Patrol to express their believe that this impact was a murder. She had been having an affair with her. Boss the pocket cuter says. After he sought his wife, he washed his hands and watched his. Forums they call this back at noon. Started the trial. I thought they made it the worst mistake i headed ever heard of. It was obviously there was something that just wasnt right. The only thing ive ever wanted was for everyone to hear the truth. I told him that i would find with everything i had and win. Thats the promise i made to him. Hello and welcome to dateline. For many, the Holiday Season is a special time. But for the jennings family, one Christmas Eve turned into awaking nightmare. There was an argument followed by a gunshot. Then a frantic call to police. Lisa jennings was dead. The question for the detectives was, did she take her own life, or was this murder . Here is Keith Morrison with, a crack in everything. It was his secret that started it. A secret gift. It was Christmas Eve in the year 2006. A little farm not far from a little town called buffalo, buffalo man, missouri. And on that farm a fine new house, brad and Lisa Jennings had made for their families. The stockings were hung. Children were snug in their beds. And lisa was sitting up very late, drinking wine and crying. Well, who knew. But for one thing, with lisa in the way, Brad Couldnt Sneak that secret of his into her stocking. Which is what started the argument of slamming doors and said it in silence. Before amanda woke up to the sound of her dad on 911. And hes very hysterical. You know . Hes crying, cant really Say Anything other than, get here quick. Get your quick. I heard that two or three times. Such a complicated tale. With its secrets, lies, shifting loyalties. And here of all places. This throwback to an idealized past. We hunted mushrooms. We picked up walnuts. They were inseparable children. Brad and his older Sister Marcia. He was my playmate. We depended on each other. Marcia became a nurse, Brad Ran The Farm. And the center of their families in 1863. That christmas 2006, Brad And Lisa had been married 18 mostly happy years. We had a fairly good life. There were three kids. Amanda, 16 that Christmas Eve. Dallas, who was 11 then. But lacey, Leases Daughter from the first marriage, it was 19 at then just moved into her own place in town. And as amanda said, life was fairly good. We would do lots of things. We vacation a lot. Go out in the evening. A dad had pretty good money so we were good on that. It seemed like a very good and stable environment. Brad loved cars. Especially classic muscle cars. And extra special, the 1970 shrivel Super Sport he so carefully restored. At the time, he was 12. He was redoing motors and helping put motors in and out of different vehicles. So, brad, opened a used car dealership. He was a great people person. And i guess thats what you have to be when you deal with cars and stuff. And their mom . Lisa . Very pretty. She could be really happy and the life of the Party Kind of person. Yeah, really fun. Well, Brad Ran The Farm and his car business, lisa worked at a local internet company. She was really good at it. She became their top employee. At home, lisa was the mom who actually liked video games. With dallas, mostly. Video games and movies. We had a big Projector Screen that we would put on the wall. Watch movies really big. Did it seem like a happy household . Overall . Yes. But of course, there is as Leonard Cohen used to say, a crack in everything. And in the jennings house, those were the sudden blow ups. Where the moon went dark and the kids scattered. They would fight maybe once every couple of weeks or something. Mostly later in the evening, at night. After they had been drinking. They would be yelling. And maybe slamming doors. Things like that. But just arguing about anything, nothing. We never really thought too much about it. Anyway, now it was that calamitous Christmas Eve, 2006. As always, there had been a happy Dinner Celebration with Brads Side of the family. Christmas eve, we would go to my grandmas. Theyre in town. And then, back home, games and stockings stuffing. And of course a real up real early and open all the presents. Lisa had no idea that brad had brought her a 3500 Dollar diamond ring. And got the kids to help him pick it out. Back he went in for his chance to hide it in her stocking. Lisa kept filling on the computer. And the kids were playing a board game. I think it was monopoly. Just played downstairs for a while and then eventually went up to our rooms. It was well after midnight when they heard the raised voices downstairs. I heard all the yelling and everything. Just a normal fight like they would always have. And then a door slammed. Which meant that had brad had gone out to his workshop to cool down. With lacey, home for the holiday, was furious. Another fight like this on a Christmas Eve no left. And as usual, over some stupid little. Think she was done. And i told my sister, go said go downstairs to get into it with. Her i think one of the last things i remember my mom even seeing was something like, i would never disrespect my parents that we. Lacey was just fed up was she . Yes, she couldnt believe they would fight on christmas. Then, more Door Slamming and lacey was out of their. She went back to her house in buffalo. So by the time she left, your dad was outside . In the workshop, alone . He was outside. He does that a lot. He would go outside and