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HEY, MAN.
Barer: BOB HENRY WAS HAVING A GREAT DAY.
BOB WAS GETTING HIGH-FIVES IN THE HALLWAY
FROM THE FELLOW EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS A NICE SURPRISE.
[ CHUCKLES ] WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
Henry: I WENT OVER TO HIS OFFICE.
I'VE GOT A HUGE MEETING TO ATTEND TO.
AND I WAS TRYING TO GET HIM TO SNEAK OUT OF WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
AND HE SAID, "I CAN'T."
KISSED EACH OTHER GOODBYE,
AND I SAID, "I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT."
THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM ALIVE WAS IN THE PARKING LOT.
[ GUNSHOT ]
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[ SEAGULLS SQUAWKING ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]
HELLO?
I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY,
AND HE SAID, "IS BOB HOME?"
I SAID, "HE'S ON HIS WAY.
HE'S ON HIS WAY."
HE WAS GONNA STOP AND GET A BOTTLE OF WINE AND COME HOME.
AND I SAID, "HE'S ON HIS WAY."
WE'RE HERE REPORTING LIVE FROM EAST TACOMA
AT A LOCAL ELECTRIC-MANUFACTURING COMPANY
WHERE A 33-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE HAS JUST BEEN FATALLY WOUNDED.
WE DO HAVE OBSERVERS...
THE TV BROKE IN "BREAKING NEWS"
THAT THERE'S BEEN A *** IN TACOMA.
AND I LOOKED DOWN AT THE TV,
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ALL I COULD SEE WAS THE SHOES.
AND THERE WAS A... YELLOW BLANKET OVER HIM,
AND I WAS LIKE -- I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS.
THE BAR SAID, "APPARENT SHOOTING AT NORTH COAST ELECTRIC,"
AND I JUST DROVE DOWN.
[ POLICE SIRENS WAIL ]
Narrator: IT'S A FIVE-MINUTE DRIVE
LYNN BEAULAURIER HAS MADE FOR YEARS,
BUT THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT.
SHE'S BRACING FOR A HORRIBLE TRUTH.
THE PERSON UNDER THAT YELLOW BLANKET
IS PROBABLY SOMEONE SHE KNOWS.
AND WHEN SHE ARRIVES ON THE SCENE,
ALL OF HER FEARS ARE REALIZED.
IT'S HER GOOD FRIEND BOB HENRY.
I RAN TOWARDS BOB, AND THEY STOPPED ME.
AND THEY ASKED ME IF I KNEW WHO HE WAS.
AND I SAID, "THAT'S BOB HENRY.
"THAT'S WHAT HE WAS WEARING AT WORK,
THAT'S HIS WEDDING RING, AND THAT'S HIS WATCH."
IT WAS SHOCKING. IT WAS SAD.
IT WAS SCARY.
AND THEN THEY ASKED ME TO MOVE,
AND I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO BE ALONE.
'CAUSE HE SHOULDN'T BE ALONE.
Narrator: PAULA IS REELING.
DID SHE REALLY GLIMPSE HER HUSBAND'S SHOES ON TV?
SHE RACES TO THE PARKING LOT TO PROVE SHE'S WRONG.
TO HER HORROR, SHE'S NOT.
Henry: ALLS I REMEMBER IS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR
AND SEEING BOB'S BODY
AND I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE.
[ SOBBING ]
Beaulaurier: I GRABBED HER
AND I SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE THIS"
AND SHE DROPPED TO HER KNEES, SHAKING, OUT OF HER MIND.
Narrator: PAULA'S HUSBAND IS DEAD.
AND AS HE LAYS THERE IN HIS OFFICE PARKING LOT,
TACOMA PD DETECTIVE BOB YERBURY
IS HOPING HE CAN MAKE SOME SENSE OF IT ALL.
Yerbury: NEXT TO HIS VEHICLE WAS A LAPTOP COMPUTER BAG,
AND HIS CAR KEYS WERE ALSO CLOSE TO HIM.
IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT ROBBERY WAS A MOTIVE
BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE WAS STILL THERE.
HE WAS WEARING AN EXPENSIVE WATCH.
HE STILL HAD HIS WALLET.
Narrator: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE BODY
TELLS YERBURY ONE THING FOR CERTAIN --
THE KILLER LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE.
Yerbury: THE TYPE OF WOUND THAT BOB HENRY SUFFERED
IS ONE THAT I CAN ASSOCIATE TO A SHOTGUN.
A SHOTGUN AT CLOSE RANGE
IS GOING TO DO A LOT OF PHYSICAL TISSUE DAMAGE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
Narrator: BOB HENRY IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL 33-YEAR-OLD,
WHOSE LOVE OF EVERYTHING OUTDOORS
LEADS HIM TO OBTAIN HIS PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE,
A LIFE-LONG DREAM MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE, AT WORK,
BOB IS RIDING HIS ENORMOUS POPULARITY
UP THE LADDER OF SUCCESS.
HEY, DUDE. HOW'S IT GOING?
YOU NEVER HAD TO GUESS WHERE HE WAS COMING FROM.
AND YOU COULD ALWAYS TRUST WHAT HE SAID.
OPEN UP TO...
VERY CALM.
VERY PRAGMATIC.
VERY DIRECT, BUT ALWAYS WITH HUMOR AND INTEGRITY.
GIVE IT UP FOR JAMES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
Barer: BOB HENRY WAS ONE OF THE MOST LIKEABLE
HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET.
ANYONE WHO MET BOB HENRY HAD THE SAME APPRAISAL OF HIM.
IF YOU WANT A NICE GUY, YOU GET BOB HENRY.
Narrator: SO WHO WOULD WANT TO *** THE NICEST GUY IN TOWN?
HARD TO SAY, BUT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE COME FORWARD
SAYING THEY SAW THE KILLER PULL THE TRIGGER.
