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
of your lifestyle that you re sleeping with 15 different women. right. which has nothing to do with the murder. during the trial norman clark s mother was in the courtroom supporting her son. as the jury started deliberations she was anxious and bitter. they ve taken a good young man and they ve destroyed his life. brittany s brother jeffrey was certain the jury would return the verdict he d wanted so badly. i thought 100% we got there. no doubt whatsoever that they were going to come back and return a guilty verdict. nobody on the outside really know what is happens in a jury room. and after deliberating for six hours, this jury gave up. they came close but could not reach a unanimous verdict. the vote was 11 not guilty. only 1 guilty. at this point i am going to declare a mistrial and disband this jury. they come back hopelessly deadlocked. not only that it s 11-1 acquittal. you must have been shell shocked.
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 story begins here at a suburban office outside knoxville, tennessee. looks a lot like any office in america. but when workers here talked on their desk phones, every word was captured. she always looks like she s about to kill be. and, oh, the stories they told. unfiltered and intimate with details about office romances. oh, my god, he was so hot. and in one heartbreaking case, maybe even clues about a murder. this was a real whodunit. norman clark loves sports. his mother says he was a top athlete and a good son too. he was a loving, hard worker, caring person.
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