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there. i have to go over there. >> she was a commander who cared. >> i was like, when are you doing. and she says, im writing birthday cards to all my soldiers. >> her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted that. >> he was just as loving and doting as lyndon was. >> no one could believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. >> an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> the first suspect, as usual, the husband. but this one had a rock solid alibi. ...

kind of got myself together and said we had to go over there. >> i had to go over there. >> she was a commander who caved. >> i was like what you are doing? >> she says im writing for the cards to all of my soldiers. >> her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted dad. >> he was fitness loving and doting as she was. >> no one can believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. >> an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> a first suspect as usual the,...

this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. >> an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> the first suspect, as usual, the husband. but this one had a rock solid alibi. >> it would have been very difficult for him to have committed this murder. >> this soldier have enemies off the battlefield? her brother in law had a grudge. >> rodney was going around calling her names, vulgar names. >> her husband had a girlfriend. >> roger was sitting with a young lady, and they ...

>> a romantic hike to a mountain spot, the scenery was breathtaking. the danger was to. >> my wife has fallen from a rock. >> an accidental fall, and she was gone. >> i remember going, whats? >> my heart sank, i fell to my knees. >> so why did it seem so suspicious? >> there is something going on here. >> his first wife died, this is not an accident. >> two wives, two deaths, two mysteries. >> nobody saw her push tony off that cliff. why would he? >> gosh, horrible, cruel. i was broken...

Horrible? so violent. . >> i detectives continue to press, they never thought the spat between rodney and lynn was a good motive for murder. that to be something else. rodney finally broke down, he admitted there was. >> he did it because roger asked him to do it. he said big brother roger was behind it all. >> does everyones jaws drop at this statement? >> absolutely. >> roger was arrested and charged with murder. >> there was such a big shock with his friends and their mutual friends, because ...

>> reporter: detectives continued to press. they never thought the spat between rodney and lynn was a good motive for murder. there had to be something else. rodney finally broke down. he admitted there was. >> he did it because roger asked him to do it. >> reporter: he said big brother roger was behind it all. does everyones jaws drop? >> yes. >> reporter: at this statement? >> absolutely. >> reporter: roger was arrested and charged with murder. >> there was such this big shock with his friends...

Welcome back to "date line extra." im craig melvin. nick harvey had already been arrested and police were circling their wagons around two additional men they believed were involved in the fatal shooting of lynn shockner. nick admitted to killing lynn but investigators thought her husband, fred, and a man known as el cubano had plot ted the attack. detectives didnt have the evidence they needed to prove it, but they were about to set their trap. once again, here is keith morrison. >> reporter: p...