and we just seem to hit it off. she was very funny, and just very sweet which is always the word i think to describe her. she was one of linda s best friends. dave s two. she was also dating dave s best friend. the two couple soon made a young, fun loving for some. we didn t have kids yet, we didn t even have a house. none of us had a mortgage yet or anything. so it was pretty carefree looking back. lots of barbecuing, swimming, and yes, a fair amount of drinking to. this was a hard partying crowd. but there was no denying that dave and linda were in love. they were the ones that were ouellet liked. a cute couple. mike bratton was another close friend of dave s. kids afloat in high school? yes. exactly. so it wasn t a surprise in 1994, they married. good match? oh yeah. it was a party. it was a party. bartender was busy that night? oh yes.
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ruling. marilyn sent linda s friend an email with the news. and in big bold letters, she wrote, i ve got jordy. after a two-year legal battle. marilyn won the right to have supervised visits with jordan. i always thought that linda must be, must have given her a little bit of peace to know that jordan was with her mom. rosemary and dave were not happy. rosemary spoke to nbc affiliate, k v eight o tv about the ruling. not the states place to decide where my children stay. they re turning parents into babysitters. at first, maryland said, the watson s resisted the order. she attempted to have her visitation, but dave watson made it difficult by not answering the phone. by not being available.
investigation took its toll on dave and rosemary s marriage. i said, i can t do this anymore. he said, okay. he said is there anything he could do. i said, i don t think so. by 2007, dave divorced and moved on. rosemary worked as a radio to treasure, supporting her family and her dad active daughter, jordan, who looked primarily with her. dave was promoting the fire department. he earned it. it wasn t given to him. he earned it. time we kept moving on. here in the cold case falls and those three cases. linda was officially declared dead in 2006. marylin and renee. i think my biggest concern was always them be forgotten. linda s friend did what she could to keep that from happening. for years, i sent letters to all the media to say here s the
he does come in. and he said i want for a walk. and i asked him if he was okay. and he said yeah, i just need to clear my head. does that make sense to you? it did make sense to me. i had no reason to doubt him at all. none. and then, rosemary said, dave handed her something. he actually handed me a box of latex gloves. and said, put these away. which, you know, i didn t think anything of it at the moment. this is your new husband, you re in love with? absolutely. you don t know all his habits? no. still learning. and wake up and talk to the birds? you don t know right? he was an early riser. so when investigators showed up and asked where dave had been the night that linda disappeared. i didn t mean to lie. that wasn t my intent. was to lie to law enforcement. did you say that dave is in a jam? you re gonna cover for him? i said i love my husband. he went for a walk. it looks really bad, and very suspicious that he went for a walk.