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Two people sleeping
in their bed at night
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were murdered
by apparent gunshot wounds.
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A sunny O.C. Family
ripped apart by gunfire.
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It was absolutely
a brutal crime scene.
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They were very successful,
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and by all accounts they had
a wonderful, loving family.
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It-it's heartbreaking.
I'm sorry, it's heartbreaking.
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Detectives dive in
and discover the victims
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could have a deep list
of enemies.
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It was possible the murder
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had something to do with
the victims' business dealings.
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Tenants had disagreements,
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civil litigation.
-They had investors.
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Did they owe somebody money?
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A lot of people had
potential motivation.
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The investigation reveals
a suspect close to the victims
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found lurking in the shadows.
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Greed overtook everyone.
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Millionaires litter
the hills of orange county
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like shells on a beach,
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and one such entrepreneurial
power couple,
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andra and Brad sachs,
found each other
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and climbed to the top.
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Here's andra
in her red Mercedes.
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Andra is my younger sister.
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She is the youngest one
in the family.
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Here's andra and I
when we were younger.
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It looks like we were
at a party.
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Wow, how good I looked.
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She looked good, too.
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Andra was always
a businesswoman,
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from I'd say five years old
she mentioned it first.
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"I'm going to be rich."
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Brad:
How do you focus this thing?
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Andra and I went to
a computer trade show
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to sell some of her
excess inventory.
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She was selling computer chips
during the computer chip crunch.
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Andra and I were super hot
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when we were young,
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and there was no women
working there.
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So we got a lot of business.
That's the truth.
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Opportunities came to her,
and she took them.
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I remember when andra met Brad
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at a computer convention.
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They were soul mates
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from day one.
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They saw each other,
and they clicked.
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Say hello, Brad.
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Brad is rad.
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That's all I can really say.
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He-he was a drummer.
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He liked doing, like, sports,
surfing.
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Brad was a surfer,
but he was also
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a very hardworking businessman.
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They had all these businesses
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and techy ideas making money.
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Brad and andra started
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an Internet company
called flashcom.
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They had a lot of investors.
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They did business
with a lot of people,
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and they had real estate.
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They were very wealthy.
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Say hello.
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Andra wanted to have
a lot of children,
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and they had Myles, Ashton,
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Alexis and Sabrina.
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Myles had a business brain.
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He was always trying
to figure out a way
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to make a couple dollars.
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Ashton was intelligent.
A very-very smart child.
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Lexi was quiet.
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She just watched everything.
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And the baby, Sabrina,
a little cabbage patch doll,
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was cute.
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She was a very good mother.
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She loved her children
very, very much.
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While the sachs Rose
to their role
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as orange county royalty,
their picture-perfect family
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was suddenly struck by tragedy.
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Andra lost her youngest,
Sabrina,
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in a horrible casualty.
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I heard a lot
of different stories,
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but the story that
andra told me is that
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she fell in the jacuzzi
and got sucked into
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the bottom of the jacuzzi.
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And Ashton said to me
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when I first came,
"Sabrina's dead."
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It was like he wanted to see
my reaction.
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I don't think kids knew
how to deal with death.
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Brad was sitting under a table
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crying like a little baby
after it happened.
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He, like, lost it.
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There was so much blame
and anger and...
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Andra didn't believe in crying.
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You stay tough,
even in crisis.
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It was hard on the family.
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Although they had lost
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an irreplaceable light
in their life,
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the sachs found a way to move on
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and bring new love
into their family.
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Andra went over to Russia
with Myles
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to adopt a little girl, Lana,
who would fill
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that void I feel they all had.
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She had a little brother.
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She only planned to get
one child,
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but she came back with two.
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Landon was so cute.
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I mean, honestly, I don't think
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I could've left him there,
either.
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They were happy, very happy.
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You know, I found it amazing,
with tragedy,
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that everybody was...
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Still going on.
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Eventually, Myles and Ashton,
when they grew up
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and they wanted to go
to college,
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they moved to Seattle.
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Andra was very proud
of her kids.
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She always talked about,
like, getting old,
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and she said that
we could sit in her house
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and watch the boats go by
on the dock,
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joke about our kids and stuff.
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Andra and Brad sachs had found
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their perch above it all
on peppertree bend
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in San Juan capistrano,
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a street lined
with enormous mansions
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and ocean views.
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Stories of powerful ascension
and hushed betrayal
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are woven through
these orange county hillsides.
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But the sachs enjoyed a perfect
O.C. Life upon the crest--
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until their castle became
a crime scene.
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February 9, 2014,
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at about 2:30 in the morning,
I was at home asleep in bed
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and received a telephone call
of a murder
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that had happened in the city
of San Juan capistrano,
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and they requested
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the homicide unit
to respond to the scene.
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I didn't just want
to see the pictures
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of the crime scene,
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I wanted to see the crime scene.
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When I arrived,
it looked like a mansion.
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It has a private gate.
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It's a large residence,
multiple-story home.
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The master bedroom is
at the end of a long walkway.
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Two people were deceased
in the master bedroom...
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...by apparent gunshot wounds.
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It was clear that
the two people dead
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inside the home were
the owners of the home,
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the parents,
andra and Brad sachs.
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Apparently,
they were asleep in their bed,
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and then they had
three of their kids
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asleep in their home, too--
Landon, Lexi and Lana.
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There were numerous
shell casings
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about the floor
in the master bedroom.
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I think there were
eight gunshot wounds
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for the father, and I
think seven for the mother.
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There were shell casings
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outside
of the little boy's room.
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A little boy
had been shot and injured.
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The eight-year-old victim
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had already been transported
out of the residence
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and to the hospital, because
obviously he was still alive
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but in grave, serious condition,
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and I am hoping and praying
that he's gonna survive.
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This is gonna be a double-murder
or a triple-murder case.
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The two uninjured people
in the house
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were two teenage girls.
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Landon's sister Lana
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was actually asleep
in the bedroom
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in between Landon's bedroom
and the parents' bedroom,
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and then the older sister,
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Lexi, was in another bedroom
on another floor.
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The older teenage girl,
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she had been asleep
in the middle of the night
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and was woken up
by a kicked door
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and a very dark, shadowy figure
firing a gun at her.
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And she heard the cries
of her... brother for help
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that she went and then
discovered what had happened.
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The other teenage girl
did not hear the gunshots.
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The older sister woke her up.
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It was absolutely
a brutal crime scene.
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It did not appear
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as if this was
an interrupted burglary to US.
