you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
until in 2010, they were picked up by two cold case cops. jake papovich and mike mellis. each with determination to apply some heat. i called gale up and said, i ve got this case now, and it s my intent to be the last detective to have this case. papovich and mellis laid out the entire investigation and honed in on day one that saturday morning nici pietz presumably left the contact she shared with dave and headed out to her special aa meeting. to the cold case detectives fresh eyes, a few key pieces of evidence from that morning jumped out. common sense stuff, really, like nici s wedding ring. a photo taken in 2006, showed it in nici s bathroom the jewelery she kept in an overnight. wedding rings left on the
jake papovich and mike mellis. each with determination to apply some heat. i called gale up and said, i ve got this case now, and it s my intent to be the last detective to have this case. papovich and mellis laid out the entire investigation and honed in on day one that saturday morning nikki pietz presumably left the contact she shared with dave and headed out to her special aa meeting. to the cold case detectives fresh eyes, a few key pieces of evidence from that morning jumped out. common sense stuff, really, like nikki s wedding ring. a photo taken in 2006, showed it in nikki s bathroom the jewelery she kept in an overnight. wedding rings left on the counter, she was proud of rings according to her family, and here she is going to this big meeting the next morning but she s going to go into and not occurring? another red flag from the autopsy report, nikki s body had been recovered with her retainer still in her mouth. why did the team seem odd that you found it with the
day, and just didn t want to live. years went by. david pietz quietly left the fitness industry for a position at chase bank. he started attending church. fellow church member, kim adams, says she got to know a dave who was very different from the heartless philanderer described by nici s friends and family. the dave kim knew was a forlorn widower who spoke fondly about his lost wife. when he would speak of her, i could see a sadness in him. we would have conversations about, you know, he was struggling, because he missed her. meanwhile, at the county sheriff s office, the three-ring binders that made up the pietz file moved from desk to desk, until in 2010, they were picked up by two cold case cops, jake papovich and mike mellis. each was determined to apply some heat. i called gayle up and said i ve got this case now and it s my intent to be the last
day, and just didn t want to live. nici s mother marked the passage of time by making public pleas to find the killer. it has been 839 days since my beloved nicole was murdered. years went by. david pietz quietly left the fitness industry for a position at chase bank. he started attending church. fellow church member, kim adams, says she got to know a dave who was very different from the heartless philanderer described by nici s friends and family. the dave kim knew was a forlorn widower who spoke fondly about his lost wife. when he would speak of her, i could see a sadness in him. we would have conversations about, you know, he was struggling, because he missed her. meanwhile, at the county sheriff s office, the three-ring binders that made up the pietz file moved from desk to desk, until in 2010, they were picked up by two cold case cops, jake papovich and mike mellis. each was determined to apply some heat. i called gayle up and said i ve got this case now and it s