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An undercover job and doing classified documents. It started when she went missing. I didnt want them to believe that this is actually our realIty. We had concerns that there be missing, classified information. It could turn into an espionage investigation. Espionage . Is this some kind of international Spy Caper . Or maybe It was something closer to home . What we got was the information that would break this case wideopen. The case of a cia mom, could a clue from her son help solve this case . I will never give up, i will never give up on anything. Hello, and welcome to dateline. For Marie Singleton, the Sun Rose and set on her way, marcus. When the single mother met Andre Jackson, is a look at wIth two kids of his own, she thought she had met the man of his dreams and a Father Figure for her son. But that new life shattered, when suddenly vanished, and police discovered there was a lot more to this Month Mom and her marriage than met the eye. Here is Josh Mankiewicz wIth missing marie. Secrets. We all have them. Some are small. Some large. Some professional. Others, very, very personal. This is a story about secrets. About a woman who was very good at keeping them. And about what happened, when that woman suddenly disappeared. She was beautiful, my mom was very beautiful, and a great person, a nice person. Is a lIttle boy, Marcus Singleton Couldnt possibly foresee the loss that he would suffer, or the terrible choice he would One Day have to make. All he knew back then was his mother passed you love. I mean, she helped people. There was a kid in the street, she would pull over and see if they were okay. She was that type of person that taught me to basically put others before myself first. Marie was single when she had marcus, he was the center of her world. Kelly clayton was Maries Hairdresser and good friend. Lots of things that he was doing in school, she got really excIted about marcus. Maries friends and coworkers , Richard Harris and jean nfl. He was like the apple in his eye, she just sparkled every time he was around. We traveled a lot together, so It was just us too for a job. Marie worked for the federal government in Los Angeles, but friends say she was driven and ambItious in other areas too. She is an entrepreneur, that is what i love most about her. She talked about owning her own business. But marie wanted more than work and success. I know that she wanted to have somebody in her life. What kind of guy was you looking for . Someone that will take care of her, love her, protect her. That was kind of missing, she didnt have that guy figure, a Father Figure for marcus. Then, One Day, marie told her friend i met this guy, you know, they had a Lunch Date and he was cute and just, you know, they were fighting. His name was Andre Jackson, a handsome, single father of two, sparks flew immediately. I mean, she would just light up every time she talked about him. A glow. He was her, her everything. The methodical, businesslike marie, seems to change overnight. Were you privy to the courtship wIth andre . The Whirlwind Courtship . Thats yeah, that is the way we would put It, because the next day she was smItten, the next day she was in love and then she was pregnant. Pregnant and having a wedding in know when you about It marcus knew about It. He was there. Your mom was happy . Yeah, she was happy. Andre was happy . Yeah. Yeah. We all were happy to at age 8, marcus found himself welcoming a Ittle-brother'>LIttle Brother, named marquise. I think once my Ittle-brother'>LIttle Brother came into the picture It was more, then i realized It wasnt Just The Two Of Us anymore, but we were actually starting to become a family. And there were two other stepsiblings in the mix, Andre Junior and andrea. And you got along wIth them . It was great, i had a Brother And Sister at home, It was a pretty cool experience. Another cool experience. For the first time having a dad. He taught me how to swim, taught me how to throw a football. Even wrote me on the back of his motorcycle a few times. He was the only male figure in the house that i could do stuff wIth. So he was living up to his job as your father. Yeah. He was. For marcus and his mom, everything seems just perfect honestly, It was like a complete family, It felt like i finally had a complete family. It was the best feeling in the world, like the ultimate high, and suddenly the ultimate low. The ultimate low, because on november 11th, 1994, Marie Singleton, rocksolid wife, mother, businesswoman, vanished. The local police investigated, of course, but so did an of ei agent, named rick kato. We had concerns that maybe the same classified information, government information. Classified information . Yes. As we said before, everyone had secrets, and marie had a big one, when she had told very few people. Officially, Marie Singleton worked for the department of defense. 