if david s body had actually gone all the way down into that 8-foot drain pipe, he might have never been found. friends and family were shocked by his murder. it s such a cruel way to die. to light someone on fire? there was no blood or any sign of a struggle, which meant david had likely been killed elsewhere. but it was clear that where the body was found was not the primary scene, that this was a dumping site and that the body had been set on fire to destroy potential evidence. and david s body had been wrapped in a blanket, a possible clue to the murder site. there was a group of filamentous wires, meaning very fine wires, from the charred remnants of the blanket. your typical blanket does not
donna would also benefit from david s $500,000 insurance policy until their young son came of age. in crime investigating, one of the cardinal rules is follow the money. and of course, the ex-wife had just been named a beneficiary of an insurance policy, and the first thing police were going to do, under those circumstances, was take a long, hard look at her. but donna was cooperating fully with the investigation and was an unlikely killer. she also had an alibi for thursday night and friday morning, the estimated time of death. as the investigation went along, it was clear that the evidence did not point in the direction of donna. david s second ex-wife also had an alibi for the time of david s murder, an alibi confirmed by numerous witnesses. next, investigators questioned david s current girlfriend, 32-year-old tracey frame. tracey said she last saw david on thursday, and she assumed he
tracey had a large black dog. it does seem to be highly coincidental that the same person that you re looking at would also have a black lexus, a white lexus, access to a penske truck and to walk a dog similar to the one tracey frame had. because the camera was so far away, there was no way to positively identify the woman. if this was tracey frame, they d need some way to prove it. what happened to david? what happened to him? i don t know. why are you asking me that? i m asking you what happened to david. i don t know. what happened to david? i don t know. i don t know. tracey, we ll be honest with you. i think you do.
sure. can i watch it in glimmering lake? yep. here, too. what about the dark castle? you call that defense?! come on! [ female announcer ] watch live tv anywhere. the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. police had surveillance tape showing an unidentified woman parking two different cars in a shopping center parking lot next to a large rental truck. the two cars matched the make and model of those owned by david nixon and his girlfriend, tracey frame. police also had surveillance video of the same woman walking into the store on the night david s body was discovered.
she panicked and left, leaving the tire impressions. worried that she d have to explain why the moving van was parked at her house for an extended period, she parked it at the supermarket and walked home with her dog. on sunday night, she returned to the supermarket, bought trash bags and muriatic acid and identified herself by using her discount card to save 34 cents. that night, she cleaned the truck, doused david s body with gasoline, set it on fire, then exchanged vehicles again and returned home. once in custody, tracey was found to have linear bruises on her thighs at exactly the height the hand truck would have hit her body. police also found evidence that