The Detectives (2018) s03e03 Episode Script
Starting Over
- You never forget those things.
- Night clerk Awad Abdalla was shot several times by a masked man armed with a 9mm handgun.
When there's that much blood, you can smell it.
Awad was killed with a Cobray 9mm.
You familiar with that weapon? Moe Khoury, the guy Awad owed money to.
Well, the insurance policy should help with the financial strain.
The victim's wife, Shahira, did she organize this? When they came to Canada, they had a lot of money.
"Please stay away from Edgard Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
This was a targeted killing.
Let's get his phone records.
We need to go full steam on the guy.
Inside, I'm shaking like crazy.
Is that what a life like that is worth to a scumbag like you? Police! If they couldn't get money out of Awad when he was alive Maybe they could get something out of him after he was dead.
Within this group, someone has orchestrated this killing.
There are some really depraved type of individuals that will do just about anything for money.
- I think that was true in this case.
- I got a call in the early hours.
There had been a shooting.
And it was a confirmed fatality.
Robbing a convenience store in Hamilton is a typical crime, but nothing of this nature.
This is not something that happens down there.
The shooter left the store, leaving a witness.
My partner, Doug Langdon, was speaking with the witness that was still on scene.
All right, Mr.
Yousf, take me through it again.
He had just witnessed something that was so terrible, so horrible: an individual walking into the store and brazenly shooting his colleague dead, and he's out the door and he's on the run.
I remember the inside of that store like it was yesterday.
There was a large quantity of blood where the victim was found.
There's definitely an odd smell, a metallic smell, when there is a lot of blood.
I was taken aback by the violence that took place there.
The guy, he's come in.
- He had a gun, a big gun.
- What kind of gun? Machine gun, like you see in the movies.
H-he had gloves.
He was wearing gloves.
The suspect walked in.
And he said: "This is a robbery".
And they immediately took the cash register till out and laid it on the counter.
The guy reaches into the till, and he grabs a handful of cash, puts it into his pocket.
There was nothing to stop him from taking another handful or two handfuls out, and he didn't do that.
Then he motioned to our victim.
And without warning, he opened fire on him.
He shot him.
He shot Awad, again and again.
And what happened next? Then he put Then he point the gun at me.
After he watched the victim, being shot Yousf Yousf felt he was next.
Yousf is still standing there with his hands up.
And the shooter turns and leaves the store.
Doesn't say anything, and he just leaves the store.
Yousf Yousf described the shooter as about 6'2", 170 to 180 pounds.
He's masked from the eyes down.
I could see his eyes.
Blue eyes.
Light hair.
And, uh Listen, you're doing really good, all right? I just need you to just take a moment and think of anything else you can tell me about the shooter, anything.
- No, no.
I don't know.
- What about his voice? Did he have an accent, anything like that? No, no.
I can't remember.
Poor Awad! Well, thank you, Mr.
Yousf.
Yousf Yousf's level of shock swayed our opinion more towards the fact that he wasn't involved in this.
He was genuinely upset.
And you could tell, this was very disturbing to him.
What do we have? The victim name is Awad Abdalla, 39.
He was working his last shift at the store, training the new guy.
Oh, hell! The other clerk's name is Yousf.
First day on the job.
He's gotta live with this.
- How's he doing? - He's in shock.
I wasn't able to get much out of him other than the basics.
Poor guy got shot 4 times, twice in the head, twice in the chest.
There's still money in the till.
The guy took less than $200.
We get the security footage yet? No, they're locked up.
We're waiting on the owner.
Let's get a canine on the way.
Damn.
The canine tracked from the front door, down along the side of the building, and he got to the area of a dumpster.
Doug! The gun's lying in there right on top of all the garbage.
It was an Uzi-style gun as the witness described.
And I'd never seen anything like that in the Hamilton area.
Who discards a gun like that? It's fairly expensive.
On the street, it would be worth a lot of money.
And to just have it laying in the dumpster there was very odd.
We got a shoe print.
This was a fresh print.
This belonged to the shooter.
The track continued on.
It stopped directly at the sidewalk at the street.
I guess the trail ends here.
In cases where it ends abruptly, there's a good chance that people have gotten into a car and fled.
The idea of this being a regular robbery was not really being considered anymore.
We knew at this time that it was something bigger than that.
Night clerk Awad Abdalla was shot several times by a masked man armed with a 9mm handgun.
It was the victim's last night on the job.
He was training his replacement, who witnessed the shooting.
Although some cash was stolen, police are hinting this may have been more than a simple robbery.
This shooter meant to kill that person.
This wasn't some random act of excitement or a mistake.
This was a targeted killing, a hit, so to speak.
There was a surveillance camera, and it was operational.
This was very crucial for us.
So, we made arrangements that morning to have the owner come in and retrieve the tape for us.
Play it from here.
The anxiety level is high.
Emotions are running high, because we know we were gonna watch somebody get killed.
We're sitting there watching the tape, and the room was quiet.
Emotions are running high, because we know we're about to watch somebody get killed.
What just happened? Did the machine just break? Yeah, I'll rewind it a bit.
Oh, it's not the machine.
It's the tape.
Fast forward.
Nothing.
We don't have the crime on tape.
I mean, the tape stopped.
It had run out.
It wasn't changed the previous night like it was supposed to be.
It was a big let-down.
And it was a kick in the gut for our investigation, because we thought we had something, and there was nothing there.
Our victim is Awad Abdalla, 39 years old, father of four.
Four kids.
Goddammit! He was a Palestinian, born in Jordan.
He lived in Kuwait with his family, where he worked as an accountant.
They all immigrated to the US in 1985 and came here a year later.
And they moved to Montreal first.
That's right.
Awad's wife, Shahira, still lives in Montreal with the kids.
They separated a few years ago.
Mr.
Abdalla moved to Ontario to find employment.
And on the night of the murder, he was spending his last night at that store.
And he was prepared to leave to go to another job the next day.
Where are we on the gun? It's a Cobray 9mm.
You're right, expensive.
Serial number? No, they filed it off.
The car in the lot, that was Awad's? Yeah, we just had it brought over for the search.
All right, I'll go check it out.
- Thanks, guys.
- Copy that.
Our impression of Mr.
Abdalla was someone that was hardworking, coming into Canada, wanting to better himself, wanting to better his family situation.
He had 4 children, ages 10 years and down to a year and a half.
When we searched in Mr.
Abdalla's vehicle, we found a briefcase.
