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that that story, or those stories rather, as told by your dad are accurate, and the stories told by jennifer graves and susan's friends, that susan was horrified by this and wanted to get the heck away from this as much as she could, that those stories are lies? >> that is right. >> so, on that night in december 2009, when you went out to the desert with the kids to go camping, what happened to susan? >> i think that susan simply left. >> simply left? i mean, midnight, 1:00 in the morning, just i've had enough, i'm out of here? was she angry those days? >> no. >> was she distressed? >> no. >> did she continue to assert that she loved you? >> yes.

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to account and lessons learned for what happened. so what will it investigate? let's start with this forensic evidence. this is the vest top worn by the victim during the attack in 2003. but in 2007, scientists, using new techniques, found dna on the top from another man. the sample came from near where the woman had been bitten. in december 2009 the scientists discussed the finding with prosecutors and detectives. one of the lawyers wrote that the discovery was "surprising" and "crime—specific". the dna appeared to be from the real attacker — there was no trace of mr malkinson. now, earlier in 2009, andy malkinson lobbied the criminal cases review commission to send his case back to judges. but in 2010 an investigator concluded: "there is nothing to be gained by having any of the dna exhibits re—tested yet again." in 2012 the ccrc dismissed mr malkinson�*s application — one of two rejections he received. that dna sample has since been

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butjustice secretary alex chalk says all the agencies involved have pledged to co—operate to give mr malkinson the answers he deserves. what i want to get to is the fact of who knew what and when, why did they make the decisions, were those judgments correct, and how can people properly be held to account and lessons learned for what happened. so what will it investigate? let's start with this forensic evidence. this is the vest top worn by the victim during the attack in 2003. but in 2007, scientists, using new techniques, found dna on the top from another man. the sample came from near where the woman had been bitten. in december 2009, the scientists discussed the finding with prosecutors and detectives. one of the lawyers wrote that the discovery was "surprising" and "crime—specific". the dna appeared to be from the real attacker — there was no trace of mr malkinson. earlier in 2009, andy malkinson lobbied the criminal cases review

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everyone else, a fateful choice it turned out. and what you are telling me is that story, or those stories rather as told by your dad or accurate and the stories told by jennifer graves and susan's friends that susan was horrified by this and wanted to get the heck away from this as much as she could, those stories are lies? >> that is right. >> so, on that night in december 2009, when you went out to the desert with the kids to go camping, what happened to susan? >> i think that susan simply left. >> simply left? i mean, midnight, 1:00 in the morning, i've had enough and i'm out of here? was she angry those days? >> no. >> was she distressed?

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canning with "endgame". >> shele covlin have been found dead in her bathtub in december 2009. investigators have long believed her husband rod had killed her, but they didn't have enough evidence to prove it. then, after nearly six years of slowly building a case, prosecutors finally became convinced they had enough to persuade a jury. in november 2015, shele's sister eve got word from the district attorney's office. >> she said were about to arrest rod covlin for the murder of shele covlin. so i started to get very emotional, and -- i've just been waiting a really long time to hear those words. >> it would take three more years for roth's trial to begin. >> after waiting so long for justice, even her husband mark steeled themselves. >> why was it important for you to be? they're >> so i can tell you that on december 31, i said i'm

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i found out enough that i believed that it should be and somebody else is hands, that they could do something with it. >> daniel laid out his suspicions, painting an alarming picture of the angel's landing commune. a series of mysterious deaths. a code of silence enforced with sickening threats. and a big clue as to where all of the money might have come from. and at the center of it all, the man who called himself, lou castro. even for this veteran of the wars in afghanistan and iraq, according to the authorities, carried its risks. >> did you work with it? >> i did. but i decided this was something i have to do. and the chips will fall with a fall. >> it turns out the authorities were very interested in what you had to say. >> yes. >> sold, in december, 2009, nearly seven years after the wichita investigation began, detectives goodwyn and snider, and the fbi agent sullivan, got their first break. the email from daniel.

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>> welcome back to dateline. i'm natalie morales. two months after he shele covlin died under suspicious circumstances, her family urged investigators to exhume her body and perform an autopsy. the medical examiners chilling conclusion, shele was strangled to death. then the investigation stalled, and shele's loved ones feared the case could go unsolved. but they did know that even years later, authorities would have no intention of letting that happen. once again, here's andrea canning with "endgame". >> shele covlin have been found dead in her bathtub in december 2009. investigators have long believed her husband rod had killed her, but they didn't have enough evidence to prove it. then, after nearly six years of slowly building a case, prosecutors finally became convinced they had enough to persuade a jury. in november 2015, shele's sister eve got word from the

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boy, this december looks like december 2017. you know, but just in the mirror image. things didn't look good for democrats in december 2013, if you will, nor december 2009. nothing's baked, but how worried should democrats be? >> oh, i don't think we need to tell them they should be worried because they are worried with good reason. this is just another indicator that democrats probably will have a bad year in 2022. i say "probably" because in our business, chuck, we all have a vivid imagination. we can't imagine the things that will happen in the next ten months so you have to add an asterisk, but you would much rather be republicans than democrats right now. and let's remember, redistricting is part of this too. some of those members, you know, they're getting hundreds of thousands of new constituents and it's a lot of work.

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the case could go unsolved. but they did know that even years later, authorities would have no intention of letting that happen. once again, here's andrea andrea canning with "endgame". >> shele covlin have been found dead in her bathtub in december 2009. investigators have long believed her husband rod had killed her, but they didn't have enough evidence to prove it. then, after nearly six years of slowly building a case, prosecutors finally became convinced they had enough to persuade a jury. in november 2015, shele's sister eve got word from the district attorney's office. >> she said were about to arrest rod covlin for the murder of shele covlin. so i started to get very emotional, and -- i've just been waiting a really long time to hear those words. >> it would take three more years for roth's trial to begin. >> after waiting so long for

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and in december, 2009, more than a year after she went on the lam, they found her in austria. detective gamber received the news from overseas and realized he wasn't out of rabbits after all. >> a coded message that said she's in custody in vienna, and do you want to extradite her? it was like a one-word response, "yes." >> but pam would spend some time waiting in an austrian jail first while her accused co-conspirator ron young stood trial. in february 2010, prosecutors presented their case against young to a jury. they argued that young planted the bomb that killed gary treeian that, and that pam phillips paid him to do it. >> everything you say, everything you've heard reeks of

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