His Palm Print was on the Murder Weapon. No question it was his. Craig Melvin Voiceover but the mystery was just beginning because the dna was some other male. Craig Melvin Voiceover as the town chose sides and families fought for justice, more startling developments in a horrific murder. When youve got something that was this bad somebody has got to pay. Somebody has to pay. [theme music] hello, and welcome to dateline. Nona Dirksmeyer And Kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. She was a selfconfident 19yearold known for her beautiful voice. He was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. Then a brutal attack shattered their dreams. It was a crime that would shake a small Southern Town to its Core And Pit a family against the community they called home. Heres Keith Morrison with what happened to the Beauty Queen . Keith Morrison Voiceover look at her. Look at the young woman at the heart of our story. You can see how lovely she is, the young Beauty Queen. Can you see her vul
Don t think of them. The pain becomes a part of you. Get everybody out here to my house now. He came home and found her, his entire family gone. I said what are you talking about, what are you saying? it was surreal. As fellow cops suspected him. I did not do this. I did not do this. She was upset. She felt like history is repeating itself. Or police just plain wrong? it s like a twilight zone. Lies become truth and the truth becomes lies. May be the real killer was still out there. You have lied to the police about this case. So devastating. We know that was probably the key to solving this. 13 years of hell. Such an awful crime. The wife, the little boy and girl, shot at pointblank range. I was dumbfounded with shock. How to comprehend it? i said what, wait, what are you talking about, what are you saying? the husband had an alibi. He could have done anything, but he didn t. 13 years, three trials, appeals, reversals and changing stories. The big picture here for a lot of people as i
Encountered that night. Scared. How many times did they come talk to you . 30 plus. Two tantalizing clues, a hand a print. The subject had blood on their hand. And a trail on twitter. Incredibly powerful. You can almost see this happening in realtime. Could she help solve her own mystery . Shes fighting him off. It was so emotional. I wanted to jump out of my seat. Never in a million years would you expect Something Like that. On long island, the fancy cars and the elites of the hamptons is a blue collar beach town some call the poor mans paradise. But life was rich for these brothers and sisters in mastic, new york, filled with the love of a large tightknit family. All that was taken away one warm evening when evil rolled in with the summer tide. Their youngest sister was missing. We just want you to come home safely. And for better or worse, this family would go to extraordinary lengths to find her. Were going to scour those woods right now. We were our own investigators. Heres me an
This is not someone in a maga hat at cpac last year. It is a random new yorker in the year 1985. 1985 was the year that Rudolph Giuliani made a name for himself. It was the year that giuliani pioneer the same prosecutorial tactics that now very much look like they could be his downfall. But let me back up just a little bit. This is carmine the cigar galante. He was allegedly the boss of one of new yorks most powerful Crime Families. And in the 70s, galante flew a little too close to the sun. He was shot point blank at an Italian Restaurant in brooklyn. Allegedly the motivation of his assassins ways that galante had to decided he should be the head mob boss. But the other mob bosses didnt want to agree. A Guy Named Anthony Indelicate whackwhacks palm print but mr. Indelicato whackwhack was almost definitely not the person who decided the fate of carmine the six car. Whackwhack may have been part of the group that but he would not have mr. Indlicato ways what is referred to in the mafia
there. i have to go over there. she was a commander who cared. i was like, when are you doing. and she says, i m writing birthday cards to all my soldiers. her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted that. he was just as loving and doting as lyndon was. no one could believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. an army commander being murdered was unheard of. the first suspect, as usual, the husband. but this one had a rock solid alibi. it would have been very difficult for him to have committed this murder. this soldier have enemies off the battlefield? her brother in law had a grudge. rodney was going around calling her names, vulgar names. her husband had a girlfriend. roger was sitting with a young lady, and they were cut cuddled up. we found out that she was pregnant. who killed the commander? in a place where loyalty is prized above all, one clue. that palm print was a key part of the case. would reveal a brea