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THE MORNING WAS NORMAL.

JOHN, MY FIANC�, GOT UP, AND HE GOT IN THE SHOWER.

JOHN? - IN HERE, HONEY.

I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HE PUT ON.

HE HAD ON A WHITE POLO SHIRT.

POLO WAS HIS FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TO WEAR.

GOOD MORNING, BABY.

MORNING.

WORK ALREADY?

I'M AFRAID SO.

I FIXED HIS COLLAR BECAUSE IT WAS STICKING UP.

WE WERE GETTING VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR WEDDING,

WHICH WAS TO BE TAKING PLACE, YOU KNOW, 5 MONTHS FROM THEN,

AND HE KISSED ME GOODBYE.

HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME.

I WATCHED HIM WALK TO OUR BRAND-NEW CAR,

PULLED OUT THE STREET,

AND THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I EVER SAW HIM ALIVE.

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Abington Police and Fire,

What's your emergency?

911, YES. I NEED YOUR HELP.

WE'VE BEEN ROBBED.

MY MANAGER, JOHN, HE'S BEEN SHOT.

LOOK, I'M SHOT, TOO. I'M BLEEDING OUT.

COME NOW. WE'RE AT HOULIHAN'S.

PLEASE HURRY, NOW.

WE WERE ALL GATHERED IN THE DETECTIVE ROOM.

WE HEAR THAT THERE'S A ROBBERY AT THE HOULIHAN'S RESTAURANT.

THERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S SHOT, SO ALL HANDS ON DECK.

SO WE WERE PAIRED UP AS PARTNERS,

AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS LEAD DETECTIVE.

EVERYBODY RUSHES OUT OF THE DETECTIVE'S OFFICE,

AND WE GET DOWN THERE, PROBABLY, ABOUT 4 OR 5 MINUTES LATER.

WE FIRST ARRIVED, WENT INSIDE,

AND WE KIND OF GET A PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

THE 911 CALLER, MARK GRIFFIN,

WHO HAD BEEN SHOT,

WAS ALREADY ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL,

BUT POLICE MAKE A MORE DEVASTATING DISCOVERY

INSIDE THE RESTAURANT BATHROOM.

AS DETECTIVES BEGIN THEIR INVESTIGATION,

THEY ARE JOINED

BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHIEF DETECTIVE OSCAR VANCE.

- PAUL. - CHIEF.

IT WAS A VERY GRUESOME SIGHT.

MATTER OF FACT, I'LL NEVER FORGET IT.

THERE WAS A MAN LYING IN THE MEN'S BATHROOM.

THE BLOOD WAS FRESH.

WE FIGURED THAT IT HAD HAPPENED FAIRLY QUICK

BY THE TIME WE GOT DOWN THERE.

BEEN HERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES, BY THE LOOKS OF IT.

IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT SCENE,

AND THE POSITION OF THE BODY WAS FACEDOWN.

THERE WAS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD.

ALLS I SEE IS ONE GUNSHOT.

NO SHELL CASINGS, SO A REVOLVER MOST LIKELY.

YOU THINK THEY CAUGHT HIM IN HERE OR TOOK HIM OUT,

LIKE A HIT OR SOMETHING?

YOU SEE A GUY, A BIG, YOUNG FELLOW,

LAYING IN THE BATHROOM LIKE THAT.

I DON'T CARE HOW LONG YOU WERE ON THE JOB,

IT'S -- IT'S -- IT'S JUST BAD.

THE VICTIM'S NAME IS JOHN THURBERG, 28 YEARS OLD.

HE HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT MANAGER

AT HOULIHAN'S FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS.

IT'S A COLD-BLOODED KILLING INVESTIGATORS

FEEL COMPELLED TO SOLVE.

WE WERE GLAD THAT THE RESTAURANT WASN'T OPEN YET.

WE WERE FORTUNATE WE HAD WITNESSES THERE.

- WHO IS THIS? - A WITNESS.

WORKS HERE, TOO.

THEIR FIRST WITNESS IS THE RESTAURANT'S DISHWASHER,

JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

JOHNNIE, LOOK.

I KNOW THIS MUST ALL HAVE YOU PRETTY RATTLED,

AND WE WANT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE AS SOON AS WE CAN,

BUT I HAVE TO ASK.

IS HE DEAD?

IS WHO DEAD?

BIG JOHN, MY MANAGER.

I SAW THEM TAKE HIM IN THERE.

I HEARD THE SHOT.

YEAH. HE'S GONE.

DAMN.

JOHN BLALOCK WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN.

HE WAS VERY, VERY UPSET BECAUSE THEY REALLY LIKED THE MANAGER.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

UM, I CAME TO WORK AT 7:00.

I WAS LET INTO THE KITCHEN TO START PREP.

GRIFF WAS THERE.

WHO'S GRIFF?

MARK GRIFFIN.

HE'S THE ONE WHO CALLED 911.

DETECTIVES PLAN ON GOING TO THE HOSPITAL

TO TALK TO MARK GRIFFIN LATER.

ACCORDING TO JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

GRIFF HAD BEEN THERE AT THE RESTAURANT

WHEN THE TRAGIC CONFRONTATION BEGAN THAT MORNING.

HE HAD ARRIVED AT THE STORE SOMETIME AROUND 7:00,

AND THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO DO HIS WORK FOR THE DAY.

BLALOCK ARRIVED SOON AFTER.

THEN TWO MEN ENTERED THE RESTAURANT.

GET DOWN, RIGHT NOW! GET DOWN!

MR. GRIFFIN, HE HEARD THIS COMMOTION.

HE CAME OUT. HE SAW THE MANAGER, THURBERG,

WRESTLING WITH A TALL BLACK MALE.

HE HAD A SHOTGUN AND, NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THERE WAS ANOTHER BLACK MALE THERE WITH A HANDGUN.

LET GO!

