it was getting dark as the hunter pulled the trigger, the shape someone said looked like a bear wasn t. i heard this god awful scream. but was this an accident? there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. or something else? he says i m worth more to her dead than i am alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story saw two people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but all agreed this husband and wife had one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here s keith morrison with as darkness fell. twilight, the day going that s, now the night eating up the wild black fast now, the meadow, wild blackwood. what did she know, now as she studied herself in the truck bed, was it hours ago did she know already back at the camp in the morning? or was it later, much later, when they showed her th
i heard this god awful scream. was this an accident? there was absolutely no allegation of evil intent. or something else? i m with more to her dead than i am alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. to outsiders, every marriage is a mystery. some who knew the couple in our story sought to people in love, others a marriage in trouble. but, all agree this husband and wife did have one thing going for them, they both loved hunting. they were also both excellent shots, so good they rarely missed whatever the target. here s keith moore with as darkness fell. twilight, the day going fast now, the meadow, a while in blackwood. what did she know, now as she studied, herself was it hours ago on did she know already back at the camp in the morning? where was it later, much later that they showed her the evidence, and darkness that swallowed them all. they call it the rock, this gorgeous island with this fishing and cove and mile after mile of woods. a place to fall in lo
her husband. so for the prosecution, the harshbarger s accusations were irrelevant, and the case was about criminal carelessness only. look at the evidence the prosecution did introduce, the points which were stressed where that mary beth harshbarger is an experienced hunter. she described herself as a good shot. and yet that night, she fired on a target she had not identified. and mary beth s defense? one thing the owner of the hunting lodge says, maybe mark did look like a bear that night. he was dressed in these navy blue coveralls, two, three-day beard, real dark, real dark complexion. how many bears you estimate you ve seen in the wild? maybe a couple hundred. describe how they move. they ll stand on the hind legs, sniff and sniff. they probably walked toward you a bit, they will go from one side to the next. he was walking in a rolling motion, downhill, watching his