killer. i wanted all of this to be behind this. go on happily ever after. single mom meets single dad, and in a single moment it was love. he was very handsome. he was fun. all smiles, very outgoing, charming. everything he did melted my heart. but there is something else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. my wife, she s dead. i just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he had become the focus in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too? on the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. i felt horrible for him. you did not want to believe? it who would want to believe that? hello. welcome to dateline. vanessa pond was a single parent lookin
something about his past. something deadly. i just came in the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said, i should probably let you know, my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he d become the focus, in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too? i m a father, i have a family, i didn t kill janet. i felt horrible for him. you don t want to believe? it no. who would want to believe that? hello, welcome to dateline. vanessa pond was a single parent looking for a second chance at love, and in raven abaroa, she thought she found her soulmate. the pair started dating, then came a chilling admission. raven told vanessa that he was carrying some heavy baggage. more than 2000 miles away, he was a suspect in his wife s unsolved murder. still, vanessa clung to the dream that they could live h
Life. I wanted them to find the real killer. I wanted all of this to be behind us. And go on happily ever after. Single mom single dad. And any single moment, it was love. He was very handsome. He was fun. All smiles, very outgoing, charming. Everything he did melted my heart. But there is Something Else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. My wife, shes dead. I just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. She was crying, he was in shock. His whole life was shattered. He said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. Killed in a crime that had never been solved. She was almost the perfect victim. And what about him . He had become the focus in his first wifes mysterious death. Was he a victim too . On the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. I felt horrible for him. You did not want to believe . It who would want to believe that . Hello. Welcome to dateline. Vanessa pond was a single parent looking for Secon
i did say to him, what if your wife finds? out he said, she won t ever know. prosecutor franks then got to the heart of your case, opening to prove that janet was trapped in an emotional lee abusive marriage. janet ever talking about problems she had in a marriage? yes. best friend brittany romero said she heard just how destructive janet s marriage had become. i overheard him talking to janet, and the way that you wouldn t want your dogs to talk to. would it be? say he said that she was good for nothing, that she couldn t do anything right. brittani said, raven had taken control over every aspect of janet s life, including your phone calls. who he doesn t like me talking to you, she said, i have to walk to the pay phone to talk to you. my heart just i said, how long have you been walking to the pay phone, and how far as payphone? does any of this makes us sense to my friend?
could ve been behind something that happened five months earlier, raven had been caught stealing sporting equipment from his employer, and reselling it on ebay. ravens mother, karen, was stunned. i just couldn t believe it, how could you be so stupid? but at least he admitted it, he didn t try to get out of it. i was proud of him for that. for owning up? for owning up. along with the young couples financial stress, friends told detectives raven and janet had also had a brush with infidelity. according to janet s friend, brittany, within just months of the wedding, raven had cheated on janet. how did she sound when that happened? devastated. and then she went back with him after that? she forgave him.