WEST HILLS, CALIFORNIA | I researched and wrote this episode, which begins on August 6, 2000, when a 15-year-old student walking not far from his home is snatched off the street. Little does anyone know, he’ll never see his family again. When details emerge about what preceded the young man’s disappearance and what transpired afterwards, the motive, sequence of events and the many people involved make it seem like something out of a movie. In fact, it does become a movie, which only adds fuel to the fire, thanks to a state prosecutor having a questionable level of creative input on the project. To complicate matters, the orchestrator of the horrific events goes on the run, prompting an international manhunt and evading capture for almost 5 years. Jac and Alexis detail the case of Jesse James Hollywood, and how the murder of Nicholas Markowitz appalled an affluent neighbourhood.
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