the beast, lived the good life until that strange terrible day . he found her at home, the barbell was across her throat. reporter: dead, a tragic freak accident. or was it? i m like, the weights machine? she does not lift weights. reporter: a home gym mysteriously turned death trap. a husband mysteriously turned suspect. hello and welcome to dateline. it is the case of a fit young woman, who died suddenly. her friends and family said it was a freak accident in a jam, the kind of thing that could happen to any wine. equipment does malfunction, at times, but so do relationships. here is dennis murphy, with the beauty and the beast mystery. reporter: the images are fuzzy on the old home video of the wedding reception, but anyone who was there remembers the event vividly. the bride all in whites, the groom he is the dance partner in the goofy beast costume. kind of a strange way to start a marriage, beauty and the beast, but it was a union that would and strangel
to the next case. still the detective whose case it was, he elected to playing scott down to the station for a brief interview. first of all scott, i m sorry for your loss okay? the interview began with a more detailed accounting than scott had. he had gotten up at courted of five in the morning, kissed her goodbye and went to he got back home around 6:30 pm, time to meet his step son dylan and an employee. they all went out to dinner. left there, did a couple errands. came home, ballpark 11:30, probably. he said he called out for lisa but she did not answer. music from downstairs said he was working out. it was a while before he headed downstairs and discovered her. she had a bar across her
in the months following leases murder, her son, dylan, had to come to terms as best as he could, with that terrible day. and the man he once called that. do you believe scott patterson murdered your mother? i do. press the bar into a throat? yes sir. why? agreed. money. stuff that really means nothing, in the end. stuff that means nothing. dylan, by all accounts is doing well. with the steady support of friends, and his mother s family, he s doing his best to navigate life without his guiding stone. the worst part is not hearing i love you from her. not hearing her words of encouragement. you know, hey, you re an awesome kid, keep up the good work. was he stolen from you? my precious lisa. just smile. it would call me. every morning she would say, hi mom,.
do you remember that message? the numbers not on one. simply, she suggested, scotts ways to suggested that she was under duress. the phone call at 10 am, seen on the surveillance video, was henderson said, more of the same. just checking in on each other. did scott ever indicate to you that he was responsible for lisa s death? no. as for the divorce, maybe it was just as the scot until the cops. a retainer fee for leases attorney, had been returned to her bank account. and about scott being taking offer insurance policy, the defense claim, scott knew nothing of that, until his son, dylan, told him hours after lisa had died. he wasn t being husband of the year with any evidence, but not that he was? killer not to his killer. if you re the defense, would you do about the weight bench? the defense team maintain that
stepdad and his crew. it had been the quickest of goodbyes to his mom. my last words to her was, was that i love the way she said the same thing back. and now suddenly they were all gathering at the hospital. dylan got the news from his dad. i just lost it. i mean, i ve, you know, the one person i m depending on, my whole life was gone. lisa s mom, lucy rich, was taken in to see her daughter s body. i just walked around her body and just kept. i can t believe she was gone. lisa s best friend from the mall, leah fraizer. was likewise, enormously saddened. i ve lost probably my best friend, someone who made me a better person, someone who was a good. because lisa had been in her prime in sound health, her death was categorized as unattended, which meant that the police would take a look before it could be ruled an accident. but what else could it be? a woman home alone,