Sam Herr: Vụ Án Với Sự Thật Choáng Váng

Costa Mesa, California is a beautiful coastal city that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. This is also the second hometown of the Julie Kibuishi family. Julie was born on Valentine's Day 1987. She is the third child in the family with four children. Julie's parents are American and Japanese. She is often called the Valentine girl. Since she was a child, Julie has loved dancing and music. The first impression of people about Julie is that she is a cheerful, lovely girl who often makes others laugh. People often say that they always feel positive when they are with Julie. After graduating from Quan Cam Art High School, Julie continued to study fashion design in a community college. Here, she met Sam Heer, 26 years old, and the two soon became close friends. After graduation, Julie often stayed at the school to teach Sam, a middle school student. Sam Heer was born on May 29, 1983 in Los Angeles. He is the only child of Steve and Raquel. Sam is a strong, strong man, but his friends often call him a teddy bear because Sam is very cheerful and easy to get close to. You're too scared. Say something to the camera. After graduating from high school, Sam enlisted and was deployed to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban. Three years later, Sam retired and returned to his hometown in South California. Sam studied at Quan Cam Art High School with the intention of joining the army as an officer after graduation. Here, Sam met Julie, 3 years younger than Sam. Like many other soldiers who joined the war, after returning from Afghanistan, Sam was diagnosed with PTSD. Sam often dreams of living and dying in war and becomes confused. Sometimes he also has trouble controlling his anger and emotions. Despite this, Sam is an ambitious man. He has a goal in mind and always tries his best to achieve it. Sam's life is very peaceful and beautiful. Until May 21, 2010, the Costa Mesa police received an emergency call. The caller is Steve, Sam's father. Steve and Raquel became worried when they couldn't get in touch with their son. Sam went to their house for dinner, but he didn't come. This is very strange, so Sam's parents rushed to his apartment to check. The two grandmothers imagined all the bad things that had happened, but they could never imagine the horrific scene they were about to see behind the door. Steve found a dead woman lying face down in her bedroom. Her clothes were torn and her blood was all over the table. The police immediately arrived. Sam's apartment looked very normal, there was nothing messy. It was a clean apartment, there was no sign of any conflict that had happened here. Outside the balcony, there was a barbecue grill and an empty beer bottle. But it looked pretty neat. Everything was completely different when the police entered the bedroom. The mattress in the bedroom was covered in blood. The woman was dead, lying partially on the bed and partially on the floor. She was shot in the head near the glass. Her pants were pulled off and she died in a state of fire. She was wearing a mask on her head. Behind her shirt was a line of words, All Yours. Although she did not dare to speak French, based on the scene, the police said that the girl had been sexually assaulted and then murdered. In the bedroom, there were a few books about war, a book called The Miracles of Sex. There was also a knife on the small table next to the bed, but it seems that this knife was not used. In the kitchen, the police found a bag. In this bag, they found the ID card of the girl. The girl's name was Julie Kibuishi. Because the police could not find Sam's whereabouts, his passport and car were also lost. Based on the scene, the police believe that Sam ran away after killing Julie. The suspicion of the police increased when they found a text message on Julie's phone. At about 2.45 p.m. on May 21, 2010, Julie received a text message from Sam saying that he was going out to help a friend. After that, he will come to his parents' house for dinner. However, a few hours later, Sam texted Julie again and asked her to come to his apartment. It seems that Sam is having a sad story and is eager to ask Julie to meet him. The police believe that it is possible that Sam was haunted by the war in Afghanistan. Then, in a panic, he raped Julie and then killed her. After the police looked deeply into Sam's file, they were almost certain that he was the culprit. Eight years ago, in 2002, when Sam was 18 years old, he was charged with bringing a friend named Benito to an empty land. There, a group of black society was waiting and shot Benito to death. Sam claimed that he was innocent and had nothing to do with the group of black society. Finally, he was acquitted. However, this confirmed the police's suspicions. They immediately issued a warrant for Sam Heer. Sam is