True Crime Documentary - Dangerous Criminal Mastermind Stops At Nothing To Escape The Law

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3:07A string of vicious bank robberies grows more violent with every hope. Then ends in a deadly shoot. With a dangerous man on the run, police conduct an all-out search for a fugitive so desperate, he will stop at nothing to make his escape. Two-armed bank robbers hit a Seattle bank, taking over $150,000. But before they can escape,

4:11police confront them and the payer splits up. As authority search blocked by block, they learn one was a career criminal with a long history of violence. I'm Jim Calstrom, former head of the FBI's New York office. The suspect was smart and desperate to stay free. Agents chased him through the Caribbean and across cyberspace, determined to put an end to his career. One of the FBI's primary responsibilities is investigating bank robberies. And they see more of these crimes in Seattle than just about any other place in the country. The FBI office there investigates every bank robbery in the state of Washington. Special agent Mike Adams runs Seattle's robbery division. Over the last five or six years, we've averaged 300 bank robberies a year, primarily here in the Seattle

5:15or King County area. Bank robberies are a big problem here in this area. The FBI cites a high rate of drug addiction, and the fact that Washington has a relatively large number of bank branches has reasons for this. The Seattle agents see two basic types of bank heists. Most are one-on-one robberies. When someone approaches a teller with a note, they require demand for cash. Not necessarily a robber who cares to draw attention to him or herself by being extremely vocal or attempting to take over the banking operations. The other kind of robbery is more rare and more dangerous. The takeover. A takeover robbery is where we have one or more robbers who enter a bank and attempt to take over the banking operations. It's various means.

6:19I either order me people to the floor or ordering the bank employees away from the teller counters. More often than not. In a takeover style bank robbery, the bank robber or robbers are armed with firearms. So those are considered very violent as opposed to a one-on-one style bank robbery. agents note that whenever takeover bandits get away with it, they will usually rob again, becoming bolder and more violent with each new attempt. On May 17, 2000, one particularly vicious string of takeover style robberies begins at a downtown Seattle bank. Working quickly, they disappear in minutes with thousands of dollars in cash.

7:20A week later, thieves hit another area bank, brandishing bigger guns, intensifying their assault on unsuspecting patrons and employees. Two weeks later, robbers strike again with even more aggression. Since takeover robberies are rare, agents believe the crimes were all perpetrated by the same bandits. We did see bank robberies that did appear to be similar in nature in terms of the level of violence in terms of large amounts of money. Certainly, a robbery of that nature is going to peak our attention because of the significant level of violence. Yet each time the robbers escape claimly and stolen getaway cars, leaving no eye witnesses who can ID the man. The FBI is facing a pair of seasoned criminals who grow more aggressive with each attack.

8:23Recognizing a pattern of behavior, authorities feel these violent robbers will turn deadly. Six days later, on the morning of June 22nd, 2000, their worst fears are realized. Two men head down Aurora Avenue, then turn into the parking lot of Wells Fargo Bank. The people inside have no idea what's coming. The gunman corral the customers and employees, but they miss one. The robbers are organized. One stands guard while the other finds a teller who can access the vault.

9:34The manager connects with police emergency. Stand on the line. All units are headed back, robbery of 120 in Aurora. A dispatcher puts out an urgent call about armed robbers still inside the bank. The Apple Officer Wesley Bucston responds. What was a bank robbery in progress? That's a little bit of an unusual call. We usually get bank alarms as opposed to bank robbery in progress. Bucston races to the bank. The thief takes all the cash as two backpacks can hold. The teller follows orders, hoping the gunman won't kill him. Bucston kills his siren as he approaches the bank.

10:36I was the first one on the scene. There was a motorcycle sitting out in front of the bank. I believe it was up on the sidewalk. You really couldn't see in the bank. Following procedure, the officer finds cover and waits for backup. Officer Rick Sprecker arrives and gets into position. The bandits emerge unaware of the officers. They cannot get the motorcycle started. They sat there like they were frozen for a minute in time. I guess trying to figure out why the motorcycle would it start. And then they jumped off the motorcycle and they started running away from it. Then one suspect trips.

