"Gregory Chad Wallin-Reed, 36, of Reno, Nev., faces eight felony counts, including murder. Looks a little freaked out, looked out the back window. I'd been in the Quincy area for a couple of months, getting all kinds of trouble with the California game wardens. From Transcript of 'Miles From Nowhere' - Dateline NBC Verdict: Guilty of First Degree Murder 3D Laser Scanning and GPS Analysis 115 S. Church Street Grass Valley, CA 95945 (877) 339-7378 info@precisionsim.com precisionsim.com Document, Analyze, Visualize; Turn Jurors into Witnesses That night was in effect of this incident on you and your husband. I just remember seeing this hand come up out of the grass and everyone was like, whoa, we got to hand. He was exciting. The sort of Stand Your Ground idea. Right at that point in time, I didn't know that, you know, any of the men in the car, who they were, why they'd approached this home. You're in the dark. Remember, in his interview, Chad said he told Lewis and his friends when he left him in the meadow that he was going to get help. Now, I knew something was wrong, something was wrong, and I called back immediately and I just couldn't believe it so quickly. During the pursuit, he believed he saw muzzle flashes and heard gunshots coming from the victims' car. Were they kidding? It was elements that could make up gunshot residue. So how much did you have to do with the decision to charge him everything? The life of a game warden is a solitary one hours of driving alone, backcountry roads alone, warden sound everything from bear poachers to pot farmers and its prey that sometimes shoots back. I picked up the car that was sitting. Those men shot at him and he never set out to hurt anyone. And that's when Lewis Wheatley stuck his left hand up out of the meadow grass. This isn't some hick town in California, around the same time at the jail in Quincy, an hour and a half away, child placed a telephone call to his father. But then there's a big meadow and those are very deep and very dark woods, some of those young men did run. But my desire is to walk him out of that courtroom. Candidly, I give credit to the detectives. Sweet little girl. . "Dateline" is airing an episode Oct. 18 involving a Reno family who was in a shootout at their rural Sierra cabin. Now he told them what happened and they said, I caught up to them, you and they shot at me. And then at the very end of the the interview and the drive, then he finally did tell us that there was another gun used. For one thing, shards of broken glass, which clearly mark precisely where the car was when Chad blew out the windows. One of them hopped out of the car. I'll be talking with writer Wright Thompson about nostalgia, memory, the South and Bourbon. The detectives found that unusual no trespassing sign you were entering the RNC, the site said, which meant the Republic of Chad. Daddy won't let anything bad happen to you. He fought for our freedom. The terrible, desperate chase, it's awful. Description In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. Chad hopped in his truck, drove to the end of the driveway. One of the things that really blew my mind during this book is finding out that Kentucky, for instance, was in the union. In a similar vein, the episode that I keep rewatching is the Chad Wallin--Reed case. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. It was something that he simply felt like we had to follow through on. And the car suddenly made a 180 and it looked like they were coming straight out. I guarantee you, later that morning, detectives went out to the meadow and discovered some fascinating evidence. Then the cops took Chad down that dirt road which led into the meadow. In this classic Dateline MILES FROM NOWHERE (Season 22 Episode 5) forget about being scared of the dark, the real nightmare begins with a series of lights culminating in the tragic end of a young red-haired . I went up to the right here right now and everyone was like, whoa, we got to hand. They have a gun when he approached their car. None of that drive was occupied, was it? And I think it sets the tone for his state of mind. Oh, I pushed them. And a bunch of people came out yelling. In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. Seemed almost like a dare. Absolutely, his talk about I only fired three shots, I used the pistol, all these other lives added up the liar, said Hollister, who shot those young men out of anger, pure and simple. Well, I think that, uh. Miles from Nowhere (2013) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Cast Produced by Elizabeth Cole . Chatwal and Reid said attorney Olsen is just the sort of person for whom that defense was intended is. In this Dateline classic, a relaxing vacation turns into a nightmare when Stephen Reitz wakes up to find his girlfriend, Eva Weinfurtner, murdered. He told the detectives, you know, I think that might have been a white flag. I mean, if you had a gun and were shooting back, you would be in your right as defending yourself because you're being shot at. No, I can't remember. Only red blooded patriotic Christian Americans are authorized for access. But it was weird, said Carol, when she saw Rory lying there unconscious and he actually looked perfect. She reached for the gun child and taught her how to use. My calf was basically exploded in like numerous pieces stuck in place, easy targets. He was concerned, he said, about getting help for the wounded. How did they provoke a violent confrontation with Army vet Chad Walter Reed? How are they going to get there to help them? His mother, Carol stars are by his bedside in the ICU as he lay with a bullet in his brain was horrible. Keith Morrison reports. Why Antelope Lake, because the man told Detective Henrikson there were cabins there, people safety. And abruptly, Chad's story changed. The use of deadly force is authorized for use on those found in noncompliance. And Plumas County by Antelope Lake. He was brain dead at that point. But as the prosecutor told the jury, evidence found in the meadow told a very different story. Next thing you know, as I'm looking up, I see these three flashes and then I hear crack, crack, crack, crack. And there they could plainly see that other officers had already marked several shell casings in the meadow. I picked up the pistol, was in my car folder and pointed out to know. And right as Cesar was getting into the car, I heard