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There was no evidence
of a robbery.
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There was no evidence
of ransacking at all.
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It didn't appear to me
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that it was
a completely random act.
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Based on where the house
was located,
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the victims,
how they were shot,
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the shooting of the little boy,
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whoever committed this murder,
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it seemed like they had to know
where they were going.
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The crime lab personnel
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were out there
for an extended period of time,
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and the forensic evidence
didn't immediately produce
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any suspects of note,
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and so we really had a whodunit.
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She talked about having
a lot of debt
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and everybody
coming after her money.
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There are a lot of people
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that don't like
the way they do business.
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There was a lawyer they owed
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huge amounts of legal fees.
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They're calling all of US.
It was scary.
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The O.C. Mighty had fallen,
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as Brad and andra sachs
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were slain in their sleep,
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and the sachs' youngest son,
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Landon,
lay fighting for his life
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after the horrific
midnight massacre.
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We knew by that time
that the two decedent victims
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had two adult children
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that did not live in California.
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Ashton, the younger one,
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was in Seattle
going to a community college,
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and then the oldest son,
Myles,
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was in Pullman,
at Washington state university.
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We made the decision
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to make a death notification
via telephone to them.
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It was approximately 10:30
in the morning, I believe.
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My partner called
the older boy,
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and I called Ashton.
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It went to voice mail,
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and he returned that message
after 12:00.
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I told him that, um,
I regretted to inform him
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that his parents
had been murdered,
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that his brother
had been wounded.
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He became hysterical
on the phone.
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I mean,
I-I was genuinely concerned
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if he might harm himself.
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Eventually he was
able to collect himself,
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and we had
a very limited conversation.
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He made arrangements
with his brother
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to fly down that day
to orange county.
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Death notifications are...
Are terrible.
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We don't deliver good news
when we call.
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So, they're hard.
They're heartbreaking.
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The detectives
knocked on my door.
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They said,
"your sister is deceased."
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And I'm like, "what?"
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I go,
"no, I just talked to her."
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They told me that
they were shot in their bed,
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and I pretty much
didn't want to hear it, okay?
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I was trying to shut--
I didn't want to hear it.
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I was-- I go, "no.
Don't tell me. Don't tell me."
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And...
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It was very hard to come to
terms with what was going on.
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Not one, but two murders?...
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It was a life cut short,
two lives,
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two successful people
who love each other.
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They love their family
and their children.
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They were the closest
family I had.
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I was just crying hysterically.
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I didn't know who could do that.
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I didn't know why they would
go after the kids either.
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Landon was shot in the back.
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He was laying on the floor
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and he was grabbing for his toy.
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I know.
It-it's heartbreaking.
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I'm sorry, it's heartbreaking.
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Landon didn't die
from the gunshot.
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He was in critical condition
in the hospital.
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And I remember that the funeral
for andra and Brad
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was very hard.
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Alexis seemed devastated.
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Lana was trying
to comfort Alexis.
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And then, when I saw the
caskets there with the flowers,
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I saw the reality of it,
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and I just started
crying like crazy.
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I couldn't stop crying.
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Growing up, my mom
was always a hero to me.
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She was just
an incredible person.
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Everyone who knew andra and Brad
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knew how much
they loved each other.
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They're still together,
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and they'll be together forever.
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She didn't work her whole life,
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and have all those
beautiful children,
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and accumulate whatever she did
to lose it all in the end.
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It's not fair.
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These people
did not deserve this,
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and I'm gonna do everything
I can to find out who did it
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and hold them
responsible for it.
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So at that point,
we're trying to find out
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who might have a motive
to hurt or kill
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a member of this family.
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Everybody is open
for consideration.
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You can't immediately eliminate
family members.
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Detectives first looked
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at whether
the other sachs children
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were victims or suspects.
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We had to get a search warrant
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to search
the cell phone records
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of every member of the family
who had a cell phone--
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including the two older boys,
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the two teenage girls,
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and Brad and andra.
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There's a time delay
in getting those.
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You don't get those immediately.
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You're waiting for that
for a few weeks.
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Detectives wanted to check in
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with Myles and Ashton
and see if they had,
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00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:57,168
you know, any suspicions
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about who might've
committed the murders.
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You figure, right,
if the victims,
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00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:03,741
the mom and dad,
have some dispute with somebody,
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00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:06,377
maybe they talk to
their adult sons about it.
307
00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,079
Do they know about any disputes,
right?
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00:14:08,081 --> 00:14:09,948
So, you know,
do they know about anybody
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00:14:09,950 --> 00:14:11,883
that their parents were
in business with?
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Myles and Ashton were quick
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00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,920
to aid the investigation,
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00:14:15,922 --> 00:14:18,423
offering exactly
the kind of insider info
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00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:20,725
the detectives hoped
would break the case.
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00:14:20,727 --> 00:14:23,361
We received a list
from one of the boys
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00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:25,997
with names that they believed
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00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:28,066
were people of interest
that we should be looking at.
317
00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:30,835
There are a lot of people
that don't like
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00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:32,337
the way they do business.
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00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:34,072
They had a lot of
lawsuits involved
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in the way they do business.
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00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:39,043
We found a number of people,
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00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,179
either through civil litigation,
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00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:45,149
through business disputes,
who were not upset
324
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,620
at the deaths of Brad and andra.
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00:14:50,557 --> 00:14:52,891
Within a very short
period of time,
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00:14:52,893 --> 00:14:56,094
there appeared to be a lot of
people who may have had
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00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:59,397
a potential motivation
to kill the sachs.
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00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,666
While investigators
chased the trail
329
00:15:01,668 --> 00:15:04,135
of the sachs' critics
across the county,
330
00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,337
a possible piece
of hard evidence emerged
331
00:15:06,339 --> 00:15:07,972
right next door.
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00:15:07,974 --> 00:15:11,009
We also did
a neighborhood canvass,
333
00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:13,077
trying to talk to every neighbor
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00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,113
to see what, if anything,
they knew.
335
00:15:15,115 --> 00:15:18,816
In the early stages of
the investigation, we determined
336
00:15:18,818 --> 00:15:21,419
that one of the neighbors
had surveillance video footage.
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00:15:21,421 --> 00:15:25,290
The point of focus on the video
was a-a patio
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00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:27,625
of a neighboring house.
339
00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:29,093
At the far end of the camera,
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you had a view
of peppertree bend.
341
00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:33,097
It's not the kind of street
342
00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,933
where people can just drive by.
