it s never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. it was just before midnight when the shooting started. he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. a man was dead, but not just any man. how do you kill superman? how is superman dead. he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] describe to me. but if their fought husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn t around. was the father defending the family or was she? she throws that night. the mystery may not be who did it, but why. the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing
father, killed his wife says by an intruder in his own backyard. ,,. . ? . ? . whoops welcome to dateline. i elite athlete who reached olympic heights taking home a bronze medal at the 1984 olympic games for dave holmes ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said there was uproar and then gunfire. place found dave loud dead and troubling walls and jane story. here s keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. it was late when it happened, very late. too late. the sky had already fallen. no one saw it coming, no one heard the warning, but now in the night, it was done. they work hard here in their homemade garage jim, because in part it isn t just a gym. it s a kind of shrine. i look at the wall and there s a bunch of pictures. that s what makes it special, i think. these were the moments before they were born when a shot potter named dave laut became s family superman, and his little brother wat
this single action gun, in the hands of this defendant required her to pull back that hammer, fire. pulled back the hammer, fire. each and every time. for the six times that she aimed at her husband and shot him. like this, said the prosecutor, as he played a video of a woman firing that very gun. but, said the defense attorney, that is not the only way to fire the gun. if you hold the trigger down, you can pull the hammer back. this is called fanning the gun, something you would expect to see an old western. but a prosecution expert countered that a movie is the only place he d ever seen that. every expert that came up said that that is absurd. the accuracy of firing a gun six times and hitting your target six times in the dark is astronomical.
the like this, said the prosecutor, as he played a video of a woman firing that very gun. but, said the defense attorney, that is not the only way to fire the gun. if you hold the trigger down, you can pull the hammer back. this is called fanning the gun, something you would expect to see an old western. but a prosecution expert countered, the movie is the only place he d ever seen that. every expert that came up said that that is absurd. the accuracy of firing a gun six times and hitting your target six times in the dark is astronomical. after seven weeks of testimony, final arguments from both sides, defense attorney bamieh made an impassioned plea to the jury. why would jane laut do this? why would she do this? when you think about it, there s only one real reason. only one. it s what anybody would do to
required her to pull back that hammer, fire, pull back the hammer, fire each and every time. for the sixes times. as she aimed that weapon at her husband and shot him. like this, said the prosecutor. as he played a video of a woman firing that very gun. but, said the defense attorney, that s not the only way to fire the gun. you pull the trigger down, you can pull the hammer back. this is called fanning the gun. a sort of thing you would expect to see in an old western. but a prosecution expert countered that a movie is the only place he had ever seen that. every expert that came up said that that is absurd. the accuracy of firing a gun six times and hitting the target six times in the dark is astronomical. after seven weeks of