Can you step out for me, please? >> Okay. Don't be reaching around anywhere. >> I called the police department uh twice, >> letting him know my dad was trying to get me killed. >> What's wrong with your dad? >> I was taking him to the hospital. Me and him were struggling over at night. He was telling me he was all dizzy. And he was telling me like, "Look, man." He's like, "Just get me to the damn hospital." I go, "Dude, you're going to use a knife on me, bro. You got up." He's like, "Well, you're going to use it on me first. You're crazy." >> Hey, there's someone in the back seat. It's got no pulse that I could feel. >> It's bull cuz I know how it looks. It looks bad. >> This is now a crime scene. >> Thursday, January 27th, 2022, Porterville, California. A routine call about a suspicious person in a rural area of Terara County led to a discovery that would become one of the most disturbing cases of family violence in the state. What first appeared to be a minor incident soon revealed a long history of reports, convictions, and ignored warnings. This case not only exposed a violent crime, but also a systemic failure in the supervision of repeat offenders and the protection of vulnerable victims. I'm Tyler and this is your daily dose of crime. Make sure that you never miss a case. Be sure to subscribe to Daily Dose of Crime right now and join the investigation in the comments below. We'll be waiting for you there. >> I saw you 20 cupy plate 5 Henry Union William 220. >> Hey, stop reaching around. >> Stop. >> Hey, there's someone in the back seat. >> Yeah, there's like legs. >> Officer on the inside. >> Yeah. Hey, keep your hands up. >> I have no weapons on. >> There's a body in the back. >> Okay. >> I have no weapons. >> Hey, put your hands up. >> Put your hands up. >> Hands up. Open unlock the door for me. Unlock the door. Unlock the door for me, man. Hey, what's your name, man? Okay, my name is with the sheriff's office, man. Can you please unlock the door? I understand that. But can you please unlock the door? >> Look at my hand. >> Okay, I see your hands. Thank you. Okay, but can I >> can I have you unlock the door for me? >> Okay. Open it. >> Okay. Open it. >> Can you step out for me, please? >> Okay. Don't be reaching around anywhere. That's all I know. >> I don't got nothing, bro. I got cuz I needed gas money. Okay, turn around for me, man. >> Yeah, >> should detain you in handcuffs. All right, >> what's going on today, man? >> I called the police department uh twice, letting them know my dad was trying to get me killed. He had these people come over to the house straight up and uh these people were straight up >> they were putting him uh they were putting >> Yeah. >> What's wrong with your dad? >> I was taking him to the hospital because >> Okay. What's wrong with him? >> Me and him were struggling over at night. >> Okay. When officers arrive at the scene, they find an SUV parked on the side of the road and its driver refusing to get out of the vehicle. The man identifies himself as Giovani Abu Jalil, age 32, and insists that he needs urgent help. He says his father is sitting in the back seat, injured, and that he's trying to get him to the hospital. The tone is erratic, his sentences are fragmented, and his behavior immediately raises concern. The officers do not fully understand what's happening, but something feels off. The man seems to be confused, agitated, and avoids giving direct answers. As they ask him to show his hands and step out of the vehicle, they try to determine whether this is a medical emergency or something much more serious. At that point, the only clear thing is that they're facing a disoriented man who insists he's trying to save his father. >> Just have a seat for me. I'm going to search you for weapons real quick. Okay. Is there anything in that car that I'm going to find that's uh going to hurt my de my partner or anything like that? >> Nothing. Nothing. All it is is little pocketk knives. >> Any guns, firearms like that? >> It's bull cuz I know how it looks. It looks bad. >> Okay. >> Do me a favor. Just have a seat for me, man. Okay. Everything's going to be okay. >> [ __ ] I panicked. I told him I was going to go to the other hospital and he says, "Why?" I go, "Dude, cuz if we go to that other hospital, they don't trust me. Bro, I I got issues. I' I've went over there and I've already people. Julio, calm down for me, man. Okay. >> Oh, this is [laughter] no. >> Did Did you hurt your dad? >> Why did that cop in the damn unit? >> Okay. >> Why? I called him twice. I told him to. >> Okay. All right. We're going to We're going to help your dad. Okay. >> Please. >> Okay. Where do you live? >> On a We both live right there. >> A Yes. >> Is that in Porterville? >> No, it's right here in Bakersfield. >> It's in Bakersfield. