xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit or go to xfinitymobile.com. welcome back to dateline. heather jones s estranged husband maintained he knew nothing about what happened to her. welcome back to dateline heather jones estranged husband maintains he knew nothing about what happened to her. but police were hot on his trail. would it lead them to heather? i would love to help you. i really would. reporter: for hours, chris jones had been going over his story with detectives about what happened the night his wife, heather, disappeared. but after cadaver dogs found the scent of human remains in chris car, detective bryan wallace wasn t buying his story. your story about what happened the night she disappeared is total bull [ bleep ]. reporter: wallace pushed him for the truth. how did it happen?
finally spread her wings and found the courage to leave her marriage. and she never looked back. you could see just her spirit just lighting up, and her sense of security and what all the future was going to hold for her. reporter: in february of 2015 chris jones went on trial. heather s friends took the stand to help prove the prosecution s theory. when chris realized he d lost control of heather, he took control in another way. find that man guilty of first-degree murder. reporter: prosecutors laid out their case to the jury. it wasn t an accident. reporter: assistant district attorney danielle mccollum. she didn t fall down. there was a struggle. he did strangle her either with his hands, or however he did it. he was up close and personal to her. and he was there watching that breath go out of her.
would protect her. reporter: ed knew it probably didn t look good to police. i guess me admitting that i would hide her, if that s what she wanted, you know, i can understand them saying that, you know, maybe he s hidden her. did you hide her? i wish. did you drive to see heather that night? no. were you with heather that night? no. did you have anything to do with her disappearance? no. reporter: ed told police he was at home, far away in eastern tennessee and revealed that despite those steamy texts, he and heather hadn t actually seen each other in person in years. we had discussed seeing each other. i guess it would ve been, well, about another month. reporter: ed insisted to police he had no idea where heather was, but he did give them a big clue. he told investigators that, in fact, he spoke to heather on the phone the very night she disappeared, and he heard
murder of any type, and that his taped statements to police were coerced. the detectives said chris jones talked to them voluntarily and could have ended the interview at any time. as for cousin diane, she has obtained legal custody of heather and chris two children. and heather s gym friends, they find comfort in knowing that before her death, heather achieved that remarkable journey, becoming the person she was always meant to be. she got to experience that before she left this earth. she got to experience what it was like to be as beautiful as she wanted to be, inside and out. i m glad she did. reporter: that dance class where heather spread her wings still keeps a place for her, a heart with heather s name on it. a reminder of a woman whose transformation continues to inspire all who knew and loved heather jones. is she dancing? absolutely. we believe that. if you believe in angels, there is one dancing up there, i
detect? i mean the odor of decomposition. reporter: wallace had chris against the ropes, and he was finally going to get some answers. not just about what happened, but why. the startling revelation, heather s radical makeover of her body and life had put her life in imminent danger. coming up a whole new story from chris. was this all some awful accident? or could it be murder with a mind-blowing motive? when dateline continues. pill works fast? take the zantac it challenge! zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. take the zantac it challenge.