1 00:00:02,085 --> 00:00:03,044 ♪♪ 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:04,963 AN ORIGINAL OXYGEN PROGRAM 3 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:06,840 -An empty field in a community 4 00:00:06,923 --> 00:00:08,633 prosperous golf gives place 5 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:10,468 to a frightening discovery. 6 00:00:10,593 --> 00:00:12,804 -Immediately I saw to a deceased white man 7 00:00:12,887 --> 00:00:15,807 with a gunshot wound on the left side of the chest. 8 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:20,937 -It could have been a robbery that went very wrong, 9 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:22,564 but there seemed to be no struggle. 10 00:00:22,605 --> 00:00:24,941 -The detectives they wonder if the past 11 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:27,152 of the victim It finally took a toll on him. 12 00:00:27,235 --> 00:00:28,987 -He knew who did it. 13 00:00:29,112 --> 00:00:30,488 -Your father I wasn't a little boy explorer. 14 00:00:30,530 --> 00:00:31,656 -He was not a little explorer boy. 15 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,116 -I don't know what business he was in. 16 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:35,994 I don't know if it made me angry to the wrong person. 17 00:00:36,119 --> 00:00:39,831 -Why would anyone want shoot Alan? 18 00:00:39,914 --> 00:00:42,542 -You are the only person I knew he would come out 19 00:00:42,625 --> 00:00:44,085 through that door that night. 20 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:46,755 -Until new evidence strangers refute everything 21 00:00:46,838 --> 00:00:48,631 what the police he thought he knew. 22 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:52,635 -Why would I buy a balloon? 350 gram meteorological? 23 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:54,596 It was very strange. 24 00:00:54,679 --> 00:00:58,099 -The more we investigate, more questions we add, 25 00:00:58,183 --> 00:01:00,060 and there were no answers. 26 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:02,854 -Many of the searches were in his own voice. 27 00:01:02,937 --> 00:01:06,107 -A shot in the heart. Do you die instantly? 28 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:07,650 ♪♪ 29 00:01:07,776 --> 00:01:11,321 -It was as if he left evidence from beyond. 30 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:15,283 And suddenly, This took a 180 degree turn. 31 00:01:15,367 --> 00:01:17,452 ♪♪ 32 00:01:17,494 --> 00:01:19,496 ACCIDENT 33 00:01:19,579 --> 00:01:21,956 SUICIDE 34 00:01:21,998 --> 00:01:24,834 MURDER 35 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:28,922 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 36 00:01:29,005 --> 00:01:34,511 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA 37 00:01:34,552 --> 00:01:38,473 JANUARY 25, 2018 38 00:01:38,556 --> 00:01:40,392 ♪♪ 39 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:43,520 -A quiet Thursday morning, shortly after 7:00 a.m. m., 40 00:01:43,561 --> 00:01:46,064 the emergency department from West Palm Beach receives 41 00:01:46,147 --> 00:01:48,650 the call of a cyclist who says he saw something 42 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:52,195 in an empty field next to the bike path. 43 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:53,613 [Ringtone] 44 00:01:53,697 --> 00:01:56,324 -Call 911. Where is your emergency? 45 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:59,369 -We are in a fair field before BallenIsles 46 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:00,995 along PGA Boulevard. 47 00:02:01,079 --> 00:02:03,373 -I understand. -There is a guy lying in the field. 48 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,375 He is an older white man. 49 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:07,210 He doesn't seem to be breathing. 50 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:08,795 POLICE VIDEO 51 00:02:08,878 --> 00:02:10,755 -When we arrive, 52 00:02:10,839 --> 00:02:12,674 I immediately saw a man dead white 53 00:02:12,757 --> 00:02:14,592 lying face up 54 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:16,094 with a gunshot wound 55 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:17,595 on the left side of the chest. 56 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,556 POLICE PHOTO 57 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:21,307 -The lifeguards 58 00:02:21,433 --> 00:02:25,186 They evaluated the body for of signs of life, 59 00:02:25,228 --> 00:02:28,148 and not finding any, they declared him dead 60 00:02:28,273 --> 00:02:30,608 at 7:16 a.m. m. 61 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:33,361 -I immediately called the other detective supervisor and said: 62 00:02:33,445 --> 00:02:35,238 "We must deploy our team 63 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:37,323 to arrive on the scene as quickly as possible." 64 00:02:37,407 --> 00:02:39,451 -I took my things and went there. 65 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:41,619 At that moment you can only scan the area 66 00:02:41,661 --> 00:02:43,204 because we couldn't touch 67 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:45,415 the body until it arrived the medical examiner. 68 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:47,083 He had already been declared dead. 69 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:49,252 So you survey the scene. You still don't move anything. 70 00:02:49,294 --> 00:02:51,588 You can only wait. 71 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:55,967 -Officers cordon off the scene to preserve it. 72 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,552 -The detectives concentrated 73 00:02:57,677 --> 00:03:00,221 in the body of the deceased man. 74 00:03:00,305 --> 00:03:01,973 -The body was still warm 75 00:03:02,098 --> 00:03:04,559 when the researcher arrived at the scene. 76 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:07,312 The body still had no rigor mortis. 77 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,898 We suspect that death had 78 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:12,650 happened shortly before that they arrived 79 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:15,236 security forces and emergency services. 80 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:16,738 ♪♪ 81 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:19,240 -The shot we observed It was right here, 82 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,910 to the left center side of the heart. 83 00:03:21,993 --> 00:03:23,536 It was a small wound input, 84 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,497 the size of a pen. 85 00:03:25,580 --> 00:03:28,583 -You could tell it was a gunshot. low caliber. 86 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:32,003 -Detective Moretti too noticed the location of the body 87 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,755 of the victim, in an empty field 88 00:03:33,838 --> 00:03:36,132 next to the wealthy country club 89 00:03:36,257 --> 00:03:38,259 and residential community from BallenIsles. 90 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,428 -I was in the middle of a field 91 00:03:40,512 --> 00:03:42,931 and it was very early in the morning, 92 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:46,017 so number one what do you do in the middle of the field? 93 00:03:46,101 --> 00:03:50,105 Right around the entrance from Ballen Islands, 94 00:03:50,188 --> 00:03:51,940 near the shed of security guards, 95 00:03:52,023 --> 00:03:53,858 There was an older man 96 00:03:53,942 --> 00:03:55,860 so maybe He went for a walk for a while. 97 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,488 We didn't know it at the time. 98 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:02,826 -It seemed strange to me that he was face up, 99 00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:06,079 almost as if it had fell perfectly. 100 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:07,789 ♪♪ 101 00:04:07,872 --> 00:04:10,500 -The gunshot wound was perfectly located 102 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:12,127 in the center of the chest. 103 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:14,170 I thought we were going to find a weapon 104 00:04:14,212 --> 00:04:16,798 of fire beneath him, that perhaps he had committed suicide. 105 00:04:16,881 --> 00:04:18,717 ♪♪ 106 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:22,095 -Also, that area is very safe. 107 00:04:22,178 --> 00:04:24,014 Not much happens there, 108 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,474 especially at that time of day. 109 00:04:26,558 --> 00:04:28,351 It could be suicide. 110 00:04:28,476 --> 00:04:30,603 "There must be a gun under him." 111 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:35,275 -But when the doctors forensics moved 112 00:04:35,442 --> 00:04:38,236 the body of man, They didn't find anything. 113 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:42,532 -If you see a deceased person in an open field 114 00:04:42,615 --> 00:04:44,284 with a gunshot wound in the chest 115 00:04:44,367 --> 00:04:45,785 and you can't find a weapon... 116 00:04:47,746 --> 00:04:49,497 It looks like a homicide. 117 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:52,834 ♪♪ 118 00:04:52,917 --> 00:04:55,337 -When the coroner arrived and gave us permission 119 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:58,381 to move the body scene, we find his wallet 120 00:04:58,465 --> 00:04:59,966 in your back pocket. 