. . hi, i m craig melvin, and what did you find? this is dateline. all of a sudden i realize, why are they late? there s something definitely wrong. he said your family was in an accident. and my world just dropped down underneath me. the scene told the story why did you find? somebody hit them. a deadly crash on a dark road. two gone, one barely alive. to a tragic accident. but look closer. can all of the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? the last thing i wanted to have was to have to take a double fatality and not treat it as a homicide. murder. and no one saw coming. i couldn t deal with it. two families in torment. we were both just a small town trial with big emotions. you took it. you did it. and the verdict that would shake them all. hello, and welcome to dateline. a dangerous highway in big sky country. that was a setting for a deadly crash that would seem to unite two families in shock and heartbreak. excep
they found the evidence on justine s phone they said, text messages which she wrote herself and gave him no choice, he said, he charged her with deliberate homicides. montana s equivalent of murder. justine purposely went into traffic and smashed into another car and by doing so, she should ve known her actions could ve killed somebody and under those circumstances i think deliberately homicide was the only charge we could find. you decided to charge as an adult, why? she was 16. she was. the taking of two lives is not a delinquent act, it is a crime. it needs to be prosecuted as a crime and if convicted, it needs to be on her record for the rest of her life. perhaps because of her own massive injuries and continuing operations, her age, just been after pleading not guilty was
car, crossed the center line and plowed right into them. on purpose. shocking? oh, yes. as was the alleged reason. justine, said the police, was trying to commit suicide. how did they know? they found the evidence on justine s phone, they said. text messages, which she wrote herself and which, once county attorney, ed corrigan saw them, well, gave him no choice, he said. he charged her with deliberate homicide. montana s equivalent of murder. justine purposely went the wrong way head-on and smashed into another car. and by doing so, she should have known her actions could have killed somebody and under those circumstances, i think deliberate homicide was the only charge we could find. right. you charged her as an adult. why? she was 16. she was. the taking of two lives is not, in my opinion, a delinquent act. it s a crime.
16-year-old justine winter took deadly aim at erin s oncoming car, crossed the center line and plowed right into them on purpose. shocking? oh, yes. as was the alleged reason. justine said the police was trying to commit suicide. how did they know? they found the evidence on justine s phone, they said, text messages which she wrote herself and when county attorney ed corrigan saw them gave him no choice. he charged her with homicide, montana s give lent of murder. justine purposely smashed head on into another car. by doing so, she should have known her actions could have killed somebody. under those circumstances, it was