▁and ▁committed ▁burg l aries ▁to ▁get ▁money ▁for ▁dru gs . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁ 2 1 , ▁he ▁had ▁ 9 1 ▁conv ict ions ▁for ▁property , ▁fra ud ▁and ▁other ▁drug - related ▁cr imes . ▁ ▁Mur der ▁of ▁Paul ▁Anderson ▁ ▁Bur ton ’ s ▁fr ustr ations ▁came ▁to ▁a ▁head ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁e ject ed ▁from ▁a ▁Well ington ▁night club . ▁He ▁took ▁his ▁res ent ment ▁and ▁ra ge ▁out ▁on ▁Paul ▁Anderson , ▁a ▁light ing ▁techn ician ▁at ▁the ▁club , ▁st abb ing ▁him ▁while ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁six ▁different ▁dru gs . ▁A ▁friend ▁said ▁he ▁witness ed ▁Bur ton ▁taking ▁ 8 ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁Hal cion ▁table ts ▁( a ▁ben z odia z ap ine ) ▁and ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁tri ps ▁( L SD ) ▁in ▁the ▁hours ▁before ▁the ▁murder ▁and ▁said ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁drink ing ▁" te qu ila ▁sl amm ers " ▁all ▁evening . ▁This ▁chemical ▁co ck tail ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁reci pe ▁for ▁dis aster . ▁ ▁Bur ton ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁imprison ment ▁and ▁continued ▁using ▁dru gs ▁in ▁prison . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Bur ton ▁and ▁three ▁other ▁off enders ▁escaped ▁from ▁P are m orem o ▁Pr ison , ▁spark ing ▁a ▁man h unt ▁involving ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁police . ▁He