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evidence that he knew more than what he was telling. >> did you have any plans to meet robin that evening? >> no. >> how do you explain these tax messages into your memory is not so good. >> according to jay these own text on the night she was murdered, robin had plans with him. >> are we still on for tonight? or do we need to reschedule again? then this text exchange at 9:20 pm. you about ready? yep. which as it happened was the last text ever sent from robin 's phone. >> so presumably that setting up the meeting? >> yes. so we knew he was lying to us. >> not good for j. d.. >> you have the last person to have contact with her, and that contact was arranging a meeting with her. >> yes sir, that makes me a suspect no matter what? >> it leaves me wondering what happened. >> it leaves me wondering too, sir. >> j. d. now says that he had planned to meet robin at his house. to talk about the kids. he said that that was the reason he wanted his uncle there. to be a witness just in case katie showed up. >> the approximate time y'all were supposed to meet at 9:30? >> approximate time? yes sir.
you threatened to kill her. >> i did not threaten to kill robin. >> evidence showed that she was lying, it was the same evidence that tripped up j.d., the text messages. >> she is very, very upset with j.d. and very upset with robin. >> james ferret was the district attorney for more than 20 years. >> she is just hammering j.d. with messages about i know you are lying. i know you're having an affair with robin. >> not just one or two tech's, the prosecutor found that in just four days leading to the murder, katie send j.d. 336 tech, messages like this one. >> if robin breaks any of my [bleep] when you bring her home, i'll break her nasty face. >> and this one, a day later. i'll hurt every single one of you on my day out. on the day robin was killed, katie unleashed a texts storm.
occurred on helium road, it takes about three and a half, to five minutes, to drive to that location. so, that means she left her house, about ten minutes till ten. if she arrives at helium road in three and a half, to five minutes -- >> plenty of time. >> she has time to kill robin, and then drive back to manhattan street, and arrive at about 10:20. >> that ten minute gap cast doubt on katie's alibi. so, really, it is katy's best friend who puts the noose around her? >> absolutely. >> something else was hurting katie too. if you watch dateline regularly, you know cell phone data can make, or break, a case. that was, certainly, true in this one. >> at 10:13, katie ping off of
of murdering robbyn spielbauer. not everyone in amarillo was sharing in the love. including robbyn's parents jackie and steve. >> when we got the call it was like what? you are releasing her why? >> what was your reaction? >> disbelief. at first. >> and anger? >> quite a bit. >> i mean, you understand it fits intellectually but there is a father in there who is watching the woman accused of killing his daughter being let out of lock out, she was angry, i'm guessing you are pretty angry. >> i wasn't happy by any means. >> robin's friend erin had a different reaction, not as much rage as resolve. >> at that moment i shifted and i knew we had to get j.d.. i knew that if she was innocent, he was 100 percent guilty. >> dea james ferrell admitted
degrees. doctors say this level of heat can pose health works like burns and heat sickness. in south korea, at least 22 people have died with many missing and thousands of people evacuated. torrential rains in the eastern peninsula has caused landslides and the overflow of a major dam there leaving thousands of people without power. now, back to dateline. back to dateline. when investigators first looked into robin's murder, the case seemed open and shut. it took just four days to arrest katie. they quickly tied her to the murder weapon. her weapon, that pink gun. >> according to j. d., in the timeline, she had the opportunity, she certainly had the means and she certainly had the motive. >> though witnesses placed katie and her son at her best friends house that night. the friend said that katie left
he had never served a day in the marines or any other branch of the military. all of it seem to be something that he made of to impress women like robin whose parents both had military careers. >> is that kind of thing offensive to you? >> yes. >> what kind of person in your view does that? >> a liar. a fraud. a charlatan. >> for the record, he now denies telling anyone that he was in the marines. the most dramatic moments of his trial was yet to come. when his ex-wife katie, also the ex suspect took the stand to testify against him. katie knew that the public perception of her guilt or innocence was writing on the credibility of her testimony. >> if i knew that i was gonna be on trial as well. >> because, you are like the alternate defendant. >> right. >> to establish her credibility as a witness, they had to admit to the jury that he'd wrongly
>> mongold thought, j. d. was still holding back. he believed, j. d. was at helium road, with robin. and laid out a scenario of how it all might have happened. >> in the backseat, she shows up, she sore speeding on that glass cause we have trips from the, windowpane transfers from the gun. it happens in a flash, right here in front of, you can't do anything about it, it is driving you crazy. not your fault, it happened in five seconds time >> no, sir. you are throwing all kinds of accusations and crap me right now. that is not true, sir. >> eight days later, j. d. said, he was ready to come clean. the story he then told matched investigators suspicions. j. d. now admitted, he had gone to helium road, that night, to meet robin. >> i got in the backseat with her, and we were talking about the girls, the stars test coming up. >> that is when j. d. said, he noticed headlights, shining through the back window.
and outgoing again. >> that must have felt great? >> it was like a light had come back on. >> and then ended just as quickly? >> it was turned off. >> when april night in 2014, robin went out and her black tahoe. and, she never came home again. >> coming up! >> all i see is, did you find her? and i remember the last of the conversation. >> when the second police officer showed up it was scary. >> what is your gut telling at that point? >> something horrible happen here. >> when dateline continues! your family portrait? good point. we bundled the boat with our home and auto first. -hey, team, get on in here. -team? oh. fun. now everyone say "24/7 financial protection with progressive"! 24/7 financial protection with progressive! okay. let's get some singles of me on the bike. honey. yeah.
marriage, robin divorced jd and eventually moved in with her parents. it wasn't long before robin had more news to share about j. d. and katie. >> she called me and said he married her. >> for a lot of couples, that bit of betrayal might be the last time they acknowledge either their ex, or the other woman. but not robin. it was pretty clear that she was still stuck on j. d.. who was now helping katie raise her two kids. over time, robin found a new man, name jarred. who worked several jobs. >> she was giggling, she was like a young person in love. or in the infatuation stage. mom, i really like this guy. i have a crush on him kind of deal. >> after all the growing pains, it seemed that a white picket fence was maybe, at last, in robin's future. >> she was becoming the robin that i had met, back in 2001. that was friendly, and happy,
>> how come you didn't? >> because uncle ty was over. we were drinking beers. decided -- >> how did you communicate to her? she's under the pressure that you're meeting at 9:30. >> honestly sir, except my mind. >> it was cleared to sergeant mongold that j. d.'s story was not adding up. >> you and i both know there's something going on here. but what? are you protecting yourself? or somebody else? >> i'm not protecting anybody. >> did you kill robin? >> no sir. >> and in truth, he didn't seem to have much of a motive to kill robin. he's got investigators thinking about who might. >> let me run a scenario by you. katie is not stupid. she is pretty sharp. she finds out that y'all are having a meeting that night. that's why she's pissed, that's why she's not at the house. you set the meeting up, and something really bad happened. >> so you're basically either saying i did something personally, or physically, to my wife?