Was a young actress starring in the role if i had to put it into one word, one would be the closest. She was young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. A mystery. One of her friends was dead. There has been a body discovered. Its so hard. She was 23. Another friend was missing and wanted. Got a dead woman in the apartment. This guy is potentially dangerous. Two mysteries to solve but one evasive witness. Rachel didnt tell us this the day before. I told the truth to the best of my capability. Police wondered, had another murder been planned . They said if you had gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. Rachel had a secret. Which you keep it . This is as diabolical as any case i have seen. Was the curtain about to close . Rachel is the last piece. Right. They are trying to say im somebody i am not. This is my life. Im innocent. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Rachel buffett and Daniel Wozniak were struggling actors. They were in love and about to tie the knot. Those plans wer
she was a young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. you never heard a gunshot? no. one of her friends was dead. there s been a body discovered in sam s apartment. it s so hard. she was 23. another friend was missing and wanted. you ve got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is potentially very dangerous. we were pretty confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve, but one evasive witness. rachel didn t tell us any of this the day before. i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire
another friend is missing. this guy s potentially we are confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve. but one recent witness. rachel details i need to sedate. before i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire future. i m innocent. hello and welcome to dateline. rachel buffett and daniel wozniak were struggling actors. money was tight but they were in love and about to tie the knot. but those plans were interrupted when someone was found dead at their apartment complex. at the center of this mystery, police wanted
reasons. you ve got a dead woman in his apartment, he s missing, and then you factor in afghanistan, and you start thinking, okay, he s a trained killer. he had been accused of this before and you think, this guy is potentially very dangerous. the detectives and the dad hunted sam independently. but on parallel tracks, detectives spoke with sam s neighbors. i saw sam that day and had a short conversation with sam. rachel and dan said sam was with another man they didn t know. a man in a black hat. it seemed a potential lead. meanwhile, steve found there were recent transactions on the bank account he and sam shared. the trail led to long beach, where sam s atm card was used to order a pizza. cops staked out the delivery address. guns out, ready to hit it like someone had committed a murder inside. and that someone is sam herr? yes.
combat tour, and how sam sometimes had night terrors. and when police searched his name in their database, they found someone sam s friends already knew. he had done some jail time. back in 2002, at 18, sam herr was charged in the murder of another teenager. he was acquitted, but sam s dad knew that in hindsight, it didn t look good. that didn t buy you a lot of rhythm from law enforcement. no, and i understood that. that s why it was imperative to start looking immediately. steve wanted to find his son to prove he was innocent. orange county prosecutor matt murphy also wanted to find sam quickly, for entirely different reasons. you ve got a dead woman in his apartment, he s missing, and then you factor in afghanistan, and you start thinking, okay, he s a trained killer. he had been accused of this before and you think, this guy is potentially very dangerous. the detectives and the dad hunted sam independently. but on parallel tracks, detectives spoke with sam s neighbors