GET UP BEFORE I KILL YOU RIGHT NOW.

MOVE!

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. DON'T SHOOT.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY HERDED EVERYBODY BACK IN THE KITCHEN

AND WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THE KEY TO THE SAFE WAS.

AND THEN THEY SPLIT US UP.

THE SHORTER ONE, THE ONE WITH THE PISTOL,

HE TOOK ME AND GRIFF INTO THE KITCHEN

AND TIED US UP, AND THEN THEY TOOK

BIG JOHN TOWARDS THE MEN'S ROOM.

BLALOCK TELLS DETECTIVES

THAT WHILE THE GUNMAN WAS TYING UP

MARK GRIFFIN'S HANDS, HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM.

THE GUNMAN THEN TRIED TO FORCE

GRIFFIN AND BLALOCK TOWARD THE RESTROOM,

WHERE BIG JOHN THURBERG WAS BEING HELD.

THEN THEY TOOK GRIFF IN THE MEN'S ROOM,

AND THEY MADE ME STAY OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM.

WHY DID THEY LEAVE YOU OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM?

I DON'T KNOW.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT WENT DOWN.

BLALOCK SAYS THE TWO MEN

THEN WANTED THE KEYS TO THE SAFE.

- GIVE ME THE KEYS, MAN. - HURRY UP.

MR. THURBERG SAID, "I'LL GIVE YOU THE MONEY.

HERE'S THE KEY."

MOVE. DON'T YOU MOVE!

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT, MAN? WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S THE DELIVERY BOY, ALL RIGHT.

DURING ALL THIS CRAZINESS INSIDE THE RESTAURANT,

NOW THE DOORBELL WAS RINGING

AND THERE WAS A DELIVERYMAN TRYING TO GET

IN THE BACK OF THE DELIVERY AREA.

HE'S NOT GONNA LEAVE WITHOUT A SIGNATURE.

MAN, SHUT UP.

MOST CRIMES DON'T TAKE VERY LONG.

IT'S A MATTER OF MINUTES,

AND IF AN INDIVIDUAL BECOMES STARTLED,

AGITATED, THAT'S WHEN THE EXECUTION OCCURS.

GO NOW, BEFORE HE COMES AROUND FRONT.

HE'S GONNA KNOW SOMETHING IS UP.

SHUT UP!

BLALOCK SAYS THAT FROM WHERE HE LAY,

OUTSIDE OF THE BATHROOM,

HE COULD HEAR THE SHOT THAT KILLED BIG JOHN.

THEY HEARD THE TWO INDIVIDUALS SAY,

"THE MAN'S DEAD. WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE."

DID YOU SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE?

ONE WAS ABOUT 6'3".

HE WAS A BIG GUY, HEAVYSET.

HE WAS THE ONE WITH THE SHOTGUN.

THE OTHER GUY, HE WAS ABOUT, LIKE, 6 FOOT,

BUT HE WASN'T AS BIG AS THE OTHER ONE.

YOU NEVER SEEN THESE GUYS?

YOU DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS,

AND THEY NEVER WORKED FOR HOULIHAN'S?

NOPE.

NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

ONE MORE QUESTION, DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING AT ALL UNUSUAL,

ANYTHING OUT OF PLACE THIS MORNING BEFORE YOU STARTED WORK?

I MEAN, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,

THERE WAS THIS ONE THING.

BEFORE I WENT INTO THE KITCHEN,

I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT,

AND I NOTICED THESE TWO GUYS IN A CAR WATCHING ME.

JOHN BLALOCK, HE STATED THAT HE NOTICED A BROWN CHEVETTE

WITH TWO BLACK MALES IN IT, ONE LARGE, ONE SMALL.

OFFICER, WE NEED TO BROADCAST THIS VEHICLE AND OUR PERPS.

POLICE PUT OUT AN ALL-POINTS BULLETIN

FOR A BROWN CHEVETTE AND TWO POSSIBLE SUSPECTS.

THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED IN SUBURBAN ABINGTON TOWNSHIP,

JUST OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA.

ABINGTON TOWNSHIP HAS A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY

52,000 TO 54,000.

IT'S A VERY HIGH-PROFILE AREA WHERE CORPORATE OWNERS LIVE

AND PEOPLE OF HIGH INCOME.

HOWEVER, POLICE FOCUSED THEIR SEARCH

FOR THE KILLERS ELSEWHERE.

9 CHANCES OUT OF 10,

THEY'RE NOT FROM ABINGTON TOWNSHIP.

THEY'RE PROBABLY FROM PHILADELPHIA.

POLICE FANNED OUT,

AND THEY STARTED TALKING TO ANYBODY THAT THEY COULD FIND,

ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY HAD SEEN ANYBODY WHO LOOKS SUSPICIOUS,

WHO LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE IN A HURRY,

WHO, YOU KNOW, MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION

OF WHAT THEY HAD OF THE TWO PEOPLE

WHO HAD BEEN AT THE ROBBERY.

AS THE CLOCK TICKED OFF, WE WERE CONCERNED

AT WHERE THESE GUYS WOULD BE GOING.

BUT WITH A GOOD HEAD START,

THE TWO PERPS COULD BE ANYWHERE BY NOW.

WHILE POLICE SEARCH FOR THE SUSPECTS AND THE BROWN CHEVETTE,

DETECTIVE MYERS AND CHIEF VANCE

PIECE TOGETHER THE MOTIVE.

WELL, WHAT DID THEY GET?

THAT'S JUST IT -- NOTHING.

THE SAFE WAS IN THE MANAGER'S OFFICE,

AND IT WAS NOT OPENED.

SO WE FIGURED THAT, MOST LIKELY,

THEY DID NOT GET INSIDE THE SAFE.

SO THEY SHOOT THE FIRST GUY BY MISTAKE,

THEN EXECUTE JOHN THE MANAGER

AND LEAVE WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING?