And in that briefcase, we recovered some handwritten letters.
They were in Arabic.
And we had no Arabic-speaking officers.
We had to get them translated.
And then, we found an insurance policy taken out 2 months before the homicide.
And it was for a considerable amount.
The beneficiary was Shahira, his wife.
The first thing we think of is that she's organized this.
We needed to know as much as we can about the relationship between Awad and his wife.
We want to speak to Rasha, Awad's sister, who he was living with.
She was probably the one that would know him the best.
They lost almost everything.
When they came to Canada, they had money, a lot of money.
- But he lost it all.
- How? Bad investments, bad businesses, some of the people who were around him, giving him advice.
Before he knew it, all the money was gone.
And his restaurant took the last of it.
Which restaurant was that? It was called Layali.
It closed down almost right after it opened.
And then they had nothing left.
I don't know exactly how much money he brought to Canada, but I know it was substantial.
He opened up several businesses.
And these businesses failed.
He lost all his money.
Hmm.
Well, their finances must have put a lot of strain on the relationship.
It was tough.
It pushed them apart.
So Awad moved out.
And Shahira stayed behind with the kids? Yeah, but Awad wasn't running away.
He wanted to start over, get a second chance and get away from some of those people around him, make some money, so he can provide for his family again and start fresh with Shahira.
She painted a picture of the relationship as rocky to the point that Rasha felt that Shahira was possibly having an affair with a guy called Edgard Elias.
Looks like most of Awad's debt came from the restaurant Rasha told you about, Layali.
- Any large amounts? - No, nothing significant.
I mean, he's got a lot of different creditors, vendors mostly, painters, contractors, but, uh Who's the letter from? It's from Awad, meant for his wife, Shahira.
Mostly, he talks about trying to get the family back together, making things what they used to be.
He mentions how hard he's working just trying to make up for everything.
What? Here, Awad says: "Please stay away from Edgard Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
It was clear from the letter that Awad did not like Edgard Elias.
He suspected that Edgard was being forward with Shahira which, again, raised our suspicions.
It was a necessity to go speak with Shahira in Montreal.
Shahira was a stay-at-home mom.
She spent her time looking after her kids, lived a very conservative lifestyle.
The marriage was strained, but it's still a loss.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you, detective.
We've been struggling so long.
Now without Awad, it's just been so hard.
Well, the insurance policy should help with the financial strain.
Uh Were you not aware of the policy that was taken out recently? Yes, I I just forgot.
She insisted it was Awad's idea to have this policy in place for the kids.
He always wanted to make sure the kids were looked after.
It's quite a significant amount.
Awad had so many debts, so many people coming around looking for money.
People? People who lent him money.
People who did work on the restaurant.
They kept coming around.
That's why he left Montreal.
Because he didn't want to pay them.
He couldn't.
We just didn't have the money.
Of course.
Um, was there was there anyone who came by frequently? There was this one man, Moe Khoury.
Awad owed him money for some tiles or something for the restaurant.
He came by a few times.
Did he ever threaten Awad? No, but he came around a lot.
It bothered Awad.
It was very difficult coming to this country, losing everything.
He was working so hard to try and fix everything.
I don't know what would have happened, but I just can't believe he's gone.
She was obviously upset.
But she was also the beneficiary on the insurance.
We had to consider this as being a motive for the killing.
If you think of anything, please give me a call.
Edgard, this is the detective working on Awad's case.
- Steve Kovach.
- Edgard Elias.
Edgard Elias, the guy Awad was suspicious of.
"Please stay away from Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
It was a big red flag, taking everything into consideration.
Edgard is a family friend.
He comes back to check up on us, see if we need anything.
I still can't understand how this happened.
Awad was, uh, such a kind man.
- You were very close.
- Awad was a friend.
When Awad started the restaurant, Edgard introduced him to people, made connections.
He's a good man.
My condolences.
There was nothing to indicate that there was anything really going on.
But when you got a guy coming over and, you know, he has dinner and he frequents the house, it's just not good.
We were suspicious of Edgard Elias and his frequent contact with Shahira and frequent visits.
We were going to be looking at Edgard Elias possibly involved in this somehow.
- Can I get you something? - I'm good.
Well, thanks for coming in, Edgard.
I still can't believe it.
They killed a man for what, a few hundred dollars? Yeah, perhaps.
We're still looking at every possibility.
We understand that Awad was, um, well, he had a lot of businesses that went under.
He owed a lot of people money? Yes, perhaps, but he was working on that.
You see, we have a very small community, where everybody knows everybody else.
So if he owed money, I'm sure they would have given him the time he needed to pay it back.
How did you get to know the family? I think I did some translation work for Awad and Shahira for some business documents.
You could describe Edgard as a bit of a fixer.
I'm looking at an operator, you know, this guy that's always got a big wad of cash on him.
And he'd tell you anything to make a buck.
Or he'd do anything and turn around and do something different.
And, uh, how well would you say you knew Awad? Fairly well.
But I had nothing to do with his businesses, if that's what you're asking.
I might have introduced him to a vendor here, a partner there, but I didn't have much to do with his financial dealings.
Edgard was deceptive, being very careful in what he said and not divulging a whole lot of information.
And Shahira, after Shahira and Awad separated, how often would you see her? Detective, Shahira is my friend, as was Awad.
Just that, friends.
You know somebody is a bullshitter when you see him.
He would come across as your best friend, but he probably turned out to be your worst enemy at the same time.
Edgard maintains he's just a family friend.
He was in the food industry too, but we couldn't find any record of direct business dealings between him and Awad.
Well, that lines up with what Shahira told you.
What's your sense of her? She was genuinely torn up about Awad's death.
I mean, you don't think that Look, they move to a new country, lose everything, Awad moves out.
You don't think that would leave her a bit angry, bitter? I mean, she stood to gain a lot of insurance money, right? Maybe.
When we take a hard look at what the motive for this shooting, this execution, was, the bottom line is money.
Let's focus on the financial side.
Shahira mentioned a Moe Khoury was after Awad for payments.
What do we know about him? Khoury is a contractor.
He did some work for the Layali restaurant.
Seems Awad owed him about $15,000.
Paid off about $5,000 of that by the time he left.
$10,000.
Is that enough to kill someone over? Detective Kovach.
Thank you.
That was forensics.
- They finished examining the gun.
- And? Seemed whoever filed the serial number off didn't get it all.
We were gonna look at that gun, where it was purchased.
