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Dateline video exclusive: the murder of Michael Baron. Oh my party in Phoenix Arizona turns into a murder scene. Dateline is there to cover the murder of Michael Baron. Two suspects Leo Ortiz and Johnny Campos. Who killed Michael? Watch the video and you decide who killed Michael.

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an encore presentation tonight  he was a party out of control Blues brawls then a blast of gunshots  a young man jazz as police race to solve the crime before the trail goes cold 4:30 in the morning we have a murder to go to the interrogation room is the right man on trial or could someone be playing the police the boss always a clever then and explosive moment in court that turned everything side down anything can happen Josh mankiewicz with the party's over  thank you for joining us Ann Curry it started in the street on a hot Summer's night more than 100 young people at a party that went on for hours but it ended in seconds with 11 gun show who pulled the trigger or about to take you inside and murder case it all unfolds before our cameras as we Trail the detectives who did more than work this crime they lived it hears Josh mankiewicz this murder happens on September 2nd 2002 the Labor Day weekend was a large part of the house with a poison 100 people  there was a breakup of the party around midnight by the Phoenix Police Department what is your emergency helicopters came in what time is left about 30 people came back lot of drinking going on more alcoholic drink the more likelihood that something's going to go wrong Michael Anthony Barone was having a great time  he was drinking partying with all being captured on a video case he know that this would be his last night Phoenix Street who killed it what was the motive investigation just barely asleep its 4:30 in the morning and saw your call Richardson calls me tells me you have a motor go to please cars I see a body on the street Michael Anthony Barone making years old I'm thinking to myself what actually happened out here what turn this party into a shooting shot twice $1 twin through his neck listen lot of bleeding who's also shot once in the chest  dad went through a long in his heart and lodged in the spine evidence at a crime scene homicide is vital in this case not really looks like 45 maybe a 40  and there are eyewitnesses tekton fine one day Trust she tells on her own the prank was caught on tape that's Barone in the check shirt pouring beer on the man then hot sauce can hitting him over and over again with a pillow  before long another man wearing the red football jersey goes into the bedroom and on the reaction I want to do those guys downtown the time tells me that she tried to convince Mike to get the hell out of the bedroom get the hell out of the house and go home you got to leave dude and he was all drunk and I was like I don't want that guy to start tripping on you get the car and start to drive away and she says that's when a man in a red jersey came out of the house and block their path we're on got out of the car and an argument broke out Erica says she saw a dark skin man come up and hand a gun to the man on the red jersey and everybody started running assault victim Michael Barone falls on the ground at that point she ran to her car as she was driving away she saw the homeowner drive up and his white Honda and some guy pulled up next with some looked at him and it was him and then I was like oh my god get the license plate number only knows the Man's first name Leo sounds like a pretty good witness sounds to me like she remember what you saw she told me that she didn't drink that night  Heather another the victim Michael Barone was also there when the shooting started she tells virtually the same story is Erica Leo the guy in the red jersey was the shoe see you at the party what happened  I love you  Heather tells me that she hears wpial a homeowner in the red jersey say hand me the gun and then let's plastic and I remember seeing the guy in the red shirt have the gun and just pointing out here that I seem like you know Sparks and two witnesses to say he's the one who did it so we're pretty confident we can solve this case  Detective Dee add shoulder the homeowner is the killer it's been 5 hours since the killing and detectives need to track down the man named Leo to do that they have to find out he's type of call Caruso's processing the scene he is checking the registration of vehicles front of the hall one of the Via back to that address and the first name is Leo he finds a motor vehicle license photo in our system show the witness Alex call and put a big Wrinkle in the investigation who's behind the wheel when he and Michael Barone left the party and unlike Heather and Erica Kirby says that the dark skinned man not Leo Ortiz the one who pulled the trigger he was wounded he had a graze wound from one of the shots in one of his arms  what's fine have to go to the hospital write the wreck of the Netherlands Tech to photograph his wound  and also the bullet holes in his car detective Alex from India says Kirby isn't even better witness than the two women Kirby's right there when this happened for his right there two to three feet away and put the gun in the hand of this dark-skinned man yes keep the muzzle flashes were coming from the dark-skinned individual suddenly the pieces of the puzzle are starting to fit together you hours earlier  instead of being able to focus completely on leave Ortiz I now have another suspect out there in Kirby sure