. >> ray liuzza, sr. was able to recover from his heart attack and went public to find his son's killer. >> time is the great killer. as time goes on, we will be able to adjust, nothing will replace the loss of our son. >> the family set up a $15,000 reward for information into the investigation and conviction of their son's killer. one night a local fence named richard perkins contacted the liuzza family. he claimed he had the murder weapon. he said it had been given to him by a man named john thompson. >> john thompson was a low level drug dealer and fence. he grew up in the projects in new orleans, was raised mostly by his grandmother. his father was a career criminal. >> richie perkins got mr. thompson to confess that he was the one that killed mr. liuzza. >> perkins said thompson had an accomplice named kevin freemen. police arrested freemen and thompson. >> the story that kevin freemen told police was that he and john thomson had been driving home together and the car had run out of gas. ray liuzza