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I never thought I'd find
private investigation to be
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as frustrating as it was.
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A lot of times,
even if you found the truth for people,
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or if you found the information
they were seeking,
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you know, it wasn't enough.
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Even though private investigators
made a great deal of headway on it,
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uh, incredible progress,
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pushing the case
when law enforcement wouldn't,
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a family shouldn't have to pay
exorbitant amounts of money
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to see justice for their loved one
when there's significant evidence
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that a crime has been committed.
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Garret's case changed my view
of my own society and my community.
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It changed my view of what it means
to pursue justice
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if another citizen wrongs you.
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Uh, and it made me question the lengths
that my government would go to protect me.
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And it left me with a pretty serious doubt
in that regard.
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I think that's one of the things
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that is supposed to make
our society different, is the rule of law.
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And when that breaks down,
what do you have left?
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You know, there's some cases
that get better with time,
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and there's many more cases
that just dissipate into nowhere.
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And I felt this was going
in that direction.
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After Garret's body was found,
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the sheriff's department didn't seem
to be making an effort at all
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to question what we felt
was a full-blown suspect.
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Humboldt law enforcement had teased
that there might have been DNA evidence
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against the alleged killer,
but as far as I understand,
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that did not pan out.
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There were talks about,
"Well, we're gonna go to Indiana,
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where the suspect's from,"
or "We're going to do this."
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Finally, it was,
"We're going to the Feds."
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The FBI came into my office
and took my entire case.
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I totally believed that something
was going to happen, but nothing did.
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We were really hopeful. You know?
We thought, "This is it." You know?
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We envisioned, "In the next six months
or so we'll be going to court."
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But I only talked to the FBI twice,
I think.
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Even though I called constantly,
I only got to talk to them twice.
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Both times they could not
tell me anything.
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The FBI got a hold of it.
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We had contact with one of its agents.
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And he basically said,
"I can't answer any questions.
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I can't tell you anything,
it may put the case in jeopardy."
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And then he just
dropped off the radar screen.
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We never heard from him again.
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And that was really discouraging to me
because I felt like, "Well...
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who do I turn to now?" You know?
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We were never able to know
why the FBI specifically got involved.
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We speculated that maybe it had something
to do with an organized crime connection
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or interstate trafficking, but, uh...
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based on our understanding at the time,
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homicide, you know, general homicide,
it's not in the FBI's purview.
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It kind of would leave me with
the impression that they were pursuing
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an entirely different line
of inquiry than we were.
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New names, different locations,
people out of the country.
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And I'm like, "I don't know." Seemed like
everything we needed was in Alderpoint.
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About two months after
the Thanksgiving night incident,
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a sheriff's deputy
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and an FBI agent rode up my driveway...
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and, uh, wanted to question me.
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The FBI agent asked if I would
describe the events in detail.
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So I told him,
"I heard an admission of murder.
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We got the truth. We got the truth.
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And we found the body."
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But that was the last that I heard
from any constabulary about the case.
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It's a shame that more of the people
who were at the Thanksgiving event
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didn't come forward and tell the story.
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But the Alderpoint 8
actually was a misnomer because,
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other than myself,
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there were only three
that was present to hear the admission.
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Scott,
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Neil,
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and Bob.
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The police want to say that Alderpoint
is anti-cops, anti-law.
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It's vigilante justice up here
and we don't let them help. Bullshit.
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After Neil got killed, Scott wanted
the police to come and get Matt
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and have a legal consequence.
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He wanted people to see this is not okay.
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The police came.
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I showed them on my computer, "This
is Matt Brown. This is what he looks like.
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I don't know what street he's on.
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I can't tell you, 'Go left, go right.'
I'm not familiar--
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But I will go with you guys in the car.
I will show you where he's at."
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"Oh, well, we want to do that,
but he's got a gun, and he might..."
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"You guys have guns, too.
What are you talking about?"
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We told 'em right where he was.
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They could've gotten him that night.
But they didn't.
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For three days, he was in Alderpoint.
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My phone rang off the hook.
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Everybody in this town called,
numerous times.
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They said, "He's right here.
He's on a bike. He's in a car."
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Point by point telling us where he was at.
I'd be like, "Okay, he's here now, he's--
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We want to get him, but he's got a gun
and this and that's going on.
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We're not gonna get him."
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Matt was seen driving around
on a motorcycle with a wig.
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And he was threatening people
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that they better not tell
or else he was gonna kill them.
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And that was very alarming.
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Scott was talking to the cops.
He wanted them up here.
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He went and talked to them.
They were at his house.
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You figure after a brutal murder
like that, you know, point-blank
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in somebody else's, you know, bedroom,
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you know, you'd figure
there'd be some kind of police activity,
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something.
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That boy, he premeditated
that whole ordeal.
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Just everything, how it added up,
how he came in on a dirt bike.