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Josh mankiewicz the day that changed marcus Singletons Life began like any other. Except that he had the day off from school. The day that changed marcus Singletons Life began like any other, except that he had the day off from school. It was friday november 11th, 1994 marcus, then eight years old was glued to the tv in his familys living room. I was watching a cartoon movie, Bugs Bunny Movie, my mom comes of the stairs, she says something to me, i am thinking she is going somewhere, you know, im like okay, i am watching television. You are zoned out . I was zoned out, and im so zoned out and finally i fall asleep. Marcus woke up later that evening to the sound of his Baby Brother crying. So i go downstairs im like why is this lIttle kid crying, where is everybody yet . Finally the phone ring. My stepfather calls me. And he tells me, you know, he sing hey, is your mom there . Is your Mom Home yet . Whatever im like no, where the heck are you guys . Im here and marquise one stop crying, he just wont stop. And he says okay, i will be there soon, i will be there soon. Andre says he last seen marie around 5 00 p. M. , just before he left for his son, Andre Juniors football game. Now, when he returned home, marie and her car were gone. Andre made a round of calls to friends. Nobody knew where marie was. He then took all the kids to his Mother Putt House and dropped them off. So he asked him where are you going and he says he is going to go check wIth my Minds Girlfriend to see if you can find out where shes at. Andres first stop was the home of marie bridget harris, whom he had called earlier. First, he called, and then i didnt really think of It, because im like oh, well she will be back. And then when he showed up is when i got concerned. And im like he still not back . Cell phones were still pretty rare in those days. So i paged her, because i knew if i paged she would immediately call me back. But marie did not call back. The next morning, andre knocked on the door of another friend, Jean Jones fell. And he said we had an argument and i said we had a lIttle argument, dont worry about It. But the second he told me he had the baby i knew something was wrong. And so you paged her how many times . I couldnt count how many times i paged her. And no answer . No answer. By now It was saturday, 10 20 a. M. , marie had been missing for almost 18 hours. Andre called the police. Yes, i would like to file a missing persons report. Okay. Who is missing . An officer came out to the house and met wIth andre. I see him talking to the cops, but i dont see my mom anywhere. And i think that is when i found out that my mom she hadnt come home yet, i had no idea where she was at. Police started interviewing wItnesses, searching the neighborhood, but the weekend passed wIth no sign of marie. That is when the Phone Rang on the desk of ei agent, rick kato. I believe on a monday, maybe a tuesday she was missing, didnt report to work, and that was unlike her . It is unusual for the bureau to get involved in a missing persons case, but It turned out Marie Singleton was no ordinary missing person. Not wIth her job. They called the department of defense, they didnt call It the cia, but she was in The Agency working on communications for them. But unbeknownst to just about everyone in her life, Marie Singleton was a Court Clerk for the central Intelligence Agency she wasnt a spy, but she did handle classified communications from agents overseas. Information that might be very interesting to enemies of the unIted dates. Part of what the fbi does It is investigating like this, when a Cia Employee goes missing. They couldnt turn into an fbi investigation, someone is going over, helping the russians, chinese, somebody like that. Could theoretically turn into that kind of a case. So, now there were parallel investigations. The local cops looked for a missing person. The fbi, covertly, look for an Intelligence Worker who might have been killed or changed sides. Maries family, meanwhile, just wanted her back. We started making flyers for my mom. You remember the flyers . Yes. Soon, a number of maries coworkers and friends were posting flyers on telephones and light poles, storefronts and shopping centers. Kelly clayton remembers how she had a friend asked andre what they could do to help. He asked us to pet them out by The Beach. At this time i asked him out why would we pass them out at The Beach . And he said, well, you know, thats okay, you dont have to pass them out at The Beach. You know if you mentioned a specific beach or anywhere in california . Doc weiler beach. Talk weiler beaches about eight miles from andres home, near Los Angeles international airport, where flights leave daily, from moscow and beijing. On tuesday, november 15th, 954 four, andre himself went there to post flyers, he had an encounter wIth a Perfect Stranger and asked for help and that is when this story took another strange turn. Coming up. I couldnt believe that i was seeing the car but this man was just looking for. A huge break in the case. When dateline continues. Eline. U need a break. The general gives you one wIth flexible payment options. Look, a Chemical Reaction Oh [robotic sound] for a great low rate, go wIth the general. HIt It again, gen [suspenseful music] trains. [whoosh] trains that use the power of Dell Ai and intel. Clearing the way, [rumble] [whoosh] so you arrive exactly where you belong. Everybody wants super straight, super whIte teeth. They want that hollywood whIte smile. New sensodyne clinical whIte provides 2 shades whIter teeth and 24 7 sensItivIty protection. I think Its a great product. Its going to help a lot of patients. Oooh this is our night shingles doesnt care. But shingrix protects. 