have you heard anybody respond like that? never. to a death notification? never. it would not be the only response that left the sergeant scratching his head. so i ll let you talk to the detective and we will go from there. i have class, so i think it may be insignificant. yeah, i think you can get a pass for that. investigators have been briefed about his odd reaction to the news of his mother s death. later he told her friends he didn t want to have a funeral for her and also this. that whoever had killed anna moses, should be forgiven. eager said he was in class the night his mom was murdered. but after interviewing him for five hours, investigators were still wondering about his unusual reaction. especially when they learned that right after the interview, that very same night, eager was
they were separated. russell was living in an apartment in renton. according to brenna, they were trying to work it out talking about getting back together. josh mankiewicz: in fact, the new widow told the detective that her husband had spent the holidays with her and the kids. she said the last time she saw him was the morning of december 26. he left the house somewhere mid-morning. and she thought he was going to run some errands. brenna douglas have an alibi? she didn t need an alibi. at the time we went to talk to her, it was basically a death notification. she was able to answer our questions for us. who didn t like russell douglas? nobody could think of someone who really, truly didn t like him. josh mankiewicz: as winter turned to spring, the detectives investigation seemed to be going nowhere. but a routine check of the numbers in russell douglas cell phone had yielded a tiny clue. there were a few phone calls to a number
sprang their trap. right now, we re going to read you your rights. me? they arrested leon and valerie for solicitation of capital murder. and revealed, there was no murder and no kidnapping. meghan and mack were alive and well. they had no idea. they believed that their issues had been taken care of. they had no more problems. and to immediately go from a death notification, to you re under arrest for solicitation, to capital murder that s a head-snapper. yeah. that that ll get your attention. was valerie mcdaniel a murderous master mind or another victim of leon jacob? coming up i couldn t believe that this was happening to my sister. what could have driven valerie to do this? i hate the idea that everybody thinks i m a monster. she tells her story and leon tells his. when dateline continues.
piece? have you ever heard anybody respond like that? never. reporter: to a death notification. never. reporter: but it wouldn t be the only response that left sgt. reim scratching his head. so i ll let you talk to a detective and and we ll go from there, if you re good with that. i do have class. even though i know that s kind of insignificant at the moment. okay. yeah, i think i think you can get an excuse for that. reporter: igor never made it to class that night. instead, he was brought here to the frisco police department for a formal interview. investigators had already been briefed about his odd reaction to the news of his mother s death. later, he d tell her friends he didn t want to have a funeral for her. and also this that whoever had killed anna moses should be forgiven. igor said he was in class the night his mom was murdered. but after interviewing him for five hours, investigators were still wondering about his unusual reaction. especially when the
russel was living in an apartment in renton. according to brenna they were trying to work it out and talking about getting back together. in fact, the new widow told the detectives that her husband had spent the holidays with her and the kids. she said the last time she saw him was the morning of december 26th. he left the house somewhere mid-morning and she thought he was going to run some errands. brenna douglas have an alibi? she didn t need an alibi at the time we went to talk to her. it was basically a death notification. she was able to answer our questions for us. who didn t like russel douglas? nobody could think of someone who really truly didn t like him. as winter turned to spring, the detectives investigation seemed to be going nowhere, but a routine check of the numbers in russel douglas cell phone had yielded a tiny clue.