it s never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. it was just before midnight when the shooting started. he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how is superman dead. he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] describe to me. but if their fought husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn t around. was the father defending the family or was she? she throws that night. the mystery may not be who did it, but why. the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing
father, killed his wife says by an intruder in his own backyard. ,,. . ? . ? . whoops welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here s keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard the warning, but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage jim, because in part it isn t just a gym. it s a kind of shrine. i look at the wall and there s a bunch of pictures. that s what makes it special, i think. these were the moments before they were born when a shot potter named dave laut became s family superman, and his little brother wat
investigation when the officer doing the test began getting the test ready, she did go into the bathroom and either wash her hands or wipe her hands on a towel, one of the two. before coming back to the table, and before the test was done. so, odd things. anyway, police scoured the place, didn t see any murder weapon lying around. and they were ready to take dave s body off to the morgue when something told the lead detective to look here. he cracked open the doors of the grandfathers clock in the dining room, looked inside, and there it was. this is more than likely the murder weapon. a ruger six shot revolver. surely, no prowler would ve dropped a weapon right here in the dining room clock? the prowler theory did not make any sense whatsoever with
dining room, looked inside, and there it was. this is more than likely the murder weapon. a ruger six shot revolver. surely, no prouder would ve dropped a weapon right here in the dining room clock? the prowl or theory did not make any sense whatsoever with a hidden gun inside the house. so it wasn t long before investigators shifted their focus, from unknown prouder, to the woman who reported one. jane laut. remember those close you found in the laundry room? when they tested them, they found gunshot residue. so, did jane sheet dave? and then change into her pajamas before she called 9-1-1? and remember, jane specifically mentioned a red flashlight. so police backed, if tested, and found gunshot residue, as
that was where he changed a little bit. he got quiet. i guess he was thinking. and then he says, i got them from so-and-so s apartment. an admission that he stole condoms? yes, right out of the apartments of two of his neighbors. so we charged him with burglary. and while they held him, they took a good, hard look all around the apartment complex. this is like a community laundry room for the residents, so it s got washers and dryers in it. and inside? this is the maintenance room. they found this other door, a maintenance closet, locked up tight. they used a key, looked inside, and found something, a hacksaw with something on it. it looks like that s blood on each end of the saw blade, where, obviously, somebody had rinsed it off but didn t do a thorough job. but, wait a minute, who had a