1 00:00:02,794 --> 00:00:04,254 - FEMALE NARRATOR: When a body is found in a burning vehicle, 2 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:09,134 a cloud of suspicion rises from the flames. 3 00:00:09,175 --> 00:00:11,177 - JEFF: They took it to the middle of the field 4 00:00:11,219 --> 00:00:12,721 and set it ablaze with the victim 5 00:00:12,762 --> 00:00:16,057 in the front passenger seat of the truck at that time. 6 00:00:16,099 --> 00:00:17,642 - RICHARD: She said, "They found him." 7 00:00:17,684 --> 00:00:21,396 I said, "Well, is he okay?" She said, "No, ugh, he's dead." 8 00:00:21,438 --> 00:00:24,274 - NARRATOR: Investigators would uncover a complex web 9 00:00:24,315 --> 00:00:27,068 of jealousy and greed. 10 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:28,945 - GREGORY: The case was a very large conspiracy. 11 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:31,114 It was difficult to investigate. 12 00:00:31,156 --> 00:00:33,241 - The case kind of stalled for a while. 13 00:00:33,283 --> 00:00:36,619 - NARRATOR: Until years later, a deathbed confession 14 00:00:36,661 --> 00:00:38,538 opens the floodgates. 15 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:41,791 - JEFF: He confessed to his cellmate regarding a murder 16 00:00:41,833 --> 00:00:45,253 that he potentially set up and was involved with. 17 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,297 - GREGORY: He felt like he'd been double-crossed on this, 18 00:00:47,339 --> 00:00:48,882 and he was very angry. 19 00:00:48,923 --> 00:00:50,508 He thought he was in love with her. 20 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:52,302 - NARRATOR: The search for the truth reveals 21 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:56,973 a twisted plot of betrayal and shocking alliances. 22 00:00:57,015 --> 00:00:58,475 - TAYLOR: She was a very different person 23 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:00,727 than what police were led to believe. 24 00:01:00,769 --> 00:01:04,022 - GREGORY: She had several extramarital affairs. 25 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:08,735 - It seems like an incredibly cold and calculated crime. 26 00:01:08,777 --> 00:01:11,196 They're really just doing it for the promise of some money 27 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:12,697 down the line. 28 00:01:12,739 --> 00:01:15,533 - He totally got blindsided, which led to his death. 29 00:01:17,452 --> 00:01:23,333 - * 30 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:31,383 - NARRATOR: Stanton, Missouri is nestled 31 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:34,594 in the rolling farmland between the Lake of the Ozarks 32 00:01:34,636 --> 00:01:37,263 and St. Louis. 33 00:01:37,305 --> 00:01:41,017 - GARY: Stanton is a small community. 34 00:01:41,059 --> 00:01:43,770 It's along Interstate 44, which travels 35 00:01:43,812 --> 00:01:46,898 through Franklin County and into St. Louis. 36 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:50,443 - ROBERT: Franklin County is a largely rural county. 37 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:53,279 It's mostly, you know, farmland and woods 38 00:01:53,321 --> 00:01:55,615 and fields and things like that. 39 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:03,623 - NARRATOR: Just after 9 PM on October 22nd, 1992, 40 00:02:03,665 --> 00:02:06,209 a motorist traveling along the north service road 41 00:02:06,251 --> 00:02:10,964 in Stanton sees something ablaze in the distance 42 00:02:11,006 --> 00:02:14,217 and decides to take a closer look. 43 00:02:14,259 --> 00:02:15,969 - GARY: This gentleman walked up into the woods, 44 00:02:16,011 --> 00:02:17,887 went through a small patch of woods, 45 00:02:17,929 --> 00:02:20,306 and it went out into a field. 46 00:02:20,348 --> 00:02:22,017 - GREGORY: When he got a little closer, 47 00:02:22,058 --> 00:02:24,811 he determined it was a vehicle fire. 48 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:28,481 So, he had to go back to a telephone, is my understanding, 49 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:32,318 and, uh, call the fire department. 50 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,946 - NARRATOR: Firefighters arrive within minutes. 51 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:39,743 As they douse the flames, they make a gruesome discovery. 52 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:43,121 - GREGORY: They determined there was a body, uh, 53 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:45,415 in the vehicle. 54 00:02:45,457 --> 00:02:47,459 - GARY: You couldn't obviously make out the victim 55 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,712 because the body was very, very badly burned. 56 00:02:50,754 --> 00:02:52,380 - GREGORY: There were some skeletal remains 57 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:53,798 and dental remains. 58 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,427 Everything else was consumed in the fire. 59 00:02:57,469 --> 00:02:59,888 - NARRATOR: The firefighters contact the Franklin County 60 00:02:59,929 --> 00:03:01,931 Sheriff's Department. 61 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:06,269 - GARY: I, uh, received a call at 9:40 at night on the 22nd. 62 00:03:06,311 --> 00:03:08,355 So, I contacted all my detectives, 63 00:03:08,396 --> 00:03:11,149 got everybody together, and, uh, went out to the scene. 64 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:13,026 You're wondering why is that truck there. 65 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,945 Where did it come from? Obviously, who is the victim? 66 00:03:15,987 --> 00:03:18,782 Uh, you know, you just kind of start from the inside 67 00:03:18,823 --> 00:03:20,950 and work your way out. 68 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:25,163 - NARRATOR: Finding evidence of what did happen won't be easy. 69 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,748 - GARY: The truck was totally destroyed. 70 00:03:26,790 --> 00:03:30,710 There was nothing left on the outside, just basically a frame. 71 00:03:30,752 --> 00:03:33,713 - GREGORY: Well, the fire destroyed a lot of evidence. 72 00:03:33,755 --> 00:03:38,551 There was no identification on, on, uh, the body. 73 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:40,679 - NARRATOR: Although there's no driver's license, 74 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,349 detectives do find several items that may help ID 75 00:03:44,391 --> 00:03:47,686 the body found in the front passenger seat. 76 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:50,021 - GREGORY: There was a gold chain, a ring and a watch 77 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,399 that they could plainly see. 78 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,317 - GARY: And they found a belt buckle with, uh, 79 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:56,111 I believe it was from Duck's Unlimited, 80 00:03:56,152 --> 00:03:58,738 which is a hunting group. 81 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:00,448 - NARRATOR: As they examine further, 82 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:04,786 they spot another potential clue to the person's identity. 83 00:04:04,828 --> 00:04:08,623 - GREGORY: They saw a rod in one of the legs of the body. 84 00:04:08,665 --> 00:04:11,751 They determined it was a metal rod that was put in, 85 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:14,504 put in the right leg because of an injury. 86 00:04:14,546 --> 00:04:16,339 - NARRATOR: Detectives make their way around 87 00:04:16,381 --> 00:04:19,092 the vehicle, where they find the first indication 88 00:04:19,134 --> 00:04:20,969 of something amiss. 89 00:04:21,011 --> 00:04:22,804 - GREGORY: It appeared that with the license plates 90 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:25,473 being removed, whoever was responsible of it was trying 91 00:04:25,515 --> 00:04:28,935 to delay a law enforcement's efforts to identify the body 92 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:32,647 and identify who the victim was and where the victim lived. 93 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:34,774 - NARRATOR: It's unclear if whoever took the plates 94 00:04:34,816 --> 00:04:39,612 was trying to cover up an accident or something worse. 95 00:04:39,654 --> 00:04:41,656 Whoever it was, they forgot 96 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:45,910 about the vehicle identification number etched into the frame. 97 00:04:45,952 --> 00:04:47,787 - GREGORY: The vehicle identification number came 98 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:52,292 to Karen and Danny Coleman at an address in St. Louis 99 00:04:52,334 --> 00:04:54,544 which was about a 45-minute drive 100 00:04:54,586 --> 00:04:58,048 from where the vehicle and the body were recovered. 101 00:05:00,258 --> 00:05:01,843 - NARRATOR: Investigators immediately head 102 00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:03,720 to the couple's home to determine 103 00:05:03,762 --> 00:05:07,390 if one of the family members is missing. 