Baier: I WAS WORKING IN DISPATCH THAT EVENING
WHEN WE HEARD SOME COMMOTION GOING ON.
[ GUNSHOT, GLASS SHATTERS ]
AND THEN I SEE BOB KIND OF CROUCHED DOWN,
LOOKING AROUND, AND THEN WE HEAR ANOTHER SHOT.
LOOKING OUT AROUND, I KIND OF SEE SOMEONE TO MY RIGHT.
Barer: OUT OF THE BUSHES COMES A MAN DRESSED IN BLACK
CARRYING A CAMOUFLAGE SHOTGUN WITH A PISTOL GRIP,
WALKS RIGHT UP TO HIM.
Baier: BOB WAS STANDING THERE WITH THE DOOR OPEN.
HANG ON. WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?
THERE WERE SOME THINGS SAID, AND THEN I HEARD LIKE A CLICK.
NO, NO, NO!
BOB KIND OF STEPPED BACK, AND THE GUN WENT OFF.
BOB WAS DEAD BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND.
IT WAS INSTANT.
Barer: PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT SEE THIS.
THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A STRANGE FILM OR A NIGHTMARE.
BUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, BROAD DAYLIGHT,
WAS AN EXECUTION.
IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IN THE MOVIES,
WHEN YOU SEE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY DIE.
Yerbury: THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SAW THIS,
BUT EVERYBODY UNIVERSALLY SAID
THAT HIS FEATURES WERE NOT VISIBLE.
Narrator: SO EVEN WITH ALL THESE WITNESSES,
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A FACELESS MAN.
Yerbury: THERE WAS TWO SHELL CASINGS
THAT WERE RECOVERED OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE.
THERE WAS SOME SHOTGUN WADDING.
THERE WAS A FEW PELLETS THAT WERE PICKED UP.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
SO, YOU REALLY HAVE TO EXPAND THE PARAMETERS OF YOUR SEARCH
TO TRY AND COVER EVERY POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY.
WELL, HE HAD HIS BIKE PARKED OVER HERE.
Narrator: EXPANDING THEIR SEARCH
MEANS A HALF-MILE CANVASS OF THE AREA,
LEADING DETECTIVES TO A FEW WITNESSES
WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW A CRIME'S BEEN COMMITTED.
Yerbury: SEVERAL LONG-HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS
THAT WERE JUST PARKED IN A PARKING LOT,
THEY OBSERVED A SUBJECT JOGGING DOWN THE RAILROAD.
THAT INDIVIDUAL DUCKED DOWN OUT OF SIGHT,
AND WHEN HE POPPED BACK UP AGAIN,
HE WASN'T WEARING WHAT HE WAS SEEN TO BE WEARING
WHEN HE WAS JOGGING DOWN THE PATH.
HE HAD A MOTORCYCLE PARKED ON A SIDE STREET
ACROSS FROM THE WITNESSES.
ONE OF THE WITNESSES WAS SO SUSPICIOUS
THAT HE ACTUALLY WALKED THE 100 FEET OR SO
ACROSS THE STREET.
HE SAID THE SUSPECT ON THE MOTORCYCLE
JUST STARED INTENTLY AT HIM AND WAS VERY INTIMIDATING.
THE SUSPECT WAS WEARING A BLACK MOTORCYCLE HELMET
WITH A SMOKE FACE SHIELD
SO YOU COULDN'T SEE HIS FEATURES.
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
[ TIRES SQUEAL ]
HE DID TRY AND GET A LICENSE-PLATE NUMBER,
AND HE WROTE IT ON A PIECE OF STEEL PIPE.
Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY, YERBURY'S LUCK GOES ONLY SO FAR.
THE TRUCKER SEES JUST PART OF THE PLATE.
WHAT'S PUZZLING THE DETECTIVE
IS WHAT THE WITNESSES DIDN'T SEE -- A SHOTGUN.
THERE WAS SEVERAL SEARCHES CONDUCTED
TO SEE IF THE GUN HAD BEEN DISCARDED.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUCCESS.
THIS PERSON THAT DID THIS
WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS INTELLIGENT
AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
I THINK IT WAS WELL PLANNED AND WELL EXECUTED.
Barer: TACOMA DETECTIVES WERE VERY DISHEARTENED
BY FINDING VIRTUALLY NOTHING THAT THEY COULD USE AS EVIDENCE.
THIS LOOKED LIKE A HIRED HIT -- A WELL-EXECUTED EXECUTION.
WHO KNEW WHO DID IT?
Narrator: TACOMA, WASHINGTON,
IS A TOUGH, GRITTY CITY SOUTH OF SEATTLE.
A PORT AND RAILROAD CENTER,
FROM EARLY ON ITS MOTTO HAS BEEN "WHERE RAILS MEET SAILS."
BUT BY THE EARLY 1990s, IT HAS ANOTHER CLAIM TO FAME.
Barer: TACOMA, WASHINGTON,
WAS REGARDED AS THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN AMERICA.
THEY WERE HAVING HILLSIDE GANG WARS IN TACOMA --
VERY DANGEROUS PLACE AT THAT TIME.
AND IT WAS ALL BEING FUELED BY CRACK/***.
LOT OF HOMICIDES.
Narrator: DID *** VICTIM BOB HENRY
SOMEHOW GET CAUGHT UP IN TACOMA'S DRUG WARS?
Yerbury: MR. HENRY,
FROM WHAT I COULD TELL IN MY INVESTIGATION,
WAS HE WASN'T ASSOCIATED
WITH ANY OF THAT KIND OF LIFESTYLE.
THIS BIZARRE AND SENSELESS EXECUTION-STYLE KILLING
OF BOB HENRY GALVANIZES THE COMMUNITY.