MAYBE IT WASN'T A ROBBERY.

FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF HOULIHAN'S MANAGER,

BIG JOHN THURBERG,

DETECTIVE PAUL MYERS GOES TO NOTIFY THE VICTIM'S FIANC�,

PATTI HEMKO.

USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE SEE POLICE IN THEIR FRONT DOOR,

IT'S A BIG CONCERN

BECAUSE IN THEIR LIFE, EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL,

AND THEN YOU SHOW UP,

AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOME HORRIBLE NEWS.

IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO.

YOU'RE GIVING THEM THE WORST NEWS

THEY HAVE EVER HEARD IN THEIR LIFE.

I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.

I ARRIVED THERE THE SAME DAY

AS THE SHOOTING, AROUND 12:30, KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

PATTI ANSWERED, AND WHEN I LOOKED BEHIND HER

WAS HER WEDDING DRESS,

AND I HAD TO TELL HER THAT HER FIANC� IS DEAD,

A VICTIM OF A SENSELESS SHOOTING.

SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED, WHICH ANYBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

I SAID, "HE CAN'T BE DEAD. THERE'S NO WAY.

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED.

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED IN FIVE MONTHS.

HE'S NOT DEAD. HE IS COMING BACK."

MOST OF THE TIME,

PEOPLE JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE,

AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND EXPLAIN

TO HER STEP-BY-STEP WHAT HAPPENED.

WE HAVE WITNESSES, ALL RIGHT,

AND WE'RE GOING TO CATCH THESE GUYS,

BUT FIRST I HAVE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS, OKAY?

OKAY.

DID JOHN HAVE BEEF WITH ANYBODY?

DID HE EVER MENTION SOMEONE WAS OUT TO GET HIM?

WHAT? NO.

EVERYBODY LOVES HIM.

IT TOTALLY BUTTONS UP. LOOK AT THAT.

I DON'T THINK SO. NOW TRY TO PUT YOUR HANDS...

- LOOK AT THIS SLIMMING... - NOW DO THIS.

PATTI AND JOHN HAD MET FOUR YEARS BEFORE.

IT HAD BEEN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,

AND THEY'D BEEN ENGAGED FOR TWO YEARS.

JOHN GREW UP RIGHT OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.

HE WAS A VERY OUTGOING GUY.

HE SMILED ALL THE TIME.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE WAS EVER REALLY ANGRY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE NOW.

HE WAS, YOU KNOW, 6'3", 250 POUNDS.

HE WAS KIND OF LIKE A GENTLE GIANT.

HE WAS JUST HAPPY ALL THE TIME.

YOU NEVER SAW HIM UPSET.

SO HE HAD NO PROBLEMS

WITH ANYBODY AT THE RESTAURANT?

NO, NEVER.

THEY HAD NO IDEA RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING, LIKE,

WHO WOULD DO THIS, WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS,

HOW THEY GOT AWAY, NO IDEA WHATSOEVER.

DO YOU THINK THEY'LL FIND THEM, HONESTLY?

WE'RE GONNA CATCH THEM.

ALL RIGHT, PATTI, THAT'S A PROMISE.

HE WAS GENTLE, AND HE WAS WONDERFUL,

AND HE WAS NOT VIOLENT,

AND HE WAS NEVER AGGRESSIVE,

AND HE DIED IN THE MOST AGGRESSIVE MANNER,

AND I WANTED THEM TO BE CAUGHT

AND PAY FOR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO SOMEBODY LIKE JOHN.

SIX HOURS AFTER THE MURDER OF JOHN THURBERG,

POLICE HAVE ONLY VAGUE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TWO PERPS

AND THE GETAWAY CAR TO WORK WITH.

MARK GRIFFIN, THE COOK WHO WAS SHOT WHILE BEING TIED UP,

IS BEING TREATED AT ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

ABINGTON POLICE DETECTIVE KENNETH CLARK

ARRIVES TO INTERVIEW GRIFFIN,

THEIR SECOND EYEWITNESS.

I'M SORRY I HAVE TO MAKE YOU

GO THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED AGAIN.

I UNDERSTAND.

HE WAS IN SOME PAIN, AS I RECALL,

AND HE HAD AN INJURY TO THE HAND.

IT WAS A GUNSHOT WOUND.

HE SAID THAT, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THERE WERE PEOPLE INSIDE THE RESTAURANT

AND THAT THEY WERE PLACED IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

GO ON, MAN.

GRIFFIN TELLS THE SAME STORY THAT BLALOCK DID.

HE RECOUNTS GETTING SHOT WHILE BEING TIED UP...

...AND DESCRIBES HOW THE DELIVERY MAN

CAME TO THE BACK DOOR

AND RANG THE BELL OVER AND OVER AGAIN,

RATTLING THE GUNMEN IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

JUST SHUT UP!

WE WERE ALL THERE, EXCEPT JOHNNIE.

HE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

DUDE JUST SHOT BIG JOHN FOR NO REASON.

I'VE GOT TO ASK.

HE'S DEAD, ISN'T HE?

YEAH, MARK. I'M AFRAID HE IS.

WHAT WAS THIS ALL ABOUT? MONEY?

IS THAT WHY THEY SHOT BIG JOHN?

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT.

BUT GRIFFIN'S ACCOUNT DIFFERS FROM JOHNNIE BLALOCK'S

ON ONE KEY POINT.

WHILE BLALOCK SWORE HE SAW THE TWO SUSPICIOUS MEN

IN THE BROWN CHEVETTE,

GRIFFIN IS CERTAIN THEY FLED ON FOOT.

MR. GRIFFIN, HE SAID

THAT THEY WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR,

WHICH IS THE SAME DOOR THEY CAME IN,

AND THEY WERE RUNNING DOWN TOWARD THE TRAIN STATION

WITH A DUFFEL BAG.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM GET INTO A CHEVETTE, A BROWN CHEVETTE?

