i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales and this is dateline. he was definitely charismatic. he was the new kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. this kid was like, awesome. he jumped right in th culture. he liked to show off to the girls. they were the neighbors just down the block, of family in fear. they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. someone had been sneaking into their home and now someon was in their garage. i m sitting there panicking he s coming after me in a flash, it was over that charismatic kid dead o the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour what happened in that garag that night it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap makes the statement it showtime it is showtime? exactly a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be th same we were all taken aback welcome to dateline he came to americ
he s coming after me. in a flash, it was over. that charismatic kid dead on the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour. what happened in that garage that night? it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap? makes the statement it s showtime. it showtime? exactly. a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be the same. we were all taken aback. welcome to dateline. he came to america as an adventurous exchange student, but he took one risk too many and it cost him his life. was his death a case of a homeowner protecting his family and property? or something far more deliberate. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly exchange. it s a dilemma that confronts every teenager, how to simultaneously fit in with your friends and rebel against everyone else. that two step is made easier by the knowledge, maybe the certainty, that you will live forever. kids do dumb stuff all the ti
chief best supernaturals, h involved in a burglary no. so, did kaarma really fea for his life that night? prosecutor said, ballistic told the story the first shot that hit diren, was to the back of his left arm, meaning, he couldn t have been charging towards markus kaarma and then he has to do it on more time. he has to make that final blow and the final shot wa straight to the head prosecutors weren t down they had, but they thought, wa explosive evidence just before the trial began, a recording surface. made the night of the shooting of a conversation an officer a the scene had with janelle in it, she reveals that just before the final shot, she heard diren back for his life. and then i heard the ki going, no, no, no, no. please and then, by then, there i already a shot fired
he waits. to counter the defenses suggestion that diren was some ring of thieves targeting markus kaarma, investigators track down the teams who had hit s garage. the ones who checked the cash, credit cards, and we had a bong and ajar voyage and smoke a hole. did you know a man named diren dede, not personally. no. chief best supernaturals, he involved in a burglary? no. so, did kaarma really fear for his life that night? prosecutor said, ballistics told the story. the first shot that hit diren, was to the back of his left arm, meaning, he couldn t have been charging towards markus kaarma. and then he has to do it one more time. he has to make that final blow. and the final shot was straight to the head. prosecutors weren t down. they had, but they thought, was
he has his 12-gauge in his hand, and he waits. reporter: to counter the defense s suggestion that diren was part of some ring of thieves targeting markus kaarma, investigators tracked down the teens who had hit kaarma s garage, the ones who took the cash, credit cards and he had a bong and a jar of weed and some alcohol. did you know a man named diren dede? not personally, no. to the best of your knowledge, was he involved in a burglary ring? no. reporter: so did kaarma really fear for his life that night? prosecutors said ballistics told the story. the first shot to hit diren was to the back of his left arm,