hard to get that one out of your head, isn t it? yeah. and here s the twist, you re the suspect. worst feeling to hear you re being blamed for your husband s death. could she have been the killer? or was someone keeping a secret? i said, what did you do, what did you do? i don t know. just the truth. hello and welcome to dateline, the stuff of nightmares, intruder comes into bedroom in middle of the night and opens fire. for melissa oxley, the bad dream was all too real. she told investigators she had been startled from her sleep to find her husband ben dead, from a gunshot blast. it seemed strange, they thought, that no one else in the house was hurt, including melissa, who was sleeping by his side. stranger still, was who the killer ultimately turned out to be. here s keith morrison with while they were sleeping. it was cold the night the full moon rose, february cold in the desert valley that spilled down from reno, nevada. in the moonlight, silver
heart. there was something else something about his past. something deadly. i just came in the house and saw janet on the floor. she was crying. i was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was always the perfect victim. what about him? he had been the focus of his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim, too? i. who would want to believe that? hello and welcome to dateline. vanessa was a single parent looking for a second chance at love. more than 2,000 miles away, he was a suspect in his wife s unsolved murder. vanessa clung to the tree they could live happily ever after. she d found plenty of the wrong guys but in front of her was someone different. we met at a daycare. she was 25 and a single parent. in 2017, she met raven. like vanessa. he was single and raising a child alone. he was very charming. you fell for hi
killer. i wanted all of this to be behind this. go on happily ever after. single mom meets single dad, and in a single moment it was love. he was very handsome. he was fun. all smiles, very outgoing, charming. everything he did melted my heart. but there is something else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. my wife, she s dead. i just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he had become the focus in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too? on the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. i felt horrible for him. you did not want to believe? it who would want to believe that? hello. welcome to dateline. vanessa pond was a single parent lookin
Killer. i wanted all of this to be behind this. go on happily ever after. single mom meets single dad, and in a single moment it was love. he was very handsome. he was fun. all smiles, very outgoing, charming. everything he did melted my heart. but there is something else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. my wife, she s dead. i just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him?
Life. i wanted them to find the real killer. i wanted all of this to be behind this. go on happily ever after. single mom meets single dad, and in a single moment it was love. he was very handsome. he was fun. all smiles, very outgoing, charming. everything he did melted my heart. but there is something else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. my wife, she s dead. i just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. she was crying, he was in shock. his whole life was shattered. he said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. killed in a crime that had never been solved. she was almost the perfect victim. and what about him? he had become the focus in his first wife s mysterious death. was he a victim too?