he s bright. he s clever. comic book arch villain. comic book arch villain. he s 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 weren t so much hate and anger in our family. narrator: one family member seemingly held a grudge against the victim. he later implied that roberto had messed with th drug cartel. but maybe the truth lay wit the farms owners a wealthy clan known for harvesting rice and resentment i wish that there weren t s much hate and anger in our family one family seemingly held a grudge against the victim. he always had something mea to say, he hated him another whodunnit for investigators. who chases the police but who
[ marlo thomas ] please call or go online right now when people hear the word lester holt (voiceover): when people hear the words fortunes and california in the same sentence, fortunes, and california in th fortunes, and california in th same sentenc generally go to some interne sensation like google or apple but 60 miles from silico valley is the san joaqui valley, the valley where fortunes were made long before the arrival of microchips an semi-conductors. semi-conductors. worth tens of millions o part of the greater moore clan. her family, like many of the big farming families around here, dollars with just one family the moore. this is mary, part of the moore clan, her family keeps its wealth private too, like many families here i knew there was well the but they didn t flaunt it. and you weren t told about it.
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arrival of microchips and semiconductors. the farm roberto ayala ran, worth tens of millions of dollars, all going to just one extended family, the moores. they were very, very private. reporter: this is mary, part of the greater moore clan. her family, like many of the big farming families around here, keeps its wealth private, too. i knew that there was money there, but they didn t flaunt it in any way and you weren t told about it. you just knew that it was there. reporter: she learned early, she said, that the family fortune was also a tool to keep the descendants in line. my dad would say like when i was in high school, if you ever get into drugs or do anything i m kicking you out of my will. reporter: though she could never have inherited the land, that birthright was passed from father to son, not daughter. the custom started with the moore family patriarch, who handed the farm down to his two sons, roger and gus, now in their 70s. each of them had a son born just
particular may have had more than a million reasons to want roberto dead. once again, here s keith morrison. reporter: when people hear the words fortunes and california in the same sentence, their minds generally go to some sensation like google or apple. but just 50 miles from silicon valley is the sacramento san joaquin valley. the valley where fortunes were made long before the arrival of microchips and semi-conductors. the farm roberto ran, worth tens of millions of dollars. all going to just one extended family. the moores. they were very, very private. reporter: this is mary. part of the greater moore clan. her family, like many of the big farming families around here, keeps its wealth private, too. i knew that there was money there. but they didn t flaunt it in any way. and you weren t told about it. you just knew that it was there.