So he was well known well respected and no one ever thought something like this could ever

only get any way ever fathom something like this could possibly happen involving him.

The Southern California enclave of Anaheim Hills

is tucked away from the hubbub of the city.

Dotted with palm trees and blessed with spacious parks and a golf course.

It's dripping with affluence.

In fact, it's in the top 15% of highest income neighborhoods in the U.S.

As you can imagine, it's the kind of neighborhood that's full of highly educated law-abiding citizens, doctors,

lawyers, even judges. On the morning of August 4th, 2023, one normally quiet street in Anaheim Hills was a buzz with frantic energy.

The road was lined up with several news fans.

Reporters were out knocking on doors, getting... lined up with several news fans.

Reporters were out knocking on doors,

getting quilts from the neighbors.

And everywhere they went,

they were getting different versions of the same story. Usually in these cases people living nearby pick up signs

that something is amiss. There are patterns, strange off-putting behavior or loud fights for lack of a better term a bad vibe

But these Anaheim Hills residents were totally shocked by what had happened the night before.

No one had seen it coming.

This just was not the kind of neighborhood where there were violent deadly domestic disputes. This just was not the kind of

neighborhood where police were called. And the lone suspect just was not an ordinary suspect. He was a California Superior Court judge.

And after pulling the trigger, ever the judge, Ferguson texted his bailiff and let him know that he would not make court in the morning.

This is the opportunist an original podcast from Podcast One. You're listening to a story told in one episode called Jeffrey Ferguson

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