her sexuality, that was a star of the show. it s explosion of flashbulbs. it s body heat. it s fatal attraction. pamela smart but she s a bewitching her murdering her husband. now, more than three decades later, another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing a s been one of those mistakes? no. that s not at all who she is or was. and the case some say change the way americans witness justice. i don t know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela smart lived it. a beautiful, young widow stepped from run into america s most quipping trial. the case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now, you re about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. here s andrea canning with deadly secrets. you were the big show in town? this story, people could
said god forgive, me i pull the trigger. decades later, another look at the frenzy. it was just crazy. the trial. i made a mistake. was killing your husband been one of those mistakes? no. that s not at all who she is or was. and the case some say change the way americans witness justice. i don t know if enough will ever be enough for anybody in this case. hello and welcome to dateline. you ve heard about it. pamela smart lived it. a beautiful, young widow step from her small new england town, into america s most quipping trial. the case had it all, sex, betrayal and murder. a very real drama that inspired a hollywood hit movie. now, you re about to hear the chilling story from the woman at the center of it all. here s andrea canning with deadly secrets. you were the big show in town? it was. i mean, this story. people couldn t get enough of it. when i look back at the footage, i look like a baby. i look so young, and i look so afraid. that s e
Because she was in a fetal position, crying. she was uncontrollable. was trying to figure who could ve done this. it was apparent that two people were involved, because of the way that things were set up and the amount of things that were disturbed. the stereo had been removed from the serial rack, and i have pulled out. there were speakers near the rear door. there was jewelry boxes overturned. it looked like a blur glittery gone bad. that s what we were hearing, this overseeing. the police weren t saying anything. we had heard at one point that they were looking for somebody who traded in some jewelry. we had picked that up on the police scanner. but the burglary gone bad theory had some problems. that didn t really make a lot of sense because of the time of day in a neighborhood like that. there were a lot of residents
Outside, she was yelling and screaming that her husband had been hurt. it wasn t until way after. his parents, with the police were there. his father said, why aren t you helping my son and the police officer said because he s dead. that moment? his father hit the floor, i hit the floor, his mother passed out. daniel pelletier it was crazy. we determined it was a gunshot wound. the wound was actually in the top left of his skull. entered in through there. when i got to her parents house, we both sobbed. sonia simon was a friend of the family. we laid there in her bed, because she was in a fetal position, crying. she was uncontrollable. was trying to figure who could ve done this. was apparent that two people were involved, because of the way that things were set up and the amount of things that were disturbed. the stereo had been removed from the serial rack, and i have pulled out. there were speakers near the
Up and the amount of things that were disturbed. the stereo had been removed from the serial rack, and i have pulled out. there were speakers near the rear door. there was jewelry boxes overturned. it looked like a blur glittery gone bad. that s what we were hearing, this overseeing. the police weren t saying anything. we had heard at one point that they were looking for somebody who traded in some jewelry. we had picked that up on the police scanner. but the burglary gone bad theory had some problems. that didn t really make a lot of sense because of the time of day in a neighborhood like that. there were a lot of residents there. it was looking like an execution. maybe there was more to the story. police always look at the spouse. they have to talk to them. did the interview you? they did. i spent hours with the police. i spent hours at the police station.