121 00:05:00,091 --> 00:05:02,552 So we were able to identify it like Alan Abrahamson, 122 00:05:02,635 --> 00:05:04,971 71 years old, resident 123 00:05:05,096 --> 00:05:08,224 from the surrounding community, Ballen Islands. 124 00:05:08,308 --> 00:05:10,060 POLICE VIDEO 125 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:13,063 -Detective Clayton located to a closer relative, 126 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:16,900 his wife, Linda, resident of BallenIsles. 127 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,735 And we all went home first. 128 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:20,653 Nobody responded. There was no one. 129 00:05:20,737 --> 00:05:24,240 We check safely and there was no alarm 130 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:26,117 activated or anything like that. 131 00:05:26,242 --> 00:05:29,204 So the detective Clayton investigated 132 00:05:29,287 --> 00:05:32,415 and discovered that Linda I was in Boston. 133 00:05:32,499 --> 00:05:35,460 -While the police try contact Alan's wife, 134 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:38,004 Linda, 1,400 miles north, 135 00:05:38,088 --> 00:05:39,839 detectives at the scene 136 00:05:39,923 --> 00:05:42,175 They concentrate on collecting evidence. 137 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:46,930 -I saw a cell phone, headphones. 138 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,557 There were white headphones glued to the cell phone. 139 00:05:49,641 --> 00:05:51,434 We notice some scissors. 140 00:05:51,518 --> 00:05:54,229 There was some rope nearby, elastic bands 141 00:05:54,354 --> 00:05:56,731 and the binder clip. 142 00:05:56,815 --> 00:05:59,025 And that seemed unusual to me. 143 00:05:59,109 --> 00:06:04,781 because I always I carry my money like this. 144 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:07,242 So we thought that perhaps it had been a robbery. 145 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:09,119 We didn't know. 146 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,538 -The area where they found it used as parking 147 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:14,499 secondary for the community BallenIsles golf course. 148 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:16,626 So at first we thought that some of the articles 149 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:18,586 that we found were not involved in the case. 150 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:21,297 But as a researcher, you want take everything you can, 151 00:06:21,339 --> 00:06:23,675 because sometimes, in the end, something you can highlight and check 152 00:06:23,717 --> 00:06:25,176 that was part of the case. 153 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:28,638 -While processing the evidence at the scene, 154 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:31,307 detectives can contact to Linda and inform her 155 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:33,476 that Alan was found dead from a bullet 156 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,061 in a field near his house. 157 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,440 -Linda was very distressed, confused. 158 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:41,359 The Boston police were with her 159 00:06:41,443 --> 00:06:44,154 for security reasons while we were making that call, 160 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:47,032 and she told them that she had gone to visit his daughter, 161 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,616 who had just had a son. 162 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:51,745 -We found out from his wife 163 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:54,122 that they had traveled together to Boston 164 00:06:54,247 --> 00:06:58,460 and that a few days later Alan He had complained of being bored. 165 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:03,048 -He had had enough of the cold, of being in a hotel, 166 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:07,385 and decided that he wanted to return home to Palm Beach Gardens. 167 00:07:07,510 --> 00:07:11,931 So he came back alone to West Palm Beach 168 00:07:12,015 --> 00:07:13,099 on the 21st. 169 00:07:13,183 --> 00:07:15,894 He told him he would return on the 28th. 170 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:21,775 -Linda described Alan, her husband, the deceased, 171 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:23,693 like the soul of the parties. 172 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:26,112 He said he only had friends and no enemies. 173 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:27,697 He always had fun. 174 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,991 He seemed happy and everything It seemed to go well with him. 175 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:32,077 And he loved to live in that community 176 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,496 because I could play golf with them many friends I had there. 177 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:38,917 -Linda also informed him to Detective Clayton that Alan 178 00:07:39,042 --> 00:07:40,919 I usually walked around your neighborhood 179 00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:44,172 very early in the morning, around 5:30. 180 00:07:44,255 --> 00:07:46,549 -Linda was able to tell us that the belongings 181 00:07:46,633 --> 00:07:48,885 who were found at the scene, the phone, 182 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:50,887 the folder clasp, They were his. 183 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:53,431 We also found out by his wife, Linda, 184 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:55,975 that Alan used to wear between $300 and $500 185 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:57,811 cash in your brooch, 186 00:07:57,852 --> 00:08:00,563 and that she finished him to give a watch, 187 00:08:00,689 --> 00:08:03,608 which meant something to him because it was a gift from his wife. 188 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:04,984 We knew that the clock 189 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:07,362 and the money was not there on the scene. 190 00:08:07,445 --> 00:08:09,030 ♪♪ 191 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:11,449 When we found out about that, 192 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:13,868 We thought, "Wow, They robbed him and killed him." 193 00:08:13,952 --> 00:08:17,247 POLICE PHOTO 194 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:20,709 -We don't get many homicide reports 195 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:22,669 in Palm Beach Gardens. 196 00:08:22,711 --> 00:08:25,547 It is a very prosperous area of the city. 197 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:27,674 He has a lot of security. 198 00:08:27,799 --> 00:08:30,343 -Linda wanted to do what could to help us 199 00:08:30,427 --> 00:08:33,638 to investigate and find out who had killed Alan. 200 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,099 -At that moment, we decided 201 00:08:36,141 --> 00:08:38,852 that we should interview to Linda, and told us she would be back 202 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:41,479 home to talk with the researchers. 203 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:45,316 -As Linda prepares to go back to Palm Beach Gardens, 204 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:48,611 detectives concentrate in luxurious golf community 205 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:51,156 and in any resident that you have seen something 206 00:08:51,197 --> 00:08:52,741 to help the investigation. 207 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:56,119 -We had units tactics monitoring the area. 208 00:08:56,244 --> 00:08:59,080 They stopped cars and interviewed subjects 209 00:08:59,164 --> 00:09:02,083 to get all possible information. 210 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:04,711 -Did anyone talk to you? specifically this week? 211 00:09:04,753 --> 00:09:07,088 Anyone who seems to you suspicious 212 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,883 or dangerous or something unusual? -Yeah. 213 00:09:10,008 --> 00:09:12,385 -There is a man who always walk or run this path. 214 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:14,763 He is an older man. -Yes, I don't know. 215 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:19,059 -By not finding witnesses, the detectives returned 216 00:09:19,184 --> 00:09:22,145 to the crime scene, and what they left behind continues 217 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:24,022 generating questions. 218 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:26,816 -It doesn't seem like there is there was a struggle 219 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,443 seeing things from outside. 220 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:30,278 There doesn't seem to be there was a fight. 221 00:09:30,362 --> 00:09:33,990 The soles of the shoes They were clean. 222 00:09:34,074 --> 00:09:37,702 There were no injuries to the hand or anything like that. 223 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:40,455 And he still had his hat on. 224 00:09:41,456 --> 00:09:42,999 -There was no struggle. 