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
that you never heard him say the words. i got the feeling that janelle didn t do you a lot of favors in the witness stand. she denied saying something that could be played on tape. right. janelle talks a lot. as a defense attorney, that often that doesn t work out very well. janelle wasn t charged in the case. why wasn t janelle charged in this? and her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. prosecutors said they had evidence that janelle was going to harm someone. so what was markus kaarma thanking? they brought into witnesses to support the argument the shooting was nothing short of a planned execution. he said he d been sitting up for three nights with a shotgun, waiting to kill some kids. she works in the salon where mark kiss kaarma pat s haircut just days before the shooting. the woman said kaarma came in
testimony here today is that you never heard him say a word. right. i sort of get the feeling janelle didn t do you a lot of favors on the witness stand. no, she didn t. she, you know, denied saying something that could be played on tape. right. yeah, janelle talks a lot. and you know, as a defense attorney, that often doesn t work out very well. reporter: janelle was never charged in the case. why wasn t janelle charged in this? in her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. reporter: prosecutors say they had no evidence that janelle knew her husband was going to harm someone. so what exactly was markus kaarma thinking? prosecutors brought in two witnesses to support the argument that the shooting was nothing short of a planned execution. he said he d been sitting up for three nights with a shotgun, waiting to kill some f ing kids. she works in the salon where markus karma got his hair cut just days before the sho
testimony here today is that you never heard him say a word. right. i sort of get the feeling janelle didn t do you a lot of favors on the witness stand. no, she didn t. she, you know, denied saying something that could be played on tape. right. yeah, janelle talks a lot. and you know, as a defense attorney, that often doesn t work out very well. reporter: janelle was never charged in the case. why wasn t janelle charged in this? in her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. reporter: prosecutors say they had no evidence that janelle knew her husband was going to harm someone. so what exactly was markus kaarma thinking? prosecutors brought in two witnesses to support the argument that the shooting was nothing short of a planned execution. he said he d been sitting up for three nights with a shotgun, waiting to kill some f ing kids. she works in the salon where markus karma got his hair cut just days before the sho
my question was, your testimony here today is that you never heard him say a word. right. i sort of get the feeling janelle didn t do you a lot of favors on the witness stand. no, she didn t. she, you know, denied saying something that could be played on tape. right. yeah, janelle talks a lot. and you know, as a defense attorney, that often doesn t work out very well. reporter: janelle was never charged in the case. why wasn t janelle charged in this? in her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. reporter: prosecutors say they had no evidence that janelle knew her husband was going to harm someone. so what exactly was markus kaarma thinking? prosecutors brought in two witnesses to support the argument that the shooting was nothing short of a planned execution. he said he d been sitting up for three nights with a shotgun, waiting to kill some f ing kids. she works in the salon where markus karma got his hair cut