Nick's body was discovered three days later on August 12, 2000. Rugge and Hoyt used dirt and branches to cover the body, but the grave was too shallow and too close to the trail for it to go unnoticed for long. Pressley (portrayed by Chris Marquette in the film) waited in the car but could hear Ryan Hoyt taking Nick's life, shooting him nine times after first striking him in the back of the head with a shovel, a blow that sent the 15-year-old hurtling into the grave. 20-year-old Jesse Rugge and 21-year-old Ryan Hoyt (portrayed by Justin Timberlake and Shawn Hatosy in the movie) marched Nick into the mountains and toward a shallow grave that 17-year-old Graham Pressley had helped dig earlier. Nick Markowitz was driven to the foot of Lizard's Mouth Trail in the Santa Ynez Mountains, which overlook Santa Barbara. Was Nicholas Markowitz really murdered in the mountains? Like in the Alpha Dog movie, the true story confirms that Jesse Hollywood decided to murder Nick after his father's attorney, Stephen Hogg, told Jesse that he would face serious penalties for the kidnapping. What made Jesse James Hollywood decide that Nicholas Markowitz had to be killed? To understand the story from Nick's mother Susan's perspective, including her fight to get justice for her son, read My Stolen Son: The Nick Markowitz Story. Jesse James Hollywood had been on his way to confront Nick's brother Benjamin about a drug debt Ben owed him. He had recently fled his home before his parents could talk to him about a bit of trouble he was in from the night before.

The Alpha Dog true story confirms that Jesse James Hollywood (Johnny Truelove in the movie) and two friends, Jesse Rugge and William Skidmore, snatched up Nick Markowitz while he was walking along the side of the road in the late morning. Was Nicholas Markowitz abducted off the street while trying to run away from home?

Susan Markowitz, CBS News, December 2010 I felt I had to stay alive to make sure that each defendant was brought to justice. I know without a doubt that my numerous suicide attempts would have dwindled down to one success had there been a speedy trial, or just a single defendant.

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