put the knives away kill me no I know
that I can't be you from here but I
can't them at you no don't do that sir
just kill me I doing it for the families
victims
victims when the police in Albuquerque
New Mexico responded to a domestic
dispute on April 6th 2020 they had no
idea that they were about to make
contact with a Criminal Who was hiding a
horrific Secret in fact it would take
another year before they realize the
appalling extent of the perpetrator's
crimes
and I tried to be nice and never never
the following report is based on police
records and the footage has never been
seen before until now the police became
involved after they received several
urgent calls from a woman named Cynthia
who reported that her nephew 52-year-old
Paul abadaka had beaten her violently
after a brief argument despite her
injury cythia managed to barricade
herself and her 96-year-old mother
Alvina in the back bedroom where they
now waited for rescue the first police
on scene were greeted with an alarming
sight they're coming someone's coming to
the door
dude I think it's the uh
neph deadly force sir what's that deadly
force sir can you please put the knives
away please put the knives away okay I'm
not playing with you bro put the knives
away kill me no please can we talk to
you okay we don't want to do this
brother I know that I can't reach you
from here but I can't told no don't do
that sir just kill me Paul was no
stranger to law enforcement in addition
to being a registered sex offender he'd
been incarcerated multiple times for
charges including kidnapping assault and
felony aggravated battery however the
most depraved aspects of his criminal
history were not yet
known has been putting powder in my nose
all night and it's drove me crazy well
let's talk about that okay that's what
we're here for you're not going to
believe huh not believe you're going to
think I'm insane come on buddy let's
just talk okay no no no no talk
situation let's
talk 321 me just walk back into the
house while these officers attempted to
Wrangle Paul several others jumped the
backyard fence to make contact with
Cynthia and dvina still barricaded in
the back of the
house out of me what did he e you
with very quickly the officers realized
that Cynthia's injuries were far worse
than they originally thought she's very
very beat up very beat up so we need to
get in
there my okay okay give us one sec we're
going to get in there this law
enforcement would eventually learn was
just a small example of Paul's capacity
for violence at the moment the officers
didn't yet know how far Paul was willing
to go several police officers that
entered the room Cynthia and dvin were
in prepared to defend them if necessary
despite the danger Paul posed his
grandmother Alvina was determined to
ensure his safety even at the expense of
her own well-being you need to go
outside they can't get medical attention
until you step out the front Okay so go
out the front door now with your hands
up and empty we're not messing around I
need you to stick to with me in the eyes
you need to go to the front door I don't
want you to hurt my grandson and we're
trying not to ma'am go to the front
ball mental did he hit you
since Paul was blocking the main exit
the officers called the fire department
requesting a ladder to rescue the
hostages through the window this would
prove to be easier said than done
especially when a new complication arose
outside when another family member
rushed to the scene in an emotional
state I know my gra can't climb through
that ladder back there I
know that's why we put a couple offs in
there just shoot him shoot him I don't
care that's my cousin kill him your car
yes please wait inside your car I can't
that's my grandma that's my grandma I
get that but you need to wait inside
your
car I called you guys and I sat here and
I wait now you're attention off of this
go do your job I'm
not you too luckily the police managed
to convince Cynthia to climb down the
ladder she was later taken to the
hospital for medical attention and would
tell a harrowing tale of how she got her
in injuries and the steps she took to
protect her mother so were you afraid
that he was going to kick down the door
yeah well I didn't know what I he was
crazy beating me like I told you never
tell me nothing don't ever tell me what
to do oh please grandma grandma you're
going to C A Heart know I say and I like
kind of like pushed him and I Mom Mom
are you okay mom cane get and
that's out
and Grandma and don't touch me remember
are you okay don't touch me she and
that's when I jumped up still at the
scene the next priority was getting
Alvina out to join Cynthia as the
officers tried to persuade her to leave
okay ma'am in order for us to help him
we have to get you out nope D I need you
to try to get down okay you can scoot
down that ladder you don't have to CL
down okay don't
want you need
to you need to okay eventually the
officers managed to coax Alvina out of
the window and guided her safely down
the ladder seconds after Paul appeared
at the back
door keep walking out keep walking out
walk out to the to of my put your hands
up now in whatever's in your hand put
your hands up now put your hands in the
St hands up you're about to geted Sir
step
down put your hands up in the
air right turn around and face the house
turn
around P your hands behind your head and
interlace your
fingers put your hands down put your
hands
down okay turn over turn over even with
the suspect subdued the emotional
turmoil on scene was far from over
hearing the shots and not realizing the
officers had fired bean bag rounds
Alvina immediately became distressed
he's okay he's okay he's okay they
didn't shoot him no he's okay see they
just they just put him down he's okay
come on Paul was arrested and convicted
of assaulting a peace officer with a
deadly weapon but it would only be over
a year after Paul served his sentence
for this crime that the police would
learn that they hadn't even scratched
the surface of his criminal record more
chilling details about events connected
to several 30-year-old Cod cases were
about to surface on July 20th 2021 over
a year after the assault on Cynthia Paul
was spotted wandering around outside a
children's psychiatric hospital he was
arrested as there was a felony warrant
out for violating probation yet again
this was nothing compared to the
