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-When the Hells Angels need
to put out a hit on somebody,
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they will oftentimes
recruit people
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that are not Hells Angels.
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-Ted Soke was a very rough guy.
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Always had a knife
on his side.
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You know, he's always
been known to be
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affiliated with the H.A.'s.
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-Ted would do anything
for the Hells Angels. Anything.
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He just idolized them.
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-The Hells Angels really
don't have any qualms about,
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you know, recruiting from,
you know, the dregs of society.
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They're going to
recruit sociopaths
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who are so used to killing, it
doesn't mean anything to them.
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-Ted was like a puppet master.
He had to have a puppet.
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Donny would do anything for Ted.
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-He was his hero.
You know what I mean?
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His dad was his hero.
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-Donny buried his first bodies
with his father
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when he was 10 or 11 years old.
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-This is who they're willing
to get to do their dirty work.
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[ Motorcycle engine starts ]
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-Over and over,
they say they are not criminals.
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They're rebels,
rebelling against a society
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for which they have no respect.
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♪
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-We never gave a [bleep] about
what anybody else thought.
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♪♪
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-We're mostly a bunch
of happy-go-lucky guys
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trying to make it in this world,
you know?
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-They're misfits,
they're outlaws,
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and they defy
the laws of attraction.
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-You know, I idolize them.
I adore them.
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They're my whole life.
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-Angels forever, forever Angels.
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Speaks for itself.
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♪♪
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-The Hells Angels are not
a criminal organization.
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-Why don't you people go home?!
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It's an organization
with criminals in it.
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♪♪
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-The Hells Angels
run a massive propaganda scheme.
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And the unknowing gulped down
that Hells Angels Kool-Aid.
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-Everybody, just cool out!
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Hells Angels, everybody.
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-That is all designed to hide
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murder, rape, drug trafficking,
gun-running,
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extortion, assault, arson.
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♪♪
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-I'm not trying
to glorify my life,
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but I'm certainly not going
to apologize for it.
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-I'm doing extreme stuff.
For what?
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-I'm telling it
the way it really happened.
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I never thought I'd be
talking openly about this stuff.
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-Ready for this?
-I'm ready.
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-As to count one,
aggravated murder,
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this court sentences you
to life in prison
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without chance of parole
before 30 years.
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-Before I talk to you,
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I mean, this isn't
your first rodeo,
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so you know I have to read you
your rights, correct?
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Um, so, before I ask you
any questions,
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it's my duty to advise you
of your rights.
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You have the right
to remain silent.
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Do you understand?
-Yes, ma'am.
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-Anything you say
can be used against you
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in a court or other proceedings.
Do you understand?
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You have the right
to talk to a lawyer...
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♪
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Can you kind of tell me
about yourself in 1984?
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What was going on?
What were you doing?
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-A lot of things.
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A lot of things
I shouldn't have been doing.
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So, me and my dad.
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-Like, what was your job?
What did you do?
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Did you just do stuff
for your dad or...?
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-No, I --
Uh, landscaping, bodywork.
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I find odd jobs, um...
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Killing people.
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♪
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I had a choice, but not really.
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12 years old, 13 years old,
what kid has?
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-Yeah, right.
-You know?
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You know, I'm not proud
of the things I did,
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but, I mean, the only person
that I really
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was attached to was my father.
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You know, he's the only one
that seemed like the more bad
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I would do, the more,
you know, he liked me,
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so I wanted somebody to like me.
-Mm-hmm.
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You said he was a Hells Angel?
-No.
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When I was a kid,
I thought he was.
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You know,
he played the role as one,
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but he was just, you know,
one of their henchmen or --
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or how -- how can you --
Flunky.
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-Okay.
-You know, that's basically --
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-Like a hang-around kind of guy?
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-Basically.
Absolutely.
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♪♪
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-Who's your godfather?
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-Tommy Padavick.
Tommy Padavick is a Hells Angel.
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-He was the president of
Hells Angels back at that time.
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-Yeah.
-Okay.
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♪
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So, when your dad asked you
to come along with him
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to do murders,
did you get anything for it?
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-Oh, yeah, I got paid.
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I got just a smiddling,
a pittance of -- of the,
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you know, whatever he made.
-Okay.
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-People went to my dad
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because they knew
my dad wouldn't talk.
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That's what drew everybody
to my father, okay?
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Because he was --
he was a true one-percenter,
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you know, that...
-Right.
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-...that the clubs,
you know, look for.
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-Cleveland has as much
of an organized crime,
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as dramatic of
an organized-crime history
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as Chicago or New York.
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And, of course, these guys
are all birds of a feather.
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You know, organized-crime
associates, Hells Angels,
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these are guys
that are into drugs,
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their reputation for violence,
they're into making money.
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-Cleveland, as a Hells Angel
charter, had a reputation of,
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"You don't want to [bleep]
with these guys."
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There was a lot of serious
things going on back then.
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There was a lot
of police corruption.
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They were corrupting
the court system.
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There was a lot of gambling,
numbers rackets.
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It was a very,
very dangerous time.
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The Hells Angels were definitely
in the middle of it.
