Harvey Guillén
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Appearances Over Time
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He's taken into custody in an Armani suit and a Rolex from Tiffany's, a watch that was actually a birthday present from Ron Levin.
He's held in jail, unable to pay his $500,000 bail, but he acts cool, calm, and collected.
right up until officials place the to-do list in front of his face.
Even though Ron's body is never found, a jury convicts Joe Hunt of first-degree murder in Ron's case and is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Dean Carney testifies against Joe in exchange for immunity.
Jim Pittman, Joe's bodyguard, manages to escape any significant sentence,
After two hung juries, he takes a plea deal to lesser charges and only gets time served.
He then goes on TV and brags about killing Ron Levin and now being untouchable due to double jeopardy laws.
As for the murder of the Iranian millionaire, many members of the BBC are convicted of kidnapping and murder in that case.
But the convictions are later overturned on appeal due to technicalities around how certain evidence was presented at the trial.
So, believe it or not, the case is ultimately thrown out and all charges dropped, even though Dean brings officers to the location of the man's body and they find his remains.
To this day, Joe Hunt maintains his own innocence.
He claims Ron Levin really did fake his own death.
And if you Google this case right now, you'll find a website called FreeJoeHunt.com.
You can read it yourself and decide whether the story he tells now is more convincing than the stories he told then.
But the courts haven't agreed.
Every appeal, every petition, every attempt at a reduced sentence has been denied.
And when you take a step back, the pattern is unmistakable.
A man chasing wealth and influence, a trail of people hurt along the way, and a belief, even now, that he was destined for something greater.
Which brings us back to Keen Midas, a man who mistook destruction for success, who believed his golden touch made him special right up until it ruined everything he cared about.