Detective Kevin Lowe
Appearances
48 Hours
The Spirits of El Segundo
These cars represent over 3,000 individuals. that were looked at as possible suspects, and they were all cleared.
48 Hours
The Spirits of El Segundo
In 1960, the actual murder weapon was recovered by a man that was doing some yard work. We were digging up the weeds when I found the gun.
48 Hours
The Spirits of El Segundo
That's when we called the police and said, what do we do with it? That gun, the finding of that gun was huge to this case also. The serial number was traced by investigators back then to Shreveport, Louisiana.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
They tracked down the salesman at the Sears that sold that gun, a man by the name of Billy Jean Clark.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
There was a lot of anxiety because we didn't know what was going to happen.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
Yes, sir. When my partner explained to him that we were homicide investigators from L.A. County, his chin just dropped.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
Did you check Mason to see if he'd been shot or had a scar? We did. He had a mark that looked like a big pockmark on his right shoulder blade. He was, in fact, hit by a gunfire when Phillips shot him.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
After the proceedings, he was willing to sit down and talk with us and answer some more questions that we had for him.
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The Spirits of El Segundo
Just the thanks and the praise we got from the families is more than any recognition we could get from our department.