you don t get to have it. evil exists. evil dwells in people. it was a night like this, just before halloween. a killing that still haunts. i m found him just lying there. couldn t feel a pulse. the young dad engaged to be married, dead on the ground. they determined that it was a murder. and here s what made this mystery so chilling. the possible suspects were all in costume. the cowboy and the penguin, everybody is dressed as somebody else. how are you going to be able to identify people? cowboy? penguin? costumed killer? sounds like something ripped from the pages of stephen king. but in this case, the horror was real. we had this piece of a costume, we didn t know what it was. a halloween crime that will send shivers down your spine. i was terrified. something had happened. i didn t know what. hello. welcome to dateline. just days before halloween, joel lovelien and his fiancee, heather eastling, headed to a local bar with costume-clad party-goers
married, dead on the ground. they determined that it was a murder. and here s what made this mystery so chilling. the possible suspects were all in costume. the cowboy and the penguin, everybody is dressed as somebody else. how are you going to be able to identify people? cowboy? penguin? costumed killer? sounds like something ripped from the pages of stephen king. but in this case, the horror was real. we had this piece of a costume, we didn t know what it was. a halloween crime that will send shivers down your spine. i was terrified. something had happened. i didn t know what. hello. welcome to dateline. just days before halloween, joel lovelien and his fiancee, heather eastling, headed to a local bar with costume-clad party-goers. the night took a horrific turn when joel stepped outside and walked into a troubling mystery. in a case filled with unknowns, one thing was certain. a man was dead. police rounded up several potential suspects, but could the
asked how he got them. travis explained he had been punched out by the hunter in the parking lot of the broken drum. can i see your hands? detective sholes noticed some scrapes on travis hands. what s the cuts here from? where is your costume now? my costume, we threw it away. why did you throw it away? i was looking at him, i saw what appeared to be a blood drop on his shoe. sholes pounced on that new lead. would we be able to take your shoes? take them? travis gave the cops everything they asked for. including a dna sample and permission to search his apartment where his lion costume was still in the trash. i gave them everything. without them needing to get a search warrant. i knew i didn t have anything to do with it. but investigators were suspicious. in part, because travis said he couldn t remember anything from the time he was punched until the time he got into a cab more than an hour later. and on the
evidence that they thought would bring the details. here is josh mankiewicz with under a halloween moon. in the month after her fian fiance s murder, heather eastling s pain was beyond words. it sucks the life out of you and tells you your life isn t what you wanted it to be. your dream life isn t going to happen. grand forks detectives had been working around the clock to solve this rare murder case. and then those dna tests of travis lion costume came back. some of that blood on travis was his own. but some of it belonged to joel lovelien. and with that, police had everything they needed. and then one morning there was a knock on the door and there was the detective sholes and detective simon came in and said that there was bad news and that joel s blood was on me. and they were arresting me for his
and then those dna tests of travis lion costume came back. some of that blood on travis was his own. but some of it belonged to joel lovelien. and with that, police had everything they needed. and then one morning there was a knock on the door and there was the detective sholes and detective simon came in and said that there was bad news and that joel s blood was on me. and they were arresting me for his murder. a nervous travis was arraigned from jail via closed-circuit tv. his anguish and misery is evident in his call home. hello. hi, travis, it s going to be okay. it s going to be okay. i don t know. i know this is difficult for you, travis.