>> THE SCHOOL WAS CALLING HER
AND SHE DIDN'T PICK UP >> DENVER 911.
>> PLEASE, MY WIFE'S NOT BREATHING.
PLEASE >> HE SAID, "STACY'S DEAD.
I SAID, "WHAT? >> IT APPEARS SHE HAD FALLEN IN
THE SHOWER AND SOMEHOW DROWNED >> NONE OF US ARE SEEING
ANYTHING THAT SAYS, "THIS LOOKS LIKE A MURDER.
>> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE AUTOPSY CAME BACK?
>> UNDETERMINED DEATH. SHE WAS 44 YEARS OLD, YOUNG AND
HEALTHY. YOU DON'T JUST DIE
YOU HAVE TO DIE FOR A REASON >> DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH IT? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I LOVE MY WIFE DEARLY. >> THERE WERE RED FLAGS.
THERE WAS A DATING SITE OPEN ON THE COMPUTER
>> PEOPLE SHOWER WITH A WATCH ON
BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THIS TYPE OF WATCH
>> I WAS SITTING AT THE GRAVE, AND I HAD A CHILL COME OVER ME
AND SHE SAID TO ME, "SUSAN, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
COULD I HAVE DONE SOMETHING? COULD I HAVE SAID SOMETHING?
I WAS NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL I GOT JUSTICE FOR STACY.
>> GET READY TO LEARN ABOUT A MURDER THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ONE
UNTIL SOMEONE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK
I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS "DATELINE.
HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "THE SISTERHOOD.
>> Reporter: SOME CASES COME TOGETHER SO QUICKLY.
THE PUZZLE PIECES JUST SNAP INTO PLACE.
THE FINGERPRINTS, THE BLOOD SPATTER, THE DNA
THAT IS NOT THIS STORY >> AT THIS POINT, IT FEELS LIKE
A BAD DREAM THAT I CAN'T WAKE UP FROM
IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY. >> Reporter: YES, A LONG
JOURNEY. BUT MORE THAN THAT, A FIGHT FOR
ANSWERS, FOR THE TRUTH >> THERE'S NO WAY A 44-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN WHO'S OTHERWISE HEALTHY -- DIE FOR NO REASON.
SO THEN IT WAS LIKE, "OKAY, SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT."
>> THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN YEARS AND A CHORUS OF VOICES,
WOMEN, FRIENDS, FAMILY, EVEN STRANGERS STEPPING UP.
A SISTERHOOD BOUND BY ONE GOAL -- TO ANSWER THE DREADFUL
QUESTION, "WHAT KILLED STACY FELDMAN?
>> I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW THE DATE THAT THAT WAS THE
REASON SHE WAS DEAD. >> Reporter: SHE GREW UP
STACY MALMAN IN MUNCIE, INDIANA, THE YOUNGEST OF THREE SISTERS.
IN THE MIDDLE WAS SUSAN. >> THE THREE OF US WERE VERY
CLOSE. >> Reporter: AND SHE WAS THE
BABY >> AND SHE WAS THE BABY OF THE
FAMILY, DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL. >> Reporter: SHE WAS GIRLY,
REVELED IN IT, LOVED THE COLOR PINK AND LOVED TO HAVE FUN
WHAT WAS SHE LIKE? >> THE LIFE OF THE PARTY,
GIVING, LOVING I MEAN, JUST FUN
>> Reporter: STACY SPENT HER MID-20s IN CHICAGO WHERE SHE MET
JAN GOLDENBERG A MUTUAL FRIEND INTRODUCED THEM.
>> SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND WAS SO WARM AND WELCOMING THAT I
INSTANTLY FELT COMFORTABLE AND I COULD SAY THAT, PROBABLY
FROM THAT DAY ON, WE WERE INSEPARABLE.
>> Reporter: IN 1998, STACY MOVED TO BOSTON TO HELP OUT HER
SISTER SUSAN ALTMAN WHO HAD JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO HER FIRST CHILD
>> AND SHE WAS OUR NANNY FOR SIX MONTHS
>> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TO CHILDREN, STACY WAS A NATURAL.
AND AS SHE ENTERED HER 30s, SHE WAS ITCHING FOR A FAMILY OF HER
OWN. SHE WANTED, MORE THAN ANYTHING,
TO BE A MOM. SO WAS SHE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR
A MATE >> SHE WAS
SHE WAS. YOU KNOW, HER FRIENDS WERE
GETTING MARRIED. THEY WERE HAVING CHILDREN.
AND THE TIME WAS TICKING FOR HER.
>> Reporter: IT JUST SO HAPPENED A FRIEND OF JAN GOLDENBERG WAS
EAGER TO PLAY MATCHMAKER BECAUSE, AS I SAID, EVERYONE
LOVED STACY. AND SHE LIT UP A ROOM WITH HER
BRIGHT BLUE EYES AND HER BLONDE HAIR AND HER SMILE
STACY AGREED TO THE SET UP WITH A MAN NAMED BOB FELDMAN.
>> AFTER SHE WENT ON HER FIRST DATE WITH HIM, SHE CAME HOME AND
SHE WAS VERY ENAMORED OF HIM >> HE WAS CHARISMATIC.
YEAH, HE MADE HIS WAY INTO HER HEART.
>> Reporter: THEY GOT MARRIED AT THE RITZ IN MONTREAL
IT WAS LIKE A FAIRY TALE >> SHE HAD A CROWN AS PART OF
HER -- HER VEIL. SHE REALLY WANTED THAT
>> Reporter: AND, OF COURSE, SHE WANTED CHILDREN.
A YEAR LATER, SHE GOT HER WISH, A GIRL, FOLLOWED BY A BOY.
BY THEN THE FAMILY HAD SETTLED IN THE SUBURBS
THE DENVER, COLORADO SUBURBS WHERE STACY, AS USUAL, MADE NEW
FRIENDS, LIKE LINDA BLAUSTEIN. >> WE WERE PART OF THIS JEWISH
BABY UNIVERSITY THAT THEY HAVE THERE, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST,
YOU KNOW, YOUR CHILDBIRTH CLASS PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF, LIKE,
JEWISH, I GUESS, EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, FOR PARENTS THROWN IN.
AND WE HIT IT OFF RIGHT AWAY >> Reporter: STACY AND LINDA
JOINED A MUSIC CLASS WITH THEIR NEW BABIES
BRENDA CASE WAS THERE TOO. >> WHEN I MET STACY AT OUR BABY
MUSIC CLASS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL JUST HAD BABIES, SO YOU COULDN'T
FIT IN CLOTHES ANYMORE >> Reporter: STACY SAID SHE
NEEDED A DRESS FOR AN EVENT. >> AND I SAID, "I'VE GOT THIS
DRESS. IT'S, LIKE, AN AMAZING DRESS
YOU CAN WEAR IT IF YOU'RE SIZE SIX OR, LIKE, A SIZE 14.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND I SAID, "COME OVER TO MY
HOUSE AND TRY IT ON. SO WE JUST KINDA CONNECTED
>> Reporter: THEIR VERY OWN SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING
DRESS. >> SO SHE BORROWED IT MULTIPLE
TIMES THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR FRIENDSHIP
>> Reporter: THE FELDMANS DOTED ON THEIR CHILDREN.
BOB WAS A SOCCER COACH FOR HIS SON.
STACY, PRESIDENT OF THE PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION AT
THEIR SCHOOL >> I WOULD ALWAYS SAY, "I WISH
STACY WAS MY MOM." I MEAN, SHE WAS JUST GOOD AT IT
ALL. >> Reporter: STACY DID STRUGGLE
WITH SOME MEDICAL ISSUES LIKE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CHRONIC
NECK PAIN. >> SHE WAS A SOLDIER
YOU KNOW, SHE MARCHED AHEAD. >> Reporter: WHEN IT CAME TO HER
KIDS AND HER COMMUNITY, STACY WAS ALL- IN.
>> OR YOU'RE HAVING A SURGERY? "I'M GONNA COOK FOR YOU.
I'LL COME OVER I'LL HANG OUT.
WE'LL WATCH MOVIE. YOU KNOW, SHE JUST WANTED TO
JUST DO THINGS FOR PEOPLE. >> Reporter: A BACKYARD POOL
HAPPENS TO BE A BIT OF A RARITY IN DENVER.
BUT BOB AND STACY WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR OWN,
A SECLUDED OASIS SURROUNDED BY TALL TREES
>> THEIR POOL, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A REVOLVING DOOR OF FRIENDS
AND FAMILY COMING OVER >> STACY LOVED HOLIDAYS.
>> Reporter: DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE?
>> DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE. ANY REASON TO CELEBRATE AND COOK
AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, SHE WOULD MAKE THE MOST OUT OF
EVERY HOLIDAY. >> Reporter: THE CELEBRATION OF
PURIM IS ONE OF THE MOST FESTIVE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
IT'S AN EXTRA SPECIAL ONE FOR KIDS, MARKED BY COSTUMES,
CARNIVALS, SPECIAL DESSERT TREATS CALLED HAMANTASCHEN."
MARCH 1st, 2015, WAS A BIG DAY THE PURIM CARNIVAL AT THE
FELDMAN'S SYNAGOGUE. BOB SAID HE DROPPED THE KIDS OFF
FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL AT 8:30 THAT MORNING.
AND THEN THE PLAN WAS FOR STACY TO PICK THEM UP AT NOON AND TAKE
THEM TO THE CARNIVAL BUT PICK-UP TIME CAME AND WENT
>> AND SHE DIDN'T ARRIVE, AND SO THE SCHOOL WAS CALLING HER
AND SHE DIDN'T PICK UP >> Reporter: SO THEY CALLED BOB,
AND HE FETCHED THE KIDS AND TOOK THEM TO THE CARNIVAL
HE SAID THEY ALL GOT HOME AROUND 3:00 P.M
THE SHOWER IN THE MASTER BATHROOM WAS RUNNING
BOB WENT UPSTAIRS. >> AND THEN HE SAYS THAT'S WHEN
HE FOUND HER >> WHAT DO I DO?
PLEASE, HELP ME! >> Reporter: WHAT HAPPENED TO
STACY FELDMAN? >>> HELP ARRIVES WITHIN MINUTES.
AND SOON SO DOES A DETECTIVE WHEN WE COME BACK --
>> NONE OF US ARE SEEING ANYTHING THAT SAYS, "THIS LOOKS
LIKE A MURDER. >> BUT THIS WAS ODD.
>> IT'S GOLD AND SILVER, A DRESS MARCH 1st, 2015.
>> OH, MY GOD, I NEED HELP PLEASE HELP ME, PLEASE
>> Reporter: THE MAN ON THE PHONE, DESPERATE, PANICKED, WAS
BOB FELDMAN. >> PLEASE, MY WIFE'S NOT
BREATHING, PLEASE! >> Reporter: WHO TOLD THE
911 OPERATOR HE'D FOUND HIS WIFE, STACY, COLLAPSED IN THE
SHOWER >> COUNT OUT LOUD SO I CAN COUNT
WITH YOU >> Reporter: OVER THE PHONE, THE
OPERATOR INSTRUCTED BOB IN CPR >> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE. OH, PLEASE HELP ME, PLEASE
>> HELP IS ON THE WAY, SIR KEEP PUMPING
YOU'RE DOING GOOD. >> Reporter: FIRE AND PARAMEDICS
ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES THEY FOUND STACY ON THE BATHROOM
FLOOR, UNRESPONSIVE. THEY ATTEMPTED EVERY LIFESAVING
MEASURE, TO NO AVAIL >> THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF LIFE.
>> Reporter: NOT FROM THE GET-GO
>> NO. >> Reporter: THIS MAN IS
RANDY DENISON. HE HURRIED OVER THERE PRETTY
QUICKLY WHEN HE HEARD. >> THIS IS REPORTED AT INITIALLY
IS -- SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL EVENT, THAT SHE HAD FALLEN IN
THE SHOWER AND -- AND SOMEHOW DROWNED.
>> Reporter: NOT THE SORT OF CASE HE'D HEAR ABOUT IN THE
NORMAL RUN OF THINGS, GIVEN THAT RANDY DENISON WAS A VETERAN
DENVER POLICE HOMICIDE DETECTIVE.
BUT SOMETHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THIS MEDICAL EVENT --
>> JUST THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ONLY 44 WHEN SHE DIED AND
THAT -- AND SHE WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN THE BATHTUB
>> Reporter: DENISON ARRIVED AT THE FELDMAN HOME AN HOUR AND A
HALF AFTER THE 911 CALL. >> I MET WITH OUR OFFICERS THAT
WERE ON THE SCENE AND WAS BRIEFED BY THEM.
