this is dateline it was just a shock not even for a second did it ever occur in my mind that h would be in danger it s hard to even imagine that someone could be so evil at last, his dream had come true new wife new stepdaughter a whole new start. almost an instant family fo him. this scene perfect and that s what made what happened so baffling suddenly, he was dead on the floor. otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not drop that dead. something is not adding up. could this mean murder? there were suspicions from the start, and they came from hi wife you believe there is possibility that your husban was poisoned yes, sir. poisoned? who could have wanted him dead police zeroed in on someone at work he was pretty angry about that it was initially very angr about, yes and you don t have to kill? who knows what s his new wife i danger to? i m scared to death brace yourselves becaus this killer was stone cold evil wow this has got me shak
i thought it would bring me more peace than it did. i wa relieved that he was found guilty. but it didn t bring me the peace that i thought i would. reporter: justice, sometime what feels like justice to som doesn t to others, not at all. but this we can say. once ther was a fine and lovely woma whose life was good and useful who loved her children they were her world. and no matter what had happened, what was said, what s been done what s been drug up that she loves them and she wants the to be successful and have good lives. reporter: now, she did no deserve the way her life ended on that cold december morning your park washington i m craig melvin.
That he would like to deal ver harshly with whoever had don that to him. yeah he was initially ver angry about it, yes. angry enough to kill? who knows and we don t know chad hollowa very well yet. we get to know him and that what we needed to do in this particular case. what detectives call gettin to know you, doesn t seem feel quite so friendly when you are a potential murder suspect i was under the impression, before they talked to me, that they were so convinced i did this, that they had stopped at the sheriff s department and told them to prepare to book me you are in the crosshairs i m in the crosshairs how did that conversation go? they came up and asked a lo of questions before they ever met chad detectives had already learned something important, that th misconduct allegations against him had been thoroughl investigated by local la enforcement, and found to be completely baseless. but, the detectives also knew false allegation can still be very good motive