she was a young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. you never heard a gunshot? no. one of her friends was dead. there s been a body discovered in sam s apartment. it s so hard. she was 23. another friend was missing and wanted. you ve got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is potentially very dangerous. we were pretty confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve, but one evasive witness. rachel didn t tell us any of this the day before. i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire
another friend is missing. this guy s potentially we are confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve. but one recent witness. rachel details i need to sedate. before i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire future. i m innocent. hello and welcome to dateline. rachel buffett and daniel wozniak were struggling actors. money was tight but they were in love and about to tie the knot. but those plans were interrupted when someone was found dead at their apartment complex. at the center of this mystery, police wanted
were easily explained. anyone who has ever experienced planning a wedding, knows the extreme pressure and stress that goes along with that. add murder to that equation, he said, and then an arrest of rachel s soon-to-be husband the incredible stress that she was under, with all of these things occurring, is it possible she s not entirely accurate about certain things? of course it is. rachel s actions could be explained, he said, but dan wozniak s could not. wozniak is a monster. he s a psychopath. he s a pathological liar. what he did to those two is unthinkable. but rachel had nothing to do with that. yes, she did, said prosecutor matt murphy. she lied trying to help dan get away with murder. everything that mr. medina just said about daniel wozniak is accurate. he is a pathological liar, he is a monster. but he s her little
she can t speak. the day was about to get a lot more traumatic. back at the police station, dan asked to speak with detectives again. and this time, he said something that blew the case wide open. i m crazy, and i did it. you did what? i killed julie, and i killed sam. you didn t see that coming. no. dna wozniak suddenly confessed that he didn t help sam herr, he killed him. dan said they drove to a theater where he had performed. and dan asked sam to help move something from the attic. and when he bent down, i grabbed the gun and i shot him, once, and then he was still alive. so, wozniak said, he fired again. he started bleeding. he wasn t moving. he wasn t talking. dan then drove to a different theater later that evening to appear on stage,
i go to my friends and knock on the door, and then at that point, just start bawling. and she s shaking violently, and says dan has been arrested, and she s just a mess. with vylet at her side, rachel went to her parent s home to tell them dan was in jail, and the wedding was off. and my mom, she has lost it. she can t speak. the day was about to get a lot more traumatic. back at the police station, dan asked to speak with detectives again. and this time, he said something that blew the case wide open. i m crazy, and i did it. you did what? i killed julie, and i killed sam. you didn t see that coming. no. dna wozniak suddenly confessed that he didn t help sam herr, he killed him. dan