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And i said, come on. >> that was a wednesday morning. stephanie was furious about the spanking and stormed off to work and that very day was laid off from her county job. and then still upset with dale, stephanie went to see a judge and filed a restraining order against him, sought advice from her friend, bill. >> honestly, i was a little bit surprised. i had never detected any major problems in their relationship. >> and this was distinctly odd. she asked the court to delay implementing the order until the following monday. then she went home and, said dale, suggested that family holiday. >> ...

An ex-girlfriend from dale's past, woman named julie, who told the jury and us the strange story of what happened one night when she lived with dale 20 years ago. >> he hadn't come home for dinner one night and said he would be home. >> and you called him on it? >> he came home. we argued about it. and he became very angry. yelling at me. he pushed me down on to the floor and put his hands around my neck and said if you ever say or do that again, i'll kill you. he had a look on his face that i had never seen or recognized before. it was the most scared i had ever been in my life. >> even thoug...

So, he missed the chance to watch stephanie teach those lead-footed businessmen the fox trot and the tango and so on. which means he also missed what happened that night. >> she coached a number of couples and in the process she met a man named ron. >> ron holthouse, a local married physical therapist. >> she started working with him and got to know him. and saw how funny and animated he was and how that made her feel. she really did call it a true love moment. >> and he seemed to feel the same way about her? >> well, yeah. they really clicked together. >> and stephanie was dancing on air. >> ...

>> that threat from dale was years earlier, but stephanie had never forgotten how terrified she was. she told the story to her friend, jennifer, just before the murder. >> he strong armed her into a corner, choking her, threatening to hit her. he stopped short of hitting her, but he did. there was another time he threw her on the bed and put his knee on her pregnant belly. >> how often would this happen? >> you know, there may be three of those -- two or three, i don't know, of those incidents that she talked about. >> then there was leah aiken, lifelong friend of dale. told the court about da...

You know, baker, i can help you with -- with that. oh, no, it's fine. thanks, though. a man should cut his own lawn. [ lawnmower engine rattling ] [ engine starts ] welcome back. dale bruner had just been charged with the murder of his wife stephanie. he refused a plea deal, insisting he was innocent. stephanie's body had been found in a river right near their home days after couple signed divorce