1 00:00:07,827 --> 00:00:09,965 [phone ringing] 2 00:00:10,068 --> 00:00:11,241 [operator speaking] 3 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:13,724 [woman speaking] 4 00:00:20,758 --> 00:00:22,344 [laughing] 5 00:00:22,448 --> 00:00:24,896 Tina was extremely funny. 6 00:00:26,724 --> 00:00:28,241 ROBERT: She was goofy. 7 00:00:28,344 --> 00:00:30,448 I mean, she'd just make you laugh. 8 00:00:35,344 --> 00:00:37,379 John, I don't believe, had 9 00:00:37,482 --> 00:00:40,862 a very good self-esteem about himself. 10 00:00:40,965 --> 00:00:44,103 He had to be in control all the time 11 00:00:44,206 --> 00:00:46,413 to make him feel better. 12 00:00:46,517 --> 00:00:49,241 He can be really nice. 13 00:00:49,344 --> 00:00:53,000 And then the next minute, you have no idea what has happened. 14 00:00:55,103 --> 00:00:58,241 It was clear that this was certainly not self-inflicted. 15 00:00:58,344 --> 00:01:01,448 This scene was very gruesome and grizzly. 16 00:01:01,551 --> 00:01:04,516 It left no question that this was a homicide. 17 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:12,344 -[detective speaking] -[John speaking] 18 00:01:12,448 --> 00:01:13,241 [detective speaking] 19 00:01:16,965 --> 00:01:19,724 [theme music playing] 20 00:01:30,379 --> 00:01:34,172 NARRATOR: It's April 2000, and birthday boy, Robert Frosco, 21 00:01:34,275 --> 00:01:37,000 is filming his 36-year-old sister, Tina Swor. 22 00:01:41,896 --> 00:01:43,758 She couldn't believe that I was capturing her. 23 00:01:43,862 --> 00:01:46,862 She was kind of giddy like a little schoolgirl, you know? 24 00:01:49,378 --> 00:01:50,241 Ha ha. 25 00:01:51,551 --> 00:01:55,482 ROBERT: This is my birthday party in Salinas on Auburn Street. 26 00:01:55,586 --> 00:01:57,344 It's my 34th birthday party. 27 00:02:00,586 --> 00:02:01,793 [indistinct] 28 00:02:02,793 --> 00:02:05,034 NARRATOR: Tina's husband, Richard Swor, also 29 00:02:05,137 --> 00:02:06,517 enjoys playing to the camera. 30 00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:11,758 Richard was somebody who -- He was just fun to be around. 31 00:02:11,862 --> 00:02:13,793 You know, he's another one of those guys that you like 32 00:02:13,896 --> 00:02:16,827 to hang out with and talk shop with and whatnot. 33 00:02:17,862 --> 00:02:22,344 NARRATOR: Tina and military man Richard have been married for 18 years, 34 00:02:22,448 --> 00:02:24,827 but by the time of Robert's birthday party, 35 00:02:24,931 --> 00:02:27,586 their marriage is on the rocks. 36 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:30,931 Tina and Richard, at this point, they were separated, 37 00:02:31,034 --> 00:02:32,930 but they did live together. 38 00:02:34,482 --> 00:02:37,067 I think probably started growing apart at that point in time. 39 00:02:38,965 --> 00:02:40,172 And the family always hoped that they 40 00:02:40,275 --> 00:02:43,067 would work it out and, you know, get back together. 41 00:02:44,275 --> 00:02:46,896 NARRATOR: The couple have two children, a son, Richie, 42 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,275 and a daughter, Carlie. 43 00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:51,827 [shouting] 44 00:02:51,930 --> 00:02:53,275 [shouting indistinctly] 45 00:02:53,379 --> 00:02:55,930 This here is Richie, 46 00:02:56,034 --> 00:02:58,275 running around at my birthday party. 47 00:02:58,379 --> 00:03:02,000 He and my son, they're playing Power Rangers, I believe. 48 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:05,344 [woman speaking] 49 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,758 NARRATOR: Inside, Richie's three-year-old sister, 50 00:03:08,862 --> 00:03:11,137 Carlie, is playing with a pet rat under 51 00:03:11,241 --> 00:03:12,758 her mom and aunt's supervision. 52 00:03:14,724 --> 00:03:16,103 [woman speaking] 53 00:03:19,137 --> 00:03:22,344 ROBERT: Here's Carlie squinting her little nose and her eyes. 54 00:03:22,448 --> 00:03:25,103 She discovered our rats. 55 00:03:25,206 --> 00:03:28,896 We're trying to convince Tina there to get her a rat for 56 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,965 her house -- I don't think Tina was 57 00:03:31,068 --> 00:03:33,758 gonna have anything to do with it. [chuckles] 58 00:03:33,862 --> 00:03:35,206 [man speaking indistinctly] 59 00:03:35,310 --> 00:03:37,551 NARRATOR: Six months later, it's Halloween, 60 00:03:37,655 --> 00:03:39,344 and Robert hosts another party. 61 00:03:39,448 --> 00:03:41,310 [man speaking] 62 00:03:43,379 --> 00:03:47,275 [voices overlapping] 63 00:03:47,379 --> 00:03:50,000 We'd always have, like, a costume contest, 64 00:03:50,103 --> 00:03:51,827 you know, type thing amongst us all. 65 00:03:51,930 --> 00:03:53,206 And Tina would always come in, 66 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,103 outdo everybody with her costumes. 67 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:58,067 And that time, when she came in with a Tin Man costume, 68 00:03:58,172 --> 00:03:59,517 it just blew us away. 69 00:04:02,034 --> 00:04:03,241 She walked through that door, 70 00:04:03,344 --> 00:04:05,103 and everybody was just, like, in awe. 71 00:04:05,206 --> 00:04:07,344 -[voices overlapping] -MAN: There you go. 72 00:04:07,448 --> 00:04:10,000 NARRATOR: Tina's daughter, Carlie, is dressed as Dorothy, 73 00:04:11,310 --> 00:04:14,172 while her son, Richie is a Mario Brother. 74 00:04:14,275 --> 00:04:17,654 [man speaking] 75 00:04:21,551 --> 00:04:23,896 NARRATOR: But someone else is missing. 76 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,034 That year we had the Halloween party, 77 00:04:26,137 --> 00:04:27,758 Richard wasn't there. 78 00:04:28,862 --> 00:04:31,310 ERNA: After being separated for a while, 79 00:04:31,413 --> 00:04:33,379 Tina and Richard decided to divorce. 80 00:04:36,034 --> 00:04:38,793 Tina always told me, "I will always love Richard, 81 00:04:38,896 --> 00:04:41,896 "but we're just not compatible. 82 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,137 "We both need to move on, 83 00:04:44,241 --> 00:04:48,241 and the best thing that we can do is to let each other go." 84 00:04:49,931 --> 00:04:52,310 ROBERT: Tina was devastated. 85 00:04:52,413 --> 00:04:54,827 The breakup of them two just broke her. 86 00:04:54,931 --> 00:04:58,068 It was a love of her life, you know, 87 00:04:58,172 --> 00:05:00,517 but the Tin Man costume, she might have done that 88 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:02,172 because she was heartbroken, 89 00:05:02,275 --> 00:05:05,517 you know, and it symbolized the Tin Man don't have a heart. 