And, hopefully, we'd be able to trace it back to our shooter.
We learned that the gun was purchased down in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Detective Steve Kovach.
Appreciate the assistance.
Hey! Mark.
Happy to help.
This is my neighbourhood.
Come on, I know the owner.
Yeah, I remember the Cobray.
We don't get too many of these around here.
Do you remember who bought it? Well, no.
A lot of people come in and out of here.
It's busy, especially during hunting seasons.
Of course, yeah.
You keep records, though, right? Yeah, it's required by law.
I'll go check the books, of course.
Thank you.
Detective, are you talking about the Cobray 9mm, the one that looks like an Uzi? Yeah.
I think I was here when it was sold.
You're kidding.
I was buying ammunition for a hunting trip with some buddies.
I remember there was 2 guys here.
One of them got my attention.
He wasn't the one who bought the gun, you understand, but he seemed very familiar with handling a firearm.
He was testing a Glock 9, and he racked the slide back like that.
I tried doing it when I got back to the station.
I couldn't.
So I filed a report just in case.
Quite coincidently, the Massachusetts police officer was in the store when that gun was purchased.
Can I get a copy of the report? Of course.
I'll fax it to you, when I get back to the station.
Found it.
Antoine Joseph, a Massachusetts resident.
Antoine Joseph.
Thank you.
Good luck.
We're gonna track that gun now.
We want to find the fellow that purchased the gun, Antoine Joseph.
That's him.
That's the guy who bought the gun.
Antoine Joseph? - Yeah? - Detective Kovach.
We're wondering if we can ask you a few questions.
What's this about? It's about a Cobray M11 9mm pistol.
Did you purchase one from Mass Weapons gun shop? I buy a lot of firearms, detective.
I'm a bit of a collector.
I'm not sure I remember exactly where I bought them all, or even if I sold one or two.
Uh-huh.
We have a record of the purchase.
We know you bought it.
It's essential you give us accurate information, Mr.
Joseph, considering the weapon you purchased was involved in a homicide.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
I I remember the weapon.
It was stolen shortly after I got it.
- Stolen? - I had a burglary.
Uh-huh.
I take it you filed a police report? "Okay, when did you report it? When was it stolen?" He doesn't really recall, and he never made any police report, which in itself stinks.
It's unbelievable.
Was anyone with you when you purchased the weapon? I I'm not sure I can remember, detective.
It was a while ago.
I remember.
I was there when you bought it.
Well, I I might have been there with my friend, Moe.
Moe Moe Khoury from Montreal.
Moe Khoury.
It wasn't the first time we had heard of him.
There was this one man, Moe Khoury.
The guy Awad owed money to.
Back in Hamilton, the first thing we want to do is find out if Antoine Joseph could be the shooter.
Yousf saw the shooter.
He was masked from the eyes down.
So Yousf Yousf could see his eyes and across the bridge of his nose.
No.
Yousf couldn't identify Antoine Jospeh in a photo lineup.
We were gonna continue our investigation.
We were gonna look hard at Moe Khoury.
He was the best suspect.
And he was a guy we were gonna spend our time on.
We have to go where the evidence takes us.
And at that point, we're at Moe Khoury.
Moe Khoury is there when the gun is purchased.
We have Moe Khoury showing up at Shahira's house, looking for money.
It's obvious now that Moe Khoury is involved in the killing.
- You know why you're here? - No idea.
Why don't you tell me about Awad Abdalla? I did some work for him at his restaurant.
Mm-hmm.
- Which he never paid you for.
- No, he paid me some.
The rest was coming, I'm sure.
Awad was such a good man.
Was? So you know he's dead.
Yes, a tragedy.
Awad was killed with a Cobray 9mm.
You familiar with that weapon? I'm afraid I'm not much of a gun expert.
We have a witness, says you seem quite at ease with firearms.
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Mass Weapons gun shop.
That ring a bell? We had the privilege of speaking to your friend Antoine Joseph.
Ah! Yes, yes.
I might have been there when I was visiting Antoine, but I didn't buy any guns.
I hope your witness told you that.
He admitted to being there when the gun is purchased, but that was the end of it.
We had no grounds to hold him, and I think he knew it.
And in the end, he was allowed to leave.
Khoury was there when the gun was purchased.
He was after Awad for money.
We can't just back off.
He's involved.
So let's get his phone records.
We need to go full steam on the guy.
We'll do a search warrant on Moe Khoury's phone number.
Who does he talk to? Who was making phone calls to who? We wanted to connect the dots.
We wanted to find out the connection between these people.
We identified certain phone numbers that were frequently called by him.
And we started branching out into those phone numbers.
I don't see a pattern.
Do you? Let's get the top 25 numbers Khoury called.
Get warrants on all of them.
Pull all their phone records.
Then we'll see if there's a pattern.
Those warrants are gonna take some time.
Then we should get started right away.
Langdon and I spent two weeks collecting mainly cell phone numbers, some landlines in Montreal.
And we were able to identify several phone numbers, one of them being Edgard Elias's phone number, and one particular number belonging to a guy by the name of Maurice Mourad.
We see that Moe Khoury is talking to Maurice Mourad a lot.
And his association with Moe Khoury and Edgard Elias makes him now a person of interest to us.
Doug? Can you come take a look at this for me, make sure I'm not seeing things? You have a connection now between Moe Khoury Edgard Elias and Maurice Mourad.
Within this group, someone has orchestrated this killing.
What am I looking at? These are Maurice Mourad's phone records.
Around the date of the murder, November 30th, he makes 9 phone calls from 10:00 p.
m.
, November 29th, to 8:00 a.
m.
the next morning.
10:00 p.
m.
coordinates are 46'75".
That's, uh, Montreal.
Time of the murder, 80'43".
Hamilton.
8:00 a.
m.
, 46'75", Montreal.
Maurice Mourad.
Maurice Mourad's phone had travelled right into Hamilton on the night of the murder.
And you could follow the track all the way back to Montreal.
Hey, Steve! - Find Mourad? - Nothing left to find.
- This is Mourad's place? - Was.
The explosion in the apartment nearly took out the whole building.
Mourad is dead.
When did this happen? - Late May.
- After Awad was killed.
Either somebody took him out or he took himself out.
That's what I thought, but the fire marshal already confirmed there's no sign of foul play.
This was an accident.
Maurice Mourad was dead.
It was an accident.
This was a really important piece of the puzzle that we'd lost.
