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good in his arms. reporter: he was handsome and crazy about her. there was talk of marriage. and then suddenly there was talk of trouble. she was frightened enough not to go home. she had fear that something would happen to her. reporter: it did. my sister s not answering her phone. reporter: how did love go so wrong? in a surprising twist, it would take not one, but two trials to discover the truth. he wasn t convicted of killing my sister anymore, all of a sudden. hello, and welcome to dateline. who who was a savvy entrepreneur. cut tom toolan his teeth in the financial world. they are connection was instant. but when they re somewhere love cooled, tempers flared and the relationship to the tragic turned. initially, it seemed like an open and shut case. but there was a surprise in store. here s what with murder on nantucket island. nantucket island, a gorgeous place off the coast of cape cod. a simple inelegant place in a way this is serious money. the b
a great day. officer daniel was on patrol when the car radio crackled at about 1:15 pm. she was supposed to pick up my son a day camp and she won t answer her phone. okay, i ll find her. now it was a routine matter, or so it seemed. the officer met his partner at hawthorne lane. there were two houses on the property. both were owned by longtime island resident barbara. she said, are you miss lochtefeld? and she said, no, and pointed over there. the reporter: officers walked up and knocked. it was the first hint of trouble. i moved around a bay window. and that was the first time i saw someone on the ground. reporter: for todd always looking at the crime scene. i radioed sergeant koch lee. reporter: furtado s partner
about 1:15 pm. she was supposed to pick up my son a day camp and she won t answer her phone. okay, i ll find her. now it was a routine matter, or so it seemed. the officer met his partner at hawthorne lane. there were two houses on the property. both were owned by longtime island resident barbara. she said, are you miss lochtefeld? and she said, no, and pointed over there. reporter: officers walked up and knocked. it was the first hint of trouble. i moved around a bay window. and that was the first time i saw someone on the ground. reporter: for todd always looking at the crime scene. i radioed sergeant koch lee. reporter: furtado s partner kicked in the door, and saw a
looking at the crime scene. i radioed sergeant koch lee. reporter: furtado s partner kicked in the door, and saw a woman stabbed to death. furtado never saw anything like it and was hit by a wave of fearsome oceans. from shock to awe to frightened. that s how it went. the police training then kicked in. reporter: adrenaline surging, the cops pull their weapons. our thought was to draw our weapon with our safety. so we proceeded to clear the house with weapons drawn. reporter: it was all clear. but horrifying. there were signs of a struggle. blood in a bedroom and in a living room by the body. officer furtado radioed in. i made the comments, just get here. reporter: it was furtado s first homicide. but if he was a stranger to homicide, so is nantucket. there hadn t been a murder on