343
00:15:34,935 --> 00:15:37,068
This was on a kind of
a cul-de-sac kind of a street.
344
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The victims' house was right
near the end of the cul-de-sac.
345
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And approximately 30 minutes
before the 911 call,
346
00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:50,114
a vehicle is seen traveling
down peppertree bend
347
00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,050
in the direction
of the cul-de-sac.
348
00:15:52,052 --> 00:15:54,018
There are no other cars
in the neighborhood
349
00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:56,988
for any appreciable time
before or after the murder.
350
00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:59,357
What is this car doing
at 1:30 in the morning
351
00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:01,359
in this neighborhood?
352
00:16:01,361 --> 00:16:04,796
We know now we have
a car of interest.
353
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,531
The person driving
towards the crime scene
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00:16:06,533 --> 00:16:08,566
is a potential suspect.
That's a lead.
355
00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:11,669
Essentially, we're gonna
take it from there
356
00:16:11,671 --> 00:16:13,137
to find out who did this.
357
00:16:19,211 --> 00:16:22,347
The children of Brad
and andra sachs were left
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00:16:22,349 --> 00:16:24,315
holding the ashes
of a perfect orange county life
359
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,351
after their parents' murder
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00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:28,319
and the shooting
of their little brother.
361
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:31,089
Fortunately, a neighbor's
security camera offered
362
00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:32,991
a new break for detectives--
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00:16:32,993 --> 00:16:36,661
footage that may have captured
the killer's car.
364
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,663
Because of the lack of lighting,
365
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:40,498
it-it's basically
a black-and-white video.
366
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:43,267
There was no license plate
that we're able to get.
367
00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:47,038
All we could really say was
it's a light-colored car.
368
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,240
At that point,
we took the video
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00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:51,409
to a local Toyota dealership.
370
00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:52,877
Spoke to the service manager.
371
00:16:52,879 --> 00:16:55,213
He thought
the brake light pattern
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00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:56,447
belonged to a prius.
373
00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:01,386
In southern California, a prius
is a very common vehicle.
374
00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:03,588
There was nothing
about it that said,
375
00:17:03,590 --> 00:17:05,556
okay, this is what's gonna break
the case for US,
376
00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:07,458
but it was a relevant factor
for US.
377
00:17:07,460 --> 00:17:09,794
When we found that video
surveillance footage
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00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:12,930
of the prius in the location
of the residence,
379
00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:15,299
part of what we did is
to try to go back
380
00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:17,635
and try to see
if we can find any videos
381
00:17:17,637 --> 00:17:19,537
from a major intersection
that close by.
382
00:17:19,539 --> 00:17:22,807
And you wait and you see what
other pieces are you gonna get
383
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:25,109
to be able
to connect them together.
384
00:17:25,111 --> 00:17:27,745
At the same time,
385
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:31,282
the eight-year-old son
of the two victims was shot,
386
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:33,584
and he was in grave condition.
387
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:36,154
Um, I asked
to be completely updated
388
00:17:36,156 --> 00:17:38,589
on the condition
of the eight-year-old.
389
00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:41,125
We start getting
the good news
390
00:17:41,127 --> 00:17:43,628
that it appears
that he's gonna survive.
391
00:17:43,630 --> 00:17:45,329
It is a sense of urgency
392
00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:47,498
to give the victims
the justice they deserve,
393
00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:50,668
so you got to try to figure out
some potential evidence
394
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,703
pointing at
the potential perpetrator.
395
00:17:54,441 --> 00:17:56,808
Climbing to the top of
the orange county ladder
396
00:17:56,810 --> 00:17:59,277
doesn't come without
stepping on the fingers
397
00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,446
of those on the rungs below.
398
00:18:01,448 --> 00:18:05,283
The investigators
had a lot of roads to go down.
399
00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:08,152
Every single one of these roads
had something to do
400
00:18:08,154 --> 00:18:10,054
with the victims'
business dealings.
401
00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:13,558
We had to look at:
Did they owe somebody money?
402
00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,061
There was a really major lawsuit
against the sachs
403
00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:19,297
that was spearheaded by a lawyer
named David weinstein,
404
00:18:19,299 --> 00:18:21,132
who was basically tasked
405
00:18:21,134 --> 00:18:24,502
with overseeing
the bankruptcy of flashcom.
406
00:18:26,206 --> 00:18:28,539
Flashcom was
the Internet business
407
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,374
that Brad and andra started.
408
00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:31,876
Was it a success?
409
00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:33,377
It bombed large.
410
00:18:33,379 --> 00:18:34,812
They had investors.
411
00:18:34,814 --> 00:18:37,315
She talked about having
a lot of debt
412
00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:39,951
and everybody coming
after her money and stuff.
413
00:18:39,953 --> 00:18:42,620
Initially, I thought one of
the investors from flashcom
414
00:18:42,622 --> 00:18:44,489
had committed the murders.
415
00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:46,858
That was scary.
416
00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:50,061
So, weinstein had been
litigating this bankruptcy case
417
00:18:50,063 --> 00:18:52,196
for years, basically going
after the sachs,
418
00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:54,665
saying that they'd illegally
saved themselves
419
00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:56,901
from financial ruin
by keeping money for themselves
420
00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:58,836
that should've gone
to the creditors
421
00:18:58,838 --> 00:19:00,338
of their bankrupted company.
422
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:03,774
Weinstein was owed
huge amounts of legal fees.
423
00:19:03,776 --> 00:19:05,209
He'd been told
that there was gonna be
424
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:06,777
a big payout at the end,
425
00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,713
but in the end he was
still owed money on this.
426
00:19:08,715 --> 00:19:11,582
And he'd made it really clear
that he disliked the sachs.
427
00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:15,019
And we did consider
the possibility
428
00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:19,524
of a professional
contract killer.
429
00:19:21,361 --> 00:19:23,494
So, at this point, we're
looking for this individual
430
00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:24,996
to try to go interview,
431
00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:27,098
to see... would he talk to US?
432
00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,267
Detectives worked their way
down a list
433
00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:32,403
of potential suspects
provided by the sachs' sons
434
00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:34,438
and learned that
the sachs' empire
435
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,440
reached beyond the tech sector
436
00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:39,677
and into a whole new realm
of potential suspects.
437
00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:41,379
Brad and andra had both
438
00:19:41,381 --> 00:19:42,747
commercial and residential
real estate.
