>>> TONIGHT ON "DATELINE," THE
FIRST OF OUR SPECIAL SUNDAY MYSTERIES.
>> CRAIG SENT ME A MESSAGE I KNEW SOMETHING TERRIBLE
MUST'VE HAPPENED >> HE SAID, "HANNA HAS JUMPED
OUT THE WINDOW." WHAT?!
>> SHE DID HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE A LITTLE BIT OFF THE RAILS WHEN
SHE WAS DRUNK. >> I WAS VERY, VERY CONFUSED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS. SHE DIDN'T SAY ANY GOODBYES.
THERE WAS NO NOTE. >> SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD THE
AFFAIR WITH CRAIG'S FRIEND >> CRAIG WAS UPSET, YOU KNOW, AS
TO BE EXPECTED >> THERE WAS DEEP GOUGES ON BOTH
HANDS. THIS IS NOT A PERSON THAT JUMPS
OUT THE WINDOW >> Reporter: DID YOU THINK HE
HAD KILLED HER >> YES
>> Reporter: DID HE PICK HANNA UP AND THROW HER OUT THAT
WINDOW >> NO.
>> HANNA WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE IT WAS A
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. >> A DEADLY FALL FOLLOWED BY A
FATHER'S SUSPICIONS. YOU'LL SHARE HIS SEARCH FOR THE
TRUTH. I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS
"DATELINE. HERE'S DENNIS MURPHY WITH "THE
WINDOW." >> Reporter: IT'S A FUNNY THING
LOOKING BACK AT PHOTOS OF HAPPY TIMES.
YOU DON'T KNOW YET WHICH OF THEM IS DOOMED.
HER? HIM?
MAYBE BOTH BUT DON'T THINK OF THAT YET.
THE WEDDING IS UNDERWAY. *
IT WAS 2005. HE WAS A U.S. NAVY MAN OF
ACTION, CRAIG BECKER SHE WAS A BOOKISH GRAD STUDENT
STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY, HANNA HOVE. AND THEY WERE HEAD OVER HEELS IN
LOVE HER COLLEGE ROOMMATE,
ELIZABETH ACIEGO, REMEMBERS HOW THE COUPLE FIRST MET AT A
UNIVERSITY SWIMMING POOL >> SHE DEFINITELY TOLD ME.
SHE WAS LIKE, "I THINK THIS GUY'S THE ONE.
SO -- AND I WAS, LIKE, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SHE
HAD NEVER REALLY MENTIONED ANYBODY THAT WAS GOING TO BE
SPECIAL TO HER >> Reporter: CRAIG AND HANNA HAD
BEEN DATING FOR A WHILE WHEN ELIZABETH, WHO INCIDENTALLY IS A
FIRST-RATE PHOTOGRAPHER, GOT A CALL FROM CRAIG.
>> SO, HE CALLED ME. HE SAID, "HEY, I WANT TO DO THE
SURPRISE WEDDING ARE YOU DOWN TO -- TO COME TO
DESTIN AND TAKE THESE PICTURES?" >> Reporter: SO, IT'S ON THE
BEACH, TOES IN THE SAND, THE OCEAN'S THERE?
>> YES >> Reporter: THINK OF IT AS A
PLAN TO ELOPE BUT ONLY THE GROOM KNEW ABOUT IT.
AND IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE WHITE SAND OF A RESORT ON
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SO, COMPLETELY IN THE DARK,
HANNA DROVE TO THE BEACH HOTEL AND CHECKED IN
AND WHAT WAS THE COVER STORY FOR HER?
>> THAT SHE WAS HAVING A SPA DAY.
AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GO PAMPER HERSELF AND HAVE A GREAT
DAY. >> Reporter: HAVE A DAY OF
BEAUTY HAVE FUN
>> YEAH. UH-HUH
>> Reporter: LA-TI-DAH >> AND THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A
DATE NIGHT AT THE HOTEL THAT NIGHT.
>> I WENT AND KNOCKED ON HER DOOR
AND SHE OPENED THE DOOR, AND SHE WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE?" AND I WAS LIKE, "WELL, OPEN THE
CLOSET." AND SHE OPENED THE CLOSET, AND
HER WEDDING DRESS WAS IN THERE >> Reporter: NO.
>> SO, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW SHE FOUND OUT THAT THAT'S WHAT
WAS HAPPENING THAT DAY >> Reporter: DID THE DRESS FIT
>> IT -- THE DRESS FIT PERFECTLY.
>> Reporter: THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY CAME OFF WITHOUT A
HITCH AS ELIZABETH SNAPPED AWAY. >> I THINK HE FELT THAT ME
TAKING THE PICTURES WAS KIND OF HAVING SOMEBODY SPECIAL THERE
FOR HER SO SHE WOULDN'T BE THERE.
>> Reporter: YOU NUDGED HIM -- >> BY HERSELF.
>> Reporter: A LITTLE BIT INTO SOME PG-RATED POSES.
>> I DID WELL, I MEAN, CRAIG'S A
GOOD-LOOKING GUY, YOU KNOW HE WORKS OUT
SO - >> Reporter: SO, THERE GOES THE
SHIRT. >> THERE GOES THE SHIRT.
>> Reporter: IN YOUR MEMORIES, LIZ, WAS IT A ROMANTIC EVENT
>> VERY MUCH SO. THEY WERE IN LOVE.
THEY WERE HAPPY. >> Reporter: CRAIG'S SISTER,
TARA DANIELS, LATER HEARD ALL ABOUT IT AND WAS THRILLED FOR
THE COUPLE >> THEY WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER
THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY AFFECTIONATE WITH EACH OTHER,
ALWAYS LAUGHING, JOKING. SHE BECAME ONE OF MY SISTERS
>> Reporter: REALLY? >> YUP
>> Reporter: SO, YOU LIKED HER >> I LOVED HER
>> Reporter: THE ELOPEMENT WAS A MOMENT OF JOY, A BRIEF RESPITE
FROM THE CONSTANT CONCERN TARA HAD FOR HER BROTHER, CRAIG
AFTER ALL, HIS DAY JOB WAS CLEARING BOMBS IN WAR ZONES.
HIS JOB ASSIGNMENT BECAME VERY HAZARDOUS.
>> IT DID. YEAH
>> Reporter: DID YOU GUYS WORRY ABOUT THAT
I MEAN, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF UNITS THAT WERE DEFUSING
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. >> I MEAN, THAT WAS ALWAYS A
WORRY. EVEN -- EVEN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,
I -- I ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT HIM. >> Reporter: RANDY LEPELL LOVED
CRAIG LIKE A BROTHER, A BROTHER IN ARMS.
THEY'D SERVED TOGETHER IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE LIEUTENANT
CRAIG BECKER WAS A WARRIOR AND COMMANDED A 19-MAN BOMB DISPOSAL
UNIT >> HE WAS A BOLD LEADER.
AND, IN THE LONG RUN, IT WAS PAYING HUGE DIVIDENDS BECAUSE HE
HAD A WAR FIGHTER'S MENTALITY AND HE WAS ASSERTIVE
HE LED MEN WELL. HE LED MEN GREAT
>> Reporter: THE LIEUTENANT, WITH A TOP-SECRET CLEARANCE,
BECAME A WAR HERO. HE WAS AWARDED TWO BRONZE STARS.
IN ONE CASE FOR HELPING SAVE TWO SOLDIER'S LIVES.
MILITARY BRASS WERE TAKING NOTE OF CRAIG'S CAREER.
>> CRAIG WAS CRUSHING IT CRAIG, COULD DO NO WRONG ALMOST.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR LIFE WITH HIM
>> OH, BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
WITHOUT HESITATION, I LOVE CRAIG.
CRAIG WAS JUST BETTER THAN MOST. >> Reporter: BY 2013, CRAIG'S
FAST TRACK CAREER HAD RESULTED IN A PLUM ASSIGNMENT AT A NATO
BASE IN BELGIUM. AND HE WAS GOING GREAT
>> YUP >> Reporter: I MEAN, AIDE TO TOP
GUY AT A NATO FACILITY >> CORRECT
>> Reporter: WAS HE ON HIS WAY TO HARVARD
>> HE HAD APPLIED TO HARVARD YES.
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. >> Reporter: AND IT WAS LOOKING
GOOD FOR HIM >> IT WAS.
>> Reporter: HANNA AND CRAIG'S NEW HOME WOULD BE A PROVINCIAL
CITY IN BELGIUM CALLED MONS. COBBLESTONED, FRENCH-SPEAKING,
AND APPROPRIATELY EURO IN FEEL THEY'D FOUND A SPACIOUS
PENTHOUSE APARTMENT ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF A DOWNTOWN
BUILDING THAT'S THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW JUST
BELOW THE PEAK OF THE SLOPED ROOF
CRAIG SETTLED INTO HIS DESK JOB AT NATO.
AND THEN THEY WERE THREE BABY ISABELLE ENTERED THE
PICTURE. >> SHE WAS ADORABLE.
THE SWEETEST BABY. A VERY HAPPY BABY.
VERY CLOSE TO BOTH HANNA AND CRAIG.
>> Reporter: NOW HOLD THAT PICTURE IN YOUR MIND, THIS
AMERICAN FAMILY OFF ON A EUROPEAN ADVENTURE
WHAT LOOKED FROM THE OUTSIDE LIKE A COZY FAMILY PHOTO HAD ALL
GONE SUDDENLY, HORRIBLY, WRONG BECAUSE THE BAREFOOT BRIDE ON A
BEACH IN FLORIDA WAS NOW A BAREFOOT YOUNG WIFE MOANING IN
AGONY ON A BUSY SIDEWALK IN A BELGIAN CITY
HANNA HAD FALLEN 75 FEET FROM HER APARTMENT WINDOW ABOVE
THE BYSTANDERS WOULD NEVER FORGET HER BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM
>> Reporter: OCTOBER 8th, 2015. DOWNTOWN MONS, BELGIUM
RAMIRO GONZALEZ, A MAILMAN BY TRADE, WAS ON A CIGARETTE BREAK
AT 8:50 P.M. WHEN HE HEARD A TERRIFYING SHRIEK FROM DOWN THE
STREET WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
>> A WOMAN WAS SCREAMING >> Reporter: AND YOU WALKED --
>> AND I RUN -- AND I RUN JUST -
>> Reporter: YOU RAN HERE? >> HERE, YEAH, ON THE CORNER
>> Reporter: CRUMPLED ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO AN
APARTMENT BUILDING LAY A SERIOUSLY INJURED WOMAN, DRESSED
ONLY IN UNDERWEAR AND A T-SHIRT. >> SHE WAS TERRIFIED
>> Reporter: AND SHE WAS ALIVE AS SHE LAY ON THE GROUND
>> YES SHE WAS ALIVE.
>> Reporter: BYSTANDERS GATHERED ROUND.
THEN, RAMIRO SAYS, A MAN RAN OUT FROM THE APARTMENT BUILDING
SPEAKING ENGLISH HE WAS FRANTICLY TRYING TO
EXPLAIN TO THE CROWD WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED.
>> HE SAID "SHE'S DRUNK. SHE'S DRUGS AND SHE JUMP."
>> Reporter: "SHE'S TAKING DRUGS, SHE'S DRUNK."
>> "SHE'S DRUNK. TAKING DRUGS AND SHE JUMP.
>> Reporter: SO, THIS MAN WHO COMES OUT, YOU DON'T KNOW --
>> YES >> Reporter: WHO HE IS YET
>> NO. >> Reporter: THE MAN WAS
LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER. AND THE WOMAN ON THE GROUND WAS
HANNA. AT THAT SAME TIME, 4,500 MILES
AWAY IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, JOHN HOVE, HANNA'S FATHER, WAS
AT WORK WHEN HIS WIFE YVONNE CALLED, HYSTERICAL
SHE'D JUST TALKED TO THEIR SON-IN-LAW
>> CRAIG CALLED YVONNE ON THE LANDLINE TO OUR HOME
AND SAID, "HANNA HAS JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW
AND I HAVE TO GO DOWN. AND YVONNE STARTS TRYING TO ASK
HIM QUESTIONS, AND GETS VERY, VERY LITTLE ANSWERS.
AND HE SAID, "NO, I GOT TO GO. AND CLICK.
>> Reporter: HANNA'S JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW
>> HANNA'S - >> Reporter: JUST AS -- JUST -
>> JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW >> Reporter: JUST AS STARK AS
THAT >> FROM THE APARTMENT.
>> Reporter: CRAIG'S CALL LEFT HANNA'S PARENTS IN STUNNED
DISBELIEF. >> AND WE BOTH BREAK DOWN.
AND IT'S LIKE, "WHAT IT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
IT CAN'T BE TRUE." AND I SAID, "SHE JUMPED OUT?
FROM THE SEVENTH FLOOR ARE YOU -- WHAT?
>> Reporter: JOHN WAS SO DISTRAUGHT HE ASKED A COLLEAGUE
TO TAKE HIM HOME RIGHT AWAY, AN AGONIZING 15-MINUTE DRIVE.
>> SO, WE CALL HIM UP FROM HOME, AND HE SAID, "WELL, I'M -- I'M
DOWN ON THE STREET NOW SHE'S STILL ALIVE.
OH, HERE'S THE POLICE. I CAN'T TALK."
