killer. i wanted all of this to be behind this. go on happily ever after. single mom meets single dad, and in a single moment it was love. he was very handsome. he was fun. all smiles, very outgoing, charming. everything he did melted my heart. but there is something else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. my wife, she s dead. i just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he had become the focus in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too? on the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. i felt horrible for him. you did not want to believe? it who would want to believe that? hello. welcome to dateline. vanessa pond was a single parent lookin
something about his past. something deadly. i just came in the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said, i should probably let you know, my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he d become the focus, in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too? i m a father, i have a family, i didn t kill janet. i felt horrible for him. you don t want to believe? it no. who would want to believe that? hello, welcome to dateline. vanessa pond was a single parent looking for a second chance at love, and in raven abaroa, she thought she found her soulmate. the pair started dating, then came a chilling admission. raven told vanessa that he was carrying some heavy baggage. more than 2000 miles away, he was a suspect in his wife s unsolved murder. still, vanessa clung to the dream that they could live h
Life. I wanted them to find the real killer. I wanted all of this to be behind us. And go on happily ever after. Single mom single dad. And any single moment, it was love. He was very handsome. He was fun. All smiles, very outgoing, charming. Everything he did melted my heart. But there is Something Else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. My wife, shes dead. I just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. She was crying, he was in shock. His whole life was shattered. He said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. Killed in a crime that had never been solved. She was almost the perfect victim. And what about him . He had become the focus in his first wifes mysterious death. Was he a victim too . On the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. I felt horrible for him. You did not want to believe . It who would want to believe that . Hello. Welcome to dateline. Vanessa pond was a single parent looking for Secon
she made promises to love him for good, for bad, for ugly and to support him. but brittani notice other problems in the marriage. janet, she says, was struggling with what appeared to be ravens increasingly dramatic mood swings. she told me that sometimes things were like perfect and it was like holding your breath because you never knew when the coin would flip and all of a sudden everything that was wrong in the world was her fault. things got so bad that a year before the homicide, janet and raven briefly separated. by itself, a marriage on the rocks did not mean raven wasn t anyway responsible for janet s death. despite police suspicion, many
scheduled to begin, the state made a stunning announcement. extended a plea to that has been accepted the da s office made raven admiral a offer he couldn t refuse. plead guilty to manslaughter, not murder, and serve less than four more years in prison. do you personally accept this plea? yes. you are okay with? that given the alternative. because if he gets try to, get in his acquittal he walks free. immediately. this wasn t just any plea raven was offered an alfred plea. meaning he would not be offered that did not sit well with prosecutor frank s. it wasn t my decision to make. i try the cases, i m not the administrator. that was up to my boss, and my supervisor.