for that baby. she wanted to be a mom. this wasn t somebody thinking about suicide. exactly. it made me wonder was he a murderer? you are trying to prove a murderer with pretty much no evidence. correct. is he kind of gloating he got away with it? he is thinking, well, catch me if you can. we are going to do her and her family justice. we are going to solve this murder. hello, and welcome to dateline . meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire set decades later would point to a possible answer and put investigators on a trail towards the truth. here is josh mankiewicz with secrets from the grave . wander through any graveyard, and you will find them, mysteries etched in stone. lives cut tragically short by war, disease, misfortune, and sometimes murder. many who arrested in
Who would want to murder you . And i just kind of looked at him like, what . I couldnt believe it. Was he watching me . That fire was set. Very calculating. Years before his wife killed herself. Yes. He claimed she committed suicide days before she was due to give birth to her first child. She was extremely excited for that baby. She wanted to be a mom. This wasnt somebody thinking about suicide. Exactly. It made me wonder was he a murderer . You are trying to prove a very old murder with pretty much no evidence. Correct. Is he kind of gloating he got away with it . He is thinking, well, catch me if you can. We are going to do her and her family justice. We are going to solve this murder. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. Then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. Her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire set decades later would point to a possible ans
at them like what? i could not believe it. was he watching me? that fire was set to throw us off. he was very calculating. years before, his wife killed herself. yes, he claimed she committed suicide days before she was due to give birth to their first child. she was extremely excited for that first baby. it made me wonder okay, is he a murderer? so, now you are trying to prove a very old mother with pretty much no evidence. is a kind of gloating that he got away with it? he is thinking well, catch me if you can. we re going to do her and her family justice. we re going to solve this murder. hello, and welcome to dateline. meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire sat decades later would point to a possible answer and put investigators on the trail toward the truth. here is josh m
that s true. yes. juries like hard evidence. you re absolutely correct. we fought very hard. after a six-day trial, the jury found scott purk guilty of murdering meg, as well as tampering with evidence. it was almost unbelievable. after all this time, it finally came through. the truth is out. he s guilty. he s going away. the judge gave scott purk 15 years to life on top of his arson sentence. we may never know why scott purk murdered meg, or why he mentioned her to the detective mifflin that night, as they watched his house burn. we do know that if he hadn t, meg s secret would likely have remained buried with her. i got into this job to help
yes. juries like hard evidence. you re absolutely correct. we fought very hard. after a six-day trial, the jury found scott purk guilty of murdering meg, as well as tampering with evidence. it was almost unbelievable. after all this time, it finally came through. the truth is out. he s guilty. he s going away. the judge gave scott purk 15 years to life on top of his arson sentence. we may never know why scott purk murdered meg, or why he mentioned her to the detective mifflin that night, as they watched his house burn. we do know that if he hadn t, meg s secret would likely have remained buried with her. i got into this job to help people, and there s nothing