bombshell Paul was about to drop got air
conditioning back there
Paul why
not what' you do I
murdered never told
anyone why not
wasn't
as shockingly the woman Paul mentioned
had been murdered more than three
decades prior on the evening of June
22nd
1988 as far as the police could tell
21-year-old Alia had stepped out for a
walk after an argument with her
boyfriend only to fall victim to a
senseless crime they were never able to
explain until now now as the officers
took Paul straight to the police station
two Cold Case detectives sat down with
him to see if he was telling the truth
you didn't know
Alia she what was walking
home was
okay I didn't know that I was going to
do that how many times did you stop her
twice
BL tce left side according to police
reports from 1988 a neighbor heard
althia scream she called the police as
the attacker fled and althia collapsed
police and rescue units were immediately
dispatched but tragically their efforts
were not enough to save Alia who soon
passed away in the hospital several
witnesses were able to describe the
suspect and a composite sketch was
published in the local newspaper
unfortunately this didn't lead to any
substantial leads and the case
eventually went cold the detectives went
to speak with Paul's brother hoping to
gain further Insight during the
conversation they broke some horrendous
news I doing it for the
fam Vic
DS that's what I mean and yet Alia's
murder was just the beginning of Paul's
brutal Ram page another girl was
crossing a
bridge in the interrogation room the
Cold Case detectives pushed for more
details what does she look
like I couldn't tell that the range okay
how did you kill her I shot her mere
months after Alia's murder on September
9th 1988 13-year-old Stella Gonzalez was
walking home with her friend hope the
two girls were stopped by some men in a
car who tried to pick them up while
Stella briefly spoke to them hope pulled
her away as the car drove off but
minutes later gunshots were fired in
their Direction and Stella was
tragically struck and killed
depressingly there were no witnesses to
the crime besides hope the only
potential lead came from a police
officer who'd observed the girls walking
as well as a car which might have been a
blue Chevrolet chevel with three
Hispanic males inside with no additional
Witnesses this case went cold just like
like althas worse all the files on the
case were destroyed in a fire in the
police station's evidence room in 2010
finally the Cold Case detectives asked
Paul about one more victim he mentioned
to the officers who brought him to the
station can you look at this photo and
tell me if you recognize this person
right here on the
phone yes that's Ka that's
Caitlyn okay 32 years earlier on the
evening of July 16th 1989 two detectives
stumbled upon what they thought was a
traffic accident only to discover a bone
chilling crime scene the woman police
found behind the wheel later identified
as 18-year-old Caitlyn Arquette had been
shot twice in the head the police would
later learn she'd been driving home from
a friend's house when she was
disastrously intercepted notably there
was only one witness none other than
Paul abadaka he told the police he'd not
seen what happened but stopped to offer
help just as they had after providing
his phone number He Slipped Away From
The Scene unnoticed tragically Caitlyn
succumbed to her wounds the next day but
no further Evidence was
found
mother Duncan wrote the series I know
what she did last summer she also wrote
a book about her daughter who killed my
daughter I read that six years after
Caitlyn's death Lois hired a private
investigator who allegedly had strong
suspicions about Paul's involvement but
despite this the case remained unsolved
now the harrowing details of what really
happened to Caitlyn would come to light
at long last when I saw her walked up to
the car had
shot
sing SW you said you had already shot
her yes and you walked up to
her okay what kind of car did she have
car
and where did you shoot her I never
touched her but I shot her and her in a
later interview Paul further explained
that Caitlyn had pulled up next to him
to stop at a red light he fired twice
and when the light turned green Caitlyn
pulled forward crossing the median and
crashing her car into a pole Paul said
he then hid his firearm under his seat
and drove up to investigate her
condition Paul's frenzied violence
didn't stop there in 1990 he was charged
with aggravated battery after shooting a
man who he claimed he mistook for a
woman more disturbing Insight connecting
to this was just around the corner
however before addressing this the
detectives questioned what motivated
Paul to come forward with these terrible
admissions after more than three decades
of
silence me so long to know how much it
can have
cost I consider those who
s
i that I could do no more harm
after years and years of contemplating
and
researching I understand all the pain
that I've caed and I feel it m for
families the people that have murdered
andap have seen it in my own family done
it to my own family Paul claimed that
his latest incarceration for assaulting
Cynthia left him with a lot of time to
contemplate his actions he claims he
spent the year crying for offending God
in for hurting his victims and their
families he recounted holding a napkin
to his face to collect the tears wrote
down why he was crying and placed the
napkins in between the pages of his
Bible creating what he called a book of
Tears God is
for forgive
me God Lo us and he
forgives am I trying
to understand everything that I've done
mhm
come to realize that I I don't deserve
to be forgiven the question of what
could have driven Paul to such horrific
actions remained unclear until he made
one final harrowing admission why did
you do
it I had anger in my heart against women
you had what in your heart anger anger
okay resent why because I've always seen
men treat women bad and they have old
women and I tried to be nice and they
never
on January 29th 2024 Paul ladaka pleaded
guilty to three counts of second deegree
murder one count of kidnapping as well
as one count of first-degree attempted
criminal sexual penetration for
assaulting althia he was sentenced to 45
years in prison while Paul confessed to
several additional sexual assaults he
was never charged If released he will be
on parole for 2 years and on probation
for 5 years