HERE IS A FELLOW WHO IS WELL KNOWN, WELL LIKED,
WELL LOVED, GOOD FAMILY, MURDERED FOR NO APPARENT MOTIVE.
IF HE'S NOT SAFE, WHO IS?
Narrator: TACOMA PD DETECTIVE BOB YERBURY
FOLLOWS UP ON THE ONE LEAD WITNESSES COULD PROVIDE --
PART OF THE LICENSE PLATE ON THE ASSASSIN'S MOTORCYCLE.
HE RUNS IT THROUGH THE STATE'S VEHICLE REGISTRATION DATABASE.
NOTHING SHOWS UP, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HIM.
THERE WAS EXHAUSTIVE EFFORTS
TO TRY AND IDENTIFY THAT LICENSE PLATE.
I UTILIZED LICENSE-PLATE COLLECTORS
FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES,
THERE WAS INFORMATION PUT ON WEB SITES,
AND IT WAS WITHOUT SUCCESS.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS A REAL PLATE.
Narrator: THIS MEANS HIS BEST LEAD IS GONE.
FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ***, FRIENDS, FAMILY,
AND A GOOD NUMBER OF TOTAL STRANGERS
GATHER TO SAY GOODBYE TO BOB HENRY.
Barer: THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR BOB HENRY
WAS STANDING-ROOM-ONLY.
PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW HIM SHOWED UP
BECAUSE THEY'D SEEN THIS CASE ON TV,
AND THEIR HEARTS WERE GOING OUT TO PAULA.
Henry: I THINK THEY ESTIMATED ABOUT 800 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
I CAN'T REMEMBER A LOT OF IT.
THEY HAD ME A LITTLE SEDATED.
I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH GREAT SUPPORT.
Narrator: MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS AND STILL CRAZY IN LOVE,
BOB AND PAULA'S RELATIONSHIP IS THE ENVY OF THEIR FRIENDS.
THERE'S A LITTLE WATERFALL, AND IT FEEDS INTO THIS...
Beaulaurier: KINDRED SPIRITS.
WHERE ONE WAS WEAK, THE OTHER WAS STRONG.
THEY WERE VERY CONSTRUCTIVE, EVEN IF THEY DISAGREED.
I LIKED THAT SHE COULD GET UNDER BOB'S SKIN.
[CHUCKLES]
'CAUSE BOB HAD A REPUTATION OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE WAVERED,
AND PAULA COULD DO IT.
SO IT WAS FUN, AND IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS SHE WAS IN LOVE.
WE KNEW WE'D BE TOGETHER FOREVER.
Narrator: 12 YEARS IN HOMICIDE HAS TAUGHT DETECTIVE YERBURY
THAT BENEATH THE SURFACE OF A SEEMINGLY PERFECT MARRIAGE
CAN LIE HIDDEN SECRETS AND BITTER ANIMOSITY.
IT IS ONLY NATURAL ANY TIME A HUSBAND OR WIFE IS KILLED
TO SUSPECT THE WIFE OR HUSBAND OF BEING THE KILLER.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS POLICE LOOK AT IS,
WAS THERE A RECENT INSURANCE POLICY TAKEN OUT ON BOB'S LIFE?
THE ANSWER WAS YES.
Narrator: THE POLICY IS FOR $150,000, PAYABLE TO PAULA.
ON THE SURFACE, THIS LOOKS SUSPICIOUS,
AND YERBURY WANTS AN EXPLANATION.
THEY LOOKED AT THE LIFE-INSURANCE MONEY.
HE WANTED TO BE THE PILOT,
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR PRIVATE PILOTS
TO GET SOME GOOD INSURANCE ON THEM.
BOB WAS VERY THOROUGH,
AND THIS WAS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH HIS BEHAVIOR --
NOTHING UNUSUAL AT ALL.
Narrator: BUT MIGHT HIS WIFE, PAULA,
HAVE A MORE INSIDIOUS MOTIVE TO WANT BOB OUT OF THE WAY?
IT'S A DELICATE QUESTION, BUT IT HAS TO BE ASKED.
Yerbury: IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON IN THEIR PAST
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC?
Henry: I TOLD THEM EVERY SORT OF THING
THAT THEY WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, AND IT GOT PRETTY DETAILED.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AFFAIRS.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
Narrator: PAULA AND BOB HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR EACH OTHER,
AND DESPITE YERBURY'S TOUGH QUESTIONS,
HE CAN'T DETECT AN OUNCE OF ANGER OR JEALOUSY.
Yerbury: THEY WERE HAPPY.
THEY WERE IN LOVE.
THEY JUST SEEMED TO BE LIKE A NICE COUPLE
LIVING A GOOD LIFE.
Narrator: CONVINCED PAULA HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH HER HUSBAND'S ***, YERBURY'S NEXT QUESTION IS,
WHO DOES SHE THINK DID IT?
AND I SAID LARRY SHANDOLA.
100% IN MY MIND, THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE.
IT WAS LARRY SHANDOLA WHO DID THIS.
THINGS JUST GOT VERY STRANGE. LARRY GOT VERY STRANGE.
Narrator: LARRY SHANDOLA'S WIFE AND PAULA ARE CLOSE FRIENDS
AND TALK THEIR HUSBANDS INTO STARTING A BUSINESS TOGETHER.
LARRY SHANDOLA AND BOB HAD GONE IN TOGETHER
ON A LITTLE REAL-ESTATE HOUSE-FLIPPING DEAL AT ONE TIME.
BOB PUT UP THE MONEY. LARRY DID THE LABOR.
WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF WORK TO GO HERE.
THE FRIENDSHIP DIDN'T LAST ALL THAT LONG.
BOB'S AN EASY-GOING SORT OF GUY,
AND HE TOLERATES A GOOD DEAL OF AGGRAVATION
JUST BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY.
