you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
second degree as charged signed by the residing jury. is this the verdict? yes. david pietz guilty of second degree murder, strangling nici, his wife of almost four years. absolutely elation. i want to justice for my daughter. and we got it. what do you want to say to david pietz now? david, i hope you find it in your heart to be sorry because if you don t he will burn in hell forever. top three weeks later, david pietz returned to court for his sentencing. presiding judge michael hated expressed disgust that david had strangled his wife who trusted him. i don t know what was going through her head as she looked into the face of the man she thought she loved as he took her life away. according, lead the sentence will be the judge sentenced david to 18 years in prison. a maximum time allowed in the second degree murder case. before her daughter is convicted killer was led away, nicole s mother had this to
to support him, no matter what the verdict was. because i feel he would do the same for me. as the hours went by, nici s family prayed, and the prosecutors replayed the case in their hands. i felt there was absolutely nothing we must and in closing or presentation. that s not to say when they are deliberating are not wandering every second what s going, on and whether you are going to succeed. please be seated with the exception of the presiding jury. more than seven and a half years since nici s body had been found, the jury was coming back with a verdict. where the jury find the defendant david pietz guilty of the crime of murdering the
s family prayed, and the prosecutors replayed the case in their heads. i felt there was absolutely nothing we must and in closing or presentation. that s not to say when they are deliberating, you are not wondering every second what s going, on and whether you are going to succeed. please be seated with the exception of the presiding jury. more than seven and a half years since nikki s body had been found, the jury was coming back with a verdict. we the jury find the defendant martin david pietz guilty of the crime of murdering the second degree as charged signed by the residing jury. is this the verdict? yes. david pietz guilty of second degree murder, strangling nikki, his wife of almost four years. absolute elation. i want to justice for my daughter. and we got it. what do you want to say to david pietz now? david, i hope you find it in your heart to be sorry because
family prayed. and the prosecutors replayed the case in their heads. i felt like there s absolutely nothing we missed in closing or in presentation. but that s not to say when they re out deliberating you re not wondering every second what is going on and whether you re going to succeed. please be seated with the presiding of the juror. more than 7 1/2 nicki s body was found, we find david guilty of crime in the second degree signed by the presiding jury. is this the verdict of the jury? yes, it is. david peets guilty of second-degree murder, strangling nicki, his wife of almost four years. oh, absolutely elation. i just wanted justice for my daughter. and we got it. what do you want to say to david peets now? david, i hope, i hope you find it in your heart to be sorry. because if you don t, you ll burn in hell forever.