225 00:09:43,083 --> 00:09:46,586 That put another sign of questioning in this case. 226 00:09:48,546 --> 00:09:50,590 -You don't know what kind of case you have up to that point. 227 00:09:50,674 --> 00:09:52,467 It could be anything. 228 00:09:52,634 --> 00:09:55,470 You must follow the clues or wherever the evidence takes you. 229 00:09:58,014 --> 00:09:59,599 NEXT 230 00:09:59,641 --> 00:10:02,435 Alan drove his vehicle to the exact place 231 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:05,605 where they would find him dead less than 12 hours later. 232 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:09,734 I had been there 55 minutes. that afternoon. 233 00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:13,405 -What were you doing in that field? the night before his death? 234 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:16,032 You start to make yourself many questions. 235 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:27,002 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 236 00:10:28,128 --> 00:10:30,463 -At first glance, death for a bullet 237 00:10:30,547 --> 00:10:33,299 by Alan Abrahamson, 71, seems to be a robbery 238 00:10:33,425 --> 00:10:35,176 that turned into homicide, 239 00:10:35,218 --> 00:10:37,554 but when the detectives examine the evidence, 240 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:39,347 Nothing about the case fits. 241 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:44,310 -No signs of struggle, anything was possible. 242 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:46,980 By that time there were already after a few hours, 243 00:10:47,105 --> 00:10:49,482 so we had to collect evidence 244 00:10:49,607 --> 00:10:51,693 and see where They could take us. 245 00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:56,114 -At that moment, you want find the crucial evidence, 246 00:10:56,197 --> 00:11:00,160 which is a firearm, the murder weapon or a shell casing. 247 00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:01,661 -The researchers combed 248 00:11:01,703 --> 00:11:03,997 the field where they found Alan's body 249 00:11:04,122 --> 00:11:07,542 looking for any sign of the murder weapon. 250 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:10,420 -The field is probably several hectares 251 00:11:10,462 --> 00:11:12,714 bigger than a field of football, and we reviewed everything. 252 00:11:12,797 --> 00:11:15,133 Trees, bushes, grass. 253 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:17,761 A team even came diving to search 254 00:11:17,802 --> 00:11:20,138 in a channel that goes south. 255 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,932 People came to look in the sewers. 256 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:24,476 POLICE PHOTO 257 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:26,519 But we didn't find anything. 258 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:28,313 When the sun sets on the first day 259 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,982 death investigation by Alan Abrahamson, 260 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,776 the detectives wait that the autopsy 261 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:34,569 in the morning next give clues. 262 00:11:35,820 --> 00:11:37,238 POLICE PHOTO 263 00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:41,618 -The body did not present defensive wounds. 264 00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:45,413 There was only one wound bullet in the left chest, 265 00:11:45,455 --> 00:11:48,917 and there was a little blood 266 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,878 that stained the area around of the shirt defect. 267 00:11:51,961 --> 00:11:56,091 And there was a little line of blood that rose 268 00:11:56,174 --> 00:11:57,717 towards the 12:00 position 269 00:11:57,842 --> 00:12:00,053 and it went towards the left shoulder. 270 00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:04,140 -It seemed to us that something had crawled 271 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:06,810 through the blood post. 272 00:12:06,935 --> 00:12:09,062 What was that? We didn't know it at the time. 273 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:12,482 -And I could see particles of gunpowder 274 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:14,651 without burning on the shirt. 275 00:12:14,776 --> 00:12:17,529 Those gunpowder particles without burning they tell me 276 00:12:17,612 --> 00:12:22,409 that the gun was fired very close or almost in contact 277 00:12:22,492 --> 00:12:24,369 with the body surface. 278 00:12:24,494 --> 00:12:27,038 -It seemed to us that that was more evidence that it was 279 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,916 of a homicide and that he I knew who did it 280 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,168 because he let that person will get so close 281 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:34,087 who could have shot him directly into the chest. 282 00:12:35,755 --> 00:12:38,008 -Despite your theory that Alan knew 283 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,135 to his murderer, the detectives they had not identified 284 00:12:40,176 --> 00:12:41,511 to no suspect. 285 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,097 -Outrage, shock and fear. 286 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:46,975 Tonight, the community from Palm Beach Gardens 287 00:12:47,017 --> 00:12:48,810 she is nervous because one of its residents shot him 288 00:12:48,935 --> 00:12:50,603 and they left him for dead on the outskirts 289 00:12:50,729 --> 00:12:52,063 from a wealthy neighborhood. 290 00:12:52,147 --> 00:12:54,399 the police He is looking for the murderer. 291 00:12:55,942 --> 00:13:00,655 -They didn't kill people just outside BallenIsles. 292 00:13:00,697 --> 00:13:03,533 It wasn't something common. 293 00:13:03,575 --> 00:13:05,577 People found out soon about this. 294 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,913 It was inexplicable for the police department, 295 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:10,874 and became in something very important. 296 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:12,459 The media did not let 297 00:13:12,542 --> 00:13:14,210 to ask them what was going on with the case. 298 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:15,462 They put a lot of pressure on them. 299 00:13:15,587 --> 00:13:17,339 -The idea that someone was murdered here 300 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:18,798 have nervous to many locals. 301 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,967 And there are still many questions about his death, 302 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:23,636 since the police have not confirmed an arrest. 303 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:27,057 ♪♪ 304 00:13:27,098 --> 00:13:29,476 -I was sitting at my desk 305 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,270 and the phone rang. It was someone from the newspaper. 306 00:13:32,354 --> 00:13:35,315 I don't remember the name from the newspaper, 307 00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:39,694 but he told me who he was and he gave me the news. 308 00:13:41,112 --> 00:13:43,782 It was devastating to hear this. 309 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:49,079 because he had just spoken with him hours before. 310 00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:52,999 I met Alan Abrahamson when he presented it to me 311 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:57,170 a sales representative who worked for me. 312 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:59,881 I liked Alan immediately. 313 00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:03,635 Why would anyone want shoot Alan? 314 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,388 In other words, he had no enemies. 315 00:14:06,471 --> 00:14:10,433 He was one of those happy guys and carefree. 316 00:14:10,475 --> 00:14:13,311 He was like the role model 317 00:14:13,395 --> 00:14:17,357 for one person at that stage of his life. 318 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:20,944 He had a successful career. 319 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:24,823 Divorced from a marriage in which I was not happy 320 00:14:24,948 --> 00:14:26,616 and moved to Florida. 321 00:14:26,658 --> 00:14:28,076 Then he met Linda, 322 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:30,286 with whom he formed a wonderful relationship. 323 00:14:30,328 --> 00:14:32,080 He lived in a good neighborhood. 324 00:14:33,832 --> 00:14:38,461 Alan and Linda were like two teenagers in love 325 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,797 And he always talked about Linda. 326 00:14:40,839 --> 00:14:44,050 They were a great couple and a happy couple. 327 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:46,761 I immediately thought of Linda 328 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:49,931 and in talking to her, which I did. 329 00:14:50,015 --> 00:14:54,060 And of course, Linda was totally out of it. 330 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:57,772 I wasn't even in a position to speak. 