russell douglas. peggy thomas told the detectives she had been visiting friends over the holidays and explained that she had simply contacted russell in order to ss on a present for brynna. she answered all my questions to my satisfaction. there was nothing about that phone call that made me include her in the suspect list. but then again, the detective s suspect list was essentially a blank page. there were no names on it from florida or nevada or new mexico, or any of the other places this investigation would eventually lead him. at least, not yet. the investigation begins close to home with the dead man s on again-off again wife. coming up i said, is he hurting you? is he hitting you? and she said, no, really, he isn t physical. it s just emotionally and verbal, but i ve hit him a couple times.
shortly after he started dating brenna, she became pregnant. marriage and parenthood did little to help him mature. i think he was mourning and missing being an 18-year-old who had a lot of dates and drank and went out with the guys. he did a little of that in college, but not a lot. russell and brenna fought often over children, money and russell s affairs with other women. she had called me after a really rough supposedly argument, and i said, well, is he hurting you? is he hitting you? and she said, no, really, he isn t physical, it s just emotional and verbal, but i ve hit him a couple times. earlier that year, russell had separated from brenna. he had taken an apartment near seattle and had a new girlfriend. for his family, the ongoing drama of russell s life was exhausting. he stopped talking to basically all of us. i think he was so angry with the whole situation, he just said,
i ended up taking up the organization of the house, what do we do for meals? russel douglas had left behind a lot of unfinished business. the oldest of three children born to jim and gail before they divorced, russel had been a late bloomer, but adulthood intruded early. shortly after he started dating brenna, she became pregnant. marriage and parenthood did little to help him mature. i think he was mourning and missing being an 18-year-old who had a lot of dates and drank and went out with the guys and he did a little of that in college, but not a lot. russel and brenna fought often over children, money and russel s affairs with other women. she d called me after a really rough supposedly argument and i said, well, is he hurting you? is he hitting you? and she said no, really, he isn t physical. it s just emotional and verbal, but i ve hit him a couple of times. earlier that year russel had
there were no names on it from florida, or nevada, or new mexico, or any of the other places this investigation would eventually lead him at least, not yet. coming up, the investigation begins close to home with the dead man s on-again, off-again wife. [music playing] and i said, well, is he is he hurting you? is he is he hitting you? and she said, no, really, he isn t physical. it s just emotional and verbal, but i ve hit him a couple times. you don t want to believe the mother of your grandkids would ever be a suspect. josh mankiewicz: but a wife, as a potential person of interest, is just the beginning in this cross-country tale of love gone wrong. when dateline continues. to spellbinders, pathfinders, to grand plan designers. to historians, victorians, and all the targaryens.
but adulthood intruded early. shortly after he started dating brenna, she became pregnant. marriage and parenthood did little to help him mature. i think he was mourning and missing being an 18-year-old who had a lot of dates, and drank, and went out with the guys. he did a little of that in college but not a lot. josh mankiewicz: russell and brenna fought often over children, money, and russel s affairs with other women. she had called me after a really rough, supposedly, argument. and i said, well, is he is he hurting you? is he is he hitting you? and she said, no, really, he isn t physical. it s just emotional and verbal, but i ve hit him a couple of times. josh mankiewicz: earlier that year, russell had separated from brenna. he d taken an apartment near seattle and had a new girlfriend. for his family, the ongoing drama of russell s life was exhausting.