104 00:05:07,432 --> 00:05:09,684 - This was probably about 2:30 in the morning, 105 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:12,145 to try to find out if they knew where their vehicle was 106 00:05:12,187 --> 00:05:13,646 or what had happened to it. 107 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:16,232 - NARRATOR: Detectives arrive to find Karen Coleman 108 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:19,986 and her 18-year-old son, Joby, at home. 109 00:05:20,028 --> 00:05:25,158 - GREGORY: They did not know where, uh, Danny was. 110 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,493 - GARY: They were concerned. 111 00:05:26,534 --> 00:05:28,536 Usually, he'll call and let them know 112 00:05:28,578 --> 00:05:30,497 that he's going to be late coming home, 113 00:05:30,538 --> 00:05:32,540 which he didn't that evening. 114 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:35,502 - NARRATOR: Investigators tell them about the burned truck 115 00:05:35,543 --> 00:05:36,920 and ask if they recognize 116 00:05:36,961 --> 00:05:40,507 the charred personal items found at the scene. 117 00:05:40,548 --> 00:05:43,843 - The jewelry, the belt buckle, the watch, the ring, 118 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:46,513 the gold necklace, the family did identify those 119 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:49,808 as belonging to Danny Coleman. 120 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:52,394 There were a lot of tears at that point. 121 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:56,940 - NARRATOR: Detectives then share that the recovered body 122 00:05:56,981 --> 00:05:59,609 had a pin in one leg. 123 00:05:59,651 --> 00:06:01,736 - GARY: Joby had told me that his father had been 124 00:06:01,778 --> 00:06:04,406 in this motorcycle accident, and that he had a pin 125 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:06,825 in his right leg. 126 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:09,369 That really helped us get going in the right direction, 127 00:06:09,411 --> 00:06:11,121 and, you know, they want answers. 128 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:12,747 They want it solved. 129 00:06:14,791 --> 00:06:16,001 - * 130 00:06:16,042 --> 00:06:18,044 - NARRATOR: St. Louis native Danny Coleman 131 00:06:18,086 --> 00:06:22,424 was known for his big heart and kind disposition. 132 00:06:22,465 --> 00:06:25,385 - RICHARD: Danny was a very caring individual. 133 00:06:25,427 --> 00:06:29,848 He was a hunters' safety instructor for, um, 134 00:06:29,889 --> 00:06:33,476 children to teach them how to handle guns. 135 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:35,061 - GARY: Danny was really a straight guy. 136 00:06:35,103 --> 00:06:38,690 Very well liked, kind of easygoing, and, um, you know, 137 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:40,859 just pretty much an all- around nice guy. 138 00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:45,989 - NARRATOR: The Army vet was proud of his service, 139 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:51,828 even though in 1971, it was cut short after only a few months. 140 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,748 - GARY: He was in the military and was stationed in Germany. 141 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,959 And, uh, he was involved in a motorcycle accident. 142 00:06:58,001 --> 00:07:00,462 - GREGORY: That resulted in his discharge from the Army. 143 00:07:00,503 --> 00:07:03,256 And he came back to St. Louis. 144 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:04,716 - NARRATOR: Back in the States, 145 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,677 Danny underwent surgery that resulted in a metal pin 146 00:07:07,719 --> 00:07:10,055 being placed in his right leg. 147 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,057 - RICHARD: He kind of walked with a limp, 148 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:14,684 because in his surgery that was done, 149 00:07:14,726 --> 00:07:16,936 there was a rod in his leg. 150 00:07:19,981 --> 00:07:21,649 - NARRATOR: As fate would have it, 151 00:07:21,691 --> 00:07:24,444 it was during his recovery at the military hospital 152 00:07:24,486 --> 00:07:26,946 in Fort Leonard, Missouri, that Danny met 153 00:07:26,988 --> 00:07:30,575 the love of his life, when a friend visited him 154 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:32,827 with her cousin Karen. 155 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:35,372 - GREGORY: Karen was from South St. Louis. Danny, 156 00:07:35,413 --> 00:07:36,790 likewise, was from South St. Louis. 157 00:07:36,831 --> 00:07:38,875 And she was introduced to Danny 158 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:41,586 while he was still in the hospital. 159 00:07:41,628 --> 00:07:43,672 - NARRATOR: Karen and Danny bonded over their love 160 00:07:43,713 --> 00:07:48,468 of the outdoors, as both were avid hunters and anglers. 161 00:07:48,510 --> 00:07:50,053 - Danny made Karen laugh. 162 00:07:50,095 --> 00:07:53,515 And they just loved being around each other. 163 00:07:57,185 --> 00:07:59,771 - NARRATOR: The blue- collar sweethearts fell in love 164 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:03,274 and in 1973, they tied the knot. 165 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,944 A year later, their family grew. 166 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,821 - GREGORY: They had a son named Joby. 167 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:09,989 They weren't wealthy by any means, they were comfortable. 168 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:14,452 Danny was bringing in, um, a fair income. 169 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,955 And, um, they were raising their child. 170 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,998 - RICHARD: Danny was a mechanical engineer 171 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:24,004 at a company called Multiplex who, uh, manufactured the, 172 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:27,257 uh, soda machines for, like, McDonald's. 173 00:08:27,298 --> 00:08:30,010 - TAYLOR: Karen worked a lot of local entry-level jobs, 174 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:32,137 and eventually, she landed at a printing company 175 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:33,930 as a secretary. 176 00:08:33,972 --> 00:08:36,057 - NARRATOR: Danny strived to be a good husband 177 00:08:36,099 --> 00:08:40,186 and father so his family wanted for nothing. 178 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:43,565 In the late 1980s, Danny began branching out 179 00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:46,693 with the support of his friend Richard. 180 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:49,279 - RICHARD: Danny had a side business that he started, 181 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,283 where he would go in and treat ceramic flooring 182 00:08:53,324 --> 00:08:57,787 in different businesses to make them nonslip. 183 00:08:57,829 --> 00:09:00,248 - GREGORY: The flooring business was becoming 184 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:01,958 very successful. 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,545 - NARRATOR: By 1992, the 38-year-old family man 186 00:09:05,587 --> 00:09:08,298 and business owner seemed to have it all. 187 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,094 But when police found human remains 188 00:09:13,136 --> 00:09:17,891 in Danny's burned truck, his family fears the worst. 189 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:19,893 - GARY: We began questioning Karen about, you know, 190 00:09:19,934 --> 00:09:22,395 maybe Danny had, having any enemies. 191 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:25,065 If she had any enemies, what, uh, he may be doing out there. 192 00:09:25,106 --> 00:09:27,233 If there was any association between him 193 00:09:27,275 --> 00:09:28,902 and the Stanton area. 194 00:09:28,943 --> 00:09:30,570 Uh, just a lot of different questions. 195 00:09:30,612 --> 00:09:32,197 You know, kind of starting from scratch 196 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,740 and working our way out. 197 00:09:33,782 --> 00:09:35,700 - NARRATOR: Detectives try to catch a glimpse 198 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,911 of the family dynamic. 199 00:09:37,952 --> 00:09:39,913 - GARY: Generally, the family obviously is, 200 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:43,208 is one of the things you look at, uh, initially. 201 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,126 - NARRATOR: Karen assures investigators 202 00:09:45,168 --> 00:09:49,756 that she and her husband of 19 years were happily married. 