later that day, she held a press conference. are you saying you re innocent? i m completely innocent. she was willing to bet that a jury would agree. coming up rachel on trial. you re an honest person? i think so. there s not a doubt in my mind that rachel knew. when dateline continues. welcome back. dan wozniak confessed to the murders of sam herr and julie kibuishi. he pronamel repair is our first line of defense. it goes deep into the surface of the tooth to actively repair it. i personally use pronamel repair every single day, morning and night.
and she and dan both insisted she didn t know about them in advance. two years into the investigation, we made a determination, we didn t have enough to charge her for murder. instead, on november 20th, 2012, rachel was arrested and charged as an accessory to murder after the fact. the only case against her is that she didn t tell the truth. that s right. according to the d. a., rachel lied about two important figures in the case. the man in the black hat, who wasn t there. and the jazz musician, chris williams, who was. you did catch daniel, you did find out about chris. so what effect did rachel s lies really have? so, yes, in the end, we got some heroic police officers who solved the case any way. but is it okay for her to lie to the police? the law says no. like police, sam and julie s parents also thought rachel was more involved than she was letting on. they re like literally 24/7 together. how could you not know if your fiance committed that kind of a crime? ho
against her. knowing all the details that they unraveled and the lies over time, and looking at her and going, how dare you? vylet told the jury that the night they learned sam had disappeared, while dan was wondering if he was the last person to see sam. rachel is telling dan to shut up, shut up. that s not what happened, dan. your messed up memories are screwing up my story. the jury also heard from chris williams, the jazz musician who spent hours with rachel the day of the murders. and like detectives, chris thinks rachel was an accessory before the murders, not just after them. there is not a doubt in my mind that rachel knew. ahead of time? not a doubt.
part of that circle was 26-year-old samuel herr, an army veteran who had fought in afghanistan and made it home to california. there was a couple of things that set sam apart from the other guys there. he seemed more responsible. sam was intent on earning his college degree, and that s how he met julie kibuishi. julie helped sam with his school work. she got after him if he wasn t studying because his grade reflected her tutoring. so she took it very seriously. julie s mom, june. she told me about sam. he s like a big teddy bear, and he s always nice to everybody. that s why we get together at his place, you know, a lot of times. julie, who lived at home, got to know everyone at the complex. and rachel connected
now back to dateline. w back to dateline welcome back to dateline . i m natalie morales. dan wozniak confessed to police that he killed sam herr for his money, and later shot julie kibuishi to muddy the investigation and point police towards sam. the actor s admission turned the case on its head. now a witness was about to step forward with information that would push dan s fiance, rachel, to center stage. once again, here s josh mankiewicz with final curtain . california draws people who want to perform. it sure does. everyone is pursuing kind of the same dreams. chris williams moved from canada to california for school. i ended up falling in love with jazz music, and falling in love with california. so i ve been down here 20 years, and