11:37I had my gun on and told him to stay down. Bucston stays with the first gunman. Officer Sprecker orders the second to stop. But the man disappears. Then officer Bucston is suddenly faced with the unthinkable. It seemed like slow motion. I've heard the tape recording of it and the shots were fired in quick succession. But at that time it seemed like they were even maybe one or two seconds between the actual shots. I'll move. I'll move. Call him right now. What's your weapon yet? Sprecker returns fire. Finally stopping the gunman. Officers contain one suspect. The other is gone. Good officer down. Officer down. I mean backup. Officer Sprecker's call brings an intense law enforcement response.

12:41Emergency medical technicians work to stabilize officer Bucston. While officer Sprecker quickly breathes detectives. The man who shot the officer is dead. Imagine your friend tells you she's taking an innocent family trip to Greenville, South Carolina. We'll call her Emma. The trip sounds great to you. Hiking at Jones Gap, dinner at Topsoil, a room at the best hotel in town. Harmless, right? Here's the thing. Emma and her family never return from Greenville. They disappear. You search for answers. But nothing adds up. Emma had a great life back home. You guys were best friends. What happened? Well the truth is once Emma realized she could have access to Michelin recognized restaurants, nature, local shops and performing arts all in one place, everywhere else started to seem a little. Emma's vacation is a cautionary tale.

13:42If you're coming this way, don't forget to tell your friends and neighbors goodbye. Visit Greenville, South Carolina, but you may never want to leave. Learn more at visit GreenvilleSC.com. Blackjacket, with the escape suspect begins immediately. A dispatcher broadcasts a description of the fleeing gunman on all police channels. FBI agents rush to the bank. Among them agent Mike Adams. On my way to the bank, I did hear an officer was shot and was down. It was obviously a very violent take over style robbery. Adams recognizes that these initial reports are similar to the three earlier robberies and that the violence is escalated even further. With one armed gunman still on the loose, authorities quickly moved to contain the situation.

14:46There were several people by standards who were beginning to gather around. So Seattle Police immediately took control of the scene because of the imminent danger and potential threat that still existed. The Seattle Police Department directs their homicide unit to the scene, including Detective Paul Siguro. Anytime there's officer of all shooting where Seattle Police Officer fires a weapon we are called to investigate. All law enforcement agencies begin working together to develop a plan to find the escape gunman. Seattle Police form an emergency command post to coordinate the act. We're headed to their assignment. Let's wrap it up right now, take on. All right, there we go. The members of our SWAT team had already started a surge of the Interim Primary Area. Moving toward the general direction of the fleeing suspect, SWAT methodically searches every hiding space. They're careful knowing that the gunman is desperate and could be anywhere.

15:51I have to go! Concerned for public safety, law enforcement swarms the area. Roads are blocked. Traffic may be rooted. Detective Sergeant David Witter. The bank robbery and subsequent police shooting led to a tremendous police presence in the area. We had dogs, we had the King County Helicopter, the special weapons team. The SWAT team goes door to door, warning everyone in the business district. Businesses were shut down, we closed all the local businesses for the safety of the people because the suspect was still at large. Okay, you guys are right, you can do that please. After treating gunshot wounds and officer Buckston's left arm and right shoulder, the emergency medical technicians take him to the hospital. Both wounds, the bullet went in and out, so it was just a matter of clearing it up,

16:53make sure there wasn't anything that would cause any kind of infection. Special agent Adam searches the downed bank robber for clues. I pulled out his identification, which said his name was Daniel Delphiere. He was not someone known to the FBI at that time, but nonetheless, certainly, a name for us to conduct further follow-up investigation. Investigators locate the 380 semi-automatic handgun used to shoot Buckston. In a belt pack, they find a 38 revolver. agents also recover two backpacks full of cash. A lot of the money in there was still in shrink-round, delivered from the Federal Reserve Bank. Later, the money found in both backpacks came up to well over $151,000. That is a lot of money, much more than is typically taken during a bank robbery.

