Joe Son to police: "You can find me on Wikipedia" | Forensic Files

and you said that you were an actor what do you do acting um I do comedy okay play Bad Guys sometimes did you see
Austin Powers uhhuh um I played a little role in part one okay what else do you do you just act is that how you make
your living just acting and I I'm a professional fighter what kind of fighter MMA you can find me in Wikipedia believe
it or not how do in your fighting career I lost all my fights I was in UFC 4 I end did up Pride um
2002 February and July I lost both fights I Pro wrestled there for a little while
um it was going good but I didn't sign the contract okay let me tell you what here
okay young girl 19 years old late at night early morning of Christmas Eve the 24 December
1990 driving home to a big big apartment complex is on Pur okay she parks in the
carport two guys Jammer in the carport they grab her thr in a car driver some distance away that's bad it's very bad
and the DNA tells us if you wrong guy they recognize anybody in that that's you right that's
me and what we did showed that to the girl who's kidnapped she goes 100% certain to him I've seen that face every
night I go to bed she said that's the face I've seen of the guy who kidnapped me one of the guys who kidnapped me and
raped me I mean just that alone screws you okay no doubt about it okay and the DNA is saying yes you're the guy and
you're sitting here saying how is that going to fly Joe this is scary you know I can't tell you
something I don't know well you do know is and you you know you say you have this evidence you know mm and it's scary
MH

Huntington Beach, Calif., detectives speak with Joseph Son in 2008, after his DNA sample matched one of the profiles from the violent attack on Victoria 18 years earlier.

Brief Summary

A guest shares their acting and fighting career while recounting a traumatic kidnapping case linked to them by DNA evidence.

Key points

A Fighter's Journey. An actor reveals his unexpected background as a professional fighter.
Chilling Recognition. A kidnapping victim identifies her attacker, leading to a tense revelation.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I lost all my fights.

Reflecting on a tough fighting career.

0:32WatchJan 24, 2016

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