NOT THAT I SAW. NO.

I JUST SAW THEM PICK UP AND RUN.

IT COULD BE A STRESSED WITNESS

NOT REMEMBERING EXACTLY WHAT HE SAW,

BUT INVESTIGATORS DECIDE TO CHECK OUT

THE LEAD GRIFFIN HAS JUST GIVEN THEM.

NOBLE TRAIN STATION IS PROBABLY A BLOCK AWAY.

THE TRAIN GOES FROM WEST TRENTON IN TO PHILADELPHIA,

SO WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE TRAIN

LEAVING THE STATION HAD OUR GUYS IN IT.

**

HI.

I'M LOOKING FOR TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES

POSSIBLY CARRYING A DUFFEL BAG.

HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

I SAW A GUY IN HERE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO.

- WITH A DUFFEL BAG? - YEAH.

- WHERE? - RIGHT OVER THERE.

THERE WAS A BLACK MALE STANDING IN THE CORNER,

MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION, HAD A DUFFEL BAG.

HEY, YOU! DROP THE BAG!

GET YOUR HANDS UP! - WHAT'S GOING ON?

- DROP THE BAG! - I DROPPED IT.

DISPATCH, THIS IS UNIT FOUR.

I'VE GOT A SUSPECT MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION

OF SUSPECT NUMBER TWO. I NEED BACKUP NOW.

WE GOT A RADIO MESSAGE THAT POLICE OFFICERS

HAVE A SUSPECT THAT MATCHES THE DESCRIPTION.

THE MORE WE WERE LISTENING TO IT, THE MORE HOPEFUL WE GOT.

WE SENT A DETECTIVE DOWN THERE, ALSO, WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS.

I TOLD YOU. I WAS GOING TO WORK.

YEAH. I HEARD YOU THE FIRST 10 TIMES.

WE'RE WAITING FOR DETECTIVES TO CHECK YOU OUT.

SIT TIGHT.

OFFICER.

THIS IS CHIEF OF DETECTIVES OSCAR VANCE.

SIR, CAN I HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THAT BAG?

YEAH. GO AHEAD.

**

AND AFTER A WHILE, AFTER TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUAL

THAT THEY HAD STOPPED, IT DIDN'T PAN OUT.

IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SIR, YOU'RE FREE TO GO.

**

WITH TWO POSSIBLE MEANS OF ESCAPE,

THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION WIDENS,

AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING THEIR SUSPECTS DWINDLES,

BUT DETECTIVES DON'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG

FOR ANOTHER LEAD ON THE CASE.

WE RECEIVE A CALL FROM PATROL

THAT THEY FOUND A BROWN CHEVETTE

MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE SEEN BY MR. BLALOCK.

IT WAS PARKED NEAR A TRANSMISSION SHOP

ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.

**

DISPATCH, I NEED A MOTOR VEHICLE CHECK ON A CHEVROLET CHEVETTE.

THAT'S VIN NUMBER T36O1.

CAN I HELP YOU, OFFICER?

IS THIS YOUR CAR?

**

POLICE JUST OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA,

INVESTIGATING THE MURDER

OF A HOULIHAN'S RESTAURANT MANAGER,

BIG JOHN THURBERG, HAVE JUST FOUND A CAR

THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN USED BY HIS KILLERS.

DISPATCH, I NEED A MOTOR VEHICLE CHECK

ON A CHEVROLET CHEVETTE. THAT'S...

IT WAS A CHEVY CHEVETTE THAT WAS SEEN

UP NEAR A TRANSMISSION REPAIR PLACE IN ABINGTON,

PARKED NEARBY HOULIHAN'S.

...00976118...

CAN I HELP YOU, OFFICER?

IS THIS YOUR CAR?

NO. I'M JUST WORKING ON IT.

WHY? WHAT'S UP?

WHERE ARE THE TAGS?

I DON'T KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S NO TAG ON IT, SO THAT MAKES IT SUSPICIOUS.

YOU KNOW HOW I CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH THE OWNER?

NO IDEA.

JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND, ALL RIGHT?

YOU RUN THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER,

WHICH IS USUALLY DISPLAYED ON THE DASH,

AND THEN WE CAN FIND THE OWNER.

DMV PATCHES THE OFFICERS

THROUGH TO THE VEHICLE'S OWNER.

YES. YOU DROPPED THIS CAR OFF WHEN?

ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.

THIS CAR WAS DROPPED OFF WHEN?

I DON'T KNOW, SAY, ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

AND THE CAR HASN'T BEEN MOVED SINCE THEN?

YOU LOOK AT THIS THING?

THIS THING BARELY RIDES.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT INTO THE STREET.

WHILE THIS LEAD IS A DEAD END,

AUTHORITIES STILL HAVE AN EYE OUT FOR THE BROWN CHEVETTE

THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY USED BY THE KILLERS.

AS THE MANHUNT CONTINUES,

PATTI HEMKO BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT,

INSTEAD OF PLANNING HER WEDDING,

SHE'LL BE ARRANGING HER FIANC�'S FUNERAL.

SINCE OUR WEDDING WAS ONLY FIVE MONTHS AWAY,

I HAD MY WEDDING DRESS, AND I NEEDED TO TAKE THAT BACK.

THINGS WERE COMING IN THE MAIL,

LIKE CARDS THAT GO IN THE INVITATIONS.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

YOUR MIND DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT.

YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S GONNA COME HOME,

THAT SOMEBODY IS LYING, THAT IT'S, LIKE, SOME CRAZY THING.

I WENT TO SLEEP, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT,

AND I WENT TO REACH OVER TO WHERE HE LAYS, AND IT WAS EMPTY,

AND SO IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT THAT I REALIZED,

"HOLY CRAP. HE IS NOT COMING HOME, EVER."

PATTI ISN'T THE ONLY ONE

MOURNING THE LOSS OF BIG JOHN THURBERG.