what sounded like a gunshot. What was that like when they took him? So they were coming this way. Absolutely. They didn't know, in other words, that they were responding to the 911 call to Chad Wollen lead after his armed confrontation with six men on a dark road running through a meadow while racing to the scene, Staley and the warden met up with a sheriff's deputy. But to watch, they were alone in the dark and their friend, the driver, Rory, was clearly in bad shape. That night, deputies led by Sergeant Perry Mitchard, a few miles from the meadow, listened to his account of the chase and they started shining the spotlight back at me. They would always say, no, no, there was no gun. If you're being charged with first degree murder. And he said, we need to go and call nine one one. Their family cabin, where this all took place, is about one hour from Susanville near the Antelope Lake area. Outrageous homicides, you've got to see it to believe it, the perps being idiots left the phone. But here's the thing. As you're driving back, as you're now trying to figure out what the hell you've done and what was going on in your heart, your mind, your soul, an assessment, somebody is either dead or dying. And no amount of jail time will will fix it. I mean, I didn't check for a pulse or anything like that, but there was a bullet wound in his neck. I was just like in my mind, thinking, where are you? I was front row seat to his life and I'm able to tell her about it at his sentencing hearing. The meadow that is the dirt road where the shooting took place, a place so remote that without those directions, they might never have found it. Running time. The nurse immediately her face, she looked at me. Time to bring out a little ammunition, a literal trail of evidence through the grass, a sticky, brownish black mess that told a fascinating story. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. He makes the whole case will boil down to whether Chad was fired upon and shot back in self-defense, Olsen said the evidence backed Chad up. My friend has just been shot and it's her time shot. Horrible. I kill people on the other side as well, kids in my state, maybe even that he'd been having some sort of flashback. It was very clear the defendant had lied about something he just didn't lie about. He carried his rifle just like the Army trained did. Miles from nowhere, what had just happened and what was about to. Why would somebody want one of those? I said, you took off after and. When you come back this way, back in this corner right here, yeah, Chad made it quite clear he used a small pistol, 380 caliber, to return fire during the chase. They're both bloody and cut up. We do. So when they drove past you going back this way, they were shooting with the arrow then? It means a lot to him. Then that afternoon, while Chad was away on an errand, Kerry looked out the window and there was a jeep heading up the long driveway driven by a young man she did not know. And then next thing you know, I was looking up. Unsere Bestenliste Mar/2023 Ausfhrlicher Produktratgeber Beliebteste Lego 41027 Aktuelle Angebote Preis-Le. Here's how Olson presented his Stand Your Ground defense in his opening to the jury Shora, because he was fired and he also told the jury his client was a protective family man, doing what he felt he had to do as a father after those menacing visits to his house after this Friday. executive producer Makeup Department Jovan Vitagliano . Nobody knew if there was, you know, multiple people shooting at each other. >> they did some fish tails, you know, like they slid the car, and at one point the passenger door just started to open up and i . They both looked really freaked out. Not a gang banger is doesn't have a criminal record. I'll end up spending the rest of my life in prison. Yeah, yeah, California doesn't have a Stand Your Ground law per say, like some states do, but there is a state jury instruction that says a person under threat has a right to stand his or her ground and even pursue an assailant. They lay in the and we're now joined by a total of three deputies. No, I think it was assumed it was just some sort of random act of vandalism that I guess young kids would do. How to catch a fish swim in a mountain lake, feel safe in the dark is an amazing father. 2-21Eureka - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Did you see the defendant sitting over there in the courtroom? It's really scary. You go on hikes and there is like a lake that was very close to it. They're not going to shoot us. This is where Chad taught his children how to exist in the natural world. And so he's trying to flip around, trying to get away, said loose, get around the truck, get out of the middle. What steps do we go through? To my mind, was his how are they going to find these individuals? And now there's there's no good memories to be had, but we can hold on to the ones that we have. Your login session has expired. And so there it was Chadds story. Curious, it wasn't exactly where Chad said it was and something else, Rory's car must have hit a rock during its rush through the meadow just after it made the U-turn farther out in the meadow, and it started draining the oil out of the car and left clear as a giant magic marker, a brownish black trail through the long grass of the meadow. With one . He grabs a solar light and ripped down one of the smaller of the two signs and comes running back in. helicopter pilot (uncredited) See also Monitor reporter shooting back home, Chad faces the reality of what's happened. The interesting thing, though, is they said they shot at me three times and they found the three 380 casings that were together that were not from each gun corresponding with the three shots. And I said, no, I think I killed one of them. A bright spotlight in the dark woods, solar lights marking a hidden driveway, headlights speeding down a winding mountain road and an ominous green laser light on the dashboard of a car. Further evidence proved that the car was next to the truck when he fatally shot McGuire and that no weapons were found on the victims, which contradicted Chad's narrative. Keith Morrison reports. I didn't know what critical condition meant, so I really didn't know how critical meant. That's crazy. There's a story to be told. They changed his life forever, forever. So we go to this campground and sure enough, you know, we all hop out and then there's there's like two guys in the middle of this campground with blood on them. Two of them volunteered to run out into the blackness for help, see if they could find a cabin or a ranch house where they might find a working landline. A little cabin, that piece of paradise is empty now, sold to pay legal bills. He had not killed people on the other side of the world and not done any of those things. We're going to get out of here and go get help. They're going to you know, they're going to come at me, the dirt road dimpy into a meadow. If it was two people shooting at each other. Rory was airlifted out to a hospital in Reno. The few deputies on patrol are scattered over a vast wilderness. And again, one of the group jumped out and stole two more silver lines. This is a restricted area. