stinking. she d met another man. yep. and her husband, he really played the field. how many other women besides you was levi chavez having an affair with? ten. ten. so many suspects. but so few clues. what really happened to tera? she had told her boss that she had done something bad. if i never said anything maybe she d still be alive. i think the last statement in her diary said it all. reporter: the life of a police officer is full of danger and stress. they have rough days at work and they end up holding it in. reporter: they re our protectors, our first responders. it s hard. it s hard work. from one call to the next, you don t know what you re going to meet up with. reporter: but our story is about what happened when a first responder had to face a crisis in his own home. baby, please wake up, please! reporter: a cop, pleading for help, from his fellow men and women in blue. tell them i m a cop. please tell them to hurry, please.
she d met another man. yep. and her husband, he really played the field. how many other women besides you was levi chavez having an affair with? ten. ten. so many suspects. but so few clues. what really happened to tera? she had told her boss that she had done something bad. if i never said anything maybe she d still be alive. i think the last statement in her diary said it all. reporter: the life of a police officer is full of danger and stress. they have rough days at work and they end up holding it in. reporter: they re our protectors, our first responders. it s hard. it s hard work. from one call to the next, you don t know what you re going to meet up with. reporter: but our story is about what happened when a first responder had to face a crisis in his own home. baby, please wake up, please! reporter: a cop, pleading for help, from his fellow men and women in blue. tell them i m a cop. please tell them to hurry, please. reporter:
was that a motive for murder. somebody killed your wife. police saw mysterious clues. a computer search on how to kill someone. there were a lot of suspicious things. nothing added up. what really happened to tera? i never said anything. i am lester holt, this is dateline. tonight the officer s wife. here is josh mankiewicz. the life of a police officer is full of danger and stress. they have rough days at work and they end upholdi holding it they re our first responders. it is hard work. you never know what you ll end up with. our story is about what happened when a first responder had to face a crisis in his own home. a cop pleading for help from his fellow men and women in blue. please tell them to hurry. in one moment a family was shattered. it was like disbelief, a surreal moment. and over time, an entire community s secrets will be revealed. i laid there and cried. it doesn t make sense. it starts here in the village of los lunas,