203 00:09:49,798 --> 00:09:51,341 - GARY: Karen told us they, you know, 204 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:54,010 were a loving couple, that they got along real well. 205 00:09:54,052 --> 00:09:56,388 You know, just kind of seemed like your average couple. 206 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:58,682 - NARRATOR: To detectives, Danny's relationship 207 00:09:58,723 --> 00:10:03,019 with his 18-year-old son, Joby, also seems solid. 208 00:10:03,061 --> 00:10:05,105 - GARY: As far as our suspect list, 209 00:10:05,146 --> 00:10:08,024 there was really no flags that jumped up immediately 210 00:10:08,066 --> 00:10:10,485 or initially that, uh, led any suspicion 211 00:10:10,527 --> 00:10:12,320 to anybody in the family. 212 00:10:12,362 --> 00:10:14,906 - GREGORY: There was really no enemies or anything 213 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:17,367 regarding Danny. There was nothing that would 214 00:10:17,409 --> 00:10:18,910 indicate anybody else 215 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:21,788 didn't like him or had an ax to grind. 216 00:10:24,207 --> 00:10:27,168 - NARRATOR: On October 23rd, 1992, 217 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:29,754 the St. Louis medical examiner confirms 218 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:32,132 what everyone feared. 219 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:35,093 - The autopsy was performed by, uh, Dr. Mary Case. 220 00:10:35,135 --> 00:10:37,345 And, uh, she used the dental records, uh, 221 00:10:37,387 --> 00:10:40,056 to confirm that it was Danny. 222 00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:43,101 - NARRATOR: The M.E. also makes a startling discovery 223 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:46,980 based on damage to the victim's crushed skull. 224 00:10:47,022 --> 00:10:48,314 - GREGORY: There was tremendous damage 225 00:10:48,356 --> 00:10:52,652 to the body caused not only by the fire, 226 00:10:52,694 --> 00:10:54,988 but by the blunt force trauma. 227 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:57,198 The autopsy did determine that it was a homicide. 228 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,410 - GARY: She couldn't determine exactly what type 229 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:02,871 of instrument it was, but said it would be similar 230 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:05,665 to something like a baseball bat. 231 00:11:05,707 --> 00:11:07,334 - He had been beaten to death. 232 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:13,006 - NARRATOR: Coming up: the hunt for Danny's killer 233 00:11:13,048 --> 00:11:16,509 unearths an unlikely person of interest. 234 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:18,887 - There was a phone call that Danny received at work that day. 235 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:20,889 It was very cryptic. 236 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:22,766 - NARRATOR: And investigators dig deeper 237 00:11:22,807 --> 00:11:26,686 into the motives of those closest to Danny. 238 00:11:26,728 --> 00:11:28,021 - RICHARD: They were wondering 239 00:11:28,063 --> 00:11:31,066 if I had a relationship with Karen. 240 00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:49,376 - NARRATOR: Authorities in Stanton, Missouri 241 00:11:49,417 --> 00:11:52,837 have identified 38-year-old Danny Coleman 242 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:55,757 as the murder victim they found in his burned truck 243 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:59,928 on the night of October 22nd, 1992. 244 00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:01,721 - We didn't know if it was possible 245 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:05,266 that he was killed there, if he was brought from somewhere. 246 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:07,227 Because the area that he was at, there was no houses 247 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,312 around there. It was pretty remote. 248 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:14,109 - NARRATOR: The next morning, investigators search 249 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:17,737 the crime scene again, hoping to uncover more evidence 250 00:12:17,779 --> 00:12:20,115 in the light of day. 251 00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:21,991 - GARY: We had found, uh, some matches 252 00:12:22,033 --> 00:12:25,453 and then they also found a, uh, a matchbook case 253 00:12:25,495 --> 00:12:28,790 that had a, uh, cellophane cover, uh, nearby. 254 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:31,084 And we had assumed that that was, you know, 255 00:12:31,126 --> 00:12:33,294 more than likely used to set the fire. 256 00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:38,133 - NARRATOR: Detectives immediately send 257 00:12:38,174 --> 00:12:41,511 the new evidence to the crime lab for processing. 258 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:44,180 - GREGORY: That entire area was gone over with a fine-tooth comb 259 00:12:44,222 --> 00:12:46,141 The loose matches, the matchbox 260 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:47,976 and the cellophane wrapper around the matchbox 261 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:50,186 were dusted for fingerprints. 262 00:12:50,228 --> 00:12:52,105 - GARY: There was a fingerprint that was developed 263 00:12:52,147 --> 00:12:55,025 off of that cellophane wrapper. 264 00:12:55,066 --> 00:12:57,819 We put that into, um, it's a statewide database 265 00:12:57,861 --> 00:13:01,239 to try to find a match for it. 266 00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,783 - GREGORY: We had that latent fingerprint, 267 00:13:03,825 --> 00:13:06,161 but we had nobody to match it to. 268 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:09,372 So, that evidence was stored and locked away 269 00:13:09,414 --> 00:13:10,999 for future reference. 270 00:13:13,251 --> 00:13:14,836 - NARRATOR: Since the crime scene evidence 271 00:13:14,878 --> 00:13:17,464 does not immediately ID a suspect, 272 00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:20,091 investigators expand their questioning, 273 00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,427 hoping for a new lead. 274 00:13:22,469 --> 00:13:24,637 - GREGORY: They started interviewing everybody 275 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,017 they could possibly identify, friends, co-workers. 276 00:13:29,059 --> 00:13:31,061 - GARY: Everybody at work seemed to really like Danny 277 00:13:31,102 --> 00:13:33,521 because of his personality, and I think Danny, 278 00:13:33,563 --> 00:13:36,858 from what we understood, was a hard worker. 279 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:39,069 - NARRATOR: However, one of Danny's coworkers 280 00:13:39,110 --> 00:13:42,155 recalls Danny leaving unexpectedly early 281 00:13:42,197 --> 00:13:45,492 on the day before his body was found. 282 00:13:45,533 --> 00:13:47,786 - GREGORY: There was a phone call that Danny received at work 283 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,954 that day. It was very cryptic. 284 00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:53,249 Nobody really overheard the conversation other than, 285 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:56,252 he may have mentioned the name Rich. 286 00:13:57,712 --> 00:14:00,423 - GARY: We didn't know at that point who Rich was. 287 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:02,092 And we started contacting other people 288 00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:04,719 and found out that his name was Rich Zaleuke, 289 00:14:04,761 --> 00:14:06,388 who was a friend of his. 290 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:12,060 - NARRATOR: Investigators subpoena records 291 00:14:12,102 --> 00:14:14,562 to learn more about the communication between 292 00:14:14,604 --> 00:14:16,272 the two men. 293 00:14:16,314 --> 00:14:18,358 - GARY: When we checked the phone records, we found that, 294 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,610 uh, Danny had spoken to Rich quite a few times. 295 00:14:22,487 --> 00:14:24,989 - NARRATOR: What strikes detectives as suspicious 296 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:26,950 is that someone from the Coleman house 297 00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:31,663 had called Rich at 1:30 AM and again at 3:30 AM 298 00:14:31,705 --> 00:14:33,998 the night Danny was murdered. 299 00:14:36,459 --> 00:14:40,171 - RICHARD: The police asked if I would come in and, uh, 300 00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:42,173 that I was a person of interest, 301 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,426 'cause of the phone records 302 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:46,594 showing that I talked to him quite a bit. 303 00:14:48,179 --> 00:14:50,265 - GARY: Rich was cooperative with us, uh, when we first 304 00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:53,101 talked to him, and gave us a lot of information. 