dwight s steps, via cell phone data. he had contacted the residence of this home. and a deputy went to check on them. used a ladder. they got to see through an upstairs window and they recognized that there was a gentleman inside that appeared to have been shot. they forced entry, and upon doing so, found another victim, a woman, who had also been shot, and both were deceased. my guts just absolutely dropped when i heard this news. reporter: scott whiteman was the tennis coach of one of the victims, mary simmons. she competed like nobody else. everybody wanted to play with mary. reporter: and one of her occasional play-in partners was dwight jones. police believe that, for reasons yet unknown, dwight murdered mary and her boyfriend, bryan thomas, in their home. remember that .22 police
young. too young. your first boyfriend? yes. he told me he wanted to be an attorney. so he seemed to have aspirations. reporter: they married in 1988 after her first year of medical school. dwight left the army after three years. and soon connie realized that while she was working hard to become a doctor, dwight was doing nothing. i don t recall him ever working more than two or three days because every job that he would get, there would be some issue. so we lived in medical school on my financial aid. that s probably not how you grew up, is it? that is not. my family has the best work ethic you can think of. reporter: after medical school, connie began a residency in psychiatry, but soon found it hit too close to home. her own husband, she came to realize, was mentally ill. he was depressed. he would stay in the bed for
responded very well to the procedure. it s the first time he s been hospitalized since becoming pope in 2013. back to dateline now. reporter: dr. connie jones spent 22 years married to a mentally ill and abusive husband. she was about to learn her personal ordeal might have led to a crisis for a whole city. i ll take you out to this [ bleep ] pool and drown you. reporter: back in 2009 after that frightening standoff with police at their home in scottsdale, arizona, dwight jones was arrested on multiple charges. but ultimately pleaded guilty to a single count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct. he was prohibited from owning a firearm during his probation just 12 months. it s minimal. it s like bein a disturbance in your neighborhood. it s not holding your child
he will become increasingly paranoid, likely psychotic, and pose an even greater risk for perpetrating violence. when dwight s probation expired, connie obtained an order of protection that once again prohibited him from owning guns. this case is the scariest case i ve ever been involved in. reporter: remember karen kolbe the therapist awakened in the middle of the night by the cops? she worked with connie and dwight s son for two years starting in 2009. divorces are a dime a dozen. this was something else. yeah. violence. potential violence. violence that had already been committed. somebody who was clearly on a path to commit more violence. reporter: connie and dwight s divorce went to trial in family court where karen kolbe and steve pitt presented their findings. in 2010 the judge granted connie full custody of her son. i m thinkin i m reading through the decree, sounding pretty good to me so far. right where you think it
more you look at dwight jones, the more frighten he is. you look at the intelligence of the person, you re going to look at the resources the person has available to them. you re going to look at his ability to use electronic items, such as trackers and spy ware that night go on a phone or computer. did he have that? he had detection kits, and the last thing i m going to look at is a violence potential. so when i piece those together and his research into violent acts, i m looking at somebody that i need to be very careful with. reporter: he made sure she and her son always had eyes on them. i had people full-time on the school where the son goes. if connie went to the grocery store, if she had a public event, if she went to work, there was somebody with her. that has to be phenomenally expensive.