the men would say how high? married to a wealthy lawyer. he always said, she has this hold over me. but there was someone she seemed even closer to. they bought matching underwear together. they shared everything. eating together. sleeping in the same bed together. she s living at her house. did they also share a deadly secret? it was a love triangle and one of them had to go. but was it her idea? oh, god, it seemed like a good at the data at the time. but oh, my god. or hers? i said, oh god, i don t want to do this. she said, get out. and who would take the full for evil? how deep a hole you dig? not deep another, obviously. hello. and welcome to dateline . attorney larry mcnabney had been living fast and loose, but things were finally slowing down for him. he had a thriving law practice, a wife he adored, and plenty of money. then, a new friend entered the picture. and a love triangle took shape. the murder was a who done it, involving
the men would say how high? married to a wealthy lawyer. he always said, she has this hold over me. but there was someone she seemed even closer to. they bought matching underwear together. they shared everything. eating together. sleeping in the same bed together. she s living at her house. did they also share a deadly secret? it was a love triangle and one of them had to go. but was it her idea? oh, god, it seemed like a good at the data at the time. but oh, my god. or hers? i said, oh god, i don t want to do this. she said, get out. and who would take the full for evil? how deep a hole did you dig? not deep another, obviously. hello. and welcome to dateline . attorney larry mcnabney had been living fast and loose, but things were finally slowing down for him. he had a thriving law practice, a wife he adored, and plenty of money. then, a new friend entered the picture. and a love triangle took shape. the murder was a who done it, involving t
missing two. by this time, ginger had dropped off her no at the sheriff s office and detectives were poking around in the abandon remains of larry s law practice. talking to employees like sarah dutra, the attractive 21 -year-old art student from sacramento state, who worked at the mcnabney law firm as an office secretary. she brought her little dog, ralph, with her to the sheriff s office. sarah told detectives that she and elisa had become close friends and so, she sarah, certainly noticed how erratic elisa the came after larry went missing. things were starting to not seem right. like, you know, elisa wouldn t come to work all the time. you know? sara confirmed what ginger miller said. that elisa kept changing her explanations for larry s whereabouts. sara said she signed saw a elisa signing larry s name on checks and day-to-day business transactions. i figured it she s keeping
sheriff s office. sarah told addicted detectives that she and elisa had become close friends and so, she, sarah certainly notice how erratic elisa the came after larry went missing. things were starting to not seem right. like, you know, elisa wouldn t come to work all the time. you know? sara confirmed what ginger miller said. that elisa kept changing her explanations for larry s whereabouts. sara said she signed saw a elisa signing larry s name on checks and day-to-day business transactions. i figured it she s keeping this business going for him. so he can go play and do whatever. in early january, 2002, said sarah, elisa planned a trip to arizona to attend a horse show. and in the absence of larry, invited sarah to go along. i was going to fly down the next day and then she told me, your tickets been paid.
larry s body was still in the garage. still in the refrigerator. and as for the idea that sarah was an instant child, elisa s pop it, that was nonsense, said ginger. everybody knows that she was in terrified of her. sarah had as much say as elisa had in the whole situation. back at her trial, sarah, the daughter of those devout christian, sat quietly at the defense table. wide-eyed and innocent. elisa was it around to be cross-examined, so her videotaped confession didn t get played for the jury. and with no dna, no prince, no trace evidence, no living eyewitnesses, the case against sarah was entirely circumstantial. first degree murder. first really murder, yeah. but with the would the jury see it the way he did? after four days of deliberations the jury found sarah dutra guilty of voluntary manslaughter. and accessory to murder.