if not exactly common, an unfortunate reality. then, the cops got back to headquarters, and all hell broke loose. bombarded, and phone calls. now this calls for mark s family, mostly demanding that police do something, so many calls. they asked very to tell them to stop. they re handed me a satellite phone, they said perform their duties. there was of course, a reason for all of those calls. everybody would find out about that soon enough. back in pennsylvania, mark s family was shocked, but there was something else as well. coming up. immediately, we had that instant that this wasn t an accident. when dateline continues. continues
little brother was crazy to stay with mary beth. mark loved her, and defended her even according to the family, she acted, up or got riled up. he would take her for a ride in a cheap, and come back while he seemed to be able to control her. of course, he wasn t, alone not for long. early on, the rest of the family saw the very same signs of trouble. she never allowed him to be with any of us, alone. she was always there? it was like she was brainwashed. as the news of the death came crashing in on, them so the seven year old grievances against as they saw, it there had been ten pretensions, wild spending spree, is disappearing acts, they said they put up with it because they love marc, and they wanted to keep the family together. and something else as, well the knew she had been diagnosed as being bipolar. and, when she didn t take her medication, like when she was pregnant
everyone was really afraid and uncomfortable to be around her. i told him he needed to think over the safety of himself, and the children, and she needed to get proper treatment, and he was always concerned about if she was admitted, she wouldn t be allowed to hunt, and that is what they lived for. he did not want her to leave that privilege. but eventually, her mood became so severe, she agreed to let mark take her to a psychiatric hospital just over a year before the hunting trip. the family says she signed the papers herself, a way to keep her hunting privileges. but, she certainly did not like the place. she said, nobody ever put me in this place again, when she got out of that. and, she blamed mark for but, did she ever forget him according to i think that is we have all thought that. so when they heard about the
sort of gun to do that, right? yes, you have to have good, equipment and you have to be good with that equipment. sure, in addition, what does the equipment provide to help people see targets that far away. well, they had very good scopes. of course, shooting was by no means and a couple bought into the marriage. and, when mark first became a father i remember how happy he was with his little girl, and she was so, thrilled and he was as well. he would look at the baby in the best net, and he could sit there for hours. something else about mark, he was a good provider. his contracting job paid good enough he was able to build a big new home for his family, which by 2006 included a baby boy. he enjoyed having family around, like older brother very, and his wife linda. the first time in his life,
babysitter, they moved out and got married. you might wonder what mary beth thought about it all. the shooting, the in laws, the accusations. the trial, barry. well of course, we did as well. we met with mary beth as she went about rebuilding life with the kids after spending all of those months in jail awaiting trial. she told us she avoids contact with the harshbarger s now, and for that matter, just about everybody in the towns surrounding her, where the gossip turns as usual. we made a date for an on camera interview so she could tell her side of the story, and then as the date approached, she changed her mind. won t do it, she said. don t care what anybody thinks about me, especially the harshbarger s. who are now only left with memories. the only thing we have left to remind us of mark s family pictures and of course, those two grandchildren, mark s children. lee harshbarger walked the