believed to be a criminal with dangerous weapons and trained in the military. The police mobilized all forces to apprehend him. Investigators also began to monitor Sam's mobile phone and credit cards. The police received information that Sam's bank card had been used to withdraw money four times at ATMs on the day he disappeared. The police immediately checked the security cameras at the ATMs, but they could not find what they were looking for. The person who withdrew the money was not Sam, but a young man in a hoodie and a beard. Sam's parents did not know who he was. Investigators believe that it is very possible that he was withdrawing money for Sam and helping Sam escape. On May 26, 2010, while the police were looking for the identity of the young man at the ATM, they received news that Sam's credit card had been used again at a pizza shop in Long Beach, California, about 20 miles away. The police immediately went to the store and found the address to deliver the cake. They sent a special team to buy the house, hoping to catch Sam there. However, after entering, they only found Wesley Freelich, 17, with some of his friends there. Wesley looked puzzled when he saw the police, but he didn't seem to understand what was going on. Wesley told the police a story they couldn't believe. Wesley admitted that he was the one who used Sam's bank card to withdraw money at the ATM, but he did it for a friend. That friend's name is Daniel Borkniak, commonly known as Dan. Wesley said he had withdrawn a total of $1,900 for Dan. The name Daniel Borkniak sounds very familiar to the police. Looks like they've seen this name somewhere. Turns out, the police found a wedding invitation in Sam's apartment. That's Dan's wedding invitation, and his fiancée is Rachel. So what is Dan's relationship with Sam? Is he an accomplice to Sam, or is he just a friend helping Sam escape? The police began to look at Dan's file. Daniel Dan Patrick Borkniak, born on March 23, 1984, is the youngest in a family of three sons. Dan often spends a lot of time with his grandparents because his parents are often busy with work. Dan grew up in a rich family, and the whole family often has expensive vacations. Dan loves art, especially singing. From the age of 20, he has worked for a theater company as a musical actor. Dan is passionate about performing on stage and has a talent for singing. There's a place where I have never been. You're better than any other person. And you will be my truth. In fact, Dan's job is just an average job. Meanwhile, he seems to be used to a luxurious lifestyle, spending a lot of money since he was a kid. So Dan is pretty tight on money to live his life. However, Dan's life seems to be pretty good. He still keeps his passion for acting and continues to work for the theater company for many years. Here, Dan has met a woman of his life, Rachel Buffett, an actress who works with the theater company. The two have been engaged and are about to hold a wedding in a few days. Dan and Rachel live in the apartment with Sam. They are both neighbors, friends, and often visit each other's houses to celebrate. Dan is in the middle of his solo party, when the police come in. His face is no longer bleeding. When the police arrived, Dan hurriedly declared that his only crime was to steal Sam's credit card and wallet. He said that Sam and he were planning to withdraw all the money from Sam's bank account so that Sam could deceive the insurance company and the bank that he had been robbed of money. However, after carrying out the plan, Sam came to Dan's house and admitted that he had accidentally killed Julie in the middle of the night. Sam threatened and forced Dan to help him escape. Dan helped Sam escape by taking him to a shopping mall in the local area and dropping him there. At this time, Dan did not know where Sam was. Dan's story has many holes and his statement is not objective. Every time he is asked, he adds a new layer of information to his story. Why did Dan take Sam to the mall to escape? It is a crowded place and full of security cameras. No one escaped the police and went to the mall. The police also learned that Sam had $62,000 in his account. It is difficult to understand if Sam wanted to deceive the insurance company while he kept the money like that. Clearly, Dan's statement has many suspicious points. Investigators at the scene of the crime only saw a gunshot wound on Julie's head. However, autopsy shows that she suffered two different gunshots. This makes the police suspect that Dan may have been there and was an accomplice in the murder of Julie. Dan insisted that he had nothing to do with the murder of Julie and that his DNA was definitely not found on her body. However, Dan said that a few days ago, he came to Sam's house and used the bathroom there. So maybe his DNA is still somewhere in the apartment. The police