How are we doing with the warrants of the numbers Mourad called the night of the murder? Uh, we're still waiting on a few, but here's what we got so far.
Take a look at this number right here.
That's 9 minutes after Awad was shot.
Yeah, this number is registered to a woman by the name of Kathy Gaynor in London, Ontario.
Any criminal record? No, we don't have anything on her.
I want to speak to Gaynor myself.
- Can you get an address? - Yeah.
This was a make-it-or-break-it point.
If Maurice Mourad wasn't using that phone, there was somebody with him that was.
It could be the shooter.
Ms.
Gaynor, Detective Kovach, Hamilton Police.
Is everything okay? What's going on? Everything's fine, ma'am.
I wanted to ask you a couple of questions, if you don't mind.
About what? Do you remember receiving a phone call in the early hours of November 30th? November 30th? I I don't really remember.
It would have been around 4:00 a.
m.
4:00 a.
m.
Yeah.
Yeah, my boyfriend called, woke me up.
Well, my ex-boyfriend.
His name is, uh, Shawn Jeffries.
He lives in Montreal.
Do you know a Maurice Mourad? I never heard of him.
Your boyfriend, Shawn, called you that morning.
You sure about that? Yeah, I don't get a ton of 4:00 a.
m.
phone calls, so Yeah.
Do you remember what he wanted? He just said he was coming by in a few days.
I don't know why he had to tell me at 4:00 in the morning.
Yeah.
Do you have a picture of Shawn by any chance? - Uh, yeah.
Come on in.
- Thank you.
Inside, I'm shaking like crazy.
He had blue eyes, light hair, maybe 6 feet tall.
There was no doubt with the blue eyes and the blond hair that this is the guy.
I was satisfied that he was our shooter.
He said he was gonna come visit, did he? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, he, uh, stopped by a few weeks later, brought some cash.
Cash? Yeah, Shawn was always broke, and he owed a ton of people money, but he came across $2,800.
Asked me to hold onto it for him so he didn't spend it.
Did he tell you where he got it? I really don't remember.
What did you do with the money? I just held onto it, transferred it to his account after a while.
Right, do you know where he is now? I'm assuming back in Montreal.
I haven't heard from him in a while.
Do you have an address? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, I can get it for you.
Do you mind if I hold onto this? Sure.
Shawn Jeffries.
Who is Shawn Jeffries? We have somebody who never had any money turning over almost $3,000 to a girl to be put into her bank account.
We have him making a phone call within 5 kilometres of the murder scene.
He's matching the description with his height, his weight, his hair.
Jeffries had to be the shooter.
All the pieces are starting to fall into place.
How does Shawn Jeffries become involved in this? What is he to all this group? We were onto our actual shooter.
I told you, I had nothing to do with any murder.
I don't even know that guy.
Well, you were in Hamilton that night, right? I don't know who told you that.
We don't need anybody to tell us that, Shawn.
We got cell phone records that place you in many spots between Hamilton and Montreal the night of the shooting.
I don't have a cell phone! Maurice Mourad does.
You used it to call your girlfriend in London, Ontario, 9 minutes after the murder.
We got an eyewitness who described the shooter, a description that sounds an awful lot like you.
You said you don't know the guy, right? So you don't know he had 4 kids? You don't know that he was working overnights away from his family just trying to give his kids a better life? You took it all away for what? For $2,000? Is that what a life like that is worth to a scumbag like you? I didn't know anything about him, okay? Afterward, I couldn't think, I couldn't sleep.
I was in a nightmare.
The evidence was there, and it was against him.
He just admitted he was our shooter.
But the person that actually pulls the trigger, that's the easy one to get, because that's the one that's leaving the evidence.
Obviously, he was paid to do this.
That person that contracted this killing, that's the one that we want.
Who paid you? - I don't I don't - Who? Mourad, okay? It was Mourad.
How did you meet him? I used to work at a sports club.
He'd come by a lot.
We got to talking.
He knew I needed money.
- Why'd he want Awad dead? - He didn't.
Someone was paying him.
He was just, like, a a middleman.
- For who? - I don't know.
- For who? - I don't know! If I knew, I would tell you.
I swear.
Shawn was paid directly by Maurice Mourad.
Shawn had no knowledge any further up the ladder than Maurice Mourad.
He knows that Maurice was working on behalf of somebody else.
But there was never any indication of who it was.
We know Maurice Mourad was connected to Moe Khoury who was after Awad for money.
So he was killed over his debt.
- Over $10,000? - I don't think so.
Or maybe they wanted to make an example of him.
To who? For what? I mean, he owed money for tiling, contracting.
It wasn't a mob debt or drug money, you know.
What if it was more than $10,000 they wanted? What do you mean? What if they were after the insurance money? If they couldn't get money out of Awad when he was alive Maybe they could get something out of him after he was dead.
I need to get back to Montreal.
The insurance money is a very good motive to have somebody killed.
This was a contract killing, and there were people behind this.
Have you or Awad ever talked to anyone about the insurance policy? No, apart from Edgard.
Edgard Elias? He knew about it? Of course.
He set us up with the broker.
He helped us translate when we signed the documents.
I told you, Edgard was very helpful.
Have you seen him recently? It's been a little while, I think.
Thanks for your time.
I'll let myself out.
Edgard Elias was closely involved in orchestrating this insurance policy for her husband.
Shahira was the beneficiary.
Could she have been duped? Could she have been taken advantage of? I really believe that.
Go! Police! - He's gone.
- Goddammit! Edgard Elias slipped through our fingers.
We were certain Moe Khoury was involved somehow.
But in order for us to proceed against Moe Khoury, we would have had to have a confession out of him, because there was no evidence whatsoever that he was involved.
And he was no use to us at all.
We learned that Edgard Elias has left the country.
Throughout our investigation, we looked at Shahira.
And there was nothing to suggest Shahira was involved in any of this.
I think Edgard Elias wanted to either extort or take the money off her at a later date, when she was paid off.
I think she was taken advantage of.
We've contacted Interpol.
There's a chance he'll turn up.
I can't believe it.
Edgard? How could he do this to Awad? And now Edgard is gone.
I'm so sorry.
I promise you I'll find Elias.
Edgard Elias is still out there, and he's still a wanted fugitive.
There's not closure.
There's not closure for myself, for the family.
But Edgard Elias is looking over his shoulder every day, wondering, the next person that walks through that door, is that gonna be the police? Wherever he is.
