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>> we were in that much danger and didnt even know it. >> what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys and a girl, spent the new years holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. a mid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. >> its a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lot...

>> his body appeared to be concealed. >> a robber is not gonna take the time to cover the body. its personal. >> there may be some tenants who had bad blood. >> -- >> somebody put behind bars. had it out for him. >> several doors were padlocked. >> it seemed like it was forever, but maybe a ten second silence in the courtroom. >> he was an fbi agent? >> he dealt with many criminals. >> he could take care of himself? >> at least he thought so. >> hello, and welcome to dateline. when spe...

and i told them you are not going to believe what i just heard. the startling news came from their sisters friend. >> she just kept insisting promise me youll get a full autopsy. >> the brothers kept it a secret. >> we wouldnt tell the parent, we wouldnt tell my sister diana, we wouldnt tell anybody. >> it was information about a family member they loved with what they point the guilty finger? >> there was no way we were going to accuse them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to datelin...

do this on purpose. >> a dark house, a husband witho a gun. a wife dead on the floor. >> make sure that she is still breathing. >> oh, i dont think she is, damn it. >> there was no question who killed her. the mystery was why. >> i hear the door squeaking, and i hear the rumbling and i hear the dog growling. >> how could you not tell thats your wife?ld >> it was dark. >> he just kept saying it was an accident. he said he didnt do anything wrong. >> others disagreed.di >> we never for a...

that meant, a motive for murder. and, did one kill the other to steal his wife? >> i wouldnt do that to my brother. >> in court it all came out. scandalous passions, jealousy, greed, lust. >> he said, he was the black sheep of the family. >> a family saga, turned riveting courtroom drama. >> i cried the whole time. >> the time we received the call was around three. >> effingham 9-1-1? >> help, please. >> whats wrong? >> gun. shot. >> youre shot? >> yes. >> where you at? >> the sheriffs...

no one could explain. then, across town, another scare. >> i felt a gun to the back of my head. >> a teenager in danger. >> he said, you have to come in the room or im going to kill you. >> two young lives, strangely length. had police put the two things together? >> i said i will do whatever i can to help find your son. >> can they help unravel this mystery in time? >> dont you understand, every minute counts right now? >> hello, and welcome to dateline. its a story of young dreams in...

marriage to her police officer husband. >> he told me, she may have tried to clean my gun, and it may have accidentally got off. >> police are suspicious, the victims own mother wasnt. >> she was so opposed to anybody even exploring the idea that her only daughter had been murdered. >> as the years went by, the case grew cold. until a reporter heated it up again. >> it was [inaudible] reading that file. it was astonishing. >> it turned out there was a lot less to the marriage than meet...

behind the trees and he shot me. >> what in the world was going on? >> thats what i wanted to know. >> this wife was brutally beaten. did he hire somebody? we just dont know. >> her husband had an alibi and something else, hala, a lover. >> it was shocking. we would have never expected it. >> and as police got closer to the truth -- >> he says i think i know who did it. >> the truth got closer to home. >> he just told me, hold on, its about to get a lot more crazy. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you w...

>> lots of screaming. lots of gunfire. they had a demeanor like they owned the place. >> panicked moms protecting their kids. >> i just kepting telling them to be quiet, like a mouse. >> kids forced to protect one another. >> you grabbed your brother. >> yeah, and just run. >> from out of the blue a hero. >> she starts running. >> could he rescue the very smallest of victims? >> when portia got up and ran, did you have a moment where you thought, oh, my god? >> hello and welcome to "da...

Then came the mystery his neighbor suddenly found dead. There was blood all over the floor. Everyone was crying. I said, no, it cant possibly happen. And the millionaire who was suddenly on the run, taunting authorities, launching a chase, an International Hide and seek hunt. It seems like its fiction. It doesnt seem real. He may have eluded the police, but he did not elude us. So, neither you nor anybody representing you went over to greg faulls house and shot him through the head . No, sir. Ca...