LARRY'S A BIT MORE ABRASIVE, A BIT MORE PUSHY, CONTROLLING.
ULTIMATELY, THERE WAS HARD FEELINGS
OVER THEIR LITTLE BUSINESS VENTURE.
I CAN'T DO IT, ALL RIGHT?
THAT BUSINESS VENTURE WAS DISSOLVED
JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORKING OUT.
Narrator: NOT LONG AFTER THAT, BOB AND PAULA FIND THEMSELVES
AT AN INTIMATE DINNER WITH THE SHANDOLAS.
AND IT TAKES A VERY STRANGE TWIST.
IT WAS AN IDEA FROM OUR FRIENDS
WHO WERE HOSTING THE NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY.
AND WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE CELEBRATION.
AND LARRY STARTED SHOWING SOME ODD BEHAVIOR.
SPEAKING OF "TO THE BIRTHDAY BOY"...
HAVE YOU GOT A PERSONAL TOAST?
NO, BUT I HAVE AN OFFER.
I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU $10,000 RIGHT NOW
TO GO IN THE BACK ROOM WITH PAULA
AND HAVE HER TAKE HER TOP OFF.
Henry: LARRY STARTED OFFERING BOB $10,000
TO LOOK AT MY ***,
SO THINGS JUST STARTED UNFOLDING VERY FAST.
HOW IT UNFOLDED BY THE END OF THE NIGHT
WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
Narrator: NEW YEAR'S EVE IS ALWAYS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION,
AND FOR BOB AND PAULA HENRY,
A PARTY WITH FRIENDS IS JUST WHAT THEY NEED.
THAT IS UNTIL ONE GUEST, LARRY SHANDOLA, CROSSES THE LINE
BY OFFERING CASH FOR PAULA TO TAKE OFF HER TOP --
AN AWKWARD MOMENT FOR SURE.
BUT EVERYONE SHRUGS IT OFF AS JUST THE *** TALKING.
IN AN EFFORT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT,
PAULA MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
WELL, UH, BOB HAS ALWAYS WANTED FLYING LESSONS, AS YOU MAY KNOW.
AND THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE YEAR.
Henry: I TOLD EVERYBODY I GOT BOB FLYING LESSONS,
AND THAT WAS HIS DREAM.
HE ALWAYS WANTED TO FLY.
AND LARRY JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID,
"THAT'S THE DUMBEST GIFT EVER.
YOU GUYS SHOULD'VE BOUGHT A BOAT."
THAT'S REALLY THE STUPIDEST IDEA I HAVE EVER HEARD.
Bob: WE -- WE HAVE A BOAT.
AND HE KEPT GOING ON.
"HOW DUMB IS THAT? PAULA, YOU'RE DUMB."
AN ENORMOUS WASTE OF ALL THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE.
LARRY!
TOSSING AROUND!
BOB FINALLY SAID, "ENOUGH. THAT'S ENOUGH FROM YOU.
I'M DONE WITH THIS."
OKAY. THERE HE GOES.
SO, LARRY WENT INTO THE KITCHEN.
BOB GOES, "OKAY, I'LL GO IN THERE AND CALM HIM DOWN."
THIS IS BAD BLOOD THAT WE'VE NEVER REALLY DEALT WITH.
GO AHEAD. GET STARTED.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, LARRY'S VOICE GOT REALLY LOUD.
SON OF A ***!
HE PUNCHED BOB WITH SUCH BRUTAL FORCE,
BOB SWALLOWED HIS TEETH.
Man: OH, MY GOD, LARRY!
I'VE NEVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND BOB WAS BLEEDING EVERYWHERE.
OH, MY GOD!
Narrator: LARRY'S PUNISHMENT FOR HIS DRUNKEN OUTBURST
GOES WELL BEYOND A HANGOVER.
BOB NEEDS SURGERY TO PUT HIS MOUTH BACK TOGETHER
AND SUES HIS OLD PARTNER FOR $9,400.
A DINNER DESIGNED TO REPAIR THEIR FRIENDSHIP
DESTROYS IT COMPLETELY.
LARRY IS ANGRY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY THE DENTAL BILL
FROM HAVING HIT HIS FRIEND IN THE FACE.
Yerbury: THERE WAS A LOT OF ANIMOSITY GENERATED OUT OF THAT,
AND THAT'S WHAT PAULA HENRY THOUGHT
WAS THE BASIS FOR WHY HER HUSBAND WAS KILLED.
[ DOORBELL RINGS ]
Barer: THE POLICE GO TO LARRY SHANDOLA'S HOUSE,
KNOCK ON THE DOOR, HE OPENS IT
WITH A GLASS OF WINE IN HIS HAND.
SORRY ABOUT THE INTRUSION.
WHEN HE HEARS ABOUT BOB BEING MURDERED,
HE GOES, "WELL, THAT'S TOO BAD.
SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT IT."
Yerbury: HE MADE A FEW STATEMENTS
AND THEN INDICATED THAT HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER AT THAT TIME.
"NO, YOU CAN'T COME IN
"BECAUSE MY WIFE AND I ARE ENJOYING A GLASS OF WINE.
YOU CAN GO AWAY NOW."
AS I SAID, IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME, SO JUST GET OFF MY PORCH.
Narrator: LARRY SHANDOLA DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO POLICE,
BUT THAT'S NOT A CRIME.
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TYING HIM TO THE ***,
JUST A DRUNKEN SCUFFLE AND A $9,400 BILL.
HARDLY A REASON TO KILL SOMEONE.
JUST BECAUSE MR. HENRY HAD A SITUATION WITH MR. SHANDOLA,
IT DOESN'T MAKE MR. SHANDOLA THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
Narrator: ALTHOUGH SHANDOLA WON'T SPEAK TO DETECTIVES,
HIS WIFE IS MORE THAN HAPPY
TO COME TO HER HUSBAND'S DEFENSE.