"HEY, CRAIG, CRAIG, CRAIG, HEY, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
"OH, I CAN'T TALK NOW. CLICK.
>> Reporter: WHILE HANNA'S PARENTS WAITED FOR NEWS, ANY
KIND OF DETAILS, POLICE OFFICERS IN BELGIUM, FREDERIC VALLE AND
ARTHUR SCORRY WERE ON THE SCENE. >> THERE IS A WOMAN ON THE
STREETS. MAYBE SHE -- SHE WILL DIE.
SHE'S VERY -- IN VERY BAD CONDITION.
>> Reporter: THEY COULD SEE EMT'S WORKING TO STABILIZE HANNA
ON THAT SIDEWALK IT LOOKED FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE
AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BUT IT WAS EARLY MINUTES IN THE
CASE AND THE OFFICERS WOULD NEED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER
CRAIG ASKED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HIS WIFE, BUT THE
OFFICERS SAID HE FIRST NEEDED TO ACCOMPANY THEM UPSTAIRS TO HIS
APARTMENT, HIS FLAT. >> I SAID, MR. BECKER THAT WE
ARE GOING IN THE FLAT, BUT HE CAN'T TOUCH ANYTHING
>> Reporter: DON'T TOUCH >> DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: INSIDE THEY SAW THE COUPLE'S 16-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER
ISABELLE ASLEEP IN HER CRIB. WAS THERE ANY SIGN OF TURMOIL IN
THE FLAT FURNITURE UPSET OR GLASSES
BROKEN OR ANYTHING >> NO.
THE APARTMENT WAS A NORMAL APARTMENT.
>> Reporter: SO, NO SIGN OF A FIGHT OR A STRUGGLE.
>> NO SIGN OF FIGHT. NO SIGN OF FIGHT
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU OBSERVE OF THAT MAN, CHIEF
INSPECTOR? THE HUSBAND?
>> WAS VERY CALM >> Reporter: CALM?
>> YES >> Reporter: THE OFFICER THOUGHT
THE 34-YEAR-OLD HUSBAND MAY HAVE BEEN IN SHOCK.
>> WHEN WE ARE AT SCHOOL, WE -- WE LEARN THAT EVERYONE CAN REACT
DIFFERENTLY FROM A VERY BAD SITUATION.
SOME PEOPLE SHOUT, SOME PEOPLE CRIES.
AND MAYBE IT WAS HIS REACTION TO A DRAMATIC ACCIDENT.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICERS WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR
CRAIG BECKER MOST OF THE "WHAT JUST HAPPENED
HERE" VARIETY.
FLORIDA. HANNA'S PARENTS WERE AN OCEAN
AWAY FROM THEIR ONLY CHILD HELPLESS
WAITING TO HEAR IF THEIR BADLY INJURED DAUGHTER WOULD SURVIVE
HOW COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THAT THEIR FEARLESS HANNA, SO
STRONG, SO DETERMINED, MIGHT HAVE ONLY MINUTES MORE LEFT IN
HER LIFE *
A LIFE THAT BEGAN IN SWEDEN. THAT'S WHERE THE HOVES ARE FROM
AND WHERE HANNA WAS BORN EVEN AS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE COULD
BE FEISTY AND STRONG-WILLED. >> WINTERTIME, YOU HAVE TO GET
ALL THESE CLOTHES ON AND SHE DECIDED, "MM, I DON'T
THINK SO." AND SO AS SOON AS YOU DRESSED
HER, AND YOU DRESSED YOURSELF, SHE TOOK HALF OF IT OFF.
>> Reporter: JOHN, HIS WIFE, AND HANNA EMIGRATED TO AMERICA TO
FLORIDA IN 1989. HANNA WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
AND SHE THRIVED HERE GROWING UP LOVING THE WARM
WEATHER, A PLACE SHE COULD INDULGE IN HER SPORTS YEAR
ROUND. HANNA MUST'VE LOVED FLORIDA,
HUH? >> SHE DID
>> Reporter: IT IS SO DIFFERENT THAN SWEDEN.
>> YEAH, YOU CAN PLAY TENNIS ALL YEAR ROUND HERE.
>> Reporter: SHE'D PLAY FOR HOURS A DAY, HUH
>> YEAH, SHE DID AND THEN SHE WENT INTO
TRIATHLON, AS WELL SHE'S VERY FIT
VERY FIT >> Reporter: HANNA'S DAD IS AN
MECHANICAL ENGINEER, WITH THE ENGINEER'S TENACIOUS INSTINCT TO
IDENTIFY A PROBLEM AND SOLVE IT. HE'D MADE A HUGE SUCCESS FOR
HIMSELF AS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS --
CONTAINER FREIGHT. HIS PURSUIT OF WHAT USED TO BE
CALLED THE AMERICAN DREAM REWARDED HIS FAMILY WITH THE
BEST OF EVERYTHING SO, JASON, YOU AND HANNA GREW UP
IN SOME NICE NEIGHBORHOODS GOOD SCHOOLS AND DAYS FILLED
WITH TENNIS AND AS MUCH -- >> YEAH.
YOU KNOW HANNA - >> Reporter: AS MUCH ATHLETICS
AS YOU WANTED, HUH >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: JASON JOHNSON WAS ONE OF HANNA'S BEST FRIENDS
GROWING UP >> SHE WAS WELL TO DO.
>> Reporter: AND SHE WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE AS
MUCH, HUH? >> SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY
GIVING >> Reporter: JASON SAYS TO
UNDERSTAND HANNA IS TO UNDERSTAND HER HEART AND HER
SPONTANEITY. LIKE THE TIME, LATE ONE NIGHT,
WHEN THEY WERE IN THEIR EARLY 20s DRIVING BY A CLOSED PUBLIX
SUPERMARKET. THERE, ON RACKS OUT FRONT, WERE
STACKS OF BREAD. >> SO WE'RE, LIKE, "WELL, LOOK
AT ALL THIS FOOD THAT'S JUST GOING INTO THE DUMPSTER EVERY
NIGHT. LIKE, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE ARE GONNA GO, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT, AND WE'RE GOING TO
DELIVER IT TO, LIKE, HOMELESS SHELTERS
AND FIRST WE LOAD HER -- HER CAR.
WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE CLOSING THE TRUNK THERE'S SO MUCH BREAD IN
IT AND MY CAR IS EQUALLY AS FULL OF
BREAD. >> Reporter: THEY TRIED TO GIVE
THE BREAD AWAY, BUT THERE WAS TOO MUCH OF IT
IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT THE TWO REALIZED -- WHOOPS
THEY'D MADE A BIG MISTAKE. IN FACT IT WASN'T DAY-OLD BREAD.
>> IT WASN'T - >> Reporter: IT WAS BREAD THAT
THE PUBLIX COMPANY FULLY INTENDED TO SELL TO ITS
CUSTOMERS THE NEXT MORNING >> YEAH.
WE HAD ROBBED PUBLIX OF QUITE A BIT OF BREAD UNINTENTIONALLY
>> Reporter: DID ANYBODY KNOW OTHER THAN THE TWO OF YOU?
>> NO, BUT WE WERE WAITING FOR THE APB TO COME OUT --
[ LAUGHTER ] >> Reporter: BONNIE AND CLYDE --
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: -- HAVE STRUCK
AGAIN. >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: THAT WOMAN WITH THE BIG HEART WHO WANTED TO FEED THE
WORLD, THE TRIATHLETE, THE YOUNG MOTHER, WAS NOW FIGHTING FOR HER
LIFE THE PHONE RANG AGAIN AT THE HOVE
HOUSE. IT WAS CRAIG
THE STRUGGLE WAS OVER. HANNA HAD DIED
>> ALL PARENTS THAT LOSE A CHILD HAS THE SAME BIG GRIEF, LIFELONG
GRIEF. IT'S NEVER GOING TO GO
YOU JUST MISS YOUR CHILD >> Reporter: HANNA, JUST 32,
DIED FROM MASSIVE INTERNAL BLEEDING
SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO SPEAK WITH POLICE TO TELL THEM WHAT
HAPPENED HANNA'S OLD COLLEGE ROOMMATE WAS
PREPARING FOR A PHOTO SHOOT WHEN HANNA'S HUSBAND CALLED
AND WHAT, IN FACT, DID HE TELL YOU WHEN HE CALLED
>> THAT SHE HAD PASSED AWAY. AND HE JUST LET ME CRY ON THE
PHONE. >> Reporter: ANY DETAILS AT THAT
POINT, LIZ >> NOTHING
I DIDN'T ASK I WAS A MESS
I WAS JUST CRYING. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU HEAR
IN HIS VOICE >> HE SOUNDED DEVASTATED TO ME
>> GO ISABELLE, GO >> Reporter: ELIZABETH
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF HANNA'S DAUGHTER ISABELLE.
>> WALK. YAY!
>> Reporter: WHO WOULD NOW GROW UP WITHOUT HER MOTHER.
>> GOOD JOB! HUH OH
>> Reporter: TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT FOR HER, TO HAVE A
CHILD. >> SHE WAS OBSESSED WITH HER
SHE LOVED HER DAUGHTER, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT WAS WHAT LIFE WAS
ABOUT. >> Reporter: EVERYONE ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE OCEAN IN THOSE MOMENTS GRAPPLING WITH SO MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THERE WAS HOPE THE POLICE
INVESTIGATION THAT WAS UNDERWAY >> Reporter: BELGIAN POLICE WERE
INVESTIGATING WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SUICIDE
CRAIG BECKER SAID HIS WIFE HAD LEAPED FROM A 7th FLOOR BEDROOM
WINDOW IN THEIR PENTHOUSE APARTMENT.
CHIEF INSPECTOR ARTHUR SCORRY. >> HE TOLD US THAT HIS WIFE WAS
IN DEPRESSION. AND HE TOLD US THAT THAT NIGHT,
SHE WAS UPSET AND THEN, SHE MIXED WINE AND MEDICINE.
>> Reporter: MIXED WINE WITH SOME MEDICINE.
MY WIFE IS CLINICALLY DEPRESSIVE
WHAT'S MORE, SHE IS USING ALCOHOL IN AN UNWISE FASHION
>> YEAH, THE WAY THAT HE TOLD US COULD BE REALLY -- VERY
REALISTIC. >> Reporter: CRAIG TOLD POLICE
THAT AFTER WORK, THE COUPLE HAD A LASAGNA DINNER TOGETHER.
HE HAD ONE GLASS OF WINE BUT HE SAID HANNA DRANK MUCH
MORE, EVENTUALLY DRAINING THE BOTTLE
AND AT ONE POINT, THE HUSBAND SAID SHE TOOK SOME PILLS
BUT HE WASN'T SURE WHAT KIND OR HOW MANY
THEN LATER, AS THE COUPLE WAS GIVING THEIR DAUGHTER A BATH,
CRAIG SAID HANNA BECAME SO DROWSY, HE TOLD HER TO GO TO
BED. IT WAS ABOUT 8:00 P.M.
SHE WAS WEARING ONLY HER UNDERWEAR AND A T-SHIRT.
WITH HIS WIFE TUCKED AWAY FOR THE NIGHT, HANNA'S HUSBAND SAID
IT WAS ABOUT 50 MINUTES LATER WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE
BEDROOM. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND SAW HIS
WIFE'S LOWER BODY GO OUT THE WINDOW
THAT MEANT SHE WENT HEADFIRST. THE HUSBAND WAS TELLING YOU A
STORY OF SUICIDE THE STEPS THAT LEAD UP TO
SUICIDE. >> YES
>> Reporter: POLICE ALSO NOTED THE UNUSUAL BY AMERICAN
STANDARDS DESIGN OF THE WINDOW ITSELF, HOW IT SWUNG OUT AND
AWAY WITH A MORE-NARROW OPENING AT THE BOTTOM.
SO, THEY REGARDED AN ACCIDENTAL FALL AS UNLIKELY
ON THE FOURTH FLOOR BALCONY DIRECTLY BELOW THE BECKER'S
APARTMENT, THERE WERE SHATTERED FLOWER POTS ON TOP OF A PATIO
TABLE. >> THERE WAS A TABLE ON THE
BALCONY. >> Reporter: SO, SHE FELL ONTO
THE PEOPLE'S BELOW'S - >> YES
>> Reporter: BALCONY >> YES
>> Reporter: AND THEN, CATAPULTED INTO THE STREET
>> YES >> Reporter: OTHER OBSERVATIONS,
HER CELL PHONE IN THE LIVING ROOM
A PARTIALLY OPENED SUITCASE ON THE FLOOR.
AND NEXT TO HER BED, A WINE BOTTLE AND GLASS
>> AND WHEN I GO IN THE ROOM, I SEE THE BOTTLE WAS EMPTY
AND THE GLASS WAS -- THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF WINE IN THE GLASS.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICERS SAY CRAIG, MEANWHILE, WAS
COOPERATIVE. HE SHOWED THEM HIS ARMS, AND THE
POLICE DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SCRATCHES OR INJURIES TO HIS
BODY THE HUSBAND ALSO TURNED OVER THE
UNMARKED BOTTLE THAT CONTAINED THE PILLS HE SAID HANNA TOOK
THAT BOTTLE WAS SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE HOSPITAL.