331 00:14:58,898 --> 00:15:00,400 -But the afflicted Linda, 332 00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:02,694 who had returned from Boston to Florida, allowed 333 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:04,320 that the detectives were to your house 334 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:05,864 for a formal interview 335 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:08,033 while they were looking for any information that will help 336 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,909 to identify to Alan's murderer. 337 00:15:10,035 --> 00:15:12,829 -I was still upset and upset. 338 00:15:12,871 --> 00:15:15,290 -It is not something easy to control. 339 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,126 He reiterated many of the things he had said 340 00:15:18,209 --> 00:15:20,962 to Detective Clayton by phone, 341 00:15:21,004 --> 00:15:22,839 that he used to wear from $200 to $300 in cash, 342 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:24,674 that maybe he was wearing a clock set. 343 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:28,219 At the scene we find scissors some small metal scissors, 344 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:29,888 and we asked if they were hers, 345 00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:33,350 or if he knew they were his, and as he remembered, not at all. 346 00:15:33,391 --> 00:15:35,769 I didn't know anyone that I would like to hurt him. 347 00:15:36,686 --> 00:15:39,105 -Detective Moretti said that I felt that Linda 348 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:41,024 I had nothing What to do with this homicide, 349 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:44,778 who could have discarded it as suspicious. 350 00:15:44,903 --> 00:15:46,196 -Linda told the detectives 351 00:15:46,321 --> 00:15:47,864 that Alan recently had started to change 352 00:15:47,906 --> 00:15:49,783 your morning walks around the neighborhood 353 00:15:49,866 --> 00:15:51,910 and that they met to have coffee with a golf buddy, 354 00:15:52,035 --> 00:15:54,829 a community member from BallenIsles called Victor. 355 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:58,500 -We found out from the wife by Alan, Linda, 356 00:15:58,583 --> 00:16:01,294 that Alan was going to have coffee 357 00:16:01,419 --> 00:16:03,421 with Victor the morning in which he died. 358 00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:05,423 Something caught our attention. 359 00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:07,967 So that Victor Greenstein will arrive home, 360 00:16:08,051 --> 00:16:10,303 I had to go through the scene of crime 361 00:16:10,387 --> 00:16:11,930 to enter your neighborhood. 362 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,723 ♪♪ 363 00:16:13,765 --> 00:16:15,350 Why wouldn't you call 911 364 00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:17,852 if your friend doesn't arrive to your date at Starbucks? 365 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:19,729 -Victor had not contacted Linda 366 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:21,606 nor to the Palm Beach agents 367 00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:24,401 in the days since Alan's death. 368 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,111 And the question was why. 369 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:30,990 -I thought Victor Greenstein He was a person of interest. 370 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:42,794 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 371 00:16:43,086 --> 00:16:44,713 ♪♪ 372 00:16:44,838 --> 00:16:46,715 -The detectives who investigate the murder 373 00:16:46,798 --> 00:16:48,550 by Alan Abrahamson, 71 years old, 374 00:16:48,675 --> 00:16:50,885 they just found out that Alan was going to see 375 00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:53,138 with a friend the morning he died. 376 00:16:53,221 --> 00:16:55,598 -Because Victor Greenstein was going to meet Alan 377 00:16:55,682 --> 00:16:58,768 to have coffee that morning and Alan didn't arrive, 378 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:02,939 Victor was definitely of the first people 379 00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:04,190 those we wanted to talk to. 380 00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:07,861 -Victor, how are you? -Good morning... 381 00:17:07,944 --> 00:17:09,779 POLICE RECORDING 382 00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:11,656 -How long have you known Alan? 383 00:17:11,740 --> 00:17:14,659 -Basically, since he arrived to live in BallenIsles. 384 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:16,077 I would say about five years. 385 00:17:16,161 --> 00:17:20,457 -From what we understand, you and Alan 386 00:17:20,582 --> 00:17:22,792 They started seeing each other at Starbucks. recently. 387 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:27,172 -Regularly order a small coffee with two ice cubes. 388 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:30,550 -Okay, Alan. He did not arrive for his appointment on Thursday. 389 00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:33,261 Did you call it, the call sent you to voicemail 390 00:17:33,345 --> 00:17:34,304 and you called again? 391 00:17:34,346 --> 00:17:36,598 -The last time I marked him 392 00:17:36,639 --> 00:17:40,060 It was about 6:49, I think. 393 00:17:40,185 --> 00:17:42,228 And I probably left from there like at -- 394 00:17:42,354 --> 00:17:44,064 Yeah, I left around 7:05. 395 00:17:44,147 --> 00:17:46,399 -Is it strange that Alan don't show up for your appointments? 396 00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:48,735 -Well, it didn't seem like it to me something strange. 397 00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:51,279 I thought maybe it stayed asleep or something like that. 398 00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:55,283 I mean, frankly, I wasn't going to go. to your house to ring the doorbell 399 00:17:55,367 --> 00:17:57,452 so that he would wake up and came 400 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:59,454 -As I am a researcher, 401 00:17:59,537 --> 00:18:02,082 I would ask you to put yourself in my place. 402 00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:04,250 You are the only person I knew he would come out 403 00:18:04,334 --> 00:18:05,543 through that door that night. 404 00:18:05,669 --> 00:18:08,213 POLICE RECORDING 405 00:18:08,338 --> 00:18:11,800 You arrived at the appointment, he didn't, you called him. 406 00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:13,885 Well, where to did you go after that? 407 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:15,470 -I went to the gym. 408 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:16,846 -Which gym? -The one from BallenIsles. 409 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:20,058 -I would assume that when you left Starbucks 410 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:22,185 that morning, you went 411 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:25,105 heading west along the PGA towards Ballen Islands. 412 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:26,898 -I passed right where the lights were on. 413 00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:28,650 -How many patrols do you think there was? 414 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:30,860 -Wow, I don't know, six. Maybe seven. 415 00:18:30,985 --> 00:18:36,241 I mean, honestly, It didn't cross my mind -- 416 00:18:36,366 --> 00:18:38,243 In retrospect, 417 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,787 Maybe I should have noticed, but it wasn't like that. 418 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:43,665 -Victor had told us who did see the crime scene, 419 00:18:43,748 --> 00:18:46,960 who saw the patrols but he didn't give it importance. 420 00:18:47,043 --> 00:18:48,712 -How would you say that people 421 00:18:48,753 --> 00:18:52,257 of the community and their friends Did you generally see Alan? 422 00:18:52,340 --> 00:18:54,926 How would you describe it? to someone who never met him? 423 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:56,720 Like us. -He's a guy 424 00:18:56,845 --> 00:18:59,055 who you would like to date to have a beer, 425 00:18:59,097 --> 00:19:00,640 or hang out 426 00:19:00,724 --> 00:19:02,267 or spend about four hours on the golf course. 427 00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:04,394 Simply He was a fun guy. 428 00:19:04,436 --> 00:19:08,398 -Did he talk to you about some business? next or something 429 00:19:08,523 --> 00:19:11,067 like plans to see each other with someone or whatever? 430 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:14,070 -No. And how would you describe 431 00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:17,657 his relationship with Linda? -I think it's great. 432 00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,577 They had both divorced from previous marriages, 433 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:25,081 From what I understand, and I think they were soulmates. 434 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:27,500 -Do you know anyone? that I would like to hurt him? 435 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:29,502 -No. 436 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:32,213 ♪♪ 437 00:19:32,297 --> 00:19:34,716 -But the detectives are eager to know more 438 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:37,052 From Alan's past, specifically family 439 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:39,387 that formed before to meet Linda. 