the subject is the shooter remember your two witnesses didn't really see the shot or two so it could be both what's this point I'm I'm tired I've been working since 4:30 this morning things are going well until the new curve comes along with the POs second shooter  two officers get tough the investigation moves inside the interrogation room when the party's over continues cuz I drive around city of we actually see The Ghost Past murders we have that murder 2 weeks ago there or number the murder that happened over here last year going to Labor Day weekend people continue killing each other there are no holidays for murders  the tickets Tom Diego on Alex Familia working the murder of Michael Barone for 5 hours  in the hours before his death was drinking party and it was all being you have a friend of his murder were recorded  pull the trigger was it the dark skin man that the victim's friend Kirby says open fire or do the two women Heather and Erica have it right was the homeowner Leo Ortiz enough to kill Leo comes out of this house is looking for the people who trashed the bedroom is so far the only one will the ID main concern now is fine Lil and then all the sudden I got a call that Leo's in custody and now we're off to talk 294 Honda arriving at Leo's house first thing I want to do is search his car  hookah surprise surprise nothing in here disappointing but yet we have Leo in custody and it's five six hours into this you have the right man in custody did Leo Ortiz pull the trigger and Willie confess mission of a murder suspect is about to begin but this is no TV cop show this interrogation won't be easy or quick can you think of yourself we got our man we've got on man I would go from the square with me me my friends are real my house ride somebody started trashing my room I know he was mad he's got a motive he was upset with the victim trashing the bedroom I'm pretty confident of telling me he didn't do it don't know who shot you know we got video tape we know what was going on inside the house everybody who and he doesn't know who did I don't believe what he's telling me I feel that he's hiding things he's holding back I can front them turn off right now to book you for murder  if you didn't do the shooting and you going to have to turn over the guy who did all right don't want to go to jail for something you didn't do it I'm getting frustrated I can't get him to confess you know the guy that was there with the gun don't protect them I don't know I'm not time for interview you get to a point where you have to take a break frustrated from Leo's interview I feel him in on what Kirby at told me about how the shooting occurred this is victim number one give me a picture of Kirby statement just a few feet in front of Leo and that mysterious dark skinned man but Kirby says he's positive that Leo never pulled a gun and that when shots were slash is it come from the hand of the dark skinned man not from Leah that's just the opposite of what two other Witnesses Heather and Erica had told the tech I still think he is they're frustrated because he won't I is a dark-skinned shooter they decide it's time to turn up the heat I'm going to send Alex in to talk to the Leo and good cop bad cop I wanted to use the video tape that recovered the video is Mike Barone and him hitting each other and being very friendly you know this guy is you don't know the sky you were drinking Lila still fighting it the truth go back information Alex knows it I know it  because this game worth  detective Alex from India tells Leo that give up the  charged with the murder and that's when he starts changing his tune who are the just not wanting to get the suspect in trouble where does he live I met him at the where he's working again once he tells me  that the person's name is Johnny who are you works I believe we got to break break now  he's all the puzzle pieces seem to be falling into place for police Leo places that gun in the hand of the dark skinned man and will this make contradict what I witness is Erica and Heather say they get matches what another witness Kirby has been telling the detectives in the interrogation Leo finally breaks down and says somebody else Michael Braun he's got a huge motive to lie why do you believe them Kirby were standing in front of Leo with the time when the shots were fired and he saw fired the shots set alarm to walk to where you used to work in Arizona easy Wireless main store manager is cooperative  and they said that yeah Johnny used to work there for almost a year you know that to be a lie because he was working at couple months ago  got our fax back to us from the cellular phone company the number that Leo gave me for Johnny cell phone turn out to have a false name and a false address to get the correct information we had to have a search warrant and go back to AC Wireless to do anything we have to do with the hardware  does he get the Google I confronted the manager one more time telling him the seriousness of this crime he finally told me that he and Johnny were friends they had gone to high school together  this is the text of the guap homicide you're over there at North High School I'm looking for a guy that went to school there the only thing I have on him is his first name of John or Johnny and he's half black half Mexican mostly black though Johnny's last name Campos but also a yearbook photo again we're on the move the pictures they have in the school say he's half black half Mexican and this one fits pretty much everything else now I feel really good I've got a photo of Johnny