On December 24th, 2008 in Covina, a suburb of Los Angeles, nine people were killed either by being shot or by being burned to death. The killer? A man in a Santa Claus suit with a home made flame thrower and guns. Bruce Pardo visited terror on the Ortega family at the their Christmas Eve party. Bruce had spent at least six months planning the attack, even ordering a custom made Santa suit that had pockets to hold ammunition. What drove him to kill his ex wife and eight of her family members? On this episode, Willow dives into Bruce's background and the ominous clues his life story painted that all lead up to that fateful night. A chilling episode of a tragic case.
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