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He comes into the house with
a 12-gauge shotgun loaded,
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walks up into my dad's bedroom.
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The kid, he had something against Neil.
It was looking bad. And Neil knew it.
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Honestly, it's sad but true.
Neil had that coming.
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They were acting real runaround
and pushed somebody into a corner.
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It was perfect self-defense,
'cause Neil Decker was telling everybody
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that he was gonna kill me.
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And self-defense
is all based on state of mind.
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The Alderpoint 8 shootings
played a part in my state of mind
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and why I was so fearful of Neil.
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The outlaw vigilante lifestyle
that's up there.
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I was frightened.
I was scared to death of him killing me.
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When Garret went missing,
I felt like people were very alarmed.
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And they really wanted to bring justice.
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Nobody could condone that.
Like, that's a monster.
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Who could kill this guy because
he owed 'em some money, right?
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But I feel like when
Neil Decker was murdered,
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that right there was a breaking point.
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I'ma tell you the truth, people were
scared from thereon of that situation.
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It just got out of hand.
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The Humboldt Cure has two farms
in the town of Alderpoint.
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It is a 27,800-square-foot outdoor.
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The production of crops of that size
could vary from anywhere
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from 500 to 1,500 pounds, or something.
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I first started growing
when I was 15 years old.
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It was a lot of fun.
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You know,
it's something I really wanted to do.
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Growing up up here with family members
who were involved with the trade,
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it gave me a different perspective.
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You kind of don't really follow the norms.
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You know, kind of make
your own way in life.
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I moved up to Humboldt
when I was four years old with my dad.
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One of the first memories I can remember
was my dad's friend Scott Johnson.
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That was the first place we showed up,
was his house.
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So this right here is our brand,
The Humboldt Cure.
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As you can see, we have
the triangle made out of emerald,
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to represent the emerald triangle,
where we're at.
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This right here is the sun,
because we, of course,
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we all worship the sun here.
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Scott was the first person I ever seen
to start branding in Humboldt County.
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He had a company
called Humboldt Honey Crop.
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And he wanted to merge
into the legal market.
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So he kind of was an influence of mine.
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Scott, he was down in Alderpoint
at the store, and I seen him.
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And Neil had just died, so I went up
to Scott and I was talking to him.
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He explains this story that unfolded.
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Scott, he was almost like
a zombie, you know?
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He just kept repeating over and over
word for word, the whole story.
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He just kept repeating it
over and over and over again,
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'cause he was just in shock.
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You know, something was eating at him.
I didn't like that.
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Everybody that was coming in that house,
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they wanted Scott to tell that story
over and over about how Neil died.
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Over and over again.
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And every time he told it,
it took a piece of him.
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I begged him, "Just go with me.
Let's go down south. Let's just go."
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So I left 'cause I'm like, I can't even--
"I don't want to see you doing this."
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He was actually getting
into the truck to leave,
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to come meet me,
when our neighbor showed up,
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and said, "Matt's right down the street."
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We were told that he was hiding
in a cabin down the road.
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My dad felt like
he needed to do something.
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Neil was gone, see?
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That was normally the person that
would usually handle something like that.
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And Scott was like,
"I brought the motherfucker here.
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This is my business.
I'm gonna go handle it."
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Me and a few other people were just,
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you know, trying to calm him down,
trying to talk him out of it.
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People were saying,
"Let the law enforcement..."
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And he's like, "What law enforce--?
Where are they?"
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Like, it's four days
and not one cop has shown back up.
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That's when we all kind of suited up
and we went to go find the kid again.
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People knew that Scott wanted
police justice for Matt Brown, and...
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Scott was not a hit man.
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Scott was not one that was gonna be,
like, beating you into submission.
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That wasn't Scott's deal, you know?
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But the only occasion that I know
that Scott went out with the boys
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to go get somebody that had done wrong
was going up to find Garret.
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The second time was that night
that he left the house to go get Matt.
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He felt responsible.
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He knew that he had brought Matt here
to work and that Matt had killed Neil.
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I don't know what he was thinking,
but he had a hat on and a camo jacket,
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to go get Matt.
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Which just blows my mind,
'cause that was not Scott.
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Why would he wear a hat?
He never wore a hat before.
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Scott said he was just
gonna talk to him and ask him
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why he killed his friend.
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He asked me if I'd go with him,
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and watch his back.
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I said sure.
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He took two people with him,
Redhead Dave and this guy.
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This guy, I never heard about him before,
I never knew anything about him,
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but now apparently everybody knew him.
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This guy is like a hometown kid.
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Scott had given him a property to work on.
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The guy just got out of jail
and Scott was trying to help him out,
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you know, like he always liked to do.
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And that guy was there
to help, supposedly.
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Scott, Redhead Dave, and this guy
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they go walking down there
to where the cabin is.
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And at some point, they split up
and went different directions.
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We should've never separated.
