True Crime Vault: Dial M For Missing

0:009-1-1 where is the emergency? It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey Shore. Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge. A search gets underway for the missing driver. 19-year-old Sarah Stern. Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide? At this point nobody knows. Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once pitched as a movie plays out in real life. I'm Juju Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio. Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the 2020 True Crime Vault, where heart-stopping headlines come to life. It's the picture of domestic bliss, beautiful house, Newport coast. Inside and upstairs, there have been violence. This is now crime scene.

1:00Where are the Chadwicks? They took her. They took her. The guy broke into my house. Might be going to Mexico, isn't where. Now we've got a mystery. I looked at the microphone up and down and thought, here we go. There's nobody thought they would ever abandoned their children, their children were their lives. Oh God, peace. I've cried all night. And it's all leading to one international manhood. We're not going away. Let's get this guy. ... La bedela. De los marcos. La de la de la de la de la mada. Our goal is the most important holiday of the year for Mexicans

2:01That festival underlines your connection with your ancestors, family members that you recall, that you knew well, but are very there. It's important. And it was in Hot Square, where the day of the dead celebration started, over 500 years ago, that mysterious ex-pat made his home. He was very soft-spoken, as I say, on his phone at all. He didn't seem to tell anybody very much about his past. But he always had the appearance of being a very proper person. Then one night there's a terrible accident, with that man behind the wheel on two local women's cars. He knew you and Claudio were very close friends. Did he call you after the crash? No. Almost as if nothing happened. Yeah, it was a stretch. People who are apt to attempt the ex-pat experience have to be risk-takers. They have to be very close friends.

3:01He knew you and Claudio were very close friends. Did he call you after the crash? No. Almost as if nothing happened. Yeah. It was a stretch. People who are apt to attempt the ex-pat experience have to be risk-takers. But there's something else. When you come down here, you can be as invisible as you wish. It's quickly as he came that driver is gone, but did anyone really know who he was? Within one day, he packed up everything he owned, and just left him. Didn't look back. And is what happened here the key to unraveling a murder that happened five years ago? And thousands of miles away. When people imagine California around the world, the image of their picture is new book reach.

4:01You have this eclectic mix of millions with multi-million dollar homes, with multi-million dollar yachts docked at their house. And it's not unusual to have a family right next to a broke surfer. It's a very happy place with palm trees, beautiful people. That's Newport. In here in this picture perfect suburb of wealth and beauty, live the Chadwick family. Peter, QC, and their three sons. So, Peter Chadwick. Now, Peter, who grew up in England, to a wealthy family, all the best schools. His father was a very successful real estate investor. And when I said very successful, I mean multi-million dollar income. Peter's family moved to the US just in time for high school, and he attended the Herodon High School in Brimar, Pennsylvania, where he was actually the indoor track captain. Peter went to business school at Arizona State, and while he was in college, he met QC.

5:03QC is actually a very interesting one. She's from Malaysia originally. Our family is very successful. She's a brother that has the largest latex club manufacturer in Malaysia. On their first date, Peter brought QC to the apartment for most of the day. So, they're all hanging out with the roommates. Peter is, I will say, socially awkward. He's extremely reserved and quiet in one of the hardest people to get to know that I've come across. QC was funny, she's sparky, she's lively, she's incredibly bright. You know, opposites, as they say, do attract. Through college, the romance blossoms, and finally, they tie the knot. They're living in beautiful southern California. They're raising three gorgeous kids. Peter essentially manages commercial and residential properties for his father, which doesn't actually require that he go to an office,

6:05and it's essentially a job daddy gave him sort of thing. So, he often enjoyed taking meetings and closing deals right there on the tennis court. She and Peter live in a beautiful house, Newport coast. You look at a collage of the photographs, and it's the picture of domestic bliss. This is where I lived right here, and the Chadwicks lived right across the street there when you see the black car. So, you saw them all the time? I saw them all the time. And they were friends? And we were friends. Yep, and when the parties came out, they were in the streets, and everybody came to them. We became fast friends. I heard she was a tiger mom. Well, you know, around here, probably everyone's to some degree a tiger mom. But yes, she was on her kids, making sure that they were exposed to everything that would improve their lives, whether it was piano lessons, Chinese lessons, athletics, academic competitions, the best schools, the best tutors.

7:07My son Hocken went to school with Ben, the older son, and through that process of going to school together, and Boy Scouts, our families became close. I mean, they were a very typical Newport Beach family. You know, she would always like make sure she made fruit for me, and of course her dumplings that she brought to every occasion. She was playing mom to YouTube. Yeah, absolutely. No, she was, she was really tiny, but she was a bundle of energy. You all traveled to China together. Yeah, that was a fun trip. Back in 2006, I would have been around nine years old. She knew the language and kind of took us around to all these different places, a great world. China, Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an. It was a really fun trip and to be able to do it with my friends was really awesome. And it seems perfect. At least on the outside. Well, there again, they were very private people.

8:07You know, even QC was pretty private, at least to the neighborhood. So we don't know really what was going on behind closed doors, but it sounds like they had a lot of secrets between them. So you have emails between you and QC? Yes. And she titled some of them feeling. My sense was maybe she didn't want to share her thoughts with Peter. Sometimes I feel lost. Peter isn't here. Otherwise, I will tell him how I feel, and he will laugh at me. And said, what's wrong with you? Yeah. It has been a very tough month, October, for me. I can't believe I had to lose both parents in less than two years. It is so painful to lose someone that you love. I learned my lesson. Don't wait. I should have taken my whole family, visit Malaysia every single summer. Because we never know when death comes.

9:10QC. So October 10th of 2012 happened to be a typical fall day for Southern California. 70 degrees, bright sunny day. In the late afternoon, the kids got on the bus after school, went to the bus stop, near Mom and Dad's home, and one of the parents would be there religiously. Read my loves. They didn't miss it. You'd be shocked if they missed it. Until the day they missed it. When the cops showed up and started to set up a tent, then we knew something serious had happened at the house. So I had never really been a big consumer of podcasts in my personal life before. But I threw myself into the podcast world with great abandon

10:13when this opportunity came up to develop a podcast for the Newport Beach Police Department to further its ongoing investigation. Is this mic going? And it looked at microphone up and down and thought, here we go. Okay, standby. I'm Jennifer Manzella, your host for this podcast. Episode one, something is wrong. Chapter one, the boys at the bus stop. It's a Wednesday afternoon in October. It's been a typical autumn day for Southern California. In the middle of a residential neighborhood surrounded by homes and spacious yards, there's a small private school. All the kids in the neighborhood went to a private school called Pegasus in Huntington Beach. That was miles away. Today, just like every other day, two brothers board the bus bound for Newport Beach. They are nine and twelve, and just like every day, they get off the bus to wait for their ride home.

