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WTVJ Dateline NBC January 11, 2016

[music playing] front entryway opens to a formal living room and formal dining room. Both of these rooms are spacious, have great light. And each one has a fireplace. These are the kinds of rooms you would expect to see in a prewar home. As y continue through the home, youre going to see some very unexpected surprises. The adirondack room is one of those surprises. This room was originally developed in 1920. And whats so striking about it is its authenticity. Everything in this room is original, the floors, the beams, theassive fireplace. This is really the heart of the home for this family one thing you may notice that is not original 1920 is the projector. The family installed it so they can enjoy this room as a home theater. This open floor plan represents how families live today. Kitchen opens to the dining area and family room. The family room incorporates even more of the homes it has an outstanding vaulted beamed ceiling, with the unique feature of a cupola trimmed with copper. This room, along with the kitchen and dining area, brings a touch of modern to this lovely country setting. Speaking of a country setting, these freh doors take your outside to a beautiful brick patio, with builtin grill and covered terrace. [music playing] this master bedroom suite, with its beamed cathedral ceiling, is both spacious and cozy at the same time. It features two large dressing rooms and a luxurious, spalike bathroom. Im here on the master balcony. You can see it all. The lake spans before you. And the size of the property reveals itself. We have one more surprise. The original horse barn has been converted into a basketball court. Thats one of the many surprises i hope youve enjoyed today. Thank you so much for coming up greenwich and taking this tour with me. Thats all for now. The most inspiring rooms combine old and new pieces. Its modern. Its fresh. And it creates the impression of having been collected over time. If you have a decorating tip, share it with us on twitter or instagram openhousetv. And you can also join our facebook family. And if you want to see more of the amazing homes we featured on todays show, head to openhousetv. Com. Well be back next week. Thanks for watching. A go reporter at 5 53 a. M. , a Security Camera captured michelles car as it arrived at the parking lot. She stopped by the warehouses time clock and headed upstairs to her office. About an hour later, a supervisor named ed yuska noticed a big stain on the upstairs hallway carpet. He started looking around the area, with help from a coworker, the janitor, david dooley. Ed was out on the mezzanine just part of the ways, and i was holding the door. And there was just he said, theres a dead body laying there. Reporter what did it look like . I just saw from the knees i didnt see the whole thing. But honestly im glad i didnt look because id never been around anything like that. It was kind of frightening f me. Reporter someone inside Thermo Fisher had killed Michelle Mockbee. But who . And just as puzzling, why . When we come back, lockdown. The hunt for a killer begins. The perpetrator could still be there. In this giant warehouse, a giant question had someone carried out the perfect crime . Theres actually industrial strength bleach there. Rubber gloves everywhere. If you neeeed to commit a murder, this place had it. Does your carpet ever feelough and dirty . Dont avoid it, resolve it. Our formula with a special conditioning ingredient, softens your carpet with every use. Its r rolve, so you know it cleans and freshens. But it also softens. Resolve. And to cleanet messes, try resolve pet expert. Here in the city, parking is hard to find. Seems like everyone drives. And those who do should switch to geico because yoyocould save hundreds on Car Insurance. Ah, perfect. Valet parking. Hello heres the keys. And, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. Hm, wouldnt mind some of that beef wellington. 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Breathe right parents help their children discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own mmm foot wow food for giants oooo no wonder no one has eaten this sandwich kids discover the world with their mouths detergent is harmful if swallowed, so keep laundry pacs up and away from children reporter Tuesday Morning after memorial day deputieiefrom the Boone County Sheriffs Department resnded to a call of a person down at the Thermo Fisher warehouse. They rolled up to the front door and were directed upstairs. Deputy joe gregory was with them. We went over to the victim, assessed that she was dead. There was plastic wrapped around her head. There was plastic wrap around the back of her hands. Reporter the deputies did a tactical search of the area to secure it. You definitely have your guns drawn because the perpetrator could still be there. Reporter there was no sign of anyone upstairs, but the csi found hints of what had happened. A trail of blood in the hallway. A larger blood stain showing smears when lit up, as though someone had attempted a cleanup. The body itself was found in an unused mezzanine area where someone had also stashed michelles purse and a bag Holding Employee time cards. Obviously we felt like the body had been moved. Reporter putting the story together was now the job of lead investigators bruce mcvay and everett stahl. Tell me a little bit about the building where this takes place. Thermo Fisher Scientific is a company that ships medical supplies. Kind of like an amazon for medical supplies. Its a large warehouse. Reporter how large . Try the size of four football fields. Thats ulcerinducing acreage for an investigator searching for clues. But on the plus side, the warehouse was also a secure facility. Deteives say its pretty hard employee. So you know that your suspect is one of those people in