CAUGHT ON TAPE: SADISTIC TORTURE SLAYING

CROSSMAN

A SICKENING video showing a man being tortured and beaten to death has led to one arrest and a frantic search for another man connected with the crime.
A disk handed into Spokane, WA cops: "depicts the young man bound and gagged with duct tape, being tormented with a knife for approximately 19 minutes."   
The man, who authorities are calling John Doe because he has not been identified, has distinctive clothing and rings that match a body found dumped in a wooded area on March 10.
Cops have arrested 25-year-old Michael Crossman in connection with
the crime.
The disk somehow fell into the hands of his mother Debra Van Meter, who told KIRO she thought it was a hoax.
According to court documents, she then gave it to a friend for safe keeping - but that person later gave the disk to Spokane police.
Crosman, 25, pleaded not guilty to aggravated first-degree murder charges during his arraignment on Thursday, but according to court documents, Crosman initially denied being involved, but then "admitted he had filmed the incident."
The documents state he also admitted the victim was beaten and duct taped and ultimately murdered by a man call Maalo Samaota.
Crosman told investigators the victim had stolen a vehicle with drugs in it, and that what occurred was "retribution for the theft."
His bail is set at $5 million but Samaota has not been arrested.