305 00:14:53,143 --> 00:14:54,853 Ah, but as the investigation went on, 306 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:59,065 we started asking some more accusatory-type questions. 307 00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:02,569 - RICHARD: I told 'em that I was not involved. 308 00:15:02,610 --> 00:15:04,779 Uh, he was a very close friend of mine, 309 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:08,658 and I was basically in shock at what had happened. 310 00:15:10,994 --> 00:15:12,704 - NARRATOR: Investigators press Rich 311 00:15:12,746 --> 00:15:16,458 about the late-night phone calls from the Coleman house. 312 00:15:16,499 --> 00:15:19,127 - One of the things that, uh, you, you consider 313 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:21,254 as a possibility is infidelity. 314 00:15:21,296 --> 00:15:24,758 Nothing really jumped out at us initially that, uh, put us in 315 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:26,801 that direction, but those are all things that you consider. 316 00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:29,888 You know, you have to look into when you start an investigation. 317 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:31,389 - RICHARD: I guess they were wondering 318 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:34,976 if I had a relationship with Karen. 319 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:37,896 I reassured them that I was happily married 320 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:41,274 and had no interest in Karen whatsoever. 321 00:15:42,776 --> 00:15:45,153 - NARRATOR: Rich admits he had spoken to Karen 322 00:15:45,195 --> 00:15:47,822 that night, but he claims that she was calling 323 00:15:47,864 --> 00:15:49,991 in search of Danny. 324 00:15:50,033 --> 00:15:51,618 - He just wasn't answering his phone. 325 00:15:51,659 --> 00:15:54,287 And I said, "No, I know. I talked to him earlier that day, 326 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:56,289 and he said he didn't have any jobs." 327 00:15:56,331 --> 00:15:59,334 We worked on flooring together. 328 00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:01,252 I said, "Well, you need to call the police 329 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:04,547 'cause I know Danny didn't go out at night." 330 00:16:06,675 --> 00:16:09,135 - NARRATOR: Rich says around 3:30 AM, 331 00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:12,013 Karen called him again after detectives delivered 332 00:16:12,055 --> 00:16:14,516 the heartbreaking news. 333 00:16:14,557 --> 00:16:16,226 - RICHARD: Karen said, "They found him." 334 00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:18,269 I said, "Well, is he okay?" 335 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:21,940 She said, "No, uh, he's dead. 336 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:25,193 "And he, they found him in his truck, 337 00:16:25,235 --> 00:16:27,904 and the truck was on fire, and Danny was inside of it." 338 00:16:27,946 --> 00:16:30,407 Which just put me into a shock. 339 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:32,575 I couldn't believe it, you know? 340 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,915 - NARRATOR: As investigators continue talking to Rich, 341 00:16:38,957 --> 00:16:41,584 their suspicions change. 342 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:44,087 - GREGORY: Rich and Danny seemed to be close friends. 343 00:16:44,129 --> 00:16:45,714 They spent a lot of time together. 344 00:16:45,755 --> 00:16:48,717 He was distraught about how Danny passed away 345 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:53,304 and wanted to cooperate with the case any way he could. 346 00:16:53,346 --> 00:16:54,639 - NARRATOR: When detectives ask Rich 347 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,183 for his whereabouts on the night of the murder, 348 00:16:57,225 --> 00:17:00,645 Rich claims that he was at home with his family. 349 00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:03,398 - GARY: Rich Zaleuke's alibi had checked out. 350 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,401 So that's when he was pretty much eliminated as a suspect, 351 00:17:06,443 --> 00:17:09,571 that he was just a good friend of Danny's. 352 00:17:09,612 --> 00:17:11,823 - RICHARD: I think once the, uh, Major Case Squad 353 00:17:11,865 --> 00:17:13,742 got to know me and, uh, knew 354 00:17:13,783 --> 00:17:16,870 that I was a sincere person, that helped me 355 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:18,621 not become a person of interest. 356 00:17:22,167 --> 00:17:24,252 - NARRATOR: Searching for a new angle, 357 00:17:24,294 --> 00:17:26,796 investigators ask Rich if Danny could have been 358 00:17:26,838 --> 00:17:29,632 involved in anything illegal. 359 00:17:29,674 --> 00:17:32,552 - RICHARD: Danny was very responsible. 360 00:17:32,594 --> 00:17:36,431 And, uh, a very honest person. He never drank. 361 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:40,143 He never smoked, uh, around me. 362 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,273 - NARRATOR: Detectives also ask Rich for any insight 363 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:49,444 into Danny's relationship with his wife Karen. 364 00:17:49,486 --> 00:17:52,822 - RICHARD: I was surprised at her demeanor compared 365 00:17:52,864 --> 00:17:54,407 to Danny's. 366 00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:58,244 She's just a much rougher person than he was. 367 00:17:58,286 --> 00:18:02,332 But Danny never talked negative about Karen at all. 368 00:18:02,374 --> 00:18:04,959 That's something he kept to himself. 369 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:08,463 But he did tell me a couple months before he died 370 00:18:08,505 --> 00:18:11,341 that they were having a few problems. 371 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,135 You know, I guess they were having issues. 372 00:18:14,177 --> 00:18:15,804 He was kind of a private individual 373 00:18:15,845 --> 00:18:17,305 about those type of things. 374 00:18:19,557 --> 00:18:21,518 - NARRATOR: After their interview with Rich, 375 00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:24,354 investigators reach out to other friends and family 376 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:26,690 of Danny and Karen Coleman to inquire 377 00:18:26,731 --> 00:18:30,568 about their possible marital issues. 378 00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:32,404 - GARY: As we got into it, other things 379 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:36,533 started to emerge, that she may be having an affair. 380 00:18:36,574 --> 00:18:37,867 - NARRATOR: And what's more, 381 00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:40,203 they learned through a close friend that Karen 382 00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:44,374 was allegedly hiding an active addiction. 383 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:46,418 - ROBERT: They then learned that she was a user of 384 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,795 cocaine and methamphetamines. 385 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:51,715 She apparently had been involved in meth dealing 386 00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:53,967 for a number of years. 387 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:56,052 - TAYLOR: She allegedly was a very different person 388 00:18:56,094 --> 00:18:57,679 than what police were led to believe. 389 00:18:59,556 --> 00:19:02,517 - RICHARD: I didn't know that she had a double life 390 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:06,563 and was into drugs and having an affair. 391 00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:09,065 If Danny knew any of that, he would have divorced her 392 00:19:09,107 --> 00:19:10,567 in a heartbeat. 393 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:17,323 - NARRATOR: Coming up: from behind prison walls 394 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:19,993 a deathbed confession. 395 00:19:20,035 --> 00:19:23,455 - JEFF: He confessed to his cellmate regarding a murder 396 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:27,417 that he potentially set up and was involved with. 397 00:19:27,459 --> 00:19:31,212 - NARRATOR: And more of Karen's double life is exposed. 398 00:19:31,254 --> 00:19:35,967 - RICHARD: She was having affair with her best friend's husband. 399 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:38,345 - GREGORY: We felt like she knew a lot more information 400 00:19:38,386 --> 00:19:39,971 than what she was telling us. 401 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,864 - NARRATOR: October 24th, 1992. 402 00:19:57,906 --> 00:20:01,368 It's been 48 hours since Danny Coleman was found 403 00:20:01,409 --> 00:20:05,038 beaten and burned in his own vehicle. 