the head. there s a female who had mud and blood all over her. frantic. saying her husband had been shot. a woman in distress. a murder in the dead of night. calm down. breathe slow. we were concerned for her. she was next to him as he was hit. yes, sir. ridge say who shot her husband? i saw a shadow. she said it was a figure and turned and ran into the darkness. we take you inside this mystery. we don t know the suspect is still out there. who killed your husband? a small town murder with a big-time twist. she knew something she wasn t telling? yes, sir. welcome to dateline. at nearly 300 pounds, robert looked menacing but to loved ones, he was a gentle giant. the selfless fire captain enjoyed helping others. no one could help him when he was murdered. an eyewitness offered fuzzy details yet investigators piece together the clues, bringing the deadly deed into sharp focus. here is josh mankiewicz with out of the darkness. 911. this friday ni
didn t seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until, the night he was murdered. there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. her was just scary. they thought they knew the motive to. but a matter of proving it was a different story. until someone found the perfect bag. hey, dude it s me. you need to call me asap. could they set the perfect trap? these people might literally get away with murder. hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who was a doting granddad and the patriarch of a large blended and by all appearances, loving family. but when he was stabbed to death in the southern california home, police wondered if the jessee weren t quite as happy as the scene. the case went unsolved for years. but those who love jack never gave up hope. neither did the relentless detective who was determined to catch jack s killer. here s keith morrison with dea
danny bounded up the steps to answer the door. shots rang out. danny was hit. mark was shot in the abdomen. i saw my son holding his chest. i knew he wasn t going to make it. one of the sweetest kids i ve ever met. her husband was rushed to the emergency room for surgery. i was in total shock. you get to call there s been another murder. correct. the man knocked on the door and said are you data and said yes and started shooting. we weren t expecting to link a murder in california to this attack. i thought this is crazy. nobody is safe. i had a feeling they wanted me. this was revenge. that someone would come to my door and take my only child is unfathomable. hello, and welcome to dateline. esther salas was a proud mother. she and her husband just celebrated their son s birthday. as festivities wrapped up, they shared a beautiful moment with love. then hate to shattered everything. investigators questioned if the attack was part of some bigger plot and r
outside dallas. from his firehouse, from the rig, even from the fires, bob kept in close touch with his mom. we had that 15 calls a day. mama s boy. truly. i adored him. so did his fellow firefighters. he got it done. he helped in louisiana after hurricane katrina and always came home unscathed. professionally speaking. his personal life was also a story of a man who ran toward trouble. bob married young and had two kids. after 19 years, that marriage fell apart, expensively so. around then is when bob met chacey who was much younger. i think it was infatuation. he saw somebody 22 years old and he is in his 40s.
stopped crying and in place of tears, came something else. there are a lot of uneasy questions and unanswered questions that are rolling through my mind. in her fog of grief she decided to start making audio recordings of her journey. maybe a way to make sense of it all. first of all, you have our condolences. thank you. and so shapearl was recorded when her and her husband met with chicago police after courtney s murder. we will do everything we can and follow the evidence where it takes us to bring the person that this this or persons to justice. the audio captures police interacting with a murder victims family in the early days of an investigation. everybody we have spoken to says your son was a great kid and nobody had a bad were to say about him. that was no surprise to shapearl. courtney was a mama s boy. my mom just came back from wisconsin and she bought me