All language subtitles for The Detectives (2018) 3x08 - Murder on the Causeway (English)

There's not a lot of cases

that have left that emotional impact,

but this one has.

A uniformed front-line officer

attended Manjit and
Mukhtiar Panghali's residence

on the morning of October 19th.

So, you told dispatch

you last saw your wife
around 6 o'clock yesterday?

Yeah. When she left for,
uh, her prenatal yoga class.

A Surrey schoolteacher Manjit Panghali

left her home for a yoga
class and disappeared.

There's obviously a reason
that she didn't return home.

Is it because she met
with some foul play

or is it she chose
not to come back home?

May I ask why you waited
an extra day to call us?

This isn't the first time she's left.

I wanted to give her
a chance to come home.

I need you, please!

No matter how violent and
reprehensible this was,

we couldn't lose focus.

We wanted to make sure

we brought whoever the individuals were

to justice for this.

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I've spent the past 26 years
serving the citizens of Delta,

and I've never seen anything
quite like the Panghali case.

It started with a missing
persons call to the RCMP.

Manjit Panghali had
been reported missing

by her husband, Mukhtiar Panghali.

Mukhtiar and Manjit were a loving couple

that lived in a
middle-class neighbourhood.

Manjit was an elementary school teacher.

Mukhtiar was a physics teacher

at a local high school in Surrey.

They'd been married for several years.

They have a 3-year-old daughter, Maya.

And at the time, Manjit
was 4 months pregnant.

Manjit had gone to a yoga class,

and no one had seen her after
that yoga class that day.

No one had heard from her.

Her phone was off.

So all those things
were quite concerning.

And the disappearance of
a young pregnant teacher

made headline news.

Well, now it's been 6 days

since Surrey schoolteacher
Manjit Panghali

left her home for a yoga
class and disappeared.

Police have mounted
a major investigation

for the woman pregnant
with her second child.

The investigators are knocking on doors,

talking to friends and family,

trying to see, how did
Manjit just disappear?

Manjit's family and
her husband, Mukhtiar,

decided that they needed
to make a public plea

to gather more information

in order to locate the
whereabouts of Manjit

and, hopefully, that
she was okay and alive.

You got this. Go ahead.

So a press conference
was arranged by the RCMP.

I was asked to attend
to make observations.

Manjit's sister, Jasmine,

was kind of the
spokesman for the family.

My sister, Manjit...

is a kind, loving person.

Her students at North
Ridge Elementary adore her.

Her 3-and-a-half-year-old
daughter, Maya...

misses her like crazy.

All we want is for her to come home

where she belongs.

Mukhtiar was a grieving husband,

a father, looking for his wife.

Manjit was somebody
that Mukhtiar had spent

a considerable amount of his life with,

had a child with,

that was pregnant with
another child of his.

Right now...

I need you, please!

If you know anything...

... give us back Manjit.

Please!

It was an emotional appeal.

But in the press conference,

there seemed to be animosity
between the two families.

You could feel, you know,

that there was tension in the air.

From my experience as a
police officer and detective,

it just seemed that there was
more to what was going on here

than the family was telling.

An emotional plea today from the family

of a woman missing in
Surrey since last week,

a teacher pregnant
with her second child.

The woman left her home

for a prenatal class Wednesday evening,

but never arrived.

We wish that we find
her alive somewhere.

Neighbour and good friend Dilip Manghat

says Panghali's disappearance
has raised lots of questions

and caused a divide
between Panghali's family

and that of her in-laws.

Their silence was evident during
yesterday's press conference,

where the two families
came and left separately.

We were still in the
infancy of the investigation.

We didn't know exactly
what was occurring

in these individual's lives.

And then the call came in.

Hey!

I was looking for you.

We got a call about a body
on the Deltaport causeway.

It may be related to
the missing persons,

Manjit Panghali.

At that point, we had little
information about the body

that had been located.

But could this be her?

The Delta causeway is a long roadway

that goes to a shipping
container port in Delta.

It's kind of a very isolated area.

Most of the people going down there

are people that are working
at the port facility.