17:56Police run the plates at the motorcycle and learn it will not help them idea the escape suspect. The bike was stolen. FBI agents interview bank employees and customers, searching for clues that might help them locate the second gunman. But the robbers never used any names and no one saw their faces. An evidence technician recovers a footprint left on the teller counter. But it is the only physical evidence investigators find at the scene. The heist was clean. Local police pull up the record of the dead robber, Daniel Delphiere. He was fresh out of prison, having served time for manslaughter and assault. Police continue to hunt down Delphiere's accomplice. Within hours of the robbery, they pick up his tray. Detectives respond to a nearby junkyard where officers have recovered evidence.

18:59We are backtracking finding the items evidence that were discarded. The victim is running, getting rid of his motorcycle and he out on gloves. It is sort of like the trail that he left behind. You can 10 news running. Probably another 50 feet. The agent took off his jacket. There is a high chain link fan and a bob wire on top of that. There is also a handgun, a 45-pound wire, semi-automatic pistol covered close to the jacket. Investigators suspect that the gunman was covering his trail by leaving behind evidence in any clothing that would later identify him. But just as the suspects trail appears to be getting cold, it heats up again. I'll be right there. Investigators head to a nearby apartment building. Responding to a call made by the building's manager.

20:05She had called police after finding fresh blood outside in a park. We surmised that this second suspect must have cut his hand going over the fence. If it is the gunman's blood, he could still be in the building, armed and desperate. Police call for SWAT. And a nearby team arrives immediately. With a dangerous and elusive gunman still on the loose, police hope they now have him cornered. Following a Seattle bank robbery in June 2000, a gun battle leaves one police officer injured and one suspect dead. A second armed suspect flees on foot and disappears. Police follow a blood trail to a nearby apartment building.

21:07Thinking the gunman might be holed up there, a SWAT team checks the place. One hallway, one apartment at a time. There's time, come on! But they find nothing. Once the building is cleared, investigators secure a sample of the blood for later testing. Authorities pour every resource into the intense manhood, according to Detective Sergeant David Ritter. Because of the seriousness of the robbery, every available officer that we could find was involved in this hunt for the second suspect. Police are cautious, knowing from experience that someone willing to shoot a cop is far more dangerous than the average criminal. FBI agents approach residents, asking them what they've seen and warning them about the fugitive.

22:07The suspect was obviously very dangerous and the people in the immediate area were afraid. Tactical officers continue to check buildings, alleys. Any place the suspect could hide. They instruct every business in a 15 block area to shut down and lock up. In no time, authority seal off one of Seattle's busiest shopping districts, bringing the entire area to a standstill. Investigators have identified the suspect killed during the shootout, as Danny Del Fierro. He is the investigators best lead for locating the second robber. King County Deputy Prosecutor Steve Faw. So we got an immediate warrant for his residence, his car to try to locate whatever information we could about him.

23:10And through that, who he might have done the crime with. At Del Fierro's home, investigators meet a woman who had lived with him. She says she knows nothing about the robbery, but helps them compile a list of her housemates' associates. Investigators then search Del Fierro's home, but find nothing that can help them identify the escaped suspect. Across town, officers respond to a call from a man who claims he was the target of an attempted car jacket. It is just north of the building where the blood was found. The driver explains that minutes earlier, he was leaving his apartment complex. All of a sudden, he saw this guy jump out in front of him, and the slam both of his hands down on the hood and force him to stop. The guy said, hey, I've been in a fight and I need you to help me get me a ride.

24:13The man became more aggressive. He put his hand into the car, tried to grab the keys, and tried to take the car himself. When it became apparent that that was not going to work, he became quite vicious. You know, within a matter of seconds. The owner of the car was able to fight him off, pushing him out the door, and then just jet off as fast as he could. He reported what had happened to a police officer. Police are convinced the car jacket is the robber they're pursuing. The victim gives them a detailed description of his assailant and the direction he was going. He was moving to the north, so that moved the search in that direction. We got the description out immediately, and the media was helpful, and they got it out to the public as fast as we had it. For three hours, investigators find no sign of the fugitive. Until a 911 operator gets a call.

25:14A man reports that he and his wife had been held hostage that afternoon. The intruder had fled, but they think he was the bank robber they heard about on the news. Investigators race to a residence north of the car jacket attempt. The couple explains what happened. Three hours earlier, the woman was leaving her house when she saw a man in her truck. He was calm and told her he'd been in a fight and needed her help. She didn't fall for it. At this point, the police and the media were circling the area. She pointed up to the helicopters and said, no, I think they're looking for you. And again, the personality changed just like that. The woman is not somebody who's just going to hold over for this guy. She tried to fight back. Grabbed a knife. I let her know that he was capable of using it.