TO THE COPS ON THE SCENE, IT ALL ADDED UP TO ONE EASY CONCLUSION.
>> FOR US, THE FIRST TIME, WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE HEARD, IT WAS A
SUICIDE. >> Reporter: SO YOU DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS A HOMICIDE? >> NO.
>> Reporter: IN A SURPRISINGLY BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME, ABOUT TWO
HOURS AFTER HANNA'S FALL, THE POLICE INVESTIGATION WAS
CONCLUDED. SUICIDE.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS IN BELGIUM. A JUDGE WAS PHONED THAT NIGHT
AND OFFICIALLY SIGNED OFF ON THE INVESTIGATION.
AT THAT POINT, IS THIS AS WE SAY IN ENGLISH, A CASE CLOSED?
WAS THAT THE END OF THE MATTER >> IN BELGIUM WHEN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CLEAR, YES, THE CASE CLOSED.
>> Reporter: AFTER THE CASE WAS CLOSED, CRAIG OPENED UP ABOUT
SOME OTHER DETAILS OF THE NIGHT TO HIS FAMILY.
HIS SISTER TARA SAYS CRAIG TRIED TO SAVE HANNA BEFORE SHE FELL.
>> CRAIG HEARD HER SCREAM, AND HE RAN TO SEE HER.
AND SHE WAS OUT THE WINDOW >> Reporter: AND WHAT DOES HE
DO >> HE TRIED TO CATCH HER
HE TRIED TO BRING HER BACK BUT WASN'T ABLE TO
>> Reporter: AND CRAIG SAID WHEN HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE HIS
WIFE LAY FATALLY INJURED, SHE SPOKE TO HIM
WHAT DOES CRAIG SEE WHEN HE GETS DOWN THERE
>> HANNA STILL ALIVE AND HE SAID THAT SHE KEPT
SAYING, "I AM SO SORRY PLEASE HELP ME
I LOVE YOU." >> Reporter: AS FOR HANNA'S
PARENTS, TWO DAYS AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER'S DEATH, AND AFTER A
LONG FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA, THEY ARRIVED IN BELGIUM
THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SEE CRAIG ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MILITARY
ESCORTS. THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO KEEP A
WATCH ON CRAIG IN -- >> YEAH, HE -- THEY PUT HIM ON
SUICIDE WATCH BECAUSE IT WAS DEEMED AS --
HANNA HAD JUMPED AS A SUICIDE THING, AND THEREFORE HE, BEING
THE HUSBAND, GRIEVING HUSBAND, HE -- THEY PUT HIM SORT OF
AUTOMATICALLY ON SUICIDE WATCH >> Reporter: THEY GATHERED AT
THE APARTMENT WITH THE SLOPED ROOF TO GRIEVE WITH THEIR
SON-IN-LAW THEN, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT
CHANGED THE CLIMATE OF THE CASE FOREVER.
JOHN WENT LOOKING FOR THE WINDOW WHERE HANNA WENT OUT
>> SO, I WALK INTO THE BEDROOM. I OPEN THE WINDOW, AND I LOOK
DOWN AND I SEE ALL THESE TRACKS,
MARKS, ON THE SHINGLE ROOF SO, I CALL, "HEY, CRAIG, COME
LOOK AT THIS." SO, HE COMES INTO THE DOORWAY OF
THE BEDROOM. I SAY, "HAVE YOU SEEN THESE
MARKS? HE SAID, "NO, I HAVEN'T LOOKED
DOWN." >> Reporter: WHAT HANNA'S DAD
SAW STUNNED HIM, AND IT WOULD MAKE HIM QUESTION EVERYTHING HE
>>> Reporter: WHAT JOHN HOVE SAW OUT HIS DAUGHTER'S WINDOW
RATTLED HIM TO HIS CORE. THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE SCRATCH
MARKS HE OBSERVED ON THE SLOPING ROOF BELOW
TO HANNA'S FATHER THEY LOOKED FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE THE
GROOVES MADE BY SOMEONE CLAWING WITH THEIR HANDS AND LEGS IN A
DESPERATE ACT TO HOLD ON >> THIS IS NOT A PERSON THAT
JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW THIS IS NOT MARKS FROM ANYBODY
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW SO IMMEDIATELY THERE IT'S LIKE,
"NO, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. >> Reporter: SCRATCH MARKS, AS
THOUGH SOMEBODY'S -- >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: -- TRYING TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES?
>> RIGHT >> Reporter: THEN SOMETHING ELSE
CAUGHT THE FATHER'S EYE -- SMALL NAILS STICKING UP FROM THE
SHINGLES, NO LONGER NEATLY NAILED IN.
>> I SAW SEVERAL COPPER NAILS THAT WERE STANDING STRAIGHT UP,
THAT-- THAT HALF-INCH WAS STRAIGHT UP.
IT WAS POINTING UP, AND THEN BENT UP.
>> Reporter: BUT WHAT DID THAT TELL YOU
>> THEY WERE RIGHT IN THE TRACK WHERE HANNA'S HANDS HAD MADE THE
MARKS. >> Reporter: AH.
SO AS SHE WENT DOWN, THEORETICALLY, THIS SLOPING
ROOF, DID HER HANDS CAUSE THESE --
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: -- NAILS TO -
>> SO I SAID, "YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO SEE HER HANDS
IF THIS WAS DONE BY HANNA, AND SHE DID NOT JUMP, SHE WAS
FRANTICALLY TRYING TO HOLD ON AND HER -- THE COPPER NAILS
WOULD HAVE GONE INTO HER HAND AND RIPPED IT ALL AWAY
>> Reporter: THE GRIEVING FATHER HAD GONE INTO AMATEUR DETECTIVE
MODE. JOHN DECIDED HE WOULD GO TO THE
MORGUE AND SEE HIS DAUGHTER'S BODY FOR HIMSELF
WERE THERE, IN FACT, INJURIES TO HER HANDS MADE AS SHE TRIED AND
FAILED TO ARREST HER FALL? HANNA'S MOM, YVONNE, WAS TOTALLY
AGAINST SUCH A MACABRE VISIT >> YVONNE SAID, "REALLY?
DO WE HAVE TO DO THAT? AND I SAID, "WELL, FOR HANNA WE
HAVE TO. >> Reporter: RELUCTANTLY HANNA'S
MOM AGREED BY THEN, THEIR DAUGHTER'S BODY
HAD BEEN MOVED TO A FUNERAL HOME
THE PARENTS ASKED TO INSPECT THEIR DEAD DAUGHTER'S HANDS.
>> THE RESPONSE I GOT FROM THE PROPRIETOR THERE SAID, "NO,
SORRY, WE CANNOT DO THAT." AND I SAID, "IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET HER
HANDS UP LIKE THIS SO I CAN TAKE PHOTOS."
"WELL, LET ME GO AND ASK THE SUPERVISOR, THE MAN IN CHARGE.
AND SHE CAME BACK AFTER FIVE MINUTES AND SAID, "YES, WE CAN
DO THAT. >> Reporter: HANNA'S PARENTS
ENTERED A ROOM WHERE THEIR DAUGHTER'S BODY LAY IN A CASKET.
HER HANDS WERE TURNED UP AND JOHN TOOK SOME PHOTOS.
>> VERY TRAUMATIC. AND THERE WAS THE CUT-UP HANDS
THERE WAS DEEP GOUGES ON BOTH HANDS, STARTING HERE, YOU KNOW,
AND GOING UP AND THE PAIN THAT THAT HAD
CAUSED HER WAS -- MUST HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS
>> Reporter: YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS CAUSED BY HER TRYING TO
CONTROL HER SLIDE DOWN >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: "I DON'T WANT TO GO OFF THIS ROOF.
>> EXACTLY, YEAH >> Reporter: AND THEN JOHN
STARTED TO WONDER ABOUT CRAIG'S ACCOUNT OF SEEING HANNA GO OUT
OUT THE WINDOW >> "I OPEN THE DOOR, I SEE A
HAND, OR A -- MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FOOT, DISAPPEAR OUT THE WINDOW."
>> Reporter: JUST LIKE THAT? HE SEES SOMETHING?
MAYBE IT'S A HAND -- >> YEAH, POOF, JUST LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: -- MAYBE IT'S A FOOT
>> AND I SAID "HAND OR A FOOT? YOU CAN'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE?"
"WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WENT SO FAST."
I SAID, "OKAY, WELL, DID YOU RUSH TO THE WINDOW -- RUN TO THE
WINDOW AND LOOK DOWN?" HE SAID, "NO, NO, NO, NO."
"YOU DIDN'T LOOK DOWN? "NO.
AND SO I SAID, "SO WHAT DID YOU DO THEN?
IF YOU DIDN'T LOOK DOWN, DID YOU -- DID YOU RUN DOWNSTAIRS?
AND HE SAID, "WELL, I TOOK THE ELEVATOR."
"YOU TOOK THE ELEVATOR?' WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN
IT WOULD BE FASTER." >> Reporter: WHEELS WERE TURNING
IN JOHN HOVE'S HEAD. THE SON-IN-LAW'S STORY WASN'T
ADDING UP. AND FORENSICALLY TO HIM THE
SCRATCH MARKS ON THE ROOF DID NOT DESCRIBE A BODY IN FREEFALL.
HAD MONS OFFICIALS RULED TOO QUICKLY THAT HIS DAUGHTER'S
DEATH WAS A SUICIDE? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
QUALITY OF THE BELGIAN INVESTIGATION, JOHN?
>> I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND -- AND THEY JUST CONCLUDED, "OH, THIS LOOKS LIKE SUICIDE
TO US, TOO SHE PROBABLY JUMPED," YOU KNOW
>> Reporter: JOHN STARTED TO PONDER SOMETHING SIMPLY
UNTHINKABLE -- DID CRAIG THROW HANNA OUT THAT WINDOW?
HANNA'S BEST FRIEND IN BELGIUM HAD QUESTIONS, TOO
>> I MET HER AT A BARBECUE FOR MY HUSBAND'S WORKPLACE
>> Reporter: DID YOU THINK, "I MIGHT HAVE A FRIEND HERE"?
>> I DID I LIKED HER RIGHT AWAY
>> Reporter: WITH THIS AMERICAN WOMAN?
IDA BLOMQVIST WAS A DANISH MILIARY WIFE, AND OFFICER
HERSELF. SHE FIRST MET HANNA AT A
MILITARY FUNCTION, AND THEY QUICKLY BECAME VERY CLOSE.
SHE SAYS HANNA HAD SEEMED SO HAPPY -- NOT SUICIDAL -- SO SHE
BECAME SUSPICIOUS. >> I WAS VERY, VERY CONFUSED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGNS >> Reporter: AT ONE POINT IN
PARTICULAR, ANYTHING THAT JUST MADE NO SENSE TO YOU OF THE
VARIOUS ISSUES >> THAT SHE DIDN'T SAY ANY
GOODBYES, THAT SHE DIDN'T -- YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO NOTE.
THERE WAS NO NOTHING >> Reporter: WERE YOU ANGRY WITH
HER? WOULD BE NATURAL
>> I WAS I WAS ANGRY BECAUSE THE WORD,
SUICIDE -- I DON'T LIKE THE WORD
I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A SELFISH
ACT. SO, I WAS ANGRY WITH HER
BUT THEN THE ANGER WENT AWAY BECAUSE I KNEW SHE COULDN'T HAVE
DONE THAT. *
>> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE IDA
HANNA'S DEATH, HER FATHER WAS OVERWHELMED WITH GRIEF
THAT GRIEF CAUSED HIM TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF
HANNA AND CRAIG'S RELATIONSHIP, SEEKING ANY CLUES THAT MAY SHED
LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED REMEMBER HOW CRAIG SURPRISED
HANNA WITH THAT ROMANTIC, BEACH FRONT WEDDING?
WELL, HER PARENTS DIDN'T SEE IT AS A DREAMY, SOFT-FOCUS, MEMORY.
HARDLY THEY WERE TICKED AT HER.
>> WE GOT THAT PHONE CALL. AND HANNA SAID, "HEY, DAD.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I GOT MARRIED.
AND I SAID, "WHAT? "YEAH, TEN DAYS AGO.
"WHAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE, COMPLETE
SHOCK. AND I SAID, "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
WHAT'S GOING ON? IS CRAIG THERE
PUT CRAIG ON THE PHONE, LET ME TALK TO HIM.
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S GOING ON, CRAIG?
YOU GET -- YOU'RE MARRYING OUR DAUGHTER, YOU DIDN'T EVEN TALK
TO US? AND THAT WAS THE FIRST SIGN
OF -- I HAD A SENSE THAT HE WANTED TO CONTROL THE SITUATION
AND NOT BE CONTROLLED. >> Reporter: HANNA'S FRIEND
JASON SAYS FROM THE BEGINNING HE ALSO SAW TROUBLING SIGNS IN THE
RELATIONSHIP HE FELT CRAIG TRIED TO ISOLATE
HER FROM LOVED ONES. >> SHE TOLD ME HE WAS VERY
POSSESSIVE, VERY JEALOUS AND HE TENDED TO NOT TREAT HER
FRIENDS WELL OR RESPECTFULLY >> Reporter: HE WANTED YOUR NOSE
OUT OF THE TENT, HUH >> THAT'S THE FEELING THAT I
DEFINITELY GOT THAT SHE WAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF POLICING HERSELF FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: JASON REMEMBERS HIS ONCE FREQUENT CALLS WITH HANNA
SLOWLY DRYING TO A TRICKLE YET, JASON ALSO KNEW HOW ALONE
HIS FRIEND FELT BECAUSE CRAIG CONTINUED TO VOLUNTEER FOR
OVERSEAS COMBAT TOURS. HE'S A MILITARY GUY.