A woman had been walking with her dog.

And the dog ran ahead
and started barking.

The female approached.

And, initially, it looked to her

like a piece of driftwood.

And as she got closer,

she was obviously quite startled

when it started looking
like it was actually a human

that had looked like it
had been burned there.

Get forensics down here.
sWe'll need a positive ID.

I remember my heart sinking.

Manjit was 4 months pregnant.

So if this was indeed her,

there were two people
here, not just one.

A lot of these scenes,

there's those one or two things
that kind of stand out to you.

And it still etches in my mind.

I can see the nail
polish on the hand there.

We had to wait for the official autopsy

to verify that it was indeed Manjit.

But until we get to that
point of 100% confirmation,

we couldn't tell the family.

In homicide investigations,

when you provide that unfortunate news

to family members

that someone that they
cared about has died,

you want to be 100% sure.

So the Surrey RCMP have to continue

with their missing person investigation

until that can be confirmed.

- Mr. Panghali?
- Yes.

I'm Corporal Harding.

I'll be handling your wife's case.

I've read your statement. I just
have a few additional questions.

Of course.

All right. Right this way, please.

I felt there was tension in
the air between the 2 families.

We want to know from Mukhtiar:
"What are they hiding?"

Would you like a coffee?

Oh, no, thank you.

You had told Constable Bennett

that this wasn't the first time
Manjit spent the night away.

Manjit has always
struggled with depression.

She could become very
emotional, especially lately.

The pregnancy hormones
have... have made it worse.

Please.

What was your sense of her that night?

Had you been fighting?

No.

This is different from those
times she stayed away before.

Is there anyone she
might have stayed with?

Please.

Any information might help.

She usually went to a hotel.

Whether she ever met anyone there...

I don't know.

Mukhtiar was embarrassed
that maybe, potentially,

his wife had been going
and seeing somebody else.

That created some
shame for Manjit's family

and Mukhtiar and his family.

Could this be why she didn't return?

Mukhtiar had started making reference

that maybe Manjit was having
an affair with somebody,

but he didn't know who it was.

A short while later,

we received information

that Manjit's vehicle
had been recovered.

The vehicle was parked
in the Whalley area,

which was nowhere near
where the body was found

or near Manjit's yoga
class in South Surrey.

It looks clean.

No obvious blood or signs of struggle.

- How tall was she?
- Not very.

The driver's seat is
pushed all the way back.

Manjit was small in stature.

So she wouldn't have been
able to reach the pedals

and the brakes.

So the seat being rested back
and the adjustment of the mirror

would all indicate
somebody else had driven

and deliberately parked that vehicle

in that manner in that location.

Locked.

What kind of killer locks the doors

and activates the alarm?

Why would Manjit's car be out here,

not near her home or her class?

Nowhere near the body.

A person could dump a vehicle anywhere,

but it didn't make sense.

We had a body in Delta that,
potentially, could be Manjit.

So locating the vehicle
in the Whalley area

is somewhat suspicious,

because it wasn't anywhere near
where she had gone that evening.

And so why would it be in that location?

The only update that I've got for you

at this point in time

is the investigators have advised

that the vehicle that
belongs to our missing lady

has been found at one of the parks

here in the City of Surrey.

But where her car was found
and what was discovered in it

is not being released.

Panghali's disappearance is
now even more mysterious.

Delta Police aren't
confirming or denying

whether a body found
Monday on one of its ports

is that of Panghali.

The autopsy was delayed,

but was scheduled to be conducted today.

It could be days, however,

before an identification is released.

At that point, the RCMP
was still conducting

their missing person investigation.

Now they had another piece of evidence

of her vehicle being located.

And they had more questions
that they wanted to ask Mukhtiar.

I heard on the radio
that police found a body.

Is it her? Is it Manjit?

I cannot comment until
we have positive ID.

Don't give me that!

The tone of this interview
was a bit more more direct,

versus the soft, kind of fact-finding.

I've already told you
all of these things!

He was getting a little
bit confrontational

and getting his back up

when he was being asked
these directed questions.

