store but not that night. they said we can t go through somebody was killed. she was a young wife and mother minding the store for her husband, was it robbery? revenge? or something else? we might want to look at his relationship with his employee. years past without an arrest, but for one prosecutor this cold case was personal. that was the case that was unsolved. the clues that lovers tranquil, cash and updated lady. he said it looked like a woman in figure, a really thin guy. mystery with so many head snapping turns. it took two trials. you 18 years for justice, only to have the carpet pulled off from under you. to uncover the truth. we have a verdict. what was it the truth? and adultery is a person who has an evil thing, that does not make a murderer. i looked at him and said let s go to the comic book store and help with the party. we pulled up at the party the police stop this, i knew immediately all the crime scene tape was there and they sa
themselves to be optimistic. i told my sister when we walked out of that police station, i said, something will come out of this. joe and mary his girlfriend back then had broken up after barbaraâs murder, but they remained close over the years. joe called me and he told me what was going on. and my and it s a good, good god s gonna get him. the detective started their investigation, as though it were july 13th 1990. and the 19 11 call had just come in. all three of them knew this wasn t going to be an episode of csi, with forensic science saving the day. no weapon, no blood smears, no nothing. hair fibers in terms of what people are used to seeing nowadays, with dna and things like that we didn t have it. we just had to do detective work. which means? get out there and interview people. they say without preconceived theories they
brother joe and his then girlfriend now mary drove over to the comic shop for what was supposed to be a celebration. barb surprise party in the store for michael, he was turning 30. michael s mother was going to keep the two kids at her house for the weekend while they took off after the party for a cozy couple of days at a lodge. that would ve been a friday night and i was going to be a romantic weekend? right. a weekend not meant to be, because by the time joe and mary got to the comic bookstore just after 9:00 that was confusion, cop cars. we pull up and joe road in the police stopped us and they said you can t go through were investigating a homicide, somebody was killed. i mediately thought mike because i thought no one hated my sister, absolutely nobody. but the victim wasn t mike, it was joe s sister and it was up to detective sergeant donald to make sense of the senseless. he had been the investigator on-duty when the hospital called that they had a woman
know everything is fine. mary sham with the coffin of barbara s brother couldn t make up what he was feeling because his eyes were concealed behind dark sunglasses. something that a blind person would wear, something you see stevie wonder where. mary sense that michael was acting strange even goofy only increased after a visit to the trailer park home where michael george and barbara had lived. she and joe, barb s brother, had gone over to give michael some support during tough days. he comes in and her vacuum is saying that he grabbed the vacuum and embraces the vacuum and he showed more emotion with this vacuum that he did the whole time. what is he saying to the vacuum? he saying, this was barbara s vacuum, oh my god, she s never gonna use this vacuum again. and then he would go to a blender and say she would never be in this kitchen again. are you thinking what s up with this guy? i m looking at him like he was a screwball, cure you are grieving over all these appli
his brother in law joe came rushing in. the girlfriend was undone by the awful news. i m blown away, i m shocked, i wasn t even related to her and i was devastated and i was crying and i was upset. but there was someone who didn t seem as upset as mary was. the new widower, michael george. why was she so suspicious of the comic book man? coming up. there wasn t one tear in his eye, no swelling going on in his eyes, he had nothing going on, it was all an act. and untroubled husband it s a very troubled marriage. i didn t see their arms were crossed, you wouldn t think that he had any here in the world the way he was carrying out without. we started receiving phone calls, we might want to look at his relationship with his employee named rene. a little cozy, check it out? yes. when dateline continues. dateline continues s a shrimp, when you get both. introducing new dockside duos.