Kingman, kansas, population 3,000, was asleep. Except on a quiet residential street a woman unable to sleep watched a crime show on tv. Was that popping noise she heard coming from somewhere in the neighborhood or was it her tv show . Or just a remnant of the windy day licking around her windowsill . The silent night closed in again, april 30, 2011, tornado season. Oh, and there was a storm that night. The whirlwind even then sweeping all of them intoxits vortex. But it began not with wind, with fire. 911. Do you have an emergency . Yes. Whats the problem . Calm down. Theres a fire. 3 51 a. M. , the man on the phone to 911 was frantic, out of breath. My wife is here is the actual video of kingmans one officer on d dy car and speedingngo the Burning House where he met the 911 callerutside. You can hear them both recorded by his patrol cars dashboard video camera. Where are you at . Right here in the driveway. The man said his wife was still in the master bedroom in the back of the house
Reporter a gun in the bed. A strange note. Whispers of an affair she had rekindled a relationship with one of the executives. Reporter how about her husband . Could he be hiding something . Did you murder her . No. Did you pull the trigger . No. Did you kill her . No reporter an emotional dad fights back youre going to hell for what youve done in this case reporter what was the truth . You never ever will get over that. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Tonight, Keith Morrison with a tale of burning suspicion. Reporter it was dark. Past 3 00 a. M. A weak hint of Crescent Moon struggled to penetrate the night here in the middle of america. Kingman, kansas, population, 3,000, was asleep. Except on a quiet residential street, a woman, unable to sleep, watched a crime show on tv. Was that popping noise she heard coming from somewhere in the neighborhood . Or was it her tv show . Or just a remnant of the windy day, licking around her windowsill . The silent night closed in again. April
Reporter a gun in the bed. A strange note. Whispers of an affair she had rekindled a relationship with one of the executives. Reporter how about her husband . Could he be hiding something . Did you murder her . No. Did you pull the trigger . No. Did you kill her . No reporter an emotional dad fights back youre going to hell for what youve done in this case reporter what was the truth . You never ever will get over that. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Tonight, Keith Morrison with a tale of burning suspicion. Reporter it was dark. Past 3 00 a. M. A weak hint of Crescent Moon struggled to penetrate the night here in the middle of america. Kingman, kansas, population, 3,000, was asleep. Except on a quiet residential street, a woman, unable to sleep, watched a crime show on tv. Was that popping noise she heard coming from somewhere in the neighborhood . Or was it her tv show . Or just a remnant of the windy day, licking around her windowsill . The silent night closed in again. April
Reporter brett knew the rules, of course. Had to know he was very much a person of interest, but he was content to chat back and forth for Something Like seven hours. Didnt bring a lawyer with him. Didnt ask for one. Even when the investigators zeroed in on what they saw as holes in his story. Things just arent adding up. Okay. And i think i think you know that. We just want to make sure we get all the facts right and get to the truth. Tell me what you want to know. Reporter brett willingly answered almost every question they had. Like why there was no real evidence on his body to back up his story of what he did the night vashti died. You had no blood on you when you supposedly picked her up in the bed and held her to you close. You had no blood no, i didnt hold her to me close. I held her you have no fire on the bottom of your feet. Now if you walked through fire you should have some kind of injuries besides a small injury on the top of one of your feet. I dont know why the bottom of