There appeared to be a body hanging from a banister. From first look it would appear as though it was a suicide. But then they looked closer. It appeared that there was a struggle. My gut was telling me theres something wrong here. Did someone want michele dead . Was someone else willing to help . At that point were shellshocked. A bond forged in blood. Did you cry . We called it the lie and cry conversation. Betrayed by blood. What are you hoping for . Some conversation between the two of them about the death. We have an Investigator Look at the Video Surveillance and he goes, i dont like what im seeing. Youre theorizing the darkest scenario . Yes, we are. Evil. Hello and welcome to dateline. Michele and Lloyd Neurauter were High School Sweethearts who tied the knot two years later, then had three daughters. Their marriage didnt last, but michele and lloyd remained devoted to their girls. Then michele was found dead in her home. At first Police Suspected suicide. But soon the case too
ratchet up the pressure. what s called in cop talk, tickling the wire. is this karrie neurauter? yes, this is she. we have an investigator from corning pd call karrie saying i want to talk to you. and the hope is that that will get a conversation going between lloyd and his daughter. i didn t know if she had time to meet up with mep. i know it s break time and i didn t know what your plans were. had will we be able to talk on monday? okay. with her wire tickled would karrie take the bait and call her father with the latest? she did exactly that. hi, sweetie. hey. i just got off the phone with officer whatever from the corning police department. he called and he s like oh, i d just like to meet face to face as well. you know, i d like you to not do that if you can avoid it. tell him i m sorry, i ve got a counseling appointment back in new jersey tonight, i ve got to get to my counseling appointment. tell him this has been really hard on me. yeah. could you cry?
called in cop talk, tickling the wire. is this karrie neurauter? yes, this is she. we have an investigator from corning pd call karrie saying i want to talk to you. and the hope is that that will get a conversation going between lloyd and his daughter. i didn t know if she had time to meet up with mep. i know it s break time and i didn t know what your plans were. had will we be able to talk on monday? okay. with her wire tickled would karrie take the bait and call her father with the latest? she did exactly that. hi, sweetie. hey. i just got off the phone with officer whatever from the corning police department. he called and he s like oh, i d just like to meet face to face as well. you know, i d like you to not do that if you can avoid it. tell him i m sorry, i ve got a counseling appointment back in new jersey tonight, i ve got to get to my counseling appointment. tell him this has been really hard on me. yeah. could you cry?
and this notion that there was communication to trump s team of these concerns, almost makes you wonder if doj is not using in age-old strategy called tickling the wire. sometimes to do it when you have a wiretap up, no indication that that was true here. but what you can do is go to defense council or defendant with information about something that you are looking at. to see what they do next. to see if there is activity, if there is movement, there is a flurry of conversations and connections. especially if you have people on the inside that you are talking to, or informants or at least witnesses who will talk to you. it can always be very intriguing to see what happens next. after a leak of information of doj like this one. so look, i always remind myself, i remind the viewers, all of this is happening along multiple tracks. one of those tracks, the january six committee. next hearing, this thursday what should we expect?
the authorities held their cards close to their vest. none of their suspicions leaked out. steuben county district attorney brooks baker was consulted as investigators got search warrants so they could tap father and daughter s cell phones. where are you now, sweetie? i m still back at the denny s rest stop. what are you hoping for? what we re hoping for is some conversation between the two of them about the death, about money. hi. hi, sweetie. i m sorry i didn t get your call right away. and? we didn t get much. investigators decided to ratchet up the pressure. what s called in cop talk, tickling the wire. is this karrie neurauter? yes, this is she. we have an investigator from corning pd call karrie saying i want to talk to you. and the hope is that that will get a conversation going between lloyd and his daughter. i didn t know if she had time to meet up with mep. i know it s break time and i didn t know what your plans were. had will we be able to talk