him like, what i couldn t believe it. was he watching me that fire was set very calculating years before his wife kille herself. yes he claimed she committed suicide days before she was du to give birth to her first child. she was extremely excited for that baby. she wanted to be a mom this wasn t somebod thinking about suicide exactly it made me wonder was he a murderer you are trying to prove a murderer with pretty much no evidence correct is he kind of gloating he got away with it he is thinking, well, catch me if you can. we are going to do her and her family justice we are going to solve this murder hello, and welcome to dateline meg purk was a young mom to be over the moon to be having her first child. then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparen suicide. her family struggled t understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire se decades later would point to a possible answer and pu investigators on a trail towards the tru
for that baby. she wanted to be a mom. this wasn t somebody thinking about suicide. exactly. it made me wonder was he a murderer? you are trying to prove a murderer with pretty much no evidence. correct. is he kind of gloating he got away with it? he is thinking, well, catch me if you can. we are going to do her and her family justice. we are going to solve this murder. hello, and welcome to dateline . meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire set decades later would point to a possible answer and put investigators on a trail towards the truth. here is josh mankiewicz with secrets from the grave . wander through any graveyard, and you will find them, mysteries etched in stone. lives cut tragically short by war, disease, misfortune, and sometimes murder. many who arrested in
truths which could prove her husband, scott purk, had put her there. in september 2011, just week after scott purk s arrest, the remarkably well preserve bodies of and meg her baby son were exhumed it was amazing to actuall meet her it really was. thinking that we are going t do her and her family justice. she was holding that baby i her arms in the casket yes hard to see it was very tough it really brings everythin home a lot had changed since tha day in 1985 when this summit county coroner had declared me s death a suicide first of all, instead of a corner, the county now had a bird certified medical examiner the staff was all new, bette trained. forensic technology was much improved and, thanks to an excellent an bowling job, the marks on meg body were still there.
yes. hard to see? it was very tough. it really brings everything home. a lot had changed since that day in 1985 when this summit county coroner had declared meg s death a suicide. first of all, instead of a corner, the county now had a bird certified medical examiner. the staff was all new, better trained. forensic technology was much improved. and, thanks to an excellent and bowling job, the marks on meg s body were still there. you could still see the belt marks that go across her neck and then down towards her back. so the bruises on her neck are going the wrong way? yes. and they re not from a rope, the belt market is going down back towards her lower back, which indicates someone s behind you and they re pulling the rope.
hard to see? it was very tough. it really brings everything home. a lot had changed since that day in 1985 when this summit county coroner had declared meg s death a suicide. first of all, instead of a corner, the county now had a bird certified medical examiner. the staff was all new, better trained. forensic technology was much improved. and, thanks to an excellent and bowling job, the marks on meg s body were still there. you could still see the belt marks that go across her neck and then down towards her back. so the bruises on her neck are going the wrong way? yes. and they re not from a rope, the belt market is going down