One of the most extraordinary cases. A murder just months after her wedding. She gave me a big smile and i remembered that smile for years. All the time the killer was hiding in plain sight. No indication she was ever spoken to . No. And then a new detective took a look at an old lead. He said its a match. A person no one would have ever suspected of murder. We were going to end this. Was suddenly suspect Number One. Perfect murder. Almost. Hello and welcome to dateline. She was found murdered and what happened to her remained a nightmare. But when detectives reopened the case, they discovered it wasnt a burglar, but a suspect that led to their own front door with the Smoking Gun. Arriving before dawn at the police departments police station. I was tired. Reporter he hosted a super Bowl Party the night before, and the beer flowed freely. That is a good way of spending the day, getting caught up on my reading with a couple of aspirins, maybe. Reporter he reached for a file that had been
details. that was the worst day of my life that i found out about my mom. a loving couple. a romantic hike. a secluded spot. she was turning to look at the bird. it s like her feet just went out from under her. all of a sudden i hear yelling coming from downstream. there was mrs. muller floating face up. a wife falling to her death. her husband falling apart. he was panicking and shaking. crying. the evidence at the scene makes you believe something entirely different happened. he told me she fell 20 feet. where were the injuries? why did i not see what i expected to see? a search for truth in the woods and water. if your theory is right, it is. loo like she was being hunted. almost like a hare and a wolf. two chilling accounts of what happened to the mom they adored. one seemingly unsolve able mystery. you either believe crazy story a or crazy story b. both stories are crazy. which one do you want to go with? winding down a mountain in southwest col
in texas. but up in lake city, colorado, there was a new da, and he assembled a team to look into the mysterious death of mueller s first wife, leslie. they began to see what the sheriff had suspected from the start. the defendant s story did not match up with the landscape, treatment they begin to see what the sheriff had suspected from the start. the defendant s story did not match up with the landscape at the scene, and all the other evidence that the colorado bureau of investigation was able to develop your at what point did finally all of you say, we ve got enough, let s go get him? i feel like it was when we had tested this thing to death, yet everything we could possibly put together to take to the jury. february 6, 2012, just over 3 1/2 years since lesley mueller died, a monday, fred
investigation was able to develop. at what point did you finally, all of you, say we ve got enough, let s go get him? i think it s when we felt like we had tested the thing to death. we had absolutely everything we could put together to take to the jury. february 6, 2012, just over 3 1/2 years since leslie mueller died. on monday fred was at his office when a texas ranger showed up with an arrest warrant in hand. he looked at us almost in shock and he said i can t believe you people are taking this serious. how was that for you to finally make that arrest? it felt great. it felt great. and at that point i said, leslie, we re going to make this right. alex was in school when he was suddenly pulled out of class. it was the texas rangers here to talk to me, and i kind of asked, you know, what s going on, why are you really here?
beyond low-res surveillance video. to crystal clear hd video monitoring from anywhere. gig-fueled apps that exceed expectations. comcast business. beyond fast. welcome back. there was a lot at stake at the murder trial of lapd stft stephanie lazarus who stood accused of murdering sherry rasmussen, the prosecution believed the dna evidence was their smoking gun. but the defense said it was tainted. what would the jury believe? here is josh menkowitz with the conclusion of the smoking gun. it took 26 years to get here a generation of false leads. missed opportunities. a family s frustration. a police department s nightmare. february 6, 2012, the people