11:13But today won't be like every other day. Now, later that day around four o'clock, one of the neighbors is driving her children home from the bus stop. And they notice that Peter and QC chat with children are just standing there. Right away, the antennas go up. And she immediately thinks something is a mess. The chatbooks are not the kind of couple who forgets an obligation to their children. So she immediately pulls over, scoop some up, and takes them home. They go to the chatbooks house, not on the door repeatedly. Nobody answers. Peter's car is gone. QC's car is still parked on the property. They notice some unopened packages, as if no one's been home for a while. QC is a stay-at-home mom. Her husband, Peter, works from home. And there's nowhere else they should be at this time on a weeknight. They go back to the neighbor's house and they are calling every friend

12:16to find out where could they be. Nobody knows. But everyone agrees that it's not like QC and Peter Chadwick. The question is, where are the chatbooks? When I heard the news about Peter and QC are missing. Officers were called to the couple's multi-million dollar home and a gated community at Newport Coast Wednesday. Told my wife this isn't good. Police say a neighbor saw two of the children at a bus stop, waiting later than usual for a ride. The neighbor was worried enough to call police. I think they came at our doors around 9 p.m. as if we had seen either one of Peter or QC. And we're like, no, what's going on? We were very taken back on why all of a sudden our neighborhood was cluttered with cop cars. Nobody knew anything, nobody saw anything. Did they get in an accident? What could have happened?

13:16Now it's time for a welfare check. The Newport Beach police then proceed to go to the Chadwick's house. When I first arrived, I kind of took a survey of the house. No signs of a break in. And the officers go into the home and it's very neat. We were looking for anything abnormal. Maybe a note that the boys didn't see or didn't know about. And as I walked around, it looked extremely clean. The vacuum lines in the carpet. There was a lot of family photos. You can tell that it appeared that this was a normal, happy family. But they start seeing a couple things that look a little out of place. There's a meal kind of abandoned in the kitchen. As if someone started prepping lunch and didn't finish it. So we proceed upstairs and it was clean. It was perfect. We made our way to the master bedroom more of the same.

14:16And as we made our way to the master bathroom, that's when it looked like something was suspicious. Before I took a step, I realized this did not look like the rest of the house. I can immediately see the bathroom rug was not neat. So the way it works in Orange County as a homicide prosecutor is actually met my investigator here. And we went to the crime scene. And in the master bathrooms. Clearly there had been violence that had taken place. I can see that QC had some makeup out. I can see a broken vase along the edge of the bathtub. As soon as I saw the blood, you knew there was a story there. This is now a crime scene. Once they realize that there's nobody in the home who needs help, this becomes more of a missing person's investigation with the blood being a definite concern that something might have gone horribly wrong.

15:19We took a step back and went back through the house again, trying to find those minute details. The family safe is open. And it wasn't damaged in any way. I couldn't find any passports, no ID, no money left over in that safe. So something was taken in a haste. Interestingly, there were two wine glasses on the counter. Isn't it a little weird that she'd be taking a bath right around lunchtime? QC and Peter Shadwick are both missing. We've got a safe that appears to have been emptied, unrepaired lunch, broken glass upstairs, blood upstairs, and two wine glasses. Now we've got a mystery. We're also calling the coroner's office, the hospitals, friends and family, trying to find out. Did somebody see them? Has anybody heard from them? We were also trying to see if their big accounts were being used. There was nothing that was alarming.

16:19Nor did we get any information in regards to what our next clue should be or what direction we should take the investigation. So the oldest son is away at boarding school, and the two youngest were here, actually, at the police station. And when we came back from the scene and the way to know where the two boys, and I'll never forget the youngest boy looking at the door, and he had this hopeful expression on his face, that I think he thought his mom was coming out of the door. It's one of those moments that broke my heart. It really did. So as I went home for a quick sleep, came back early in the morning. I remember arriving at the gate check around 5 a.m. on the 11th. We went the entire night with nothing. We got no leads. 100 miles from the Chadwick's home at the San Diego Police Department. The 911 emergency line begins to ring. It's 5.31 a.m. on Thursday, October 11th, 2012.

17:20There's a man on the other end, who's speaking almost cryptically. It's strange, and in a bizarre tone. They cook her. They cook her. My dispatch calls me and goes, Hey, Peter Chadwick is calling 911 in San Diego right now. I remember kind of just having that jaw-dropping moment of, why is he in San Diego? Peter says that he's been kidnapped, and he has a very strange and convoluted story to tell. The next morning, October 11th, still knows sign of the Chadwick's, and it's very, very concerning. Around 5.30 in the morning, something very strange happens. 911 dispatchers in San Diego get a very bizarre call, and it's none other than Peter Chadwick. South San Diego, just near Tijuana,

18:21he walks into this arco, and he asks the attendants if they can call 911 because somebody has killed his wife, and she directs him to a pay phone. Have a good emergency, this is Crystal. Yeah, my wife is dead. Okay, so where exactly is she? What? Where is she? They took her. They took her. Who took her? The guy broke into my house. He drove me here, he had to send... They just gone, they've gone in a pickup truck. Okay, so you're what? She's dead. She's dead. Oh, she's dead. She got her help. Did they send her a corpse? Yeah, they killed her yesterday. She killed her yesterday. I'm getting updates in regards to what the dispatcher in San Diego was hearing. All Peter's statements were vague, and she was trying to make sense of it. At one point, she goes and gets her supervisor to speak to Peter.

19:22Hold on, let me give him a surprise on a phone. He said her. Yeah, he... Okay, what, what? Yeah, he... I... She drowned. She drowned. What? Her body was stiff even. I've been driving with them. They said they're going to cut her up. This 911 call, it's nothing sort of bizarre. Just listen to, listen to the tone of the man calling. What's your name? Peter Chadwick. Do you own any kind of medication, sir? Just Lifertour. I think they're going to Mexico or somewhere. Okay, but this happened yesterday, the 11th, you're not calling us at 5.30 in the morning. I know. I want you to get him. And Chadwick appears to know a few potentially helpful details about the kidnapper. Man named Juan had kidnapped her and him.

