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
she had bruising to her lip. she appeared to have strapped scratch marks. and she had bruising to her right hand. and what the detective would learn later cast suspicion directly on rod. rod tooled an officer that he had to pull shele s wet falling out of the tub. yet his clothes bone dry. new york post reporter, rebecca rosenberg. two officers found this unusual and noted this. how would you not get wet? he was wearing a light colored shirt. he just was it where at all. and it was inconsistent with a story he had told. and their demand remembered rod doing something early that morning that was highly unusual for him. he stopped by the front desk on his way out of the building to get a snack. even bought the dormant a snickers mark. the dorman thought this was work because roderick covlin usually wasn t chatty in all the years he had been there. never offered to bring anything back. suspicious details, indeed.
rod tooled an officer that he had to pull shele s wet falling out of the tub. yet his clothes bone dry. new york post reporter, rebecca rosenberg. two officers found this unusual and noted this. how would you not get wet? he was wearing a light colored shirt. he just was it where at all. and it was inconsistent with a story he had told. and their demand remembered rod doing something early that morning that was highly unusual for him. he stopped by the front desk on his way out of the building to get a snack. even bought the dormant a snickers mark. the dorman thought this was work because roderick covlin usually wasn t chatty in all the years he had been there. never offered to bring anything back. suspicious details, indeed. the detectives was hoping more clues would emerge from an autopsy. that remember, shele s family did not have one done for religious reasons. how did you feel about that? i was uncomfortable. but if that s what the family wanted, i mean, you always want
sit right with the lead detective either. while he felt her death could have been an accident, details of that scene bothered him. the week that cabinet door had been yanked down. the blood in the tub. the marks on shele s body. she had bruising to her lip. she appeared to have strapped scratch marks. and she had bruising to her right hand. and what the detective would learn later cast suspicion directly on rod. rod tooled an officer that he had to pull shele s wet falling out of the tub. yet his clothes bone dry. new york post reporter, rebecca rosenberg. two officers found this unusual and noted this. how would you not get wet? he was wearing a light colored shirt. he just was it where at all. and it was inconsistent with a story he had told. and their demand remembered rod doing something early that morning that was highly unusual for him. he stopped by the front desk on his way out of the building to get a snack. even bought the dormant a