member of that tall quartet, the neighborhood dad, jason harper. but was terrible enough, but it wasn t all. the kids are missing. julie was missing. and as details unfolded, we are in complete shock. officers continue their investigation at the harper residence. they still have jason is dead. we are flipping out. and we are saying, we see this woman, flashing her plates and her picture, on the news. so, what s happened? home invasion? kidnapping? murder, suicide? did you worry about their kids? oh, it was the worst part. absolutely. number one, their safety. are they okay? but the police department have one police of information that neighbors lacked, which
what she had to say would turn this case on its head. here, once again is keith morrison with the house on badger lane. september, 2014. two years after jason harper s death, his wife julie and the mother of their the children went on trial to first degree murder. she didn t look like a murder. yeah. if there was such a thing. but even though deputy we had never heard her story, he was confident. his name was something he called, the deterioration of julie harper. her life had become a disaster, both in terms of her marriage, her children, her health, her financial state. and, we believe she was seriously abusing her prescription medication. look at this, he told the jury. don t cause.
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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 what they seemed, and when one member of this perfect family ended up dead, it was just the first of many shocks to their quiet seaside community. here s keith morrison with the house on battling. grief, like the ocean rolled into their lives and waves. ride the waves or sink, it seemed to say, write them again, and again. just a, you know, a shock to the heart. once, there were four fast friends, for tall men before it
she didn t. she shot him. but, she said, it wasn t murder. why? because she said, jason harper, so beloved by friends, neighbors and colleagues was in private, an angry and abusive husband. did you videotape jason telling you here was her proof, she said. here was her secret recording of jason liu to sing it over my. i don t want to enable your horrible money waste! and your poor credit score and everything else. i don t want any other way. it s horrible! and then, this. get a carpal, figure it out, i can t help it if you re too dumb to do it, too lazy. well, you know, at least i have more words in my vocabulary than you do.