Friends, one of them is missing. A body was found in one of your apartment. How my doing right now . If i had to put it in one word, now would be the closest. It was a mystery where nothing she had been murdered. He disappeared. Now, police have two mysteries to solve. Love triangle . The obvious suspect, the missing man. The obvious problem, no one could find them. This guy is potentially very dangerous. What was real, and what was pretend . Enter the actors. Was the killer really missing, or was he hiding In Plain Sight . I said hes dirty. Somebody knew the truth. And this father refused to give up until he knew it, too. Everything is based on me knowing the whole story. Theres an empty theater, a script full of twists, a troupe places, please. Theres a script full of twists , a troupe of actors, and someone who set the stage for an unbelievable tragedy. I buying it. Im buying it hook line and inker. All of it so odd, it was hard to tell what was real and what was an illusion. I just remember his Performance Being it was very, very real. This is the story of a man who seemed to be at the end of his rope. And looked like he was having some sort of panic attack or heart attack. But on this stage, the final curtain, the darkness remained. Because this story wouldnt win any awards. This was all real life. Julie is my first daughter. She was my valentine baby. For june, a japanese couple who built their American Dream here in Orange County, california, their third child came as a pleasant surprise. The doctor kept telling me it was another boy, but she was born on valentines day. Two big brothers that preceded her. So naturally, it was julie who became an All Star Softball Player as a young girl. But her passion was dance. She grew into a beautiful dancer and a remarkable young lady with the kindest of hearts. Back and kind of sometimes frustrate me. You are too nice. Know . Thats what she was. Thats how she met sam hare, who, like julie, was a student as orange coast college. Sam struggled in school and julie would help him out. She told me about sam. Hes like a big teddy bear and hes always nice to everybody. We get together at his place. You know, a lot of times. Sam was a war vet who fought in afghanistan and made it home to california after three years overseas. Sam lived across the street from the college at an Apartment Complex. Is not a dorm, but i would call it a college dorm. Sams friendly lid often hung out there with him. They always had people drinking. But despite his surroundings, sam was focused. He seemed more responsible. He seemed like he had more of a plan on where he was going. He wasnt Just Cruising on his g. I. Bill and having fun and getting drunk every day. Rachel and her fiance live near sam. He liked to have fun with everybody and hang out with everybody. And everyone liked to be around him, too. But theres something about sam that very few people knew. He suffered from night terrors. A sort of psychic souvenir of the battlefield. Sam did share that with ruben, who was also a war veteran. He would tell me that sometimes he feels like he will be sleeping, and he will wake up in his sleep, and he will be in a foxhole. So he will start screaming or looking for a weapon, you will wake up sweating, and you know just very stressed. Thats tough. That is very tough. But, said ruben, sam seemed to be coping. And then came friday afternoon. Julie was going to hang out with her brother that evening. He was getting married, and julie was helping him with Wedding Plans. And then after i was cooking in the kitchen, she said, by mom, im leaving. And then she just went out the door. Julie made it safely to her brothers in long beach. They had dinner together. Taka asked julie to be a bridesmaid at his wedding, and gave her a tiara. Julie couldnt stay long, because, she told her brother, her friend sam hare needed her. He had been texting her all afternoon. Messages that seem weirdly offkilter. Can you come over tonight at midnight alone . Going out for a bit, very upset, need to talk. And then, please no sex. I need to talk to someone. Julie texted back, lol, you, sam, youre like bro and sis no sex. Sam returned im hurting with some bad femme crap. Julie, as always, was ready to help. Thats fine. Im here for you like family. She left her brothers home that friday evening and headed for sams apartment. Did you normally wait up for her . I normally do. But she was with her brother and then happened to be saturday was my youngest daughters senior prom. And then when i woke up and i didnt see her, i was like okay. By now, it was saturday morning. June texted julie, then she called julie. Still no answer. So judy called her son, taka. So when i called him, he was like what . Taka told his mom about sams text. I started getting this kind of you know, weird feeling. I started to feel like, okay, this is something that is wrong. By now, it had been almost 24 hours since she had last seen julie. June started to panic. I probably called like 20w2 her cell phone. It wouldnt go connected or anything. Its just like no, i cant even leave a message. And then what did they say . She is 23 . Okay. She might be drinking at the bar. Excuse me . No, said june. Not her daughter. Julie was always quick to respond to her text or phone calls. Across town, about 20 miles away, sams parents, stephen racquel hare, couldnt get a hold of sam. I thought it was a little odd that when we called his phone, it went directly to the answering service. On saturday. Steve decided to check on his son. So i drove down there. I knocked on his door, no answer. I had the key to his apartment. So i walked in there and i looked for him to turn on the lights, and The Living Room looked fine. Sam . Nobody in there. 