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>> the next chapter wasnt a lift from the book of genesis, more like the story of job. >> one thing thats kind of unique maybe, or special about colusa county, every time ive had a big case, i can go into almost any coffee shop or restaurant and theyre solving it for me. >> and those things get twisted pretty fast? >> they get twisted really fast. in this case, it was, you know pete moore did it, you know pete moore did it, my response was, well, thats not the direction im going in. >> not the d...

Gus boy, peter, two rows down, was tough and blunt, hot headed really. >> pete has a reputation, i think over in calusa county, his mouth basically has given him a lepation becau reputation because of the things he said. >> im a little different than the rest of them. >> oh, boy, he is. calls it as he sees them when it comes to his own family. >> too much money involved. everybody is afraid of what they might lose if they say something. even if its right. >> there was one family member pete did ...

Dropped. but this put paul on the california sex offender list. he went into exile near santa cruz. pauls intent to commit rape conviction was dropped seven years later. he pleaded no contest to the assault with a deadly weapons charge. which meant he was no longer a registered sex offender. and the prod gal son was welcomed home. that part of his past. a carefully guarded secret for most of the folks here in colusa county. everyone knew he didnt like roberto aiello. around town, could you hear ...

Six weeks into the investigation detectives had an audiotape, texts, letters, and diagrams. fragments of leads pointing in wildly different directions. to pete moore or a drug cartel or crazed assassin. and now they had another lead to work on. >> someone made an anonymous call to the sheriffs department and said, the caller basically stated, you need to be looking at paul moore, and. >> paul, not peter? >> paul not peter. >> for all the produce that comes rolling out of colusa county, californi...

To be sure, but was he a killer? >> there were certain things about pauls past, detective psalm was unable to share with us, for reasons well explain later. we discovered a saga of smart expensive lawyering, dealing with misdeeds that go way beyond tapping an ex-wives telephone. in 1997, paul was arrested after an incident in san francisco one night. charges that could put paul in prison for a decade or more. instead, paul spent nearly flee years, driving back and forth between his place in colu...

Little colusa california was dumb struck. paul moore arrested for the killing of roberto aiello? few knew he was a suspect. >> it was bittersweet, there was a part of me that was relieved that it was over for pete or that he wasnt -- you know, mixed in with it, and at the same time, i was sad, because it was my cousin that we grew up with, you know, and it was part of my family. >> my youngest sister mary called me on the phone and she said, they just arrested paul for the murder of robert aiell...

The airport boosting the atmosphere. people were excited about the airport. its international. not far from here. it opened up on may 23. a lot of people say they will carry on momentum because the beaches are clean. listen to what dan told us, a tourist development council member. >> we just opened the worlds newest international airport on may 23. and that was an event that doesnt happen often. there has only been a handful of airports that opened in the last 25 to 35 years. so there was a lot...

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