go out to the. Shop so amanda side and close her eyes. Drifted off. And then sometime after 1 30 am, that loud, frantic sound. Her father on 911. She ran downstairs to her parents bedroom. I opened the door and i see her laying there. My dad is kneeling next to her. And as soon as i had opened the door, he gets up and kind of pulls me out of the room. And he is hugging me and crying. Their mother was dead. Of that, there was No Doubt. But how . Why . And who . Coming up what had happened in that bedroom . I didnt realize the gravity of it. I thought there had been an accident and she was on the way to the hospital. The truth would be much worse. Did you have any suspicion that brad might have done something to lisa . When dateline continues. Continues why hide your skin if dupixent has your Moderatetosevere Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis Under Control . Hide my skin . Not me. By Hitting Eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. And that means longlasting clearer skin. And fast Itch Relief for adults. Hide my skin . Not me. By helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can show more with less eczema. Dont use if youre allergic to dupixent. Serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. 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That just huddled together and just talked much . Just shock, mostly silence. I remember dallas kept saying, she was going to be okay. He didnt really know what had happen. Because he didnt see her or nothing. No one was really saying what happened. My dad was just sitting over in the passenger seat, just a mess. That was the first time i had ever seen him cry. Those news of the sort spreads very fast. But often in confused or incomplete, or fuzzy bits. So when brads Sister Marcia heard something happened at The Farm i didnt realize the gravity of it. I thought there had been an accident and she was on the way to the hospital. It was anything but an accident. Lisa was gone, dead at 39. Killed by a bullet at close range to the head. Brad tool local sheriffs deputies how he argued with lisa. Then went out to his workshop to cool off. And when he came back in, maybe 20 minutes later, he found her on the bedroom floor. His hand the nearby. So deputies tested leases Hands Gunshot residues. They did the same with brad and lacey. That could tell them too far the gun. And lisas righthand tested positive for Gunshot Residue. Brad and lacey came out negative. Meaning it seemed to the corner, that lisa for reasons unknown, must have killed herself. Did it make sense to you that she would commit suicide . Nothing made sense to me that night. I bet. I had heard statements. You know . That she was troubled about reaching 40. She had had cosmetic surgery. Could be a red flag. Bright and leases brother in law paul, was stricken. What did they miss . All the kids loved at lisa. She was just. Fun lisa had seemed so together. She loved the family events. Loved having kids around. There was never a time that lisa did not want the kids to spend the night, or to stay. And she might end up with five or six. Different children under her room. It was fine . With her yes, it was fine with. Her but now, this accommodating, fun loving woman, was dead. It was all very shocking. And its not to get prepared. Just sudden and the idea that she would commit suicide so are broccoli and violently like that. That Wasnt Something that would be expected. No. But of course, the alternative was quite unthinkable. Did you have any inkling, any suspicion, that brad might have had something to do with it . I had none. Brad told me on Christmas Morning, and you could tell he was still still there really distraught. So, that morning i came over. And he told me the whole story. And no, i never crossed my mind. In fact, after all of the Lap Test results were in, the Dallas County Sheriff And Coroner and prosecutor, all officially ruled Leases Death suicide. The local newspaper in the Buffalo Reflex quoted the prosecutor who said, there is zero evidence to show otherwise. So you had no sense, no reason to think that it was anything other than what the coroner and the sheriff said it was . Absolutely not. But there were others in the family and they were not so sure. It starts with suspicion. Leases sister feels compelled to share what she knows. Coming up she went to the mid Zuri State Highway control to express their belief that this event was a murder. And then investigators prime suspect, Brad Jennings. They started asking me questions about brad. He goes, what did Jennings Silva do you about his wife having an affair . When dateline continues. Es its a sweet piece of america, buffalo, missouri. Population 3000 or so. Where people tend to know each others business. And where brad could have a Best Friend he met when they were both in diapers. So of course, Dale Potter rushed over to see brad that merry Christmas Morning. He just kept saying, why, dave. Why did she do this . He was a mess. All of those guns you see in the background there. Dale owns buffaloes only gun and pawnshop. So, when the suns death was declared to be suicide and the Sheriff Return ballads gone, the one that killed her. Brad called dale. He said i dont really want the gun back. I cant imagine why he. What he said, do you want . It i said yes, i cleaned it up. Just put it in the safe and forgot about. It and the family tried to move on and didnt pay much attention. But lacey began