90 00:05:07,689 --> 00:05:09,965 I wish Tina would have stayed with Richard. 91 00:05:10,068 --> 00:05:12,000 Things definitely would have been different. 92 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:15,448 We would definitely have a different story to tell. 93 00:05:18,413 --> 00:05:20,517 ERNA: In 2002, 94 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:25,172 I had moved up to Clarkston, Washington, to take care 95 00:05:25,275 --> 00:05:28,896 of my ill sister -- Tina came up, visited, 96 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,241 liked it, and decided that, you know, maybe I can make 97 00:05:34,344 --> 00:05:35,931 a new life, new start up here. 98 00:05:36,931 --> 00:05:39,827 And then she was able to purchase 99 00:05:39,931 --> 00:05:43,586 a house across the river in Lewiston, Idaho. 100 00:05:45,862 --> 00:05:49,344 Kids were at the house most of the time, 101 00:05:49,448 --> 00:05:50,931 you know, if Tina had do something. 102 00:05:51,034 --> 00:05:52,206 they'd come stay with grandma. 103 00:05:53,931 --> 00:05:56,103 NARRATOR: In 2006, Tina and her mom 104 00:05:56,206 --> 00:05:59,068 decided to open a candy shop together. 105 00:05:59,172 --> 00:06:01,586 CARLIE: The Sugar Shack -- um, it was a big hit on the town. 106 00:06:01,689 --> 00:06:03,379 It was always fun for me, too, because I got to 107 00:06:03,482 --> 00:06:04,896 actually work there when I was young, um, 108 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,068 help out with the cash register and stuff like that. 109 00:06:07,172 --> 00:06:08,620 So it was like a child's dream 110 00:06:08,724 --> 00:06:11,137 to have your parents own a candy store. 111 00:06:11,241 --> 00:06:13,034 Yeah, I felt like things were kind of looking up, you know, 112 00:06:13,137 --> 00:06:14,862 she had her business, she was starting to 113 00:06:14,965 --> 00:06:17,000 make friends and meet people in the community. 114 00:06:19,034 --> 00:06:21,068 NARRATOR: One year later, at a local bar, 115 00:06:21,172 --> 00:06:23,724 Tina meets 41-year-old construction worker, 116 00:06:23,827 --> 00:06:24,862 John Dalton. 117 00:06:24,965 --> 00:06:27,551 My mom told me that she had met some new guy, 118 00:06:27,655 --> 00:06:30,413 um, who was great. 119 00:06:30,517 --> 00:06:34,551 She seemed excited, somebody that she really likes. 120 00:06:36,758 --> 00:06:38,344 I believe my mom was attracted to him 121 00:06:38,448 --> 00:06:39,896 because he was, like, a hard worker. 122 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,275 He had a good job, he had his own vehicle, stuff like that. 123 00:06:43,379 --> 00:06:45,137 He would take her out, take her to dinner, 124 00:06:45,241 --> 00:06:47,827 take her on dates, he seemed very romantic. 125 00:06:49,793 --> 00:06:53,758 ROBERT: I think Tina was attracted to John because 126 00:06:53,862 --> 00:06:56,068 Tina liked guys that they had the beard, you know, 127 00:06:56,172 --> 00:06:59,034 the kind of the mountain man type looking person. 128 00:06:59,137 --> 00:07:01,620 You know, the macho kind of guys. 129 00:07:01,724 --> 00:07:03,724 John's two favorite things to do in 130 00:07:03,827 --> 00:07:06,137 life is basically hunting and guns. 131 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:10,379 When I first met him, I thought, well, 132 00:07:10,482 --> 00:07:11,724 he's a nice man. 133 00:07:11,827 --> 00:07:14,068 I honestly thought, you know, she met the right guy. 134 00:07:16,241 --> 00:07:18,000 CARLIE: I remember when John moved in, 135 00:07:18,103 --> 00:07:20,310 he was kind of staying there like on the weekends 136 00:07:20,413 --> 00:07:21,793 or when he didn't work. 137 00:07:21,896 --> 00:07:24,275 Um, and it turned into, like, four or five days 138 00:07:24,379 --> 00:07:27,000 a week, and then he was living there pretty much full-time. 139 00:07:28,172 --> 00:07:30,689 What I witnessed, it seems loving. 140 00:07:30,793 --> 00:07:32,862 They were always really fun and sociable. 141 00:07:32,965 --> 00:07:35,620 NARRATOR: The couple throw regular parties in their garage. 142 00:07:35,724 --> 00:07:37,344 [laughter] 143 00:07:41,275 --> 00:07:43,206 [woman speaking] 144 00:07:44,172 --> 00:07:45,344 [laughter] 145 00:07:46,551 --> 00:07:48,448 Tina has never missed a party. 146 00:07:48,551 --> 00:07:49,965 She liked to be around people. 147 00:07:50,068 --> 00:07:51,379 She was a people person. 148 00:07:51,482 --> 00:07:55,137 John was just a social butterfly at that point, too. 149 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:56,344 [man speaking indistinctly] 150 00:07:56,448 --> 00:07:58,344 NARRATOR: In this cellphone video at a friend's house, 151 00:07:58,448 --> 00:08:00,103 John plays up to the camera. 152 00:08:00,206 --> 00:08:02,137 ROBERT: There's John acting like a goofball at 153 00:08:02,241 --> 00:08:05,655 this party and what not and trying to get attention from 154 00:08:05,758 --> 00:08:08,896 everybody and trying to be -- you know, fit in. 155 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,862 And I thought, well, she finally met somebody 156 00:08:10,965 --> 00:08:13,206 who's gonna be there and protect her 157 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:15,517 and take care of her and so on and so forth. 158 00:08:17,758 --> 00:08:20,344 NARRATOR: But at home, Tina's daughter Carlie notices 159 00:08:20,448 --> 00:08:23,482 a very different side to her mom's new man. 160 00:08:23,586 --> 00:08:25,793 CARLIE: He would 161 00:08:25,896 --> 00:08:29,137 kind of just stay there, dig through our fridge, 162 00:08:29,241 --> 00:08:30,896 eat all the food, use the shower, 163 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,068 you know, electricity and stuff, but he never helped 164 00:08:33,172 --> 00:08:34,379 pitch in for anything. 165 00:08:36,136 --> 00:08:39,895 John, at the time, was working into construction. 166 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,068 He made good money. 167 00:08:44,655 --> 00:08:46,034 CARLIE: He was always in her room. 168 00:08:46,137 --> 00:08:47,793 He would only come out if there was, you know, 169 00:08:47,896 --> 00:08:50,172 like an event or to cook dinner. 170 00:08:52,206 --> 00:08:53,689 We would kind of make, like, jokes 171 00:08:53,793 --> 00:08:56,379 about him being rude and stuff like that. 172 00:08:56,482 --> 00:08:58,344 My mom would laugh it off, and she would kind of 173 00:08:58,448 --> 00:08:59,793 just say, "Oh, I know," you know, 174 00:08:59,896 --> 00:09:02,586 but it was never taken too seriously. 