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 don t know what they re 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 truth to jump-start the investigation. then, a stunning confrontation in a parking lot would put police on the trail of a killer and reveal a diabolical recipe for murder. harris hoda kotb with toxic . how much do we reveal to the ones we love? do we keep our betrayals hidden behind closed doors? or do we hide in plain sight, masking our deeds with words? text message says, i m fine, just clearing my head. that was kevin mengel for a time, clearing his head he told his family and friends. fa
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, he s not gonna wrap me out. ? and the she was i need you to do this for me so i can raise our children. except of course, it was another lie, another manipulation. we the prosecution and defense were back at the chester county courthouse for morgan mengel wynne s to testify, but then, another surprise. the day the testimony was meant to begin, morgan stopped the
i have a couple more questions for. you and in that moment, as a detective turned his back on steve, something unexpected happened. something chris mengel, still filming, caught on video. yo, yo, yo. steve jumped in the driver seat. pulled out of the lot. and sped away. that steve. morgan walked over and sits down on a step, puts her hands on her heads and says, oh my, maybe he did sue do something to kevin. morgan breaks her silence. what had she been hiding? coming up steve had said to me that he loved me and would do whatever it took to have me. when dateline continues. from over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens, day after day. feel the clarity and make today the most wonderful time of the year. live claritin clear. (vo) red lobster s finer points of fun dining how to endless shrimp: step 1: greet your shrimp step 2: bid your shrimp farewell. repeat!
and they worried she might leave town. they asked the detective if he would do surveillance on the apartment, but he said no. i said, based on the fact that we had a witness that saw the fact that i now know that morgan and kevin have a troubled relationship. i thought that maybe kevin was really just fed up and had enough of morgan and left. so the mengel took their investigation into their own hands. brother chris decided to stake out the apartment overnight. he brought a video camera with him. what s that? early friday morning he filmed steve shappell coming and going as if he now live. they re taking kevin s place. and what was strange, it looks as though steve was packing up morgan s truck. they re getting in the trunk there. to chris, it sure looked like morgan and steve were getting ready for. something yes, it s a bunch of crap with them. morgan has a bunch of stuff. to he frantically called the
trial and changed her plea. she admitted to first degree, premeditated murder. even her own attorney was stunned. i believe morgan saw the handwriting on the wall. she realizes that whatever actions she took, resulted in his death, and resulted in chappelle killing him. steve was sentenced to 40, to 80 years. and morgan, life without parole. for the mengel family who are raising kevin s children, there is finally some justice and knowing morgan would remain behind bars, forever. i want her to be in jail for the rest of her life. i want her to know that i will be there for when her daughter walks down the aisle. i ll be there when her daughter has a baby. i ll be there when her sons have meet their wives and graduate from high school. i will get to see all of that, and she s not, she s in hell. and she s going to live this way for the rest of her life. that s all for this issue of dateline. i m craig melvin. thanks for watching.