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Now, i work at comcast as part of the team that created our ai highlights technology, which uses ai to detect the major plays in a sports game. Giving millions of fans, like my dad and me, new ways of catching up on their favorite sport. It had been a beautiful california day in Orange County. Now the sun was setting, and in every sense it had been a beautiful california day in Orange County. Now, the sun was setting, and in every sense, darkness was taking over. Steve, would got to look for his son, sam, couldnt find him. But he didnt find something. Josh mankiewicz voiceover Costa Mesa Police detective ed everett responded to the call. Walk into the crime scene and we have a 20 something year old costa s Mesa Police Detectiv and everett responded to the call. Walking to the crime scene, we have a 20 somethingyearold female on the bed, and she is in a position where it appears she was sexually assaulted. Police quickly identified the victim sams tutor and friend, julie. Before long, two detectives paid a visit to julies mom. One detective told me, please can you sit down . And then i know that he said, like okay. Your daughter was found in sams apartment. And i think he said your daughters body was found, or Something Like that. And then i just i think i was screaming like, no, no, thats not my daughter. Its not my daughter. Julie had been shot twice in the head. Her pants were down to her knees, and someone had written on her sweatshirt the words, all yours, f you. She was still wearing the tiara her brother had given her the night war. I was still in disbelief. That was not my daughter. It cant be my daughter. I wanted to see, and they didnt allow me to. They said i wasnt allowed to go. June could barely absorb what she was hearing. Julie was dead, and her only logical suspect was her college friend, sam. She told me hes taking the same class with her, and then she told me that hes like a big brother to me and to everyone in the class because hes a little older, and he came back from afghanistan. This guy that she thought was a big brother suddenly as the suspect. I still couldnt connect everything together. What happened in sams apartment that night was horrific. Julie had gone there to help sam, and now she was dead in his bedroom. And sam was somewhere. All of your best friends that you hang out with every day, one of them is missing. A body was found in one of their apartment. This is something that was affecting the whole atmosphere. Detectives soon found out that sam was a war veteran, heard the stories of his night terrors. They also found julies phone in the apartment, and that saw sams Text Messages to her. Sam seems plenty of set this evening, and when they searched his name in the Law Enforcement databases, they came up with a stunning result he was arrested along with a lot of other people. A guy was killed in a gang case. He was involved in a gang incident. I believe it was in ventura county. It happened in 2002. Sam, just 18 at the time, was accused of luring another young man to a parking lot. The man wasnt attacked by more than a dozen others. While some of the attackers were convicted of murder and received life sentences, sam hair was found not guilty. He was innocent and it was proven that way. Four years later, sam joined the army and put all that behind him, or so his father believed. Thats why when i found julie, i knew that sam could do this. I knew sam would never do Something Like that. Steve tried to Tell Detectives. You said sam didnt do this, and police said, a, he is missing, and b, he was a suspect in a murder case once. I understood that. Im not that naove. Thats why it was imperative to start looking immediately. Steve called sams friend ruben to see if you talked to sam, and ruben told him a curious story. Ruben said he had been trying to get a hold of sam, two, because sam was a noshow at a beach party. And he called him, multiple times. No answer. Until finally, someone picked up. I said hello, and they said, hey, hey bro. I said, who is this . The voice was not the same. The voice was not the same. The voice on the phone said i busy right now, having a lot of problems with family. So i called again, no answer. He didnt think that was sam, but if not, who was it . And more importantly, where was sam . Use a julies murder was spreading, and soon reached an Old Army Buddy of sams name miles full. When i found out it was julie, i definitely knew that