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>> im craig melvin >> and im natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> the neighborhood ha everything a burglary wanted t find, private yards, wealthy homes -- >> and she had the worst o possible luck, in that h picked her >> yes >> id like to report an attempted break in - >> a mother, home alone. cops raced to her front door a she walks into an ambush in he backyard >> how does somebody die in matter of seconds with officer around her home? >> it was surreal, it wa awful. >> your ...

>> yeah. >> reporter: the victims name was lynn schockner. she was 50 years old. when they found her lying quite dead just outside her own back door, they could clearly see the bright red gash across her throat. how was it possible? the policemen were just outside her front door. and more cops were in alert mode out in the alley. but the only apparent witness to the silent murder of lynn schockner was lynns little dog, zoey. horrified officers found her lying by lynns side. her white coat spatte...

Her front door and more cops were in alert mode out in the alley, but the only apparent witness to the silent murder of lynn schockner was lynns little dog, zoe. horrified officers found her lying by lynns side, her white coat spattered red. back at police headquarters, long beach cops, like undercover man kris nelson, heard the chatter. >> we were sitting in the office. and we used to have a police radio on in the office listening to whats going on in the street. >> reporter: this was bad. >> w...

How was it possible? the policemen were just outside her front door and more cops were in alert mode out in the alley, but the only apparent witness to the silent murder of lynn schockner was lynns little dog, zoe. horrified officers found her lying by lynns side, her white coat spattered red. back at police headquarters, long beach cops, like undercover man kris nelson, heard the chatter. >> we were sitting in the office. and we used to have a police radio on in the office listening to whats go...