1 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:07,907 - I'm Craig Melvin, 2 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:12,780 and this is 3 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:12,780 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 4 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:15,749 They danced on their wedding day 5 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:15,749 as "Beauty and the Beast", 6 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:19,819 lived the good life, 7 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:19,819 'til that strange, terrible day. 8 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:21,588 - He found her at home. 9 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:23,423 A barbell was 10 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:23,423 across her throat. 11 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:27,827 - Then, a tragic freak accident. 12 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:27,827 Or was it? 13 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:29,929 - I'm like, 14 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:29,929 "the weight machine? 15 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:31,731 She doesn't lift weights." 16 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:35,835 - A home gym mysteriously 17 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:35,835 turned death trap. 18 00:00:35,835 --> 00:00:39,500 A husband suddenly 19 00:00:35,835 --> 00:00:39,500 turns suspect. 20 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:48,448 ** 21 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:52,519 - Hello and welcome to 22 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:52,519 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 23 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:56,122 Lisa Pattison was 24 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:56,122 the picture of health. 25 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,924 Like her husband, Scott, 26 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,924 she ate right 27 00:00:57,924 --> 00:00:59,325 and exercised often. 28 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:03,697 Then, Lisa was found 29 00:00:59,325 --> 00:01:03,697 unresponsive in her gym. 30 00:01:03,697 --> 00:01:06,366 At first, 31 00:01:03,697 --> 00:01:06,366 signs pointed to an accident. 32 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:09,769 Equipment does 33 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:09,769 at times malfunction. 34 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:12,706 But so do relationships. 35 00:01:12,706 --> 00:01:16,142 And this one 36 00:01:12,706 --> 00:01:16,142 was loaded with secrets. 37 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:18,178 Here's Dennis Murphy with 38 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:23,616 "The Beauty 39 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:23,616 and the Beast mystery". 40 00:01:23,616 --> 00:01:26,319 - The images are fuzzy 41 00:01:23,616 --> 00:01:26,319 on that old home video 42 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,880 of the wedding reception. 43 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,558 But anyone who was there 44 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,558 remembers the event vividly. 45 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:34,940 The bride all in white. 46 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:34,940 And the groom? 47 00:01:34,940 --> 00:01:37,430 He's the dance partner 48 00:01:34,940 --> 00:01:37,430 in the goofy Beast costume. 49 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,432 "Kind of a strange way 50 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,432 to begin a marriage", 51 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:42,268 some guests murmured, 52 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:42,268 "Beauty and the Beast". 53 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:45,839 But then, it was a union 54 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:45,839 that would end strangely. 55 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:49,908 Last dance still more than 56 00:01:45,839 --> 00:01:49,908 ten years away at that point. 57 00:01:49,908 --> 00:01:51,978 Lisa the bride, of course, 58 00:01:49,908 --> 00:01:51,978 had no idea 59 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:54,114 what was in store 60 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:54,114 for the two of them. 61 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:58,184 She glided about with 62 00:01:54,114 --> 00:01:58,184 her signature 50,000 watt smile. 63 00:01:58,184 --> 00:02:00,530 - You can't fake 64 00:01:58,184 --> 00:02:00,530 a smile like that. 65 00:02:00,530 --> 00:02:02,756 I mean, that was just her. 66 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:05,925 - Lisa had been a single mom 67 00:02:02,756 --> 00:02:05,925 raising her small son 68 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:08,762 when she joined her sister 69 00:02:05,925 --> 00:02:08,762 for a rare girls' night out 70 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:11,631 at a Fort Wayne, Indiana, 71 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:11,631 dance club. 72 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:15,268 There in the den, a big guy, 73 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:15,268 a bodybuilder, he said, 74 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,737 small talked her and 75 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,737 slipped her his business card 76 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:20,407 before Lisa's party 77 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:20,407 called it a night. 78 00:02:20,407 --> 00:02:21,941 In the car going home, 79 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,843 Lisa pulled out 80 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:23,843 the business card 81 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:26,790 and showed it 82 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:26,790 to her sister, Christine. 83 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,482 - It said, uh, 84 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,482 Jean-Claude Van Damme lookalike. 85 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:30,316 And... 86 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:30,316 - You're kidding. 87 00:02:30,316 --> 00:02:31,651 - No. And I said, 88 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,453 "You're not gonna 89 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,453 call that guy, are you?" 90 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:35,880 - But she'd remembered him, 91 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:35,880 hadn't she? 92 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,389 - Yes. 93 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,658 - Not only remembered him, 94 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,658 but was soon dating 95 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:41,461 and being pursued by 96 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:41,461 the guy from the club, 97 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:43,430 who turned out to be 98 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:43,430 Scott Pattison, 99 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:45,980 who worked in construction. 100 00:02:45,980 --> 00:02:47,167 Within a year, 101 00:02:45,980 --> 00:02:47,167 they were married. 102 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,200 Lisa's mom, Lucy Rich. 103 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,339 - She came in 104 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,339 on a white carriage horse. 105 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:55,108 Uh, very beautiful. 106 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:58,578 And she was so happy that day. 107 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:58,578 She was very happy. 108 00:02:58,578 --> 00:03:02,515 - I'm Scott Pattison. 109 00:02:58,578 --> 00:03:02,515 I'm the groom here. 110 00:03:02,515 --> 00:03:04,451 This is my wife. 111 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:05,919 - As you left the wedding 112 00:03:04,451 --> 00:03:05,919 that night, Lucy, 113 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,587 how'd you feel 114 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,587 about your daughter? 115 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:09,556 - I was happy for her. 116 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:11,291 - The newlyweds 117 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:11,291 set up housekeeping 118 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,760 in central Indiana. 119 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:13,760 He eventually became 120 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,496 a self-employed 121 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,496 roofing contractor, 122 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:18,865 and she, 123 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:18,865 the go-getter marketing manager 124 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:20,667 at a local mall. 125 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,269 Her son, Dillon, 126 00:03:20,667 --> 00:03:23,269 from a previous relationship, 127 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:25,271 grew to call Scott dad. 128 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:27,307 - Growing up, 129 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:27,307 I didn't really have, uh, 130 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:28,475 a fatherly figure. 131 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:31,770 I mean, I slowly and surely 132 00:03:28,475 --> 00:03:31,770 called him Dad. 133 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:33,546 - And thirteen years on, 134 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:33,546 all were living 135 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:36,216 a comfortable life together 136 00:03:33,546 --> 00:03:36,216 in a nice big house 137 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,951 with acreage 138 00:03:36,216 --> 00:03:37,951 out in the country. 