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This guy and I walked down the road.
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He went around the cabin,
looking for Matt Brown.
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He said he looked inside the cabin
but they didn't see him,
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he wasn't in there.
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It started getting dark, so I told him,
"We should get going back, you know?"
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We start walking back and...
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he's probably 30 feet or so ahead of me.
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I was facing the other direction,
watching the cabin, watching our backs.
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I was told that Scott came running out.
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This guy didn't know that it was Scott.
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Scott had put on, like, the hat, you know,
specifically a camouflage hat
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that Matt Brown was wearing.
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And that guy was all amped up.
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And he shot him.
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This guy accidentally shot Scott,
thinking it was Matt Brown.
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I don't know. I heard gunshots.
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You know, you hear gunshots,
you take cover.
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And so I ran, down in the woods,
on another piece of property.
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I just kept going.
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I was with Scott Johnson's son.
And we heard some gunshots.
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I'm like, "Well, someone's
probably just shooting some guns."
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I didn't think nothing happened.
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I believe those were the gunshots
that, in fact, killed him.
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This guy threw Scott
in the back of the truck.
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I believe Scott was already dead
at that moment.
233
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And then he starts
hauling ass out of there.
234
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But the road is so crazy
235
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that Scott's body ends up
falling out of the back of the truck.
236
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And he just left him there.
237
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Yeah, it's fucked up.
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We heard that he was shot.
I was like, "He's gonna make it.
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If anybody's gonna make it,
it's gonna be him.
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He's gonna be okay."
241
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I don't know.
I don't know exactly what all happened.
242
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I wish I was there, 'cause I would have
made it to where he didn't go down there.
243
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Neil got killed on Friday.
And Scott got killed on Monday.
244
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After Neil got shot,
245
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if the cops would've done their job
and went and got Matt Brown,
246
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Scott would be alive.
247
00:19:06,436 --> 00:19:08,605
It's just messed up, man.
248
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I didn't hear no gunshots.
I slept through it all.
249
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The SWAT team woke me up
at 6:00 in the morning.
250
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That's when they handcuffed me
and took me out of there.
251
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When they were walking me up the road
is when I seen Scott there laying dead.
252
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That's when they asked me,
"Do you know who that is?"
253
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And I told 'em,
"Yeah, that's Scott Johnson."
254
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And they said, "How do you know that?"
And I said, "Well, he was like my dad."
255
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How's that make you feel?
256
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Um... Grateful, for my life,
257
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and, I mean, thankful that it wasn't me.
258
00:20:03,994 --> 00:20:06,163
I wish I knew what
he was doing down there.
259
00:20:06,246 --> 00:20:09,291
I don't believe that he was
coming down there to kill me.
260
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People could take a life lesson
from hearing this story.
261
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It captures everything that was wrong
262
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with the prohibition era.
263
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Just like, you know,
the gangsters from alcohol era.
264
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You know, there's gonna be things
that go bad.
265
00:20:43,700 --> 00:20:47,704
You know, you have this vigilante;
you have these murders;
266
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and this is real life.
267
00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:53,543
I feel that would be something
that people could learn from.
268
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This is what's wrong with prohibition.
269
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It's not the weed's fault;
it's the fact that it was prohibited
270
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which is causing these problems,
plain and simple.
271
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The last time I'd seen Scott,
at the store,
272
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he gives me a hug, and he goes,
273
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"And I don't want you to ever get involved
with any of this stuff.
274
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If you live by the gun,
you're gonna die by the gun."
275
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And the next day, you know,
he's lying dead in the middle of the road.
276
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I'd seen a write-up
after Neil and Scott died that said...
277
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"The Alderpoint 8, two down" or some crap.
278
00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:48,432
I'd seen it just written somewhere,
I don't remember.
279
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Like, that pissed me off.
280
00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:55,063
Because they did do the right thing.
They got the killer.
281
00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:57,524
They got witnesses saying
he took 'em to the grave.
282
00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,443
Are you kidding?
283
00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:04,239
They did the right thing for a change.
And nobody else had done the right thing.
284
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If they hadn't taken that person
285
00:22:08,952 --> 00:22:11,621
and he hadn't shown him
where Garret was buried,
286
00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:16,293
to this day, we would not
have found Garret. And I know that.
287
00:22:17,085 --> 00:22:19,338
We would have never known
what happened to him.
288
00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:22,549
Some people say it was vigilante justice.
289
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,178
Um...
290
00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:30,974
That's the best justice there is
when you have a sheriff's department
291
00:22:31,058 --> 00:22:33,226
like the Humboldt County
Sheriff's Department.
292
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We want legitimate law enforcement to
come there and take care of the problem.
293
00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:43,695
Unfortunately, we have people in this area
that have been outlaws
294
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and they've also been vigilantes.
295
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:48,909
So they've gone and they've taken
matters in their own hands.
