15:16,320 Well, I called up Terrell, and I said, they can't have the job. I have 203 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:17,320 preference. 204 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:18,770 You know, what gives? 205 00:15:18,970 --> 00:15:22,310 They said, no, no, they're a registered native company now, too. 206 00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:27,850 Kelly says Hendrickson recruits a Navajo woman from Texas to register his 207 00:15:27,850 --> 00:15:31,270 company and get Blackstone native status. 208 00:15:32,410 --> 00:15:37,110 Kelly complains to Taro and gets Hendrickson pulled from the job. 209 00:15:38,110 --> 00:15:43,890 Shortly after the incident, Kelly says shocking graffiti appears at Petro Hunt 210 00:15:43,890 --> 00:15:45,910 job sites around the oil fields. 211 00:15:46,650 --> 00:15:51,330 All kinds of rotten things about me, repainted on their PetroHunt vehicles. 212 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:54,070 Seriously, that bugs the hell out of me. 213 00:15:54,290 --> 00:15:56,170 Steve Kelly raped my wife. 214 00:15:57,070 --> 00:15:59,470 I was just almost physically sick. 215 00:15:59,690 --> 00:16:00,690 It was terrible. 216 00:16:01,030 --> 00:16:06,090 Although he can't prove Hendrickson is behind the graffiti, Kelly stops 217 00:16:06,090 --> 00:16:08,290 subcontracting with the young hustler. 218 00:16:08,530 --> 00:16:12,450 But by then, Hendrickson isn't hurting for work. 219 00:16:13,370 --> 00:16:14,970 Next on American Greed. 220 00:16:15,470 --> 00:16:19,010 James Hendrickson sets his sights on a bigger prize. 221 00:16:19,710 --> 00:16:23,530 That sly son of a gun had that card up his sleeve and nobody saw that coming. 222 00:16:40,070 --> 00:16:42,670 If you want to do business on a reservation, 223 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:46,820 There's no better place to start than at the top. 224 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:54,440 As 2012 rolls around, James Hendrickson makes a powerful new friend, Tex Hall, 225 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:59,220 who is, at the time, tribal chairman of MHA Nation. 226 00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:06,099 He went to our chairman to basically take advantage of his political 227 00:17:08,140 --> 00:17:13,740 In addition to being tribal chairman, Tex Hall also owns a private oil 228 00:17:14,980 --> 00:17:18,319 Hall makes Hendrickson one of his subcontractors. 229 00:17:19,260 --> 00:17:24,160 James was being allowed to drive truck on their land. 230 00:17:24,819 --> 00:17:28,680 Back there, you were supposed to be a tribal member to get those kind of 231 00:17:28,740 --> 00:17:30,960 but James had managed to work his way in. 232 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:34,580 The arrangement angers many in the Native community. 233 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,440 Tribal members could be doing this stuff, and he'd be doing just as well. 234 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:44,300 So, in other words, Tex could have subcontracted with me, you know, or any 235 00:17:44,300 --> 00:17:47,280 tribal member and done just as well, probably better. 236 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:55,200 Hendrickson moves the Blackstone offices to Tex Hall's property outside of 237 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:56,200 Mandaree. 238 00:17:57,580 --> 00:18:03,920 Just a few months later, in February, it's this shop where Casey Clark is last 239 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:04,920 seen. 240 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:08,960 Tex. indicated that he did not know Casey Clark. 241 00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:15,240 For Tex Hall, Casey Clark was just one of many people who worked directly or 242 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,240 indirectly for him. 243 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:23,280 James Hendrickson isn't troubled by Clark's disappearance either because 244 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:24,420 too busy making money. 245 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:30,200 While partnered with Tex Hall, Hendrickson lands a lucrative deal with 246 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:35,100 Nation to water dirt roads and keep dust down on the reservation. 247 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:41,670 Hendrickson bills the tribe $580 ,000 for the work. 248 00:18:42,590 --> 00:18:48,110 Oh, it's a huge questionable deal. He come to me and he said, whatever the job 249 00:18:48,110 --> 00:18:54,030 is, he's like, I'm going to add a bunch of hours to it so that that money is 250 00:18:54,030 --> 00:18:55,030 going right here. 251 00:18:55,370 --> 00:18:57,290 He padded them hours for down here. 252 00:18:58,750 --> 00:19:04,810 By the end of 2012, Tex Hall learns the cost of doing business with James 253 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:05,810 Hendrickson. 