20:22He keeps rambling on about Juan. Okay, what, what? Down to her, yeah. I... Who is he? Juan, Juan. Juan, how do you know Juan? I picked him up to look at some painting work at the house. I brought him to the house. After getting the information from my dispatch, I immediately sent a team down to San Diego to interview Peter Chadwick. His story does not match the 911 tape and now he's given us a more elaborate story. And he has a very strange convoluted story to tell. He's fixated on this figure of Juan, who he claims is a day laborer that he has brought into his house to do some painting. Peter tells us we met Juan while he was out looking at one of his apartment complexes. So during this conversation on the 10th, he invites Juan to his house to give him an estimate. They walk into the house, Juan walks upstairs

21:23to take a look around at Peter's downstairs. He claims that while he's back in his office on the internet, he hears his wife scream, and he runs upstairs. And he finds Juan stringling QC in the bathtub. And then Juan allegedly took a small two-inch doll Swiss Army knife blade and threatened Peter with it. Juan holds him at bay immediately, while still stringling his wife and holding her underwater. Juan is attacked as wife and now Peter gets into some sort of altercation with this killer. But by this time, sadly, QC is dead in the bathtub, according to Peter. She drowned. She drowned. He says to the officers, I was weak. I could have done more. And then Juan allegedly made him wrap his wife's body in the comforter

22:23from their marital bed. And Peter's story is that he complies. And Juan and Peter wrap her in a blanket and put her in the back of their Lexus SUV. And then Juan allegedly sat there in the back seat with QC's body with the knife to Peter's throat and made him drive around for more than 12 hours. And then he starts alluding to the fact that he met this guy named Chi and they drive around all over Southern California. Two heads of their body. Juan and Chi. Okay, so when Chi died at 11 o'clock, they took her? Yeah, yeah. They maybe put her in the car. Then, close call. He claims that he pulls over on the side of the road and he gets stopped by the California highway patrol. Maybe Peter's thinking this is going to save me. But the officer let him go. Then, according to Peter, after the officer

23:24leaves without asking if he needs anything. Peter, Juan and QC's dead body make it about four miles from the Mexican border near an arco station where Juan then meets up with one of his friends. He says Chi pulls up and they move QC's body into the van and they drive off. What was that? He just left. He just left from where? From the car with me. He drove me to a certain car to a six o'clock. Like 15 minutes ago. And he said he was watching. I waited like five minutes and then I ran over to here. And he believes that Chi and Juan are now leaving and driving south into Tijuana and at some point they're going to cut up QC's body. And that's the story Peter initially gives us. We are searching for Quechadwick. We do obviously based on our investigation believe that she has been the victim of a homicide and we are searching for her body.

24:24We were all just sick and buy it all. You know, I mean nobody could believe it. And now as reporters, our antennas are going way up because there is now footage of that silver SUV leaving the driveway of the Chadwick home on the 10th of October. Maybe we can attempt to identify Juan and sure enough we do find out, yes. California Highway Patrol did stop Peter that day in that car with that license plate. Did the officer see Juan? You don't earn your stripes as a California highway patrolman if you don't take that flashlight and go, hmm, what's back there? This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Did you know that 88% of Americans reported feeling financial stress at the start of 2026? So if you're feeling worried about money or your financial future, you're not alone. And those worries can turn into troubled sleep,

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27:32to the Mexican border. He made a phone call from a tape phone right at this gas station. And what he told the 911 operator was pretty shocking. He said, she's dead. She's dead. So this is where the investigation began for the homicide detectives. I think Peter would go off the freeway here and saw the first place to park. So he came to this pay phone and called 911. It might be going to Mexico, but I want you to get him. How far are we from Mexico right here? The Mexican border, you can almost see it in the backdrop. It's only a handful of minutes away. On Thursday, October 11th, investigators arrive at the Arco gas station on Del Sol Boulevard in San Diego. They accompany Peter Chadwick back to the San Diego Police Department. And there, the evidence collection begins. Peter is already telling the San Diego Police Department

28:32that QC is dead. He's talking to them in a very low, very casual, unemotional way. They notice scratches on his face and neck. The plot thickens. And they're starting to wonder, what have we got here? He has what appears to be a human bite mark on his forearm. Either he's the aggressor or he's the victim. One thing was noticeably lacking. And that was any concerns about his children. They had anticipated that he'd want to know what had happened when no one had shown up to pick them up from school. When can I see them? And none of those questions really came. Now, remember that Peter claims that he asked a man named Juan to come to his house for a paint job? Then this man proceeded to kill his wife, QC. Our investigators had to track down information

29:32that would substantiate or negate this story. While they're still with Peter down in San Diego, they go back in the house, and I'm walking around the house looking at the house, trying to figure out if they even needed painting. His house had been freshly painted. The other thing is, when Peter Chadwick describes the man that he brought over to the painting, he said, you know, I'd drove him in in my Lexus. And surely someone would have seen Juan, at the demand guard shack, at the community where the Chadwick's live. We were able to start looking at the surveillance tapes from the gate shack. And Peter originally told San Diego for dispatcher that she was killed at 11 o'clock. And we have Peter's car on tape, leaving by himself at 130. That was a big revelation in the case. But detectives still had to track Peter's movements that day after he left the house. Did he stop anywhere?

30:32Was he stopped? Did he take certain freeways? So that maybe we can get some videotape of Peter and Juan in the car so we can attempt to identify Juan. In fact, investigators were able to track down footage of Peter's vehicle at a toll booth on the 73 freeway. And judging by an analysis of that surveillance tape, it seems there's only one person in that car and that's Peter Chadwick. We're continuously asking Peter for follow-up questions. And one of his answers is that he got stopped by the California Highway Patrol with Juan in the car. California Highway Patrol officer approached his car because he can't stop there. And basically said, are you having a problem? And he said, well, he'd pull over to make a phone call. The officer remembered having that interaction with Peter and he was certain that Peter Chadwick had been alone. There are murder cases where it takes you weeks or months