439
00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:45,883
For one reason or another,
440
00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:48,019
several of those tenants
had disputes with the sachs
441
00:19:48,021 --> 00:19:50,421
over conditions
at the different properties.
442
00:19:50,423 --> 00:19:55,593
We found a site on the Internet
where people can post reviews.
443
00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,161
Kind of like
a consumer-type site.
444
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:59,730
There were
some negative reviews.
445
00:19:59,732 --> 00:20:02,733
Some were... very blunt.
446
00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:04,468
So we went through those sites.
447
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,971
We tried to identify
the parties involved,
448
00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:10,241
and sought to interview them.
449
00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:13,511
As detectives followed leads
450
00:20:13,513 --> 00:20:15,646
prompter by
the older sachs sons,
451
00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:18,282
the two boys stayed close by
with their sisters
452
00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:21,619
at a family home in coronado,
doing whatever they could
453
00:20:21,621 --> 00:20:24,622
to help their family
through this nightmare.
454
00:20:24,624 --> 00:20:29,560
After the murders, Landon was
mostly on medication.
455
00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:32,330
Myles and Ashton were bringing
him video games to play with.
456
00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:37,101
He had a lot of good attention
from the nurses.
457
00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:40,638
But they said the bullet went
right through his spine.
458
00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,675
And they said
that Landon was paralyzed.
459
00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:50,014
It's awful.
This child was shot,
460
00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:52,984
and be... that much in pain.
461
00:20:52,986 --> 00:20:54,518
And paralyzed-- it's awful.
462
00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,153
There's no words for it.
463
00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:58,522
There's just no words for it.
464
00:20:58,524 --> 00:21:01,626
We all rallied
around each other.
465
00:21:01,628 --> 00:21:05,563
I was very hopeful that
they would resolve the crime,
466
00:21:05,565 --> 00:21:09,000
and get to the bottom of it
and figure this out.
467
00:21:10,136 --> 00:21:11,969
As detectives dove deeper
468
00:21:11,971 --> 00:21:14,739
into the orange county business
contacts of the sachs,
469
00:21:14,741 --> 00:21:17,675
suspects continued to rise
to the surface.
470
00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:18,976
According to the case file,
471
00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,878
investigators talked
to weinstein,
472
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,813
and he's very up front
about the fact
473
00:21:22,815 --> 00:21:24,982
that he was trying to get money
from the sachs
474
00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:26,584
and that he didn't like them.
475
00:21:26,586 --> 00:21:29,120
But he is adamant that
he would never cross the line.
476
00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:30,855
Investigators can't really find
477
00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:33,557
any evidence connecting him
to any of this,
478
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:36,260
so he's eventually
just labeled a nonsuspect.
479
00:21:38,031 --> 00:21:40,031
We continued
interviewing people,
480
00:21:40,033 --> 00:21:44,135
chasing down sometimes the most
obscure leads we could find,
481
00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:45,836
because you-you just don't know.
482
00:21:45,838 --> 00:21:48,072
And you don't know
what you don't know.
483
00:21:49,242 --> 00:21:51,142
According to the case file,
484
00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:53,577
there was a former marine sniper
that was actually staying
485
00:21:53,579 --> 00:21:55,313
at one of the sachs'
rental properties.
486
00:21:55,315 --> 00:21:57,315
He had actually
written something
487
00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,417
on a consumer report website,
488
00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:02,186
kind of celebrating the fact
that Brad and andra were dead.
489
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:05,623
The fact that he was a sniper
in the marines
490
00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:07,391
obviously caught
the police attention,
491
00:22:07,393 --> 00:22:09,093
because they're like, "there's
somebody who knows how to use
492
00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:11,529
an assault rifle and
could possibly shoot someone."
493
00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:14,699
We talked to him,
494
00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:16,400
and we couldn't establish
that he was in the area
495
00:22:16,402 --> 00:22:17,868
at the time of the crime.
496
00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:22,039
And he was eliminated
as a potential suspect.
497
00:22:24,277 --> 00:22:25,910
At this point
in the investigation,
498
00:22:25,912 --> 00:22:28,279
there were a number of people
who were considered,
499
00:22:28,281 --> 00:22:30,548
but all my prime targets
aren't...
500
00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:31,849
Aren't working out for me.
501
00:22:34,754 --> 00:22:37,788
For me personally, I was
starting to feel concerned
502
00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,391
about solving the case.
503
00:22:40,393 --> 00:22:44,428
And then,
the turning point came.
504
00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:48,566
We obtained video
from traffic lights
505
00:22:48,568 --> 00:22:50,634
just south
of the sachs' residence.
506
00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:53,771
And in reviewing
the video footage,
507
00:22:53,773 --> 00:22:58,342
we uncovered a new lead
to track down and follow up on.
508
00:23:01,614 --> 00:23:06,450
Every time he made a phone call,
we're able to show the location,
509
00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:09,420
a road map for the travel
of the suspect.
510
00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:11,188
Why is he driving down here?
511
00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:14,859
Why is he misleading US in the
investigation a-a month before?
512
00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:16,060
Why would you do that?
513
00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:26,137
The orange county
sheriff's department
514
00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:27,905
was scouring for evidence
through the abundance
515
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:32,143
of surveillance cameras
in upscale San Juan capistrano,
516
00:23:32,145 --> 00:23:34,478
seeking a new suspect
in the murder of the sachs.
517
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,547
A neighbor's video had revealed
518
00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:40,284
that a white prius could be
the killer's vehicle,
519
00:23:40,286 --> 00:23:43,187
and a traffic cam captured
the same car.
520
00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:46,457
Approximately a half hour prior
521
00:23:46,459 --> 00:23:48,092
to the 911 call,
522
00:23:48,094 --> 00:23:50,728
a white prius is seen
going northbound
523
00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:52,897
in the direction
of the sachs' residence.
524
00:23:52,899 --> 00:23:55,299
Approximately 30 minutes later,
525
00:23:55,301 --> 00:23:58,803
a white prius
is going southbound.
526
00:23:58,805 --> 00:24:02,306
The car is traveling so fast--
approximately
527
00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:04,642
60, 70 miles an hour,
maybe even faster.
528
00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:06,477
That was immediately
of interest to US,
529
00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:08,279
because that struck US.
530
00:24:08,281 --> 00:24:13,284
That's somebody who's running
from the crime scene.
531
00:24:13,286 --> 00:24:16,687
That seemed to correspond
with what we had seen
532
00:24:16,689 --> 00:24:18,989
in the surveillance video
at peppertree bend.
