i was shaking. i said, stop, stop! what are you doing? stop! they had a charmed life by the beach. hands-on dad he was a stunt, you know? do it all mom. she would do family oriented things. and a picture perfect home duct away on badger lane. this is all the american dream. he wanted a lifestyle where he can be there for his family for his gets. that s what made would happen so startling. it was dark when they got their. they found the body upstairs and the master bedroom. the victim was clearly shocked the handgun. the kids are missing. julie was missing. was this a case of murder? these are friends. i m just in utter shock. there were secrets in that house. who would unlock them? i didn t want my family to know that i would not be able to know. davis admitted active. devious and medical to. it s our best friend. it did not end like this. welcome to dateline. jason harper s life looked pretty perfect from the outside. a popular
do it all mom. she would do family oriented things. and a picture perfect home duct away on badger lane. this is all the american dream. he wanted a lifestyle where he can be there for his family for his gets. that s what made would happen so startling. it was dark when they got their. they found the body upstairs and the master bedroom. the victim was clearly shocked the handgun. the kids are missing. julie was missing. was this a case of murder? these are friends. i m just in utter shock. there were secrets in that house. who would unlock them? i didn t want my family to know that i would not be able to know. davis admitted active. devious and medical to. it s our best friend. it did not end like this. welcome to dateline. jason harper s life looked pretty perfect from the outside. a popular high school teacher and coach, his wife, a stay at home mom, to three beautiful kids, and a close circle of loving friends. but things were not
frightened? yeah, young children. and the only things you know are, there is a guy with a bullet hole, and the kids are hearing a thumb tucked. but a lot going on. not a lot. so, what did you do next? we talked to neighbors, who have possibly seen things. one neighbor said that they saw miss harper leaving right around 905 in the morning. and exiting the gated community. so now you know when they left the house? roughly. now, the detectives did what they could to retrace julie and the kids movements. during the interview, the kids said their mom took them to a coffee shop first. from that point, they went to a local playwerx, jumpy type house place. and from the kids accounts, that s where the kids state for a short period, and played. and we were able to corroborate that with cell phone analysis. which led to a disturbing find. if the thought the gets heard with jason being shot, then the
advantage? the witness is crying now. do you need a moment, miss harper? it s okay. okay, position your hands where they were she broke down, and started crying, and was visibly upset in front of the jury. that was maybe not the best strategy in your part, then, as it turned out? there was a powerful moment for her, because it allowed her to really retell the story in an emotional way, and bring the jurors into her story. julie was on the stand for three days. and then, the jury had to decide, was she a murderer or a victim in fear for her life? i m a juror number three in julie harper s trial. joseph dyal said he knew early on in the deliberations it wasn t going to be easy and quick. within 15 minutes, we had taken the vote, and it showed we were way, way upon it. and we would argue each point to where there was nothing conclusive. all right. on the second day of deliberations, the judge called everyone back to the courtroom. the journey this morning, at
coffee around the plate happened afterward. while he lay wounded or already dead on the bedroom floor. on august 9th, two days after the shooting, a medical examiner conducted an autopsy and recovered the bullet that killed jason. it came from a 38 caliber handgun. we did find a gun in the gun in the home where mr. harper was found. but it was not a gun that killed jason. so no murder weapon, and the only suspect wasn t talking. we believed that there was an argument between the two, and that gun was produced, and she shot him. and we were, we didn t know why. she was preparing for a change in her life. private journals and secrets in the attic. in my wildest dreams, i would have never expected that. when dateline continues. lthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people whether you re 18 or 80. with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to und