Information is the best tool we have.

Is there anything else that you
can think of that might help us?

Tony Phunal. Talk to him.

What's his relationship
to Mrs. Panghali?

They're friends from college.

Maybe...

she didn't go to yoga.

Maybe they were together?

Mukhtiar indicated he had
confronted Manjit several times

about what was this relationship,

and she would always just brush him off.

And he always felt that he
wasn't getting a right story.

What did you think of him?

Not sure. Definitely some red flags.

Like the reporting delay?

Well, that could be denial or shame.

Shame?

Yeah, I know a lot of
these guys. Old school.

If he thought Manjit
was having an affair,

it'd be a huge loss of
face in the community.

No one likes to get cheated on.

It's more than that.

He's coming from a
conservative background.

Then he's head of the household,

the final authority.

If Manjit had left him for another man,

it would be a major
blow to his masculinity.

Do you think he was just
hoping she'd come home

before he had to tell anyone?

Could be.

But we need to find Tony Phunal

so we can get his side of the story.

Detective Sidhu.

Understood. Thanks.

There's been an official ID of the body.

Through dental records,
we were able to confirm

that the body that we
had recovered in Delta

was indeed that of Manjit.

It was no longer a missing
person investigation.

It was now my job to identify

who was responsible for killing Manjit

and bringing them to justice.

- Do you have a cause of death?
- She was strangled.

We found out through the autopsy

that Manjit was indeed 4 months pregnant

and that it was a little baby girl.

Can you do a paternity test?

Of course.

Maybe the child wasn't Mukhtiar's,

and it could have been Tony's.

We wanted to make sure.

The search for a missing Surrey woman

has now turned into a
search for her killer.

Police confirmed today

the charred human remains
discovered in Delta

were indeed those of Manjit Panghali.

This was the scene today at
the home of Manjit Panghali:

an opportunity for family
to mourn in private.

A steady stream of people
came to show their support.

I don't even know how her
family is handling this.

And my thoughts and
prayers go out to them

for their sorrow and their loss.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Detective Leeson and I

will be handling the
investigation moving forward.

I want to see her.
I want to see my wife.

I'm afraid the body was exposed to fire.

- She's...
- I don't care.

I want to see Manjit.

It's just not possible

while the investigation is ongoing.

She's my brother's wife.

Who are you to keep her from him?

Suk, would you take Mom
and Dad in the kitchen?

Of course.

When you provide that unfortunate news

to family members,

we're looking at, what
are their reactions,

what are their behaviours?

Is there something
there that may be amiss?

Listen, have you spoken to Tony?

We'll be taking a statement.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I...
I need to be with my family.

Yes, of course.

In my mind and my personal opinion,

it seemed to be a bit of a feigned:

"Oh my God! It's really her!"

Feigned tears a little bit.

But then it became very
matter of fact with him about,

you know, "What happened?
What do you know?"

those type of things.

Manjit's family, on the other hand,

were very distraught.

The mother broke down.

If we have questions, we talk to you?

Yes.

I'm so sorry.

It seemed like their concern was:

"Did Mukhtiar have
anything to do with this?"

Look...

I didn't get a chance
to say this before,

but, Manjit, when she met Mukhtiar,

he seemed like the
kind of guy you marry.

Religious, came from a good family,

was gonna be a teacher.

But after the wedding,

he turned into someone different,

controlling.

He decided who she saw, where she went.

But my sister was smart

and capable of making her own decisions,

and he couldn't handle that.

He was abusive, drinking, partying,

treating Manjit like crap.

Mmm.

I asked her:

"Do you think Mukhtiar
is responsible for this?"

And she goes: "I don't want
to go there and believe that,

but there's a possibility that he was".

Here's what we know:

Manjit left for prenatal yoga

from the Panghali family
home at 6:30 on the 18th.

Yoga studio is in South Surrey.

Her husband stays at home
with their daughter, Maya.

According to him, Manjit
never makes it back.

At 12:04 a.m., he starts
calling local hospitals.