404 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,291 Speaking with friends of Danny and his wife, Karen, 405 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:10,794 investigators have learned Karen was leading 406 00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:15,632 a double life that was destroying their marriage. 407 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:17,676 - GREGORY: It was determined that Karen was dealing 408 00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,637 methamphetamine and that Danny had voiced his disdain 409 00:20:20,679 --> 00:20:24,432 about that drug dealing and, um, was very upset 410 00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:26,309 at what she was doing. 411 00:20:26,351 --> 00:20:27,977 Karen was unhappy in the marriage 412 00:20:28,019 --> 00:20:32,941 and had several extramarital affairs on Danny. 413 00:20:32,982 --> 00:20:35,652 There were several names that popped up in the case 414 00:20:35,694 --> 00:20:37,612 and they were contacted as much as we could 415 00:20:37,654 --> 00:20:39,781 contact them, and they were all interviewed. 416 00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:44,577 - NARRATOR: Yet authorities cannot directly link Karen 417 00:20:44,619 --> 00:20:48,623 nor any of the men she had affairs with to the murder. 418 00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:50,542 - GREGORY: Investigators had done all their interviews, 419 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:54,004 but a solid suspect was not identified. 420 00:20:54,045 --> 00:20:59,384 The case remained open, uh, from 1992, uh, to about 1998. 421 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:04,514 - NARRATOR: Investigators run down every lead 422 00:21:04,556 --> 00:21:09,352 but years pass and nothing ever materializes. 423 00:21:09,394 --> 00:21:11,312 - GARY: The case kind of stalled for a while. 424 00:21:11,354 --> 00:21:13,023 Each time you speak with somebody you get 425 00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:15,817 a little bit more information, and your investigation 426 00:21:15,859 --> 00:21:18,820 fans out, until you just exhaust all the leads. 427 00:21:20,238 --> 00:21:23,908 - NARRATOR: Finally, in 1999, the FBI field office 428 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:26,828 in St. Louis receives a surprising call 429 00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:29,789 from officials at the Missouri State Penitentiary. 430 00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:33,543 - GREGORY: There was a phone call that started, uh, 431 00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:36,588 in the Missouri State Prison System. 432 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,923 They said that there was a conversation in prison 433 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,342 about a murder. 434 00:21:40,383 --> 00:21:44,387 The body was found in a, a rural field, uh, 435 00:21:44,429 --> 00:21:45,930 somewhere in Missouri. 436 00:21:49,642 --> 00:21:52,312 - NARRATOR: Prison officials relay the inmate claims 437 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:55,899 that back in 1996, his former cellmate, 438 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:58,568 convicted armed robber Larry Nolan, 439 00:21:58,610 --> 00:22:02,989 had made a stunning deathbed confession. 440 00:22:03,031 --> 00:22:04,991 - GREGORY: Larry Nolan had hepatitis and he died 441 00:22:05,033 --> 00:22:07,452 from that in prison. 442 00:22:07,494 --> 00:22:09,245 But he did make some declarations 443 00:22:09,287 --> 00:22:12,707 prior to him passing away. 444 00:22:12,749 --> 00:22:16,753 - JEFF: He confessed to his cellmate regarding a murder 445 00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:20,590 that he potentially set up and was involved with. 446 00:22:20,632 --> 00:22:22,676 It was the murder of Danny Coleman. 447 00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:27,180 - GREGORY: That particular FBI agent 448 00:22:27,222 --> 00:22:29,641 started making phone calls to the St. Louis area 449 00:22:29,683 --> 00:22:32,310 and he found that there was in fact 450 00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:35,313 a Major Case Investigation in Franklin County, Missouri, 451 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,483 an unsolved homicide where a body was found in a field 452 00:22:38,525 --> 00:22:41,194 in a rural area. 453 00:22:41,236 --> 00:22:43,905 - GARY: He contacted us and said he had some information 454 00:22:43,947 --> 00:22:46,116 from an inmate in the penitentiary, uh, 455 00:22:46,157 --> 00:22:49,703 here in Missouri, that had some information about the homicide. 456 00:22:49,744 --> 00:22:52,163 So, the next step was, was contacting him. 457 00:22:54,624 --> 00:22:56,668 - NARRATOR: Agents and detectives immediately make 458 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,629 their way to the prison to question the inmate, 459 00:22:59,671 --> 00:23:01,840 who explains the strange connection 460 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:06,803 between the deceased Larry Nolan and Danny Coleman. 461 00:23:06,845 --> 00:23:08,638 - ROBERT: Karen Coleman and Michelle Nolan, 462 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,559 Larry's wife, were friends, and Karen apparently went 463 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,187 with Michelle to visit Larry in prison. 464 00:23:16,229 --> 00:23:19,315 - NARRATOR: Eventually, in December of 1989, 465 00:23:19,357 --> 00:23:23,028 Karen began visiting on her own. 466 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:25,155 - GREGORY: Well apparently, Larry had some 467 00:23:25,196 --> 00:23:29,034 very strong feelings for Karen and was in love with Karen. 468 00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:30,660 - RICHARD: She was having an affair 469 00:23:30,702 --> 00:23:32,412 with her best friend's husband. 470 00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:36,124 Kind of tells you the value Karen had for her best friend. 471 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:40,420 - NARRATOR: The inmate says that once Karen 472 00:23:40,462 --> 00:23:45,175 seduced Larry during visits, she asked him for a favor. 473 00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,677 - GREGORY: They were going to try to do a hit on Danny, 474 00:23:47,719 --> 00:23:50,889 kill Danny, for the insurance proceeds. 475 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:55,101 - Danny had $50,000 worth of life insurance on him. 476 00:23:55,143 --> 00:23:57,687 - She made promises to him, "Not only would I pay you 477 00:23:57,729 --> 00:24:00,690 "$15,000, but we'll get married 478 00:24:00,732 --> 00:24:02,567 if you get rid of my husband." 479 00:24:03,902 --> 00:24:05,945 - GREGORY: Karen visited Larry numerous times 480 00:24:05,987 --> 00:24:08,615 while he was in, uh, Jefferson City 481 00:24:08,656 --> 00:24:11,284 and the murder plot was hatched that way. 482 00:24:13,953 --> 00:24:15,580 - NARRATOR: According to the inmate, 483 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:18,166 Larry knew exactly who could help-- 484 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:22,212 his longtime friend, James Kornhardt. 485 00:24:22,253 --> 00:24:24,339 Kornhardt worked locally in the Stanton area 486 00:24:24,381 --> 00:24:28,051 as a firefighter, but Larry knew, for the right price, 487 00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:32,472 he would agree to facilitate the murder. 488 00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:34,891 - GREGORY: Larry and Karen had set this up. 489 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:37,060 Karen had given him detailed information 490 00:24:37,102 --> 00:24:40,146 about the insurance policy and about Danny Coleman 491 00:24:40,188 --> 00:24:42,232 and that Larry had passed that information 492 00:24:42,273 --> 00:24:47,153 on to James Kornhardt about Danny's day to day activities. 493 00:24:49,364 --> 00:24:51,408 - NARRATOR: The original cause of Danny's death 494 00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:54,994 was ruled blunt force trauma, but the inmate reveals 495 00:24:55,036 --> 00:24:58,748 that Larry had orchestrated a shooting. 496 00:24:58,790 --> 00:25:01,876 - ROBERT: Larry was able to arrange the manufacture 497 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:05,005 of a silencer that would fit a gun that James Kornhardt had. 498 00:25:06,923 --> 00:25:09,551 Larry put Karen in touch with James 499 00:25:09,592 --> 00:25:14,097 and then had a silencer manufactured for James' pistol. 500 00:25:16,975 --> 00:25:18,935 - NARRATOR: The inmate claims that after Danny 501 00:25:18,977 --> 00:25:23,356 was killed, Karen continued to visit until 1996. 502 00:25:23,398 --> 00:25:27,819 Then out of nowhere, she dropped Larry like a bad habit. 