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON FOUND BOB DOWNSTAIRS, SURROUNDED
BY RELATIVES AND CLERGY MEMBERS. SO HE PULLED BOB ASIDE, ASKED
HIM WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY >> BOB, STILL UPSET, TOLD WHAT
HE COULD REMEMBER. THAT HE DROVE THE KIDS TO
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL THAT WHEN STACY FAILED TO PICK
THEM UP, HE DID. THEN TOOK THEM TO THE CARNIVAL
>> Reporter: HE TOLD YOU THAT HE LEFT AT 8:30 THAT MORNING.
>> YES >> Reporter: AND DIDN'T COME
BACK UNTIL 3:00 OR SO IN THE AFTERNOON?
>> RIGHT AND RETURNED HOME TO -- FIND HER
UNRESPONSIVE IN THE SHOWER WITH THE WATER RUNNING, AND THE WATER
WAS COLD >> Reporter: BOB SAID HE PULLED
STACY OUT OF THE TUB AND CALLED 911.
BUT FOG OF PANIC MAYBE DETAILS WERE FUZZY
>> HE TOLD ME HE COULDN'T REMEMBER IF SHE WAS FACE-UP OR
FACE-DOWN. >> Reporter: BOB TOLD DENISON HE
AND STACY HAD ATTENDED A PARTY THE NIGHT BEFORE AND SHE'D TAKEN
SOME MARIJUANA EDIBLES >> THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME TOO
THAT MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN COLORADO
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT ORIGINALLY BECAUSE
PEOPLE WERE CONSUMING TOO MUCH AND HAVING ISSUES.
>> Reporter: OR, BOB SUGGESTED, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
DEEPER AFTER ALL, STACY HAD A LAUNDRY
LIST OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND TOOK SEVERAL PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATIONS. >> HE SAID THAT SHE HAD
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND THAT SHE HAD RECENTLY HAD SOME
INJECTIONS IN HER CERVICAL SPINE FOR NERVE PAIN
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON LISTENED AND THEN ASKED IF HE
COULD LOOK AROUND. BUT THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A
SUSPICIOUS NATURE TO SEE >> THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE
THAT SOME INTRUDER HAD BROKEN IN AND DONE THIS.
OR THERE WAS NO AREA WHERE YOU SAW A FIGHT AND BLOOD SPATTER
OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS KNOCKED OVER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT
>> Reporter: SO HE WENT TO THE MASTER BATHROOM, WHERE BOB SAID
HE'D PULLED HIS WIFE OUT OF THE TUB.
THE FLOOR WAS DRY BY THE TIME DENISON SAW IT
IN THE TUB, A DAMP WASHCLOTH WAS CRUMPLED ON THE DRAIN.
A METAL SHOWER CADDY SHELF HAD FALLEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TUB
AND SOME SHAMPOO BOTTLES WERE SCATTERED ABOUT.
THEN HE WENT INTO THE BEDROOM, WHERE FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TRIED
AND FAILED TO REVIVE STACY HER BODY WAS STILL THERE
AND RIGHT AWAY, HE WAS STRUCK BY HER INJURIES
WHAT KIND OF INJURIES? >> MOSTLY BRUISES AND ABRASIONS.
JUST REALLY ALL OVER HER BODY. HER FACE, HER NOSE, HER
FOREHEAD,. HER ARMS, UNDER HER BICEPS,
TRICEPS AREA AND THEN ABRASIONS ALONG HER
ABDOMEN AREA SO THERE -- THERE WAS QUITE A
BIT. >> Reporter: BOB DID SAY HE HAD
TO PULL STACY OUT OF THE TUB >> AND SHE HAD SOME ABRASIONS ON
HER BODY THAT COULD BE CONSISTENT WITH BEING DRUG
ACROSS THE RAIL OR THE FRAME FROM THE SHOWER DOORS.
>> Reporter: AND THEN HE SPOTTED THEM
STUCK ON STACY'S BODY. MIGHT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
>> SHE HAD TWO TRANSDERMAL FENTANYL PATCHES ON HER.
>> Reporter: FENTANYL? A VALUABLE PAINKILLER, YES
AND PERHAPS THESE WERE TREATING STACY'S NERVE PAIN, THE ISSUE
BOB TOLD HIM ABOUT BUT WHY TWO?
>> I THOUGHT, "WELL, MAYBE WE HAVE AN ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE
HERE MAYBE SHE PUT TWO FENTANYL
PATCHES ON, AND SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT MUCH."
>> Reporter: SO MAYBE THIS WASN'T A CASE FOR HIM AFTER ALL.
HE DIDN'T SEE ANY REASON TO TREAT THIS AS A CRIME SCENE.
SEAL THE HOUSE, START RECORDING INTERVIEWS
NOTHING LIKE THAT. >> NONE OF US ARE SEEING
ANYTHING THAT SAYS, "THIS LOOKS LIKE A MURDER RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: AND THEN SOMETHING QUITE ODD CAUGHT DETECTIVE
DENISON'S EYE. STACY HAD BEEN WEARING A WATCH
IN THE SHOWER. MUST HAVE BEEN, IT WAS STILL ON
HER WRIST. AND NOT JUST ANY KIND OF WATCH,
EITHER >> IT'S GOLD AND SILVER, A DRESS
WATCH. AND -- AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
SHOWER WITH A WATCH ON BUT I WOULDN'T THINK THIS TYPE
OF WATCH >> Reporter: SO DRUG OVERDOSE?
ACCIDENT MEDICAL ISSUE?
OR SOMETHING ELSE ALTOGETHER DETECTIVE DENISON NEEDED TO SEND
THIS BODY TO AUTOPSY A MEDICAL EXAMINER COULD GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THINGS MAYBE.
>>> COMING UP -- >> I WAS SITTING AT THE GRAVE,
CRYING AND I HAD A CHILL COME OVER ME
>> A MESSAGE FROM STACY? >> AND SHE SAID TO ME, "SUSAN,
SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS." >> Reporter: STACY FELDMAN'S
SISTER, SUSAN ALTMAN, WAS AT HOME OUTSIDE BOSTON WHEN THE
PHONE RANG IT WAS HER FATHER AND THE NEWS
WAS UNTHINKABLE. >> HE SAID, "STACY'S DEAD.
AND I SAID, "WHAT? AND HE SAID, "STACY'S DEAD."
AND I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO SAY SHE WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
BECAUSE I HAD JUST TALKED TO HER THE DAY BEFORE
SHE WAS GOIN' TO A PARTY SHE WAS FEELING GOOD
AND HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW." AND I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND WAS
HYSTERICAL >> Reporter: IN DENVER, STACY'S
FRIENDS TRADED MESSAGES OF SHOCK AND GRIEF THAT, WITHIN A FEW
MINUTES, HAD MORPHED INTO A PLAN TO DO FOR STACY'S FAMILY WHAT
SHE HAD SO GENEROUSLY DONE FOR THEM
>> I THOUGHT, "OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO
HOW DO WE HELP BOB HOW DO WE HELP THE KIDS?
SO EVERYBODY JUST -- ALL HANDS ON DECK.
LIKE, "WHAT CAN WE DO? IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
BECAUSE THERE WASN'T REALLY AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED
>> Reporter: IT SEEMED STRANGE, SOMEHOW.
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SUDDEN DEATH OFTEN INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO
CAUSE. HEART ATTACK, STROKE, OVERDOSE
BUT NOT THE SUDDEN DEATH OF STACY FELDMAN.
CAUSE UNKNOWN AS HER SISTER AND FAMILY RACED TO DENVER AND
STRUGGLED TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. >> HER HEALTH WASN'T THE BEST.
AND SHE SPENT THE LAST YEAR NOT FEELING SO GREAT
SHE HAD A SKI ACCIDENT AND HURT SOMETHING.
AND SHE FELL OFF A LADDER AT THE SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, BROKE SOME
RIBS >> Reporter: AND THE
INVESTIGATORS FOUND THOSE TWO FENTANYL PATCHES ON HER SKIN
SO MAYBE, WITHOUT INTENDING TO, SHE'D OVERDOSED.
OR MAYBE HER DEATH WAS JUST A PURE ACCIDENT.
FALLS IN THE SHOWER ARE NOT UNCOMMON
SISTER SUSAN HEARD STACY HAD SLIPPED ON THE ICE THE NIGHT
BEFORE MAYBE SHE'D HIT HER HEAD
>> YOU KNOW, A BRAIN INJURY THAT YOU DON'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL,
BUT IT KILLS YOU >> Reporter: THE LIST OF
POSSIBILITIES WAS DEPRESSINGLY LONG
DETECTIVE RANDY DENISON HOPED THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
COULD PROVIDE THE ANSWER >> I ATTENDED THE AUTOPSY.
THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY'RE EXAMINING THE BODY AND LOOKING
AT EVERYTHING REALLY CAREFULLY >> Reporter: BUT THEY'D HAVE TO
WAIT FOR THE FINAL AUTOPSY REPORT
AND MEANWHILE, STACY'S FAMILY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HER
FUNERAL AND GATHERED IN DENVER TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
>> WE ARE SPINNING FROM THE SHOCK OF HER SUDDEN AND TRAGIC
DEATH. >> Reporter: THIS IS AUDIO FROM
THE FUNERAL SERVICE WHERE THE RABBI SOUNDED AS LOST AS FRIENDS
AND FAMILY >> THERE ARE NO EXPLANATIONS
THERE IS ONLY A NUMB SILENCE >> Reporter: TWO YOUNG CHILDREN,
NOW MOTHERLESS, SAT BESIDE THEIR FATHER
>> AND TO YOU, BOB, THESE MOMENTS ARE NOT FAIR
MAY ALL THAT YOU HAVE HAD WITH HER, ALL THOSE MEMORIES, MAY
THEY BRING YOU STRENGTH IN DAYS TO COME.
>> Reporter: ALL THOSE PEOPLE STACY TOUCHED FILLED THE ROOM TO
PAY THEIR RESPECTS >> I WAS WEARING THE DRESS FOR
HER FUNERAL. >> Reporter: THE DRESS, THE ONE
THEY SHARED FOR SO MANY HAPPY OCCASIONS.
>> OVER THE YEARS, WE WOULD ALWAYS DO THESE AMAZING THINGS
AND WEAR IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT, BUT I WAS GONNA WEAR IT THE DAY THAT WE BURIED HER.
>> I COULDN'T OWN WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT WAS WATCHING HER FAMILY AND HER LITTLE KIDS.
NOBODY SHOULD GO THROUGH THAT. >> Reporter: SUSAN STAYED IN
DENVER FOR TWO WEEKS THE DAY BEFORE SHE LEFT, SHE
VISITED STACY'S GRAVE WITH ONE OF HER AUNTS
ONE LAST CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE. >> AND I WAS SITTING AT THE
GRAVE AND CRYING AND I HAD A CHILL COME OVER ME
>> Reporter: SHE FELT LIKE HER BABY SISTER WANTED TO TELL HER
SOMETHING, ALMOST AS IF SHE COULD HEAR STACY'S VOICE
>> AND SHE SAID TO ME, "SUSAN, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS."
>>> COMING UP -- >> WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED TO
SEE THAT THERE WAS A DATING SITE OPEN ON THE COMPUTER
>> A MARRIAGE IN TROUBLE SOMEBODY WAS STEPPING OUT.
>> IT WAS AN UGLY, UGLY SITUATION.
>> Reporter: SUSAN ALTMAN SAT AT HER SISTER STACY'S GRAVE AND
THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS THINGS THAT NEVER DID FEEL
RIGHT. EVER SINCE STACY MARRIED
BOB FELDMAN. IT WAS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE FOR
HER? >> IT WAS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE.
>> Reporter: MIND YOU, OPPOSITES SOMETIMES ATTRACT.
AND BOB WAS A DEVOTED FATHER BUT, WHEN SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HARD
WORKING, COMMUNITY MINDED STACY. AND THEN HIM
WHAT WAS HIS LEVEL OF AMBITION IN LIFE, AS FAR AS YOU COULD
TELL >> HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
I MEAN, HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET A FREE BUCK.
>> Reporter: LITTLE STORIES STACY HAD TOLD HER, LIKE HOW BOB
WOULD SOMETIMES BRING A BROKEN SUITCASE TO THE AIRPORT.
>> AND THEN TAKE THE -- THE SUITCASE OFF THE CAROUSEL.
AND THEN HE WOULD TAKE IT TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SAY, "YOU
BROKE MY SUITCASE AND I WANT A NEW ONE.
AND BECAUSE OF MY PAIN AND SUFFERING, I WANT A MORE
EXPENSIVE ONE. >> Reporter: WOULD HE GET THEM
>> ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: WOW
>> ALL THE TIME. >> Reporter: WHAT DID SHE THINK
ABOUT IT AS SHE REALIZED WHAT HE WAS DOING?