139 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,653 There were vacations 140 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,653 in the Caribbean, 141 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:43,890 soaking in hot tubs, 142 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:43,890 snorkeling with the stingrays, 143 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,458 island hopping. 144 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:47,293 Scott liked that people 145 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:47,293 thought of him 146 00:03:47,293 --> 00:03:49,796 as a good time guy, Mr. Big. 147 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,364 - If you knew Scott, 148 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:51,364 then you would know that 149 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:55,635 he wanted everything 150 00:03:51,364 --> 00:03:55,635 to be the biggest and the best. 151 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:58,338 - And he kept up 152 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:58,338 on his fitness regimen. 153 00:03:58,338 --> 00:04:01,908 The former bodybuilder didn't 154 00:03:58,338 --> 00:04:01,908 wanna slide into flab. 155 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:04,711 He kept after Lisa 156 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:04,711 to stay in shape with him, 157 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:06,146 and her best friend 158 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:06,146 from the mall, 159 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:10,500 a woman named Leah Frazier 160 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:10,500 became Lisa's workout buddy. 161 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,887 - Lisa was always conscious 162 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,887 about what she was eating, 163 00:04:13,887 --> 00:04:16,322 how she was exercising. 164 00:04:13,887 --> 00:04:16,322 She would do aerobics. 165 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:19,589 She would do the, 166 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:19,589 um, stair stepper. 167 00:04:19,589 --> 00:04:21,327 - Scott installed a few pieces 168 00:04:19,589 --> 00:04:21,327 of gym equipment 169 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:23,163 in the basement of the house; 170 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:27,100 a treadmill, a tanning bed, 171 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:27,100 and a weight machine. 172 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:30,770 It was there that something 173 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:30,770 catastrophic had happened 174 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:34,207 on the morning 175 00:04:30,770 --> 00:04:34,207 of July 2nd, 2009. 176 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:39,790 And now Scott was in his truck 177 00:04:34,207 --> 00:04:39,790 racing for help, calling 911. 178 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,387 - As Scott sped through 179 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:47,387 summer cornfields, 180 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,356 his wife, Lisa, 181 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,356 was in the back of the cab 182 00:04:49,356 --> 00:04:52,459 in very bad shape, 183 00:04:49,356 --> 00:04:52,459 as he told the dispatcher. 184 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:03,570 - Scott would say later, 185 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,939 he'd gone downstairs 186 00:05:03,570 --> 00:05:05,939 just before noon 187 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:08,208 and found his wife 188 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:08,208 straddled face up 189 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:10,844 on the exercise bench 190 00:05:08,208 --> 00:05:10,844 with the barbell weight 191 00:05:10,844 --> 00:05:12,746 crushing her throat. 192 00:05:16,683 --> 00:05:18,618 - Paramedics intercepted 193 00:05:16,683 --> 00:05:18,618 Scott's truck 194 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:20,387 minutes from the hospital. 195 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:23,623 A police car followed behind, 196 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:23,623 dashcam rolling. 197 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,825 Doctors could not revive her. 198 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:29,729 And at the age of thirty-six, 199 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:29,729 Lisa Pattison was gone. 200 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,798 How could any of the friends 201 00:05:29,729 --> 00:05:31,798 and family 202 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:34,868 adjust to vibrant Lisa, 203 00:05:31,798 --> 00:05:34,868 with that beaming smile, 204 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,870 being just a memory now? 205 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,972 - She was always 206 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,972 in good spirits. 207 00:05:38,972 --> 00:05:40,507 She was always smiling. 208 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,909 - She was just a, uh, 209 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:42,909 an amazing woman, uh, 210 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:44,177 through and through. 211 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,112 - Dillon had been up early 212 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,112 that morning, 213 00:05:46,112 --> 00:05:48,915 off to the job site 214 00:05:46,112 --> 00:05:48,915 where he was helping his stepdad 215 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:50,250 and his crew. 216 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:52,752 It had been the quickest 217 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:52,752 of goodbyes to his mom. 218 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,255 - My last words to her 219 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:55,255 was-was that I love you. 220 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:57,157 And she said 221 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:57,157 the same thing back. 222 00:05:57,157 --> 00:06:00,760 - And now, suddenly they were 223 00:05:57,157 --> 00:06:00,760 all gathering at the hospital. 224 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,630 Dillon got the news 225 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,630 from his dad. 226 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:05,832 - I just lost it. 227 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:05,832 I mean, I-I've-- 228 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,434 you know, the one person 229 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:07,434 I'd depended on 230 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:09,350 my whole life was gone. 231 00:06:09,350 --> 00:06:11,371 - Lisa's mom, Lucy Rich, 232 00:06:09,350 --> 00:06:11,371 was taken in 233 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,106 to see her daughter's body. 234 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:16,910 - I just walked around her body 235 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:16,910 and just kept-- 236 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:19,612 I couldn't believe 237 00:06:16,910 --> 00:06:19,612 she was gone. 238 00:06:19,612 --> 00:06:23,149 - Because Lisa had been 239 00:06:19,612 --> 00:06:23,149 in her prime and sound health, 240 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:26,319 her death was categorized 241 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:26,319 as unattended, 242 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:28,221 which meant that the police 243 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:28,221 would take a look 244 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,957 before it could be ruled 245 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,957 an accident. 246 00:06:30,957 --> 00:06:32,692 But what else could it be? 247 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:35,161 A woman home alone, 248 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:35,161 working out. 249 00:06:35,161 --> 00:06:37,464 A husband who comes back 250 00:06:35,161 --> 00:06:37,464 to the house for lunch 251 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:41,670 only to find such a ghastly 252 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:41,670 scene in the basement. 253 00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:44,938 It couldn't be anything 254 00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:44,938 but an accident... could it? 255 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:49,542 - Coming up, something 256 00:06:44,938 --> 00:06:49,542 just doesn't make sense. 257 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,378 - He's turning down 911 help. 258 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:53,646 - It had a red flag to me. 259 00:06:51,378 --> 00:06:53,646 Yes, it did. 260 00:06:53,747 --> 00:07:05,625 ** 261 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,894 - When you're 262 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,894 an on-call detective 263 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:11,498 like Wabash County's Mike Davis, 264 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:11,498 you know that days off, 265 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:13,333 like the upcoming 4th of July, 266 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:16,870 sometimes have a way 267 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:16,870 of going up in smoke. 268 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:20,106 The assignment he was catching 269 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:20,106 didn't sound like one of those. 