Josh Mankiewicz

In this episode, you will hear how some critical evidence was missed during those searches.

In this episode, you will hear how some critical evidence was missed during those searches.

You'll hear about a motive for murder far more tangible than vague notions of God's purpose.

You'll hear about a motive for murder far more tangible than vague notions of God's purpose.

And you'll hear how one of those suspects was seemingly able to walk away, free and clear, to start life anew.

And you'll hear how one of those suspects was seemingly able to walk away, free and clear, to start life anew.

I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Deadly Mirage, a podcast from Dateline. Episode 5, Busted. The arrests of Jonathan Hearn and Sabrina Limon on murder charges were a huge story in the high desert communities of California.

I'm Josh Mankiewicz, and this is Deadly Mirage, a podcast from Dateline. Episode 5, Busted. The arrests of Jonathan Hearn and Sabrina Limon on murder charges were a huge story in the high desert communities of California.

The Kern County Sheriff's deputies who'd conducted the months-long investigation into Rob Limon's death were justifiably proud of their work.

The Kern County Sheriff's deputies who'd conducted the months-long investigation into Rob Limon's death were justifiably proud of their work.

And you finally got your man and your woman. Yes. In the hours after his arrest, Jonathan said little to investigators beyond asking for a lawyer. Sabrina, on the other hand, seemed willing to talk, perhaps because her interrogators told her she was not under arrest. You are detained, but you're not under arrest. I want to make that perfectly clear to you, okay?

And you finally got your man and your woman. Yes. In the hours after his arrest, Jonathan said little to investigators beyond asking for a lawyer. Sabrina, on the other hand, seemed willing to talk, perhaps because her interrogators told her she was not under arrest. You are detained, but you're not under arrest. I want to make that perfectly clear to you, okay?

That may have been a distinction without a difference, but Sabrina was game. She readily admitted to having an on-and-off affair with Jonathan Hearn.

That may have been a distinction without a difference, but Sabrina was game. She readily admitted to having an on-and-off affair with Jonathan Hearn.

She was vague about when the affair began, when it resumed, and how often she'd spoken with Jonathan in the months, weeks, and hours before her husband's murder. Of course, the investigators already knew the answers to all of that.

She was vague about when the affair began, when it resumed, and how often she'd spoken with Jonathan in the months, weeks, and hours before her husband's murder. Of course, the investigators already knew the answers to all of that.

For 30 minutes, they went round and round. Sabrina talking about her dead husband, her kids, and God's purpose.

For 30 minutes, they went round and round. Sabrina talking about her dead husband, her kids, and God's purpose.

That's when the cops got straight to the point.

That's when the cops got straight to the point.