>> SHE -- SHE PUT UP BLINDERS. SHE WANTED THOSE CHILDREN SO
BADLY AND SHE WAS GETTING OLDER. AND SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT
WORK SO BADLY. >> Reporter: BOB WORKED FOR A
WHOLESALE MEAT DISTRIBUTOR, BUT THE COUPLE STRUGGLED
FINANCIALLY. >> SUPPOSEDLY, HE WAS A
SALESMAN, BUT HE NEVER MADE ENOUGH MONEY
>> Reporter: SO, STACY WENT BACK TO WORK FOR A CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION >> SHE STOPPED BEING A
STAY-AT-HOME MOM SHE GOT HERSELF A JOB.
>> Reporter: HOW DID SHE FEEL ABOUT THAT
>> SHE DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO. >> Reporter: STACY'S COMMITMENT
TO BOB, TO THE KIDS, WAS NEVER IN DOUBT
BUT, BOB, ON THE OTHER HAND? >> A FEW YEARS INTO THEIR
MARRIAGE, IT WAS A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY OF MINE
AND ANOTHER GIRLFRIEND FROM CHICAGO AND I FLEW OUT TO DENVER
TO CELEBRATE >> Reporter: JAN AND HER FRIEND
DECIDED TO CHECK THE DATING WEBSITE THEY'D BEEN USING.
SO, THEY BORROWED BOB AND STACY'S COMPUTER
>> AND WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS A DATING
SITE OPEN ON THE COMPUTER WITH HIS PROFILE.
>> Reporter: HIS PROFILE AS SOMEBODY ACTIVELY USING A
DATING - >> ACTIVELY USING IT
>> Reporter: -- SITE >> IN FACT, HE HAD -- A DATE
THAT EVENING >> Reporter: WAIT A MINUTE
HE'S MARRIED TO YOUR FRIEND. >> I WAS SHOCKED
AS MUCH AS I HAD CONCERNS, MY CONCERNS WERE MORE -
HE'S NOT HOLDING UP HIS END OF THE BARGAIN HERE, IN THE
RELATIONSHIP HE'S NOT WORKING
HE'S NOT - >> Reporter: HE'S GOING ON A
DATE - >> -- SUPPORTING HIS -
>> Reporter: -- FOR GOD'S SAKE >> WELL, AND SO THAT TOOK IT TO
A DIFFERENT LEVEL. >> Reporter: SURE.
DID YOU TELL HER >> WE DID NOT.
WE DISCUSSED IT. WE DISCUSSED IT WITH OTHERS WHO
WERE CLOSE TO HER AND DECIDED THAT, "LET'S WAIT.
LET'S PLAY THIS OUT. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS."
>> Reporter: OH, IT DID PLAY OUT.
ACCORDING TO JAN, STACY SAID ONE DAY, A WOMAN SHOWED UP ON HER
DOORSTEP AND TOLD HER BOB HAD BEEN GIVING HER MONEY.
>> AND OF COURSE, HAVING BEEN WITH HER SEXUALLY.
IT WAS AN UGLY, UGLY SITUATION >> Reporter: SHE MUST HAVE
BEEN -- LIKE, COMPLETELY -- WHAT IS IT THEY SAY -
GOB SMACKED. SHE HAD NO IDEA.
>> BLINDSIDED. DISGUSTED.
ACTUALLY DISGUSTED >> Reporter: STACY TOLD FRIENDS
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING HIM. THEY SEPARATED A FEW TIMES
SHE EVEN SAW A DIVORCE ATTORNEY AT ONE POINT
>> HE ALWAYS LURED HER BACK. HE WOULD SAY, "I'M GONNA
CHANGE," AND, "WE'RE GONNA GO TO THERAPY.
AND YOU KNOW, "WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE LIFE THAT YOU ALWAYS
WANTED." >> Reporter: HE'D KEEP DANGLING
THE THING IN FRONT OF HER. >> YEAH, I'M GONNA CHANGE --
>> Reporter: THAT SHE WANTED >> I'M GONNA CHANGE.
>> Reporter: BUT HE DIDN'T >> THEIR HOUSE WAS ONLY IN HIS
NAME THEIR CREDIT CARD WOULD SAY
ROBERT STACY FELDMAN INSTEAD OF ROBERT AND STACY FELDMAN
>> Reporter: WELL, WELL, WELL. >> HE CONTROLLED HER
FINANCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY, AND JUST HAD THAT POWER OVER HER
>> Reporter: SHE TOLD HER FRIENDS SHE WAS TOO SCARED TO
LEAVE HIM. >> HE TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD
LEAVE HER WITH NOTHING AND TAKE THE KIDS
HE THREATENED HER IN A WAY THAT REALLY SCARED HER.
SHE WAS AFRAID >> Reporter: THE THREATS WERE
NEVER PHYSICAL, FAR AS ANYBODY KNEW
BUT IN HINDSIGHT, STACY'S SISTER AND FRIENDS BELIEVE SHE WAS
BEING EMOTIONALLY ABUSED >> SHE NEEDED THOSE CHILDREN TO
LIVE IN A WARM, LOVING HOME. SO, SHE JUST KEPT IT AT BAY.
AND AGAIN, HOPING HE WOULD CHANGE, HOPING THINGS WOULD GET
BETTER HOPING FOR A NEW LEASE ON LIFE,
I GUESS. >> Reporter: AND NOW, STACY WAS
GONE SUSAN SAT AT STACY'S GRAVE AND
THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND KNEW SHE HAD TO DO
SOMETHING. THE FEELING SHE'D HAD FOR YEARS
WAS TOO STRONG TO IGNORE ANY LONGER
>> AND I GOT IN THE CAR WITH MY AUNT AND I TOLD MY AUNT.
AND SHE SAID, "YOU NEED TO CALL THE HOMICIDE DEPARTMENT RIGHT
NOW. >> Reporter: SHE PHONED
DETECTIVE RANDY DENISON. >> I TALKED TO HIM FOR AN HOUR
AND A HALF AND I TOLD HIM WHY I THOUGHT BOB
KILLED HER AND HE PROBABLY THOUGHT I WAS A
GRIEVING SISTER. >> Reporter: MAYBE
BUT A FEW THINGS HAD BEEN TROUBLING DENISON EVER SINCE HE
SAW THAT BATHTUB NOT EXACTLY SUSPICIOUS
JUST ODD IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK THE WAY HE
THOUGHT IT WOULD IF AN ADULT HAD TAKEN A TUMBLE IN THERE.
SURE, THAT METAL SHELF AND SHAMPOO BOTTLES APPARENTLY WENT
FLYING BUT -- EVERYTHING ELSE WAS
NEATLY IN ITS PLACE. >> AND THERE WAS A TOWEL REALLY
NEATLY HUNG THERE. AND THEN ON THE INSIDE RAILING
DOOR, THERE WAS SOME SHAMPOO AND PRODUCT STILL ON THERE
AND, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHT WAS IT'S FUNNY THAT THESE THINGS
WEREN'T DISTURBED. >> Reporter: ALSO, IF BOB DID
PULL HIS WIFE OUT OF THE TUB, WOULDN'T THE FLOOR BE WET?
>> THERE WASN'T WATER ON THE FLOOR THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
>> Reporter: AND THAT WASHCLOTH SITTING ON THE DRAIN
>> IF THIS TUB HAD BEEN FULL OF WATER, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TO
BE TOTALLY SATURATED AND IT WASN'T.
>> Reporter: MIND YOU, HE HAD ARRIVED AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER
BOB CALLED 9-1-1 STILL.
THE SCENE. ALL THOSE INJURIES ON HER BODY
CURIOUS. THIS IS KIND OF A -- ALL KIND OF
GRAY AREA STUFF, RIGHT LIKE, MAYBE SUSPICIOUS, MAYBE
NOT. >> RIGHT
IT STILL COULD BE MEDICAL. SO WE HAVE TO REALLY WAIT TILL
THE AUTOPSY REPORT COMES OUT >> Reporter: AND THEN TWO MONTHS
LATER, IT CERTAINLY DID. >>> COMING UP --
STACY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY GROW >> Reporter: SUSAN ALTMAN
SUSPECTED HER BROTHER-IN-LAW BOB FELDMAN HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH HER SISTER STACY'S DEATH. SHE THOUGHT STACY'S AUTOPSY
WOULD PROVE IT AND THEN -
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE AUTOPSY CAME BACK?
>> UNDETERMINED DEATH. >> Reporter: SUSAN COULDN'T
BELIEVE IT, DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. >> SHE WAS 44 YEARS OLD, YOUNG
AND HEALTHY, THE DAY BEFORE. PEOPLE YOU DON'T JUST DIE.
YOU HAVE TO DIE FOR A REASON >> Reporter: THE FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST WHO CONDUCTED THE AUTOPSY FOUND DOZENS OF SCRAPES
AND BRUISES ON STACY'S BODY BUT DETERMINED NONE OF THEM WOULD
HAVE CAUSED HER DEATH. THE AUTOPSY DID REVEAL STACY HAD
YET ANOTHER UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MIGHT, OR MIGHT
NOT, HAVE EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED
STACY HAD A MILD CASE OF HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES.
>> THERE'S A SOMEWHAT ENLARGED HEART.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY MEDICAL OPINION THAT -- THAT SHE
WAS IN GRAVE DANGER OF HEART FAILURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE ALSO CURIOUS FINDINGS IN THE
TOXICOLOGY REPORT. BOB SAID STACY HAD TAKEN A
CANNABIS EDIBLE THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE DIED
BUT THERE WAS NO TRACE OF IT AND THE FENTANYL PATCHES FOUND
ON HER BODY -- >> SHE HAD NO FENTANYL IN HER
SYSTEM SO CERTAINLY WASN'T CAUSED BY
THAT, AN OVERDOSE OF FENTANYL. >> Reporter: A SUPERVISOR AT THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE REVIEWED THE AUTOPSY REPORT AND
AGREED THE CAUSE OF STACY'S DEATH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
AS A DETECTIVE, WHEN YOU GET A RESULT LIKE THAT, WHAT DOES THAT
DO TO YOUR INVESTIGATION >> WELL, IT -- IT KINDA HALTS
IT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE.
>> Reporter: WHAT COULD HE DO? WELL, FOR ONE THING, TALK TO BOB
AGAIN, SEE IF HIS STORY HELD UP. >> SO I HAD CALLED HIM A COUPLE
TIMES. AND HE RETURNED MY CALL AND --
STARTED RECORDING THE CONVERSATION
DID YOU COME -- WERE YOU BACK AT ALL DURING THE DAY
>> I WENT -- >> ON, I MEAN, TILL YOU FOUND
YOUR WIFE. >> Reporter: THE DETECTIVE ASKED
BOB TO GO OVER THAT DAY AGAIN, BEGINNING WITH TAKING THE KIDS
TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL AT THE TEMPLE
THE FIRST STORY WAS HE'D LEFT AT 8:30
HE DIDN'T COME BACK TILL 3:00. >> YES
>> Reporter: BUT NOW IN THIS CALL, HE ADDED A STOP OR TWO
>> WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK IT WAS ABOUT THAT YOU WERE HOME
>> IT WAS PROBABLY AROUND NOON >> MM-KAY.
>> I ACTUALLY CLEANED OUT THE GARAGE
THERE WAS A SHELF THAT FELL. I FIXED THAT
>> ACCORDING TO FRIENDS, THAT GARAGE WAS PRETTY MUCH A MESS, I
GUESS, ALL THE TIME. AND WHEN I SAW IT LATER, IT,
YEAH, DIDN'T LOOK VERY ORDERLY >> Reporter: SO THE IDEA THAT
HE'D STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS DAY TO CLEAN IT UP DIDN'T MAKE
ANY SENSE. >> NO, DIDN'T.
IT DID NOT >> Reporter: BOB SAID AFTER HE
CLEANED THE GARAGE, HE WENT TO THE PARK TO WORK OUT
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A VERY COLD DAY, THERE WAS STILL SNOW ON THE
GROUND >> SOME JOGGING AND WALKING AND
IN BETWEEN, LIKE, THE BENCHES I'LL LAY DOWN AND DO PUSHUPS AND
THINGS >> Reporter: WAS THAT A REGULAR
ACTIVITY OF HIS? >> NO.
WE FOUND OUT IN -- IN LATER INTERVIEWING FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNUSUAL.
>> Reporter: DENISON ALSO TALKED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL WHO SAID THAT WHEN STACY FAILED TO PICK UP HER KIDS AS
ARRANGED, ONE OF THEM CALLED BOB.