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-So, in Cleveland, murder was
really becoming second nature
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to the Hells Angels.
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But their objective is not
to bring heat back on the club.
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So they began
to hire contract killers.
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-That, in some cases,
was more attractive of an idea
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to use an outsider and pay them
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than to use
their own crew members,
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so they would contract
with outsiders.
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-They're going to recruit
meth addicts who are desperate
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and, you know, sociopaths
who are so used to killing,
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it doesn't mean anything
to them.
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[ Motorcycle engine starts ]
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This is who they're willing
to get to do their dirty work.
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It's a really easy way
for the Hells Angels
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to stay under the radar,
to hide their criminal exploits,
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because nobody really
traces it back to them.
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-Hells Angels were farming out
contracts in the late '70s.
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Contract killing can become
very, very sophisticated.
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When you're talking about
an open contract,
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there's no hierarchy
associated with that.
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The open contract can be picked
up essentially by anybody.
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They're essentially saying,
regardless of how it's done,
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get it done, and it doesn't
matter who picks it up.
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Of course, the individual
that picks up an open contract
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wants to be paid --
through an associate, usually --
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so far down the line
that it can never be traced back
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to the nucleus
of the organization.
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-There have been rumors
for years that East Coast
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Hells Angels,
other club members,
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have contracted out work
for various hits.
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True or not?
I don't know.
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But it certainly was a rumor
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that circulated in the '70s
and the '80s.
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-Thank you.
-Okay?
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-Mm-hmm.
-Thanks.
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-My name is Tom Doyle,
and I was a detective
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in the Greater Cleveland area
for 39 years.
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♪♪
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It's a complex
and unique relationship
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Donny and I have had
over the years.
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He's written me, and we've been
in communication an awful lot,
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and he told me about
how he buried his first bodies
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with his father
when he was 10 or 11 years old,
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and he was told that
"If you tell anybody,
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I will kill you
and bury you, too."
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Where they buried the body,
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he had to take a bus to school,
and he went by that spot.
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He could see it in the distance,
and every day,
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it was a reminder
that he wanted to say something,
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but he couldn't because
he would be buried there, too.
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When his father gets angry,
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his father
physically abuses him.
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Donny talks about being
knocked out by his father
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when he's like 12 years old
and being --
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having his face crushed
into the gravel on a driveway.
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Donny talks about how much
he hated his father for that,
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and he talks about an occasion
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where he tried to shoot
his father
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and the gun misfired,
because of the abuse.
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♪♪
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Between the ages of 10 and 12,
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Donny talks about a bar
his father would frequent,
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and he hated going there
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because his father
would take money from men,
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and he would have to
go into the men's room
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and orally copulate them.
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He didn't want to do it,
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but if he didn't,
his father would beat him.
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So, in Donny's mind,
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he's all mixed up with
love and hate, respect and fear.
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It was obvious that he was
controlled by his father.
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Donny started
telling about a murder
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that he and his father had done
in Lake County, Indiana,
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and it was arranged
through the Hells Angels.
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-My dad knew all kinds
of other clubs.
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You know, he did things for the
Angels against the other clubs,
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and I believe
this was one of them.
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This here was -- was a, uh --
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This guy died
because of the Hells Angels.
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♪
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So we get to this guy's house,
whose name's Bobby.
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That's all I know.
The guy, Bobby, gives me a gun.
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He hands Ted a sawed-off --
a sawed-off shotgun.
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Bobby says,
"When I say 'knucklehead,'
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Donny, you shoot."
-Mm.
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-He said, "Don't shoot
until I say 'knucklehead.'"
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♪♪
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-Ted was taking contracts
to kill these people.
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They would be fearful
and apprehensive
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if they would see a person
like Ted approaching them.
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♪
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Donny was younger,
slight build,
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and he would be disarming
to approach them.
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And that's what happened
in this instance in Indiana.
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-Going in the guy's garage.
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So the guy turns around,
he's like,
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"What are you looking for?"
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That's when dude said,
"A knucklehead."
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I automatically pulled the gun
I got in my back pocket,
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and he sees me as he's going,
but he goes to turn around.
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My gun catches him
right dead square
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in the middle of the chest.
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I couldn't tell you if Ted
fired his shotgun or not.
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I have no clue because
I was emptying my gun into him.
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And that's all
I was concentrating on.
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On the way home,
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Ted hands me $500,
and that was that.
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-According to Donny,
they killed the guy
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because he had shorted
some bikers on methamphetamine,
246
00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,636
and the Hells Angels
wanted revenge.
247
00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:18,838
♪
248
00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:22,742
-Over the years, I've learned
an awful lot about Ted Soke.
249
00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:26,346
I believe he was taking
contract murders,
250
00:12:26,446 --> 00:12:30,383
being paid to go and kill people
for the Hells Angels.
251
00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,585
♪
252
00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:35,421
Ted was a close associate
of the Hells Angels.
253
00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:39,025
He would be on their runs.
He would be at the clubhouse.
254
00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:42,495
He described himself
to his then-girlfriend
255
00:12:42,629 --> 00:12:44,831
that he was a brother
of the Hells Angels.
