this comes at the same time as the u.s. deals with the evacuation of americans from afghanistan. back here at home, california governor gavin newsom announced the vice president is expected to make a trip to the golden state in support of him, ahead of the states gubernatorial recall election next month. now, back to dateline. ack to dateline. welcome back to dateline. i m natalie morales. when nick morelos was murdered, rookie detective jennifer garcia took a deep dive into his complicated personal life. there she found a web of scorned lovers and wondered if one of them wanted him dead. meanwhile as nick s loved ones grieved, the woman who stole his heart was also feeling another emotion. here again is josh mankiewicz with stone-cold. in the days after nick s murder, his fiancee, kristy, was living in fear.
sneaky. nick morelos would stab you in the front. he didn t know how to approach people and just have a conversation about, hey, maybe you should do it this way rather than this way. it was, you re doing it wrong. start doing it right. and if you don t do it this way, go home. john, a lieutenant colonel in the army, worked at the same air park as nick. what would people say about him? he was he was tough. he was, excuse the language, a hard ass. very vocal, intimidating to some. there was one area where nick seemed quite popular with women. and conveniently marana aerospace employed some. do you have any idea how many women at marana he dated, how many of his co-workers? he only admitted to me two. there was a lot of rumors, but he told me of two. and one of them changed everything. in 2016, nick met kristy. i liked that he was such a hard worker, and he was so
bucket full of water and some carpet fibers, which at the time i thought was odd. inside the cabinet under the kitchen sink was open. in the living room, cleaning products left out. and in the backyard was a large pit bull. presumably whoever lived there had let the dog out? possibly, yes. or the killer had. yes. as detective garcia went up the stairs, she saw bullet holes in the wall. at the top, the master bedroom door was ajar. i immediately saw a bloody foot of nick morelos. i opened the door and saw his naked body laying there riddled with bullets. a lot of people will tell you that when their time comes, they want to die at home. very few will say they want to go the way nick morelos did, in his bedroom, alone with his killer, in a hail of bullets. nick had been shot eight times, including once in the middle of his forehead.
to the breakup. whenever nick was in the same room, there was no smiles out of her. i could tell it was not a not a good atmosphere between the two. nick ever say why they broke up? no. no, and i it s none of my business. it was detective garcia s business. she eventually interviewed jessica on tape. i know he was cheating on me with claudia. when he got caught with her, um, and then he kicked me out and then moved her in. that s the kind of speed that s going to make people feel bruised and angry. yes. and maybe vengeful? yes. he kept denying it. so i drove by his house, and i took a picture of her truck parked outside and confronted him with it. was the morelos family right? was she the woman they saw poking around nick s house just after the murder? some of the family identifies you as being the one that was at the house. it wasn t me. why are they saying it was
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