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it sure was. every stunning detail. >> snap life, the seem like the perfect tool to put the poison inside of. >> was this a loving spouse or a lethal one? the police were in for a killer surprise. >> i did feel like the gates of hell are opening. i dont know what theyre thinking. hello, welcome to dateline. kevin and morgan mingle had their share of ups and downs. but do it all the seem to make it work. then one of them disappeared. it would take a families relentless pursuit of the tr...

closed doors? >> she laughed and said, you know, theres no fear. >> someone was keeping secrets. and even police couldnt wrap their heads around this one until they found it, a trail of texts. >> we were like, holy smokes, its right there. >> it sure was. >> every, stunning detail. >> snap all ice tea seemed like the perfect tool to put poison inside of it. >> was this a loving spouse or a lethal one? police were in for a killer surprise. >> i feel like the gates of hell are opening. >...

>> what did you want to know? >> kevin was so sweet, and kind. and i know we he must have been so, so scared. >> the story of those final moments could only be told by steve chappelle. but even from jail as they awaited their fates, morgan was trying to keep him quiet. she wrote him a letter saying, she had given birth to his twins. >> so her game plan was, if he thinks we have kids together, hes not gonna wrap me out. ? and the she was -- i need you to do this for me so i can raise our children...

The first hint that she knew more than she was saying about her young boyfriend steve. >> steve had said to me that he loved me and would do whatever it took to have me. and then last night he said he had an uneasy feeling. he apologized to me, and said it was his fault. i asked him, what was his? fall and the only response i got was, the entire situation. >> you think steve hurt? >> at this point yeah i do. >> morgan asked for a cigarette break. detective power went outside with her. the detect...

For better sleep, like never before. >> the first break in case of missing husband kevin mengel come out of the blue. morgan, the wife, under questioning by police, revealed that her lovers steve had killed her husband and the landscaping garage. she was saying steve had done the d to work earlier and only admitted to her later. she had the secret out of fear. >> i dont know if he was going to whack me upside the back of the head with a shovel if i did, and you guys showed up, and he flipped out...

Now >> those text messages dont even seen real. they dont seem real. >> as incriminating as those messages sounding, morgans defense was ready to press her case in court saying that she was no murder mastermind. >> i still dont think to this day that she had a fully formed believe that steve was going to do this. >> but the defense never got a chance. a few days into the trial, the police officers said something on this ten. heres say that the with -- the judge sent everyone home. >> a missed tr...

There and, to think of what he did to my brother. >> and her sister-in-law, it felt impossible to take that in. >> when i saw her mugshot, i didnt even recognize her. she just had a different look about her. she has been in my life for 15 years and i dont even know if she. was >> the next morning, detectives recovered kevin spotty buried in a shallow grave behind that high school, right where morgan said it would be. and the following day, steve chappelle was picked up nearly 2000 miles away in ...

Drink >> he put nicotine, straight nicotine, and the snap will hed bought. >> following the recipe he found online, steve cooked up some chewing tobacco in to a toxic substance called liquid knit had seen. he then slipped the poison into kevin snaffle. >> and then who handed the sample to your husband? >> it was on the truck, i did. did you say anything to your husband, that drinks for? you >> know the rest of us dont drink snap. all >> okay and then? what >> i left and got my kids off to school...

Missing person. but now, the family begged them to take another look. >> we went back to the police again and pleaded. we try to think of anything. the kids are home alone. shes not there. anything that we could do to get them to go over there. >> detective maurer agreed to stop by the apartment and talk to morgan. >> she seemed genuine, like she wanted to help me. >> morgan invited the detective in and told him the same story. kevin had walked out on her and the kids. and she had proof. text me...

Had some role in this. >> i had no role in this. >> but detective malware did not believe her. he looked over the timeline puzzling over that one word, snap all. why did she write that down? the detective took a break, one upstairs to talk to his partner sedlak. >> and it was sort of like a mental slip, and i asked him if he-minded if i had a shot. i wanted a chance to talk to her myself. >> and so the detective started to play good cop, bad cop, with morgan. >> i want to hear everything, and yo...