Absolutely. They were a busy ma couple meeting up for valentines night rend. They always gave ea kisses, hugs. But that night some other plans. Hes been what . Hes been shot. Before she even arr husband was dead. I could see him. I could see him laying ground. I couldnt think of that would want to hur then someone let a se slip. Soon police were quest suspect with a motive suddenly changed his l. And in fact, when h up at work that morning, beardless. There was only one he had a rocksolid al where did that leav worried about my ca. Thats when the pho he had no voice, a tip, a tire track case one detective w forget. It was a shot in the dark but i took it. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with a perf reporter a winter a southern forest. The inkblack darkne briefly to their hea then closed around the shroud as they made th separate cars through overcast. And then, here it was. What is place for their valentines tyrst. A hand in front of their faces or the fate lurking out there in the dark. Waiting. But what a way to begin a love story. Better, pr balloons the man so love and the motorcycle together, in daylight, discovered their own s place, their remote fo clearing in a place ca belton bridge park. Though park is much to word for their little beside the chatt north of atlanta, i knew them both ve reporter they were and Stacey Schoeck. And it was another lov love of scouting, that admiration of greg gau. Reporter howd you them . Both of our sons were scouts. Reporter with kids, boys especially, they were naturals. Stacey wa full of ideas, would drag us to do things. Reporter the goge . The gogetter. And we also joki mama spreadsheet because everything that she di be laid out in a spreadsheet. Reporter. She was. Reporter scouting bill fanning got t too. Richard was a good and i saw how much having. And so i kind of asked could tag along and with scouts myself. Reporter stacey wa leader for the cub s she pretty good with t too . She was pretty good kids, too. Yeah, she was. She and richard, they well together. Reporter as they d her three sons, greg was surprised, he said, wh told him that, biologi kids were staceys. I just naively thought that they were his children. Reporter because it looked like that it looked like that. In the way that they treated them and they treated him . Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Reporter so when richard officially adopted the younger two of the three boys, cousin connie was thrilled. My heart melted. Like, i was ju that is, like, th and he wanted to kids because he loved children and those c loved him. Reporter richard h marched to the beat of drum. My brother was alwa kid. Reporter and said his big sister, most certainly not a suit and tie sort of person, could not sit down behind a desk. He had to be out and about. He was a good athlete. Reporter kind of like a pied piper to his niece. He would roller skate with us or throw a ball with us or color with us. He was our cool uncle. Reporter no wonder, how many uncles take their 5yearold niece and 5yearold nephew for a ride in a hot air balloon. I could barely see over the edge. It was cool seeing skies and clouds all around you. Reporter dan martin was one of his balloon buddies. People would say, can i have richard today . And he was just the best crew person. We liked being around him because hes very eccentric and very funny. Reporter and stacey . She was funny. Reporter she administered a sizeable medical practice. Richard was a Maintenance Manager t remained the main caregiver for the kids and together the two of them were well, people noticed. They always gave each other kisses, hugs, so they seemed wonderful together. Reporter all which may explain why on valentines day 2010, they decided to meet and make out a little at this special place in the woods. They say what happened next is shocking is an understatement. 911 oh, my god. Please. I need help right now. Reporter the voice on the nine call was staceys. The victim of whatever happened here was her husband, richard. He had arrived at their rendezvous first. Got there later, he was lying on the ground beside his truck. My name is stacey and my husband has been shot. Hes been what . Hes been shot he is dead reporter then the Sheriffs Department got the call so there he was valentines night all but groping as he drove a dark and winding road in search of that road by the river. Its in the middle of nowhere and so that creates a special kind of darkness that you cant appreciate until youre in the middle of it. Reporter detec franklin is an experienced man. And this this is one of the very few cases where the more i dug, the less sense that it made. Reporter no, nothing made sense about this. A murder so sudden and so brutal. Was it a robbery gone bad . 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Reporter if you were if you didnt know what to look for, youd miss that sign. You would miss it. Right. Theres just a void on the side of the road. It was a dark void. Reporter it was going on 11 00 p. M. , february 14th, 10, when detective franklin found the place. This is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. Reporter that night, the cops lit up the crime scene surrounded by a clearing of bare soil, sand and muddied dirt. Weve got this place lit up like its christmastime but if these lights werent on you cant see a hand in front of your face. Reporter richard was lying dead beside his truck. Suffice to say, he had been shot five times. Three times through his body, twice in the face. He lay on his back near the open door of his truck. It was probably a pretty ugly crime scene in terms much what to him . It was particularly gruesome. Reporter what did that say to you . Thats overkill. Especially with the placement of the shots. Repor also, it was clear fr getgo that this was not a robbery. The fact that richard had his weg ring on, a fairly expensive watch that he had on, there was cash on the Center Console of the truck that was undisturbed. The truck itself was still here. It was ripe for the taking. It was running and on and the door was open. Reporter Something Else the detective put in from the track of the bullets that went through richards body. He must have gotten out of his truck and approached whoever shot him. When stacey found richard, his truck was running, lights were on. It appeared that he simply got out of his truck to approach the person that shot him, which was a compelling thing for us. It really got our attention. Reporte who was it . Who did richard approach . Whoever it was was long gone by the time stacey arrived. So not much to go on. When the police technitr his li clearing from the side just so, a whole new picture suddenly emerged. A story of tire tracks including those that belonged to neither richards truck nor staceys suv. You could see richards impressions passover those and then staceys back over richards. That vehicle was here before richard got here and likely left after he was dead. Reporter had to be the killer. But how could common tire tracks help them find whoever did this . Having seen what he could, the detective headed back to