254 00:19:07,370 --> 00:19:12,450 Over the past year, prosecutors say Hendrickson has been skimming money from 255 00:19:12,450 --> 00:19:13,450 deals with Hall. 256 00:19:13,990 --> 00:19:19,330 Using shell companies registered in Sarah Creveling's name, Hendrickson 257 00:19:19,330 --> 00:19:22,050 hundreds of thousands of dollars into his own pockets. 258 00:19:22,550 --> 00:19:26,690 He would create these dummy companies that he actually owned, and he would 259 00:19:26,690 --> 00:19:32,770 basically bill to these dummy companies, indicate that they were charging him 260 00:19:32,770 --> 00:19:33,770 for trucking services. 261 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:39,520 Hall ultimately cuts ties with Hendrickson, but it's later discovered 262 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,580 split isn't just about money. 263 00:19:42,460 --> 00:19:47,380 Hendrickson's been having an affair with Peyton Martin, the daughter of Hall's 264 00:19:47,380 --> 00:19:48,380 longtime girlfriend. 265 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:54,120 James Hendrickson had impregnated his 18 -year -old stepdaughter. 266 00:19:56,790 --> 00:20:01,650 Since arriving in the patch, James Henriksen has been working on the 267 00:20:01,650 --> 00:20:03,710 of the oil business, in trucking. 268 00:20:05,610 --> 00:20:11,210 After his split with Tex Hall, he's now ready to make the big bucks, drilling 269 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:12,210 oil himself. 270 00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:24,290 In early 2013, he hooks up with Doug Carlisle, a construction contractor 271 00:20:24,290 --> 00:20:25,630 in Spokane, Washington. 272 00:20:27,210 --> 00:20:30,850 They got into the oil drilling venture together because they had heard that 273 00:20:30,850 --> 00:20:37,150 there was a piece of property, approximately 640 acres total, up for 274 00:20:37,410 --> 00:20:42,710 The land had not been drilled, but all around it were big companies, and they 275 00:20:42,710 --> 00:20:44,510 were getting a lot of money in oil. 276 00:20:45,930 --> 00:20:52,450 Neighboring wells are reported to be making over $250 ,000 in profits each 277 00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:58,690 The land could be worth hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. 278 00:20:59,490 --> 00:21:04,690 All they have to do is come up with $2 million to secure the oil rights. 279 00:21:05,910 --> 00:21:09,450 Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Hendrickson solicited investors. 280 00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:14,190 It was Mr. Carlisle doing most of the footwork in that. And we're able to get 281 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:15,610 approximately five or six investors. 282 00:21:17,190 --> 00:21:20,290 The men initially raised $1 .6 million. 283 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,840 including $640 ,000 that James and Sarah kick in themselves. 284 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:34,780 But they have trouble raising the final $400 ,000, not to mention the additional 285 00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:37,640 funds needed to get the venture off the ground. 286 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:43,920 What they didn't realize is it was going to cost tens and tens of millions of 287 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,640 dollars to actually start drilling the oil. You have to build the roads, you 288 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:50,480 have to build the platforms, and you need... 289 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,600 A lot of money. I believe about $8 million per well is what it cost. 290 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:02,500 Late in 2013, Doug Carlisle believes he's found a financial savior in a big 291 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,260 -money Saudi Arabian investor. 292 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:12,280 They believed that this Saudi Arabian oil tycoon was going to invest in them, 293 00:22:12,340 --> 00:22:14,040 give them the money to build all the wells. 294 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,640 Well, it turned out he's a con man. 295 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:23,360 Before they can do business, the Saudi investor asks for collateral to help 296 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:24,920 establish their relationship. 297 00:22:26,540 --> 00:22:31,660 So he asked for approximately $80 ,000 from Mr. Carlisle, which Mr. Carlisle 298 00:22:31,660 --> 00:22:35,700 supply. They ended up giving him a large sum of money that he walked away with. 299 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,280 Henriksen is furious with Carlisle. 300 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:43,940 Their chance at a fortune is slowly slipping away. 301 00:22:45,170 --> 00:22:49,490 The oil drilling just wasn't getting started, and the timing of the lease was 302 00:22:49,490 --> 00:22:50,490 limited. 