just from that? just from that one phrase that he was dedicated to you? right. weird. because i knew he wasn t. it s like my mind was open, at that time. like, whoa. it s you. 19-months later, connie painfully pulled herself into court. and testified against the man, who had once promised to love, honor, and cherish her. as long as they, both, shall live. my ears were ringing. it was so loud. larry s defense? the same story he shared with us. he had been framed by the mysterious jerry. would you hand the verdict forms to the bailiff, please? to no one s surprise, the jury didn t buy it. we, the jury, in the above-entitled cause find the defendant, lawrence gerald
in san diego, larry was growing distant from connie but never mentioned getting a divorce or separating. in fact, he still kept up his family routines, even going to church with them every sunday. my dad was a church board member. my mom was really involved with bible studies and women s groups. it was a big part of our life. we didn t know anything was wrong. i always thought that everything was fine and great. so, larry was leading a double life and lying to both of the women? exactly. yeah. he had two complete lives and lived them as one. it was really weird. connie remembers that time well but for different reasons. larry told her and the kids that he d gotten a big photo contract in pittsburgh and for the next three years, larry split his time between california and pennsylvania. he said he had a friend out in pennsylvania named bob and he would go out there and do
this guy used to have your job before you. exactly. he s the one that appointed me before i left. everybody here knows him, trusts him, likes him. yep. and he s a friend of the family and he d know how to make that device. exactly. stellmacher had a tip offering up a potential suspect, connie hoagland s ex-son-in-law who stellmacher claimed may have had it in for the family. that was absolutely a lead we needed to follow up on immediately. because he s the only person you could think of that didn t like connie and larry. exactly. or so we were told and led to believe. so beals hit the road bound for vegas and a meeting with connie s son-in-law. he didn t have a negative
it s a wonderful life. which actually described larry hoagland s life at one point. good friends, a loving family, the respect of his community. by the time i sat down across from larry, much of that had evaporated. he stood accused of trying to kill his wife with a pipe bomb. and his first words to me were that police had the wrong man. i did not try to kill my wife. i m adamant about this. the only thing larry said was true was that he did have an affair. i was cheating on my wife. i was cheating on my family. you were in love with somebody else? yeah, i was. yes, i was. perfectly framed, yes. and you were what, going to ask your wife for a divorce? yes. and walk out? that was pretty much it, yes. i let a lot of people down, i deceived a lot of people. i forsook a lot of people, i did. is that the worst sin you committed?
would ve happened. you wouldn t be in there. i wouldn t be here, talking to you. you would be in pennsylvania with your girlfriend and your wife would be angry at you. which which would not be been would not have been the right thing to do, to leave my family, in hindsight, yes. but it beats murder. our interview finally ended and as he was being led away, larry conceded to his guard that we weren t buying his story. they think i am a lying scumbag. while larry admitted to being a liar, he never admitted to the bombing attempts. and even connie didn t believe her husband of 25 years would try to kill her. not until larry called her, shortly after he was arrested. while connie was still in the hospital. he said, i want you to know i have been having an affair, before it gets out. and then, he said, and since since the accident, i ve been dedicated to you. and then, he said i didn t do it. and when he said he was dedicated to me. it s, like, a light bulb went off, lik