it felt like law & order . the fire broke out before dawn. in the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. she lived a very courageous life. she was very bold in the things she did. but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. we knew she did not die in that fire, she died before the fire. who do you look to as the suspect? obviously the spouse is the first person you look to. but her husband had a clear alibi and he passed a lie detector test. eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward. with a tale of love and lust gone wrong. he finally just took the sweat shirt and wrapped it around her neck. but could she be believed? i was sleeping around. i think i slept with half the town. was she out for justice or revenge? is it a perfect world, no? will she get hers, yes? and she does. what was the lie? and what was the truth? how could you miss it? he wasn t there! hello and welcome to dateline . paul and c
weeks before the murder. he was researching things on the internet. he was going to chloroform her and leave her, and then burn the house down around her, and she was gonna die in the fire. michelle says one week before the fire, she and paul went to katherine s house to move his things out. and paul unlocked the basement doors. so that he can go up the next time we had the kids, which would be illegal later. and that way he could sneak into the house and she wouldn t know. according to michelle, paul wasn t with her on the night of the murder. that alibi was a lie. instead, she said he was with a fellow paramedic named scott, who drove paul to narrows berg. as far as i know, scott was left in the car, and paul walked down to the house. michelle said paul told her he went inside, set off the basement smoke alarm, hid behind the stairs, and when katherine came down to investigate, he tried to knock her out with chloroform. this was supposed to be quick and painless and, yo