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The flyer had a picture of marie, a discussion of her car and the cars license number, he studied It and put It in his pocket. A short time later, he finished his walk, got into his car and started to drive home. I was parked here facing south, so i got in my car, he made a uturn to head north, and as i started heading north, i saw the great was parked here along the road. There was something oddly familiar about that car. So i made another uturn, pulled up behind It and then saw that the License Plate on the car was the License Plate on the flyer. A perfect match, what were the odds . I couldnt believe that i was seeing the car that this man was just looking for. He called police. The next day, november 16th, the gray sob was towed to the inglewood tv lot. Police looked It over very carefully. There were several Parking Tickets under the windshield wipers. It had been there for a while. The battery had been removed. The Drivers Seat had been tilted forward and a cell phone, unusual at the time was left in plain sight. After inspecting the interior, investigators opened the trunk and made a ghastly discovery. Marie singleton was missing no longer. She had been beaten and strangled to death. Maries son, marcus, then just eight years old, knew something was wrong when he came home from school and saw that all over the neighborhood is malls missing flyers had been taken down. We walked in the Room And Everyone was in there, crying. Everyone in tears . Everyone appears. Finally i say what is going on . What is going on . And my grandma was just she is just crying. And my stepfather is going too, but he grabs me and he pulls me and he hugs me and he tells me straight up, he said, they found your Minds Body in the trunk of your car, she is dead. Maries sister, Elaine Roundtree had just right from philadelphia. Like the rest of the family, she was devastated. Feeling was one of the few people who knew marie worked for the cia. But even she didnt know exactly what marie did. We love her as a sister, we respected her as a sister and wIth her job she traveled a lot, we knew she worked for the government, for the cia, and that was It good and you never asked what she did . Never asked. But now elaine had a lot of questions. Starting wIth, what could possibly have induced marie . 8yearold Marcus And Infant marquise, home alone. That was preposterous. That would have never happened. So, elaine started to compare notes wIth friends and family, but the conversations werent about the cia. They were telling me different incidents and different things that they had had wIth andre. Andre, Maries Husband, the things he was saying and doing didnt add up. First, there was Jeans Story about what she saw that saturday morning, when andre showed up at her home, looking for marie. He had a bruise on his lip. Andre had a bruise on his lip . He did. He said we were just playing football wIth Andre Junior. Really . Looks kind of fresh. Then there was kelly clayton, who spent the better part of sunday, calling andres house, Hoping Marie would show up, and wIth each Phone Call Andre seems to have a new developing story. First It was this. She had drank a lIttle, and she wanted to go to her sons football game. He tells us he did not want her to go. And they had an argument and she stormed out. But during the next phone call, andre said one of her old boyfriends was in town, and she was wIth him. And then finally you let me know that when she does get there i will call you. I mean, i will have her call you. Then, on monday, when Maries Friends went to the condo to help pass out flyers, she noticed something in Andre And Maries bedroom. There was a big hole in the wall. There was a Ity-check'>RealIty Check from me, because It wasnt where the doorknob was. It was about It, like someone had put their fist through It. Like a head went straight through. Elaine heard all of this and contacted inglewood police and found out they were way ahead of her. I spoke wIth one detective over the telephone and he said that andre was a suspect. I was also told that this would probably be resolved, because they may arrest him at the funeral. You thought andre was going to be arrested . Yes. Pretty quickly . Yes. But Andre Wasnt arrested at maries funeral, or the next day, or the day after that. After the service, elaine and her relatives flew back to philadelphia. A few weeks later, marcus joined them. Maries relatives still expected an arrest any day, but days turned into weeks and months, until a whole year had passed. And that is when a mysterious letter arrived for the singleton family. An anonymous letter that sent this investigation in a whole new direction. Coming up. We didnt know where the letter came from, because she worked for the cia, It opened up that door of suspicion. 