jessica s neck. police said we re going to rule this as a homicide. detectives using new technology to view this crime scene and extreme detail. there s no forced entry. no tool marks. there was blood on the couch. who could ve done this? they say that usually is someone close. an investigation focusing on friends and family. he brought up his association with a motorcycle gang. he came off as kind of a tough guy. we fooled around a little bit. just like, teasing, sibling teasing. i guess you can call. it he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. wow. a chilling story. danger and duplicity. we were trying to figure out who did this. he knew the whole time. this is the ultimate betrayal. hello and welcome to dateline . jessica nelson was a hardworking single mom polluted on her little boy and kept her loved ones close. then one morning she was found dead in the house she shared with her son. the discovery left
he brought up his association with a motorcycle gang. he came off as kind of a tough guy. we fooled around a little bit. just like, teasing, sibling teasing. i guess you can call. it he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. wow. a chilling story. danger and duplicity. we were trying to figure out who did this. he knew the whole time. this is the ultimate betrayal. hello and welcome to dateline . jessica nelson was a hardworking single mom polluted on her little boy and kept her loved ones close. then one morning she was found dead in the house she shared with her son. the discovery left her family shattered, but their ordeal would just beginning. detectives would soon discover someone close to jessica was living a lie. hairs keith morrison with evil intent . it was 9:00 in the morning on the 20th with june, 2015. omaha, nebraska. missy nelson s morning ritual was interrupted by a phone call. it was the bank where her d
they said we have made an arrest and we have arrested matthew kidder. my head hit the table. missy and harry gathered the family to tell them. i said look around, look at everybody here, who is one person that would probably be here but isn t? and my son matthew raised his eyebrows like oh my god no. up until that moment, matt kidder had been matt nelson s best friend in the world. the one he trusted implicitly. the one who would never, ever, betray them. and here they were. everyone who was there broke down, bawling their eyes out. as matt kidder waited in the local jail, evidence piled up. he talked to his father on the phone. recorded of course. i think she fell asleep on the couch after i left, and somebody came in behind. after you left? you were
evidence we had, you might scratch your head and go do they have the right guy? because he was so convincing. but police believe that they did have the right guy. and they arrested him. for the murder of his lifelong friend, jessica nelson. stand up, man i m not going to jail for this. it s not up to you. decision s been made. so i need you to stand up. it s the wrong [bleep] decision. that s something you can take up with your attorney. right now you need to stand up cause you re leaving here, okay? use you re leaving here, okay? now it was time to tell the nelson s. they said we have made an arrest and we have arrested matthew kidder. my head hit the table. missy and harry gathered the family to tell them. i said look around, look at everybody here, who is one person that would probably be here but isn t? and my son matthew raised his eyebrows like oh my god no.
they arrested him for the murder of his lifelong friend jessyka nelson. stand up, man. i m not going to jail for this. it s not up to you. decision s been made. so i need you to stand up. it s the wrong [ bleep ] decision. that s something you can take up with your attorney. right now i need you to stand up because you re leaving here. okay? reporter: now it was time to tell the nelsons. he said, we have made an arrest, and we have arrested matthew kidder. my head hit the table. we didn t get into details on the evidence. we made sure they understood there s no doubt in our mind we have the right person in custody. and the only way i can describe is they were in disbelief. very quiet. i don t think anywhere in their mind did they believe that somebody so close to them could