daniel knew her a long time. they had a child together. he described them as best friends, but he wanted more. i believe he loved her, but wanted a romantic relationship with her . and you knew that sometimes that may daniel, if not angry, at least unhappy . it certainly seemed of the three men in her life, he seemed to be the one on the outside looking in. however, in the weeks before tori was killed, things were beginning to change between tori and daniel. she seemed open to the possibility of making their relationship more than just friends, but she was not sold on it. she was not quite as into that whole idea as you. i don t think so. that bother you? no, not really. i don t believe you. i was upset she still talked to dennis and other people, but i knew how she was before, so i accepted her at how she was. daniel had spent years being forgiven of tori s weaknesses.
suspects. the two men in her life, robert head and joe carter had been eliminated. and a home invasion seem very unlikely in her gated community. there was no histories of any peeping tom s. no histories of any unsolved in the neighborhood. so we just kept coming to dead ends. the thing is, they felt sure this had to be a rage murder. so violent, so protracted. which made it very likely it was someone nikki new. even possibly, a family member. we started getting into some of the family dynamics. that s when they ve turned up in police files, this remarkable incident back in 2007. one brief snippet of family history, but an event that changed everything that came to after. conyers 9-1-1, yes ma am i just woke up and my daughter is gone at the house. that was the voice of nikki whitehead. meaning your daughter was abducted? i don t know, man. i woke up the door was unlocked, and she s gone.
good night, i m lucy mendez stepping in for you can catch my show american voices saturday sunday at six pm on msnbc. from all of our colleagues across the networks at msnbc news, thanks for staying up late, i ll see you this weekend. it s like a sadness. you can t sleep. it just kind of consumes you. and even when you can move on, you just never forget. someone who has really left such an impact on your life. she was a really good man mom. she was good to her kids. she was just 20 steps from her front door, she never made it. we can t explain what happened in those 20 steps. it just didn t make sense to me. a working mom, murdered. it s hard to imagine that anybody would be capable of something like that. police started with the men in her life. was one of them behind her death? everybody was a suspect.
there because he had murdered her to defend herself. and so that s what they did. and shame on them. it didn t work? it didn t work. despite the defense s attack on angie and its suggestions about the men in her life, the jury deliberated for less than an hour. the verdict was guilty. the same jury sentenced donald bess to the death penalty. his appeal to the texas supreme court was denied in 2013 but he wouldnt be executed. in 2022 he died in prison. for angie s friends, this was the end of a very long and very sad trail. i can only guess that angie would have been probably overwhelmed to