>> AND SHE TELLS THE SCHOOL, "I TALKED TO MY DAD AND HE'LL BE
RIGHT HERE TO GET US." >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO BOB,
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE GARAGE AT HOME OR EXERCISING
IN A NEARBY PARK AROUND THAT TIME
BUT ALMOST AN HOUR PASSED BEFORE HE SHOWED UP AT THE KIDS'
SCHOOL IS THE HOUSE A LONG, LONG WAY
FROM THE SCHOOL? >> OH, NO, IT'S ONLY ABOUT A
MILE AND A HALF. >> Reporter: CERTAINLY ISN'T AN
HOUR LONG DRIVE? >> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Reporter: BOB HAD ALSO TOLD HIM THAT EARLIER IN THE DAY,
AFTER HE'D DROPPED THE KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL, HE'D HUNG AROUND TO
ATTEND A CEREMONY THERE. SO THE DETECTIVE CHECKED THAT
OUT TOO. THERE WASN'T A SERVICE EVEN
THOUGH HE SAID THERE WAS >> RIGHT
>> Reporter: SO RIGHT THERE IS A LIE.
>> YES >> Reporter: DENISON WONDERED,
WHY THE SHIFTING STORY AND WHY, WHEN STACY FAILED TO
PICK UP THE KIDS AT SCHOOL - >> WHY DON'T YOU GO HOME AND --
AND CHECK ON YOUR WIFE THAT'S MY THOUGHT.
AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HER, WOULDN'T -- YOU MIGHT
BE UPSET LIKE, "HEY, YOU MESSED UP OUR
DAY HERE." >> Reporter: THE DETECTIVE HAD
TO PUT THE QUESTION TO BOB DID HE KNOW MORE ABOUT HIS
WIFE'S DEATH THAN HE WAS LETTING ON
>> WELL, LET ME JUST ASK YOU HERE, BOB.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT
>> NO. I DID NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT >> OKAY.
>> I LOVE MY WIFE DEARLY >> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON
WASN'T SO SURE BEFORE HE GOT BOB ON THE PHONE,
HE HAD SPOKEN WITH FIRST RESPONDERS WHO SAID --
>> IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS OVERACTING
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY AROUND FAMILIES THAT HAVE JUST LOST A
LOVED ONE, AND THEY'RE EXPRESSING THE SAME THING, LIKE
IT WAS AN ACT. >> Reporter: ALL VERY
INTERESTING AND SUSPICIOUS BUT DENISON WAS A HOMICIDE
DETECTIVE WITHOUT A HOMICIDE THE AUTOPSY STILL SAID THE CAUSE
OF DEATH CANNOT BE DETERMINED. STACY'S SISTER SHARED HIS
FRUSTRATION. >> I BECAME KIND OF OBSESSED
WITH WATCHING MURDER MYSTERIES AND I WOULD CALL HIM IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, "PLEASE WATCH
EPISODE SO-AND-SO BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S THIS, OR MAYBE IT'S THAT.
>> Reporter: HOW OFTEN DID YOU CALL THAT DETECTIVE?
>> ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, ON FRIDAY USUALLY.
>> Reporter: YEAH. HE ALWAYS TOOK YOUR CALL
>> UH-HUH. >> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON
WAS GOOD ABOUT THAT TAKING CALLS.
JUST AS WELL AFTER ALL, HOW ELSE COULD HE
KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER WOMAN AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO TELL HIM
>>> COMING UP -- >> HE JUST GRABBED ME AND KISSED
ME REALLY AGGRESSIVELY AND IT JUST SHOCKED ME
I PUSHED HIM BACK. >> A MATCH MADE ONLINE
WHAT WAS THE CONNECTION TO STACY'S DEATH?
>> I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW THE DATE THAT THAT WAS THE
>> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON WASN'T EXPECTING IT, A MESSAGE
LEFT AT THE OFFICE FROM A STRANGER
A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE AN URGENT STORY TO TELL ABOUT
BOB FELDMAN AND THE DAY HIS WIFE STACY DIED
INFORMATION THAT COULD SHED A WHOLE NEW LIGHT ON THE CASE.
>> AND I CALLED THE PERSON, SUSAN McBRIDE.
>> Reporter: SUSAN McBRIDE BACK IN FEBRUARY 2015, SUSAN WAS
SINGLE, LIVED IN DENVER. SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD JUST MET A
GREAT GUY ON TINDER. HIS NAME WAS BOB
>> THERE WAS A NICE PICTURE OF HIM WITH A BIG SMILE AND, AS I
RECALL, A GREEN POLO SHIRT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS BARBECUING.
>> Reporter: THEY SWIPED RIGHT ON EACH OTHER AND HOURS LATER
WERE KNEE- TO-KNEE IN A CROWDED COFFEE SHOP.
>> HE WAS VERY PERSONABLE AND LIKABLE, AND HE SMILED A LOT AND
LAUGHED A LOT. >> Reporter: BEFORE YOU MET, DID
HE EXPLAIN MUCH ABOUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES?
>> NO. I DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL WE MET
FOR COFFEE THAT HE HAD BEEN SEPARATED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
AND WAS PLANNING TO FILE FOR DIVORCE.
>> Reporter: BEFORE SHE KNEW IT, AN HOUR-PLUS SLIPPED BY.
THEY AGREED ON ANOTHER DATE. >> WE WALKED OUTSIDE TO THE
FRONT OF THE COFFEE SHOP, AND HE JUST GRABBED ME AND KISSED ME
REALLY AGGRESSIVELY. AND IT JUST SHOCKED ME
I PUSHED HIM BACK. >> Reporter: BUT SHE DECIDED TO
GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
>> AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW A NEXT
DATE GOES. BECAUSE I -- I REALLY DID LIKE
HIM. >> Reporter: LATER HE EMAILED
HER, GUSHING >> "I THINK I'M SUPPOSED TO WAIT
THREE DAYS BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING.
I DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES WOW, YOU'RE WONDERFUL.
>> Reporter: HE OFFERED TO BRING WINE TO HER PLACE THAT NIGHT
SHE SAID NO. >> I BASICALLY THOUGHT, "THERE'S
NO WAY I'M LETTING THIS GUY COME OVER UNTIL I KNOW HIS LAST
NAME." AND SO AT SOME POINT IN THE
EMAIL CONVERSATION, I SAID, "SO WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME?
>> Reporter: IT TOOK ALL DAY FOR HIM TO ANSWER.
ONE WORD -- WOLFE. BOB WOLFE.
SHE GOOGLED HIM EXHAUSTIVELY SHE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WITH
THAT NAME. BUT EVENTUALLY SHE LANDED ON
SOMETHING. >> A LINKEDIN PROFILE CAME UP
FOR A ROBERT W. FELDMAN, AND HIS PICTURE WAS ON THE LINKEDIN
PROFILE. >> Reporter: AND BINGO, THAT WAS
HIM. >> YEAH.
THAT'S WHEN I DISCOVERED HIS LAST NAME WAS FELDMAN.
>> Reporter: SHE ALSO FOUND THE NAME OF HIS WIFE, STACY.
THEY SEEMED TO STILL BE TOGETHER
>> I SENT HIM A MESSAGE SAYING, "YOU'RE A LYING -- BOB FELDMAN
DON'T CONTACT ME AGAIN." >> Reporter: WELL, THAT'S
DIRECT >> YEAH, I FELT IT WAS DESERVED.
IT WAS WARRANTED >> Reporter: BOB DID NOT
HE LIT UP HER PHONE. >> AFTER MANY RINGS, I FINALLY
PICKED UP AND I SAID, "WHAT? AND HE SAID, "PLEASE LET ME
EXPLAIN. >> Reporter: IT WAS A SCARY
STORY. HE HAD A STALKER AT ONE POINT,
HE TOLD HER, THAT MADE HIM LEERY OF SHARING HIS FULL NAME
HE WANTED TO TELL SUSAN MORE, HE SAID, SO MAYBE OVER DINNER
HE CAME TO HER PLACE >> HE BROUGHT ME A SALAD AND A
HALF-DRUNK BOTTLE OF WINE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY
CHEESY ANYWAY, WE TALKED FOR A LONG
TIME HE TOLD ME THAT HIS WIFE WAS AN
ABSENTEE MOTHER AND SHE JUST KINDA DID HER OWN THING.
>> Reporter: "ABSENTEE MOTHER," SOMETHIN' YOU DON'T OFTEN --
>> THAT'S -- >> Reporter: -- HEAR, THAT
PHRASE >> THAT'S WHAT HE CALLED -
>> Reporter: IS THAT THE PHRASE HE USED?
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: BOB INSISTED THEY
WERE SEPARATED THEY TOOK TURNS SPENDING TIME IN
THE HOUSE WITH THE KIDS. SUSAN FELT HE WAS POURING HIS
HEART OUT. HER ANGER MELTED
>> HE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT HE WAS A VERY CAUTIOUS PERSON, THAT
HE REALLY WANTED A RELATIONSHIP. >> Reporter: THEY SLEPT TOGETHER
THAT NIGHT AND MADE PLANS FOR THE COMING WEEKEND
BUT WHEN SATURDAY ROLLED AROUND, BOB ABRUPTLY SAID HE COULDN'T
MAKE IT. >> IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, "TO BE
HONEST, BOB, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE JUST LOOKING FOR A HOOKUP
AND AS I INDICATED I WAS NOT, I THINK WE BETTER JUST MOVE ON
YOUR LIFE SEEMS WAY TOO COMPLICATED RIGHT NOW ANYWAY
GOOD LUCK. AND NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER FROM
HIM. >> Reporter: ALL HER DOUBTS
ABOUT BOB CAME FLOODING BACK SHE WENT ONLINE AGAIN, THIS TIME
TO CHECK OUT HIS STORIES ABOUT STACY.
>> I FOUND THEN THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
PTO OF THE GRADE SCHOOL. >> Reporter: I SEE
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN ABSENTEE MOTHER TO ME.
>> NO. IT JUST REALLY MADE ME ANGRY
THAT HE WOULD SAY THAT ABOUT HER.
AND I THOUGHT, "SHOULD I TELL HER?
SHOULD I NOT TELL HER? >> Reporter: SHE DID, IN AN
EMAIL. >> I SAID, "MY NAME'S
SUSAN McBRIDE. YOU DON'T KNOW ME, BUT I MET
YOUR HUSBAND ON A DATING SITE CALLED TINDER.
HE TOLD ME YOU HAD BEEN SEPARATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IF YOU'RE NOT SEPARATED, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT HE'S CHEATING
ON YOU." >> Reporter: OH, BOY
>> SHE WROTE BACK AND SHE SAID, "NO, WE ARE NOT SEPARATED.
AND I WROTE BACK AND I SAID, "I'M SO SORRY, STACY
HERE'S MY NUMBER IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL ME."
>> Reporter: WITHIN MINUTES, STACY WAS ON THE PHONE TO SUSAN.
WHAT WAS SHE LIKE ON THE PHONE >> SHE WAS SO SWEET AND KIND
AND SHE WASN'T ANGRY SHE SAID, "I'M SO SORRY HE DID
THAT TO YOU. >> Reporter: THAT SOUNDS ALMOST
MORE LIKE SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE AND THIS
ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SHE'S HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS
>> RIGHT AND SHE SAID, "I'M DONE WITH
HIM. >> Reporter: I'M SORRY
WHAT DID SHE SAY TO YOU? >> SHE SAID, "I'M DONE WITH
HIM. >> Reporter: AND THAT WAS THAT
SUSAN DIDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH STACY OR BOB AGAIN
AND THEN, ONE SLEEPLESS NIGHT, MONTHS LATER, SHE GOT INTO
GOOGLE, JUST CURIOUS, AND FOUND STACY'S OBITUARY
IT HIT HER LIKE A BOMB STACY DIED ON MARCH 1st, 2015,
THE VERY DAY THEY HAD TALKED >> I GOT PHYSICALLY ILL.
PHYSICALLY ILL IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS LIKE
SOMETHIN' OUT OF A MOVIE >> Reporter: I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T
CAUSE IT, BUT DID YOU THINK SOMEHOW THAT MAYBE YOU'D DONE
SOMETHING THAT - >> ABSOLUTELY.
I -- I -- I KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHEN I SAW THE DATE THAT THAT
WAS THE REASON SHE WAS DEAD. AND -- AND I -- I DIDN'T KNOW IF
SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE OR SOMETHING OR IF SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPENED OR HE KILLED HER. I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
>> Reporter: SHE CALLED CRIMESTOPPERS, SPOKE WITH
DETECTIVE DENISON, TOLD HER STORY.
IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY SUDDENLY OPENED THE CURTAINS AND LET THE
LIGHT IN NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT MAYBE
HAPPENED HERE. >> YEAH, HE'D CERTAINLY HAVE A
MOTIVE >> Reporter: HE ALSO FOUND OUT
THAT BOB COLLECTED ON A $750,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
AFTER STACY'S DEATH. BOB WAS LIVING OFF OF THE MONEY
AND SEEMED TO BE ENJOYING HIMSELF TOO.