HE'S NOT IN THE HOUSE VERY MUCH. HE'S GONE A LOT.
WAS HANNA BECOMING A LONELY WOMAN, DO YOU THINK?
>> I DEFINITELY THINK -- YEAH, I MEAN, HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE
CONSIDERATION TO MAYBE DECLINE DEPLOYMENT AND, YOU KNOW, SPEND
SOME TIME WITH THIS WOMAN. >> Reporter: FIVE YEARS INTO
THEIR MARRIAGE, HANNA CONFIDED TO FRIENDS THAT HER LONELINESS
HAD LED HER TO MAKE A MISTAKE SHE LATER REGRETTED.
IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVED TO BELGIUM
AND IT INVOLVED ONE OF HER HUSBAND'S BUDDIES.
>> SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD HAD THE AFFAIR WITH CRAIG'S FRIEND
>> Reporter: SHE WAS SLEEPING WITH HIM
>> UH-HUH. SHE DEFINITELY HAD REGRETS ABOUT
HAVING DONE IT SHE DID FEEL VERY GUILTY ABOUT
THE SITUATION. >> Reporter: DID YOU SAY TO YOUR
FRIEND, "LOOK, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THIS
MARRIAGE TOGETHER" >> I ASKED HER, "WHAT ARE YOU
GONNA DO?" AND SHE TOLD ME, "IT'S REALLY
BAD. >> Reporter: REALLY BAD, HUH
>> IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD. >> SHE SAYS, "I MADE SOME
MISTAKES RECENTLY. AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO TRY TO
ATONE FOR THEM." >> Reporter: SHE'S REFERRING TO
THE AFFAIR THAT SHE HAD? >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: IT WAS AFTER THEY MOVED OVERSEAS THAT CRAIG
LEARNED OF THE EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONSHIP
HE SAW A MESSAGE ON HIS WIFE'S LAPTOP
CRAIG'S FRIEND, RANDY. DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAD AN
AFFAIR WITH HIS FRIEND >> CRAIG TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
HE WAS UPSET, YOU KNOW, AS TO BE EXPECTED
HE WAS SHOCKED AND HURT AND TAKEN BACK BY THAT
>> Reporter: IF CRAIG HAD BEEN CONTROLLING BEFORE, JASON SAYS
IT ONLY GOT WORSE ONCE CRAIG LEARNED OF THE AFFAIR.
>> SHE CALLS ME, AND SHE'S TELLING ME ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH ME
>> Reporter: WITH YOU? >> YEAH.
BECAUSE SHE CAN'T HAVE MY NUMBER IN HER CELL PHONE BECAUSE CRAIG
IS POLICING HER CELL PHONE AT THIS POINT
>> Reporter: AND, "WHO'S THIS," KIND OF THING?
>> YEAH. HE REALLY OBJECTS TO HER HAVING
ANY MEN IN HER CELL PHONE. >> Reporter: BUT AS YOU SAY,
"YOU'RE GAY, YOU'RE NOT A ROMANTIC THREAT TO HIM."
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: TO HIS CLAIM ON HER
OR WHATEVER. >> EXACTLY
>> Reporter: WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THAT, JASON?
WHAT'S GOING ON? >> I WAS LIKE, THIS IS NOT
NORMAL >> Reporter: AND THE MARITAL
CLIMATE DIDN'T IMPROVE WHILE THE COUPLE WAS LIVING IN BELGIUM
IDA, HER CLOSEST FRIEND THERE, REMEMBERS LIKING HANNA
IMMEDIATELY, BUT SHE NEVER REALLY WARMED UP TO CRAIG.
>> IT WAS WHEN HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE.
HE MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY OWN HOME.
>> Reporter: HOW COULD THAT BE >> I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS KIND OF THE WAY HE CARRIED HIMSELF OR THE WAY HE
LOOKED AT THINGS OR JUST HIS POSTURE.
>> Reporter: LIKE, YOU WEREN'T MEASURING UP TO HIS STANDARDS.
>> EXACTLY >> Reporter: THEN, THERE WAS
THAT ONE UNFORGETTABLE AND WHAT IDA FELT WAS AN UNFORGIVEABLE
INCIDENT IT CHANGED HER OPINION OF CRAIG
FOREVER. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> VIDEOTAPING YOU >> Reporter: HANNA WANTED TO
SURPRISE HER HUSBAND BY MAKING SOME DRAPES FOR THEIR PENTHOUSE.
>> AM I SUPPOSED TO LIKE YOU'RE VIDEOTAPING?
>> Reporter: SO EXCITED TO SHOW HIM HER CREATION
SHE RECORDED THE MOMENT HE FIRST SAW THEM
>> I THINK IT'S LOOKS [ BLEEP ] TERRIBLE
I THINK IT'S THE MOST HIDEOUS FABRIC I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY
ENTIRE LIFE. AND I WANT TO -- I WANT TO TAKE
THEM DOWN IMMEDIATELY. >> HE THOUGHT THEY WERE HIDEOUS.
>> WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? I [ BLEEP ] HATE IT.
THEY LOOK LIKE [ BLEEP ] THEY'RE HORRIBLE
>> Reporter: HOW DISAPPOINTED WAS SHE?
>> VERY DISAPPOINTED SHE HAD PUT SUCH EFFORT INTO
THIS SHE HAD WENT TO -- TO THE STORE
TO BUY THE FABRIC. >> I'M SURE THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS
WONDERFUL, BUT WHATEVER [ BLEEP ] UP COLORS THAT YOU AND
YOUR FRIEND PICKED OUT MAKE ME WANT TO THROW UP IN MY MOUTH
>> IN THE VIDEO, HE REFERRED TO ME AS, "YOUR FRIEND.
I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME. >> Reporter: YOU DIDN'T HAVE A
NAME, JUST - >> NO, I WAS JUST A FRIEND
SHE HAD SPENT A WHOLE DAY AT MY HOUSE MAKING THE DRAPES.
AND SHE HAD HUNG THEM HERSELF, AND THEN SHE WAS VERY
DISAPPOINTED >> Reporter: WAS THAT A MOMENT
IN THE MARRIAGE WHERE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT CRAIG
AND HANNAH >> HE SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER THAT
IN A NICER WAY THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE THEM.
IT WASN'T A PLACE THEY WERE GOING SPEND THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES LIVING IN, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO IN A
MARRIAGE THERE ARE COMPROMISES.
>> Reporter: THAT VIDEO LATER MADE HANNA'S DAD WONDER WHAT
ELSE WAS TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN HIS DAUGHTER'S
RELATIONSHIP
DEATH, CRAIG AND HANNA'S RELATIONSHIP WAS RIPPED AND TORN
ON THE ROCKS HANNA HAD HOPES A FAMILY
CHRISTMAS TRIP BACK HOME TO FLORIDA COULD HELP HEAL HER
MARRIAGE HER FATHER JOHN RECALLS THE
VISIT. >> IT WAS VERY TENSE ALREADY
WHEN THEY ARRIVED. >> Reporter: WHAT WAS THE ISSUE?
>> WELL, THE ISSUE WAS THAT -- HE WAS STILL UPSET ABOUT HER
AFFAIR, AND YOU KNOW, SHE WAS BLAMING HIM FOR NOT PAYING
ATTENTION TO HER AND THEY ARGUED ABOUT IT,
OPENLY >> Reporter: IN FRONT OF YOU
>> YEAH. TO THE POINT WHERE HE ACTUALLY
FIRST SUGGESTED, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO TO A HOTEL
I CAN'T PUT UP WITH THIS ANYMORE.
I SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, CRAIG? THAT'S A GOOD IDEA."
HE LEFT FOR A HOTEL, AND HE SAID, "I'M GOING REBOOK MY
TICKET, I'M GOING BACK TO BELGIUM.
>> Reporter: CRAIG FLEW HOME ALONE.
IT WAS THEN THAT HANNA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS SAT HER DOWN,
INTERVENTION STYLE, AND BLUNTLY ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HER
MARRIAGE >> SHE TELLS ME THAT HE HAD BEEN
EMOTIONALLY ABUSIVE ALMOST THE ENTIRE RELATIONSHIP.
THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY CONTROLLING.
AND THAT THIS HAD ALL JUST BEEN A MISTAKE.
AND SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE HIM AND I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE HIM." >> Reporter: AND DON'T GO BACK
TO BELGIUM >> YEAH.
DON'T GO BACK TO BELGIUM >> WE'RE PLEADING WITH HER EVERY
DAY, "PLEASE, HANNA, STAY. STAY HERE, GET A JOB HERE.
I MEAN, LET -- COOL DOWN AT LEAST STAY FOR SIX MONTHS,
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK.
>> Reporter: BUT AGAINST ADVICE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HANNA
DECIDED TO RETURN TO EUROPE WITH BABY ISABELLE.
SHE WANTED TO KEEP HER COMMITMENT TO THE MARRIAGE
>> THAT IF SHE WOULDN'T GO BACK, IT WOULD SHINE A BAD LIGHT ON
HER, THAT SHE'S GIVEN UP, THAT SHE COULDN'T HANDLE THE
SITUATION. >> Reporter: DOES THIS GO BACK
TO HER BEING THE TOUGHEST SWIMMER IN THE POOL, AND THE
TOUGHEST ATHLETE ON THE -- >> I THINK SO.
>> Reporter: TRIATHLETE COURSE >> I THINK SO.
THAT, "I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. I'M GONNA FINISH THIS.
YOU KNOW "I'M GOING -- I'M GOING TO DO
THIS I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK.
>> Reporter: HANNA GOT A NEW JOB WORKING AT THE BASE YOUTH
CENTER BUT WHEN IT CAME TO THE
MARRIAGE, HANNA AND CRAIG THREW IN THE TOWEL
EIGHT MONTHS AFTER RETURNING TO BELGIUM, THEY BOTH REALIZED THEY
COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK. BY THE SUMMER OF 2015, THE
MARRIAGE WAS ALL BUT HISTORY CRAIG AND HANNA WERE SHARING AN
APARTMENT BUT SLEEPING IN SEPARATE BEDROOMS.
A DIVORCE WAS IN THE WORKS HANNA, MEANWHILE, HAD STRUCK UP
A RELATIONSHIP WITH A GUY AT WORK NAMED CHRIS
HE WAS THE MAINTENANCE MAN THERE, AND HE WAS GOING TO HELP
HANNA MOVE HER STUFF WHEN SHE AND CRAIG FINALLY BROKE UP
CRAIG, ACCORDING TO HER FRIENDS, DID NOT LIKE THE NEW BOYFRIEND
CRAIG, DID NOT APPROVE OF HIM AT ALL?
>> NO, APPARENTLY NOT. >> Reporter: HE WAS BEING
REPLACED BY THIS NEW GUY AND HIS STATION IN LIFE.
WELL, HE WAS A MAINTENANCE GUY, A JANITOR.
>> YEAH, HE WAS A JANITOR. >> Reporter: DID THAT NOT ADD UP
TO CRAIG >> NO.
HIS STANDARDS? NO
>> Reporter: NO MATTER, IT SEEMED HANNA HAD TAKEN HER LUMPS
AND WAS READY TO START THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HER LIFE.
AT WORK, SHE ATTENDED A LUNCHEON WITH HER COLLEAGUES JUST HOURS
BEFORE HER DEATH HER SUPERVISOR,
MARY-LOUISE MANNING, SAYS SHE SEEMED HAPPY
>> SHE WAS REALLY IN GOOD SPIRITS.
SHE HAD JUST -- BECAUSE THE DIVORCE WAS PROGRESSING, AND SHE
HAD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND SHE HAD FOUND ANOTHER ONE AND SHE HAD JUST SIGNED A LEASE
ON THAT APARTMENT, AND SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED FOR THE NEXT STEP.
IN FACT, HANNA SIGNED A LEASE FOR THAT NEW APARTMENT ON THE
DAY SHE DIED >> SHE WAS STARTING A NEW LIFE
SHE FOUND FURNITURE FOR HER APARTMENT ONLINE
>> Reporter: SHE JUST SIGNED THE PAPERS FOR THE APARTMENT
>> YEAH, SHE SIGNED THE LEASE ON THE VERY SAME DAY AND SHE WAS
GOING TO CHINA >> Reporter: HANNA HAD A
LONG-PLANNED TRIP TO MEET HER DAD IN CHINA
HER FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE THE DAY AFTER SHE DIED
AND IT APPEARED SHE WAS GETTING READY.
REMEMBER, POLICE TOOK A PHOTO OF LUGGAGE ON HER APARTMENT FLOOR
THAT NIGHT >> SHE WAS GOING TO COME MEET ME
THERE. AND THEN WE -- AFTER TWO DAYS,
SHE WAS GOING TO GO BACK >> Reporter: THAT'S KIND OF
EXCITING >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: FOR HANNA'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HER ACTIONS THOSE
LAST FEW HOURS OF HER LIFE DIDN'T ADD UP TO SOMEONE WHO WAS
SUICIDAL AND HER DAD ESPECIALLY COULDN'T
STOP THINKING ABOUT THOSE IMAGES ENGRAVED IN HIS MIND
THE LONG MARKS ON THE ROOF BENEATH HIS DAUGHTER'S WINDOW.