533
00:24:18,991 --> 00:24:21,292
So, at this point, we know
we're definitely looking
534
00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:23,294
for somebody who drives
a white prius.
535
00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:29,867
During the course
of the investigation,
536
00:24:29,869 --> 00:24:32,670
we learn of the sachs'
former businesses.
537
00:24:32,672 --> 00:24:34,138
One of their tech adventures
538
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,140
was a company called
plug-in solutions,
539
00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:40,444
which made modifications
to a Toyota prius, I believe.
540
00:24:40,446 --> 00:24:43,113
So, at that point,
an investigator
541
00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:45,349
calls Myles,
the older brother,
542
00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:47,351
asking him
to give US an inventory
543
00:24:47,353 --> 00:24:49,119
of who's driving what car.
544
00:24:49,121 --> 00:24:52,356
And it was at that point
that we learned
545
00:24:52,358 --> 00:24:56,060
that Ashton, his brother,
was driving a white prius.
546
00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:59,663
And that was huge.
547
00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:04,568
So, then it becomes this focus
on Ashton.
548
00:25:06,706 --> 00:25:09,573
Ashton was clearly in Seattle
when detectives called
549
00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:12,409
to notify him
of his parents' death.
550
00:25:12,411 --> 00:25:14,578
But was it possible
that his prius
551
00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:16,547
was the car caught on video?
552
00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:19,016
Could the sachs' good,
grieving son
553
00:25:19,018 --> 00:25:21,585
have somehow been involved
in their murder?
554
00:25:21,587 --> 00:25:27,091
At that point, Ashton seemed
to be very helpful.
555
00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:29,894
It gave the appearance
of cooperation,
556
00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:34,632
that Ashton wanted to see
this murder solved.
557
00:25:36,002 --> 00:25:37,735
While investigators
awaited evidence
558
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:40,204
from the family's subpoenaed
cell phone records,
559
00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:43,340
they examined Ashton sachs
in a whole new light
560
00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:47,645
and a terrifying possibility
began to emerge.
561
00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,916
And here's Ashton.
My god.
562
00:25:51,918 --> 00:25:54,018
He was such an adorable baby.
563
00:25:57,523 --> 00:26:01,926
See? And that was Ashton.
Devious little Ashton.
564
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:05,729
His shoe... Lexi's shoe.
565
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,798
He threw it in the fountain.
566
00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:11,302
Ashton was a handful.
567
00:26:11,304 --> 00:26:12,736
He had energy.
568
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:16,440
Maybe sometimes too much.
569
00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:21,312
He could get away with a lot
because he was so cute.
570
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,451
The signs of depression
and mental issues
571
00:26:27,453 --> 00:26:30,788
didn't come till way later.
572
00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:34,758
After the death of his sister,
Ashton's family watched
573
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,562
his darkness blossom
with each passing year.
574
00:26:38,564 --> 00:26:41,065
Andra expressed to some
of the family members
575
00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:43,767
she was on edge
with Ashton around.
576
00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:49,139
Brad and Ashton had friction.
577
00:26:49,141 --> 00:26:51,442
Ashton wouldn't listen
to him many times,
578
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:53,344
so she asked him to move
to Seattle.
579
00:26:53,346 --> 00:26:55,846
It's not like she just
kicked him out.
580
00:26:55,848 --> 00:26:58,515
She gave him a condo,
she gave him a car,
581
00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:01,018
she set him up, she was flying
back and forth to see him.
582
00:27:01,020 --> 00:27:03,754
She kept in constant contact
with him
583
00:27:03,756 --> 00:27:07,691
and was sending him money
to go to school.
584
00:27:07,693 --> 00:27:12,129
She had an idea, I think,
that if he was in Seattle,
585
00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:13,731
he would do better.
586
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,232
He'd be in school.
587
00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,902
He was not going, though.
588
00:27:18,904 --> 00:27:22,239
And andra got very upset
with him.
589
00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,541
She wasn't gonna
funnel them money;
590
00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:27,311
they weren't on a free ride.
591
00:27:27,313 --> 00:27:30,080
I think he got into drugs.
592
00:27:30,082 --> 00:27:34,852
I think-- I-I know for a fact
there was marijuana involved,
593
00:27:34,854 --> 00:27:37,488
and I think maybe
he was taking meth.
594
00:27:41,394 --> 00:27:44,361
No one could expect
the afflicted O.C. Son
595
00:27:44,363 --> 00:27:46,797
to turn on those
who loved him the most.
596
00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:49,066
Had Ashton's dark side
finally consumed
597
00:27:49,068 --> 00:27:50,834
any part of him that was good?
598
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:53,837
Could he have pulled
the trigger himself?
599
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:57,741
I clearly remember
realizing that maybe
600
00:27:57,743 --> 00:28:00,411
we have a son who murdered
his mother, his father,
601
00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:02,913
and tried to murder
his brother and his sister.
602
00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:06,316
A question that we did not have
the answer to, which is "why?"
603
00:28:07,253 --> 00:28:08,719
Why would you do that?
604
00:28:10,823 --> 00:28:12,856
Detectives hoped
that new evidence
605
00:28:12,858 --> 00:28:16,427
would serve as Ashton's alibi
for better or worse.
606
00:28:16,429 --> 00:28:18,629
We had gotten a search warrant
607
00:28:18,631 --> 00:28:22,066
for cell phone records
on the day of the murder.
608
00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:23,701
And about the time
that we were learning
609
00:28:23,703 --> 00:28:25,069
that we were looking
at a white prius
610
00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:26,437
and Ashton drove a white prius,
611
00:28:26,439 --> 00:28:30,274
the cell phone records
came in for Ashton.
612
00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:31,809
Cell phone records can be
613
00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:34,411
a treasure trove
of information about people.
614
00:28:34,413 --> 00:28:37,114
Cell phone evidence is,
the beauty of technology.
615
00:28:37,116 --> 00:28:38,615
It gives you a road map.
616
00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:40,217
It tells you
where somebody was located
617
00:28:40,219 --> 00:28:41,952
at a specific period of time.
618
00:28:41,954 --> 00:28:44,354
And there's software,
619
00:28:44,356 --> 00:28:47,091
you can map cell phone towers,
620
00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:50,394
and it paints a perfect picture
of where they've been.
621
00:28:50,396 --> 00:28:54,198
And so, looking through
the call detail records,
622
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,767
there was evidence
that Ashton drove southbound...