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Do you know where you're at right now? >> No. >> You don't know where you're at? He was telling me he was all dizzy and he was telling me like, "Look, man." He's like, "Just get me to the damn hospital. I'm sorry what I did. I'm sorry what I did. Get me to the hospital." I go, "Dude, you're use a knife on me, bro. You got me up." He's like, "Well, you're going to use it on me first. You're crazy." And he goes, "No one's going to believe you because of the and the past and everything." I go, "So, what you're going to do like that?" I go, "I'll take a damn polygraph if I have to. I don't care. You know what I mean?" >> Okay. All right. Just sit tight. >> I called the deputies twice. >> Just sit tight for me, Hilly. Okay. He's got no pulse that I could feel. If you want to double check, but I I'm not feeling anything. >> I don't have any rubbers. >> Grab some and double check for me. He's a little stiff, too, but I want >> Okay, so this is now a crime scene. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Because there is a body in that car. >> Okay. So, if you guys don't mind, um the less tracks and stuff we have throughout this driveway, >> it would be perfect for us. >> Right here. >> Okay. Perfect. So, what we're going to do is we're going to tape off the entrance over there, okay? And I'm going to start talking to every one of you guys. Okay? >> Sir, can I go to the station and take the polygraph out? >> Yeah, man. We'll get to that in one second. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Because I know this is bad, you know. >> I called the I called the police twice and they said, "I'm scared to go back over there." You know, I I walked up to five different neighbors houses, >> okay? >> I went to five different neighbors houses, >> okay? telling him, "Look, I don't want to walk back over there because he's got these two people over there and these dudes, he he told him to get up in the in the in the attic of the house, like the ventilation, >> and to throw some like passive type." So, there's there's like this like this white powder, you know, and it burns. >> All right. >> Well, so anyways, it's all over the house right now. When you go to our house, >> okay, >> it'sing everywhere and it >> you live in you live in Bakersfield, you said. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And you drove all the way. You know where you know where you're at right now? I don't know if I asked you. I got on the freeway and he was talking to me and I was telling him when I was on the freeway talking to him, "Dad, please don't don't give me don't say nothing. Don't say I go he goes I go, how the are you still fighting with me? How?" I go, "Just stop." He's like, "No, no, no, no, no." He's like He's like, "You stab me." I'm like, "I don't I don't want to talk right now. I'm going to get over." >> Okay, not a problem, man. Hey, so it's going to be a little bit, okay? So, just cooperate with us and we'll get you everything we need. Okay. Hello. You're the second caller, correct? >> I'm the first one, I think. >> Okay. What time did you see him pull up? >> I didn't see him pull up. Wake me up. >> Oh, he he woke you up. So, do you know about what time that was? >> Yeah, I saw my husband. It was like 7:48. So, he just came banging on the door. What happened? >> Uh, begging for money that he would give me his keys and uh >> Did you answer the door? >> Oh, no. He has a glass. >> Okay, perfect. >> So, I can see where it is. Cuz nobody nobody uh comes in and knocks like that. >> Yeah. Yeah, exactly. >> He said for money, gas, and he offered his keys. >> Yeah. And I said, "I don't have anything. Just go away." And then when I came, I don't know if he grabbed money from my daughter's car because he said, "Thank He pulled money from his bucket. He said, "Thank you, sir. Thank you so much because I know my daughter has money on the car and they were in lock." So, um, he said he didn't have no money. He So, he pulled when he was uh going that direction with the gas tank and everything. I go, "Put that away." And he said, "Oh, thank you." And then he pulled out the money from his bucket. >> Okay. So, he was he was reaching for >> Wait, I'm >> my daughter's