The records couple. You the minute you saw her, you felt happy being with. He was once a pro athlete, football royalty. She was expecting their first child. Baby was moving. She said, can bill my tummy. Then, a crime that stunned the city. The beaming mother to be, gunned down in her own home. Bullet holes in the floor. My sister was murdered. It was terrible. So full of love and life, who would want her dead . Her Celebrity Boyfriend . Trying to say, theyre naming me as a suspect . Or maybe, one of his other girlfriends. She said, you dont know that he is seeing other girls . Mysterious letters were spilling secrets. Did someone want her out of the way . I dont wake. I had dark sunglasses this big covering my face. A mother to be, killed. And a mother of three, who was not what she seemed. Now, an undercover plan to catch a killer. She opened up the door, she started screaming. I took the first shot. Hello and welcome to dateline. She was a Small Town Girl from rural wisconsin. He was a chicago superstar, a Hometown Hero with a legendary bears. Together, they were expecting their first child. But no one was expecting their tail to end in the deadly way that it did. Here is rob stafford with, deadly liaisons. It was morning in a condo complex in the upscale chicago sub suburb of deerfield. The day was just getting started. Until the screaming. I woman in the building heard it. So, she called her pregnant neighbor upstairs. Are you okay . I heard a Woman Screaming and pretty loud and then it got quiet. Would you give me a call, please . No response. Now, feeling Something Like dred, the neighbor picked up a phone again and dialed 911. I heard a Woman Screaming and then a pop, pop, and then it went totally silent. Police rushed to the scene. The 911 color had been right to be worried. In that unit above her, they found her pregnant neighbor, dead. What had happened upstairs and why . Solving the mystery would lead police to a famous and beloved pro Football Player. Would involve several women in his life and would set the stage for a high stakes cat and mouse game between authorities and the person they ultimately came to believe killed an expectant mother in cold blood. Her name was ronny rider. From the minute you saw her, you felt happy. Just being with her. Ronny was stunning, stylish, and sweet. Her brothers, rob and wait, as did their, wife and lori. Ronnie is the person you see that you would want to be. She was everything. She would do anything for anybody. She was very caring, always thought of other people. She called us every night. There was a warm tenderness that followed her where she went. Ronny was a woman with no enemies. Who on earth could have wanted her dead . The investigation began at a crime scene that was only minutes old. Detectives vincent and ron, of the day or field Police Department caught the case. If you can still smell the order of gunpowder. No immediate signs of a struggle. No signs of forced entry. Bullet casings and live ammunition from a Nine Millimeter barada Semiautomatic Handgun littered the kitchen. Deerfield police chief thought that was telling. The sheer number of shots would indicate that there was some emotion. There was something driving the shooter. In all likelihood, the victim could have known the offender. So, who is the first person you want to talk to . Sean. The boyfriend . Correct. Sean gayle, her boyfriend of 17 years, was an ex Football Player. Smart, popular, and charming. The two met in 1990 at a charity event. Back then, shawn was a member of the iconic 85 bears team that won the super bowl. Super bowl champion for the most part, they were just together all of the time. They talked every day on the phone. They took trips together. Ronnys family says she and sean seemed to make it work. A revered pro athlete and the girl from a small town, living in the big city. She eventually juggled two drops, one in the Food Industry and the other part time at macys because she loved fashion. Then, in march 2007, after many years with sean, ronny became pregnant at age 41. She would finally become a mother. She was elated. It was obvious when wade, his wife and parents visited bronny in chicago that september. That was the happiest ive ever seen my sister in my life. She was glowing. And the baby was moving. She said, mom, come in feel my tummy the baby is moving. I will never forget that. Ronny was a woman in love. Even though this was no conventional relationship. She had been with sean for close to two decades. They never married or even look together. So, and wondered why ronny stayed with him when she wanted both. I would say, what is it about . Him she said, i dont know what to tell, you santa. I just love him. And it was unclear if anything will change. Even after the baby was born. Did she want to get married . Yes. She did. Did he . I dont know. And there was one other thing. Ronnies family rarely saw sean. We just knew that ronny said shawn was a private person and didnt want people bothering him. Just as ronnies family was wondering how a baby might affect ronny and shawns relationship, she was suddenly gunned down early that october morning. That was probably the most angry i have ever been in my life. I was an uproar. I just wanted to go down there and get the person. I