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>> it sounded like a crazy story and larry well knew it. >> if i were a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. i would be the first person to say, oh, this guy is full of baloney. it's like watching a tv show. >> it is like watching a tv show. and you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. that's a good analogy, yes. >> and so, we went to try to check out larry's story. was he telling the truth this time? or was it a lie just like the ones he told his family? we combed the area around his old photo studio, an industrial area near the freeway full of warehouses and alleys in search of an indian joe who might lead us to jerry. we found this old rv and inside? >> joe, indian joe. >> coming up -- larry hoagland's wild story
hair, wavy like yours, no salt and pepper. i would guess that he's late 20s, early 30s. always needed a shave. >> larry said there was one transient who could back up his story. and his name is? >> that's joe, indian joe. and he's been out there and he's been there for some time. >> if we find joe, he'll be able to lead us to jerry? >> i certainly hope so, because joe, to my knowledge, knows everybody in that neighborhood. >> it sounded like a crazy story and larry well knew it. >> if i were a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. i would be the first person to say, oh, this guy is full of baloney. it's like watching a tv show. >> it is like watching a tv show. and you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. that's a good analogy, yes. >> and so, we went to try to check out larry's story. was he telling the truth this time? or
>> and this is "dateline. " >> i couldn't believe it. the first thing out of my mouth was there's no way he did this. there's no way. they have the wrong guy. >> her mother was nearly killed by a bomb. >> i remember coming out to the truck, put in the key and then kaboom. the police told me this bomb was meant for you. >> they say to you who does not like you enough to try to kill you? >> i could think of no one. >> but police could. and if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. >> whoa. it's you. >> but he claimed he was framed and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. >> if i was a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. this is like watching a tv show. >> you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. >> well, we found indian joe. >> that's all true? >> oh, yeah, that's all true.
you? >> i could think of no one. >> but police could. and if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. >> whoa. it's you. >> but he claimed he was framed and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. >> if i was a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. this is like watching a tv show. >> you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. >> well, we found indian joe. >> that's all true? >> oh, yeah, that's all true. >> what else would we find? >> there's a maniac out there. >> hello and welcome to "dateline. " family and faith were everything to connie hoagland. a devoted mother of 3 and wife of a church leader. so when a car bomb shattered life as she knew it, investigators were baffled. the motive
>> if we find joe, he'll be able to lead us to jerry? >> i certainly hope so, because joe, to my knowledge, knows everybody in that neighborhood. >> it sounded like a crazy story and larry well knew it. >> if i were a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. i would be the first person to say, oh, this guy is full of baloney. it's like watching a tv show. >> it is like watching a tv show. and you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. that's a good analogy, yes. >> and so, we went to try to check out larry's story. was he telling the truth this time? or was it a lie just like the ones he told his family? we combed the area around his old photo studio, an industrial area near the freeway full of warehouses
joe, to my knowledge, knows everybody in that neighborhood. >> it sounded like a crazy story and larry well knew it. >> if i were a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. i would be the first person to say, oh, this guy is full of baloney. it's like watching a tv show. >> it is like watching a tv show. and you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. that's a good analogy, yes. >> and so, we went to try to check out larry's story. was he telling the truth this time? or was it a lie just like the ones he told his family? we combed the area around his old photo studio, an industrial area near the freeway full of warehouses and alleys in search of an injun joe who might lead us to jerry. we found this old rv and inside? >> joe, indian joe.
the suspect. >> whoa. it's you. >> but he claimed he was framed and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. >> if i was a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. this is like watching a tv show. >> you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. >> well, we found indian joe. >> that's all true? >> oh, yeah, that's all true. >> what else would we find? >> there's a maniac out there. >> hello and welcome to >> hello and welcome to "dateline." family and faith were everything to connie hoagland. a devoted mother of 3 and wife of a church leader. so, when a car bomb shattered life as she knew it, investigators were baffled. the motive remained a mystery until a
>> i could think of no one. >> but police could. and if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. >> whoa. it's you. >> but he claimed he was framed and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. >> if i was a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. this is like watching a tv show. >> you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. >> well, we found indian joe. that's all true? >> oh, yeah, that's all true. >> what else would we find? >> there's a maniac out there. >> hello and welcome to "dateline. " family and faith were everything to connie hoagland. so when a car bomb
he's been out there. he's been there for some time. >> if we find joe, he'll be able to lead us to jerry? >> i certainly hope so because joe, to my knowledge, knows everybody in that neighborhood. >> it sounded like a crazy story and larry well knew it. >> if i was a guy out there watching "dateline, " i wouldn't believe this. i would be the first person to say, oh, this guy is full of baloney. it's like watching a tv show. >> it is like watching a tv show. and you're telling us to go search for the one-armed man. >> yes. that's a good analogy, yes. >> and so we went to try to check out larry's story. was he telling the truth this time? or was it a lie just like the ones he told his family? we combed the area around his old photo studio, an industrial area near the freeway full of warehouses
not find anything close to this. i don't think they're really looking very hard to find the one-armed man. you know the one-armed man, the movie "the fugitive." i said you've been in homicide for 12 years and you've never seen "the fugitive"? i thought that was kind of lame. >> he doesn't understand the gravity of his charges. he's not only accused of murdering his 21-year-old daughter, rebecca, but of torturing her. prosecutors say he shot her seven times in the leg, foot, knee and side of the head. then he's alleged to have hogtied her and put her in a large ice chest where she suffocated to death. while butterfield denies committing the murder, he admits to concealing the body. >> i didn't really know what to do.