forensic psychologist. his interviews with them as part of the custody case. can you spell your name? connie jones. i thought he was exceptional. his report was i thought, very detailed. and accurate. dr. pitt s report matched what rick had come to believe with dwight jones. without psychiatric mental treatment his mental state will unravel and become increasingly paranoid, likely psychotic and pose an even greater risk for perpetrating violence. when dwight s probation ended connie obtained an order of
a son. after the child was born, he actually seemed to be better. being a father was good for him? it was. it did seem to give him a purpose. dwight watched their child during the day. but connie says he still left most of the caregiving to her. and soon enough, connie says dwight s emotional abuse worsened. he became obsessive and controlling. after i had my son, i thought it was my obligation to try to make this work. i mean, i really did not see myself in life as a divorced person. but how do you make things work when you have no idea who is coming home at night? the garage door would open. and we didn t know what we were getting. dr. jekyll or mr. hyde. right. dwight s good times became more and more rare. then he began to abuse her physically. but at the same time carefully. you know, if you punch
this morning. this is all in connection to the school shooting in suburban detroit on tuesday. four students were killed, several others were hurt. the shooting suspect, 15-year-old ethan crumbley, is charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of terrorism causing death, seven counts of assault with intent to murder, and 12 counts of possession of a firearm. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. four people had been gunned down just miles apart, and private investigator rick englin was convinced dwight jones was the killer. connie jones managed to escape her husband s rage. here again with unraveled. dr. connie jones spent
what did you think when you read that? shocked. it didn t make sense to me they took his right as a parent even over the safety of the child. what s more, under arizona law, dwight was entitled to spousal support. in this case $6,000 a month. he threatened you, hit you says he is going to murder you, murder your child. mm-hmm. you have to pay him spousal support. yes. and you re on the hook for his attorneys. yes. yes. and i have to pay for the supervised visitations because he is a threat. what did this cost you financially? well, what he got was over $650,000. there came a point where connie couldn t afford my services or anybody else s. i couldn t walk away. because you think if you re not there, she s going to get killed?
protection that prohibited him from owning guns. this case is the scariest case i ve ever been involved in. remember karen colby the therapist awakened in the middle of night she worked with connie and dwight s son for two years starting in 2009. divorces are a dime a dozen. this was something else? yes, violence, potential violence, violence already committed somebody clearly on a path to commit more violence. connie and dwight s divorce went to trial in family court where karen colby and steve pitt presented their findings. in 2010 the judge granted connie full custody of her son. i m thinking i m reading through the decree, sounded pretty good to me so far. and what would you think it would say, so dwight is to have no more contact with you and your son ever. yes. instead it says what? it says it s mandated that he have supervised visits with him, that he has a parental right to see him.