303 00:22:50,910 --> 00:22:53,750 The men's relationship deteriorates. 304 00:22:54,230 --> 00:22:59,570 He had actually tried to buy Doug out of his percentage of their business 305 00:22:59,570 --> 00:23:04,250 together, but Doug wasn't going to leave. You know, I think they all saw 306 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:08,690 pot of gold at the end, and so no one wanted to leave. 307 00:23:10,770 --> 00:23:14,830 Carlisle's wife says her husband is increasingly worried. 308 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:20,930 Alberta Carlisle had noted that Mr. Carlisle would walk around the house, 309 00:23:20,930 --> 00:23:24,430 sure all the windows were locked. She had noted that he had never done that in 310 00:23:24,430 --> 00:23:25,430 the past. 311 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:32,270 Next on American Greed, Hendrickson resolves to lose his business partner by 312 00:23:32,270 --> 00:23:33,270 means necessary. 313 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:03,200 It's Sunday night, December 15, 2013, in Spokane, Washington. 314 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:13,760 Just after 7 o 'clock, Doug Carlisle and his wife, Alberta, return home after 315 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,480 attending a church function. 316 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:22,320 They drove home. They pulled in. Miss Carlisle went, unlocked the back door, 317 00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:25,880 went in the house, not thinking anything of it. 318 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:32,020 Mr. Carlisle followed her in within 10, 15 seconds. 319 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,580 Mrs. Carlisle immediately heads upstairs. 320 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:42,500 But before she can get to her bedroom, she hears her husband talking to someone 321 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:44,560 downstairs in the kitchen. 322 00:24:45,420 --> 00:24:48,120 And so she assumed maybe one of her kids had shown up at the house. 323 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,800 So she turned around and yelled, Hey, Doug, who are you talking to? 324 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:55,540 There's no response. 325 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,640 Alberta Carlisle walks back downstairs. 326 00:24:59,940 --> 00:25:04,120 She's stunned when she sees a man pointing a gun at her husband. 327 00:25:05,060 --> 00:25:08,640 She's maybe 10 or 15 feet from the kitchen looking down the hallway. 328 00:25:08,860 --> 00:25:12,320 She saw a male wearing all black, covered head to toe. 329 00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:17,700 Alberta says her husband tries talking with the man in black. 330 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:24,260 All I remember was I saw the tips of my husband's fingers coming forward and 331 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:27,080 heard him say, You don't want to do that. 332 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,360 Alberta turns to run upstairs. 333 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:48,660 Multiple gunshots ring out in the... I thought, oh my God, he's going to kill 334 00:25:48,660 --> 00:25:51,700 before I even get up the stairs because I feared he'd come after me. 335 00:25:52,380 --> 00:25:55,180 Alberta frantically makes her way to the bedroom. 336 00:25:55,710 --> 00:25:58,370 hides in a closet, and calls 911. 337 00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:02,070 There's been shots. A man just kicked in our house and shot my husband, I think. 338 00:26:02,290 --> 00:26:03,790 If he hears me, he's going to shoot me. 339 00:26:05,010 --> 00:26:09,250 Fortunately for Alberta Carlisle, the killer never heads upstairs. 340 00:26:10,090 --> 00:26:14,150 No interest at all, never followed her. He was focused on Mr. Carlisle. 341 00:26:16,150 --> 00:26:19,170 Within minutes, emergency crews are on the scene. 342 00:26:19,890 --> 00:26:20,990 But it's too late. 343 00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:25,060 Doug Carlyle is dead. 344 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,160 He's been shot seven times. 345 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:34,000 Police say the murder scene doesn't add up. 346 00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:35,860 The house wasn't ransacked. 347 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:38,420 Nothing was missing. Nothing was stolen from him. 348 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:44,320 Neighbors recall seeing a white van outside the house earlier in the 349 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:50,700 Behind the home, investigators find a footprint by a fence gate and a dirty 350 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:52,000 yellow welder's glove. 