i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales and this is dateline. he was definitely charismatic. he was the new kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. this kid was like, awesome. he jumped right in th culture. he liked to show off to the girls. they were the neighbors just down the block, of family in fear. they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. someone had been sneaking into their home and now someon was in their garage. i m sitting there panicking he s coming after me in a flash, it was over that charismatic kid dead o the floor. fits it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour what happened in that garag that night it was the last person that would come to my mind. a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap makes the statement it showtime it is showtime? exactly a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be th same we were all taken aback welcome to dateline he came to americ
that saturday night, kaarm said they were trying to relax after putting their son to bed i had recorded the movi lincoln. and we are watching that about a third of the way through that, i m not sure wha the time was, we went outsid we went outside and had a smoke in the garage like w always do. we would usually leave the garage door open to air it out but five minutes later, and alert from the motion sensors, someone was in the driveway, and intruder, perhaps the same one who targeted them biffle before these photos are from the home security system. and that is diren entering the garage markus kaarma says he grabbed loaded shotgun he had fo protection i m sitting there, i staring up the lock at the front door, and i can tell i it is locked or unlocked and i m starting to shake at that point the adrenaline is coming, like oh my god, these guys actually
she wanted to identify them. prosecutors said they had evidence that janelle was goin to harm someone. so what was markus kaarma thanking they brought into witnesses to support the argument the shooting was nothing short of planned execution. he said he d been sitting u for three nights with a shotgun, waiting to kill some kids. she works in the salon wher mark kiss kaarma pat s haircut just days before the shooting. the woman said kaarma came i ranting about recent burgling aunts his chilling plan to fix them i did to say to him, oh, my gosh have you called the police while the police won t do anything about in. and then he had mentioned that he wouldn t mind of a couple t come by. he wouldn t mind killing a couple of them, also he was gonna kill them. take care of it. did you use those words
came back to the house kaarma said his wife stayed back while he went out the front door and turned toward the garage a few quick steps around my front, and i saw, you saw wher my truck was parked, prett much with my butt catching lik lets where i stood and then, she flipped on the light. kaarma told detectives he was blinded by the sunlight, and realize the only way for the intruder to get away is to go past him. then - i heard something move, lik a piece of metal hits cement either that or piece of meta hit a piece of metal, it sounded like a metal wrenc being picked up, or maybe th access so, markus kaarma said he did the only thing he could to protect himself. immediately, i fired high u into the right corner of the garage here i am looking at my garage
garage, which was unlocked cash, credit cards, and a cell phone were taken. the couple filed a polic report, but the burglaries remained unsolved. now, markus kaarma said he feared they were being targeted we ve pretty much bee living in fear and it sucks, and to know that we are bein watched and targeted, an knowing how hard it is for you guys to actually catch a burglar with no evidence - kaarma said they no longe felt safe in their own home, and were terrified that they would be robbed again. we ve been sketched out we don t feel safe i m on edge about everything the couple even emailed their neighbors to warn them about the string of burglaries and to suggest everyone locked their cars and garages having somebody burglarized who is a terrible feeling, and it does leave people feeling violated and angry yes, i would agree. so, that is not uncommon fo people to be upset and extremely vigilant after a