>> IN MY VIEW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THIS IS CREATED BY SOMEBODY
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOW >> Reporter: JOHN FELT THE MARKS
COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MADE BY SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY JUMPING,
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE UNUSUAL WAY THE WINDOW OPENED.
>> SO, YOU HAVE TO CRAWL OUT UNDER THE WINDOW, AND THEN YOU
HAVE TO LET YOURSELF GO, ROLLING OR, PERHAPS YOU COULD CLOSE THE
WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE AND STAND UP AND JUMP
EITHER WAY, YOU WOULDN'T MAKE THE MARKS THAT I SAW RIGHT
THERE. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHEN JOHN
CONCLUDED HIS SON-IN-LAW WAS LYING TO HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE
DID YOU THINK HE HAD KILLED HER? >> YES, YEAH
>> Reporter: DID YOU - >> I WAS CONVINCED
>> Reporter: WERE YOU OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY, FOR REASONS
UNKNOWN, THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT?
THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE JUMPED HERSELF?
>> VERY REMOTE >> Reporter: REMOTE, PERHAPS
BUT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. BECAUSE HANNA HAD TALKED ABOUT
>> Reporter: SHE WAS ONLY 32 YEARS OLD
AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS A DEVOTED, LOVING MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER
ISABELLE >> GOOD JOB.
>> Reporter: FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS OF HANNA STARTED
QUESTIONING WHETHER SHE WOULD TAKE HER OWN LIFE AND SPECULATED
ABOUT SOMETHING GRUESOME HAD HER HUSBAND THROWN HER OUT
THE WINDOW BUT EVEN THOSE CLOSE TO HANNA
COULDN'T DISCOUNT HER COMPLICATED MENTAL HEALTH
HISTORY. WHEN SHE WAS IN HER EARLY 20s,
HANNA STRUGGLED TO KEEP WEIGHT ON
AND AFTER A BAD BREAK-UP WITH A BOYFRIEND HER PROBLEM GOT WORSE.
JASON WAS HER ROOMMATE AT THE TIME
WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT GOT TRIGGERED
>> SHE'S A LITTLE DEPRESSED BECAUSE OF HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP
SORT OF PANNED OUT, FOR SURE LIKE, SHE INVESTED A LOT IN IT
AND SHE'S NOT REALLY EATING ENOUGH
SHE'S NOT EATING HEALTHFULLY >> Reporter: YOU THOUGHT SHE HAD
AN EATING DISORDER >> SHE DEFINITELY DID AT THIS
POINT. SHE WAS TOO THIN
SHE WAS UNDERWEIGHT. SHE WAS PROBABLY UNDER
100 POUNDS AND SHE'S MAYBE 5'8" OR 5'9"
>> Reporter: THEN, ONE NIGHT, HER WORLD SEEMED TO COLLAPSE
IT HAPPENED WHEN HER PARENTS WERE AT HER AND JASON'S
APARTMENT FOR DINNER >> SHE HAS MAYBE TWO GLASSES OF
WINE, AND ON HER SECOND GLASS OF WINE, SHE'S JUST CLEARLY
INEBRIATED AND WE -- YOU KNOW, EITHER HER
FATHER OR I BROACHED THE TOPIC OF HER EATING DISORDER, HER
ANOREXIA AND WE'RE LIKE, YOU'RE TOO THIN.
AND SHE FLIES OFF THE HANDLE AND IS JUST REALLY UPSET
AND SHE SAYS AT ONE POINT THAT SHE IS -- "MAYBE I SHOULD JUST
KILL MYSELF. >> Reporter: "I'D LIKE TO KILL
MYSELF." >> YEAH, AND SHE WAS LIKE,
"WELL, MAYBE I DO. >> Reporter: DID YOU THINK SHE
WAS SERIOUS? DID YOU THINK THAT SHE MIGHT
HAVE KILLED HERSELF? >> I DIDN'T.
I MEAN, I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE IF WE HADN'T HAVE HAD THE
INTERVENTION >> THE RIGHT THING IS TO HAND
THIS OVER TO SOMEBODY PROFESSIONAL
AND SO YOU START WITH CALLING 9-1-1.
AND BASICALLY I SAID,"I, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE WITH MY DAUGHTER
AND SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE."
AND THEN - >> Reporter: YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER THAT WAS A FACT OR YOU --
>> NO, NO. >> Reporter: DIDN'T WANT TO
FIND -- YOU DIDN'T WANT TO FIND OUT, CERTAINLY
>> BUT -- EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, YOU -- HOW SERIOUS IS
THIS, YOU KNOW >> Reporter: HANNA WAS
VOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO A HOSPITAL
SHE WAS RELEASED AFTER A FEW DAYS
>> THEY DEEMED THAT SHE'S NO HARM TO HERSELF.
SHE'S NOT SICK OR ILL, OR -- YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO ANY
FURTHER. >> Reporter: LATER, JASON SAYS
HANNA TOLD HIM SHE FELT LIKE HER OLD SELF
>> SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, "I REALIZED MY LIFE WASN'T THAT
BAD. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD
AND I HAD A LOT TO LIVE FOR. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I LET
MYSELF GET TO THE STATE THAT I LET MYSELF GET TO.
>> Reporter: AS THE YEARS WENT BY, HANNA GAINED BACK HER WEIGHT
AND SEEMED TO BE IN ALL TOGETHER BETTER SPIRITS, EVENTUALLY, OF
COURSE, MARRYING CRAIG BUT BEORE THEY MOVED TO BELGIUM,
CRAIG GROUSED TO HIS FRIEND RANDY THAT HIS WIFE HAD AN
ALCOHOL PROBLEM. >> I KNOW HE WAS VERY UPSET WITH
HER DRINKING, BEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT -- YOU KNOW, INEBRIATED
PRETTY HEAVILY AND VERY REGULARLY.
SO THAT BOTHERED HIM A LOT >> Reporter: SO WE ALL KNOW
THERE'S KIND OF GRADATIONS OF BEING A BAD DRUNK.
WERE YOU HEARING STORIES ABOUT HER BEING A SLOPPY, EMBARRASSING
DRUNK? MAKING A SCENE
>> YEAH. SO THAT WAS PART OF WHAT UPSET
CRAIG IS THAT HE WOULD BE EMBARRASSED TO BE AROUND HER
WHEN SHE GOT THAT WAY AND FELT LIKE HE COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE
WITH HER >> Reporter: AND HANNA'S
EMOTIONAL STATE SEEMED AT TIMES TO GO UP AND DOWN.
AS IN THE INSTANCE WHEN HER OLD COLLEGE ROOMMATE HAD A CHANCE
ENCOUNTER WITH HER AT AN AIRPORT.
>> I WALKED UP TO THE GATE AND THERE'S MY FRIEND, HER HUSBAND,
AND A BABY >> Reporter: THE UNEXPECTED
MEETING HAPPENED DURING THAT VISIT THE FAMILY MADE BACK TO
THE STATES FROM BELGIUM. ABOUT TEN MONTHS BEFORE HANNA'S
DEATH. ELIZABETH WAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT
AS THE FAMILY AND CRAIG MADE HER AN OFFER TOO GOOD TO PASS UP
>> IMMEDIATELY CRAIG WENT AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS GIVING ME
HIS SEAT AND SO THEY WERE IN FIRST CLASS,
SO I WENT AND SAT WITH HER >> Reporter: LUCKY YOU
YOU'RE IN FIRST WITH YOUR FRIEND
>> I KNOW. SO THAT WE COULD CATCH UP.
AND HE SAT IN MY SEAT IN THE BACK
>> Reporter: ELIZABETH SAYS HANNA OPENED UP AND SHARED SHE
WAS TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDICINES THAT MADE HER FEEL NOT
LIKE HERSELF >> SHE FELT THAT THE MEDICATION
THAT SHE WAS ON WASN'T CORRECT AND THAT SHE FELT -- SHE USED
THE WORD ZOMBIE A LOT. THAT SHE HAD -- WAS BASICALLY A
ZOMBIE AND THAT IF SHE - >> Reporter: WHERE WAS SHE WITH
HER EMOTIONAL WELL BEING WHAT'D YOU THINK WAS GOING ON?
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAD SEEN HER IN A STATE THAT I
WOULD CALL UNSTABLE. >> Reporter: UNSTABLE.
>> I DID NOT SEE HER AS THE HANNA THAT I KNEW.
>> Reporter: ELIZABETH CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MEDICATIONS HER
FRIEND TOLD HER SHE HAD BEEN TAKING, BUT HANNA HAD MULTIPLE
PRESCRIPTIONS TO TREAT SEVERE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
ON THAT PLANE ELIZABETH SAYS SHE NO LONGER RECOGNIZED THE PERSON
SITTING NEXT TO HER. >> Reporter: WHAT HAD CHANGED,
LIZ? >> WELL, ONE, THERE WAS A LOT OF
DRINKING IN A 45-MINUTE FLIGHT BUT, TWO, IT WAS JUST SHE JUST
WASN'T HERSELF IT FELT LIKE A SHELL OF WHO SHE
WAS. >> Reporter: IN HINDSIGHT,
CRAIG'S SISTER TARA SAYS SHE NOW FEELS HANNA NEVER GOT THE
SUPPORT SHE NEEDED HANNA'S MENTAL STABILITY, HER
MENTAL HEALTH, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT HER?
>> HANNA WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN, A WONDERFUL HUMAN.
BUT I THINK SHE FELL PREY TO THE FACT THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE
DIAGNOSES MAYBE THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE
THE MENTAL HEALTH HELP THAT SHE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD
>> Reporter: AND TARA THINKS IT'S POSSIBLE HANNA'S PAST
PROBLEMS REARED THEIR HEAD AGAIN BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING THROUGH
THE STRESS OF DIVORCE AND STARTING A NEW LIFE.
>> IF YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
THINGS CAN CHANGE AT THE DROP OF A HAT.
>> Reporter: HMM, AND YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THERE
>> I DO. >> Reporter: HANNA'S DAD
STRONGLY DISAGREED HE FELT HANNA HAD PUT THOSE
>> Reporter: IT'S CALLED S.H.A.P.E., OR SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER WORKED, AND SO DID
POLICE INSPECTOR CLAUDE CLOOSEN. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A BELGIAN
FEDERAL POLICE STATION LOCATED ON THE BASE, AND WITHIN 48 HOURS
AFTER HANNA'S DEATH, AN AMERICAN MAJOR WALKED IN WITH AN UNUSUAL
STORY. >> A MAJOR CAME IN OUR OFFICE
AND SAID THAT MR. BECKER TOOK PILLS OUT OF A DRAWER WHERE HE
USED TO WORK IN THE OFFICE >> Reporter: HE HAD GONE TO
RETRIEVE FROM HIS OLD DESK - >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: -- THESE PILLS. >> AND THE FACT THAT HE CAME, WE
FOUND IT A LITTLE BIT SUSPICIOUS
>> Reporter: THE MAJOR SAID LIEUTENANT BECKER CAME BACK TO
RETRIEVE A BAG OF PINK PILLS FROM A DESK HE ONCE USED
THE MAJOR ALSO SAID HE WAS AWARE THAT HANNA HAD JUST DIED AND
THOUGHT HE SHOULD TELL SOMEONE ABOUT THOSE MYSTERIOUS PILLS
INSPECTOR CLOOSEN DECIDED HE SHOULD LET A MAGISTRATE OR JUDGE
KNOW THIS NEW INFORMATION. >> AND THIS MAGISTRATE SAID, "WE
WILL HAVE AN AUTOPSY DONE. >> Reporter: AN AUTOPSY.
HANNA'S BODY WAS TO BE CREMATED. BUT THE JUDGE PUT A STOP TO
THAT RATHER, HANNA'S BODY WAS SENT
INSTEAD TO A CORONER AS A FEDERAL AGENT, CLOOSEN HAD
NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE LOCAL INVESTIGATION THAT CONCLUDED
HANNA DIED BY SUICIDE. BUT AFTER A STREAM OF VISITORS
STARTED SHOWING UP AT HIS STATION, HE NOW FOUND HIMSELF ON
THE CASE YOU HAD MORE PEOPLE DROP INTO
YOUR OFFICE, DIDN'T YOU, WITH STORIES TO TELL?
>> WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEY CAME TO TELL US, IT'S NOT
LOGICAL THAT SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
PROBLEM. >> Reporter: EVENTUALLY HANNA'S
PARENTS ALSO WENT TO THE INSPECTOR'S OFFICE BRINGING WITH
THEM THOSE PHOTOS OF THE SCRATCHED-UP ROOF TILES AND
THEIR CONVICTION THAT THEIR SON-IN-LAW WAS BEHIND HANNA'S
DEATH. HANNA'S FRIEND IDA ALSO SHOWED
UP >> I FELT I WAS GOING TO DO IT
FOR HANNA AND ESPECIALLY FOR ISABELLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT HER GROWING UP THINKING THAT HER MOTHER CHOSE NOT TO BE
HER MOTHER BUT CHOSE TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
>> Reporter: SO, WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE POLICE?