31:32to figure out where somebody is lying. This is instantaneous. As we continue to look into who Peter was and who QC was, we quickly realized there was some turmoil in the marriage. This was not the picture perfect family that everyone kind of thought it was from the outside. QC wanted to grow and blossom into the person that she really was. And I think Peter wasn't entirely supportive of that. He teased her a lot, joked, ridiculed at times. Did she give the indication that maybe their marriage was in trouble? She indicated that she was wanting to be more independent and he wasn't very enthusiastic about that. Did you get the indication that she was feeling afraid? Yes, she didn't say it overtly, but that was my sense, yes. She wanted to please him, but he was very controlling. So now we know that the portrait of glorious dumb esticity

32:36has some cracks in it. In fact, it's really breaking apart. On Peter's computer, it was found that he had a lot of search history in regards to Asian porn, Asian massage centers. We also had a written letter that appeared to be in QC's writing in a drawer that we found at QC's closet that had his search history detailed out. She had written down 35 different searches on a piece of paper that she apparently found in Peter's computer, one that strikes me how to torture, how to torture, who looks that on? After looking into QC's medical records, we found out that QC had an STD. We realized what they were fighting about was Peter Chadwick was having sex without using any sort of protection

33:36and giving his wife STDs. Well, I was shocked when I heard the stories of things on the side. I mean, he was the van man. He'd drove and picked up the kids. He never said anything to a regulatory about QC. They talked to QC's close friends. They heard that divorce had come up as a subject. That's something Peter Chadwick never imagined would be in QC's playbook. He doesn't want that to happen. QC's got tons of money. You were starting to learn about a man was completely different than what you thought before. Yeah. Peter was already on his way. He had continued to shift and shift and shift and was willing to do whatever he needed to do to keep his life the way that he wanted it. We went nine days without a body for a homicide investigation. We didn't know where she was. We weren't even sure it was going to be a murder case.

34:38Once we got the phone call, we got the location. I said detectives all the way out there. This is it, huh? And this is a complete remote area. But middle of nowhere, almost into Mexico. Peter so far has been sticking to his story for the most part. The major points stay the same. One, QC's body being loaded into Peter's car. The hours of driving. Some details change, disappear, reappear. But in a direct quote from a police report. The fax is presented by Peter. We're not only unsubstantiated, but lack plausibility. It becomes clear that whatever the other details may be.

35:39QC has been killed and her husband Peter was involved. Right around noon, a October 11th, we placed Peter Chadwick under our rest for homicide. Police went to the family's multi-million dollar home and found signs of foul play, but no sign of a victim. Chadwick, a prominent real estate investor, husband and father of three, is behind bars, awaiting a rainman in a California courtroom later today. This morning, he stands accused of not only killing his wife, Kui, seen here in a family photo on Facebook, but possibly hiding her body. Mr. Chadwick was in his car for about 18 hours with the body, so it could be anywhere in Southern California right now. And seven days after QC went missing, we got a call from Peter Chadwick's attorney indicating that Peter was going to give us the location of QC's body. Peter Chadwick says he has put her in a dumpster. He's telling us that he was in South San Diego

36:39and he believed it was near a location called Wildcat Canyon. It's mountainside and it's king and rose and it's kind of off the beaten path. I wanted to investigate where QC's body was found, so the San Diego medical examiner, Dr. Robert Stabley, drove me to Wildcat Canyon. Is there a house down there? That's it. That's it. That's the gate right there. Perfect. Awesome. This is it, huh? A little of nowhere. Yeah, I'm pretty much. So it's just smaller than the other one? It appears to be a little bit smaller, but the same style of trash can in the same location that I was in 2012. We got to the dumpster where we opened it up

37:39and right on top is a beautiful purse and we immediately see QC's identifications in there, $20,000 in cash is in there. I have great news. Malcolm in the middle is back. My life is fantastic now. In a four-part event. All I had to do is stay completely away from my family. Your biggest problem is that we exist. Everyone's invited to the campus reunion of the year. This family's behavior is toxic to me. You'll just take turns fighting and creating disasters. That's what families do. Malcolm in the middle. Life's still unfair. Now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for bundle subscribers. Terms apply. Read a TV for Dino. I've heard it more. On April 6th. I prefer to keep my presence a shadow. The age of more. More. More lives. Begins. We're not going to take out the whole empire. Join me. And we will have our revenge.

38:41To those who have betrayed me. Die well. More. Shut award. Streaming April 6th. Only on Disney Plus. We get to what we see is a green blanket that Peter originally told us he wrapped her up in. Wain the kidnapping first took place. As soon as we see that green blanket, we now know QC's bodies could be in this dumpster. When you pulled up here, what'd you see? There was a body. We could tell because there were extremities exposed. She had extensive wounds about her head, her torso, and all four extremities. And my initial impression is that she met with some type of trauma surely before her death. Authorities confirmed the body discovered inside this lakeside dumpster yesterday afternoon is that of Quechadwick.

39:41What exactly did you find when you began to do the autopsy? The injuries that I've already described were confirmed. There was also evidence of strangulation. She had significant hemorrhages and the muscles on both sides of her neck. She had bruises about her face. She had an abrasion on her chin, indicating that she may have had her chin down, trying to protect her airway. It was extremely violent. What do you think really happened that day? I believe she put up a good fight with significantly traumatized with blunt force injuries and then the ultimate assault, most strangulation. That was just horrific, awful. It's just hard to believe. Arguing and fighting with somebody is one thing for it to turn physical is another. To take away your children's mother to continue to torture her essentially. I mean, you watch that person struggle and fight.

40:42It's particularly depraved. And now we think the investigation's in the bag. He's going to go to prison for the homicide. On Monday, Chadwick pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Because he had no criminal history and because of having the three children who could be believed to be a tie to him to stay local, he was allowed to post bail, which in the California system was set at a million dollars. Most people do not have the resources to do that. Peter Chadwick clearly did. The conditions on his bail essentially become for had no contact with certain members of the family. And we took this passport to reduce his flight risk potential. So there he is in Santa Barbara staying with his dad. He has a relationship with his kids. And for two years, he shows up for hearings. There was zero indication that anything was wrong. He's making his court appearances until one day he does not. And prior to the court date, Matt calls me and goes, Peter's gone.

41:42I honestly was kind of like, who didn't see this coming? He had a safe deposit box and that deposit box was empty. And now it's very clear to everyone that Peter Chadwick has become a fugitive from justice. So we immediately set off on a man hunt? There are all kinds of places that Peter could pick because he had access to money. He could be anywhere. Meantime, Peter Chadwick, unknown to the place is thousands of miles away. Wait until you hear what our team uncover investigating this one man. As soon as I saw the blood, a broken vase, you knew there was a story there. This is now a crime scene. The story's really never been told before. Yeah, my wife, my wife did. Where exactly is she? They took her. They took her.

