From one. This man sent my dad a bomb. We were there for a surprise phone call from another. [ phone ringing ] can i get it . Reporter its Josh Mankiewicz from dateline. Is there anything you wanna say . No shortage of suspects. Just a shortage of detectives. Reporter all kinds of things go wrong in Murder Investigations, but the Police Department running out of money is usually not one of the things you think of. No. I pressed on. I did what i had to do. Would she ever find justice . Its your father. Your father was murdered, youre not gonna give up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with Something Sweet. Reporter the course of true love takes some strange twists and turns, particularly when it flows out of an Online Dating site. Occasionally, a cyberfling blossoms into a marriage. This is the story of one of those marriages what went right, and what did not. Back in 2002, ray kotomski was a 60yearold, happily retired, former corrections officer, living comfor
Shumaker, new teresa kotomski boyfriend of five years. she was standing by the woman, and raising the grandkids. and not after long that she was serving the sentence, he asked her to marry him. you meet this woman, she is already a suspect in a murder investigation. and then she is arrested? and tried? and convicted? and you can find someone who is not locked up. but you don t want anyone else, you want her. yes i want her. why is that? because i love her, and i want to spend the rest of my life with her. i think she is an awesome woman. she is everything that a man looks for. while we were talking with him, he got a call. can i get a? it was teresa calling from behind bars, she and tim caught up for a few minutes, and then he put her and speaker.
It was like, wow, we finally got somewhere. after a few days in jail, teresa was released on bond. look enforcement officials know that the case had problems. ohio attorney general, mike s, gave raise family a depressingly realistic appraisal. we told them all along that this was going to be a tough case. be prepared. be prepared for a loss. we might not win this? we might not win this case. coming up! proof that teresa is innocent. or proof of the perfect crime? did you find any dna on the part of mrs. teresa kotomski? we found no dna. and no fingerprints? that is correct. when dateline continues! ne continues with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i m getting into my groove. (uplifting music) along with significantly clearer skin. skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain,
Teresa kotomski and her dead husband, raymond kotomski, made their way to the courthouse. my body was literally shaking, i was so afraid that i could get worked up for that. almost six years. and i was so afraid that she was going to get away with it. it looked as a phrase daughters fares, were justified. the court finds the defendant, teresa not guilty of contaminating a substance for human consumption. the judge reads the first count. tempering with food. not guilty. and you think, well that is it? yeah, we are done. she got away with it. it s a moment that monica will look bad on, for the rest of her life. are you looking at teresa? yes. and thinking what? i have.