440 00:19:39,471 --> 00:19:41,681 They set out to question to Alan's ex-wife 441 00:19:41,765 --> 00:19:43,975 and his two adult children. 442 00:19:44,059 --> 00:19:47,771 -We discover that Alan had two adult children 443 00:19:47,812 --> 00:19:49,814 who were far from him, 444 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:52,484 his daughter Rachel and his son Daniel. 445 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:55,445 -Alan's children did not have a good relationship with him. 446 00:19:55,570 --> 00:19:57,864 He had remarried and had three stepchildren. 447 00:19:57,989 --> 00:20:00,158 I didn't talk to them very often 448 00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:03,411 and it seemed like I was losing their relationship with them. 449 00:20:03,453 --> 00:20:05,205 That made us want to talk. 450 00:20:05,288 --> 00:20:07,040 with them and interview them extensively. 451 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:08,583 Would they be so angry 452 00:20:08,667 --> 00:20:10,627 to his father How to do something to him? 453 00:20:10,752 --> 00:20:13,505 You have to answer yourself those types of questions. 454 00:20:13,546 --> 00:20:15,090 -You told me on the phone 455 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:17,759 that they were estranged since 2003. 456 00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:20,470 -Yes. -What made them distance themselves? 457 00:20:20,512 --> 00:20:23,264 -He was a guy who distanced himself. He had a difficult childhood. 458 00:20:23,306 --> 00:20:26,434 He did not have a maternal mother nor a paternal father. 459 00:20:26,518 --> 00:20:29,229 I think he's one of those guys who doesn't They must have had children. 460 00:20:29,354 --> 00:20:31,981 I think my brother and I went 461 00:20:32,023 --> 00:20:34,317 like an afterthought. 462 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,820 -I understand. you told me why phone number you wanted me to know 463 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,446 that your father was not a little boy explorer. 464 00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:40,490 -It wasn't. -That he was a very party animal. 465 00:20:40,532 --> 00:20:41,700 -Yeah. -That he was hateful and that he knew 466 00:20:41,825 --> 00:20:43,535 how to provoke reactions. -Yeah. 467 00:20:43,618 --> 00:20:46,329 -Can you tell me more about that? -It could be very offensive. 468 00:20:46,454 --> 00:20:48,832 It could be noisy. He said unpleasant things. 469 00:20:48,873 --> 00:20:52,460 I think my dad wanted return to the party life. 470 00:20:52,544 --> 00:20:54,587 And once it came together with Linda, 471 00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:56,548 it was again the "party man". 472 00:20:56,631 --> 00:20:59,342 -Well, to my father he liked to drink. 473 00:20:59,426 --> 00:21:00,677 He liked the party. 474 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,470 Even at the funeral, they said: 475 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:05,473 "Alan enjoyed a couple of cocktails". 476 00:21:05,557 --> 00:21:08,518 -You said your father was unfaithful to your mother during... 477 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,478 -As far as I know. 478 00:21:10,562 --> 00:21:12,272 -Tell me more about that. 479 00:21:12,355 --> 00:21:14,858 -We had babysitters during the summer and... 480 00:21:14,983 --> 00:21:16,651 -When you were little? -Yeah. 481 00:21:16,735 --> 00:21:18,778 During the summer. They were university students. 482 00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:21,197 And one year my mother received a letter from one of them, 483 00:21:21,239 --> 00:21:23,575 who was Mormon and was trying to repair damage 484 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:24,909 for the things he had done. 485 00:21:25,035 --> 00:21:26,870 One of them apologized 486 00:21:26,995 --> 00:21:30,749 for having had a relationship Romantic with my father. 487 00:21:32,083 --> 00:21:34,210 My parents were supposedly still happily married, 488 00:21:34,252 --> 00:21:37,088 but my dad had an account active on Match.com. 489 00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:38,548 I had been printing 490 00:21:38,673 --> 00:21:41,509 your account profiles and left them on the table. 491 00:21:41,634 --> 00:21:44,721 He was haughty. In other words, he acted in a way 492 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:47,891 haughty when doing that shit to my mom. 493 00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:49,726 I understand that maybe you are not happy in a relationship, 494 00:21:49,851 --> 00:21:51,353 but who would do that? -Well, like you said, 495 00:21:51,394 --> 00:21:52,979 maybe he knew how to provoke reactions. 496 00:21:53,063 --> 00:21:54,814 -Or you can just be so arrogant that you think 497 00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:56,608 that you can get away with -- I don't know. 498 00:21:56,691 --> 00:22:01,321 -Do you know of someone who would like hurt your father? 499 00:22:01,404 --> 00:22:02,781 POLICE RECORDING 500 00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:07,202 The short answer is no. 501 00:22:07,285 --> 00:22:09,621 But it wasn't either so involved in your life, 502 00:22:09,704 --> 00:22:10,914 so i don't know What was he involved in? 503 00:22:10,997 --> 00:22:12,957 I don't know what business he was in. 504 00:22:13,041 --> 00:22:15,418 I don't know if it bothered to the wrong person. 505 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:18,546 -The detectives also spoke with Alan's ex-wife 506 00:22:18,672 --> 00:22:22,550 and they discovered that the three estranged family members 507 00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:24,844 They had alibis about things what they did to hundreds 508 00:22:24,886 --> 00:22:26,721 of kilometers the morning of the murder. 509 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:28,181 Although those members 510 00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:29,974 of his family were not suspects, details 511 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,185 that they shared forced detectives to reconsider 512 00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:34,646 the impeccable reputation by Alan. 513 00:22:34,729 --> 00:22:36,856 -A 71-year-old man It has its past. 514 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:40,360 There is a whole world of things to investigate. 515 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:41,778 ♪♪ 516 00:22:41,861 --> 00:22:44,155 -Why did he leave his wife? Alone in Boston? 517 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:46,116 Who was he coming to see? 518 00:22:46,199 --> 00:22:47,409 Was he having an affair? 519 00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:48,910 Did you live a life 520 00:22:48,952 --> 00:22:50,745 of which his wife, Linda, I didn't know? 521 00:23:00,255 --> 00:23:04,092 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 522 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:08,263 -The police from West Palm Beach, Florida, 523 00:23:08,304 --> 00:23:11,016 look for clues about the mysterious death 524 00:23:11,141 --> 00:23:12,475 by Alan Abrahamson. 525 00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:14,519 They suspect that the information 526 00:23:14,686 --> 00:23:17,856 on your cell phone could be the key to find his killer. 527 00:23:17,981 --> 00:23:21,651 -An extraction was performed Alan's cell phone forensic. 528 00:23:21,735 --> 00:23:24,154 I reviewed that report, 529 00:23:24,237 --> 00:23:27,699 but I didn't see anything of value evidentiary 530 00:23:27,782 --> 00:23:32,454 So I decided to start checking manually the phone. 531 00:23:32,537 --> 00:23:36,833 I was able to check your line Google Maps weather, 532 00:23:36,875 --> 00:23:39,794 which started to give me an idea where had I been 533 00:23:39,836 --> 00:23:41,421 the last few days. 534 00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:45,592 -It showed that on the 21st 535 00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:47,427 it was from the airport 536 00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:49,346 to his house in Uber. 537 00:23:49,429 --> 00:23:51,848 He went to Bank of America, 538 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:53,641 to a place where they sell 539 00:23:53,725 --> 00:23:55,810 gases such as helium and propane. 540 00:23:55,977 --> 00:23:59,898 And took I-95 to go to another gas supplier. 541 00:24:01,858 --> 00:24:03,360 ♪♪ 542 00:24:03,401 --> 00:24:06,237 He also showed his activity from the night before, 543 00:24:06,279 --> 00:24:08,656 that is, Wednesday the 24th. 544 00:24:08,698 --> 00:24:11,910 It showed that Alan drove his vehicle to the scene 545 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:14,913 exactly where they would find it dead 546 00:24:15,038 --> 00:24:17,707 less than 12 hours later. 547 00:24:17,791 --> 00:24:21,169 He spent 55 minutes there that night. 548 00:24:22,587 --> 00:24:24,714 Doing what? We don't know. 549 00:24:24,756 --> 00:24:26,341 After that, 550 00:24:26,383 --> 00:24:29,719 almost an hour later, he returned to his house. 551 00:24:29,803 --> 00:24:31,137 The next morning, the line 552 00:24:31,179 --> 00:24:33,682 Google Maps weather re-register something. 