>>> I'M LESTER HOLT.
TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" --
A MOTHER OF TWO VANISHES IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT
AND FOR ONE DETECTIVE, IT'S
PERSONAL
>> SHERRI WAS AN EXTREMELY
DEVOTED MOTHER
>> WHY WOULD SHE GO MISSING?
>> THIS CASE TOOK ON A LIFE OF
ITS OWN.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE YOU KNEW
HER?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU CAN'T SLEEP
YOU CAN'T EAT.
IT WAS JUST WORRY.
WHERE IS SHE
>> WE HAD VARIOUS WITNESSES THAT
SAW HER GETTING INTO THIS CAR.
THERE WERE HANDCUFFS INVOLVED, A
BADGE INVOLVED
SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY WRONG
HERE
>> YOU CAN ONLY TELL THEM THE
TRUTH, OKAY?
>> WHO THE HECK IS THIS WOMAN,
AND WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO
WITH SHERRI?
>> SHE'S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON
TO COMMIT ANY KIND OF CRIME.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING THIS
DIABOLICAL HAD TO COME FROM
SOMEBODY ELSE?
>> YES
>> THERE WAS NO ESCAPE FOR HER
SHEER TERROR FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING.
♪♪
>> HERE'S JOSH MANKIEWICZ WITH
"THE LIFE SHE WANTED."
>> Reporter: IT ALL HAPPENED SO
QUICKLY.
IN THE PARKING LOT OF A TARGET
ON A BRIGHT MONDAY MORNING
A WOMAN WAS HANDCUFFED, BUNDLED
INTO A CAR, DRIVEN AWAY.
IT LEFT BEHIND A MYSTERY THAT
WOULD EXPOSE A TROUBLED
MARRIAGE, SOME DEVIOUS
MANIPULATIONS, AND THE DARKEST
CORNERS OF PEOPLE'S LIVES.
YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, HOW COULD
I HAVE BEEN THAT WRONG ABOUT
SOMEONE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE PERFECT
STORM.
>> Reporter: THIS LITTLE STREET
OF MODEST HOMES IN VENTURA,
CALIFORNIA, WAS JUST THE PERFECT
PLACE.
NOTHING FANCY BUT CLOSE ENOUGH
TO THE OCEAN TO FEEL THE SALT
AIR.
YOUNG FAMILIES GREW UP TOGETHER
HERE
AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THERE
WERE ONLY FRIENDS.
AT LEAST UNTIL IT ALL CHANGED.
MAY 6th, 1996.
NURSE KRISTIN BEST RECEIVED A
PHONE CALL AT WORK
IT WAS THE HUSBAND OF HER
FRIEND, SHERRI DALLY, WHO ALSO
TOOK CARE OF KRISTIN'S GIRLS
AFTER SCHOOL
>> I GOT A CALL FROM MIKE THAT
SHERRI HAD JUST NOT SHOWN UP TO
PICK UP THE KIDS AT SCHOOL
>> Reporter: AND THAT WASN'T
LIKE HER
>> NO.
>> Reporter: SO THAT DAY,
SHERRI'S HUSBAND MIKE HAD TO
PICK UP THE KIDS BECAUSE, FOR
SOME REASON, SHERRI WAS A
NO-SHOW.
SHE WOULDN'T JUST FAIL TO
DISCHARGE HER RESPONSIBILITIES
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHE WAS COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE
COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE
>> Reporter: AND YOU THOUGHT
WHAT
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK
>> Reporter: WHEN KRISTIN LEFT
WORK, SHE GOT BACK ON THE PHONE
WITH MIKE.
>> HE TOLD ME HE WAS CALLING
HOSPITALS AND LOOKING FOR A JANE
DOE.
>> Reporter: MIKE CALLED THE
VENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT, TOO
>> MY WIFE DROPPED MY BOYS OFF
AT SCHOOL AT 8:30 THIS MORNING,
AND SHE'S BEEN MISSING SINCE
I'VE CALLED THE HOSPITALS.
I'VE CALLED THE HIGHWAY PATROL
SHE'S GONE
>> WHERE WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO BE?
>> AT THE -- AT HOME
>> Reporter: AT HOME WITH HER
BOYS AND THE CHILDREN SHE
WATCHED AFTER SCHOOL
THE OFFICER WANTED MIKE TO RULE
OUT ALL POSSIBILITIES AND TOLD
MIKE HE SHOULD CALL SHERRI'S
FAMILY BEFORE FILING A MISSING
PERSON'S REPORT.
AND SO MIKE DID.
HE CALLED SHERRI'S PARENTS'
HOUSE.
THEY LIVED 90 MILES NORTH AND
THEN CALLED THE OFFICER RIGHT
BACK
>> NOBODY'S AT HOME UP THERE
>> HMM
OKAY
WELL, THAT'S UNUSUAL
>> THIS -- FOR HER, THIS IS WAY
UNUSUAL.
>> Reporter: THE OFFICER TOOK
SHERRI'S INFORMATION
>> WHAT IS HER MENTAL CONDITION?
DOES SHE HAVE ANY PSYCHOLOGICAL
DISORDERS?
>> NO.
PERFECT HEALTH
>> MENTALLY?
>> PERFECT
SHE'S STRONGER THAN I AM
>> DOES SHE HAVE ANY SCARS,
MARKS OR TATTOOS
>> NO TATTOOS, NO SCARS.
JUST A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL BLUE
EYES
>> Reporter: WHERE COULD
SHERRI DALLY BE?
DEBBIE ENGLISH, WHO LIVED TWO
DOORS DOWN THE STREET FROM MIKE
AND SHERRI, WAS PULLING INTO HER
DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE SAW MIKE'S
FAMILY
>> THEY TOLD ME THAT SHERRI
DIDN'T COME TO PICK UP THE KIDS
FROM SCHOOL.
AND THEY ASKED ME, DO YOU KNOW
WHERE SHE WOULD'VE GONE?
AND I SAID, WELL, IT'S MONDAY.
SHE WOULD'VE WENT TO TARGET.
>> Reporter: SUBURBAN LIFE TENDS
TO FIND ITS OWN RHYTHM
AND ON MONDAYS, AFTER DROPPING
OFF THE BOYS AT SCHOOL, SHERRI
RAN ERRANDS THAT USUALLY
INCLUDED A STOP AT TARGET.
SO MIKE'S SISTER AND NIECE WENT
TO TARGET.
AND IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY
FOUND SHERRI'S 15 PASSENGER VAN,
WHICH SHE USED TO TRANSPORT ALL
HER DAYCARE KIDS
WHAT THEY DID NOT FIND WAS
SHERRI
THE VAN WAS EMPTY, DRIVER'S DOOR
UNLOCKED
AND INSIDE, SHERRI'S KEYS AND A
GIFT SHE BOUGHT FOR HER MOM,
KARLYNE GUESS.
KARLYNE, WHO AT THIS POINT STILL
HAD NO IDEA SHERRI WAS MISSING
AROUND 8:30 P.M., WHEN SHERRI'S
PARENTS GOT HOME, HER MOM
LISTENED TO A VOICEMAIL THAT
MIKE HAD LEFT ON THEIR LANDLINE.
>> HE SAID, THIS IS MIKE
GIVE ME A CALL
SOMETHING'S HAPPENED TO SHERRI
>> Reporter: ALL KINDS OF
TERRIBLE THINGS ENTERED
KARLYNE'S MIND
>> I THOUGHT, WAS SHE IN AN
ACCIDENT
DID SHE HAVE APPENDIX ATTACK
>> Reporter: KARLYNE CALLED MIKE
BACK, AND IN AN INSTANT, HER
FEARS WERE REPLACED BY ONE EVEN
WORSE.
>> HE SAID, SHE'S GONE
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK --
SHERRI DALLY CAPTURED ON CAMERA.
DETECTIVES UNCOVER SECURITY
VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE STORE.
WAS SHE BEING FOLLOWED
>> I WAS CONCERNED THAT SHERRI
WAS MAYBE ABDUCTED OR SOMETHING
>>> IN A TARGET PARKING LOT SAT
SHERRI DALLY'S VAN
HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS INSIDE
BUT NO SHERRI.
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE
EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT SCENARIO
WENT AGAINST WHO SHERRI WAS AND
WHO SHE'D BEEN HER WHOLE LIFE.
SHERRI GUESS, AS SHE WAS KNOWN
UNTIL SHE MARRIED, WAS THE
YOUNGEST IN HER FAMILY
>> NUMBER TWO.
THE COMPLETION OF OUR FAMILY
WE HAD A BOY AND, 14 MONTHS
LATER, WE HAD OUR LITTLE GIRL.
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S MOTHER
KARLYNE SAYS SHERRI WAS SWEET,
BUT NEVER A PUSHOVER
>> SPUNKY.
SHE PRETTY MUCH PUT UP HER DUKES
WHEN SHE THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE.
SHE WAS A FEISTY LITTLE GIRL
>> Reporter: KARLYNE ALSO SAYS
IT WAS NO SURPRISE THAT SHERRI
GREW UP TO RUN A DAYCARE
>> SHE LOVED, LOVED, LOVED KIDS
AND BABIES AND ANIMALS
>> Reporter: SOUNDS LIKE SHE WAS
GUARANTEED TO BE A WIFE AND MOM
SOMEDAY?
>> THAT WAS HER GOAL
>> Reporter: IN HIGH SCHOOL,
SHERRI MET THE GUY WHO WOULD
MAKE IT HAPPEN -- MIKE DALLY
BACK THEN EVERYONE CALLED HIM
HAWAIIAN MIKE, EVEN THOUGH HE
WAS A LOCAL BOY.
>> SHE WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE
SHE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO
OUT ON A DATE WITH HAWAIIAN
MIKE
>> Reporter: BIG MAN ON CAMPUS
>> YES
>> Reporter: WHAT'D YOU THINK OF
HAWAIIAN MIKE?
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS A NICE
LOOKING YOUNG MAN.
HE HAD GOOD MANNERS.
WHEN I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, WHAT
HER CURFEW WAS, SHE WAS IN ON
TIME
ONE THING THAT REALLY IMPRESSED
ME WAS ON SHERRI'S
18th BIRTHDAY, HE HAD DELIVERED
17 RED ROSES AND TO COME AND
TAKE HER OUT TO DINNER THAT
NIGHT.
THEN HE BROUGHT THE 18th ROSE.
>> Reporter: IN PERSON
>> UH-HUH.
>> Reporter: HE'S GOT GAME
>> YEAH.
I THOUGHT, THIS IS -- THIS GUY'S
PRETTY COOL HERE
>> Reporter: AND SHE WAS CLEARLY
CRAZY ABOUT HIM?
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: AFTER HIGH SCHOOL,
THEY MOVED IN TOGETHER AND, IN
1982, GOT MARRIED.
MIKE WORKED FULL TIME AT A
GROCERY STORE CALLED VONS.
SHERRI WORKED THERE, TOO
AND THEN CAME THE BABIES
LIFE SEEMED TO BE WORKING OUT
JUST AS SHERRI HAD IMAGINED.
>> MWAH.
>> Reporter: HER PLAN WAS
MARRIED BY 21, BABIES BY 24?
>> JUST ABOUT.
>> Reporter: DID SHE DELIVER ON
THAT
>> YEAH, SHE DID I THINK, PRETTY
MUCH
>> Reporter: MIKE AND SHERRI
LIVED DOWN THE STREET FROM HIS
PARENTS, ON THAT BLOCK WHERE
LIFE SEEMED SO PERFECT
IT'S WHERE THEY MET NEIGHBORS
DEBBIE AND LARRY ENGLISH
>> I MET SHERRI WHEN SHE HAD
DEVON AND WE HAD ROBERT.
AND WE'D TAKE THE KIDS OUT TO
PLAY, AND THEY WERE THE SAME
AGE.
AND WE JUST STARTED TALKING.
AND WE GOT TO BE FRIENDS THAT
WAY.
>> THANK YOU, SHERRI
THANK YOU, MIKE.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Reporter: TWO FAMILIES
GROWING UP TOGETHER.
>> CHEESE!
>> ROBERT, HOLD STILL PLEASE
>> WHEN WE WERE WITH THEM, WE
HAD SOME REAL GOOD TIMES
>> WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS, JUST
COUPLES, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR
KIDS
AND THEN WE BOTH OPENED UP
DAYCARES
AND WE RAN THEM SIDE BY SIDE
>> Reporter: THAT'S HOW KRISTIN
BEST MET SHERRI.
KRISTIN HAD JUST MOVED TO THE
AREA AND NEEDED HELP WITH HER
GIRLS.
SHE WAS AT THE VONS WHERE MIKE
WORKED, CHECKING OUT, WHEN SHE
MENTIONED SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A
DAYCARE.
>> HE HAPPENED TO BE THERE AND
SAID, OH, MY WIFE'S STARTING UP
A DAYCARE.
AND WHEN I CALLED SHERRI, SHE
SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY
CURRICULUM
YOUR KIDS WILL PLAY.
I'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM.
JUST FROM THERE, SHERRI JUST
BECAME JUST A TRUSTED, SWEET
FRIEND IN VENTURA.
IT WAS A REAL BLESSING FOR MY
KIDS TO BE AT HER HOME
>> Reporter: AND HOME WAS
EXACTLY WHERE SHERRI LOVED TO BE
WITH MIKE AND HER TWO BOYS
UNTIL THAT MONDAY IN MAY 1996,
WHEN SHERRI WENT ON THAT ROUTINE
RUN TO TARGET AND DIDN'T RETURN.
HER FRIEND KRISTIN, WHO HAD BEEN
HELPING MIKE LOOK FOR SHERRI,
LET HER MIND GO TO A VERY DARK
PLACE.
