A young mom stabbed to death. I can see her fighting, fighting for her life. I was so distraught. She was gone. She was your wife, the mother of your children . It was awful, i wouldnt wish that on anybody. Her ex visited the day she died. A trip with the kids and just like that, he was suspect number one. They had no evidence. I was absolutely flabbergasted. How can anybody think this . The police say they were key to mystery his own young children. She says she peaks through the Mail Slot. That he wasnt in the living room. He was still upstairs. We were gonna prove that hes innocent. Two children on The Stand. What did they see . That was the hardest day. Because i love them so much. I didnt do this. Hello and welcome to dateline. There should be nothing more innocent than seeing the world through the eyes of a child. But in this story, that may not have been the case. Detectives believed a sixyearold girl and her sevenyearold brother witnessed the unthinkable. The brutal murder of t
the conversation started amicably. jared said the last time he d seen ciara was six days before. he and the kids has stopped by to pick up some toys before her move to indiana. kids went in, gave her a hug. they ran and started playing with some of their toys and watching tv and stuff. how long were you there for? seemed like a couple hours. he said they ciara hadn t toxins. that was it unusual. we didn t call each other whole lot then we had other kids. she was a like one of those that wanted to call every day. detectives wanted to know about the state of jarod and ciara s relationship. how have they been getting along? he said they hadn t had any less shoes lately. but admitted things between them were strained. what s been the problem? no problem, i just once we broke up, i felt like, you know, there was no reason to have an argument with her anymore after that. they also asked jarod how he felt about ciara s decision to
Never showed up. i remember sitting around the table, all the coworkers looking at each other. and you fully expected that she was gonna walk through the door? i wanted her to. but i knew something was wrong. samela was at work on june 8th when ciara brother called her on june 8th. i answered the phone and he told me we just found ciara dead. i don t remember anything else after that. jarod said he got a call that afternoon as well. there was crime scene tape up at his ex-wife s apartment. he said he feared the works and went to talk to the children just six and seven years old. we said a prayer, i told them no matter what happens, i love you very much. i didn t tell them any details but i told them, you know, something might be going on with mommy, we don t know yet. that s where they had questions. did they? my son asked me if you could have some questions some candy. if you know his mom was dead? i didn t know.
i didn t hear nothing. jarod s supporters wondered where he could ve gone the idea of screaming. the first time it comes up in the tape is questions from the police after they found her body? nobody was screaming or nothing? no. there s absolutely nothing incriminating about their initial testimonies. those statements that come out later are, in my opinion, conditioning. what do you mean? police are suggesting something for the children to say. and if you suggest something to a child of that age and it is impressionable, it s possible that they may say yes it could ve been that. and there was something else laura picked up on. i could hear it. one of the investigators whispering, under their breath, trying to tell the children to say something on the recorded interviews. you remember that? say yes. i mean do you remember that? was the officer putting
sierra and jarod intimate strangers decided to make a goal that when the army force them into a quick decision, get married or be stationed apart. when we got in the cab to go to get our marriage license, the cabdriver mentioned to us that she was also a licensed pasture so she drove us to the church. you got married by the cabdriver? yes. the army as the army does move them about, they try to build a happy home and had another child. but jarod acknowledge that they weren t good living together. once we got married we had our first argument that evening. on the ten scale, how active of an argument was it? a good eight. that set the tone for the rest of the relationship. that was every night. why didn t you guys just shake hands and say see you later, it s been nice? the kids, mainly. they decided co-parenting was the arrangement that worked best for them. they divorced in 2009 and