jessie goslyn and jarred long we re charged with a death of a jessie s husband army sergeant vincent jarred goslyn. finally she told police that she and jarred had hatched a plan to ambush vince. her convention was a linchpin for the prosecution s case. then the investigation took a stunning turn. there s andrea canning with the conclusion of evil was waiting . prosecutor lynn pryor already felt she had a solid case against jarred long. and after his arrest, police found even more evidence in his truck. there was one spot of blood that belong to vincent goslyn on the backpack of jarred long. this is bingo right here. this is more evidence than most of the murder cases i ve prosecuted. how do you explain the victims blood on your backpack when your hundreds of miles away? you can t. unless you re the person that killed him. but pryor knew the case against jessie was in as airtight. it was very much a circumstantial case because there was no physical evidence implicati
i m still proud of him. with vince s career heading in the right direction. he took another big step and popped the question. jessie said yes. there was a connection between them two tjat they loved each other to death. they would argue, i think they had just argue to make up. some people say that that s the best part? it is. after the wedding, kids soon followed for the happy couple. two girls and a boy. as a sergeant in the army, vince spent a lot of time overseas, so it was up to jessie to handle the home front and take care of the kids on her own. it s not easy having a husband who s away. it takes someone special to be able to endure that and get through that. tim says somehow jessie and vince made of work. when we d see him and jessie,
he was afraid that i would be mad at him. and i wasn t mad at him. vince had two sons from two relationships by the time he was 18. but janet says, he only ever saw them as blessings. how is vince as a dad? he was awesome. he changed that diaper, he d clean up that puke. he didn t care. his kids were his world. then, someone else entered his world, a hometown girl named jessie long. vince loved her unconditionally and you could see it. he was happy, he loved her. and janet says he started to settle down, moved in with jessie s family and quickly bonded with her dad, a vietnam vet. he was the one who suggested the military might be a good way for vince to get on the straight and narrow. so, vince joined the army in 2005. he was 21 years old. this is a boy who s gone from baggy pants and spiky hair to now he s going to have the military cut in the uniform. i mean, that s like a one 180 for vince? it is a 180. it s what he needed. you must have been very proud of him? i
i was like why. are you kidding me? hello and welcome to dateline. growing up, vince goslyn didn t seem to destined for the military, but that s where he found his footing. his career was thriving and he had built a beautiful family. then one night, the father of five was gunned down on a lonely road not far from his base. did his decision to help someone in need cost him his life? or was he targeted. here s andrea canning with evil was waiting . hopkinsville, kentucky. corn fields, picket fences and patriotism. just to the south is fourth campbell, home to more than 13,000 army soldiers and their families. after facing danger all over the world, soldiers returned to
i m natalie morales. army sergeant vince goslyn had been shot nine times on a desolate kentucky road. at first his wife jessie told police the couple had stopped to help a stranded motorists who attacked vince. later, she told investigators that her husband was deep in debt to drug dealers. now she was about to reveal a chilling new detail about that deadly night. once again here s andrea canning with evil was waiting . one day after the murder of sergeant vince goslyn, the