Yerbury: SHE WAS INTERVIEWED ABOUT WHAT SHE KNEW
OF THE ACTIVITIES OF HER HUSBAND.
SHE INFORMED US THAT HER HUSBAND
HAD, IN FACT, BEEN AT A FAMILY FRIEND'S HOUSE.
I BROUGHT YOU SOME LEMONADE.
OOH, THANK YOU.
Barer: RITA PECK WAS AN OLDER WOMAN
WHO LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUPPOSEDLY CLOSE, PERSONAL FRIENDS
OF LARRY SHANDOLA AND HIS WIFE.
THEY KIND OF EVEN ADOPTED HER.
THERE'S NOTHING BROKEN...
Yerbury: WE TALKED TO RITA THAT DAY.
SHE ACTUALLY SAID THAT HE HAD JUST STOPPED BY THAT DAY
AT ABOUT 5:15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
SHE RECALLED IT
BECAUSE OF SOME PARTICULAR TELEVISION PROGRAM
THAT SHE WAS WATCHING.
SHE HAD SAID SOMETHING TO HIM
ABOUT NEEDING TO TAKE HER CATS TO THE VET,
SO HE STOPPED BY
JUST TO SEE IF SHE STILL NEEDED TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
Barer: LARRY SHANDOLA MAY HAVE COME OFF WITH AN ATTITUDE,
BUT HE HAD AN ALIBI.
THIS LARRY SHANDOLA GUY,
HE WAS MAD ABOUT BOATS AND PLANES,
BUT THAT'S HARDLY A MOTIVE FOR ***.
[ SEAGULLS SQUAWKING ]
Narrator: NO SUSPECTS, NO MOTIVE, AND FEW CLUES.
THIS INVESTIGATION IS STALLED RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE.
Barer: IT WASN'T THAT THE POLICE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
WHO HAD A REASON TO KILL HIM?
WHO HAD A MOTIVE?
THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME DEEP, DARK SECRET
BEING CONCEALED.
THE POLICE WENT THROUGH BOB'S COMPUTER.
MAYBE HE WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR
AND HE WAS SHOT BY A JEALOUS HUSBAND.
MAYBE HE HAD GAMBLING DEBTS
OR HE WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING ILLEGAL.
LOOKING FOR SOME REASON
'CAUSE WHO WOULD SHOOT SUCH A NICE GUY AS BOB HENRY?
MAYBE HE WASN'T AS NICE AS THEY THOUGHT.
Yerbury: THERE WAS NONE OF THE RED FLAGS
THAT A PERSON MIGHT LOOK AT AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S THIS AND WHY IS IT HERE?"
TURNS OUT HE WAS AS NICE AS THEY THOUGHT.
Narrator: SO BOB'S PERSONAL LIFE IS SQUEAKY CLEAN,
BUT WHAT ABOUT HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE?
ANYTHING THERE THAT COULD GET HIM KILLED?
Wagner: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, OBVIOUSLY,
THE INVESTIGATION LOOKED AT
WAS TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYONE AT NORTH COAST ELECTRIC
WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD A GRUDGE AGAINST BOB HENRY.
Barer: HE STARTED IN A NEW POSITION AT THE COMPANY.
HE HAD BEEN PROMOTED.
JUST LEAVE IT!
POLICE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE
WHO COULD HAVE BEEN UPSET WITH BOB
BECAUSE HE HAD FIRED THEM FROM THE COMPANY.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT REALLY WASN'T AN ISSUE.
YOU KNOW, ONE HAD ANOTHER JOB ALREADY.
THE OTHER UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY.
Narrator: PAULA DOESN'T GET IT.
WHY AREN'T THE POLICE FOCUSING ON LARRY SHANDOLA,
THE MAN SHE'S SURE KILLED HER HUSBAND?
Henry: I KNEW, AND I WAS CALLING BOB YERBURY
PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY.
"IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO? ANYTHING I CAN DO?"
WELL, UM...
I FIND PAULA'S RESPONSE TO THE *** OF HER HUSBAND
AS BOTH INSPIRATIONAL AND REMARKABLE.
OF COURSE SHE WAS DEVASTATED,
YET SHE AROSE WITH DETERMINATION AND DID EVERYTHING PROACTIVE
TO CATCH THE KILLER AND DID NOT GIVE UP.
IT SEEMED TO STEAL HER RESOLVE
THAT NO ONE WAS GOING TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.
Narrator: PAULA CAN'T SLEEP
UNTIL LARRY SHANDOLA IS BEHIND BARS.
HER QUEST FOR JUSTICE SO STRONG,
SHE STARTS SPENDING HER LIFE SAVINGS TO PUT HIM THERE.
Henry: I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS,
SO I THOUGHT HE PROBABLY GOT RID OF THE MOTORCYCLE
OR SOME PARTS IN THE RIVER.
AND SO I GOT SCUBA DIVERS.
BUT DIDN'T FIND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
Barer: DESPITE ALL INTENSIVE EFFORTS AND DEDICATION,
IT CAME TO THAT POINT WHERE THE CASE WENT COLD.
NO PLACE TO GO WITH IT.
Yerbury: EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT WORKING THAT CASE
ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS,
THE FILE CONTINUES TO SIT ON MY DESK.
WHAT DO I NEED TO LOOK AT HERE? WHAT HAVE I OVERLOOKED?
BOB YERBURY JUST KEPT PUSHING AT THE CASE,
CHECKING OUT ANYTHING THAT MADE SENSE.
HE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WALKING THE RAILROAD TRACKS
DOWN BY NORTH COAST ELECTRIC...
...JUST TRYING TO FIND LEADS THAT HE COULD PURSUE.