car right there. >> Okay. Did did you see him open the door at all or? >> No, cuz um he was here and then he run over there. Okay. >> So, I tried to see what he was doing and I couldn't see nothing and then I saw him walking out with the guest that my husband has for the pressure washer and all the stuff. >> Okay. >> He said, "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." He pulled out the money, too. >> Okay. >> What happened after he flashed the money at you? Um he started walking down putting the gas trying to put the gas and then I saw my neighbor came out and he went over there and I yell at him that he was already just stole my gas. >> Okay. >> And uh he was over there so he ran over to >> Where did he steal the gas out of? >> My husband has a jug. >> Oh, he did >> that we have for >> jug for the lawnmowers. >> The lawnmowers and all that. And he grabbed it from the propane tank where we have propane tank. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Cuz he was looking around to see where he could get stuff. >> Okay. And that's where he got the bottle. See the jug right there? That's the one. >> Yes. Yeah, that. Okay. >> And he told me he was screaming at my neighbor that I gave it to him as good gesture. >> At first glance, Giovani appears to be in shock. However, what the deputies discover behind the back seat completely changes the meaning of his plea. The man he claims to be helping shows no vital signs. His body bears visible wounds, and there are traces of blood inside the vehicle. In an instant, the situation shifts from a medical emergency to a possible homicide. While securing the area, officers notice that Giovani's speech remains erratic. He alternates between begging for help for his father and claiming that he was driving him from Bakersfield to the hospital. Though this timeline and distance doesn't make sense. His tone swings from desperation to sudden calm, reinforcing suspicions that he may be under the influence of drugs or suffering a psychological breakdown. Neighbor statements would help to outline a context the officers do not yet know. Giovani had been released just one week earlier after serving a sentence for assaulting the same man who's now lying lifeless in his vehicle. At that point, the contradiction becomes undeniable. >> Sir, how you doing, man? >> I need to tell you something. >> Yeah. What's up? >> So, here's the thing. Um, the people that um uh were that my dad hooked up with, you know, and did all that um uh straight up uh they were putting like it was like I don't know what it is. It's like this white powder that they got. It's like acid, you know what I mean? And uh anyways, they were throwing it all over the house. It was burning me and all that [ __ ] But um uh right now it's on me. You know what I mean? But because of the fact that I had and it's burning me real bad to the point where um uh it's look at my uh my mouth. >> Okay. We're gonna switch cars for a minute. Okay. Is that all right? You want to go let's go have a seat in this car. >> Well, cuz of the blood. >> No. Uh we're just >> I didn't want to even do that. >> I know you guys do want to that. >> I didn't mean to do it on purpose. >> Do me just step out for me, man. That's all. >> We're just going to walk back to that white car over there. Looks exactly like mine. I get it. >> I know rocks are hard on your feet, huh? >> I'll hold them. I'm walking. Let me go check. Let me look. You haven't looked at today. >> But I never on anybody, sir. Ever. Legitimately, I never have. >> Okay. Have a seat for me. >> You guys can check the the reports, you know. >> Okay. >> Why don't you guys just check the reports? It'll stay right there on my whole record. You know what I mean? >> Yeah, we'll check the reports. Have a seat for me, man. >> We definitely will do that. >> I get it, you guys. You know, I don't just [ __ ] stab me. It's okay. Relax. >> I should have just let him kill me, dude. I got the whole police department against me. Everyone hates me, dude. What the [ __ ] was I thinking? Where could I have gone at in the world? Nowhere. There was nowhere I could have went to. Where could I have went to, man? Tell me. Huh? Nowhere. There was nowhere I could have went. That's what I get. Should just call me. Yeah, that's all right. All right. Don't worry about it. I'll be all right. It'll probably just be a couple like >> cold or warm. You okay? >> No, no, no. I know, sir. No, it's all good. >> Are you cold? >> Hey, look. I don't know if you guys are watching