Me about what happened that night . Reporter two trials. They have no evidence. Reporter a heartstopping finish. Youre gonna be holding the skull itself in front of the jury. It was a sacred thing for us to do. Reporter a daughters decadeslong search for her mothers murderer. You never heal from this, ever. He ruined my life, and he needs to pay for it. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Dennis Murphy with on a lonely road. Reporter a few feet from the city limits of toledo, ohio, a car swings around the corner onto a desolate stretch of road. Its dark. Wee hours. Just stabs of light spilling from the houses. Most people are asleep. He could so easily have missed her, lying in the grass on the side of the road. Her knees drawn up to her chest. Barely breathing. At first he drove right by doubled back for a closer look. And what he found launched a thirtyyear journey for one lonely child. Theres all these whys that have not been answered. Why was she forgotten about for
Here . Yeah. Reporter thirty years of secrets. Do you still want to talk to me about what happened that night . Reporter two trials. They have no evidence. Reporter a heartstopping finish. Youre gonna be holding the skull itself in front of the jury. It was a sacred thing for us to do. Reporter a daughters decadeslong search for her mothers murderer. You never heal from this, ever. He ruined my life, and he needs to pay for it. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres den lonely road. Reporter a few feet from the city limits of toledo, ohio, a car swings around the corner onto a desolate stretch of road. Its dark. Wee hours. Just stabs of light spilling from the houses. Most people are asleep. He could so easily have missed her, lying in the grass on the side of the road. Her knees drawn up to her chest. At first he drove right by her the story went then doubled back for a closer look. And what he found launched a thirtyyear journey for one lonely child. Theres all these why
He stages the whole thing. Love triangle . Thats what we thought. What was real . What was pretend. This is as diabolical as any case ive ever seen. Was the missing man the killer . Or was the real killer hiding center stage . Thats when the light bulb went off. This son of a bitch is dirty. The curtain was about to come down. Theyre trying to say im somebody i am not. This is my name. This is my life. This is my entire future. Reporter places please. There is an empty theater. A script full of twists. A troupe of actors and someone who set the stage for an unbelievable tragedy. Im buying it. Im buying it hook, line, and sinker. Reporter all of it so well done. It was hard to tell what was real and what was an illusion. I just remember his performance being very, very real. Reporter this is a story of a man who seemed to be at the end of his rope. It looked like he was having some sort of panic attack or heart attack. Reporter but on this stage at the final curtain, the darkness remain
He stages the whole thing. Love triangle . Thats what we thought. What was real . What was pretend. This is as diabolical as any case ive ever seen. Was the missing man the killer . Or was the real killer hiding center stage . Thats when the light bulb went off. This son of a bitch is dirty. The curtain was about to come down. Theyre trying to say im somebody i am not. This is my name. This is my life. This is my entire future. Reporter places please. There is an empty theater. A script full of twists. A troupe of actors and someone who set the stage for an unbelievable tragedy. Im buying it. Im buying it hook, line, and sinker. Reporter all of it so well done. It was hard to tell what was i just remember his performance being very, very real. Reporter this is a story of a man who seemed to be at the end of his rope. It looked like he was having some sort of panic attack or heart attack. Reporter but on this stage at the final curtain, the darkness remained. Because this story wouldnt
Heart attack, aneurysm. Police dug deeper. 40yearold men dont just drop dead. They believed it was a poisoning. Someone else was there with him that morning. This is now a Murder Investigation. 100 . The wife . She was on our radar. I had nothing to do. Her lover . I knew he was innocent. This small town is full of secrets. His murder, one of them. Youre hearing about a love triangle and poisoning, death. Oh, my god, this cant be happening. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with good husband. Reporter a new love makes the world seem a little brighter. He had a very smooth, i wanna say, almost sexy way about him. Reporter makes the heart beat a little faster. Reporter was it passionate . Yeah. Reporter but when that love is forbidden. I was, like, what . How can that be . How could i not have known . Reporter a family would wonder if other secrets might be hidden. Why would you do this . How could you be so irresponsible . The whole thing was an atrocity. It wasn