270 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:21,675 Check out the death 271 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:21,675 of a young woman 272 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:25,450 called in by 273 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:25,450 the Marion General Hospital ER. 274 00:07:25,450 --> 00:07:26,546 - The other detective 275 00:07:25,450 --> 00:07:26,546 that worked with me, 276 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:27,380 he said, "Hey, come on in. 277 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,349 I've got a case 278 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:29,349 we need to work on 279 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:32,185 on a lady that's passed away 280 00:07:29,349 --> 00:07:32,185 on a weight bench." 281 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:34,954 - The victim was a woman 282 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:34,954 who worked at a local mall, 283 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:36,556 Lisa Pattison. 284 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:38,191 Even as her friends 285 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:38,191 and family 286 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,600 were racing 287 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,600 towards the hospital, 288 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,762 a sheriff's detective 289 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,762 had taken Lisa's husband, Scott, 290 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:47,133 aside in the ambulance bay 291 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:47,133 for a brief recorded statement. 292 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,506 - Scott explained 293 00:07:51,504 --> 00:07:53,506 what had happened. 294 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:56,760 How he'd come home from work 295 00:07:53,506 --> 00:07:56,760 to shower and eat lunch 296 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,780 before an afternoon 297 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,780 doctor's appointment 298 00:07:58,780 --> 00:07:59,646 for his bad back. 299 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:02,115 Lisa had taken the day off. 300 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:15,562 - He said he lifted 301 00:08:12,250 --> 00:08:15,562 the weights off and started CPR. 302 00:08:15,562 --> 00:08:18,698 As an ex-first responder, 303 00:08:15,562 --> 00:08:18,698 he'd been trained in that, 304 00:08:18,698 --> 00:08:21,601 but said 305 00:08:18,698 --> 00:08:21,601 he couldn't revive her. 306 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:33,746 - Another officer, 307 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:33,746 crime scene investigator 308 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:36,116 Jason Page 309 00:08:33,746 --> 00:08:36,116 with the state police, 310 00:08:36,116 --> 00:08:38,784 was now assigned to document 311 00:08:36,116 --> 00:08:38,784 Pattison's truck 312 00:08:38,784 --> 00:08:41,187 and examine Lisa's body. 313 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,289 He found a bruise 314 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,289 on the woman's neck 315 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:45,458 and an abrasion 316 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:45,458 on the left shoulder. 317 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:46,860 - Seeing those injuries, Jason, 318 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,620 did it explain to you 319 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,620 what had happened? 320 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:50,864 - You take it at face value. 321 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:54,670 Her husband stated that 322 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:54,670 he had found her at home, 323 00:08:54,670 --> 00:08:56,136 a barbell 324 00:08:54,670 --> 00:08:56,136 was across her throat. 325 00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:58,938 Those injuries seem 326 00:08:56,136 --> 00:08:58,938 consistent with that story. 327 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:01,808 - Signs were pointing towards 328 00:08:58,938 --> 00:09:01,808 an awful accident. 329 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:05,812 Some clean-up paperwork to do, 330 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:05,812 and on to the next case. 331 00:09:05,812 --> 00:09:08,140 Still, the detective 332 00:09:05,812 --> 00:09:08,140 whose case it was, 333 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:10,350 Detective Davis, 334 00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:10,350 elected to bring Scott 335 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,318 down to the station 336 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,318 that afternoon 337 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:16,489 for a formal 338 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:16,489 videotaped interview. 339 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:22,562 - The interview began with 340 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:22,562 a more detailed accounting 341 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,631 of Scott Pattison's day. 342 00:09:24,631 --> 00:09:25,765 He'd gotten up, he said, 343 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:27,467 at quarter to five 344 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:27,467 in the morning, 345 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,537 kissed Lisa goodbye, 346 00:09:27,467 --> 00:09:30,537 and made a run to the landfill 347 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,305 north of town. 348 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:34,841 He got back home around 6:30, 349 00:09:34,841 --> 00:09:36,743 in time to meet 350 00:09:34,841 --> 00:09:36,743 his stepson, Dillon, 351 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:39,450 and an employee, 352 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:39,450 who then all headed out 353 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:42,148 to the job site together. 354 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:50,190 - He said 355 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:50,190 he called out for Lisa, 356 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:52,580 but she didn't answer. 357 00:09:52,580 --> 00:09:55,462 Music from downstairs 358 00:09:52,580 --> 00:09:55,462 told him she was working out. 359 00:09:55,462 --> 00:09:57,731 Ten to fifteen minutes went by, 360 00:09:55,462 --> 00:09:57,731 he said, 361 00:09:57,731 --> 00:10:00,000 before he actually 362 00:09:57,731 --> 00:10:00,000 headed downstairs 363 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,350 to discover her. 364 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:21,210 - He said he lifted the bar 365 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:21,210 off Lisa's neck, 366 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:22,389 felt for a pulse, 367 00:10:22,389 --> 00:10:25,759 then tried giving her CPR 368 00:10:22,389 --> 00:10:25,759 on the bench. 369 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,602 - As he was backing out, 370 00:10:35,602 --> 00:10:38,705 he told the detective 371 00:10:35,602 --> 00:10:38,705 he called 911. 372 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,723 - He said when he saw 373 00:10:55,121 --> 00:10:56,723 the ambulance, 374 00:10:56,723 --> 00:10:59,726 he rolled down his window 375 00:10:56,723 --> 00:10:59,726 and pulled over to the curb. 376 00:10:59,726 --> 00:11:00,660 - Maybe that's what happened. 377 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,128 - At that time, yes. 378 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,128 We didn't know. 379 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:04,631 - But there was something 380 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:04,631 about the way Scott had acted 381 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:07,667 that wasn't passing 382 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:07,667 the detective's smell test. 383 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,277 - He's turning down 911 help. 384 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:19,245 - It had a red flag to me. 385 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:19,245 Yes, it did. 386 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:20,480 - Some things make 387 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:20,480 your nose twitch? 388 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:21,715 - Yes. 389 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:24,818 - Then Scott was asked about 390 00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:24,818 the state of his marriage. 391 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:37,970 - They'd been married 392 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:37,970 for thirteen years, Scott said. 393 00:11:37,970 --> 00:11:42,402 But just a few months ago, 394 00:11:37,970 --> 00:11:42,402 they'd filed for divorce. 395 00:11:48,174 --> 00:11:49,509 - An affair. 396 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:53,113 But he insisted the relationship 397 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:53,113 with the other woman was over. 398 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:56,149 In fact, the divorce with Lisa 399 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:56,149 was on hold. 400 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,951 He said they'd had 401 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,951 a change of heart 402 00:11:57,951 --> 00:12:00,387 and had been trying to 403 00:11:57,951 --> 00:12:00,387 work things out. 404 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:01,821 - Okay, 405 00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:01,821 so there's something else 406 00:12:01,821 --> 00:12:03,560 we're gonna look into. 407 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,158 After taking the statement, 408 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:05,158 Investigator Page 409 00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:09,329 made a physical check 410 00:12:05,158 --> 00:12:09,329 of the husband. 