i couldn t imagine anyone would ever want to hurt her. i had no idea what could ve happened. married to her high school sweetheart, family meant everything to her. there was always a lot of talk about children. she wanted grandchildren, fast. but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. who is to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of julie. shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers. it s a bullet. yes. so this woman has been shot to death. yes. the obvious suspects. neighborhood thieves. there were half a dozen house burglaries unsolved. investigators also dug into a favorite theory, a husband. i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. then a pop to text the might just be a clue. you could say maybe she s driving events here. that s correct. the truth, beyond twisted. leaving behind smoking a
thank you for watching. i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline! he said he couldn t handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if you re not going to tell me what happened, then you re going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? it started as a teen romance. two of my girlfriends are like, there s this guy, and you need to meet him. i was in love, yes. it ended in one of the strangest love stories you ll ever hear. i felt like i got hit by a bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered.
but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. who is to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of julie. shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers. it s a. bullet yes. so this woman screenshotted. yes. the obvious suspects. neighborhood. thieves there were half a dozen house burglaries unsolved. investigators also dug into a favorite theory, a husband. it i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. then a pop to text the might just be a clue. you could say maybe she s driving events here. that s correct. the truth, beyond twisted. leaving behind smoking ash isn t burning questions. i physically started shaking and i started. crying i want to know. why. welcome to dateline. julie griffith was as a loving wife and doting mother. then a blaze ripped through her home and she was gone. was this an accide
bus. right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. he looks like he s been shot. he said someone broke in last night. a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. his father bruised and bewildered. i don t remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. was it a robbery? the television s on. was it darker? you re always going to look at the closest people to the victim. or was it something much darker? you were 11 years old when your mother disappeared. a missing woman, a murdered woman, and a lie. i didn t get through more than a page and a half, and i threw it. i could barely stomach to finish it. but the family was rocked by scandal and then murder. aaron s father was found at the cri
active, was she the one with the secret? you could spin it another way and say well maybe she s wants to get rid of the wife. that s correct. we were open for that being an idea or a possibility. in fact, the detective had let her tell her story without ever explaining the reason for his visit. now he laid out his cards. was he not divorced. no. he says first of all, keith is not divorced. according to him, he s been married to his high school sweetheart for 36 years. and, i just broke down because i can t believe it. but of course there was more. we are conducting an investigation. and this investigation involves, what we believe to be a homicide of his wife. i was in shock, i said oh my gosh, i can t believe what he just said. i had no idea.