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A mother. and now her body lay at the bottom of the basement stairs. it was devastating. reporter: if ever there was a woman who took life in big gulps, it was annamarie cochrane rintala. even as a little girl growing up amidst a big irish-italian family in springfield, mass, she d loved the limelight. pasquale martin is her uncle. the first time i had seen her take the stage and sing mambo italiano, it just knocked me out. reporter: not afraid of the spotlight, huh? nah, she loved it. reporter: she could belt it out to the rafters but was she any good? her friends t.j. donahue and mary petrone are diplomatic. she thought so. she was oh. no, i she could carry a tune. but she thought she was much better than she actually was. it didn t really matter because she it didn t. head the charia ....
Up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then became very, very close friends. reporter: the two were on intimate texting terms. that last morning, ann texted mark asking him t ....
Jamie magarian. you have wet paint. we know items are moved in the basement. those are all flags that come up. reporter: and days later, the medical examiner would confirm those suspicions. the cause of death was strangulation. ann was a homicide victim. pasquale martin is her uncle. reporter: an accidental death would ve been easier, wouldn t it? of course, it would. but to have somebody rob somebody from you, steal, take, murder, just rip them from the world, you know, hard to fathom, hard to swallow. reporter: now investigators were looking into a murder. they began a deep dive into ann s life. prosecutors steve gagne and jen suhl of the district attorney s office joined the team. they learned that ann cochrane rintala s life could often be grand opera. and her relationships could be complicated. take the thing she had going with a fellow paramedic named mark oleksak. mark oleksak was a very close friend of anamarie. they started as co-workers then became very, very clos ....
That s what i heard. reporter: annamarie cochrane rintala and to friends and family was dead. she was only 37. married. a mother. and now her body lie at the bottom of the basement stairs. it was devastating. reporter: if ever there was a woman who took life in big gulps, it was annamarie cochrane rintala. even as a little girl growing up amidst a big irish-italian family in springfield, mass, she d loved the limelight. pasquale martin is her uncle. the first time i had seen her take the stage and sing mambo italiano, it just knocked me out. reporter: not afraid of the spotlight, huh? nah, she loved it. reporter: she could belt it out to the rafters but was she any good? her friends t.j. donahue and mary petrone are diplomatic. she thought so. she was oh. no, i she could carry a tune. but she thought she was much better than she actually was. ....