her jeddah, missing. her family s deep sorrow, narrowed and to resolve, to get justice. find who did it and punish him. punish him. captain jesse anderson of the king county sheriff s office was the lead detective assigned to the murder case at the time. he set out to learn more about the victims. paying a visit to her husband, david, at the condo that he and nikki shared. how long have you ve been married? almost four years. david agreed to be audiotape, and told detectives, nikki struggled with chemical dependency in the past. he revealed something disturbing. recently, nikki had, again, started taking prescription pills. is nikki still struggling with addiction? i thought she wasn t but, she heard her back, right before thanksgiving. she slipped a desk. because of a severe, painful back injury, david explained, nikki had, reluctantly, allowed her doctor put her on a carefully monitored
place? we had sex. and, is that the only time it happened? yes. and of a romans that started well david and mickey were engaged. i asked him why he was getting married and he said at that point it was too late to back out of it. the romance lasted all in awe for two years. what did he tell you about what he felt about you? he told me he cared about me. dave peets s lifestyle became the trial here. yes because it showed that he was dissatisfied with her. dissatisfied with nikki and prosecutors say determined to change or. david went so far as to spike nikki s drink with the club drug called ecstasy hoping she would agree to the three some, this according to david s barb buddy rene stewart. he told me that he would put it in her red bull, when they want to get a drink and he was just trying to loosen her up to
nexus with signs of strangulation. detective is sent to a patch of trees and bobby undergrowth near the seattle airport runways, because there s a certain. . another seven years ahead, answering the questions of all homicides, who, and why? before the crime scene photos of the medical examiners findings, before she became the chilling words, the victim. finding a dearlove person named nikki. nikki peace, life and daughter, sister and friend. she seems to be able to uplift people in ways that none of us knew how to do. she had a way to make you smile. she had a way to let you know that everything will be okay. gayle was her mother.
he was sunshine. she was the kind of person where when she walked into a room, the room let up. here is nikki, and her sister tanya, and the suburbs of seattle. there were carefree days at the nearby lake. it s nikki or annoying kid sister, or a cool kid? she was an annoying kid sister, very. moments systems on dressing us alike. and high school, maya says nikki was a friend to everyone. every, day eating lunch together. she never sat. she would walk, and visit. she always saw the good and people. she did not see the baton people. after graduation nikki brought that winning spirit into the workplace landing a plum position and the head offices of valley total fitness. kimberly thomas was on her team. nikki was a great boss. she cared about how your day with us, she cared about how you are feeling, she cared
get her to do a threesome. did you notice a change in her after she drank that red bull? yes. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. here s a guy who knows full well his wife has addiction problems and he put ecstasy in her credible is that the weight goes? she fought so hard for sobriety and without knowing it her own husband was undermining that. then it was nikki s sister tanya s turn to stare david in the eye and tell the jury how indifferent he appeared immediately following nikki s disappearance. the defendant hope you look for her? no. did you ever see him make phone calls related to her disappearance? no. did you ever see him join in circles with people for may or her workplace? not at all. prosecutors feared evidence of suspicious behavior from a reprehensible husband would not be enough to convince a jury david committed murder. so they rolled out their theory that nikki never left her condo