Apple's together photographic lineup 6 pictures on the page and I head off the show Witnesses go to that see if you recognize anybody to show Herbie the lineup he's standing right in front of Leo he knows Leo will it trigger hello you Miguel who's the man who shot that party video tape and he was in the car with Kirby and Mike Barone when the shooting started number to there okay great thanks again is great information imma show you a couple of photos La Cueva picture of Leo and says he is the homeowner she also picked out the picture of Johnny Campos and again said he is the one who gave the gun to Leo this is the story she's been sick a long even though does the shooter the detectives believe she has given them enough to help seal the case against him now the only one I have to show is Leo  so I went to the photos see if you recognize anybody  Leo looks at the pictures picture of Johnny Johnny is the truth or is he still hiding something have a good day right now I have feeling totally lost  I know I have the right Johnny Leo is my stumbling block I don't know why he's lying is something wrong here but I'm not giving up  the search for Johnny detectives find in butt sacrum an all-night party a bedroom prank a teenager shot to death on the street the two detectives on this case are now focusing on who young men Leo Ortiz and Johnny Campos did one of them fired the Fatal shots here again is Josh mankiewicz how to work in this case for 15 days now and I've just shown the lineup of Johnny Campos to leave Ortiz Leo has not picked out the picture of Ja now I've got to go back go over the evidence one more time see what I can pick up they shall repeated calls to a woman who says she knows campus when detectives meet with her she even turns over an old picture she has of Campus once again called Leo Ortiz's honesty in question will that photograph actually matches photograph that we reuse for our photo lineup and then my Crohn's family want to meet with me the family of Michael Barone is convinced just as Witnesses Erica and Heather are that Leo is the killer the victim's family singly update very close to Leo Kirby who standing right in front of Leo at the time says now Leo did not pull out a gun Leo did not fire a gun Johnny Campos is the person that were looking for I need Leo to be a witness in court to testify we need to find Leo and bring him in as a shooter list detective Daquan all again you start leaving messages at his home  I need to talk with you I don't want to have to come out looking for you so give me a call I tried cell phone number no answer there finally Leo does call us and says he meet with us that I believe lie detector guano okay I want to be honest fingers Johnny Campos as the man who shot and killed Michael Barone  Target what's so long to name Johnny Campos as the man who Leo says committed a murder right in front of him think of Alex media says you were friends I think that Leo was afraid of Johnny Campos and that was the reason that he was so hesitant and giving him up he's a killer the person in Cold Blood we want to make sure that he's arrested and he doesn't have a chance to do it again I also make up a Silent Witness flyer offering a reward for the arrest of Johnny Campos he's taking the Phoenix Police Headquarters interrogation this guy he trashed Leo Leo confronts guy outside then it is a shooting where am I wrong cuz you had the right person to start Leo angry been trashed it could be possible fact of he's protecting Leo I'm telling tell him flat out I've got witnesses Detective Tom the Iguana find himself facing the same problems he had and Johnny still denies being the triggerman he denies that he was involved now that's what's going to be Johnny's not giving it up  do you think you have enough to convect at that point even without his confession yes I wouldn't somebody if I didn't think I had enough to actually can pick somebody Witnesses Kirby and Miguel also Johnny Campos pulled the trigger that's enough to book campus for second-degree murder we'll have a trial ahead of me  and it'll try out anything can happen  and something does trouble on this this is a witness was right there and he didn't see who fired the gun when the party's over continue 9 months after the murder of Michael Barone Johnny Campos goes on trial for killing his family once believed what is police shifted their focus so did the family and now they're hoping Campos is convicted this is a tough case because it Reston eyewitness testimony something the defense attorney hopes to exploit Flash when was John taradash I am Johnny Campos criminal defense attorney I work with America by County Public Defender's Office what's to this offense they have to quit him it's good to look the jury in the eye it's good to say the detective Kerr compose the witness statements are what's going to make or break this case detective say he saw everything and since he was a friend of the victim he has no reason to lie about what happened you really eat Kirby to be a very strong witness of his point listen she pulls it out he just fires immediately the jury I'm watching them they're accepting you positively IDs Johnny Campos in the photo lineup defended Johnny Campos he also needs to say that Leo did not have a gun no with that I believe that the jury can only find Johnny Campos guilty good morning Crystal morning now it's time for the the challenge Kirby's version of events cross-examination is a truth finding process that night were you drinking Nex-Tech maybe a couple of sips you seen that tape Kirby was drinking