- Night clerk Awad Abdalla was shot several times by a masked man armed with a 9mm handgun.
When there's that much blood, you can smell it.
Awad was killed with a Cobray 9mm.
You familiar with that weapon? Moe Khoury, the guy Awad owed money to.
Well, the insurance policy should help with the financial strain.
The victim's wife, Shahira, did she organize this? When they came to Canada, they had a lot of money.
"Please stay away from Edgard Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
This was a targeted killing.
Let's get his phone records.
We need to go full steam on the guy.
Inside, I'm shaking like crazy.
Is that what a life like that is worth to a scumbag like you? Police! If they couldn't get money out of Awad when he was alive Maybe they could get something out of him after he was dead.
Within this group, someone has orchestrated this killing.
There are some really depraved type of individuals that will do just about anything for money.
- I think that was true in this case.
- I got a call in the early hours.
There had been a shooting.
And it was a confirmed fatality.
Robbing a convenience store in Hamilton is a typical crime, but nothing of this nature.
This is not something that happens down there.
The shooter left the store, leaving a witness.
My partner, Doug Langdon, was speaking with the witness that was still on scene.
All right, Mr.
Yousf, take me through it again.
He had just witnessed something that was so terrible, so horrible: an individual walking into the store and brazenly shooting his colleague dead, and he's out the door and he's on the run.
I remember the inside of that store like it was yesterday.
There was a large quantity of blood where the victim was found.
There's definitely an odd smell, a metallic smell, when there is a lot of blood.
I was taken aback by the violence that took place there.
The guy, he's come in.
- He had a gun, a big gun.
- What kind of gun? Machine gun, like you see in the movies.
H-he had gloves.
He was wearing gloves.
The suspect walked in.
And he said: "This is a robbery".
And they immediately took the cash register till out and laid it on the counter.
The guy reaches into the till, and he grabs a handful of cash, puts it into his pocket.
There was nothing to stop him from taking another handful or two handfuls out, and he didn't do that.
Then he motioned to our victim.
And without warning, he opened fire on him.
He shot him.
He shot Awad, again and again.
And what happened next? Then he put Then he point the gun at me.
After he watched the victim, being shot Yousf Yousf felt he was next.
Yousf is still standing there with his hands up.
And the shooter turns and leaves the store.
Doesn't say anything, and he just leaves the store.
Yousf Yousf described the shooter as about 6'2", 170 to 180 pounds.
He's masked from the eyes down.
I could see his eyes.
Blue eyes.
Light hair.
And, uh Listen, you're doing really good, all right? I just need you to just take a moment and think of anything else you can tell me about the shooter, anything.
- No, no.
I don't know.
- What about his voice? Did he have an accent, anything like that? No, no.
I can't remember.
Poor Awad! Well, thank you, Mr.
Yousf.
Yousf Yousf's level of shock swayed our opinion more towards the fact that he wasn't involved in this.
He was genuinely upset.
And you could tell, this was very disturbing to him.
What do we have? The victim name is Awad Abdalla, 39.
He was working his last shift at the store, training the new guy.
Oh, hell! The other clerk's name is Yousf.
First day on the job.
He's gotta live with this.
- How's he doing? - He's in shock.
I wasn't able to get much out of him other than the basics.
Poor guy got shot 4 times, twice in the head, twice in the chest.
There's still money in the till.
The guy took less than $200.
We get the security footage yet? No, they're locked up.
We're waiting on the owner.
Let's get a canine on the way.
Damn.
The canine tracked from the front door, down along the side of the building, and he got to the area of a dumpster.
Doug! The gun's lying in there right on top of all the garbage.
It was an Uzi-style gun as the witness described.
And I'd never seen anything like that in the Hamilton area.
Who discards a gun like that? It's fairly expensive.
On the street, it would be worth a lot of money.
And to just have it laying in the dumpster there was very odd.
We got a shoe print.
This was a fresh print.
This belonged to the shooter.
The track continued on.
It stopped directly at the sidewalk at the street.
I guess the trail ends here.
In cases where it ends abruptly, there's a good chance that people have gotten into a car and fled.
The idea of this being a regular robbery was not really being considered anymore.
We knew at this time that it was something bigger than that.
Night clerk Awad Abdalla was shot several times by a masked man armed with a 9mm handgun.
It was the victim's last night on the job.
He was training his replacement, who witnessed the shooting.
Although some cash was stolen, police are hinting this may have been more than a simple robbery.
This shooter meant to kill that person.
This wasn't some random act of excitement or a mistake.
This was a targeted killing, a hit, so to speak.
There was a surveillance camera, and it was operational.
This was very crucial for us.
So, we made arrangements that morning to have the owner come in and retrieve the tape for us.
Play it from here.
The anxiety level is high.
Emotions are running high, because we know we were gonna watch somebody get killed.
We're sitting there watching the tape, and the room was quiet.
Emotions are running high, because we know we're about to watch somebody get killed.
What just happened? Did the machine just break? Yeah, I'll rewind it a bit.
Oh, it's not the machine.
It's the tape.
Fast forward.
Nothing.
We don't have the crime on tape.
I mean, the tape stopped.
It had run out.
It wasn't changed the previous night like it was supposed to be.
It was a big let-down.
And it was a kick in the gut for our investigation, because we thought we had something, and there was nothing there.
Our victim is Awad Abdalla, 39 years old, father of four.
Four kids.
Goddammit! He was a Palestinian, born in Jordan.
He lived in Kuwait with his family, where he worked as an accountant.
They all immigrated to the US in 1985 and came here a year later.
And they moved to Montreal first.
That's right.
Awad's wife, Shahira, still lives in Montreal with the kids.
They separated a few years ago.
Mr.
Abdalla moved to Ontario to find employment.
And on the night of the murder, he was spending his last night at that store.
And he was prepared to leave to go to another job the next day.
Where are we on the gun? It's a Cobray 9mm.
You're right, expensive.
Serial number? No, they filed it off.
The car in the lot, that was Awad's? Yeah, we just had it brought over for the search.
All right, I'll go check it out.
- Thanks, guys.
- Copy that.
Our impression of Mr.
Abdalla was someone that was hardworking, coming into Canada, wanting to better himself, wanting to better his family situation.
He had 4 children, ages 10 years and down to a year and a half.
When we searched in Mr.
Abdalla's vehicle, we found a briefcase.
And in that briefcase, we recovered some handwritten letters.
They were in Arabic.