the building . Thats right. Reporter the Sheriffs Department put Thermo Fisher on lockdown. No one allowed in or out. Deputies took a head cnt. There were 13 workers on site. Detectives began interviewing them one by one. Im sitting actually closer the people that im interviewing. And i can see with each person i talk to, theres no blood, theres no evince that they have been involved in anything. Reporter if its one of the people youre interviewing, theyve disguised it well . They have. Reporter dan mockbee says back at home, he started hearing about an incident at the warehouse. They werent letting people into the building. They were turning them away. Eporter dan says he tried calling his wife and other coworkers, but no one was picking up. And thats when i started getting nervous. Reporter he drove over and stahl. Everett stahl sat me down at a table and started to ask me a few questions. And i looked at him and i said excuse me, officer. My wife works here. I really need to know that shes all right. And thats when he told me that she was deceased. His reaction was pretty excruciating to watch. I still had to press on, and i still had to move forward with my looking at him as a possible suspect. Reporter while dan mockbee was being questioned, michelles family was starting to get word from the scene. I think i threw the phone down. And im just like no, no, this isnt happening. This isnt real. Lockdown at the warehouse was lifted. I had each person walk through their day and it seemed like a normal day for everybody. Nobody stood out. Reporter and then, every Thermo Fisher employee was sent home. Their first major sweep of the building, they were puzzled. There was really nothing out of place in this facility. After all the searching, the offices, the warehouse, there was just nototng. Reporter it didnt help that Thermo Fishers shelves seemed perfectly stocked for a criminal. This is a company that has tyvek suits, which are what you would see in some murder investigations the detectives wearing, so they dont contaminate scenes. Theres actually industrial strength bleach there. Reporter thats stronger than any you could buy in a store. Thats right. Rubber gloves everywhere, plastic bags. I mean, if you needed to commit a murder, this place has it. Reporter the only sign of anything amiss in the entire warehouse . Michelle, as head of payroll, had a locked office, and it looked as though someone had tried to break into it. You could tell that because . There were pry marks on her office door. Office that anybody would want . Thats the mystery. You know, we talked about money, but there was very little money if any at all. Reporter the following morning, Thermo Fisher employees came back on the job, shellshocked about the death of their coworker and jittery about possibly working alongside her killer. At a command Center Meeting at the sheriffs office, detectives put their Heads Together and drew up a list of potential suspects, based on the last people to see Michelle Mockbee alive, or the first to find her dead. Ed yuska, the supervisor. He was one of the two that found the body. Reporter dave dooley, the janitor. Dave dooley was with ed yuska when the body was found. Reporter doug tungate, a temp employee, and joe siegert, a warehouse worker. Doug tungate and joe siegert were the two that saw michelle when she came in. Of course, dan mockbee because s the husband. Reporter a short list of potential suspects for prosecutor linda tally smith. Ive referred to this case as almost being like the game of clue because you have a very small group and its a matter of accounting backwards and excluding people. Reporter so thats what faced investigators. In which room . With what weapon . And finally, who . Coming up the questions begin. Where was michelles husband dan the morning of the murder . I was sleeping. What a great alibi, right . Couch and she sleep on the bed . Reporter Michelle Mockbees siblings remember her as the big sister who literally couldnt lose. She was the contest queen. She won every contest there was for like a twoyear run. Yeah. You name it. She won tvs. Flat screen tvs. Cards, you know, everything. Super bowl parties. Lucky. She loved it. It made her so happy. And it made her even more happy to share her winnings with other people. Reporter but now it was michelles family that had lost so much. We were completely dumbfounded as to why anyone would want to hurt her. Reporter as investigators worked through their list of five initial suspects, one by one, like the prosecutors game of clue, they started at the most obvious square one, the victims husband. First couple of days police werent letting you out of their sight. No. Reporter were you worried youd be put in jail . Absolutely. You know youre as innocent as can be, but theres always a possibility of something. Reporter dan was a suspect almost from the getgo. Were you guys aware of that . I was aware of it. Because the detective that came to my house asked me if there was any trouble in their marriage. To which i replied no, not at all. I not for one Second Thought that dan would be responsible ever. Never. Reporter but detectives werent so sure. They peppered dan with questions. Including the big one. When police asked you where you were at the time your wife was killed i was doing what most sensible people are doing at 6 00 in the morning if they dont have to get up and go to work. I was sleeping. What a great alibi, right . Im home in bed. Its not a very good alibi, but its the only one i had. Reporter but exactly where he was sleeping that night raised a red flag for detective stl. Dan volunteered he was downstairs on the couch. Was that a sign of trouble in the marriage . I said, well, whyd you sleep on the couch andhe sleep in the bed . And he said, well, you know, typically the girls sleep with her and i get off of my shift late. By the time i get home, shes already in bed