623
00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:01,004
...from Seattle
to San Juan capistrano.
624
00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:06,210
Beginning 12 hours or so
before the murders.
625
00:29:07,813 --> 00:29:11,281
It gives US an amazing amount
of information
626
00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:14,251
that helps US hopefully be able
to solve this crime.
627
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,354
We hadn't taken a closer look
at the boys
628
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:20,457
because they appeared to be
out of the area.
629
00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:23,193
We knew with certainty
that they were in Washington
630
00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:25,763
at the time that we made
the death notifications.
631
00:29:25,765 --> 00:29:28,198
I didn't think
it was possible for Ashton
632
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,002
to make it back to Seattle
and make it back to his condo
633
00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:35,973
in the time that was necessary
to answer my call.
634
00:29:35,975 --> 00:29:41,378
But now, he became
the 100% focus of our efforts.
635
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,955
A wealthy orange county family
had been gunned down
636
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:55,526
in a spray of bullets,
and troubled son Ashton sachs
637
00:29:55,528 --> 00:29:58,428
told police he was
a thousand miles away.
638
00:29:58,430 --> 00:30:01,465
But his cell phone told
a darkly different story,
639
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:06,036
as it pinged all the way home
on the night of the murder.
640
00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,606
Why is he driving down here?
641
00:30:09,608 --> 00:30:12,442
Why is he misleading US in the
investigation a-a month before?
642
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:16,647
Things started coming together
pointing to Ashton.
643
00:30:16,649 --> 00:30:19,616
But could there be an innocent
explanation to all of this?
644
00:30:19,618 --> 00:30:22,519
It's starting to look like not.
645
00:30:22,521 --> 00:30:26,757
But you want to have
the best case that you can.
646
00:30:26,759 --> 00:30:30,994
We need to make sure that
we have all of our i's dotted,
647
00:30:30,996 --> 00:30:35,032
all of our t's crossed before
we go down and make the arrest.
648
00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:37,801
Ashton's phone records
didn't lie
649
00:30:37,803 --> 00:30:41,672
and corroborated the two videos
placing his car at the scene.
650
00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:44,007
But if he had driven
all the way to orange county
651
00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:47,845
to commit the crime, how was he
in Seattle just hours later
652
00:30:47,847 --> 00:30:49,513
to take the detective's call?
653
00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:52,983
And where was his car now?
654
00:30:52,985 --> 00:30:54,318
Every time he made a phone call,
655
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,187
every time he accessed
information on his phone,
656
00:30:57,189 --> 00:30:58,822
we were able
to show the location
657
00:30:58,824 --> 00:31:00,257
where that information happened.
658
00:31:00,259 --> 00:31:02,860
We've kind of done
659
00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:05,596
a cursory look
at cell phone records,
660
00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:08,498
but now we need to figure out,
on the day of the murder,
661
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,634
who is Ashton talking to
on his phone?
662
00:31:10,636 --> 00:31:14,705
And we find out that he calls
American airlines.
663
00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:16,173
I obtained a search warrant
664
00:31:16,175 --> 00:31:17,808
to get records
from American airlines
665
00:31:17,810 --> 00:31:20,344
and learned that Ashton had,
in fact, purchased a flight
666
00:31:20,346 --> 00:31:23,413
on February 9, to fly
from John Wayne airport
667
00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:25,649
in orange county to Seattle.
668
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:29,686
We obtained surveillance video
from John Wayne airport
669
00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:32,856
that showed Ashton
being dropped off by a taxi cab
670
00:31:32,858 --> 00:31:34,992
in the early morning hours
of February 9
671
00:31:34,994 --> 00:31:36,260
until eventually
boarding his flight
672
00:31:36,262 --> 00:31:37,628
going back to Seattle.
673
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,401
He told US a bunch of baloney.
He lied to US.
674
00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:48,238
And we find out he calls
a transportation company
675
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,173
to move his car
in San Juan capistrano
676
00:31:50,175 --> 00:31:52,976
shortly after the murders.
677
00:31:52,978 --> 00:31:55,579
A member of the sheriff's
homicide unit contacts the owner
678
00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:57,748
of this transportation company,
679
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,017
says, "hey, do you know
anything about Ashton sachs?"
680
00:32:00,019 --> 00:32:02,219
And he says,
"yes, as a matter of fact.
681
00:32:02,221 --> 00:32:04,655
"I've got his car,
682
00:32:04,657 --> 00:32:07,524
and he's not coming to get it,
and he owes me money."
683
00:32:07,526 --> 00:32:09,726
It is a white prius.
684
00:32:11,230 --> 00:32:14,831
He goes, "it's at my property
in Seattle."
685
00:32:14,833 --> 00:32:17,534
And so it's like,
"hold that thought."
686
00:32:17,536 --> 00:32:19,536
We asked him not to tell Ashton,
687
00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:22,306
and we reached out
to Seattle pd homicide
688
00:32:22,308 --> 00:32:24,875
to secure a search warrant.
689
00:32:24,877 --> 00:32:26,977
Ashton was still
playing the part
690
00:32:26,979 --> 00:32:29,046
of the "good brother"
in orange county,
691
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:32,416
completely unaware that he
was now the number one suspect
692
00:32:32,418 --> 00:32:34,484
in the murder of his parents,
693
00:32:34,486 --> 00:32:37,587
and that the evidence
was betraying his lies.
694
00:32:37,589 --> 00:32:39,256
Using that cell phone,
695
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:42,592
it allowed US to show
a road map
696
00:32:42,594 --> 00:32:45,929
for the travel of the suspect.
697
00:32:45,931 --> 00:32:50,334
Now we have enough evidence
to prove Ashton sachs
698
00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:54,604
had traveled down from Seattle
to orange county
699
00:32:54,606 --> 00:32:58,308
at a time
when the murders had happened.
700
00:32:58,310 --> 00:33:00,711
He made arrangements for
his prius to be shipped back
701
00:33:00,713 --> 00:33:04,081
to Washington state,
called a cab,
702
00:33:04,083 --> 00:33:06,149
ended up in the airport.
703
00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:08,952
Flew back to Washington state,
704
00:33:08,954 --> 00:33:11,088
took the phone call
from the detectives,
705
00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:12,622
pretending to be...
706
00:33:12,624 --> 00:33:15,092
The sad, poor, poor son
707
00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:17,961
of two victims
that were murdered.
