Nick Markowitz was driven to the foot of Lizard's Mouth Trail in the Santa Ynez Mountains, which overlook Santa Barbara. Was Nicholas Markowitz really murdered in the mountains? Like in the Alpha Dog movie, the true story confirms that Jesse Hollywood decided to murder Nick after his father's attorney, Stephen Hogg, told Jesse that he would face serious penalties for the kidnapping. What made Jesse James Hollywood decide that Nicholas Markowitz had to be killed? To understand the story from Nick's mother Susan's perspective, including her fight to get justice for her son, read My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story. Jesse James Hollywood had been on his way to confront Nick's brother Benjamin about a drug debt Ben owed him. He had recently fled his home before his parents could talk to him about a bit of trouble he was in from the night before. The Alpha Dog true story confirms that Jesse James Hollywood (Johnny Truelove in the movie) and two friends, Jesse Rugge and William Skidmore, snatched up Nick Markowitz while he was walking along the side of the road in the late morning. Was Nicholas Markowitz abducted off the street while trying to run away from home? Susan Markowitz, CBS News, December 2010

I felt I had to stay alive to make sure that each defendant was brought to justice. I know without a doubt that my numerous suicide attempts would have dwindled down to one success had there been a speedy trial, or just a single defendant.

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