The next day at 11:30 p.m.,
he reports Manjit missing.

On October 23rd,

Manjit's body is found
on the Deltaport causeway.

Her car is found
shortly after in Whalley.

Nowhere near the body
or the yoga studio.

The husband, Mukhtiar,
high school teacher,

no criminal record.

His reactions when Manjit
went missing were unusual.

After his wife went missing,

he didn't report her for 26 hours.

And Jasmine told us

they had had some domestic violence
related issues in the past.

Those were all red flags that:

"Okay, something's going on here".

We also need to look at Tony Phunal.

Mukhtiar thinks they
were having an affair.

If Mukhtiar believed that Tony Phunal

was the father of Manjit's unborn child,

then that could be Mukhtiar's
motive to kill his wife.

He could be a flight risk.

So let's put the Indian
Consulate on notice,

make sure they don't give him a visa,

just to be on the safe side.

But let's not put blinders on.

Manjit and Tony had reacquainted

about 4 or 5 months earlier.

So if there was an
affair that was occurring,

if Tony was confronted with
the fact that she was pregnant,

and it wasn't Mukhtiar's and it was his,

could that have led to
the murder of Manjit?

So, let's pull bank and phone
records on our principals.

I also want full video canvas as well,

all surveillance from around the house,

uh, the causeway

and the area where the body was found.

An accelerant was used to burn the body.

So let's pull footage

from any nearby gas
stations or hardware stores.

All right, we got a lot of
work to do. Let's get going.

We had to speak to Tony.

Uh, how long is this going to take?

Why? You got somewhere to be?

My wife will be home soon.
I don't want to freak her out.

We just have a few questions.

Can you tell us how you met Manjit?

What's this guy hiding?

Was this her best friend
or was there more to it?

We worked at a sporting goods
place when we were in college.

We lost touch, but then bumped
into each other at a wedding

and just remembered how
much fun we used to have.

What kind of fun?

Just joking around.
We had a lot in common.

- You see her often?
- Not really.

Sometimes, we went hiking.

Um, we mostly talked on the phone.

What did you talk about?

I don't know, just stuff:

our families, our jobs...

our marriages.

You having trouble in
your marriage, Tony?

I don't know. Sometimes,
you fight or whatever,

and I need someone to speak to, so...

What about Manjit?

Did she need someone to talk to?

Yeah.

Mukhtiar, he likes to drink, a lot.

Manjit even tried to
get help from Al-Anon.

When Mukhtiar was drunk,

he liked to tell her what to do,

or at least he tried to.

When she didn't listen, he got angry.

And when they fought, she talked to you.

Tony was quite adamant

that he knew nothing
about what had come of her,

that he was quite concerned.

And it seemed like he
genuinely cared for Manjit.

She said I was like her little brother.

You have to believe me.

Would you give us a DNA sample,

take a lie-detector test?

Yes. Whatever it takes.

It looked like Mukhtiar

wasn't the person that he
portrayed himself to be.

He wasn't this beautiful husband,

respected high school teacher.

He had a dark side to him.

We needed to ask Mukhtiar

if he would be willing to
take a polygraph as well.

We look at who had
motive, who had opportunity

and look from the centre and move out.

He was at the centre of this.

Talked to Tony. He's agreed to do a
polygraph and give a DNA sample.

You do the same?

No! You have my statement.

Do your job!

In my heart of hearts,

I believed Mukhtiar was
responsible for murdering her,

and I wanted him to be
held accountable for it.

But we didn't have any direct evidence

to link him to committing the homicide,

and then burning the body.

Still no public word
about the investigation

into the murder of Manjit Panghali.

The burned remains of the
pregnant Surrey school teacher

were found beside the road
that leads to Deltaport.

A white cross marks the spot
where her body was found.

Police won't say if
they have any suspects

or if they think it
was a targeted murder.

Thousands of mourners
are expected to attend

Panghali's funeral this Saturday

at the Riverside Funeral Home in Delta.

People do have concern.

People are getting eager
that arrests should be made.

And people want to go
on with their lives.

