Narrator she was a bright, young momtobe. She was beautiful. Confident, strong. It was the smile that really got me. Narrator moving on from a messy divorce, jumping into a new romance. No one could believe it when they found her. Theyre saying it was a homicide. Narrator then, police found something else revealing recordings. Brittany Eldridge Everything changed like, instantly. Its weird. Brittanys essentially speaking from the grave. You could see the emotions that she went through. Narrator could she point police to her killer . Im in shock and scared to death. All at once, just in a flash, her life just changed. [theme music playing] hello, and welcome to dateline. It started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a fullblown romance. Problem was, Brittany Eldridge was married to another man. Then, brittany found out she was pregnant. And it was just weeks before her due date that tragedy struck. Investigators would quickly home in on the two men in Brittanys Life
they re saying it was a homicide. then police found something else. revealing recordings. everything changed like instantly. it s weird. brittany is essentially speaking from the grave. you could see the emotions she went through. could she point police to her killer? i am scared to death. all at once just in a flash your life just changed. hello, welcome to dateline. it started with a little flirtation in the office and bloomed into a full-blown romance. problem was, brittany eldridge was married to another man then brittany found out she was pregnant and it was just weeks before her due date that strategy struck. investigators would home in on the two men in brittany s life but was either capable of murder? here s andrea canning with deadly circumstances. imagine all of your phone conversations being recorded for posterity? how would you feel. what secrets would they tell? why are you talking like you re trying to hide something. reporter: this sto
were you the one who broke the news to jeffrey? yes. that must have been extremely difficult. it was very hard. jeffrey, brittany s older brother was at the gym. which got back to my locker and got my phone i had 40 missed calls. she said, somebody killed your sister. did you immediately ask who did this? i never thought about it. all jeffrey could think about was brittany was gone, the kid sister who always filled him with pride and often talked about becoming a mom. now that dream would never be realized and in its place would be a murder investigation. it was a very closed off scene. they had, of course, crime scene tape around. when reporter jamie satterfield heard about a body she went to the scene. are police telling you anything. no. no.
once again here is andrea canning with deadly circumstances . after more than two decades covering murder investigations reporter jamie satterfield knew this one was a no-brainer. the husband who discovered his wife was having another man s baby was someone detectives needed to investigate. did you wonder immediately about brittany s ex-husband. you know, the ex-husband is always your first suspect. their divorce had not been very pleasant. detectives questioned her ex-husband terry. terry was looked at by the police. they did take a dna sample. and it did cross my mind, what if terry did do this. you have to think about all the different possibilities, you know, could this person have done this? would they have done it? what would have been their reason to do it?
in a knoxville, tennessee, courtroom. how nervous were you going into trial? your life is on the line. i was extremely nervous and scared to death. the prosecution told the jury norman clark strangled and stabbed brittany because he didn t want her to have his baby. reporter jamie satterfield. she believed it was the baby that was the target, that this baby was going to ruin norman s life and so he killed brittany more to kill the baby and she was collateral damage. prosecutor leslie nassios painted an ugly portrait of clark. a man having trouble paying his bills trying to juggle relationships with more than a dozen women. what is the nature of your relationship with him? i thought he was my boyfriend. i loved him with all my heart. the jury heard all about norman clark s prolific sex life as several of his lovers took the stand. at some point did your