Digging Into David News Today

>> do you have one that got away? >> hes my first love. >> the guy who disappeared. except, in her case, he really disappeared. >> hes going to call me in a couple days. he never called. >> his family, in agony. >> i called everyone from oprah winfrey to "americas most wanted". >> a rookie detective finally broke the case. >> i said, oh my gosh. i think i hit pay dirt. >> a sweet strange phone call revealed a secret. >> david needed needed to be gotten rid of. >> then we got the real s...

>> davids mother right a victim impact statement. >> because if you barbara, i cried endlessly for 24 years. ive wanted to die myself to be with david. >> her gaze fixed on the woman her son once loved. >> you are guilty. michael wolfe is where he should be, in prison. your father is where he should be, and you will join him one day because that is where you should be. in hell. >> davids brother, mark, was not at all sure the justice was served. >> if you lose on trial, thats gods will. you cant...

Too odd, maybe? time for a chat. detective velazquez called barbara. got herself invited over to barbaras house. barbara seemed to have no problem talking about david. >> she said she cared about him a lot. i say, well, how was david as a father? david became abusive towards johnny, physically and emotionally. verbally. >> wait a minute. this was a whole new wrinkle. up to know everything about davids history had been squeaky clean. >> as an investigator and as a mom, i begin to say, did you eve...

Do this awful thing? >> right. the only know what you are there for. you can have somewhat of an opinion. >> even though she accepted the deal, barbara was not happy. true, there is no prison time, but she was a felon now. >> you have a... title over your head. its life-changing. its very life-changing. >> these were just hard to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth? >> yes, i do. >> detective velazquez joined davids family at barbara sentencing hearing. >> you are keep stipulati...

>> and the story wolfe told according to the ex, implicated more than just himself. heres what happened as he heard it. wolfe and harry britton, barbaras father, granted a motel room on that long ago july night. invited david to a meeting there. >> and when he gets at the hotel, they have a very small conversation. and michael shot david in the head. >> he told me he had to get so drunk to do it. and that was the first shot didnt kill him. he had to shoot him again. >> afterwards, as nancy relat...

Person to give up a hunch. and >> i said, can we please do this one more time. she goes, i was wrong the first time. she says, this person is anywhere between five foot nine and six foot one. i said, oh my gosh. i think i have hit pay dirt. >> she got dna from davids mother. waited for a lap to prepare the samples. and ten days later, detective velazquez called the testing facility. >> she comes to the phone and says, i hope youre sitting down. i said, why? we got 100 percent match. oh my gosh! ...

Keep david away from their son, was a full partner in his murder. where are the chances that either michael wolfe or harry britton forced her to take part in this scheme? >> forced? >> yeah. >> you dont have to force a willing participant. >> and you believe she was willing? >> yes. >> the detectives couldnt help remembering she said when barbara told her when she heard that davids bones had been identified. >> strangely enough, first thing she said to me was, how many bones do you have? >> come...

A conversation years later with her father. >> im like, i wonder what hes doing. i wonder if hes coming back. i wonder where hes at. what happened? he just be like, you dont have to worry. hes not around to bother you. >> what was that like to deal with? >> very, very rough. its like, hes my dad. my dad. i could accept it. what satisfaction did it get? did it satisfy him? because it sure did is satisfy me. >> still, in december 2007, it was detective velazquez who got what she wanted. she worked...

Went out that night. >> he was pretty sure it was woman on the phone. david takes a phone, goes into his room. comes out a little while later. hes all spruced up. ready to go out. hes got a smile on his face. hes calling his here. but in on his cologne. david jackson left the apartment. and at that point, that was the last any of his friends saw him. >> what really happened in the motel? wolfe said he hid in the bathroom when david arrived. >> barbara answered and he was glad to see her. he said...

The boy. >> he went out there with a friend of his. so johnny for three days. i got pictures with johnny. in an all western town, and everything. >> but maybe it was something about the distance, said barbara. >> david and i became very good friends when i was out there in arizona. we used to talk a lot. >> in fact, where she felt deep in her heart never did go away. >> i always loved him. >> and then, it was june 25th, 1980. davids brother mark was flying into town to visit the family. david wa...