i m craig melvin and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. the neighborhood ha everything a burglary wanted t find, private yards, wealthy homes and she had the worst o possible luck, in that h picked her yes i d like to report an attempted break in - a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door a she walks into an ambush in he backyard how does somebody die in matter of seconds with officer around her home? it was surreal, it wa awful. your first thought of tha time it s a burglary gone wrong. but the burglar caugh red-handed starts pointing fingers. this is a guy who aspire to be a hit man - she was a sitting target. does it now mean that you charge them all with effort now the detectives lay a trap we triedd to play cat and mouse. we re getting reall paranoid about being - one are you wired will they catch their prey? you hold your breath, the world s gonna stop this. you never think it s goin to be you. oh no
i m craig melvin and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. the neighborhood ha everything a burglary wanted t find, private yards, wealthy homes and she had the worst o possible luck, in that h picked her yes i d like to report an attempted break in - a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door a she walks into an ambush in he backyard how does somebody die in matter of seconds with officer around her home? it was surreal, it wa awful. your first thought of tha time it s a burglary gone wrong. but the burglar caugh red-handed starts pointing fingers. this is a guy who aspire to be a hit man - she was a sitting target.
said i m finished. reporter: they agreed to split. sell the house. nancy would move back to canada with the girls. and then suddenly brad canceled nancy s credit cards, blocked her access to the bank accounts, put her on a cash allowance. i recall a time she was in the car with me and she called him and said i ve got $2 and we don t have any diapers. reporter: nancy couldn t get a job. she had no green card. she began painting a friend s house to earn some extra money. when she did, brad reduced her allowance. she must have been furious at him. furious would be on understatement. she s very proud and she d feel guilty. i m not going to take your money. no, this isn t your job to support me and my kids. reporter: nancy began locking important papers, including the girls passports in her car. in february of 08, and it wa awful. i had never seen nancy stressed out before. i had never see her raise her voice in the house, and she was