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on Wonderland Avenue early today.

Los Angeles police are not saying

very much about what happened.

All we do know for certain

is that four people are dead.

One person is listed

in critical condition.

- John...

- We've spoken with several neighbors,

neighbors who say that while they didn't

know who lived in the house,

they saw people

coming and going all the time,

leading police to speculate

that drugs may have been involved

in this mass murder.

Los Angeles Police

Robbery Homicide Detective Sam Nico

is expected to hold a news conference

later this evening.

Hopefully at that time

we'll learn more about

what transpired here

on Wonderland Avenue.

Police are not saying very much

about what happened.

All we do know for certain is

that four people are dead.

One person is listed

in critical condition.

One police official

who asked not to be identified

told me that this is, quote,

"The most horrific crime scene

I have witnessed in my entire career."

This crime scene,

some are saying,

is as brutal as the Sharon Tate

killings back in 1968.

Barbara.

(phone beeping)

Nash, f*** these

motherfuckers! It's...

Shut the f*** up or I'll blow

your black ass straight back to Africa!

Man:
Hello.

The news said four people were killed,

one survived... do you know who?

- David, David, is that you?

- Who the f*** survived?!

Jesus, what the f***?

I'm watching right now.

I need the swag Billy brought over.

I want to buy it all back.

No, I already unloaded it.

Damn it, I'm dead.

I'm f***ing dead.

Listen, whatever's wrong,

I'll take care of. Don't worry.

Yeah, you gonna take care

of Eddie Nash?

Eddie Nash?

Goddamn it, keep your mouth shut

about that or I'll kill you myself.

Listen to me, you got to go

to the cops on this one.

- I'm coming over.

- No, listen, I'll take care of it.

Are you f***ing nuts?

I got friends over there

that can help you out.

They'll protect you.

They owe me. Trust me.

Listen to me. Meet me

up at the house tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning.

Jesus, David...

what'd you do?

- Man:
F*** you, motherf***er!

- No witnesses.

David, no!

Are you f***ing insane?

(police sirens blaring)

(phone rings)

Cruz, Robbery Homicide.

Yeah, hold on.

Yeah, uh-huh.

Yeah.

Yeah, we'll see,

we'll see.

Right. Uh-huh.

Okay. Yeah.

All right.

Eddie Nash?

- He owns the Starwood, right?

- Yes, he does.

We're taking a drive.

Eddie Nash.

His real name is Adel Nasrallah.

He steps off a plane from Palestine

in 1953 with nothing...

he's got four shekels

and a bag of dirt.

By 1954, he's got a little hot dog cart

on Hollywood Boulevard,

right outside

the Seven Seas Restaurant.

By 1960, he owns the place.

Now, he parlays the money he gets from

the Seven Seas into two more places,

and they take the f*** off.

By 1969, he's got like

- So he's got friends.

- Yeah, he's got friends.

He's the biggest

nightclub owner in Hollywood.

Here's a guy who has been under

investigation for arson

for the last five years,

yet he still goes out to dinner

with the fire commissioner

twice a week.

Rumor has it that

he has got 40 acres in the desert

filled with human skulls,

except he's removed the teeth

so we can't identify 'em.

- Jesus Christ.

- Close.

Eddie Nash.

Billy and Joy.

Ronnie...

Susan.

Mr. Lind.

I'm Detective Nico,

this is Detective Cruz.

This one...

this one here, did she make it?

Barbara Richardson.

Butterfly.

Mr. Lind.

Mr. Lind.

Should we go in there?

Okay.

You guys want to hear a story?

This whole thing started with guns.

Four antique guns

that Ron Launius couldn't fence.

Ron Launius was your friend?

We were in business together.

What kind of business?

You know, you guys haven't

read me my rights.

Nothing I tell you is admissible.

We just want to hear

your story, Dave, all right?

All right.

I met Ron Launius

in Chino in 1973.

We stayed tight.

A few months ago

he and Billy came up

to Sacramento to see me.

They had a small operation here in LA

that was really starting to cook.

Drugs?

Now he and Billy Deverell

were partners?

Yep, ran it right out of the house.

Billy...

Billy was a good old boy.

Solid, dependable.

He wanted to get out of the life,

but the life was just too good.

See, they were getting

large quantities of sh*t dirt cheap,

stepping on it five, six times

and then dumping it all over town.

- Heads up, d*ckheads.

- Business was so good

that they needed an extra hand,

which is when Barbara and I showed up.

When we pulled up

the party was in full swing.

Bodies everywhere, I mean it was

the kind of place that made you think

you were right back

in the summer of love.

Me and Barb, we'd been

on the road all day long

and all I could think about

was a place to crash.

But when I walked up the stairs,

I saw all the old friends,

all the smiles.

Goddamn, if it didn't

feel good to be home.

Except it's gonna feel good

just to get back home

How it's gonna feel good

just to get back home...

Davey! Yes, brother!

I saw Cherokee straight off.

Welcome home!

He was one of Ronnie's boys.

He set me up,

- he set me walking.

- Right this way, my man.

Right this way.

Follow me right up here.

There was Billy, his wife Joy...

it was her place.

She had just beaten breast cancer

and found a new lease on life.

- This is Barbara.

- Hi.

She was a real generous woman.

Nice. Thank you.

- Barbara.

- Where is he?

Right up there, my brother.

Ron was in the back. That's when

I first saw the antique guns.

Hey, my man!

Yeah, buddy,

there you are, man.

Ronnie!

Davey.

He was fearless.

He was the kind of guy,

you put a gun to his head

and his pulse wouldn't break 70.

Is it hot in here?

'Cause I'm roasting.

Summer, baby, bummer.

Hey, you think it's hot in here?

I saw the Dead play Grass Valley...

Ah, you must be Barbara,

are you enjoying yourself?

Yeah, this is the best party

I've ever been to.

It's only the beginning, baby.

LA in the summer...

anything can happen, right?

How you doin', man?

You see my new toys? Check these out.

- These for real?

- Yeah, I got two more in the bed.

'Cause, like, these are worth

a lot of money, Ronnie.

That's why I can't find

a fence, brother.

- What about Slim Jim?

- He said they're too high profile.

Hey! Come on.

Where're we sleeping?

You see the couch when you walked in?

That's where you're sleeping.

I just wanted to get alone

with Barbara, spend some quiet time.

Goddamn, she was

happy to be there.

She had never been

south of Bakersfield.

And here she was in LA,

because I told her she

could be Lana Turner...

or Barbara Eden.

And she believed me.

This is so f***ed up.

This is so f***ed up.

Where was I?

You were at a party.

Yeah.

That's when I first met him.

- He was talking to Ron.

...rich...

- Ronnie...

- Hey.

John Holmes, this is my business

partner, David Lind.

Hey, what's up?

Now the deal with the Arabs...

John, this is

my business partner, Dave.

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