Hollywood was captured by Brazilian authorities in March 2005. He impregnated a woman in Brazil in part to avoid deportation, but he wasn't fully aware of Brazilian law, which had changed (he was also an illegal immigrant in the country). Hollywood took jobs walking dogs and teaching people English, but most of his income came from his father, John 'Jack' Hollywood, who sent him $1,200 each month. He attempted to go unnoticed under the name 'Michael Costa Giroux' and told people he was born in Rio de Janeiro. Yes, the drug dealer and mastermind behind Nicholas Markowitz's murder, Jesse James Hollywood (renamed Johnny Truelove in the movie), fled the United States through Canada and went to Brazil, where he lived for close to five years. I don't see a reason to, I'm going home, why would I complicate it?' ĭid Jesse James Hollywood really go on the run for several years? When a girl who was there asked Nick why he didn't just try to leave, she said he responded, 'I've taken self-defense and stuff, it's not like I couldn't do anything right now, I just don't want to. The problem was that he assumed he would be released. Investigators believe that Nicholas Markowitz had several chances to escape his captors. Thousands of years ago, the land is one dark forest. Actor Justin Timberlake (right) portrays Rugge in the movie.Ĭould Nicholas Markowitz have escaped his captors? The first, bestselling novel in the million-copy-selling CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS series, WOLF BROTHER is a compelling page-turner like no other written by renowned author Michelle Paver. Like in the Alpha Dog movie, the real Frankie Ballenbacher, Jesse Rugge (left, circa 2013), helped to kidnap Nicholas Markowitz and was present for the murder.

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