that it was a real accident, and the authorities there couldn t show that it wasn t a real accident. so why was it worth you looking at it again? well, we knew a lot more about todd winkler at this point. we knew a lot more about how he goes about getting what he wants. reporter: the more she learned about cathy winker s death the more it seemed to her that todd must have planned it all. just as the evidence here in california was telling her that the killing of rachel winkler more than a decade later was a case of history, todd winkler s history, repeating itself. but if she had some crusading idea of finding justice in that old case, and using it to solidify her own here in california, she d have to persuade a judge, first. coming up disorder in the court. this is a case about a
if i remember correctly, special agent roberts says, did you? and then at that point he became very emotional, you know? oh, i can t believe and his body language and his demeanor was just so over the top. reporter: but though they may have had their suspicions back in 1999, suspicion alone didn t make the death of cathy winkler anything but what it was called at the time, an accident. insurance companies investigated and paid out, because they felt that it was a real accident, and the authorities there couldn t show that it wasn t a real accident. so why was it worth you looking at it again? well, we knew a lot more about todd winkler at this point. we knew a lot more about how he goes about getting what he wants. reporter: the more she learned about cathy winker s death the more it seemed to her that todd must have planned it all.
and just his body language and his demeanor was just so over the top. reporter: but though they may have had their suspicions back in 1999, suspicion alone didn t make the death of cathy winkler anything but what it was called at the time, an accident. insurance companies investigated and paid out, because they felt that it was a real accident, and the authorities there couldn t show that it wasn t a real accident. so why was it worth you looking at it again? well, we knew a lot more about todd winkler at this point. we knew a lot more about how he goes about getting what he wants. reporter: the more she learned about cathy winker s death the more it seemed to her that todd must have planned it all. just as the evidence here in california was telling her that the killing of rachel winkler more than a decade later was a case of history, todd winkler s history, repeating itself. but if she had some crusading
at it again? well, we knew a lot more about todd winkler at this point. we knew a lot more about how he goes about getting what he wants. reporter: the more she learned about cathy winker s death the more it seemed to her that todd must have planned it all. just as the evidence here in california was telling her that the killing of rachel winkler more than a decade later was a case of history, todd winkler s history, repeating itself. but if she had some crusading idea of finding justice in that old case, and using it to solidify her own here in california, she d have persuade a judge, first. coming up disorder in the court. this is a case about a mastermind, a manipulator, a murderer. when dateline continues.
well, we knew a lot more about todd winkler at this point. we knew a lot more about how he goes about getting what he wants. reporter: the more she learned about cathy winker s death the more it seemed to her that todd must have planned it all. just as the evidence here in california was telling her that the killing of rachel winkler more than a decade later was a case of history, todd winkler s history, repeating itself. but if she had some crusading idea of finding justice in that old case, and using it to solidify her own here in california, she d have persuade a judge, first. coming up disorder in the court. this is a case about a mastermind, a manipulator, a murderer. when deadly twist continues. .