it was bad. i quit painting a soon as i found out she married todd and i had no energy, i had no inspiration, i had given up. so, what does this broken hearted love story have to do with the fiery mountain crash? more than you could possibly imagine. in my mind this is not an accident. our friend was murdered, i truly believe that. coming up a married woman s complicated love life. one of rachel s lovers is gone, but not forgotten. i thought maybe later down the road we could get back together again and share life together. and there is a new lover on the horizon. i couldn t get her out of my mind. when dateline continues. [coughing] .by, you know how i feel. if you re tired of staring down your copd,. it s a new dawn, it s a new day. .stop settling.
it is. mary to a man that she had grown to hate, in an affair with a man that she was maybe thinking of cheating on. said the defense. she was conflicted, said todd s attorney. she was telling people that she was afraid of todd. and then, she truly didn t act like it here. todd and rachel looked happy. compared with this photograph taken in las vegas. a few days before rachael dad. but there was something out, said todd s attorney. and there was reason number two that rachel s death was not murder. and that was that at the time, he had a psychotic breakdown when rachael attacked him. his ability to understand what he was doing was diminished. why should a jury believe that? as you remember, rachel herself described todd as unstable at times. and defense presented evidence of what he said, was a history of psychotic episodes. the first one happened in asia, 20 years earlier, when he was married to kathy. and was flying with this
and they said, just stay right where you are at. james s daughter caitlin got a message at school. i got outside, and i called a family friend. and he goes, are you sitting down? i think you need to sit down caitlin. i said what s going on? and. all i remember was dropping to the ground. rachel s friend shannon, could not believe which he read online. i found out there are facebook. i was scrolling, and saw someone post something with rachel. and i was like, with the hell is going on? so i called her younger brother. and she said, someone came into our house and murdered her. and i said, what do you mean? someone came into our house and murdered her? coming up! what had happened in that house? an eyewitness account from todd! i was like, oh my god! get the children out of here. and what does this box have to do with a long ago fire on a dark mountain? when dateline continues.
and she, the woman of the center of all of it was rachel, rachel hadfield. so, rachel, tell me about her. i m sorry. jess whatever. i ll start again. what did that do to you and i said that? my heart made a sound. the subject of rachel is painful for tim, the pain that might lessen if he could learn to forget, all he can do is remember. like the night they first met. it was a july night, a party, she was dancing and i said wow i have to meet that girl. how old were you? i was 18, i think she was 17. oh wow! love of teens, they set a house together, that s tim really
the fact that he hears a marriage in trouble, and guys will play on that. if he s a gentleman, he says i will wait in the wings. and if this flies, perfect. but you know, he didn t. no, apparently nothing could keep the lovers apart. james emailed rachel. hey my love, i miss you something awfully bad. i ve been crying on and off since sunday. i am dying inside. my heart is shattered, i love you endlessly. my sweet love. no, this was not over. not the affair, not the marriage either. and, not the confrontation. something was coming. watch out! 9-1-1, what s your emergency? i m calling to report a fatality. where did this occur? it s in the cameron park. coming up! i was in my yard, and i shot the sheriff s department pulling into the neighbor next door. taking tactical positions. donning flat jackets and pulling ar-15s.