i m craig melvin. it had been a month since stephanie roller-bruner was bludgeoned, strangled and then drowned in a river, just yards from her house. investigators zeroed in on three people of interest. stephanie s boyfriend, ron, who just broke up with. her ron s wife, cindy. and stephanie s husband, dale bruner. and as detectives dug deeper into the bruner marriage, a grill-y secrets emerged that would put dale at the very top of the suspect list. here again is keith morrison with secrets in the snow . it s horrible. i don t even know how to explain having a microscope go into your world. it s surreal. there are few secrets in a person s life that can escape the attention of a determined homicide effective. everything comes out.
coming up a second trial but, at times it was hard to know exactly who was the defendant and was it denny ross? he was choking me from behind and just squeezing me. or hanna s boyfriend? did you believe yourself are hanna s murder? yes. when dateline continues. nexgard is the #1 vet-recommended flea and tick protection. it protects for a full 30 days, prevents the infection that causes lyme disease. .and is safe to start protecting puppies as early as 8 weeks. but your vet doesn t just prescribe it to her patients. .she trusts nexgard to protect her own dog. and she knows its delicious beef flavor makes it #1 with dogs. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. ask your vet about nexgard, and why it s #1 with pretty much.everyone. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid
didn t look like it. it was summer, 2011. nine months after stephanie s murder when it happened. i was coming back from one of my photo shoots and a little unmarked car with a like on flashed and a siren went. and they have gone strong on me. dale bruner was charged with second degree murder in the murder of his wife. he pleaded not guilty. posted bond. and was offered a plea deal by the da s office. why did you turn it down? because innocent people don t plea. besides, now, said dale, it was time to fight back.
could ve been hiding out. any number of opportunities at that point. still, it was so cold, perhaps too cold, for a lurking predator. it is one of those few cases where it s a who done it, if you will. and you have at least three viable suspects. anyone of whom had potential motives? absolutely. it was fronds holthaus the other man who had suddenly dumped stephanie. there was stephanie, ron s wife, who, if she knew about the affair, could ve wanted revenge. and then there was dale, dale bruner, the husband. and any one of them, felt the detective, was physically capable of committing the crime. her husband, six foot, 200 pound, very athletic guy. and mr. holthaus, a big strong guy. and his wife was a very physically fit woman.
promised to seek help. now, back to dateline. ack to dateline. welcome back to dateline . i m craig melvin. jurors in the denny ross murder trial were deliberating when in a stunning twist, the judge declared a mistrial, after posting a 1 million dollar bond the defendant was released from prison. at least to temporarily. soon, prosecutors would have a second chance to make their case. this time, they d be armed with crucial new evidence and a bombshell witness. but could they prove denny ross was the killer? here again is dennis murphy with the night hannah hill disappeared me. the trial of denny ross for rape and murder had collapsed. years past when the akron police department getting kicked in the teeth for losing the conviction that so many people called sloppy police work. people remember the case and it goes down as an akron pd fumble. unfortunately that s probably the weights remembered by most. but defending ourselves is not what we re concerned with.