another and eventually an inescapable conclusion. but prosecutor evans, had questions, pointed. ones you could tell it was going to be difficult. where was the smoking? gun where was the murder? weapon where was even one single plug fingerprints tying dawn to the crime? as far as physical evidence, we did not have any. it was truly circumstantial, because we didn t really know anything about what had happened. as far as evans could see, the case was maybe a best. she had no reason to kill teresa. so to bring a case against her, would be pretty tough, i would think. the case with dawn is puzzling. when you are working with a circumstantial case, every piece of evidence is definitely important. how could corporal boyd and sheriff ellis thought for second they were wrong. they believe dawn was the killer. they told the prosecutor not
well, escape the crowd or running from something. yes. where have you gone? mayberry has up and left us. sheriff ken ellis fights real crime these days. the crime you see here you will see in any city, just a smaller version. still moundville is moundville in neighbors tend to know more about each other s business, then they might up in tuscaloosa, for example. which can be a bit of a nuisance as you are about to see if you need to keep a secret. especially, for example, if your secret is about murder. to begin with, this thoughtful young woman was just a girl of 17 back in 2007 when things started coming apart. in a way things do when parents don t talk about it. kelsey mayfield saw that troubled look at her mom s eyes mostly. her mom teresa. i could tell she was very stressed.
welcome back. after years of investigation, police said a suspect in the murder of teresa mayfield. it was her friend, dawn lavender. but what was dawn s motive for the murder? once again, here is keith morrison. on june 11, 2010, almost three years to the day that teresa mayfield was killed, sheriff alice and corporal boy, drove to the wire factory where dawn lavender worked. she was halfway through her day shift. and they told her she was under the arrest for the murder of her friend, teresa may field. she first wanted to know why we were arresting her and then she got to the jail, she said this was wrong, we made a mistake. the corporal in the sheriff, were only too happy to explain how one clue, had led to
nines. it comes after the chunk of the aircraft detached from it alaska airlines plane midair. now back to dateline. w back t o dateline welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. years after teresa mayfield s murder, a casual conversation, overheard in a bar, gave authorities their first break. a break which would lead them to the chilling tale of teresa s murder. once again keith morrison. under a setting sun a sweltering summer night, two years after her death, teresa mayfield s family and friends gathered to remember. i talked to her almost every day and i miss those talks are. they took turns talking about the loving daughter, the softball mom, the sweet woman gunned down in that lonely country road. a murder that was still a mystery.
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