it s never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. it was just before midnight when the shooting started. he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how is superman dead. he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] describe to me. but if their fought husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn t around. was the father defending the family or was she? she throws that night. the mystery may not be who did it, but why. the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing
father, killed his wife says by an intruder in his own backyard. ,,. . ? . ? . whoops welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here s keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard the warning, but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage jim, because in part it isn t just a gym. it s a kind of shrine. i look at the wall and there s a bunch of pictures. that s what makes it special, i think. these were the moments before they were born when a shot potter named dave laut became s family superman, and his little brother wat
wounds to his back, into the back of his head. james was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. is there anyone would want to harm him at all? no. son michael, ten at the time, slept through it all and jane s brother took charge of him while jane went down to the oxnard police station to offer more hoops complete statement. it s been a perfectly normal evening, she said. they were in bed by ten, dave in the master bedroom, she in michaels room where she often slept because david about back, and then it was about an hour later, she said about 11:00. who was? dave came down the hall she said, worried about the dog.
it? well davis here, there is the gate. so it s over there. so how far behind him are you? about five feet. you see a shadow by the trash can. what do you do? he said, get your and then, going to the door. and then what happens? then i hear the shots, and then i shut the door. and the gunshots? but did it sound like? it sounded like a pop. like, quick. how many pops did you hear? three. describe them to me, how fast they were. pop, pop, pop. it wasn t pop hesitation pop. it was, one, two, three. i mean, like, this. as jane talked to investigators in the early morning hours, the awful news was getting around. we got a call about 5:00 in the morning. what happens to a person? you go to bed at night and everything s fine, and then the phone rings at 5:00 in the morning and suddenly your life is a very different thing? yeah, it s like an
summer of 2009, was getting worse. from june of 09 to august 09, it was escalating. but jane continued to take it. until that particular august 9th when something changed. that night, according to danier for the first time, they ve threatened michael s life. she really believe that he was gonna kill michael? yes. jane had taken michael to the beach that day said danier. they were late getting home. dave was upset. he started screaming yelling. no one respects me. don t get any attention, nobody cares about me. james put michael the bed, got into pajamas and waited for days anger to subside. but he wasn t calming down, so about 10:30 or 11:00, he comes out of the room, he s upset and he s angry. and that s when she saw the gun said danier. he s holding a source talking about michael that they don t respect him and he s