By the same token, this is a
major grief in our community

at this point in time.

The radio station is
offering a $50,000 reward

for any information leading to
an arrest in the Panghali case.

The community was quite
upset and concerned

about what was occurring.

But we needed more.

I decided to go over
Mukhtiar's statements

to see if there was
anything we'd missed.

We've been trying to figure out

why Manjit's car ended up in Whalley

when her yoga class was in South Surrey.

Bottom of the page.

Mukhtiar told us it was in Whalley.

He got the location wrong.

Mukhtiar, in his initial
reports to the police,

indicated that the yoga
class was in Whalley,

'cause that's what he knew from
previously being told by Manjit.

He had no knowledge of her
switching to a new yoga class

in South Surrey.

So the vehicle was located

where Mukhtiar thought
the yoga class was at.

Mukhtiar is our prime suspect.

Here's the theory we're working with:

Mukhtiar thought Manjit

was having an affair with Tony Phunal,

an affair we don't think existed.

Mukhtiar and Manjit
argued about it a lot.

The night Manjit disappeared,

Mukhtiar told us he
thought she was seeing Tony.

After yoga, our guess
is she went back home.

And Mukhtiar kills her.

Mukhtiar then leaves
their daughter, Maya,

at home alone, sleeping,

takes Manjit's body and
her car to the causeway.

He burns it.

Then he ditches her car

near where he thinks her yoga studio is.

But we can't prove any of this.

We've got circumstantial
evidence, but no forensics.

We need proof that Manjit
came home after yoga

and proof that Mukhtiar left
the house that night.

Let's get combing and
logging all the footage

from the video sweep.

But we also will put
surveillance on Mukhtiar

to be able to make observations
on where was he going,

what was he doing

and, basically, keep
track of his behaviour.

There was a lot of these red flags

that were popping up for us.

His wife was murdered
and her body set on fire.

And he's basically acting
as if everything was normal.

So we watched him at his residence

to see where he was coming and going.

I made observations
when he went to work.

He seemed to be smart enough

to be that one little step ahead of us

in regards to not making any missteps,

not making any wrong
comments to anybody.

We watched him for several weeks,

but we got nothing to make an arrest

and to convict him for
the murder of Manjit.

We needed to continue
to secure more evidence.

Mukhtiar received a phone call

the day after Manjit disappeared,

2:02 p.m.

Okay. Why is that important?

The phone records show

that Manjit's phone was
used near the yoga studio

on the night she disappeared.

But after she disappeared,

her phone was used at her home

with Mukhtiar's SIM card in it.

He moved his SIM card into her phone.

The same phone she had with
her when she went to yoga.

Mukhtiar got ahold of her
phone after she went to yoga.

He's a cheap bastard.

He wanted the cell phone
'cause it was a nice cell phone.

He didn't want to get
rid of it, so he kept it.

He said he never saw her after yoga.

Exactly! He lied to us.

It's not all he lied about.

Check this out.

Doesn't that look like Mukhtiar to you?

Where is this from?

A gas station near the Panghali home.

Taken at 1:00 a.m. the
night Manjit disappeared.

He said he never left the house.

We had located video from a gas station

near Mukhtiar Panghali's residence

of a gentleman with a
turban and an orange shirt,

just after midnight on
the night in question.

I thought it looked like
him, but can you 100% say:

"This is Mukhtiar that's in that video"?

I don't know.

It's pretty grainy. It's
just not all that clear.

I don't know if a
jury will be 100% sure.

We went to the gas station
to speak to the attendant

to see if he could remember anything.

Uh, yeah, yeah, I was
working that night.

I don't remember who came in, though.

Um...

They're long nights, so
they tend to blur together.

You still have the
receipts from that night?

I... I'll go check.

- Anything?
- They only have one camera.

- Nothing outside.
- Dammit!

Okay. So...

These are all the receipts we have

from between midnight
and 2:00 a.m. that night.

12:55 a.m. here.

He bought a newspaper...

and a lighter.

I couldn't believe it.

Here he is buying a
lighter and newspaper

the night that Manjit's murdered.

