Although this is a fairly straightforward documentary about an appalling mass murder, in three quarters of an hour or so the film-makers manage to cover all the angles including interviews with family members, the lead detective on the case, archive footage of suspects, and actual footage of the recovery of physical evidence from another location.
On March 12, 2004, Rosa Barbarosa was bound, gagged and tortured in her own home at McKinney, Texas, but why were her three younger male house guests murdered as well? The shocking truth is Rosa was targeted because she had or was believed to have the codes for the shop where she worked; the other three were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. On top of that, the killers got away with nothing, except the crime itself until three years later a minor player had an outbreak of conscience after the death of his own father.
In a case like this there can be many false leads, and we see two of them here. Ultimately, only Raul Cortez was convicted of capital murder. Six years after this programme was screened, he lost an appeal against conviction. It remains to be seen if and when he will be executed.
On March 12, 2004, Rosa Barbarosa was bound, gagged and tortured in her own home at McKinney, Texas, but why were her three younger male house guests murdered as well? The shocking truth is Rosa was targeted because she had or was believed to have the codes for the shop where she worked; the other three were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. On top of that, the killers got away with nothing, except the crime itself until three years later a minor player had an outbreak of conscience after the death of his own father.
In a case like this there can be many false leads, and we see two of them here. Ultimately, only Raul Cortez was convicted of capital murder. Six years after this programme was screened, he lost an appeal against conviction. It remains to be seen if and when he will be executed.