351 00:26:52,670 --> 00:26:56,710 Ms. Carlisle had told us that the subject was wearing all black. This was 352 00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:58,030 bright welder's glove. 353 00:26:58,970 --> 00:27:04,730 In Carlisle's home office, detectives find piles of documents related to North 354 00:27:04,730 --> 00:27:05,870 Dakota oil fields. 355 00:27:07,410 --> 00:27:12,630 Alberta tells detectives that her husband warned her about his business 356 00:27:12,930 --> 00:27:14,610 James Hendrickson. 357 00:27:15,170 --> 00:27:19,130 She and her husband had had a long talk about, you know, if anything happens, 358 00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:20,830 make sure the police know James is involved. 359 00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:27,440 Police immediately call Hendrickson, but discover that he's three states away. 360 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:28,920 We pinged his phone. 361 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,820 We called him and confirmed that he was in North Dakota. 362 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,820 They say Hendrickson isn't surprised by the news. 363 00:27:37,860 --> 00:27:42,980 Very calm, kind of played it off, like he owed a lot of people money, so 364 00:27:42,980 --> 00:27:44,600 a lot of people who could do this. 365 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,620 Over the next several weeks, investigators find more clues. 366 00:27:51,290 --> 00:27:56,030 Surveillance footage from a nearby school appears to capture the suspect. 367 00:27:56,670 --> 00:28:02,010 We also got video from a camera system of a private residence where you can 368 00:28:02,010 --> 00:28:08,130 certainly see the van. In mid -January, a month after the murder, police get DNA 369 00:28:08,130 --> 00:28:10,270 results from the welder's glove. 370 00:28:12,210 --> 00:28:18,990 It matches Timothy Succo, a career criminal and employee of a local 371 00:28:18,990 --> 00:28:19,990 removal company. 372 00:28:20,610 --> 00:28:22,670 This is a guy who's been in and out of prison. 373 00:28:23,070 --> 00:28:25,010 He was truly a bad guy. 374 00:28:27,450 --> 00:28:33,630 The asbestos company uses plain white vans, just like the kind seen outside 375 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:35,970 Carlisle home on the night of the murder. 376 00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:42,150 We put some of our undercover detectives following him, and they watched him go 377 00:28:42,150 --> 00:28:43,150 to work. 378 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:48,490 In the parking lot, there's a white van that looked very similar to what we have 379 00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:49,339 on video. 380 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:54,540 Police arrest Suko and get search warrants for his home and personal 381 00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:01,800 They say Suko is hoarding an arsenal, rifles, grenades, tactical gear. 382 00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:09,460 While the murder weapon is never found, detectives ultimately find something 383 00:29:09,460 --> 00:29:16,100 better. In his truck, we found a couple black balaclavas. We found binoculars. 384 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,940 And probably most importantly, we found his note. 385 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:26,080 The note appears to be a detailed checklist for committing murder. 386 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,900 Well, at the very top of the list was the word glove with a question mark 387 00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:36,940 it, which right away we thought he must have realized he dropped his glove. 388 00:29:38,340 --> 00:29:42,960 And then it went through, check the area, practice with handgun. 389 00:29:43,220 --> 00:29:46,180 You know, it was your perfect to -do list for the murder. 390 00:29:46,810 --> 00:29:48,650 and it was just sitting in his vehicle. 391 00:29:49,090 --> 00:29:54,370 While analyzing Succo's cell phone, detectives find another clue. 392 00:29:54,970 --> 00:30:00,670 As I was going through his phone, I noticed James N. N. D. in his contact 393 00:30:00,790 --> 00:30:05,350 and when we ran the number, sure enough, it was James Hendrickson's phone 394 00:30:05,350 --> 00:30:06,350 number. 395 00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:09,650 Next on American Greed. 396 00:30:10,490 --> 00:30:15,430 Investigators learn Timothy Succo and James Hendrickson have an unusual 397 00:30:15,430 --> 00:30:16,430 arrangement. 398 00:30:16,990 --> 00:30:21,010 And Mr. Succo confirmed that he was the one that murdered Casey Clark. 399 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:39,250 One month after the murder of Doug Carlisle, police believe they have the 400 00:30:39,250 --> 00:30:42,150 killer. when they arrest Timothy Succo. 401 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:48,310 At first, 402 00:30:53,290 --> 00:30:54,930 they say he isn't cooperative. 