553 00:24:33,807 --> 00:24:36,267 shows it within walking distance 554 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:40,689 from his residence to the same field where they found him dead. 555 00:24:40,730 --> 00:24:42,148 ♪♪ 556 00:24:42,232 --> 00:24:43,733 -It was very unusual. 557 00:24:43,817 --> 00:24:45,276 What were you doing in that field? 558 00:24:45,318 --> 00:24:46,778 the night before dying? 559 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:48,863 And there's nothing there. It's in the middle of nowhere. 560 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:50,031 It is an open field. 561 00:24:51,658 --> 00:24:53,368 -Meanwhile, 562 00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:55,370 while everyone was doing everything else, 563 00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:58,248 we were able to get videos from the guardhouse 564 00:24:58,289 --> 00:25:01,042 at the entrance to BallenIsles along PGA Boulevard. 565 00:25:01,126 --> 00:25:02,293 We start reviewing 566 00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:04,796 recordings of the days previous. 567 00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:07,549 We see him leaving on the 23rd. 568 00:25:07,674 --> 00:25:10,593 He walked out the door at 5:50 a.m. m. 569 00:25:10,677 --> 00:25:13,722 Alan was going to have coffee with Victor. 570 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:16,850 We were able to get videos of Starbucks showing 571 00:25:16,933 --> 00:25:21,604 Alan coming in and taking a coffee with Victor. 572 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,189 -That was when we could 573 00:25:23,273 --> 00:25:25,900 confirm that Victor He told us the truth, 574 00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:27,944 I saw him regularly there 575 00:25:27,986 --> 00:25:31,489 and that they had seen each other there several days before the homicide. 576 00:25:31,531 --> 00:25:32,907 "We spoke regularly. 577 00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:35,744 We meet for coffee several times." 578 00:25:35,785 --> 00:25:37,829 And as I went meeting Victor, 579 00:25:37,871 --> 00:25:39,789 it was clearly noticeable who had nothing 580 00:25:39,914 --> 00:25:42,000 what to do with the shooting, and we were able to rule it out 581 00:25:42,042 --> 00:25:43,418 as a possible suspect. 582 00:25:44,627 --> 00:25:49,215 -And the morning of the murder, on Thursday the 25th, 583 00:25:49,299 --> 00:25:52,844 there are video recordings of Alan leaving. 584 00:25:52,927 --> 00:25:56,765 -Alan appears on video leaving out the door at 5:53 585 00:25:56,848 --> 00:26:00,185 in the morning, carrying something in the left hand. 586 00:26:00,226 --> 00:26:01,644 POLICE EVIDENCE 587 00:26:01,686 --> 00:26:03,480 -We were checking 588 00:26:03,521 --> 00:26:05,273 all the video to see If we heard anything useful, 589 00:26:05,357 --> 00:26:07,067 because it also had audio. 590 00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:11,821 37 and a half minutes later, a shot is heard. 591 00:26:11,863 --> 00:26:12,989 Clearly. 592 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,494 -The detectives hear the shot who killed Alan Abrahamson. 593 00:26:17,535 --> 00:26:21,122 But with Alan out of sight from the camera at 183 meters, 594 00:26:21,289 --> 00:26:23,792 they can't see who pulled the trigger. 595 00:26:23,833 --> 00:26:27,045 -So we have 37 minutes of time without explanation. 596 00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:29,381 What happened in those 37 minutes? 597 00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:34,511 I walked from that position to the place where they found it, 598 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:37,305 walking at a normal pace, 599 00:26:37,347 --> 00:26:40,475 and it took me four minutes and three seconds. 600 00:26:40,517 --> 00:26:42,644 If we subtract from 37 minutes those four, 601 00:26:42,686 --> 00:26:44,229 we have 33 minutes of time without explanation. 602 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:46,356 What happens in those 33 minutes? 603 00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:49,150 -The researchers they wonder if the package 604 00:26:49,317 --> 00:26:50,944 that Alan was wearing can give answers. 605 00:26:50,985 --> 00:26:53,947 A package that was not at the crime scene. 606 00:26:54,698 --> 00:26:56,574 -We want to know what that was. 607 00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,326 Is it something that could help us? 608 00:26:58,368 --> 00:27:00,787 Did you exchange anything with someone in the field? 609 00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:02,414 What was he carrying there? 610 00:27:02,455 --> 00:27:03,915 -Looking for answers, 611 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,583 researchers review 612 00:27:05,709 --> 00:27:07,377 Alan's timeline 613 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:09,379 on your cell phone and search 614 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:11,006 unusual movements 615 00:27:11,047 --> 00:27:12,674 before the shooting. 616 00:27:12,716 --> 00:27:15,552 A trip to the bank, then to the companies 617 00:27:15,593 --> 00:27:17,429 of gas caught his attention. 618 00:27:17,470 --> 00:27:19,180 -At the time we were able to obtain 619 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:21,182 documentation from Bank of America 620 00:27:21,224 --> 00:27:23,184 which shows that he withdrew $300 cash. 621 00:27:23,268 --> 00:27:25,854 There is surveillance video of him withdrawing the money. 622 00:27:25,979 --> 00:27:29,733 Then the detectives went to nexAir and discovered 623 00:27:29,858 --> 00:27:33,361 at that moment that he had bought a tank 624 00:27:33,445 --> 00:27:36,156 of helium of 40 cubic feet. 625 00:27:36,239 --> 00:27:37,949 He paid in cash. 626 00:27:37,991 --> 00:27:39,743 We were able to get the receipt. 627 00:27:39,784 --> 00:27:42,746 -Alan asked the supplier air another tank 628 00:27:42,829 --> 00:27:44,414 of 40 pound helium, 629 00:27:44,497 --> 00:27:47,375 but I no longer had and recommended another store. 630 00:27:48,626 --> 00:27:51,504 -So Alan went to that store gas, bought another 631 00:27:51,546 --> 00:27:54,841 helium tank of 40 cubic meters. 632 00:27:54,924 --> 00:27:56,509 He also paid in cash. 633 00:27:56,634 --> 00:27:58,762 We have the receipts. 634 00:27:58,887 --> 00:28:05,226 And why would I buy 80 cubic feet of helium? 635 00:28:06,269 --> 00:28:07,812 Don't know. 636 00:28:07,937 --> 00:28:09,564 -It didn't make sense. 637 00:28:11,274 --> 00:28:13,943 -To make sense to the strange purchases, 638 00:28:13,985 --> 00:28:17,364 the researchers returned to consult the data 639 00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:19,949 found on Alan's phone. 640 00:28:19,991 --> 00:28:24,287 -On February 1 I reviewed Alan's emails 641 00:28:24,454 --> 00:28:28,667 in your Gmail account, and I discovered that I had done 642 00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:31,002 an order for a balloon meteorological 643 00:28:31,127 --> 00:28:33,880 on Christmas Day 2017. 644 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:38,593 It seemed strange to me that I bought 645 00:28:38,718 --> 00:28:42,472 a weather balloon a month before. 646 00:28:43,264 --> 00:28:46,559 -Researcher Machado continues your instincts and investigate further 647 00:28:46,685 --> 00:28:48,645 thoroughly the purchase unusual from Alan. 648 00:28:48,728 --> 00:28:51,439 Find emails from Alan to the supplier 649 00:28:51,523 --> 00:28:54,567 of weather balloons months before his death. 650 00:28:54,651 --> 00:28:57,487 -October 17, 2017 651 00:28:57,654 --> 00:29:01,366 he wrote to High Altitude Science: "A balloon 652 00:29:01,408 --> 00:29:04,828 350 grams can contain more than 65 cubic feet of gas? 653 00:29:04,953 --> 00:29:07,163 And what will be the diameter approximate of the globe 654 00:29:07,205 --> 00:29:08,957 at launch?" 655 00:29:10,041 --> 00:29:14,212 I think those are questions very specific. 656 00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:17,966 What we thought now 657 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:20,093 that we had seen those emails were: 658 00:29:20,218 --> 00:29:23,138 "Well, that would explain helium." 659 00:29:23,304 --> 00:29:26,933 At the time we returned to the residence. 660 00:29:27,017 --> 00:29:32,897 And on a shelf in the garage there was an empty box 661 00:29:32,939 --> 00:29:35,150 from High Altitude Science. 662 00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:36,401 Empty. 663 00:29:36,443 --> 00:29:39,070 Linda didn't know that that was there, 664 00:29:39,237 --> 00:29:43,533 I had no idea why he I would buy weather balloons. 665 00:29:43,575 --> 00:29:45,243 I had no idea. 666 00:29:45,368 --> 00:29:48,830 Okay, now what? 667 00:29:48,872 --> 00:29:51,291 ♪♪ 668 00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:55,587 -At this point, We still had nothing. 669 00:29:55,670 --> 00:30:01,009 Until a detective He came up with a crazy theory. 670 00:30:01,051 --> 00:30:05,096 ♪♪ 671 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:17,192 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 672 00:30:18,234 --> 00:30:20,403 -The researchers that work 673 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:23,365 in the mysterious death by Alan Abrahamson 674 00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:25,283 to suggest ideas while They search for his murderer. 675 00:30:25,367 --> 00:30:28,370 -Some of our detectives They were with the investigators 676 00:30:28,453 --> 00:30:30,205 of the Police Department 677 00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:31,748 from Florida and began 678 00:30:31,831 --> 00:30:33,541 to talk about a theory. 