503 00:25:29,154 --> 00:25:30,864 - GREGORY: Larry Nolan was very irate 504 00:25:30,905 --> 00:25:34,325 that he did not get, uh, any insurance proceeds after this. 505 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:38,788 Karen had, uh, quit visiting him after the, the murder. 506 00:25:38,830 --> 00:25:40,915 He felt like he'd been double-crossed on this, 507 00:25:40,957 --> 00:25:42,625 and he was very angry-- 508 00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:44,169 not only at not getting the money, 509 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,338 but he thought he was in love with Karen. 510 00:25:48,006 --> 00:25:50,717 - He had two reasons to confess: he never got paid, 511 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:52,218 she never married him. 512 00:25:54,679 --> 00:25:57,140 - NARRATOR: It's an unbelievable tale, 513 00:25:57,182 --> 00:25:58,725 but is it true? 514 00:25:58,767 --> 00:26:03,146 Investigators first look into Larry Nolan's prison records. 515 00:26:03,188 --> 00:26:05,440 - GREGORY: Sure enough, Jim Kornhardt was on 516 00:26:05,482 --> 00:26:07,359 Larry Nolan's visiting list. 517 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,820 Karen Coleman was on Larry Nolan's visiting list. 518 00:26:10,862 --> 00:26:13,031 So, the information that was being provided 519 00:26:13,073 --> 00:26:15,116 was independently corroborated. 520 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:19,662 - NARRATOR: As far as the possibility 521 00:26:19,704 --> 00:26:22,207 of Danny being shot, investigators ask 522 00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:24,751 the medical examiner to re-evaluate 523 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:27,462 her original findings. 524 00:26:27,504 --> 00:26:29,631 - GARY: We had received information that he'd been shot 525 00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:32,509 and then she went back to check to see if that was possible. 526 00:26:32,550 --> 00:26:35,470 - NARRATOR: The severe damage had initially disguised it, 527 00:26:35,512 --> 00:26:40,100 but the M.E. does find new evidence to suggest a shooting. 528 00:26:40,141 --> 00:26:43,186 - GREGORY: A lead snowstorm is a term that coroners use 529 00:26:43,228 --> 00:26:45,897 for debris or metallic substances that show up 530 00:26:45,939 --> 00:26:48,483 in an x-ray of- of tissue or bone. 531 00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,238 Typically lead from a bullet or shrapnel from a bullet 532 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,116 that embeds itself in, in skulls. 533 00:26:56,157 --> 00:26:58,910 And in this particular case, Dr. Case did say 534 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:01,538 that there was a snowstorm in some of the bone fragments 535 00:27:01,579 --> 00:27:03,164 from Danny's head. 536 00:27:06,209 --> 00:27:08,878 - NARRATOR: With the inmate's story becoming more plausible, 537 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,131 on July 12th, 1999, 538 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:13,341 investigators decide to interview 539 00:27:13,383 --> 00:27:17,012 the suspected hitman, James Kornhardt. 540 00:27:17,053 --> 00:27:18,513 - GARY: He denied everything. 541 00:27:18,555 --> 00:27:20,724 Said he didn't know Karen Coleman. 542 00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:23,435 Uh, and, and pretty much blew us off, 543 00:27:23,476 --> 00:27:26,604 that we didn't know what we were talking about. 544 00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,106 - GREGORY: Jim Kornhardt would not submit 545 00:27:28,148 --> 00:27:31,109 to an interview, which is his, his right not to do. 546 00:27:33,361 --> 00:27:36,072 - NARRATOR: Investigators next confront Danny's widow 547 00:27:36,114 --> 00:27:39,909 with their new evidence, but meet a similar front. 548 00:27:39,951 --> 00:27:42,912 - Karen Coleman denied any involvement in this. 549 00:27:42,954 --> 00:27:45,457 We felt like she knew a lot more information 550 00:27:45,498 --> 00:27:47,167 than what she was telling us. 551 00:27:50,295 --> 00:27:53,048 - NARRATOR: Karen admits she'd gotten into hard drugs 552 00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:56,259 and that had led to her infidelity. 553 00:27:56,301 --> 00:27:58,261 - ROBERT: Karen didn't talk too much about her, 554 00:27:58,303 --> 00:28:00,722 about her feelings, about her relationship with Danny. 555 00:28:00,764 --> 00:28:02,557 She did basically blame it on the drugs. 556 00:28:05,643 --> 00:28:08,480 - NARRATOR: Still, she swears she had nothing to do 557 00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:10,857 with Danny's death, and the interview ends 558 00:28:10,899 --> 00:28:13,860 without a confession. 559 00:28:13,902 --> 00:28:16,905 Investigators know Karen never paid Larry Nolan 560 00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:20,116 for the crime, but think perhaps there's a paper trail 561 00:28:20,158 --> 00:28:23,161 connecting her to James Kornhardt. 562 00:28:23,203 --> 00:28:25,955 - JEFF: I'm aware of- of her obtaining, uh, 563 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:29,876 receiving, like, $50,000, uh, for, you know, 564 00:28:29,918 --> 00:28:32,921 the death benefit. I guess it was on a life policy. 565 00:28:32,962 --> 00:28:35,173 - GREGORY: We were able to track several payments, 566 00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:37,842 at least several of them in $5,000 installments, 567 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:40,303 to Jim Kornhardt after the murder. 568 00:28:43,390 --> 00:28:46,184 - NARRATOR: Coming up: a simple phone call 569 00:28:46,226 --> 00:28:49,604 puts the killers within reach. 570 00:28:49,646 --> 00:28:51,606 - GREGORY: They had made some very incriminating 571 00:28:51,648 --> 00:28:54,067 recorded statements about some of the evidence 572 00:28:54,109 --> 00:28:56,027 that was used in the case. 573 00:28:56,069 --> 00:28:58,238 - NARRATOR: As the investigation heats up, 574 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:02,742 a witness comes forward with jaw-dropping information. 575 00:29:02,784 --> 00:29:04,577 - JEFF: He admitted to us he was the one 576 00:29:04,619 --> 00:29:06,037 that actually shot him. 577 00:29:20,427 --> 00:29:22,303 - NARRATOR: Seven years after the murder 578 00:29:22,345 --> 00:29:25,557 of Danny Coleman, an inmate informant reveals 579 00:29:25,598 --> 00:29:28,852 that convict Larry Nolan admitted to arranging 580 00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:31,730 the homicide at the behest of Danny's wife, 581 00:29:31,771 --> 00:29:33,481 Karen Coleman. 582 00:29:33,523 --> 00:29:35,734 - GREGORY: The case was a very large conspiracy. 583 00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:37,402 It was difficult to investigate. 584 00:29:37,444 --> 00:29:40,238 It was even more difficult to prosecute. 585 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,158 Larry Nolan, who is deceased, made some deathbed 586 00:29:43,199 --> 00:29:45,577 declarations before his death. 587 00:29:45,618 --> 00:29:48,413 So, you have to go back and verify that information 588 00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:51,583 and you have to be able to gather enough evidence 589 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:53,293 to present it to a jury. 590 00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:57,255 - NARRATOR: Investigators know Karen Coleman 591 00:29:57,297 --> 00:30:00,383 received $50,000 in insurance proceeds 592 00:30:00,425 --> 00:30:03,428 after her husband's death and that she made 593 00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:08,141 several payments to alleged hitman James Kornhardt. 594 00:30:08,183 --> 00:30:10,393 But prosecutors still aren't convinced 595 00:30:10,435 --> 00:30:14,856 there's enough evidence to convict Karen or James. 596 00:30:14,898 --> 00:30:18,109 - GREGORY: If one person on that jury has any reasonable doubt 597 00:30:18,151 --> 00:30:20,570 about Karen Coleman's involvement and about 598 00:30:20,612 --> 00:30:23,198 uh, James Kornhardt's involvement in the murder, 599 00:30:23,239 --> 00:30:25,992 they very easily could have walked away from this. 600 00:30:27,535 --> 00:30:31,748 - NARRATOR: And once again, the case stalls. 601 00:30:31,790 --> 00:30:34,417 - RICHARD: I know that even it was a cold case, 602 00:30:34,459 --> 00:30:37,504 they were still continuing to work on it. 603 00:30:37,545 --> 00:30:40,799 And, uh, I felt good that it would 604 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,677 one day it would get resolved. 605 00:30:43,718 --> 00:30:46,304 - NARRATOR: In 2008, investigators decided 606 00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:49,683 to contact the US Attorney's Office in St. Louis, 607 00:30:49,724 --> 00:30:53,269 who agrees to prosecute at the federal level. 