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Darrell North, der Manager eines milliardenschweren Bauunternehmens, wurde ermordet. Die Ermittler gehen von einem sehr persönlichen Motiv des Täters aus. Da es zu Darrells Aufgaben gehörte, Mitarbeiter zu entlassen, gibt es eine Reihe von Verdächtigen. Die Polizei v...

Drops of blood at the scene perfectly round in between darrells body and the door. >> i said, why not lets just test these five particular drops of blood that we know or we feel like didnt come from darrell north. >> tests confirmed the blood was not darrell norths. there was only one question that remained. who left the blood? one of the two suspects or someone else?

>> the extra wounds on the back of the head, which almost decapitated him, indicated a tremendous desire to make sure that the person was deceased. >> darrells wallet was still in his pocket. nothing had been stolen. there was no sign of forced entry. this and the level of violence indicated a very personal crime. >> out of the 40 cases that ive worked, this was the only one that had that type of rage exhibited. >> darrell hired many contractors, so his decisions could either make or break some ...

Injury, a facial cut, or nosebleed. to identify the killer, dna samples were collected from the two suspects, bob johnson and curtis pope. dna testing revealed it was curtis popes blood at the crime scene. >> if darrell north had not taken some steps to defend himself, this case wouldnt have been solved. >> would have never dreamed that, you know, firing somebody, you know, would cause somebody to, you know, go postal. >> darrells family couldnt believe that the man whom darrell had mentored in ...

Darrell norths murder was so violent that forensic tests were needed to make sense of what happened. >> we had numerous types of blood stains. they included passive blood drops. we had smears, transfers, and frankly, there was so much blood, that you would be hard pressed to try to classify some of it as to how it got there. >> we took many samples. we took 23 samples of blood from various different parts of that crime scene. >> they first had to determine if all the blood had come from darrell ...

It was obvious a life and death struggle had taken place. >> there was also a hole punch that was discovered in close proximity to mr. norths body that was bent. that would lead me or any other investigator to believe that either mr. north may have been struck with that hole punch or mr. north may have struck his assailant with that hole punch. >> there was a trail of blood from the filing cabinet to darrells body. then, to a desk. on top, police found a machete, the type used to clear brush fro...

Walked in there. and he is just a small little man and perhaps the most incompetent killer that bucks countys ever seen. up next, a violent thunderstorm provides cover for a brutal murder. >> an absolutely brutal crime scene. >> obviously, this was a case of an overkill. >> there are plenty of suspects with clear motives, but they all pass polygraph tests. >> its not 100% reliable. >> if investigators didnt find the one tiny clue left at the scene, they might never have solved it. the real e...

So we frequently see not just a few wounds, but many, and all indicative of rage that is going on between the two involved in the assault, the victim and the assailant. >> a machete missing from his office was believed to be one of the murder weapons. the other was believed to be a knife. >> a single sharp agent, a blood agent. we could predict that it was a larger knife. some of the wounds were at least an inch, inch and a half in width on the body surface. >> the family tried to help investiga...

>> darrell north was in charge of building budget suites for a company out of las vegas, and he had been in charge of building several in this area. >> darrell had a reputation as a fair-minded boss who set high standards. >> i asked a subcontractor, was darrell hard to work for? was he mean? and he said, no, he was not. he said he expected quality work. >> ive seen dad fire numerous subcontractors over the years. my dad had the ability to get his point across very clearly. he was very pointed. ...

>> pope was distraught over darrells murder. >> he came through the receiving line crying, and i thought he was so touched by darrells death. and he said, i loved darrell. he was better to me than my own father. >> pope was 40 years old, married, with a young daughter. he did, however, have a police record consisting of arrests for petty theft. since he was the last known person to see darrell alive, he was automatically considered a suspect. pope agreed to take a polygraph examination and passe...