done it, her boyfriend? her ex? he was very obsessed with angie. the trail went cold for more than two decades. but she was sure she knew who the killer was, even got a private detective license to help prove it. i said, i m a private investigator, and i need you to tell me where is the evidence, all of that. it wasn t well received at all. finally, the break they needed. we got the match. leading to one of the greatest twists of all time. it could not have shocked me more.? hello and welcome to dateline. when angie samota walked into a room, people noticed. pretty, vivacious, and outgoing. the college student had her choice of dates. then late one friday night, angie was murdered. a crucial clue pointed to one man, but in this case, nothing was as it seemed. it would take decades, and a tenacious friend who uncover the truth. here s josh mankiewicz with in the middle of the night. it was a saturday morning in 1948 when sheila wysocki s phone rang. i
I am never going to have my son back. I dont get to go to his High School Graduation were see him go to college. I have no idea what happened. It was like a meteor hit. A 12yearold kid, loved to ride his scooter everywhere, lost his life at the hands of a killer. Hes a soccer coach. Great, on and off the field, great role model. They dont have a fingerprint. They dont have a witness. There is a darkness at work. People call me a murderer. I am 100 innocent. You could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom. A small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. Upstate new york, a small speck on the map on the road to the canadian border. They like to joke that there are more cows than people and i dont think they are joking. In a sleepy place, you would think nothing happens that could interest the outside world , but an epic story has unfolded. A murder case, for sure, but so much more. Its a little bit fargo. Jesse mckinney, reporter for the new york times, was drawn to it. It
How far would you go . How long would you wait to get justice for a friend . He killed her. He needed to pay for it. They had been college roommates, super close. Until that terrible night. The wounds could suggest rage at the victim. Absolutely. Who could have done it, her boyfriend . Her ex . He was very obsessed with angie. The trail went cold for more than two decades. But she was sure she knew who the killer was, even got a private Detective License to help prove it. I said, im a private investigator, and i need you to tell me where is the evidence, all of that. It wasnt well received at all. Finally, the break they needed. We got the match. Leading to one of the greatest twists of all time. It could not have shocked me more. Hello and welcome to dateline. When angie samota walked into a room, people noticed. Pretty, vivacious, and outgoing. The College Student had her choice of dates. Then late one friday night, angie was murdered. A crucial clue pointed to one man, but in this c
a teenager, home alone in a night of terror. i would stare out the window and try to figure out how scared she must have been. on her body, like a signature, a handprint in blood. it was a crime of passion. there s a lot of anger involved in this. but how long? because that handprint doesn t belong to the man police put in prison. the anger just surged through me. now, a mother turns detective. her words to me were, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. join in as she hunts for the killer and searches for the truth. i wanted to put my fist through the tv. it still brings the hair up the back of my neck. hello, and welcome to dateline. a confession can wake up murder investigation wide open. soon after 19 angie was found stabbed, a local named christopher tapp admitted he was one of her killers. police reported every grisly detail that convinced that they had cracked the case. but years later, there was someone else who thought those tapes m
She says she is innocent, but what about those Astonishing Police interviews . I wanted him dead, and mow hes gone, and im okay with it. Now she is free, and for the first time revealing every detail, answering all the questions she couldnt before. Did you really want him dead . No. We are face to face with the woman in the water. Two years, seven months and 22 days behind bars. Some people say thats not enough time, that you got away with murder. Im david muir. And im elizabeth vargas, and this is 20 20. Reporter an abandoned kingdom and an unforgiving river, with a mystery running through it. The woman at the heart of the case, the one they call the kayak killer, walks out of prison on a Sunny Afternoon four days before christmas, 2017. Angelika graswald had been charged with the murder of her fiance, Vince Viafore. She pulled the plug on her fiances kayak and then watched him drown in the hudson river. Reporter facing a possible life sentence. Until she was suddenly set free. Angeli