HIS CO-WORKERS GATHER AT THE RESTAURANT

TO REMEMBER A MAN THEY ALL LOVED.

THERE WAS JUST NO REASON TO KILL JOHN THURBERG,

AND I THINK THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH PEOPLE.

THESE GUYS MURDERED HIM FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD THAT THEY WANTED TO DO THAT

FOR BIG JOHN, AND THEY MADE SIGNS,

AND THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE MEANT TO THEM.

MARK GRIFFIN IS STILL RECOVERING

FROM HIS GUNSHOT WOUND,

BUT CO-WORKER AND WITNESS JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS THERE.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS EMPLOYEES

THAT CAME OVER TO JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

SORT OF SHOWING A LOT OF PITY FOR HIM

FOR THE MERE FACT THAT HE WAS A VICTIM.

BUT THE PERSON WHO EVERYONE FEELS FOR THE MOST

IS JOHN'S FIANC�E.

AS MUCH AS IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO DO,

IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO.

**

AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE THE CITYWIDE MANHUNT,

THEY CIRCLE BACK TO THE ONLY INFORMATION

THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH,

STATEMENTS FROM WITNESSES

MARK GRIFFIN AND JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

BOTH BLALOCK AND GRIFFIN'S DESCRIPTIONS MATCH.

BIG GUY WITH A SHOTGUN, SMALLER ONE WITH A PISTOL.

BUT ONE CURIOUS DETAIL STANDS OUT.

THEY HERD EVERYBODY INTO THE MEN'S ROOM EXCEPT FOR BLALOCK.

BLALOCK IS OUTSIDE THE MEN'S ROOM.

SO THEY GOT BIG JOHN AND GRIFFIN

TIED UP IN THE BATHROOM.

WHY WOULDN'T THEY HAVE BLALOCK IN THERE WITH THEM?

WHY ARE THEY TREATING HIM DIFFERENTLY?

- GIVE ME THE **** KEY. - PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST CALM DOWN.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

NOT ONLY CHIEF VANCE,

BUT A COUPLE OF OTHER SENIOR DETECTIVES

HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS CULPABILITY.

I NEVER RAN ACROSS ANY CRIMINALS THAT WERE CONCERNED

ABOUT OVERCROWDING IN ANY BUILDING,

LET ALONE A MEN'S ROOM.

AND JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS ALSO THE ONLY WITNESS

TO IMPLY THE KILLERS GOT AWAY IN A CAR.

I'M THINKING THAT BLALOCK IS PROBABLY SOMEBODY

THAT WE WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING TO.

DOES JOHNNIE BLALOCK KNOW MORE THAN HE'S SAYING?

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHIEF DETECTIVE OSCAR VANCE

WANTS TO KNOW.

I HATE TO PUT YOU OUT, JOHNNIE,

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

WE CHECK, AND THEN WE RECHECK.

THIS WAS JUST A ROUTINE THING OF US

MOVING FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER.

TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY.

YOU WERE ALREADY AT WORK WHEN THEY CAME IN?

I LISTENED TO HIM VERY CAREFULLY FROM THE STANDPOINT

OF HOW THEY WERE TIED UP.

HE THEN STATED HOW THEY WERE FORCED INTO THE BATHROOM.

THAT'S WHAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, JOHNNIE.

WHY DID THEY HAVE YOU OUTSIDE THE BATHROOM ON THE CARPET

AND HAVE THOSE OTHER GUYS

IN THE BATHROOM ON THAT NASTY FLOOR?

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY KEPT ME OUTSIDE.

HE HAD NO DIRECT EYE CONTACT DURING THE TIME

THAT I WAS TALKING TO HIM.

HE WAS SORT OF LIKE ALL OVER THE PLACE

AS FAR AS HIS BODY LANGUAGE WAS CONCERNED.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

THEY CAME IN TO ROB THE PLACE,

BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY?

IT DIDN'T GO RIGHT.

IT WAS CHAOTIC.

I GUESS THEY CAME FOR THE MONEY,

BUT THEY COULDN'T GET IN THE SAFE.

BUT YOU WERE ON THE FLOOR, JOHNNIE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY WERE TRYING

TO GET INTO THE SAFE?

NO, YEAH...I WAS.

I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT?

I WAS JUST GUESSING. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.

IF A PERSON IS TELLING THE TRUTH,

THEY'LL TELL THAT SAME STORY THE SAME WAY,

WHETHER IT'S TODAY, TOMORROW, TWO MINUTES LATER,

OR AN HOUR LATER, OR WHATEVER.

WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH,

USUALLY IT WILL FLUCTUATE,

AND THEY WILL NOT TELL THE SAME STORY.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU NEVER SEEN THESE GUYS?

YOU DON'T KNOW THESE GUYS,

AND THEY NEVER WORKED FOR HOULIHAN'S?

NOPE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION, YOU KNOW,

"THE EYES ARE THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL."

AT THAT TIME, HIS SOUL WASN'T SPEAKING VERY TRUTHFULLY TO ME.

OKAY.

DO ME A FAVOR, JOHNNIE.

JUST SIT TIGHT FOR A MINUTE, OKAY?

**

KEN.

CHIEF, WHAT'S UP?

SOMETHING IS UP WITH THIS KID.

LET'S HOOK HIM UP TO THE BOX.

YOU GOT IT.

FOR CHIEF VANCE,

THE QUESTION IS NO LONGER IF BLALOCK KNOWS MORE.

IT'S WHAT THE YOUNG DISHWASHER KNOWS.

VANCE DECIDES TO PUT HIM TO THE TEST ON A POLYGRAPH.

DON'T LET THIS MACHINERY BOTHER YOU.

IT'S STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AROUND HERE.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS TELL THE TRUTH,

AND WE'LL HAVE YOU OUT OF HERE IN NO TIME AT ALL.

