Part one of the investigation into the murder of Charla Mack and attempted murder of Judge Chuck Weller. On June 12, 2006, Charla was found stabbed to death in her estranged husband's condo. Two hours later, a bullet was fired through the window of Judge Weller’s chambers, spraying him with shrapnel. The prime suspect in both attacks – Darren Mack – had vanished into thin air. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/8/2009. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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You can get married and divorced in Reno probably in the same week. And lose everything you have in a matter of minutes. Darren?
Yes?
The Charla and Darren Mack story is a story of explosive love. Smile, honey. It's really good-looking people, a lot of money, a lot of sex, and high, high, high emotion. And eventually, murder. I'm Amanda Roth, and I'm a writer, and I grew up in Reno, Nevada. Darren Mack is handsome, larger than life, very charismatic, was an extraordinarily wealthy man.
He worked in and around gaming in that he owned a pawn shop.
That's why we've been here for 40 years, and if you don't believe us, just ask anybody who's done business with us. Everyone loved Darren. He had that personality that you wanted to be around.
Darren Mack was married to a 39-year-old woman named Charla. She was a stop-and-stare beautiful brunette. Absolutely gorgeous woman.
She was the most positive, upbeat, friendly, happy human being you would ever meet.
I would say that Darren and Charla Mack were a pretty explosive cocktail.
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