the sheriffs station to meet stacey and record her statement. Was after midnight by then. This feels unreal. Reporter stacey explained it was her weekend to care for her grandparents and richard planned to come by on sunday to cook dinner. He arrived about 5 30. And i had my valentines stuff for him sitting on the desk. When you walk in the back door, he was like, oh, well, mine are out in the truck and would do that at the park. Reporter because they had already planned a brief romantic ron day vi day view on the way to see their kids. Well exchange our valentines and then he gave me a kiss and maybe even make out. She said, they both knew we had ridden by that park gazillion of times. Lots and lots of times. Even when we were dating, we would go and find little obscure paces and make out like teenagers. Rep so after dinner, richard left for the park first, she said, and she followed a bit later when a night nurse arrived to look after the grandparents. I think i probably pulled out of the driveway at about 9 20 or so. I called richard and it went to voice mail and i didnt know why and i didnt leave a message. And i left. Reporter and when she got there i knew something was wrong. I could see i saw his truck immediately. Because the lights were on. And so i pulled down and i headed right towards his truck but as soon as i could see him i could see him laying on the ground. Reporter ah, but life is a complicated business, as everybody knows. Even lovers arent always straight with each other. These, however, were investigators stacey was talking to. She knew theyd figure out her secret sooner or later so right away she came clean. Ive been having an affair for several six, seven months. Reporte an affair. His name was juan reyes. He worked in staceys office in a job she had gotten for him. You know, im in deep with juan. I know that. Sure. Im telling you. Reporter oh, yes, she certainly was. Stacey and richard owned the house reyes lived in with his family. She met juan for sex at an apartment that stacey rented for the purpose. She paid for the truck he drove, paid his cell phone bills and she admitted she had just taken him to vegas and disguised it as a work trip. Did juan know that you were supposed to meet richard at the park up here . He did. How did he know that . I had told him. Probably tuesday night, it was either tuesdaythursday. Reporter was stacey saying juan may have been the killer . No. I just i cant imagine i mean, i guess ive seen enough tv to know that strange things you know, things happen. But i cant i cant imagine him doing that. But the detectives certainly could. And we start getting some direction and we have this unknown set of impressions and a third party at the scene so now we have to ask ourselves if its juan. Time to have a chat with mr. Juan reyes, even if it was 4 00 in the morning. Coming up we knocked for a while and we knocked on windows, around the house, never could get anybody to the door. Where would somebody be at 4 00 a. Richard schoeck, 46yearold, had been suddenly escorted from this life while he waited for his wife in this secluded georgia park on valentines day. There was an outside chance, of course, that it could be a chance of a murder by mistaken identity. Maybe richard showed up at the wrong time or maybe he witnessed something he wasnt supposed to see. But when stacey told the story of her affair with this guy, juan reyes, the cops knew they were listening to a motive as old as time. Jealous boyfriend gets rid of competition. The cops showed up at juans house that very night. We walked around and could never get anybod door. Reporter politely or no, Law Enforcement banging on the door and on the side of the house and that kind of thing. E fled . Run away . Later that morning, the detectives went to his workplace to see if he would show there. He did all right but his appearance had changed from the information we had gathered from different sources, that showed that he had a beard. Reporter woodrow was chief of detectives at the time and worked with franklin. And in fact when he showed up at work that morning, he was beardless. Rep or at least removed his full beard and changed it to a goatee. He agreed to talk without a lawyer. He sat in the Interrogation Room for more than four hours with several detectives having a go at him, including franklin and trip. Its my understanding that you and stacey are romantically involved. Yes. Reporter he revealed all of that. And then they caught him on something. Stacey had already told the detectives that she informed juan on tuesday or possibly thursday about the plans to meet richard that sunday night of valentines day. When did she tell you that . She told me friday. Friday after work. Would you find it odd if i told you that shes made a statement that she told you earlier than friday . Um, no. I mean, i remember the conversation on friday. If she mentioned it before then, i wasnt thinking about it or didnt Pay Attention to it. Im forgetful sometimes. Reporte was he forgetful or was he hiding something . Okay. Let me ask you this. Did you have anything to do with whats happened to richard . No. No. Do you know who did . No. Huhuh. Reporte and so they asked him, where was he before and after dinner on valentines day . Me and my son went out to blockbuster. We ate about 7 30 and about 10 30 i was in bed. I dont sleep much, so three, four hours later im up tossing and turning. Reporter wait a minute. If he was up tossing and turning, how did he not hear the cops banging on his door . I dont know what to tell you, man. I was in my bed. You were there . Yeah. We rang the bell like eight or ten times. I didnt hear it. We sleep with fans on, as i said, box fans. I took tylenol p. M. , as i stated to you. But then you also said that youre a light sleeper, you tossed and turned last night and maybe three, four hours and thats it. Right. I was up about 40 tossing and turning. I looked at the clock again at 5 00. We were there. I didnt hear you. I dont know what to t you. Reporter juan reyes was like a brick wall. Didnt dont it, didnt know who did. Really . The polygraph told a different story. 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Reporter richard and his scouting buddy spent the evening together the night before richard was killed and so bill heard him get the phone call from stacey about their plans for valentines day. He said, were making plans to get together up near her grandmas. Rec s staying up there for the weekend . She was looking after her grandmother. R was he happy about that . He thought, thats great. Reporter a wee he at richards memorial. Stacey asked bill to give the eulogy. It was one of the most difficult things ive ever done, is to get up and talk about him. I i remember looking down at thepallbearers and they were all scouts. There was not a dry eye there. Reporter everyone e on bal released them into the air. Everybody had their own personal little story. Richard helped me tie my first knots in my tent. Richard helped me build my first fire. You could tell the cub scouts he was working with, that he touched their lives like he had me and my sis