it was a small new year s eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, as
days beauty and the beast until that strange terrible day. he found her at home with bruises across our throat. dead, a tragic freak accident, or was it? the weight machine she doesn t lift weights. a home gym mysteriously turned death trap, a husband mysteriously turned suspect. hello and welcome to dateline. it s the case of a fit young woman who died suddenly. her friends and family were told it was a freak accident in a gym the kind of thing that could happen to anyone. equipment does at times malfunction. but so do relationships. here is dennis murphy with the beauty mystery. claude the images are fuzzy homebody of the wedding reception. but anyone who was there remembers the event vividly. the bride own way and the groom he s the dance partner in the group goofy beast costume. kind of a strange way to begin marriage some guest murmured. but then, it was a union that would end strangely. last dance still more than ten years away that point lisa the br
and this is dateline. i was robbed of my sister. i had to grow up without one. in an instant, she was gone. and it changed everything. she dreamed of a career solving crimes but crime came for her first. i prayed, my daughter, please don t let this be true. home alone on a sunny afternoon, she vanished. i said, oh my gosh, is this one of her earrings. earrings in the carpet, ribbons on the ground. tire tracks on the lawn. there was evidence of a violent struggle. what had happened? and who was behind it? everything was a mystery. was she still alive? it tore us apart for years they demanded answers. a struggle each day. then came the cold case file with a new bag of tricks. i always felt that this was a case to be solved. they wanted us justice just as bad as we did. as a mother, she fought and fought and fought. we just never gave up. don t mess with a mother bear. hello and welcome to dateline. tara was just 19 with a beautiful young wo
eve party. we took off and then short later after my gut was telling my feet to run back to that house. this can t be happening. when the party ended, the mystery began. it was just crazy, i didn t understand what was happening and why. his wife, the hostess, had seemed fine the whole night. then my wife just shot herself in the head. please! help me! please help me! her death was ruled a suicide. but not everyone agreed. i was always afraid he was going to hurt her. always. always. did a fight that night lead to something much worse? i knew that ashley wouldn t take her own life. a troubled woman or a troubled marriage? that wound on the back of her head isn t one she could do it herself, tom. it is not. oh [bleep] [ bleep ]. suicide or murder? i didn t do this. i just knew that my whole world is never going to be the same again, ever. hello and welcome to dateline. it was december 31st, and by all appearances, ashley fallis was in the mood
which one what she? carrie. the organizer? everybody s friend? but tv fantasy, turned real life mystery when the friend everyone loved was murdered. i didn t believe it. there s somebody out there that did this to her. stabbed to death, at a luxury, million dollar home. shocked the officers that were investigating. there were plenty of possible leads, the boyfriend. i text, or are you okay? and the acts. are you involved? and two curious, big money clients. what happened inside of that house? i saw a few people in the financial bind. dateline s own, unsolved case squad, takes on the crime. someone got paid to go murder that girl. someone who was very close to her. i think it s someone she knows. so full of life. who was behind her death? i am going to find out. if it kills me. hello, and welcome to dateline, she was 24 and just starting her life as a real estate agent, she thought she had landed the assignment of her dreams, big cli