and well, we immediately ran his license plate, and it was a minivan. and it was registered to patrick russo and his wife, janet russo. patrick russo, could he be the guy that creeped out all of the women and could he also be the killer? the last known address was in a rural area a half-hour outside austin. they decided to pay a visit. it is a pretty drive to bastrop county. the live oaks, cypress trees. but at 4:00 a.m. the detectives were not exactly taking in the view as they drove to russo s home, hoping it was a lead that would shed light on the murder of diane holik. all they had were stories about a creepy guy looking at houses for sale. was patrick anthony russo that guy? maybe. maybe not. dawn was hours away when they knocked on his door. the man who woke up to answer it looked like the sketch. coming up, patrick russo seemed an unlikely killer. i got my ged. i went to college. i studied for theology to become a minister. odd coincidence, he was in diane s area the
he loved her. he treated her like a queen. she liked his daughters and cared very much for them. they made plans, as lovers do. dennis moved from austin to houston. the idea is that diane could sell her big house and move down there too. it was a down market then. diane said she met at least one potential buyer. but now diane was dead. and there were all those questions. not a robbery. yet as the detectives soon discovered, something was missing. that $20,000 engagement ring. nowhere to it be found.
we could not eliminate mr. russo. six months after diane s deaths, tony russo was charged with murder. a risk? maybe. the evidence they were going to take to court did not absolutely link him to the murder of diane. then, with the trial almost upon them, they found something. something almost beyond belief. in my wildest dreams i never imagined that, a website like this could even exist. coming up.
my wife is better at the timing on this than i am. 5:30 i guess or 6:00. i am not really sure the time frame. thing was, diane s house, where she was killed, was not far from the radio station. do you remember ever talking to her? no, sir. tony said he had never seen diane. never talked to her? no. interesting. then detectives asked if he had been doing house hunting. any reason why you would be in the neighborhood looking for