>> I WAS CONCERNED THAT SHERRI
WAS MAYBE ABDUCTED OR SOMETHING
WORSE.
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S FRIEND
DEBBIE TOLD POLICE ABOUT A
CONVERSATION SHE'D HAD WITH
SHERRI A FEW WEEKS PRIOR WHEN
SHERRI SAID A SCUZZY LOOKING MAN
HAD FOLLOWED HER AROUND AT THE
TARGET
BY THEN, VENTURA PD HAD CHECKED
OUT SHERRI'S VAN
THEY FOUND NEITHER BLOOD NOR
SIGNS OF ANY STRUGGLE.
POLICE ALSO PULLED TARGET'S
SECURITY VIDEO
AND THERE WAS SHERRI, AT THE
REGISTER
AND THEN EXITING THE STORE AT
9:22 A.M
THE CAMERAS CAUGHT NOTHING
UNUSUAL INSIDE THE STORE
BUT OUTSIDE, PEOPLE IN THE
TARGET PARKING LOT SAW SOMETHING
ELSE
>>> COMING UP --
A WITNESS WITH AN ALARMING
STORY.
>> SHE SAW THIS PERSON BEING
ARRESTED IN THE PARKING LOT THAT
MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF
SHERRI
>> Reporter: ARRESTED, LIKE --
LIKE, CUFFED AND LOCKED UP
>> LIKE, CAR PULLS UP.
SOMEBODY GETS OUT, WALKS UP TO
SHERRI AND PUTS HANDCUFFS ON
HER.
>>> LOSING A CHILD, EVEN FOR A
FEW MINUTES, CAN MAKE ANY PARENT
BREATHLESS WITH FEAR
>> ARE WE GORGEOUS
>> Reporter: AND IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOUR CHILD IS 5 OR 35,
AS SHERRI DALLY WAS WHEN SHE
DISAPPEARED.
FOR HER MOM KARLYNE GUESS, IT
WAS SIMPLY TORTURE
THERE'S NO FEELING LIKE THAT, IS
THERE?
>> NO.
AND IT NEVER CHANGES
WE JUST WANTED TO FIND HER
LET'S GET HER HOME
>> Reporter: CELL PHONES WERE A
RARITY BACK THEN, SO KARLYNE DID
WHAT SHE COULD
>> I WANTED MY PHONE THAT SHE
KNEW OPEN.
I WOULDN'T LET ANYBODY CALL ON
THAT PHONE LINE THAT SHE KNEW.
THE SECOND DAY, I HAD A NEW
PHONE LINE PUT IN.
>> Reporter: WHILE SHERRI'S
MOTHER WAS WAITING ON THE PHONE
COMPANY, DETECTIVES FROM THE
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA, PD WERE
HEARING ABOUT HER DAUGHTER'S
CASE IN THEIR MORNING BRIEFING
DETECTIVE MATT HARVILL WAS
THERE.
>> ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS ON THAT
WATCH REPORT WAS THIS MISSING
PERSON
AND THE SERGEANT ACTUALLY
PRONOUNCED THE PERSON'S NAME
SHERRI DAILY
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S
KIND OF PRETTY CLOSE TO SOMEBODY
THAT I'VE KNOWN FROM HIGH
SCHOOL
I SAID, WELL, IS IT
SHERRI DALLY
>> Reporter: TURNED OUT IT WAS
SHERRI, HARVILL'S FRIEND FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
EVENTUALLY EVERY DETECTIVE THEY
HAD WAS PUT ON THE CASE.
ONLY ONE HAD A PERSONAL
CONNECTION
YOU KNEW HER IN HIGH SCHOOL,
WHICH MEANS YOU ALSO KNEW MIKE
IN HIGH SCHOOL
>> I KNEW MIKE, YES.
MIKE WAS KIND OF THE BIG MAN ON
CAMPUS KIND OF GUY
HE ACTED LIKE THAT
AND HE DROVE A BLACK MONTE
CARLO.
I WENT TO VENTURA HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE WAS A STREET THAT
BIFURCATED THE SCHOOL, DIVIDED
IT IN HALF, AND HE WOULD CRUISE
DOWN THAT STREET AT LUNCH TIME
>> Reporter: YEAH, HE WAS THAT
GUY.
>> HE WAS THAT GUY
>> Reporter: MATT HARVILL
THOUGHT HE WAS THE RIGHT
DETECTIVE TO TALK TO THAT GUY.
>> I LET THE GROUP KNOW, THE
DETECTIVES AND THE SERGEANT KNOW
THAT I KNOW SHERRI
I KNOW MIKE.
I WOULD BE PROBABLY THE LOGICAL
CHOICE TO GO OVER AND TO SPEAK
TO MIKE ABOUT HIS MISSING WIFE
>> Reporter: BEFORE HARVILL AND
HIS PARTNER, DETECTIVE
SEAN CONROY, COULD HEAD OUT, AN
OFFICER WHO'D BEEN LISTENING IN
ON THE BRIEFING SPOKE UP
THE OFFICER SAID HER SISTER HAD
BEEN AT THE TARGET THE DAY
SHERRI WAS SEEN ON SECURITY
VIDEO BUYING A GIFT FOR HER MOM.
AND THEN, OUTSIDE THE STORE, THE
OFFICER'S SISTER WITNESSED
SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT HER
ATTENTION.
>> SAW THIS PERSON BEING
ARRESTED IN THE PARKING LOT THAT
MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF
SHERRI
>> Reporter: ARRESTED, LIKE --
LIKE, CUFFED AND LOCKED UP
>> CUFFED AND LOCKED UP.
LIKE, CAR PULLS UP AS SHERRI'S
GETTING IN HER VAN
SOMEBODY GETS OUT, WALKS UP TO
SHERRI AND PUTS HANDCUFFS ON
HER.
>> Reporter: NOT A MARKED CAR?
SO, PRESUMABLY, A DETECTIVE.
>> NOT A MARKED CAR, EXACTLY
PRESUMABLY, A DETECTIVE.
>> Reporter: THE DETECTIVE'S A
MAN OR A WOMAN
>> FEMALE.
>> Reporter: OTHER WITNESSES
LATER DESCRIBED THE DETECTIVE AS
A BLOND.
AND SHE HOLDS SHERRI'S HEAD AS
SHERRI'S GETTING PUT IN THE CAR?
>> JUST LIKE YOU'D SEE ON TV
>> Reporter: SHERRI DALLY
ARRESTED
HARD TO BELIEVE, THOUGHT
HARVILL.
>> BOY, THAT -- THAT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE THE PERSON I KNEW
OVER THE YEARS
>> Reporter: I PRESUME YOU GUYS
WOULD KNOW IF YOUR ORGANIZATION,
THE VENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
HAD HER IN CUSTODY
>> RIGHT, WE WOULD
>> Reporter: HOW MANY OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE AROUND
THAT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN HER INTO
CUSTODY?
>> THAT COULD BE A VERY LONG
LIST
IT COULD BE OXNARD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
THERE'S SIMI VALLEY.
IT COULD BE A FEDERAL
ORGANIZATION
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE CONROY
WAS RELIEVED
HE THOUGHT THEY'D FIND SHERRI
QUICKLY.
BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES
MUST HAVE SOMETHING ON HER
>> WE STARTED RUNNING HER NAME
TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY
OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
>> Reporter: NOTHING TURNED UP
HARVILL AND CONROY HOPED THEIR
VISIT WITH MIKE DALLY WOULD
PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO MIKE,
DOES HE REMEMBER YOU FROM HIGH
SCHOOL
DOES HE SAY, HEY, HOW YOU BEEN
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A COP
NOW.
>> OH, HE KNEW I WAS A COP, BUT
YEAH, YOU KNOW, HE -- HE KNEW
ME
HEY, MAN, HOW YOU DOING?
WE WALKED AROUND THE HOUSE
I LOOKED FOR SIGNS
WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A DOMESTIC
HERE
MAYBE THEY HAD A FIGHT
THINGS ARE THROWN AROUND
NOTHING LIKE THAT.
HOUSE WAS CLEAN, NOTHING OUT OF
PLACE.
>> Reporter: MIKE SAID HE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIS
WIFE
>> I'M GUESSING THAT WHEN YOU
TALKED TO MIKE, ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS YOU ASKED HIM IS, WHO
DID NOT LIKE YOUR WIFE
WHO WAS ANGRY AT HER
WHO MIGHT'VE DONE HER SOME HARM?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
EVERYBODY LIKES HER.
>> Reporter: THAT SEEMED TO BE
TRUE
>> SEEMED TO BE TRUE, YEAH
IT WAS VERY TRUE
YOU KNOW
I ASKED HIM IF THEY HAD ANY
ISSUES, ANY PROBLEMS
NO, NOTHING.
NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
I THINK HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THE -- THE NORMAL
STUFF BETWEEN HUSBANDS AND
WIVES.
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT COVERS A
LOT OF GROUND, DOESN'T IT?
>> THAT DOES COVER A LOT OF
GROUND, ABSOLUTELY
>> Reporter: THEN DETECTIVE
HARVILL EXPLAINED TO MIKE DALLY
HOW THESE CASES USUALLY GO
>> I TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, MIKE,
YOUR WIFE IS MISSING, AND THE
WAY WE NORMALLY CONDUCT THESE
INVESTIGATIONS IS WE LOOK
CLOSEST TO THE HOME.
WE START THERE, AND WORK OUR WAY
OUT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEEP DIVE
INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
WIFE AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR
LIFE
>> Reporter: I GOT TO SAY, I
LOVE THE QUESTION, JUST IN TERMS
OF TRADE CRAFT
HEY, LOOK, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT.
WE START CLOSE TO HOME, AND WE
GO OUTWARD
SO WE'RE GOING LOOK AT YOU AND
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU WIFE.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING
TO SURPRISE ME
BECAUSE YOU MUST GET ALL KINDS
OF ANSWERS TO THAT
>> YOU DO.
YOU GET ALL KINDS OF ANSWERS
>> Reporter: THE ANSWER HE
RECEIVED THAT DAY WAS ONE
MATT HARVILL DID NOT EXPECT.
>>> COMING UP --
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?
HE SAYS, WELL, I DO HAVE THIS
GIRLFRIEND
>> MIKE DALLY COMES CLEAN.
AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
>> WHEN SHE FOUND OUT, SHE CAME
TO ME.
AND I JUST HELD HER WHILE SHE
>>> IN ANY INVESTIGATION,
DETECTIVES NEED TO LEARN
EVERYTHING THEY CAN ABOUT THE
VICTIM AND THOSE CLOSEST TO
THEM
SOMETIMES THAT REQUIRES DIGGING.
OTHER TIMES, AN HONEST ANSWER TO
A SIMPLE QUESTION IS ALL THEY
NEED
DETECTIVE HARVILL TRIED ASKING A
SIMPLE QUESTION OF MIKE DALLY.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S
GOING TO SURPRISE ME, OR
ANYTHING THAT I SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT?
AND HE SAYS, WELL, I DO HAVE
THIS GIRLFRIEND.
>> Reporter: A GIRLFRIEND?
OH, YES.
AND IT GOT BETTER.
MIKE SAID HER NAME WAS DIANA
BUT HER LAST NAME?
MIKE SAID HE JUST COULDN'T
RECALL IT.
>> WHERE'S SHE LIVE?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I -- I CAN
GIVE YOU HER PHONE NUMBER.
SO HE GAVE ME HER PHONE NUMBER
>> Reporter: SO YOU'RE HAVING AN
EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR, BUT YOU
DON'T KNOW THE LAST NAME OF THE
WOMAN YOU'RE DOING IT WITH, AND
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES
>> RIGHT
>> Reporter: IT'S THE ULTIMATE
NO STRINGS ATTACHED
RELATIONSHIP
>> THAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE,
YEAH
>> Reporter: HARVILL AND CONROY
TOOK THAT INFORMATION BACK TO
THE STATION AND COMPARED NOTES
WITH OTHER DETECTIVES.
TURNS OUT WHEN MIKE REPORTED
SHERRI MISSING, HE NEVER
MENTIONED A GIRLFRIEND
>> ARE THERE ANY MARITAL
PROBLEMS
>> NO.
>> Reporter: MIKE ALSO TOLD
ANOTHER OFFICER HE AND SHERRI
HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A JET SKI
TRIP AND, EVERYTHING WAS GOING
ALONG FINE
HOWEVER, SHERRI'S MOTHER HAD
NOTICED MIKE BEING SHORT AND
DISMISSIVE WITH SHERRI
SOMETIMES.
AND TRUTH IS, KARLYNE HAD
WONDERED IF SHERRI WAS THE ONE
WHO HAD SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
>> I THOUGHT IT'S NOT LIKE HER,
BUT MAYBE SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND
AND JUST DECIDED THAT SHE WASN'T
GOING TO PUT UP WITH MICHAEL
ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: AND IN SOME PART OF
YOUR HEAD, YOU'RE THINKING, I
HOPE THAT'S TRUE
>> I DID
I THOUGHT, I HOPE THAT'S WHERE
SHE IS
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S FRIEND AND
NEIGHBOR DEBBIE ENGLISH SAID
SHERRI HAD TALKED ABOUT WALKING
OUT ON MIKE.
>> SHE SAID, I OUGHT TO JUST GO
AND LEAVE FOR A COUPLE DAYS, NOT
TELL HIM WHERE I'VE GONE, SO HE
COULD SEE HOW IT FEELS, THE WAY
HE'S DOING ME.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE SHERRI DID
KNOW ABOUT DIANA WITH NO LAST
NAME
AND SHERRI HAD TOLD DEBBIE ALL
ABOUT HER.
>> WHEN SHE FOUND OUT, SHE CAME
TO ME, AND SHE WAS CRYING AND
TOLD ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
AND I JUST HELD HER WHILE SHE
CRIED.
>> Reporter: KRISTIN ALSO KNEW
ABOUT DIANA AND SAID SHE WAS
AFRAID OF WHAT SHERRI MIGHT DO
>> SHERRI WAS A STRONG GIRL AND
COULD TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN
YOU KNOW, I USED TO SAY, SHERRI,
YOU'RE -- I DON'T WANT YOU TO
END UP IN JAIL
YOU KNOW
>> Reporter: YOU THOUGHT SHE
MIGHT PHYSICALLY ATTACK DIANA.
>> HMM, I DID.
>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO HER
FRIENDS, SHERRI DID CONFRONT
DIANA AFTER SHERRI HEARD DIANA
NOT ONLY WANTED MIKE, BUT THE
KIDS, TOO.
AND SO SHERRI GAVE DIANA A PIECE
OF HER MIND.
>> AND SHE TOLD HER SHE'D NEVER
GET THEM
JUST BACK OFF.
AND SHE TOLD HER, YOU AREN'T
GETTING MIKE EITHER.
SHE WOULD FIGHT HER FOR MIKE
>> Reporter: BECAUSE IN SHERRI'S
MIND, THE PROBLEM HERE IS
DIANA'S THE INTERLOPER
AND MIKE IS BLAMELESS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE PROBLEM WAS DIANA.
YOU KNOW, IF DIANA WOULD JUST GO
AWAY, THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE
BACK TO NORMAL
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN
DIANA DIDN'T GO AWAY
BUT NOW SHERRI HAD
THE QUESTION WAS WHERE
SHERRI WAS LAST SEEN EXITING
TARGET
SECURITY CAMERAS CONFIRMED THAT.
THEN, THERE WERE THE WITNESS
REPORTS OF A WOMAN, BELIEVED TO
BE SHERRI, WHO WAS ARRESTED JUST
OUTSIDE OF TARGET BY A BLOND,
FEMALE COP
EXCEPT, DETECTIVES COULDN'T FIND
ANY RECORD OF THAT ARREST
ANYWHERE
AND NOW THERE WERE SOME THINGS
ABOUT THE ARREST ITSELF THAT
JUST DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO THESE
DETECTIVES
FIRST OF ALL, THE ARRESTING
OFFICER SEEMED TO BE WORKING
SOLO
>> TYPICALLY, IF I WAS GONNA GO
OUT AND MAKE AN ARREST, I'D HAVE
A PARTNER WITH ME BECAUSE I
DON'T KNOW HOW THE PERSON'S
GOING TO RESPOND
>> Reporter: AND THIS OFFICER
WAS ALONE?
>> ALONE
>> Reporter: THEN THERE WAS THE
CAR THE OFFICER PUT SHERRI INTO.
BACK THEN, NEARLY EVERY COP
DROVE A FORD CROWN VICTORIA.
NOT THIS ONE
>> IT WASN'T A CROWN VIC
>> Reporter: WHICH WAS, AT THE
TIME, CERTAINLY THE PREFERRED
CAR OF ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES
>> YOU ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS A
COP IN THE PARKING LOT IF YOU
SAW A CROWN VIC.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER ANOMALY --
SHERRI'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS
FOUND INSIDE HER VAN
AND IF SHERRI HAD BEEN TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY, IT'S HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT HER I.D., HER
DRIVER'S LICENSE WOULDN'T GO
WITH HER
>> YES
YES.
EXACTLY.
I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE COMMON
THINGS THAT YOU COLLECT FROM A
PERSON TO GET ALL THEIR CORRECT
INFORMATION SO YOU KNOW THEY'RE
NOT LYING TO YOU
>> Reporter: TO POLICE, WHAT
WITNESSES SAW OUTSIDE THE TARGET
WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK LESS LIKE
AN ARREST AND MORE LIKE AN
ABDUCTION.
>> THAT IS SUCH A BOLD MOVE.
I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF MOTIVATION
WOULD A PERSON HAVE TO TAKE THAT
KIND OF RISK, TO DO THAT IN A
PUBLIC PLACE AND TO GO FORWARD
WITH THAT PLAN
>> Reporter: IT'S LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A MOVIE
>> IT'S LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A
BAD MOVIE BECAUSE IT WAS
RECKLESS
>> Reporter: SO WHO WAS THAT
BLOND WOMAN WHO'D HANDCUFFED
SHERRI DALLY, AND WHERE DID SHE
TAKE HER
DETECTIVES WONDERED IF MIKE'S
GIRLFRIEND DIANA COULD HAVE
HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT
WITH ONLY A FIRST NAME AND A
PHONE NUMBER, HARVILL AND CONROY
SET OUT TO FIND HER.
>> WE START RESEARCHING THAT
PHONE NUMBER
WHO DOES IT BELONG TO?
WE LOOKED IT UP AND GOT AN
ADDRESS IN PORT HUENEME THAT
GOES WITH THAT PHONE NUMBER.
>> Reporter: FIRST NAME --
DIANA.
LAST NAME -- HAUN.
HARVILL AND CONROY BEGAN THEIR
FIRST FULL DAY ON THE CASE WITH
A DRIVE DOWN THE COAST TO
PORT HUENEME TO KNOCK ON HER
DOOR
>>> COMING UP --
>> THERE'S DIANA STANDING IN
FRONT OF US IN A VERY SHORT,
BLACK NEGLIGEE
>> Reporter: AND SHE'S NOT
ALONE.
>> SHE'S NOT ALONE
>> Reporter: WELL, HE WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HAVING
AN AFFAIR.
>> WE CONFIRMED IT RIGHT THERE
>> DETECTIVES WOULD ALSO CONFIRM
SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT MIKE DALLY.
>> HE HAD A ROCK SOLID ALIBI
>>> AFTER SHERRI DALLY WENT
MISSING, DETECTIVE MATT HARVILL
TOLD HER HUSBAND MIKE HOW
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES START CLOSE
TO HOME, MEANING THEY'D HAVE TO
LOOK AT MIKE
WHEN THEY DID, DETECTIVES
CONFIRMED MIKE WAS AT WORK AT
THE SAME TIME SHERRI WAS GETTING
CUFFED AND TAKEN FROM THE TARGET
PARKING LOT.
>> HE WAS STOCKING THE SHELVES
AT VONS.
AND HE HAD A ROCK SOLID ALIBI.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS THE
MATTER OF MIKE'S GIRLFRIEND,
DIANA.
THAT KIND OF THING NEVER PLAYS
WELL WITH HOMICIDE DETECTIVES.
HOWEVER, IT'S COMMON FOR GUILTY
HUSBANDS TO AVOID MENTIONING
THEIR SECRET LIVES
NOT MIKE
HE'D BEEN QUITE CANDID ABOUT
DIANA.
ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW
HER ADDRESS OR HER LAST NAME
DIDN'T MATTER.
HARVILL AND CONROY WERE
DETECTIVES, AFTER ALL, AND THEY
FOUND DIANA'S HOME ADDRESS
>> WE DRIVE OUT TO DIANA HAUN'S
HOUSE.
AND WE GET THERE
AND THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES
ME AS WE PULL UP IS MIKE'S VAN
IS IN HER DRIVEWAY
>> Reporter: AND HE'S NOT ONLY
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, HE'S FOUND
OUT WHERE SHE LIVES.
>> IT WAS A MIRACLE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A PARTY
WAITING TO HAPPEN.
>> WE GO UP TO THE DOOR.
WE KNOCK, AND NOBODY'S
ANSWERING.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE CONROY
CALLED DIANA'S HOME PHONE.
SHE PICKED UP, AND HE SAID
SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF,
IT'S THE POLICE.
WE'RE OUTSIDE.
>> MOMENTS LATER, THE DOOR
OPENED UP, AND THERE'S DIANA
STANDING IN FRONT OF US IN A
VERY SHORT, BLACK NEGLIGEE
>> Reporter: JUST OUT OF BED
>> APPARENTLY SO
>> Reporter: AND SHE'S NOT
ALONE.
>> SHE'S NOT ALONE
>> AND MATT AND I STEP INTO THE
RESIDENCE, AND MATT JUST CALLS
OUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, MICHAEL,
COME ON OUT HERE
>> AND MIKE CAME WALKING OUT OF
THE BACK PART OF THE HOUSE
WEARING A PAIR OF BOXER SHORTS
>> Reporter: WELL, HE WAS
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HAVING
AN AFFAIR.
>> HE WASN'T LYING ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE CONFIRMED IT RIGHT
HERE
>> Reporter: SO YES, MIKE WAS
HONEST
THAT DID NOT GET HIM OFF POLICE
RADAR.
>> BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
AT HOME, WAITING FOR THE PHONE
TO RING, YOU KNOW, IN CASE A
HOSPITAL CALLED THAT THEY HAD
HIS WIFE OR FOR JUST ANYTHING,
WHEN HE'S ACTUALLY, AT THE VERY
FIRST OPPORTUNITY, SPENDING THE
NIGHT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES WANTED
TO FIND OUT IF MIKE'S GIRLFRIEND
KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT SHERRI'S
DISAPPEARANCE.
MIKE OFFERED TO DRIVE DIANA TO
THE POLICE STATION
IT WAS THERE THAT DETECTIVES
SEPARATED THE LOVE BIRDS AND SAT
DIANA IN AN INTERVIEW ROOM
>> WHAT OUR GOAL IN THAT
INTERVIEW WAS TO ESTABLISH A
BASELINE OF HER ACTIVITIES ON
THE DAY OF THE ABDUCTION
SO WE ASKED HER TO FILL OUT A
YELLOW LEGAL PAD WITH ALL OF HER
ACTIVITIES
>> Reporter: DIANA SAID SHE WAS
ALONE MOST OF THE DAY.
>> SHE PUT IN THERE SHE WENT ON
THIS LONG BIKE RIDE.
THAT WAS A BIG CHUNK OF HER DAY.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS THE DAY
SHERRI DISAPPEARED
>> THAT'S THE DAY THAT SHERRI
DISAPPEARED.
>> Reporter: BY DIANA'S ACCOUNT,
THIS BIKE RIDE TOOK HER NOWHERE
CLOSE TO THE PLACE WHERE SHERRI
WAS LAST SEEN.
WHAT'S MORE, THE EYEWITNESSES
DESCRIBED THE PERSON WHO PUT
SHERRI IN THE CAR AS A WHITE
FEMALE WITH BLOND HAIR
IT WAS HARDLY AN ACCURATE
DESCRIPTION OF DIANA HAUN.
LONG, DARK HAIR?
>> LONG, DARK HAIR, YEAH
>> Reporter: AND SHE'S HALF
ASIAN?
>> HALF ASIAN, YEP
>> Reporter: SHE DOESN'T SOUND
AT ALL LIKE THE PERSON THAT
ARRESTED SHERRI DALLY.
>> NO.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES RAN
DIANA'S NAME AND FOUND NOTHING
ALARMING
DIANA HAUN HAD NO CRIMINAL
RECORD
>> NO.
>> Reporter: NEVER BEEN IN
TROUBLE WITH THE LAW -
>> NO.
>> Reporter: -- IN ANY WAY
>> NO, NOTHING
>> Reporter: AT 35, DIANA HAUN
LIVED WITH HER MOTHER.
AT ONE TIME SHE HAD AMBITIONS TO
BE AN ACTRESS OR MODEL
IN A 1992 TV MOVIE CALLED "SHE
WOKE UP," DIANA IS AN EXTRA IN
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS
RESTAURANT SCENE
BUT YOU CAN'T SPOT HER
SHE NOW WORKED IN THE DELI
DEPARTMENT AT THE SAME VONS AS
MIKE DALLY
POLICE SPOKE WITH COLLEAGUES WHO
SAID DIANA TOLD THEM THAT SHE
OCCASIONALLY PRACTICED
WITCHCRAFT
ASIDE FROM THAT, IT SEEMED THE
MOST EXCITING THING IN DIANA'S
LIFE WAS THE SPELL SHE'D CAST ON
MIKE DALLY
DIANA TOLD POLICE SHE WAS FULLY
AWARE THAT MIKE HAD TWO BOYS AND
THAT HE WAS MARRIED.
SHE ALSO TOLD THEM SHERRI WAS
WELL AWARE OF HER.
>> SHE DID ADMIT TO, YOU KNOW,
THE CONFRONTATIONS, THAT THEY
HAD WORDS.
SO SHE KNOWS SHERRI, AND SHERRI
DEFINITELY KNOWS HER
>> Reporter: IF THE PERSON WHO
HANDCUFFED SHERRI WAS
DIANA HAUN, WOULDN'T SHERRI HAVE
RECOGNIZED HER AND REFUSED TO GO
ALONG?
TWO DAYS INTO THEIR
INVESTIGATION, DIANA HAUN WAS
COMING OFF AS TOO SOFT SPOKEN
AND TOO MEEK TO BE A KIDNAPPER
BECAUSE SHE'S NOT AGGRESSIVE
SHE'S NOT MEAN
>> NO.
SHE HASN'T THREATENED ANYBODY.
SHE'S NEVER BEEN IN PHYSICAL
CONFRONTATIONS
>> Reporter: AT THE SAME TIME,
IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE THAT LITTLE
ROOM, THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO SHERRI WAS SPREADING.
AND SOON, IT CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF SOMEONE WHO KNEW
DIANA.
AND THAT MOMENT CHANGED THE
COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION
>> A CO-WORKER OF HERS CALLED
INTO THE DETECTIVE BAY AND SPOKE
TO ANOTHER DETECTIVE
>> Reporter: DIANA'S CO-WORKER
TOLD THE DETECTIVE SHE'D SEEN
DIANA THE DAY AFTER SHERRI WAS
REPORTED MISSING
AND SHE'D NOTICED SOMETHING
PECULIAR
>> SHE SAID HER FACE WAS ALL
RED, AND SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD
BEEN IN A FIGHT, AND THERE ARE
SCRATCHES ON HER FOREHEAD.
