Page 5 - Didnt Kill Him News Today

Your brains out. >> reporter: mary ann became so enraged, she spat on him. >> you did this in the name of love. >> i didnt kill him. i did not kill him. and i dont know anybody who did. >> i hate you with all the passion i can dig up. >> reporter: mary anns tirade seemed authentic. of course, the cops werent sure at least at this point if she knew more than she was saying. did you ever think, mary ann has to have been involved in this somehow? >> i dont think she could have been directly involve...

Was on the mattress when he was being fired at. he may have gotten up and started running if it didnt kill him right away. >> there was something else the detective uncovered that seemed more sinister than a woman in fear for her life. it seemed ellen snyder had actually made a pretty penny off mikes death. >> announcer: "dateline" returns after the break. y head & shoulds instant relief. it cools on contact, and also keeps you 100% flake free. try head & shoulders instant relief. for cooling re...

>> thats when they said youre going to get tasered, so i let go. >> if you had known that he was still alive, would you have let go? >> oh, hell no. >> the victim was taken to the hospital. he survived the attack. later, the victim was released on his charges. >> i wish i would have started a minute earlier. >> why? >> because i didnt kill him. another minute would have probably done the trick. and that was my first day here. that was yesterday. coming up -- >> i keep hoping id wake up and its...

Night. theres a lot i cant be clear on. but i know i didnt kill him. i know i didnt give elizabeth the gun. i know i didnt try to poison him. and i know i didnt try to get anybody to kill him. >> although, to the police, on the day of her arrest, she said nothing at all. on the advice of paul herzog, the lawyer appointed to represent her, in the battle of her life. >> i found it difficult to believe she was involved in it with the way she presented herself. very quiet, very passive. joan insiste...

>> i kind of have, i guess psychological problems, if you will, and i guess the mental stress, so. >> tawan staal worth serving a one year sentence for cocaine possession is still haunted by a combat experience that occurred 20 years earlier during the battle to free kuwait. he says he once saw a friend blown up by a woman and a child who were concealing explosives. moments later, he saw another child running towards him. >> i didnt know what to do, but i turned, i aimed, i fired. he was 6 years...

Or he would be tased. >> i kind of hold off for a second. the guy went limp, his eyes rolled back, so i thought he was dead. >> thats when they said youre going to get tasered, so i let go. >> if you had known that he was still alive, would you have let go? >> oh, hell no. >> the victim was taken to the hospital. he survived the attack. later, the victim was released on his charges. >> i wish i would have started a minute earlier. >> why? >> because i didnt kill him. another minute would have pr...

Over here, they saw that they had a situation here and they werent sure exactly what they had. the deputies gave him numerous directives to get on the ground or he would be tased. >> i kind of hold off for a second. the guy went limp, his eyes rolled back, so i thought he was dead. >> thats when they said youre going to get tasered, so i let go. >> if you had known that he was still alive, would you have let go? >> oh, hell no. >> the victim was taken to the hospital. he survived the attack. lat...

Injury and placed in the segregation cell. >> i took him to the corner to talk to him and he spit on me. i kind of beat him up a little bit, kind of too bad. i wasnt meaning to, you know. i just kind of blacked out a little bit. its all gas and no brakes, you know? i walked away once i seen the blood. i kind of snapped back. but like i said, i blacked out, you know. he wasnt my friend i would have continued to maul him, you know. youre going to be all right, you know. its going to be a good less...

Segregation cell. >> i took him to the corner to talk to him and he spit on me. i kind of beat him up a little bit, kind of too bad. i wasnt meaning to, you know. i just kind of blacked out a little bit. its all gas and no brakes, you know? i walked away once i seen the blood. i kind of snapped back. but like i said, i blacked out, you know. he wasnt my friend i would have continued to maul him, you know. youre going to be all right, you know. its going to be a good lesson that he learns, you kn...

Injury and placed in the segregation cell. >> i took him to the corner to talk to him and he spit on me. i kind of beat him up a little bit, kind of too bad. i wasnt meaning to, you know. i just kind of blacked out a little bit. its all gas and no brakes, you know? i walked away once i seen the blood. i kind of snapped back. but like i said, i blacked out, you know. he wasnt my friend i would have continued to maul him, you know. youre going to be all right, you know. its going to be a good less...