608 00:30:53,311 --> 00:30:54,771 - GARY: We were missing the manpower 609 00:30:54,813 --> 00:30:56,106 to follow through with it. 610 00:30:56,147 --> 00:30:57,774 We got them interested in the case. 611 00:30:57,816 --> 00:31:00,985 They were able to help us out and decided to take it over. 612 00:31:01,027 --> 00:31:02,737 At that particular point, that was right before 613 00:31:02,779 --> 00:31:05,156 the charges were issued. 614 00:31:05,198 --> 00:31:06,491 - The investigation had been quiet, 615 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:08,243 out of the public eye for years. 616 00:31:08,284 --> 00:31:10,161 And all of a sudden, there was an indictment 617 00:31:10,203 --> 00:31:12,163 for James Kornhardt and Karen Coleman. 618 00:31:12,205 --> 00:31:14,249 - GREGORY: It put us to the test, to make sure 619 00:31:14,290 --> 00:31:16,668 all the "I's" were dotted and "T's" were crossed. 620 00:31:22,048 --> 00:31:24,676 - NARRATOR: On December 12th, 2008, 621 00:31:24,718 --> 00:31:28,263 federal authorities prepare to arrest 49-year-old 622 00:31:28,304 --> 00:31:32,058 James Kornhardt on conspiracy to commit murder 623 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:35,228 for hire. 624 00:31:35,270 --> 00:31:38,523 - JEFF: We subsequently responded to Kornhardt's 625 00:31:38,565 --> 00:31:41,860 place of employment, which was a firehouse 626 00:31:41,901 --> 00:31:45,030 in the St. Louis area here, because he was currently 627 00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:46,906 employed as a fireman. 628 00:31:46,948 --> 00:31:49,576 Went to the firehouse, and we placed him under arrest. 629 00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:53,538 He was in denial on, on just about everything. 630 00:31:53,580 --> 00:31:56,249 And, um, we subsequently took him from there 631 00:31:56,291 --> 00:31:58,668 and he would have been processed then down at the, 632 00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:01,671 um, the FBI office. 633 00:32:01,713 --> 00:32:03,298 - GARY: When he was processed, obviously, 634 00:32:03,340 --> 00:32:05,091 he was fingerprinted. 635 00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:06,801 - NARRATOR: Examiners compare his prints 636 00:32:06,843 --> 00:32:09,387 to the fingerprint found on the cellophane wrapper 637 00:32:09,429 --> 00:32:11,431 at the crime scene, which has been sitting 638 00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:15,518 in an evidence locker for 16 years. 639 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,228 - GREGORY: They scientifically analyzed those prints 640 00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:19,397 to the latent prints on the cellophane 641 00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:22,317 around the matchbook cover, and those prints matched. 642 00:32:26,237 --> 00:32:28,782 - NARRATOR: With Danny's alleged killer in custody, 643 00:32:28,823 --> 00:32:32,118 investigators set their sights on Danny's widow, 644 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,497 54-year-old Karen Coleman. 645 00:32:35,538 --> 00:32:37,791 - GREGORY: We went out early in the morning to locate her. 646 00:32:37,832 --> 00:32:39,376 She wasn't home at the time. 647 00:32:39,417 --> 00:32:41,711 We subsequently arrested her away from the house. 648 00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:45,423 - RICHARD: They told me that there, 649 00:32:45,465 --> 00:32:47,050 there'd been some arrests made. 650 00:32:47,092 --> 00:32:49,427 And one of the arrests was Karen Coleman. 651 00:32:49,469 --> 00:32:52,597 And I was thrilled to hear that information. 652 00:32:55,225 --> 00:32:57,560 - NARRATOR: While James and Karen await trial, 653 00:32:57,602 --> 00:33:00,313 the United States Attorney's office works in tandem 654 00:33:00,355 --> 00:33:04,109 with law enforcement to strengthen their case. 655 00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:07,195 They start by reviewing James' prison calls, 656 00:33:07,237 --> 00:33:10,281 listening for anything incriminating. 657 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:12,617 - JEFF: Jim Kornhardt was detained 658 00:33:12,659 --> 00:33:15,787 at the St. Louis County Justice Center, uh, 659 00:33:15,829 --> 00:33:20,041 in Clayton, Missouri, where, of course, as all inmates do, 660 00:33:20,083 --> 00:33:22,877 they have access to a phone. 661 00:33:22,919 --> 00:33:24,629 - GREGORY: He had called and had a conversation 662 00:33:24,671 --> 00:33:26,423 with a friend of his, Steve Mueller, 663 00:33:26,464 --> 00:33:28,883 and had made some very incriminating 664 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:31,428 recorded statements about some of the evidence 665 00:33:31,469 --> 00:33:33,763 that was used in the case. 666 00:33:33,805 --> 00:33:36,766 - ROBERT: James calls Steven from jail and says, 667 00:33:36,808 --> 00:33:40,020 "Can you get rid of this gun and silencer 668 00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:41,730 "and some ammo that's in my house?" 669 00:34:19,642 --> 00:34:22,062 - GARY: He made the phone call and asked him to go find-- 670 00:34:22,103 --> 00:34:25,231 it was actually a silencer made out of a lawnmower muffler. 671 00:34:25,273 --> 00:34:27,734 And, um, he asked him to dispose of that. 672 00:34:48,463 --> 00:34:50,256 - NARRATOR: After reviewing the calls, 673 00:34:50,298 --> 00:34:54,636 investigators immediately track down Steve Mueller. 674 00:34:54,678 --> 00:34:56,346 - ROBERT: They go to talk to him, 675 00:34:56,388 --> 00:34:57,555 and he initially denies everything 676 00:34:57,597 --> 00:35:00,141 and then eventually cracks. 677 00:35:00,183 --> 00:35:03,311 - JEFF: Steve knew the story. We didn't tell him the story. 678 00:35:03,353 --> 00:35:05,563 He told us the story, which was consistent 679 00:35:05,605 --> 00:35:07,649 with what we had already known. 680 00:35:07,691 --> 00:35:09,401 It was almost like a relief to him. 681 00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:11,528 He wanted to get off his shoulders. 682 00:35:11,569 --> 00:35:14,239 That's when he became more forthcoming, and, 683 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,741 and really explaining it out. 684 00:35:16,783 --> 00:35:19,327 - NARRATOR: Steve admits he did get rid of the items 685 00:35:19,369 --> 00:35:22,247 per James' request. 686 00:35:22,288 --> 00:35:23,873 - ROBERT: Steven goes to Jim's house, 687 00:35:23,915 --> 00:35:25,667 takes these things, and throws them off 688 00:35:25,709 --> 00:35:30,588 the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in, uh, South St. Louis County. 689 00:35:30,630 --> 00:35:32,298 - NARRATOR: Steve's statement clarifies 690 00:35:32,340 --> 00:35:33,925 what happened to the silencer, 691 00:35:33,967 --> 00:35:38,638 but it also adds to the growing list of conspirators. 692 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,641 - JEFF: So, James Kornhardt was initially the one 693 00:35:41,683 --> 00:35:45,603 that Larry Nolan reached out to do the hit, so to speak. 694 00:35:45,645 --> 00:35:49,357 Once Kornhardt agreed to do it, he had Mueller, 695 00:35:49,399 --> 00:35:51,443 Steven Mueller, go with him. 696 00:35:51,484 --> 00:35:53,945 That's when he explained that he was there 697 00:35:53,987 --> 00:35:55,822 with Kornhardt. 698 00:35:58,074 --> 00:36:00,285 - NARRATOR: In Steve's interview with police, 699 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:04,372 he says on the night of October 22nd, 1992, 700 00:36:04,414 --> 00:36:06,750 he met James and another individual 701 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:09,669 who went by the name "Dozer". 702 00:36:09,711 --> 00:36:12,630 - ROBERT: Steve didn't know if Dozer was a friend of Jim's 703 00:36:12,672 --> 00:36:15,050 or a friend of Larry's or just some, you know, 704 00:36:15,091 --> 00:36:17,385 random person who showed up. 705 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,057 - NARRATOR: Steve tells investigators 706 00:36:22,098 --> 00:36:25,560 that he, James, and Dozer lured Danny Coleman 707 00:36:25,602 --> 00:36:28,271 to a vacant house, claiming to have information 708 00:36:28,313 --> 00:36:31,733 about Karen's infidelity. 709 00:36:31,775 --> 00:36:34,319 Steve says as soon as Danny arrived, 710 00:36:34,361 --> 00:36:35,945 the three attacked. 711 00:36:38,031 --> 00:36:39,824 - JEFF: They beat him. 712 00:36:39,866 --> 00:36:42,911 Still, I don't know what the instrument was they used. 713 00:36:42,952 --> 00:36:44,746 But I know they finished it with, 714 00:36:44,788 --> 00:36:46,831 I believe it was three shots... 715 00:36:50,502 --> 00:36:52,879 ...in which Steven Mueller 716 00:36:52,921 --> 00:36:56,132 admitted to us he was the one that actually shot him. 717 00:36:59,177 --> 00:37:01,971 - NARRATOR: Afterwards, Steve says the three men 718 00:37:02,013 --> 00:37:04,849 disposed of Danny's body. 719 00:37:04,891 --> 00:37:08,561 - JEFF: They walked him out to the victim's own truck, 720 00:37:08,603 --> 00:37:10,146 put him in the truck. 721 00:37:10,188 --> 00:37:13,608 And then one drove the truck, one drove the car 722 00:37:13,650 --> 00:37:16,528 that they had came in. 723 00:37:16,569 --> 00:37:18,530 - NARRATOR: They drove on Highway 44 724 00:37:18,571 --> 00:37:22,075 and eventually exited in Stanton. 