wounds to his back, into the back of his head. james was a mess. she told investigators she had no idea who would do this. is there anyone would want to harm him at all? no. son michael, ten at the time, slept through it all and jane s brother took charge of him while jane went down to the oxnard police station to offer more hoops complete statement. it s been a perfectly normal evening, she said. they were in bed by ten, dave in the master bedroom, she in michaels room where she often slept because david about back, and then it was about an hour later, she said about 11:00. who was? dave came down the hall she said, worried about the dog.
but the very idea that jane was an abused spouse, that she killed dave in self-defense? absolutely ludicrous said the lauts, and an outrageous allegation. about dave. i know my brother, he s just a good man. he d give you the shirt office back. that was just the way he was. can you see him losing his temper at the woman he s losing married to, abusing, or adding or? never. no, no. no said the lauts. no said the police. besides they said, maybe jane had quite another motive for killing dale out. a financial one. coming up. borrowed money. many thousands of dollars and even more money dave. sometimes she would say things like, i d be better off with dave wasn t around. when dateline continues.
it? well davis here, there is the gate. so it s over there. so how far behind him are you? about five feet. you see a shadow by the trash can. what do you do? he said, get your and then, going to the door. and then what happens? then i hear the shots, and then i shut the door. and the gunshots? but did it sound like? it sounded like a pop. like, quick. how many pops did you hear? three. describe them to me, how fast they were. pop, pop, pop. it wasn t pop hesitation pop. it was, one, two, three. i mean, like, this. as jane talked to investigators in the early morning hours, the awful news was getting around. we got a call about 5:00 in the morning. what happens to a person? you go to bed at night and everything s fine, and then the phone rings at 5:00 in the morning and suddenly your life is a very different thing? yeah, it s like an
stories emerged. it seems like she was controlled in my opinion. and across the street neighbor. he s there standing there while she s pulling weeds pulling up gutters, washing his truck, and he s not lifting a finger to help or? come on. well, jane seemed one nervous? like a scary little rabbit. i was always a little bit leery about what was going on in the home. she said this remained of of a mother vulnerable creature. jane was like a scared little cat constantly doing a little twitch, looking over her shoulder to see if someone was behind her. and this from jane s former coworker. he was very aggressive, he was very demanding and when he said jump, she would go, how high. how strange it was she thought that jane always wore long sleeves even when it was hot outside. but more disturbing there were times when she would come in.
jane asked her for a lot of money, give or different excuses why she needed money. to pay mortgages or something like that? mortgages, doctor bills. schools, tuitions, school supplies. how much money talking about? thousands of dollars. it was a lot. and when they found out that dave had three life insurance policies? i think we total it all up and it came up to 300, $350, 000, somewhere in that neighborhood. she was likely to see if a prowler had done this. was there any indication that she was capable of violent acts? or a stern person who could be violent? she said some things to me. and i dismissed them because i maybe didn t want to believe that she was capable, but sometimes she would say things like, i d be better off if dave wasn t around. meanwhile, justice crawled.