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little boy triston, had just come home and dinnertime to something no child should ever have to see. >> i'm the one that found her, i walked into -- i had tristan with, me and when i walked in it was tough, it was tossing that. >> lynn, six months pregnant had been stabbed to death, her throat slashed. >> my first instinct was to grab tristan and run out of the house. and then i knew i was screaming and yelling, i probably looked like a mad man out there. but it was -- i didn't know what to think. >> you immediately call 9-1-1, and brought tristan out. triston, in a statement said, my daddy took me out fast, and you know those kind of things. >> -- what's the lead detective. >> did you think about this poor woman's last days in this house? >> i did, looking at the, scene trying to imagine her may be fighting for her life, or pleading for her life, or how scared she might have been. >> any signs of robbery, or things taken? >> no, we actually did a skin, and we could see valuables.
around the world that roger had been having parties at their home. drinking with people as young as 18, acting like a teenager himself. lynn left him this voice mail before she got her flight home to texas. >> hey roger, it's ellen. i need to be sure that i have a ride when i get home. our marriage cannot withstand another deployment like this, period. you're not single anymore, roger, you need to stop hanging out with those guys. i never let you down on to play man, roger. i've always been there. >> lynn rarely gave up on people she loved. when she got home from saudi arabia, she wanted to patch things up with roger. >> you are talking about somebody who is in a marriage that she wanted to keep together. and she fought hard to keep it together. >> one night, linda decided to surprise him at his favorite
names. she is the reason he got kicked, out she is the reason all of these things happened. >> did you see that as a motive? >> i never thought that in itself would be a motive to kill, her or he would be that angry just because of that. >> so why in the world would rodney -- >> i don't think rodney wanted linda. he was a person that was willing to help the investigation, he was really cooperative throughout. >> the search for suspect continues, lynn had no enemies there. >> you can imagine that it could've happened? it seemed unreal. an army commander being murdered was unheard of. >> but then, one name cropped up, rodney mentioned it to police. >> we asked him who else would want to do this to lynn? did she have any enemies. ronny tells us there is this one girl, her name is april, and the girl has a crush on my brother. he
help. >> i was kind of play injected for her, so i went up there and i was remember sitting and watching outside the barracks. in april ended up coming up there and hanging out at the barracks. >> this wasn't just a crush. this was a full on affair. and then, it got worse. lynn heard a rumor that april was pregnant with rodgers baby. >> and so, i told her, you know, i know where april lives. i said, lynn, why don't we go over there? i said, why don't we just go talk with april. >> that's gutsy. >> yeah, well, we were older. -- and you know, i knew lynn would be -- lane wasn't going to lose it. she was commander. >> so, what's it like when you knock on the door? >> well, we knock on the door, she opens it. she's a little bit surprised. and lynn, was very nice. we sat down we started talking to her about her relationship, and she tried to say that, yes, that she had, but it was over now. elaine was
>> yes, ma'am. >> was she okay with that? i mean, she had to leave triston behind. this was her first plane without him, correct? >> to the best my, knowledge yes, i remember her telling us that it was hard, that she was having a hard time with it. she was sad, and that she just kept telling him that he should come home. it won't be that long. >> and it was how long? >> it was about six months. >> and then, she did get home. but, her old life is about to change. about four months after she got back, roger convinced lynn to let his 24-year-old brother rodney come live with them. rodney had gotten into some trouble while his brother was serving his country. maybe roger in plain could set him straight. >> he was on probation in florida, and for him to be able to leave the state, she had to write this letter, you know, saying how she would take on that responsibility, roger asked her to do, that so she did. >> right about the same time, lynn found out she was pregnant again. the tug of motherhood was getting stronger, so this
the whistle before lynn was killed. >> i was so angry because i thought why didn't one of the mentioned to me? why wouldn't that comment not be told to me. because i think, if one of them had told me that, and i would've been packed with that right away. >> with all those witnesses the prosecution thought they had a strong case. but roger had plenty to say about those witnesses. and about his brother rodney. >> did you ask your brother rodney to kill lynn? i >> coming, up i love my wife we are trying to build the future together. >> roger tells a story. well the jury believe it? when dateline continues. welcome dinner! [sfx: phone ping] ♪ what? tween milestones like this... may start at age 9. hpv vaccination, a type of cancer prevention... against certain hpv-related cancers...
of the refrigerator for tristan, the milk would be gone because rodney chunk it all and in on whether to replace it. yeah, it was becoming not a very good relationship. i think lynn was ready to have her house back. it's really difficult when you have another adult living in the home. -- len and i came to that decision together, it was just one of those things that had to be done. he yelled that against her. the relationship continued, on but i could tell he had animosity towards limb even after that. >> a closer look at rodney showed a man with a dodgy past, he had done crimes in florida for petty theft, forgery, grand theft, auto nothing violent but still he was no fan of lynn. >> then i remember lynn telling me that roger had told her that rodney was going around calling her names, calling her wagner
thought that maybe i saw some fear, he was scared about what had occurred it seemed to me at the time. >> did you know right away? >> i knew it was lynn. yeah, because i knew the house. then they said it was military. and i remember it almost made me sick. i was on the floor. and then i kind of got myself together, said we have to go over there, i have to go over >> there. roger was already talking to detectives,, and clearly shaken. police were sympathetic, but they knew he had to be carefully scrutinized. what's your first impression of roger? >> he was grasping his son, he would not let go of, him and i thought that maybe i saw some fear, he was scared about what had occurred it seemed to me at the time. >> are you looking for anything and rodgers eyes, or his mannerisms, or what he is saying? are you immediately sizing him up? >> absolutely. >> my mind is all over the place, and i wrapped and said go ahead, give him this, get it knocked out of the way. then i can actually get on with the investigation. >> detectives wanted to know
>> she inspired people, and maybe that's why she made such a great commander. she inspired her troops. she inspired those that worked for her to do want to do well. >> she was captain lyn armstrong wrister. army veteran debbie moore, was one of her best friends. >> lynn was very intelligent, she knew how to bring out the best in people. she inspired people. >> she had a big role in the military. >> very big role, yeah. >> she was in charge of the air defense artillery in saudi arabia. >> when i worked in the saudi, and they had the patriot missiles, she was the one that would make that decision on what was coming, in if it needed to be taken out of the sky. >> she earned medals and promotions and a loyalty of the men and women under her command. that loyalty cut both ways, according to her assistant errors. >> did she take good care of our soldiers? >> absolutely, she did welfare checks where she would visit with families. she'd meet with the different wives, and things like that. >> was she the perfect
the prosecution said that you want to your wife did. first was that you want to the 20 50,000 dollar life insurance policy. >> no. doesn't make much sense. lynn was making more money than i was. so $25, 000, also does have the same amount of them. >> you want to so causative tristan? >> no, listen i would've definitely had joined custody. it's one that we talked about whenever we briefly separated. >> you didn't go to a military prison for committing adultery? >> no. it's been a very long time since anybody was convicted of a felony for adultery. in the military. >> he says he still doesn't understand why all his old friends turned on him. but he doesn't have a good explanation