Fugitive murder suspect goes from real estate millionaire to bussing tables during years on the run
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[This story previously aired on August 10, 2019.] CHIEF JON LEWIS | NEWPORT BEACH POLICE [to reporters]: We're pleased to announce that Peter Gregory Chadwick was located in Mexico on Sunday night … With the help and cooperation of the United States Marshal's Office and authorities in Mexico, he was flown to Los Angeles International Airport where our detectives took custody of him. 911 OPERATOR: 911 Emergency. This is Crystal… PETER CHADWICK [TO STORE CLERK]: Can you call 911? Somebody killed my wife. PETER CHADWICK: My wife's dead ... They've gone in a pickup truck. 911 OPERATOR: How do you know Juan? 911 OPERATOR: How do you know she's dead? PETER CHADWICK [TO 911]: I've been driving with them. 911 OPERATOR: OK, and where is she now? 911 OPERATOR: OK, wh — what?— are you on any kind of medication, sir? NEWS REPORT: This is one of the most wanted suspects in the entire United States … CHIEF JON LEWIS | NEWPORT BEACH POLICE [to reporters]: After receiving hundreds and hundreds of tips from all over the world, one of them led to our suspect … CHIEF JON LEWIS [to reporters]: Our investigation shows that Peter Chadwick never intended to return from Mexico. He had no intentions of coming back to Orange County to face trial or raise the three sons that he'd abandoned. Speaking of the boys, our hearts go out to them and we ask that everyone respect their privacy at this incredibly emotional time.
Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Gayane Keshishyan Mendez PETER CHADWICK: They took her… they took her 911 OPERATOR: So, your wife was kidnapped? PETER CHADWICK: I picked him up to look at some painting work at the house. I brought him to the house. PETER CHADWICK: She drowned, she drowned. ... Her body was stiff, even! PETER CHADWICK [TO 911]: I think they might be going to Mexico or somewhere. … I want you to get 'em … PETER CHADWICK: They have her body. They said they're gonna cut her up. PETER CHADWICK: …Not — not — not, uh, that heavy one ...
A manhunt is over and a mystery solved. After a nearly five year-long manhunt, Peter Chadwick was captured in Mexico in August 2019. The 55-year-old was accused of strangling his wife, Quee Choo "Q.C." Chadwick to death in 2012 in their Newport Beach mansion. 911 OPERATOR: Who took her? PETER CHADWICK: She's dead ... 911 OPERATOR: OK, but this happened yesterday at 11. You're now calling us at 5:30 in the morning.
