north of des moines is a company town. headquarters for one of the largest grocery chains in the midwest. fareway. it s a family owned company, and rick beckwith is a third generation ceo. he and his wife cindy raised a family of five here. their youngest daughter emily, the sweet, but quiet one. kind of a shrinking violet? the oldest sister said that she never got spanked. she didn t. she just remained silent and look at me with those big, brown eyes, and it was over. even though emily was from a prominent wealthy family, her friend lisa says emily never flaunted it. everyone knew that emily was a beckwith, but i never felt less of a person in the presence of emily or any one of her family. emily was the girl everyone wanted to be friends with and every boy wanted to date. according to friends shannon and sarah. could have had any oh, anybody.
and the high-profile beckwith name, the case was moved out of boone, 200 miles away to decorah, iowa, where the fazzinos and the beckwiths were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor told the jury that after a deteriorating relationship and with divorce papers filed, alex lost it that night and killed his wife. alex had everything to gain by emily s death. he had everything to lose by emily being alive. alex would lose his kids. would lose his job. would lose his house. and lose his money in a fight. for a divorce. the state started its case using alex s own words. help! help! 911, what s the location of your emergency? prosecutors said this wasn t grief, it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely
her murder. please rise. because of pretrial publicity and the high-profile beckwith name, the case was moved out of boone, 200 miles away to decorah, iowa, where the fazzinos and the beckwiths were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor told the jury that after a deteriorating relationship and with divorce papers filed, alex lost it that night and killed his wife. alex had everything to gain by emily s death. he had everything to lose by emily being alive. alex would lose his kids. would lose his job. would lose his house. and lose money in a fight for a divorce. the state started its case using alex s own words. help! help! 911, what s the location of your emergency?
please rise. because of pretrial publicity and the high-profile beckwith name, the case was moved out of boone, 200 miles away to decorah, iowa, where the fazzinos and the beckwiths were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor told the jury that after a deteriorating relationship and with divorce papers filed, alex lost it that night and killed his wife. alex had everything to gain by emily s death. he had everything to lose by emily being alive. alex would lose his kids. would lose his job. would lose his house. and lose his money in a fight. for a divorce. the state started its case using alex s own words. help! help! 911, what s the location of your emergency? prosecutors said this wasn t grief, it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex
even though emily was from a prominent wealthy family, her friend lisa says emily never flaunted it. everyone knew that emily was a beckwith, but i never felt less of a person in the presence of emily or any one of her family. emily was the girl everyone wanted to be friends with and every boy wanted to date. according to friends shannon and sarah. could have had any oh, anybody. any boyfriend. all these boys were gaga over her. i mean, she was gorgeous. you ve seen pictures of her. even in high school, she was gorgeous. it just wasn t her thing to date. by the time she was 21, emily had moved about 200 miles south to kansas city, missouri, working in a hair salon. one night in 2001, she went to a bar and a local boy named alex fazzino spotted her from across the room. it s one of those, like, ah-ha moments, you might say. i was like, i have to go talk to that girl. after a few dates, alex says he knew she was the one.