it. I don't know if you guys are watching that thing. I don't got co or nothing. Um uh >> I know, but I got to put my mask on. It's part of the rules. Go ahead. Yeah, but sir, I never was going to do nothing to turn in no cop ever. I was never going to write a report. I was doing that cuz I was just being a cat. They wanted me to act like a JC cat. That way they could just be like, "Hey, he's a dummy. He's not no threat." They can get their laugh on. They can kick me out early cuz I was already like dead man walking with my situation, you know? So, dude, I went along with it. I'm not a real idiot like that. I've been a JCA before and I was like a JAT. I never would do that. I have a whole history in jail. I've been in jail uh uh 16 years. I've never done that ever. Ever. And I've seen some and dude I never done no that to him ever. I was being a J cat. I was that Jay cat in there. But dude, I didn't think I was going to get out of proportion like that. I didn't think they really thought they were going to. You know what I'm saying? Like up. It was so stupid doing that. I feel so stupid doing that. It me in the ass so bad doing that. And that's the problem. Like everything I wrote when I wrote those little stupid things down about the guys and like that uh uh uh yeah this guy's in this cell this this and that. It didn't matter. I wrote fantasy journal all that crap. I thought it was like a big old joke. Like I don't know, man. Like I'm by myself in there. Everybody's talking in the tear. And then I was telling my neighbor, look at what I did. I said this, this, and that. And he goes, "That's right, fool. Take it all out on paper." The Uso guy was saying that to me next door. I don't know what you know how much you know about my situation, but I know you guys know a little bit. But dude, he told me that like straight up. I've never done that and I never will, bro. But I It's never going to be believed. I understand that. I got to deal with it. And that's what it is. I'm a little for not being able to um speak right for advocate for myself, right? You know what I mean? And that's been my problem. I haven't had a respect for myself, you know what I mean? And it's what it is. You know what I mean? It's what it is. I up not respecting myself like that. And I beat myself up every day over it. Like, dude, like I get it. Like, you know, it's like I get it. Like, these people been made so big with me with that rat thing. It's like I was literally willing to end my life, dude, to have um >> it's like this when you are willing to literally you feel so guilty even it's like you know and your dad my dad is telling me like dude like he wants my dad just wanted me to to die you know that's what he wanted you know but the thing is this that you know I um he just he hated me Man, heing hated me, dude. You know, you guys know what's going on. He hated me. And he hated me to a passion. Finally, at the end when the guys couldn't kill me inside the house, like the fools that he got to make it happen, fool. Like, I mean, and I understand like he wanted it to end right there, you know? He was expecting to come back into the house, bro. And I understand. And I'm done, you know? And he it's over. But, man, I ran out of the house all [ __ ] with the inhaling in my system, you know what I mean? That they gave me. Um, that's my all sliced up and and um I don't know, bro. Like I told him, let me use the phone. Let me call my uncle to give me a ride to drive me out to LA so I can stay with him because I ain't going to be out here, bro. At least in LA in my own room. Uh, I'm away from everything, you know, straight up right here. I know I'm not away from everything. I know everyone knows, but the thing is is that um I just wanted to leave that situation. Um uh when I was arguing with him with that. All right. Giovani's speech keeps oscillating between desperation and denial. He insists that he was only trying to take his father to the hospital, but his story changes every minute. First saying that he came from Bakersfield and then from Porterville, and he keeps repeating that his father is still alive. Officers notice the gap between his apparent concern and the clear signs of disorientation. As they try to calm him down, they begin to grasp the scale of the case. Records confirm a long criminal history with multiple violent offenses, including two prior convictions for elder abuse under Penal Code 368. Each conviction had been a warning of a cycle that without effective intervention would end in tragedy. At