and we just seem to hit it off. she was very funny, and just very sweet which is always the word i think to describe her. she was one of linda s best friends. dave s two. she was also dating dave s best friend. the two couple soon made a young, fun loving for some. we didn t have kids yet, we didn t even have a house. none of us had a mortgage yet or anything. so it was pretty carefree looking back. lots of barbecuing, swimming, and yes, a fair amount of drinking to. this was a hard partying crowd. but there was no denying that dave and linda were in love. they were the ones that were ouellet liked. a cute couple. mike bratton was another close friend of dave s. kids afloat in high school? yes. exactly. so it wasn t a surprise in 1994, they married. good match? oh yeah. it was a party. it was a party. bartender was busy that night? oh yes.
she is an adult, but the backdoor was found unliked. there is a broken cup of the entryway. detective anderson wasn t on the case back then, but remembers it well. there are not that many adult missing persons because, frankly, an adult can go anywhere that they want to. and they don t need permission. or to tell anybody. still, a deputy was dispatched to the house. doesn t see anything that would indicate foul place. nothing s been tossed in the house? no. he doesn t see any blood. any indication of violence, or a struggle. the only thing he notices is the broken coffee cup. and some property that linda has left behind, that maybe a little bit suspicious. linda s bible was on the counter-, her jeep in the driveway. and perhaps most telling, her pager was left behind. remember, this was the year 2000. when she didn t have her daughter, she would keep her pager so that if anything happened with her daughter, that was the way to communicate with her. it was important,
jordan? just a stop at the house and see her and see jordan. and then possibly, go with her to take jordynn home. but by the time martinelli made it over to the house on curtis road. i, drove into the driveway at seven. about 7:45. and it was dark. nobody was there. marnell must of just missed marilyn, who was supposed to have jordynn back at even rosemary s home back at 8:30. that s when marnell remembered something. a tv apartment. i thought, if i go now i can still catch the bachelor. just a short time after she left, calls started pouring into pima county dispatch. dispatch? there s two people on the ground. yes. someone around way. in a black sweater with a hat on? maryland s sister pat was getting ready to turn in. when the tv caught her attention. it was a 10:00 news, and
who had gone with her to drop jordan off. someone had ambush the two women in the driveway. rene had been shot, once maryland twice. the second shot at close range to the head. this is incredibly rare. to have a random act of violence to two women who have done nothing to anybody. how quickly, detective, do you start to connect the dots? and say that this is the mother in the same house of the missing woman? immediately. immediately! several hours later, pima county sheriff s investigators went to the last place that the two woman had visited. two detectives came over and had told us that they were there to do a we ll check on jordan. and they started talking to us. investigators told them that there had been a shooting at maryland s home. they wanted to know where the watson s had been. when she dropped her off, you are here.