Anastasia Nicolazzi
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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Retired detective Michelle Amacone worked in law enforcement for 29 years, 20 of which were spent as a homicide detective in Southern California. And it is no exaggeration to say that she was a trailblazer.
The caller was a 12-year-old child. He and his mother were asleep in his bedroom when they were awakened by the sound of multiple gunshots from inside the house.
Sheriff's deputies were the first to arrive. When they entered the primary bedroom, they were met with a horrific scene. Lisa's husband and the 12-year-old's father, Kevin James, was lying lifeless under blankets stained with a massive amount of blood.
The James home was located in a middle-class neighborhood, not an area with a particularly high crime rate. So with the arrival of police on the quiet suburban street, neighbors were understandably alarmed.
So no immediate signs of a break-in, no broken glass, overturned furniture, or rummaged drawers. Nothing out of the ordinary, but in the primary bedroom, that was a different story.
Not only were there no signs of a struggle, it appeared that Kevin had been shot point blank in the head, likely while he was still asleep.
There were no signs that Kevin ever had a chance to defend himself or pose any threat at all to the shooter, so the theory that he might have surprised a home invader in the act of a robbery seemed unlikely.
By all accounts, Kevin was an easygoing family man with no enemies. And so far, the crime scene itself was not offering investigators any clues about who might have wanted him dead.
And so Lisa had fallen asleep in the same room of her 12-year-old son. But shortly before 11, she had woken up in a panic.
Not only had no one come in through the sliding door, there was no sign anyone could have accessed the second floor at all.
But, you know, let's think about what Lisa says. Like, yes, on its face, it doesn't sound likely with the things that were observed by Michelle and the other investigators. But again, having seen it many times, I have to say that when people panic at times, they can lose that focus, especially after hearing gunshots. In a few moments, she realizes her husband is dead.
Like, there is so much going on. At least temporarily, it could have been a blur, you know. But here, there was another witness in the house that was able to give police his account of that night. And that was Lisa and Kevin's 12-year-old son. And as you can hear in the 911 call, he demonstrated remarkable composure and maturity when talking with the police.
And that continued when he was interviewed by Michelle.
He did. She laid on top of him. Then they both heard the unmistakable sound of three gunshots in quick succession from inside the house. But while his mother's account ended with what she heard, this young boy was able to also tell police what he saw.
The car was a distinctive 1965 Buick Riviera, a one-of-a-kind vintage car that was even customized to be heard from blocks around.
But he was able to confirm that whoever he saw running from their house towards the car, he wasn't alone.
This was just the first thread in a tangled web of lies, betrayal, manipulation, and murder.
Moments later, incredibly, his 12-year-old son spotted a man running from the house and getting into a car impossible not to recognize, an enormous, customized 1965 Buick Riviera.
But in the meantime, it was also important to find out from Kevin's wife, Lisa, if she knew any reason why this George Taylor would have wanted to kill her husband. Because apparently, George was not just a neighbor, but a friend of both Kevin and Lisa James. And so Michelle and her partner intended to find out the answer to that question. But this is where she ran into a bit of a roadblock.
And like Michelle said, you never know how different people are going to react in high-stress moments. But when you've worked a lot of homicide cases, including those initial conversations with family, you sometimes just get that feeling. And you have to trust that feeling or at least follow where it leads.
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