403 00:30:57,190 --> 00:31:02,110 But as the evidence piles up against him, Succo starts to play ball. 404 00:31:02,570 --> 00:31:06,330 He's 50 -some years old. He's looking at a first -degree murder rap. 405 00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:09,330 And so I think he was just trying to do what he could. 406 00:31:09,770 --> 00:31:12,130 to not have to spend the rest of his life in prison. 407 00:31:13,010 --> 00:31:18,390 In exchange for a plea deal, Succo says he'll tell them about his business 408 00:31:18,390 --> 00:31:20,690 relationship with James Henriksen. 409 00:31:21,790 --> 00:31:25,810 Kind of hit us out of the blue where he said, you know, he's willing to talk not 410 00:31:25,810 --> 00:31:29,450 only about Mr. Carlisle's murder, but about another murder as well. 411 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:32,690 And that was when we learned about Casey Clark. 412 00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:38,290 He ultimately cooperates and gives us the entire story from... 413 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,880 Casey Clark's disappearance onward through Doug Carlisle. He names all the 414 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:44,880 players. 415 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:50,480 Investigators learned that Henriksen was told of Casey Clark's plan to leave 416 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,800 Blackstone and post his clients. 417 00:32:11,980 --> 00:32:17,420 That loss of business would do considerable damage to Hendrickson's 418 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,660 If Casey Clark was able to lure a lot of his business away, he would go from 419 00:32:21,660 --> 00:32:25,640 making well over a quarter million dollars a month to making far less 420 00:32:28,110 --> 00:32:34,910 In February 2012, Succo hops a train and travels nearly 800 miles from Spokane, 421 00:32:34,990 --> 00:32:36,510 Washington to North Dakota. 422 00:32:38,070 --> 00:32:44,310 Succo says he is at the Blackstone shop when Casey Clark returns his credit 423 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:48,970 card. At that point, Casey Clark enters the business and returns the credit 424 00:32:48,970 --> 00:32:55,390 card. And he actually shook hands with Mr. Succo. Mr. Hendrickson introduced 425 00:32:55,470 --> 00:32:57,510 Succo to Casey Clark. 426 00:32:58,030 --> 00:33:02,910 According to investigators, Hendrickson says he has a motorcycle that he wants 427 00:33:02,910 --> 00:33:04,090 Casey to check out. 428 00:33:04,910 --> 00:33:10,450 Mr. Hendrickson lured him into the garage area and then says, come look at 429 00:33:10,450 --> 00:33:11,650 motorcycle here in the corner. 430 00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:17,930 When Clark turns around, investigators say Suko picks up a heavy steel handle 431 00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:19,610 from a nearby floor jack. 432 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,500 When he walked up, he began hitting him in the head with the handle from the 433 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:32,100 jack. He continued to hit Casey in the head until his head went soft. 434 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:39,300 With Casey Clark dying and bleeding on the floor, Suko says Hendrickson begins 435 00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:40,300 to panic. 436 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:46,420 You got to remember, this is at the shop during a time where there's truckers 437 00:33:46,420 --> 00:33:47,780 all the way around this building. 438 00:33:48,250 --> 00:33:53,190 What Mr. Sukow does is he sees a garbage can in the corner and ties the garbage 439 00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:57,410 bag around Casey's head to stop the blood from pouring onto the concrete. 440 00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:05,930 Investigators say the men then put Casey Clark into an empty toilet box and load 441 00:34:05,930 --> 00:34:07,450 him onto the back of a pickup truck. 442 00:34:09,870 --> 00:34:14,969 But before they can dispose of Casey's body, they first need to get rid of his 443 00:34:14,969 --> 00:34:15,969 vehicle. 444 00:34:16,139 --> 00:34:21,020 So at that point, they take Casey Clark's truck and dump it in Williston. 445 00:34:21,540 --> 00:34:23,100 Parked the truck, left the keys in it. 446 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:27,460 Tim said that their hope was that someone would find it and steal it. 447 00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:33,580 The men then proceed to drive south toward the Badlands and the Theodore 448 00:34:33,580 --> 00:34:35,120 Roosevelt National Park. 449 00:34:35,780 --> 00:34:38,880 It was Mr. Henderson that directed where they would go. 450 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:45,739 Once they turned into the park, it's a long, winding dirt road, and it's a very 451 00:34:45,739 --> 00:34:46,739 remote area. 452 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:57,400 Once they're deep in the Badlands, investigators say Suko carries the box 453 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,860 into a ravine. 