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Him, that he had put it under the spare tire in the trunk of his car and literally he said he had forgotten about it. >> the reason you end up finding that hit note under the spare tire in the trunk of mr. quirozs car was that he put it there for safekeeping and then forgotten it? >> this was one of those stranger than fiction type things. certainly nobody would write a script like this because they would have the kind of look that any self-respecting director or producer would have, the look th...

>> detectives kept after quiroz, they knew who ordered the hit wanted garrett dead because heres one more twist, the postmark on the note is from after the shooting, meaning its not so much a hit note as a note explaining to someone how to go back and finish the job. >> its a re-hit, if you want to call it that. >> that finish the job note started to unravel the mystery. that was really kind of what broke the case open. that was quite frankly the lifeline we had on this case. >> the one unavoida...

Garrett knew miguel kiros from. >> right. >> you think thats why he identified him as the shooter because he remembered this from this party? >> right classic trance feerns. >> the photo explained the id. >> for some reason when i saw him in the photo line up it clicked. that must be him. i recognize him. obviously it wasnt him. >> and garrett was wrong in picking quiroz as the man who shot him and that left prosecutors with two questions. who did shoot garrett and since he had garretts photo an...

Ex-husband. >> whoever gave that information doesnt know claudia haro. >> he says if shes guilty of anything, its guilty of having a career criminal for a brother. >> i believe manny haro was angry about being abused and molested as a child and desperate to maintain his street credibility as a drug dealer and then when he got caught tried to blame it on his sister to gain freedom for himself. >> not only that but the hit notes written by claudia. >> im convinced these are forgeries, she never wr...

Not only did he survive, but he was able to identify his shooter a man who had been caught with what looked like a hit note in his car. >> and they tell you his name is miguel kiros. >> yes. >> that name mean anything to you? >> not at the time at all. >> it sounded at first like a strong case, but the more law enforcement and prosecutor investigated, the weaker it seemed to become. >> so youve done a lot of work, and mostly what youve done is help prove yor defendants alibi. >> sure, so far. an...

>> do you know who shot garrett warren? >> i do not know. >> do you know why he was shot? >> no, i dont know. >> while there was evidence enough to charge claudia, was there enough to convict her? >> youve got mr. quirozs admission and mr. howl and hernandez on tape but you dont have anything claiming claudia set this in motion. >> we have the motive, the divorce proceedings and the timing of this. the judge finds the child abuse allegations to be false on april 12th, i believe of 2000. the hit ...

As he talks to partner in crime. >> i dont got to worry about you and i dont think you have to worry about me. >> yeah. >> the informant, miguel quiro is the pizza parlor owner turned small time drug dealer and the man found with a hit note in his car targeting garrett warren, now he was cooperating with investigators. detectives already knew quiroz wasnt the shooter. he told them the man who actually pulled the trigger was an old friend of his named jorge hernandez, heard here. >> you dont say ...

Guilty of anything, its having a career criminal for a brother. >> i believe manny haro was angry about being abused and molested as a child. he was desperate to maintain his street credibility as a drug dealer. when he got caught, he tried to blame it on his sister to try to gain freedom for himself. >> not only that, he said, but those hit notes allegedly written by claudia -- >> i am convinced these are forgeries. claudia never wrote any hit note to anybody. nobody ever talked to her about wh...

Were in a defining moment again in american history. now back to "dateline." welcome back. im craig melvin. police found a hit note and a photo of garrett in the us trunk of miguels car. but miguel has h a solid alibi. so investigators kept digging and soon they made a discovery. a clue that indicated garrett was still in danger. here again is josh manning wits. >> fade in, los angeles county, california. garrett warren was gunned down, shot four times in his own home but somehow survived.

Welcome back. manny haro told investigators his sister claudia manipulating him into planning the attempted hit on her ex-husband garrett warren then he refused to testify against her. but this hollywood tale had more twists in store, and remember that hit note hidden in the car trunk? it was about to take one more turn in the spotlight. here with the conclusion of "the plot thickens" is jo." >> now she was accused of hiring a hit-man in real life. sheriffs detectives arrested her, but prosecuto...