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Before he fled to mexico, jim had confessed to killing russel douglas. with jim gone and no evidence tying peggy to the murder, the detectives asked the public's help in documenting the couple's movements in december 2003, when russel douglas was murdered. mark plumberg: we put out descriptions of the vehicle that they were driving. just a few days after it hit the media, we got a phone call from the dona ana county sheriff's office in new mexico saying someone had turned in-- has a firearm that they believe might have been used in a homicide on whidbey island. talk about luck.

>> i was actually out canvassing and interviewing again, and i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russel douglas homicide. >> plumberg's partner on the investigation mike beach took the call. >> he just said hey, i'm calling to see if you have unsolved homicides from december 2003, and i said yes, sir, we actually have two in december of 2003. which one are you referring to? he says the guy who got shot in the head. >> beach said are says he didn't know if the caller was the killer or someone related to the killer, but he knew he didn't want to lose it.

To killing russel douglas. with jim gone and no evidence tying peggy to the murder, the detectives asked the public's help in documenting the couple's movements in december 2003, when russel douglas was murdered. mark plumberg: we put out descriptions of the vehicle that they were driving. just a few days after it hit the media, we got a phone call from the dona ana county sheriff's office in new mexico saying someone had turned in-- has a firearm that they believe might have been used in a homicide on whidbey island. talk about luck. it doesn't get any better than that.

And i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russell douglas homicide. josh mankiewicz: plumberg's partner on the investigation, mike beech, took the call. he just said, hey, i'm just calling to see if you have any unsolved homicides from december 2003. and i said, well, yes sir, we actually have two in december of 2003, which one are you referring to? and he says, the guy who got shot in the head. josh mankiewicz: beech says he didn't know if the caller was the killer or someone related to the killer. but he knew he didn't want to lose it. i'm doing everything i can to keep this gentl...

Russel, but she was the named beneficiary of three life insurance policies he'd taken out on himself the problem was brenna's alibi was solid. there were plenty of people who could confirm that they'd been with her at the time russel douglas was killed. the detective knew he needed a break, and in july 2004, exactly seven months to the day after the murder of russel douglas, he got one. >> i was actually out canvassing and interviewing again, and i got a phone call that said we had a tip on the russel douglas homicide. >> plumberg's partner on the investigation mike beach took the call. >> he ...