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It was obvious a life and death struggle had taken place. >> there was also a hole punch that was discovered in close proximity to mr. north's body that was bent. that would lead me or any other investigator to believe that either mr. north may have been struck with that hole punch or mr. north may have struck his assailant with that hole punch. >> there was a trail of blood from the filing cabinet to darrell's body. then, to a desk. on top, police found a machete, the type used to clear brush from construction sites. it was perfectly clean. >> it actually wasn't blood-soaked, but we didn't kn...

Walked in there. and he is just a small little man and perhaps the most incompetent killer that bucks county's ever seen. up next, a violent thunderstorm provides cover for a brutal murder. >> an absolutely brutal crime scene. >> obviously, this was a case of an overkill. >> there are plenty of suspects with clear motives, but they all pass polygraph tests. >> it's not 100% reliable. >> if investigators didn't find the one tiny clue left at the scene, they might never have solved it. the real estate development business in texas always seems to be active. darrell north, a manager for a mul...

So we frequently see not just a few wounds, but many, and all indicative of rage that is going on between the two involved in the assault, the victim and the assailant. >> a machete missing from his office was believed to be one of the murder weapons. the other was believed to be a knife. >> a single sharp agent, a blood agent. we could predict that it was a larger knife. some of the wounds were at least an inch, inch and a half in width on the body surface. >> the family tried to help investigators by identifying anyone who night have had a reason to harm darrell. >> i thought it must be a st...

>> darrell north was in charge of building budget suites for a company out of las vegas, and he had been in charge of building several in this area. >> darrell had a reputation as a fair-minded boss who set high standards. >> i asked a subcontractor, was darrell hard to work for? was he mean? and he said, no, he was not. he said he expected quality work. >> i've seen dad fire numerous subcontractors over the years. my dad had the ability to get his point across very clearly. he was very pointed. he was very direct. >> darrell was always punctual. so when he didn't come home from work one day a...

>> pope was distraught over darrell's murder. >> he came through the receiving line crying, and i thought he was so touched by darrell's death. and he said, i loved darrell. he was better to me than my own father. >> pope was 40 years old, married, with a young daughter. he did, however, have a police record consisting of arrests for petty theft. since he was the last known person to see darrell alive, he was automatically considered a suspect. pope agreed to take a polygraph examination and passed. >> it is not likely that somebody could come in and intentionally be untruthful and still pass ...