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Arms and his hands for injuries. he didn't have any. there was no cuts. >> on the night of darrell north's murder, the dallas/ft. worth area was hit with a driving rainstorm, causing flash floods and power outages. the storm was so bad, darrell sent his construction crew home early, but he stayed behind because he had a 5:00 p.m. appointment with curtis pope. they were going to discuss quality problems with the swimming pool pope was installing at the hotel. pope was having financial problems. his company was headed towards bankruptcy, and darrell north was his only large client, although it's...

Because, according to him, darrell had promised him continued work. >> darrell's family never met johnson, but they'd heard of him. >> darrell had mentioned that he had had some problems with him. he usually didn't bring his problems home, and so since it was something that he had shared with me, i thought it was probably serious. >> incredibly, just two days after darrell's murder, johnson called asking to get his job back. >> the superintendent felt like it was odd that bob johnson was calling there, when can i come to work, after the fact, after darrell's been murdered, because his belief w...

This tiny drop of blood on the back of darrell north's pants told an important story. since the blood hit darrell's pants at a 90-degree angle, it meant the killer was standing over darrell's body while he was bleeding from his own wound, and he continued to bleed as he left the scene. >> when we observed those vertical drops of blood leading away from mr. north's body, that was a very significant thing for us to find because we knew then that the killer's dna was going to be present on that scene. >> and there was a possible explanation for how the killer was injured. the dented two-hole pape...

Paid money to download a book on how to beat it. >> as testing continued on the blood stains on the floor of the crime scene, investigators noticed one blood drop on darrell north's pants that they had previously overlooked. >> there was a vertical drop on the back left pant leg of darrell north, while he's laying on the floor. >> the shape of the drop was perfectly round, meaning that the origin of the blood was stationary, and hit the fabric at a 90-degree angle. >> the significance of such a drop falling and hitting the pants perpendicularly while mr. north is on the floor is that it would ...

Seen before. some bruising under his eye. >> there was no cut, but it was a slight bruising. >> a background check revealed pope's business was faltering. >> he had a reputation of just not being very good at what he did, as far as the construction of the swimming pools. >> pope's business records indicated he was deeply in debt, wasn't able to pay his suppliers, and the only big client he had left was darrell north. if darrell fired pope during their meeting, it would have been the end of pope's company. >> pope's finances were in terrible shape. he was on the fine edge of disaster all the ti...