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But no arrests have been made. The case was going cold. Then, Maries Family received a letter, suggesting that investigators may have been looking in the wrong direction, if they were looking at all. Continuing wIth missing marie, here is Josh Mankiewicz. Reporter It had been about a year, since Marie Singletons body was found in the trunk of her car. At a Los Angeles beach. Her son, marcus, eight years old at the time of her murder, was being raised by an aunt in philadelphia, but his mother was never far from his mind. Will we used to have a debate about who love Each Other more. I love you more, no, I Love You more. No, I Love You more. And sometimes i still go to sleep and i say, like, mom, I Love You more. That is the kind of stuff a kid never forgets. Ever. He also stayed in touch wIth Maries Husband, Andre Jackson. You still felt a connection to him . Yes, he was my dad. You know . That was the only father i had, and i miss him. Meanwhile, the rest of Maries Family wondered if andre knew more about her death than he was saying. They believe police had those same questions. But andre had never been arrested. And then came that letter, which changed everything. HandwrItten or typed . It was typed. The unsigned letter read, in part, It was very unlikely that the individual or individuals responsible for her death would be brought to justice. Although, you may be receiving Lip Service from her former office. Believe me, when i tell you that The Agency have lIterally placed her death on the back burner. The agency, of course, meant maries secret employer, the central Intelligence Agency. She worked for them and they never offered a reward for her any information, regarding her case are anything. The letter continued. Her former colleagues at work have been placed under a Gag Order by their office. They have ordered these people to cease all contact, wIth you and Maries Family in pennsylvania. Someone in your family needs to stir the pot. We did didnt know where the letter came from, because It was anonymous and she worked from the cia, so It opened up that store of suspicion that maybe they had something to do wIth It as well. Remember, when marie first disappeared, the fbi investigated, the fear that It might have been espionage, but the family did not know the result of that investigation and didnt know why police had moved against andre. And since we didnt have the answers It was always a wonder to us on why It was taking so long. And maybe they all were working in cahoots wIth Each Other. DespIte their dark suspicions, the family turned the letter over to inglewood police. But still, no answers. Not for years. I constantly called california to find out what was being done and what was happening wIth the case. You didnt want to give up . I couldnt give up, It was my sister. The family didnt know It, but there was Someone Else who refused to give up. Fbi agent, rick hadle, he had never found any evidence of espionage in maries murder, but he had also never forgotten about her. He or she has now, 2002, i am a squad supervisor, i am the guy who assigned the case, that of investigating them. And i am talking wIth an agent, and i say, tell me, how about reopening this case as an assault on a federal officer case. You called because you just never stopped thinking about It . I just didnt like the fact that you have a woman who has given her life to dedicated to the government, murdered, and just lying out there, because nobody cares. And so, i thought well, lets give It another shot. So, eight years after the murder, fbi agent, tony, called on inglewood pd, and met detective, rob, a month shy of retiring. They started combing through the old bios, and were assisted by a new inglewood detect the, steve siler. Technology advances so quickly that, in 2002, i said to tony, hey, maybe there are Fingernail Scrapings, maybe there is something of that nature. In fact, there were Fingernail Scrapings in this case. There was also a drop of blood on Maries Sob, but at the time of the murder, Dna Analysis was at the time of but the samples had never been tested. In 2004, Detective Siler called a prosecutor wIth the l. A. Das office major crimes division. He specializes in Cold Cases. They had collected, originally, the Fingernail Scrapings they had collected the blood and detectives had been in unable to get the lab to test It. So, when i first got on the case, i started trying to cash in favors wIth the Crime Lab to get It done. But a 10yearold Cold Case was not a priorIty. Three more years passed before the samples were tested. Finally, in november, 2007 the fbi Crime Lab came through. What we got was the information that we would break this case wideopen. 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Now wIth Itamin-d'>VItamin D Josh Mankiewicz after years of murky speculation that Marie Singleton was targeted for her work wIth the cia. After years of murky speculation that Marie Singleton was targeted for her work wIth the cia, the case suddenly came into sharp focus. First, that mysterious letter, suggesting Maries Death was related to her Topsecret Job . That turned out to be a dead end. WrItten by a coworker, who just wanted to encourage police to work harder. Next, there was the dna, more than a decade after maries murder. They tested both the bloodstain on the car and the scrapings under the fingernails. The dna found under maries nails command the blood found on the hood of her car were from the same person, a man. And police thought they knew that man was Maries Husband andre, but andre had moved out of california. We did not have his Blood Test how did you get a match . Well, what we did was, we tried to find him, and we couldnt locate him. We were finally able to track down his son, Andre Jackson junior, and to get his dna. When we got his dna, we got what you would characterize as an near miss, a familial hIt. A near miss, but still enough to get an arrest warrant. The fbis fugItive Task Force caught up wIth andre in tempe, arizona. He wasnt expecting It . No, he was not expecting It could andre also said he didnt do It, didnt kill his wife, but he couldnt make bail, so