>> Reporter: THE DETECTIVE HUNG
UP THE PHONE AND WENT TO THE
INTERVIEW ROOM WHERE HARVILL AND
CONROY WERE QUESTIONING DIANA.
>> HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND HE
GOES, YOU KNOW, DID YOU SEE THE
SCRATCHES?
AND WE WERE LOOKING, AND SHE HAD
HER HAIR DONE IN KIND OF A, YOU
KNOW, SURFER WAVE, OVER THE
FOREHEAD DEAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE HADN'T SEEN
THEM
WE GO BACK IN AND WE SAY, HEY,
YOU KNOW, MOVE YOUR HAIR TO THE
SIDE
>> Reporter: THERE THEY WERE
DIANA SAID SHE COULD EXPLAIN
SHE GOT THE SCRATCHES DURING HER
LONG BIKE RIDE THE DAY SHERRI
DISAPPEARED.
>> SHE SAID SHE WAS RIDING BACK
TO HER HOUSE AND A COUPLE GUYS
IN A BLACK PICKUP TRUCK RAN HER
OFF THE ROAD
AND SHE CRASHED.
>> Reporter: SHE HAD ROAD RASH
ON HER HANDS
>> NO ROAD RASH ON HER HANDS
>> Reporter: OR ANY OTHER
INJURIES THAT MIGHT BE
ASSOCIATED WITH FALLING OFF A
BICYCLE?
>> NO RASPBERRIES ON THE ELBOW
OR THE KNEES
NOTHING LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: STILL, WITH NO REAL
EVIDENCE, THERE WAS NOTHING
DETECTIVES COULD DO AT THAT
POINT.
AND SO THEY LET DIANA HAUN WALK
RIGHT OUT OF THE POLICE STATION,
ALONG WITH MIKE DALLY.
>>> COMING UP --
>> WHEREVER SHE WAS, SHE WAS
BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL.
OR WORSE
>> FRANTIC SEARCHES FOR SHERRI
AND A RENTAL CAR BRINGS IN A
BRAND-NEW LEAD
>> THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR HAD BEEN
BROKEN OFF
>> Reporter: SUGGESTING A FIGHT
INSIDE THE CAR
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT WE
BELIEVE.
>>> SHERRI DALLY HAD VANISHED,
HER CASE WAS ALL OVER THE LOCAL
NEWS.
>> OUR TOP STORY AT 5:30 TODAY,
THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING WOMAN
IN VENTURA
SHE'S A MOTHER OF TWO.
SHE ALSO RUNS A DAYCARE CENTER
IN HER HOME.
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S HUSBAND,
MIKE, SPOKE WITH REPORTERS.
>> THIS IS SO BIZARRE.
EVERYBODY, MY NEIGHBORS, OUR
FRIENDS THEY ALL JUST CAN'T
BELIEVE IT.
BECAUSE THEY ALL KNOW HER AND
SAY NO SHE WOULD NEVER LEAVE THE
BOYS FOR ANY REASON.
>> Reporter: EVEN SHERRI'S BOYS
WENT ON TV.
>> CAN YOU HELP US FIND OUR MOM,
PLEASE
>> Reporter: LOS ANGELES STATION
KTTV WAS THERE WHEN MIKE TOOK
HIS SONS TO HAND OUT FLYERS AT
THE TARGET WHERE SHERRI WAS LAST
SEEN.
>> THAT'S YOUR MOM
>> YES.
>> Reporter: EVERYONE WHO LOVED
SHERRI WAS HOLDING THEIR BREATH.
>> EVERY TIME THE PHONE RINGS.
>> YOU'RE GRABBING IT?
>> YUP.
EVERY CALL YOU HOPE IS HER
YOUR BRAIN IS SAYING ONE THING.
YOUR HEART IS SAYING ANOTHER
AND THEN WE GET TO THE WEEKEND
AND IT'S SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY.
AND MONDAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY
>> AND YOU DIDN'T HEAR FROM HER?
>> AND I DIDN'T HEAR FROM HER.
AND I KNEW THAT WHEREVER SHE
WAS, SHE WAS BEING HELD AGAINST
HER WILL OR WORSE.
>> Reporter: SOON THE WHOLE TOWN
SEEMED TO BE COMING TOGETHER TO
FIND SHERRI DALLY.
>> PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL
THE TIME
AND SO THERE WAS COMMUNITY
PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HELP FIND
SHERRI.
>> Reporter: KRISTIN HELPED
ORGANIZE SEARCH PARTIES.
>> WE ALL HAVE KIDS.
WE ALL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A
MOTHER YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH A
DAUGHTER MISSING
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S JUST
CONCERNED PEOPLE AND THAT'
THE BIG CONNECTION HERE.
>> Reporter: THE TARGET PARKING
LOT WHERE SHERRI WAS LAST SEEN
BECAME THEIR COMMAND CENTER.
>> AND WE JUST WOULD SPLIT UP
INTO GROUPS AND COVERED, YOU
KNOW, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
COUNTY
>> Reporter: AS THE WEEKS WENT
ON THEY ALL KNEW
THE ODDS WERE INCREASINGLY
LONGER THAT SHERRI WAS STILL
ALIVE.
>> WE WERE LOOKING AT THE RIVER
BOTTOMS AND OUT IN THE RURAL
AREAS.
>> Reporter: PLACES WHERE A BODY
MIGHT TURN UP.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY
>> Reporter: DEBBIE AND LARRY
SEARCHED, TOO.
>> WE WERE HOPING WE WOULD FIND
HER.
BUT AS FAR AS DEB AND I
CONCERNED, WE WERE HOPING IT
WOULDN'T BE US.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HER IN ANY
KIND OF BAD CONDITION.
>> NO.
YOU WANT TO FIND HER, BUT YOU
DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE TO DO
IT
>> Reporter: KARLYNE HOPED
SHERRI WOULD BE FOUND, ALIVE.
DETECTIVE HARVILL KNEW, ALL THE
SIGNS POINTED THE OTHER WAY.
>> KARLYNE ASKED IF WE THOUGHT
THAT SHERRI WAS DEAD
AND IT WASN'T LOOKING GOOD
>> AND YOU WERE HONEST ABOUT
THAT
>> I WAS HONEST ABOUT THAT
I REALLY WAS
>> Reporter: HARVILL FELT HE HAD
TO BE BECAUSE, FOR HIM, THIS
CASE WAS DIFFERENT.
>> MOST HOMICIDES, I ARRIVE ON
SCENE, AND WE HAVE THE DECEDENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE DECEDENT
BEFOREHAND, SO I CAN'T PUT A
PERSONALITY, A VOICE, ANYTHING
TO THAT UNFORTUNATE VICTIM.
SHERRI WAS A DIFFERENT STORY
YOU KNOW, I CAN PUT A VOICE TO
HER, I CAN PUT A SMILE, I CAN
PUT A KIND WORD TO THIS PERSON
>> THAT MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER OR
HARDER
>> IT DIDN'T MAKE IT EASIER.
I'D SAY IT ADDED ANOTHER LEVEL
OF ALMOST PRESSURE TO WHAT I WAS
DOING.
AND THEN I NEEDED TO DO THE BEST
I COULD FOR THIS PERSON THAT I
KNEW AS A FRIEND
>> Reporter: ALL THE WHILE,
DETECTIVES JUST KEPT AT IT
THEY KNEW THEY NEEDED TO FIND
THE CAR SHERRI HAD BEEN PUT
INTO
WITNESSES DESCRIBED IT AS A
SMALL TEAL-COLORED SEDAN
DETECTIVES LOOKED HIGH AND LOW
>> TWO OF THE DETECTIVES THAT
WERE WORKING THIS CASE, THEY
WENT TO LOCAL RENTAL PLACES.
AND ONE OF THE CLOSEST WAS THE
OXNARD AIRPORT
AND JUST STARTED GOING FROM
COUNTER TO COUNTER.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK A WHILE,
BUT THEY FOUND IT.
THE BUDGET FLEET CONTAINED A
BLUE-GREEN NISSAN ALTIMA THAT
HAD BEEN RENTED OUT DURING THE
TIME SHERRI WAS ABDUCTED.
AND ACCORDING TO BUDGET RECORDS,
IT WAS RETURNED DAMAGED.
>> THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR HAD BEEN
BROKEN OFF
>> THE INSIDE REAR-VIEW MIRROR
>> INSIDE REAR-VIEW MIRROR
>> SUGGESTING A FIGHT INSIDE THE
CAR?
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT WE
BELIEVED, THAT A FIGHT HAD
OCCURRED INSIDE THE CAR.
>> Reporter: BY THIS TIME, THE
CAR HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED
AND RENTED TO ANOTHER CUSTOMER
IT WAS ONE MORE DAY BEFORE
DETECTIVES GOT THEIR HANDS ON
IT.
WHEN THEY DID, THEY COULD SEE
WITH THEIR NAKED EYES STAINS
THAT TO THEM LOOKED LIKE BLOOD
UNDER THE FLOOR MAT IN THE BACK
SEAT
>> THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS
CUT THE SEATS AND PEELED IT BACK
AND YOU COULD SEE THE BLOOD HAD
SOAKED INTO THE SEATS.
>> Reporter: ALSO INSIDE THE
CAR, SOME STRANDS OF BLOND HAIR.
DETECTIVES BELIEVED THE BLOOD
FOUND INSIDE THE SEDAN HAD TO
BELONG TO SHERRI DALLY.
AND TO THEM, THAT CONFIRMED THE
WORST.
>> ONCE YOU GET THAT EVIDENCE
BACK FROM THE CAR, YOU KNOW.
>> WE KNOW
>> SHERRI DALLY'S DEAD
>> YES
>> THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHERE
SHE IS
>> WHERE IS SHE?
>> Reporter: SO, WHO TO ASK?
MAYBE THE PERSON WHO'D RENTED
THE CAR.
BUDGET FAXED OVER THE RENTAL
AGREEMENT.
AND THE NAME ON THE CONTRACT
COME ON, YOU'VE ALREADY GUESSED.
>>> COMING UP --
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT CAR
BEFORE?
>> IT'S FROM BUDGET RENT-A-CAR.
IT SAYS THAT YOU RENTED THAT
CAR.
>> DIANA HAUN, IN THE
INTERROGATION ROOM
>> IF YOU DON'T HELP US FIND
SHERRI, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
PRETTY, DIANA.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, IT WILL NOT
>>> TRUE TO MY WORD, HERE WE
ARE.
>> Reporter: THIS CONVERSATION
SOUNDS LIKE TWO PEOPLE CHATTING
IT UP AT A BAR
>> YOU HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL LOOK
I HAVE TO TELL YOU
>> Reporter: IN REALITY, IT WAS
ANYTHING BUT CASUAL.
DETECTIVES WERE QUESTIONING
DIANA HAUN AGAIN, NOW THAT
THEY'D LEARNED SHE HAD RENTED
THIS CAR THAT SEEMED TO BE THE
ONE USED IN SHERRI'S ABDUCTION
THERE WAS, AT FIRST, NO MENTION
OF ANY RENTAL CAR, JUST SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DIANA WAS
LIKE IN SCHOOL
>> DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE A
WALLFLOWER
>> BASICALLY, IN JUNIOR HIGH I
MADE IT FOR SHYEST IN MY
YEARBOOK
>> FOR SHYEST?
>> Reporter: DIANA TOLD THEM SHE
HAD ONLY ONE FRIEND GROWING
UP AND THAT THESE DAYS, MIKE
DALLY WAS HER CLOSEST FRIEND
AND THEN, MORE THAN A HALF HOUR
AFTER IT BEGAN, THIS INTERVIEW
GOT SERIOUS.
THEY SHOWED HER SOME PHOTOS.
>> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT CAR
BEFORE
>> NO.
>> Reporter: AND A DOCUMENT.
>> IT'S FROM BUDGET RENT-A-CAR
IT SAYS THAT YOU RENTED THAT
CAR.
>> NO.
>> DIANA HAUN HAD NOT ONLY
SIGNED IT, BUT HAD INITIALED IT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY SAY, DO
YOU WANT THIS WAIVER
>> NO.
INITIAL HERE
YOU KNOW, IN LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT
PLACES
>> Reporter: THE FORM EVEN HAD
VONS WRITTEN IN AS HER
WORKPLACE.
>> IT WAS THE BIG BREAK IN THE
CASE
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT EXACTLY A
SIGNED CONFESSION, BUT IT'S
PRETTY CLOSE
>> WELL, IT BASICALLY SAID,
TAKE A BIG OLD LOOK AT ME.
>> Reporter: THEY READ DIANA HER
MIRANDA RIGHTS
>> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
SILENT
>> Reporter: SHE DID NOT ASK FOR
AN ATTORNEY, SO THEY KEPT GOING.
>> THERE IS BLOOD ALL OVER THAT
CAR.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES TOLD
DIANA HOW AT THAT EXACT MOMENT
OTHER COPS WERE SEARCHING HER
HOME
THEY ALSO TOLD HER THEY DIDN'T
BELIEVE HER BIKE RIDE ALIBI.
THEY ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN,
WHERE IS SHERRI?
>> IF YOU DON'T HELP US FIND
SHERRI, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
PRETTY, DIANA.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU.
IT WILL NOT BE PRETTY.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
US, TO SHOW EVERYBODY THAT YOU
DO CARE.
THAT YOU HAVE A HEART.
>> Reporter: DIANA SAT QUIETLY
>> YOU NEED TO TAKE US TO
SHERRI
WE NEED TO WALK OUT THIS DOOR.
