Part 2: McGowan's partner fights for his job
McGowan's former partner, Luis Bolaños, faced some problems shortly after the death of his partner, including criminal allegations that led to his termination. Now that his name has been cleared, Bolaños says he should have his job back.
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Part 3: FBI details investigation into the D.A.
The Riverside County District Attorney's Office has flatly denied that the FBI is investigating the department. But new documentation obtained by NewsChannel 3 says otherwise.
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Part 4: Did McGowan's partner know too much?
Questions remain over the death of D.A. investigator David McGowan and the case he was working on at the time of his death. Now, his former partner Luis Bolaños tells NewsChannel 3 how District Attorney officials tried to keep facts about that case under wraps, especially at McGowan's funeral.
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Part 5: D.A.'s Chief Investigator retires
The District Attorney's office says it is now cooperating with an FBI investigation into alleged witness intimidation and wrongful termination at the office. This comes as news emerges about the retirement of its chief investigator.
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Part 6: Behind McGowan's last case
The FBI's new investigation of the Riverside County District Attorney's Office may have stemmed from the last case a D.A.'s investigator was working on up until his death. It involved four Desert Hot Springs police officers facing some tough charges.
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Part 7: McGowan's evidence turns up in officer's appeal
One former Desert Hot Springs police officer is fighting to get his job back after being one of four fired two years. That was about the same time a District Attorney's investigator looking into that case took the lives of his family and himself. Now, that officer is using evidence collected by that investigator to support wrongful arrests allegations.
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Part 8: The life-changing effects set off by tragedy
Luis Bolaños was a close friend to DA investigator David McGowan up until McGowan's death. Bolaños knew the struggles his former partner had in his last investigation. But ever since his partner's death, Bolaños life has changed for the worst.
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Part 9: Investigation focusing on DHS Police
The former Desert Hot Springs police sergeant fired after a D.A.'s investigation says a current FBI investigation into the Distrcit Attorney's office is now widened to include the department he used to work for. This comes as NewsChannel 3 goes on the hunt for clues indicating a D.A. investigators state before committing a murder-suicide.
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Part 10: The crash that began the controversy
Now that the FBI is widening its investigation to include the Desert Hot Springs Police, new details are coming out behind the 2003 police-involved accident that changed the lives of a number of people involved.
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Part 11: Did McGowan leave clues of his impending massacre?
NewsChannel 3 has obtained pictures connected to the investigation of a Riverside County D.A. investigator's murder suicide. The new pictures are bringing up questions focusing on signs that may have lead up to the violent deaths of David McGowan and his family.
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Part 12: Did a DHS Police Officer Get Away With Child Molestation?
Earlier in the investigation, NewsChannel 3 told the story of four former DHS police officers fired for a writing a false accident report. Now, there's new details coming out behind the officer who outed the four fellow officers -- and, according to a detective, his record isn't exactly squeaky clean.
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Part 13: Former DHS Chief: "No Deal Was Made"
With new revelations behind the videotaped molestation of a teen girl by a former DHS officer, the former police chief is speaking out on the investigation and if he considered that officer's resignation a deal.
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Part 14: Former DHS Chief Speaks Out on Child Molestation Tape
In Part 12 of this NewsChannel 3 Investigation, we reported that a Desert Hot Springs Detective went on record about a 2003 sting operation involving a fellow officer and his alleged molestation of a 14-year old girl. Now, the former DHS Police Chief is speaking out about what he saw on the videotape.
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Part 15: FBI Looking Into Circumstances Behind McGowan's Murder-Suicide
Sources close to the original David McGowan murder-suicide investigation tell NewsChannel 3 that FBI agents have questioned them. Agents are looking into alleged discrepancies with the official story from the Riverside County District Attorney's office.
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Part 16: Was a Former Police Officer with Alleged Drug-Ties Let Go without Arrest?
A report obtained by NewsChannel 3 has revealed that a former police officer, Marco Anthony Zazueta, was not only working for Desert Hot Springs. He was also allegedly working with the Sinaloa Cowboys, a Mexican drug cartel.
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Part 17: Questions Turn to Former Chief Hill in Light of Report
With an internal affairs document now public, questions now turn to former Desert Hot Springs police chief Roy Hill. At what capacity did Roy Hill have knowledge of illegal activity from Marco Zazueta, the alleged member of the Sinaloa Cowboys?
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Part 18: Audio Tape Implicates Current DHS Officer with Sex Crime
NewsChannel 3 has handed over a copy of an audio tape to the Desert Hot Springs police chief that appears to implicate a current officer of statuatory rape and bribery.
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Part 19: Officer Linked to Stolen Drugs, Underage Sex
Newly released internal affairs documents have revealed that a retired Desert Hot Springs police officer was linked to stolen guns and drugs from his own department during his time on the force. In addition, NewsChannel 3 has learned through a confidential informant that that officer Matt Denney has been involved in prostitution and underage sex.
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Part 20: Defense Attorney Reacts to "Mishandled Drugs" Report
Local defense attorneys are reacting to an internal Desert Hot Springs Police memo that admits evidence was improperly handled.
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Part 21: DHS Police Hire Private Eyes, but at What Cost?
The Desert Hot Springs Police Department appears to be tackling allegations of corruption by their own means by hiring a private eye firm. But how much is that costing the cash-strapped city.
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Part 22: Police Officer, City Employee Implicated in Dog Fighting
A confidential informant has implicated a DHS police officer and a city employee in dog fighting and drug theft allegations within the department.
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Part 23: Former Officer Kept Drug Stash, Investigators Say
New evidence has been released that shows a police officer may have been keeping his own supply of drugs and an untracable handgun.
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Part 24: Emails Outline Cases Of Tainted Police Evidence
Revealing emails between a former Desert Hot Springs Police Chief and the District Attorney's office show just how many cases were affected by tainted evidence.
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Part 25: McGowan Family: The D.A.'s Office Lied to Us
As the FBI investigation into the Riverside County District Attorney's office continues, the family of the victims in a 2005 murder-suicide is now speaking out.
They say the District Attorney's office lied to them about the causes behind the tragedy that claimed six lives.
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PART 26: Relative of Murder-Suicide Victims: 'Official Report Is Flawed'
The family of the victims in the 2005 McGowan murder-suicide is now speaking out, saying there are inconsistencies in the official story they've been told.
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Part 27: Witness Description of Van Now Known in McGowan Case
Original reports of a 2005 murder-suicide said that District Attorney investigator David McGowan shot and killed his family at his Garner Valley home before killing himself. Now, neighbors of McGowan are speaking for the first time about suspicious activity going on the night before the deaths took place.
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Part 28: Judge Finds DA Investigator Innocent
A judge has found major problems in the way the Riverside County District Attorney's office investigated a high-profile case. The same judge gave a rare "finding of innocence" to a former DA Investigator once accused of beating his wife.
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Part 29: Grand Jury Investigation Targets DA's Office
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The US Attorney's Office announced it will not criminally prosecute investigators in the DA's office for alleged federal civil rights violations. But News Channel 3 has uncovered that the DA's office has been the target of a grand jury investigation brought on by an investigator inside the county public defender's office.
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