679 00:30:34,668 --> 00:30:38,004 -There was an episode from "CSI Las Vegas" 680 00:30:38,129 --> 00:30:42,425 in which a person tie a gun to a balloon 681 00:30:42,467 --> 00:30:47,847 common helium for parties and tries to shoot himself 682 00:30:47,931 --> 00:30:50,892 and the balloon takes the gun. 683 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:55,397 -Maybe Alan committed suicide 684 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,025 buying the balloon meteorological, 685 00:30:59,192 --> 00:31:02,404 tying a rope to the balloon, strapping the gun 686 00:31:02,487 --> 00:31:05,323 to the balloon string weather, it went off, 687 00:31:05,407 --> 00:31:08,618 and then the weather balloon took off 688 00:31:08,702 --> 00:31:11,454 With the gun he disappeared. 689 00:31:11,496 --> 00:31:13,123 Well at first 690 00:31:13,206 --> 00:31:15,458 we were just arguing about the true possibility. 691 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:19,087 "Yes, of course. Of course. We are in the movie 'Up'. 692 00:31:19,129 --> 00:31:20,630 Whatever." 693 00:31:20,714 --> 00:31:23,091 So we did some research. more about this. 694 00:31:23,174 --> 00:31:25,635 And I found out that there is a case What happened in New Mexico. 695 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,805 A gentleman tried this. He committed suicide 696 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:31,433 and the balloon took the gun from the scene, 697 00:31:31,474 --> 00:31:34,310 but they found it about nine meters away 698 00:31:34,352 --> 00:31:36,855 away because there was burst a cactus. 699 00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:41,609 "Well, this has been thought of and tried 700 00:31:41,693 --> 00:31:43,778 on television shows." 701 00:31:43,903 --> 00:31:45,488 "Well, so?" 702 00:31:45,530 --> 00:31:47,991 "But it has also been tried in real life. 703 00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:51,745 -Maybe Alan was the first which he did successfully. 704 00:31:51,870 --> 00:31:57,584 -This case perhaps was not of homicide, but of suicide. 705 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:03,131 At that time that was the only one theory that could make sense, 706 00:32:03,256 --> 00:32:07,135 but at the same time we didn't have enough to check it. 707 00:32:07,218 --> 00:32:08,970 -We only had the purchase 708 00:32:09,054 --> 00:32:12,265 of the tanks and the weather balloon. 709 00:32:12,349 --> 00:32:13,558 It was all we had. 710 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,310 We had to continue investigating. 711 00:32:18,229 --> 00:32:20,065 ♪♪ 712 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:21,649 -Once we had the theory, 713 00:32:21,733 --> 00:32:24,235 We decided to expand the search of the field. 714 00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:26,363 We search in the areas approximately 715 00:32:26,446 --> 00:32:29,366 between 30 and 60 meters west where they found Alan, 716 00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:32,202 and we find elastic bands and ropes of many colors. 717 00:32:32,327 --> 00:32:34,829 Then, I decided to go back to his house 718 00:32:34,913 --> 00:32:38,041 and do a search more exhaustive. 719 00:32:38,124 --> 00:32:40,669 Alan's wife, Linda, she allowed us to pass 720 00:32:40,794 --> 00:32:42,837 and we saw that in the top drawer from Alan's office there was 721 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,506 the same type of bands 722 00:32:44,589 --> 00:32:46,174 elastic and rope found in the field. 723 00:32:46,216 --> 00:32:48,510 There we learned that the rope and the bands 724 00:32:48,593 --> 00:32:51,721 elastics found that morning They were linked to the case. 725 00:32:51,763 --> 00:32:53,390 -To get have 726 00:32:53,473 --> 00:32:55,684 more evidence to push the suicide theory, 727 00:32:55,767 --> 00:32:57,227 the researchers returned 728 00:32:57,310 --> 00:32:59,187 to review the report from Alan's autopsy 729 00:32:59,270 --> 00:33:02,273 and they made an unusual find which remains unexplained. 730 00:33:02,315 --> 00:33:04,192 -Our CSI team 731 00:33:04,234 --> 00:33:07,153 and Dr. Tormos They had noticed that there was 732 00:33:07,278 --> 00:33:10,532 a thin line of blood 733 00:33:10,615 --> 00:33:13,910 in his sweatshirt that seemed having been dragged by something 734 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:17,247 along the shirt. 735 00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:21,876 -It is very likely that once that the gun was fired, 736 00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:25,880 that balloon string weather that supported her 737 00:33:25,964 --> 00:33:29,342 It passed through his chest. 738 00:33:29,384 --> 00:33:31,386 -Now we knew what had happened 739 00:33:31,469 --> 00:33:34,264 We knew how that one came mark on Alan's shirt. 740 00:33:34,347 --> 00:33:36,099 Balloon rope part meteorological 741 00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:38,143 left a trail of blood. 742 00:33:40,395 --> 00:33:42,772 -Despite the growing evidence, researchers 743 00:33:42,856 --> 00:33:44,149 they realize what they face 744 00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:45,900 an uphill battle. 745 00:33:45,984 --> 00:33:48,403 -It's very strange that a homicide is 746 00:33:48,486 --> 00:33:50,613 reclassified as suicide. 747 00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:53,700 We went to the coroner's office to reveal what we believed 748 00:33:53,783 --> 00:33:55,577 What had happened to Alan. 749 00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:59,539 -He showed me the new ones findings and said: "What do you think? 750 00:33:59,664 --> 00:34:01,541 Could this be credible?" 751 00:34:01,583 --> 00:34:05,378 And I said, "Yes, but we need more." 752 00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:07,297 -"We need more data, more evidence, 753 00:34:07,380 --> 00:34:08,840 to test your theory." 754 00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:10,342 So we weren't there yet. 755 00:34:11,176 --> 00:34:13,428 -During the next three weeks, researchers 756 00:34:13,553 --> 00:34:14,888 They tried to gather more evidence 757 00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:16,806 that supported the theory of suicide, 758 00:34:16,890 --> 00:34:20,060 but they still couldn't find anything. 759 00:34:20,101 --> 00:34:23,313 -February 27 I was at home. 760 00:34:23,396 --> 00:34:26,691 My son had been playing with my cell phone, 761 00:34:26,816 --> 00:34:29,110 that at that moment It was one with Android, 762 00:34:29,194 --> 00:34:31,363 and I heard him say: "Hey, Google." 763 00:34:31,446 --> 00:34:34,491 I asked him the type of questions childlike than a child 764 00:34:34,574 --> 00:34:36,326 seven year old would like to ask. 765 00:34:36,409 --> 00:34:40,830 And when I got the phone back, I saw that it was 766 00:34:40,955 --> 00:34:44,501 on a screen called "my activity." 767 00:34:44,584 --> 00:34:47,420 I discovered that it recorded his voice and that I could 768 00:34:47,504 --> 00:34:50,423 play those searches with his voice. 769 00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:52,092 ♪♪ 770 00:34:52,175 --> 00:34:56,846 I immediately left to work and back 771 00:34:56,930 --> 00:34:59,808 to take out the phone of Alan from among the evidence. 772 00:34:59,891 --> 00:35:01,601 ♪♪ 773 00:35:01,726 --> 00:35:04,521 Once I took out the phone by Alan of the evidence, 774 00:35:04,604 --> 00:35:07,399 I immediately opened the google app 775 00:35:07,482 --> 00:35:11,695 and I started reviewing the activity of those last days. 776 00:35:11,778 --> 00:35:15,198 one of the first searches that arose was 777 00:35:15,323 --> 00:35:18,702 "how to commit suicide" and "ways of committing suicide." 778 00:35:18,785 --> 00:35:22,163 I turned to Rick and said: "Rick, we got it." 779 00:35:23,748 --> 00:35:25,083 ♪♪ 780 00:35:25,125 --> 00:35:29,546 -This happened in January 2018, 781 00:35:29,587 --> 00:35:33,675 but those searches had started since 2009. 782 00:35:33,717 --> 00:35:36,886 "How to commit suicide" and "ways to commit suicide" 783 00:35:37,053 --> 00:35:39,514 appear in July 2009. 784 00:35:39,597 --> 00:35:43,977 ".380 caliber ammunition for sale" in 2010. 785 00:35:44,019 --> 00:35:45,895 -In 2016, your searches they started 786 00:35:45,937 --> 00:35:48,189 to include research of weather balloons. 787 00:35:48,940 --> 00:35:51,234 -"Sunset times in West Palm Beach." 788 00:35:51,317 --> 00:35:53,194 "Traffic density in Palm Beach County. 789 00:35:53,278 --> 00:35:56,364 "Traffic volume on PGA Boulevard." 790 00:35:56,489 --> 00:35:59,951 He was considering this idea. 791 00:36:00,118 --> 00:36:02,662 Not for a week, not for a month. 792 00:36:02,787 --> 00:36:06,207 He was contemplating it for ten years. 793 00:36:07,334 --> 00:36:09,127 And then we found out 794 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:11,796 that many of the searches He asked them with spoken questions. 795 00:36:13,048 --> 00:36:14,132 [ Application beep phone ] 796 00:36:15,550 --> 00:36:20,138 -Do the insurance policies of life do they pay if there is suicide? 797 00:36:21,097 --> 00:36:22,724 [Beep] 798 00:36:22,807 --> 00:36:26,186 Load capacity of a 91 cm balloon. 799 00:36:26,269 --> 00:36:27,645 [Beep] 800 00:36:27,687 --> 00:36:30,523 How to tie a large balloon. 