Jeff Markowitz: I think a lot of the kids involved in Nick’s murder were at that crossroads where they could have made a choice and listen to their heart, and I don’t think they did. After the first day of Nick’s kidnapping, Hollywood allegedly got nervous and took off. And if he had the opportunity to have made things different, he would have. How does someone this young afford his own house? A $50,000 reward was offered to anyone who could provide information leading to Hollywood’s capture. Jeff’s family company produced aviation components. Nick Markowitz was driven to the foot of Lizard's Mouth Trail in the Santa Ynez Mountains, which overlook Santa Barbara. "And he--he indicated that some of his friends were holding a kid, and they--you know, he said that they were worried that they were in some kind of trouble." But earlier, Zonen said he cooperated with the filmmakers because he felt the movie might help lead to the capture of Jesse James Hollywood, who was still a fugitive when the movie was being made. Yes. But this time it was no joyride, this time he was bound and gagged. And I cut my wrists. Five years ago, just months after the murder of 15-year-old Nick Markowitz, Dateline began following the trail of accused mastermind  Jesse  James Hollywood. And Ryan wanted to do it right. Jeff Markowitz: You know when anybody does a movie it’s usually sensationalizing the bad guy. Well-crafted and provocative, Alpha Dog is a powerful crime drama. Watch later. However, conversations from Jack Hollywood that have been relayed to us indicate that it is highly likely that he knows exactly where his son is. Katz: I think they don’t know what to do with Nick Markowitz. And what a party was. But her personal pursuit continued, plastering the Los Angeles area with wanted posters and asking everyone she met to help. Yes. Cars, girls, music, booze. But by the time he was 15, in the summer of 2000, Nick was about to become entangled in a bizarre series of events. But a young life that seemed so full of promise had begun to take a very different path. This has finally reached its end. It tells the story of Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch), a young drug dealer in Claremont, California and his circle of friends, which includes Frankie Ballenbacher (Justin Timberlake), Tiko "TKO" Martinez (Fernando Vargas) and Elvis Schmidt (Shawn Hatosy). Around $1,200 dollars at one point. Share. His parents say Nick, who liked sports and theatre, was a typical, fun-loving 15-year-old. James Blatt, defense attorney: To me, it’s unprecedented. When I met him, I thought he was very young. -Independent.com, Yes. Susan Markowitz, Nick Markowitz’s mother: When I was paging him, and he wasn’t answering I knew something was definitely wrong. In the meantime, though, back in West Hills, Nick’s mother and father were frantic. It was first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. This dog just knows who he/she is … Zonen denies any misconduct and was not paid for his help to the filmmakers. At the time they believed his father, Jack, was the key. And it was just off a popular hiking trail. Chris Hansen, Dateline correspondent: How did you get through those nights?Susan Markowitz: I slept on the couch with the window open, hoping to hear him or see him first. Katz: On that final day, Jesse James met with Ryan Hoyt, and he handed him a duffel bag that had a Tech 9 in it. Remember, it was alleged Jesse James Hollywood hoped to avoid possible extradition by fathering a child. Hansen: And how difficult was it for you to try to insulate Nick from all of this?Susan Markowitz: It was doing double time. Jesse James Hollywood’s trial is expected to begin in the next few months. His stepbrother Ben Markowitz owed money to Jesse James Hollywood, a community, sub level drug dealer. Hansen: Did Jesse James Hollywood really have such a svengali hold on these other kids in this posse that he could say, “Kill this kid”?Katz: He seems to have. After that the trail went cold. Is Alpha Dog based on a true story? Ben Markowitz on KNBC-TV: It’s my fault...that my 15-year-old brother is dead. In Colorado Springs, where his family once lived,  Hollywood visited an old family friend. Hansen: Do you remember what the detectives said to you?Susan Markowitz: “I’m sorry. Another posse member got life in prison for kidnapping. Chris Hansen reports. It was Jesse James Hollywood. After a few days there was a positive identification. His name is John Paul Hollywood-Reis. Bruce Correll:  We would have to have clear-cut evidence that they are aiding and abetting him which we do not have. We now know that wolves live in family groups. The judge wrote “the prosecution of criminal cases and entertainment enterprises are best kept separate.”. He immediately blamed himself for Nick’s death. Hansen: If as you suggest, Hollywood’s parents know where he is. Johnny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach, then assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder. As a 3-year-old, he was reciting a nursery rhyme, with his older half-sister and  half-brother Nick had a privileged upbringing in the West Hills section of Los Angeles. (“Alpha Dog” is distributed by a division of NBC Universal, parent company of this network.). She wanted him named after a good man, she said, not after an outlaw, like Jesse James. In April, 2005, Jesse James Hollywood was arraigned in Santa Barbara. Jack Hollywood met with his son at his son's girlfriend's house in Calabasas. And I don’t think we’re gonna see that. And  because he was nowhere to be found, he was  now an FBI fugitive. For the most part, they’re playing video games. Wonderful. 