when the 9-1-1 call about the shooting came in, the situation immediately rang a bell with the dispatchers. greg mulvihill had called our dispatchers earlier in the evening to ask their advice. he had received a phone call from an unknown person stating that that person was a private investigator and had some information. greg said the mysterious caller was a man with a deep voice, who claimed to have documents that greg would want to see. greg got the impression it was evidence that could be used against him in his custody battle with diana. the man said he d leave a package for greg to pick up. greg asked the dispatcher whether he should go. what was their response? probably not a good idea, but it was up to him. and he went? and he went. this was the meeting spot. and isolated dirt road near a power pole. greg asked his boss, a neighbor jason, to join him on this bizarre mission. jason told police, around 11 pm, the men pulled up to the intersection of avenida soledad an
shot. greg mulvihill had been shot and barely survived. someone had lured him to the scene of the crime was a call from a burner phone. now, police gathered around sergeant darbie ernst computer scene to see images of the person who had bought the burner. who was it? it was diana lovejoy. diana, greg soon to be ex-wife. is this a smoking gun? getting this photo of diana lovejoy? it definitely points us in a direction. there is a lot more to be done. sergeant ernst s team search for more evidence in diana s home. we were able to locate the clothing that she was wearing when you purchase the phone. police had enough to arrest diana and bring her in for questioning. at first, she denied any involvement in the shooting. what is her alibi? that she was at home all night long, she never went out. and police realize she might be telling the truth about that, just because she bought the track phone, didn t mean she was at the crime scene. because diana was most likely not
weldon mcdavid and diana lovejoy, one time doesn t gun instructor and student, one-time lovers, now on trial together. facing charges they conspired in the attempted murder of diana s husband, greg mulvihill. i m going to ask that you find both of the defendants guilty. prosecutor judy barton knew she had a strong case. i was on a dirt road. weldon mcdavid had placed himself at the scene of the shooting. and diana admitted to paying him to scare her husband. but the prosecutor worried that the defense will try to use diana s unsubstantiated allegations of assault against greg to try and sway the jury. they might see this as well,
russian president vladimir putin declared that the city was now part of russia. nasa set a new window for the test launch of the artemis 1 rockets. it will launch sometime through november 12 to seventh. they ve already missed multiple launch windows with weather and technical issues. now back to dateline! back to dateline welcome back to dateline, i m craig melvin. investigators believed greg mulvihill was being hunted. he received a phone call from a stranger who offered to turn over potentially dangerous information but instead, lead greg into an ambush. scouring the scene police did not find the gunmen, but they did track down a promising clue. one that was about to lead detectives to a startling discovery. once again, here s andrea kaine with the night of the new moon. my friend has just been
their son. at first, greg was only allowed supervised visits. but after numerous evaluations by therapists and law enforcement, the courts found no evidence of abuse. and ultimately awarded greg 50/50 custody with diana. but diana was scared for herself and her son. a fear that ultimately led her here, a shooting range. i was surprised when she was taking lessons in marksmanship. i was like, oh, wow, this is more serious than i thought. she s actually concerned about her safety in a really, really, real way. at the range, it seemed diana met just the man she was looking for. a former marine, skilled in self-defense. someone you might know, too. from dateline . coming up i ve always been a very protective person. we first met him when he helped rescue a woman from danger. this guy sounds like he was actually looking out for you a little bit. yeah, he helped me so much.