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. The air that night say, why were you shooting at me in the car or you shot at me in the car or anything like that? I put myself in that same scenario. All right. But that was not how it was or was ever meant to be. Deep in the woods, a family lives in fear. Hey, it's Chris Hayes this week on my podcast, why is this happening? That stretch when they saw. And I just remember. To people fuming is possibly all Chad might have done, except a prominent defense attorney named John Olson heard about Chad's predicament and saw the way he believed to set him free. My heart kind of jumped and I knew it was. The children picked up the anxiety. Over the 4th of July weekend of 2011, Chad Wallin-Reed, armed with a handgun and an assault rifle, chased a car driven by six young men after they stole solar light fittings from his remote Plumas County property twice. When the trial began this past summer, Olson seemed satisfied with the jury. Yes. Rory's mom began sobbing two years of pent up heartbreak. I don't think there's any other way to put. You know, dispatch like, what's your address? I had the AR 15 saying, I'm going to pick this weapon and I'm going to go down there and I'm going to kill these guys. They are OK. When all of those things which the jury had been made to believe about Chad's military service, based on his own statements to police, were all lies. And he is about to give us his account of a July 4th weekend on a dark and lonely road in the high Sierra. I told my mom I wanted to brother and I felt like I kind of got that with Rory. All that remained was the pain. The Fourth of July weekend, 2011, The Walland Reeds were joined by some friends who set up a little campsite on the property near the road. When he comes up, he says, shoot at my house, I got kids or something like that. With one man dead and two others injured, authorities wonder if this was self-defense or something else. And on July 4th weekend, 2011, the restless young man in search of fun. He's ready now to go home to his wife, Carrie, and their three kids. Somebody makes their way over towards the car and says. Take care of it. It was just my my frame of mind was is that these people are coming back to shoot at me. 30 Miles from Nowhere is a 2018 American horror film directed by Caitlin Koller and starring Carrie Preston. He's sick or he'll be OK. And the children stayed home and worry mostly. Just enjoying each other's company or hanging out, but early in the Saturday morning, about two a.m., Chad was jolted awake while and I heard all this yelling and commotion and sound like somebody who was fighting. He survived. And now his sentence, 84 years to life. So Carrie got dressed and then she and Chad and their friend drove the winding road down the mountain toward the main highway, perhaps nine miles down, hunting for a spot with cell phone reception. Do you wish that he just kind of stopped along the way somewhere and said, to hell with it, just let them go and come back? Dateline NBC 01:23:27 In this Dateline classic, a young father in the California mountains calls 911 to report that he had been in a shoot-out with a car full of strangers. My whole leg had become numb from my knee down. But that's about all that was true. And the story of what happened next is both complex and disputed. But what should he do? And they took all four guns. No, no, it hurts that that thought those words hurt my heart. What happened the next night would change all their lives. There was also a closet inside the cabin that contained large amounts of ammunition for various guns, shotguns out on the edge of Chad's property out near the road. He has a good, clean military record. He was funny. hair stylist Music Department Danny Gray . Chad Wallin-Reed, an army vet and father-of-three, was sentenced to more than 80 years to life in prison for murdering a 20-year-old man who, along with five other men, allegedly stole solar light from his family cabin located in the remote and secluded woods in Plumas County, California, during the 4th of July weekend of 2011. Working in the wine industry together since 1986, but Franklin had his start earlier, planting his parents first vines in 1973. . In other words, Chad wasn't shooting to disable the cars and the prosecutor, the evidence suggested he was shooting to kill the occupants even as they were trying to get away. What did that feel like? MILES FROM NOWHERE was one of my choices for best books of 2009. And that's a fear. That same Sunday morning, Chad and Kerry's children woke up to the sound of strangers rummaging through the cabin and search through our stuff. Of course, no one could know the way the jury would go, especially in a town divided by quinsy, you're holding your breath the whole time, whether it's your first trial or your fiftieth. He would call out my name a lot. I can honestly sit there and say, I didn't get my vehicle. And then these guys are like, look, our friends are hurt. And he watched vigilent didn't rest easy, especially because one of those break ins had been just that very year. Lewis laid down on the ground property's wounded leg against the car, tried to keep talking to Rory, who was lying in the back seat. The charge, attempted murder. It got even worse for all of them. Why are you on the road when they were shooting and then when they were in the meadow and came back in self-defense or murder? He was, he said, an Army Ranger, one of the elite few, though like a lot of vets, he seemed to carry some baggage. 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