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this surveillance video shows a murder suspect moments after they allegedly stabbed investigative journalist Jeff
Gman on his property in Las Vegas you could see in the surveillance video from across the street that someone an as
salant came into his yard went to the left side of his house went inside the gate shut the gate then we see Jeff
moments later opening his garage door and he was instantly ambushed when he turned the corner to where that person
was lying in weight in the video you can kind of see a struggle but Jeff ultimately falls to
the ground and he never gets up what happened to him in that attack Jeff was stabbed he was stabbed seven
times four times in the neck three in the Torso seven stab wounds did that suggest what kind of a killing this was
to me this was a very personal attack just stabbed someone in such a short time viciously seven
times with no warning Gman had worked at the Las Vegas Review Journal after garan's murder the review journal's
executive editor Glenn cook asked the assistant managing editor for investigations Ronda prast for a short
list of possible suspects one of the names I gave him was Robert Tellis and who is Robert Tellus he was a clerk
County elected official in charge of the public administrator office which handles Estates of people who were
deceased four women who worked at the public administrator's office reached out to Gan and told them that their boss
Robert Tellus harassed bullied and physically intimidated them the women also told Garmin about an alleged
inappropriate relationship between Tellus and a subordinate in the office Tellus and his subordinate deny these
claims Gan would go on to publish four articles about T's alleged misconduct when police released the surveillance
video of the suspect walking in garan's neighborhood from the morning of the murder review journal photographer Kevin
Cannon noticed something about the suspect's walk how would you describe that gate
it's it's a bit of a a limp and a favor on one side it seems Kevin Went digging in his files and found this a walking
shot he had taken of Robert Tellus when Jeff interviewed him at his office the staff compared both videos side by
side I'm not sure how to describe it but it was definitely The Identical gate in my mind
Glenn cook says his staff moved forward on the operating theory that Robert Tellis could have been the killer but
they still didn't have hard evidence then the police released a photo of the suspect's car a maroon Yukon Denali show
me what you did but you just type in the address you pull up the Google Street View assistant City editor David Ferrara
immediately typed tales's home address into Google Earth and if he's zoom in on the house that maroon vehicle is there
parked in the driveway the maroon SUV was registered to tell us his wife we have every reason to believe at this
point that it's only a matter of time before a search warrant is going to be executed at that house in the early
morning of September 7th 2022 just 5 days after Jeff garman's murder tus was brought in for questioning as police
searched his home and cars while he was in custody Detective collected a DNA sample from Tellus they also took the
jeans he was wearing into evidence and gave him a white paper suit to change into before he was taken back to his
house and swarmed by reporters eagerly awaiting his arrival did you do this did you murder
did you do this tell us anything inside ts's home investigators say they found gym shoes in a duffel bag similar to
what was seen in the surveillance video and when they looked in the garage detectives say they discovered CED what
was left of a straw sun hat the sun hat the sun hat cut up into pieces yes but police say the most crucial piece of
evidence would come from the DNA sample that was taken from Telles earlier that day we received positive DNA results
that showed Robert ts's DNA at the crime scene ts's DNA was under Jeff's fingernails there's no doubt in my mind
that Jeff knew exactly what was happening in that Split Second and he made sure he got the evidence telis was
arrested and charged with gan's murder he has since pleaded not guilty did you murder Jeff Gman no sir I did
not

Shortly after reporter Jeff German was murdered on his property in Las Vegas, a person of interest was caught on camera walking through the neighborhood. German's colleagues and investigators then worked to identify the man in the straw sun hat.

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Brief Summary

Investigative journalist Jeff Gman was murdered; Robert Tellus is the prime suspect linked by DNA evidence and prior misconduct allegations.

Key points

Murder Caught on Surveillance. A shocking surveillance video captures the murder of journalist Jeff Gman in Las Vegas.
DNA Evidence Links Suspect. Robert Telles' DNA found at the crime scene leads to his arrest for Gman's murder.

Episode highlights

DNA Evidence Links SuspectRobert Telles' DNA found at the crime scene leads to his arrest for Gman's murder.“We received positive DNA results that showed Robert Telles' DNA at the crime scene”4:15Feb 18, 2024

Episode quotes

This was a very personal attack.

Describing the nature of the murder.

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