THERE'S A PRETEST SET UP BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY RUN THE CHARTS,

AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, HE SEEMED A LITTLE NERVOUS.

I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU A FEW SIMPLE QUESTIONS FIRST

SO WE DON'T GET ANY SURPRISES.

OKAY.

HIS ANXIETY LEVEL INCREASED.

THE KIND OF QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK YOU

ARE SIMPLE YES OR NO.

DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED JOHN THURBERG?

JUST OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA,

POLICE WORKING THE JOHN THURBERG HOMICIDE CASE

HAVE HIS EMPLOYEE JOHNNIE BLALOCK

IN THE HOT SEAT.

THE POLYGRAPH PROCEDURE TAKES A MINIMUM OF TWO HOURS.

HOWEVER, AS TIME WENT ON DURING THE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES,

HIS ANXIETY LEVEL KEPT INCREASING.

DO YOU KNOW WHO KILLED JOHN THURBERG?

MAN, LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS NO MORE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, JOHNNIE?

ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS TELL THE TRUTH.

IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE, IN ONE OR TWO PRIOR POLYGRAPHS

THAT I'D PERFORMED, INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF THE ROOM,

AND I WAS FEARFUL THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.

YEAH. I CHANGED MY MIND.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

I WANT TO LEAVE NOW.

OKAY. OKAY, JOHNNIE.

NOBODY IS GONNA MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

SIT HERE AND RELAX A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I TRIED TO CALM HIM DOWN, AND I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD BE BACK,

AND HE STAYED IN THE ROOM.

I WENT AND I SPOKE WITH CHIEF VANCE,

AND I SUGGESTED THAT CHIEF VANCE COME BACK IN WITH ME

TO TRY AND CALM HIM DOWN.

WHAT'S THE MATTER, JOHNNIE?

IS IT THE POLYGRAPH?

YEAH. YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

I WANT TO LEAVE.

MY JOB DURING THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME

WAS TO KIND OF, LIKE, WIN HIM OVER

FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HIM HAVING TRUST IN ME.

THAT'S FINE, JOHNNIE.

YOU CAN GO.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE UNDER ARREST OR ANYTHING.

UNHOOK HIM, KEN.

HE WAS A WITNESS.

HE WAS NOT UNDER ANY ARREST, SO WE HAD NO REASON TO HOLD HIM.

YOU'RE HEADED TO NORTH PHILLY, RIGHT?

YEAH.

I'M HEADED THE SAME DIRECTION, MORE OR LESS.

YOU WANT A RIDE?

SURE. OKAY.

IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 1:00 IN THE MORNING.

NO BUSES WERE GOING TO PHILADELPHIA.

SO BASICALLY WHAT I DID WAS I OFFERED TO GIVE HIM A RIDE,

AND, OF COURSE, HE SAID YES.

NOW, NORTH PHILADELPHIA FROM ABINGTON TOWNSHIP IS ABOUT,

MAYBE ABOUT, 10 TO 12 MILES.

IT'S A PRETTY ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD,

ONE THAT HAS QUITE A FEW INCIDENTS OF CORRUPTION,

DRUGS, ROBBERIES, MURDERS.

SO AS WE'RE RIDING, I'M TALKING TO HIM,

AND I'M STILL TRYING TO WIN HIS CONFIDENCE.

YOU'RE GONNA STAY AT HOULIHAN'S?

I MEAN, IT COULD BE TOUGH TO WORK AT A PLACE WHERE...

WELL, YOU KNOW.

HEY, YO, YOU CAN STOP RIGHT HERE.

DROP ME OFF RIGHT THERE, RIGHT TO THE CORNER.

"PULL THE CAR OVER," HE SAID, "PULL THE CAR OVER."

HE SAID, "DON'T TAKE ME RIGHT TO MY DOOR."

HE SAYS, "I'LL MAKE IT FROM HERE."

HE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

TO SEE ME DROPPING HIM OFF.

HEY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RIDE, SIR.

HOLD ON, JOHNNIE.

THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO SAY BEFORE YOU GO.

I GAVE HIM ENOUGH INFORMATION TO LET HIM UNDERSTAND

THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE

EVERYTHING THAT HE WAS TELLING ME,

AND THAT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING,

NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE YOUR STORY.

IF YOU KNOW THESE GUYS, AND YOU'RE AFRAID TO SAY SOMETHING,

WE CAN HELP. WE CAN PROTECT YOU.

NOT FOREVER, YOU CAN'T.

IN THE HIGHER-CRIME AREA IN PHILADELPHIA,

THEY'RE NOT BIG FANS OF POLICE OFFICERS.

NOBODY WANTS TO BE A SNITCH, SO THAT MAKES OUR JOB A LOT HARDER.

JOHNNIE, LOOK.

HERE'S MY CARD.

IF YOU EVER FEEL LIKE TALKING, YOU GIVE ME A CALL.

OKAY?

YEAH, I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

THANKS FOR THE RIDE AGAIN.

AND HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND THAT WAS IT.

VANCE KNOWS HE'S TAKING A BIG GAMBLE

LETTING HIS KEY WITNESS WALK AWAY.

HIS BOSS, FIRST ASSISTANT D.A. BRUCE CASTOR,

HOPES IT WON'T BACKFIRE.

NOW, IF HE GOES INTO THE WIND, AND WE NEVER FIND HIM AGAIN,

AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HE'S INVOLVED IN THE CRIME,

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

ABOUT EIGHT HOURS LATER,

CHIEF VANCE GETS A PHONE CALL.

IT'S BLALOCK, AND HE WANTS TO TALK.

CHIEF VANCE.

BRUCE.

OF COURSE. YEAH. LISTEN, MAN.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, IT'S FINE.

LISTEN, YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, MAN.

YOU'LL SEE.

IT'S BLALOCK.

