eliminated, i understood that. due to the fact she was the only child. she just had to be eliminated. so that the case could move on. and the case did keep moving, but after a full week of investigating, the daughter and fiancé were not eliminated. rather, detectives called them back to the station. this time interviewed separately. jason first. cops by now had figured out that the murders took place the night before the bodies were discovered. so, where exactly were he and jessica then? we went to the pizza hut, i don t know, probably 5:30. something like that. then came back and stayed home. home, five hours away in oklahoma city. do you remember how you pay for the pizza hut stuff? pretty sure it s on my card. you didn t do anything to her?
my parents were gone. a beloved couple founde of te along with a lifetime of valuable curiosities that they had collected. she was big into civil war, guns, coins, all kinds. was there any connection between the memorabilia and the murder? the question is who is going to benefit by these two deaths. jessica was the only child and she is the sole heir. sole heir. was there somebody else who stood to gain? investigators would discover a clue. by far the most important piece of evidence that was in the case. that would reveal a mind-blowing betrayal. somebody with a sick mind, that s all i know. welcome to dateline. it was a hobby that turned into a passion, collecting.
with that imply? that there was something terribly wrong. jessica called 9-1-1 without ever going past the garage into the house. two officers arrived within minutes. they entered the home and then in other officer arrived and then another, and then another, and then another. and you are waiting outside? we are waiting outside. nobody said a word to jessica and jason. and then they noticed police blocking off the area with crime scene tape. i kind of grabbed onto the officer and i said what is going on? why are they calling for crime scene tape? he kind of help me and said, i don t know what is going on. all i know is there are two people in the house that are deceased. coming up, chilling words outside of the house. but they were nothing compared to what investigators would find inside. it seems to be an element of personal anger in this thing? this close quartered killing of somebody with a weapon in their hand. it definitely seem to be brutal, the brutality i
okay! jessica was at work when she got the call. two of my very good friends are with me. and they said, he s been arrested. and, i remember falling to the floor and just being so overwhelmed with relief that he was finally caught. even the former secretary who didn t like him was horrified. i couldn t believe it. i mean, i thought, no! no! investigators went back to mark s life and told her that her husband s own story put him at the scene of the crime. we really need to help us. but when did mike say that he, he was there? the time they were killed. no! yes, ma am. yes, ma am. okay, still circumstantial. we have a man here and that is why mark porter s defense attorney seemed ready to argue. mark hired one of the best to plead his case. he has a spotless record. five college degrees and has an outstanding past of good reputation. at a bond hearing, the defense revealed its strategy. they would argue that there was nothing suspicious about mike s dna i
my boss and i took a trip to oklahoma city and we went to employers, spoke with fellow employees, with jessica s boss and we went to the pizza hut to see if we could see some surveillance video. would it all check out? or would an unexpected lead send the investigation in a new direction. this was a huge bingo moment. it was. coming up, gary s best friend offers detectives some clues. including some texts that he said he saw on gary s phone. some guy that he had taught in a class. did somebody need cash badly enough to kill? when dateline continues. i m your overly competitive brother. check. psych! and i m about to steal this game from you just like i stole kelly carter in high school. you got no game dude, that s a foul! and now you re ready to settle the score. game over. and if you don t have the right home insurance coverage,