a lot of drinking right in front of the lens that's another car that was played by the defense and the defense has even more damaging cards to play contrary just told the jury it turns out Kirby may not have been so certain of what happened the night of the murder the homeowner with a gun is that correct earlier statements to please he was claiming that he saw two people with a gun play he saw the homeowner With A Gun 2 Detective is Accra  how to remember that interview defense attorney John taradash continues to question Kirby's credibility and you answered no I don't remember the witness such as trap and I spring it can you set no I never saw him was that you're an I don't remember what's the what is this enough to give the jury Reasonable Doubt call Jill. the shooting the prosecution must rely heavily on its next witness Miguel Beltran he shot all the video tape that night and he was also in the car when Michael Barone was shot a drink while you're at the party like I was passed out in the in the bed my phone by connecting for beer on him and that's all you can starting a gun I just hear a bunch of shower energy shots  could you see who was holding again nothing see exactly was holding it but what are you she was he saw a dark skin male standing in front of Michael Barone raise his hand up The Flash girl how to sharper once again the defense attorney attacks what this witness says he saw you saw quit and would also be fair to say that you're not sure if the man in the red jersey is the one that fired the gun unless you next stop is Lee Ortiz now this murder case could go either way and conviction or acquittal hang on the test kill the man police once suspected of the murder now he needs to be the prosecution's best eyewitness a stunning moment in the courtroom that could put the case in jeopardy when the party's over continues on Labor Day 2002 Michael Barone was gunned down on the streets of Phoenix nine months later Johnny Campo stands trial for his murder courtroom drama isn't like the ones on TV witness testimony is man on trial  the murder trial of Johnny Campos takes a dramatic turn as former suspect turn prosecution witness Leo Ortiz takes the stand on my name is Leona Ortiz  all along he's told me I don't know what a gun I've never had a gun this is what hinges the case but just hours before very different that's about the Ricochet through this courtroom this the first time I'm hearing this and for him to come out on the stand and say yes he had a gun as a total shock to everybody was just a big blow go to the prosecution but an Incredible Gift to the defense this is a major chef from the time he spoke to the police to the time of his testimony you did not tell the detective daguanno where the police that you had a gun about the time of the shooting correct how the gun mysteriously disappeared did you  I'm trying to show that Johnny Campos is not the main suspect in this case some for the questions maybe we are playing you all along is it possible he's that clever he's not that clever the fact brought it out at the end there's a good possibility that he did it to protect his friend  now it's the defense's turn to call witnesses beginning with Heather Wakefield she told police the homeowner Leo Ortiz pulled the trigger and the defense will use that to show the jury that in the chaos of that on a dark Street someone besides Johnny Campos may have killed Michael Barone home on her way the gun Mike Barons Acura let that the homeowners the one with the gun and not my client mr. Campos no but it was dark again and then the headlights of the car were pretty right I wasn't lower time even sort of well-meaning people as time goes by Witnesses think  and rethink the events that they witnessed the evidence is in the testimony is over and in closing arguments the prosecutor tells the jury he had the best eyewitness Kirby sure be right there establishes Beyond Reasonable Doubt what's the defense believe in angry Leo had a gun Leo was waving the gun this is more than just concerned who has the modem you find mr. Campos was not guilty instructions of law turn to the family and I tell him it's up to the jury we just have to sit back and wait to see what happens  you still think you got the right man I'm sure of it the verdict when the party's over continues count 1 seconds 2002 you still think you got the right man I'm sure of it I'm one-hundred-percent I did so much work  but now everything is drained out of me Johnny Campos is convicted of who won of beat possession I'll be going to prison but it's not it's not the same as a conviction for murder was the wrong man on trial here with the case against Leo stronger than the case against it would have been the same thing we would have had witnesses that said Leo did it Witness Leo didn't do it the defense would have just reversed roles Johnny was the shooter yes how good Kirby was when I took his statement it was the wrong guy on trial anything that says Leo did anything wrong other than possess a weapon Johnny Campos was sentenced to seven and a half years on the illegal weapons charge but the sentence was reduced to five years and on October 26th 2007 Campos was released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under you just don't do a case  and file it you you live with these cases specially the cases turn off keep investigating and look for the real shooter no charges were filed against Lee Ortiz you can still believe he was only a witness to the killing the case is officially closed

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