forensic evidence found in taglianetti s car. in a case under the driver seat lee a 3:57 revolver. it was wrapped in a print out of his wife s steamy emails. and on the gun itself we had keith s blood not only on the barrel but in the barrel. that was the gun that was pressed up against keith reed s back. and a big surprise found on s a laptop, the prosecution said. an exit strategy. hours before his arrest, rob taglianetti but a one way ticket to israel. his ultimate idea was to get out of the country. but as convincing as the prosecution s case appeared, defense attorney told the jury it was not at all what it seemed. this is a story about manipulation and exploitation. rob taglianetti, he said, was a u.s. marine with a sterling record. a devoted husband who loved his wife and wanted nothing more than to keep his family together. his wife mary on the other hand
had dinner one time in his life. a woman there convince keith believed to be single. so overwhelming. i thought i would feel relief or happy, but it just wasn t it was tough. among those thinking about keith reed s family is mary taglianetti. my heart goes out to them almost every day. and it s just it s a tragedy. my heart breaks. the reade reed family is far from the only victim in this case. kimberly roush had nothing whatsoever to do with the crime, yet she says she had to endure being questioned as a suspect, while some italy still struggling with the grief of losing a man she loved and admired. he s an incredible man, who loved life. his girls always came first. he was wonderful father figure to my children, as well. keith reed s three daughters
but if he had been, he said, maybe the superintendent was the aggressor. after all he argued, it was his reputation that was at stake if the phone sex with mary was exposed. when someone s confronted with that situation, who knows what they could do. no, there were just too many unanswered questions to justify a guilty verdict, the defense told the jury during closing arguments. the prosecutor has failed to establish his case, and every element of the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. all rice. but it didn t take the jury along. just three hours to come to its decision. how does the judge jury to find the defendant? the jury finds him guilty. guilty of the second-degree murder of school superintendent keith reed. rob taglianetti received 25 years to life in prison. he is appealing his case and declined to interview with dateline . outside, kevin reed embraced his niece. our brother and father killed by the husband of a woman he
did you willing lee provoke him, as the attorney suggests? even leaving opened that email? no, no, i wish they would ve never left that email open. because that s the story the jury is hearing about you. that you are driving the events. yeah, that s not true at all. but the defense attorney went even further. maybe those blistering emails from taglianetti two reed, had really been written by mary. while she denies it, he implied a could be a way from her to free her husband. to show that he left the house with murder on his mind. there is no corroborating evidence whatsoever, of mary s testimony that rob authored of those emails. to try to prove that point, the defensive attorney cited a freeze in one of those messages that he said rob taglianetti would never have used. a marine deserter himself as a former marine. once a marine, always a marine. as for what did happen on keith reed s property than that he was killed, the defense did not concede that rob taglianetti w
the internet had given renewed life to the cyber election ship between school superintendent keith reed and mary taglianetti. now mary would explain to detectives in virginia why she feared their amorous digital trail had led to his death. i m trying to give it everything i can. mary met her husband rob taglianetti in college. he was in a the story in with the marines. she was mostly a stay at home mom to their four kids. she told detectives there 11 years together has been difficult at times. something happened that august which pushed the marriage to the brink. she is at the doctors on her husband discovered an email. his wife thanking read for the previous nights phone s ex. he said do you mind telling me who keith reid is?