And we had no Arabic-speaking officers.
We had to get them translated.
And then, we found an insurance policy taken out 2 months before the homicide.
And it was for a considerable amount.
The beneficiary was Shahira, his wife.
The first thing we think of is that she's organized this.
We needed to know as much as we can about the relationship between Awad and his wife.
We want to speak to Rasha, Awad's sister, who he was living with.
She was probably the one that would know him the best.
They lost almost everything.
When they came to Canada, they had money, a lot of money.
- But he lost it all.
- How? Bad investments, bad businesses, some of the people who were around him, giving him advice.
Before he knew it, all the money was gone.
And his restaurant took the last of it.
Which restaurant was that? It was called Layali.
It closed down almost right after it opened.
And then they had nothing left.
I don't know exactly how much money he brought to Canada, but I know it was substantial.
He opened up several businesses.
And these businesses failed.
He lost all his money.
Hmm.
Well, their finances must have put a lot of strain on the relationship.
It was tough.
It pushed them apart.
So Awad moved out.
And Shahira stayed behind with the kids? Yeah, but Awad wasn't running away.
He wanted to start over, get a second chance and get away from some of those people around him, make some money, so he can provide for his family again and start fresh with Shahira.
She painted a picture of the relationship as rocky to the point that Rasha felt that Shahira was possibly having an affair with a guy called Edgard Elias.
Looks like most of Awad's debt came from the restaurant Rasha told you about, Layali.
- Any large amounts? - No, nothing significant.
I mean, he's got a lot of different creditors, vendors mostly, painters, contractors, but, uh Who's the letter from? It's from Awad, meant for his wife, Shahira.
Mostly, he talks about trying to get the family back together, making things what they used to be.
He mentions how hard he's working just trying to make up for everything.
What? Here, Awad says: "Please stay away from Edgard Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
It was clear from the letter that Awad did not like Edgard Elias.
He suspected that Edgard was being forward with Shahira which, again, raised our suspicions.
It was a necessity to go speak with Shahira in Montreal.
Shahira was a stay-at-home mom.
She spent her time looking after her kids, lived a very conservative lifestyle.
The marriage was strained, but it's still a loss.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you, detective.
We've been struggling so long.
Now without Awad, it's just been so hard.
Well, the insurance policy should help with the financial strain.
Uh Were you not aware of the policy that was taken out recently? Yes, I I just forgot.
She insisted it was Awad's idea to have this policy in place for the kids.
He always wanted to make sure the kids were looked after.
It's quite a significant amount.
Awad had so many debts, so many people coming around looking for money.
People? People who lent him money.
People who did work on the restaurant.
They kept coming around.
That's why he left Montreal.
Because he didn't want to pay them.
He couldn't.
We just didn't have the money.
Of course.
Um, was there was there anyone who came by frequently? There was this one man, Moe Khoury.
Awad owed him money for some tiles or something for the restaurant.
He came by a few times.
Did he ever threaten Awad? No, but he came around a lot.
It bothered Awad.
It was very difficult coming to this country, losing everything.
He was working so hard to try and fix everything.
I don't know what would have happened, but I just can't believe he's gone.
She was obviously upset.
But she was also the beneficiary on the insurance.
We had to consider this as being a motive for the killing.
If you think of anything, please give me a call.
Edgard, this is the detective working on Awad's case.
- Steve Kovach.
- Edgard Elias.
Edgard Elias, the guy Awad was suspicious of.
"Please stay away from Elias.
He pretends to be a friend.
He's not a good man".
It was a big red flag, taking everything into consideration.
Edgard is a family friend.
He comes back to check up on us, see if we need anything.
I still can't understand how this happened.
Awad was, uh, such a kind man.
- You were very close.
- Awad was a friend.
When Awad started the restaurant, Edgard introduced him to people, made connections.
He's a good man.
My condolences.
There was nothing to indicate that there was anything really going on.
But when you got a guy coming over and, you know, he has dinner and he frequents the house, it's just not good.
We were suspicious of Edgard Elias and his frequent contact with Shahira and frequent visits.
We were going to be looking at Edgard Elias possibly involved in this somehow.
- Can I get you something? - I'm good.
Well, thanks for coming in, Edgard.
I still can't believe it.
They killed a man for what, a few hundred dollars? Yeah, perhaps.
We're still looking at every possibility.
We understand that Awad was, um, well, he had a lot of businesses that went under.
He owed a lot of people money? Yes, perhaps, but he was working on that.
You see, we have a very small community, where everybody knows everybody else.
So if he owed money, I'm sure they would have given him the time he needed to pay it back.
How did you get to know the family? I think I did some translation work for Awad and Shahira for some business documents.
You could describe Edgard as a bit of a fixer.
I'm looking at an operator, you know, this guy that's always got a big wad of cash on him.
And he'd tell you anything to make a buck.
Or he'd do anything and turn around and do something different.
And, uh, how well would you say you knew Awad? Fairly well.
But I had nothing to do with his businesses, if that's what you're asking.
I might have introduced him to a vendor here, a partner there, but I didn't have much to do with his financial dealings.
Edgard was deceptive, being very careful in what he said and not divulging a whole lot of information.
And Shahira, after Shahira and Awad separated, how often would you see her? Detective, Shahira is my friend, as was Awad.
Just that, friends.
You know somebody is a bullshitter when you see him.
He would come across as your best friend, but he probably turned out to be your worst enemy at the same time.
Edgard maintains he's just a family friend.
He was in the food industry too, but we couldn't find any record of direct business dealings between him and Awad.
Well, that lines up with what Shahira told you.
What's your sense of her? She was genuinely torn up about Awad's death.
I mean, you don't think that Look, they move to a new country, lose everything, Awad moves out.
You don't think that would leave her a bit angry, bitter? I mean, she stood to gain a lot of insurance money, right? Maybe.
When we take a hard look at what the motive for this shooting, this execution, was, the bottom line is money.
Let's focus on the financial side.
Shahira mentioned a Moe Khoury was after Awad for payments.
What do we know about him? Khoury is a contractor.
He did some work for the Layali restaurant.
Seems Awad owed him about $15,000.
Paid off about $5,000 of that by the time he left.
$10,000.
Is that enough to kill someone over? Detective Kovach.
Thank you.
That was forensics.
- They finished examining the gun.
- And? Seemed whoever filed the serial number off didn't get it all.
We were gonna look at that gun, where it was purchased.