WE NEED TO GO GET IN THE CAR
YOU NEED TO POINT THE WAY AND
TAKE US TO SHERRI.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN
DO THAT IS GOING TO HELP WITH
THIS INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW
>> IF I KNEW WHERE I WOULD TELL
YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: THE INTERVIEW WAS
GOING NOWHERE.
CONROY AND HARVILL GOT UP TO
LEAVE THE ROOM
AND THEN CONROY HAD ANOTHER
QUESTION
>> CAN I TAKE YOUR PURSE
>> IS IT UNDER WARRANT, TOO?
>> NO, BUT YOU ARE UNDER ARREST.
>> AND THAT GAVE US ACCESS TO
THE PURSE.
AND THAT WAS A SEMINAL MOMENT IN
THE INVESTIGATION WITH
DIANA HAUN
>> Reporter: IN HER BAG WAS A
STARTLING PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
A PHOTOGRAPH OF DIANA AND
MIKE DALLY WITH HIS TWO BOYS
ESSENTIALLY, A FAMILY PHOTO.
EXCEPT THEY WEREN'T A FAMILY
>> Reporter: AT THE TIME, HE'S
STILL MARRIED TO AND LIVING WITH
THE MOTHER OF THOSE KIDS
>> EXACTLY
AFTER THEY SAW THAT PICTURE, THE
DETECTIVES WENT BACK IN AND
CONFRONTED DIANA
>> WHAT KIND OF WOMAN GETS HER
PICTURE TAKEN WITH TWO KIDS AND
THEIR FATHER
>> IT WAS ON CHRISTMAS EVE
>> WHAT KIND OF WOMAN DOES THAT?
>> I THINK THE BEING IN THE
PHOTO, THAT'S REALIZING HER
DREAM.
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE LIFE SHE
WANTED
>> THAT'S THE LIFE SHE WANTED.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS JUST ONE
THING STANDING BETWEEN HER AND
HER DREAM.
>> A PIECE OF PAPER.
>> WHAT PIECE OF PAPER
>> DIVORCE PAPER
>> Reporter: THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE MIKE DALLY HAD EVER
FILED FOR DIVORCE.
AND BY NOW DETECTIVES HAD SPOKEN
WITH DIANA'S COLLEAGUES WHO TOLD
THEM SOME ODD STORIES.
>> HAVE YOU EVER TOLD ANYBODY
THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE A HUMAN
SACRIFICE?
>> NO.
>> YOU HAVEN'T
>> NOT THOSE EXACT WORDS
>> Reporter: DIANA SAID SHE
COULDN'T REMEMBER HER EXACT
WORDS, BUT A WOMAN AT WORK DID
>> DID YOU TELL HER THAT YOU HAD
A FRIEND WHO HAD A BIRTHDAY
COMING UP, AND THAT YOU WANTED
TO PERFORM A HUMAN SACRIFICE FOR
THIS PERSON'S BIRTHDAY
>> NO.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES KNEW
SHERRI HAD DISAPPEARED JUST
WEEKS BEFORE MIKE'S BIRTHDAY
AND SO THEY WONDERED, INSTEAD OF
BUYING MIKE A TIE OR SOME AFTER
SHAVE MAYBE DIANA'S GIFT WAS
MURDER
BECAUSE, SAID DETECTIVES, DIANA
WAS OBSESSED WITH BECOMING
MIKE'S WIFE AND MOTHER TO HIS
CHILDREN
>> WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
DO FOR HIM
WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING FOR HIM?
>> ALMOST.
>> ALMOST?
WHERE WOULD YOU DRAW THE LINE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Reporter: MIKE HIMSELF,
YOU'LL REMEMBER, HAD AN ALIBI.
HE WAS AT WORK WHEN SHERRI WAS
ABDUCTED AND HE COULD PROVE IT
STILL, DETECTIVES HAD REASON TO
WONDER IF HE MIGHT BE INVOLVED
THEY PUSHED DIANA, TRYING TO SEE
IF SHE WOULD SAY ANYTHING TO
IMPLICATE MIKE
>> AND WE SAID, AT SOME POINT,
HE'S GOING TO LEAVE YOU HOLDING
THE BAG.
THAT'S THE PLAN.
HE HAS A ROCK-SOLID ALIBI.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T.
AT SOME POINT, HE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO GIVE YOU UP, YOU KNOW?
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE FALL.
>> DIANA'S A TOY
DIANA'S LIKE A JET SKI
DIANA IS SOMEONE TO BE TAKEN
OUT, PLAYED WITH, PUT AWAY, AND
LEFT UNTIL HE'S READY TO COME
PLAY AGAIN
DON'T YOU SEE?
DON'T YOU SEE WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> BUT HE TAKES CARE OF ME
>> Reporter: THEY KEPT CHIPPING
AWAY AT DIANA, AS SHE TRIED TO
DEFEND MIKE, HER MARRIED LOVER
>> HE'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO ME
>> NO, HE HAS NOT.
HE HAS BEEN AWFUL TO YOU
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE BAD IN
HIM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
DESPERATE.
I'M SORRY.
YOU ARE DESPERATELY IN LOVE WITH
HIM.
>> Reporter: YOU GUYS ARE
ROLLING OUT THE HEAVY ARTILLERY.
HE'S USING YOU
HE'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU
HE'S GOING TO GET YOU TO TAKE
THE FALL FOR SOMETHING THAT'S
HIS IDEA
IT REALLY IS ALMOST LIKE
WATCHING A TV SHOW
EXCEPT IT DOESN'T WORK
>> IT DIDN'T WORK.
SHE WASN'T GIVING US AN INCH
>> Reporter: THEY NEEDED A
DIFFERENT STRATEGY
AND ONE SOON PRESENTED ITSELF.
MIKE HAD COME IN TO TALK WITH
DETECTIVES THAT DAY, AND HE WAS
IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR.
AND WHILE DETECTIVE CONROY WAS
FILLING OUT DIANA'S ARREST
PAPERWORK, DIANA HEARD MIKE'S
VOICE.
>> MIKE IS HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE HIM
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM?
>> SOMETIMES YOU PUT TWO
POTENTIAL SUSPECTS IN THE ROOM
TOGETHER AND THEN SOMETHING
INCRIMINATING COMES OUT.
>> Reporter: SOMETIMES THAT DOES
HAPPEN
>>> COMING UP --
>> I DONT BELIEVE YOU DID IT
>> I DIDN'T DO IT.
>> THINGS HEAT UP IN THE
INTERROGATION ROOM BUT NOT THE
WAY DETECTIVES EXPECTED.
>>> POLICE ALREADY KNEW MIKE
DALLY AND DIANA HAUN WERE
LOVERS.
NOW THEY WERE HOPING TO FIND OUT
IF MIKE AND DIANA WERE ALSO
PARTNERS IN MURDER
SO THEY LET THE COUPLE BOND IN
AN INTERROGATION ROOM.
>> HOW WE DOING?
>> THEY'RE SCRAMBLING MY HEAD
AGAIN.
>> THEY'RE SCRAMBLING MY HEAD
TOO.
>> Reporter: IT WAS CLEAR MIKE
AND DIANA KNEW THIS WAS NOT A
PRIVATE CONVERSATION BECAUSE AS
THEY SPOKE, THEY SOMETIMES
WHISPERED.
>> I'M GOING TO JAIL
>> FOR WHAT?
>> FOR MURDER AND KIDNAPPING
>> Reporter: AT OTHER TIMES, IT
APPEARED MIKE WANTED THE
DETECTIVES TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT
HE AND DIANA WERE SAYING
>> I CAN'T -- CANNOT BELIEVE --
I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IF
SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN YOU, SHE'D
HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU.
>> MM-HM
>> Reporter: "SHE" MEANING
SHERRI, WHO KNEW DIANA BY SIGHT,
AND WHO CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER
HAVE WILLINGLY GOTTEN INTO A CAR
WITH HER
MIKE TRIED TO REASSURE DIANA, OR
MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO HELP GET
HER STORY STRAIGHT HERE.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT.
>> I DIDN'T DO IT.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY TELL THEM
THE TRUTH, OKAY?
THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO, IS TELL
THEM THE TRUTH, AND YOU'LL BE
ALL RIGHT.
YOU WEREN'T THERE.
>> I WASN'T THERE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT.
>> Reporter: ON A VIDEO FEED
DETECTIVE HARVILL WATCHED IT ALL
UNFOLD LIKE A SOAP OPERA
>> DIANA WAS ALMOST IN A TRANCE.
HE CAME IN THERE, AND HE JUST
PUMPED HER UP.
YOU COULD SEE HER JUST ALMOST
PHYSICALLY JUST GET PUMPED UP AS
HE'S GETTING HER TO FOCUS ON
HIM.
>> Reporter: SHE'S, LIKE,
DRAWING FROM HIS STRENGTH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH.
>> Reporter: DIANA AND MIKE
SEEMED TO HAVE THEIR VERY OWN
LOVE LANGUAGE.
>> HI.
>> Reporter: MIKE TOLD DIANA THE
DETECTIVES HAD IT ALL WRONG.
DIANA WASN'T GUILTY OF ANYTHING
BECAUSE SHERRI WAS NOT DEAD.
>> THE ONLY THING I KNOW FOR
SURE IS THAT SHE'S MISSING.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW FOR SURE
>> Reporter: MIKE TOLD DIANA NOT
TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING LOCKED
UP
>> UNLESS THEY HAVE ANY REAL
SOLID EVIDENCE, THEY CAN ONLY
HOLD YOU FOR 24 HOURS.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES HOPED
PUTTING MIKE AND DIANA TOGETHER
MIGHT CAUSE HIM TO INCRIMINATE
HIMSELF OR CAUSE HER TO CRACK
AND CONFESS.
>> THAT'S IT.
THERE ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO
>> OKAY?
TALK TO YOU SOON
>> Reporter: MIKE'S BEHAVIOR
CERTAINLY MADE THEM SUSPICIOUS,
BUT IT WAS NOTHING FOR WHICH HE
COULD BE ARRESTED.
>> OKAY.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> MIKE, OUT
>> Reporter: AS FOR GETTING
DIANA TO CRACK -
>> WE GO BACK IN THERE AND IT
WAS LIKE WE WERE BACK AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, ALL THE GROUND THAT WE
HAD GAINED WAS JUST GONE
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE CONROY
TRIED AGAIN.
THIS TIME HE CONFRONTED DIANA
ABOUT A PIECE OF PAPER THEY'D
FOUND IN HER PURSE, ONE THAT HAD
SHERRI'S NAME ON IT ALONG WITH
BANKING INFORMATION.
DIANA EXPLAINED SHE WAS SIMPLY
HELPING MIKE PULL MONEY OUT OF
SHERRI'S ACCOUNT BECAUSE MIKE
WAS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY
>> YOU CANNOT BE THAT NAIVE TO
CALL UP AND IMPERSONATE A PERSON
WHO IS MISSING, KIDNAPPED, TO
TRY TO GET MONEY FROM THE
ACCOUNT.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE BELIEVE.
WE THINK SHE RAN OFF
>> SHE RAN OFF
>> SHE LEFT HIM WITH ALL HIS
BILLS.
>> LEFT HIM WITH ALL THE BILLS,
AND THAT'S THE LINE THAT HE'S
SELLING YOU, HUH
>> WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO
GET HER TO LET GO OF MIKE.
>> Reporter: AND START SEEING
THE WORLD THE WAY IT REALLY WAS.
>> EXACTLY
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A REALITY
CHECK.
THIS IS REALITY HITTING YOU FAST
AND HARD, AND MIKE'S NOT HERE TO
SAVE YOU
>> Reporter: NONE OF IT WORKED.
DIANA HAUN DIDN'T SPILL.
SHE MAY HAVE SAVED MIKE BUT NOT
HERSELF.
SHERRI'S MOM HEARD THE NEWS.
AN ARREST IN HER DAUGHTER'S
CASE
AND YOU THOUGHT WHAT
>> WHO THE HECK IS THIS WOMAN
AND WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO
WITH SHERRI?
>> Reporter: YOU NEVER HEARD
THAT NAME BEFORE
>> NOPE.
>> I COULDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING
ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING
>> Reporter: MIKE DID NOT SEEM
EAGER TO ANSWER REPORTERS'
QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON.
>> DID YOU KNOW MS. HAUN AT ALL?
>> LIKE I SAID, GUYS, YOU GUYS
KNOW AS MUCH -- AS MUCH ABOUT
THIS THING AS I DO RIGHT NOW
>> I MEAN, SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THE
ONE WHO ACTUALLY KILLED YOUR
WIFE
>> Reporter: THEN, JUST DAYS
AFTER DIANA'S ARREST -
>> DIANA, DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH
YOU HAVE BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED?
>> Reporter: SHE WAS RELEASED.
SHERRI'S GOOD FRIEND DEBBIE WAS
ASTONISHED
>> HOW COULD THEY LET HER GO,
YOU KNOW?
WE ALL KNOW SHE DID IT
>> Reporter: THE VENTURA COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
DECIDED THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO CHARGE DIANA HAUN
WITH A MURDER IN WHICH THERE WAS
NO BODY.
YOU MIGHT THINK DETECTIVES WOULD
BE UPSET BY THE DA'S DECISION.
YOU WOULD BE WRONG
YOU'RE NOT DISAPPOINTED BY THAT?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE OKAY WITH
THAT
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT, AND
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WHEN SHE WAS
RELEASED, IT WAS A MEDIA ZOO AT
COUNTY JAIL.
>> Reporter: THAT MEANT ALL OF
VENTURA WOULD GET A GOOD LOOK AT
DIANA HAUN, AND IT TURNED OUT
THAT WAS JUST WHAT THIS
INVESTIGATION NEEDED
>>> COMING UP --
A NEW WITNESS.