that point, what the officers are witnessing no longer seems to be a simple episode of crisis, but the collapse of a man who was shaped by recurrence, instability, and a freedom granted too soon. >> Of course you can. Listen to me. Um I know you guys hate me, but um >> we don't we don't hate you. We don't even know you. >> I know. >> Okay. >> Um the thing is that at the um >> I was going to take him to the hospital, right? Okay. >> I was going to take him to the hospital. He was talking to me still. All right. Now, we have to struggle in front of the house. All right. >> We had to struggle in front of the house. >> Okay. Calm down. >> Um uh >> I don't know if it's on film or not. I don't know cuz everything was being like everyone everything. >> Yeah. But um the thing is this that >> just relax. You're okay, bud. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I don't know anything. >> Okay. >> I just know this that um this is crazy. This is crazy. >> Okay. >> I mean I [snorts] there's nothing I can tell you. You know, um when you're so panicked >> and you're driving and he was telling me to when I was driving, >> he goes I go, "Let's not go to the baker. It's going to be all bad." I go, "This is our problem. What's your math, bud? >> I know. >> Just keep it on you. Okay. >> Go this. >> Keep it on you. >> Yeah, but it's got that acid on it. >> It don't got acid on it. Brand new >> and it's not all wadded up. So, go ahead. You You were talking to us. Do you want still want to talk to us? Tell us what you're telling us. Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Um when they gave me um I'll meet you halfway. >> When they when they gave me a ride uh earlier uh Well, no, no, I'm I'm telling you the wrong situation. This is what happened to me. I was going to give him a ride to the hospital. Okay. We went in circles, okay? Because I >> panicked on the freeway and I didn't exit the right spot. Okay? >> And then when he wasn't responding to me anymore, I kept driving. Okay. >> Okay. I kept driving because I panicked. Now, um uh straight up, whatever hospital I was going to end up at, >> I was going to go in there anyway because all I had was on the side of my chest. I had a sharp ass pain. >> And I had a sharpest pain in the side of my chest. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. I know. I want to keep this on you, bud. >> Okay. >> Okay. We got to go do some stuff. We'll come back and I'll You need You can tell us the rest in a minute. Put Put No, no, no. Put your foot inside. >> I've had a sharp pain, but my chest. >> I need you to put your shirt your foot inside and I'll have an ambulance come and look at you, but you need to put your foot inside. Okay. >> Yes. Money. Money. Money for gas. >> That was the initial that was the initial call was he was asking them for money for gas, but they were they were scared by the way he acts. And when you see the way he acts, you'll know why. And we have we also have video of him arriving because they have video in a shop out here. There's going to be quite a bit of evidence stuff out here. Although obviously this didn't occur here, but at the end of the day, it is what it is. So cool. There. He got him. Yeah, he's got it all squared away. All right, brother. Later. >> Hey, do me a favor also. >> So, I'm sure you saw that shotgun shell on the ground right there. >> Yeah, that's >> Did he shoot at this guy? >> No. >> Okay. He gave him a warning shot. >> He did give warning shot. Yeah, we need to know that, too. That's super important. So, we need to collect that. >> Yeah, I saw that shotgun there and obviously it was his and he's the homeowner. I wasn't worried about him bothering us, but I didn't know he'd fired it until I saw that on the ground. I thought, well, >> I was like messing around. Did you give him the old, you know, shot racking with the shotgun? He was like, "Oh, no. I gave him a warning shot." I was like, "Oh, okay." >> Okay. >> How far does that video reach? Just reach out to about >> Oh, >> actually, no. I can barely see the end of that. >> Okay. >> So, it's it's mainly just >> back back should be on. That's on the tang there. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, it's on. >> Yeah. >> All right. Just throw it in the back and when Crime Lab gets here, they can make it safe and whatever else they're going to do with it. I don't know any That's funny, dude. I mean, I don't, dude. I don't care >> when he told me. I know. >> I mean, I would do the same thing. >> No, I don't got a problem with it. That's, you know, he didn't do anything. It's fine. Especially considering this the way this dude's acting. This dude is uh >> this dude isn't bad. >> I want to know the back story behind him. >> I want to know if that is actually his dad or he just >> Did he say he was his dad? >> That's what he's saying. >> Oh, okay. >> He's saying his dad. >> But then a second ago, he was saying that he Well, we got a struggle in the front. Do you hear that part? And I'm like, >> okay. Cuz originally that he when I had him in the car still, he was saying it's his dad and he was yelling his name and stuff like that. I was like, "No, what's the matter, bud?" >> You what? >> What's the matter? >> I can't breathe. >> You can't breathe? >> No. >> Why is that? >> I don't know. >> Okay. Well, like Can you be specific? Is it Is it Can you sit up for me so I can see you? >> I can. >> You can't sit up. >> Okay. >> Oh, you're not laying down. Hey, man. >> Sit up over here, bud. >> Why the hell have it? >> I thought you were laying down. Why can't you Why are you having trouble breathing because you're bending over like that? >> Yeah, >> I'm fine. >> You're not having trouble breathing. >> No, I'm all right. >> Yeah, I'm fine. >> Okay. Well, you just said you were having trouble breathing. I thought you were laying down, but you're bending over. That's why you're having trouble breathing. You're compressing your own chest. >> No, it's the fact that I got that stuff they they gave to me at my house. [snorts] >> And I'm uh right now I feel it in my system. >> Okay. >> Because my leg is completely dead. >> Your leg is okay. And then to top it all off, the back of my head is burning, which is like in my cranium, you know. It's an acid. It's an inhalent like my dad was telling me um about it, you know. >> Okay. >> So, I don't want it. >> Do you need an ambulance? >> I do need >> You do? >> Yeah. But what's going to happen is I already know what's going to happen to me anyway. So, it is what it is, you know. >> Okay. >> Well, we'll continue them coming then. Okay. So that they can talk to you, the ambulance. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. But you but you can breathe cuz you're If you bend over like that, you're not >> Hey, can you sit up? I need you to sit up. Just let me do that. >> But if you bend over like that, you're going to have trouble breathing. >> Hold on. Don't let me >> But if you bend over like that, that's >> my face. >> You're going to compress your own chest and that will mean that to me. >> I'm not doing anything. I'm trying to keep you from bending over and causing yourself problems. >> I don't want that fan hitting me. >> There's There's no fan here, bud. >> Can you keep an eye on Thanks. Father and son had lived together for years in a modest home in Bakersfield in a relationship defined by dependency and fear. Julio Abu Jalil, aged 75, had suffered previous assaults but was never able to sever the bond. His son, unemployed and struggling with addiction, alternated between incarceration and returns to that very same home. And for Julio, every reconciliation was an act of hope. for Giovani, a pattern of control and resentment. Court documents would later confirm that after his release, Giovani had moved back in with his father only seven days before the murder. That renewed coexistence driven by financial necessity and lack of supervision restarted a cycle the system already knew. What the officers witnessed that night, a disoriented man trembling and pleading for help for his victim, is the final reflection of a relationship fractured by years of abuse, guilt, and mutual dependency. >> Hey, man. >> My name's I'm a firefighter. >> I'm here to take care of you. How you doing? >> All right. >> What's your name, bro? Just pick the whole thing. >> For what? Wait, what? >> The medic. Can it back into that little driveway for a little bit where that tape is? Basically, can we move your tape? >> Uh, prefer not. What are we backing into? >> That driveway. The end of that circle driveway kind of where my patrol is. >> I can't see that. Dude, you can't get that. I don't want you injection. You hear me? >> Can I help you feel better, >> bro? You can't give me an injection if I don't want it. You hear me? >> Dude, I'm up, right? You know how bad up in the head right now? >> Hey, Jill. >> Dude. >> Hey, Jill. Listen to me, man. Just Just sit back for me, okay? >> Dude, come on. I don't want the injection. >> Just sit back for me, man. Yeah, but you can't give me an