454 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:05,820 Mr. Suko walked at approximately 200 yards and buried him with Mr. 455 00:35:05,820 --> 00:35:06,820 there. 456 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:12,060 Timothy Sukow dug a hole, probably about four feet deep, and he said when he was 457 00:35:12,060 --> 00:35:15,800 digging the hole, and James asked him, how much is this going to cost me? 458 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,280 Sukow knows that Hendrickson is carrying a gun. 459 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:29,200 Despite the awkwardness of the situation, the men begin to haggle on 460 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:30,900 for committing the murder. 461 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,880 And Mr. Sukow said, well, it's going to cost you $20 ,000. 462 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:41,220 And Mr. Hendrickson actually gasped when Mr. Sukow said $20 ,000. 463 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,240 He didn't even want to pay him $20 ,000. 464 00:35:44,540 --> 00:35:49,720 And Tim said that the next thing he said to James was, if you're going to shoot 465 00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,080 me, don't shoot me in the back of the head. 466 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:57,140 He finished digging the hole. They put the body in the hole, covered it up, 467 00:35:57,220 --> 00:35:58,220 and... 468 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,860 Before he left town, James paid him $20 ,000 in cash. 469 00:36:04,420 --> 00:36:10,680 Next on American Greed, investigators learn James Hendrickson's business plan 470 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,900 more ambitious than anyone ever imagined. 471 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,400 Basically, anyone that ever crossed James or that he thought could think 472 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:19,400 wanted to have killed. 473 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:36,110 For more than two years, James Hendrickson has run his North Dakota oil 474 00:36:36,110 --> 00:36:38,090 like a wannabe crime boss. 475 00:36:40,150 --> 00:36:46,190 But when Timothy Succo is arrested in early 2014 for the hit on Doug Carlisle, 476 00:36:46,390 --> 00:36:49,070 James isn't looking so slick. 477 00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:54,190 I was like, oh boy, oh, this is going to go somewhere. 478 00:36:54,630 --> 00:36:56,930 I was like, this is like, it's over now. 479 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:03,000 On January 18th, authorities search Hendrickson's house and find a stash of 480 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,000 firearms. 481 00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:06,780 That's all they need to put him in cuffs. 482 00:37:07,180 --> 00:37:12,500 He's a convicted felon. They found weapons, felon possession charge. We 483 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:17,480 that to charge him and hold him until we could build the murder -for -hire case. 484 00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:22,580 During their investigation, the FBI discovers text messages connecting 485 00:37:22,580 --> 00:37:24,520 Hendrickson to the two murders. 486 00:37:25,740 --> 00:37:28,200 but they also learned something equally disturbing. 487 00:37:29,620 --> 00:37:34,400 Hendrickson has a hit list for those who get on his bad side. 488 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:41,400 We found evidence of approximately 12 people that he actively recruited others 489 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:46,140 to kill. They were negotiating prices with assaults versus killings, and it 490 00:37:46,140 --> 00:37:52,700 like he was going to the store to buy something. It was very nonchalant. 491 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:58,590 Included on the hit list, are Tex Hall, Rick Airy, and Steve Kelly. 492 00:37:59,250 --> 00:38:02,910 Investigators say Kelly was supposed to be the first victim. 493 00:38:03,790 --> 00:38:08,890 The first offer was to kill Steve Kelly, and it wasn't until the next morning 494 00:38:08,890 --> 00:38:14,370 that Mr. Henderson changed his mind from the target being Steve Kelly to the 495 00:38:14,370 --> 00:38:15,410 target being Casey Clark. 496 00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:18,890 That's a weird, that's a weird feeling. 497 00:38:19,370 --> 00:38:24,010 It really was weird. And that was just, you know, a guardian angel looking out 498 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:25,010 for me or something. 499 00:38:25,430 --> 00:38:28,910 Hendrickson even turns on his wife, Sarah Creveling. 