murdered. as the years went by, the case grew cold, until a reporter he did it up again. stayed up all night reading that file, and it was astonishing. it turns out there was a lot less to this marriage then met the eye. he cheated on vicky the day before they got married, and the day after they got married. but not every cheating part hides a killer. you could hear members of the jury gasp. hello and welcome to dateline, when it comes to solving a crime, time can be the enemy. this is the story of a murder that after seven years might never have been solved, the victim and new mother had been forgotten by almost everyone, except a complete stranger determined to find justice. in the lore of the lone star state, texas lawmen rank pretty high, the good guys in the white hats. their badge brought prestige, their gun fights in the history books. but in the modern-day town of denton, texas, the little the outside the big the dallas deserved one texas law man with
cindy he figured it was just the latest in a long line. i said you are not in love with any of these women, you are in love with the idea of being in, love and you like the feeling that you get when you are dating, when you are courting, everything like, that it is the chase but maybe something was different from the other women could she have something to do with vicky s death? investigators wanted the same thing in fact, the question sydney, and found out she had threatened not had all the makings of a possible motive what s more, bobby had more than $1 million in life insurance on vicky, so in light of that and the rest of the evidence, a circumstantial as it was, six months after vicky died, a grand jury indicted the theory, bobby had killed vicky so he wouldn t lose cindy,
evidence they hoped a jury would feast on. popcorn. popcorn was huge. microscopic bits of corn husker found on vicky s body. and a tiny fragment of popcorn was still in her mouth. who cleans a gun while eating popcorn? prosecutors mused, who brings the ball to bed if they plan a comedic suicide? no one, prosecutors thought. and then you bobby wood reason that is well. investigators say they never found ball with popcorn anywhere in the bedroom that night. prosecutors believe that s because bobby cleaned it all up. almost. we believe that he was picking the popcorn, the physical popcorn, because he knew that it was inconsistent with her cleaning a gun. and was inconsistent with suicide. the jury, almost all women, had heard both sides. they came back quickly. and less than five hours, to have a verdict. someone s gonna, loose and
offense than that his wife died, sounded more like a dying then a report from a police officer. i would have to say it was the most bizarre statement effort that i have seen that was given by a witness or suspect in a criminal case 85, 90% of the statement was extraneous information and typically that is a good indication that somebody is being deceptive to investigators, it was troubling, to bob s friends his behavior sounded familiar. many who knew bob, often surmised there was something behind the badge that was not quite what it seemed. it was a husband, there were questions as well. like the schoolyard visits that bobby always paid to vicky outlines time, well her fellow teachers thought it was just a loving gesture first, but then they began to suspect the visits were really about something else. i think he wanted to see what she was eating, he wanted to be in control of the
vicky was virginia parish a quiet girl, sweetest texas tea and loyal with a touch as soft as her dark blond hair. they can excel that everything that she tried to do were vicky s crew, friends as long as they can remember. sharing your, bicycle sharing your skates, getting out and playing. we had unusual circumstance, we had five girls within a block all the same age. and so we were a gang of girls. complete with that normal insecurities. for her part, vicky was a little chunky, she had braces. more the book warm then the social butterfly. very happy child, shy, but happy. a shyness that was