murdered. as the years went by, the case grew cold, until a reporter he did it up again. stayed up all night reading that file, and it was astonishing. it turns out there was a lot less to this marriage then met the eye. he cheated on vicky the day before they got married, and the day after they got married. but not every cheating part hides a killer. you could hear members of the jury gasp. hello and welcome to dateline, when it comes to solving a crime, time can be the enemy. this is the story of a murder that after seven years might never have been solved, the victim and new mother had been forgotten by almost everyone, except a complete stranger determined to find justice. in the lore of the lone star state, texas lawmen rank pretty high, the good guys in the white hats. their badge brought prestige, their gun fights in the history books. but in the modern-day town of denton, texas, the little the outside the big the dallas deserved one texas law man with
evidence they hoped a jury would feast on. popcorn. popcorn was huge. microscopic bits of corn husker found on vicky s body. and a tiny fragment of popcorn was still in her mouth. who cleans a gun while eating popcorn? prosecutors mused, who brings the ball to bed if they plan a comedic suicide? no one, prosecutors thought. and then you bobby wood reason that is well. investigators say they never found ball with popcorn anywhere in the bedroom that night. prosecutors believe that s because bobby cleaned it all up. almost. we believe that he was picking the popcorn, the physical popcorn, because he knew that it was inconsistent with her cleaning a gun. and was inconsistent with suicide. the jury, almost all women, had heard both sides. they came back quickly. and less than five hours, to have a verdict. someone s gonna, loose and