Narrator: DESPITE YERBURY'S COMMITMENT,
WHEN PAULA LEARNS HER HUSBAND'S ***
IS NO LONGER A TOP PRIORITY, IT SENDS HER ON A TIRADE.
Henry: WHY? WHY AREN'T THEY DOING ANYTHING?
SO I WAS HARASSING THE PROSECUTOR,
"WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING? WHY AREN'T YOU DOING ANYTHING?"
Ladenburg: I HAD A LOT OF RESPECT FOR BOB YERBURY.
I TRUSTED HIS JUDGMENT THAT THERE WAS MORE OUT THERE,
THAT WE WERE EVENTUALLY GONNA GET THIS GUY,
AND WE JUST NEEDED TO HAVE PATIENCE.
Narrator: TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THE ***,
LARRY SHANDOLA, THE MAN PAULA FIXATED ON FROM DAY ONE,
TURNS THE TABLES.
THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED.
Yerbury: PAULA HENRY BEGAN TO COMPLAIN
THAT SHE WAS BEING HARASSED BY LARRY SHANDOLA,
THAT HE WAS STALKING HER.
Narrator: WHAT IS LARRY UP TO?
IS HE TRYING TO SCARE PAULA OFF THE TRAIL?
Barer: IT'S BAD ENOUGH
THAT PAULA'S HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD,
BUT NOW THE MAN THAT SHE IS SURE DID IT,
IS MAKING HER LIFE A LIVING HELL.
Henry: HE WOULD KNOW MY SCHEDULE, WHAT MEETINGS I HAD
AT WHAT BUILDING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND HE WOULD SHOW UP.
SHOW UP AT THE RESTAURANTS I GO TO.
HE WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY.
IT WAS JUST LITTLE SUBTLE THINGS.
I FEARED FOR MY LIFE EVERY DAY.
Narrator: TWO AND A HALF YEARS
AFTER HER HUSBAND BOB'S COLD-BLOODED ***,
PAULA HENRY'S QUEST
TO NAIL THE MAN SHE SUSPECTS COMMITTED THE CRIME
TAKES A FRIGHTENING TURN.
LARRY SHANDOLA REFUSED TO TALK TO POLICE ONCE,
BUT NOW THAT HE'S STALKING PAULA,
DETECTIVE BOB YERBURY HAS A REASON TO TRY AGAIN.
MY PARTNER AND I TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK WITH HIM
AND OFFERED TO INTERVIEW WITH HIM ABOUT ROBERT HENRY,
SINCE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
JUST TO LET HIM ANSWER QUESTIONS
IF HE WAS WILLING TO AND CLEAR HIMSELF,
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO INTERVIEW,
AND EVENTUALLY WE BROKE OFF THAT CONTACT.
GENTLEMEN.
Narrator: IS SHANDOLA TRYING TO INTIMIDATE HER INTO SHUTTING UP?
WELL, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK WITH PAULA.
DESPITE HIS STRANGE BEHAVIOR, SHE UPS THE STAKES
AND OFFERS ANYONE WITH INFORMATION A BIG-TIME REWARD.
Henry: I PUT A BILLBOARD RIGHT BY WHERE LARRY WORKED,
SO HE HAD TO SEE BOB'S FACE EVERY DAY AT WORK.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HE WAS TALKING TO AT WORK
KNEW THAT THERE WAS A REWARD THERE.
Narrator: PAULA'S SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY FOR NOTHING.
NO LEADS COME FROM THE BILLBOARDS.
BUT THEY LET LARRY KNOW SHE WON'T BACK DOWN.
PAULA'S NOT GOING TO HIDE.
WHEN SHE ISN'T FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE,
SHE'S HARD AT WORK IN PLAIN VIEW.
I WAS WORKING AT TACOMA RAIL
'CAUSE WE WERE BUILDING THE BRIDGE.
Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
THE BRIDGE PAULA'S WORKING ON
IS PART OF THE RAIL LINE THE KILLER USED TO ESCAPE.
EVERY MINUTE ON THE JOB IS A GUT-WRENCHING REMINDER
OF THE DAY HER HUSBAND WAS MURDERED.
I HAD TO BE ON THAT RAILROAD ALMOST EVERY DAY.
I HAD TO HAVE MEETINGS THERE ALL THE TIME.
AND IT TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF ME SOMETIMES TO STAND THERE.
I HAD TO LOOK AT THE FENCE ALL THE TIME.
I HAD TO LOOK WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS ALL THE TIME.
BUT HARDLY ANYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME EMOTIONALLY
WHEN I WOULD BE THERE
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT SEPARATE.
Narrator: AS PART OF THE BRIDGE-BUILDING PROJECT,
PAULA ORDERS A SECTION OF TRACK CLEARED.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE WORK CREW MAKES AN ASTONISHING DISCOVERY.
THERE, CAKED WITH DIRT
AND BURIED IN THE BUSHES IS A SHOTGUN.
I SUBMITTED THAT SHOT GUN
TO THE WASHINGTON STATE CRIME LAB FORENSICS FIREARMS SECTION.
THEY RECOVERED FROM IT A SPENT BUT UNEXPENDED SHELL CASING,
WHICH WOULD BE THE THIRD SHOT.
AND THEN THAT SHELL CASING MATCHED UP TO THE TWO
THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE,
SO WE KNEW WE HAD OUR *** WEAPON.
IT WAS VERY GRATIFYING.
BUT IT WAS FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE WE HAD MADE A LOT OF EFFORTS TO SEARCH THAT AREA,
BUT IT WAS JUST SO OVERGROWN.
Henry: I NEVER THOUGHT WE'D EVER FIND THE GUN.
I NEVER THOUGHT ONE MINUTE WE'D EVER FIND THE GUN.
AND IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME TO LOOK AT IT.
AND IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DAY.
