August 21st Issue News Today

He is just laying on the ground. Reporter the loving father of three, the Farms Heart and soul killed in a ball of fire. They are saying it was an accident. Our ascension was it was a Pipe Bomb. Someone claimed the dead man had reaped what he had sown. He had messed with a Drug Cartel. But maybe the truth lay with the owners. I wished there werent so much Hate And Anger in our family. One Family Member seemingly held a grudge against the victim. He always had something mean to say. Reporter anot...

hes bright. hes clever. comic book arch villain. comic book arch villain. hes clever. evil as can be on a beautiful, sprawling farm seeds of danger. >> i heard this big explosion. >> i heard this big explosion. ground >> this loving father of three the farms heart and soul killed in a ball of fire they were saying it was an accident >> our assumption was it was a pipe bomb. pipe bomb. >> someone claimed the dead ma had reaped what he sowed i wish that there werent so much hate and ange...

Look over your shoulder. >> reporter: the first thing eduardo did was hide the pickup truck. now with the truck out of sight would the killer or killers just find a different or better place for a bomb? >> once everybody was asleep all i could do was think and think and run things through my mind. >> its somebody sneaky and violent enough to plant a bomb to kill somebody. and he did it to one person. theres nothing that is going to stop him from doing it to somebody else. >> reporter: in this se...

Diagram of a bomb. the illustrator also made an offer -- if detectives wanted help, all they had to do was place a help wanted ad in the paper. heres keith morrison with more of our story. >> reporter: who ever heard of such a thing? letters from a purported murderer. was it real, a ruse, a lucky guess? if it was real, who sent it? from the lead suspect, peter moore? a hitman, as the 11 claimed? or from somebody who wasnt on the detectives radar? whoever it was, five weeks into the case it was t...

Just look out. take care of the -- take care of my brothers family. primarily take care of my brothers family. take care of my family. look out for myself. look over your shoulder. >> reporter: the first thing eduardo did was hide the pickup truck. now with the truck out of sight would the killer or killers just find a different or better place for a bomb? >> once everybody was asleep all i could do was think and think and run things through my mind. >> its somebody sneaky and violent enough to ...

On detective salms radar. five weeks in it was the only lead that investigators had. so they played along, placed an ad as requested in "the sacramento boee." cops responded. >> he was pretty surprised when he got a visit. >> false alarm, just an unlucky guy looking for a job. the killer though, the killer never called. so this whole ms 13 thing, this mexico deal gone wrong was just a game, the real bomber was playing. trouble was, nobody knew the rules or the purpose more than one way to find a...

Place for a bomb? >> once everybodys asleep, all i could do was just think and think and run things through my mind. >> its somebody sneaky and violent enough to plant a bomb to kill somebody. and he did it to one person. theres nothing thats gonna stop him from doing it to somebody else. >> reporter: in this second letter, the bomber left open one possible line of communication. >> the letter said if you have any questions, place an ad in the sacramento bee, august 21st issue, help wanted. make...

Police were looking for the bombing death, and then some clues fell into their laps, letters from someone claiming responsibility. the second had a sheet of paper with a hand drawn diagram of a bomb. the illustrator also made an offer. if detectives wanted help, all they had to do was place a help wanted ad in the paper. here is keith morrison with more of our story. >> who every heard of such a thing. a letter and a diagram of a bomb. it was real? a ruse, a lucky guess? if it was real, who sent...

To solve. and now two families to protect. >> going through my mind was just look out. take care of the -- take care of my brothers family. primarily take care of my brothers family. take care of my family. look out for myself. look over your shoulder. >> reporter: the first thing eduardo did was hide the pickup truck. but now with the truck out of sight, would the killer or killers just find a different or better place for a bomb? >> once everybody was asleep all i could do was think and think ...

>> in this second letter, the bomber left open one possible line of communication. >> letter said if you have any questions, place an ad in the "sacramento bee." august 21st issue. help wanted. make sure its the last ad. >> and so they placed this classified ad. and waited for a killer to call. coming up -- a sons all too close call with death. >> we had an argument that morning. i didnt get to tag along with the ride that day. >> you might otherwise have been. >> i would have been the one to ...