there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. revelation i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it sometimes takes a special eye to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place. the clue that will crack the case. and in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, no one even knew what it was, alone would ve meant. it took almost two decades of a team of determinant investigators and a detective was than usual back out to find out. here is keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th, late, midnight approaching. it happened in one of the little class suburbs that sprawl across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night. a frantic scrambling, running feet, then, silence. but the nice morning, not far away, the family dollar prepared for celebration, kim was the eldest, then robin, trisha, wendy. excited, because
she started with their mother. the first words out of her mouth are, you re lying to me. you re lying to me. she couldn t, you know, she couldn t believe that. so once she realizes really that i m telling her the truth, we know we have to talk to my dad. we called him and told him, and he said, okay, i ll meet you at the house. wendy, the youngest, heard at school that robin had been stabbed. my immediate response was, did she die, because i want her to still be alive, but she said, no, she s dead. tricia didn t hear a thing until she got home from work. i had dressed up for halloween as well, and i was wearing robin s flagster costume and i look down and i see that i m in her clothes, and i lost it. i was like, get it off me. i was screaming that i needed to
the first words out of her mouth are, you re lying to me. you re lying to me. she couldn t, you know, she couldn t believe that. so once she realizes really that i m telling her the truth, we know we have to talk to my dad. we called him and told him, and he said, okay, i ll meet you at the house. wendy, the youngest, heard at school that robin had been stabbed. my immediate response was, did she die, because i want her to still be alive, but she said, no, she s dead. tricia didn t hear a thing until she got home from work. i had dressed up for halloween as well, and i was wearing robin s flagster costume and i see that i m in her clothes, and i lost it. i was like, get it off me. i was screaming that i needed to be out of i just freaked out.