stumbled into a terrifying scene. that s when i saw the gun. they said, we re going to have to kill you. now, a strange story that only got stranger. they had purple gloves on. and they had blue, fuzzy gloves. something isn t right here. could he have killed his own father? what really happened in that house? i did not do this. then, a witness came forward and changed everything. and this bizarre story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. he planned for any scenario. except for the one that happened to him. hello, and welcome to dateline . ken mortensen was a strong minded man who had built fortune and a fortress to protect it. and then kay was attacked, turning his home into a bloody crime scene. how, police wondered, could someone so vigilant be taken by surprise? it was a riddle that threatened to destroy kay s family until someone with an explosive secret revealed a horrifying truth. here s keith morrison with mystery at payson canyon . the
it doesn t happen to your family , to your brother, but it does. no one thought it could happen to him. he was a tough guy, prepared for anything. he always would say if anyone tries to break in here, ç i will kill them. instead he was killed. stabbed in his own home. his son and daughter-in-law stumbled into a terrifying scene. that s when i saw the gun. they said we have to kill you now. a strange story that only got stranger. something isn t right here. could have killed his own father? what really happened in that house? then a witness came forward. in this is our story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. he planned for any scenario except the one that happened to him. hello, and welcome toúç dateline. kay mortensen was a strong- minded man who built a fortune and a fortress to protect it. then, he was attacked turning his home into a bloody crime scene. how police wondered could someone so vigilant be taken by surprise? it was a riddle tha
who turned on his audio recorder when he met kay s son roger, and roger s wife pam. roger had found the body was already suggesting possible killers. he told me he had appointment for lunch at noon with a guy named mike kip, discussing $25,000 worth of guns. mike kip? mike was kay s former student. roger and pam identified him real quick, saying he s involved. he owes my dad money. he s the one that did this. roger told detectives that kay was holding a collection of mike s weapons. about 30 of them, mostly pistols and rifles. and some shotguns. kay put the guns in his bunker. roger thought there might be a grudge involved. when detectives went to look for the guns they were gone. so we pull in michael kip and we interview him and we can get his alibi, its quick. nothing suspicious about it, it turned out. mike had not nothing to do with
it seemed so personal. sergeant eric knudsen of the utah county sheriff s office got a briefing from the first officer at the scene, who turned on his audio recorder when he met kay s son roger and roger s wife, pam. roger had found the body and was already suggesting possible killers. he told me he had an appointment for lunch at noon with a guy named mike kip discussing $25,000 worth of guns. mike kip? mike kip was kay s former student. roger and pam identify him real quick. they say he s involved. he owes my dad money. he s the one who did this. roger told detectives that kay was holding a collection of mike s weapons, about 30 of them, mostly pistols and rifles, and some shotguns. kay put the guns in his bunker. roger thought there might be a grudge involved. when detectives went to look for the guns, they were gone.
so we pull in michael kipp that night too. we interview him. and we can get his alibi. it s quick. nothing suspicious about it, it turned out. mike had not a thing to do with kay s murder. he simply needed money and kay agreed to buy his guns. by now tips were coming in. and this female said it s the baker boys. she said the baker boys did this. the baker boys were brothers who, fairly or not, had developed a reputation as the town s troublemakers. detectives found them. they had solid alibis. then the next day another tip. a woman who implicated her own husband. he came home last night, the time frame before the homicide, he grabbed a bunch of stuff including a knife, and he s been looking for guns. so i know he s involved. but the woman s husband was eventually el limb naitded as a suspect. detectives hoped maybe the stolen guns would lead them to