708
00:33:20,933 --> 00:33:22,366
The picture on the board
709
00:33:22,368 --> 00:33:24,868
was becoming clearer
and clearer and clearer.
710
00:33:26,138 --> 00:33:27,671
Subsequently,
711
00:33:27,673 --> 00:33:29,373
when we did
all the investigation,
712
00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:31,174
we were able to locate
that prius
713
00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:32,843
back in Washington state.
714
00:33:32,845 --> 00:33:35,278
We were able to get a search
warrant for that prius.
715
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,280
We were able to have
that prius searched.
716
00:33:37,282 --> 00:33:39,549
I distinctly remember being
on the phone and being told,
717
00:33:39,551 --> 00:33:42,052
"you're not gonna believe
what we found in the prius."
718
00:33:45,457 --> 00:33:47,791
In the back seat of the car,
719
00:33:47,793 --> 00:33:49,893
we have
a ruger .22-caliber weapon.
720
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:51,895
What are the odds?
721
00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:57,300
I mean, this is almost like
a perfect Hollywood moment.
722
00:33:57,302 --> 00:33:58,769
Ballistics determined
723
00:33:58,771 --> 00:34:00,303
that that's the murder weapon.
724
00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:02,439
And we were able
to do an examination
725
00:34:02,441 --> 00:34:05,308
on the murder weapon and
find out that it was purchased
726
00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:07,044
by Ashton sachs.
727
00:34:07,046 --> 00:34:10,347
What he did became
very, very clear to US.
728
00:34:11,884 --> 00:34:14,518
A horrifying series of truths
729
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,520
revealed themselves
to detectives,
730
00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:19,956
exposing a dark betrayal
and an indelible stain
731
00:34:19,958 --> 00:34:22,526
on sunny orange county.
732
00:34:22,528 --> 00:34:24,027
In my mind,
733
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:25,762
there was
no innocent explanation
734
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:28,231
to all the facts that
we'd accumulated at that point.
735
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:30,767
Ashton had lingered closer
to home
736
00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:33,003
in the three weeks
since his parents' murder,
737
00:34:33,005 --> 00:34:34,704
having holed up
with his siblings
738
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:37,441
at a second family home
near San Diego.
739
00:34:37,443 --> 00:34:39,509
So, on march 6 of 2014,
740
00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:42,245
we drove down to coronado
741
00:34:42,247 --> 00:34:44,347
down in San Diego county
742
00:34:44,349 --> 00:34:46,783
in southern California,
about an hour and a half south
743
00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:48,785
of orange county,
744
00:34:48,787 --> 00:34:51,855
where Ashton was living
with his siblings.
745
00:34:51,857 --> 00:34:54,324
We were able to speak to Ashton
alone at his residence.
746
00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:03,033
He is very...
747
00:35:03,035 --> 00:35:04,534
Animated as he talks.
748
00:35:04,536 --> 00:35:06,269
He's sitting up straight.
749
00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,005
And Ashton didn't know
what we knew at the time.
750
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:25,555
As we asked him
these very narrowing questions,
751
00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:28,391
his body posture,
and even his voice,
752
00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:30,861
became very crouched
and defeated.
753
00:35:45,677 --> 00:35:47,244
He eventually
came to a point where he said,
754
00:35:47,246 --> 00:35:49,112
"I don't want to answer
those questions."
755
00:35:49,114 --> 00:35:50,914
And at that point, we told him
756
00:35:50,916 --> 00:35:52,582
we were placing him
under arrest.
757
00:35:54,086 --> 00:35:56,253
And from there,
we transported him
758
00:35:56,255 --> 00:35:58,555
to sheriff's headquarters
in Santa Ana.
759
00:36:02,294 --> 00:36:05,162
We went down there with
the hopes of interviewing him
760
00:36:05,164 --> 00:36:08,498
and possibly getting
a confession from him.
761
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:28,151
Every step of the way,
the evidence that we had
762
00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:31,588
allowed US to be able to say,
"Ashton sachs
763
00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:34,691
is not just a suspect--
this is the perpetrator,
764
00:36:34,693 --> 00:36:36,126
this is the person
who committed
765
00:36:36,128 --> 00:36:38,662
these horrendous crimes.
766
00:36:38,664 --> 00:36:40,964
A trail of evidence
had led investigators
767
00:36:40,966 --> 00:36:44,100
far from the O.C.
To find the weapon that killed
768
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:45,969
Brad and andra sachs
769
00:36:45,971 --> 00:36:50,006
in the trunk
of devious son Ashton's car.
770
00:36:50,008 --> 00:36:52,209
It was time for Ashton
to face the facts,
771
00:36:52,211 --> 00:36:54,211
with the hope
he would shed some light
772
00:36:54,213 --> 00:36:56,413
on his very dark turn.
773
00:36:58,517 --> 00:37:01,585
When we arrived
at sheriff's headquarters,
774
00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:04,354
he waived his Miranda rights
and agreed to talk to US.
775
00:37:04,356 --> 00:37:06,356
You want to get
a confession to see,
776
00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:08,992
is he gonna give you
a motive for what he did,
777
00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:10,427
why he did it.
778
00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:12,662
So from that standpoint,
a confession,
779
00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:14,531
or at least a statement
from the suspect,
780
00:37:14,533 --> 00:37:16,266
is very, very important.
781
00:37:16,268 --> 00:37:18,868
I think he'd come
to the realization
782
00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:21,471
of what was happening to him,
that he was...
783
00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:23,907
Gonna be going to prison
for a very long time.
784
00:37:52,404 --> 00:37:54,537
I remember just being surprised
785
00:37:54,539 --> 00:37:58,842
that he actually
was confessing to the crime.
786
00:37:58,844 --> 00:38:01,911
He obviously wasn't trying
to talk his way out of it.
787
00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:38,315
The only child
who wasn't shot at that night
788
00:38:38,317 --> 00:38:39,716
was Lana.
789
00:38:39,718 --> 00:38:42,919
Ashton knew she had dogs
in her room and that if...
790
00:38:42,921 --> 00:38:45,422
Something happened,
the dogs could start barking.
791
00:38:45,424 --> 00:38:47,424
He admitted
that he was inside the house
792
00:38:47,426 --> 00:38:49,592
for 30 minutes,
going back and forth,
793
00:38:49,594 --> 00:38:51,594
trying to weigh
in his own mind on...
794
00:38:51,596 --> 00:38:54,130
Whether to do it
or not to do it.
795
00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:56,199
He obviously knew
what he was doing.