for the next day. So he had just made a habit to sleep in on the couch. It made us want to take a closer look at dan. The only ones interested in the husband. A cadaver dog named little joe had been called in to search outside the warehouse. The dog searched two cars with no success, but then he went up to a third vehicle, a silver minivan. The dog did have some` interest in the back of that vehicle. Reporter detectives knew what the dog handler didnt, that the silver minivan belonged to dan mockbee. After the dogs up in the vehicle searching, he was finding nothing. There was no findings of human remains or blood. Reporter a disappointing dead end. Investigators have been in and out of this place all day long. Reporter but the cadaver dog was then sent over to the mockbee house to join a search in progress. One dan had consented to. Whatever we asked of dan, he was willing to do. Reporter suggesting either that he wasnt guilty or that he was supremely confident he wasnt going to get caught . Thats right. Reporter while dan was feeling the heat, detectives michelles cell phone and tracking down truckers who had delivered to Thermo Fisher. And of course, stahl and mcvay were taking a hard look at the other four names on their initial suspect list. Two men who were the last known to see Michelle Mockbee alive. One, a warehouse worker named joe siegert, had seemed unusually unemotional about michelles death when he was first questioned. He was one of the ones that made it to the top of the list. Joe presents himself as a loner. Kind of a dry, dark sense of humor and personality. Reporter the other guy at the time clock that morning was doug tungate. Doug was a temporary employee. A newcomer to Thermo Fisher and an outsider. We started looking into his past. Saw that he had a couple felonies and some alcohol issues. So we thought, this might be a good guy to look at. Reporter then there was david dooley, the janitor. He and his wife janet had cleaned at Thermo Fisher for david was one of the two to find michelles body. Detective mcvay interviewed him the day of the homicide, and really nothing that put him to the forefront t anyones mind. Reporter and last, there was ed yuska. He was the supervisor who called 911 after finding michelle. The blood is right by her office door. It looks like she never got in her office. Reporter detective stahl found out that ed yuska had some health issues. The thought that ed could do all this to michelle, drag her down the hallway a get her to the mezzanine logically to us says eds not our guy because he physically probably couldnt have done that. Reporter which made detectives feel comfortable eliminating ed yuska from their suspect list. And so then there were four. Now, h w to rule out the next one . The csi team had collected some dna from michelles body and it would be months before a forensic lab could report whetr any suspect was a match. Meanwhile, investigators were starting to scan through a promising new piece of evidence, security video from the warehouses parking lot. Could the clue they needed be somewhere in those thousands of frames of footage . There it is. Coming up it was nerveracking. Another elimination round. This time the lie detector test. And police soon detected something was up. He stops himself at the door and says, no, no, no, im not doing this. Even if she gets a stain shell wear it for a week straight. So i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. And since im the one who has to do the laundry, i do what any expert dad would do. I let her play sheriff. I got 20 minutes to life. Tide and downy. Great on their own even better togegeer. Check this out, bro. Whats that, broheim . I switched to geico and got more. More savings on Car Insurance . Yeah brofessor, and more. Like renters insurance. More ways to save. Nice, brotato chip. Ats not all, brotein shake. Geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. Oh, thats a lot more. Oh yeah, im all about more, teddy brosevelt. Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Oh my gosh, stephanie were, like, so goth. Sfx x nocks on door. Honey . Im dying my hair, mom. Hair dye . Honey. Teenage daughter . Kill 99. 9 of germs and destroy grime. With scrubbing bubbles for 100 problem solved. Everyone loves the way dark clothes make thefeel. And no one wants that feeling to fade. Thats why theres woolite darks. Its free of harsh ingredients, keeping dark clothes looking like new for 30 washes mother of two michelle mock bees family funeral brought her family some comfort. In ur mind, youre like, she touched this many peoples lives. Soon red ribbons popped up in honor of michelle. But still couldnt answer the familys questions. I feel like were kind of in limbo. We didnt know what this was all about. We didnt know if it was somebody after our fakily, why they would be, we dont know. Early on, the investigation had yielded frustratingly few clues on the four remaining lead suspects, but the detectives commander kept up hope. I knew once we can get that just one little bit of lead on this investigation it would open, many, many doors. Hov and his team of detectives were hunting for the hours of security footage of the thermofisher parking lot. We had several eyes on this video. And stahl decided to turn up the heat on the four, starting with the husband, dan. We asked him, would you take a polygraph for us . You agreed to take the polygraph. Yes, sir. Thats a scary thing. Because if it goes wrong, all of a sudden theres a case against you. Right. It was nervewracking. I mean, i took a deep breath like this an the guys like hold on, hold on. You cant do that. You know, its registering on the sensors. And youre like what if i took a deep breath at the wrong time . Reporter but dan told detectives he was eager to be put under the microscope. Please. Do all this stuff so you can

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