256
00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:52,872
♪
257
00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:56,042
-I was at a bar
and seeing this guy,
258
00:12:56,142 --> 00:13:01,381
I asked somebody who he was.
They said he was Ted Soke.
259
00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:05,418
Somehow we ended up
having a conversation.
260
00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:08,821
He took me for a ride
on his Harley.
261
00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:11,424
I came back to the bar.
262
00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,826
People kept telling me,
"Stay away from him."
263
00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:15,828
He was bad.
264
00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:20,667
They just said he was always
in trouble, in and out of jail.
265
00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:25,138
I thought he was a nice-looking
guy who said nice things.
266
00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:28,107
Very polite.
I didn't see any problems.
267
00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:31,878
I didn't see any
crazy warning signs.
268
00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:38,251
♪
269
00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:40,953
I actually felt sorry for Donny
270
00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,156
because his mother
was gone already.
271
00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:44,657
By then, she had died.
272
00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:48,461
You know, kid wanted love.
273
00:13:48,528 --> 00:13:51,698
Sometimes Ted seemed like
he liked him,
274
00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:55,234
and sometimes he would tell him
to leave him alone,
275
00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,704
get the hell away from him.
276
00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:01,307
Donny just tried and tried
to get Ted to like him.
277
00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:04,143
Donny would do anything for Ted.
278
00:14:04,277 --> 00:14:08,481
-The murder of 32-year-old
Karen LaSpina in October 1985.
279
00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,116
She'd apparently
surprised burglars
280
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,584
and was knifed to death.
281
00:14:18,558 --> 00:14:20,526
[ Ringing ]
282
00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:35,742
-Good friend of mine,
Tom Doyle from Eastlake Police,
283
00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:37,777
and a bunch of fellow
Eastlake police officers
284
00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:40,413
were at a little bar down
the street from where I live.
285
00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,981
[ Pagers beeping ]
286
00:14:42,048 --> 00:14:43,583
And when I'm sitting there, uh,
287
00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:47,220
suddenly everyone's pager
in the bar goes off,
288
00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:49,589
all the cops,
all at the same time.
289
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:51,824
Tom looked at me, he says,
"We got to go,"
290
00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:54,861
and they all jumped out
of the bar into their cars
291
00:14:54,927 --> 00:14:57,697
and started speeding off,
and I followed them.
292
00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:01,768
♪♪
293
00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,569
I could tell immediately
which house it is
294
00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:06,873
because there's cops
all over the place.
295
00:15:06,973 --> 00:15:12,945
And I run into Detective Doyle,
and he says, "Follow me, John."
296
00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:15,748
♪
297
00:15:15,815 --> 00:15:18,284
I have no idea
what I'm gonna be seeing,
298
00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:22,054
but I follow him,
go up these little steps,
299
00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:28,294
and I'm hearing this calm voice
counting like 21, 22, 23.
300
00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:30,463
I have no idea
what they're counting for.
301
00:15:30,530 --> 00:15:32,665
And I look off
into the living room,
302
00:15:32,732 --> 00:15:34,934
which is at the front
of the house,
303
00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:37,170
and I'm seeing three cops
304
00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:42,375
kneeled next to this woman
lying on her back.
305
00:15:42,508 --> 00:15:45,511
And I noticed
there are marks on, like,
306
00:15:45,578 --> 00:15:48,748
a sweater she's wearing,
like dashes.
307
00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:51,350
Then I realized
they're counting stab wounds.
308
00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:59,058
♪♪
309
00:15:59,125 --> 00:16:01,961
-The murder of Karen LaSpina
had a more personal impact
310
00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:04,363
than others have had on me.
311
00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:07,567
It was something that should
never happen to a human being.
312
00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,235
Karen was totally innocent.
313
00:16:09,335 --> 00:16:11,504
Somebody came in, for whatever
reason, entered that house --
314
00:16:11,571 --> 00:16:16,142
we suspected burglary --
and then they butchered her.
315
00:16:16,242 --> 00:16:17,376
This happened in October.
316
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:22,181
By the end of the year,
we were coming up empty.
317
00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:24,817
We had a composite
of a young person
318
00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,652
seen running from the scene,
319
00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:28,221
and we published
that in the paper,
320
00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:31,257
hoping that we would get
something out of that,
321
00:16:31,324 --> 00:16:33,492
and we didn't get anything.
322
00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:40,132
-My name is
Allen Wayne Filkins Sr.,
323
00:16:40,199 --> 00:16:41,968
better known as "Stinky."
324
00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:44,504
I'm a lifelong friend
of Donny Soke.
325
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:45,872
Grew up with him.
326
00:16:45,938 --> 00:16:49,175
Spent a lot of time with him
in the younger days.
327
00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:52,144
I'd say probably second,
third time we ever met,
328
00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:54,981
we became what we call today,
329
00:16:55,047 --> 00:16:56,449
a lot of guys
that's been in prison,
330
00:16:56,582 --> 00:16:58,818
we'll call each other brothers.
331
00:16:58,885 --> 00:17:01,120
Donny's always been,
like, a burglar,
332
00:17:01,254 --> 00:17:04,390
to my knowledge,
uh, a thief.
