and i could see the victim get in the back door area through the hallway. are there many more murders like this in morris? no, it s rare. it was devastating. he was just a console. did he have enemies? i really don t know. we had some complaints that people were having sex in the parking deck i said, ergonomically, that s not even possible. this is the woman in charge of the fire at church. she told me that none of it was true. here in alabama, there is milo s hamburgers, absolutely some of the best french fries. that was the red flag moment for you, that cindy didn t stay and eat her fries. as bizarre as it sounds, yes. jeff, how do you feel about michael being dead? i don t have words. he wasn t around when this murder took place. that s what he said. who do you feel like you are looking in the eyes? a cold blooded killer. hello, and welcome to dateline. cindy henderson and michael reese needed the same thing change. the relationshi
for you, that city didn t stay and eat her fries. as bizarre as it sounds, yes. jeff, how do you feel about michael being dead? i don t have words. he wasn t around when this murder took place. that s what he said. who do you feel like you are looking in the eyes? a cold blooded killer. hello, and welcome to dateline. cindy henderson and michael reese needed the same thing change. the relationship was a second chance at love for both and they fell hard. but after five years of marriage, tragedy struck. now investigators would have to sort through small town gossip to sift out the truth and uncover a killer. here is, even the devil went to church. out here in rubble, sweet home alabama, where churches outnumber street lights, faith is a way of life. i grew up in the church. everyone that i knew went to church. sunday sermons, when they services, church picnics faith is a huge part and always has been a huge part of southern life. it is how the peopl
did it look like a burglary? yes, ma am. whatever happened, it was soon after michael got home. investigators noted that his dinner, a burger and fries from a popular fast food joint sat untouched on the table. detective streit had to wonder if michael had surprised a burglar and paid for it with his life. or did someone have it out for him? what do you think told about michael reese? nothing at this point. the mars police officers, they knew him, from across the street, but not on a personal basis. michael s friends and family would fill in those gaps for the detective. and in the process, lay their secrets that would rock this small, religious community. could one of those secrets lead to michael s killer? coming up, michael, it seems, was loved by everyone. he was a huge part of so many peoples lives. and then he was just gone. he was just a console investigators wonder if his wife knew something different was this about figuring out if there was anyone that they
cindys relationship with pastor jeff had crossed the line. did something start to feel a little off? cindy started telling me that she had started working out. she said, i m working with jeff and that is when i started thinking, that s when i started thinking, this doesn t feel right. these two feel closer than pastor and parishioner? right. now, cindy s husband was dead, shot in the back of the head and sergeant streit was looking for answers. using a gentle touch, he asked cindy about the most gentle intimate details of her private life. i m so sorry to have to talk about it, again, so intimate things to a stranger cindy quickly admitted that she michael had been having marital problems.
he decided to get baptized in the baptist church even though he had grown up methodist. i think that was what was going to allow them to grow closer. but as their marriage, and as christians. but five years later, the love story had ended in sudden and shocking violence. it was destructive streit who told her the awful news of her husband s death. how he needed her help solving her husband s murder. detective streit, and the colleague spoke to her just five hours after the murder. was this about just figuring out if there was anyone that they had issues with? that kind of thing? absolutely. we went over what they did that day. cindy told the detective that the day had started like any other. michael dropped her off at the courthouse where she worked as an accountant for the county before heading to his i. t. job. he after work, swung by the pick her up.