HE WANTS TO MEET 1:00, HOULIHAN'S.

THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL BE THERE AS WELL.

WELL, LET'S SEE IF HE SHOWS.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS COMING TO THE HOULIHAN'S,

AND THAT WE COULD MEET AND TALK WITH HIM THERE,

WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A LONG SHOT.

IT'S BEEN, WHAT, TWO HOURS?

NOT QUITE.

BRUCE KEPT ASKING ME, HE SAID,

"THIS GUY IS NOT GONNA SHOW UP."

I SAID, "BRUCE, BE PATIENT.

HE'LL BE HERE."

WE OUGHT TO JUST GO OUT AND GET THE GUY.

HE'LL SHOW.

THEY ALWAYS SHOW.

**

I'LL BE DAMNED.

I WAS DEFINITELY SURPRISED WHEN BLALOCK SHOWED UP.

CHIEF VANCE HAD READ THE SITUATION PRECISELY CORRECTLY,

AND BLALOCK CAME BACK,

NOT WANTING TO CREATE THE IMPRESSION

THAT HE HAD ANYTHING TO HIDE.

THANKS FOR COMING IN, JOHNNIE.

WE'RE GONNA NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET ON THIS THING.

- SURE, NO PROBLEM. - THIS IS BRUCE.

HE'S A LAWYER WITH THE CITY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT?

**

BY THIS TIME, HE WAS FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH ME.

I WAS FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH HIM

AND FEELING I HAD HIS TRUST.

LOOK, MAN. I JUST WANT TO GET THE GUYS

WHO KILLED BIG JOHN, JUST LIKE YOU.

WELL, JOHNNIE, WITH CHIEF VANCE, YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS.

I'LL LEAVE YOU TO IT.

NOW THAT BLALOCK IS COOPERATING WITH POLICE,

ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CASTOR GIVES VANCE SOME SPACE

TO WORK ON HIS WITNESS.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN,

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAD TO WAIT

UNTIL JOHNNIE BLALOCK WANTED TO COOPERATE.

**

HOURS INTO THE CONVERSATION,

BLALOCK IS FINALLY READY TO SHARE HIS SECRET.

LOOK, I'M SORRY I TOOK SO LONG, MAN.

IT'S JUST THESE GUYS, MAN.

THEY'RE DANGEROUS.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY KNEW THAT I WAS SITTING HERE

TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW...

IT WAS AT THAT TIME

THAT HE GAVE INFORMATION TO US ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS

THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED WITH THE CRIME.

HE INDICATED THAT HE SORT OF KNEW WHO THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE.

LOOK, SLINKY, THAT'S THE NAME OF THE BIG ONE,

THE ONE WITH THE SHOTGUN.

HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD

FROM TIME TO TIME.

HE SAID ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS SAM ROSS,

A GUY WHO WAS VERY TALL AND HAD THE NICKNAME "SLINKY."

OKAY, JOHNNIE. SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GUY?

YEAH, I KNOW HIM, TOO.

HE THEN INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER GUY THAT WAS SHORTER,

AND THAT HIS NAME WAS DAVE TRAVERS,

AND THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THERE WITH THE GUN.

YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE THAT TOOK

BIG JOHN AND GRIFF IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

AND HE SAID THAT DAVE TRAVERS USED TO WORK FOR HOULIHAN'S,

AND THAT HE GOT FIRED.

YOU CANNOT PUT MY NAME IN THIS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPEN TO SNITCHES AROUND WHERE I LIVE.

IT'S OKAY, JOHNNIE.

WE'RE NOT GONNA LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU

FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

IT WAS A BIG MOMENT TO BOTH MYSELF AND THE INVESTIGATORS.

THE SEARCH FOR DAVE TRAVERS GETS UNDER WAY

IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.

MEANWHILE, DETECTIVE MYERS

AND THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE SWAT TEAM

DESCEND ON SAM "SLINKY" ROSS' HOME ADDRESS

IN ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'RE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA,

DRUGS, VIOLENCE, SHOOTINGS,

SO WE'RE CONCERNED.

WE WANT TO BRING HIM OUT IN ONE PIECE

SO HE CAN TELL US EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

MY JOB WAS TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

PHILADELPHIA POLICE! OPEN UP!

HE COULD HAVE COME OUT WITH A SHOTGUN AT US,

YOU KNOW, ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMING POSITION TO BE IN.

**

THANKS TO A TIP FROM WITNESS JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

DETECTIVES WORKING

THE JOHN THURBERG MURDER INVESTIGATION

FINALLY HAVE THE KILLERS IN THEIR SIGHTS.

ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, SAM "SLINKY" ROSS,

IS NOW IN THE CROSS HAIRS.

PHILADELPHIA POLICE! OPEN UP!

PHILADELPHIA POLICE!

YOU INSIDE, COME TO THE DOOR!

DO IT NOW!

WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT, MAN?

- HANDS UP! - YO, POLICE!

HANDS UP! STEP OUT!

MAN.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

THIS BIG, BLACK MALE CAME OUT AND SAID,

"I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE COMING. I DIDN'T SHOOT NOBODY,"

AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST SIGH OF RELIEF THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE.

LOOK, SAM.

YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RUNNING BEHIND IT.

I KNOW, MAN. I KNOW.

HE WANTED TO JUST GET EVERYTHING OFF HIS CHEST.

I THINK HE WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT THERE WAS A SHOOTING,

AND HE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT,

AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED,

AND HE WANTED TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED.

FIRST OFF, YOU GOT TO KNOW,

THIS IS NONE OF MY IDEA, MAN.

OKAY, SAM. I'LL BUY IT.

IF IT WASN'T YOU, WHO DID IT? WHO SET IT UP?

WE JUST WANTED THE MONEY, BUT TRAVERS FREAKED OUT

AND SHOT THE DUDE IN THE BATHROOM.