he sat in the jail cell. Even though Prosecutor Lewin knew the Evidence Wasnt as strong as It might be. Although, andres inconsistent statements, the bruise on his face, his appearance at the very beach, where Maries Car was found all seemed suspicious. It might not be enough for a jury. We have to be able to say, is a jury going to be able to look at the evidence we have and prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt . Do we take this risk or not . Even the dna was not absolute proof. After all, Andre And Marie were husband and wife. To find his dna on her car or even under her fingernails was not necessarily evidence of murder. After andre had been in jail for nearly 4 years, louis decided to operate deal. We offered him voluntary manslaughter. He would have had to serve roughly another year, and he doesnt want It. s attItude was , you dont have any evidence. So, the case was going to trial. Lewin knew he needed more evidence to make the jury believe his theory of the crime. I believe that they had probably some kind of argument. I believe that marie said she was leaving, i believe an argument turned violent, and i believe that at some point during the argument, andre hIt her and then he made the decision, you know what . I cant let her walk out of here. What lewin needed most was a wItness, and no one had seen anything on the day of the murder. Yet, lewin found there was a secret, buried in the memory of a grown man who was all of eight years old, when a murder was being commItted. Maries son, marcus singleton. We interviewed marcus in 2000 four, really the first in Depth Interview that was ever done. Marcus was deeply conflicted, between his feelings for his mom, and the love he still held for his stepfather, andre. And at first he had no intention of talking wIth investigators. But finally he broke down, and told the story of what an 8 Yearold Marcus had seen on october 1st, 1994. Six weeks before the murder. It is a story he also told to us. I remember hearing him screaming at going into the bedroom are doing It her telling me to call the police, call the cops. What was happening . I had no idea. None. And i froze, because my stepdad told me not to and that is when she said you hIt me and then he said well, you hIt me first. And she looked at him, like he was crazy. She screamed, call the cops, and then she moved towards the bed and he grabs her tries to put his hands over her mouth, one hand over her mouth, one hand over her throat and they fall on the bed. Young marcus then ran for the phone in the hallway. At this point now i am leaving to go call the police and i am guessing, maybe he got off of her to come stop me or whatever, because now my mom she must have gotten out some way, rushes past me and runs up the stairs i guess, to the kItchen phone. He comes running past me runs up the stairs to the kItchen phone. Now my stepsister is leaving her room coming out of the hallway, like what the heck is going on . Then we heard the clatter, like some silver falling on the ground. I run up the stairs, the drawer is out on the floor, a whole bunch of silver on the floor. They are still arguing. Marie ran back into the bedroom and locked the door. He knocks on the door, i think he kicks the door in. And walks in, and he puts the doorframe back on the door and closes the door and then It is just quiet for quIte a while after that. Somehow, during the Struggle Marie managed to call 911. The call was cut short. And after a few minutes the cops come you know, i guess my mom told Him Everything was okay. They left, six week later six weeks later, his mother was dead. I hate the fact that i didnt go call the cops myself. You know, so, the cops could have talked to me, instead of her. Add to that the guilt he feels about the day she disappeared. I hate the fact that i can remember that It was a Bugs Bunny Movie on the television, but i cant even remember the last word that my mom said to me. You are what . Eight years old . Yeah. Because why . You think this is your fault . You have got to know, intellectually, that It has nothing to do wIth you. I feel like i could have done something to protect my mom, i could have just changed one thing and yes, even now, marcus still couldnt accept the idea that the man he once considered his father had killed his mother. Marcus didnt want to testify against andre. Lewin had to serve him wIth a subpoena for a pretrial hearing, marcus ignored It. When i got subpoenaed to go to court and i said no, im not going i ripped It up and threw It away. Lewin had to do something he had never done before. I had to have marcus arrested. It was very hard. I have got to have him arrested, when he is a victim unpleasant. Very unpleasant. Lewin, the prosecutor, and marcus, the wItness, were at odds, and if the Itness'>Prosecutors Star WItness didnt show up for trial, andre could easily walk free. Coming up. Did you kill your wife . No, i did not. The case heads into court, and Andre Jackson heads to the stand at last he tells his own story. I approached her in the bedroom and embraced her and kissed her. When dateline continues. Ave, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening Joint Aches and pain or a parasItic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines including steroids, wIthout talking to your doctor. Ask your specialist about dupixent. 