wanted to grab him myself and do what they did to my sister. Police were committed to bringing the killer or killers to justice. So, they started this investigation by the book. Look at the people closest to the victims. That is why they wanted to talk to sean gayle. They didnt have to wait long to do it. Coming up sean gayle, they said theyre naming me as a suspect. A sobbing boyfriend, under suspicion. [crying] is he acting . Is this real great . Thats unrealistic for. When dateline continues. Every day, businesses everywhere are asking. Is it possible . With comcast business. It is. Is it possible to use predictive monitoring to address Operations Issues . We can help with that. Can we provide health care virtually anywhere . We can help with that, too. Is it possible to survey foot traffic across all of our locations . Yeah absolutely. With global secure networking from comcast business. Six months pregnant, had been its not just possible. Its happening. Shot to death in her own home. It would have been a shocking crime anyway, but it was especially so in deerfield. A affluent chicagos severed that had not seen a murder in more than 30 years. Who would have committed such a crime . First on the list of People Police wanted to talk to was sean gayle, ronnys longtime boyfriend. But before police could kill sean, he called them himself a few hours before the murder. Sean didnt know that ronny was dead and sounded confused about just what had happened. Ive been getting calls from the media. This is sean gale. Theyre trying to say, theyre trying to enemy is a specht. Was a runny writer . Is she okay. It was ronny and know she is not. Im driving her her house right now. Okay, dont go to her house. If you want to go somewhere, go to the Deerfield Police station. And she is she shot, dont go to her house, okay . Sean . Yes. Come to the Police Department. Do you know where it is . Yes. A, shot, do you want me to stay on the phone until you get here . Please. No. Sean seemed shocked and distressed. But detectives werent necessarily buying it. As police officers, you are listening to see, is he acting or assist real grip . Thats what releasing for. Being sincere. Youre not basing any conclusion on that tape. That is correct. You want to talk to him. Oh, absolutely. Sean maybe part of football royalty, a player on a super bowl winning team, but now he was a potential suspect in a highprofile murder case. Detective say shawn was still emotional as they sat down with him in an Interview Room and started with the basics. Where had sean been at the time of the shooting . He was early, he started to go get a haircut. In our chicago. He is not far from the murder scene at the time the murder . No, he is not. Investigators checked out shawns alibi. The barbershop confirmed he had been there that morning of the murder. We also have the video from his complex, which captures the alley where he would drive out and drive there to leave his house. Sure enough, he is captured leaving his house. And terms of timeline and shooting, does that videotape clear him of being at the murder scene at the time . Yes. No Gunshot Residue was found on shawn. He did not match the description place had from neighbors. A small, Dark Complected Male with black hair, wearing a big a sweat suit who was last seen at ronnys condo that morning of the murder. But that didnt let shawn off the hook as far as police were concerned. They said they had to consider whether someone else, perhaps connected to sean, had committed the crime. The Victims Family was wondering the same thing. I first i thought, well, maybe it was something hired as a hitman to do this and that was them running away from the scene. I didnt think the person behind this would be stupid enough to do it themselves in broad daylight. Did you think that person could have been sean gayle . Did it crossed my mind . Certainly. That maybe he didnt want the baby in the picture. We didnt know what to believe. Reeling with questions and anguish, ronnys family made the sad pilgrimage to her condo to collect her things. We walked in and it was stark quiet and cold and empty. I just i felt awful. All of her stuff, but not her. It was awful. She had all the baby clothes that people had gotten her that were on a table next to the bench. We could see bullet holes on the floor for my sister was murdered. It was terrible. As ronnys family group, they hope the police would find answers. And one tantalizing lake gave shankill, if not, him then who . Sean gave him a name, a womans name. Another woman in seans life . Was she a possible suspect . Coming up spurned lover . Yes. Jealous . Yes. Motive . Yes. When dateline continues. Shot gayle was a handsome and popular ex Football Player for the Chicago Bears. Now, his girlfriend, ronny writer, was dead and it wasnt long before police learned that ronny wasnt the only interest in seans life. They learn that from shot himself. It was an open relationship. He had made it clear to her. It is not exclusive. Right. Shuttle police one of the woman he had dated a year before might be responsible for ronnys murder. Monica corrosion, originally from poland, she is a Fitness Trainer who met Sean Eta Bears promotional event in 2005. She was 27 at the time. He was 43. He was a person who i