296
00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:52,454
And when you do that,
then you push us out.
297
00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:57,626
And we can't oftentimes remedy that
and go back.
298
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,506
After Scott had been killed,
299
00:23:02,881 --> 00:23:06,301
the police interviewed the person
that shot Scott a couple times.
300
00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:08,345
And they know that he did it.
301
00:23:08,428 --> 00:23:11,098
And he knows that they
know that he did it, but...
302
00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:14,393
I gave the cops my statement.
303
00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:18,563
And I just told them, you know,
what I saw and what I heard.
304
00:23:19,147 --> 00:23:21,274
And I didn't see that guy shoot him.
305
00:23:23,443 --> 00:23:26,988
But I heard the gunshots,
306
00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:31,952
and I know that there was only
two other people out there besides me.
307
00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:36,790
The police told me
they needed the murder weapon.
308
00:23:36,873 --> 00:23:39,543
So I put out a $5,000 reward
for the murder weapon.
309
00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:42,587
And somebody turned the gun in.
310
00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:46,883
The police got the gun, and they told me
it was the gun that had killed Scott.
311
00:23:48,468 --> 00:23:51,555
But that wasn't enough,
'cause there was no fingerprints or--
312
00:23:51,638 --> 00:23:54,391
we needed somebody to say
they saw him with the gun.
313
00:23:56,726 --> 00:23:58,311
And now Scott's a cold case.
314
00:24:20,375 --> 00:24:25,255
Bob always thought that
he had to make himself look tough.
315
00:24:25,797 --> 00:24:29,759
He was one of the people that was
caught up in the outlaw vigilante thing.
316
00:24:29,843 --> 00:24:32,471
He was there the night that Neil
went up to confront the person
317
00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:34,389
that had allegedly shot Garret.
318
00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:38,059
Neil was just, like, yelling,
"What did you do with Garret?"
319
00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:43,023
Bob comes out, you know, pistol-whips him.
320
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:45,901
The gun ends up going off.
321
00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:47,944
Shot his ear.
322
00:24:49,237 --> 00:24:51,781
He did things that were not cool,
but he did things that were.
323
00:24:51,865 --> 00:24:56,495
But he did-- He was intrigued by
the whole outlaw mentality up here.
324
00:25:03,418 --> 00:25:05,253
It's hard to say what happened.
325
00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:10,759
It happened in Alderpoint, so you're
gonna have 50 different versions of it.
326
00:25:13,428 --> 00:25:18,058
Zach Harrison, he's a kid that,
like, grew up in Alderpoint.
327
00:25:18,141 --> 00:25:22,229
The thing that happened with him and Bob,
it started over something so stupid.
328
00:25:22,312 --> 00:25:24,481
These guys start bragging on each other.
329
00:25:24,564 --> 00:25:26,858
Like, "Oh, yeah,
I've done this and I've done that."
330
00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:28,902
And fuckin',
"I've done this and I've done that."
331
00:25:28,985 --> 00:25:31,780
So they're building each other up
to each other, you know?
332
00:25:34,324 --> 00:25:37,410
Bob, he thought
that he intimidated people
333
00:25:37,494 --> 00:25:38,995
because he was a big guy,
334
00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:43,041
and he would pull his gun out
whenever he felt the need to.
335
00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:45,544
He's even said
to a lot of people,
336
00:25:45,627 --> 00:25:47,128
"I'm too old to fight, you know?
337
00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:50,340
If somebody wants to fight me,
I'll take out my gun and shoot 'em."
338
00:25:51,091 --> 00:25:53,218
And so Zach hears all this stuff.
339
00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:56,263
Zach goes up to Bob, saying,
"I'm a bad motherfucker."
340
00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:59,849
And then Bob took it offensively
and was like, "Fuck you.
341
00:25:59,933 --> 00:26:02,352
I'll rape you in your ass" or something,
he told the guy.
342
00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:06,147
Zach had confided in me that
he was touched when he was a kid.
343
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,817
Like, somebody had sexually abused him.
344
00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:11,319
And so I think that hit home
with him, you know?
345
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:16,199
It was just like when he told Zach that,
it triggered something in Zach
346
00:26:16,283 --> 00:26:17,784
that was like, "Okay."
347
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:23,665
And that's when he grabbed his rifle.
Bob saw him with the rifle and reacted.
348
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:26,418
And so it was, like,
Zach saw him reaching for a weapon
349
00:26:26,501 --> 00:26:29,462
and Zach just ran up
and shot at him, you know?
350
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:33,091
Zach killed him, and...
351
00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:35,552
it's sad.
352
00:26:36,803 --> 00:26:40,515
I heard the bullets.
I ran to the street...
353
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:43,351
and seen him standing there,
354
00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:46,646
with the gun and the car,
355
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,941
and, of course,
could see who was the shooter.
