it s never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. it was just before midnight when the shooting started. he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how is superman dead. he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] describe to me. but if their fought husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn t around. was the father defending the family or was she? she throws that night. the mystery may not be who did it, but why. the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing
father, killed his wife says by an intruder in his own backyard. ,,. . ? . ? . whoops welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here s keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard the warning, but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage jim, because in part it isn t just a gym. it s a kind of shrine. i look at the wall and there s a bunch of pictures. that s what makes it special, i think. these were the moments before they were born when a shot potter named dave laut became s family superman, and his little brother wat
someone s after her, and she s in some danger. yes. and now, one day look back at the things they noticed over the years, it was like something fell into place for them. there was a separation. it was like jane was the parent, and michael was the child. dave was in the way. you have the sense that she was pushing dave away? yes. i think that was the stress. on the marriage. there was stress, that was pretty clear, said rebecca. for a while, every time she would call me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she did not like about what dave was doing. so, evidence was carefully sifted for months. and then, in february 2010, jane laut was arrested and charged with first degree murder. the story, said investigators, was chillingly clear. this was an execution. she lured him out, shot him from behind, and then aggressed on him, sat on him in the second, third time. step back, shot him a fourth time. came up super close, and shot him two more times, one to the back
that peep someone was leaving threatening notes on her car. and then you would ask her what kind of doesn t even tell you. the implication is that someone s after her, and she s in some danger. yes. and now, one day look back at the things they noticed over the years, it was like something fell into place for them. there was a separation. it was like jane was the parent, and michael was the child. dave was in the way. you have the sense that she was pushing dave away? yes. i think that was the stress. on the marriage. there was stress, that was pretty clear, said rebecca. for a while, every time she would call me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she did not like about what dave was doing. so, evidence was carefully sifted for months. and then, in february 2010, jane laut was arrested and charged with first degree murder. the story, said investigators, was chillingly clear.
knife to her throat and demanded money. and i said, well, did you call the police? did you yell? she says, oh, no, i just i just came home. i just wanted to get home. and i said, this was in the middle of the day and nobody else saw? she said, no. and then there was her claim that somebody was leaving threatening notes on her car. but then you would ask her, and probe her, like what kind of notes? but she wouldn t really tell you. so the implication is somebody s after her, she s in some danger? right. now when they look back at the things they noticed over the years, it was like something fell into place for them. there was a separation, it was like jane was the parent and michael was the child, and dave was in the way. you had the sense that she was pushing dave away? yeah. i think that was a stress on the marriage. that there was stress was pretty clear, said rebecca. for a while, every time she would call me, it seemed like it was to vent about something she