175 00:09:05,793 --> 00:09:07,482 NARRATOR: At work, Tina begins to suffer 176 00:09:07,586 --> 00:09:10,000 from shortness of breath and dizzy spells. 177 00:09:13,275 --> 00:09:14,793 Doctors discover she has 178 00:09:14,896 --> 00:09:17,241 a leaking heart valve and needs surgery. 179 00:09:20,275 --> 00:09:22,310 ROBERT: When I first found out that it was happening to her, 180 00:09:22,413 --> 00:09:25,068 you know, I mean, I went up on a hill and cried my eyes out, 181 00:09:25,172 --> 00:09:27,448 because I thought that I was gonna lose my sister. 182 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:29,862 I knew she was scared to death. 183 00:09:29,965 --> 00:09:31,758 You know, she didn't know what was gonna happen. 184 00:09:33,310 --> 00:09:36,793 Tina had her heart surgery at St. Joseph's in Spokane. 185 00:09:39,931 --> 00:09:41,379 When we found out it was a success, 186 00:09:41,482 --> 00:09:42,517 we were all happy. 187 00:09:42,620 --> 00:09:45,586 ERNA: We were all completely relieved. 188 00:09:45,689 --> 00:09:46,827 I mean, totally. 189 00:09:46,931 --> 00:09:50,068 I mean, because she could have lost her life for sure. 190 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:51,827 ROBERT: When Tina had to recover from the surgery, 191 00:09:51,931 --> 00:09:55,206 she had to stay in bed for a couple, 2 or 3 weeks, 192 00:09:55,310 --> 00:09:58,758 and not have any strenuous activities. 193 00:09:58,862 --> 00:10:00,931 CARLIE: John would always make comments of how she should be 194 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:04,620 able to move already and get up around the house. 195 00:10:04,724 --> 00:10:07,275 He was wondering why her recovery was taking so long. 196 00:10:07,379 --> 00:10:09,068 He seemed annoyed of it. 197 00:10:09,172 --> 00:10:11,137 I think he mainly just wanted her to be up, 198 00:10:11,241 --> 00:10:15,586 because he, you know, wanted to be taken care of. 199 00:10:15,689 --> 00:10:18,862 I feel like John should have been looking after her 200 00:10:18,965 --> 00:10:22,689 and helping her out, especially if he's her boyfriend, 201 00:10:22,793 --> 00:10:26,275 making sure she's okay and if she needs anything, 202 00:10:26,379 --> 00:10:29,275 but he didn't do any of that for her. 203 00:10:42,137 --> 00:10:45,034 The Sugar Shack took a hit financially. 204 00:10:47,206 --> 00:10:50,103 Our business subsided quite a bit. 205 00:10:51,413 --> 00:10:54,896 And that's when we said, "Okay, now it's time to sell it." 206 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:58,620 Tina was on disability at this point in time. 207 00:10:58,724 --> 00:11:00,137 She couldn't work. 208 00:11:00,241 --> 00:11:04,000 My mom ended up having to file for bankruptcy, 209 00:11:04,103 --> 00:11:06,379 and our house ended up getting foreclosed on, 210 00:11:06,482 --> 00:11:08,931 because it wasn't getting paid on. 211 00:11:10,034 --> 00:11:14,068 That's when the financial problems started for Tina. 212 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:18,137 John was not helping Tina one bit. 213 00:11:18,241 --> 00:11:19,586 His money was his money. 214 00:11:22,034 --> 00:11:25,275 In 2013, John got a job at Kaiser Aluminum. 215 00:11:25,379 --> 00:11:26,586 He was definitely excited. 216 00:11:26,689 --> 00:11:28,413 He was a millwright there. 217 00:11:28,517 --> 00:11:30,758 The money was super good. 218 00:11:30,862 --> 00:11:33,586 You know, the hours were -- he's getting a lot of overtime, 219 00:11:33,689 --> 00:11:36,758 and things were starting to turn around for them. 220 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:39,172 NARRATOR: Tina and John purchase a lot three hours 221 00:11:39,275 --> 00:11:41,793 from Clarkston in Spirit Lake, Idaho. 222 00:11:43,413 --> 00:11:46,172 They were gonna build a home there, which they did. 223 00:11:46,275 --> 00:11:49,551 Tina was instrumental in helping the builder with 224 00:11:49,655 --> 00:11:51,517 a design and what she really 225 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:54,000 wanted to -- the house to look like. 226 00:11:55,172 --> 00:11:57,034 CARLIE: I didn't want to move to Spirit Lake, because 227 00:11:57,137 --> 00:12:00,275 I know John didn't really like having kids around. 228 00:12:00,379 --> 00:12:03,241 So I kind of felt like a burden if I were to live in 229 00:12:03,344 --> 00:12:06,206 his house, so I lived with my grandma. 230 00:12:08,034 --> 00:12:10,000 I know my mom was happy to make that move, 231 00:12:10,103 --> 00:12:13,655 but I know it did end up getting harder as time went on. 232 00:12:13,758 --> 00:12:19,000 John was a very domineering, macho person. 233 00:12:20,137 --> 00:12:22,137 He just, you know, wanted to 234 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:25,758 stand out as number one in everything that he did. 235 00:12:30,137 --> 00:12:31,896 John would always kind of act 236 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,068 annoyed that my mom wasn't working. 237 00:12:34,172 --> 00:12:37,310 He would claim she was lazy and didn't do anything. 238 00:12:37,413 --> 00:12:40,689 But, you know, my mom always made sure he was fed, 239 00:12:40,793 --> 00:12:44,517 cleaned the house, did the errands, all that stuff. 240 00:12:47,448 --> 00:12:50,310 When John and my mom would get in arguments, 241 00:12:50,413 --> 00:12:52,758 he would put it over her head 242 00:12:52,862 --> 00:12:55,034 that it's his house, it's not hers. 243 00:12:57,068 --> 00:13:01,517 ERNA: John always had said "My house this, my this, 244 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:03,931 my garage, my this, my that." 245 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:07,793 Everything had to belong to John. 246 00:13:07,896 --> 00:13:09,482 NARRATOR: Despite the joint purchase, 247 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:12,586 only John's name is listed on the deed to the house. 248 00:13:14,379 --> 00:13:16,758 CARLIE: John didn't want my mom's name on the deed 249 00:13:16,862 --> 00:13:19,758 because he thinks since he had the money and the job 250 00:13:19,862 --> 00:13:22,206 that it was just his house. 251 00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:27,793 ERNA: Tina did contribute to the down payment on the house. 