VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-05
“[Follower] Tex Watson tried to steal money from a drug dealer named Bernard ‘Lotsapoppa’ Crowe, who wants his money back,”
Joe Berlinger · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
Berlinger traces the chain of events leading to the murders to a botched drug deal involving Tex Watson and a dealer named Bernard 'Lotsapoppa' Crowe.
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