bullet. i m guessing now she and robert had changed places in the suspect pantheon? 100 percent. she is at the top of the list? yes. but the investigation into the death of ray was about to turn as cold as ashton county in february. for a very odd reason. shortly after this case was investigated, by our department, there was a financial collapse. and we laid off about 90% of our officers. the county run out of money? yes. and the result was? murders were not getting solved. wray s case was one of them. his children were not happy. i wasn t not trying to be a pain in the but i, did not want them to drop the case. but they ran out of money? i mean all kinds of things go wrong and murder investigations, but the police department running out of money was not usually one of the things you think of? no. and for almost two years, nothing happened? yeah. monika s two children were
so what did you do. i pressed on. i did what i was going to do. i made sure that there was justice. that was really easier said than done. hard times were coming to ashton vail county. two strong suspects. but the case is about to go cold. why? because instead of looking for keller, the detectives are looking for all kinds of things go wrong and murder investigations, but the police department running out of money is usually not one of the things you think of? now. when dateline continues! dateline continues non-drowsy claritin-d knocks out your worst allergy symptoms including nasal congestion, without knocking you out. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. claritin-d.
just a shortage of detectives. all kinds of things go wrong and murder investigations. but the police department running out of money, is not one of the things you think of. now. i preston. i did what i had to do. would she ever find justice? it s your father, your father is murdered. you re not going to give up. welcome to dateline. on a warm day in august, 65 year old ray quenched his thirst with a cool drink that drink contained a secret. a potion. so sinister, he would be dead within hours. not only did investigators have to figure out what killed the happily retired pennsylvania man but who would want him dead and why, here is josh mankiewicz with something sweet. the course of two love takes
and eva woke up. todd kept them out of the room where the mom lay dead. then he said he cleaned up the house as well as he could. and at 10:26 a.m., a couple of hours after rachael died, he found a friend. and asked him to inform the police. tell me exactly what you heard from your neighbor. i was an attorney, i was told immediately about the situation. at 10:20 todd took his kids to the neighbor s house. i took them to the house, informed them that rachael was dead. i said i had a serious situation across the street, could you watch the kids. murder investigations are put on more than just witness statements. the team watched over to todd and rachel s house. an assistant the aide join them, as they searched and documented the interior of the house that was astutely chaotic. the house as well manicured,
forward, that summer, lidl report up the murder investigations in august 201 scott purk was indicted for tw arson s. the fire in his home, and th one at amy s duplex. can we show you of photo of scott purk i d ask if you ever knew him they did, and i ve neve seen it before in my life. not somebody crossed path with in your personal life hospital, anywhere i don t remember seeing him at all the day after the indictmen was handed out, jim and anothe officer staked out scott s apartment. and we weren t there mayb 15, 20 minutes at the most and here comes scott s van pulling in he pulls in front of his apartment. we pull in and block him fro leaving. two and a half years afte the fire at his home, 18 month since the fire at amy s duplex scott purk was in custody, and