is dateline. here s the person i love he s dying. her husband, a decorated military officer. shot in the dark of night. it wasn t execution. was this some sort of hit? he was in the special forces, there must have been something at work. that is what police thought to. until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. they were on the internet. was there a foreign affair? they were meeting for sex about four times a week. did it lead to murder? she was absolutely cold blooded. soon there would be questions for mother and daughter. it was another shock. welcome to dateline, when i respected military officer was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets that might hold a key to murder. he is key morrison. the wind in the northern prairies sweeps across a vast flat land. scenes through sparse lot, at a military cemetery a few miles south of the canadian
there must of been something at work. that s what police thought to until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. we met people in an. it was their forbidden affair? they were probably meeting for sex about four times a. lead and didn t lead to murder? she is absolutely cold blooded. soon there will be questions for mother and daughter. give us another shot. welcome to dateline. when a respected military officer was attacked in the middle of the night, police launched an investigation that would reveal eyebrow raising secrets that might hold the key to murder. here s keith morrison. the wind in the northern prairies sweeps across the vast flatland, seen through sparse wood blocks, in the military cemetery a few miles south of the canadian border. the final resting spot for a few dozen veterans. many of whom died in combat. this is where he is resting now, major david chalian, who lost his life in 2002. his mother,, surely comes here to
devastating morning in july of 2002. david has been shot. he has been murdered. no, it couldn t be. he wasn t special forces, he must have been into something odd. there must have been something with what he was doing at work that, this must of been a hit. we felt that something had gone wrong. he found out something that he was not supposed to have known, and that they hadn t get written to him. because it was so execution style? somebody came in there with the intent to kill him? with the intent to kill him. but he was an odd thing. there is just not any sign of intruder getting into the house. it was raining outside, remember? but, nobody tracked any what footprints inside. what she was telling us it did not really, it just did not really matchup at the time.
friend vera thompson, also just 15. both of those statements were they were listening to music and watching tv, and they fell asleep. five people in the house and not one saw or heard any useful thing that might help determine who committed this horrible crime. or why. there are many clues either, but that was not necessarily because the killer covered his tracks. the home was cluttered in filth. close all over the floor, dishes in the sink, food on the counter tops. the crime scene itself, what did that look? like it s like finding a needle in a haystack. the house was in such disarray. the cops picked their way carefully through the clutter. but they found no fingerprints, footprints, or any usable dna. though on the floor near david s body they found to live bullets for a nine millimeter
about shown and davids swinging lifestyle, jones affair, jeffrey wilson s claim that she wanted to run away with him, financed with insurance money from david s death. and then there was the allegation that jonah tried to pose poison david. , and testimony from a young man who insisted that phone to recruit him to commit the murder and dispose of the gun. but, the dea saved his star witness for last. 15 year old elizabeth shannon herself. who told the jury that joan used the truly devious weapon, maternal love, given and withdrawn, to manipulate her in the murder. i can take responsibility for my role in everything, but she was trying to put everything on me. that s the point that i kind of woke up and realized that let me tell the truth. was it true? on the stand elizabeth psaki s asian was clear and powerful.