sam had nothing to do with it. Because of the way sam protects his friends and his family. And julie was one of them. Miles was stationed in afghanistan with sam. They fought together. Miles knew how sam was born anyone he considered a friend. He wouldnt hurt her . No, not in 1 million years. I thought it was something in his past that they were trying to do something to him, and try to get him. And the reason why his body wasnt there was because he was off running away from the people. Miles feared sam was in danger. Maybe sams mom and dad, too. I wanted to make sure Nothing Happened to stephen rachal, so i went to their house, and, you know, during the night i spent there, done by my side just to make sure, i slept on the couch, by their door. Detectives needed to find sam, and fast. Since Orange County homicide prosecutor matt murphy. He has a dead woman in his apartment, hes missing. You think, hes a trained killer after hes been accused of this before, and you think, this guy is potentially very dangerous and hes out there on the street. Then came a break. Sams atm card was being used. 400 withdrawn about 17 miles north of the crime scene. 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With new Pronamel Repair mouthwash you can enhance that repair beyond brushing. They work great together. You can enhance that repair beyond brushing. Julie kibuishi, her valentine girl, was pursuing Fashion Design while living at home. It was a mothers dream. Julie, her tvalentine girl, was pursuing Fashion Design while living at home. It was a mothers dream. I was planning a lot of stuff to do with her, so we are going to be the buddies to go shopping, or thats what i told julie. We were planning to do that. It was right before it happened. It is so hard, you know . She was 23. 23 years young, and her life taken from her in the most senseless way. She loved to kind of design things. She really wanted to be a stylist. Now that would never happen. Police were looking hard for sam hair. Detective and everett. Is on the run, on the wind, and its our job to find him and he where hes at and ask him, why . Not a lot of question as to the suspect was at this point. We were pretty confident he was our guy. He was eager to find sam, but for an entirely different reason. To clear his sons name. He began his own investigation. Why did you feel you needed to doyearold police work . I looked at as a way to find some answers. Where could sam be . Is somebody helping him . Is he running away . Is he coming up with foul play . Sams cell phone was going straight to voicemail. I love you, let me know whats going on. What is going on . Than a big break, and a puzzle. Steve and sam had a joint bank account, so steve pulled the bank records and found that sams bank card was used at an atm in long beach. Then again at a nearby pizza parlor. I said, okay. We got movement here. Let me see. So steve drove down to long beach to check out the brake. So i hung around for about an hour, to see if maybe i would see sam or sams car. Nothing happened there, so i went to the pizza place and hung around there for an hour. There were no signs of sam. I took a two mile radius from echoes pete checked all the hotels and motels around there and didnt see sams car. Meanwhile, detectives did something steve didnt do. They got the agency data capturing the person using sams bank card, expecting to see a picture of sam. Detectives were in for a shock, because whatever it was taking money out of sams account it wasnt sam. So who was it . Cops staked out the atm, hoping the mystery man would return. They also went to the pizza parlor, where he thought he knew the person who had bought the pizza. And the detectives got a possible address. We are set up at that point in the house. On each corner of the house. We were geared up. We got our best on. Well surveillance teams waited, they questioned sams circle. Already knew about the body found in sams apartment. We had discussed the idea of it may be being an accident, like i said earlier, sam seemed like a pretty intelligent person. If it was an accident, he wouldnt have taken off and left his apartment and try to run. Both rachel and dan told detectives the last time they saw sam was friday, the day before the murder. He was with a friend, they said. A man wearing a back hat. But they had no idea what his name was. It seemed to be a deadend. But then, back at the house, the cops were staking out a big rake. A Pizza Delivery. We probably have 10 officers in the helicopter above, we have the Long Beach Police department helping us with positions behind the home in case someone fled the house. Guns out, ready to hit it like someone had committed a murder is inside. And that someone is sam . Yes. Cops moved in, but sam wasnt there. Instead, they found ian. I opened my door to go outside and see what is going on, and thats when freeze. Get on the ground, put your hands behind your back. What did this teenager have to do with a murder . Much more than he knew. I trusted him, so i said, yeah. When dateline continues. 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