- DAVID TRAVERS? - YEAH.

HE WORKED AT THE RESTAURANT,

SO HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY WAS

AND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

WAS THIS HIS IDEA?

NO.

TRAVERS WASN'T THE ONE THAT PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER.

AND THEN, TO MY SURPRISE,

HE MENTIONED THE NAME JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

IT WAS JOHNNIE BLALOCK.

HE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

HE TOLD US WHERE THE MONEY WAS, WHO WAS GONNA BE THERE.

HE SET IT ALL UP, NOT ME, NOT TRAVERS.

JOHNNIE SET IT ALL UP, MAN.

IT WAS HIS IDEA.

SAM ROSS HAS PLENTY OF REASONS TO LIE,

BUT HIS STORY DOES MAKE SENSE,

AND HE IMPLICATES HIMSELF, SO VANCE BELIEVES HIM.

WHILE SAM ROSS IS RATTING OUT JOHNNIE BLALOCK,

PHILADELPHIA POLICE HUNT FOR DAVID TRAVERS.

THEY PUT OUT THE WORD THAT THEY HOPE GETS TO TRAVERS,

THAT THEY WILL SHOOT TO KILL.

TRAVERS GOT THE MESSAGE AND SAW A LAWYER

AND SURRENDERED HIMSELF

TO AVOID A CONFRONTATION WITH POLICE.

WE GOT HIM, JOHNNIE.

- YEAH? - YEAH.

TRAVERS AND ROSS ARE LOCKED UP THANKS TO YOU.

I JUST HAD TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

ME, TOO.

STAND UP AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE WALL

AND SPREAD YOUR LEGS.

WHAT? LOOK, MAN. I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

NOT EVERYTHING, JOHNNIE.

STAND UP AND DO IT NOW!

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, MAN.

LOOK, I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T DO NOTHING.

LOOK, I THOUGHT THEY WAS GONNA KILL ME.

JOHNNIE BLALOCK IS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF HIS BOSS,

BIG JOHN THURBER.

JOHNNIE BLALOCK WAS AN EXCELLENT ACTOR FROM THE STANDPOINT

OF TRYING TO DECEIVE THE DETECTIVES,

INCLUDING MYSELF.

ALL ALONG, BLALOCK HAD BEEN THE INSIDE MAN

PULLING THE STRINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, HE PLANNED IT.

SECOND, HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM

TO ENTER INTO THE BUILDING

ONCE HE ARRIVED THERE BY OPENING THE DOOR.

AND NOW POLICE KNOW WHY BLALOCK

WASN'T HELD AT GUNPOINT IN THE MEN'S ROOM.

HE ALSO KNEW WHERE THE SAFE WAS

AND WAS TRYING TO GET INTO THE SAFE.

MAN, GIVE ME THE KEY!

MAN, YOU GOT THE KEY!

MAN, THIS SAFE HAS GOT TWO DAMN KEYHOLES, MAN!

HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

THEY DIDN'T GET ANY MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S TWO KEYS,

ONE FOR THE MANAGER AND ONE FOR THE ARMORED CAR.

IT WAS A ROBBERY GONE BAD.

MAN, WHAT'S THAT DAMN NOISE?

IT'S A DELIVERY, MAN.

YO, HURRY UP.

I CAN'T OPEN IT!

COME ON!

MAN, I'M LEAVING.

YO, SLINKY!

GO NOW, BEFORE HE COMES AROUND FRONT.

HE'S GONNA KNOW SOMETHING IS UP!

I SAID SHUT UP!

IT WAS NOT ONLY STUPIDITY AND A TRAGEDY,

BUT THEY ONLY GOT $2 FROM JOHN THURBERG'S POCKET.

AFTER THE MURDER AND $2 ROBBERY,

JOHNNIE BLALOCK PRETENDED TO BE ONE OF THE VICTIMS

AND SPUN A WEB OF LIES SENDING INVESTIGATORS

ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE LOOKING FOR A CHEVETTE

THAT DIDN'T EXIST.

HE TRIED TO COVER UP HIS STORY

BY TELLING UNTRUTHS TO THE DETECTIVES,

AND ALSO TO MYSELF,

ABOUT NOT BEING INVOLVED AND BEING A VICTIM.

SO HE WAS THEIR MASTERMIND.

WHAT CAN YOU SAY? WE JUST SHOOK OUR HEAD.

THE MOST UPSETTING THING TO EVERYBODY

WAS DURING THIS MEMORIAL SERVICE,

EVERYBODY IS HUGGING THE GUY.

HE WAS EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR,

AND HERE IS A GUY WHO SET UP THIS WHOLE MESS,

THIS SENSELESS MESS, THAT KILLED A MANAGER

AND SHOT THE POOR COOK IN THE HAND.

BECAUSE HE COOPERATES WITH INVESTIGATORS,

SAM "SLINKY" ROSS AVOIDS LIFE BEHIND BARS

BY PLEADING GUILTY TO THIRD-DEGREE MURDER.

HE'S SERVING A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 60 YEARS.

DAVID TRAVERS PLEADS GUILTY TO FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,

AND JOHNNY BLALOCK PLEADS TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

BOTH GET LIFE IN PRISON.

WHEN I HEARD THAT IT WAS, LIKE, AN INSIDE JOB,

AND HE WAS THE "MASTERMIND" BEHIND THE WHOLE ROBBERY,

AND HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN,

I WAS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY SICKENED.

THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE ABSOLUTELY SICKENED TO KNOW

THAT IT WAS ONE OF THEM THAT ACTUALLY DID IT.

FOR PATTI, THE BETRAYAL ONLY MAKES HER LOSS

THAT MUCH DEEPER AND SHARPER.

HE WAS MY SWEET JOHN WITH THE SWEETEST FACE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE FOREVER FROZEN, BEING 28 YEARS OLD,

IN THAT MOMENT, LIKE A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.