Detectives compare how the evidence found at Mark Stover’s house measures up to Michiel Oakes’ version of events. They discovered cell phone records, witnesses, and surveillance video that painted a more premeditated picture. Get early, ad-free access to episodes of Trained to Kill: The Dog Trainer, the Heiress and the Bodyguard by subscribing to 48 Hours Plus on Apple Podcasts. The series is widely available everywhere else you get your podcasts. Subscribe to 48 Hours+: https://apple.co/4aEgENo To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What led to the confrontation on October 28th, 2009?
He knocks on the door. Mark Stover answers the door.
Mark lets him in. Luvera and I went inside. Mark's place was like a high-end cabin with dark wood floors and exposed oak beams. He said Michael claimed that Mark brought him into that bathroom and then left before coming back with a gun.
Mark Stover comes around the corner.
Where I'm standing right now.
Where you're standing right there, right now. He says, Mark Stover came around the corner, fired one shot.
Boom. Right into Michael Oakes' ballistic vest. It's then, Michael said, he grabbed the gun from Mark's left hand and fired back at point-blank range, killing him. The whole thing doesn't make sense. After he told me Michael's version, Luvera then broke down for me why the evidence doesn't match Michael's story.
First, he said investigators discovered that on October 28, 2009, Michael didn't drive directly to Anacortes from Linda's house. Luvera said Michael drove west for nearly three hours before he made a pit stop.
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Chapter 2: What was Michael Oakes' explanation for his actions?
We have him on surveillance tape at a local Walmart store here in Mount Vernon at approximately 5.30 in the morning. What did he buy? Michael Oakes bought anchor line, anchor weights. He bought camo pants, camo sweatshirt, and a backpack.
Camouflage clothing. Camouflage, yes. Kind of an odd, eclectic bunch of stuff, isn't it? Yes.
Luvera believed Michael bought those items not to have a talk with Mark Stover, but to hide evidence of a murder.
I believe that he bought those items to dispose of Mark's body.
Interestingly, Luvera said Michael also purchased a pair of soccer shin guards.
The reason he bought those is that he knew Mark Stover had his dog, Ding, and that Ding was trained as a protection dog.
Luvera said after his Walmart shopping, Michael headed to Anacortes.
Michael Oakes' car arrives in the area of Mark Stover's house sometime between 6.30 and 7 a.m. in the morning. It would still be dark.
Luvera then demonstrated for us what he thought actually happened at Mark's house that morning.
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