of mountains around the eastern flank of los angeles. here is where chris and kristy hall had come to live out their golden years, though they were far from old when it happened. just experienced with life and each other. as far back as i can remember it s always been chris and kristy. they were never thought of as separate. they re a unit. these are their three units, courtney is a teacher, rihanna a personal trainer, and ashton, the youngest, here just returned from playing professional volleyball in europe. all of them, of course, have heard scores of times the story of how their parents met. it was 1978. kristy had gone to see a relative in nearby san bernardino. while there she encountered a security guard who, to her at least, looks just like elvis. it was blair christopher hall, chris to his friends. apparently she was flirty at the gate. in short order chris and kristy got married. she was 17. he, 20. and as the girls grew up they said they never doubted for a
was this drowning really an accident? she s got a huge gash on her head. something like that is not consistent with just falling down. a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. he s crying and we re crying. he said, they think i hurt mom. three daughters stand by their dad. and one prosecutor stands firm. he s holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. was it murder? hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. in this hour, a story that calls to mind the master of suspense. a plot straight out of an alfred hitchcock film. a young woman peers into her neighbor s yard and sees something for a few seconds. a man, a woman, and a moment that was unsettling. was it some kind of accident? a crime? maybe even a murder? what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here is keith morrison. we know the truth. and we know everything that
accident? she s got a huge gash on her head. something like that s not consistent with just falling down. a husband and father suddenly under suspicion. he s crying and we re crying. he said that think think i heard mom. three daughters stand by their dad and one prosecutor stands firm. he s holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. was it murder? hello and welcome to dateline extra. requests i m craig melvin. a plot straight out of an alfred hitchcock film. a young woman peers into the neighbor s yard and sees something, a man, a woman, unsettling. was it some kind of an accident? a crime? maybe even a murder? what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here s keith morrison. we know the truth and we know everything that happened. how do we know what we doe? emotionally unsatisfying not to have that answer. so it is. even if we have se
the look on his face was almost undescribable. what had she seen? was this drowning really an accident? she s got a huge gash on her head. something like that is not consistent with just falling down. a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. he s crying and we re crying. he said, they think i hurt mom. three daughters stand by their dad. and one prosecutor stands firm. he s holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. was it murder? hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. in this hour, a story that calls to mind the master of suspense. a plot straight out of an alfred hitchcock film. a young woman peers into her neighbor s yard and sees something for a few seconds. a man, a woman, and a moment that s unsettling. was it some kind of accident? a crime? maybe even a murder? what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here i
she s got a huge gash on her head. something like that is not consistent with just falling down. a husband and father is suddenly under suspicion. he s crying and we re crying. he said, they think i hurt mom. three daughters stand by their dad. and one prosecutor stands firm. he s holding his wife of almost three decades under the water. my job is to get justice for cristi hall. was it murder? hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. in this hour, a story that calls to mind the master of suspense. a plot straight out of an alfred hitchcock film. a young woman peers into her neighbor s yard and sees something for a few seconds. a man, a woman, and a moment that s unsettling. was it some kind of accident? a crime? maybe even a murder? what she saw and what she did would set in motion a chain of events that would divide a family and a jury. here is keith morrison. we know the truth. and we know everything that happened. how do we know what we know