she was a young actress starring in the role of a lifetime. a mystery. you never heard a gunshot? no. one of her friends was dead. there s been a body discovered in sam s apartment. it s so hard. she was 23. another friend was missing and wanted. you ve got a dead woman in his apartment. this guy is potentially very dangerous. we were pretty confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve, but one evasive witness. rachel didn t tell us any of this the day before. i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire
another friend is missing. this guy s potentially we are confident he was our guy. two mysteries to solve. but one recent witness. rachel details i need to sedate. before i told the truth to the best of my capability. police wondered had another murder been planned? they said if you would have gone back that day, they wanted to kill you. did rachel have a secret what did you do? i think you know what i did. would she keep it? this is as diabolical as any case i ve ever seen. or was the curtain about to close? rachel is kind of the last piece? correct. they re trying to say i m somebody that i m not. this is my life. this is my entire future. i m innocent. hello and welcome to dateline. rachel buffett and daniel wozniak were struggling actors. money was tight but they were in love and about to tie the knot. but those plans were interrupted when someone was found dead at their apartment complex. at the center of this mystery, police wanted
murder plot. there was no physical evidence placing her at the scene of either murder. and she and dan both insisted she didn t know about them in advance. two years into the investigation, we made a determination, we didn t have enough to charge her for murder. instead, on november 20th, 2012, rachel was arrested and charged as an accessory to murder after the fact. the only case against her is that she didn t tell the truth. that s right. according to the d. a., rachel lied about two important figures in the case. the man in the black hat, who wasn t there. and the jazz musician, chris williams, who was. you did catch daniel, you did find out about chris. so what effect did rachel s lies really have? so, yes, in the end, we got some heroic police officers who solved the case any way. but is it okay for her to lie to the police? the law says no. like police, sam and julie s
and she and dan both insisted she didn t know about them in advance. two years into the investigation, we made a determination, we didn t have enough to charge her for murder. instead, on november 20th, 2012, rachel was arrested and charged as an accessory to murder after the fact. the only case against her is that she didn t tell the truth. that s right. according to the d. a., rachel lied about two important figures in the case. the man in the black hat, who wasn t there. and the jazz musician, chris williams, who was. you did catch daniel, you did find out about chris. so what effect did rachel s lies really have? so, yes, in the end, we got some heroic police officers who solved the case any way. but is it okay for her to lie to the police? the law says no. like police, sam and julie s parents also thought rachel was more involved than she was letting on. they re like literally 24/7 together. how could you not know if your fiance committed that kind of a crime? ho
apartment, shot her twice in the back of the head. how did nobody hear the guy? i don t know. i got lucky. detectives wondered, they d rachael know about murders before the even happened. happened? and more disturbing, did she participate? i think she may have been present when julie was killed. i don t think julie would have gone into the apartment with daniel by himself. hard even for a homicide detective to imagine. you don t look at a disney princess as a hardened, cold blooded, callous murderer. of course, thinking it and proving it were two different things. and perhaps rachel was another victim of dan s murder plot. there was no physical evidence placing her at the scene of either murder. and she and dan both insisted she didn t know about them in advance. two years into the investigation, we made a determination, we didn t have enough to charge her for murder. instead, on november 20th, 2012, rachel was arrested and charged as an accessory to murder after the