411 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:13,166 Noting no fresh injuries 412 00:12:09,329 --> 00:12:13,166 on his face, arms, or hands. 413 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,834 Routine stuff. 414 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:17,804 Then the officers headed out 415 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:17,804 to the Pattison home. 416 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:19,773 The crime scene 417 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:19,773 agent's camcorder 418 00:12:19,773 --> 00:12:22,976 documented a house 419 00:12:19,773 --> 00:12:22,976 in pristine condition. 420 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:25,145 There were no signs 421 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:25,145 of forced entry. 422 00:12:25,145 --> 00:12:27,800 Nothing to suggest a struggle. 423 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,915 They did note 424 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,915 two security cameras 425 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:31,818 mounted on the exterior 426 00:12:28,915 --> 00:12:31,818 stone facade, 427 00:12:31,818 --> 00:12:34,870 but they checked the recorder 428 00:12:31,818 --> 00:12:34,870 in the garage 429 00:12:34,870 --> 00:12:36,456 and the DVD tray was empty. 430 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,290 - You didn't get lucky here? 431 00:12:36,456 --> 00:12:38,290 - Didn't get lucky. 432 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:39,993 - Downstairs 433 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:39,993 in the workout room, 434 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:41,494 they found the weight bench. 435 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:44,970 It wasn't a free weight system 436 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:44,970 as they'd imagined, 437 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:46,866 but rather something called 438 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:46,866 a Smith Machine, 439 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:49,836 a professional gym-type device 440 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:49,836 where the weight bar 441 00:12:49,836 --> 00:12:53,106 rides up and down 442 00:12:49,836 --> 00:12:53,106 two fixed cylindrical rails. 443 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,175 The barbell weighed about 444 00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,175 a 105 pounds 445 00:12:55,175 --> 00:12:56,976 with weights attached. 446 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:59,646 Investigator Page took 447 00:12:56,976 --> 00:12:59,646 a close look at the apparatus 448 00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:02,148 to see if it supported 449 00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:02,148 Scott's story. 450 00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:03,683 He talked us through 451 00:13:02,148 --> 00:13:03,683 the analysis 452 00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:05,510 he performed that day. 453 00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:07,320 - This is the weight bench 454 00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:07,320 from the Pattison Home. 455 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,856 - Page noticed 456 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,856 two things right away. 457 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:12,392 When he laid down on the bench 458 00:13:09,856 --> 00:13:12,392 as it was set up, 459 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,694 the bar lined up 460 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,694 not with his chest, 461 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,629 the correct alignment 462 00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,629 for lifting, 463 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,398 but rather 464 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,398 with his neck. 465 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:22,202 - So if you complete the lift, 466 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:22,202 it would align with the body 467 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:23,770 in this fashion. 468 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:27,307 - Bar on the throat. 469 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:27,307 That matched Scott's story. 470 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:30,510 Investigator Page also made note 471 00:13:27,307 --> 00:13:30,510 of a circular smudge 472 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:32,846 on the center 473 00:13:30,510 --> 00:13:32,846 of the bar itself. 474 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:35,348 Had that spot been left 475 00:13:32,846 --> 00:13:35,348 by Lisa's neck? 476 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:36,915 - It looked like 477 00:13:35,348 --> 00:13:36,915 body oil to me. 478 00:13:36,915 --> 00:13:38,840 Or perhaps sweat. 479 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,753 - Would that mean you suspected 480 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,753 that this part of 481 00:13:39,753 --> 00:13:41,654 the bar was making contact? 482 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,757 - It appeared that-it appeared 483 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,757 to be that with me... 484 00:13:43,757 --> 00:13:46,726 - That fit with 485 00:13:43,757 --> 00:13:46,726 the husband's account, too. 486 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,995 When Investigator Page 487 00:13:46,726 --> 00:13:48,995 tried the machine, 488 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,231 it appeared to be 489 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:51,231 in working order. 490 00:13:51,231 --> 00:13:53,733 He couldn't make it 491 00:13:51,231 --> 00:13:53,733 fail accidentally, 492 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:54,868 and once in use, 493 00:13:54,868 --> 00:13:57,103 the bar felt fairly easy 494 00:13:54,868 --> 00:13:57,103 to re-rack 495 00:13:57,103 --> 00:14:00,874 and secure using a hook 496 00:13:57,103 --> 00:14:00,874 and holes along the frame. 497 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:04,440 - And you complete 498 00:14:00,874 --> 00:14:04,440 your-your repetitions, 499 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:05,145 and once you're complete, 500 00:14:05,145 --> 00:14:08,848 you rotate your wrists 501 00:14:05,145 --> 00:14:08,848 and these hooks engage. 502 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:12,185 - But maybe something important: 503 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:12,185 two safety stoppers, 504 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:15,550 which would have afforded 505 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:15,550 a lifter extra protection, 506 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:18,191 were resting unused 507 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:18,191 at the bottom of each rail. 508 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:20,600 - When these are engaged, 509 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,262 it gives you 510 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,262 an added layer of safety. 511 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:23,530 - That's all cool 512 00:14:22,262 --> 00:14:23,530 if they're in place, 513 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,798 but if they're not in place, 514 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:24,798 you don't have that protection. 515 00:14:24,798 --> 00:14:27,500 - Yes. 516 00:14:24,798 --> 00:14:27,500 - No safety stops. 517 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,703 If the bar had slipped 518 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,703 while in use, 519 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:31,671 it could have plummeted 520 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:31,671 onto Lisa's neck 521 00:14:31,671 --> 00:14:33,306 with bone-breaking force. 522 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:35,575 - This'll fall down 523 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:35,575 like a guillotine. 524 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,243 - Ka-thunk? 525 00:14:35,575 --> 00:14:37,243 - Yes. 526 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:38,812 - Theoretically, 527 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:38,812 could it be a fatal accident? 528 00:14:38,812 --> 00:14:39,713 - Oh, yes. 529 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:42,215 I would certainly 530 00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:42,215 consider it fatal. 531 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:43,383 - There it was. 532 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,553 Perhaps Lisa's death happened 533 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,553 just as Scott had said. 534 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:49,723 Certainly nothing jumped out 535 00:14:46,553 --> 00:14:49,723 and screamed homicide. 536 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:53,930 Still, an important voice 537 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:53,930 hadn't been heard from yet, 538 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:55,161 and that was 539 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:55,161 the medical examiner. 540 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:58,198 His autopsy could 541 00:14:55,161 --> 00:14:58,198 prove to be crucial. 542 00:14:58,198 --> 00:15:00,330 It was. 543 00:15:00,330 --> 00:15:02,369 - Lisa's body tells a story. 544 00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:07,400 A tiny clue is about to have 545 00:15:02,369 --> 00:15:07,400 a big impact on the case. 546 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,408 - Coming up... 547 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,760 - Getting that information 548 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,760 at that moment, 549 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,912 had the case changed for you? 550 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,912 - Absolutely. 551 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:17,884 - When "Dateline: 552 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:17,884 Secrets Uncovered" continues. 553 00:15:28,940 --> 00:15:31,498 - Thirty-six-year-old 554 00:15:28,940 --> 00:15:31,498 Lisa Pattison was dead. 555 00:15:31,498 --> 00:15:32,866 But Detective 556 00:15:31,498 --> 00:15:32,866 Mike Davis 557 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:35,201 and crime scene 558 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:35,201 investigator Jason Page 559 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:37,270 were not sure yet 560 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:37,270 what kind of case, 561 00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:39,973 if any, they had. 562 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:42,108 On the suspicious 563 00:15:39,973 --> 00:15:42,108 side of the ledger, 564 00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:44,377 Lisa's husband, Scott, 565 00:15:42,108 --> 00:15:44,377 had raised red flags 566 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,880 when he declined 567 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,880 emergency services' help 568 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,820 as he raced with his wife 569 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,820 to the hospital. 570 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:51,284 Likewise, what he said 571 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:51,284 about that drive 572 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:53,887 in a recorded interview 573 00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:53,887 raised eyebrows. 574 00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:59,693 - I wouldn't think someone 575 00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:59,693 would refer to their loved one 576 00:15:59,693 --> 00:16:01,161 as a body... 577 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:02,328 when you're not even sure- 578 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:05,650 you're claiming 579 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:05,650 she's not even dead yet. 580 00:16:05,650 --> 00:16:08,301 - Still, maybe it was 581 00:16:05,650 --> 00:16:08,301 just a freak accident. 582 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,836 A first pass look 583 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:09,836 at the weight bench 584 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,705 Lisa had been on 585 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,705 when she died, 586 00:16:11,705 --> 00:16:14,607 suggested an accident 587 00:16:11,705 --> 00:16:14,607 was plausible. 588 00:16:14,607 --> 00:16:16,760 And at the autopsy, 589 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,780 the medical examiner 590 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:18,780 didn't find anything 591 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:20,280 to explain 592 00:16:18,780 --> 00:16:20,280 a sudden death, 593 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,782 nothing like a stroke 594 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,782 or heart attack. 595 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:24,351 Lisa had been 596 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:24,351 in good health. 597 00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:25,485 - A very healthy 598 00:16:24,351 --> 00:16:25,485 thirty-six-year-old woman 599 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:27,187 who worked out. 600 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:31,570 - But the autopsy did provide 601 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:31,570 a quite unexpected finding, 602 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:34,227 something that now made 603 00:16:31,570 --> 00:16:34,227 the investigators very troubled. 604 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:37,130 Lisa had died, not from 605 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:37,130 a sudden crushing blow 606 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,332 to the neck, 607 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,332 the guillotine effect, 608 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:42,680 but rather from 609 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:42,680 a slow neck compression, 610 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,471 as if the barbell had 611 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,471 rested on her throat 612 00:16:44,471 --> 00:16:47,374 and gradually cut off 613 00:16:44,471 --> 00:16:47,374 her air supply. 614 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:48,942 - You were testing 615 00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:48,942 the machine at the house 616 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:50,877 when you let go 617 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:50,877 of that bar, 618 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:53,580 it was a real convincing 619 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:53,580 ka-thunk on the bench. 620 00:16:53,580 --> 00:16:54,748 - Oh, yeah. 621 00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:57,250 - And you would have seen that 622 00:16:54,748 --> 00:16:57,250 in the autopsy here? 623 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,451 - I would expect-- 624 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,451 - There would have 625 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,452 been a crushed-- 626 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,452 - Fractures-- 627 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,210 - Crushed bones? 628 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,210 - Perhaps even her neck- 629 00:17:01,210 --> 00:17:04,240 - Did not find that? 630 00:17:01,210 --> 00:17:04,240 - No, did not. 631 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,893 - What had happened to 632 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,893 Lisa Pattison that morning? 633 00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:09,162 - We know that her neck 634 00:17:06,893 --> 00:17:09,162 wasn't crushed. 635 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:10,829 Her spine hadn't 636 00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:10,829 been fractured. 637 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,332 She didn't have an aneurysm, 638 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,332 didn't have a stroke, 639 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:13,433 didn't have 640 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:13,433 a heart attack. 641 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:14,934 We didn't know 642 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:14,934 what we had. 643 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:17,237 - Meanwhile, the people 644 00:17:14,934 --> 00:17:17,237 who knew Lisa best 645 00:17:17,237 --> 00:17:19,172 were wondering what in 646 00:17:17,237 --> 00:17:19,172 the world she was doing 647 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:21,407 on the weight bench 648 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:21,407 in the first place. 649 00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:24,277 Christine Smith knew 650 00:17:21,407 --> 00:17:24,277 her sister liked to work out, 651 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:27,247 but Lisa was a treadmill girl, 652 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:27,247 not a weightlifter. 653 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:28,715 - She was doing treadmill, 654 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:31,718 you know, doing 655 00:17:28,715 --> 00:17:31,718 more aerobic stuff. 656 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,820 - And the dead woman's 657 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,820 best friend from the mall, 658 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:37,490 Leah, knew very well that 659 00:17:33,820 --> 00:17:37,490 Lisa couldn't lift heavy things, 660 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:39,225 not with a neck injury 661 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:39,225 she'd suffered 662 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:42,195 a couple of years earlier 663 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:42,195 in a minor car accident. 664 00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:45,980 Even the holiday ornaments 665 00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:45,980 in the mall storage room 666 00:17:45,980 --> 00:17:46,399 were too much for her. 667 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:47,901 - I did the lifting, 668 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:47,901 I did the boxes, 669 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:49,102 I did the carrying up. 670 00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,204 I'm like, 671 00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,204 "The weight machine? 672 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:53,730 "She doesn't lift weights." 673 00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:56,409 - Then there was the elephant 674 00:17:53,730 --> 00:17:56,409 in the room since Lisa's death, 675 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,780 a subject that her 676 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,780 friends and family 677 00:17:58,780 --> 00:18:00,714 didn't feel comfortable 678 00:17:58,780 --> 00:18:00,714 even putting words to. 679 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:03,283 And that was how they felt 680 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:03,283 about Scott all the years 681 00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:05,285 that he'd been 682 00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:05,285 married to Lisa. 683 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:08,210 Impressions of him that ran 684 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:08,210 from self-centered jerk 685 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:10,900 to nasty 686 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:10,900 drill instructor. 