Life. I wanted them to find the real killer. I wanted all of this to be behind us. And go on happily ever after. Single mom single dad. And any single moment, it was love. He was very handsome. He was fun. All smiles, very outgoing, charming. Everything he did melted my heart. But there is Something Else about this dreamy single dad, something about his past, something deadly. My wife, shes dead. I just came into the house, i saw janet on the floor. She was crying, he was in shock. His whole life was shattered. He said i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. Killed in a crime that had never been solved. She was almost the perfect victim. And what about him . He had become the focus in his first wifes mysterious death. Was he a victim too . On the father, i have a family, i did not kill janet. I felt horrible for him. You did not want to believe . It who would want to believe that . Hello. Welcome to dateline. Vanessa pond was a single parent looking for Second Chance at love. And in raven abaroa, she thought she found her soulmate. The pair started dating. Then, came a chilling admission. Raven told vanessa he was carrying some heavy baggage, more than 2000 miles away. He was a suspect in his wifes unsolved murder. Still, vanessa cloned to the dream that they could live happily ever after. Here is Josh Mankiewicz with deadly denial. She had found plenty of the wrong guys, now, here in front of her was someone different. We met at a daycare for both of our children. Vanessa pond of Salt Lake City was 25 and a single parent went back in 2007 she met raven abaroa. Like vanessa, he was single and raising a child alone. He was very charming, he would always come up with such he seemed very different. A good guy . Very good guy. And you felt for him . Hard. Along with the charm and the lavish dates, raven also had a story. A horrible, awful story. That had changed his life and would also change vanessa ponds. The story raven told wasnt just about himself, it was about his first white janet. He said, i should probably let you know that my wife was actually murdered. The murder, raven said, happen three years earlier when he and janet were living in north carolina. It happened in a Home Invasion and he came home and found her and he didnt want to talk about it any further. It was not the kind of thing vanessa expected to hear from the man who had just stolen her heart. I was beside myself. Vanessa retreated to her laptop and began searching online. Looking for exactly the details. Raven abaroa had not provided. I had started researching and i stayed up to 4 30 in the morning. The homicide, vanessa learned, occurred in april of 2005. Raven had just come home from playing in the soccer game when he found his wife on the floor of their tiny second floor office. Janet had been stabbed three times. Raven talk to us about that dreadful discovery. When i initially looked at her, im talking to her, like hey, janet, what is wrong . And then it clicks on me that she her eyes are open looking at me but she is not blinking her eyes. Something was terribly wrong. My wife, shes dead okay. Youre gonna have to calm down, whats the address . For janets parents, val and janet it was the worst day of their lives. I picked up the phone and there is raven screaming into the phone. Shes gone. Thats what he was saying, shes gone. Of course, i cant breathe. I thought for sure i was gonna have a heart attack. Theyve raced to durham, n. C, to be by rave inside. We immediately broke down into bawling tears. I remember putting my arms around him and saying that we will get through this together. Everyone was left to wonder, why janet . A woman as gentle as she was pretty. She is extremely loyal i guess is the word, with all of her friends, when she has Close Friends shes really good to them, shes really good to me. She always wanted everybody to be happy. Very supportive of people, love to help other people. That came in handy growing up in a mormon household with no fewer than nine siblings. She was a peacemaker. She didnt like confrontation . Absolutely not. In college janet excelled, in the classroom, and especially on the soccer field. But from a very early age, janet had her sights set on something more. Her goal in life was to be married and have children and be a mom. Having a very, well, a perfect home. Enter her college sweetheart, raven abaroa. With her, you know, i want to say that i knew right away, her not started talking about long term relationships three weeks into being together. She was janets best friend in college. He was very handsome, and i said all the time, you are the all american couple. It was a foregone conclusion that the young couple was destined for marriage. It rained the night of the wedding, but no one seemed to care. And then the perfect all american couple completed the perfect picture, well coming into their world a son, caden. She said this is so phenomenal. She loved, she absolutely loved being a mother. But just six months later, that perfect picture went dark. Janet was discovered lying in a pool of her own blood. Was there anyone who disliked her . Not that i know of. She was a good person. Three years later in Salt Lake City, the news of Janet Homicide was also shocking to vanessa pond. Vanessa had learned the killing had never been solved. She wanted more details from raven. About his terrible loss. We sat down, had a conversation, i had my questions right now and so, we addressed every single one. How long did that take . We took an entire evening just to go over everything. When the evening was over, vanessa was convinced that the horrific crime, back in 2005, had claimed two victims. One of course was janet, but the other was raven. I felt so, so sorry for him. I couldnt imagine, possibly, going through that. Coming up why had this killing never been solved . We delve into the clues. A bloody shoe print, mystery dna, and a coin in the yard. When dateline continues. Ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin . For softer clothes that are gentle on your skin, try downy free gentle. Downy will soften your clothes without dyes or perfumes. The towel washed with downy is softer, and gentler on your skin. Try downy free gentle. I gotta good feeling about this, yeah is softer, and gentler on your skin. Im with it i gotta good feeling about this yeah, so lets get it im feeling good vibes oh what a good time we will have you can make it happen yeah oh now, try new Dietary Supplements from voltaren for healthy joints. 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I wanted all of this to be behind us. But, vanessa knew that wouldnt be easy. The past seem to haunt raven as he shared with vanessa just how much janet had meant to him. He laid, kind of, in a Fetal Position next to me, and then, he just started talking about how mad he was after janet died. He said, i love my wife. I loved my wife. For everyone who loved janet, the days following the homicide back in 2005 were agonizing. Raven said, he found himself asking the same question over and over again. Why we could have this beautiful child, this beautiful relationship, and then to have her die. A friend of both janet and raven attended janets memorial service. He looked crushed. He was trying to hold up. Soon, attention turned to finding her killer. We didnt know exactly what happened, all we could think is that somebody broke into the house for what reason, did expect there, and killed her. Charles sole, now retired, was a cop with the Durham Police department in 2005, when he was called to the scene of the homicide. It was a two story family resident. Nice part of town . It was quiet, for sure. First responders found janet lying on the floor of the office. She was on her back, her shirt was raised up, exposing the wound to the center of her chest. Janet also had a stab wound to her hand, suggesting that she tried to protect yourself. The fatal wound was to her neck, and the weapon was nowhere in sight. It was literally no disturbance on the desk. Suggesting it was not in violence trouble. No, not at all. Which was kind of odd, based on being a stabbing. Crime scene investigators began the task of swabing the entire house. It was no surprise that most of the blood and fingerprints tested came back is either raven or janets. There was some things that tax had a hard time explaining. The first was a fingerprint found on the upstairs Office Closet door, not far from jennas body. That print didnt come back . Anybody know. Then, there was a shoe print left in blood, next to janet. Could you tell anything about this bloody footprint . It was right by janet, but nothing definitive about the type of shoe, the make, or anything. Finally, analysts found unidentified dna mixed with janets blood on a door leading to the side entrance. None of that forensic evidence could be traced to raven, janet or anyone connected to the investigation. Those are things, as an investigator, you absolutely want to try to figure out. Technicians process the house, detectives began interviewing raven, hoping he could help point in the direction of the killer. Raven was visibly crying, he looked like he was distraught and upset. He, himself, said he had new enemy. He realizes some items from the house were missing. They asked me, where was the last time you had the computer . This wouldve been later that night, or the next. Day it was later that night. The initial meeting with them. His computer was gone, robbery . It was possible. He also talked about some knives been missing. But theyre a lot of burglaries in the neighborhood . Yes. Lisa c lee was one of the neighbors, who had been burglarized. Your car was broken into, right . Yes. It was unlocked, someone went into it and took us some change. A seemingly petty, relatively insignificant theft, until the canine dog was called to search the grounds of the admiral home, where janet had been killed. When the dog got to the front of the house, it stopped, unexpectedly. It was in that proximity without bottle is. The dog made the alert, that there was something in that area. Amongst the weeds, the dog had found a coin. One of the neighbors found the and some change had been stolen. You are correct. I guess, at least one theory this coin was for that. It certainly couldve been. A homicide, a burglary down the road and a coin that could link the two. Detectives needed to find out more about that coin. Coming up secrets from the past revealed. You never knew when the coin would flip and All Of A Sudden, everything that was wrong with the world when dateline continues. An addfor specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve Lung Function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. Can you picture it . Dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. Get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. Tell your doctor about new or worsening joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. Dont change or stop asthma medicines, including steroids, without talking to your doctor. Who knows what you can do when you du more with less asthma. Ask your Asthma Specialist about dupixent. The theory that janet was dead may have been Collateral Damage from a burglary gone bad was not getting traction. Generally, were you they run away . Thats correct, there was