252 00:13:27,896 --> 00:13:31,827 She wanted to feel like a partner in this, 253 00:13:31,931 --> 00:13:36,206 and therefore, she wanted to be put on the deed. 254 00:13:39,758 --> 00:13:42,241 Their home became a hostile environment, because any time 255 00:13:42,344 --> 00:13:44,793 they had an argument, which was almost every day, 256 00:13:44,896 --> 00:13:48,137 it was about that -- about money situations 257 00:13:48,241 --> 00:13:50,137 or something related to that. 258 00:13:51,172 --> 00:13:52,655 NARRATOR: One night at a bar, 259 00:13:52,758 --> 00:13:55,000 Tina meets a new friend, Christine. 260 00:13:55,103 --> 00:13:56,482 I don't know. 261 00:14:02,034 --> 00:14:03,379 Whoo! [laughter] 262 00:14:05,862 --> 00:14:07,448 Whaaa! 263 00:14:07,551 --> 00:14:09,241 CHRISTINE: When I met Tina, it was just 264 00:14:09,344 --> 00:14:13,758 an instant connection, and we just regularly were together. 265 00:14:15,413 --> 00:14:17,896 We would talk about everything, 266 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,586 um, pretty much from the beginning. 267 00:14:20,689 --> 00:14:23,413 John and my husband, Eric, were close. 268 00:14:23,517 --> 00:14:24,724 He loved John. 269 00:14:24,827 --> 00:14:27,862 He really did consider him one of his best friends. 270 00:14:29,241 --> 00:14:31,827 NARRATOR: Eric films John at a bonfire party. 271 00:14:33,310 --> 00:14:35,275 [Eric speaking] 272 00:14:40,448 --> 00:14:41,758 John was always kind of quiet. 273 00:14:41,862 --> 00:14:43,379 But then, you know, if you caught him in 274 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:47,275 the video or the photo, he'd want to participate. 275 00:14:48,586 --> 00:14:50,241 NARRATOR: There's Christine holding a beer. 276 00:14:51,241 --> 00:14:52,482 [Eric speaking] 277 00:14:52,586 --> 00:14:55,758 NARRATOR: And behind, Tina and friends bring chairs and drinks. 278 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:56,758 Whoo! [indistinct] 279 00:14:56,862 --> 00:14:58,379 Throw this at graduation. 280 00:14:58,482 --> 00:15:00,551 [man speaking] 281 00:15:00,655 --> 00:15:05,413 Tina always told me that John was moody 282 00:15:05,517 --> 00:15:08,310 and that he was drinking too much, and they had 283 00:15:08,413 --> 00:15:10,379 a problem with whiskey especially, 284 00:15:10,482 --> 00:15:13,172 and it just made him mean. 285 00:15:13,275 --> 00:15:16,103 ERNA: John was a very heavy drinker. 286 00:15:16,206 --> 00:15:18,586 His personality definitely changed when 287 00:15:18,689 --> 00:15:20,965 he had too much to drink, 288 00:15:21,068 --> 00:15:24,379 because John can smile and be nice, 289 00:15:24,482 --> 00:15:27,827 and five minutes later, if he didn't like something, 290 00:15:27,931 --> 00:15:29,655 he'd go off. 291 00:15:29,758 --> 00:15:31,000 Kinda scary. 292 00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:34,310 CARLIE: I was very worried about my mom when she lived in 293 00:15:34,413 --> 00:15:36,379 Spirit Lake, especially when I would get calls 294 00:15:36,482 --> 00:15:39,344 of how they're in an argument or he's fighting with her. 295 00:15:39,448 --> 00:15:40,689 I was scared. 296 00:15:40,793 --> 00:15:42,758 I would start getting anxiety just 297 00:15:42,862 --> 00:15:44,655 thinking that something's gonna happen. 298 00:15:55,206 --> 00:15:57,275 [indistinct] You, too, and then we're gonna get a prize. 299 00:15:57,379 --> 00:15:58,551 Okay, ready? 300 00:15:58,655 --> 00:16:03,000 NARRATOR: It's Christmas 2017, and 53-year-old Tina Swor is 301 00:16:03,103 --> 00:16:05,551 refereeing her friend Christine as she plays 302 00:16:05,655 --> 00:16:06,689 the candy cane game. 303 00:16:06,793 --> 00:16:08,931 -[Tina speaking] -[timer beeping] 304 00:16:09,034 --> 00:16:10,000 [Eric speaking] 305 00:16:12,068 --> 00:16:13,103 [Eric speaking] 306 00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:15,551 [laughter] 307 00:16:15,655 --> 00:16:19,827 Tina planned any time we were getting together as if it was, 308 00:16:19,931 --> 00:16:22,758 you know, the biggest of -- most special time we could 309 00:16:22,862 --> 00:16:23,862 be together. 310 00:16:23,965 --> 00:16:26,517 [woman speaking] 311 00:16:26,620 --> 00:16:28,000 [laughter] 312 00:16:28,103 --> 00:16:30,000 Yoo-hoo! 313 00:16:36,689 --> 00:16:38,068 CHRISTINE: Tina was having a blast. 314 00:16:38,172 --> 00:16:41,689 She really got joy just from seeing other people 315 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:44,034 be happy with the things she had done for them. 316 00:16:44,137 --> 00:16:45,620 So she was in a great mood. 317 00:16:45,724 --> 00:16:47,310 Um, John wasn't actually with us. 318 00:16:47,413 --> 00:16:48,758 He was at work that night. 319 00:16:48,862 --> 00:16:52,172 So maybe that's why she was in a really good mood, too. 320 00:16:57,931 --> 00:17:01,689 NARRATOR: Two years later, on December 23, 2019, 321 00:17:01,793 --> 00:17:03,310 Tina's daughter, Carlie, 322 00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:06,723 travels to Idaho to spend Christmas with her mom and John. 323 00:17:06,827 --> 00:17:07,723 CARLIE: I was really excited to see her. 324 00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:10,448 But when I walked in, 325 00:17:10,550 --> 00:17:12,931 her and John were already in an argument. 326 00:17:17,827 --> 00:17:19,964 John was calling her lazy. 327 00:17:20,068 --> 00:17:22,310 He may have called her a pig. 328 00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:25,896 So when I heard that, I was pretty angry 329 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,758 that he would talk to my mom like that. 330 00:17:30,241 --> 00:17:31,931 And so that's when I kept telling her she doesn't 331 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:34,551 need to put up with that or deal with that. 332 00:17:36,241 --> 00:17:37,689 She was really stressed out, 333 00:17:37,793 --> 00:17:39,034 saying we need to get out of here now. 334 00:17:39,137 --> 00:17:40,724 And I said, "What's going on?" 335 00:17:40,827 --> 00:17:42,275 She couldn't find her phone. 336 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,379 NARRATOR: As Tina prepares to leave, officers from 337 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,137 the Spirit Lake Police Department turn up at the scene. 338 00:17:50,310 --> 00:17:52,965 Tina learns that John called 911. 339 00:17:54,862 --> 00:17:56,137 They thought that my mom had did 340 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:58,172 something to him even though he was fine. 341 00:18:02,689 --> 00:18:04,896 But then they found her phone in the room, 342 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,482 and it was bent in half. 343 00:18:09,551 --> 00:18:12,000 Once they ended up finding her phone, 344 00:18:12,103 --> 00:18:13,586 they believed a little bit more that 345 00:18:13,689 --> 00:18:15,413 he had put his hands on my mom, 346 00:18:18,172 --> 00:18:20,827 but they asked her if she wanted to press charges. 