And, hopefully, we'd be able to trace it back to our shooter.
We learned that the gun was purchased down in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Detective Steve Kovach.
Appreciate the assistance.
Hey! Mark.
Happy to help.
This is my neighbourhood.
Come on, I know the owner.
Yeah, I remember the Cobray.
We don't get too many of these around here.
Do you remember who bought it? Well, no.
A lot of people come in and out of here.
It's busy, especially during hunting seasons.
Of course, yeah.
You keep records, though, right? Yeah, it's required by law.
I'll go check the books, of course.
Thank you.
Detective, are you talking about the Cobray 9mm, the one that looks like an Uzi? Yeah.
I think I was here when it was sold.
You're kidding.
I was buying ammunition for a hunting trip with some buddies.
I remember there was 2 guys here.
One of them got my attention.
He wasn't the one who bought the gun, you understand, but he seemed very familiar with handling a firearm.
He was testing a Glock 9, and he racked the slide back like that.
I tried doing it when I got back to the station.
I couldn't.
So I filed a report just in case.
Quite coincidently, the Massachusetts police officer was in the store when that gun was purchased.
Can I get a copy of the report? Of course.
I'll fax it to you, when I get back to the station.
Found it.
Antoine Joseph, a Massachusetts resident.
Antoine Joseph.
Thank you.
Good luck.
We're gonna track that gun now.
We want to find the fellow that purchased the gun, Antoine Joseph.
That's him.
That's the guy who bought the gun.
Antoine Joseph? - Yeah? - Detective Kovach.
We're wondering if we can ask you a few questions.
What's this about? It's about a Cobray M11 9mm pistol.
Did you purchase one from Mass Weapons gun shop? I buy a lot of firearms, detective.
I'm a bit of a collector.
I'm not sure I remember exactly where I bought them all, or even if I sold one or two.
Uh-huh.
We have a record of the purchase.
We know you bought it.
It's essential you give us accurate information, Mr.
Joseph, considering the weapon you purchased was involved in a homicide.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
I I remember the weapon.
It was stolen shortly after I got it.
- Stolen? - I had a burglary.
Uh-huh.
I take it you filed a police report? "Okay, when did you report it? When was it stolen?" He doesn't really recall, and he never made any police report, which in itself stinks.
It's unbelievable.
Was anyone with you when you purchased the weapon? I I'm not sure I can remember, detective.
It was a while ago.
I remember.
I was there when you bought it.
Well, I I might have been there with my friend, Moe.
Moe Moe Khoury from Montreal.
Moe Khoury.
It wasn't the first time we had heard of him.
There was this one man, Moe Khoury.
The guy Awad owed money to.
Back in Hamilton, the first thing we want to do is find out if Antoine Joseph could be the shooter.
Yousf saw the shooter.
He was masked from the eyes down.
So Yousf Yousf could see his eyes and across the bridge of his nose.
No.
Yousf couldn't identify Antoine Jospeh in a photo lineup.
We were gonna continue our investigation.
We were gonna look hard at Moe Khoury.
He was the best suspect.
And he was a guy we were gonna spend our time on.
We have to go where the evidence takes us.
And at that point, we're at Moe Khoury.
Moe Khoury is there when the gun is purchased.
We have Moe Khoury showing up at Shahira's house, looking for money.
It's obvious now that Moe Khoury is involved in the killing.
- You know why you're here? - No idea.
Why don't you tell me about Awad Abdalla? I did some work for him at his restaurant.
Mm-hmm.
- Which he never paid you for.
- No, he paid me some.
The rest was coming, I'm sure.
Awad was such a good man.
Was? So you know he's dead.
Yes, a tragedy.
Awad was killed with a Cobray 9mm.
You familiar with that weapon? I'm afraid I'm not much of a gun expert.
We have a witness, says you seem quite at ease with firearms.
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Mass Weapons gun shop.
That ring a bell? We had the privilege of speaking to your friend Antoine Joseph.
Ah! Yes, yes.
I might have been there when I was visiting Antoine, but I didn't buy any guns.
I hope your witness told you that.
He admitted to being there when the gun is purchased, but that was the end of it.
We had no grounds to hold him, and I think he knew it.
And in the end, he was allowed to leave.
Khoury was there when the gun was purchased.
He was after Awad for money.
We can't just back off.
He's involved.
So let's get his phone records.
We need to go full steam on the guy.
We'll do a search warrant on Moe Khoury's phone number.
Who does he talk to? Who was making phone calls to who? We wanted to connect the dots.
We wanted to find out the connection between these people.
We identified certain phone numbers that were frequently called by him.
And we started branching out into those phone numbers.
I don't see a pattern.
Do you? Let's get the top 25 numbers Khoury called.
Get warrants on all of them.
Pull all their phone records.
Then we'll see if there's a pattern.
Those warrants are gonna take some time.
Then we should get started right away.
Langdon and I spent two weeks collecting mainly cell phone numbers, some landlines in Montreal.
And we were able to identify several phone numbers, one of them being Edgard Elias's phone number, and one particular number belonging to a guy by the name of Maurice Mourad.
We see that Moe Khoury is talking to Maurice Mourad a lot.
And his association with Moe Khoury and Edgard Elias makes him now a person of interest to us.
Doug? Can you come take a look at this for me, make sure I'm not seeing things? You have a connection now between Moe Khoury Edgard Elias and Maurice Mourad.
Within this group, someone has orchestrated this killing.
What am I looking at? These are Maurice Mourad's phone records.
Around the date of the murder, November 30th, he makes 9 phone calls from 10:00 p.
m.
, November 29th, to 8:00 a.
m.
the next morning.
10:00 p.
m.
coordinates are 46'75".
That's, uh, Montreal.
Time of the murder, 80'43".
Hamilton.
8:00 a.
m.
, 46'75", Montreal.
Maurice Mourad.
Maurice Mourad's phone had travelled right into Hamilton on the night of the murder.
And you could follow the track all the way back to Montreal.
Hey, Steve! - Find Mourad? - Nothing left to find.
- This is Mourad's place? - Was.
The explosion in the apartment nearly took out the whole building.
Mourad is dead.
When did this happen? - Late May.
- After Awad was killed.
Either somebody took him out or he took himself out.
That's what I thought, but the fire marshal already confirmed there's no sign of foul play.
This was an accident.
Maurice Mourad was dead.
It was an accident.
This was a really important piece of the puzzle that we'd lost.
