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>> gave him some water to drink. then i took the water and rinsed all the mud off and checked under his shirt to see if there was any major injuries or not. >> were you hurt? >> no. >> not at all? >> uh-uh. >> this is fabian three years later. his family by his side, he told us about the last day he spent with his dad. >> he would take me out when he had something to do. >> fabians dad roberto was a farm manager, a demanding, sun up to sun down job, so to squeeze in quality time with his family ...

We had bomb guys saying it was a bomb, but theyre bomb guys. >> reporter: right. >> were not a hundred percent convinced its a bomb yet. >> reporter: then, three days after the explosion -- >> we got a visit from paul moore. >> reporter: paul, petes beloved cousin, the handsome golden boy of the pair told the detective he found something out at the scene of the accident, something that shouldnt have been there. >> he came across a piece of metal that he found. it looked like galvanized iron or m...

"the sacramento bee." and sure enough, somebody responded. cops rushed to see him, perhaps arrest him. >> he was pretty surprised when he got a visit. >> false alarm. it was just an unlucky guy looking for a job. the killer, though? the killer never called. so the whole ms 13 thing, the mexico deal gone wrong was just some sort of game. the real bomber was playing it. the trouble was, nobody knew the rules or the purpose or where the game might end. more than one way to find a guy brazen enough ...

In 1997 paul was arrested on four counts related to tapping both his wifes and in-laws phones. he pleaded guilty to one count of electronic eavesdropping, a felony. the other charges were dropped, and paul served no jail time. but the wiretapping story was just a prologue to what they were really there to talk about. >> who do you think is capable or responsible for actually setting up an explosive device in that panel? >> i think, like, probably 90% paul. >> reporter: but dave and susan couldnt...

They had found something. >> there was the presence of explosive residue on the metal fragments we submitted. >> reporter: so it was a bomb, a murder. then the very next day -- >> im sitting in my office. we were talking about what were going to do next and the civil deputy walks in with a big manila envelope and he says, i think this is for you guys. it says colusa county sheriffs office, colusa, california, no street address and in the upper left-hand corner says ayala case and then theres eig...

But i -- i -- i really wouldnt think he could. >> okay. >> and i also think he doesnt have the moxie to do something like that. >> what do you mean, moxie? >> just the -- >> the intelligence? >> the meanness >> the meanness? >> yeah. >> reporter: but peter had actually threatened roberto, wanted to fight him. and as far as anybody knew, paul had never done anything like that. nevertheless, based on this new information from david and susan moore, detectives asked paul to come in for another meet...

He was that way and can you help me and they said, yes. they called the police department and they came as quick as they can. >> when firefighters reached the irrigation canal from which little fabian had run for help, it was obvious there was no life left to save. roberto ayalas body must indeed have been on fire just as fabian said it was. why became clear when they found burn holes about an inch wide near the bottom of his feet, an obvious sign of electrocution. a locker-sized electrical box ...

>> maybe. >> he tells me that they had received a letter and the letter had mentioned me. >> reporter: robertos brother eduardo. >> they said, be careful. watch yourself. >> reporter: but it wasnt just eduardo in the cross-hairs. the letter writer claimed whoever was now driving robertos now repaired pickup truck, that white f-250 the bomber wrote, is in great danger. and who was that person? roberto ayalas son, jesus. the threat against the ayalas was looking very real. >> it was real. it didnt...

Worked his way up from field hand to farm manager, oversaw the day-to-day operations of a multimillion dollar spread. he knew the land. he knew the machines that worked it. he was utterly committed to that work. what did working that farm mean to your dad? >> that was everything. it was our whole, even our lives and his life, our whole life revolved around it. we were always there and growing up. >> reporter: first jobs as kids, right? >> yeah. learned how to drive on the farm, how to pretty muc...

Killed, too. >> translator: we received a phone call that something had happened. >> reporter: robertos wife fabiola. >> translator: it was when we received the call from the police department and they said they had fabian and fabian was okay but they couldnt tell us what happened to roberto. we thought he was in the hospital. >> reporter: and you didnt know what happened? >> translator: we didnt know what had happened. we called the hospital and the hospital didnt know anything about what had h...