And we know that her body was burned.

There's no other explanation for that,

that either he was directly
involved or knew what happened.

I was confident that that
was Mukhtiar in that video.

But in a court of law,

would the judge come
to that same conclusion?

I was unsure.

His lawyer could say

that it could be somebody
else that looked like him.

We needed more.

We were gonna have
to come up with a plan

to get it beyond a
reasonable doubt in court.

- Wait. Who's that?
- I don't know.

I remember looking at the video

and seeing another
individual in that video.

I had a revelation.

Oh, you have something?

If Mukhtiar finds out we have a witness,

he might panic and crack.

We decided that we were
gonna put that into the media

as a bit of a tactic

hoping that if this story was out there,

hopefully, Mukhtiar would see it

and it would make him do something

that may be incriminating.

It has been months
since the charred remains

of pregnant Surrey teacher
Manjit Panghali were found.

And police haven't had much to say

about their investigation
into her murder.

But now they may have
a break in the case.

When our investigators canvassed

a variety of locations,

attempting to locate information,

perhaps captured images from
various surveillance cameras,

this photo was captured.

And we would like to speak
to this person as a witness

that may have information
or made observations

that would assist us.

By doing that public appeal

and suggesting that this
person was a key witness,

we wanted to make Mukhtiar think
that we were closing in on him

and that it was just a matter of time

that he was gonna be arrested for this

and the noose was tightening around him.

The man in the black shirt
came in and spoke to us.

Unfortunately, he
didn't remember anything.

But we observed Mukhtiar the next day.

Well, he doesn't look happy.

Must have hit a nerve.

We wanted to see what
his reactions would be.

We threw bait out there.
Let's see if he takes it.

It worked.

It completely spooked Mukhtiar.

He went directly to that gas station.

He's looking for cameras.

He didn't purchase gas or go
there for any other reason.

He was looking around

to see what kind of
surveillance cameras were there.

Mukhtiar looked like a guilty
individual trying to figure:

"Did I cover my tracks?"

and, "Oh my God! What do they know now?"

and, "They're gonna
have a potential witness

that's gonna put me at the scene there

and refute all of my alibis".

And I felt to myself: "Gotcha!"

Like, I had that gotcha moment.

If we arrest him now when
he's finally cracking,

he might confess.

We got arrest warrants.

And we got to confront him
with the evidence that we have,

proving the murder that he
had committed of his wife.

What is it?

Mukhtiar Panghali,

I'm arresting you for the
murder of Manjit Panghali.

It is my duty to inform you,

you have the right to
retain counsel and...

Are you serious?

You're still using it? Her phone!

I was disgusted.

But that being said, we
were rolling the dice a bit.

All we had was circumstantial evidence,

and that scared me.

If you go up to an individual,

and you advise them they're
being arrested for murder,

especially the murder
of their loved one,

you'd think that there would
be more of an emotional reaction

or more defiance or anger.

"How can you do this?
Why are you arresting me?

The real person is out there".

There was none of that.

Mukhtiar was very matter of fact,

very emotionless.

I believe that he thought

that he was still gonna
get away with this murder.

He was a smart individual.
He was a teacher.

He was well educated.

He's probably already
prepared for this day

of when he was gonna be confronted

and probably had already rehearsed

of how he was gonna act and behave.

We had to come up with
some sort of strategy

to appeal to his emotional side
of being a father and a husband

that lost a wife

in order to be able to get
through to him at this time.

We definitely needed to try
to get a confession from him.

You need to take responsibility

for your actions.

Make yourself a better man...

and a better father for Maya.

You need to tell the truth, Mukhtiar.

Honour Manjit's memory.

She was your wife.

We had confirmed that
the unborn child was his.

He just didn't kill his wife,

he also killed his unborn daughter.

You know, you'd think that

that would create an emotional
reaction, but it never did.

What's this?

It's you, 1:00 a.m.

the night you killed your wife.

The night you burned her.

You said you were home all night.

Here you are at a gas
station buying a lighter.

- It's not me.
- Oh, it's not you?