How are we doing with the warrants of the numbers Mourad called the night of the murder? Uh, we're still waiting on a few, but here's what we got so far.
Take a look at this number right here.
That's 9 minutes after Awad was shot.
Yeah, this number is registered to a woman by the name of Kathy Gaynor in London, Ontario.
Any criminal record? No, we don't have anything on her.
I want to speak to Gaynor myself.
- Can you get an address? - Yeah.
This was a make-it-or-break-it point.
If Maurice Mourad wasn't using that phone, there was somebody with him that was.
It could be the shooter.
Ms.
Gaynor, Detective Kovach, Hamilton Police.
Is everything okay? What's going on? Everything's fine, ma'am.
I wanted to ask you a couple of questions, if you don't mind.
About what? Do you remember receiving a phone call in the early hours of November 30th? November 30th? I I don't really remember.
It would have been around 4:00 a.
m.
4:00 a.
m.
Yeah.
Yeah, my boyfriend called, woke me up.
Well, my ex-boyfriend.
His name is, uh, Shawn Jeffries.
He lives in Montreal.
Do you know a Maurice Mourad? I never heard of him.
Your boyfriend, Shawn, called you that morning.
You sure about that? Yeah, I don't get a ton of 4:00 a.
m.
phone calls, so Yeah.
Do you remember what he wanted? He just said he was coming by in a few days.
I don't know why he had to tell me at 4:00 in the morning.
Yeah.
Do you have a picture of Shawn by any chance? - Uh, yeah.
Come on in.
- Thank you.
Inside, I'm shaking like crazy.
He had blue eyes, light hair, maybe 6 feet tall.
There was no doubt with the blue eyes and the blond hair that this is the guy.
I was satisfied that he was our shooter.
He said he was gonna come visit, did he? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, he, uh, stopped by a few weeks later, brought some cash.
Cash? Yeah, Shawn was always broke, and he owed a ton of people money, but he came across $2,800.
Asked me to hold onto it for him so he didn't spend it.
Did he tell you where he got it? I really don't remember.
What did you do with the money? I just held onto it, transferred it to his account after a while.
Right, do you know where he is now? I'm assuming back in Montreal.
I haven't heard from him in a while.
Do you have an address? Uh, yeah.
Yeah, I can get it for you.
Do you mind if I hold onto this? Sure.
Shawn Jeffries.
Who is Shawn Jeffries? We have somebody who never had any money turning over almost $3,000 to a girl to be put into her bank account.
We have him making a phone call within 5 kilometres of the murder scene.
He's matching the description with his height, his weight, his hair.
Jeffries had to be the shooter.
All the pieces are starting to fall into place.
How does Shawn Jeffries become involved in this? What is he to all this group? We were onto our actual shooter.
I told you, I had nothing to do with any murder.
I don't even know that guy.
Well, you were in Hamilton that night, right? I don't know who told you that.
We don't need anybody to tell us that, Shawn.
We got cell phone records that place you in many spots between Hamilton and Montreal the night of the shooting.
I don't have a cell phone! Maurice Mourad does.
You used it to call your girlfriend in London, Ontario, 9 minutes after the murder.
We got an eyewitness who described the shooter, a description that sounds an awful lot like you.
You said you don't know the guy, right? So you don't know he had 4 kids? You don't know that he was working overnights away from his family just trying to give his kids a better life? You took it all away for what? For $2,000? Is that what a life like that is worth to a scumbag like you? I didn't know anything about him, okay? Afterward, I couldn't think, I couldn't sleep.
I was in a nightmare.
The evidence was there, and it was against him.
He just admitted he was our shooter.
But the person that actually pulls the trigger, that's the easy one to get, because that's the one that's leaving the evidence.
Obviously, he was paid to do this.
That person that contracted this killing, that's the one that we want.
Who paid you? - I don't I don't - Who? Mourad, okay? It was Mourad.
How did you meet him? I used to work at a sports club.
He'd come by a lot.
We got to talking.
He knew I needed money.
- Why'd he want Awad dead? - He didn't.
Someone was paying him.
He was just, like, a a middleman.
- For who? - I don't know.
- For who? - I don't know! If I knew, I would tell you.
I swear.
Shawn was paid directly by Maurice Mourad.
Shawn had no knowledge any further up the ladder than Maurice Mourad.
He knows that Maurice was working on behalf of somebody else.
But there was never any indication of who it was.
We know Maurice Mourad was connected to Moe Khoury who was after Awad for money.
So he was killed over his debt.
- Over $10,000? - I don't think so.
Or maybe they wanted to make an example of him.
To who? For what? I mean, he owed money for tiling, contracting.
It wasn't a mob debt or drug money, you know.
What if it was more than $10,000 they wanted? What do you mean? What if they were after the insurance money? If they couldn't get money out of Awad when he was alive Maybe they could get something out of him after he was dead.
I need to get back to Montreal.
The insurance money is a very good motive to have somebody killed.
This was a contract killing, and there were people behind this.
Have you or Awad ever talked to anyone about the insurance policy? No, apart from Edgard.
Edgard Elias? He knew about it? Of course.
He set us up with the broker.
He helped us translate when we signed the documents.
I told you, Edgard was very helpful.
Have you seen him recently? It's been a little while, I think.
Thanks for your time.
I'll let myself out.
Edgard Elias was closely involved in orchestrating this insurance policy for her husband.
Shahira was the beneficiary.
Could she have been duped? Could she have been taken advantage of? I really believe that.
Go! Police! - He's gone.
- Goddammit! Edgard Elias slipped through our fingers.
We were certain Moe Khoury was involved somehow.
But in order for us to proceed against Moe Khoury, we would have had to have a confession out of him, because there was no evidence whatsoever that he was involved.
And he was no use to us at all.
We learned that Edgard Elias has left the country.
Throughout our investigation, we looked at Shahira.
And there was nothing to suggest Shahira was involved in any of this.
I think Edgard Elias wanted to either extort or take the money off her at a later date, when she was paid off.
I think she was taken advantage of.
We've contacted Interpol.
There's a chance he'll turn up.
I can't believe it.
Edgard? How could he do this to Awad? And now Edgard is gone.
I'm so sorry.
I promise you I'll find Elias.
Edgard Elias is still out there, and he's still a wanted fugitive.
There's not closure.
There's not closure for myself, for the family.
But Edgard Elias is looking over his shoulder every day, wondering, the next person that walks through that door, is that gonna be the police? Wherever he is.