801 00:36:31,608 --> 00:36:33,610 [Beep] 802 00:36:33,693 --> 00:36:35,570 Is there any way to hide 803 00:36:35,653 --> 00:36:38,656 a suicide by gunshot pistol? 804 00:36:39,949 --> 00:36:41,659 [Beep] 805 00:36:41,743 --> 00:36:44,037 A shot in the heart. Do you die instantly? 806 00:36:45,288 --> 00:36:46,539 -My God. 807 00:36:47,499 --> 00:36:51,169 It was as if he left evidence of the afterlife. 808 00:36:58,343 --> 00:37:02,931 ACCIDENT, SUICIDE OR MURDER 809 00:37:03,223 --> 00:37:05,934 ♪♪ 810 00:37:06,017 --> 00:37:08,478 -The researchers had finished to find various searches 811 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,397 on the phone by Alan Abrahamson 812 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,399 who could support his theory about suicide. 813 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:13,942 -It wasn't only helium tanks 814 00:37:14,067 --> 00:37:16,277 nor the purchase of the balloon meteorological. 815 00:37:16,319 --> 00:37:18,154 This related everything. 816 00:37:18,238 --> 00:37:21,658 -Armed with a huge stack of evidence, researchers 817 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:24,119 They formulated their final theory to present it 818 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,454 to the forensic doctor and the state attorney. 819 00:37:26,538 --> 00:37:29,290 -The night before for us to find him dead, 820 00:37:29,332 --> 00:37:31,459 Alan went out onto the field. 821 00:37:31,584 --> 00:37:34,921 -And we theorize that it led your car there 822 00:37:35,005 --> 00:37:38,591 with two helium tanks 40 cubic feet 823 00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:41,177 and left them ready somewhere in the field. 824 00:37:41,219 --> 00:37:43,805 -Their helium tanks, the rope, the elastic bands, 825 00:37:43,888 --> 00:37:45,348 probably the scissors -- 826 00:37:45,473 --> 00:37:47,517 everything was in its place and probably ready. 827 00:37:47,642 --> 00:37:49,769 POLICE EVIDENCE 828 00:37:49,853 --> 00:37:53,398 -That morning we saw Alan walk through the door. 829 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,066 He came to the field, 830 00:37:55,150 --> 00:37:56,901 probably in about four minutes. 831 00:37:56,985 --> 00:37:59,362 -We believe the package what he was wearing was 832 00:37:59,404 --> 00:38:01,031 the weather balloon. 833 00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:02,824 If you remember, we said 834 00:38:02,907 --> 00:38:06,202 that we didn't know there was passed in those other 33 minutes. 835 00:38:06,286 --> 00:38:07,996 It takes time to inflate that. 836 00:38:08,121 --> 00:38:10,874 Not long, but enough. 837 00:38:10,957 --> 00:38:12,834 But then we thought in helium tanks. 838 00:38:12,917 --> 00:38:15,712 -We never found the tanks of helium, 839 00:38:15,795 --> 00:38:17,505 but there was a container 840 00:38:17,630 --> 00:38:19,758 waste management in the square next door. 841 00:38:19,841 --> 00:38:22,427 And that morning, while we arrived at the scene, 842 00:38:22,510 --> 00:38:24,721 the truck waste management 843 00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:26,681 I was getting out of there. 844 00:38:26,765 --> 00:38:29,059 Do helium tanks Would they be in that container? 845 00:38:29,142 --> 00:38:30,435 Maybe. 846 00:38:30,518 --> 00:38:33,021 And maybe Alan was so meticulous that he knew it. 847 00:38:33,104 --> 00:38:38,193 -He also had time to assemble your weapon tying system 848 00:38:38,276 --> 00:38:41,029 to the weather balloon, cut the rope 849 00:38:41,154 --> 00:38:44,074 -We cannot verify it, but we theorize that the reason 850 00:38:44,115 --> 00:38:46,701 why we can't find a cap at this point 851 00:38:46,743 --> 00:38:49,496 is that we believe who tied some kind of bag 852 00:38:49,537 --> 00:38:51,456 that would catch the casing when it was ejected 853 00:38:51,539 --> 00:38:53,875 so that also the balloon will take it away. 854 00:38:54,292 --> 00:38:57,587 -Alan was able to pull the trigger, 855 00:38:57,671 --> 00:38:59,756 fell backwards 856 00:38:59,839 --> 00:39:03,843 and the balloon took the gun. 857 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:06,805 ♪♪ 858 00:39:06,888 --> 00:39:10,266 -And you wonder where it would end the weather balloon. 859 00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:11,935 POLICE EVIDENCE 860 00:39:11,976 --> 00:39:14,270 -There are tracking sites of weather balloons. 861 00:39:14,354 --> 00:39:16,606 You write the conditions weather for that day, 862 00:39:16,690 --> 00:39:19,067 the capacity of the balloon, 863 00:39:19,109 --> 00:39:22,237 you enter all that information and gives you a clue. 864 00:39:22,987 --> 00:39:27,367 took off and moved towards the west, 865 00:39:28,368 --> 00:39:30,620 it made like a U-turn 866 00:39:30,745 --> 00:39:33,915 and headed east over the Atlantic Ocean. 867 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,043 And the explosion point approximate was 868 00:39:37,127 --> 00:39:41,423 about 40 miles north from the Bahamas 869 00:39:41,506 --> 00:39:43,091 in the Atlantic Ocean. 870 00:39:44,718 --> 00:39:48,346 -Once I was introduced all that information, 871 00:39:48,388 --> 00:39:50,682 I had no doubt 872 00:39:50,765 --> 00:39:53,476 that Mr. Abrahamson he committed suicide 873 00:39:53,601 --> 00:39:57,605 And we change the way of death from homicide to suicide. 874 00:39:57,689 --> 00:39:59,024 ♪♪ 875 00:39:59,107 --> 00:40:01,151 -With the change in shape of death, 876 00:40:01,192 --> 00:40:02,527 The researchers now had to 877 00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:04,070 notify Alan's wife, Linda. 878 00:40:04,195 --> 00:40:06,740 -We sit down and start to review step 879 00:40:06,823 --> 00:40:08,199 step by step from the beginning. 880 00:40:08,241 --> 00:40:11,828 We had about ten or 15 minutes explaining 881 00:40:11,953 --> 00:40:14,956 everything when he asked us Let's stop for a moment 882 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,791 and I heard her say: 883 00:40:16,875 --> 00:40:18,835 "Did he commit suicide?" 884 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,713 So suddenly he realized of what was happening. 885 00:40:23,131 --> 00:40:25,675 Linda was baffled, without a doubt. 886 00:40:25,759 --> 00:40:27,469 It was shocking for them. 887 00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:30,680 Everything seemed fine. He was the life of the parties 888 00:40:30,805 --> 00:40:34,434 and the love of his life and they went on trips together. 889 00:40:34,601 --> 00:40:37,020 ♪♪ 890 00:40:37,062 --> 00:40:40,357 -I think she believes that Alan committed suicide 891 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:41,775 to benefit everyone. 892 00:40:41,858 --> 00:40:44,069 I had several policies life insurance 893 00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:46,112 for all members of the family. 894 00:40:46,279 --> 00:40:48,323 ♪♪ 895 00:40:48,406 --> 00:40:52,118 -You cannot take out a policy a million dollars for you 896 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,205 and then for your family and commit suicide the next day. 897 00:40:55,288 --> 00:40:56,581 It won't cover that. 898 00:40:56,706 --> 00:40:58,708 But these insurance policies 899 00:40:58,792 --> 00:41:01,002 They were taken out much earlier. 900 00:41:01,127 --> 00:41:03,004 -The insurers told them to the researchers 901 00:41:03,046 --> 00:41:06,216 that the policies were more beyond the point of dispute. 902 00:41:06,257 --> 00:41:07,759 As several years had passed 903 00:41:07,842 --> 00:41:10,178 since Alan I had opened them, 904 00:41:10,303 --> 00:41:12,472 they had to pay them regardless if he had committed suicide. 905 00:41:13,973 --> 00:41:17,602 -So when Alan committed suicide, knew before leaving this world 906 00:41:17,644 --> 00:41:20,772 that everyone would be fine financially. 907 00:41:21,398 --> 00:41:23,274 -Although Alan's family 908 00:41:23,358 --> 00:41:26,152 would benefit financially with his suicide, 909 00:41:26,236 --> 00:41:29,030 to those around him still They are surprised that a man 910 00:41:29,114 --> 00:41:32,325 so vibrant I chose to end with your own life and do 911 00:41:32,450 --> 00:41:34,744 that looked like a homicide. 912 00:41:34,828 --> 00:41:38,164 -There was no indication 913 00:41:38,289 --> 00:41:41,251 that I could be depressed 914 00:41:41,292 --> 00:41:43,878 or unhappy with your life. 915 00:41:43,962 --> 00:41:49,175 I was suffering in silence with a smile on his face. 916 00:41:50,844 --> 00:41:54,597 I would like people knew Alan was the guy 917 00:41:54,681 --> 00:41:57,767 of a person that everyone loved. 918 00:41:57,892 --> 00:42:03,273 Apparently he was a teacher to lead two lives, 919 00:42:03,356 --> 00:42:05,191 two emotional lives, 920 00:42:05,275 --> 00:42:09,362 but he hid it, and he hid it very well. 921 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:13,783 -I think he plotted a complex plan 922 00:42:13,908 --> 00:42:17,162 so his family wouldn't know that he had committed suicide. 923 00:42:17,203 --> 00:42:20,874 I wanted it to look a homicide. 924 00:42:20,957 --> 00:42:24,627 -I wanted everyone to think that he had left happy. 925 00:42:24,669 --> 00:42:26,212 I didn't want to reveal to his family 926 00:42:26,338 --> 00:42:27,756 and his wife who was sad. 927 00:42:29,299 --> 00:42:31,301 -At the end of the day, 928 00:42:31,384 --> 00:42:35,930 the reason will never be known 929 00:42:36,056 --> 00:42:39,059 because Alan took that to the grave. 930 00:42:39,225 --> 00:42:42,062 ♪♪