"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE BUT I DON'T LIKE WHAT I'M
HEARING ABOUT THIS?" >> I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT
HANNA'S HUSBAND HAD TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE ABOUT THE SUICIDE AND
HER KILLING HERSELF. >> Reporter: ANOTHER ARRIVAL
SOMEONE ELSE WHO ALSO HAD CONCERNS
HANNA'S NEW BOYFRIEND FROM WORK. WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY?
>> HE CAME TO THE OFFICE AND SAID THAT HE -- THEY HAD
RELATION TOGETHER. AND THAT HE WANTED TO GIVE ALL
THE TEXT MESSAGES HE HAS IN HIS PHONE.
>> Reporter: HE HAD A STORY TOLD BY HIS PHONE
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: ON THE MORNING SHE
DIED, HANNA AND HER BOYFRIEND EXCHANGED TEXT MESSAGES.
IN ONE HANNA SAID, "OH AND BY THE WAY, I LOVE YOU, CHRISTOPHER
LAMAR, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT MAKES YOU SQUIRM WHEN I SAY IT."
CHRIS RESPONDED, "XXX IT DOES NOT MAKE ME SQUIRM
JUST GETTING USED TO IT. I BELIEVE EVERY WORD."
BUT THAT SAME NIGHT, THE MESSAGES TURNED UNSETTLING AND
DARK AT 8:37 P.M., ABOUT 13 MINUTES
BEFORE HANNA'S FALL FROM THE WINDOW, HER BOYFRIEND RECEIVED
THIS MESSAGE - "CRAIG IS BEING SO DAMN SWEET
AND IT IS CONFUSING. I LOVE HIM AND I LOVE YOU.
I HAVE THE SWEETEST LITTLE BABY WITH HIM
HE WAS AN 'A-HOLE' BUT NOW HE'S CHANGED.
41 SECONDS LATER, "AND HE DOESN'T WANT ME ANYMORE BECAUSE
HE KNOWS I'VE BEEN WITH U. THE FINAL MESSAGE, ABOUT
TEN MINUTES BEFORE HER FALL WAS THIS
"I F'IN HATE MY LIFE!" THE PHONE RECORDS KIND OF A
HISTORY OF THE LAST HOURS OF HER LIFE, HUH?
>> YEAH. EXACTLY.
>> Reporter: CLOOSEN, NOW RETIRED, WAS A 39-YEAR POLICE
VETERAN. AND AS HE STARTED TO DO SOME
DIGGING, HE NOTICED SOMEONE ELSE HAD COME IN TO TALK TO ONE OF
HIS COLLEAGUES TWO DAYS BEFORE HANNA DIED
IT WAS HER HUSBAND CRAIG >> HE JUST CAME TO THE OFFICE IN
ORDER TO EXPLAIN THAT HE WILL SEPARATE OF HIS WIFE
AND THAT HE DIDN'T WANT THE FRIEND OF HIS WIFE COME INTO HIS
APARTMENT TO DO THE MOVING >> Reporter: CRAIG SAID HE
DIDN'T LIKE THAT HANNA'S NEW BOYFRIEND CHRIS HAD BEEN TO THE
APARTMENT AND HAD MOVED OUT SOME OF HER PERSONAL THINGS
SO INSPECTOR, LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER COMES AND HIS FIRST POINT
IS, "I THINK MY WIFE'S NEW BOYFRIEND IS BAD NEWS.
I WANT YOU TO TELL HIM TO STAY AWAY."
BUT HE ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS WIFE, DIDN'T HE?
>> HE WANTED TO -- ALSO TO EXPLAIN TO MY COLLEAGUE THAT HIS
WIFE HAD PROBLEM WITH ALCOHOL AND MEDICATION
THAT IS, HER BEHAVIOR WAS NOT PROPER
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE REPORT THAT WAS FILED, CRAIG
SAID HIS WIFE "DRANK BETWEEN HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF A
BOTTLE OF WINE ALONE FIVE DAYS A WEEK."
THE OFFICER THEN NOTED, "WE ASKED HIM WHAT HE WANTED OUR
POLICE TO DO AND HE REPEATED TWO OR THREE TIMES THAT THE ONLY
THING HE WANTED WAS A WRITTEN RECORD OF COMING TO OUR OFFICE."
LIEUTENANT BECKER COMES IN, MAKES HIS COMPLAINT.
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO WITH IT
>> IT WASN'T A COMPLAINT HE JUST WANTED A TRACE THAT HE
HAD BEEN AT THE POLICE STATION >> Reporter: FOUR DAYS AFTER
HANNA'S DEATH, JOHN WAS AT THE COUPLE'S APARTMENT WHEN HE
LEARNED THE POLICE HAD REOPENED THE CASE
>> WE'RE IN THE APARTMENT, AND THERE IS SORT OF A RING ON THE
TELECOM. AND THEY SAY, "IT'S THE POLICE,
WE'D LIKE TO COME UP." AND I THINK THERE WAS A TOTAL OF
10 OR 12 DETECTIVES. THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER
THERE WAS TECHNICIANS. >> Reporter: AND THIS IS THE
FIRST REAL ATTEMPT TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION?
>> YES SO BASICALLY EVERYBODY SITS
STILL. "WHO'S CRAIG BECKER?
IDENTIFIED HIM AND THEY SAID, "OKAY, WE START
AN INVESTIGATION IN THE DEATH OF YOUR WIFE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DETAIN YOU FOR INTERROGATION.
>> AND WE STARTED THE SEARCH WITH THE CRIMINAL POLICE
AND WE HAVE SEIZED A LOT OF THINGS
SO THE PHONES, COMPUTERS AND SO ON
>> Reporter: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, CRAIG WAS CALLED IN
MULTIPLE TIMES TO BE INTERVIEWED BY DETECTIVES.
AND THEN FIVE MONTHS AFTER HANNA'S DEATH, LIEUTENANT BECKER
WAS CALLED IN FOR ANOTHER TALK THIS TIME THERE WAS A
MAGISTRATE, OR JUDGE, PRESENT. >> WE ASKED HIM IF HE KILLED HIS
WIFE HE SAID, "NO, NO, NO, NO."
AND THE MAGISTRATE SAID, "MR. BECKER, YOU'RE LYING.
I DELIVER YOU AN ARREST WARRANT.
>> Reporter: AND HE WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER BY BELGIAN
AUTHORITIES. >> SHE SAID MURDER WITH
PREMEDITATION. >> Reporter: PREMEDITATION
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: POLICE ACCUSED
CRAIG OF METICULOUSLY PLANNING HIS WIFE'S MURDER, THEN TRYING
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE WITH CRAIG NOW UNDER ARREST,
ANOTHER CRISIS WAS ABOUT TO ERUPT THAT INVOLVED BABY
>> Reporter: BUILT IN THE 1800s, IT'S ONE OF BELGIUM'S OLDEST
PRISONS. AND AFTER HIS ARREST IN 2016,
THE PLACE WHERE LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER RESIDED
HE'D BEEN CONSIDERED A FLIGHT RISK, SO HE WAS HELD WITHOUT
BOND HIS SISTER TARA.
WHAT DOES HE TELL YOU? STORIES ABOUT WHAT HIS
CONDITIONS WERE, WHERE THEY PUT HIM?
>> ABHORRENT I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RIOT
DURING HIS TIME THERE AND HE WAS NOT GIVEN ACCESS TO FAMILY,
FRIENDS, COUNSEL BECAUSE OF THAT RIOT
>> Reporter: WITH CRAIG BEHIND BARS, SOMEONE NEEDED TO CARE FOR
BABY ISABELLE, AND THAT IGNITED A NEW CRISIS
>> MY MOM WENT OUT TO BELGIUM AS PER CRAIG'S WISHES TO GET
ISABELLE AND THERE WAS A BACK AND FORTH
AND A FIGHT TO GET ISABELLE. >> Reporter: HANNA'S PARENTS GOT
WORD FROM A FRIEND THAT THE PLAN WAS FOR BECKER'S MOTHER TO BRING
ISABELLE BACK TO THE U.S >> WE'VE HEARD THAT THE MOTHER
IS GOING TO GIVE THE CHILD TO ONE OF BECKER'S BUDDIES IN
NORFOLK OR SOMEWHERE IN VIR VIRGINIA
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS -- SOUNDED HORRENDOUS
WE'RE BLOOD RELATIVES HERE, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF HER
IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF HER, WE CERTAINLY CAN
>> Reporter: JOHN IMMEDIATELY HAD HIS ATTORNEY CALL BELGIAN
AUTHORITIES WHO SPRANG INTO ACTION AND PUT OUT AN ALERT.
SO KIND OF AN APB? ALL POINTS BULLETIN?
>> YES >> Reporter: STOP A WOMAN WITH A
SMALL CHILD. >> YES
>> Reporter: CRAIG'S MOM WAS STOPPED AT THE FRANKFURT,
GERMANY, AIRPORT WHERE SHE AND ISABELLE WERE MAKING A
CONNECTING FLIGHT BACK TO THE U.S.
>> ISABELLE WAS TAKEN AWAY BY GERMAN DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES, OVERNIGHT. SO, SHE WAS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY
WITH PEOPLE SHE DIDN'T KNOW. >> Reporter: ISABELLE WAS
RETURNED TO BELGIUM WHERE SHE WAS TEMPORARILY PLACED WITH AN
AMERICAN MILITARY FAMILY WITHIN SIX WEEKS, A COURT DID
AWARD CUSTODY TO CRAIG'S MOM HANNA'S DAD WAS DISAPPOINTED
WITH THE DECISION. AND WHILE HE WAITED FOR CRAIG'S
MURDER TRIAL TO BEGIN, H THREW HIMSELF INTO A PROJECT
HE'D BEEN WORKING ON FOR TEN YEARS IN FLORIDA
RESTORING THIS MAGNIFICENT WATERFRONT MANSION TO ITS NEARLY
100-YEAR-OLD GLORY HAS BEEN HIS SEEMINGLY ENDLESS LABOR OF LOVE.
>> HANNA REALLY WANTED TO LIVE HERE IN THE APARTMENT.
>> Reporter: THIS WAS GOING TO BE HANN'S DIGS
RIGHT HERE WHERE WE ARE? >> YES
EXACTLY. >> Reporter: THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
WAS BEING BUILT FOR HANNA AND ISABELLE, PART OF JOHN'S LAVISH
PLANS FOR HIS 15,000 SQUARE FOOT MANSION.
>> I'VE HAD THIS HOUSE RENOVATION AS A -- SORT OF AN
ANCHOR POINT FOR ME. >> Reporter: THERAPY
>> THERAPY YEAH
KEEPS ME AWAY FROM GOING INTO A CORNER AND, YOU KNOW, FEELING
SORRY FOR MYSELF >> Reporter: SORRY FOR HIMSELF
BECAUSE THERE WAS EVEN MORE TRAGEDY AFTER HIS DAUGHTER'S
DEATH. JOHN SAYS HIS WIFE NEVER GOT
OVER LOSING HANNA. JASON SAYS ON HIS FAMILY VISITS,
HE COULD TELL YVONNE WAS STRUGGLING WITH IT ALL
>> EVERY TIME I WENT AND SAW YVONNE, SHE WAS SO UNHAPPY, SO
DESPERATELY UNHAPPY. HANNA WAS THE PRIDE OF HER LIFE.
>> Reporter: AND ALONG THE WAY, YOU SAY SHE TRIED TO COMMIT
SUICIDE TWICE? TAKE HER OWN LIFE?
>> YEAH. SHE WAS SO DEPRESSED ABOUT -
>> Reporter: IN DESPAIR ABOUT -- >> LOSING HANNA, YEAH.
>> Reporter: THEN, JOHN'S WIFE SUFFERED A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
>> EARLY MORNING, 2:30 IN THE MORNING, SHE STARTS TALKING
INCOHERENT, LIKE A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
SO, I TRIED TO GET HER OUT OF BED TO GET HER LOADED INTO THE
CAR. FINALLY GET HER OUT IN THE
GARAGE, AND I'M TRYING TO LIFT HER, AND PUT HER IN THE FRONT
SEAT, AND SHE DIES IN MY ARMS. >> Reporter: THE CAUSE OF DEATH
WAS A RUPTURED ANEURYSM. YVONNE WAS 69.
THE COUPLE HAD BEEN MARRIED 42 YEARS
>> WHEN THE FIRE RESCUE CAME IN, PUT HIS FINGERS HERE, AND SAID,
"OH, SHE'S GONE. THAT'S WHEN YOU LOSE IT, WHEN
YOU HEAR SOMEBODY, PROFESSIONAL, TELL YOU THAT YOUR WIFE'S DEAD
>> Reporter: TWO YEARS AFTER LOSING HIS DAUGHTER, JOHN WAS
NOW MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE
AROUND THE SAME TIME, CRAIG'S DEFENSE TEAM HAD GOTTEN THE CASE
TRANSFERRED FROM THE BELGIAN COURT SYSTEM TO A U.S. MILITARY
COURT MARTIAL. CRAIG RETURNED TO THE STATES
HE WAS THEN PLACED ON ACTIVE DUTY, NO LONGER INCARCERATED
>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
ANY OF IT. WHY WAS HE ARRESTED IN THE FIRST
PLACE? AND EVEN WORSE, WHY DID HE NOW
HAVE TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER CRAIG'S SISTER SAYS AT THE END
OF THE DAY THE PERSON SHE HOLDS MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR HER BROTHER
FACING LIFE IN PRISON IS HANNA THE BURDEN OF BEING IN COURT AND
HAVING YOUR BROTHER ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
>> I DO THINK THAT IT'S HANNA'S. >> Reporter: YOU STILL LOVE HER?