>> I RECOGNIZED HER FACE RIGHT
AWAY
>> SHE PURCHASED A WIG
>> WHAT COLOR?
>> BLOND
>> BULLSEYE.
>> Reporter: DIANA HAUN, FOOLED
HER.
>> ENOUGH TO GET THE HANDCUFFS
ON HER AND GET HER OUT OF THAT
>>> POLICE SUSPECTED DIANA HAUN
OF POSING AS A DETECTIVE AND
KIDNAPPING HER ROMANTIC RIVAL,
SHERRI DALLY, IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
THE QUESTION WAS, WHY DIDN'T
SHERRI RECOGNIZE DIANA AND JUST
WALK THE OTHER WAY
WHEN POLICE SEARCHED DIANA'S
HOME, THEY THOUGHT THEY'D FOUND
THEIR ANSWER
>> THERE WERE PHOTOS IN THERE OF
DIANA HAUN MADE UP TO THE POINT
WHERE I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE
PERSON IN THAT PHOTO AS BEING
DIANA HAUN
>> Reporter: PHOTOS LIKE THIS
HEADSHOT, WHICH INDICATED MAYBE
DIANA HAD LEARNED ENOUGH IN HER
BRIEF MODELING AND ACTING DAYS
TO PULL OFF A DISGUISE
IT WAS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT TYING
HER TO THE CRIME SCENE HAD BEEN
A REACH.
EYEWITNESS DESCRIPTIONS DID NOT
MATCH DIANA UNTIL SHE GOT OUT OF
JAIL AND HER PICTURE APPEARED ON
THE LOCAL NEWS
>> I RECOGNIZED HER FACE RIGHT
AWAY
>> Reporter: NBC STATION KNBC
INTERVIEWED THIS WOMAN AFTER SHE
SPOKE WITH DETECTIVES.
>> RECOGNIZED THE PICTURE OF
DIANA HAUN AND EVEN COMMENTED
ABOUT THE FAMILY PHOTO THAT WAS
IN DIANA'S WALLET.
>> Reporter: YES, THIS ONE
SO THE NEW WITNESS HAD SEEN
DIANA, ALL RIGHT
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WAS
WHERE THE WITNESS WORKED
AT A SHOP THAT SOLD WIGS
>> SHE PURCHASED A WIG
>> WHAT COLOR?
>> BLOND
>> Reporter: REMEMBER THE BLOND
HAIR FOUND IN THE RENTAL CAR
LAB TESTS REVEALED IT WASN'T
SHERRI DALLY'S
IT WASN'T EVEN HUMAN
IT WAS FROM A WIG.
DETECTIVES ALSO FOUND A STORE
THAT HAD SOLD DIANA HAUN
HANDCUFFS AND A BADGE.
AND THEY ALSO FOUND SOMETHING
MOST KILLERS DON'T DO -- WRITE
PERSONAL CHECKS.
WHAT KIND OF MURDERER DOES ALL
THEIR PREP WORK AND PAYS BY
CHECK?
>> NOT A VERY SMART ONE.
>> Reporter: DIANA ALSO WROTE A
CHECK TO KMART WHERE SHE BOUGHT
A LADIES JACKET, SUNGLASSES AND,
AN AXE
>> THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER WITNESS
WHO WAS WALKING THROUGH THE
PARKING LOT WHO WAS VERY
DETAILED IN WHAT SHE TOLD US
DEFINITELY A FEMALE.
FEMALE'S WEARING, LIKE, PANCAKE
MAKE-UP.
OBVIOUSLY DISGUISED.
>> Reporter: OBVIOUS TO THAT
WITNESS.
MAYBE NOT TO SHERRI DALLY.
SHERRI'D SEEN DIANA HAUN FACE TO
FACE, AND SHE KNEW HER
AND DIDN'T JUST KNOW HER -- I
THINK HATED HER.
AND DIANA HAUN STILL FOOLED HER.
>> DIANA HAUN FOOLED HER FOR A
BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME
DIANA HAUN WAS OUT OF CONTEXT.
>> Reporter: AND SHE'D CHANGED
HER APPEARANCE ENOUGH THAT IT
FOOLED SHERRI.
>> EXACTLY
ENOUGH TO GET THE HANDCUFFS ON
HER AND GET HER OUT OF THAT
PARKING LOT.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THAT ADDED
UP TO A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE AGAINST DIANA HAUN.
BUT NOT ENOUGH TO REARREST HER
POLICE NEEDED TO FIND SHERRI
DETECTIVES BELIEVED SHE WASN'T
FAR AWAY
RECORDS FROM BUDGET REVEALED
DIANA ONLY DROVE THAT TEAL
ALTIMA 126 MILES OVER THE 3 DAYS
SHE HAD IT
>> IT ALLOWED US TO GIVE THE
VOLUNTEER SEARCHERS SOME
PARAMETERS FOR WHERE THEY NEEDED
TO LOOK.
>> Reporter: LIKE, THIS ISN'T
GONNA BE IN RENO
>> EXACTLY
YEAH
>> Reporter: CALIFORNIA'S
VENTURA COUNTY IS NEARLY TWICE
THE SIZE OF THE STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND
MEANING THERE WAS A LOT OF
RUGGED TERRAIN STILL TO SEARCH
SHERRI'S FRIENDS AND PEOPLE
SHE'D NEVER EVEN MET HAD BEEN
OUT ON FOOT WEEKEND AFTER
WEEKEND TURNING UP NOTHING
THEY NEVER GAVE UP
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 1st, FOUR
WEEKS AFTER SHERRI DISAPPEARED,
HER FRIEND KRISTIN WAS AGAIN OUT
WITH A SEARCH PARTY.
>> PARKED THE CAR, AND WE WALKED
ALONG THIS AREA FOR ABOUT
45 MINUTES
AND THEN I SAW HER SUNGLASSES ON
THE SIDE
AND -- AND I KNEW THEY WERE HER
SUNGLASSES
>> Reporter: AT THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD WAS A STEEP DROP.
>> COUPLE OF THE GUYS FROM OUR
GROUP WENT DOWN INTO THE RAVINE.
>> Reporter: THE GUYS HELD UP A
PAIR OF BLACK SHORTS
>> AND I JUST SAID, THAT'S HERS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S -- THE --
THAT'S HERS.
>> VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN
COMBING THE AREA FOR WEEKS FOUND
SHERRI DALLY'S SKELETAL REMAINS
HERE
>> Reporter: DETECTIVES HAD
ALREADY SEEN THE BLOOD STAINS
INSIDE THE RENTAL CAR AND HAD
LEARNED OF THE BROKEN MIRROR
THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED
SOON SHERRI'S AUTOPSY REPORT
COMPLETED THE PICTURE.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A
HELLACIOUS FIGHT IN THAT CAR
>> Reporter: POLICE BELIEVE
BEFORE THE CAR WAS OUT OF THE
TARGET PARKING LOT, SHERRI DALLY
FIGURED OUT WHO WAS DRIVING.
THAT HAS TO BE A HORRIBLE MOMENT
OF REALIZATION FOR SHERRI.
THIS PERSON WHO'S JUST ARRESTED
HER ISN'T A POLICE OFFICER
IT'S HER HUSBAND'S GIRLFRIEND.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH SHERRI'S MIND AT
THAT MOMENT.
>> Reporter: THE DETECTIVES
SUSPECT SHERRI SOMEHOW SLIPPED
HER HANDCUFFS TO THE FRONT
>> AND THE FIGHT WAS ON.
>> SHERRI DALLY BRAVELY FOUGHT
FOR HER LIFE AND FOUGHT FOR HER
FAMILY
>> SHERRI'S HANDS ARE
HANDCUFFED, BUT SHE'S GRABBING
ONTO DIANA HAUN.
SHE COULDN'T DRIVE THROUGH TOWN
WITH SHERRI FIGHTING HER FROM
THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR.
>> SO DIANA HAUN WAS FORCED AT
THAT TIME TO SUBDUE HER.
>> Reporter: THESE DETECTIVES
BELIEVE THAT BY THE TIME THE
TEAL NISSAN EXITED THAT PARKING
LOT, THE FIGHT WAS OVER AND
SHERRI DALLY WAS EITHER DEAD OR
CLOSE TO IT.
SHE WAS BEATEN AND SHE WAS
STABBED?
>> SHE WAS STABBED
ABSOLUTELY
THERE WERE SOME NICK MARKS ON
RIBS WHICH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
WAS ABLE TO CONCLUDE WERE CAUSED
BY A KNIFE
>> Reporter: THERE WERE KNIFE
HOLES IN THE BITS OF CLOTHING
FOUND WITH SHERRI'S REMAINS.
NOW THOSE WHO LOVED SHERRI COULD
SAY GOOD-BYE
MIKE CAME TO THAT MEMORIAL AND
BROUGHT ALONG HIS AND SHERRI'S
BOYS
>> HE CAME IN REASONABLY LATE
WITH A KID IN EACH HAND.
AND HE JUST SWAGGERED ON IN AND
SAT DOWN
>> Reporter: MIKE'S SWAGGER WAS
APPARENT TO DETECTIVES WHO WERE
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE
DOES HE KNOW HE'S UNDER
SUSPICION AT THAT POINT?
HE HAS TO.
>> I'M SURE HE DOES.
>> Reporter: THEY ALSO KNEW IT
WAS UNLIKELY THE GIRL VOTED MOST
SHY IN SCHOOL HAD PLANNED A
BRUTAL, COMPLICATED MURDER ON
HER OWN.
DETECTIVES WERE CONVINCED MIKE
WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THIS.
>> I BELIEVE THAT MIKE THOUGHT
HE WAS TEFLON COATED
I THINK ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THIS, HE THOUGHT HE WAS JUST
TEFLON COATED.
THIS WAS GOING TO SLIDE RIGHT
OFF HIM.
>> Reporter: IN THE SAME WAY
THAT HE SORT OF FELT HE NEVER
HAD TO EVEN HIDE HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH DIANA HAUN
>> EXACTLY
HE DIDN'T MAKE US HUNT FOR IT.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE
COMMITTING A MURDER, YOU SORT OF
HAVE TWO WAYS TO GO.
RIGHT?
YOU CAN TRY TO GUARANTEE THAT
YOU'LL NEVER BE A SUSPECT, WHICH
IS PRETTY TOUGH IF YOU'RE THE
VICTIM'S HUSBAND
OR YOU CAN TRY TO GUARANTEE THAT
THERE WILL NEVER BE A GOOD
ENOUGH CASE AGAINST YOU.
>> RIGHT
I THINK MICHAEL BELIEVED THAT HE
WAS SMARTER THAN WE WERE
>> Reporter: WELL, HE WAS WRONG
ABOUT THAT
>> YES, HE WAS
>>> COMING UP --
A LOOK INSIDE SHERRI'S MARRIAGE.
AND THE VIEW IS DARK
>> HE HAD THIS PILLOW OF
DIANA HAUN ON HIS BED.
HE WOULDN'T LET HER REMOVE THAT
FROM THE BED
>> Reporter: SO EVERY TIME SHE
GOT INTO BED, THERE WERE THREE
PEOPLE IN IT
>> YEAH.
>>> WHEN DIANA HAUN WAS RELEASED
FROM JAIL, MANY PEOPLE CLOSE TO
SHERRI DALLY WERE FRUSTRATED AT
THE THOUGHT THAT SOMEHOW DIANA
HAD WON.
>> SHE WANTED TO GET RID OF
SHERRI SO SHE COULD HAVE MIKE.
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S FRIENDS
WANTED DIANA BACK BEHIND BARS.
AND AFTER HER RELEASE PRODUCED
SOME NEW WITNESSES, THEY SOON
GOT THEIR WISH
>> A FROWNING DIANA HAUN BEING
TRANSFERRED FROM THE VENTURA
POLICE STATION TO THE COUNTY
JAIL
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE'S
BEEN IN CUSTODY, BUT OFFICIALS
BELIEVE THIS TIME SHE'LL STAY
THERE.
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S FRIENDS
ALSO HOPED TO SEE MIKE HEADING
TO THE COUNTY JAIL
>> HE DIDN'T LOVE DIANA HAUN
HE DIDN'T LOVE HER AT ALL.
>> Reporter: YOU DON'T THINK SO?
>> NO.
HE USED HER AS A PAWN.
>> Reporter: HE WANTED HER TO DO
HIS DIRTY WORK
ONCE IT WAS DONE, HE WOULD
PRETTY MUCH BE FREE AND CLEAR.
>> Reporter: MIKE STILL HAD THAT
ALIBI.
BUT REMEMBER WHAT DETECTIVE
MATT HARVILL TOLD MIKE RIGHT
FROM THE START
>> I TOLD HIM THAT WE LOOK
CLOSEST TO THE HOME.
>> Reporter: WHEN THEY DID, THEY
FOUND THAT SHERRI DALLY'S LIFE
WAS HELL, COURTESY OF HER
HUSBAND.
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF
PHYSICAL ABUSE
>> NO.
>> Reporter: BY MIKE AGAINST
SHERRI
BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE
OF ALL OTHER KINDS OF ABUSE?
>> THE PICTURE THAT WE PUT
TOGETHER WAS THAT IT WAS AN
EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL, ABUSIVE
MARRIAGE
SHERRI WOULD GET UP AT 2:00 IN
THE MORNING TO WARM MIKE'S
SHOWER WATER
SHE WAS MORE OF A -- ROLE OF A
SERVANT THAN A WIFE.
>> Reporter: AND, HER FRIENDS
SAID, HE WAS MEAN.
>> HE USED TO TELL HER SHE WAS
FAT ALL THE TIME
>> Reporter: WITH OTHER PEOPLE
AROUND
>> YES
HE DIDN'T CARE
HE'D ABUSE HER VERBALLY THAT
WAY.