356
00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:54,738
And after the shooting,
357
00:26:54,821 --> 00:26:59,034
Zach acted like nothing ever happened
358
00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:02,996
and went to the end of the street
and talked to some other people,
359
00:27:03,079 --> 00:27:05,498
and said, "Come on, let's go party."
360
00:27:08,209 --> 00:27:09,169
And...
361
00:27:10,086 --> 00:27:11,379
that's pretty crazy
362
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:15,800
when stuff like that happens
right here in the middle of town.
363
00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,762
Right in broad daylight.
364
00:27:32,275 --> 00:27:34,319
Saturday,
it was a terrifying scene
365
00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:36,029
for the people of Alderpoint.
366
00:27:36,112 --> 00:27:38,823
Robert James Holtsclaw shot to death,
367
00:27:38,907 --> 00:27:41,576
and the shooter is nowhere to be found.
368
00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:45,622
And the suspect,
27-year-old Zachary Cordell Harrison,
369
00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:48,708
deputies tell us that Harrison
is believed to have been last seen
370
00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:53,672
driving in the Alderpoint area
in a black Ford F-250 with Oregon plates.
371
00:27:53,755 --> 00:27:56,675
Deputies say this homicide
is currently under investigation.
372
00:27:56,758 --> 00:28:00,387
They also say if you see Harrison,
call 911 right away.
373
00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:02,722
He is considered armed and dangerous.
374
00:28:20,782 --> 00:28:21,783
It's okay, buddy.
375
00:28:25,286 --> 00:28:28,415
The Rancho used to be family oriented.
This used to be a family mountain.
376
00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:31,334
- Yeah.
- It's not anymore. It's nothing anymore.
377
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:34,921
I could sit on the road, if I'd seen
any cars, I knew everybody that went by.
378
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:39,676
Back when everything was good,
like, the paradise era,
379
00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:44,806
everyone was just happy,
everyone was just growing cannabis.
380
00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:47,767
There wasn't all these murders.
381
00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,103
You didn't want law enforcement around,
382
00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:53,481
'cause what good could happen--
Nobody was hurting each other.
383
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:54,649
There was no harm.
384
00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:56,776
It was peaceful.
385
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:00,739
We never locked our doors,
we didn't even close our doors at night.
386
00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:02,949
We'd go to town,
we'd leave everything open.
387
00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:06,286
Our kids could walk down the street
at night. We didn't worry about 'em.
388
00:29:06,369 --> 00:29:08,621
Which, God knows,
it's not like that anymore.
389
00:29:10,165 --> 00:29:12,459
It's a good community
and the people that are good people
390
00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:14,502
don't want to be about
the "Murder Mountain" thing.
391
00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:20,049
This area's been portrayed
as an area of these outlaws
392
00:29:20,133 --> 00:29:22,218
and these murderers and stuff,
when, in fact,
393
00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:24,471
it's just these guys
that want to make a living.
394
00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:26,806
They want to pass something on
to their children.
395
00:29:26,890 --> 00:29:28,933
They want to do a family tradition.
396
00:29:31,561 --> 00:29:33,605
I believe legalization is the key.
397
00:29:33,688 --> 00:29:39,319
I feel like that whole thing where people
don't want the police around no more,
398
00:29:39,569 --> 00:29:41,488
nowadays, it's all changing.
399
00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:45,867
We need more cops. Absolutely.
Those guys are way overwhelmed.
400
00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:50,830
The way I see law enforcement,
you know, it's all about perspective.
401
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,417
You have these guys that would
never talk to cops and they hate cops
402
00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:55,627
and all this stuff.
403
00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:59,672
You know, and now and all of a sudden,
they're calling the police all the time.
404
00:29:59,756 --> 00:30:02,091
It's like, "Well, why would we
come help you guys?
405
00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:05,053
You guys have never
wanted anything to do with us.
406
00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:06,387
Now all of a sudden..."
407
00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:12,393
It's just a lot of trust issues that
both sides are gonna have to get over.
408
00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:16,523
And I think once that happens, you're
gonna see an end to all this violence.
409
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:18,358
And that's what needs to happen.
410
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:32,997
It is primary election day.
411
00:30:33,623 --> 00:30:37,627
There's a few local races
on the ballot, uh,
412
00:30:37,710 --> 00:30:41,214
including Humboldt County Sheriff,
although he's running unopposed.
413
00:30:41,631 --> 00:30:45,593
I recognize this job carries a lot of
responsibility and community trust.
414
00:30:46,261 --> 00:30:49,097
This is a job that's not 9:00 to 5:00,
Monday through Friday.
415
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,765
It's a job that's 24/7.
416
00:30:51,391 --> 00:30:55,270
I am gonna continue to prioritize
investigations that involve violence,
417
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:59,232
child abuse, drugs,
and felons with firearms.
418
00:30:59,315 --> 00:31:01,985
And we are gonna continuously pursue those
419
00:31:02,068 --> 00:31:03,945
and make sure those people
are held accountable.
