fighting for her life. i was so distraught. she was gone. she was your wife, the mother of your children. it s awful. i wouldn t wish that on anybody. her ex had been to visit the day she died. a trip with the kids. and just like that, he was suspect number one. they had no evidence. i was absolutely flabbergasted. how can anyone think this? police said they were a key to the mystery, his own young children. she says she peeks through the mail slot. she looks in the mail slot, yes. daddy was in the living room upstairs. that was planted in their minds. we re going to prove that he s innocent. two children on the stand. what did they see? that was the hardest thing. because i love them so much. i didn t do this. hello and welcome to dateline. there should be nothing more innocent than seeing the world through the eyes of a child. but in this story this that may not be the case. detectives believe a 6-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother w
a trip with the kids. and just like that, he was suspect number one. they had no evidence. i was absolutely flabbergasted. how can anyone think this? police said they were a key to the mystery, his own young children. she says she peeks through the mail slot. she looks in the mail slot, yes. daddy was in the living room. that was planted in their minds. we re going to prove that he s innocent. two children on the stand. what did they see? that was the hardest thing. because i love them so much. i didn t do this. hello and welcome to dateline. there should be nothing more innocent than seeing the world through the eyes of a child. but in this story this that minot be the case. detectives believe a 6-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother witnessed the unthinkable, the brutal murder of their mother. the case would be built around what those kids observed, but it wouldn t be so simple. this crime was as brazen as it was mystifying. here s dennis murph
interest in k-12 to get back to school. parents who need to get back to work. i m spread so thin. the risk of her not having access to education outweighs the other risks. and students whose education is about to include one of the biggest lessons of their lives. just goes to show that anything can change our lives. this is an nbc news special report. coronavirus and the classroom. hello, everyone, i m lester holt and thank you for joining us. there may be no greater example of how the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted american life, how it has sown chaos and anxiety along with illness and death and the challenge of going back to school. tonight with the new school year upon us, families, communities and educational institutions across the country are facing a bewildering array of tough choices and it seems none of those choices are without risk. teachers want to teach, but can they do so safely in person, in a classroom, full of students? parents want their ki
it s awful. i wouldn t wish that on anybody. they had no evidence. i was absolutely flabbergasted. how could anyone think this? she says she peeks through the mail slot. she looks in the mail slot, yes. daddy wasn t in the living room. he was still upstairs. ideas were planted in their minds. we re going to prove he s innocent. ready, sam, got it? mm-hmm. dennis you re good to go. all right, jarod, thanks for sitting down with us. you re welcome. thanks for having me. did you take a butcher knife and plunge it into ciara s neck and kill her? no. while the kids were waiting outside? absolutely not. that did not happen? no. credibility, the reliability of years old memories. there s a lot of that ahead because this is the story of a murder. june 8th, 2012. columbus, georgia. it was an apartment maintenance man who found her. she d been stabbed to death upstairs in the bedroom. in the kitchen sink, a butcher knife. the victim was ciara ingra
bedroom. a young mom stabbed to death. i can see her fighting, fighting for her life. i was so distraught. she was gone. she was your wife, mother of your children. it s awful. i wouldn t wish that on anybody. her ex had been to visit the day she died. a trip with the kids. and just like that, he was suspect number one. they had no evidence. i was absolutely flabbergasted. how can anyone think this? police said they were a key to the mystery, his own young children. she says she peeks through the mail slot. she looks in the mail slot, yes. daddy was in the living room. that was planted in their minds. we re going to prove that he s innocent. two children on the stand. what did they see? that was the hardest thing. because i love them so much. i didn t do this. hello and welcome to dateline. there should be nothing more innocent than seeing the world through the eyes of a child. but in this story that minot be the case. detectives believe a 6-