500 00:38:29,550 --> 00:38:34,730 Sarah knew everything about what was going on. She was involved in the money 501 00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:35,730 laundering, the theft. 502 00:38:36,610 --> 00:38:43,510 I believe that she knew about the Casey Clark murder, and he didn't want her 503 00:38:43,510 --> 00:38:46,970 testifying against him, so he tried to hire someone to kill her, too. 504 00:38:48,030 --> 00:38:53,070 Investigators say James even makes getaway plans with Tex Hall's 505 00:38:53,870 --> 00:39:00,610 He was looking to get a passport for his son that he had with Peyton Martin, and 506 00:39:00,610 --> 00:39:04,310 he was looking to go to Brazil. 507 00:39:04,650 --> 00:39:09,370 He certainly gets an A for effort in terms of being a serial murderer. 508 00:39:09,590 --> 00:39:10,710 I mean, he got two. 509 00:39:10,970 --> 00:39:14,130 In order to be a serial murderer, you need to murder three or more. 510 00:39:15,150 --> 00:39:17,590 And he made a sincere effort to do that. 511 00:39:19,370 --> 00:39:21,910 Six people are convicted in the conspiracy. 512 00:39:23,790 --> 00:39:29,590 Sarah Creveling avoids murder charges and instead pleads guilty to mail fraud 513 00:39:29,590 --> 00:39:30,770 and money laundering. 514 00:39:33,330 --> 00:39:37,730 Timothy Succo pleads guilty to two counts of murder for hire charges. 515 00:39:38,530 --> 00:39:40,610 He receives a 30 -year sentence. 516 00:39:42,050 --> 00:39:45,050 I think if you interviewed him today, he would tell you, I just did it for 517 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:47,170 money, and I was greedy, and I was stupid. 518 00:39:48,510 --> 00:39:52,890 Ironically, Succo was never paid for Doug Carlisle's murder. 519 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:58,760 In fact, Mr. Succo was arrested the day before he was to be paid his $20 ,000. 520 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:07,600 Alberta Carlisle tells American Greed that she has forgiven her husband's 521 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:08,600 killer. 522 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:15,500 Timothy Succo agrees to take law enforcement to the Badlands, where he 523 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,060 burying Casey Clark. 524 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,180 But unfortunately, the body is never found. 525 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:26,520 We've tried airplanes, we've tried metal detectors, backhoes, and we still can't 526 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,760 find Casey's body. 527 00:40:29,020 --> 00:40:31,740 James Hendrickson refuses to talk. 528 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:36,680 That's the one thing James Hendrickson has on us. He knows where that body is, 529 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:38,820 and he's not willing to give the family closure. 530 00:40:39,780 --> 00:40:46,120 In the courtroom, Hendrickson rejects a plea deal and chooses to go on trial for 531 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,660 the murders of Clark and Carlisle. 532 00:40:49,230 --> 00:40:54,370 He's convicted on ten murder -for -hire counts and is currently serving two life 533 00:40:54,370 --> 00:40:57,950 sentences at the Supermax Prison in Florence, Colorado. 534 00:41:00,350 --> 00:41:06,350 To this day, friends of Casey Clark continue the search for his final 535 00:41:06,350 --> 00:41:07,350 place. 536 00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:16,250 At times, the task seems hopeless, yet they still persist for the sake of 537 00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:17,250 Casey's family. 538 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:25,720 Who in their right mind can tell a mother that they're not going to help 539 00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:32,040 Who can do that? How can you look at a mom in the face and say, I could 540 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,040 help, but I'm not going to. 541 00:41:35,340 --> 00:41:39,920 Lissa Yellowbird Chase and Rick Airy have crisscrossed the Badlands dozens of 542 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,640 times and say they'll continue the search for as long as it takes. 543 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:50,260 Anybody who doesn't give up is going to get to their goal. You know what I mean? 544 00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:54,340 So when Casey's ready, he will help us reveal himself. 545 00:41:56,060 --> 00:41:59,860 And I know Casey's fine. I know that that body, that ain't him. 546 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:06,360 You know, and if we never find him, he's in a beautiful spot. 547 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:14,700 On an all -new American Greed. 548 00:42:15,310 --> 00:42:20,750 Art Sleekster preys on his friends and pays with hard time. 549 00:42:21,250 --> 00:42:26,890 An all -new American Greed, next Monday, 10 Eastern, CNBC. Get yours.