347 00:18:20,931 --> 00:18:23,310 And so she was scared to, and she said no. 348 00:18:23,413 --> 00:18:28,000 So they basically gave us the option of leaving the house, 349 00:18:28,103 --> 00:18:30,310 because John told the cops 350 00:18:30,413 --> 00:18:33,275 that it was his house, and so we can't stay there. 351 00:18:33,379 --> 00:18:35,551 So we had to grab all our Christmas presents, 352 00:18:35,655 --> 00:18:38,413 and then we drove down to my grandmother's house. 353 00:18:47,620 --> 00:18:49,551 My daughter 354 00:18:49,655 --> 00:18:53,206 and Carlie showed up at the house. 355 00:18:55,689 --> 00:19:01,862 She came in, and I could tell she was very, very upset. 356 00:19:01,965 --> 00:19:05,068 And I said, "Tina, what happened?" 357 00:19:05,172 --> 00:19:09,206 And she said, "John is... 358 00:19:09,310 --> 00:19:13,586 went nuts on me," and I said, "What are you talking about?" 359 00:19:13,689 --> 00:19:16,793 Said John pushed her against the wall. 360 00:19:18,379 --> 00:19:21,620 Oh, and he -- he held a gun to her head. 361 00:19:26,517 --> 00:19:28,448 And, uh... 362 00:19:29,896 --> 00:19:34,206 Yeah, so that was when big red flag. 363 00:19:34,310 --> 00:19:35,793 My husband and I both said, 364 00:19:35,896 --> 00:19:38,000 "You're not going back home. That's it." 365 00:19:41,379 --> 00:19:44,448 But he called her and said, "Oh, 366 00:19:44,551 --> 00:19:48,689 "I'm so sorry, and I'll make all this up to you, and things will 367 00:19:48,793 --> 00:19:53,206 be better, and we can make this work." 368 00:19:53,310 --> 00:19:54,310 So she went home. 369 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,172 CARLIE: I was very worried about her. 370 00:19:58,275 --> 00:20:00,586 I did not want her to go back to living with John. 371 00:20:02,241 --> 00:20:04,620 NARRATOR: Tina may have chosen not to press charges, 372 00:20:04,724 --> 00:20:07,655 but police have their own concerns. 373 00:20:07,758 --> 00:20:09,344 CARLIE: John was charged with 374 00:20:09,448 --> 00:20:12,103 disturbing the peace for that night. 375 00:20:12,206 --> 00:20:14,896 He was put on probation, and he had to 376 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,689 complete like a domestic violence course. 377 00:20:17,793 --> 00:20:21,896 ERNA: Classes were intended to change his behavior, 378 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,310 to try to teach him to walk away 379 00:20:24,413 --> 00:20:27,586 from an incident instead of becoming 380 00:20:27,689 --> 00:20:29,000 physically violent. 381 00:20:30,206 --> 00:20:32,068 CARLIE: I thought with him doing this course, 382 00:20:32,172 --> 00:20:34,206 it would teach him to do better. 383 00:20:35,862 --> 00:20:39,206 My mom was hopeful that he may start behaving better. 384 00:20:39,310 --> 00:20:40,379 I know when she would call me, 385 00:20:40,482 --> 00:20:43,241 she said that he's not drinking that much anymore. 386 00:20:45,241 --> 00:20:48,344 So it sounded hopeful that maybe he is 387 00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:49,620 trying to make a change. 388 00:20:52,655 --> 00:20:54,206 NARRATOR: And more importantly for Tina, 389 00:20:54,310 --> 00:20:57,275 her name is finally added to the deed of the house. 390 00:20:58,862 --> 00:21:00,517 CARLIE: I know my mom was happy inside 391 00:21:00,620 --> 00:21:01,827 to know that she was on there. 392 00:21:01,931 --> 00:21:03,793 I think it gave her a sense of security. 393 00:21:05,827 --> 00:21:07,758 But John had a T-shirt that 394 00:21:07,862 --> 00:21:10,724 said, "Don't make me violate my probation." 395 00:21:12,137 --> 00:21:13,551 Seen him wear it. 396 00:21:13,655 --> 00:21:15,551 It was just kind of eye shocking. 397 00:21:15,655 --> 00:21:17,758 I thought, what kind of guy is this? 398 00:21:24,344 --> 00:21:26,586 [Robert speaking] 399 00:21:27,689 --> 00:21:29,655 NARRATOR: It's Tina's 56th birthday. 400 00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:33,137 We went up and surprised Tina 401 00:21:33,241 --> 00:21:36,000 for her birthday in, uh, Spirit Lake. 402 00:21:37,034 --> 00:21:40,172 I shot some cellphone video of Tina 403 00:21:40,275 --> 00:21:41,931 and her friends and stuff to kind of 404 00:21:43,482 --> 00:21:47,000 keep, you know -- have that memory in my life. 405 00:21:47,103 --> 00:21:48,379 [man speaking] 406 00:21:55,137 --> 00:21:57,241 [all singing] 407 00:22:05,448 --> 00:22:07,172 ROBERT: Tina was being silly, going, "Who me?" 408 00:22:07,275 --> 00:22:10,862 You know, every time we'd say happy birthday to you, 409 00:22:10,965 --> 00:22:13,000 and then she had everybody laughing, 410 00:22:13,103 --> 00:22:15,310 and just -- everybody just having a good old time. 411 00:22:15,413 --> 00:22:17,551 Look at the people around her, that -- she just -- 412 00:22:17,655 --> 00:22:19,103 she lit up the whole place. 413 00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:23,620 ROBERT: There again, there's John trying to get 414 00:22:23,724 --> 00:22:26,275 the limelight of everything, trying to be funny. 415 00:22:27,448 --> 00:22:30,000 He could never let anybody 416 00:22:30,103 --> 00:22:32,241 be in the, you know, 417 00:22:32,344 --> 00:22:33,310 the star of the show. 418 00:22:33,413 --> 00:22:34,655 He'd have to be part of it. 419 00:22:34,758 --> 00:22:37,000 [voices overlapping] 420 00:22:37,103 --> 00:22:38,758 [laughter] 421 00:22:38,862 --> 00:22:40,482 ROBERT: She gives John a kiss. 422 00:22:40,586 --> 00:22:43,034 Um, just to probably to 423 00:22:43,137 --> 00:22:45,137 make him feel like he's wanted there. 424 00:22:45,241 --> 00:22:47,586 You know, John's hugging her friend. 425 00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:50,344 She was just laughing and having a good time. 426 00:22:53,103 --> 00:22:54,068 In those clips, yeah, 427 00:22:54,172 --> 00:22:56,034 it looks like John is the doting boyfriend. 