Florida man may have gotten away with murder had he emptied his own trash

"Wait for confirm that he is alone. Then turn off cell phones."

This note was written on a balled-up piece of paper, sitting on the top of the trash pile in the home of a suspected killer. Detectives were in disbelief. This unburied treasure was a key piece of evidence that they needed to convict their prime suspect of murder.

In February 2018, 25-year-old Patrick De La Cerda was shot four times in an ambush-style assault by an assassin. Detective Chad Weaver of the Volusia County Florida, Sheriff's Office who investigated the case, described the killer as "lying in wait."