420
00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:07,490
I appreciate all your support.
And don't forget to vote.
421
00:31:07,574 --> 00:31:08,950
Thank you very much.
422
00:31:11,786 --> 00:31:15,331
If there's nobody else running,
I guess I could write somebody in.
423
00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:18,209
But I don't have any idea
who I would want to be sheriff
424
00:31:18,293 --> 00:31:21,629
that would want to also be sheriff,
you know?
425
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:24,799
So he's apparently
the only guy that wants the job.
426
00:31:24,883 --> 00:31:28,720
So it must be pretty challenging.
427
00:31:29,804 --> 00:31:31,472
- He's got a tough job.
- Yeah.
428
00:31:31,556 --> 00:31:34,642
I wouldn't want to do it.
I think Honsal's done a great job
429
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:35,810
since he's been in.
430
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:39,272
And how do you feel
about the way Honsal has handled, uh,
431
00:31:39,355 --> 00:31:40,815
marijuana eradication?
432
00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:45,028
It's gonna be a tough one
to overcome in the years,
433
00:31:45,111 --> 00:31:49,115
you know, to get everyone
to be legit and pay taxes.
434
00:31:49,198 --> 00:31:50,033
Right.
435
00:31:50,116 --> 00:31:52,285
I think there's always gonna be
a black market for that.
436
00:31:52,785 --> 00:31:57,582
I don't think the county has the resources
in the sheriff's department to manage it.
437
00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:01,878
Any thoughts about how
the sheriff's office has been handling--
438
00:32:01,961 --> 00:32:04,672
-The wild west?
-Yeah, the wild west, Humboldt County?
439
00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:06,966
I spend a lot of time
out in the rural areas,
440
00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:10,303
hunting, fishing, spending time
in the outdoors, and it's crazy out there.
441
00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:12,805
-How so?
- You know what they're up there doing.
442
00:32:12,889 --> 00:32:15,850
Coming across things
you don't want to come across.
443
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,518
It's an ongoing process, really,
444
00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:22,899
and it's not something that'll be fixed
overnight or in the next four years.
445
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:25,234
-Right.
-You know? It's gonna take a while.
446
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,406
Developing tonight:
447
00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:32,408
the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
still hunting
448
00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:34,535
for homicide suspect Zachary Harrison.
449
00:32:34,619 --> 00:32:37,205
Deputies say Harrison is wanted
on murder charges
450
00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:41,584
in connection to the September death
of 58-year-old Robert Holtsclaw.
451
00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:51,177
Right after the Bob situation,
Zach ends up going toward Oregon.
452
00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:54,973
He has property up there.
He spent ten days with no food at all.
453
00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:59,060
When I actually saw Zach, you know, like,
when he popped in for the first time,
454
00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:01,437
and I saw him, I remember
opening the door to the trailer,
455
00:33:01,521 --> 00:33:02,855
and he's just standing there.
456
00:33:02,939 --> 00:33:04,857
I thought I was, like,
hallucinating or something.
457
00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:07,652
I'm just like, "What-- Zach?"
And he was like, "Yeah, man, what's up?"
458
00:33:07,735 --> 00:33:10,488
And I'm just like, "Wow. Good to see you".
Gave him a hug, you know.
459
00:33:11,614 --> 00:33:14,325
Zach started making appearances in town.
460
00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:19,539
You know, there's definitely people
that saw him that reported him, you know?
461
00:33:19,622 --> 00:33:22,291
And that's what led to the cops
being back on his trail.
462
00:33:32,385 --> 00:33:34,804
Last week, we got a tip
463
00:33:34,887 --> 00:33:37,807
that one homicide suspect
was in Alderpoint.
464
00:33:37,890 --> 00:33:42,395
Myself and a team of deputies
were able to locate Mr. Harrison.
465
00:33:43,312 --> 00:33:47,442
He was in a stolen vehicle,
fled from the vehicle.
466
00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:49,902
We had a search team on-scene.
467
00:33:51,487 --> 00:33:54,449
He was able to scale down a steep cliff.
468
00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:58,494
Didn't actually see him enter the water,
but found his clothing nearby.
469
00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:01,330
We had assumed that
he had entered the water.
470
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:06,252
Fuckin', he runs off down to the river,
tears his clothes off, jumps in the river.
471
00:34:06,961 --> 00:34:09,005
They had the helicopters flying up there.
472
00:34:09,630 --> 00:34:10,798
That kid though?
473
00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:12,050
He's from here.
474
00:34:12,967 --> 00:34:17,388
The reason he stripped his clothes off,
'cause he knows about that thermal shit.
475
00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:21,642
He coats himself in mud, fuckin' turns
into a fuckin' Sasquatch and dips on 'em.
476
00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:25,563
It's his nature. Whatever.
