had happened to emma was tearing through town. friends calling friends. we were just balling. i was like, you need to breathe what s wrong? i was dead. i said, we ll be talking? about a really deregistered my mind, like, it didn t seem real at first to nathan, either. i was like, that s my best friend, but no, she impasse away. it just hit me, and i started. balling and was ex-boyfriend, riley, was that his college dorm, when his phone was flooded. he grieved on social media. we know how much he loved her, and she doesn t deserve this. she s in a better place now. tell god about her bible verse. you know, he s lost a lot of people had commented, i m so sorry. prayers for you. still, no one knew how emma died. what are some of the rumors that are now floating around on
clarified, the quarterback decision is not yet final. now, back to dateline. welcome back to dateline, i m natalie morales. who shot emma walker? the day before she died, a menacing man dressed in black showed up at her house, triggering a panics call to rags boyfriend, riley goal. riley told police, by the time we got there, the man was gone. now, detectives were about to discover something reilly didn t tell them. and, it would send the investigation into overdrive. once again, here is andrea canning with noises in the night. and walker had been murdered. all over twitter, riley gall was a grieving ex. what did he change bio two? living every day through and walker. rest easy my angel. now, i must friends were
was killed, riley s grandfather called police about a handgun he owned. he calls a report that the gun is stolen. that missing gun was a problem for riley, too. he lived with his grandfather. the gun was the same caliber as the one used to kill emma. police didn t think that that was a coincidence. did he express that he knew where the gun? was or, did you deny he denied. after s denials to police, reilly reached out to his close friends, alex and noah. since his breakup with emma, riley had been leaning on them for support. wouldn t he say about how he felt about it? he was torn up. throughout this whole time, i tried to spend as much time with him as i could. just to be there for him. reilly confided in alex and no, again. he said he would never hurt
crazy in love with emma. in a disarm to win her back. when riley fired that shot in the backyard, as crazy is it is, and as bizarre as it is, he was hoping that he could come to her rescue. the defense told the jury that reilly only meant to scare them up with the gunshots. and if emma needed the comfort, he would swoop in and be her night. they ided that he had no idea that those ballots would pass through the house. some of us who know about firearms, may very well know, that if you shoot, it may not go through the wall. some of those may. so i submit to you, riley did not know. the defense knew that miley was the man in black, but admitted that the kidnapping story was a ruse. riley s attorney says it showed
no, that s not cool. she was young and had a mind of her own, and didn t want to voice your opinions. and was determination to be with riley cause a lot of tension between her and her parents. how does it work when you re trying to be good parents and your daughter has a strong personality? it s difficult. very difficult. i mean, she was very stubborn and thought her way was the right way. she wanted to learn for herself. allen riley dated on and off in high school, for two years. when riley graduated and went off to college, just a half an hour away, they tried to keep their relationship going. but, just before thanksgiving, in rallies freshman year, mo said she saw snapshots of riley with other girls on campus. so she broke up with him for good. amara s parents say the tension at home evaporated. it must felt so good to be the happy family again. it did. the whole household was