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double murder. now day two of the double murder try of alex murdaugh in south carolina. it begins in 30 minutes. the first witness is set to take the stand today. i'm bill hemmer. good morning at home. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." a lot of drama. a lot of people following the story for the prominent south carolina lawyer accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2021. propers cuteors argue all the evidence fits together like the pieces of a puzzle including cell phone footage and gunshot residue. >> bill: the defense claims it proves nothing. high emot...

different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude it's me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who was a doting granddad and the patriarch of a large blended and by all appearances, loving family. but when he was stabbed to death in the southern california home, police wondered if the jessee weren't quite as happy as the scene. the case went unsolved for years. but those who love jack never gave up hope. neither did the relent...

the point the guilty finger? >> there was no way we were going to accuse. him >> hello and welcome to dateline. thousands of americans are killed in car accidents every year. but, when a mother of two died after a minor fender bender. her loved ones were left shaking their heads and looking for some answers. the more they learned the more it seemed it wasn't her accident that needed investigating. it was her marriage. here is dennis murphy with bitter pill. >> so ironic that rosie essa was just idling a few days the afternoon when she had only a few precious minutes remaining. but we...

stranded. >> vince tells his wife that he's going to go check on him. >> i heard two three popping sounds. >> he was laying there with what appeared to be several gunshot wounds to the head. >> her husaban and father of five, dead. >> i want my mommy. and i want my kids. >> no one could understand it. >> the type of person that he was, i don't think he ever had an enemy. >> or did he? >> he said, we are now in debt to bad people. >> we knew that there was another person that needed to be looked at. >> a winding investigation leading deep into the dark. this sounds like a love triangl...

wrapped around her heads. >> it still is open, the door is open. >> most people who rob a store don't kill anybody. >> my whole world just died right there. >> for months, the murder stayed cold. >> didn't have witnesses, didn't have video, didn't have the any. we had everything going against us. >> we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. >> then a break. another victim. >> he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. >> and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? >> something is going to happen tonight. >> a killer ready to run, face to face with the one ...