42:47We are searching for Qui Chadwick. We do believe that she has been the victim of a homicide. So now we know that the portrait of glorious dumbest density has some cracks in it. How to torture? Who looks that up? You're starting to learn about a man who's completely different than what you thought before. It's willing to do whatever he needed to do to keep his life the way that he wanted it. There was so much hard work put into the investigation to identify him as the person responsible for killing QC. Peter, we are coming for you. This begins your countdown to capture. A manhunt is underway tonight for an orange county murder suspect who was vanished without a trace. After not showing up to the court to face murder charges,

43:49accusing him of killing his wife QC and leaving her body and a dumpster, authorities quickly realize that Peter Chadwick is on the run and is once again making headline news. A new board of each businessman has jumped bail. Where is Peter Chadwick? We start talking to Peter's dad and asking him, what's been going on? Where is Peter? And Peter's dad just basically indicates that Peter was getting scared that he was suicidal. He called me when he was let out on bail. That particular moment seems suicidal. Seriously, yeah. He never confessed to me, but he would say stuff. I said, Peter, whatever happens, your voice still beats you. That's what I could say. Murder carried the life sentence in the state of California. And I think that when Peter Chadwick realized that we weren't budging from that, that's when he made the decision that he was going to flee. It was all of a sudden, where did he go?

44:50Like, what parts of the world could he be in? It was a smart guy. And I just as soon he figured out I'd get to someplace that there was no extradition. How could a father flee his family and leave them behind, knowing that he's the only parent left? He chose to save himself. Not save his kids. Could he be in the Philippines? Could he be in Japan? Could he be in Mexico? Could he have gone to Canada? Now knowing that we have a man, we call the United States Marshalls the first sisters. My name is Craig McCluskey. I've been with the Marshall Service for 20 years. One of the things we do when we adopt the case is we try to establish a pattern of life on the individual. We'll examine their social habits, their financial habits, prior to when they became a fugitive. We took a look at Peter's Pinterest account. And there was only three things that he really researched for saved on his Pinterest account. One was tennis rackets. One was Bugatti Cars. And one was how to build a safe room in your home. So we knew the tennis was one of the things or a pattern of life that he might retain.

45:52So our initial dive into Peter's finances, he had a safe deposit box. And that deposit box was empty. We suspect that there was roughly a million dollars in that deposit box just based on interviews with the bank. But we also learned that Peter had a lot of credit cards, approximately five or six, that he didn't max cash with draws on. Obviously with no intention of paying those back. You have to think this guy has money, so he could be in Timbuktu. Where do we look? Where do we begin? Peter had an obvious job start on his flight, but also he was very meticulous and who knew about him, where he went, and how he could manipulate those assets to his benefit. So one of the first tangible leads that we had was that he had taken a cab to the Santa Barbara City Airport. There were 45 different cab companies that service the Santa Barbara area. And on the 44th cab company that I called,

46:53they told me that they did send a car up to Beaver's Father's House, picked up one passenger. Once we got to the Santa Barbara Airport, we were able to review the video footage from the airport and we saw Peter arrive in that cab. The photos that we have at Peter shows him sitting in a chair, looking right at the surveillance camera. I think the purpose of Peter being an eyeliner of the camera is to show us that he was there. But upon coming through pages and pages of the passenger list, we discovered that Peter never got on a plane. He actually just walked down to the airport, got into another cab and fled. This was all very calculated. He's laid this false groundwork, traveling to different places, and planning fake trips. That's when we realized this was well planned, very strategic. Now I would say we were several months behind. We made a decision to go up to Peter's

47:53Father's home in Santa Barbara. We did a cursory search of the room where Peter was residing at the time, and the room was basically cleaned up, except for a few items that were very distinct clues on where Peter might have gone. In the Father's House, there are references to Canada. There are breadcrumbs that would lead any investigator to thinking this man's going to Canada. Some of those items included books on how to change one's identity, how to live life on the run in Canada. So it appeared that Peter was heavily researching how to exit the country through the Washington border into Canada. I decided at that point that we needed to interview Peter's sons. The oldest son initially told us his father he was telling them, yes, I'm going to run. His plan was to drive to the Canadian border up in the state of Washington. He was going to walk across, find himself a menial job, and then from there, he was going to go into a country

48:54where he could then contact his sons and have a reunion. He knew people in Canada. He lived in Canada as a child. When the parents left England, they first went to Canada, then made their way to California. So he's got ties there. So during the first three years after Peter ran, the marshals followed up on leads and tips in Canada, hitting dead ends at every turn. If I could put a number on all the resources that we used, there was approximately 20 to 30 personnel at any given time doing something on this case. As time goes by, it's difficult to continue a timeline and establish locations of where and when a fugitive is gone. Peter was definitely my pink Panther for lack of a better term. We knew he was there, we just couldn't get him. There was so much hard work put into the investigation to identify him as the person responsible for killing QC.

49:55Why then, just give up and let him get away? We just don't do that more of course. When a case gets chilly or starts to go cold, bringing in a fresh set of eyes is a great way to look at things a little bit differently. And that's exactly what happened. You can run, but you can't hide much longer. So do yourself a favor, Mr. Chadwick, and turn yourself in. They sure enough did their own podcast. It was a brilliant idea. The clock was ticking for Peter Chadwick every day that he was gone. He was just one day closer to being caught. Peter, we are coming for you. This begins your countdown to capture. Chadwick disappeared more than three and a half years ago, while a waiting trial for the murder of his 46-year-old wife, QC. You can run, but you can't hide much longer. So do yourself a favor. Mr. Chadwick, turn yourself in.