687 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:12,492 Now that circle of Lisa's 688 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:12,492 friends were asking 689 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:15,829 if Scott had something to do 690 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:15,829 with that so-called accident 691 00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:18,640 in the basement. 692 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:19,833 - There he is. 693 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,434 Asleep. 694 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,434 [hissing] 695 00:18:21,434 --> 00:18:22,802 Gosh! 696 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,538 - He was Lisa's husband, 697 00:18:22,802 --> 00:18:25,538 but the rest of the family 698 00:18:25,538 --> 00:18:26,673 didn't get it. 699 00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:29,109 He'd long been an 700 00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:29,109 awkward fit to them. 701 00:18:29,109 --> 00:18:31,878 - But I have no tinfoil. 702 00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:34,280 - At holiday gatherings, 703 00:18:31,878 --> 00:18:34,280 they couldn't help but notice 704 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,830 how tough he was 705 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,830 on Lisa's son, Dillon. 706 00:18:37,830 --> 00:18:40,530 The stepdad bossed him 707 00:18:37,830 --> 00:18:40,530 around like a raw recruit 708 00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:41,755 and meted out 709 00:18:40,530 --> 00:18:41,755 harsh punishments 710 00:18:41,755 --> 00:18:44,524 for the slightest misstep. 711 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:47,594 Dillon recalled what Scott 712 00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:47,594 ordered him to do one winter 713 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:50,663 when the boy neglected to 714 00:18:47,594 --> 00:18:50,663 take out the morning mail. 715 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,650 - It was 6:00 AM 716 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,650 in the morning 717 00:18:52,650 --> 00:18:54,768 and he actually said, 718 00:18:54,768 --> 00:18:56,870 "Take your clothes off, 719 00:18:54,768 --> 00:18:56,870 leave your underwear on, 720 00:18:56,870 --> 00:19:00,273 "and you're gonna go 721 00:18:56,870 --> 00:19:00,273 walk out to the mailbox." 722 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,442 I had a great mom, 723 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:02,442 but I always wanted, 724 00:19:02,442 --> 00:19:04,844 like, a-a better 725 00:19:02,442 --> 00:19:04,844 fatherly figure. 726 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:06,446 - Now, when it came 727 00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:06,446 to his mom, 728 00:19:06,446 --> 00:19:08,114 Scott could put on the charm. 729 00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:09,649 - Give me a hug. 730 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,170 - Lisa, don't be 731 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:11,170 gettin' jealous. 732 00:19:11,170 --> 00:19:12,385 - Oh, for Pete's sake. 733 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,220 - But to Lisa's 734 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:14,220 mother and sister, 735 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:16,220 Scott never measured up. 736 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:17,924 - I wanted her to 737 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:17,924 be with someone 738 00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:21,428 that totally 739 00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:21,428 respected her 740 00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:23,763 and loved her with 741 00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:23,763 all their heart. 742 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:26,833 And I didn't see 743 00:19:23,763 --> 00:19:26,833 that with Scott. 744 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,350 - It wasn't a big, 745 00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:29,350 dark family secret 746 00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:31,805 that Lisa and Scott had been 747 00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:31,805 crashing into the rocks 748 00:19:31,805 --> 00:19:33,273 for a while. 749 00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:36,176 He was having an affair, 750 00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:36,176 and Lisa found out. 751 00:19:36,176 --> 00:19:37,844 They talked divorce. 752 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,680 When Lisa visited her sister 753 00:19:37,844 --> 00:19:40,680 at her home in Virginia 754 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,840 about a month before she died, 755 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,840 without saying as much, 756 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,853 she telegraphed that 757 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,853 the marriage was over. 758 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,856 Sister Christine acted as 759 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:49,856 Lisa's financial adviser. 760 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:52,258 - She said, "Well, I need 761 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:52,258 to make some changes 762 00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:54,361 "on my life insurance policy". 763 00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:57,630 And when 764 00:19:54,361 --> 00:19:57,630 she said that to me, 765 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,533 I knew that she was 766 00:19:57,630 --> 00:20:00,533 getting ready to leave. 767 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,268 - And how much was 768 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,268 the policy for? 769 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:04,504 - Uh, $450,000. 770 00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:06,172 - Lisa wanted her policy, 771 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:09,275 which named Scott and her son 772 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:09,275 as co-beneficiaries, 773 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:11,911 quietly switched 774 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:11,911 to Dillon alone. 775 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:14,614 Christine mailed the paperwork 776 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:14,614 for Lisa to sign, 777 00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:17,784 but hadn't gotten it back 778 00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:17,784 by the day Lisa died. 779 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:20,987 The day after Lisa died, 780 00:20:17,784 --> 00:20:20,987 the family met near the mall 781 00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:22,622 where she used to work. 782 00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:25,692 Scott had gotten wind 783 00:20:22,622 --> 00:20:25,692 of the policy change. 784 00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:27,260 He pulled his 785 00:20:25,692 --> 00:20:27,260 sister-in-law aside 786 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:29,896 and asked insurance questions. 787 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:32,132 - He's asking me, basically, 788 00:20:29,896 --> 00:20:32,132 did she sign it? 789 00:20:32,132 --> 00:20:33,533 - He wants to know if 790 00:20:32,132 --> 00:20:33,533 he's off the policy. 791 00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:35,735 - Right. 792 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:38,710 - Back at the Wabash 793 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:38,710 County Sheriff's Office, 794 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:41,408 crime scene investigator 795 00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:41,408 Jason Page was still puzzling 796 00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:43,510 through the autopsy results. 797 00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:46,146 Death by slow pressure 798 00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:46,146 to the windpipe 799 00:20:46,146 --> 00:20:48,815 rather than a bone-breaking, 800 00:20:46,146 --> 00:20:48,815 catastrophic plunge 801 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,116 of the weight bar. 802 00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:52,552 - And we're left with 803 00:20:50,116 --> 00:20:52,552 this neck compression. 804 00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:54,454 It's like a slow 805 00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:54,454 neck compression. 806 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,122 - Then the medical examiner 807 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,122 came up with 808 00:20:56,122 --> 00:20:57,557 an additional finding. 809 00:20:57,557 --> 00:21:00,460 And it would be as significant 810 00:20:57,557 --> 00:21:00,460 for Investigator Page 811 00:21:00,460 --> 00:21:02,195 as it was minute. 812 00:21:02,195 --> 00:21:05,532 - On her back from her neck 813 00:21:02,195 --> 00:21:05,532 down to her waistline, 814 00:21:05,532 --> 00:21:07,901 he noticed what appeared 815 00:21:05,532 --> 00:21:07,901 to be petechiae. 816 00:21:07,901 --> 00:21:12,772 - Petechiae, minuscule bruises 817 00:21:07,901 --> 00:21:12,772 hardly visible to the naked eye, 818 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,841 not just on the back 819 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,841 of Lisa's neck, 820 00:21:14,841 --> 00:21:17,210 where pressure had been 821 00:21:14,841 --> 00:21:17,210 applied by the bar, 822 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:20,547 but down her back 823 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:20,547 and along her waist as well. 824 00:21:20,547 --> 00:21:22,148 What could have 825 00:21:20,547 --> 00:21:22,148 caused that? 826 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:23,850 - That troubled him. 827 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,587 Perhaps somebody 828 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:27,587 straddled her 829 00:21:27,587 --> 00:21:29,322 and sat on her chest 830 00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:32,425 or her torso at 831 00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:32,425 the time of death. 