It's a guy in a turban with a beard.

But it's not me.

It's you. I know it's you.
You've been lying to us.

You had her phone.

You ditched her car at
the wrong yoga studio.

You lied about your alibi.

And you know what the worst part is?

You don't even care.

You think you did the right thing.

And you think you're
gonna get away with it.

I was pissed off.

Yeah, like: "What else do we have to do?

We're hitting you with everything here.

You know, there's nobody
else did this but you".

He was shown photographs
of the crime scene.

When that's put in front of you,

you'd think on some human level,

you would have, you know,
a tear drop or something,

'cause emotionally, you
can't control certain things,

but there was nothing.

I didn't do anything.

And if you have any
more questions for me,

ask my lawyer.

There was no confession.

It was very frustrating.

We had to move forward with prosecution

on the evidence that we had.

This is the moment Manjit's
family had been praying for

for 5 months.

Manjit was 4 months pregnant
when she was brutally murdered.

Today would have been
my sister's due date.

We should be in the hospital right now,

welcoming the newest
member of our family.

For Panghali's family,
it's been a nightmare.

We now must persevere on
this most difficult journey

and trust that justice will prevail

for the sake of our
sister and our family.

Please be seated.

Mukhtiar now, when
the trial had started,

had shaved off his beard,

was clean shaven and cut his hair.

So when I was looking at Mukhtiar,

that was not the same person

that was in the gas station video.

He looked nothing like
that individual anymore.

I believe that was obviously
done deliberately by his counsel

in order to create doubt
around the video evidence.

I knew I had to convince a
judge that I believed that

that was Mukhtiar
Panghali on that video.

I'd say 90% of the
Sikhs in the community...

I went through significant
testimony on the stand

in cross-examination by defence.

And I reiterated a lot of the
observations that I had made.

I had spent a considerable
amount of time with Mukhtiar

to recognize the features
of his jawline, the face,

the nose, the eyes,

but also, the style and
manner he tied his turbnan.

Being from the South Asian culture,

I know the idiosyncrasies of
how they wear their turbans,

kind of how they wear their beards.

They're very distinctive to individuals.

The turban you see in
the photos of Mr. Panghali

at the press conference

and the suspect at the gas station,

that's just not how it's usually done.

Mukhtiar wears his turban
kind of in a rounder style.

It's not the traditional
formal pointy style.

And most people only wear that
round kind of a turban look

more so when they're playing
sports or being active.

But Mukhtiar chose to wear
that turban on a regular basis.

I was sure Mr. Panghali
was the man in the footage

before I noticed the turban.

Now I'm positive.

Mr. Panghali is the man in
the footage buying the lighter.

I spent 2 and a half days on the stand.

I was still unsure as to:

Had we proven the case beyond
a reasonable doubt or not?

Mr. Panghali's behaviour

was certainly unexpected and unusual.

His delay in notifying the police

would, on its own, have
limited significance.

However...

the possession of the victim's phone

as well as the compelling testimony

identifying Mr. Panghali

as the man purchasing the lighter

on the night of the victim's death,

they certainly have significance.

For the reasons I have given,

I conclude that the
only rational inference

is that Mr. Panghali
killed Mrs. Panghali.

I find Mr. Panghali guilty
of the second-degree murder

of Manjit Panghali.

It was a sense of relief.

We had made that silent promise to her,

and we fulfilled it.

We got justice for Manjit,

but there was also the
sadness of the loss.

She seemed to be a good
mother, a great sister, friend,

loyal, cared about people.

And was a good person.

So I guess we need more of
those in the world, right?

It's sad when those type
of people get taken away.

I think it's a little
darker in the world.

Maya became an orphan.

And she lost a mother.
She lost a sister.

And, obviously, her father went to jail.

And so the people that
loved her and she loved

were no longer in her life.

Thank God for the Basra family

and the sister Jasmine,

who stepped up,

and then eventually
adopted her as her own.

I felt for Maya.

And I never told this to the family.

I don't think they know.

But I wanted to honour her, so...

so I named my daughter Maya.

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