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A polygraph and had, in fact, paid money to download a book on how to beat it. >> as testing continued on the blood stains on the floor of the crime scene, investigators noticed one blood drop on darrell norths pants that they had previously overlooked. >> there was a vertical drop on the back left pant leg of darrell north, while hes laying on the floor. >> the shape of the drop was perfectly round, meaning that the origin of the blood was stationary, and hit the fabric at a 90-degree angle. >>...

>> 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 pas...

It was obvious a life and death struggle had taken place. >> there was also a hole punch 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 from construc...

>> police assumed this was the one used in the attack. >> 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 ive worked, this was the only one that had that type of rage exhibited. >> darrell hired many contractors,...

Body. darrell may have used it to defend himself, causing an 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 firing somebody would cause somebody to, you know, go postal. >> darrells family couldnt believe tha...

A polygraph and had, in fact, paid money to download a book on how to beat it. >> as testing continued on the blood stains on the floor of the crime scene, investigators noticed one blood drop on darrell norths pants that they had previously overlooked. >> there was a vertical drop on the back left pant leg of darrell north, while hes laying on the floor. >> the shape of the drop was perfectly round. meaning that the origin of the blood was stationary, and hit the fabric at a 90 degree angle. >>...

Noticed something they hadnt seen before. some bruising under his eye. >> there was no cut, but it was a slight bruising. >> a background check revealed popes business was faltering. >> he had a reputation of just not being very good at what he did as far as the construction of the swimming pools. >> popes business records indicated he was deeply in debt, wasnt able to pay his suppliers, and the only big client he had left was darrell north. if darrell fired pope during their meeting, it would h...

This tiny drop of blood on the back of darrell norths pants told an important story. since the blood hit darrells pants at a 90 degree angle it meant the killer was standing over darrells body while he was bleeding from his own wound, and he continued to bleed as he left the scene. >> we observed those vertical drops of blood leading away from mr. norths body, that was a very significant thing for us to find because we knew then that the killers dna was going to be present on that scene. >> and ...

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 blunt agent. we can predict 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 investigators by identifying anyone who night have had a re...