796
00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:25,328
I think the reason he did it
797
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:28,565
was because he
had dropped out of school
798
00:39:28,567 --> 00:39:32,502
and he was gonna have to face
his parents for that.
799
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:34,704
He felt slighted by his parents.
800
00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:38,408
I think that's what drove him.
801
00:39:40,512 --> 00:39:42,379
This is a copy
of the initial complaint
802
00:39:42,381 --> 00:39:45,849
that I filed, um,
day after he was arrested.
803
00:39:45,851 --> 00:39:48,051
This is him writing down,
804
00:39:48,053 --> 00:39:51,054
admitting the conduct of killing
his mother and his father
805
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:53,623
with premeditation
and deliberation.
806
00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:56,459
It was horrendous,
it was tragic,
807
00:39:56,461 --> 00:39:58,161
but it was very, very clear.
808
00:39:58,163 --> 00:40:00,530
Ashton sachs executed
his mother and his father
809
00:40:00,532 --> 00:40:02,399
while they were asleep.
810
00:40:02,401 --> 00:40:05,468
He also cowardly shot
at his eight-year-old brother,
811
00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:07,804
and then sat by the bedside
holding his hand,
812
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:09,806
telling him
how much he loved him,
813
00:40:09,808 --> 00:40:14,511
knowing very well that he was
the one who paralyzed him.
814
00:40:14,513 --> 00:40:16,379
Never in my experience
have I seen a case
815
00:40:16,381 --> 00:40:19,149
with such overwhelming evidence
of a person's guilt.
816
00:40:19,151 --> 00:40:22,185
And he came in,
entered a guilty plea,
817
00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:25,054
admitted to every single
element of the charges
818
00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,290
that I indicted him on,
he admitted those,
819
00:40:27,292 --> 00:40:28,858
and he was sentenced to life
820
00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:31,227
without the possibility
of parole.
821
00:40:32,798 --> 00:40:35,064
It was very hard
to come to terms
822
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,633
with what he had done,
823
00:40:36,635 --> 00:40:39,769
because we
just couldn't believe it.
824
00:40:39,771 --> 00:40:42,005
His own parents,
that raised him.
825
00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:45,542
I just couldn't understand it.
826
00:40:45,544 --> 00:40:48,545
It's just disbelief, like
you go into some altered state.
827
00:40:48,547 --> 00:40:50,280
You don't believe it.
828
00:40:50,282 --> 00:40:52,916
We don't know how to feel,
to be honest.
829
00:40:52,918 --> 00:40:56,252
We loved him,
so we still love him.
830
00:40:56,254 --> 00:40:58,455
It's an odd place to be.
831
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:00,290
I feel...
832
00:41:00,292 --> 00:41:02,559
He wasted his life.
833
00:41:02,561 --> 00:41:06,763
This kid,
this smart child that was...
834
00:41:06,765 --> 00:41:09,566
Had so much going for him.
835
00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:12,402
During the funeral,
I sat next to him,
836
00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:15,939
and I kept looking at him,
and he was crying like crazy.
837
00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:21,377
He was crying
probably as much as I was.
838
00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:23,780
So maybe he was remorseful.
839
00:41:23,782 --> 00:41:26,349
Whether he was crying
because of what he did,
840
00:41:26,351 --> 00:41:29,118
or the fact that
he just ruined his whole life,
841
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,954
I don't know.
842
00:41:30,956 --> 00:41:33,056
I think he got what he deserves.
843
00:41:33,058 --> 00:41:35,058
I think he
should be in there forever
844
00:41:35,060 --> 00:41:37,460
to think about what he did.
845
00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,663
It's unfortunate, this case,
846
00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:42,832
what's telling for me,
this case, is...
847
00:41:42,834 --> 00:41:46,636
How tragic it is when people
take things for granted.
848
00:41:48,507 --> 00:41:50,507
Ashton sachs, a one-time heir
849
00:41:50,509 --> 00:41:52,742
to the riches of orange county,
850
00:41:52,744 --> 00:41:55,178
now has nothing to leave
to the future
851
00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:58,014
but a legacy
of torment and tragedy.
852
00:41:58,016 --> 00:42:00,183
There have been reports
in the last couple of years
853
00:42:00,185 --> 00:42:02,151
that,
the kids are doing well,
854
00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:05,188
that Myles has kind of
stepped into a patriarchal role
855
00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:08,157
in the family,
and that he's taken on
856
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:10,326
the parents' businesses.
857
00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:12,595
Eight-year-old Landon,
he was paralyzed,
858
00:42:12,597 --> 00:42:17,333
but reports are, from Myles,
that he-he's doing well today.
859
00:42:17,335 --> 00:42:20,503
Andra and Brad
were in love, truly.
860
00:42:20,505 --> 00:42:24,007
I think they
would have grown old together.
861
00:42:25,343 --> 00:42:29,746
I remember
Brad was always smiling.
862
00:42:29,748 --> 00:42:32,181
He was a happy-go-lucky guy.
863
00:42:32,183 --> 00:42:34,517
Easygoing. But creative.
864
00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:35,952
He was amazing.
865
00:42:35,954 --> 00:42:38,321
He didn't deserve this.
866
00:42:38,323 --> 00:42:39,856
It's sad.
867
00:42:39,858 --> 00:42:41,858
Andra and I had
the closest relationship
868
00:42:41,860 --> 00:42:43,393
because of our children.
869
00:42:43,395 --> 00:42:45,695
I lost a friend and a sister.
870
00:42:45,697 --> 00:42:48,364
She called me Izzy
and I called her Fred.
871
00:42:48,366 --> 00:42:51,067
Those were
our nicknames for each other.
872
00:42:52,304 --> 00:42:53,970
Andra was funny
873
00:42:53,972 --> 00:42:55,572
and warm-hearted.
874
00:42:55,574 --> 00:42:57,574
She did have a heart of gold.
875
00:42:57,576 --> 00:43:00,209
I just remember her
in a swimming pool.
876
00:43:00,211 --> 00:43:03,313
I think she was holding Landon
up in the air in the pool
877
00:43:03,315 --> 00:43:05,181
and, you know, playing with him,
878
00:43:05,183 --> 00:43:07,250
and he was giggling
and she was laughing.
879
00:43:07,252 --> 00:43:10,820
She really absolutely loved
her children.
880
00:43:10,822 --> 00:43:14,057
She did at least have
those good times in her life.
881
00:43:18,063 --> 00:43:19,796
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