HE'D MAKE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS
WORTHLESS.
>> Reporter: POLICE LEARNED MIKE
WOULD GET PHONE CALLS AND THEN
JUST DISAPPEAR, SOMETIMES FOR
DAYS
MIKE OFTEN TOLD SHERRI THE CALL
WAS FROM A GUY NAMED ALEX.
HE WOULD DESCRIBE ALEX AS A GUY
HE WORKED WITH AT VONS
>> YES
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S FRIENDS
SAY ALEX OCCASIONALLY CALLED THE
HOUSE, EVEN SPEAKING WITH SHERRI
BEFORE SHE'D PASS THE PHONE TO
HER HUSBAND.
AT ONE POINT, DETECTIVES
LEARNED, MIKE EVEN MOVED IN WITH
HIS WORK BUDDY ALEX.
HOW LONG UNTIL SHE FIGURED OUT
THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE OTHER
WOMAN IMPERSONATING A MAN?
>> MAYBE SIX MONTHS OR MORE WAS
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT
SHE CAUGHT THEM TOGETHER
>> Reporter: "ALEX," IT TURNED
OUT, WAS DIANA HAUN.
AND IN THAT INSTANT, I GUESS
REALIZED THE PHONE CALLS, THE
DISAPPEARANCES, THE ALEX THAT
DIDN'T REALLY EXIST, THAT WAS
ALL ABOUT DIANA HAUN AND HER
HUSBAND GETTING TOGETHER
>> YES
>> Reporter: FRIENDS TOLD
DETECTIVES THAT AFTER ABOUT FIVE
MONTHS OF LIVING WITH DIANA,
MIKE MOVED BACK HOME
AND SHERRI SOMEHOW FELT THE ONUS
WAS ON HER TO CHANGE HERSELF TO
KEEP MIKE.
>> SHE WANTED TO LOSE WEIGHT
SHE CHANGED THE WAY SHE DRESSED.
SHE STARTED WEARING MAKE-UP.
SHE HAD TO MAKE HERSELF MORE
ATTRACTIVE TO MIKE
>> Reporter: AND THEN THERE WAS
THE PILLOW
>> HE HAD THIS PILLOW OF
DIANA HAUN ON HIS BED.
>> Reporter: A PILLOW WITH
DIANA'S PHOTO ON IT, ON THEIR
BED.
SHERRI COULD NOT AVOID SEEING
IT
>> HE WOULDN'T LET HER REMOVE
THAT FROM THE BED.
AND THAT WAS THEIR BED
BUT THAT PILLOW HAD TO STAY ON
THAT BED
>> Reporter: SO EVERY TIME SHE
GETS IN THAT BED, THERE'S THREE
PEOPLE IN IT
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: HOW INCREDIBLY
INSULTING.
>> IT WAS.
>> Reporter: BY HER LAST
CHRISTMAS, HER FRIENDS SAY
SHERRI WAS PRETTY MUCH
EMOTIONALLY DEPLETED
AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE
WAS NOT OVER
>> IT WAS CHRISTMAS DAY, IN THE
AFTERNOON.
>> Reporter: AND SHERRI COMES TO
YOUR HOUSE, AND SHE'S CRYING
>> SHE WASN'T CRYING
SHE WAS JUST UPSET
WE TRIED TO GET HER TO STAY.
AND SHE WAS REALLY UPSET AND
SAD.
>> Reporter: SHERRI CONFIDED IN
HER GOOD FRIENDS THAT MIKE HAD
TAKEN OFF TO SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY
WITH DIANA
AND HE TOOK THE BOYS
THIS IS WAY PAST THE PLACE WHERE
A LOT OF WOMEN WOULD JUST SAY,
IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE ME ON
CHRISTMAS DAY TO GO TO YOUR
GIRLFRIEND'S, YOU SHOULDN'T COME
BACK
>> YEAH, THEY WOULD'VE
BUT SHERRI DIDN'T.
SHE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE
WITHOUT MIKE
MIKE WAS HER THE ONE SHE WANTED,
AND THAT'S WHO SHE WAS TRYING TO
KEEP
>> Reporter: SHERRI KEPT ALL OF
THIS FROM HER MOTHER
KARLYNE ONLY LEARNED OF IT AFTER
SHERRI WAS MURDERED.
I HAVE TROUBLE BELIEVING THAT
YOU BROUGHT HER UP TO SAY YES TO
EVERYTHING
>> OH NO
UN-UH.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> HINDSIGHT, HE'S THE
PUPPETEER, AND SHE WAS THE
PUPPET
>> Reporter: AND SHERRI WAS
SOMEHOW CONVINCED THIS IS THE
PRICE OF A HAPPY MARRIAGE?
>> EXACTLY
THIS SPUNKY, LITTLE KID THAT
WOULD -- YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS
A RACE TO BE RUN AT THE TURKEY
TROT FOR THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT, DOGGONE,
SHE WAS GOING TO WIN
AND SHE DID.
AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE
BECAME A MEEK, CONTROLLED WOMAN.
EMOTIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THIS
WAS?
>> THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS.
>> Reporter: EMOTIONAL ABUSE
ISN'T PROOF OF MURDER.
THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, LIKE
MIKE NEVER JOINING IN ANY OF
THOSE SEARCHES WHEN SHERRI WAS
MISSING.
AND WE ALREADY KNOW HE WASN'T
WAITING BY THE PHONE TO HEAR
FROM EITHER SHERRI OR THE COPS
>> MIKE ACTUALLY CALLED TO TELL
ME THAT HE WAS JUST -- NEEDED TO
GET AWAY
AND HE WAS GOING DOWN TO DANA
POINT OR SOMEWHERE TO JET SKI.
>> Reporter: WAIT A SECOND
WAIT A SECOND.
WITH HIS WIFE MISSING?
>> RIGHT
>> Reporter: HIS INDIFFERENCE
SPOKE VOLUMES.
AND THERE WAS THIS
>> THE BEST EVIDENCE I BELIEVE
AGAINST MICHAEL IS HOW DID
DIANA HAUN KNOW WHEN TO BE AT
TARGET WHEN SHERRI WAS GOING TO
BE THERE
>> Reporter: THAT COULD ONLY
HAVE COME FROM MIKE?
>> THAT COULD ONLY COME FROM
MIKE
>>> COMING UP --
THE TRIAL BEGINS
WAS DIANA HAUN A KILLER?
>> Reporter: SHERRI'S BLOOD IN
THE CAR SHE RENTED
>> YES
>> Reporter: BLOND HAIR THAT
COMES FROM A WIG
>> CORRECT
>> Reporter: AND SHE DOESN'T
HAVE AN ALIBI.
>> RIGHT, NOT A PLAUSIBLE ONE.
>> AND THE DEFENSE
JUST WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THAT
ONE.
>>> MIKE DALLY WAS LIVING LIFE A
FREE MAN, RAISING HIS AND
SHERRI'S BOYS.
DIANA HAUN WAS IN THE SLAMMER,
WAITING FOR TRIAL.
SHE AND MIKE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
PUTTING PEN TO PAPER
WE BOTH KNOW THAT WE ARE, AS ALL
CENTURIES PAST, DESTINED TO BE
TOGETHER
YOUR MAN AND CUBS ARE WAITING
FOR YOU TO COME HOME
THE THEME OF THESE LETTERS WOULD
SEEM TO BE UNDYING LOVE.
PROSECUTOR LELA HENKE DOBROTH
SAW SOMETHING ELSE, EVIDENCE OF
MIKE'S CONTROL OF DIANA.
>> THEY WERE WRITING LETTERS
BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND
FORTH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ONE
ANOTHER, EXPRESSING THEIR LOVE
AND WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO
WHEN DIANA GOT OUT OF JAIL,
AND HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE
TOGETHER.
AND YOU WILL BE THE MOTHER OF MY
CHILDREN, AND HE CONSTANTLY SAID
THINGS TO FEED HER ENCOURAGEMENT
TO BE STRONG.
BE STRONG.
>> Reporter: AND DON'T TALK?
>> AND DON'T TALK.
WE'LL WALK OUT.
WE'LL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
>> Reporter: MAYBE MIKE DIDN'T
KNOW IT, BUT YOU PROBABLY DO.
THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOVEMBER 15, 1996, POLICE HAD
SPENT SIX MONTHS IN A DEEP DIVE
INTO MIKE DALLY'S LIFE
AND NOW THEY HAD ENOUGH FOR AN
ARREST
>> I JUST HAPPENED TO WALK TO
THE FRONT DOOR, AND ALL THESE
POLICE CARS, UNMARKED AND
REGULAR ONES, CAME
AND THEY JUST ZOOMED RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIS HOUSE
>> Reporter: MIKE WAS ARRESTED
FOR HIS WIFE'S MURDER.
>> THEY WENT IN, BROUGHT HIM OUT
IN HANDCUFFS
IT LOOKED LIKE HE -- THEY PULLED
HIM OUT OF BED.
BUT I MEAN, THAT WAS A HAPPY
DAY.
>> Reporter: IT WAS HAPPINESS
LEAVENED WITH WORRY.
LARRY AND DEBBIE WEREN'T
CONFIDENT THAT MIKE DALLY WOULD
BE CONVICTED.
THEY BELIEVED HE WAS A MURDERER,
AND THEY WERE AFRAID OF HIM.
SO AFTER YEARS OF LIVING ON THAT
PERFECT LITTLE BLOCK NEAR THE
OCEAN, THE ENGLISHS DECIDED IT
WAS TIME TO LEAVE.
>> I COULDN'T LIVE THERE
ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: YOU'D LIVED IN
VENTURA FOR HOW LONG, DEBBIE
>> WELL, I WAS BORN AND RAISED
THERE.
>> Reporter: AND YOU WERE GOING
TO LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN BECAUSE
MIKE MIGHT GET ACQUITTED
>> YES
>> Reporter: AUGUST 4, 1997,
DIANA HAUN'S MURDER TRIAL BEGAN.
AND WITH THAT IT APPEARED MIKE
AND DIANA'S UNDYING LOVE WAS NO
MORE
DIANA'S ATTORNEY POINTED THE
FINGER AT MIKE AND THEN ROLLED
OUT FOR THE JURY A DEFENSE THAT
MAYBE THEY HADN'T HEARD BEFORE,
MAYBE NO ONE HAD HEARD IT
BEFORE
YES, DIANA WAS BLINDED BY LOVE.
AND YES, SHE BOUGHT THE ITEMS
USED IN SHERRI'S ABDUCTION, BUT
IT WASN'T DIANA IN THAT PARKING
LOT.
IT WASN'T DIANA WHO KILLED
SHERRI.
DIANA COULD NEVER KILL ANYONE
BECAUSE SHE WAS A VEGETARIAN
ACCORDING TO THE PROSECUTOR, THE
EVIDENCE TOLD A DIFFERENT STORY,
OF AN OBSESSED WOMAN WHO WAS
INTO WITCHCRAFT AND WANTED TO
GIVE HER MAN A HUMAN SACRIFICE
HIS OWN WIFE
SHERRI'S BLOOD IN THE CAR SHE
RENTED
BLONDE HAIR THAT COMES FROM A
WIG?
>> CORRECT
>> Reporter: YOU FIND THE PLACE
WHERE SHE BOUGHT A BADGE AND
HANDCUFFS, AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE
AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME OF THE
ABDUCTION?
>> RIGHT, NOT A PLAUSIBLE ONE.
>> Reporter: REMEMBER, DIANA HAD
SAID THE INJURIES TO HER FACE
CAME FROM A BICYCLE CRASH.
AT TRIAL HER ATTORNEY
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WAS A LIE, BUT
HE DID NOT SAY WHAT THE REAL
STORY WAS.
THE JURY DELIBERATED FOR NEARLY
FIVE DAYS.
>> WE THE JURY IN THE ABOVE AND
ENTITLED ACTION FIND
DIANA J. HAUN GUILTY OF WILLFUL
DELIBERATE PREMEDIATED MURDER.
>> Reporter: THEY CONVICTED
DIANA OF MURDER, KIDNAPPING AND
CONSPIRACY, AND SENTENCED HER TO
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
MIKE DALLY, DIANA'S LOVER AND
PERHAPS, CO-CONSPIRATOR, WENT ON
TRIAL A FEW MONTHS LATER
>> Reporter: PROVING THAT
MICHAEL DALLY IS A TERRIBLE
HUSBAND, A TERRIBLE MAN,
TERRIBLE IN ALMOST EVERY WAY I
CAN THINK OF, THAT'S A LOT
EASIER THAN PROVING THAT HE'S
GUILTY OF CONSPIRING WITH
DIANA HAUN FOR SHERRI'S MURDER
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Reporter: MIKE'S ATTORNEY
TOLD THE JURY THIS MURDER WAS
ALL DIANA HAUN'S DOING.
SHE WANTED MIKE, AND THAT MEANT
GETTING SHERRI OUT OF THE WAY.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL DALLY HAD
SET THIS UP SO THAT HIS
FINGERPRINTS WEREN'T GOING TO BE
ANYWHERE ON THIS.
HE DIDN'T DO THE ABDUCTION.
HE WASN'T IN THE CAR, DIDN'T
RENT THE CAR, WASN'T AT THE
SCENE OF WHEREVER SHERRI WAS
KILLED, WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN HER
BODY WAS DUMPED.
HE HAD GOTTEN DIANA HAUN TO TAKE
ALL THE RISKS.
>> WELL, HIS PHYSICAL
FINGERPRINTS WEREN'T ON IT
BUT CLEARLY, HE WAS CONSPIRING
WITH HER, AND PLANNING WITH HER
THE WHOLE TIME
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR SAID
MIKE'S WORK ALIBI WAS ONE PART
OF A VERY INVOLVED PLAN.
