they were a mother and daughter who had both made mistakes, but there was no mistaking her love . she was not perfect , but she was perfect for me. and when her daughter became a mom, life itself seemed perfect, but not for long. called the sergeant and said, please tell me this isn t true and he said, i can t . but who wanted her daughter dead ? she had lovers not enemies. friends with benefits . the question for police, which fred was the father, and which the killer? it doesn t seem as if she always made the best choices in a man . no. no. single mom tori vienneau was surrounded by love. hello, and welcome to dateline. single mom, tori was surrounded by love. in addition to her baby, dean, she had a boyfriend, a best friend, and a mother who adored her hear the grown-ups work as a team, caring for the baby. when tragedy stuck struck, tori realized, the only way was to fight for justice. here is josh mankiewicz with complicated. in some families, th
True, even though love, maybe even the rejection. at trial, the defense said that you did it. i was there a scapegoat. hard to hear? very hard to hear. but daniel had an alibi, unlike the one given by moen one, did not rely on the word of a close friend. here is daniel on a store security camera at work the night of the murders and his cell phone pinged on the tower near where he worked. daniel was never charged. in the end, it was clear he was not guilty of killing both the woman and baby he loved. we, the jury, find the defendant, dennis potts guilty of the crime of murder. a jury believed all the guilt rested with dennis potts. the family has plenty of money, whatever child support tori was asking for certainly was not going to break them,
Better to commit murder then give them the money? he was too smart for his own good. maybe he thought it would work. maybe he did not want to be attached to tori or her son the next 18 years. he had a girl about to become his fiancee. it was a nice little thing to do on the side, but i think it got a lot more complicated . there might have been more to dennis s plan. remember those strange texts daniel received the day of the murder? police believe that was dennis, who had already killed tori and dean, using tori s phone to blur daniel to the scene. what would have happened if daniel would have shown up? that is something only dennis knows. there was no question that they lied. in a separate trial, max corn was found guilty of obstructing justice, sentenced to 20 years. dennis potts was sentenced to life, without the possibility of parole, which is exactly what tori s mother wanted .
Was it going to tell me? it should tell you the same thing our paternity test date, if not, i am going to be surprised. really, sincerely surprised, yes. dayna had long been suspicious of dennis potts, because she believed he had somehow manipulated the paternity test. in her frustration, hearing nothing from lieutenant rooney and his investigators, she went to tv station kfmb and gave them a tip, one that would become big news as soon as it ran on tv. check out a guy named dennis potts. so, you put dennis s name out there? yes, i did. with that information, a producer from kfmb went to the home of dennis s parents. where was he the night of the murder? he was right here. and the police come and see you and you are thinking, what, he s going to give you a big thank you? what did you get instead?
Her and it was in the car. of course, asked, are you alone ? in retrospect, it just seems so out of left field, and inappropriate to care whether she is alone at her apartment. the homicide team also learned more about where dennis was, again from his telephone records. dennis said, nobody else had his phone, nobody else used his phone and he was with max corn from 5:00 to 8:00 at night. his phone moved around between 5:00 and 8:00. there were a number of calls that were made that did not use cell sightings in bonita, where max corn was. the last used a cell tower in national city, that was very close to tori s apartment. if dennis had his phone and his phone pinged off the tower