428 00:22:56,137 --> 00:22:58,931 You know, when people were around, he would act like 429 00:22:59,034 --> 00:23:02,689 he's this great guy, that he loves her, 430 00:23:02,793 --> 00:23:04,896 you know, he wants to be with her. 431 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,724 But I think it was all just a show. 432 00:23:06,827 --> 00:23:09,344 [voices overlapping] 433 00:23:20,206 --> 00:23:22,172 [phone ringing] 434 00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:23,551 [operator speaking] 435 00:23:23,655 --> 00:23:26,000 [Christine speaking] 436 00:23:29,448 --> 00:23:30,965 [operator speaking] 437 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,379 -[Christine speaking] -[operator speaking] 438 00:23:34,482 --> 00:23:35,413 [Christine speaking] 439 00:23:36,655 --> 00:23:39,517 -[Christine speaking] -[operator speaking] 440 00:23:40,655 --> 00:23:42,310 OPERATOR: Okay. Okay. 441 00:23:44,344 --> 00:23:47,310 It was really bizarre that 442 00:23:47,413 --> 00:23:49,448 no one knew where Tina was. 443 00:23:49,551 --> 00:23:50,758 No one had heard from her. 444 00:23:52,172 --> 00:23:54,413 And now we were all really worried. 445 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:56,103 We all thought, "This is crazy." 446 00:24:09,655 --> 00:24:12,000 STANLEY: When officers first entered the residence 447 00:24:12,103 --> 00:24:14,241 of Tina Swor and John Dalton, 448 00:24:14,344 --> 00:24:16,344 everything appeared somewhat normal. 449 00:24:16,448 --> 00:24:20,000 The house looked tidy and kept pretty well. 450 00:24:20,103 --> 00:24:22,344 And then eventually, they made their way into the bedroom. 451 00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:28,103 It was in disarray, 452 00:24:28,206 --> 00:24:29,931 pillows on the floor, 453 00:24:32,965 --> 00:24:35,310 blood stain and blood spatter on the walls, 454 00:24:37,137 --> 00:24:39,896 and a female body on the floor. 455 00:24:42,551 --> 00:24:45,275 This scene was very gruesome and grizzly. 456 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:47,758 [distant sirens wailing] 457 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:54,000 When the detectives entered the garage to the residence, 458 00:24:55,103 --> 00:24:56,758 they found a Nissan Pathfinder. 459 00:24:59,827 --> 00:25:03,413 JERRIE: And inside that vehicle was a female's purse. 460 00:25:05,551 --> 00:25:07,827 The information and the photograph 461 00:25:07,931 --> 00:25:10,689 contained on the driver's license, 462 00:25:10,793 --> 00:25:13,000 when compared to the person who was deceased 463 00:25:13,103 --> 00:25:14,551 in the master bedroom, 464 00:25:14,655 --> 00:25:18,827 definitely removed any question that this was Tina Swor. 465 00:25:23,517 --> 00:25:26,275 CHRISTINE: When -- when the police tape went up, 466 00:25:26,379 --> 00:25:28,551 I knew there was only one reason that they were going to 467 00:25:28,655 --> 00:25:29,827 put that tape up there. 468 00:25:30,862 --> 00:25:33,620 It meant somebody was dead, 469 00:25:35,758 --> 00:25:36,896 and I knew it was Tina. 470 00:25:42,931 --> 00:25:46,758 ERNA: I got the most dreaded call in my entire life, 471 00:25:46,862 --> 00:25:48,241 and it was from Christine. 472 00:25:49,413 --> 00:25:51,482 And she had said, 473 00:25:51,586 --> 00:25:54,068 "I don't even want to tell you this," 474 00:25:54,172 --> 00:25:56,000 but she said, 475 00:25:56,103 --> 00:25:57,896 "Tina's deceased," 476 00:25:59,103 --> 00:26:00,172 and, of course, 477 00:26:02,379 --> 00:26:03,896 I went crazy. 478 00:26:06,689 --> 00:26:08,206 [dial tone noise] 479 00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:09,655 ROBERT: I'm in shock. 480 00:26:11,241 --> 00:26:12,620 Took the wind out of my sails. 481 00:26:14,310 --> 00:26:15,482 I didn't know what to do. 482 00:26:19,137 --> 00:26:21,827 Christine told me that I need to be strong, and... 483 00:26:22,862 --> 00:26:24,137 I said, what was going on? 484 00:26:24,241 --> 00:26:25,724 What are you -- what are you talking about? 485 00:26:25,827 --> 00:26:28,172 And then they said that she's gone. 486 00:26:28,275 --> 00:26:31,379 And so, um, I just screamed. 487 00:26:39,793 --> 00:26:42,655 NARRATOR: Police continue to process the crime scene. 488 00:26:43,793 --> 00:26:46,241 JERRIE: We located several shell casings 489 00:26:46,344 --> 00:26:49,172 for a nine-millimeter pistol. 490 00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:52,172 As we processed closer to Tina's body, 491 00:26:52,275 --> 00:26:55,206 we began to see that there were wounds on her that were 492 00:26:55,310 --> 00:26:57,862 consistent with close range gunshot wounds. 493 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,034 This presented a very emotional 494 00:27:03,137 --> 00:27:06,793 and angry person who had conducted this murder. 495 00:27:10,689 --> 00:27:14,000 NARRATOR: Officers discover domestic violence paperwork. 496 00:27:15,724 --> 00:27:18,758 STANLEY: Officers also found envelopes. 497 00:27:18,862 --> 00:27:19,931 In one envelope, 498 00:27:20,034 --> 00:27:24,137 Officers located $2,200, and in the other envelope, 499 00:27:24,241 --> 00:27:26,517 officers located $2,100. 500 00:27:31,310 --> 00:27:33,344 When we found this money, 501 00:27:33,448 --> 00:27:35,034 and with the other information we had, 502 00:27:35,137 --> 00:27:37,103 it started creating a picture 503 00:27:37,206 --> 00:27:40,172 of a woman that was really concerned for her safety. 504 00:27:41,724 --> 00:27:45,068 It looked as though at Tina had been saving cash 505 00:27:45,172 --> 00:27:46,689 as an emergency fund 506 00:27:46,793 --> 00:27:49,586 in case she had to leave suddenly and get away from John. 507 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,275 NARRATOR: What investigators don't find is a murder weapon. 508 00:27:57,379 --> 00:27:59,896 And John and his truck are missing. 509 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,172 We contacted the cellular phone company and had them 510 00:28:04,275 --> 00:28:09,413 conduct a ping or ranging location on John's cellphone. 511 00:28:09,517 --> 00:28:12,172 Officers ping the phone, and they're told that the phone 512 00:28:12,275 --> 00:28:14,620 may be within a couple thousand meters of the home. 513 00:28:18,896 --> 00:28:21,862 JERRIE: Eventually, the phone was located on 514 00:28:21,965 --> 00:28:25,551 the counter adjacent to the sink in the kitchen. 515 00:28:28,379 --> 00:28:29,793 STANLEY: In this day and age, 516 00:28:29,896 --> 00:28:33,379 people don't go too many places without their cellphones. 517 00:28:33,482 --> 00:28:36,310 And so when officers find John Dalton's cellphone, 518 00:28:36,413 --> 00:28:39,137 but they don't find John Dalton, 519 00:28:39,241 --> 00:28:41,241 they're fairly concerned. 520 00:28:41,344 --> 00:28:44,620 He was either in such a rush that he left his phone 521 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:48,482 behind or possibly he even left it behind on purpose. 