725 00:37:22,117 --> 00:37:24,202 - JEFF: There was a cut, you know, through a field 726 00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,787 that opened up. 727 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:28,415 And that is where they took it to the middle of the field 728 00:37:28,456 --> 00:37:30,792 and set it ablaze with Danny Coleman 729 00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:33,920 in the front passenger seat of the of the truck at that time. 730 00:37:37,507 --> 00:37:39,300 - GARY: The next step was getting the case organized 731 00:37:39,342 --> 00:37:40,760 and presenting it in court. 732 00:37:44,097 --> 00:37:47,559 - NARRATOR: Coming up: before trial gets underway, 733 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,437 Karen changes her tune. 734 00:37:50,478 --> 00:37:52,731 - GREGORY: She decided to help herself out 735 00:37:52,772 --> 00:37:55,108 and wanted to provide more information 736 00:37:55,150 --> 00:37:58,028 about who was involved. - RICHARD: She could go ahead 737 00:37:58,069 --> 00:38:00,447 and wouldn't have to live a double life anymore. 738 00:38:01,948 --> 00:38:05,452 - * 739 00:38:14,627 --> 00:38:16,921 - NARRATOR: June 2010. 740 00:38:16,963 --> 00:38:20,633 After a nearly 20-year investigation, 741 00:38:20,675 --> 00:38:25,096 Danny Coleman's alleged killers now face prosecution 742 00:38:25,138 --> 00:38:28,016 and authorities believe the ringleader of the plot 743 00:38:28,058 --> 00:38:30,977 was Danny's wife, Karen. 744 00:38:31,019 --> 00:38:32,979 - RICHARD: I don't understand how a person 745 00:38:33,021 --> 00:38:34,856 that you been married to for a long time 746 00:38:34,898 --> 00:38:37,650 and had a child with would want to have him killed. 747 00:38:40,195 --> 00:38:43,073 - NARRATOR: Though Karen's co-conspirator, Larry Nolan, 748 00:38:43,114 --> 00:38:46,659 died before charges were filed, prosecutors charge 749 00:38:46,701 --> 00:38:48,745 alleged hitmen James Kornhardt 750 00:38:48,787 --> 00:38:51,581 and Steve Mueller with conspiracy to commit 751 00:38:51,623 --> 00:38:55,251 murder for hire and first- degree murder. 752 00:38:55,293 --> 00:38:59,130 A third alleged hitman, identified only as "Dozer", 753 00:38:59,172 --> 00:39:00,882 remains at large. 754 00:39:04,010 --> 00:39:06,221 As prosecutors prep for trial, 755 00:39:06,262 --> 00:39:10,100 they receive shocking news from Karen's attorney. 756 00:39:10,141 --> 00:39:12,143 - GREGORY: She knew that she was going to be charged 757 00:39:12,185 --> 00:39:14,979 with a conspiracy to commit murder for hire. 758 00:39:15,021 --> 00:39:17,440 She decided to help herself out 759 00:39:17,482 --> 00:39:19,859 and wanted to provide more information 760 00:39:19,901 --> 00:39:22,362 about who was involved, why they were involved 761 00:39:22,404 --> 00:39:23,738 and how it happened. 762 00:39:25,115 --> 00:39:27,283 - NARRATOR: Karen sits down with authorities 763 00:39:27,325 --> 00:39:30,328 and finally comes clean. 764 00:39:30,370 --> 00:39:33,456 According to Karen, she wanted out of her marriage 765 00:39:33,498 --> 00:39:36,334 to Danny and used Larry's feelings for her 766 00:39:36,376 --> 00:39:38,003 to open the door. 767 00:39:40,130 --> 00:39:41,798 - RICHARD: Karen thought she could go ahead 768 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,050 and wouldn't have to live a double life anymore, 769 00:39:44,092 --> 00:39:46,344 that she's better off without him. 770 00:39:46,386 --> 00:39:48,638 - TAYLOR: She basically blamed it on the drugs. 771 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,391 She said, "Now that I'm sober, I have a whole new 772 00:39:51,433 --> 00:39:53,727 perspective on things." 773 00:39:53,768 --> 00:39:55,061 - NARRATOR: Karen admits she knew 774 00:39:55,103 --> 00:39:57,313 about Danny's life insurance policy 775 00:39:57,355 --> 00:40:00,775 and had planned to use the money not only to start anew, 776 00:40:00,817 --> 00:40:02,694 but to pay the others. 777 00:40:04,029 --> 00:40:06,614 She confirms that Larry Nolan was promised 778 00:40:06,656 --> 00:40:12,245 $2,000, James Kornhardt $17,000, 779 00:40:12,287 --> 00:40:17,667 and Steve Mueller $1,200 to carry out the plot. 780 00:40:17,709 --> 00:40:19,210 - ROBERT: It seems like an incredibly cold 781 00:40:19,252 --> 00:40:21,755 and calculated crime for Jim and Steven and Dozer 782 00:40:21,796 --> 00:40:26,426 because they didn't really have anything against Danny. 783 00:40:26,468 --> 00:40:28,845 They're really just doing it for the promise of some money 784 00:40:28,887 --> 00:40:30,722 down the, down the line. 785 00:40:32,724 --> 00:40:34,851 - NARRATOR: Karen says that after Larry recruited 786 00:40:34,893 --> 00:40:39,731 James, James recruited two people of his own. 787 00:40:39,773 --> 00:40:41,941 - ROBERT: James enlists his friends, Steven Mueller, 788 00:40:41,983 --> 00:40:44,527 and this mystery guy who's only ever been named 789 00:40:44,569 --> 00:40:47,697 as Dozer, to actually do the killing. 790 00:40:47,739 --> 00:40:50,033 Dozer's identity has never been made public, 791 00:40:50,075 --> 00:40:52,869 perhaps because Steve didn't know it. 792 00:40:52,911 --> 00:40:54,704 But Dozer is still a mystery. 793 00:40:57,082 --> 00:40:59,042 - NARRATOR: Karen ultimately pleads guilty 794 00:40:59,084 --> 00:41:02,087 to conspiracy and murder for hire charges 795 00:41:02,128 --> 00:41:05,882 and makes a deal, hoping for a lighter sentence. 796 00:41:05,924 --> 00:41:07,926 - GREGORY: She agreed to testify, 797 00:41:07,967 --> 00:41:10,970 and she just didn't want to do it in front of her son, Joby. 798 00:41:11,012 --> 00:41:14,557 And, uh, Joby ultimately agreed. 799 00:41:14,599 --> 00:41:16,184 He wanted to see justice done, 800 00:41:16,226 --> 00:41:18,895 and he agreed not to sit in the trial 801 00:41:18,937 --> 00:41:20,855 during his mother's testimony 802 00:41:20,897 --> 00:41:23,233 about how she killed his father. 803 00:41:26,236 --> 00:41:29,072 - NARRATOR: In June 2010, the joint trial 804 00:41:29,114 --> 00:41:32,826 for James Kornhardt and Steve Mueller gets underway. 805 00:41:34,744 --> 00:41:36,663 - GREGORY: Karen's testimony was helpful. 806 00:41:36,705 --> 00:41:38,540 The latent fingerprint on the matches 807 00:41:38,581 --> 00:41:40,250 and the recorded phone calls 808 00:41:40,291 --> 00:41:42,335 and the other information that came out of the prison 809 00:41:42,377 --> 00:41:45,046 that was ultimately corroborated, all led 810 00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:47,757 to a very successful prosecution. 811 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,222 - NARRATOR: On June 14th, 2010, the jury finds 812 00:41:54,264 --> 00:41:57,350 James Kornhardt and Steve Mueller guilty, 813 00:41:57,392 --> 00:42:01,312 and both men are sentenced to life in prison. 814 00:42:01,354 --> 00:42:03,481 - GARY: The sentence was, uh, was satisfactory. 815 00:42:03,523 --> 00:42:05,525 I mean we, uh, you know, there's a lot of hard work. 816 00:42:05,567 --> 00:42:08,653 And considering the nature of the crime, uh, you know, 817 00:42:08,695 --> 00:42:10,780 we, we, we felt that it was justified. 818 00:42:12,574 --> 00:42:16,870 - GREGORY: It did provide some closure for everybody involved. 819 00:42:16,911 --> 00:42:19,706 Joby was extremely thankful that they could finally 820 00:42:19,748 --> 00:42:21,958 get some closure on the case. 821 00:42:23,501 --> 00:42:24,919 - NARRATOR: As for Karen Coleman, 822 00:42:24,961 --> 00:42:28,548 she receives 20 years in federal prison as a result 823 00:42:28,590 --> 00:42:31,051 of her cooperation. 824 00:42:31,092 --> 00:42:32,927 - RICHARD: I was very disappointed in that. 825 00:42:32,969 --> 00:42:35,013 I thought she should have got life too. 826 00:42:35,055 --> 00:42:37,724 She was a murderer too. 827 00:42:37,766 --> 00:42:39,934 Even though she might not have been involved 828 00:42:39,976 --> 00:42:44,356 at the time of his death, she's the one that instilled 829 00:42:44,397 --> 00:42:46,358 in people that he should be killed. 830 00:42:50,111 --> 00:42:51,780 - NARRATOR: Authorities continue to search 831 00:42:51,821 --> 00:42:56,201 for the mystery man known only as Dozer. 832 00:42:56,242 --> 00:42:58,119 - GREGORY: If anybody else out there has any knowledge 833 00:42:58,161 --> 00:43:00,497 of this whatsoever, the case is still open. 834 00:43:00,538 --> 00:43:03,333 Reach out, get some closure, and tell law enforcement 835 00:43:03,375 --> 00:43:04,959 what you know. 836 00:43:06,461 --> 00:43:08,505 - NARRATOR: And while the sting of heartbreak lessens 837 00:43:08,546 --> 00:43:13,927 over time, Danny's memory will forever live on. 838 00:43:13,968 --> 00:43:17,055 - RICHARD: He was a, an asset to this world. 839 00:43:17,097 --> 00:43:18,556 He was just a great guy. 840 00:43:18,598 --> 00:43:23,186 And he, uh, he totally got blindsided by his wife, 841 00:43:24,813 --> 00:43:26,314 which led to his death.