477
00:34:28,441 --> 00:34:31,569
When they were looking for Zach
and they came and spent the night up here,
478
00:34:31,652 --> 00:34:32,612
that was a first.
479
00:34:32,695 --> 00:34:36,199
Ever. They've never ever come up here
and stayed the night.
480
00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:41,829
By the time I left on Thursday,
it was getting below 34 degrees.
481
00:34:42,163 --> 00:34:44,540
Naked and wet, I mean,
he just crossed a river.
482
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:51,089
So it lowers the probability of
finding that person or finding them alive.
483
00:35:05,561 --> 00:35:08,106
Hey, I just wanted to--
I don't need a microphone.
484
00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:10,900
I got a big, loud voice,
my kids can attest to that,
485
00:35:10,983 --> 00:35:12,985
and my wife.
486
00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:17,824
But anyway, I want to just thank
every one of you for being here tonight.
487
00:35:17,907 --> 00:35:20,243
Uh, this is a great night.
488
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:23,162
I'm gonna go ahead and claim victory now.
489
00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:26,290
This is...
490
00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:32,547
I know the polls close in a half hour,
but I really appreciate--
491
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:34,132
-You're safe.
-Yeah, I'm safe.
492
00:35:34,841 --> 00:35:38,636
Uh, but one thing that I just want
to reaffirm with all of you,
493
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,973
that it's not just my job here,
it's all of our jobs
494
00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:45,017
to make sure that we live
in a town that's safe
495
00:35:45,101 --> 00:35:47,562
and that's prosperous,
496
00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:49,438
and that we have a future
in Humboldt County.
497
00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:54,360
And that means I am all about community
and community engagement.
498
00:35:54,443 --> 00:35:56,737
If there's issues in the community,
I expect you to tell me.
499
00:35:56,821 --> 00:36:00,783
And then I expect you also to come onboard
and help us with addressing these issues.
500
00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:04,787
It's gonna take all of us to get together
to try and fix the problem
501
00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:06,539
before it becomes a problem.
502
00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:08,583
So I need all your help on that.
503
00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:12,170
Thanks.
504
00:36:19,802 --> 00:36:22,722
Zach Harrison is a guy
that's been on the run for a while.
505
00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:27,894
And we don't know if he's alive or dead
out there in the middle of nowhere.
506
00:36:27,977 --> 00:36:31,063
So we have search teams,
both ground and air, looking for him,
507
00:36:31,147 --> 00:36:33,608
and, still, we have not yet located him.
508
00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:36,485
It's a huge challenge,
509
00:36:36,569 --> 00:36:39,030
tracking these kind of guys down
in the vast expanses
510
00:36:39,113 --> 00:36:41,199
of a rural county like Humboldt County.
511
00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:47,705
Zachary Harrison kind of developed
a reputation as an evil Jason Bourne.
512
00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:51,042
Numerous escapes from law enforcement,
some of them dramatic,
513
00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:53,711
crossing rivers with dogs
and helicopters involved.
514
00:36:54,962 --> 00:36:56,505
How can I help you?
515
00:36:56,964 --> 00:37:01,636
Hi, I was curious if you guys
have found Zachary Harrison yet.
516
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,139
I just saw somebody
that kind of looks like him.
517
00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,476
It was in that parking lot
at the end of Truesdale.
518
00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:09,685
That truck guy too--
519
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,104
Okay, not a problem. Thank you. Buh-bye.
520
00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:16,108
Checking behind the mall.
521
00:37:17,652 --> 00:37:20,905
As I approached
the Walmart parking lot, I saw two males.
522
00:37:21,864 --> 00:37:26,285
I started walking up to them and
asked one of them what his name was.
523
00:37:26,369 --> 00:37:30,039
He told me his name was John
and he took a step towards me.
524
00:37:30,122 --> 00:37:33,000
And I knew at that point
that it was Zach Harrison.
525
00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:38,965
All the thoughts running through my head,
like, how he's escaped before,
526
00:37:39,048 --> 00:37:41,259
and was he gonna run? Was he gonna fight?
527
00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:45,888
He got close enough to me to where I was
able to grab his right arm and detain him.
528
00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:48,641
I got the cuffs on him pretty quickly.
529
00:37:48,724 --> 00:37:50,977
He didn't try to resist.
He didn't try to run.
530
00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:52,812
Lie to me about your name?
You think I'm dumb?
531
00:37:52,895 --> 00:37:54,981
-No.
-Spread your feet.
532
00:37:55,064 --> 00:37:59,527
I asked him how he survived in the woods
for so long, and he just said it was hard.
533
00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:01,821
-I've been on the run.
-Yeah.
534
00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:04,240
For a long time now. 'Cause...
535
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:06,117
You guys have been chasing me.
536
00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:07,410
We have, you're right.
