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
something wasn t right at our house. i saw a lot of police cars. that woman was a fighter. she would never make her daughters, she would never do it. michelle ran the home. she was very proud about how she was going to law it helped with the kids. they had wonderful girls, amazing. the end came much too soon. she and i m concerned. there could be a body hanging from the banister. from first look, it appears that it was a suicide. but then they looked closer. it appeared there was a struggle. my gut was telling me, there s something wrong here. did someone want michel dead? was someone else willing to help? at that, point a bond forged in blood. we had the conversation. betrayed by blood,. what are you hoping for? some conversation between the two of them of death and we had video surveillance and i didn t like what i see. are you theorizing the darkest scenario? yes. evil. the long road to ballerina, the cascade of roses. it beg
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
drank too much. it was irresponsible, it was reckless. it was short-sighted and regrettable. but i didn t kill joel. the idea behind this night at the end of october, is that all that fear, danger and horror are supposed to be imaginary. manufactured for the child living in every one of us. but of course, there is evil out there, sadly, sometimes the horror of halloween is the real thing. that is all for this edition of dateline. i m natalie morales. thank you for watching.
left with memories of his dad. he was like my best friend. what do you remember of him? he laughed a lot. he liked to make other people laugh. travis stay never became a nurse. after his experience that night, he enrolled in law school and became a practicing attorney. he wanted to publicly apologize. i am sorry of being part of the equation that night. i drank too much. it was irresponsible, it was reckless. it was short-sighted and regrettable. but i didn t kill joel. the idea behind this night at the end of october, is that all that fear, danger and horror are supposed to be imaginary. manufactured for the child living in every one of us. but of course, there is evil out there, no matter what