saying odd things. You know, mom was murdered Blah Blah blah. Murdered . Now that it was anything like an accusation, aggressive or unfriendly. She did didnt act any different with that. She still came around. He still helped. Her but sometimes, the smaller yorktown, the less you know about what your neighbors are saying behind your back. Nothing in your face. Nothing like that. It was way more subtle than that. How do you mean . Probably everyone else was talking about it, but they didnt talk to us about it. No, they didnt. But lisas younger sister, shawn, was talking. She saw a rocky marriage and her sister would not be a person that would commit suicide. This is steve pokin, who writes a column in the springfield news called poking around. Which he did. And discovered that leases sister, sean, got busy, soon after that deadly Christmas Morning. In early january, she went to the office of the Missouri State Highway patrol to express their belief that this in fact was a murder. She looked into a highly Experience Detective Name Dan Nash. Longtime investigator who has been involved in several highprofile Murder Cases in the ozarks. And when Sergeant Nash took one look at that file, something forensic seemed off. He was inclined to agree with sean. It didnt look like suicide at all. He was just struck by the fact that if Lisa Jennings had shot herself using her right hand, there would be more blow back from that, then one drop of blood. Three months after that Christmas Eve, Investigator Nash drove over to brads farm, told him he was looking at the case again. And wanted to went into the bathroom that mr. Jennings was wearing that. Like the the real piano on he said when he said he found this a dead and held her in her. Arms why three months later would a bathrobe be a useful . Certainly it had been cleaned or something . I would suspect . Apparently it had not. Oh. Mr. Jennings had spent a little time back in that bedroom. From his perspective, his wife had taken her life. So brad gave nash the Back Bathrobe and sure enough it still had blood on it. So they run some tests and get in touch with. Right he was questioned a couple of times. Then, a month later, this was april, now the sheriff came to call. At deal Potters Gun and pawn. He says i am here to seize the jennings gun. And a few weeks after that, a man with Teacher And Khakis walked. And he was a sergeant within Missouri State Highway four. Joel im here investigating the murder of Lisa Jennings. I said what are you talking about murder . It was in the paper, was ruled a suicide. And he said, no, he killed her. That was an all. Then he goes, what did jennings say to you about his wife having an affair . I said, he never said a word to me about his wife have an affair. Why . Was she . And he said yes, and we can prove it. I said, well that explains a lot. He said, you mean why he killed her . I said no. I said why she did this. I said maybe everything caught up with her. You know . Meaning, thought dale, something about the Affair Clock pushed her over the edge. Then dale offered the sergeant a family history. I said, do you know dont you, that her dad killed himself. And he goes, your full of he said her dad is a life and he lives away up. I said no your full of crap. Her stepdad lives there. Her real that killed himself out in kansas years ago. Another Family Suicide . An affair . Just where was this investigation going . Coming up a determined detective. He looked at me and told me straight up, ive never been. Wrong and a confused friend why did you think . I think thought maybe it was one of the worst mistakes i had ever heard of. When dateline continues. 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Now nash was about to pay him a visit and the already fractured family would be torn apart once again here is Keith Morrison, with a crack in everything. Probably everybody at buffalo, missouri knew that Brad Jennings the apparent Grieving Husband was now a murder suspect. Everybody waiting for something to happen. And in july 2007, seven months after lisas death, it did. About a mile from his house and two or three Highway Patrol officers stopped him and arrested him. Took him to the county jail. What did you think . I thought they made one of the worst mistakes i had ever heard of. Later we were told there were people around that knew it was going to happen. People like Lisas Sister Sean who went to the Highway Patrol in the first place, and Leases Daughter from her first marriage, lacey. We asked for interviews, they declined. When my dad got arrested, Lacey And Sean showed up at the house to pick me and dallas up and then my grandma showed up to pick us up as well, and my aunt and my grandma got into it. It sounds like that is sort of the moment when the family broke apart . Thats when a really blew open. Thats when lacey quit coming around and everything just fell apart. That evening brads brotherinlaw paul, who was married to lisas other sister said he met with the Highway Patrol officers who led the investigation. I asked one Patrol Officer if he had ever been wrong . And there was a small part of me that wish he was correct, because or not he was going to ruin a lot of peoples lives. And he told me straightup, ive never been wrong. Never been wrong . Never been wrong. Was this investigator, Dan Nash . It was. Brand posted 1 Million Dollar Bond and it was a lot to remain free until his trial. Brad stuttering knee said the state had no