Entitled Landlord Thinks He's Too Old For Jail (He's Not)

Watch this police interrogation with intense raw interrogation from the interrogation room as police conduct a full interrogation of a suspect. This raw interrogation footage captures every moment of the suspect interview, complete with deception detection techniques, and criminal psychology in true JCS style interrogation. What happened to Michael Dudley? ** For educational purposes only** ⚠️ This video contains real police interrogation footage and is intended for educational and documentary purposes only. The Background Jessica Lewis (age 35, mother of four) and Austin Wenner (age 27) were a couple who had been together for several years. They rented an upstairs bedroom (the “blue room”) in Michael Dudley’s home on Ambaum Boulevard South in Burien, Washington, beginning around December 2019. Rent was $1,500 per month. Michael Dudley (then in his early 60s) was their landlord. He had prior convictions including drug, weapons, vehicle theft, and DUI offenses. Prosecutors said he became angry over unpaid rent, believed the couple was stealing from him, and thought they were bringing potential criminal activity into the home. Dudley later denied rent was the motive. Neighbors later reported hearing an argument and a male voice pleading, “Please don’t do this, just let me leave,” on the night of the killings. The Crime On the evening of June 9, 2020, shortly after 7 p.m., neighbors heard muffled gunshots coming from inside Dudley’s house and called 911. Police responded but no one answered the door. Lewis’s cellphone, used by both victims to stay in contact with family and friends, went dark at that time. Autopsies determined Lewis died from multiple gunshot wounds (reported as four to the torso) and Wenner from a gunshot wound to the torso/back. Medical examiners estimated death around June 9–10 based on decomposition. After the shootings, the victims’ remains were dismembered, placed in plastic bags, and put into suitcases and duffel bags. The bags were disposed of in Puget Sound (washing up near Alki Beach / Duwamish Head) and the Duwamish River. Some of Wenner’s remains were never recovered. Prosecutors said this required time and effort; forensic analysis of the cuts suggested possible assistance from others. Remains were discovered on June 19, 2020, by teenagers filming a TikTok video on Alki Beach. Additional remains were recovered from the Duwamish River days later. The Investigation Detectives linked the couple to Dudley’s home after they were identified. A search warrant executed August 19, 2020, found bullet holes, bullet strikes, spent 9mm rounds, and small amounts of blood (including a transfer stain of Wenner’s blood) in the blue room. Some damage had been patched and painted over. The murder weapon was never recovered. Cellphone and cell-tower data placed Dudley near Alki Beach around the time remains were dumped (he had not previously pinged that tower in months). Suitcases were tied to him. A printed protection-order petition naming Wenner was found in the house. Dudley denied involvement, called the victims his friends, claimed an accidental gun discharge explained the bullet damage, and suggested the couple had mafia connections. He had time to clean the house before the search. Evidence was largely circumstantial. He was arrested August 19, 2020; bail was set at $5 million. Conviction and Sentencing Dudley was charged with two counts of second-degree murder while armed with a firearm (additional felony-murder counts were later vacated on double-jeopardy grounds). A two-month jury trial in King County Superior Court (Judge Aimée Sutton) ended with a guilty verdict on December 8, 2022, after about 1½ days of deliberations. The jury also found firearm enhancements. On April 7, 2023, Dudley (then 65) was sentenced to 560 months (46 years, 8 months) in prison: the high end of the standard range (220 months per count, consecutive) plus 60 months per count for the firearm enhancements. The judge described it as a de facto life sentence. Dudley maintained his innocence and appealed; the Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions in 2025 (remanding only on certain financial obligations). He is serving the sentence at Washington State Penitentiary. true crime,law and crime network,interrogation,interrogation analysis,red thread interrogations,interrogation jcs inspired,interrogation jcs style,interrogation psychology,interrogation psychology jcs inspired,new interrogations 2026,interrogation breakdown,police interrogation psychology,bodycam,interview,case analysis,bodycam footage,crime investigation,police interrogation,suspect interview,int,interrogations 2026,interrogation videos,michael dudley case