right? you don t find fingerprints, blood, dna in the house. could somebody else be the killer. i wondered what the man was capable of. so much tragedy, so much heartbreak. we waited for them to figure out that they had it wrong. it was a second of july, 2008, early evening in a fine old town called prescott, arizona. sun going down. air cooling down to a fine evening warm. here at the town s historic rodeo grounds, refuges from the summer heat and phoenix, two hours and 25 degrees away, settled in to the stands to enjoy the exploits of the cowboys. at the same time, a few miles away on the edge of town, a woman named carol kennedy jogged. some time after 7:00, she turned in at her street, backyard, called bridle path, she arrived at the back door of the house she intended to inhabit for the rest of her natural days. but of course, carol kennedy had no idea that this was going to be her last day and no, it would not be natural at all. it s the biggest lo
she had been having an affair with her boss. the prosecutor says, after he shot his wife, he washed his hands and washed his forearms. they called us back at noon and started the trial. i thought he made one of the worst mistakes i d ever heard of. it was obvious there was something that just wasn t right. the only thing i ve ever wanted was for everyone to hear the truth. i told him that i would fight with everything i had in me. that s the promise i made to him. hello, and welcome to dateline. for many, the holiday season is a special time. but for the jennings family, one christmas eve turned into a waking nightmare. there was an argument, followed by a gunshot, then a frantic call to police. lisa jennings was dead. the question for detectives was, did she take her own life or was this murder? here s keith morrison with a crack in everything. reporter: it was his secret that started it. a secret gift. it was christmas eve in the year 2006, a little farm
handprint in blood. but hang on because that handprint doesn t belong to the man police put in prison. now a mother turns detective. her words to me i ll never forget is i just want to know what happened to my daughter. join in as she hunts for a killer and searches for the truth. i wanted to put my fist through my tv. still brings the hair up on the back of my neck. hello and welcome to dateline. a confession can break a murder investigation wide open. it certainly did in this story. soon after 19-year-old angie dodge was found stabbed to death in her iowa falls apartment a local admitted he was one of her killers. police recorded every gristly detail convinced they had cracked the case. but years later there was someone else who thought those tapes might tell a different story. here s keith morrison with the confession. they kept him here. he s lucky to be alive probably given the nature of the crime and the appeal from that girl s mother for the death sentenc
but hang on, the handprint doesn t belong to the man police put in prison.n the anger just surged through me. now a mother turns detective. her words to me, i ll never forget, were i just want to know what happened to my daughter. join in as she hunts for a killer and searches for the truth. i wanted to put my fist through the tv. it still brings the hair up on the back of my neck. hello and welcome to dateline. a confession can break a murder investigation wide open, it certainly did in this story. soon after 19-year-old angie dodd was found stabbed to death in her apartment, a local admitted he was one of her killers, policeof recorded ever grisly detail, convinced they had cracked the case. but years later, there was someone else who thought those tapes might tell a different story. here s keith morrison with the confession.th reporter: they kept him in here, deep, inside the multiple walls and the armed doors and the rolls and rolls of razor wir
do you want that person to protect the confidentiality of the investigation? even rumors about your case can impact your reputation. you want someone who values the truth. you want someone with the courage to make the right decision, even if it s an unpopular decision. there s an old supreme court case that sets out the job description of a prosecutor. it is not the win. it is not the simply get convictions. it is to be a minister of justice. i have a daughter in law school. she s heard me say this a million times. good prosecutors clear more innocent people a month than defense attorneys do in a lifetime. but you have to be objective. you have to be fair. and you have to be honest. i would be hard pressed to think of any lawyer i worked with in congress who is less qualified to be a prosecutor than adam schiff. yet this week we learned he wants to be the next attorney general of california. i guess california is progressive. i guess the next attorney general there will not s