50:55So any investigator will tell you that when a case gets chilly or starts to go cold, bringing in a fresh set of eyes is a great way to look at things a little bit differently. And that's exactly what happened when a new sergeant, Court Dept, came to Newport Beach PD. So around 2018, he decided to pump some new life into this case. So I came to the crime against persons union as the sergeant, and one of the things that stuck out was the fact that Peter Chadwick was still wanted for killing QC from 2012. I wanted to find out what had been done. Let's figure out what we're going to do for it and how we're going to get this guy. Court Dept, where you get the Newport Beach Police Department, is a rock star in my mind. And he's like a dog of the bone. He could not stomach the idea that this man was able to use his money to escape criminal justice in the state of California and Court Dept, where he was going to find him. I went to our public information officer,

51:57Jennifer Manzella. Sergeant Dept, came into my office and started talking to me about the Chadwick case, and said that we needed to republicize the story. And we had to do it globally. We knew he had means that he could get out of the country. He just sat there and said, you know, what's your idea? And I think I blinked like a deer in the headlights, and then I looked at him and said, you know, the only thing I can think that would be something like a podcast, but that would be a lot of work, and I don't really know how to do it. I've never listened to a podcast, didn't know what a podcast was. So for me, after she walked me through it, and I said, perfect, let's try it. Is this mic going? I was so intimidated by the scope of this project, it's not necessarily something that's in my wheelhouse. Okay, stand by. They take their own people within the department, within the prosecutor's office, the investigators, everybody, and incorporate them into a phenomenal podcast

52:59that takes this case from to A to Z. We had a microphone that we were able to get. We had a pop filter, a microphone stand, and a music stand, and that was it. That was it. Some cables. We just patched it together with duct tape and random things. They sure enough did their own podcast, called Countdown to Capture. The first episode went out on September 17th of 2018. Welcome to the prologue of Countdown to Capture. I'm Jennifer Mantella, and I'll be hosting this podcast about Peter Chadwick. Who is Peter Chadwick? Why is he called? He's a man. Why is he called? Suddenly there's new heartbeat. This new heartbeat is pumping, loudly and furiously. At least a new port beach launching their own podcast. There's all these antennas going out to the world. Remember, podcasts go to the world. Bring us fresh tips. It was a brilliant idea.

54:00We got a lot of tips from all over the world. We got sightings tips. We got, hey, I know this person. We were getting tips, you know, as far as Ukraine. We were getting tips from Japan. It was actually incredible to see the numbers take off. With the podcast already leading to new tips, police are hopeful. Before the podcast, we were not getting calls from the public, and now we are. We got a lot of tips. Some pretty good tips. And then we got some really, really, out of the left field, really, really crazy ones. But again, you still have to vet it. Peter's face was everywhere. One of those things I noticed was that the United States Marshall Service, top 15, had a couple vacancies. And that's when I reached out, I think within hours he was up on the top 15. Collectively these agencies do one more thing that attracts attention and a case. And that's all for money. Money is a good lure if you happen to know something about the whereabouts of Peter Chadwick. With a partnership with the United States Marshall Service and the support of the City of Newport Beach

55:01and private donors, I'm pleased to announce that we are now offering a $100,000 reward for Mr. Chadwick's capture. We want everyone to be looking for Peter Chadwick. At the end of the final episode, we conclude with Sergeant Deppwick giving a direct message to Peter Chadwick. Peter, and this now, you made the decision to take QC's life to steal her from her children, to leave your boys stranded on the side of a road to fend for themselves, to flee like a coward enough face to consequences of your actions. Think about your boys. Peter, we are coming for you. This begins your countdown to capture. We didn't have any way of knowing if Peter Chadwick would hear about the podcast, would listen to the podcast, but it was very important to us if he did, he knew exactly where we stood. Despite the podcast, and the resources spent looking all over the world for Peter Chadwick,

56:02he vanished without a trace. Police had no idea how clever his escape plan was. My thought was, okay, let me try to make it look like Canada. I put leads or I put things that make people think I went to Canada. I left some papers in the rooms, and then go to Mexico. We gather here tonight to bring women back to their rightful place. The Testaments, a new Hulu original series from the executive producers of The Handmaid's Tale. It's easier to accept the story than believe that the people around you are monsters. The battle isn't over. You're come to time, you have to take action, when you have to choose your own destiny. Never quite as it seems. What's the new Hulu original series, The Testaments, streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus for Bundle subscribers, terms apply. The Hulu original series, Love Overbore, is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney Plus.

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58:04In 2015, when Peter decided to flee, you know, he made it look like he had fled to Canada when reality, he came down here to the San Isidro Point of Entry from the Mexican U.S. border. Right here. Is this along this line here? Yeah. And he walked this path right here where these pedestrians were coming through, and through this white building right here, and out the other end where this metal fence is, went straight into Mexico. Peter's passports were taken from him before he fled, so how did he slip into Mexico? I decided to cross the border into Mexico with my producer, just to see if we would get asked for our passports. There we are. Mexico, a PCK, didn't check any passports, no ID, and nothing. We didn't need anything to get into Mexico. So this was his trip. He walked across the border,

59:04caught a bus, 27 hours down, the West Coast, right up to Colleenville. Then he took the road north to Guadalajara. In Guadalajara, somebody asked me, oh, and what's your name? I did Peter. So I left, because of that. I went to Pasquaro. So now we're heading to Pasquaro, which is about four hours away from Mexico City. This is where we get a good sense of what his life was like, a different kind of life that he had in America. Pasquaro is a very traditional old-style colonial of the city. People live a family-oriented continuity of values and engagement that goes on generation after generation. Pasquaro is famous for its celebrations of the day of the dead holiday. And it's a place that seems nearly the opposite of the life that Peter Chadwick had lived

1:00:05in California. But it was also the perfect place for him to hide in plain sight. If I went to a chain hotel, they would photocopy the ID at the cheaper places. It's just kind of like they look at it to put your name from the idea. This is right in the middle of Pasquaro. And that hotel right there is where Peter had his very first place to live. We got access to Peter Chadwick's hotel rooms. And take a look. And number three. Five. This is where you stay for a while. When you come down here, there's no expectation put on you. You can reinvent yourself. The next pad is simply an American or a Canadian who has decided to

1:01:05live down here full time or nearly full time. I'm an expat from Minnesota. I have lived here in Mexico for the past 15 years. I'm a painter and a writer. I've written 46 books, including five books on the expat experience. The local people don't know what you did. They don't really care. It would be very easy to have a lot of aliases. At this point, Peter just starts changing his name. He's using fake IDs and further distancing himself from who he was. In Passbara, I was pulled up. You can be as visible or invisible as you wish. And I have actually been known to say that if I wanted to be a career criminal, I would come here. So in Passbara, I was pretty much the thing. I looked at them. I felt like I was safe to just be the same look and avoid tourist places.

