questions for mother and daughter. it was another shock. the mystery of the murdered that would reveal i am now raising that i hold the key to murder. the wind in the northern prairie sweeps across a vast flatland. grave markers around a military ceremony. the final resting spot for a few dozen veterans, many of whom died in combat. this is where he is resting now. major david shannon, who lost his life in 2002. his mother shirley comes here to visit and remember. his sister brenda too when she s in town. oh, how they worried that war might put him here. except war didn t. no, there never was a thought back then about what could happen far from combat, what did happen. all those strange things down south in north carolina. fayetteville is an old town, steeped in revolutionary and civil war history. smack in the middle of the bible belt. but now, cargo planes buzz in and out of pope air force base. all past the confines of the city sprawls the immense ft. bragg, home of
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Then a light rain that cooled it down again. david and joan watched a movie on tv, fell asleep. and then i don t even remember hearing the first shot. i remember something woke me up. and then you heard a shot? and i know whatever woke me up, i know my ears were already ringing. and i turned the light on. and i see that he s shot. you know, it shocks you. never, ever forget that image. that s burned in my brain forever, no matter how much i try to here is the person i love. he s dying. [sirens] and by the time the police
And the ambulance wailed up to the door, it was too late. david shannon, just 40, was dead. all it took was a look, in fact, for lead detective mike murphy to see what happened in david s bedroom was highly intentional. it was an execution. the intruder came in while he was sleeping, placed a gun to his head, and shot him in the chest. and joan? the shock of it didn t help, of course, nor the fact that she was sound asleep when it happened. by the time she calmed down enough to talk to police, she wasn t very helpful. i did not clearly see the person who shot david. i m not sure if i saw or just had a feeling of somebody just leaving the room. but i thought it was a shadow. did you actually see a
For residents and businesses. but it all starts with you. let s keep making a differene together. and this is dateline. here is the person i love, he is dying, officer, shot in the dark of night. it was an execution. was this some sort of hit? he was in special forces. there must have been something at work. that s what police thought too. until they learned about the secret life of this husband and wife. they would meet couples on the internet. was there a forbidden affair? they were probably meeting for sex about four times a week. and did it lead to murder? she is absolutely cold-blooded. soon, there would be