dateline. this is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. the gunman laid in wait in the secluded dark place at night. one way or another, that s an execution. absolutely. they were a busy married couple, meeting up for a romantic valentine s night rendezvous. but that night, someone had other plans. he s been what? he s been shot! before she even arrived, her husband was dead. i could see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to harm this man. then, someone let a secret slip. soon, people were questioning a suspect with a motive who had suddenly changed his look. and in fact, when he showed up that morning, he was beardless. there was only one problem, he had a rock solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that is when the phone rang, a tip, a tire track, and a case one detective would never forget. there was a shot in the dark, but i took it. hello, and welcome to dateline. it wa
so not much to go on. except when a police technician trained his lights on the clearing from the side just so, a whole new picture suddenly emerged. the story and tire tracks including a set of tracks that belonged to neither richard s truck nor stacey s suv. you could see richard s impressions pass over those and then you could see those pass back over richard s. okay. so that let us know that vehicle was here before richard got here and then likely left after he was dead. it had to be the killer, but how could common tire tracks help them find whoever did this? having seen what he could, detective franklin headed back to the sheriff s station to meet stacey and record her statement. it was after midnight by then. the feels unreal. stacey explained it was her weekend to care for her grandparents and richard planned to come by on sunday, valentine s day, to cook dinner. he arrived about 5:30. and i had my valentine stuff