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Dissected the procedures at the hangar and he found that erwin howard could swipe into work at the employee parking lot using a key card at this turnstile ian then clock in inside the hangar. but he could also leave whenever he wanted by walking out the large bay doors and catching an employee shuttle back to the parking lot. there would be no record of his leaving. jimmy gates discovered that on the night of the murder, erwin used his key card to swipe into the parking lot at 8:24 p.m. and again at 10:21 p.m., and for a third time at 1:47 a.m., which completely blew apart his alibi that he ha...

Was to help and assist her so he helped kind of nurse her back to health and take care of the dogs and the house and her. >> reporter: and in taking a hard look at erwin howard, the detective found he had a rock solid alibi. on the night of dee dee's disappearance july 8thth, erwin had clocked into his job as work at the american airlines hangar at lax at 8:30. he had to use an electronic key card to get into the hangar. that is a pretty good alibi. that's not something generally the employee can influence. >> that is correct. absolutely correct. >> reporter: that left the last person to admit...

She felt that by erwin. he treated her like a queen. >> reporter: when he popped the question, dee dee said yes. at dee dee's bridal shower in march of 1998, erwin dutifully delivered his fiancee to the surprise party but the smiles didn't last after the engagement was over and the marriage began. >> it wasn't within six months appear they were married she just blurted out that she had married him on the rebound. >> reporter: and was having second thoughts? >> apparently so. >> it was very hard for her to think about ending it bauls of what it was going to to him because she knew he loved her....

Killed her. i killed her. i've killed her. >> reporter: erwin said he came back the next evening and put dee dee's body in the car and using a spare key he had for the mercedes, he started driving and headed for mexico. but he wondered how he would get back across the border so he left the car on a street in san diego and hired an off-duty taxi to take him back to l.a. erwin admitted to the murder he talked about it in a way that made it seem almost accidental? >> yes. he was willing to accept responsibility for the rage and the anger. he was not willing to accept responsibility that the murde...

Hindsight had not handled things as best she could have in terms of terminating that relationship. >> reporter: erwin howard was granted parole in february 2019. dee dee's friends and family, their sorrow tinged with regret, now honor dee dee by urging other women not to ignore the warning signs of domestic violence. >> we want dee dee's life to count for something so i just hope people will reach out for help and get support. >> reporter: i know you don't blame dee dee for this, but i know that you also wish that she had been more forthright with the two of you because you would have acted ev...