26:20He signaled to her that his own survival was at stake. He was going to be as brutal as he had to be. What's going on? What's going on? Tell me right now. Where's the tape? Get out of the road. Don't move. As he searched for something with which to tie her up, her husband came home. Honey. Honey. Where are you? Hey. I'm home. Honey, what's going on? The husband then tried to intervene on behalf of his wife and this guy punched him. Stop moving. Stop moving. Give me your hands. Give me your hands. At this point, they were just doing what they needed to do to survive. And so they said, I think they felt like if they were tied up, at least they wouldn't be shot. Or anything like that. The couple could hear the assailant making calls on his cell phone in another room. 3434 Campbell Road. Not for the window, OK? Then he calmly got a beer from the refrigerator and began watching accounts of his own robbery on television.

27:21He ran the bank even before the bank was robbed. He seemed transfixed by live images of the extensive men. Not just him, I'm firing. 10.50, 30 seconds later. About two and a half, three hours after they were tied up, there was a knock on the window. And he sort of ran out the door. And that was the last they ever saw of them. By the time police respond, it's clear the suspect has slipped through their dragnet. Once we interviewed the people in the house, then it was pretty obvious that he had gotten away. The intensive search ended when it was obvious that he had fled the scene and he had had some help from somebody else, probably a car. So the actual physical search of the area was pretty much stopped at that time. Investigators processed the entire house collecting fingerprints and blood samples. They hope the evidence will help them identify a dangerous criminal,

28:26a man who will do anything to escape the law. An armed bank robber is on the run following a deadly shootout in which police kill his partner. During his flight, the fugitive assaults a couple, then holds them hostage in their Seattle home, while he waits for a getaway driver to help him escape. FBI Special Agent Gary Schaienlein knows this fugitive is especially dangerous. The nature of the act itself of bank robber is very violent, but in trying to affect and escape his partner and he were involved in the shooting of a police officer and also the taking hostage of innocent citizens. So the stakes in this particular case were definitely higher. Detective Paul Seguro begins canvassing the neighbors of the slain robber Danny Delphiara.

29:27One man tells Seguro he had seen television reports about the stolen motorcycle used in the robbery and he recognized it. He saw Delphiara with the motorcycle, part of the bank robber taking place. The man tells Seguro he saw the bike on a tow truck. In this individual, he had seen another individual inside the truck with Delphiara the day before. Seguro thinks the tow truck driver might be the second robber. He asks the neighbor if he knows who he is. The man says he had never seen him before. The owners of the bank that was robbed tried to help, according to FBI Special Agent Mike Adams. Okay. All right. That very day the bank came to us and wanted to offer reward for information that would lead to

30:28the identity arrest and eventual conviction of the person or person responsible for that arms bank robbery. Agents hope the large reward will make people more willing to talk. Myself, other FBI agents spent many long hours attempting to gather as much information as we could. Investigators track down every possible lead trying to get more information on Delphiara's known associates. We drove to several different addresses and locations in our attempt to interview different people who we thought might be lead to the identity as well as the location of the second suspect on this bank robbery. Every lead becomes a dead end. Investigators finally get a break when officers begin processing the evidence left behind by the fleeing robber.

31:32Inside the jacket was this piece of paper that had a photocopy of a driver's license that belonged to a young 16 year old girl and then a lot of information about who she was. Police begin looking for the young woman. They called the best number they had for her, which was her dad. And her dad said, wow, she's at the movies. And they said, well, you know, you need to get her. So she came and talked to the police and she said that as soon as her dad came into the movie, they should immediately knew what it was about. Basically the reason why I asked this is because I was... They show her the photocopy license and ask how the bank robbers got it. It's really what he had to say. She told us that she was approached by a person she went to high school with. The person she went to high school with said I have an individual that has large sums of money. He needs ID and social security numbers. In return, you'll get a couple thousand dollars if you let us use your ID and social security number. The young woman explains the information was to be used to set up bank accounts to launder stolen money. She gives detectives the name of her high school friend, the middleman for the ID fraud.