1:02:09So this is our living room. It's beautiful. What we call it, the Plaza Grande, that street. Rick Davis is an American living in Potsquara for the last 22 years, who knew Peter as Paul Cook. So this is the spot where Paul came in to go have coffee. Right. He walked by you every day. Right. I have a story in the main plaza. We would pass every morning and say hello, etc. This is the table. This is the chair. So he used to say this is the place. He never was upfront about conversation. What does that mean? He wouldn't look at you. He wouldn't look at you. Why? I don't know. So those that knew him, what did they say about why? Paul moved here. One of the stories was that had a family and that they were killed in a plane crash. He told friends down here the reason he came from Mexico is because his family was killed in the MH370 flight,

1:03:10which is the flight the one from Malaysia to China, and then suddenly mysteriously disappeared. I met Paul. He was looking for a house. He had few days to go to Potsquara. Local Realtor, Lena Monroe, helped Peter who she knew was Paul, find an apartment. But she says there was something off-putting about this American expat. Amisiones ya una persona extraña. When you say he was strange, what even strange? Es como sin alma. What was he doing for income while I was here? I believe it was motorcycle parts and maybe even motorcycles and repair motorcycles. Not only did Paul Cook have work and an apartment, he also started a close relationship with a local woman.

1:04:10You know, I really don't know how they met. Her name was Claudia Soto. Mi hermana Claudia era una persona trabajadora. A trabajaba para sus hijos. Claudia was a very classy person. She was very ladylike. Funniest could be, very intelligent. Oftentimes I don't hear the lady talking and laughing about what happened last night. No, they were. We'll hang over this morning because they'd been open to Paul's. So he was having a lot of parties? Seems like it. Did you ever use the word girlfriend with Claudia and him? No. Just for like close friends. Yeah. Yeah. After a year of hiding in Mexico, Paul Cook was living a good life. He had a looted capture and put his life as Peter Chadwick well behind him until a tragic accident would unravel his life on the run.

1:05:10So you, your sister Claudia and Paul got in the car to head to this concert. Do you have an idea how fast he was driving? But he was driving very fast. Very fast. In fact, he said many times he didn't want to go home. He didn't want to go home. Suddenly, he lost me. He called me. When you woke up, did you know exactly what happened to Paul and Claudia? May 2016, it's dark and late at night. Paul Cook is driving his close friend Claudia and her sister Adriana back from a concert in the nearby town of Morelia. But he was driving very fast. In fact, he said many times he didn't want to go home. He didn't want to go home.

1:06:10So late that night, after the crash, Claudia was found dead at the scene. But then the other two were taken to the hospitals. Peter first to this private hospital and then Adriano was taken to a public hospital. You were in a coma for 15 days. It's because you don't know if you were in coma because you don't know if you were in coma because you don't know anything. I just know that you did the surgery and you were lost. Do you remember exactly how you felt when you got that word that your sister died? No. The only thing I saw when I went out of the house was a black boy. At the house, he played when I was near and he was happy. So this is the way that families notify the others

1:07:11and honor those that died when somebody dies. Yeah. If you see that, you ask, who died? Who died? When you heard that Paul was not badly wounded, what did you think at that point? Paul? Mal, because my sister lost her life. Then, Mal, because she was really injured and she, well, she was fine and those vocals, yes. And I do remember we all asked how's Paul?

1:08:11And as I recall, maybe a couple of weeks went by and here comes Paul limping across the plaza to have his coffee at the hotel restaurant. So one was killed. One was badly paralyzed and he was just limping. For Claudius' family, the mystery that was surrounding Paul began at 4.30 in the morning, just hours after the crash. They were called into the District Coterny's office and presented with this remarkable document to sign. I was told to sign it because it's a document of the accident. So I signed it. Can you read to me something? I'm sorry, but I'm sorry, because I'm the right person to help my friend. Paul, because of my daughter, Claudius is a good girl.

1:09:12Since she's a good person, everything that you have is a role model. Everything is a role model. It's stunning to us that this exists, that they wanted to make something legal in a document that relieved Paul from this crash. Were you able to read it at all when it was written? No. We pressed for more information to better understand the origin and the purpose of this document. Ultimately, we heard back from the Michoacana Attorney General's Transparency Unit. They stated that the document is part of the investigation and they're aware of the incident. They provided no further answers.

1:10:12Do you think that Paul may have done this or he would not get any attention given the fact that he had fled the United States and was hiding? Yes, yes. Because he had done a crime there. And how did he hide here? What do you think? We never knew him again. No. Suddenly Paul, who entered quickly, has now exited even faster. Nobody had any idea where he went and how they could find him. Back to those and accident, I pretty quickly left leaving a lot of stuff that I had boarded in a pocket there.

1:11:17He packed up and just left town. Didn't look back. Abandoned all his investments in the condo he purchased. And that was a huge blow to him. I've been travelling. I want to look for a place to stay again. I found a hostels which are cheaper to 300 pesos a night. The common theme kept coming up that if Peter was going to reach out or speak to anyone, it was going to be his oldest son Ben. So we made the decision to go up to Stanford University and speak with Benjamin right before Thanksgiving a weekend. Because there might be a chance that there may be some communication because of the holiday coming up. He's approximately 19 years old at the time of the interview. Very nice kid.

1:12:17You can't help but feel really bad for these children for what they've experienced. You know, not only was their mom taken from them by the hands of their father but now their father's on the run. We finally learned that Ben had knowledge that his father was in that vehicle accident in Mexico. With authorities now closing in on Peter, he is about to make one phone call that will change everything. I went to passport and I stayed there I think almost two years. But after there was an accident I pretty quickly laughed, leaving a lot of stuff and the next place was via de Bravo. I was looking in a cafe,

1:13:17dishwasher, and things like that. I was doing the English lessons and getting to know how to save money. And then I had this big thing. So while he was in via de Bravo, trying to recollect himself, Peter was aired on an investigative report. I saw the film on my iPad and freaked me out. And then like two hours later, my iPad didn't work. So I had a feeling that they were checking who's watching that video. So I left by de Bravo in one day. You know, that's what happens for people in the run. Everything suspicious. They're always looking over their shoulder. I thought I'd go down to Mexico and I'll be able to be calm. And really, with the lying and it's just the same or worse. From about de Bravo, Peter then went to Cholula, where he kind of reestablished himself. The city of Cholula is considered as a magical town, colonial,

1:14:17very quiet. The department says Vega. There it is. And then, Peter's life was practically closed and it wasn't very afraid to recognize him. Then after nearly five years towards the end of the summer of 2019, Detective Mike Fletcher gets a tip that he shares with the U.S. Marshals, leading them to zero in on Peter Chadwick. I said, trust me, I think this is good. Looking to it within I think 24 hours, I was getting called that they attract him to a location. Is that the spot right there? Yes. That's it. Mm-hmm. The key moment to be able to locate it was that they are a public telephone. And there we can get the location of that telephone.

