In the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. Michael lane she lived a very courageous life. She was very bold in the things she did. Craig melvin but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. Steve lungen we knew she did not die in that fire. She died before the fire. Who do you look to as the suspect . Obviously, the spouse is the first person you look to. Craig melvin but her husband had a clear alibi, and he passed a lie detector test. Eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward with a tale of Love And Lust gone wrong. But could she be believed . Was she out for Justice Or Revenge . Is it a perfect world . No. Will she get hers . Yes, when she dies. Craig melvin what was the lie and what was the truth . How could you miss it. He wasnt there. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Paul and Catherine Novak wanted to escape the Hustle And Bustle of the big city. They found peace and quiet when they moved into what catherine dubbed the Big Red House
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) The new year meant the official start of an all-electronic toll collection for Bay Area bridges, including the Bay Bridge, according to the Bay Area Toll Authority.
Drivers will need to have a FasTrak or a license plate account when they go through toll booths on the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, Bay Bridge and San Mateo-Hayward bridges.
but construction at the toll booth forced him to drive through the ez pass lane. he made some mistakes. and he couldn t have anticipated the bridge was going to be under construction with no toll takers. reporter: and then prosecutors presented what they thought would remove any smudge of doubt from their case. a third person who linked paul to the murder. elyse hanlon, scott sherwood s wife. on the stand she recalled a conversation with paul where he told her that he committed the murder and that he did it alone. scott had nothing to do with it. there s no way scott s getting into trouble. scott had nothing to do with it. and he told her i went up there with him, he drove, i went in, i did everything. three people in three different rooms, telling us the same thing. you may not be able to say we have a fingerprint or we have dna, but that s pretty damning evidence. reporter: the last piece the prosecution needed was motive. why would paul want to kill his wife, catherine?
they re as wealthy as they gets in south hampton. how come they couldn t how come they can t? sorry, what was your question? how come they can t afford it? i was going to ask that question. ok. ok. to answer your question, brian. the pensions have gotten completely out of hand. pensions for cops, firefighters, toll takers, you name it, the pensions are completely out of hand. they re rising so rapidly way in excess of revenue to these towns, the towns can t pay. rather than reform the pensions, they reform the pension fund. right. and they changed the law so they could borrow the money to get them where they are today. what they re doing, though, is they re just delaying the game. oh, yes. unless they face the fact that they re running out of money and the way that they ve structured things in the past and currently is a dopey system. they re really going to be in trouble in two years and five years and 30 years from now, they re dead. oh, a couple of years from
democrats you had your time. now it s time to come home. the president told us today if they compromise now there is nothing to stop democrats making a run for the border the next time they don t like legislation. senate democrats promise they won t do that but the republican senate president said it sets a bad precedent. bret? bret: mike tobin in madison. thank you. ohio lawmakers are looking at their own version of a budget measure that expands the field of public workers affected to include police and firefighters. correspondent doug mckelway has the latest. it s known as senate bill 5 and setting off a fire storm in ohio. it would end collective bargaining for all unionized state workers from the university professors, toll-takers, police officers, firefighters and teachers. among the more controversial components it would require merit-based pay, eliminate binding ashation and seniority and would require the state work torres pay higher sector percentages for