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Successful land developer, alan helmick, and his wife, miriam, were going through difficult times. professionally, alan's real estate ventures weren't what they once were. on a personal level, someone had recently tried to take alan's life. >> while alan is waiting for miriam, he notices smoke coming out the back end of his car. >> it was right in the middle of a parking lot in broad daylight. >> apparently, someone had placed a lit fuse in the gas tank. fortunately, alan saw the smoke and got out in time. >> for whatever reason, the conditions weren't right for an explosion. the car did not e...

Not ask another human being. >> and investigators soon learned that miriam had been searching the internet for all sorts of interesting information, especially about the prescription drugs alan had been taking. >> i recovered approximately 180 online medical searches for things such as viagra overdose. ambien overdose, lisinopril overdose, a combination of those three drugs mixed together, pain killing overdoses. >> i think she was looking at various ways to kill alan. >> investigators also learned miriam would benefit handsomely as a result of alan's death. alan's real estate holdings were wo...

Set up her alibi. she left a message on alan's voicemail asking where he was. >> hey, alan, this isn't funny anymore. i've been sitting here in front of the chinese dragon or the chinese place for 15 minutes and you're never late. >> no one knows where she disposed of the murder weapon and her clothes. but presumably, she did so on her way to or from the chinese restaurant. when miriam returned home, she called 911, saying she had just found alan's body in a pool of blood. >> my husband is dead! it looks like somebody came in and robbed us. >> after alan's funeral, miriam purchased the greetin...

I feel like i'm just missing my life. i came in and found him. >> alan and miriam helmick had been married for about two years. it was a second marriage for both. >> alan and miriam were known as being inseparable. social friends of theirs said they were always together. they were like two peas in a pod. >> miriam was convinced that alan's murder and the attempted car bombing six weeks earlier were both related. a week after alan's funeral, miriam found a greeting card under her front door mat. it was addressed to the grieving widow. >> so opened the card and it read, "insanity is doing the sa...

Prosecutors believed miriam was systematically stealing money from alan's business accounts, and that, at some point, alan found out about it. thinking their relationship was soon to end, prosecutors believe miriam tried to kill alan, first by giving him an overdose of his prescription medicines. when that didn't work, prosecutors believed miriam placed a lighted wick in the gas tank of the car while alan waited for her in a shopping center parking lot. but prosecutors believe miriam knew about the family heirloom .25-caliber pistol alan kept in his sock drawer, and when the couple was alone, ...