Don t think of them. The pain becomes a part of you. Get everybody out here to my house now. He came home and found her, his entire family gone. I said what are you talking about, what are you saying? it was surreal. As fellow cops suspected him. I did not do this. I did not do this. She was upset. She felt like history is repeating itself. Or police just plain wrong? it s like a twilight zone. Lies become truth and the truth becomes lies. May be the real killer was still out there. You have lied to the police about this case. So devastating. We know that was probably the key to solving this. 13 years of hell. Such an awful crime. The wife, the little boy and girl, shot at pointblank range. I was dumbfounded with shock. How to comprehend it? i said what, wait, what are you talking about, what are you saying? the husband had an alibi. He could have done anything, but he didn t. 13 years, three trials, appeals, reversals and changing stories. The big picture here for a lot of people as i
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
rachel said she couldn t believe that dan was somehow mixed up in julie s murder. is that when you start to think to yourself, this guy that i m about to marry is somebody that i don t know? i was still thinking that i knew his heart. and those crimes that he was saying that he did, at least that still lined up with someone who would do anything to help somebody in need. did he tell you about this? did he tell you his involvement? you know anything about this? hell, no. in the early morning hours, detectives drove rachel back to the apartments. i go to my friends and knock on the door, and then at that point, just start bawling. and she s shaking violently, and says dan has been arrested, and she s just a mess. with vylet at her side, rachel went to her parent s home to tell them dan was in jail, and the wedding was off. and my mom, she has lost it.
three hours later, dan wozniak returned without sam. and he throws $400 down right in front of me, and he s like, shaking, and there is this wild look in his eyes, and he s breathing, almost this like giant panic attack. and i m sitting there and i go, hey, like everything is okay, man. like everything is okay. he s like, and he slumps down in the chair and i said, is this every penny that you have? chris says he handed dan a $20 bill, and he also noticed that rachel was visibly angry. things were tense. so that relationship was like a clinched fist. yeah. i mean, something was terrifying in that feel of the room. i just wanted out of there. he left. and around 20