you? i could think of no one. but police could. and if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. whoa. it s you. but he claimed he was framed and a man named indian joe could prove it. even he admitted his story sounded crazy. if i was a guy out there watching dateline, i wouldn t believe this. this is like watching a tv show. you re telling us to go search for the one-armed man. yes. well, we found indian joe. that s all true? oh, yeah, that s all true. what else would we find? there s a maniac out there. hello and welcome to dateline. family and faith were everything to connie hoagland. a devoted mother of 3 and wife of a church leader. so when a car bomb shattered life as she knew it, investigators were baffled. the motive remained a mystery until a stunning twist led detectives in a direction that was hard to believe, even for connie herself. here is josh mankiewicz with deadly intent. you re looking at the life of the hoagland fa
This theres no way. They have the wrong. Her mother was nearly killed by a bomb. I remember coming out to the truck, put in the key and then kaboom. The police told me this bomb was meant for you. They say to you who does not like you enough to try to kill you . I could think of no one. But police could. And if the target was a surprise, so was the suspect. Whoa. Its you. But he claimed he was framed and A Man Named Indian Joe could prove it. Even he admitted his story sounded crazy. If i was a guy out there watching dateline, i wouldnt believe this. This is like watching a tv show. Youre telling us to go search for the onearmed man. Yes. Well, we found indian joe. Thats all true . Oh, yeah, thats all true. What else would we find . Theres a maniac out there. Hello and welcome to dateline. Family and faith were everything to Connie Hoagland. A devoted mother of 3 and wife of a Church Leader. So when a car bomb shattered life as she knew it, investigators were baffled. The motive remain
this guy used to have your job before you. exactly. he s the one that appointed me before i left. everybody here knows him, trusts him, likes him. yep. and he s a friend of the family and he d know how to make that device. exactly. stellmacher had a tip offering up a potential suspect, connie hoagland s ex-son-in-law who stellmacher claimed may have had it in for the family. that was absolutely a lead we needed to follow up on immediately. because he s the only person you could think of that didn t like connie and larry. exactly. or so we were told and led to believe. so beals hit the road bound for vegas and a meeting with connie s son-in-law. he didn t have a negative
going, wow, why did he show up? now he just became a suspect. this guy used to have your job before you. exactly. he s the one that appointed me before i left. everybody here knows him, trusts him, likes him. yep. and he s a friend of the family and he d know how to make that device. exactly. stellmacher had a tip offering up a potential suspect, connie hoagland s ex-son-in-law who stellmacher claimed may have had it in for the family. that was absolutely a lead we needed to follow up on immediately. because he s the only person you could think of that didn t like connie and larry. exactly. or so we were told and led to believe. so beals hit the road found for vegas and a meeting with connie s son-in-law. he didn t have a negative thing to say about connie in any way, shape or form. just as important, the son-in-law had a solid alibi. corroborated his story as to where he was and he had received the backup that he was at a store at one time and clearly not i
connie hoagland s ex-son-in-law who stellmacher claimed may have had it in for the family. that was absolutely a lead we needed to follow up on immediately. because he s the only person you could think of that didn t like connie and larry. exactly. or so we were told and led to believe. so beals hit the road found for vegas and a meeting with connie s son-in-law. he didn t have a negative thing to say about connie in any way, shape or form. just as important, the son-in-law had a solid alibi. corroborated his story as to where he was and he had received the backup that he was at a store at one time and clearly not in san diego, not in california and his alibi all checked out. all of which put the guy who fingered him, stellmacher, under more suspicion. meanwhile, investigators put connie s truck up on a lift for a closer inspection. and in the soot dust on the floor pan, they saw an outline the size of a fed-ex envelope framed in traces of duct tape. the imprint of the