Narrator Joel Patrick Courtney was sitting in jail in albuquerque. It was december 2004. The married father of three was facing decades in prison if convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault, and battery charges. As investigators began checking out the possible link to Brooke Wilbergers case, a call went out to her family. They had waited more than six months for news, any news, about their daughters disappearance. Now, there was a man in custody who they thought might be able to reunite them with their daughter, just as Elizabeth Smart had been returned to her family. What are you thinking in that when you hear this . Actually, i had prayed so faithfully all fall that whoever had done this would make a mistake. And when i heard the news, i thought, they made a mistake. They tried it again. And No One Else knew what id prayed, because i hadnt told anyone else, because it was always, Find Brooke. You know, help us to Find Brooke. I guess that was a selfish prayer, you know, to help whoeve
Reporter she was a gorgeous girl. A model who became a mom. You made good looking kids. Reporter on the eve of her sons fifth birthday she vanished. The whole time were trying to talk without the kids hearing us about what happened. Reporter when a woman disappears, police will have questions about a man in her life and in this case that would not be so simple. There was the estranged husband who admitted to an argument that wants landed him in jail. She came at me and i grabbed her by the arms and then she called the police. Reporter then there was the secret boyfriend, he was not telling all he knew. He was not upfront from the beginning. Reporter and there was a third man. The former colleague, with a crush. Cliff shared with friends that he found the love of his life. You have three potential suspects. A tangle. Reporter could investigators unravel it . We ask ourselves what does this mean . Reporter would her family ever find justice. Hello and welcome today on. They say good thin
She was living the dream california lifestyle. She wrapped him around her fingers like shes wrapped so many men around her finger. She had it all. Waterfront home, fancy cars, million your boyfriend. Quite the life until. Her lover gunned down. Who wanted him dead . Nanette wouldnt have done it because there was no financial gain for her. What about her secret friend, the former Nfl Linebacker . You like. I did. A prosecutor took on cold cases. Could define the key to this one . This isnt just a motive but a motive on steroids. Hello hello and welcome to dateline. A gated community, a Glamour Setting with the wealthy residents could feel safe. It was not save for one multimillionaire murdered in the kitchen of his waterfront house. Police had suspects but the evidence was only circumstantial. The case grew cold. Could it be the key to the mystery a rather two keys were at the front door . Here is Keith Morrison with deadly trust. There is a place, Pot Of Gold at The End of ambition of
Don t think of them. The pain becomes a part of you. Get everybody out here to my house now. He came home and found her, his entire family gone. I said what are you talking about, what are you saying? it was surreal. As fellow cops suspected him. I did not do this. I did not do this. She was upset. She felt like history is repeating itself. Or police just plain wrong? it s like a twilight zone. Lies become truth and the truth becomes lies. May be the real killer was still out there. You have lied to the police about this case. So devastating. We know that was probably the key to solving this. 13 years of hell. Such an awful crime. The wife, the little boy and girl, shot at pointblank range. I was dumbfounded with shock. How to comprehend it? i said what, wait, what are you talking about, what are you saying? the husband had an alibi. He could have done anything, but he didn t. 13 years, three trials, appeals, reversals and changing stories. The big picture here for a lot of people as i
It seems like. If you listen to House Speaker nancy pelosi, theyre going to start to craft that legislation next week, hope to have it passed by end of the month, definitely passed by middle of march. Jobless benefits start to run out, thats the threat the white house referenced so much. Wolf, heres the catch. No republicans are on board. Theyre opposed to this. Despite calls for bipartisanship and invitations for republicans to the white house, President Biden now appears ready to move on without them. Theyre just not willing to go as far as i think we have to go. Reporter President Biden making clear in the strongest terms yet, he wont wait for republicans to pass his pandemic relief bill. What republicans proposed is to do nothing or not enough. Reporter days after sitting down with Senate Republicans in the oval office, biden said he wont delay the bill in hopes of getting some of them on board. If i have to choose between getting help now to americans who are hurting so badly, get