no rummaging. The jurors werent gone through, no ransacking that you would see an outbreak in. It just didnt add up. As for the coin found in front of the home, the police dog was unable to track assent from it, back to the house or anywhere else. Detectives were having a hard time finding a link between the burglary down the road and janets killing. The next step was the obvious one, the text of took a look at janets husband, raven. Its pretty common to look at the spouse in situations like this. That is correct. , you know, thats part of the process. According to raven, the day of the murder was like any other for the abaroas. He told investigators not a member of rioters had come to their house. He loved janet and his son at home, to go play in a nighttime soccer game about half an hour away. Jason small was one of Ravens Teammates. Business as usual. Bunch of guys playing soccer together, trying to be on the team, nothing out of the ordinary, he seemed normal to you that night. After the game, brave and told police he drove to a gas station to grab a sports drink. Are you doing . Just to be sure, detectives checked the Station Security and there was raven. Ravens that he then headed home to find Kaiden Undisturbed in his crib but janet, lying in a pool of blood. My wife, shes dead okay, youre gonna have to calm down, okay . Whats the address . The tactics also talk to ravens family and friends, he was outgoing, friendly, charming, and broke. They dont have any money, they cant rub two nickels together. Money, or the lack of, it couldve been behind something that happened five months earlier, raven had been caught stealing Sporting Equipment from his employer, and reselling it on ebay. Ravens mother, karen, was stunned. I just couldnt believe it, how could you be so stupid . But at least he admitted it, he didnt try to get out of it. I was proud of him for that. For owning up . For owning up. Along with the young couples financial stress, friends told Detectives Raven and janet had also had a brush with infidelity. According to janets friend, brittany, within just months of the wedding, raven had cheated on janet. How did she sound when that happened . Devastated. And then she went back with him after that . She forgave him. She made promises to love him for good, for bad, for ugly and to support him. But brittani notice other problems in the marriage. Janet, she says, was struggling with what appeared to be ravens increasingly dramatic mood swings. She told me that sometimes things were like perfect and it was like holding your breath because you never knew when the coin would flip and All Of A Sudden everything that was wrong in the world was her fault. Things got so bad that a year before the homicide, janet and raven briefly separated. By itself, a Marriage On The Rocks did not mean raven wasnt anyway responsible for janets death. Despite police suspicion, many refused to believe raven could or would kill janet. Including janets own parents. When you heard the police thought raven was a suspect, what did you think . I defended him. You stuck up for him . I couldnt bear the fact that someone whom i intrusted my childs life with would turn on her like that. I could not go there. Neither could raven and janets friend misty. Raven could not have killed janet, he loved her. He loved her. He wouldve done that. Detectives had an equally difficult time convincing the District Attorney who after reviewing the evidence felt there wasnt nearly enough to get an indictment. They are the ones that make the decision, why they didnt do it, i dont know. With no other strong leads, the investigation into janet on the side began to cool. Raven had relocated to utah to be closer to his family. Which is where, two years later, he met vanessa pond. He wanted to move things very, very, very quickly. With you . Yes. Despite all the things vanessa had learned about raven, she stood by him. In part because raven was really upfront about how police were investigating him. He said that they didnt have anybody else to look at which is why he was the only person of interest. Wait a minute, you find out that a guy you are going out with was a suspect in a murder, still a suspect in a murder yeah . And he gets another date . He talked me into that. Everything he did just melted my hard because i felt, i felt so bad for him. And thats how vanessa decided raven, the person of interest, remain the only person she was interested in spending the rest of her life with. After a four month long courtship, raven proposed and vanessas head because. Both before vanessa walked down the aisle she sought foot council of her father randy. Randi pond wasnt just her father, he was also a retired cop with 23 years on the force. Randi decided he needed a man to man with raven. He came in and he was all smiles and very, very fun to be around, very talkative, outgoing. You and your wife taught good . Oh yes, i was very impressed with raven. So impressed randy gave the two his blessing. How is the wedding . The wedding was beautiful. It was great. And you thought, whats, were gonna be okay . Absolutely. Coming up you think, at last, justice. Yes. And arrest in the case when dateline continues. Feeling sluggish or weighed down . Could be a sign that your digestive system isnt at its best. But a little metamucil everyday can help. Metamucils psyllium fiber gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down and also helps lower cholesterol and slows Sugar Absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. So you can feel lighter and more energetic. Lighten everyday the metamucil way. 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