Harvey Guillén
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The guys reported missing pretty quickly, but the Billionaire Boys Club doesn't waste any time.
With a couple of forged signatures, they make it so the Iranian millionaire's son gets power of attorney and is made the conservator of his father's estate.
So in no time, Ben and the son hop on a plane to Europe to go find the guy's many bank accounts and bleed them dry.
Meanwhile, it doesn't take long for police to figure out they now have two major disappearances on their hands.
But even with help from BBC insiders, they're having a hard time building a case, mostly because they can't find Ron Levin.
And without a body, it's really hard to prosecute a murder case.
Not impossible, but you need an overwhelming amount of evidence to meet the beyond a reasonable doubt standard.
But after a while, officials start regretting not taking Ron's disappearance more seriously earlier because when they finally send an officer to Ron's house months later, they find a smoking gun.
It's a yellow legal pad with a to-do list on it.
And it's not just any to-do list.
It's an incredibly detailed step-by-step murder checklist.
You can't make this up, okay?
The tasks include close blinds, scan for tape recorder, put gloves on, handcuff, and tape mouth.
There's even one line that reads, Jim digs pit.
It looks like the one item they didn't get around to is Kill Dog.
Ron's poodle was found alive when others arrived, though it did pee on the very expensive rug.
That boy.
Now, who would be so anal and so careless to make a murder checklist and then leave it at the crime scene waiting to be found?
Well, Joe was famous in the Billionaire Boys Club for his to-do lists, and the list spells the beginning of the end for him.
As Joe is still scrambling to find new investors, in September 1984, officials issue an arrest warrant.