you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
dream would turn into a nightmare. two prosecutors would handle the case, kristen richardson and her fellow prosecuting attorney, carl carlstrom. they promised the jury pieces of a puzzle, pieces they hoped would ultimately reveal a resentful, hateful husband who is frustrations had boiled over. i think it was actually i hate this phrase but it really was a crime of passion. at the core of the prosecutor s case, david was a sexist philanderer who viewed his goody two shoes wife as a weight around his neck. he put his hands around hers, after an argument in their condo to free himself of the burden. david, they said, then turned to nici s problem with pills as cover. why kill her? you know, it wasn t a planned murder. if it was what he planned to do, he could divorce or. this was not a plan. this was something that erupted one night, a fit of rage.
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