it was a case tailor-made with the tabloids. we had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. he is out with other women. a failing marriage with millions at stake. he didn t have any money of his own. this is getting ugly. yes. she said she were broken, and she cried. was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace? we believed it was a staged accident. he was adamant about his innocence. the case bought me for a long time. he said to me you have to help me kill my parents. and i can t even think about the magnitude of it all. hello and welcome to dateline. shelley and roderick covlin met and married in a matter of months. soon they had two young children in manhattan. and an estate worth millions. then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. first responders thought it was an accident. but troubling clues quickly surfaced, pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear to families apart. here s andrea with en
It was a case tailormade with the tabloids. We had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. He is out with other women. A failing marriage with millions at stake. He didnt have any money of his own. This is getting ugly. Yes. She said she were broken, and she cried. Was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace . We believed it was a staged accident. He was adamant about his innocence. The case bought me for a long time. He said to me you have to help me kill my parents. And i cant even think about the magnitude of it all. Hello and welcome to dateline. Shelley and Roderick Covlin met and married in a matter of months. Soon they had two Young Children in manhattan. And an estate worth millions. Then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. First responders thought it was an accident. But troubling clues quickly surfaced, pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear to families apart. Heres andrea with endgame. If you had to pick one place that screams
police made her a surprise visit. i answered all their questions, and offered to give them a copy of the games that we played, backgammon games, so they had exact times that we played. and that was it. they tell you why they were? they thought he was guilty. they said he was a really bad person, and i didn t believe them at the time. you have got to know him pretty well at this point to? right. i never saw the monster then i eventually came tunnel until later. but the monster was lurking, as debra told the court overtime, she began to see just how volatile rod could be. he had a mercurial temperate and take much to set him off. she also so terrible fights that he had with his parents. by 2012, rod and his children were living with his parents in a new york city suburb, and the fighting was constant. one time during one of these fights, rod had brought his arms back, and he shoved his father as hard as he could.
he told me that his wife had an accident, and died. my very first thought was, that s a really weird coincidence in timing, and that really basically solve all this problems. but then i felt guilty about thinking that, because he said it was an accident in the paper said it was an accident. you saying coincidence like he needed money? they broken, up and then she dies. so it makes rods life easier? right. but then he was very adamant about his innocence, always. after that, their long distance relationship progressed and fits and starts. they d often play backgammon online, deborah would drive to her home sometime speaking abroad in new york and taking him with her. then one day in 2010, the police made her a surprise visit. i answered all their questions, and offered to give them a copy of the games that we played, backgammon games, so they had exact times that we played. and that was it. they tell you why they were? there they thought he was
you saying coincidence like he needed money? they broken, up and then she dies. so it makes rods life easier? right. but then he was very adamant about his innocence, always. after that, their long distance relationship progressed and fits and starts. they d often play backgammon online, deborah would drive to her home sometime speaking abroad in new york and taking him with her. then one day in 2010, the police made her a surprise visit. i answered all their questions, and offered to give them a copy of the games that we played, backgammon games, so they had exact times that we played. and that was it. they tell you why they were? there they thought he was guilty. they said he was a really bad person, and i didn t believe them at the time. you have got to know him pretty well at this point to? right. i never saw the monster then i eventually came tunnel until later. but the monster was lurking,