>> ALL STACY WANTED WAS TO TAKE HER KIDS TO DISNEY WORLD
SHE NEVER HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO TAKE HER KIDS TO DISNEY WORLD.
>> Reporter: AND THEN HE WENT? >> AND THEN HE TOOK 'EM.
AND NOT ONLY DID HE TAKE 'EM TO DISNEY WORLD, IT WAS, LIKE,
FIRST-CLASS DISNEY WORLD, THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOTEL, THE GUIDE
THAT TAKES YOU TO THE FRONT OF EVERY LINE
>> Reporter: SO NOW DENISON KNEW THAT BOB WAS A CONFIRMED CHEATER
WHO SPENT EXTRAVAGANTLY AFTER HIS WIFE'S SUDDEN DEATH.
SO MAYBE HE COULD PROVE THE GUY WAS A CREEP.
BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE HIM A KILLER
AND THEN ANOTHER WOMAN CAME FORWARD.
AND HER STORY? CREEPY WOULD BE THE LEAST OF IT.
>>> COMING UP -- >> HE SAYS, "BECAUSE MY HOUSE IS
SO SECLUDED, YOU COULD SCREAM AS LOUD AS YOU WOULD WANT AND
NOBODY WOULD HEAR YOU. >> ALARMING WORDS.
AND SHE SAYS WORSE >> AT THAT POINT, I WENT INTO
SURVIVAL MODE. BROUGHT STEPHANIE GALVAN INTO
THIS STORY, A TRAGEDY IN HER LIFE
>> IN 2012, MY STEPSON TOOK HIS LIFE
AND HE WAS 13 WHEN HE PASSED AWAY
>> Reporter: AND AFTER, STEPHANIE AND HER HUSBAND
SEPARATED. AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTERS WERE
STRUGGLING THE COUNSELORS AT SCHOOL
RECOMMENDED A CENTER THAT OFFERED GRIEF COUNSELING
CLASSES. AND THAT'S WHERE STEPHANIE MET A
FATHER WHO WAS THERE WITH HIS OWN TWO KIDS
HIS NAME, AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED, WAS ROBERT FELDMAN.
>> HE WAS VERY KIND, AND HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH ME HE SEEMED PLEASANT WITH HIS
KIDS >> Reporter: SO WHEN BOB ASKED
FOR HER PHONE NUMBER, SHE SAID YES.
EXCEPT HE DIDN'T CALL UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, LONG AFTER
THE CLASS ENDED. >> OUT OF THE BLUE, HE CALLS AND
SAYS, "HEY, MY KIDS ARE GONNA BE AT SUMMER CAMP FOR ABOUT THREE
WEEKS. AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE IF I
TOOK YOU TO DINNER AND THEN, THE COMMUNITY THAT I
LIVE IN, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY POOL THAT EVERYONE GOES TO
SO WE COULD GO SWIMMING AND THEN GO TO DINNER."
>> Reporter: A SWIMMING DATE >> YEAH, GUESS SO.
>> Reporter: LITTLE UNUSUAL. >> IT WAS SUMMERTIME THOUGH, SO.
>> Reporter: STEPHANIE WAS GAME. >> I HAD THE NORMAL JITTERS OF
THIS -- YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXCITING
IT SHOULD BE FUN >> Reporter: BUT THEN SHE WALKED
IN THE DOOR. >> AND ALMOST INSTANTLY, I FELT
SOMETHING WAS OFF. >> Reporter: FOR ONE THING, THIS
WASN'T A COMMUNITY POOL. IT WAS BOB'S PRIVATE BACKYARD
POOL >> AND SO I'M THINKING, "OH, I'M
OVERREACTING THE -- I -- I DON'T KNOW HIM SO
EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, FINE GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE
DOUBT. >> Reporter: THEY MADE THEIR WAY
TO THE BACKYARD PATIO WHERE, SHE SAID, HE TOLD HER HIS STORY.
>> HE HAD TOLD ME THAT HIS WIFE HAD SUDDENLY PASSED AWAY FROM
CANCER >> Reporter: WHICH WASN'T TRUE,
OF COURSE. BUT STEPHANIE DIDN'T KNOW THAT
>> HE WAS LIKE, "YOU WANNA GO SWIMMING?"
AND SO I WAS LIKE, "OKAY." AT THIS POINT, I'M STILL VERY
NERVOUS. AND I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO. >> Reporter: YOU'RE QUESTIONING
YOURSELF MORE THAN YOU ARE HIM AT THIS POINT?
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: AND SO SHE PUSHED
ASIDE HER DISCOMFORT AND HAD AN AWKWARD SWIM WITH BOB FELDMAN.
THEY SAT ON THE PATIO AGAIN AFTERWARDS
>> AND I NOTICED IT WAS GETTING KINDA LATE
IT WAS AROUND DINNERTIME AND HE STILL HADN'T MENTIONED
ANYTHING ABOUT GOING TO DINNER AT THAT POINT, MY CONCERN
STARTED TO GROW. >> Reporter: EVENTUALLY THEY
WENT BACK INSIDE AND STEPHANIE CHANGED OUT OF HER SWIMSUIT IN
THE MASTER BATHROOM. NO WAY FOR HER TO KNOW IT WAS
THE SAME ROOM WHERE FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND STACY, DEAD,
MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE >> AND THEN WHEN I HAD COME OUT,
HE WAS IN THE ROOM AND HE STARTED TO KISS ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, THAT'S A BIT FAST."
BUT -- >> Reporter: THIS WAS
UNEXPECTED >> IT WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED.
>> Reporter: AND YOU'RE IN HIS BEDROOM?
>> I'M IN HIS BEDROOM. HE HAD WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND
ME AND HAD SQUEEZED MY SHOULDERS TIGHT.
AND AT THAT POINT, I WENT INTO SURVIVAL MODE.
AND I KNEW, OKAY, THERE WAS NO DINNER
THIS WAS HIS INTENTIONS ALL ALONG.
AND NOW I HAVE TO DO WHAT I CAN TO PLAY CALM AND JUST ACT LIKE
I'M OKAY SO IT HAPPENED
>> Reporter: BOB RAPED HER, SHE SAID
>> I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HIM OFF IF I HAD TRIED
'CAUSE HE PUT A LOT OF WEIGHT ON ME
>> Reporter: WERE YOU AFRAID WERE YOU TERRIFIED
>> I WASN'T TERRIFIED AT THAT POINT.
I WAS AFRAID AND I FELT LIKE A COWARD
I WAS LIKE, "I SHOULD HAVE LEFT WHEN I FIRST FELT SOMETHING WAS
OFF. >> Reporter: WHEN IT WAS ALL
OVER, SHE SAID HE ASKED HER TO LOOK OUT ON HIS PATIO.
>> AND HE SAYS, "SEE ALL THESE HOUSES AND EVERYTHING AROUND
HERE BECAUSE MY HOUSE IS SO SECLUDED,
YOU COULD SCREAM AS LOUD AS YOU WOULD WANT AND NOBODY WOULD HEAR
YOU. >> Reporter: WELL, THERE'S A
MESSAGE. >> YES
FROM THAT POINT ON, IT WAS, "I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
AND MY WAY OUT WAS HE HAD MADE A COMMENT OF, "OH, I'M SUPPOSED TO
MEET WITH SOME FRIENDS TONIGHT AT THE BAR, BUT I'M HAVING SUCH
A GOOD TIME WITH YOU, I DON'T WANNA LEAVE.
AND THEN I SAID, "WELL, I DO HAVE OTHER THINGS PLANNED FOR
TONIGHT. SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND GO WITH
YOUR FRIENDS IT'S FINE.
I SHOULD PROBABLY GET GOING. AND WALKED OUT AND NEVER LOOKED
BACK >> Reporter: THREE WEEKS AFTER
THE INCIDENT, STEPHANIE THOUGHT SHE WAS GETTING AN INFECTION
ACCORDING TO MEDICAL RECORDS SHE PROVIDED TO "DATELINE," HER
DOCTOR PRESCRIBED DRUGS TO PROTECT AGAINST SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS THE NEXT DAY SHE BEGAN TO FEEL
SICK AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE SHE REPORTED
INTERCOURSE AGAINST HER WILL >> THEY HAVE TO REPORT ANY KIND
OF RAPE, OBVIOUSLY, OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.
>> Reporter: SO THE POLICE CAME TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND TELL
HER SOMETHING THAT SHOCKED HER >> AND THEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS
HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD BEEN INVESTIGATING HIM FOR A MURDER
I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THAT >> Reporter: THROUGH HIS
ATTORNEY, BOB FELDMAN DENIED SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STEPHANIE.
SHE DECIDED NOT TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
AS FOR THE MURDER INVESTIGATION? IT WAS STALLED
LACK OF EVIDENCE -- EVIDENCE THAT JUST MIGHT BE HIDING IN
PLAIN SIGHT. >>> COMING UP --
WERE STACY'S INJURIES CAUSED BY THE EFFORT TO SAVE HER
OR WAS IT SOMETHING MORE SINISTER
>> THIS WAS A PROLONGED ASSAULT WITH MULTIPLE BLOWS, MULTIPLE
IMPACTS OVER HER ENTIRE BODY
YEARS, IT ATE AT STACY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THAT AUTOPSY THAT
LABELED HER DEATH UNDETERMINED >> I'VE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT THIS
AND, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF BOB KILLING HER FOR YEARS
BUT THIS ONE PARTICULAR RELATIVE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: THE RELATIVE HAPPENED TO BE A CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST >> AND SHE SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY WHERE MY FRIEND
WORKS SHOULD TALK TO YOU >> Reporter: WHERE HER FRIEND
WORKS IS AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE TRAINING INSTITUTE ON
STRANGULATION PREVENTION ATTORNEYS GAEL STRACK AND
CASEY GWINN ARE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE INSTITUTE, AND THEY TOLD US
STRANGULATION IS A CRIME OFTEN MISSED
>> YOU CAN STRANGLE SOMEONE TO DEATH AND HAVE NO EXTERNAL MARKS
ON THE VICTIM'S BODY IF YOU WANNA KILL SOMEBODY,
SHOOTING THEM OR STABBING THEM IS A BAD IDEA.
BUT YOU WANNA KILL SOMEBODY AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW IT HAPPENED,
STRANGULATION AND SUFFOCATION ARE GREAT GO-TOS FOR A KILLER.
AND THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE MISS STRANGULATION.
WE HAD NO TRAINING, NO LAWS, NO PROTOCOLS.
IT WASN'T ON OUR RADAR SCREEN. >> Reporter: THAT'S WHY THE
INSTITUTE PUTS ON TRAINING WORKSHOPS THAT INCLUDE STAGED
CRIME SCENES LIKE THIS TO TEACH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY >> I WAS WILLING TO, YOU KNOW,
LET THEM BE INVOLVED >> Reporter: SURE, AND THE MORE
TIME GOES BY, THE LESS LIKELY IT IS -
>> RIGHT >> -- YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO
SOLVE IT >> RIGHT
>> Reporter: SHE ALSO ALERTED HER PAL DETECTIVE RANDY DENISON.
>> STRANGLED UNCONSCIOUS >> Reporter: HE AND A DENVER
PROSECUTOR SET UP A MEETING WITH THE INSTITUTE'S MEDICAL EXPERT,
A GUY NAMED BILL SMOCK >> A SCARF WAS PUT AROUND HER
NECK AND SHE WAS DRAGGED UP -- >> Reporter: SMOCK IS A DOCTOR
OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE WITH A FELLOWSHIP IN FORENSICS.