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It might be hard to accept, but that man murdered his wife, and he needs to be held accountable. In the weeks leading up to trial, prosecutor, John Lewin wondered if the Itness'>Star WItness would show up. You wouldnt even come out here. Marcus was terribly conflicted over the guilt he felt at not speaking up sooner, and the love he still felt for his stepfather, andre. He didnt like the idea of testifying against andre . No he did not. But a day before opening statements, much to lewins relief, marcus did show up for trial, but he was, to say the least, a reluctant wItness. In the beginning, when i first came to speak wIth mr. Lewin, i defended andre on my familys side, and i didnt want to believe that he did It, then i found out that i am probably going to have to accept the truth, a truth that i really dont want to have to accept, even today to be honest. Marcus told the jury his harrowing story of the fight he wItnessed between his mom and his stepdad. Six weeks before her murder. They were frantic and my mom was, she was distraught, investors i guess is the best word. She was screaming, call the police, call the police. Compelling, damning, but It turned out the defense had a Itness'>Star WItness too. Did you think andre was going to take the stand . No, i was very surprised, i would say shocked. Andres Defense Attorney got right to the point wIth his first question to his client. Did you kill your wife, Marie Jackson . No, i did not. You have any idea who did . No, i do not. Then andre gave his account of the day his wife disappeared. For starters, he said, both he and marie may have argued six weeks earlier, they didnt fight the day she vanished. When you got home, did you greet . Yes i did. How did that go . I approached her in the bedroom, and embraced her and kissed her. Then, he said he left marie at home and drove to his sons football game. As for wItnesses, who said he had a Bruise Lip that day, andre said It happened at the game, where he and his son accidentally collided. As i approached him, he was jumping around that he wasnt aware that i was your him and he jumped and his helmet hIt me on the on my mouth. Andre told the court he didnt know marie was missing until he returned home after the game. And did you try to patron and call her . I did. As for his decision to post flyers at the very beach, where Maries Car was later found . I was in the area, picked up some lunch and went down to sIt down by The Beach, and just pray and try to figure out, put things together of what was going on at the time. Did you see Maries Sob . No i didnt. Did you see marie at The Beach . Of course prosecutors knew andre was lying about everything on crossexamination he pointed out that, when andre left The Beach, he had to drive right past Maries Car. Is It fair to say that, as you are driving, mr. Jackson, the main thing on your mind is looking for that car . Where could that sob be . Is that fair to say . Not in that moment, where i was driving on the Scenic Route on The Beach. WaIt, a Scenic Route . Yes. Your concern wIth Scenic Route when the mother of your eight month old son is missing . Lewin also wanted to get andres thoughts about why marcus testified against him. As you are aware, as you sIt here, at any motive he might have for trying to say that you are responsible for his Moms Death . Yes. You are aware of It, and what is that . The influence, by many who pretty much him and telling him negative things over the years, the two Law Enforcement people who interviewed him. Finally, lewin asked the question that seems to get under andres skin. Is a true, mr. Jackson, that marie told you that she was leaving you . Absolutely not. November 11th. Absolutely not. After three months in court, and 18 years after Maries Death, coprosecutor, Pack Harry the prosecutions closing argument. There is only one person in this case who, six weeks prior to the murder, was seen choking marie, there is only one person in this case, who drove right past Maries Car, wIth they were looking for It. There is only one person who left a fresh drop of water Maries Car. Theres only one person that murdered Marie Jackson. And he is sItting right there. But the prosecution was pointing in the wrong direction. So, the Defense Attorney, in his closing remarks, to the jury. The actual evidence does not support the allegation that andre killed marie. It certainly doesnt support It beyond or doesnt prove It Beyond A Reasonable Doubt. Why . Theres a simple answer, andre didnt kill marie. Nearly 2 decades after marie polsky murder, the case was finally before a jury. And just two and half hours later, there was a verdict. We, the jury, in the above Itle-action'>TItle Action find the defendant, Andre Jackson, guilty of the crime of first degree murder. Andre jackson was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. For marcus singleton, this victory was bIttersweet. He still wants to hear the truth from andre himself. He knows, he says, that may never come, but he hopes his mother would be proud that he finally spoke up. I try to live my life to make her proud of me. I am never going to give up, never give up on anything that i feel is important, and and that is her . That is her. Living for her. Honoring her. And honoring her name. Name. Thank you for watching. Im craig melvin. Im natalie morales. This is dateline. How far would you go, how long would you waIt to get justice for a friend . He killed her and needed to