His Palm Print was on the Murder Weapon. No question it was his. Craig Melvin Voiceover but the mystery was just beginning because the dna was some other male. Craig Melvin Voiceover as the town chose sides and families fought for justice, more startling developments in a horrific murder. When youve got something that was this bad somebody has got to pay. Somebody has to pay. [theme music] hello, and welcome to dateline. Nona Dirksmeyer And Kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. She was a selfconfident 19yearold known for her beautiful voice. He was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. Then a brutal attack shattered their dreams. It was a crime that would shake a small Southern Town to its Core And Pit a family against the community they called home. Heres Keith Morrison with what happened to the Beauty Queen . Keith Morrison Voiceover look at her. Look at the young woman at the heart of our story. You can see how lovely she is, the young Beauty Queen. Can you see her vul
when you ve got something that was this bad somebody s got to pay. somebody has got to pay. hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man acc
hello, and welcome to dateline. nona dirksmeyer and kevin jones were a couple with a bright future. she was a self-confident 19 -year-old known for her beautiful voice. he was her devoted boyfriend with big ambitions. then, a brutal attack their shattered their dreams. it was a crime that would shake a small southern town to its core. and pit a family against the community they called home. here s keith morrison with what happened to the beauty queen? look at her. look at the young woman at the heart of our story. you can see how lovely she is. the young beauty queen. can you see her vulnerability? by now your first impression is probably locked in. it s very unlikely to change. and certainly, that s how it was in russellville, arkansas. the town where a first impression hardens like a patch of cement. about her and also about for better or worse, the young man accused of killing her. the boyfriend who found the body. the boyfriend found a body. first impre
if you do one thing wrong, that they deem is wrong, that might sway them the opposite way. one facial expression one click of a pen. one by off of your fingernail. you never know how people are going to take things that you do. yeah he had every reason to worry. later, the jurors would recall how the images of this crime haunted them. blood all over the pictures. the palm print in her blood but to the jurors, the evidence, or lack of it looked bad for police, to. the glass door, for example. where the perpetrator went out was not fingerprinted inside our out. the kitchen floor would have been excellent for footprints. he obviously walked across their. no prints were taken. they said, that kind of sloppiness made them wonder, what else did the police miss? while other suspects? the police claimed that they
sloppiness made them wonder, what else did the police miss? while other suspects? the police claimed that they had checked the alibis of all these potential suspects. as well as they gathered evidence? [laughs] what s really stuck with them was kevin sitting in the police interrogation room looking to them, genuinely distraught. i felt bad bad. i was watching him in this little cubicle of a room. they agreed, the evidence pointed more to innocence and guilt. after eight hours, they had their verdict. not guilty. kevin was free. and normally relieved, of course. but also furious at detective mark frost and the russell and the russellville police. it frustrates me, angers me, that the police didn t care enough to do their jobs the