333
00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:07,093
He could only have been led into
that kind of life with his dad,
334
00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,895
Ted Soke.
335
00:17:08,995 --> 00:17:11,364
You know, there's even a rumor
that Ted was grooming
336
00:17:11,497 --> 00:17:13,933
Donny from the giddy-up,
from child,
337
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,369
to be a
stone-cold-blooded killer
338
00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:19,038
and part
of the H.A.'s -- Hells Angels.
339
00:17:20,306 --> 00:17:28,114
♪
340
00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:31,584
I was incarcerated
in Lake County Jail
341
00:17:31,651 --> 00:17:33,719
and they brought Donny
in one night.
342
00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:36,455
Donny had, uh -- had clothes on
and had, uh --
343
00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:39,525
looked -- looked to me
like blood on his shoes.
344
00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:44,530
And he made the comment to me,
"I [bleep] up, bro, big-time."
345
00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:46,732
I said,
"What are we talking about?"
346
00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:48,834
He says, "You remember
seeing the news earlier,
347
00:17:48,935 --> 00:17:51,504
that lady on there,
Karen LaSpina?"
348
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,873
He says, uh,
"I might've killed her, bro."
349
00:17:53,973 --> 00:18:03,849
♪♪
350
00:18:03,983 --> 00:18:05,618
-The informant's story
351
00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:08,220
was that, at the time
of the LaSpina murder,
352
00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:10,590
there was a prisoner
who looked like the composite
353
00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:13,159
that was the suspect
of the murder.
354
00:18:13,292 --> 00:18:17,229
When they saw that drawing,
this individual shaved his head
355
00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:19,999
and he started tattooing a large
spider web across his face.
356
00:18:20,132 --> 00:18:22,935
We looked at a photograph
of what he looked like
357
00:18:23,069 --> 00:18:24,837
before he started
the tattoos and stuff,
358
00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:30,142
and he looked similar to the
composite that was in the paper.
359
00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:32,578
Then I make some phone calls
to the Lake County Jail,
360
00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,614
and they knew exactly
who it was.
361
00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:39,919
So we made plans to go see him.
362
00:19:05,911 --> 00:19:08,414
He was claiming not to have
been involved in the crime.
363
00:19:18,691 --> 00:19:21,227
I was trying to build
a relationship with him.
364
00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:24,430
I had the impression that
he wanted to tell us the truth
365
00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,499
about the LaSpina murder.
366
00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:30,302
But there was some things
that we found were truthful
367
00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:32,338
and some things
were just not truthful.
368
00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:34,740
♪
369
00:19:34,807 --> 00:19:41,580
[ Cassette tapes clattering ]
370
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:42,948
[ Button clicks ]
371
00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:51,457
He went from,
"I know the people
372
00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:54,860
who did the murder,"
to, probably the third time
373
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,696
or the fourth time, he was
willing to place himself there,
374
00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:59,832
but he didn't do the murder.
He saw it done.
375
00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:03,102
♪♪
376
00:20:23,355 --> 00:20:26,525
-It was interesting because
when we saw that his father
377
00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:28,527
was a associate
of the Hells Angels,
378
00:20:28,627 --> 00:20:30,663
everybody in the jail knew that.
379
00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,732
We suspected it could be
for the Hells Angels
380
00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:35,734
who wanted it done
or to impress them.
381
00:20:35,801 --> 00:20:39,705
Ted came to the police
department a number of times.
382
00:20:39,772 --> 00:20:41,941
I would take him back
to the area in the jail
383
00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:46,045
where the visiting was.
384
00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:49,181
He acted unemotional
with Donny.
385
00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:53,652
He acted wary with me.
386
00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:57,523
Donny was obviously
pleased to see his father,
387
00:20:57,656 --> 00:21:02,795
but Donny seemed nervous
with his father's presence.
388
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,464
You could tell there
was admiration for him,
389
00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:09,702
but there was no affection
shown from Ted to Donny.
390
00:21:09,768 --> 00:21:12,338
There was no hugging.
There was no handshake.
391
00:21:12,438 --> 00:21:14,273
There was --
There was no "How you doing?"
392
00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:16,308
and, "Everything's okay," and,
"We're gonna get you a lawyer."
393
00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:17,776
That type of stuff
wasn't happening.
394
00:21:17,877 --> 00:21:19,912
♪♪
395
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:22,982
-I never even believed
Donny killed anybody
396
00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:26,452
or knew anything
about a murder.
397
00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:28,087
And, you know,
so the story I'm hearing,
398
00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:30,456
that he may have been involved
in the stabbing itself,
399
00:21:30,523 --> 00:21:32,925
you know, that's a lot of stabs
for one guy to do,
400
00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,527
so kind of does make sense
401
00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:37,563
if Donny and Ted
both stabbed her.
402
00:21:44,970 --> 00:21:47,673
-Says, "Donny, who is
so important in your life
403
00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:49,942
that you would lie to protect?"
404
00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:55,181
And I'm looking at him,
and I say, "It's your father."