objective if I don't want it. >> It's not that you want it, it's that you need it, man. >> Come on, bro. You're killing me. >> I'm I'm We're not killing you, man. We're >> Stop here for a second, >> bro. I'm up in a dude. I'm up in the head already, bro. Leave me alone. I'm already off. >> Yeah, we're going to help you though. Okay, >> come on, bro. I can't even think right no more. >> You're okay. >> Leave me to take it. I DON'T NEED AN INJECTION, BRO. >> Come on, dude. You can't force me to take an injection, bro. >> Let's come back here and help. >> Dude, are you serious? You can't make me >> HEY, RELAX, MAN. >> WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME GET AN INJECTION? >> IT'S TO HELP YOU, MAN. >> I DON'T NEED IT, THOUGH. >> That's all. IT'S JUST >> DUDE, I DON'T NEED IT. COME ON. >> IT'S JUST TO HELP YOU. >> WHY? BECAUSE I HIT MY DAD at me. COME ON. >> HEY, sit up for me, man. Sit up for me. Sit up for me. Sit up. Just get get your arm out. You're stuck in there, man. Just get your arm out. That's all. There we go. >> Yeah, I'm good. >> Come on, bro. >> Hey, just just relax for me. Hey, do me a favor. Do me a favor, man. All right. They just >> It's just to help you. It's not going to hurt you at all. >> I don't even know what's going on anymore. Stop doing that. Come on. Bro, please really bad. You don't know how bad it is. Just go. >> Come on, dude. You don't know how. >> Okay, lay flat on your back, G. >> I thought he was mying family member. I don't even know him. I'm already losing my mind. Please stop, dude. It's not right. >> Come on, bro. Stop it already, bro. Why are you guys doing this to me, bro? Come on, bro. THAT'S A FULL NEEDLE. >> IT'S TINY, >> DUDE. STOP IT. GET OFF OF ME, BRO. STOP. STOP. >> [snorts] >> Allow him to come in here, speak with you real quick regarding the followup. Um they'll they'll explain it to you and this just for the incident from Thursday for the individual that was not being >> all right. >> Hello. >> Hi. Yeah. So my name is >> And just have her go one by one. >> Yes. >> Until she gets >> So when she does the photo lineup instructions way at the back I have one that has all six together. >> Okay. Williams FBI. I'm here to show you this. This is a photo lineup. So, I'm going to read this to you. Cuz a police officer is showing you a group of photos. This should not influence your judgment in any way. The person who committed the crime may or may not be in a group of photos. You are in no way obligated to identify any. >> Study each photograph carefully before making any comments. Consider the photograph could be older or newer. The hairstyles change and that person can alter their appearance by growing or shaving their hair. An identification or failure to make an an identification will not end this investigation. >> Okay. Um, so I'm gonna show you the group of photos >> and I'm need to circle it >> and put your initial on. Which one do you think it is? So we can slip it. >> Who's that? >> That's the one that was in mouse. >> Circle that. Yeah. Okay, right there. Thank you. >> The Tair County Sheriff's Office investigation confirmed what the first hours had already suggested. Giovani Abu Jalil had stabbed his father inside the vehicle where they were found. The forensic report documented four stab wounds to the neck and one to the eye, along with defensive wounds on the victim's hands, evidence that he had tried to fight back. Inside the SUV, investigators found the bloody knife and DNA evidence directly linking Giovani to the crime. Judicial records showed that this was not the first time the system had tried and failed to contain his violence. Giovani had over a dozen prior offenses, including two felony convictions for elder abuse, both against his father. Yet, he was released on parole and allowed to return to live with him, a decision that sealed both of their fates. In May of 2022, Giovani pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and felony elder abuse, also admitting to the use of a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 56 years before becoming eligible for parole. He is currently serving his sentence at the California Correctional Institution in Tea Chapi. This case would reveal not only a brutal act of violence, but also a deep structural failure in California's system of victim protection. For years, reports, convictions, and risk assessments accumulated without effective intervention. Julio Abu Jalil died at the hands of the very person the state had promised to protect him from.