>> I LOVE HER TO PIECES, AND I'M SO SAD TO BE SAYING THOSE WORDS.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S HANNA'S FAULT.
>> Reporter: IN A BAD MOMENT, SHE MADE A POOR DECISION
>> YES >> Reporter: CRAIG'S MILITARY
FRIEND AGREES. NOT AN EASY CONCLUSION BUT HE FEELS
EVERYTHING POINTS TO HANNA DYING BY SUICIDE
THERE'S NO QUESTION, RANDY, THAT HANNA WENT OUT THE WINDOW AND
ENDED ON THE STREET. WHAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU?
>> I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND COLD
BUT FOR ME, IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK AND SMELLS LIKE A DUCK.
I MEAN, SHE HAD MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
SHE DRUNK AND/OR MEDICATED IT DOESN'T SOUND SHOCKING TO ME
THAT SHE COULD HAVE JUMPED JUST OUT OF FRUSTRATION AND
DEPRESSION >> Reporter: AND LIKEWISE, CAN
YOU SAY THAT FAMILIAR PHRASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT
CRAIG IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT
THAT HE IS GUILTY? THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT
>> THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY. >> Reporter: DO YOU HAVE THAT
EVIDENCE >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT >> Reporter: SEVEN YEARS AFTER
HANNA'S DEATH, CRAIG WOULD >> Reporter: 15 MILES OUTSIDE OF
MONS, LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER'S COURT MARTIAL WAS ABOUT TO GET
UNDERWAY AT A U.S. AIR BASE IN BELGIUM.
HANNA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD BEEN WAITING NEARLY SEVEN YEARS
TO SEE HER HUSBAND HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER DEATH.
FINALLY, IN APRIL OF 2022, LIEUTENANT CRAIG BECKER RETURNED
TO BELGIUM TO STAND TRIAL ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE BY
THROWING HER OUT THEIR SEVENTH FLOOR WINDOW
HANNA'S DAD TRIED TO PREPARE HIMSELF.
>> I MEAN, THE WHOLE THING'S TOUGH.
IT'S -- YOU DON'T GET TRAINED FOR THIS
AND IT JUST COMES BACK UP, YOU KNOW
I THINK ABOUT HANNA EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: CRAIG PLEADED NOT
GUILTY HIS MILITARY COURT-MARTIAL WAS
RUN LIKE A NORMAL CRIMINAL TRIAL, EXCEPT THE JURY WAS MADE
UP OF OFFICERS AT RANKS HIGHER THAN LIEUTENANT BECKER'S
THE PROSECUTOR BEGAN BY ARGUING THAT HANNA WAS ANYTHING BUT
SUICIDAL. FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND CO-WORKERS
ALL TESTIFIED SHE WAS MOVING ON BOYFRIEND, HER NEW APARTMENT,
NEW PLANS. HANNA'S BOSS FROM THE YOUTH
>> I JUST KNOW THAT OUR STAFF DEFINITELY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT
SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE, THAT'S FOR SURE
>> Reporter: BASED ON WHAT >> JUST HER PERSONALITY AND HER
DEMEANOR, JUST BEING HAPPY, AND THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF ANY
DEPRESSION AND IT WAS ISABEL, TOO
SHE LOVED HER DAUGHTER SO MUCH HER DAUGHTER WAS HER WORLD
>> Reporter: AND SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD, AS YOU SAW IT
>> YEAH. AND THE CONCEPT OF HER
COMMITTING SUICIDE AND LEAVING HER DAUGHTER, NONE OF US COULD
FATHOM WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Reporter: HANNA'S FRIEND IDA WAS CALLED AS A WITNESS, TOO
HERE HE IS AT THE TABLE. YOU'RE TESTIFYING AGAINST HIM.
>> UH-HUH. >> Reporter: DID HE LOOK AT YOU?
DID YOU LOOK AT HIM? >> I DECIDED TO BE THE ONE
LOOKING AT HIM BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CHOICE.
AND I JUST FELT SAD FOR HIM BECAUSE HE LOOKED SO SMALL
>> Reporter: IDA TESTIFIED THAT AFTER HANNA'S MISERABLE TRIP
BACK TO FLORIDA AT CHRISTMASTIME SHE RETURNED TO BELGIUM A
DIFFERENT WOMAN. SHE HAD MADE A DECISION TO CUT
WAY BACK ON HER DRINKING >> Reporter: PEOPLE WOULD LATER
TALK ABOUT HANNA AND ALCOHOL, DRINK.
COULD SHE HANDLE DRINK DO YOU REMEMBER HER?
>> WE ONLY GOT DRUNK ONCE DURING OUR FRIENDSHIP THAT LASTED TWO
YEARS. SO, SHE WASN'T A DRUNK OR AN
ALCOHOLIC. >> Reporter: AND TO UNDERSCORE
THAT THE PROSECUTION PLAYED ONE OF ITS STRONGEST CARDS
A TRUE HEAD SNAPPER! HANNA'S BLOOD WORK SHOWED ONLY A
TRACE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL THE NIGHT SHE DIED
AND THE ANALYSIS OF HER HAIR SHOWED SHE HADN'T ABUSED ALCOHOL
FOR MONTHS ON END. THAT CONTRADICTED HER HUSBAND'S
ACCOUNT THAT SHE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER, INCLUDING INFORMATION
THAT HE'D FILED WITH POLICE JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HER DEATH.
SO HE HAD LIED WHEN HE CAME INTO THE POLICE
>> HE LIED >> Reporter: STATION AND SAID --
>> HE LIED, FOR SURE >> Reporter: "YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT SHE'S A BIG DRINKER." >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WAS DOING THAT DAY?
>> HE WAS ALREADY PREPARING HIS MURDER
>> Reporter: "YOU NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THIS WOMAN, HANNA,
HAS GOT TROUBLES." >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: SEEDING THE STORY >> YEAH, PREPARING EVERYTHING.
>> Reporter: PREPARING THE STORY.
GETTING YOU READY FOR IT INVESTIGATORS ALLEGED IT WAS ALL
PART OF CRAIG'S MASTER PLAN TO KILL HIS WIFE.
AND PART OF THAT PLAN INCLUDED PICKING UP A BOTTLE OF WINE THE
NIGHT OF HANNA'S DEATH DETECTIVES HAD THE RECEIPT
>> THE ONLY ONE WHO BOUGHT ALCOHOL THAT DAY WAS MR. BECKER.
>> Reporter: HE'S COME TO YOU DAYS BEFORE SAYING, "YOU NEED TO
KNOW THAT MY WIFE IS AN ALCOHOLIC.
SHE DOESN'T HANDLE BOOZE WELL. AND YET, HERE ON THIS EVENING
DINNER, HE'S PROVIDED THE WINE >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: DID THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE >> Reporter: SOMETHING ELSE THAT
DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO POLICE WAS WHAT WAS FOUND IN HANNA'S BODY.
AMBIEN, THE SLEEPING PILL. THE PILLS ARE GENERALLY PINK IN
COLOR. DO YOU REMEMBER, A MAJOR HAD
COME TO THE POLICE AND SAID LIEUTENANT BECKER HAD RETRIEVE
A BAG OF PINK PILLS FROM A DESK? PROSECUTORS ALLEGED THE PILLS
WERE AMBIEN AND CRAIG HAD SQUIRRELED THEM AWAY, ALL PART
OF THAT PLAN OF HIS. CONNECT THE DOTS, AS WE SAY.
YOUR SUSPICION ABOUT RETRIEVING THIS MEDICINE HE LEFT BEHIND AT
HIS DESK HOW WAS IT USED IN THE MURDER,
AS YOU BELIEVE >> WHAT WE THINK THAT HAPPENED,
HE PLACED THAT IN HANNA'S- LASAGNA.
>> Reporter: IN THE FOOD ITSELF? >> YEAH IN THE FOOD.
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS BELIEVED CRAIG SECRETLY LACED
HIS WIFE'S LASAGNA WITH AMBIEN AND MADE UP THE STORY ABOUT HER
TAKING PILLS ON HER OWN. NEXT, THE HUSBAND PUT HER TO
BED, AS THE THEORY PLAYED OUT, AND PLACED AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLE
NEXT TO HER. >> EVERYTHING WAS GOING STEP BY
STEP >> Reporter: AND THOSE TEXT
MESSAGES BETWEEN HANNA AND HER BOYFRIEND BECAME AN IMPORTANT
PROSECUTION POINT, TOO THE STORY WENT SHE'D REPORTEDLY
SENT THEM JUST MINUTES BEFORE SHE DIED, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT
SHE "EFFING HATED HER LIFE?" A POLICE PHOTO FROM THAT NIGHT
SHOWS HER PHONE IN THE LIVING ROOM, NOT AT HAND IN HER
BEDROOM. BECAUSE POLICE SAY CRAIG SENT
THEM, NOT HANNA. >> WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR HER TO HAVE WRITTEN THOSE TEXT MESSAGES.
SO WE CAME TO THE -- TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS HIM WHO WROTE IT
>> Reporter: SO HE MADE A MISTAKE IN NOT PICKING UP THE
PHONE AND -- >> HE MADE THE MISTAKE
SAYING THAT SHE COULD HAVE TEXT MESSAGED WHILE SHE'S DRUNK AND
OUT OF HER MIND. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR'S
PICTURE HAD SNAPPED INTO FOCUS. CRAIG DRUGGING HIS WIFE WITH THE
SLEEPING PILLS RENDERING HER A LIMP RAG DOLL HE COULD MORE
EASILY THROW OUT THE WINDOW. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT,
CRAIG SAID HE CAME INTO THE ROOM AS HANNA WAS EXITING HEAD FIRST.
BUT PROSECUTORS SAID AN EXAMINATION OF THE MARKS ON
HANNA'S BODY SHOWED, IN FACT, HER LEGS WENT OUT FIRST.
THEY DID RE-CREATIONS FROM A MOCK-UP WINDOW WITH A STAND-IN
THEY THEORIZED SHE WOKE UP AS CRAIG PUSHED HER OUT, HUNG ON TO
THE SILL FOR A FEW MOMENTS, AND THEN FELL.
THOSE MARKS ON THE ROOF AN INDICATION OF JUST HOW
DESPERATELY SHE TRIED TO HOLD ON
AND WHEN HE TELLS YOU THAT SHE WENT OUT HEAD FIRST, HE GETS
THAT WRONG, TOO. >> THAT'S WRONG.
>> IF SHE HAD FALLEN, THE HEAD FIRST, ALL THE INJURIES WOULD BE
FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM AND EVERYTHING WAS FROM THE
BOTTOM TO THE TOP. >> Reporter: THEN CAME A
RECOUNTING OF A DISTURBING STORY.
CRAIG HAD BEEN ALLEGEDLY HANDS-ON VIOLENT WITH HIS WIFE
HANNA'S DAD TOLD JURORS ABOUT GETTING A FRANTIC CALL ONE NIGHT
FROM HIS DAUGHTER IN BELGIUM >> AND SHE SHOUTS DOWN THE
PHONE, "SHE -- 'HE'S TRYING TO KILL ME, HE'S TRYING TO KILL
ME.' AND I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU --
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, IN 2013 THE
COUPLE WAS STAYING AT A HOTEL WHEN HANNA SAID HER HUSBAND
"PICKED HER UP AND THREW HER DOWN ON THE GROUND MULTIPLE
TIMES FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT. HANNA LATER TOLD HER DAD CRAIG
TRIED TO STRANGLE HER. >> "WELL, YOU KNOW, CRAIG DID
THIS TO ME BECAUSE I'D UPSET HIM, YOU KNOW, WITH MY AFFAIR.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE SHE HAD HAD AN AFFAIR WITH HIS FRIEND.
>> YEAH, YEAH. >> Reporter: BUT THE NEXT DAY
HANNA RECANTED HER ENTIRE STORY. SHE WOULDN'T PRESS CHARGES
>> NO. >> Reporter: IN EFFECT
>> NO. >> Reporter: WHY WOULD SHE DO
THAT >> WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT IT'S
BECAUSE SHE REALIZED THAT IF SHE GOES THROUGH WITH IT, HIS CAREER
IS OVER. >> Reporter: AND THAT'S WHAT
PROSECUTORS AND HANNA'S DAD SAY WAS CRAIG'S MOTIVE TO DO AWAY
WITH HIS WIFE. >> THERE'S NO REASON FOR HIM TO
KILL HANNA, UNLESS HE FELT THAT SHE WAS A THREAT, A THREAT TO
HIM THAT SHE WOULD GO BACK TO THE MILITARY AND REINSTATE HER
CLAIM ABOUT THE STRANGULATION EVENT.