Narrator: AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS OF TRYING,
PAULA HAS ACCIDENTALLY LED POLICE
TO THEIR FIRST REAL BREAK.
Man: THE GUN IS CALLED A SAVAGE STEVENS MODEL 67
12-GAUGE PUMP SHOTGUN WITH HAND-PAINTED CAMOUFLAGE.
IF WE CAN JUST PUT A PICTURE OF THIS
IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT PERSON, THEY'RE GONNA RECOGNIZE IT.
I STARTED RESEARCHING WHEN IT WAS SOLD,
WHERE IT WAS SOLD, AND WHO IT WAS SOLD TO.
Narrator: WITH SO MUCH INVESTED IN THE CASE,
PAULA'S NOT ABOUT TO BE LEFT ON THE SIDELINES.
SHE JOINS DETECTIVE YERBURY LOOKING FOR THE SHOTGUN'S OWNER.
Henry: I VOLUNTEERED, "WHATEVER YOU NEED, WE CAN DO THIS."
AND WE WENT TO GUN SHOWS.
WE WOULD GO PUT FLIERS ON EVERYBODY
AND TALK TO EVERYBODY.
PAULA GAVE OUT OVER 1,000 FLIERS
WITH PICTURES OF THIS WEAPON ON IT.
"DO YOU KNOW THIS WEAPON? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WEAPON?
DID YOU SELL IT? DID YOU BUY IT?"
ONE DAY, THEY MADE A HIT.
"OH, YES" SAYS THE GENTLEMAN, "I SOLD THAT SHOTGUN."
FIVE, SIX YEARS.
Yerbury: IN FACT, HE WAS THE ONE THAT TOLD US
THAT HE HAD DONE A HOMEMADE HAND-APPLICATION OF CAMOUFLAGE
TO THE STOCK OF THE WEAPON.
WE TRACKED THAT GUN THROUGH FOUR PEOPLE
AND ON TO THE LAST KNOWN OWNER,
WHO REPORTED THAT HE'D ACTUALLY SOLD THAT GUN AT A GUN SHOW.
Narrator: THE KEY QUESTION -- WHO BOUGHT IT?
Yerbury: THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
WAS OF A WHITE MALE IN HIS 40s
WITH DARK HAIR AND A STALKY BUILD.
Narrator: LARRY SHANDOLA FITS THAT DESCRIPTION
AND HE'S A MEMBER OF THE GUN CLUB
WHERE THE SHOTGUN WAS ULTIMATELY SOLD.
IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT'S A GOOD START --
ENOUGH TO SECURE A SEARCH WARRANT FOR SHANDOLA'S HOUSE.
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Wagner: THE DETECTIVES RECOVERED
A FULL-FACE BLACK MOTORCYCLE HELMET,
WHICH WAS CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT THEY TRUCK DRIVER SAW THE GUNMAN WEARING,
SOME OF THE CLOTHING ITEMS THAT WERE CONSISTENT
TO THE CLOTHING ITEMS WORN BY THE KILLER --
THIS INCLUDED THE COVERALLS,
WHICH LARRY SHANDOLA HAD, I THINK, SEVERAL PAIRS OF,
THE FLANNEL SHIRT THAT THE GUNMAN WAS SEEN WEARING
AFTER HE WAS SEEN RUNNING DOWN THROUGH THE BRUSH.
Ladenburg: ALL OF THIS IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE,
SO WHEN YOU BUILD A CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE,
YOU HAVE TO BUILD A BIGGER MOUNTAIN
THAN YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER HARD EVIDENCE IN A CASE.
Narrator: THE ONE THING DETECTIVES CAN'T FIND
IS A MOTIVE --
A BROKEN PARTNERSHIP, A FIGHT AT A PARTY,
A $9,400 LAWSUIT.
NONE OF THIS ADDS UP TO A MOTIVE FOR ***.
Barer: PAULA IS GETTING MORE AND MORE EMOTIONALLY DISTRAUGHT
THE LONGER THIS GOES ON.
Narrator: THEN, ANOTHER BREAK.
MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER BOB HENRY'S ***,
TWO MEN WHO WORKED WITH SHANDOLA COME FORWARD
WITH ONE HECK OF A STORY.
Barer: DETECTIVES BECAME AWARE THAT LARRY HAD OFFERED MONEY --
UP TO $2,000 -- FOR SOMEONE TO BEAT UP BOB HENRY.
Wagner: LARRY SHANDOLA WAS VERY SPECIFIC
THAT HE WANTED BOB HENRY'S FACE ATTACKED,
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS RELEVANT
BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, BOB HENRY HAD SUFFERED A MOUTH INJURY
WHEN LARRY SHANDOLA HAD HIT HIM DURING THAT NEW YEARS EVE PARTY.
AND THE ATTEMPTS TO HIRE THESE CO-WORKERS
HAD OCCURRED AFTER BOB HENRY HAD FILED THE CIVIL LAWSUIT.
ONE WITNESS SAW HIM JUST STANDING THERE
POUNDING HIS FIST INTO HIS HAND SAYING, "I'VE GOT TO GET HIM.
I'M GONNA GET HIM."
Narrator: IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?
WAS BOB HENRY ACTUALLY KILLED OVER A DENTAL BILL?
THERE MUST BE MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
Narrator: AFTER A FOUR-YEAR INVESTIGATION
INTO THE *** OF 33-YEAR-OLD BOB HENRY,
TACOMA POLICE FINALLY HAVE THE *** WEAPON
AND SOMEONE THEY CAN TIE IT TO --
LARRY SHANDOLA.
DURING A SEARCH OF SHANDOLA'S HOME,
THEY RECOVER CLOTHES
THAT MATCH WHAT WITNESSES SAW THE KILLER WEARING.
AND THEY HAVE TESTIMONY FROM TWO MEN
SHANDOLA TRIED TO HIRE TO BEAT BOB UP.
