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>> it was a case tailor-made with the tabloids. >> we had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. >> he is out with other women. >> a failing marriage with millions at stake. >> he didn't have any money of his own. >> this is getting ugly. >> yes. >> she said she were broken, and she cried. >> was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace? >> we believed it was a staged accident. he was adamant about his innocence. >> the case bought me for a long time. >> he said to me you have to help me kill my parents. >> and i can't even think about the magnitude of...

It was a case tailormade with the tabloids. We had this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy, greed, infidelity. He is out with other women. A failing marriage with millions at stake. He didnt have any money of his own. This is getting ugly. Yes. She said she were broken, and she cried. Was it a fall in the tub, or husbands fall from grace . We believed it was a staged accident. He was adamant about his innocence. The case bought me for a long time. He said to me you have to help me kill my parents. And i cant even think about the magnitude of it all. Hello and welcome to dateline. Shelley and...

No? you were jealous? >> no, i was mad at him. i was mad at him for a lot of reasons. >> is it fair to say that you have a history and have admitted to be a habitual liar? >> that is disgusting and false. that is not true. >> the defense conceded rod wasn't always stand up guy. he said dad didn't make him a murderer. >> you may despise him, you may not even be able to look at him. you may want to convict him, to convict somebody of murder, there's got to be proof. >> there was not on, gottlieb said. zero evidence that there have been foul play. no signs of a struggle. he said rod couldn't have...

On the stand, a witness who buttons everything up with a riveting tale. >> yes -- >> in the trial of rod covlin, the closer turn out to be none other than debra oles. rod's body and his former lover. taking the stand, sunglasses on. >> which was it like walking into that courtroom and seeing rod covlin in there? >> terrifying. i had to look at him one time once, just to point him out and say that's who he is. >> debra testified that she got a late night call from rod on that new year's day. >> he told me that his wife had an accident, and died. >> my very first thought was, that's a really wei...

As debra told the court overtime, she began to see just how volatile rod could be. >> he had a mercurial temperate and take much to set him off. >> she also so terrible fights that he had with his parents. by 2012, rod and his children were living with his parents in a new york city suburb, and the fighting was constant. >> one time during one of these fights, rod had brought his arms back, and he shoved his father as hard as he could. his father went flying into the room, hit his head on the floor. >> eventually, rod's parents evicted him, and kept his kids. rod was determined to strike back....