FIVE OF THE VICTIMS AND THE
ENTIRE FAMILY FROM SCARSDALE, A
SUBURB OF NEW YORK CITY.
>> Leland: AND AMERICAN
ARRESTED IN THE PHILIPPINES
SHALL COME AND NOW STANLEY WANTS
ANSWERS HERE'S THE STORY.
A 42-YEAR-OLD DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKER TRAVELED THE WORLD
COME ORIGINALLY FROM BOSTON, HE
WORKED I CHOSE FOR
"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC," IN THE
HISTORY CHANNEL.
HE ALSO WORKED FOR MAKING
INEXPENSIVE HOUSING FOR THE
POOR.
THAT WAS WHAT HE WOULD RECOMMEND
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBE
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBET
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBE,
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEH
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEE
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEW
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBES
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEA
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBER
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBES
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEE
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBED
THE PHILIPPINES WHEN ON DECEMBEO
HIS FAMILY SAYS, THOSE CHARGES
ARE PLAIN FALSE.
LESS THAN 12 HOURS LATER.
THE FILIPINO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SAID HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS
PRISON CELL, CLAIMING HE WAS
FOUND HANGING BY HIS OWN BELT.
HIS FAMILY DOES NOT BY THE
EXPLANATION AND SAYS, THEY ARE
GETTING HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT
TO FIND THE TRUTH.
JESSE SISTER JOINS US NOW.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU.
OUR CONDOLENCES AND THE DEATH
YOUR BROTHER.
WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED TO GET
ANSWERED AND WHAT HASN'T BEEN
ANSWERED SO FAR.
>> THE PRIMARY QUESTION, WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER HE WAS BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING THAT MONDAY
NIGHT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
EVERYTHING HINGES ON THE
QUESTION.
WE KNOW BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR
WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN HIS OWN
LIFE WE BELIEVE HE WAS MURDERED,
>> Leland: WOULD BE THE
FILIPINO LAW ENFORCEMENT
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THEY DEAL
WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
STANDARDS THAN WE DO.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AN
EXPLANATION TO TURN.
HAD THEY BEEN HELPFUL, THE
EMBASSY IN MANILA?
>> THEIR DIPLOMATIC.
THEY PULL IS THAT THEIR HANDS
ARE REALLY TIED.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY JURISDICTION
I WENT FILIPINO LAW ENFORCEMENT,
OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
MORE PUBLIC PRESSURE TO HAVE
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND
PUBLIC MEDIA PRESSURE THAT WILL
ALLOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO
HAVE POSSIBLE INTERFERE LITTLE
BIT MORE AND HELP FIND I WOULD
REALLY HAPPEN.
IF YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR
BROTHERS BODY HOME, I KNOW
YOU'LL HAVE AN INDEPENDENT
AUTOPSY DONE.
HE WAS ARRESTED.
YOU SAY IT WAS TRUMPED UP.
GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT THE
PHILIPPINE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY
IN THEIR EVIDENCE, AND WHY YOU
EVEN THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE
FILIPINO PRESIDENT OF THE FBI,
THERE IS NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE THAT
HE WAS ENGAGED IN HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS TRUE, FOR ABOUT
A YEAR NOW, HE HAS BEEN LIVING
THERE.
HE MOVED AWAY FROM HIS CAMERA
AND FILM WORK AND WAS MOVING
JESSE LOVED PEOPLE FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE AND ESPECIALLY
BEFRIENDED PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY
VULNERABLE, AND HE BEFRIENDED
WERE REALLY BAD.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A PROBLEM
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WE THINK HE WAS FIGURED BY
SOMEBODY HE WAS FORMALLY
HELPING, BUT BECAUSE HE LOOKED
LIKE HE MAYBE WAS DOING
SOMETHING HE WASN'T.
THEY ATTRIBUTED POOR MOTIVES TO
THEM, BROUGHT THEM OUT FOR
QUESTIONING, AND THOUGHT HE WAS
A BAD GUY, SOMEONE TOOK MATTERS
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE HAPPENED.
HERE THERE'S A CIRCUMSTANTIAL
CASE FOR HIM NOT TAKING HIS OWN
LIFE, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW
SAY, POINTING TO THE SCENARIO
THAT YOU PUT FORWARD OTHER THAN
THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE?
>> THE MOST CREDIBLE EVIDENCE WE
HAVE IS THE KIDS THEMSELVES, THE
KIDS HELPING BEEN IN CONSTANT
CONTACT.
THEY ARE DEVASTATED BY HIS
MAIDEN NAME.
THEY GAVE US WITNESS AND VIDEO
TESTIMONY THAT JESSE WAS ONLY
HELPING THEM.
HE WANTED THEM TO STAY IN
SCHOOL.
THEY WERE WEEPING IN THE VIDEO
TESTIMONY.
THEY WANTED US TO CLEAR HIS NAME
THEY WANTED US TO CLEAR HIS NAM
THE INITIAL FINDINGS OF THE
PATHOLOGISTS SAY, HIS DEATH IS
NOT 100% CONSISTENT WITH SUICIDE
NOT 100% CONSISTENT WITH SUICID
SUICIDE.
>> LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OR ANYBODY
SHOWED A WILLINGNESS TO PUT
PRESSURE ON THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT TO DEMAND ANSWERS
FROM THEIR OWN PEOPLE?
THERE ARE NOT BASTIONS OF
JUSTICE SHALL WE SAY OR DO
PROCESS.
IS THERE BEEN ANY ANY ATTEMPT
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO PUT
SOME PRESSURE ON THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT TO GET ANSWERS?
>> THERE HAS BEEN EMPATHY, BUT I
THINK THEY ARE WAITING FOR MORE
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HOPING FOR
IT WERE SO GRATEFUL TO TELL THE
STORY FOR YOU TODAY.
>> Leland: WITHOUT PASSING
JUDGMENT ON THE CASE, I WOULD
SAY, YOU ARE DEDICATED AND
LOVING SISTER, AND THAT SAYS A
LOT ABOUT YOU AND ABOUT YOUR
LOVE FOR YOUR BROTHER, TALKING
ABOUT HIM.
IT'S NOT EASY TO DO.
WE'LL FOLLOW THIS CASE.
WE REACH OUT TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, HOLIDAY WE CAN.
THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT
TO HEAR BACK, IT WILL HEAR BACK
FROM YOU ALSO ON THE PROGRESS IN
YOUR INVESTIGATION.
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE PLAYING AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION WITH
$30,000 AND GO FUND ME, WE ARE
GOING TO GET JUSTICE, EVEN IF
WERE NOT GETTING HELP FROM