dn t do it, i didn t do it. then in 2002 he wrote us a letter. ah, yes, the letter. the key to the whole thing really. without that letter, well it was 2002 and billy hoffman had been in prison for three years. when he wrote to the cowless that he was remorseful. he had found god, he said, and with that a sense of obligation to say he was sorry. and i m reading it and reading it. then i m crying, reading it, crying, reading it. i m by myself what did it say? that he was sorry, that he had done things he shouldn t have, that he hoped that we would forgive him someday. and then she wentback to the beginning and read this one curious phrase. he wrote, i would like to begin by confessing my part in the murder of richard as the one who took his life. my part.
thinking, did i just hear that? you were supposed to buy me a car? odd, of course, but the cowless were with far too distraught to try to figure out what was going on in the mind of amy, 16 and pregnant. it was soon after that ricky died. his heart, kidneys and liver were donated to people in need. amy moved back in with her parents to get ready to have ricky s baby. and debbie and rick senior vowed to find out who did this. that s when a long journey began. long, and as you ll see, very strange. coming up, on this trail of a killer. he said, that was me. i did that. when dateline continues. i did that when dateline continues