It has been extremely hard. The hardest part was the picture of our mom. I always told myself she didnt see it coming. A mother at work in her office, murdered. Someone just shot her and let her die. Making sure she was dead. Who wanted this very nice, professional woman dead . Police starts to dig. Her new fiance. He was like i had to move on. It was just very suspicious. Her final client. He owned a Nine Millimeter gun. Her exhusband. He was under deep suspicion by the whole town. He was. Did you murder your wife . I know he was capable of doing anything. But we would know, we are his kids. A chilly case. Agreed, hate, murder. With a riveting and. Moms killer is still out there. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Pam zimmerman was everything to her three children. Cheerleader, confidant, mentor. A reassuring presence who was always there. Then, she was gone. Shot dead in her office. But why . In the search for clues, detectives focused on the men in pams life and the secrets they kept.
the courtroom was utterly silent. a collective holding of breath. we, the jury, find the defendant, kirk zimmerman, not guilty of first degree murder. not guilty. the children exhaled. it was just this huge relief, to know that our dad wouldn t be going away for something he didn t do. we just cried and smiled. it was the best feeling ever. across the aisle was a different world. i remember saying, no. yeah. then they took us upstairs to the state s attorney office. the state was just as devastated as we were. are you used to this yet? no. not been very long. no. there s still a lot of anger. there s nothing you can do now, right? no, there s not. a family truly divided. diane and larry angry, disappointed. their nieces and nephew elated