HE'S PARTICIPATED IN THOUSANDS OF AUTOPSIES, CRIME AND ACCIDENT
SCENES HE'S TRAINED POLICE AND
PATHOLOGISTS ALIKE >> WHERE DO WE SEE PRESSURE
BEING APPLIED? >> Reporter: LAST YEAR,
DR. SMOCK TESTIFIED FOR THE PROSECUTION IN THE TRIAL OF
DEREK CHAUVIN, CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
DR. SMOCK AGREED TO REVIEW STACY'S CASE WHICH MEANT
EXAMINING, IN GRANULAR DETAIL, THE CRIME SCENE AND AUTOPSY
PHOTOS >> I ZOOM IN TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY INJURIES THAT WERE MISSED OR MISDIAGNOSED OR MISDESCRIBED BY
THAT FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST. >> Reporter: FOR EXAMPLE, THE
TRAUMA TO STACY'S FACE >> SHE HAD A CHIPPED TOOTH
>> Reporter: WHAT -- WHAT'S A CHIPPED TOOTH HAVE TO DO WITH
THIS >> SO SOMETHING HAPPENED TO
STACY FELDMAN THE DAY SHE DIED THAT THERE WAS FRICTION TO HER
NOSE, TRAUMA TO HER MOUTH, INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE
>> Reporter: THE INJURIES SPOKE VOLUMES TO DR. SMOCK
THAT CHIPPED TOOTH, HE SAID, WAS CAUSED BY A BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
HE BELIEVED SOMEONE HAD PRESSED AGAINST STACY'S NOSE AND MOUTH,
TRYING TO SUFFOCATE HER. HE ALSO NOTICED THE TELLTALE
SIGN OF STRANGULATION IN SOMETHING CALLED PETECHIAL
HEMORRHAGES, LITTLE RED DOTS FROM BURST CAPILLARIES, IN HER
EYES WHY WOULDN'T THE PATHOLOGIST SEE
THAT >> OH, THE PATHOLOGIST SAW THEM
BUT CALLED THEM RARE I DON'T CONSIDER MORE THAN
100 PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGES RARE >> Reporter: AND HE SAID STACY
HAD VENOUS CONGESTION CAUSED BY PRESSURE TO HER CHEST AND NECK
BLOCKING BLOOD FLOW BACK TO THE HEART.
>> THE BLOOD POOLS IN THE SKIN AND YOUR SKIN WILL BECOME RED.
>> Reporter: AND REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE THE BRUISES AND ABRASIONS
THAT THE PATHOLOGIST IDENTIFIED? MOST WERE INFLICTED WHILE SHE
WAS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE, SAID DR. SMOCK.
AND YOU FOUND LOTS AND LOTS OF INJURIES
>> FOUND A MULTITUDE OF INJURIES, ACTUALLY MORE THAN
80 SEPARATE INJURIES >> Reporter: THE PATHOLOGIST
BELIEVED SOME OF THESE INJURIES WERE PROBABLY THE RESULT OF
EFFORTS TO RESUSCITATE STACY OR MOVE HER BODY OUT OF THE TUB
BUT DR. SMOCK HAD A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION
>> SO SHE HAD SO MANY BLOWS TO HER HEAD
SHE HAD BLEEDING UNDERNEATH THE SCALP.
THIS WAS A PROLONGED ASSAULT WITH MULTIPLE BLOWS, MULTIPLE
IMPACTS OVER HER ENTIRE BODY >> Reporter: SHE TOOK A TERRIBLE
BEATING, SAID DR. SMOCK, AND EVIDENCE ON HER BODY SAID SHE
FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE. >> ON THE BACK OF BOTH STACY'S
RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS WERE MULTIPLE BRUISES, ABRASIONS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE AS A DEFENSIVE INJURY.
HOW ELSE DID YOU GET BRUISES IN THIS CASE?
>> Reporter: SOMEBODY'S STILL HITTING YOU AND HITTING YOU AND
HITTING YOU. >> SOMEONE IS TRYING TO HIT YOU
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF
>> Reporter: DR. SMOCK NOTICED MORE DETAILS HE BELIEVED TOLD A
STORY, MARKS FROM A BRA STRAP ON STACY'S SHOULDER AND WHAT HE
CALLED "PATTERN IMPRINTS" ON HER SKIN
>> WHICH IS WHEN YOU HAVE AN OBJECT THAT IS PRESSED SO HARD
INTO THE SKIN IT LEAVES A MIRROR IMAGE OF THAT OBJECT, IN THIS
CASE STITCHING OR A WEAVE OF CLOTHING, ON THE SKIN.
>> Reporter: HIS CONCLUSION -- STACY WAS STILL DRESSED WHEN SHE
DIED ONLY AFTERWARD, ACCORDING TO
SMOCK, DID THE KILLER REMOVE STACY'S CLOTHING AND PLACE HER
BODY IN THE TUB ON TOP OF THAT COLLAPSED SHELF.
>> ON HER RIGHT LATERAL CHEST WAS THE IMPRINT OF A CADDY, A
METAL SHELF. BUT WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS
IMPRINT IS THERE IS NO BRUISING OR ABRASION ASSOCIATED WITH IT,
WHICH TELLS YOU IT WAS A POSTMORTEM IMPRINT
>> Reporter: SMOCK STUDIED THE AUTOPSY MATERIALS FOR TWO MONTHS
AND AT THE END CAME TO A VERY DIFFERENT CONCLUSION THAN THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. >> THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS GOING
TO BE ASPHYXIA, WHICH MEANS THE BODY WAS DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN FROM
A COMBINATION OF SUFFOCATION AND STRANGULATION.
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, MURDER. >>> COMING UP --
WOULD THE D.A. SEE IT THE SAME WAY?
>> I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
EVER GONNA >> Reporter: IT WAS THE ANSWER
STACY FELDMAN'S FAMILY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR.
DR. BILL SMOCK CALLED HER DEATH A CASE OF STRANGULATION AND
SUFFOCATION. THAT COULD ONLY MEAN ONE
THING -- STACY'S HUSBAND, BOB, KILLED HER
DETECTIVE DENISON TOOK DR. SMOCK'S REPORT TO THE D.A.
DID THAT FINALLY GIVE YOU ENOUGH FOR THE ARREST
>> YEAH. AFTER REVIEWING THE DR. SMOCK'S
REPORT, THEY SAID, "WE WILL PROSECUTE.
AND WE GOT AN ARREST WARRANT FOR MR
>> Reporter: WOW BIG MOMENT AFTER ALL THAT TIME
>> IT SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME COMING
>> WE HAD A PLAN THAT THEY WERE GONNA LET US KNOW THAT HE WAS
GONNA BE ARRESTED SO THAT WE COULD BE THERE FOR THE CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: AND SO YOU GOT THAT CALL
>> SO I GOT THAT CALL. >> Reporter: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
>> THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE >> Reporter: IT WAS
FEBRUARY 13th, 2018, 2 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS AFTER STACY DIED
>> DENVER POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
A 44-YEAR- OLD WOMAN WHO DIED 3 YEARS AGO.
>> Reporter: A FEW DAYS LATER, BOB FELDMAN WAS CHARGED WITH
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. FOR STACY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY,
IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT SEEING BOB IN HANDCUFFS
IT WAS ALSO ABOUT THE CHILDREN SINCE STACY'S DEATH, BOB HAD
KEPT THEM AWAY FROM STACY'S LOVED ONES
HE SAW YOU AS THE ENEMY? >> OH, YEAH.
I WAS THE ENEMY. >> Reporter: THE CHILDREN WERE
10 AND 11 WHEN THEIR FATHER WAS ARRESTED
AFTER THE ARREST, THEY WENT TO LIVE WITH STACY'S FAMILY
WAS IT A RELIEF? >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ALSO
HADN'T REALLY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HER FAMILY MUCH OVER THE YEARS
SO IT WAS EMOTIONAL TO HAVE THE KIDS
IT WAS HUGE. IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
>> I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
EVER GONNA HAPPEN, YOU KNOW. A LOT OF TIME HAD GONE BY.
AND BOB WAS A SNEAKY GUY >> Reporter: THEIR SENSE OF
RELIEF DID NOT LAST VERY LONG. THE JUDGE INITIALLY ORDERED BOB
TO BE HELD WITHOUT BAIL. BUT THEN CAME THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING WHERE THE PROSECUTION HAD TO SHOW ITS EVIDENCE
>> THERE'S NOTHING OTHER THAN PROOF THAT THIS GUY'S A
PHILANDERER, A NO- GOOD GUY WHO DESERVES NO RESPECT.
BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE'S A KILLER
>> Reporter: ROBERT GOTTLIEB WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.
BUT HE IS A SEASONED DEFENSE LAWYER WHO TRIED A VERY SIMILAR
CASE ABOUT A WOMAN SUPPOSEDLY DROWNED IN A BATHTUB, A CASE
"DATELINE" COVERED THIS IS HIM AT THAT TRIAL.
>> HE SEES HIS WIFE IN THE BATHTUB, AND HE PULLS HIS WIFE
OUT OF THE TUB AND HE CALLS 911
AND HE APPLIES CPR >> Reporter: GOTTLIEB SAID, IN
STACY FELDMAN'S CASE, THERE WAS NOT VERY MUCH EVIDENCE BOB
KILLED HER BUT PLENTY OF EVIDENCE SOMETHING ELSE DID.
>> YOU KNOW SHE HAS AN ENLARGED HEART.
YOU KNOW SHE HAS HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
YOU KNOW THAT SHE HAS BEEN SICK. SO IT MAKES SENSE, AND IT'S NOT
BEYOND REASON TO THINK THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN TAKING A SHOWER
AND SLIPPED. >> Reporter: AT THE END OF THE
PRELIMINARY HEARING, THE JUDGE AGREED
HE RULED THAT THE PROSECUTION DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
TO JUSTIFY HOLDING BOB WITHOUT BAIL
HE DID SET A HIGH BAIL, $2 MILLION, WHICH HE LATER
LOWERED TO $1 MILLION. AND BOB USED A BAIL BONDSMAN TO
POST BAIL AND WALKED OUT OF JAIL
BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH THE SWIMMING POOL.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU FOUND OUT?
>> DEVASTATING >> Reporter: COURT DOCUMENTS
REVEALED BOB WAS ALSO USING STACY'S INSURANCE MONEY TO PAY
FOR HIS CRIMINAL DEFENSE STACY'S FAMILY SUED.
>> THERE IS A COLORADO LAW CALLED THE SLAYER STATUTE THAT
KEEPS A KILLER FROM PROFITING ON THEIR CRIME.
>> Reporter: NICOLE VAP COVERED THE CASE AS AN INVESTIGATIVE
PRODUCER FOR NBC AFFILIATE 9NEWS IN DENVER.
>> A JUDGE ORIGINALLY RULED IN THE FAMILY'S FAVOR AND FROZE ALL
OF THE LIFE INSURANCE MONEY. >> Reporter: BUT BOB APPEALED.
AND IN 2019 -- >> A COLORADO SUPREME COURT
DECISION TODAY HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ANGRY AND ASKING WHY.
>> Reporter: -- HE WON >> THE COURT RULED THAT ROBERT
FELDMAN, A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE, CAN USE MONEY
FROM HER LIFE INSURANCE POLICY TO FUND HIS DEFENSE.
>> Reporter: FREE ON BAIL, BOB WAS IN NO HURRY TO STAND TRIAL
>> THIS CASE HAD SO MANY DELAYS. EVERY TIME WE WENT TO COURT, IT
SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS ANOTHER DELAY.
>> Reporter: AT TIMES IT SEEMED THE WHOLE WORLD WAS CONSPIRING
TO SLOW THINGS DOWN. >> TODAY ROBERT FELDMAN'S TRIAL
WAS PUSHED BACK FOR A FIFTH TIME DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19
>> Reporter: THERE WAS ANOTHER DELAY WHEN KEY WITNESS
SUSAN McBRIDE MOVED TO ITALY AND APPLIED FOR CITIZENSHIP.
>> BAGNONE IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN
THE PEOPLE WERE SO WARM AND WELCOMING, AND I HAVE VERY GOOD
FRIENDS THERE. >> Reporter: SO MANY YEARS SINCE
SUSAN ALTMAN FIRST SAT BY STACY'S GRAVE AND RESOLVED TO
FIND THE TRUTH SO MANY STOPS AND STARTS IN HER
LONG FIGHT FOR JUSTICE YOU TO HAVE TO WAIT ALL THIS
TIME >> IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY
HARD I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BREATHE
DEEPLY OR SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT OR BE A GOOD FRIEND OR A GOOD
FAMILY MEMBER. CERTAINLY MY KIDS HAVE SUFFERED
FROM ME BEING ABSENT EVERY TIME WE WOULD GET A NOTICE
THAT THE TRIAL WAS GONNA HAPPEN, I WOULD GET MY HOPES UP.
>> Reporter: THE WHOLE TIME, REMEMBER, BOB WAS AT HOME, NOT
IN JAIL. ALTHOUGH THE JUDGE HAD MADE VERY
STRICT RULES >> HE HAD AN ANKLE BRACELET.
HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE HIS HOUSE UNLESS HE HAD A MEDICAL
APPOINTMENT. HE COULD MEET WITH HIS LAWYERS
HE COULD ALSO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
BUT THAT WAS IT. >> Reporter: OR WAS IT
>>> COMING UP -- >> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE
WEIRDER NEWS TIPS WE RECEIVED. >> A POOL PARTY HOSTED BY AN
ACCUSED KILLER >> ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS REACHED
OUT TO US AND SAID, "THERE A >> Reporter: 2020.
SUMMER RETURNED TO DENVER. AND WITH IT, AFTER MONTHS OF
COVID LOCKDOWN, A BREATH OF OUTDOOR FREEDOM.
