U.S. Marshal
Appearances
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True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
From what I understand, the cars were right over here.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
We try and draw a picture of relatives, locations where he's lived, friends, patterns of life.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
We were able to determine that he had fled the D.C. area.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
Didn't see that coming. Not at all. But we're ready to roll with it.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
How many cars are following him at this point? Altogether, it could have been 25, maybe 30 vehicles.
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True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
Basically, pinning the car at four points and immobilizing it. They were looking in their mirrors, they saw the lights, and they put their hands up. Immediately. Immediately. I think they were completely and totally startled and surprised.
20/20
True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
He followed commands. He got out. He crawled. He got on the ground. He was immediately handcuffed and brought over to a police vehicle, and he didn't say a word.
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True Crime Vault: Murder in the Mansion
What did you see? In the truck, I saw in the side compartment of the passenger door, a big wad of cash. And it was $100 bills.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
They started to stake out the house. Stake out the house, and they followed a subject out, a male, that appeared to match our description.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
As I'm starting to pull through this neighborhood, my heart is racing.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
I could see his pirate tattoo. Right? It's about to happen. It is.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
John's about 3 quarters of the way down the driveway. and the guys start going right at him, giving him commands. Police, show us your hands, get down on the ground. And what does he do? His eyes got wide, pure shock. And he drops down to the ground fast.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
And he's stuck with Ben Kline. Ben Kline? We have a device that allows us to mobily print someone in the field. Fingerprint. Fingerprints. It took less than five minutes for Ben to become John. Your fingerprints show that you are John Lavelle. You were wanted out of South Carolina. He knew it was over. He knew it was over.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
There was a firearm, a handgun, sitting right on the nightstand. And what did that tell you? That was an indication to us that he probably would have given a fight.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
Pure shock. She was visibly shaking, crying, scared.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
So he's being arrested on charges out of South Carolina. For what? For murder.
48 Hours
Cati Blauvelt: Death of a Soldier’s Wife
And for you, that's what? That's evidence and proof that he murdered Katie.