537
00:38:07,743 --> 00:38:10,788
One of the most wanted people
in Humboldt County is finally in custody
538
00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:12,957
and he's finally being held to answer
for the actions
539
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,209
that he's being accused of committing.
540
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:20,006
I think the tip from the community was
of utmost importance to capturing him.
541
00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:25,553
It shows that if citizens feel like
their safety's at risk and they call us,
542
00:38:25,636 --> 00:38:27,305
then we can do something about it.
543
00:38:44,780 --> 00:38:49,076
Our biggest challenge, I believe,
is the drugs here in Humboldt County.
544
00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:55,708
People say,
"Why do you worry about marijuana?
545
00:38:55,791 --> 00:38:58,836
Why you wasting so much manpower
on marijuana?"
546
00:38:58,919 --> 00:39:01,255
Because when you look at our stats,
547
00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:07,261
marijuana and other drugs are associated
with the majority of our homicides.
548
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:09,597
Organized crime is alive and well.
549
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:14,060
And a lot of that brings in people that
have violent tendencies and violent acts.
550
00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:17,104
They don't want to call the police
when they have a problem with someone.
551
00:39:17,188 --> 00:39:21,400
They want to take it in their own hands,
and kill people, hold people hostage.
552
00:39:21,484 --> 00:39:24,320
So we're looking at stopping that.
We're looking at being proactive.
553
00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:27,573
And to try to make sure
and make people aware
554
00:39:27,656 --> 00:39:29,867
that we're out there
and we're not going away.
555
00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:33,579
Despite the fact that it's legal now,
if you're on the outside,
556
00:39:33,662 --> 00:39:35,039
we're still coming after you.
557
00:39:49,512 --> 00:39:54,475
What do you need to get
a conviction in the Garret Rodriguez case?
558
00:39:54,558 --> 00:39:57,353
We need evidence. We need a murder weapon.
559
00:39:57,436 --> 00:40:01,440
We need something that ties to someone
that committed that crime.
560
00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:02,733
And that could be a statement.
561
00:40:02,817 --> 00:40:04,944
If someone was there
that viewed the homicide,
562
00:40:05,027 --> 00:40:08,030
if someone was there that viewed
a confession that wasn't coerced,
563
00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:12,618
or knows where a piece of evidence is that
ties the victim and the suspect together,
564
00:40:12,701 --> 00:40:14,578
those are the things that we need.
565
00:40:15,329 --> 00:40:18,207
Someone has to come forward
and talk to law enforcement,
566
00:40:18,290 --> 00:40:23,045
and make it clear that
they have information that's reliable
567
00:40:23,129 --> 00:40:24,338
and that can be acted upon.
568
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,970
The night that Garret disappeared,
569
00:40:31,053 --> 00:40:35,349
the rumor went that someone did help
the alleged person bury the body.
570
00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:40,729
The alleged murderer,
he looked at this guy...
571
00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:46,193
and told him, "You work here?
Get this shit cleaned up."
572
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:51,574
Of course, it was a bloody boy
that he was getting cleaned up.
573
00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,995
The alleged witness
was a friend of
574
00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:59,081
the person in question that killed Garret.
575
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:03,127
The information that we got
is that a witness had told somebody
576
00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:04,920
that the individual shot Garret,
577
00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:06,755
and he helped bury the body.
578
00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:14,388
He was the person-- I felt that this guy
was the most critical person to interview.
579
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:16,056
I mean, there's no other witnesses.
580
00:41:16,140 --> 00:41:18,684
But as far as I know,
he has not been interviewed.
581
00:41:32,656 --> 00:41:36,327
No one seemed to have any idea
where this person disappeared to.
582
00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,163
There was reason to believe that this guy
583
00:41:39,246 --> 00:41:41,624
might have left the country
after this happened, so...
584
00:41:41,707 --> 00:41:45,085
I know there were individuals that were
looking for him that could not find him.
585
00:41:53,135 --> 00:41:55,346
I look at social media a lot.
586
00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:59,433
We've been keeping an eye on this person.
587
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:05,105
And most recently, all the databases
were pointing to San Diego.
588
00:42:05,397 --> 00:42:10,653
But on his main page,
this is-- I know this bar.
589
00:42:12,821 --> 00:42:13,989
This is Humboldt.
590
00:42:14,448 --> 00:42:17,868
Definitely local river bar.
Southern Humboldt.
591
00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:19,954
The Grow-- a grow in Humboldt.
592
00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:22,831
Founders' Grove, that's in Humboldt.
593
00:42:22,915 --> 00:42:24,416
He's not as far away as I thought.
594
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:25,834
Here's the Avenue of the Giants.
595
00:42:26,418 --> 00:42:27,503
Rock slide.
596
00:42:27,586 --> 00:42:32,049
He's pretty bold, this guy.
He's in Humboldt County.
597
00:42:32,132 --> 00:42:34,593
He knows what happened to Garret.
53078
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