ROBERT FELDMAN, BY THEN 56 YEARS OLD, WAS STILL UNDER A KIND OF
LOCKDOWN, OF COURSE, MONITORED BY AN ANKLE BRACELET WHILE HE
AWAITED TRIAL AT HOME. EXCEPT MAYBE MR. FELDMAN WAS
ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS TOO. >> A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS
WIFE IS NOW IN TROUBLE FOR POOL PARTIES.
>> THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WEIRDER NEWS TIPS WE RECEIVED.
>> Reporter: 9NEWS PRODUCER NICOLE VAP GOT A CURIOUS CALL
ABOUT SOME SPLASHY ACTIVITY AT THE FELDMAN HOME
>> ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, "THERE ARE
PEOPLE IN HIS SWIMMING POOL. I'M LIKE, "WHAT PEOPLE?"
AND WE DID A GOOGLE AND WE FOUND THAT ADDRESS ON AN APP THAT WAS
USED DURING THE PANDEMIC TO RENT OUT SWIMMING POOLS
>> Reporter: STACY'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY KNEW THAT POOL, HAD BEEN
THERE OFTEN. AND NOW THE MAN ACCUSED OF
KILLING HER WAS USING IT TO MAKE MONEY?
HAVING POOL PARTIES. >> NOT SO MUCH JUSTICE THERE
THAT'S NOT HOW IT SHOULD BE WHILE THEY'RE STILL SUFFERING
WITHOUT CLOSURE. >> Reporter: OH, BUT THAT WAS
NOT ALL BOB WAS UP TO. NOT EVEN CLOSE
THIS WOMAN IS TRACY FAIGIN >> I'VE BEEN DIVORCED, LIKE,
SEVERAL YEARS AND WENT ON A JEWISH DATING SITE TO, YOU KNOW,
JUST MEET SOMEONE TO GO ON A SIMPLE DATE WITH
AND, UM, HE PINGED ME RIGHT AWAY
>> Reporter: TRACY AND BOB MET UP AT A LOCAL PARK
HE'D BEEN IN THE NEWS PLENTY BY THEN, BUT SHE HADN'T SEEN IT
>> HE SEEMED LIKE A NORMAL, REGULAR GUY.
YOU KNOW, SHOWED UP ON HIS BIKE FOR THE DATE, WHICH AGAIN, IN
COLORADO, IS COMPLETELY NORMAL >> Reporter: BOB'S PROFILE NOTED
THAT HE WAS A WIDOWER, SO SHE WAS CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID.
AND THEN, WHILE THEY WERE WALKING AND TALKING, BOB ADDED
THAT HE HAD TWO KIDS TOO >> AND THEY LIVE IN CONNECTICUT.
AND I THOUGHT, "THAT SEEMS KIND OF ODD."
>> Reporter: STILL, SHE DECIDED TO SEE HIM A SECOND TIME
>> HE CALLED ME AND SAID, "CAN YOU COME TO MY HOUSE TONIGHT?"
I THOUGHT, "GREAT, THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE A CAR" OR
SOMETHING. AND HE SAID, "WELL, NO, I HAVE
SOME LEGAL TROUBLES AND I CAN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE.
AND HE SAID, "WELL, I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU WHEN YOU COME
OVER WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT
WE CAN SIT UP BY THE POOL. >> Reporter: POOL OR NO POOL,
LEGAL TROUBLE WAS ONE STRIKE TOO MANY FOR TRACY
BOB WAS OUT. >> AND I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, NO,
I'M NOT" -- I JUST SAID I'M NOT COMFORTABLE COMING OVER TO YOUR
HOUSE. >> Reporter: BUT THEN BOB DIDN'T
STAY AT HOME EITHER, AS NICOLE VAP AND HER COLLEAGUES
LEARNED, EVEN THOUGH STAYING HOME WAS A CONDITION OF BAIL
>> BOB FELDMAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE STACY
STILL, 9WANTSTOKNOW FINDS OUT HE GETS OUT OFTEN
>> THIS ANONYMOUS NEIGHBOR REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID THAT
BOB HAS BEEN OUT ON HIS BIKE HE RIDES
HE'LL GO AWAY FOR HOURS AND NOT COME BACK.
HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT AS PART OF HIS BOND
>> Reporter: STACY'S FRIEND JAN GOLDENBERG WENT ON TV TO EXPRESS
HER OUTRAGE AT BOB'S ESCAPADES >> WHY ISN'T SOMEONE STOPPING
IT >> Reporter: A FEW DAYS LATER,
SHE SAID THERE WAS A CALL ON HER LANDLINE FROM BOB.
>> I SAW THE AREA CODE BUT IT WAS TOO QUICK FOR ME TO
PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND I ANSWERED
HE SAID, "DON'T YOU THINK THAT MY CHILDREN WATCH THE NEWS?"
AND I JUST HUNG UP SO I PRESUME HE WAS SLIGHTLY
AGITATED, WHICH IS FINE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AGITATED BY HIS
ACTIONS FOR MANY YEARS >> Reporter: THE COURT INCREASED
ITS SCRUTINY OF BOB'S BEHAVIOR ON BAIL.
BUT BY THE SPRING OF 2022, MORE THAN 7 YEARS AFTER STACY'S
DEATH, THE FOCUS SHIFTED TO HIS MURDER TRIAL, WHICH WAS FINALLY
SET TO BEGIN >>> COMING UP --
>> THE EVIDENCE IS -- IS CLEAR THE INJURIES THAT STACY HAD ARE
THE RESULT OF ASSAULT THAT RESULTED IN HOMICIDE
>> AND IN THE COURTROOM, SUSAN, STILL FIGHTING TO GET JUSTICE
FOR HER SISTER >> I WANTED HER TO KNOW THAT I
WAS STILL THERE WITH HER >>
>> Reporter: PINK FLAGS SPRANG UP OVERNIGHT IN THE PARK NEAR
BOB FELDMAN'S HOUSE, GREETINGS AS HE WENT ON TRIAL FOR FIRST
DEGREE MURDER. STACY'S FAVORITE COLOR, THE
FLAGS A SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM HER FRIENDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NO DOUBT WHERE SUSAN ALTMAN HAD STOOD ALL ALONG -- THAT HER
SISTER STACY DIDN'T DIE ACCIDENTALLY, THAT BOB KILLED
HER, AND THAT HE HAD TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> NOBODY THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS.
BUT I KNEW DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART THAT IT WAS.
AND I NEVER FOR A MINUTE WAVERED FROM THAT.
>> Reporter: BUT THOUGH SUSAN AND STACY'S FRIENDS WERE
CONVINCED, A JURY WAS ANOTHER MATTER
PROVING STACY'S DEATH WAS MURDER AND THAT BOB DID IT MIGHT NOT BE
SO EASY. FORMER DENVER PROSECUTOR
GEORGE BRAUCHLER DIDN'T WORK ON THE CASE BUT FOLLOWED IT FOR
"DATELINE. HE SAID BOB'S PROSECUTORS FACED
A SIGNIFICANT HURDLE BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION WAS NOT TREATED AS
A HOMICIDE AT FIRST. >> WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS
OF NEEDING TO PROVE SOMEBODY'S GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,
IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT EARLY ON, THE RISK YOU RUN IS YOU
AREN'T GONNA GET IT RIGHT ANYWHERE
>> Reporter: AFTER ALL, THIS WAS A CASE WITH NO DAMNING DNA, NO
OBVIOUS MURDER WEAPON, NO EYEWITNESSES
SO PROSECUTORS LEANED HARD ON BOB'S SHIFTING STORIES AND HIS
BEHAVIOR THE DAY STACY DIED, >> HELP ME
HELP ME! >> IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS WORDS,
HIS WORDS ARE NOT ABOUT HIS WIFE AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ABOUT HIM.
"HELP ME, HELP ME," NOT, "HELP HER.
I THINK THAT COULD BE TELLING. >> Reporter: THE 911 OPERATOR
TESTIFIED THAT BOB DIDN'T SOUND OUT OF BREATH WHILE HE CLAIMED
TO BE PERFORMING CPR >> PLEASE, STACY
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE
>> SIR, ARE YOU PUMPING HER CHEST?
>> Reporter: SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE WASN'T OUT OF BREATH.
HE WASN'T TRYING TO DO CPR, AS FAR AS THE PERSON LISTENING TO
THE CALL COULD DETERMINE >> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYIN'.
AND I THINK, TOO, THE ABSENCE OF HIM ENGAGING IN THAT ACT OF CPR
AS HE'S BEING TALKED THROUGH IT BY THE DISPATCHER SUGGESTS THAT
HE KNOWS SHE'S ALREADY DEAD. >> Reporter: DETECTIVE DENISON
TOLD JURORS BOB SEEMED DISINTERESTED IN HOW HIS WIFE
DIED >> HE SAID, "I DON'T THINK WE
WANT AN AUTOPSY. >> Reporter: HE VOLUNTEERED
THAT >> YEAH, IT SEEMED KINDA ODD
>> Reporter: AND THE FACT THAT BOB LATER CHANGED HIS STORY
ABOUT THAT DAY WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT
FOR A PROSECUTOR >> LISTEN, THE STATEMENT THAT
YOU GIVE DURING THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT, THE MOMENT AFTER IT
HAPPENS, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT ONE TO BE THE MOST CREDIBLE.
AND THEN TO, AT A LATER DATE, DURING A FORMAL INTERROGATION,
TO CHANGE UP THE FACTS OF THAT INCREDIBLY SUSPICIOUS.
>> Reporter: STEPHANIE GALVAN, WHO HAD ACCUSED BOB OF RAPE,
ALSO TOOK THE STAND. AND THOUGH IN COURT DOCUMENTS
PROSECUTORS MENTIONED EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, AN ASSAULT
BOB DENIED, THEY DECIDED NOT TO ASK THE JUDGE TO ADMIT THAT
EVIDENCE STEPHANIE DID TESTIFY THAT BOB
TOLD HER STACY DIED OF CANCER WHICH, OF COURSE, WAS JUST NOT
TRUE BUT ONE WITNESS JUST MIGHT CUT
THROUGH ANY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT BOB FELDMAN, HIS BEHAVIORS, AND
PERHAPS HIS MOTIVE FOR MURDER. SUSAN McBRIDE FLEW IN FROM ITALY
TO TESTIFY FOR THE PROSECUTION >> WHEN THEY TOLD ME TO POINT
HIM OUT, AS I GOT UP ON THE WITNESS STAND, I POINTED RIGHT
AT HIM AND LOOKED HIM RIGHT IN THE EYE.
AND I FELT STRONG. >> Reporter: SHE REREAD HER
EMAILS FOR THE JURY, EMAILS THAT DESCRIBED THEIR BRIEF
RELATIONSHIP AND THAT FATEFUL EMAIL TO STACY JUST HOURS BEFORE
HER DEATH. >> I HAD EVERY EMAIL
AND IT'S LUCKY I DID BECAUSE BOB HAD GONE IN THE DAY OF STACY'S
DEATH AND DELETED ALL THE EMAILS FROM ME, APPARENTLY.
I FOUND THAT OUT AT THE TRIAL. >> Reporter: SUSAN McBRIDE
TESTIFIED THAT STACY TOLD HER SHE WAS DONE WITH HER HUSBAND.
THE PROSECUTION TOLD THE JURY BOB WASN'T ABOUT TO ACCEPT THAT.
THEIR STAR WITNESS, DR. BILL SMOCK, GAVE HIS VERSION OF WHAT
BOB DID TO STACY NEXT. >> SHE HAS TRAUMA TO HER FACE,
PARTICULARLY HER NOSE AND MOUTH, AND SHE ALSO HAS EVIDENCE OF
STRANGULATION. >> Reporter: DR. SMOCK
EXHAUSTIVELY DOCUMENTED STACY'S 80-PLUS INJURIES, SOME OF WHICH
HE SAID THE ORIGINAL PATHOLOGIST MISSED, EXPLAINING HOW THEY
COULDN'T COME FROM A SINGLE SLIP AND FALL BUT FROM A PROLONGED
AND BRUTAL ASSAULT HE EVEN CLIMBED INTO THE WELL OF
THE COURTROOM AND DEMONSTRATED WITH MANNEQUINS, A SHOW-AND-TELL
HE REPEATED FOR US >> STACY HAD SOME UNIQUE
INJURIES ON THE INSIDES OF BOTH UPPER
ARMS WERE LARGE BRUISES. >> Reporter: DR. SMOCK SAID BOB
LIKELY KILLED STACY BY STRADDLING HER BODY AND THEN
SMOTHERING AND STRANGLING THE LIFE OUT OF HER.
>> PRESSURE IS PUT ON THE INSIDES OF BOTH ARMS
>> Reporter: BY THE KNEES? >> BY THE KNEES.