BUT WHY WOULD SHANDOLA WANT HIM DEAD?
NO ONE KNOWS.
EVEN WITHOUT A MOTIVE,
POLICE DECIDE TO CHARGE HIM WITH ***.
Henry: I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP, THAT HE MIGHT GET ARRESTED SOON
BECAUSE THE TONE OF THE PROSECUTOR
AND THE TONE OF THE DETECTIVES WERE STARTING TO GET DIFFERENT.
THEY WERE -- THEIR TONE WAS ALMOST ELATED.
Yerbury: HIS RESIDENCE WAS SURVEILLED
TILL HE WAS OBSERVED LEAVING.
MR. SHANDOLA, I'M AFRAID WE HAVE TO RUIN YOUR DAY.
AND I ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS UNDER ARREST
FOR THE *** OF ROBERT HENRY.
THAT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR ME.
Narrator: IN JULY 2001,
NEARLY SIX YEARS AFTER THE *** OF BOB HENRY,
LARRY SHANDOLA FINALLY FACES JUSTICE.
LARRY SHANDOLA IS A VERY CONTROLLING, VERY ANGRY PERSON.
Beaulaurier: I THINK HE'S EVIL.
I THINK HE WORSHIPS HIMSELF AND THINKS HE'S EVERYTHING.
Narrator: THE PROSECUTION LAYS OUT
WHAT THEY BELIEVED HAPPENED THAT DAY.
NO, NO, NO. HANG ON. WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?
IT'S TOO LATE, BOB.
ONCE HE APPROACHED AND ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION,
I MEAN, IT'S UP.
HE HAS SAID, "YOU KNOW WHO I AM.
YOU HEAR MY VOICE."
LARRY.
AND HE'S COMMITTED, SO...
YOU KNOW, HE DOES WHAT HE DOES.
WE'LL WORK IT OUT. WE'LL WORK IT OUT! IT'S OKAY!
Henry: I WANTED TO PREPARE MYSELF FOR THE WORST.
IF HE IS FOUND INNOCENT, I WAS GONNA PACK UP AND LEAVE.
I ALREADY HAD MY EXIT.
I HAD MY RESIGNATION LETTER READY.
I WAS GONE.
I HAD PLAN "B" -- GET OUT OF TOWN AS FAST AS YOU CAN.
I WAS JUST WORRIED. I WAS WORRIED.
IT WAS A REALLY EMOTIONAL DAY THAT DAY WHEN THE JURY CAME IN.
Narrator: FOLLOWING A FIVE-WEEK TRIAL
AND FIVE DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS,
THE JURY FINDS LARRY SHANDOLA GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE ***.
Wagner: PAULA WAS RIGHT BEHIND US IN THE PEWS
AND I COULD HEAR HER -- IT'S A PHYSICAL RELEASE.
THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN KNOWING THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME JUSTICE.
THIS WAS THE LONGEST INVESTIGATION
IN TACOMA POLICE HISTORY.
THIS CASE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF ABSOLUTE DEDICATION
ON THE PART OF THE TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO SOLVE THIS CASE
REGARDLESS OF COST, REGARDLESS OF TIME.
SO EVERYBODY THOUGHT THE BOOK, YOU KNOW, ENDED,
THE STORY ENDED, AND IT DIDN'T.
Narrator: SOON AFTER HIS CONVICTION,
SHANDOLA APPLIES TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN HIS NATIVE CANADA --
A REQUEST PAULA STRONGLY OPPOSES.
Henry: I'M JUST GLAD NOW HE'S IN PRISON.
I WANT HIM THERE,
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHERE HE'S AT ALL THE TIME.
Narrator: WHEN HIS APPLICATION IS DENIED,
HE MAKES AN UNBELIEVABLE MOVE.
HE SUES PAULA FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER.
PAULA CALLS ME UP, AND SHE'S DISTRAUGHT, CRYING,
AND TELLING ME THAT LARRY SHANDOLA'S SUING HER.
AND I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
THEY'RE SAYING, "COME ON, YOU'RE A CONVICTED MURDERER.
YOU DON'T HAVE A REPUTATION TO DEFAME."
AND THE JUDGE RULED THAT WE WERE RIGHT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BAD THING ABOUT THAT
IS IF YOU GET SUED, YOU CAN WIN,
BUT IT'S STILL GONNA COST YOU MONEY TO WIN.
Narrator: NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW FOR SURE
WHY LARRY SHANDOLA TOOK THE LIFE OF BOB HENRY,
BUT PAULA BELIEVES SHE HAS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR CIVIL CASE
THAT WE HAD AGAINST HIM FOR PUNCHING BOB IN THE MOUTH.
IT'S ABOUT JEALOUSLY OVER OUR LIVES.
BOB HAD THE NICER LIFE.
BOB HAD EVERYTHING NICER THAN THE MURDERER DID.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT JEALOUSY.
Beaulaurier: WE TRIED TO JUST MOVE ON.
YOU HAVE TO DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT.
NOBODY PARKED IN THE SPOT.
IN FACT, FOR A FEW YEARS, RANDOMLY,
FLOWERS WOULD JUST SHOW UP AND SIT IN THE SPOT.
WE CLEANED AND RE-STRIPED THE PARKING LOT
BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD.
AND THEN WE JUST LEARNED TO MOVE ON.
WHICH IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT PAULA HAD TO LEARN TO DO.
Henry: IF YOU KNEW BOB,
YOU WILL REMEMBER HIM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,
AND ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T KNOW HIM,
JUST THINK OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR PERSON IN YOUR LIFE
AND THAT'S HIM.
IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN COUNSELING AND THERAPY
TO LEARN A NEW NORMAL,
TO SAY -- AND I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SAY TO MYSELF...
..."BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
"WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT.
BAD THINGS DO HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE."