dateline. this is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. the gunman laid in wait in the secluded dark place at night. one way or another, that s an execution. absolutely. they were a busy married couple, meeting up for a romantic valentine s night rendezvous. but that night, someone had other plans. he s been what? he s been shot! before she even arrived, her husband was dead. i could see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to harm this man. then, someone let a secret slip. soon, people were questioning a suspect with a motive who had suddenly changed his look. and in fact, when he showed up that morning, he was beardless. there was only one problem, he had a rock solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that is when the phone rang, a tip, a tire track, and a case one detective would never forget. there was a shot in the dark, but i took it. hello, and welcome to dateline. it wa
no, bang, bang, bang. law enforcement banging on the house, that kind of thing. had he fled, run away? later that morning detectives went to his workplace to see if he d show there. he did, all right, but his appearance had changed. from the information that we had gathered from different sources that showed that he had a beard. . woodrow tripp was chief of detectives at the time and worked the case with franklin. in fact, when he showed up at work that morning, he was beardless. or at least he had removed his formerly full beard and shrunk it to an appearance-altering goate. now juan found himself at the sheriff s station. 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 tripp. it is my understanding that you and stacey are romantically involved? yeah, yeah. he spilled all of that, the affair, the love nest, the extra
plans. he s been what? he s been shot. before she even arrived, her husband was dead. i could see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to hurt the man. then someone let a secret slip. soon police were questioning a suspect with a motive who had suddenly changed his looks. and, in fact, when he showed up at work that morning he was beardless. there was only one problem. he had a rock-solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that s when the phone rang. a tip, a tire track and a case one detective will never forget. it was a shot in the dark, but i took it. hello and welcome to dateline. it was valentine s day and a married couple near atlanta planned to celebrate with a secret ren day view at a
and one last one for you. on friday we told you two of our producers ben and jason bet their beards. ben will be shaving his off, i can t wait. this is the first time since 3 years old ben will be beardless. come on, ben, i thought you were going to come in today with it shaved. we ll bring the pictures if they don t look too rough later this week. and alex, one thing we have to talk about is the halftime show. pretty incredible, the uh? we ll have to get to that coming up. i have to say, i thought it was great. and as louis said, we ll talk about lady gaga s performance coming up. plus, the president is taking the first step in scaling back the financial regulations. and he s getting sharp criticism from lawmakers across the aisle. we ll be right back.