SO AT -- DURING THE ASSAULT, STACY HAD BOTH PRESSURE ON HER
FACE AND PRESSURE ON HER NECK AND ON THE INSIDES OF HER ARMS
>> Reporter: AND ALL THOSE INJURIES YOU SAW TO HER NOSE, TO
HER TEETH, HER -- HER -- THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED THAT
WAY? >> YES, EXACTLY.
WE HAVE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA ON THE LIPS
>> Reporter: JUST PUSHING DOWN VERY HARD?
>> JUST PUSHING DOWN THE EVIDENCE IS -- IS CLEAR.
THE INJURIES THAT STACY HAD ARE THE RESULT OF ASSAULT THAT
RESULTED IN HOMICIDE >> Reporter: SMOCK BELIEVED BOB
THEN UNDRESSED STACY AND PUT HER IN THE TUB, FORGETTING TO REMOVE
THAT EXPENSIVE WATCH HE TOLD US HE ALSO HAD TO WONDER
IF BOB PLACED THOSE FENTANYL PATCHES ON STACY'S BODY TO MAKE
OVERDOSE SUSAN ALTMAN, OF COURSE, WAS
FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF STACY'S DEATH.
BUT SHE'D NEVER SEEN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS BEFORE
>> I DIDN'T STARE AT THE PICTURES FOR VERY LONG
I NEEDED TO -- TO BE THERE WITH HER WHILE THAT WAS HAPPENING TO
HER. AND I IMAGINE THAT SHE WAS
THINKING ABOUT ME AND THINKIN' ABOUT HER FAMILY
AND I WANTED HER TO KNOW THAT I WAS STILL THERE WITH HER
>> Reporter: STILL FELT HER PRESENCE AT THAT POINT, HUH?
>> YUP I NEEDED TO BE WITH HER TILL THE
END. >> Reporter: AT THE END OF SEVEN
DAYS, THE PROSECUTION RESTED IT SAID STACY FELDMAN DIED A
HORRIBLE DEATH AT THE HANDS OF THE MAN SHE ONCE LOVED AND
TRUSTED, HER HUSBAND >> THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE HAD
HAD ENOUGH AND SHE WAS MADE TO PAY FOR IT,
NOT JUST WITH A BEATING, BUT A BEATING THAT PRECIPITATED HER
DEATH. THAT'S THE THEME THAT THEY HAD
>> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE HAD A THEME TOO.
A STORY WITH THE SAME EVIDENCE, ONLY DIFFERENT VOICES WHOSE
EXPERTISE EVEN THE PROSECUTION COULD NOT DENY
>>> COMING UP -- WILL THERE BE JUSTICE FOR STACY?
>> Reporter: THE MEDICAL EXAMINER LEFT THE CONCLUSION
THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS UNDETERMINED
WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A CRACK IN THE DOOR FOR A DEFENSE ATTORNEY,
FRANKLY. >> OH,
>> Reporter: SUSAN ALTMAN LED A STRANGE KIND OF ARMY IN THE
YEARS SINCE 2015 A GROUP OF PEOPLE ALLIED FOR HER
SISTER, STACY FELDMAN. TOGETHER THEY GATHERED ON THE
WOODEN BENCHES OF A DENVER COURTROOM TO FACE A MAN THEY SAW
AS A LONGTIME ENEMY. >> HE WAS A BEAST.
HE HAD NO EXPRESSION EVER THE WHOLE TIME THAT HE WAS THERE
NO REMORSE NO -- NO GUILT
NOTHING. THE GUY WAS STONE FACE THE
ENTIRE TIME. >> Reporter: TO HER, BOB'S GUILT
WAS OBVIOUS. BUT TO A JURY?
AFTER ALL, BOB HAD A CRACK DEFENSE TEAM
ATTORNEY ROBERT GOTTLIEB THOUGHT BOB'S LAWYERS DID EXACTLY WHAT
THEY NEEDED TO DO -- REINTERPRET THE EVIDENCE AND CONDEMN THE
INVESTIGATION ITSELF >> JUST A TERRIBLE, AMATEURISH
INVESTIGATION. >> Reporter: THE DEFENSE
HAMMERED DETECTIVE RANDY DENISON, POINTING OUT THAT
HE DIDN'T EVEN SUSPECT FOUL PLAY AT FIRST AND THEREFORE DIDN'T
COLLECT CRITICAL EVIDENCE. >> YOU TAKE ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING THAT MEANS BLOOD, FINGERPRINTS, ANY PHYSICAL
EVIDENCE NOTHING WAS DONE HERE.
>> Reporter: MIND YOU, HE WASN'T THERE, AND DETECTIVE DENISON, AN
EXPERIENCED AND COMPETENT MAN, WAS.
>> UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE A
MURDER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ROPE EVERYTHING OFF AND KICK EVERYONE
OUT OF THE HOUSE >> Reporter: THE DEFENSE ALSO
TOOK ISSUE WITH THE WAY THE PROSECUTION CHARACTERIZED BOB'S
BEHAVIOR ON THAT 911 CALL AND IN THE HOUSE THAT DAY
AND GOTTLIEB WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREED
>> NO ONE IS GOING TO CONVINCE ME TODAY THAT THE WAY SOMEBODY
REACTS AT THE SCENE OF A MURDER, THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY FOR
YOU TO BEHAVE OR THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO RESPOND TO AN EMT'S
QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE THERE TRYING TO SAVE YOUR WIFE
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION'S THEORY OF MOTIVE WAS ALSO WEAK,
SAID GOTTLIEB. THE DEFENSE ARGUED THAT
SUSAN McBRIDE'S TESTIMONY, THAT SHE TOLD STACY ABOUT BOB'S
INFIDELITY, DIDN'T PROVE STACY CONFRONTED BOB, LET ALONE THAT
HE KILLED HER. >> SO THERE WAS AN ABSENCE OF
ANY CREDIBLE TESTIMONY THAT WOULD HAVE LED ULTIMATELY TO THE
CONFRONTATION LEADING TO HER DEATH.
>> Reporter: I GUESS SHE'D KNOWN THAT HE HAD CHEATED ON HER
BEFORE AND SO MAYBE THIS WOULDN'T BE A TERRIBLY BIG
SURPRISE >> RIGHT
SHE KNEW THAT IT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE
THEY RECONCILED. AND IF THIS REALLY WAS THE STRAW
THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK, YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED HER TO CALL
HER BEST FRIEND. YOU WOULD'VE EXPECTED HER TO
CALL SOMEBODY. >> Reporter: BUT WHAT, THEN, TO
MAKE OF STACY'S BATTERED BODY? WELL, HERE THE DEFENSE TURNED
THE EVIDENCE TO ITS ADVANTAGE, SAYING SHE WAS LIKELY STILL
ALIVE WHEN BOB TRIED REPEATEDLY TO PULL HER FROM THE TUB TO SAVE
HER. >> AND IN DOING THAT, YOU CAN BE
SURE THERE WOULD BE CONTUSIONS AND TRAUMA AGAINST THE SIDE OF
THE BATHTUB, THE FAUCET OR OTHERWISE.
>> Reporter: THE CORE OF THE DEFENSE ARGUMENT -- STACY WAS
NOT MURDERED AND TO PROVE IT, THEY CALLED A
WITNESS WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE TESTIFYING FOR THE
PROSECUTION -- THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST WHO PERFORMED
STACY'S AUTOPSY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CASE WAS THAT MEDICAL EXAMINER LEFT THE
CONCLUSION THAT THIS DEATH WAS -- CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
UNDETERMINED, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A CRACK IN THE DOOR FOR A
DEFENSE ATTORNEY, FRANKLY. >> OH, IT'S MORE THAN A CRACK.
IT IS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. >> Reporter: THE PATHOLOGIST,
HER SUPERVISOR, AND AN ELECTED CORONER FROM ANOTHER COUNTY ALL
TOLD THE COURT THEY COULD NOT RULE STACY'S DEATH A HOMICIDE.
THEY CONTINUED TO INSIST THIS WAS AN UNDETERMINED DEATH.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES TWO YEARS AFTER THE AUTOPSY IS
THAT AT THE BEHEST OF THE FAMILY, WHO DID THEIR OWN
RESEARCH, THE POLICE THEN CONTACT THIS DR. SMOCK
>> Reporter: DR. SMOCK THE DEFENSE TORE INTO THE
PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS THEY CALLED YOU A CHARLATAN.
SO HOW ARE YOU NOT A CHARLATAN >> I HAVE THE SAME TRAINING THAT
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS HAVE I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THOUSANDS
UPON THOUSANDS OF AUTOPSIES. >> Reporter: WITHOUT BEING AN
ACTUAL PATHOLOGIST >> CORRECT
>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE TOLD JURORS TO SEE STACY'S MULTIPLE
INJURIES AS EVIDENCE OF A VALIANT EFFORT TO SAVE HER LIFE,
NOT END IT, AND ASKED THE JURY TO LISTEN TO THE THREE
PATHOLOGISTS, IMPARTIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO
CONTINUED TO INSIST THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS UNDETERMINED AND FIND
NOT GUILTY IT HAD TAKEN SEVEN YEARS, ONE
SETBACK AFTER ANOTHER, TO BRING BOB FELDMAN TO TRIAL
IT TOOK THE JURY LESS THAN THREE HOURS TO REACH A VERDICT
>> NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID WE THINK THAT THAT WAS GONNA
COME THE SAME DAY THAT WE HAD CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
>> Reporter: STUNNED, THEY FILED BACK INTO THE COURTROOM.
THE VERDICT SWIFT JUST LIKE THE DELIBERATIONS.
>> WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES WE LEARNED A JURY HAS FOUND
ROBERT FELDMAN GUILTY -- GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER
>> I THINK I WAS LIVING AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE
TO TELL YOU. I DIDN'T BURST INTO TEARS WHEN I
HEARD THE GUILTY VERDICT I KNEW IT WAS COMING
I FELT RELIEF AND -- AND JUSTICE.
>> IT'S A RELIEF, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T SO MUCH -- PERSONAL FOR
ME IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PROSECUTORS IT'S ABOUT THAT FAMILY
>> Reporter: YOU GUYS IN THAT DETECTIVE BUSINESS ARE A BUNCH
OF SOFTIES, YOU KNOW >> YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
PARDON ME. >> Reporter: THE SENTENCE WAS
IMMEDIATE -- LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
AND AFTER, THE WOMEN WHO'D SEEN BOB FELDMAN FOR WHAT HE WAS
FOUND REASONS TO BE THANKFUL LIKE STEPHANIE GALVAN, WHO
BELIEVED BOB USED A GRIEF COUNSELING CLASS TO PREY ON HER
AND IS CONVINCED HE COULD HAVE DONE MUCH WORSE.
>> I'M OKAY WITH HOW I HANDLED THINGS BECAUSE I'M ALIVE
>> Reporter: THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT, ISN'T IT?
>> I DID WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET OUT WITHOUT ANYTHING
HAPPENING MORE THAN IT HAD >> Reporter: SUSAN McBRIDE, TOO,
IS THANKFUL. >> WE MET FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY. AND IT -- IT WAS AMAZING
IT WAS AMAZING TO BE - >> Reporter: THIS IS IT?
THIS IS -- YOU'RE -- YOU'RE MEETING NOW --
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE GOT TO TOUCH AND HUG
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. OUR CAMERAS BROUGHT THESE TWO
SUSANS TOGETHER IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME
BOTH WOMEN HAVE SUFFERED IN THESE YEARS SINCE STACY'S DEATH
BUT ALSO FEEL EMPOWERED NOW TO HELP OTHER VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE >> HE WAS A CON MAN.
AND I THINK HE WAS ABLE TO CON HER OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AS WELL
AS ME, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER WOMEN.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN -- IN -- IN THE
SPOTLIGHT. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT
WE NEED TO SAVE OUR -- OUR LOVED ONES
>> Reporter: HAVING MET, WILL YOU MEET AGAIN, DO YOU THINK
IS THIS IT FOR YOU TWO >> OH, IT'S NOT IT
>> OH, THIS IS -- NO WE'RE SISTERS NOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY. SUSAN McBRIDE IS PART OF OUR
FAMILY, YEAH >> Reporter: VERY NICE
A FAMILY DETERMINED TO GET JUSTICE FOR STACY AND WHICH IS
FIGHTING FOR HER STILL >> SHE KNOWS THAT WE DID RIGHT
BY HER AND THAT SHE KNOWS THAT OUR FAMILY IS TAKING AMAZING
CARE OF HER CHILDREN AND THAT THEY WILL GROW UP TO KNOW WHAT
AN AMAZING MOM THEY HAD. AND THEY'LL BE SURROUNDED BY
LOVE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
>>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE."
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL.
AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY
NEWS."