sent to a newlywed. the new wife went to authorities and said that she was being harassed. that s when the fireworks start happening. obviously, this has a stop. what arrived next was far worse. strange man appeared at her door and try to attack her. somebody was posting ads online saying that they wanted to fulfill this rape fantasy. everything pointed to her husband s ex. they said, we re going to take you into custody. your carson. rated for potentially the rest of my life. hiding behind the threats was a cyber secret. even. something the devil might do. who was the real double? dea in this case would use the word diabolical. i think he s close to the mark. hello, and welcome to dateline. michelle hadley seem to have it all. olympic normally, solid education, what the opportunities and support to help her fulfill the promises of youth. now, she had a fiancée she was crazy about. her life was about to be turned upside down. here is denni
ian s wife, angela. and that fire and brimstone language of the threatening emails so distinctive and seemingly in michelle s voice. that language of religious retribution, they appear to be michele. you stand before got on the that s. or that caused the police are investigators as well look at it and say, this is michelle. one thing was clear that, the computer forensics had blown a sizeable hole in the prosecution s case. guisti seized the moment and worked out a deal. the dea would release michelle from jail, but he would not drop the charges against her. and the investigation would continue. after 80 days, michelle locked out of jail. on the outside, basically my parents, they were there waiting for me and got my coffee. like a cup of coffee. the good cup of coffee. which, man, i ve been dreaming about that for so long. it was an incredible
is the case you go to law school for. this is the reason we become a lawyer. michelle s mom and dad showed guisti the computer research they had done on the emails at the heart of the case. michael hadley was convinced they found something crucial. why are michelle s digital fingerprints on this? they re not. there are no digital fingerprints whatsoever. it looks like it s coming from michelle. it looks like someone is making it look like it s coming from michelle. that is for sure. they spreadsheet showed something credit mandating emails were sent what michelle could prove that she was in the classroom at chapman university. here s michelle at school, and. janet here emails coming. she s in class she was in class doing her final course presentation. there s no way she s going to be sending this email. the
hadleys that they had. it proved that michelle was innocent. defense attorney guisti disagreed. he knew it would take skillful legal window to convince prosecutors. a district attorney is never going to buy my evidence. a district attorney is going to have to convince themselves that they have evidence which might accidentally coincide with what i have. in fact, police and prosecutors were still doing everything they could to link those emails to michelle. we have a very skilled detective who s working on the case. he was a constant communication with the district attorney s office and try to piece it together to prove the case and solidify at court. problem was it wasn t coming together. his electronic latches were coming from a different place. we can verify it was coming from michelle hadley s device. it was a blow to the prosecution s case. but there was more evidence that just ip addresses. there was the bad blood between michelle and ian, the restraining orders,