1:15:17So it's already a parameter of search. What did you think of him? What he made this call right here in the neighborhood where he was living? Well, the only mistake he made was because he had already given us a fixed location. It was the small details of Peter's patterns of life like tennis and hosting business meetings and around tennis courts. And small details like that really helped us narrow down the location. You showed the neighbors his photo of what he looked like. And they said, ah-ha, we know he's in this area. As he is, he would refer to him as the owner because he was in the US. Detectives last. It wasn't charged of Peter's arrest. He knew where Peter was living. That he had resources. That he had money. And that he could move very quickly. So his team really had to move even faster. You've got out of your car right here. Your vehicle was here. Yeah, here we are in the same corner

1:16:17in Vigilancia. With like 11-30 at night, I think I was in the room getting ready. I kind of go to sleep, brushing my teeth and playing a video game. They knocked on the door. I put my pants on and it's the door. You know, I did, you were coming? No, I had no idea. And it surprised me a lot. And I was very scared. I offered you the suitcase with the $10,000. Which obviously we were going to succeed. The timing of this could not have been more dramatic than this. When you agree? That's what I was going to move. Oh, and after the next morning, I was leaving the quablet. I was going to leave that place. So it was 12 hours away

1:17:17from I was out of there. Five years since arriving in Mexico, Hitterchap is found. And then I got photographs of him in custody. I was like, oh my gosh, we did it. It was a very proud moment for our organization and my team. I think it was August 5th that Hitterchap was in custody. He looked like a man who was done running, deflated, I mean, no resistance. Breaking news just in, a multi-millionaire accused of killing his wife has been captured in Mexico. When they found him in Mexico, and what was the neighborhood's reaction to that? Oh, my gosh. I mean, we just flooded with text messages. Everybody, did you hear this? Did you hear that? It was just, thank God. Thank God he was arrested. We could say thank God they found him. Finally. And they'll bring him to justice. Is that the first time you ever heard that he had this

1:18:17different name? Peter Chadwick, that this was not really Paul Cook? Yes, it was the first time that we really knew the story. We brought him back here to Newport Beach Police Department, and then I said, well, let's see what he has to say. Obviously, I didn't plan up and just, you know, what happened. But when Peter came back to the United States, we basically came across a whole dossier of information from his time in Mexico. His budgeting, accounting for every dollar that he had, rehearsed statements, conversations he was going to have on the phone with people, pictures of his family, numerous fraudulent identification cards. Did you have a passport? No. No. Yeah, I thought those ideas in Mexico. In Mexico, this notebook is his life. He goes through the days of how much money he has and figuring about how much time that was going to last him, 4.4 years. At first, I was spending almost 2,000 a month

1:19:18at this juncture. I'm living on 1,000 U.S. So it was getting down to not much that I needed to call somebody. I think that's what got me. You know, it's a friend who's probably on your list and watching the phone numbers. What was the endgame? You were just hoping to finish out your life in Mexico or did you have a plan to come back? No. Not to come back. I mean, I thought I had dreams, kind of go, and then I'm going to see what happened. Obviously, I want to see my kids. Then Peter asked Detective Fletcher if he can call his son then. Hi. Hi. Been so long. Yeah. I know. Mexicans and the U.S. Marshalls. You know, got me, I guess it was a matter of time. Missed you so much and I love you guys. I am. I'm going to keep you. I'm so sorry for all this messing up your life.

1:20:18And what happened to mom, obviously. And everything. I'm so sorry. I screwed up. It just sounded like it didn't work. Wow. What a day. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, I just... It's one to hear your voice. Um, say I miss you and I love you. Find out. I knew I had to pay for what happened. It was a bad joke. What justice will he finally be served? Cutting out, please, the town won a violation of murder. He'll tear it out to us. We... I can't... Sorry I need you to try to ather for walking from the people. Robert Singer from Mr. Chadwick. All parties are ready to perceive. For those of us who cover criminal trials,

1:21:18we do say that the wheels of justice grind ever so slowly. But after ten long years and a diligent investigation, finally, Peter Chadwick faces justice. Good afternoon and parents is one more time in the Chadwick pattern now. Mr. Chadwick is doing this. There was a lot of discussion about trial as opposed to some sort of plea agreement. At the end of the day, there's three boys still that we were acutely aware that had been through a lot. All parties ready for a scene? Yes, sir. Mr. Chadwick, did you want to make a statement? Yes. I know. I thought, oh, he killed Quaid Choup, destroyed the family for my children. Took away the mother. I'm sorry. I wish I could take it back. And he was crying in court.

1:22:19I destroyed everything. These were not tears for QC. Those tears were not for anyone but Peter. He's like this duck swimming through water and the the wake that he leaves is just human misery. So I deserve whatever the court decides. How do you now plead to count one violation of murder? Guilty or not guilty? Guilty. They do exceptionally. And at this time, I'll sentence you to state prison for 15 years to life. How could a father do something like this, not just to his wife, but to his whole family? Peter may now finally be behind bars in the US, but back in Mexico. What kind of justice might there be for Claudia, Adriana, and their family? He will now have to do 12 years of minimum in California State Prison before he's eligible

1:23:22for full. And I think the family in Mexico should have a voice. At that hearing. She was right on that call. Yes. Do you feel betrayed by Peter, by Paul? This guy committed murder in our city. We're not going to just let him be on the run and live his life. QC didn't get that opportunity. She had so many plans, but she wanted to do as much for her children as she could, and

1:24:23she did. I can't imagine a mother giving children a better sense of love and devotion than she did. You've been listening to the 2020 True Crime Vault. Friday nights at 9 on ABC, you can also find all new broadcast episodes of 2020. Thanks for listening. I'm the son of Pablo Escobar Gaviri, the most dangerous drug dealer in the planet. The new Hulu original series, Dear Killer Nannies, inspired by the story of one Pablo Escobar. A boy raised by Hitman. The new Hulu original series, Dear Killer Nannies, streaming on Disney Plus in Hulu, terms apply.