it. just from that? just from that one phrase that he was dedicated to you? right. weird. because i knew he wasn t. it s like my mind was open, at that time. like, whoa. it s you. 19-months later, connie painfully pulled herself into court. and testified against the man, who had once promised to love, honor, and cherish her. as long as they, both, shall live. my ears were ringing. it was so loud. larry s defense? the same story he shared with us. he had been framed by the mysterious jerry. would you hand the verdict forms to the bailiff, please? to no one s surprise, the jury didn t buy it. we, the jury, in the above-entitled cause find the defendant, lawrence gerald hoagland guilty of the crime of attempted murder. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. a month later, at his
come be her husband and be a part of her life for the rest of her life. while he carried on with lee ann in pennsylvania, back home in san diego, larry was growing distant from connie but never mentioned getting a divorce or separating. in fact, he still kept up his family routines, even going to church with them every sunday. my dad was a church board member. my mom was really involved with bible studies and women s groups. it was a big part of our life. we didn t know anything was wrong. i always thought that everything was fine and great. so, larry was leading a double life and lying to both of the women? exactly. yeah. he had two complete lives and lived them as one. it was really weird. connie remembers that time well but for different reasons. larry told her and the kids that he d gotten a big photo contract in pittsburgh and for the next three years, larry split his time between california and pennsylvania.
atf agent matt beals were the lead investigators. they quickly learned that something about the day care may have made it a target. on that particular day care center, we were aware that there were other law enforcement officials who had their children in that particular home during the day. was it possible someone was out to kill cops and their kids? if so, connie, who always parked in front of the day care home, could have been the perfect yet unwitting delivery system for the bomb. they were looking for any known or suspected domestic terrorists or possible watchlist type people that may be in the area. no question that this was an ied, an improvised explosive device? no. and suddenly, they had more questions after they ran connie s address and discovered that, in her neighborhood, two weeks earlier, police had found another bomb. two bombs with
but in her heart, she knew that wasn t quite true. after 25 years of marriage, larry seemed to have grown tired of her. the last few years weren t that good, but i thought we were still committed and just hanging on to the commitment at that time. did he act like he didn t care about you any more? yes. that has to be heartbreaking. yeah, it was. you ever think about leaving larry? it never crossed my mind. in the church, divorce is really frowned upon. if you can work it out, work it out. how was larry at the hospital? pretty stand-offish, which was normal for us at that time. the truth is there are a lot of bored husbands out there in suburbia, but few ever go on to try to assassinate their wives. and connie certainly didn t believe that was the case here. neither did detectives. when you first meet larry, was he a suspect?