522 00:28:50,241 --> 00:28:52,137 JERRIE: When we contacted John's employer, 523 00:28:53,241 --> 00:28:56,517 it sounded like Mr. Dalton had been missing for 524 00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:58,931 several days at this time, and nobody had seen him. 525 00:29:01,103 --> 00:29:03,379 STANLEY: Officers were casting a wide net, looking 526 00:29:03,482 --> 00:29:05,034 anywhere and everywhere to find John Dalton. 527 00:29:06,137 --> 00:29:10,517 Upon talking to the people on scene, the neighbors officers 528 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:13,620 quickly learned that on the evening of August 14th, 529 00:29:13,724 --> 00:29:16,965 John Dalton and Tina Swor had been out with two friends, 530 00:29:17,068 --> 00:29:18,103 Eric and Christine. 531 00:29:18,206 --> 00:29:20,310 They had started out drinking in Spirit Lake, 532 00:29:20,413 --> 00:29:22,793 eventually made their way to Athol. 533 00:29:22,896 --> 00:29:25,344 CHRISTINE: John was drinking whiskey, 534 00:29:25,448 --> 00:29:28,655 and Tina was a little tipsy. 535 00:29:28,758 --> 00:29:31,655 I had never seen her like that before. 536 00:29:31,758 --> 00:29:35,206 John was sitting at a table, and I walked up to him, 537 00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:36,655 and I said, "Hey, 538 00:29:36,758 --> 00:29:39,241 "why don't you go ahead and take Tina home, 539 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:40,862 because I think she's had enough." 540 00:29:42,620 --> 00:29:46,068 And I left with my husband. We went home. 541 00:29:46,172 --> 00:29:49,344 And that was the last time I ever saw her. 542 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,551 The officers were able to find a close by neighbor 543 00:29:54,655 --> 00:29:56,172 who had a security camera, 544 00:29:56,275 --> 00:30:00,241 and it potentially captured footage of vehicles coming to 545 00:30:00,344 --> 00:30:03,103 and from Dalton and Swor's residence. 546 00:30:05,068 --> 00:30:07,241 NARRATOR: Tina and John's home is located out of 547 00:30:07,344 --> 00:30:09,896 camera vision in the top righthand corner. 548 00:30:19,137 --> 00:30:20,862 When they looked at the video footage, 549 00:30:20,965 --> 00:30:22,758 at about 8:15 in the evening, 550 00:30:25,931 --> 00:30:27,758 one of the things that was noteworthy 551 00:30:27,862 --> 00:30:30,000 was a vehicle matching Tina Swor's 552 00:30:30,103 --> 00:30:35,034 was seen driving past the CCTV to her residence. 553 00:30:41,620 --> 00:30:44,206 That vehicle was Tina and John returning 554 00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:47,413 from their night out at a bar drinking. 555 00:30:58,620 --> 00:31:02,482 Officers continued to watch the video -- at about 9:36 556 00:31:02,586 --> 00:31:06,758 in the evening, a pickup truck was seen leaving the area. 557 00:31:13,241 --> 00:31:16,034 It was John Dalton's truck leaving the residence. 558 00:31:24,103 --> 00:31:27,206 After Tina was killed, 559 00:31:27,310 --> 00:31:32,862 one of my friends told me that night when we were out, 560 00:31:32,965 --> 00:31:35,379 Tina had flirted with another guy. 561 00:31:36,724 --> 00:31:38,620 I didn't know that. 562 00:31:38,724 --> 00:31:43,413 So once the friend told me that this had happened, 563 00:31:44,689 --> 00:31:45,931 I told the police. 564 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,275 Everything that we had at this point began 565 00:31:50,379 --> 00:31:53,551 to point towards John Dalton as the primary suspect. 566 00:31:56,482 --> 00:31:59,620 NARRATOR: A BOLO is released for John and his pick up truck. 567 00:31:59,724 --> 00:32:04,034 JERRIE: During this time, the sheriff's office also began 568 00:32:04,137 --> 00:32:07,379 releasing information to the media in the hopes 569 00:32:07,482 --> 00:32:11,551 that maybe someone in the public would be able to see 570 00:32:11,655 --> 00:32:14,137 or know of Mr. Dalton's location. 571 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,068 STANLEY: It was extremely urgent 572 00:32:18,172 --> 00:32:20,620 for them to locate and find him. 573 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:26,206 Officers were treating Mr. Dalton not only as a suspect 574 00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:28,172 but as if he was armed and dangerous. 575 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,965 On the 18th, 576 00:32:45,068 --> 00:32:48,724 a teller from a bank in St. Maries, Idaho, 577 00:32:48,827 --> 00:32:52,379 who had actually seen the media release, 578 00:32:52,482 --> 00:32:55,172 saw a person that she believed matched the description 579 00:32:55,275 --> 00:32:57,482 of John Dalton, and she contacted 580 00:32:57,586 --> 00:33:01,586 the sheriff's office there and reported her observations. 581 00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:05,724 [sirens wailing] 582 00:33:05,827 --> 00:33:08,172 Deputies from the Benewah County Sheriff's office went 583 00:33:08,275 --> 00:33:11,379 immediately down there in an attempt to locate John. 584 00:33:14,068 --> 00:33:16,310 STANLEY: A sheriff's deputy patrolling in that area 585 00:33:16,413 --> 00:33:18,655 saw an individual 586 00:33:18,758 --> 00:33:20,448 that appeared to be Mr. Dalton. 587 00:33:22,310 --> 00:33:25,068 The sheriff's deputy detained him in handcuffs 588 00:33:25,172 --> 00:33:28,586 and transported him to the sheriff's office. 589 00:33:37,965 --> 00:33:39,931 [detective speaking] 590 00:33:40,034 --> 00:33:41,965 [John speaking] 591 00:33:51,931 --> 00:33:52,965 DETECTIVE: Okay. 592 00:33:53,068 --> 00:33:55,724 JERRIE: As the detectives began to speak to John, 593 00:33:55,827 --> 00:33:57,413 he began immediately in -- 594 00:33:57,517 --> 00:34:01,655 in explaining his role in the death of Tina Swor. 595 00:34:25,724 --> 00:34:26,757 [John speaking] 596 00:34:29,551 --> 00:34:31,413 -[detective speaking] -[John speaking] 597 00:34:31,516 --> 00:34:32,344 [detective speaking] 598 00:34:46,068 --> 00:34:47,655 [detective speaking] 599 00:35:01,793 --> 00:35:05,241 Mr. Dalton indicated that he believed 600 00:35:05,344 --> 00:35:09,241 that Tina was going to leave him, and that she was going to 601 00:35:09,344 --> 00:35:11,103 take a significant portion of 602 00:35:11,206 --> 00:35:16,344 his money or half the house or go after his social security, 603 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,379 and this caused him some real concern. 