case. Every time that i spoke with him he said that it couldnt go to trial, he said it couldnt. He was still saying that the friday before the trial was to begin in august 2009. He said will go in there Monday Morning and well see what motions are flying around. But by Midday Monday The Jury was picked and the trial began. How shocking was that . It was very shocking. And we hadnt been there an hour until i was getting sick to my stomach just listening. Prosecution was just running rampant with it. That is saying terrible things about brad. And i was wanting to jump up and object. Because two marcia it seemed like Brads Attorney Wasnt objecting at all. Mister Deputy Wouldnt Say Anything in brads defense. What was it like to be you sitting back there watching that . It was the most miserable time of my life. And i didnt know what i could do. I wanted to stop it but i didnt know how. And mr. Deputy would say that it is all going to come together, dont worry about it. Maybe the attorney was thinking of the Gunshot Residue or remember, they found Gun Rise to do on her hand but not on brads hand, implying that lisa shot herself. The prosecutor had an explanation. So the prosecutor says it is a logical inference from the facts of the case that mr. Jennings, after he shot his wife, before he called 911 he washed his hands and watched his forearms. And blood evidence. Investigator nash was the expert the state put up and he said that an his Expert Opinion the way the spotter hit the wall, and brats black road and leases hand, it left No Doubt that he fired the shot. But why would he do such a thing . An age old reasons that the prosecutor. Lisa wanted out. The prosecution at trial tried to show that she was intent on leaving him and she had an application, at an Apartment Complex where lacey had lived. Lisa wooden and her life, said the state, because she was busy improving it. She bought nice clothes. Recently had Cosmetics Surgery. The state presented, witnesses that shed that she was in good spirits and it is unlikely that someone who has Cosmetics Surgery and is feeling good about themselves would take their lives. The defense didnt mention that Lisas Father committed suicide, or that she herself attempted suicide back in high school, no secret in town, back then. And nobody brought up the rumor that lisa was having an affair. But, one curious thing did come up. The Defense Attorney in his Closing Arguments made a fascinating point about the Bath Road Brad was wearing when lisa was shot. The Defense Attorney in his Closing Argument said that they had that thing for years, i dont know why they didnt tested for gun residue, but they didnt. We could wrap this up in a heartbeat, whether he did it or not if they had tested that. Now that was interesting. And a very good point. After all, if they found residue on the bathrobe, it would certainly point right at brad, but the moment passed and the case went to the jury. Two hours and 24 minutes later they found bride guilty of murder. And where else would this happen . They let him go home, one last night before the sentencing began the following day. The next morning, he asked me to drive him back, and that was one of the most difficult things i had ever had to do. Did you want to just say, lets go somewhere else, brad, lets just drive to Mexico Or Something . No. Thats not who we are. And i told him, that i would fight with everything i had in me to correct it. But what could one lone woman do . No legal training, no contacts, no hope. What indeed . Coming up. A search for the truth. It was obvious there was something that wasnt right. And missing evidence. I took the photo, i texted it to dwight and just said, jackpot. When dateline continues. Way for you to sell your car. 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He had a business that had to be wrapped up, and he had this huge problem of having been convicted of a crime you didnt think he committed. What does a person do in a situation like this . I had no idea. I didnt even know where to start. But she knew she needed a better income. So she found a job that paid more bulb required constant travel. Come home on Thursday Night and leaf thursday, and by the time your home, you wash your clothes, say hi to the kids, go to prison and see brought in the go back on a plane. Right. The first acclaimed claim that brad had not good representation. That was a nobrainer. But it failed. Appeal court didnt agree, and Brads Trial Lawyer said he served brad well. Anyway, marcia hired more attorneys, but i couldnt get them to talk to me. I couldnt get them to answer a question. I couldnt get him to call me back. Did they send you a bill . Absolutely. I have lots of bills. This went on for months, years. She heard about a private investigator named dwight mcneill, but her then attorney told her, dont call him. So i sat on it for a little bit. I was having a really bad day, and i called and dwight picked up the phone and i just started crying. Because it had been so long since anyone i called answered me. And he did listen but i told you i would not look at the case. Dwight was a former sheriff, he told her his job was catching bad guys, not getting them out of prison. But marcia persisted, and so he agreed to see her in person. I explained to her that if i concluded, from my review of the file, that there was any basis at all to believe that mr. Jennings had murdered his wife, that i was use whatever influence and