it was a case tailor-made with the tabloids. we had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. he is out with other women. a failing marriage with millions at stake. he didn t have any money of his own. this is getting ugly. yes. she said she were broken, and she cried. was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace? we believed it was a staged accident. he was adamant about his innocence. the case bought me for a long time. he said to me you have to help me kill my parents. and i can t even think about the magnitude of it all. hello and welcome to dateline. shelley and roderick covlin met and married in a matter of months. soon they had two young children in manhattan. and an estate worth millions. then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. first responders thought it was an accident. but troubling clues quickly surfaced, pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear to families apart. here s andrea with en
It was a case tailormade with the tabloids. We had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. He is out with other women. A failing marriage with millions at stake. He didnt have any money of his own. This is getting ugly. Yes. She said she were broken, and she cried. Was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace . We believed it was a staged accident. He was adamant about his innocence. The case bought me for a long time. He said to me you have to help me kill my parents. And i cant even think about the magnitude of it all. Hello and welcome to dateline. Shelley and Roderick Covlin met and married in a matter of months. Soon they had two Young Children in manhattan. And an estate worth millions. Then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. First responders thought it was an accident. But troubling clues quickly surfaced, pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear to families apart. Heres andrea with endgame. If you had to pick one place that screams
for the tabloids. you have this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy. greed, infidelity. he s sleeping around with other women. a failing marriage with millions at stake. he didn t have anybody of his own. this is getting ugly. yes. she said we re broken, and she cried. was it a fall on the top or a husband s fall from grace? we believe it was a staged accident. he was adamant about his innocence. the case bothered me for a long time. he said to me, you have to help me kill my parents. you can t even think of the magnitude of it all. hello and welcome to dateline. shelly and rod coveland met and married in a matter of months. soon they had two young children, a nest egg worth millions. and then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear two families apart. here is endgame. normally full of lights with people rushing somewhere or nowhere. take a short walk uptown maybe, 25 minutes on foot. i started
the detectives was hoping more clues would emerge from an autopsy. that remember, shele s family did not have one done for religious reasons. how did you feel about that? i was uncomfortable. but if that s what the family wanted, i mean, you always want to try to help the family. the best you can. it s a hard time. but without autopsy results, he says there wasn t much he could do. so, less than a week after shele died, her family hired a private investigator. so, we are not satisfied? not at all. private investigator had started talking to friends of shele s, and we had a flood of information that was extremely suspicious. people for telling us things that were very worrying. including things that confirmed what the family had already seen for themselves. shele s divorce attorney, lance meyer. he would be a little her, he will yell at her, he would call her ugly. he would make fun of her looks.
he says there wasn t much he could do. so, less than a week after shele died, her family hired a private investigator. so, we are not satisfied? not at all. private investigator had started talking to friends of shele s, and we had a flood of information that was extremely suspicious. people for telling us things that were very worrying. including things that confirmed what the family had already seen for themselves. shele s divorce attorney, lance meyer. he would be a little her, he will yell at her, he would call her ugly. he would make fun of her looks. so, he was a demeaning person. he would go solo in fact, that one point during their divorce, rod try to undermine her at work. he called her company to report that shele was on drugs. unstable. and depleting their joint bank account. he was trying to get her to lose her job and it was obviously, she worked in a family operation within so yes, it was a very serious thing. he was trying to hurt her and