can truly open up. Gentlemen manner. She said that she never mentioned other women. She assumed she was the only one whos dating. Did he tell you that . He didnt have to tell me that because we were seeing each other quite often. Then, late one evening, after nine months of data, monica says she happened to be in seans neighborhood and decided to stop by his home. I came up from the car and i stopped by the window. I saw him sitting with another woman. I never suspected that there was someone else. It was not for me. I was shocked. She started knocking on shawns window. I really got upset because they went upstairs. If it was just a friend or something, why when you open the door . Monica admits breaking the window, although she says she didnt intend to. I was very angry. I dont think i was ever cheated by anybody. It was shocking for me. Monica remembers confronting the other woman as she left. I asked her, are you seeing him . She said, you dont know but he is seeing other girls . Im like, no. Monika says that night marked the end of her relationship with shot. Just a few weeks later, something strange started happening. Women in seans life began to receive letters. Describing the fact that he was not only seen this one particular woman, but seeing many women at the same time, trying to dissuade these other ladies from seeing him. Dateline has obtained some of the letters, which not only contained angry allegations that sean cheated and lied, but also include copies of what looks like very personal emails between sean and the women. As well as supposed traveling artilleries indicating shot had taken trips with two different women lesson two months apart. One was written in poor english, as if by an immigrant like monica. Sean, who says the letters were full of lies, immediately accused monica of sending them. After all, shed broke in his window and confronted that woman. He got an Order Protection against monica. But the letters another Harassing Behavior continued for more than a year. It seemed to shot that monica was repeatedly violating that order of protection. By the fall of 2007, sean was so frustrated with harassment that he wanted monica jailed or fined. His request was filed in court on october 4th, 2007. The same day ronny reiter was killed. So, ronny writer didnt have any evidence . Thats right. You learned that sean gilded. Yes. Sean told police about monica and those letters. Not only did they think they would have a direct connection to the murder, but one of those letters was found in ronnys purse the day she was killed. How big a break does that seem at the time . Definitely a suspect. She knew of running. If you mail this letter, ronny had letter, she had to know ronnys address. Just monica sounded like a spurned lover . Yes. Jealous . Yes. Motive . Yes. Monicas alibi for the time of the murder was that she was training one of her regular clients who happen to live in a town right next to deerfield. Her alibi seemed to check out. As soon as you talk to the client, she says that she was with, as she crossed off the list . Not immediately. We dont know what their relationship with. He could be lying for her. Police had their hands full juggling sean gayle and monica as potential suspects when yet another woman and sean circle popped up on their radar from tipsters. Three phone calls from people who gave the name of marty. Marney yang. Yes. The information Favorite Leaving was that she would be an individual capable of doing Something Like this because of the relationship she had with sean gayle. Capable of this kind of murder . Yes. The plot, as they say, was thickened. Coming up who is marney gang . She tells us that money has shawangunk her boyfriend. 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Iran welcome back to dateline. Im sandra cannon. Detectives investigating the murder of mother to be, running right, or add two potential suspects in their sights. An explosive tip about a girlfriend with a grudge was about to break their case fido pen. Here is rub stafford with more of our story, deadly liaisons. Not long after ronny reiter was gunned down in her own home instead suburban deerfield, illinois, long term boyfriend, shawn, gayle and former lover of his, monica, were being investigated as possible suspects in ronnys murder. Now, the mystery was deepening. Colors had given plays a new name, yet another woman in seans life. Marney yang. Please soon learned she was a divorced mother of three, a chicago native who work multiple jobs, including as a Real Estate Agent to support her family. She was also an aspiring witness model. Someone promoting sales of fitness equipment, like we see on tv all the time. Photographer jason stole first met marney during a quick photo shoot in her garage in 2006. Moneys children for their, twins, a girl and boy, 15 at the time, and a younger son h ten. How is she with her kids . I saw a very in control mob, protective of her children and communicated very well and was liked by her childrens friends. We checked more than 1000 photos of marney during four modeling sessions in 2006 and 2007. Nearly 40 years old, marty was in great shape. Jason says ronny was incredibly driven. She was looking for success in realest eight. She was looking for success as a fitness model. Wa