you think that that sort of thing happens to that other people. it s the most frightening thing in the world. a young wife. she always saw the good in people. she had a way to make you smile. missing for nine days. it s so wrong, and nicole is somewhere where she shouldn t be. it was hard enough when they didn t know, much worse when they did. it came over the tv a body had been found. i will never forget that as long as i live. this could go down any number of paths. and it did. had her troubled past finally caught up with her? i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. or was it something much darker? he told me he would put it in her red bull. how did she change? she became more sexual with people. who wanted her dead? he thought he was somewhat of a player. did it make him a killer? welcome to dateline. nikki pietz was a well liked fitness executive married to the man of her dream, then one night, she was supposed to meet her husb
jurors, there is nothing here. nici left the condo that morning and dave had no idea where she ended up. nicole pietz was missing. and her husband, david pietz, never saw her again. what happened to nicole is a mystery. after ten days of trial, with more than 40 witnesses, the state the defense lawyers argued had failed to produce a smoking gun or even a possible motivation for murder. in this case, there are many reasonable doubts. could anyone say with absolute certainty that she always wore her wedding ring? that she never went out in public with her retainer? the picture the defense portrayed was david pietz open and honest with detectives from the start. a husband hoping the police would look at his wife.
and her husband, david pietz, never saw her again. what happened to nicole is a mystery. after ten days of trial, with more than 40 witnesses, the state the defense lawyers argued had failed to produce a smoking gun or even a possible motivation for murder. in this case, there are many reasonable doubts. could anyone say with absolute certainty that she always wore her wedding ring? that she never went out in public with her retainer? the picture the defense portrayed was david pietz open and honest with detectives from the start. a husband hoping the police would locate his wife. detective kathleen decker took a stand. when you first saw david at his residence, i believe you described as anxious and upset? yes. the defense willingly conceded that david pietz was a crummy husband, but skirt chasing didn t give him a motive for murder.
smoking gun or even a plausible motivation for murder. in this case, there are many reasonable doubts. could anyone say with absolute certainty that she always wore her wedding ring? that she never went out in public with her retainer? the picture of the defense portrayed was of a david pietz open and honest with detectives right from the start. a husband hoping the police would locate his wife. detective kathleen decker took the stand. when you first saw david at his residence, i believe you described him as very anxious and upset. yes. the defense willingly conceded that david pietz was a crummy husband. but skirt-chasing didn t give him a motive for murder. dave pietz isn t the first guy to step out on his spouse. all of you, certainly, know of people that have done that. have they killed their wives or husbands or anything like that? and, the defense countered, that if anyone had secrets to hide, it wasn t dave.
smoking gun or even a plausible motivation for murder. in this case, there are many reasonable doubts. could anyone say with absolute certainty that she always wore her wedding ring? that she never went out in public with her retainer? the picture the defense portrayed was of a david pietz open and honest with detectives right from the start. a husband hoping the police would locate his wife. detective kathleen decker took the stand. when you first saw david at his residence, i believe you described him as very anxious and upset. yes. the defense willingly conceded that david pietz was a crummy husband. but skirt-chasing didn t give him a motive for murder. dave pietz isn t the first guy to step out on his spouse. all of you, certainly, know of people that have done that. have they killed their wives or husbands or anything like that? and, the defense countered, that if anyone had secrets to hide, it wasn t dave. it was nici.