took a sample of Dan's DNA to check. Dan thought he was done and released, but he was wrong. Dan has become the number one suspect of the police. What the police need to do now is to find Sam and find out how Dan and Sam have a relationship in this case. Needless to say, Rachel, Dan's fiancée, was shocked when he was arrested. Their wedding is about to take place in 48 hours. But it seems like that wedding is unlikely to happen. Rachel had to call everyone in the family to tell them the news. Everyone felt sorry for the couple and believed that Dan would soon be famous. However, when Rachel called Timothy, Dan's brother, all her hopes were shattered. Timothy was devastated when he learned that Dan was arrested. He said that a few days ago, Dan asked Tim to give him a bag. But it was clear that Tim was not good at giving evidence because he had wrapped the bag around his parents' house and then left. Rachel decided to meet the police to make a statement. On the way, she called Dan, who was detained in prison at the time. Why? Because of what? Then I'm doomed. Yeah. God, oh God, oh God. Tim, Tim did speak up? No, don't, don't, don't, don't. That can't be found. Baby, you're already dead. Dan was extremely confused when he heard the news. He begged Rachel not to call the police, but she refused. Sam knew that his play was coming to an end, and hurriedly asked the police to convict him. I'm crazy and I did it. You did what? I killed Julie and I killed Sam. Dan said that on May 21, 2010, Dan asked Sam to come to the theater to help him move some boxes. After Sam turned his back to carry the boxes on the machines, Dan pulled out his gun and shot Sam in the head. Sam fell out of the house, but was still conscious. He didn't know what was going on, so he begged Dan to call an ambulance. Without hesitation, Dan shot him again. I said, you need to bend down and help me lift this thing up. And when he bent down, I grabbed the gun and I shot him. The second time he was down, he was still talking and saying, I need help, I need help. Then something hit me. I reloaded and fired a gun. After that, Dan used Sam's phone to text Julie. Dan knew that Sam and Julie had a close relationship, so he could easily lure Julie to Sam's apartment. Dan hid Sam's body on the machines and continued to perform the play Laughing that afternoon as if nothing had happened. In the evening on May 21, Dan continued to text Julie on Sam's phone. When Julie was waiting at the door, Dan walked up and said that Sam was busy, so he asked him to open the door for Julie. Julie also knew Dan, so she didn't doubt anything. After entering the house, Dan asked Julie if she wanted to see something interesting in Sam's bedroom. While Julie was praying, he pulled the gun out and shot her in the head twice. Then he took off Julie's clothes to set up the scene as if she had been sexually assaulted. And your motive behind killing Sam was? Money and insanity. Dan's motive was money and insanity. He was in debt, but he still wanted a grand wedding and a week of luxury abroad. Dan had been in debt for two months and was about to be kicked out. After learning that Sam had $62,000 from the government to pay for his time in the war in Afghanistan, Dan hatched a dark plot. He not only stole the lives of two innocent people, but also planned to steal Sam's reputation, making people think of Sam as a rapist, an inhuman murderer. But Dan's crime was even more horrific. After killing Sam, Dan split Sam's body so that the police couldn't identify his identity. Dan threw Sam's head and arms in the trash and buried them in a nearby park, while the rest of the body parts were still in the hangar of the opera house. The police found Sam's body on his birthday. His face and body parts were disfigured to an unrecognizable extent. The only thing that helped the police identify Sam's body was the tattoo on his chest with the words Mom and Dad. It's hard to imagine how painful Sam's parents were when they came to kill their son. The police also found a backpack that Dan's brother had stolen. The backpack contained evidence of Dan's crime, including Sam's bloody clothes, a shotgun, a bulletproof vest, and other evidence. The police had everything they needed to convict Dan. On December 16, 2015, Dan was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. However, the case is not over yet. A few years later, investigators found out that Rachel Buffett, Dan's ex-fiancée, knew about the murder plot and gave false testimony to mislead the investigation. Rachel denied all these accusations, but on September 12, 2018, Rachel was convicted of lying to the police and was sentenced to 32 months in prison. However, after a few months in prison, Rachel was released in 2019. Rachel has appeared on many TV shows and affirmed her innocence. But until now, this is still a controversial issue.