32:39Detectives track down the man and try to get him to cooperate. We contacted him early morning hours. He was somewhat reluctant to talk to us at first, but then as we started talking, we finally started to tell us about who it was that asked him to obtain the identification of social security numbers. His name is Aaristoddle. He tells detectives the man's name is Aaristoddlemar. We then thought that it's very possible. Aaristoddlemar is the person we're looking for because he was obviously looking for a way to launder money in hopes of getting legit funds to return. Investigators are convinced they're on the right track. When the middleman tells investigators that Mar owns a towing service. The police conduct a background check. DMV records reveal that there is a tow truck registered to Mar

33:40and that it matches the one described by Delphiero's neighbor. Investigators returned to Delphiero's home to ask his old roommate if she knows Aaristoddlemar. She says Mar and Delphiero had been friends since childhood. So now his name has come up in two different sources or two different ways. They're an investigation so now we start to focus on Aaristoddlemar. It's been a second suspect involved in the bank robbery. authorities check Mar's police record. It's clean except for one assault charge he received as a minor. Tax records show Mar runs a successful towing business and already owns property worth $400,000. Police are surprised to learn he was a star athlete in high school. Graduating six years earlier with a 4.0 grade point average. The first thing everybody said about him was how smart he was and you could see he had a lot of potential in life but was impatient enough. I think that fed directly into the greed that motivated

34:43these crimes. Steve Fogg subpoenas the cell phone records of Mar and Delphiero. He discovers calls made between the two suspects prior to the robbery. Circumstantial evidence that they were possibly in the planning stages. Danny Delphiero and Aaristoddlemar were talking you know 10 times an hour and the days and weeks that preceded this. Police then ask witnesses to confirm Mar's identity. To do this they create a photo montage. This typically what happens is you have six photos and the person who's the suspect is one of the six. Here the police put together a 12 person montage. They really went the extra mile just to make absolutely certain that we had the right guy. Authorities show the photo montage to the woman who was assaulted and held hostage in her home and she didn't have any hesitation at all she picked out Mr. Mar immediately.

35:45Later her husband and the carjacking victim would also pick out Mar as their attacker. So with that I take them together with all the circumstantial evidence we've worked quite confident that Aaristoddlemar was the guy we were looking for. Authorities secure in a rest warrant for Mar and a search warrant for his home. Knowing Mar's volatile tendencies police prepare for what could be a violent confrontation. On June 22nd 2000 a pair of alleged serial bank robbers hit another Seattle bank. During a shootout with police one bandage is killed and the other escapes. The dead robber is Daniel Del Fiero. Authorities believe the fugitive is Aaristoddlemar. Fearing a violent confrontation police prepare to serve a rest in search warrants with the help of a tactical unit.

36:51With the team our homicide detectives Paul Seguro and David Ritter. When we went to the residence we had members of the SWAT team multiple Seattle police units to assist us in securing the premise. Room by room SWAT searches the house. They find no sign of Mar. Homicide detective Paul Seguro. Once the home is secured myself and the rest of the house I'd unit went in and started searching through the home. They look for any evidence that can tie Mar to the robbery or provide a clue to his whereabouts. In a hidden storage area they find remnants of an arsenal.

37:57Detectives recover empty containers for various types of handguns. Although they do find a few weapons most of the guns are gone. There was different types of ammunition for long gun shotguns. There was ammunition for handguns. Detectives begin looking at the bullets more closely and uncover an important piece of evidence. We found ammunition that matched ammunition that we found at the scene of the bank robbery. Authorities also discover another lead. Documents that show frequent travel to and from Jamaica by Mar and several associates. Also there was small photographs and templates for the making of what appeared to be false identification. Investigators suspect that Mar may have plans to flee the country under a false name. During the search at Mar's home the authorities discover a second house on the property.