405
00:21:55,247 --> 00:21:58,617
He erupted like a rocket, coming
right up out of the chair.
406
00:21:58,684 --> 00:22:01,320
"My father's a saint.
My father's a good man."
407
00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:03,088
I was -- I was sure
at that point that --
408
00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:07,159
Wow, that was --
We were onto something here.
409
00:22:07,293 --> 00:22:09,195
♪
410
00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,663
So when I'm gathering
information on Ted,
411
00:22:10,763 --> 00:22:14,600
I approach his ex-girlfriend.
412
00:22:14,733 --> 00:22:17,703
Marianne was a victim of Ted.
413
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:20,806
She tells me a number
of horrendous things.
414
00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:23,375
♪
415
00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:28,480
-When I moved in with Ted,
it got pretty bad pretty quick.
416
00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:33,319
♪
417
00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:38,023
Ted got physical,
and then the name-calling.
418
00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:40,159
♪♪
419
00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:45,364
Ted had knocked me down
the stairs, busted my eardrum.
420
00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:48,200
Always had a black eye.
421
00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:51,937
Um...a busted rib.
422
00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:57,776
He beat me so bad, I had blood
running out of my nose and ears.
423
00:22:57,843 --> 00:22:59,945
♪
424
00:23:00,012 --> 00:23:03,182
He raped me and, um...
425
00:23:03,249 --> 00:23:07,219
kept me and the kids
in a corner...
426
00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:10,656
for a couple days.
427
00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:12,091
And that's when I said
I had enough.
428
00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:16,095
He was gonna kill us.
He was gonna kill us.
429
00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:19,064
So I knew I had
to get out of there.
430
00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:23,736
They tracked him down,
arrested him, put him in jail.
431
00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:31,977
During my rape trial,
on a recess,
432
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:36,015
we were watching the news,
and the newscasters
433
00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:39,518
were talking about charges
being brought against
434
00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:43,222
Ted Soke and his son,
Donny Soke,
435
00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:48,093
in connection of
the Karen LaSpina murders.
436
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:55,334
♪
437
00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:23,489
♪
438
00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,290
-Donny's found guilty,
439
00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:30,396
and he's sentenced
to 30 to life.
440
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:33,732
-Donny told me the reason
he did was because
441
00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:37,136
Ted would killed him
on the spot.
442
00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:39,204
That he would probably
killed him right there.
443
00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:42,174
♪
444
00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:44,176
Because there had been other
things that Donny
445
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:46,145
had done with Ted
446
00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:50,549
that Donny did out of fear
of dying, is what he told me.
447
00:25:50,649 --> 00:25:53,452
♪♪
448
00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:54,753
-Because Donny had backed out
449
00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,890
from testifying
against his father,
450
00:25:57,990 --> 00:25:59,958
the prosecutor makes
a strategic decision
451
00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:03,962
to dismiss the charges
against Ted.
452
00:26:04,096 --> 00:26:05,964
♪
453
00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:09,334
When the prosecutor dismissed
the charges, I was crushed.
454
00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:12,738
I know he's involved.
I know he did it.
455
00:26:12,838 --> 00:26:15,441
The information we're receiving
is somebody wanted her dead,
456
00:26:15,574 --> 00:26:19,912
and Ted did it as a contract.
I've had several people tell me
457
00:26:20,012 --> 00:26:22,948
how it came through
the Hells Angels,
458
00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:26,652
and I said, because I couldn't
get Ted for the LaSpina murder,
459
00:26:26,752 --> 00:26:28,821
he's going to answer
for the crime in another way."
460
00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:30,856
[ Indistinct talking ]
461
00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:37,963
-Donny had confessed
to the murder,
462
00:26:38,063 --> 00:26:39,364
and although
the prosecutor dismissed
463
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,166
the charges against Ted,
464
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,735
I believe that it was
a murder-for-hire
465
00:26:43,802 --> 00:26:45,971
and that Ted was being paid
to go
466
00:26:46,038 --> 00:26:48,740
and kill people
like Karen LaSpina.
467
00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:54,780
Ted now, at this point,
had got himself in prison
468
00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:57,850
for the rape
and kidnapping of Marianne.
469
00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:00,519
So we started going
to the prisons,
470
00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:02,921
talking to people who were
in the same cell blocks
471
00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:04,089
or cellies with him.
472
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:07,059
♪
473
00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:10,829
We learned that Ted
talked about the murder,
474
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:14,900
that he's the one
who killed Karen LaSpina.
475
00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:17,136
But they also gave us statements
about other murders
476
00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:20,339
that occurred in other places.
477
00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:22,040
They said that he also killed
478
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:25,577
The Plain Dealer
newspaper reporter in Cleveland.
479
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,013
-While both Porter and his
wife were stabbed to death,
480
00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:31,083
no murder weapon was found
at the scene last night.
481
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:32,618
No valuables were taken.
482
00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:35,754
There was no sign of a struggle.
Not a usual burglary.
483
00:27:35,888 --> 00:27:39,124
But who would want to kill
a retired editor and his wife,
484
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:40,359
and why?
485
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,561
♪
486
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,696
-From talking to
the various inmates,
487
00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:47,599
we learned that, allegedly,
this was done
488
00:27:47,733 --> 00:27:49,535
to silence
The Plain Dealer,
489
00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:52,237
because of
what they were printing,
490
00:27:52,371 --> 00:27:54,239
negative things
about the Hells Angels.
491
00:27:54,373 --> 00:28:03,815
♪
492
00:28:03,882 --> 00:28:06,018
-There were some stories
in The Plain Dealer
493
00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:08,854
covering the Hells Angels
trials.
494
00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:10,155
There are any number of them.
495
00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:13,592
♪
496
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,360
And then some of them,
they didn't have
497
00:28:15,494 --> 00:28:17,162
bylines on them.
498
00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:19,598
That's where it says
"by..." certain reporter.
499
00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:21,934
And maybe that's because
they were afraid
500
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:25,571
that there would be some kind
of retaliation against them.
501
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:27,739
They realize
these people are dangerous.
502
00:28:27,806 --> 00:28:31,343
-In 1981, Butch Crouch
turned himself in
503
00:28:31,443 --> 00:28:34,613
and told of the crimes he'd
committed with the Hells Angels.
504
00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:05,077
[ Cell doors unlock, open ]
505
00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:09,881
♪
506
00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:21,620
♪
507
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,657
-39 years ago, in May of 1985,
508
00:30:25,757 --> 00:30:28,126
Ted Soke and his son, Donny,
509
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:31,730
six months before they killed
Karen LaSpina in Eastlake,
510
00:30:31,797 --> 00:30:35,033
killed Philip and Dorothy Porter
in that house.
511
00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:37,035
♪
512
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:39,371
-It sounded like a burglary
that went bad
513
00:30:39,438 --> 00:30:42,607
because the burglars didn't
realize the couple was home.
514
00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:45,610
Just killed them
because they were witnesses.
515
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,479
Nobody had made a connection
between his work
516
00:30:47,612 --> 00:30:52,017
at The Plain Dealer
that had anything to do with
517
00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:53,485
the Hells Angels.
518
00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:56,455
♪♪
519
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,596
-Since Donny had been to prison,
520
00:31:04,663 --> 00:31:06,565
he had continually written me.
521
00:31:06,631 --> 00:31:09,000
Sometimes he would write me
two letters in a week,
522
00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:11,837
and sometimes I'd get one letter
in four months.
523
00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:13,739
But this letter that comes,
524
00:31:13,839 --> 00:31:17,409
he's telling me he could help us
with other crimes.
525
00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:20,178
So we make arrangements
to have Donny
526
00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:23,448
brought back from the prison
where he's at.
527
00:31:23,515 --> 00:31:24,950
As we're driving back,
528
00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:28,453
Donny told us he wants to help
us with the Porter murders.
529
00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:30,689
He wanted to trade
his information
530
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:33,892
for time off of his sentence.
531
00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:41,967
♪♪
532
00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:53,278
When Donny's testifying.
533
00:31:53,412 --> 00:31:55,647
Ted's sitting there,
watching him.
534
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,482
It's not a father
looking at his son.
535
00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,251
He's looking at him with hatred,
536
00:31:59,351 --> 00:32:00,719
trying to intimidate him
with his --
537
00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:03,955
with his glare.
538
00:32:04,022 --> 00:32:06,892
Donny, in the beginning,
was hesitant
539
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:09,528
and was emotional
about testifying.
540
00:32:13,064 --> 00:32:14,399
-Um...
541
00:32:14,499 --> 00:32:17,402
-As the testimony went longer,
he got more angry --
542
00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:18,770
you could see he was angry --
and defiant
543
00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:20,405
and staring back at his father.
544
00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:15,227
The first thing
that struck me
545
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,729
when I learned about
the Porter murders
546
00:33:17,829 --> 00:33:19,798
was that it was the same day
as Donny's birthday,
547
00:33:19,898 --> 00:33:21,600
his 18th birthday.
548
00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:24,002
And I thought,
"Wow, what a coincidence."
549
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:51,596
During the course of the trial,
550
00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:53,932
Donny says that
his father told him,
551
00:33:54,032 --> 00:33:56,401
"You have to show heart."
552
00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:59,004
According to Donny,
Ted takes Mrs. Porter
553
00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:02,207
and hands her to Donny, says,
"You have to do her."
554
00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:05,844
It's his 18th birthday.
This is a rite of passage.
555
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:41,112
♪
556
00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:46,518
♪
557
00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:49,287
Over the years,
Donny has apologized
558
00:34:49,354 --> 00:34:52,290
for the crimes he's committed,
said he was sorry,
559
00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:56,795
and, at other times,
he has claimed we framed him,
560
00:34:56,928 --> 00:35:00,632
his father's an innocent man.
561
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:03,001
I understand that --
I realized he is a manipulator,
562
00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:06,237
and he's -- he's a liar.
563
00:35:06,371 --> 00:35:09,174
Although Donny had changed
his testimony,
564
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,176
we accumulated
a number of inmates
565
00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:15,580
that were in prison with Ted
who were giving us information.
566
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,284
We used probably 7 or 8
at the trial
567
00:35:19,351 --> 00:35:24,155
to testify against Ted Soke,
that he had told them
568
00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:27,158
that he killed the Porters
to impress the Hells Angels,
569
00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:29,160
or because the Hells Angels
wanted it done.
570
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:31,529
♪♪
571
00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:33,198
The jury voted for death,
572
00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:36,768
and the judge gave him
the death penalty.
573
00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:43,942
-50-year-old Ted Soke
made that brief statement
574
00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:46,644
in court this morning,
but it made no difference.
575
00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:48,980
-Theodore A. Soke,
I hereby sentence you
576
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:55,320
to die in the electric chair
on May 17, 1993,
577
00:35:55,387 --> 00:35:56,921
for the brutal
and senseless murders
578
00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:58,923
of Philip and Dorothy Porter.
579
00:35:59,858 --> 00:36:04,996
♪
580
00:36:05,096 --> 00:36:08,967
-Ted Soke never told us anything
other than,
581
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,136
"I have nothing to say to you."
582
00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:13,338
But he was bragging
to the various inmates
583
00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:15,206
that he did it
for the Hells Angels,
584
00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:19,577
and that's what caused him
to get convicted.
585
00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:21,846
-In prison, Ted was bragging
about how he killed
586
00:36:21,946 --> 00:36:25,850
the Porters to ingratiate
himself to the Hells Angels,
587
00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,519
and he thought
this might help him
588
00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:32,357
get -- become a member
of the Hells Angels.
589
00:36:32,457 --> 00:36:34,492
-There are people that go
to extreme lengths
590
00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:37,362
to impress the Hells Angels,
which you have to consider
591
00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:39,197
when you're looking
at someone like that
592
00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:42,367
for a possible membership
is if they're doing it for you,
593
00:36:42,434 --> 00:36:44,069
they're gonna do it
eventually for the public,
594
00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:45,937
and that becomes a liability.
595
00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:49,374
So you have to be very careful
as you vet these guys,
596
00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:50,608
if you will.
597
00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:53,244
Are there any measures that, uh,
598
00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:56,714
weed out complete sociopaths,
psychopaths,
599
00:36:56,848 --> 00:37:00,051
uh, whatever you want
to call them?
600
00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:03,188
Perhaps they disappear.
601
00:37:03,321 --> 00:37:10,995
♪
602
00:37:11,096 --> 00:37:12,464
-Ted was never
coming out of prison.
603
00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:14,432
He was going to die there.
604
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:16,968
Found out later that
when Ted was in prison,
605
00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,804
the prison officials knew
from talking to inmates
606
00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:23,208
that there was a contract for
Donny's life put out by Ted.
607
00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:32,350
-Ted was upset that Donny
had testified,
608
00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,919
and rather than what
a normal parent would do
609
00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:36,354
if you're upset with a child,
610
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:39,657
Ted took a contract for his son,
and he wanted him killed.
611
00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:42,594
♪
612
00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:45,063
Any inmate that wanted to
could carry out the contract
613
00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:48,566
and kill Donny,
and there would be favors,
614
00:37:48,666 --> 00:37:53,505
rewards, coming from Ted
through the Hells Angels.
615
00:37:53,638 --> 00:37:55,240
The typical way
is to be stabbed to death,
616
00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:57,675
a shiv, or to
be beat to death,
617
00:37:57,809 --> 00:38:00,145
have some type of weapon
and beat him to death.
618
00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:02,447
-When we got off the, uh...
-The Interstate?
619
00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:05,950
-...of the Interstate...
620
00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:09,487
-Well, Donny's missing part
of his hand from being stabbed
621
00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,189
and fighting off people
with knives.
622
00:38:11,322 --> 00:38:12,590
He's been stabbed other times.
623
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:14,626
I know his jaw has been broken
about 7 or 8 times.
624
00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:21,299
♪
625
00:38:21,432 --> 00:38:23,401
-My daughter called me
and said, "Guess what.
626
00:38:23,501 --> 00:38:25,236
I got a great birthday
gift for you.
627
00:38:25,336 --> 00:38:27,272
Ted's dead."
628
00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:29,707
I was fine about it.
629
00:38:29,841 --> 00:38:33,645
He did a lot of damage
to a lot of people.
630
00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,747
Innocent people that...
631
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,417
♪
632
00:38:39,551 --> 00:38:42,153
He just hurt a lot of people.
633
00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:46,958
♪
634
00:38:47,025 --> 00:38:49,794
-Within a week of Ted dying,
635
00:38:49,894 --> 00:38:52,997
Donny had gotten
ahold of me by telephone
636
00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:56,467
and expressed sorrow
that his father died.
637
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:59,370
At the same time,
in the same conversation,
638
00:38:59,470 --> 00:39:00,972
he was glad he was dead.
639
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,608
Again, there's a dichotomy there
640
00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,844
that's -- that's hard
to understand.
641
00:39:32,237 --> 00:39:36,040
How could anybody do this
with their children?
642
00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:37,609
We hurt enough people by --
643
00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:40,712
by just our thoughtlessness
and misfortune.
