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Netflixs hitTiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madnessdelivers on its title and then some.
On her organizations blog, Baskinposted a lengthy rebuttalof the shows portrayal of her and her work.
He watchedTiger Kingwith his wife and son and was as riveted as everyone else.
I was in the undercover world, and I had nothing to do with the case.
I remember them saying this.
How exciting is it that everyones staying home?
Theyre doing what everyones asking to do.
Stay away from each other.
So theyre watching Netflix.
But we need to take advantage of this.
Well, maybe one of those relationships have soured by now.
The case has just remained open all these years?Correct.
The last thing we did was back in 2010.
And then in 2011, we reached out and asked Carole to come in and take a polygraph.
And she did decline to take a polygraph.
Since then, its been quiet.
And then when the Netflix documentary came out, its generating a ton of leads.
Now, none of those leads have been deemed viable to date.
I certainly dont discount it.
But you saw the documentary, where everyone believed that he was buried under the septic tank.
Well, that septic tank wasnt put in until years after his disappearance.
That was a dead end.
Well, the meat grinders where removed.
They stopped using them weeks before his disappearance.
But people watching the documentary dont know a lot of the information weve already investigated.
At every turn, it seemed our investigators were met with another obstacle.
Everyone thought that he took a private plane to Costa Rica or wherever.
Well, there was no manifest that he had ever left the United States.
So that kind of refuted the theory that he was in Costa Rica.
And then theres the will.
I know that was a big point of contention: that the will was forged.
Certainly, like you and everyone else, I am suspect of the will.
So a lot of that was suspect.
And then we had someone who worked for Carole who said, Yes, I witnessed all the signatures.
And then, later on, she recanted her statement.
There were people upset because he was having sexual encounters with younger females down there.
Some of their parents were upset.
He was taking money and clothes down there for them.
He was paying individuals to have sex down there.
He did have a girlfriend down there, too.
One would say he hasnt seen Don in six weeks; the other would say he just saw him.
At every turn, there was an obstruction.
Well, you just answered several of my questions.
Have you seen the blog post that Carole posted to refute claims in the documentary?
One of the things she says is that Don Lewis was not really wealthy.
To me, thats wealthy.
I guess thats a matter of perspective, depending if youre living at a greater revenue.
But, to me, it is wealth.
We talked to some of his office managers back then.
He wasnt happy about that.
He would hide money in the clothes that he would take down to people in Costa Rica.
It just got more and more complicated.
There are rumors that he was loaning them money.
Did your department look into any of that?No, I cant confirm any of that.
None of our detectives have indicated anything like that.
I think its important.
He drove away in the truck and said, Ill be back.
And she says thats the last time she saw him.
If this would have happened today, you have GPS, you have cell phones.
He was a patrol deputy.
He wasnt too far from her.
We can account for his whereabouts.
And other than that, he had no involvement in the case.
He was extremely cooperative, just like her.
Shes always made herself available and has always been cooperative.
I cant deem her as uncooperative just because we asked her to take a polygraph and she said no.
She can exercise that right.
Its crazy just how crazy how all their lives were.
Don Lewis fit right in.
I guess thats what made it intriguing and entertaining and why its become such a big hit.
Who can forecast that they might disappear?
[Laughs] It all comes back to entertainment and intrigue and why were having this conversation.