>> Reporter: AND THAT'D BE THE FINISH FOR HIM IN THE-
>> THAT WOULD BE-- >> Reporter: IN THE MILITARY
>> END OF HIS CAREER >> Reporter: AS THE PROSECUTION
WRAPPED UP, INSPECTOR CLOOSEN FELT CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CASE.
>> THERE WAS NO DOUBT. AND MY COLLEAGUE SAID REGULARLY,
"HE DID IT." >> Reporter: HE DID IT
>> HE DID IT BECAUSE ALL WHAT HE SAID,
NOTHING WAS MATCHING >> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE WAS
AFTER TEN DAYS OF PROSECUTION WITNESSES - THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS CAME OUT SWINGING.
FOR CRAIG TO KILL HANNA, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANY
TYPE OF STRUGGLE OCCURRED IN THEIR APARTMENT.
THERE IS NO HARD EVIDENCE THAT WOULD ESTABLISH IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE OR FORM BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT THAT LIEUTENANT
BECKER COMMITTED THIS CRIME.
OF CRAIG'S ATTORNEYS. THOUGH HE DIDN'T ARGUE THE ORIGINAL CASE -
HE INSISTS CRAIG IS INNOCENT...
BELGIAN AUTHORITIES WAS SEVERELY FLAWED -- AND, THEREFORE, CAN'T
BE TRUSTED.
SEAL THE APARTMENT - OR COLLECT PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THE NIGHT
HANNA DIED.
THEY DON'T SEIZE HER IPAD. THEY DON'T SEIZE MY CLIENT'S, UH,
EVIDENCE. THEY DON'T SEIZE THE WINE BOTTLE.// THERE IS WINE
ACTUALLY IN THE GLASS.//
SYSTEM... THE DEFENSE SAID THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH CRAIG'S
STORY OF SEEING HIS WIFE TAKE SOME PILLS THAT NIGHT.
HE SEES HER // TAKE A PILL FROM A PILL BOTTLE.//
DOES HE KNOW WHAT IT IS? NO. AND HE GAVE THOSE PILLS TO
THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY AS THEY WERE TAKING HER AWAY.
IF YOU REMEMBER - THE PILLS WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT AFTER
HANNA'S DEATH WAS - AT FIRST- RULED A SUICIDE - THE PILLS WERE
THROWN AWAY.
BLOOD RESULTS THAT SHOWED NO ALCOHOL IN HANNA'S SYSTEM. ONE
REASON: THE BLOOD WAS STORED IN A REFRIGERATOR WHERE EMPLOYEES
KEPT THEIR LUNCH.
CRAIG'S SISTER WAS IN THE COURTROOM.
OF EVIDENCE WAS// IT COULD HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH. IT COULD
HAVE -- IT COULD BE THE WRONG SAMPLE, FOR ALL THEY KNOW.//
THE DEFENSE ALSO DENIED THAT CRAIG HAD EVER BEEN EMOTIONALLY
OR PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE - AND DISPUTED THE TESTIMONY ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT HOTEL ROOM.
HAS HE ASSAULTED HER? NO. NO, HE DID NOT. HE
COOPERATED WITH THE AUTHORITIES.
"MASTER PLAN" FOR HIM TO KILL HANNA AND THEN COVER IT UP BY
FAKING A SUICIDE.
CRAIG RETRIEVED FROM AN OLD DESK. HIS ATTORNEY SAID THEY
WEREN'T SLEEPING PILLS - BUT ACTUALLY RITALIN. A MEDICATION
PRESCRIBED TO THE LIEUTENANT TO HELP HIM CONCENTRATE. POLICE SAY
THEY NEVER DID FIND THE BAG.
GRADUATE SCHOOL. SO IT'S NOT BEYOND THE KEN TO SUGGEST THAT,
YEAH, I WANT MY, YOU KNOW, ADHD
PILLS THAT I LEFT IN THIS DESK//
THE ATTORNEY SAYS THERE'S A PLAUSIBLE REASON WHY CRAIG WENT
TO THE POLICE IN THE DAYS BEFORE HIS WIFE'S DEATH.
BECAUSE HE WAS IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY - CRAIG WANTED TO KNOW
IF HE COULD STOP HANNA'S NEW BOYFRIEND FROM COMING INTO THEIR
APARTMENT.
POLICE, AND HE SAID, "HEY, WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS? WE'RE SEPARATING.
AND I NEED TO KNOW, DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO DICTATE
WHO'S IN THAT HOUSE AND WHO'S NOT IN THAT HOUSE?"
AND TO HELP PROVE ITS CASE, THE DEFENSE BROUGHT ON A NUMBER OF
ITS OWN WITNESSES - INCLUDING SOMEONE YOU'VE MET...
HER COLLEGE FRIEND WHO TOOK THOSE WEDDING PHOTOS ...NOW A
WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE.
RIGHT--// AND YET YOU WERE IN A WAY BEING
ASKED TO CHOOSE, CHOOSE BETWEEN HANNA AND CRAIG.
//I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO CHOOSE BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, I WASN'T THERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. BUT I THINK
HANNA WOULD WANT THE TRUTH TO BE TOLD.
AND ELIZABETH SAYS THAT'S WHAT SHE DID. SHE TOLD JURORS THE
STORY OF HER FRIEND BECOMING VERY DRUNK DURING THAT FLIGHT
THEY SHARED. SHE JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE CRAIG WAS A KILLER.
PROSECUTION'S STORY SEEMS TO BE, "WELL, HE CRUSHED SOME SLEEPING
POTION,// GOT HER GROGGY, AND THEN THREW HER OUT THE WINDOW.
CAN YOU SEE CRAIG DOING THAT?
NO.
BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IF HE'S THE KILLER.
I-- I JUST CAN'T SEE HIM DOING THAT.//
CRAIG'S SISTER AGREED...SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE THE
PROSECUTION WAS ACCUSING HIM OF BEING A CALCULATED KILLER.
IN THE TRIAL, THEY TRIED TO PAINT MY BROTHER AS A MONSTER.
UM, MY BROTHER IS NOT A MONSTER. HE'S QUIET AND HE'S RESERVED,
BUT HE'S NOT A MONSTER.
HANNA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH A NEW BOYFRIEND- SHE ACTUALLY STILL
LOVED HER HUSBAND. AND HADN'T MOVED ON FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIP
AT ALL, IN FACT SHE WANTED TO GET BACK TOGETHER.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE ALONE. AND I THINK THAT WHEN SHE FACED
THINGS, SHE SAW HER LIFE NOT WITH THE PERSON THAT SHE TRULY
LOVED, CRAIG BECKER. AND THAT CRUSHED HER.
THE DEFENSE VERSION OF THAT NIGHT HAS HANNA WAKING UP IN HER
BEDROOM AND HEARING HER HUSBAND IN ANOTHER ROOM TALKING ON THE
PHONE WITH A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE.
BEFORE THEY SEPARATED OF HAVING HAD A LONG-TERM AFFAIR WITH HER
HUSBAND.
WAS IT SEXUAL? WERE THEY SLEEPING TOGETHER?
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY STARTED AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP--
TOGETHER. I THINK IT WAS AROUND THIS TIME.
ANOTHER FACTOR THAT PLAYED INTO HANNA'S DEATH. SHE WAS ABUSING A
SUBSTANCE CALLED TRAMADOL - A PAIN KILLER AND OPIATE. LAB
ANALYSIS OF HER HAIR SHOWED SHE HAD REGULARLY USED IT IN HER
FINAL MONTHS.
USING //PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INAPPROPRIATELY IS INDICATOR
ENOUGH OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
DEPRESSION. THEIR THEORY: SHE IMPULSIVELY APPROACHED THE
WINDOW - STARTED CRAWLING OUT - BUT THEN CHANGED HER MIND.
SHE TRIED TO HOLD ON. AND AT THAT POINT, I THINK THAT SHE,
YOU KNOW, REALIZED, OH, MY GOD, WHAT DID I DO? MAYBE SHE DIDN'T
WANT TO DIE.
SAW HANNA FALL OUT OF THE WINDOW HEAD FIRST, THE DEFENSE
ACKNOWLEDGED AT TRIAL IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT HANNA FELL FEET
FIRST...BUT SHE WASN'T PUSHED.
HANNA FALL...A NURSE WHO WORKED ACROSS THE STREET HEARD A
SCREAM, LOOKED UP AND SAW A WOMAN BRIEFLY HANGING FROM THE
WINDOW.
WHAT THE EYEWITNESS SAW // IS THAT SHE WAS PADDLING HER FEET
LIKE YOU WOULD PEDAL A BIKE TRYING TO GET UP.
TO TEST THE NURSE'S OBSERVATION,
THE DEFENSE HIRED VOYKO BANJAC - A FORENSIC SCIENTIST WITH 30
YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN STUDYING WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HUMAN BODY
IN MOTION.
MOCK-UP OF THE WINDOW - AND USED A WOMAN SIMILAR IN HEIGHT AND
WEIGHT TO HANNA TO DEMONSTRATE SEVERAL SCENARIOS
SHE MOST LIKELY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CHANGED HER MIND,
ATTEMPTED TO, AS THE EYEWITNESS SAID, BICYCLE PEDAL HER WAY BACK
THROUGH THE WINDOW, INTO THE APARTMENT.
THE DEFENSE ARGUED THAT THOSE PEDALING MOTIONS COULD HAVE
CREATED THESE MARKS ON THE ROOF... JUST AS THE TEST SUBJECT
HAD DONE.
SAYS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR CRAIG TO PUSH HIS
UNCONSCIOUS WIFE OUT THE WINDOW... BECAUSE HER LIMP BODY
WOULD HAVE SIMPLY FALLEN BACK INTO THE APARTMENT.
IT WOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A PERPETRATOR LIKE
LIEUTENANT BECKER, OR ANY
FOR THAT MATTER, TO MANIPULATE HER BODY THROUGH THAT WINDOW//
IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE. YOU'RE SAYING HER BODY IN THAT
INSTANCE WOULD END UP INSIDE THE APARTMENT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THE PROSECUTION SEEMED TO WANT TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. IF HANNA
WAS KNOCKED OUT BY SLEEPING PILLS - HOW WAS IT THAT SEVERAL
WITNESSES - INCLUDING RAMIRO GONZALEZ - WOULD SAY THEY HEARD
HER SCREAM?
IF, AS THE PROSECUTION CLAIMS,
LIEUTENANT BECKER DRUGGED HIS WIFE // AND SHE WAS
UNCONSCIOUS//I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT SCREAM COULD HAPPEN. // A
SCREAM IS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A CONSCIOUS-- AWARE
PERSON.//
SO YOUR SCIENTIFIC OPINION,
HOMICIDE OR SUICIDE?
BY FAR, THE MOST LIKELY,
SUICIDE.
WITH THAT, THE DEFENSE RESTED.
IT WAS UP TO A JURY- MADE UP OF HIGHER-RANKING OFFICERS - WHO
WOULD NOW DECIDE THE
LIEUTENANT'S FATE.
IF IT TURNS OUT THAT HE IS IN FACT GUILTY AS CHARGED,// WHAT
WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM?
FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND FOR-- FOR A PERSON THAT WOULDN'T HAVE
DESERVED THAT. HANNA WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. SO I JUST HAVE TO
BELIEVE IT WAS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
THE JURORS DELIBERATED FOR TWO AND A HALF DAYS. THEN REACHED A
VERDICT ON APRIL 30TH, 2022:
HANNA'S BIRTHDAY.
THE FOREMAN. STOOD UP AND SAID, "WE, THE JURY, FIND CRAIG BECKER
GUILTY." AND IT WAS LIKE, "YES.
YES. THANK YOU."
THEY HAD THOUGHT THAT WITHOUT A REASONABLE DOUBT, HE HAD DONE
IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, INSPECTOR? DO YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD VERDICT?
IS THIS JUSTICE?
SAY IT IS THE JUSTICE. IT'S THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION WE
MADE. THE ONE WHO CAN SAY IT'S JUSTICE. IT'S THE FATHER.
BECAUSE SOMEBODY OF HIS FAMILY IS GONE.
CRAIG WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. HE IS
BEING HELD AT THE U-S MILITARY PRISON IN FORT LEAVENWORTH,
KANSAS. HE IS APPEALING THE DECISION.
ISABELLE - WHO'S NOW EIGHT YEARS OLD - IS BEING RAISED BY CRAIG'S
FAMILY. JOHN HASN'T SEEN HIS GRANDDAUGHTER IN SEVEN YEARS.
AS FOR HIS MANSION - HE HOPES TO FINISH THE RENOVATION BY SUMMER
2023... A GRAND HOME FOR HIS FAMILY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS...
THE PASSION OF THIS PROJECT BEGAN WITH FAMILY, WAS YOUR LATE
WIFE WHO FOUND THE PLACE. YEAH.
HANNA THOUGHT //SHE'D HAVE A LOVELY LIFE WITH THE-- WITH HER
BABY UP // IN THE GARAGE APARTMENT.
YEAH.
BUT I'LL FINISH THE HOUSE-- LIKE I PROMISED.
AT THE END OF THE DAY HE SAYS - NO LAVISH HOME - NO AMOUNT OF
MONEY - CAN TAKE AWAY THE PAIN
OF LOSING HIS ONLY DAUGHTER.
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