644
00:39:40,845 --> 00:39:43,014
That you would go do this
on purpose to your child,
645
00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:44,249
how could you do this?
646
00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:48,019
♪
647
00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:50,288
He hates what his father
did, and he --
648
00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,024
He's said, at times,
"I hate my father,"
649
00:39:53,157 --> 00:39:56,160
but there's still that --
that thing there.
650
00:39:56,227 --> 00:39:59,230
♪
651
00:39:59,297 --> 00:40:01,099
-Me and Donny had
numerous talks when we was
652
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,002
in Eastlake jail together.
Uh...
653
00:40:04,102 --> 00:40:05,203
He said one of the things
654
00:40:05,303 --> 00:40:08,006
he regrets
is he never killed his dad.
655
00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:10,441
Said he always wanted to.
656
00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:12,677
He said, you know,
657
00:40:12,777 --> 00:40:14,646
"Now that I don't ever
get the chance to do that,"
658
00:40:14,712 --> 00:40:16,114
he says, "It hurts."
659
00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:18,716
He said, "'Cause I was gonna
kill that son of a [bleep]"
660
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:21,085
and I can see why.
661
00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:23,288
-Yeah, my dad groomed me.
-Yeah.
662
00:40:23,388 --> 00:40:25,790
-That's what I was told by my --
663
00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:28,826
I talked to a psychiatrist.
-Right.
664
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,329
-And he was grooming me.
-Yeah.
665
00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,065
-I believe he was
grooming me for whatever.
666
00:40:34,198 --> 00:40:35,800
I had no clue.
-Mm-hmm.
667
00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:37,635
-You know?
-Okay.
668
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:39,270
-Well, to kill people.
-Right.
669
00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:41,306
♪
670
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:44,042
-So many times
in Donny's young life,
671
00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:46,711
if somebody would have stepped
up and done the right thing,
672
00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:49,147
he would not be in prison.
673
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:50,882
And that's not the shame of it.
674
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:52,950
The shame of it is,
other people would be alive.
675
00:40:53,051 --> 00:40:55,153
♪♪
676
00:40:55,253 --> 00:40:57,555
-I'm not lying about
nothing else no more.
677
00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:00,191
Okay? So it's time
to get the truth out,
678
00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:02,060
let people rest, you know?
679
00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:04,529
Let the families
of these people,
680
00:41:04,629 --> 00:41:06,397
you know, rest, so...
-Mm-hmm.
681
00:41:10,068 --> 00:41:11,803
-Everything, rumors,
and, you know,
682
00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:15,106
Ted Soke being involved,
it kind of leads one to think
683
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,442
the H.A.'s
are behind these hits.
684
00:41:17,542 --> 00:41:19,444
♪♪
685
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:20,745
Donny tells me he was --
686
00:41:20,878 --> 00:41:22,313
he took these
contract killings out.
687
00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:24,949
He knew -- he knew
somebody higher up.
688
00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:26,718
He didn't say where.
689
00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:31,089
It broke his heart not to
tell me back in the day,
690
00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:32,790
but he could never tell me
because it would have led
691
00:41:32,890 --> 00:41:35,526
to his death,
him being killed.
692
00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:38,363
♪♪
693
00:41:38,429 --> 00:41:40,565
-Ted and Donny
were being paid to go
694
00:41:40,665 --> 00:41:43,668
and kill people
for the Hells Angels.
695
00:41:43,801 --> 00:41:45,603
If they weren't directly
for the Hells Angels,
696
00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:49,807
the murders were arranged
through the Hells Angels.
697
00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:53,878
-So many contract murders
go unsolved for many, many years
698
00:41:53,945 --> 00:41:58,516
because there isn't any direct
link back to the Hells Angels.
699
00:41:58,649 --> 00:42:01,219
There were no repercussions
for it.
700
00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:11,596
♪
701
00:42:11,696 --> 00:42:14,232
-Don Soke's a cold --
stone-cold-blooded killer,
702
00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:17,668
could do that
to females, old people.
703
00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:20,571
He's definitely
where he needs to be.
704
00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:24,375
And that's -- I love him.
I love him to death, but...
705
00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:25,643
some things you just don't do,
706
00:42:25,710 --> 00:42:29,514
or, if you do,
you pay the price.
707
00:42:31,783 --> 00:42:34,952
-I said to him at that point,
I said, "Donny, you're never
708
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:36,687
coming out of prison."
709
00:42:36,788 --> 00:42:38,489
And that's when he cried.
710
00:42:38,589 --> 00:42:39,991
And I got up, and I walked
around, and I'm holding him.
711
00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:41,726
I put it -- he's leaning
against my side,
712
00:42:41,826 --> 00:42:46,431
and I got my arm
around him, and, uh...
713
00:42:46,497 --> 00:42:49,967
He said, "I wished -- I wish
you'd have been my father."
714
00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:57,175
So it's hard not to feel
something kindly towards him.
715
00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:03,881
Yeah, I think that
he didn't have a chance,
716
00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:06,918
but at some point,
you're responsible to walk away.
717
00:43:06,984 --> 00:43:16,027
♪
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