it s never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. it was just before midnight when the shooting started. he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how is superman dead. he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] describe to me. but if their fought husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn t around. was the father defending the family or was she? she throws that night. the mystery may not be who did it, but why. the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing
father, killed his wife says by an intruder in his own backyard. ,,. . ? . ? . whoops welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here s keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard the warning, but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage jim, because in part it isn t just a gym. it s a kind of shrine. i look at the wall and there s a bunch of pictures. that s what makes it special, i think. these were the moments before they were born when a shot potter named dave laut became s family superman, and his little brother wat
a hidden gun inside the house. so it wasn t long before investigators shifted their focus, from unknown prowler, to the woman who reported one. jane laut. remember those clothes they found in the laundry room? when they tested them, they found gunshot residue. so, did jane sheet dave? and then change into her pajamas before she called 9-1-1? and remember, jane specifically mentioned a red flashlight. so police bagged it, tested it, and found gunshot residue, as though she was holding the flashlight while shooting her husband. and if jen was the killer, this was about as cold blooded as it gets. investigator said that dave had been shot six times. we came up with a fairly logical explanation of how it was done.
dining room, looked inside, and there it was. this is more than likely the murder weapon. a ruger six shot revolver. surely, no prouder would ve dropped a weapon right here in the dining room clock? the prowl or theory did not make any sense whatsoever with a hidden gun inside the house. so it wasn t long before investigators shifted their focus, from unknown prouder, to the woman who reported one. jane laut. remember those close you found in the laundry room? when they tested them, they found gunshot residue. so, did jane sheet dave? and then change into her pajamas before she called 9-1-1? and remember, jane specifically mentioned a red flashlight. so police backed, if tested, and found gunshot residue, as
so did jane shoot dave, then change into her pajamas before she called 911? and you ll remember, jane specifically mentioned a red flashlight. so police bagged it, tested it, and found gunshot residue. as if she was holding the flashlight while shooting her husband. if jane was the killer, this is about as cold-blooded as it gets. investigators said dave had been shot six times. we came up with a fairly logical explanation of how it was done. shot one appeared to have been fired from a distance of several feet. grazed his head. deposited pieces of scalp on a garbage can and then the bullet hit the wall. that shot brought him to his knees, where the killer fired shots two and three into his face at close range. we find the one that goes through his cheekbone, it goes down the side yard, it bounces off of the concrete, it nicks