he adored her and he adored her. united in life, divided in murder. this is nothing but green lights. and it s not good. she was with him that night, found bruise, and wrapped in duct date. he said if you say anything, i ll kill you. so what was the motive was it money or maybe revenge? there was a thick file of suspects. he could definitely have a laundry list of people who would want to kill him. but was his killer and enemy or a friend? those could be fighting worse for somebody. pretty strong words i can see where someone could be upset. and the mystery that haunts a small southern town is a killer still walking free. i would say tiktok, you re coming. and we re not giving up. hello and welcome to dateline. hello and welcome to dateline. melvin roberts was a vip in his tight-knit community, and julia phillips was the light of his life. the couple seemed inseparable, then, a murder shattered the love affair and exposed the dark underbelly of a
probably the best day of my life. my dad called me and said they got her. police and prosecutors did not think julia actually killed melvin, but that she hired someone else to do it. the fresh footprints. that was really how we knew that she absolutely had someone else. their theory painted julia as pure evil. the reason she was relatively dry, they surmised, was because she stood under an embroil watching as her accomplice struck, shot and strangled melvin before carefully wrapping her induct tape. we ve always assume that there was a second person assisting in the actual physical hands on part of the murder. so who could be? there was one person who police learned was close to her, had a criminal record, and, like julia, had a drug problem. her son, hunter. he was a suspect just for the simple fact that who, is most likely to help her? was he shady character? he was always involved with scams to get his pills. drugs really drove him? correct. but hunter had a
Not think julia actually killed melvin, but that she hired someone else to do it. the fresh footprints. that was really how we knew that she absolutely had someone else. their theory painted julia as pure evil. the reason she was relatively dry, they surmised, was because she stood under an embroil watching as her accomplice struck, shot and strangled melvin before carefully wrapping her induct tape. we ve always assume that there was a second person assisting in the actual physical hands on part of the murder. so who could be? there was one person who police learned was close to her, had a criminal record, and, like julia, had a drug problem. her son, hunter. he was a suspect just for the simple fact that who, is most likely to help her? was he shady character? he was always involved with scams to get his pills. drugs really drove him? correct. but hunter had a solid alibi.