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A polygraph and had, in fact, 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 ...

>> 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, ...

>> 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 pas...

It was obvious a life and death struggle had taken place. >> there was also a hole punch 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 know if it m...

>> police assumed this was the one used in the attack. >> the extra wounds on the back of the head, which almost decapitated him, indicated a tremendous desire to make sure that the person was deceased. >> darrell's wallet was still in his pocket, nothing had been stolen, there was no sign of forced entry. this and the level of violence indicated a very personal crime. >> out of the 40 cases i've worked, this was the only one that had that type of rage exhibited. >> darrell hired many contractors, so his decisions could either make or break some of them. someone's anger had spiraled out of con...