39:01The police are waiting for the police to come and go. They need that house cleared over there. agents immediately file a search warrant for the place and set up surveillance while they wait for the warrant to be processed. For a week authorities watch people come and go but see no sign of the robbery suspect. When a judge finally issues the warrant, SWAT goes in. Get out of there! What they find spends the investigation in another direction. The building is a storage unit for stolen goods. We found numerous boxes, brand new appliances, writing lawnmowers that were brand new, refrigerators, numerous cellar phones,

40:02and just all kinds of items that were still intact brand new still in the box. Investigators find packing lists still attached to the items, indicating they came from local home improvement stores. It was obvious that Aristotle Mar was involved in a bigger criminal enterprise than just bank robbers. The items were large or were appliances. There were pallets of windows. Big things, stuff that somebody doesn't go in and shop lift. I mean these were big items and showed that there had to be some pretty sophisticated means to obtain this property. It was obvious that we needed help from our burglary and theft people. They coordinated the recovery of the property. The burglary and theft division work with representatives from the local stores to identify more than $100,000 worth of stolen goods. Representatives provided a big large movie band

41:04and all the items that were identified as being stolen or suspicious were then loaded in the back of the movie band and taken off property. Investigators suspect that Mar must have had help obtaining and selling the items. We believe a lot of the stolen property was sent to Jamaica. There just was some indication, some receipts, shipping receipts, etc. that showed a large amount of household goods going to Jamaica. Authorities intensify their search for the alleged crime ringleader, Aristotle Mar. The Seattle FBI's fugitive task force takes the lead. Special agent Gary Schaienlein. Well we started with the fundamentals by contacting his family and associates in the hopes of finding that person that could give us the information that would lead to a safe and swift apprehension.

42:04But every person agent's interview claims no knowledge of Mar's whereabouts. Within weeks, the search for Mar begins to take its toll on the fugitive. In an unexpected bold move, a group of Mar supporters, including his lawyer, holds a press conference proclaiming his innocence. They charge police have falsely accused him because of his association with Daniel Del Fiero. Agent speak with lawyers about arranging surrender, but instead hear a preposterous claim. We tried to have him turn himself in a safe manner in a controlled environment. And they said that he was afraid that he was going to be killed by the local police. Mar remains a fugitive. The FBI takes a new approach. They seek the help of a national television crime show, advertising a $25,000 reward

43:08for information leading to Mar's arrest. The tips pour in. One caller claims he's been in contact with Mar through a popular web-based instant messaging system. Agent Sapina, the Internet Provider, for details on the instant messaging account and receive transcripts of the online conversations. Through the content of the dialogue on the instant messaging communication, it was logical to believe that one of the participants was Aristotle Mar. The company provides agents with the address of the computer used. We approached it with a belief that it was possible that Mar could be there at that time. Armed with a search warrant, they confront a man who they recognize as a known associate of Mar. He says Mar isn't there. Agents conduct a thorough search for any evidence that could prove the fugitive had been in the apartment.

44:13But they find nothing. Agents confiscate the computer in question. They eventually determined that Mar had probably never used the computer that it had been the associate pretending to be Mar on the instant messaging system. You ready? Investigators latest lead is a dead end. That search really didn't glean any further information regarding Aristotle's whereabouts. The FBI continues surveillance at the houses of family and friends, but soon realize Mar may never return. You know, unlike your your garden variety at Banquare, where Aristotle Mar did have some financial means, he had owned property at a rental house and I'm sure that those assets and those means, you know, helped him in his fugitive status. An informant calls the FBI with a tip that appears to support what agents already fear.

45:14Confidential source indicated that he had fled under an alias. That he had not just crossed a state line, but actually had fled the country and that he had fled to Jamaica. If Mar has indeed left the country under another name, he might be impossible to find. The FBI is now facing their toughest obstacle in a case that appears impossible to crack. The FBI continues to hunt for Bank robbery suspect Aristotle Mar. They believe he fled to Jamaica under an assumed name. But the FBI cannot simply go after it. According to special agent Gary Schaimline. We don't have any police authority in other countries, so there are FBI representatives and there's US marshals in Jamaica that liais with Jamaican authorities and I was providing them with all the information that we were gleaning from our investigation here, giving them names and points

46:19of contact, possible locations that were worthy of investigation in Jamaica in the pursuit of Mar. Investigating Mar's whereabouts in Jamaica is difficult. He's well connected on the island and has a lot of money to help him disappear. We're confident that through those resources that he was able to maintain a low profile and have different places to go to to hide himself. Informants report occasional sightings of the fugitive, but he alludes capture. Agents believe he is moving from house to house under cover of night, supported by a loyal group of associates. Following the leads from agents in the United States, authorities in Jamaica relentlessly pursue the fugitive. They contact every known associate of Aristotle Mar. They're uncooperative, but authorities keep them under surveillance.