604 00:35:18,482 --> 00:35:21,000 [John speaking] 605 00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:39,310 -[John speaking] -[detective speaking] 606 00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:59,103 He was putting blame on the shooting of Tina on her. 607 00:35:59,206 --> 00:36:01,310 He blamed her for bringing the gun out for 608 00:36:01,413 --> 00:36:06,034 the argument, for the threats to leave him, and that 609 00:36:06,137 --> 00:36:07,896 he was trying to shift 610 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,137 the causal parts of this murder onto her. 611 00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:18,344 [detective speaking] 612 00:36:33,137 --> 00:36:37,827 Mr. Dalton stated that after he had shot Tina, 613 00:36:37,931 --> 00:36:40,379 he had cleaned up some, 614 00:36:40,482 --> 00:36:43,413 he got in his vehicle, and then began driving. 615 00:36:43,517 --> 00:36:45,551 He was trying to just get up into 616 00:36:45,655 --> 00:36:47,689 the woods so that he could have some time to think. 617 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:55,689 At some point, he obviously had to abandon his truck. 618 00:36:55,793 --> 00:36:59,413 And as he's walking out of the woods, he happened upon 619 00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:02,862 a forest service employee 620 00:37:02,965 --> 00:37:04,827 who gave him a ride into St. Maries. 621 00:37:07,034 --> 00:37:10,206 STANLEY: Mr. Dalton told the detectives that he had rented a room at 622 00:37:10,310 --> 00:37:15,034 the Pines Motel in downtown St. Maries, and that the firearm 623 00:37:15,137 --> 00:37:17,448 used to kill Tina was in that hotel room. 624 00:37:19,620 --> 00:37:22,620 The detectives, upon getting a search warrant for 625 00:37:22,724 --> 00:37:23,827 the motel room 626 00:37:23,931 --> 00:37:26,482 and making entry, were able to find 627 00:37:26,586 --> 00:37:28,241 a nine-millimeter pistol. 628 00:37:31,137 --> 00:37:34,379 When the state lab was completed in their testing, 629 00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:36,793 it was apparent that this weapon 630 00:37:36,896 --> 00:37:38,931 was the one used to kill Tina Swor. 631 00:37:40,827 --> 00:37:43,310 STANLEY: Mr. Dalton was taken to the Kootenai County jail 632 00:37:43,413 --> 00:37:45,379 and charged with 633 00:37:45,482 --> 00:37:48,724 first-degree murder in the killing of Tina Swor. 634 00:37:56,551 --> 00:37:58,620 And the theory in this case 635 00:37:58,724 --> 00:38:02,206 was that Mr. Dalton was a domestic abuser, that on 636 00:38:02,310 --> 00:38:04,586 the night of the 14th, Tina had been flirting 637 00:38:04,689 --> 00:38:06,137 with another man. 638 00:38:06,241 --> 00:38:09,275 Mr. Dalton was aware of it and became enraged, 639 00:38:11,586 --> 00:38:13,344 and then upon returning to the home, 640 00:38:15,655 --> 00:38:18,034 there was a verbal confrontation between the two. 641 00:38:20,482 --> 00:38:23,689 Tina told Mr. Dalton that she was gonna leave 642 00:38:23,793 --> 00:38:27,655 and that she was going to possibly ruin him financially. 643 00:38:31,896 --> 00:38:34,931 Mr. Dalton obtained possession of a firearm and used that 644 00:38:35,034 --> 00:38:38,448 firearm to kill Tina in a fit of rage and jealousy. 645 00:38:41,758 --> 00:38:44,620 This wasn't a normal killing -- this was an execution. 646 00:38:47,448 --> 00:38:50,275 Tina was shot five times in the back of her head. 647 00:38:56,103 --> 00:38:59,931 After killing Tina, Mr. Dalton left his home, 648 00:39:00,034 --> 00:39:02,172 leaving his phone inside the home. 649 00:39:02,275 --> 00:39:05,206 He'd got into his truck and fled the residence. 650 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,931 NARRATOR: After his arrest, John's truck is found 651 00:39:15,034 --> 00:39:16,206 abandoned in the woods. 652 00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:19,068 The officers went up to photograph the condition of 653 00:39:19,172 --> 00:39:20,344 the truck. 654 00:39:20,448 --> 00:39:23,413 One of the things that stood out was a handwritten note. 655 00:39:24,448 --> 00:39:28,206 The note appeared to be signed by Mr. Dalton and expounded 656 00:39:28,310 --> 00:39:31,379 on his grief for killing Tina 657 00:39:31,482 --> 00:39:34,482 and the fact that he was planning on killing himself. 658 00:39:37,482 --> 00:39:39,517 STANLEY: Mr. Dalton pled guilty in this case 659 00:39:39,620 --> 00:39:42,206 to a lesser charge of second-degree murder. 660 00:39:43,586 --> 00:39:45,931 The judge gave Mr. Dalton a life sentence 661 00:39:46,034 --> 00:39:48,172 and allowed him to be eligible for parole 662 00:39:48,275 --> 00:39:49,482 after 20 years. 663 00:39:51,551 --> 00:39:53,758 Justice was served in this case. 664 00:39:53,862 --> 00:39:55,827 Mr. Dalton was convicted of murder. 665 00:39:56,862 --> 00:39:59,689 We feel for the family of Ms. Swor. 666 00:40:00,862 --> 00:40:02,931 We're very sorry that we had to meet under 667 00:40:03,034 --> 00:40:04,862 these circumstances, 668 00:40:04,965 --> 00:40:08,379 but we're very, very happy with the fact 669 00:40:08,482 --> 00:40:11,310 that we were able to help give them closure. 670 00:40:18,724 --> 00:40:20,310 ROBERT: I miss her -- I miss her voice. 671 00:40:20,413 --> 00:40:22,724 I miss her laugh. I miss her silliness. 672 00:40:25,448 --> 00:40:26,827 And, 673 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:29,448 you know, wish I could just see her again. 674 00:40:32,172 --> 00:40:34,482 CARLIE: I miss her -- her positive words 675 00:40:34,586 --> 00:40:35,862 that she always had for me. 676 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 Just wish I could call her. 677 00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:40,965 I would just tell her how much I miss her, 678 00:40:43,344 --> 00:40:45,310 and I wish she was still here. 679 00:40:45,413 --> 00:40:48,310 [indistinct] 680 00:40:48,413 --> 00:40:50,689 I talk to her every day -- 681 00:40:50,793 --> 00:40:52,137 "That's my baby girl," 682 00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:54,448 and, "How is your day today, sweetheart?" 683 00:40:55,827 --> 00:40:57,517 I throw her a kiss. 684 00:40:57,620 --> 00:41:01,068 I would tell her, "Tina come home, mom misses you." 685 00:41:09,034 --> 00:41:10,068 Every day. 686 00:41:20,689 --> 00:41:22,241 It looked like the perfect family. 687 00:41:22,344 --> 00:41:25,724 My brother, Richard, was a master manipulator. 688 00:41:28,206 --> 00:41:30,241 It's shocking beyond description. 689 00:41:32,241 --> 00:41:34,275 It was one of the most brutal murders I've ever covered.