832 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:33,693 - Straddling her? 833 00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:36,129 But she'd been home 834 00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:36,129 alone working out. 835 00:21:36,129 --> 00:21:38,131 The all-but-invisible bruising 836 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:39,733 wasn't enough for 837 00:21:38,131 --> 00:21:39,733 the pathologist 838 00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:42,802 to officially rule 839 00:21:39,733 --> 00:21:42,802 Lisa's death a homicide. 840 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,472 But it did set a fire 841 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:45,472 under the investigators. 842 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,140 - Getting that information 843 00:21:45,472 --> 00:21:47,140 at that moment, 844 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:48,441 had the case 845 00:21:47,140 --> 00:21:48,441 changed for you? 846 00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:49,409 - Absolutely. 847 00:21:49,409 --> 00:21:50,844 - You were now 848 00:21:49,409 --> 00:21:50,844 following a homicide? 849 00:21:50,844 --> 00:21:52,912 - Yes. 850 00:21:52,912 --> 00:21:54,814 - A theory of homicide. 851 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:57,317 But the case was 852 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:57,317 mostly innuendo. 853 00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,285 They needed to come up 854 00:21:57,317 --> 00:21:59,285 with hard evidence 855 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:01,254 they could show 856 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:01,254 to a prosecutor. 857 00:22:01,254 --> 00:22:03,289 They needed a lucky break. 858 00:22:03,289 --> 00:22:04,891 And as it turned out, 859 00:22:04,891 --> 00:22:08,161 one was a phone call away. 860 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,197 - Coming up, there's been 861 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,197 plenty of attention 862 00:22:11,197 --> 00:22:13,566 on that weight bench, 863 00:22:11,197 --> 00:22:13,566 but it's another piece 864 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,603 of equipment that just 865 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,603 might crack this case. 866 00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:17,737 - I got goosebumps. 867 00:22:17,737 --> 00:22:20,240 I'm like, 868 00:22:17,737 --> 00:22:20,240 "Oh, my goodness." 869 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:32,719 ** 870 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:36,890 - Welcome back to "Dateline: 871 00:22:33,687 --> 00:22:36,890 Secrets Uncovered". 872 00:22:36,890 --> 00:22:38,291 I'm Craig Melvin. 873 00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:41,628 Investigators believed 874 00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:41,628 Lisa Pattison's death 875 00:22:41,628 --> 00:22:43,129 was no accident. 876 00:22:43,129 --> 00:22:45,632 The medical examiner 877 00:22:43,129 --> 00:22:45,632 determined she died 878 00:22:45,632 --> 00:22:47,701 from a slow 879 00:22:45,632 --> 00:22:47,701 neck compression, 880 00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:51,471 as if something 881 00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:51,471 or someone 882 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:53,540 gradually suffocated her. 883 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:57,544 Now, new evidence was about 884 00:22:53,540 --> 00:22:57,544 to expose a chilling secret 885 00:22:57,544 --> 00:23:00,146 about the morning 886 00:22:57,544 --> 00:23:00,146 Lisa died. 887 00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:02,248 Here again is 888 00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:02,248 Dennis Murphy 889 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:05,819 with "The Beauty 890 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:05,819 and the Beast Mystery." 891 00:23:05,819 --> 00:23:08,540 - It's funny in criminal 892 00:23:05,819 --> 00:23:08,540 investigations 893 00:23:08,540 --> 00:23:10,290 how sometimes things 894 00:23:08,540 --> 00:23:10,290 fall into your lap 895 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:12,525 from the most 896 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:12,525 unexpected places. 897 00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:16,620 And that's what happened 898 00:23:12,525 --> 00:23:16,620 in the middle of July 2009. 899 00:23:16,620 --> 00:23:18,932 Lisa had been dead 900 00:23:16,620 --> 00:23:18,932 for a couple of weeks. 901 00:23:18,932 --> 00:23:22,102 Detective Mike Davis had been 902 00:23:18,932 --> 00:23:22,102 at his desk preparing subpoenas 903 00:23:22,102 --> 00:23:24,404 for the Pattison case 904 00:23:22,102 --> 00:23:24,404 when he took a call 905 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:27,907 from the manager of 906 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:27,907 a local burglar alarm company. 907 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:30,760 He told the detective 908 00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:30,760 that one of his salesmen 909 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:31,770 had just gotten 910 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:31,770 off the phone 911 00:23:31,770 --> 00:23:33,146 with a customer 912 00:23:31,770 --> 00:23:33,146 who'd had some questions 913 00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:36,649 about how his home video 914 00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:36,649 surveillance system worked. 915 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:38,685 The customer was 916 00:23:36,649 --> 00:23:38,685 Scott Pattison. 917 00:23:38,685 --> 00:23:40,420 Did the cops want to 918 00:23:38,685 --> 00:23:40,420 know something more 919 00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:41,721 about all of this? 920 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:43,790 Detective Davis said, 921 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:43,790 indeed they did. 922 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,458 But then he explained 923 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,458 how they'd been out 924 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:46,926 to the Pattison house 925 00:23:45,458 --> 00:23:46,926 and had checked out 926 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,996 that video setup and noticed 927 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,996 when he popped the tray 928 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,799 on the recorder that 929 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,799 there was no DVD. 930 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:55,335 No DVD, 931 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:55,335 no pictures, right? 932 00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:57,570 Well, Detective Davis 933 00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:57,570 almost fell out of his chair 934 00:23:57,570 --> 00:24:00,940 when he heard what 935 00:23:57,570 --> 00:24:00,940 the burglar alarm man said next. 936 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,142 - He said, "Well, 937 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,142 you don't need one. 938 00:24:02,142 --> 00:24:04,811 "It records to 939 00:24:02,142 --> 00:24:04,811 a hard drive." 940 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:07,547 And my mouth just 941 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:07,547 kind of opened up. 942 00:24:07,547 --> 00:24:08,882 - A hard drive. 943 00:24:08,882 --> 00:24:11,840 The detective got a warrant 944 00:24:08,882 --> 00:24:11,840 and screamed over 945 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,420 to the Pattison house 946 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:13,420 where the recorder perched 947 00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:16,189 still untouched 948 00:24:13,420 --> 00:24:16,189 in the garage. 949 00:24:16,189 --> 00:24:19,759 What a video festival 950 00:24:16,189 --> 00:24:19,759 the detective was about to have. 951 00:24:19,759 --> 00:24:21,695 - This is July 2nd, 2009. 952 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:25,980 This is looking from his 953 00:24:21,695 --> 00:24:25,980 garage to the side here. 954 00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:27,667 The unblinking camera 955 00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:27,667 documented Scott's run 956 00:24:27,667 --> 00:24:30,236 to the landfill at 5:00 AM. 957 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:32,572 Then its motion detectors 958 00:24:30,236 --> 00:24:32,572 came alive again 959 00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:35,175 an hour and a half later, 960 00:24:32,572 --> 00:24:35,175 as he got back home 961 00:24:35,175 --> 00:24:37,577 to hook up with Dillon 962 00:24:35,175 --> 00:24:37,577 and his employee 963 00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:39,946 as they headed out 964 00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:39,946 to the job site. 965 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,781 The camera was showing 966 00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,781 the same thing 967 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:44,617 Scott had previously talked 968 00:24:41,781 --> 00:24:44,617 to the detective about. 969 00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:46,186 - So he's a good 970 00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:46,186 storyteller. 971 00:24:46,186 --> 00:24:47,554 Good accounting of 972 00:24:46,186 --> 00:24:47,554 his day at this point? 