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But now, police werent so sure. >> we believe there were a lot more checks that she probably forged, but we tried to limit them to the checks that we thought we had the best evidence on. >> forensic document examiners determined ten checks were forgeries, although it was impossible to say conclusively that miriam was the forger. police now believed that the attempted bombing of alans car was miriams work. she was conveniently away from the car, inside the store, when alan found the lighted wick ...

In western colorado, a successful land developer, alan helmick, and his wife, miriam, were going through difficult times. professionally, alans real estate ventures werent what they once were. on a personal level, someone had recently tried to take alans life. >> while alan is waiting for miriam, he notices smoke coming out the back end of his car. >> it was right in the middle of a parking lot in broad daylight. >> apparently, someone had placed a lit fuse in the gas tank. fortunately, alan saw...

Miriam helmick with murder. prosecutors believed miriam was systematically stealing money from alans business accounts, and that, at some point, alan found out about it. thinking their relationship was soon to end, prosecutors believe miriam tried to kill alan, first by giving him an overdose of his prescription medicines. when that didnt work, prosecutors believed miriam placed a lighted wick in the gas tank of the car while alan waited for her in a shopping center parking lot. but prosecutors ...

She showered, changed her clothes, and drove to the chinese restaurant in order to set up her alibi. she left a message on alans voicemail asking where he was. >> hey, alan, this isnt funny anymore. ive been sitting here in front of the chinese dragon or the chinese place for 15 minutes and youre never late. >> no one knows where she disposed of the murder weapon and her clothes. but presumably, she did so on her way to or from the chinese restaurant. when miriam returned home, she called 911, s...

Were misspelled, including alans name. there was no postmark on the envelope, which meant it had been hand delivered. >> miriam is frantic about this. she is convinced that the killer is now out to get her. >> the simple block lettering made handwriting analysis impossible. there were no fingerprints on the envelope or the letter. the envelope wasnt sealed, so there was no saliva on the envelope flap and no dna to recover. and the barcode on the back of the card was missing. >> it had been cut o...

personal opinion. >> two dead spouses. was she a grieving widow? >> could you have done anything to hurt him? >> no. >> why not. >> i loved him. >> how could she step her way out of this? >> all that matters is finding the truth. >> a dramatic tale of love and death. the last dance. >> good evening, and welcome to "dateline." im ann curry. it started with a loving marriage. once the evidence was in front of police, all was not as it seemed. heres dennis murphy. >> reporter: the dance o...

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