A highprofile trial. A speedy verdict. I was stunned. So why is this case getting an almostunprecedented second look . This doesnt happen, right . Its incredibly rare. And is anyone prepared for this . Did she say, i have a bombshell . She did. From tales of a secret love she revealed that she and betsy had had an intimate relationship. To a telltale clue, hidden on a hard drive. It is a smoking gun. Its finally time for the truth. Thats a scary moment. It was a horrible moment. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with return to game night. Reporter they were so sure of themselves as they campaigned for his freedom. He loved her too much more that, they said. And anyway, he was with us, they said. He could never have done those dreadful things, they said. Here on that frigid night in the house on sumac drive, when the woman inside stopped feeling the cold, or anything else. When the husband returned from what hed later say was his ironclad alibi, and called 911.
When the husband returned from what hed later say was his ironclad alibi, and called 911. 9 40pm, december 27th, 2011. What is the location of your emergency . [ crying ] okay. I need you to take a couple deep breaths so i can see whats going on. I just got home from a friends house and and my wife my wife. Reporter the man was hysterical. A real emotion, most who heard it had come to believe. But now, a question was it . God. What is her name . Her name is betsy. Betsy . Yes. Reporter betsy faria. And the crying you can hear is her husband, russell. Oh, my god. No. Russell she do you think that shes beyond help right now . I think shes dead. Okay. Shes gone. Reporter betsy faria was dead and gone at 42. And yet early death for betsy, as you will hear, was not a surprise. That had been preordained, sad to say. No, it was how it happened, why it happened, and all thats happened since in a small town near st. Louis, missouri. Was Russell Faria innocent, as his friends and family and army