when you ve got something that was this bad somebody s got to pay. somebody has got to pay. hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man acc
hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man accused of killing her. the boyfriend who found the body. the boyfriend found a body. first impre
out. and six days later, as he prepared to say goodbye to nona at the funeral home, police asked him to come back to the police station. can i get a drink of water? you bet. after about 20 minutes where the questions they asked me if i take a polygraph test. what did you say? i said sure. kevin, i m going attach. so, they strapped him up and ran through the innocuous questions. and then did you cause the death of nona but dirksmeyer? and then they went out analyzed it, came back and said what? the man who gave it to me said that he had not seen anybody fail the test worse in his 28, or some odd years of giving light a tech protests. kevin, there s no doubt in
i take a polygraph test. what did you say? i said sure. kevin, i m going attach. so, they strapped him up and ran through the innocuous questions. and then did you cause the death of nona but dirksmeyer? and then they went out analyzed it, came back and said what? the man who gave it to me said that he had not seen anybody fail the test worse in his 28, or some odd years of giving light a tech protests. kevin, there s no doubt in my mind that you killed her. the murder of the beauty queen was very big news in russellville. and given the nature of the crime and the victim, so young and pretty and vulnerable, the pressure to solve it from the public and the press was quite intense. so, imagine how it was for the lead detective, mark frost, given that this was his very first homicide case. okay, we re done. we are done. though as he talked to kevin, frost sounded like a veteran