whatever pressure i could to make sure that he stayed in prison the rest of his life. Can you accept a deal like that . Absolutely. So dwight scanned the file, just a quick look. And this was strange. It was obvious that was something that just wasnt right. Remember what the Trial Attorney said about the black bathrobe, too bad they didnt tested for Gunshot Residue . Dwight, with his years in Law Enforcement lit up when he saw that. They must have tested the robe. It shouldve been tested for Gunshot Residue all the way up to the right sleeve. Sure, if he fired the gun there wouldve been Gunshot Residue. No such reporting existed for the testing of that sleeve and that robe. It did not make sense. The started working with Lawyer Lindsey Phoenix who requested copies of all the crime lab reports. Weve got a letter saying here you go, here is everything we have. It included every test except the one i was looking for. But, it had to be there. So lindsay when in person to the state Highway Patrol. I said i wanted to examine every piece of evidence you have, and i bought a Video Camera and a Cell Phone and i photographed everything. Trying to be in conspicuous. I didnt want to take a chance of finding something in the disappearing. And that is when she found it, too small canisters, and inside the stubbs from the Gunshot Residue steps that were label, i took the photo and texted it to dwight and just said, jackpot. And then i had to go through the rest of those boxes like i was looking for something else. I had to act like it wasnt a big deal. I was ecstatic. Those Little Stubbs confirmed, the Gsr Test had been performed on brads robe, but where were the results . She has the Highway Patrols for them. And they didnt send them to me. So she wrote to them again. I said all right they are there, i have photographs, i know they are there. Send me the results and then they sent them. And, the tests were conclusive. There was no Gunshot Residue on brads black bathrobe. Just as there wasnt any on his Hands Tonight lisa died. Meaning brad almost certainly did not fire the gun that killed lisa. But why didnt lead investigator Dan Nash revealed that . Well, he said he never received those results. Plausible . Not in a heartbeat. No, i was a prosecutor before this, my spouse is a police officer. Dwight is a police officer, we know the care that goes into building a case. And that is not a step that you skip. Dan nash had specifically asked for that test to be done. So, by now dwight was looking carefully at Dan Nash, he talked to a retired judge. He made it very clear that he had a lot of problems with mr. Nash is reputation for Truth And Honesty under oath. And from there, we started interviewing former prosecutors, and the number of former Court Personnel who expressed concerns about his reputation for truth and for veracity. Remember her at the trial, nash was presented as a Blood Spatter Expert . He wasnt. In Fact Nash had not even taken a basic Bloodstain Analysis Class when he investigated Leases Death. He took a 40 Hour Course the following year, but was still not an expert when he testified in trial. Dwight sought out the best in the field. I found two of the worlds most renowned Blood Spatter Experts. He sent the Crime Scene Photos to both of them. And they both, independently, came to the same conclusion. That Dan Nash was quite simply dead wrong. One of them wrote, the Bloodstain Evidence in the presence of Gunshot Residue on the righthand of Lisa Jennings are consistent with a self inflicted gunshot wound. But if any lawyer would tell you, undoing a jurys guilty verdict is almost impossible. So, whats now . Coming up. A life interrupted. He missed out on me turning 16, on me getting married. I have a kid now. He missed that. He missed out on a lot. Well Brad Jennings miss out even more. I dont promise anything to a client other than i will give you my best shot. When dateline continues. Dateline continues sure does. Shouldnt something, you know, wacky be happening right now . We thought people could use a break. Weve all been through a lot this year. That makes sense. Yeah. So. Nows not a good time 3 5ths of nsync. Are you sure . You have us booked all day. Read the room, guys. Yeah. Right . Why hide your skin if dupixent has your Moderatetosevere Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis Under Control . Hide my skin . Not me. By Hitting Eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. And that means longlasting clearer skin. And fast Itch Relief for adults. Hide my skin . Not me. By helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can show more with less eczema. Dont use if youre allergic to dupixent. Serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. Tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as Eye Pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. If you take asthma medicines dont change or stop them without talking to your doctor. When you help heal your skin from within, you can change how your skin looks and feels. And thats the kind of change you notice. 