(NBC News) — When young mother and paramedic Annamarie Cochrane Rintala was found dead at the bottom of her basement stairs, it took four trials and 13 years before justice was served. In Friday’s “Dateline,” insiders close to the investigation speak out in new interviews about the final verdict. Here is a preview of Dennis […]
up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then became very, very close friends. reporter: the two were on intimate texting terms. that last morning, ann texted mark asking him t
jamie magarian. you have wet paint. we know items are moved in the basement. those are all flags that come up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera. and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then became very, very clos
lead investigator jamie magarian. you have wet paint. we know items are moved in the basement. those are all flags that come up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera. and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then beca