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. The trial for Jesse James Hollywood is expected to begin sometime in 2007. For the first day and a half, the Markowitzes were desperately making phone calls and struggling to figure out what could have happened. Something was definitely wrong. Jeff Markowitz: I shouldn’t have waited at all. Biggs took part in England's historic great train robbery in 1963 and made off with millions. At Hollywood’s West Hills home, it was one big party regularly videotaped by Jesse James Hollywood and his friends as they drank beer, smoked pot, and goofed around. But the woman was not “Mike’s” cousin. Feb 05, 2010 at 8:30 PM. Katz:  It was a real scene. I’m not aware of any case like this before. But on December 21st, the California Supreme Court announced it will look at another aspect of the case... the prosecutor. She is awaiting a visa. Hansen: I mean he wasn’t tied up, bound, gagged or anything like that.Katz: There was a moment when he was, but it didn’t last very long. Destination: Santa Barbara, about 70 miles away. It was just so final. -LATimes.com, No. And in fact, two years after the Markowitz murder, police got a tip that Jesse James Hollywood was hiding in, of all places, a monastery. Jesse Katz, Los Angeles Magazine senior writer: This is like one of those bad true crime tales come to life. Are you bitter? Back in West Hills, after a week and a half of anguish, Nick’s parents got the devastating news. ... Alpha dog ahhhwoooo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Undadawg (talk • contribs) 07:23, 10 November 2016 (UTC) Reference to Elliot Rodger. Yet, he was snatched right from his own from his own neighborhood in broad daylight by Jesse James Hollywood and his posse. The movie and its many parallels shadow the events that led up to Markowitz’s death. And I’d like to see a movie about our son. Katz: Jesse James Hollywood was a businessman. But if it was a ploy, it didn’t work. Get to the bottom of it, now. Susan and Jeff Markowitz’s lives will never be the same. Jesse James Hollywood, he was probably a wannabe bad boy. 1. They're not. Hansen: Did a day go by where you didn’t do something to try to help find Jesse James Hollywood?Susan Markowitz: On the days that I was trying to kill myself, I wasn’t trying to find him.Hansen: But other than that?Susan Markowitz: Yeah, I pretty much focused on him. In the idyllic resort city of Santa Barbara, California, 15-year-old Nick Markowitz had been held captive for two days by the posse of reputed drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood. Soon, what had seemed like an amateurish abduction would take a shocking turn. However, in fact-checking, Yes. And then me thinking why did this have to happen in the first place? I'm going to get you home. Nick believed that he would be okay in part because Jesse Rugge, 20, had assured him (Rugge is portrayed by Justin Timberlake in the movie, renamed Frankie Ballenbacher). Katz: Jesse James Hollywood went to the attorney’s home and said, “You know, there’s this situation. She attempted to take her life by combining alcohol with pills and on another occasion she cut her wrists (Dateline NBC). But one suspect disappeared: Jesse James Hollywood. Jeff Markowitz: Susan did a spreadsheet that just went from childhood to 15 years on anybody and everybody Nick's ever met. He was very sweet, tender. And a few months later it turned out that having followed these roads 65 miles from Rio, investigators blazed a trail to new leads: The FBI and other law enforcement agencies obtained intelligence that brought the international search for Jesse James Hollywood to this windswept beach resort on the eastern coast of Brazil called Saquerema. Names and phone numbers were given. I thought he was a little lost. Katz: If Ben was in trouble, you Nick wasn’t gonna do anything to exacerbate that. He probably asked, how big trouble are they in. Hollywood was captured by Brazilian authorities in March 2005. Then-deputy sheriff Bruce Correll: They had found a location there where they did dig a grave...and they then returned down to the hotel...where they then picked up Nick and then did drive him up there. 1999, Claremont, California. An alpha dog knows who he/she is in the pack and everyone in the pack has an understanding of the alpha dog. 20-year-old Jesse Rugge and 21-year-old Ryan Hoyt (portrayed by Justin Timberlake and Shawn Hatosy in the movie) marched Nick into the mountains and toward a shallow grave that 17-year-old Graham Pressley had helped dig earlier. He then came back to the San Fernando Valley to meet with an attorney who was a family friend. ", Alpha Dog Interviews & Nicholas Markowitz Footage, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Nicholas Markowitz Memorial Website with Photos. To the Markowitz’s family, their little son Nick had grown up so fast, right before their eyes. As they sat down for coffee, ‘Mike Giroux’ had no idea police back in California had been secretly tracking his movements, and funneling information to authorities here in Brazil. ", Yes. He was always with me, kissing my feet, my hands. He was a Little League coach, he was well-spoken, he took care of his family, he wasn’t a flashy guy calling attention to himself.Hansen: But he was long suspected of being a major marijuana dealer. Ben Markowitz, who had been helping search for Nick, was inconsolable. From the associate producer of Alpha Dogstarring Justin Timberlake, Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stonewith a Foreword by Nick Cassavetes,director of Alpha Dog, The Notebook, and John Q"If there was ever a true-life drama tailor-made for a celluloid adaptation, it's this one. The Markowitzes say they tried everything to help Ben. Today's video is about the murder of Nicholas Markowitz. -LATimes.com, Yes. Her quest for justice began in West Hills. Rugge and Hoyt used dirt and branches to cover the body, but the grave was too shallow and too close to the trail for it to go unnoticed for long. In Los Angeles, it’s a story that caused bewilderment disbelief and has now inspired a new movie, “Alpha Dog.”  It has provocative new roles for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars like Justin Timberlake and Sharon Stone. Yet when it came to business, Hollywood reportedly was dead serious. Zonen declined dateline’s request for an on-camera interview. They think they're big, bad tough guys. Chris Hansen, Dateline correspondent: Do you worry about the movie? Sweet, funny, gangly kid that I hung out with for three days a couple weeks ago. We found your son. Ben worked with his dad for a time, but he continued to get into trouble at home and into scrapes with the law. 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