hadn t talked or that one piece of evidence hadn t matched up. and it just took persistence. that s what it needed. but that optimism was lost on the marcell family. they were still living in constant fear brittani s attacker would one day return, possibly for them. it was a scary thought because we didn t know if we were being followed still. and we re all scared. and that s when, in 2012, brittani s mom placed an uncomfortable call to sgt. thomson. i finally said, you know what, i think we need new eyes on the case. and so we had to have some hard discussions about what are the next steps? how can we move this case forward? sgt. thomson decided the best way to accomplish that was to re-assign the case to veteran homicide detective jodi gonterman. i read through the case. i briefed with detective morales. i spoke with the family. brittani didn t remember what happened at all. describe her for us. your first impression, what you thought of her? she s a go-getter. s
done it, her boyfriend? her ex? he was very obsessed with angie. the trail went cold for more than two decades. but she was sure she knew who the killer was, even got a private detective license to help prove it. i said, i m a private investigator, and i need you to tell me where is the evidence, all of that. it wasn t well received at all. finally, the break they needed. we got the match. leading to one of the greatest twists of all time. it could not have shocked me more.? hello and welcome to dateline. when angie samota walked into a room, people noticed. pretty, vivacious, and outgoing. the college student had her choice of dates. then late one friday
john from his first wife and susan from dick horton. who was she? what was she like? i think the best way to describe her is a woman that always wanted to be a mother, was proud to be a mother, even though she had a great education, her passion was to be a good mother. susan, then 39, and john 37, each had two children from their first marriages. friends say that when they met each other, they made an instant connection. vesta hall was a nurse in john s clinic. she was beautiful, vivacious, intelligent, just a really neat lady. i told some people at the clinic i wish i had someone that would look at me the way john looks at susan. two years after their first date, they married at a local country club. dr. steve jimerson, a colleague of john s, was best man. oh, they were la-la. he fawned over her a lot. the doctor and his wife built an envious lifestyle for
were still living in constant fear brittani s attacker would one day return, possibly for them. it was a scary thought because we didn t know if we were being followed still. and we re all scared. and that s when, in 2012, brittani s mom placed an uncomfortable call to sgt. thomson. i finally said, you know what, i think we need new eyes on the case. and so we had to have some hard discussions about what are the next steps? how can we move this case forward? sgt. thomson decided the best way to accomplish that was to re-assign the case to veteran homicide detective jodi gonterman. so, i read through the case. i briefed with detective morales. i spoke with the family. brittani didn t remember what happened at all. describe her for us. your first impression, what you thought of her? she s a go-getter. she s stubborn. she doesn t give up. she s just fascinating. she s cute, vivacious. she s a mom. she has kids. when she got, like, her
angie. the trail went cold for more than two decades. but she was sure she knew who the killer was, even got a private detective license to help prove it. i said, i m a private investigator, and i need you to tell me where is the evidence, all of that. it wasn t well received at all. finally, the break they needed. we got the match. leading to one of the greatest twists of all time. it could not have shocked me more.? hello and welcome to dateline. when angie samota walked into a room, people noticed. pretty, vivacious, and outgoing. the college student had her choice of dates. then late one friday night, angie was murdered. a