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With a conclusion of a crack in everything, here is Keith Morrison. Dallas jennings felt like a cheated young man. His father imprisoned, when neither he nor Amanda Belief for a minute that he killed their mother. He missed out on me turning 16. Me driving for the first time. My graduation. Me getting married. I have a kid now, he missed that. The birth of his first grandchild. He missed out on a lot. Brad Sister Marcia would still determined to bring him back to that world he was missing. With investigator dwights help, she finally found a Father Daughter Team of attorneys who seem to understand the case. And the family. These were adjust salt to the earth, small Town Country people. And they were stunned at the way the system had worked against Brad Jennings. First bob and Liz Ramsey read the trial transcripts. The first thing that jumped out of me was i dont recall seeing a Defense Attorney do so little for his client, in my 38 years of practicing law. Come on . Not the worse, surely . It was certainly one of the worse. But would also jumped out was the work that Highway Patrol officer, Dan Nash, confronted with the Gunshot Residue that might exonerate brad, he said that he had never seen the report. If that test had been positive, would it have been lost in a Fax Machine . It was just incomprehensible that he wouldnt follow up and say what happened to my Gunshot Residue test that i ordered . He was either grossly negligent or he suppressed it deliberately. No question about it, the issue of that and reveal Gsr Test was huge. I thought it is a classic violation, it is the kind of evidence that makes a difference in a trial. So they elected to shoot for the moon, there one chance to overturn the jury verdict. They claim that with held Evidence Couldve changed the result of the trial. I dont promise anything to a client other than ill give you my best shot, and all i told him was this gives you a shot. Vanishing still they filed and waited. And Against All Odds were granted a hearing. We were very excited, but cautious. We it was almost like this little dim light at the end of the tunnel. This was the hearing, in november 2017, almost 11 years after that terrible Christmas Eve, here brads attorneys reveal the Gsr Result that suggested his innocence and the experts Blood Spatter findings that did the same. And witnesses who questioned the honesty of detective nash. I think that his credibility was put at an issue for the entire hearing. Lawyers from the missouri Attorneys Office where theyre two and told the judge that with the defense came up was not have changed a guilty verdict, that case was so strong. We wanted to hear from the attorney Generals Office, from sergeant Dan Nash and the Highway Patrol, and all declined our requests. And then, months went by and they all had to wait for the judge, until february 8th, 2018. Finally, overruling. My first reaction was to go right to the last paragraph and see whats the result was. The last sentence of his order is, at a minimum, the suppression of the Gunshot Residue test undermines confidence in that verdict. Conviction overturned. The its the first time that we have had a positive outcome. It was wonderful. The next day on the judges order, Brad Jennings walked out of prison, after eight and a half years and into the arms of the people who never for a minute gave up on him. Love you. Its the kind of stuff that you dream about in law school. And i firmly believe that brad is innocent, so to walk him out was one of the greatest honors of my life, i will never forget that day. We had all waited so long. And wondered if it was ever going to happen. It was one of the best days of my life. It was really awesome to see him walk out. Knowing that he was going to come home with us, that was amazing. That Ride Home had to be something . It was. It was weird. It was the first time my dad ever see me drive. I drove him home. Brad jennings was a man of few words, when she met us a few weeks later as if he was still afraid to believe that he had been let go. But, we talked a bit about that Christmas Eve and the mystery of what so upset lisa. She was crying, thats the one thing i asked her, why you are crying . And she couldnt tell you. Didnt want to tell you. Didnt want to talk, didnt want to Say Anything. Wasnt until years later that he learned she had been having an affair with her boss, and that man had just broken it off, meaning she was also out of the job. If she had told me she wasnt coming back to work the day before this. He didnt understand this, then. But now, maybe that was an answer to his long ago question, why did she and her own life . Once he mightve confronted the other men, now, nothing to be done. I dont even know where hes at. The business shut down, closed down. In july 2018, the State Attorney Generals Office announced it would not retrial brad. As for the ones close family, when we last spoke with him, they remained badly split. Lisa sister, sean, and daughter, lacey, still believe brad was guilty. And for brad, it feels like starting over. And he clings to his kids and his sister and his mom and those who believed in him. To his ancestral farm. And his other longtime love, the old shovel. I knew brad was innocent, the only thing ive ever wanted was for finally everyone to hear the truth. That is all for this edition of dateline, im craig melville, thank you for watching. U for watching im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. One of the investigators brought somebody over to me saying this is our crime advocate. I was stealing myself for it already, because of the massive police presence. They said that they believe that he had been murdered. Craig rideout, that of seven, care deeply about his kids. He was a loving man. Provider, warm. So, it was puzzling and alarming wh