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
and you can hear her sobbing as she was taken into the back room. must be great relief? i m just glad for my client. that was a lot of work, and it turned out they don t always turn out. mary beth left the courthouse with returning, and in the part of pennsylvania, very next day, free to return to her kids and mary and her lovely big house, porsche, hummer, and what was left of the 600,000 dollar plus insurance settlement. and furious relatives. she knows what she did. and in my opinion, she killed mark intentionally. she is getting away with murder. it was unbelievable that they let her off with no consequences, no penalty whatsoever. are you happy, miss mary beth? and mary beth? expected a sunny reception to return home to her big farmhouse. but there was a bit of a shake up back of the homestead. mary had run off with the
him. she thought he was a, where she shot him. then, sharon had to tell the father lee. i will never forget the look on her face when she came in, and right away it was mark. mark is gone. just like that? yes, and it was the most devastating thing that had ever happened to me in my life. mark was his baby, his hunting buddy, the son most like him back in newfoundland, the mounties asked mary beth if she would mind staying another day or so while they sorted things, out of course she said yes. though, neither she nor barry slept at all that night. i cried all night, and it is tragic experience at first light, the mounties headed back to the clearing to collect his body, and document what they saw on video. all very sad. in newfoundland, as in many places, hunting accidents are
dean who right after the shooting, and dean who heard that investigators went out to the very spot with the best shot, mark and conducted a reenactment. the results, inconclusive. it was possible at least that a mary beth could have mistaken mark there. though of course, another conclusion was also possible. by this time, with some help from the family, pennsylvania media had gotten wind of his death, and local gossip feasted on what was a juicy story, accident, or not? it would be pretty hard to mistake a human for a bear. mary beth, she kept her mouth shut, at least in public. the, she did fight hard eventually successfully to pry the very successful insurance money from first refused to pay. she started competing again, in local shooting contests. and, when it came to the kids, mary beth claimed the family
i saw a clear bear. what you re telling me as you saw a bear? with the scope, and might make it i. my scope magnified, it and i looked, and it was a bear. and then she said, for this conclusion. i think it was too dark to shoot. i should not have taken the shot. you didn t get a clear picture? i thought i had a clear picture, but obviously not. so, now the question all too familiar to cops everywhere mary beth, you and mark, ever had any marital issues or problems? we had the perfect life, the perfect, marriage the perfect family. i loved him so much. he was my everything. i could not wait for him not as what i live for. we had a great life. we had so much in common.