The Ambush: Who Killed Officer Daniel Green?
My Life of Crime with Erin Moriarty
CBS News
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On the morning of February 5th, 2015, Tulare County police officer Daniel Green took his son to school and then returned home. While on the toilet, he is shot dead. Police have no gun, eyewitnesses, or DNA evidence. During routine questioning the following day, Daniel’s ex-wife, Erika Sandoval, tells police she hasn’t visited Daniel’s house in weeks, but her story appears to contradict a neighbor’s surveillance footage. Based on the 48 Hours episode "The Killing of Daniel Green.”
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| 0:00.0 | Don't miss true crime any time you want, anywhere you go with the 48 hours podcast, Real Crimes. |
| 0:09.0 | Like a John Grisham novel come to life. |
| 0:11.0 | Real lives. |
| 0:13.0 | He pointed a gun to me and said, this is the day you die and he shot me. |
| 0:18.0 | Real justice. |
| 0:19.0 | There are some questions that have to be asked and need to be answered. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm an innocent man and I hope the whole world can see it now. |
| 0:26.0 | The latest episodes of 48 hours, wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| 0:40.0 | But the brilliant doctor was hiding a secret. |
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| 0:50.0 | Erica Sandable is the person that you could meet on the street and say, wow, she seems like a really nice person. |
| 1:00.0 | She had the type of upbringing that millions of people have had before. |
| 1:07.0 | She dated. |
| 1:11.0 | She fell in love. |
| 1:13.0 | There's nothing quite like that first thrill of love. |
| 1:17.0 | She was so into Daniel. |
| 1:19.0 | The first time she spoke about him, she was just like, all the color of his eyes and he was so nice to her. |
| 1:26.0 | She was just in heaven. |
| 1:29.0 | Erica always wanted to just have a stable relationship, have children. |
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