>> HE'S AT WORK.
HE'S DOING HIS JOB.
HE'S TALKING TO HIS COWORKERS,
NOTHING UNUSUAL.
>> Reporter: AND HE'S CLEARLY
NOT LEAVING FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME
>> NEVER LEFT THE STORE, CLEARLY
THERE.
>> Reporter: IF THE PLAN WAS FOR
MIKE TO BE AT WORK WHILE THE
KIDNAPPING WAS DONE BY A WOMAN,
WELL, THAT WORKED, FOR AWHILE.
THEN, THE KIDNAPPING GALVANIZED
THE COMMUNITY.
FIRST, THE SEARCHERS
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A 40 ,
50 MILE RADIUS
>> Reporter: AND THEN, A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> PEOPLE CAME FORWARD THA
MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T THINK
NECESSARILY WOULD WANNA BECOME
INVOLVED
>> Reporter: STREET CRIMINALS
MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF MIKE HAD A
WHOLE SECOND LIFE WITH
DIANA HAUN HE HAD A THIRD LIFE
AS ONE OF THEM.
HE DID DRUGS, HE SOLD DRUGS AND
HE HIRED PROSTITUTES
WHEN YOU'RE SUCH A TERRIBLE GUY
THAT YOU TREAT YOUR DRUG DEALER
AND YOUR PROSTITUTES BADLY, SO
BADLY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO
TALK TO THE COPS ABOUT YOU -
>> EXACTLY
>> Reporter: -- THAT'S SOME
INDICATION OF WHAT KIND OF
PERSON YOU ARE
>> EXACTLY
>> Reporter: THERE WAS ONE WOMAN
IN PARTICULAR WHO SPOKE OF AN
EVENING SHE SPENT WITH MIKE
WHILE SHERRI WAS STILL MISSING
MICHAEL DALLY DRIVES TO THE
LOCATION OVERLOOKING THE DROP,
THE RAVINE, WHERE HER BODY IS,
AND HE'S THERE WITH A PROSTITUTE
AND SOME COCAINE HE BOUGHT
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Reporter: OF COURSE, THAT
WOMAN HAD NO IDEA SHERRI'S BODY
WAS SO CLOSE BY.
THE PROSECUTOR SAYS MIKE DALLY
HAD TO KNOW.
THIS IS HIM GETTING SOME KIND OF
THRILL OUT OF HAVING SEX AND
DOING DRUGS RIGHT ALMOST ON TOP
OF HIS WIFE'S BODY
>> IN YOUR FACE, SHERRI DALLY.
I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
I DID IT
AND HERE I AM.
>> Reporter: AND THERE WAS A
WITNESS NAMED SALLIE, SOMEONE
MIKE HAD WORKED WITH YEARS
EARLIER.
MIKE HAD STARTED SEEING SALLIE
ON THE SIDE, JUST LIKE
DIANA HAUN
WHAT'S MORE, SALLY TESTIFIED,
MIKE HAD ASKED HER TO KILL
SHERRI
>> AND SHE SAID MICHAEL DALLY
HAD TRIED TO CO-OPT ME INTO
ABDUCTING AND MURDERING HIS WIFE
WHEN WE WERE
BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND.
AND I BROKE OFF THE
RELATIONSHIP
>> Reporter: SO, SHE'S
ESSENTIALLY SAYING I WAS
DIANA HAUN BEFORE DIANA HAUN WAS
DIANA HAUN
>> EXACTLY
SHE GAVE US VERY SPECIFIC,
DETAILED FACTS ABOUT WHAT
MICHAEL DALLY WANTED TO HAVE
DONE TO HIS WIFE, HOW HE WANTED
TO HAVE HER TORTURED.
HE WANTED HER TO FEEL PAIN.
HE WANTED HER TO BE STABBED.
HE WANTED HER TOSSED OVER A
CLIFF SO THEY COULDN'T FIND THE
BODY, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T FIND
A BODY, YOU CAN'T BE PROSECUTED.
>> Reporter: HOW MANY OF THOSE
THINGS THAT SALLY DESCRIBED
ENDED UP HAPPENING TO SHERRI
DALLY?
>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
>> Reporter: IF THE PROSECUTOR
WAS CORRECT, MIKE DALLY WAS A
DIABOLICAL PUPPET MASTER,
SOMEONE WHO'D FOUND THE PERFECT
MARIONETTE IN DIANA HAUN
WE WONDERED WHAT DIANA WOULD
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT
HELLO, DIANA
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: IT'S
JOSH MANKIEWICZ FROM "DATELINE."
>> HI.
>> Reporter: SO WE ASKED HER
>>> COMING UP --
>> Reporter: OKAY.
SO WAIT A MINUTE
YOU RENTED THE CAR, YOU SAW THE
BLOOD IN IT, BUT YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW THE BLOOD GOT THERE
>>> DIANA SPEAKS OUT
>> TRUSTING HIM AND BELIEVING IN
HIM, THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.
>>> AND THE VERDT
>>> THIS IS GLOBAL TEL LINK.
YOU HAVE A PREPAID CALL FROM
DIANA HAUN, AN INMATE AT THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
WOMEN'S FACILITY
>> Reporter: FOR MORE THAN
20 YEARS, DIANA HAUN HAS BEEN IN
PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF
SHERRI DALLY
OVER ALL OF THAT TIME, SHE HAS
MAINTAINED HER INNOCENCE
>> Reporter: WHY'D YOU KILL
SHERRI DALLY
>> I DIDN'T.
>> Reporter: YOU DIDN'T.
>> NO.
>> Reporter: DIANA HAUN TOLD ME
SHE COULD NEVER KILL, AND SHE
WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT FOR HER
BOYFRIEND, MIKE.
DID MICHAEL DALLY EVER ASK YOU
TO KILL HIS WIFE
>> I THINK HE DID, AND I TOLD
HIM NO
I SAID YOU KNOW, NO BECAUSE THOU
SHALL NOT KILL
>> Reporter: AND DID YOU EVER
TELL SHERRI DALLY?
DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> NO, BECAUSE HE HE HAD TOLD ME
HOW -- WHAT A BAD PERSON SHE WAS
AND HOW SHE WAS REALLY BAD TO
HIM AND BAD TO THE KIDS.
>> Reporter: DID YOU TELL THE
POLICE
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> Reporter: WELL, THEY REMEMBER
AND YOU DID NOT.
>> OKAY.
>> Reporter: SHE ADMITTED SHE
RENTED THE NISSAN ALTIMA AND
BOUGHT PROPS TO PLAY COP, BUT
SAID IT WAS ALL FOR A PRACTICAL
JOKE, NOT FOR A MURDER
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS
MIKE TOLD HER.
WHO IS THAT IN THE WIG AND THE
RENTAL CAR
WHO IS IT THAT PRETENDED TO
ARREST SHERRI DALLY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS MIKE OR
SOME UNNAMED CO-CONSPIRATOR
PICKED UP THE RENTAL CAR THE
NIGHT BEFORE THE MURDER FROM
OUTSIDE HER HOUSE AND THEN
RETURNED IT LATE THE NEXT DAY.
THAT'S WHEN DIANA SAID SHE SAW
THE STAINS INSIDE WHICH SHE
TRIED TO CLEAN UP.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
SO WAIT A MINUTE
SO YOU RENTED THE CAR, YOU SAW
THE BLOOD IN IT, YOU CLEANED THE
BLOOD OUT OF IT, BUT YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW THE BLOOD GOT THERE
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS
THAT WAS THERE BECAUSE IT WAS
BROWN, BUT WHEN I STARTED
CLEANING IT, IT TURNED RED
>> Reporter: SHE DID NOT MENTION
THAT TO DETECTIVES AT THE TIME
WHAT SHE DID TALK ABOUT WAS THE
SUPPORTIVE, LOVING RELATIONSHIP
SHE HAD WITH MIKE.
>> HE'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD TO ME
>> Reporter: TODAY, DIANA HAUN
SEEMS TO FEEL A LITTLE
DIFFERENTLY.
YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING HERE?
>> FOR TRUSTING HIM AND
BELIEVING IN HIM, THAT WAS A BIG
MISTAKE.
>> Reporter: SO FELONY BAD
JUDGEMENT BUT NOT MURDER
>> AND HAVING AN AFFAIR, THAT
WAS A BIG MISTAKE.
>> Reporter: NOW SHE SAYS SHE
THINKS MIKE WAS SETTING HER UP
THE WHOLE TIME
YOU THINK IT WAS MICHAEL'S PLAN
TO HAVE YOU TAKE THE FALL FOR
THIS
>> AFTER HEARING WHAT HIS FORMER
GIRLFRIEND HAD SAID, YEAH.
>> Reporter: THE FORMER
GIRLFRIEND WHO TESTIFIED AT MIKE
DALLY'S TRIAL.
AFTER THE JURY HEARD FROM THAT
EX-GIRLFRIEND AND EVERYONE ELSE
WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST MIKE, THEY
TOOK FOUR DAYS TO DELIBERATE
WHEN THEY FINALLY CAME BACK,
SHERRI'S MOTHER KARLYNE WAS IN
COURT.
>> AND IT WAS HOLD YOUR BREATH,
YOU KNOW
AND THEN THEY CAME IN WITH THE
GUILTY VERDICTS.
EVERY TIME A VERDICT WAS READ,
THE PEOPLE IN THE HALLWAY THAT
WERE WAITING WOULD CHEER
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION
WANTED MIKE SENTENCED TO DEATH
TRYING TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE, HE
TOOK THE STAND IN THE PENALTY
PHASE TO SAY HE HAD NOTHING TO
DO WITH HIS WIFE'S MURDER.
>> HE CAME ACROSS AS A
SOCIOPATH, YOU KNOW, NOT CARING,
A LIAR
>> Reporter: A MURDERER?
>> YEAH, A MURDERER.
YEAH
COLD-BLOODED MURDERER WITH NO
REMORSE, NO REGRET
>> Reporter: THE JURY COULD NOT
AGREE ON DEATH
SO, MIKE DALLY WAS SENTENCED TO
LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE
CHANCE OF PAROLE
EVEN SITTING IN JAIL, MIKE
CONTINUED TO POINT THE FINGER AT
DIANA, IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH TV
STATION KEYT
>> THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT
KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO SHERRI.
>> WHO
>> AND THAT IS DIANA
>> CAN YOU DESCRIBE SHERRI AND
DIANA'S RELATIONSHIP
>> NOT GOOD.
THEY BOTH HATED EACH OTHER
THEY BOTH WANTED ME.
>> Reporter: THAT HATE AND THAT
DESIRE SEEM BORN OUT OF MIKE'S
MANIPULATION
IT'S AS IF HE HAD A PERSONAL
QUEST TO SEE WHICH OF THE WOMAN
IN HIS LIFE HE COULD TREAT
WORSE.
IN THE YEARS SINCE KARLYNE HAS
CRIED AND PRAYED OVER WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER ONLY DAUGHTER,
AND SOMEHOW, SHE'S COME TO
FORGIVE DIANA HAUN
SHE SEES DIANA AS A VICTIM OF
MIKE'S AS WELL
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH IT'S
DIANA.
>> YES
>> Reporter: WHO ABDUCTS YOUR
DAUGHTER
>> YES
>> Reporter: AND WHO KILLS HER
IN THAT CAR.
>> YES
>> Reporter: AND WHO PRETENDS TO
BE A POLICE OFFICER.
>> RIGHT
>> Reporter: AND PUTS HANDCUFFS
ON HER
>> RIGHT
>> Reporter: AND DUMPS HER BODY?
>> YES
>> Reporter: YOU'VE FORGIVEN
HER?
>> YES
>> Reporter: YOUR FORGIVENESS
DOES NOT EXTEND TO DIANA HAUN
BEING LET OUT OF PRISON?
>> NO.
SHE NEEDS TO STAY THERE FOR THE
REST OF HER LIFE AND SUFFER THE
CONSEQUENCES
PERIOD
MICHAEL, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE.
>> Reporter: AND NOW, IN AN
EXTRA CRUEL TWIST OF FATE,
SHERRI AND MIKE'S SONS, DEVON
AND MAX, WHO WERE RAISED BY
MIKE'S PARENTS DO NOT WANT TO BE
A PART OF KARLYNE'S LIFE
DEVON AND MAX DID NOT RESPOND TO
OUR REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS.
>> Reporter: THERE AREN'T TOO
MANY PUNISHMENTS WORSE THAN
CUTTING A GRANDMOTHER OFF FROM
HER GRANDCHILDREN.
>> YEAH.
OR BURYING YOUR DAUGHTER
>> Reporter: AND YOU'VE DONE
BOTH
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: KARLYNE STILL GOES
TO THE SPOT WHERE SHERRI WAS
FOUND.
>> THERE'S SO MANY NEW THINGS.
>> Reporter: SO MANY YEARS
LATER, THERE'S STILL A MEMORIAL.
KARLYNE WISHES HER DAUGHTER HAD
TOLD HER MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS
REALLY HAPPENING INSIDE THE
DALLY HOME
>> I'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
>> Reporter: DOESN'T ALWAYS
LEAVE BRUISES YOU CAN SEE?
>> NOPE.
>> Reporter: KARYLYNE HOPES
TELLING HER DAUGHTER'S STORY
WILL HELP SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S
TRAPPED IN AN EMOTIONALLY
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP TO
RECOGNIZE THAT DANGER, AND TO DO
WHAT SHERRI DALLY COULD NOT DO,
GET OUT ALIVE.
>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION
OF "DATELINE."
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN THURSDAY AT
10:00/9:00 CENTRAL
AND OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU EACH
WEEKNIGHT FOR