if she went to work, somebody with her. anglin moved connie and her son among free remote safe houses. this is like a chess game. very much like a chess game. i have to anticipate ten steps ahead of him. it was during the battle for custody of their child that dwight and connie met with a forensics psychiatrist. his name? doctor steven pitt. steve videotape his interviews with them as part of the custody case. can you do me a favor and spell your full name? connie jones. okay. i thought he was exceptional. who is report, i thought, was very detailed and accurate. doctor pits report matched what rick had come to believe about dwight jones. without psychiatric intervention in treatment, mr. jones mental state is going to continue to unravel. he will become increasingly paranoid, likely psychotic, and pose an even greater risk for perpetrating violence. dwight s probation ended, connie obtained an order of protection, once again prohibited him from owning guns. this ca
closer. i m convinced we are dealing with dwight jones at this point. recognized that all the crime scenes related back to dwight and connie s divorce and custody battles from nearly a decade earlier. plus, forensic analysis had already told police all four victims had probably been killed with the same weapon, and there is a critical piece of evidence that might link that weapon to dwight. that bit of dna on a shell casing recovered from the scene of steven pitt s murder. dna tests can take weeks or months. that was time police didn t have. we had some family members of mr. jones that were in northern arizona, with help of the phoenix police department area unit. we flew a detective up there. at the same time, other investigators were on the hunt for dwight. we had a bagel description for mr. jones, and a 2001 gold
to honor the woman they never knew. but will always remember. a princess who is much more than a royal, and who still has a hold on us after all these years. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. i texted him, he wasn t answering. i arrived at the office, i could see that something was really, really wrong. i called somebody that steve worked with. he said, steve s been shot. and i said, did he survive? he said no. steven pitt was unforgettable. i think he s one of a kind. he just completely broke the mold. he was the first to die that week. hunted down by a man with a gun
guilty to disorderly conduct which did not prevent him from legally buying a handgun he used to kill. and there is the mental health treatment strongly recommended by dr. steven pitt in ordered by the court. dwight didn t go. the court did not follow up with that. there is no consequence for that. just before his death, steve pitt was proposing a story to dateline about educating people to see the warning signs of oncoming violence. there are always red flags and warning signs. it s not about blame, it s about prevention. and if we don t teach people what those signs are, we don t modify our system so people know who to reach out to you, then we are failing. my message to any domestic violence victim out there is you are responsible for your own safety. if you count on the system to protect you, you re making a mistake? you are making a mistake. i went in very naive. the sad truth is that some stories don t have happy endings. sometimes particularly in
i ve ever been involved in. remember karen kolbe? the therapist awake into the middle of the night by the cops? she worked with connie and dwight s son for two years starting in 2009. divorces are dime a dozen. this was something else. yes. violence, potential violence, violence that had been committed, somebody who is clearly on a path to commit more violence. their divorce went to trial in family court, where karen kolbe and steven pitt presented their findings. in 2010, the judge granted connie full custody of her son. i m thinking i m reading through the decree, sounded pretty good to me, so far. why did you think it would