47:25Marsels were watching everything they did down in Jamaica. They made it very clear that they were not going to go away until Mr. Mar returned to the United States and answered to these charges. In Seattle, King County Deputy Prosecutor Steve Fogg decides to file several charges against the fugitive based on the abundance of circumstantial evidence already in hand. We charged him with an array of counts that reflected the full nature of this crime. We charged him with robbery in the first degree with the firearm enhancement because he was alarmed when that happened. We charged him as an accomplice with Danny Delphiero to the shooting of Officer Bucston. We charged him with the temporary two, which is a formal way of saying attempted car jacking. And then it kidnapped him because they weren't essentially kidnapped and held hostage in their basement. Steve Fogg also suspects Mar is involved in an international theft ring, but decides not to press

48:30charges. Mr. Mar was already looking at so much time that the amount of additional time that would be added by this theft ring would be negligible. I mean, you're talking about a year or two on a guy who's looking at 30, 40, 50 years of prison. So we did not charge Mr. Mar for that. Authorities intensify their search for Mar. Seattle homicide detective David Ritter. We kept the pressure up. I mean, they felt our presence. He made several complaints that we were harassing. But we weren't. We were conducting an investigation and a very violent crime and we wanted to solve it. We wanted him in custody. It got the whole situation probably too hot for him. He didn't, it wasn't having much fun anymore. After seven months, the constant pressure pays off. On February 7th, 2001,

49:30Aristotle Mars shocks police walking into the King County jail with his lawyer. Seattle Police Detective Paul Suguro had chased Mar from the beginning. It started Christopher. This is T-Botown to watch Desk. Aristotle Mars just turned himself in. I was surprised that Aristotle Mars actually took upon himself to turn himself in. We tried to talk to Aristotle Mars, interview him about the robberies where he'd been. He did not wish to talk about any aspects of the investigation at all. The authorities believe he has come back to take the pressure off his associates. And because he is sure the charges will never stick. He was quite confident, in fact probably cocky, that this would be a case that he could be in court. He could come back, beat this case and kill two birds with one stone.

50:32At his arrangement, Mar pleads not guilty to all charges. One advantage that Mr. Mar had by fleeing was he could sit back and watch our case develop. And I had no doubt that he'd have an explanation for all the evidence. And we would have a real fight on our hands of trial. Mars defense team knows that lab examiners have found his fingerprints on items dropped outside the bank, including the motorcycle helmet and a pair of gloves. They explained the prince by claiming Mar lent the items to Daniel Del Fierro, who suspect killed in the shootout. What Mr. Mar didn't know about, but we of course know about was this blood trail that had been left. I knew that the next step was to get an immediate sample of his blood. And I knew that that would definitely be the silver bullet. If we were able to develop DNA information from the blood trail that was left, a judge orders Mar to submit the samples,

51:33which DNA experts compared a blood found at the apartment complex and inside the kidnap couple's house in the truck. The examiner reports a match. At that point, any concern we had about the outcome of that case definitely lifted because it was clear that taken together with all the other other evidence that we already had that, you know, this was a rock cell case. Mar decides not to risk a jury trial and changes his plea to guilty. He has sentenced to 23 years in prison with no chance of parole. Seattle police officer Wesley Buckston, shot during his confrontation with Mar and Del Fierro, is relieved that Mar finally got what he deserved. I'm probably your typical police officer that feels that criminals should get much more than they actually get as far as the demands of justice. But I was fairly satisfied with the sentence.

52:33Special agent Mike Adams, given the high number of bank robberies we have every year on average well over 300 bank robberies here in the state of Washington. It's a good feeling when we can bring about or at least help bring about a successful conclusion to such a high profile bank robbery investigation. In the end, it was the combined efforts of the Seattle police department and the FBI that finally put Aristotle Mar out of business.