Ural Wills: Roof-Cut Bank Heist, Fake 911, Christmas Eve Kidnapping

A masked robber cuts through a Martinez bank roof, outsmarts alarms, and vanishes in a hail of gunfire. Then a fake 911 call pulls police the wrong way. Coincidence—or a blueprint? Follow The FBI Files as agents trace a trail of $20 bills to a cul-de-sac, a red jacket, a bulletproof vest, and a rental Jeep signed under a familiar name. A Glock firefight, a frozen credit union account, and a bag of engraved jewelry flip the case from bank robbery to a high-stakes abduction of jeweler Ruth Mayer—just days before Christmas. Why did witnesses argue over the Jeep’s color? How did the sound of trains and a covered car in a driveway narrow the map? And who was really behind the phone booth diversion? From Pleasant Hill to Antioch and a San Pablo garage with a blue tarp, see how cell phone records, shoeprint forensics, and one terrified victim’s memory forced a criminal crew into a desperate decision on Christmas Eve. Watch to uncover the crucial turns investigators refused to reveal on the nightly news. Watch the full story now. #TheFBIFiles #UralWills #MartinezRobbery #KidnappingCase #TrueCrimeDocumentary #FBI