973 00:24:47,554 --> 00:24:48,555 - Sure. 974 00:24:48,555 --> 00:24:52,225 - And then Scott's 975 00:24:48,555 --> 00:24:52,225 timeline went haywire. 976 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,761 Remember, Scott had told 977 00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:54,761 the cops he didn't get back 978 00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:58,164 to the house that morning 979 00:24:54,761 --> 00:24:58,164 'til 11:30, just a few minutes 980 00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:00,700 before he came upon 981 00:24:58,164 --> 00:25:00,700 Lisa in trouble. 982 00:25:05,739 --> 00:25:07,540 - But what did Scott's 983 00:25:05,739 --> 00:25:07,540 surveillance system 984 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:08,875 have to say? 985 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,443 A completely 986 00:25:08,875 --> 00:25:10,443 different story. 987 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:12,812 - Who's the head? 988 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:12,812 - That was, uh, Mr. Pattison. 989 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:14,214 Scott Pattison. 990 00:25:12,812 --> 00:25:14,214 - No question? 991 00:25:14,214 --> 00:25:16,316 - No question at all. 992 00:25:14,214 --> 00:25:16,316 - And the time was what? 993 00:25:16,316 --> 00:25:17,917 - 8:32 AM. 994 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,754 - Not 11:30, 995 00:25:17,917 --> 00:25:20,754 8:32AM. 996 00:25:20,754 --> 00:25:23,623 and Scott Pattison is 997 00:25:20,754 --> 00:25:23,623 walking in the door. 998 00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:25,910 - You and other officers 999 00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:25,910 are looking at it 1000 00:25:25,910 --> 00:25:26,526 for the first time. 1001 00:25:25,910 --> 00:25:26,526 - Mm-hmm. 1002 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:27,761 - What do you say 1003 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:27,761 to one another? 1004 00:25:27,761 --> 00:25:29,362 - Holy cow, 1005 00:25:27,761 --> 00:25:29,362 he really did it. 1006 00:25:29,362 --> 00:25:30,630 He really killed her. 1007 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:32,599 - Fast forward 1008 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:32,599 around 10AM. 1009 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:35,769 There's Scott again, this time 1010 00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:35,769 in a change of clothes, 1011 00:25:35,769 --> 00:25:38,738 a T-shirt, and shorts, 1012 00:25:35,769 --> 00:25:38,738 talking into a cell phone 1013 00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:40,807 outside 1014 00:25:38,738 --> 00:25:40,807 the garage. 1015 00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:44,511 Zap forward again 11:40, 1016 00:25:40,807 --> 00:25:44,511 Scott has changed again, 1017 00:25:44,511 --> 00:25:46,446 back in work pants. 1018 00:25:46,446 --> 00:25:49,215 Then, at 12:10, 1019 00:25:46,446 --> 00:25:49,215 he's on the move. 1020 00:25:49,215 --> 00:25:51,384 His pickup truck 1021 00:25:49,215 --> 00:25:51,384 bats into frame. 1022 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:54,854 And off he goes to the hospital 1023 00:25:51,384 --> 00:25:54,854 with Lisa in the backseat. 1024 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,357 When Wabash County 1025 00:25:54,854 --> 00:25:57,357 prosecutor, Bill Hartley, 1026 00:25:57,357 --> 00:26:01,940 laid eyes on the video, 1027 00:25:57,357 --> 00:26:01,940 he knew he finally had a case. 1028 00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:02,262 - I got goosebumps. 1029 00:26:02,262 --> 00:26:05,298 I'm like, 1030 00:26:02,262 --> 00:26:05,298 "Oh, my goodness." 1031 00:26:05,298 --> 00:26:09,169 - In September 2009, 1032 00:26:05,298 --> 00:26:09,169 a grand jury convened, 1033 00:26:09,169 --> 00:26:13,239 and a week later, Scott Pattison 1034 00:26:09,169 --> 00:26:13,239 was indicted for murder. 1035 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:16,276 Detective Davis handcuffed Scott 1036 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:16,276 at his mom's house 1037 00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:18,778 and escorted him to 1038 00:26:16,276 --> 00:26:18,778 the Wabash County Jail. 1039 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:21,470 - You have anything 1040 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:21,470 to say, Scott? 1041 00:26:21,470 --> 00:26:23,783 - I'm not guilty. 1042 00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:26,353 - The State of Indiana 1043 00:26:23,783 --> 00:26:26,353 versus Scott Pattison 1044 00:26:26,353 --> 00:26:29,856 went to trial in 1045 00:26:26,353 --> 00:26:29,856 late October 2010. 1046 00:26:29,856 --> 00:26:34,600 The key, Prosecutor Hartley 1047 00:26:29,856 --> 00:26:34,600 told the jury, was the timeline, 1048 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,563 and Scott's own 1049 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,563 security camera video 1050 00:26:36,563 --> 00:26:38,765 was the star witness 1051 00:26:36,563 --> 00:26:38,765 against him. 1052 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,400 No cameras were 1053 00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:40,400 allowed in court, 1054 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,736 but the proceedings 1055 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,736 were audiotaped. 1056 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,511 - Hartley had brought 1057 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,511 the weight bench 1058 00:26:51,511 --> 00:26:55,181 into the courtroom and planted 1059 00:26:51,511 --> 00:26:55,181 it right before the jury. 1060 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,917 Crime scene investigator 1061 00:26:55,181 --> 00:26:57,917 Jason Page demonstrated 1062 00:26:57,917 --> 00:27:00,453 for the panel how Lisa 1063 00:26:57,917 --> 00:27:00,453 should have been able to 1064 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:02,389 wriggle out from 1065 00:27:00,453 --> 00:27:02,389 under the barbell, 1066 00:27:02,389 --> 00:27:04,124 given that she was 1067 00:27:02,389 --> 00:27:04,124 in good health 1068 00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:06,259 and the weight hadn't 1069 00:27:04,124 --> 00:27:06,259 thunked down on her throat 1070 00:27:06,259 --> 00:27:08,228 with bone-breaking force. 1071 00:27:08,228 --> 00:27:11,310 A demonstration he later 1072 00:27:08,228 --> 00:27:11,310 repeated for "Dateline." 1073 00:27:11,310 --> 00:27:12,565 First, securing the hooks. 1074 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:14,167 - How much effort 1075 00:27:12,565 --> 00:27:14,167 do you have to expend 1076 00:27:14,167 --> 00:27:15,702 to get these hooks 1077 00:27:14,167 --> 00:27:15,702 to catch again? 1078 00:27:15,702 --> 00:27:17,837 - You just have to 1079 00:27:15,702 --> 00:27:17,837 rotate your wrists. 1080 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:18,772 - And then you're 1081 00:27:17,837 --> 00:27:18,772 out of trouble? 1082 00:27:18,772 --> 00:27:20,730 - You're out of 1083 00:27:18,772 --> 00:27:20,730 trouble, yeah. 1084 00:27:20,730 --> 00:27:22,442 - Or failing that, 1085 00:27:20,730 --> 00:27:22,442 the investigator says, 1086 00:27:22,442 --> 00:27:24,770 Lisa could have 1087 00:27:22,442 --> 00:27:24,770 used her shoulder 1088 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,312 to shimmy off the bench 1089 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,312 to the side. 1090 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:28,480 - Could you wriggle out 1091 00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:28,480 from under there? 1092 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,516 - Yes, I could. 1093 00:27:29,516 --> 00:27:31,484 You do it like this. 1094 00:27:35,622 --> 00:27:38,324 - But if someone had been 1095 00:27:35,622 --> 00:27:38,324 straddling over her, 1096 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,930 sitting on her chest 1097 00:27:38,324 --> 00:27:40,930 and preventing her 1098 00:27:40,930 --> 00:27:42,796 from re-racking that bar... 1099 00:27:40,930 --> 00:27:42,796 - You're in a very bad way. 1100 00:27:42,796 --> 00:27:44,464 - You're in 1101 00:27:42,796 --> 00:27:44,464 a bad situation. 1102 00:27:44,464 --> 00:27:46,433 - Dead within thirty seconds, 1103 00:27:44,464 --> 00:27:46,433 would you guess? 1104 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:48,568 Or at least unconscious 1105 00:27:46,433 --> 00:27:48,568 within thirty seconds? 1106 00:27:48,568 --> 00:27:49,669 - I don't wanna speculate, 1107 00:27:48,568 --> 00:27:49,669 but I don't think 1108 00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:52,372 it'd take very long. 1109 00:27:52,372 --> 00:27:54,674 - If the government's theory 1110 00:27:52,372 --> 00:27:54,674 that Scott had straddled 1111 00:27:54,674 --> 00:27:56,843 his wife and killed her 1112 00:27:54,674 --> 00:27:56,843 was correct, 1113 00:27:56,843 --> 00:27:59,846 the question arose for 1114 00:27:56,843 --> 00:27:59,846 the jury, why do it? 1115 00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:02,349 The prosecutor said money 1116 00:27:59,846 --> 00:28:02,349 wasn't a small thing 1117 00:28:02,349 --> 00:28:04,718 for Scott, and divorce 1118 00:28:02,349 --> 00:28:04,718 would have cost him. 1119 00:28:04,718 --> 00:28:07,220 - He owns some nice trucks 1120 00:28:04,718 --> 00:28:07,220 and this business, 1121 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:08,521 and he's probably concerned 1122 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:08,521 that he was gonna 1123 00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:11,191 have to split some 1124 00:28:08,521 --> 00:28:11,191 of that up with Lisa. 1125 00:28:11,191 --> 00:28:13,326 - Then there was the business 1126 00:28:11,191 --> 00:28:13,326 about being dropped 1127 00:28:13,326 --> 00:28:15,295 from Lisa's 1128 00:28:13,326 --> 00:28:15,295 insurance policy, 1129 00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:18,598 his share, a quarter of 1130 00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:18,598 a million dollar windfall. 1131 00:28:18,598 --> 00:28:21,668 But investigators had 1132 00:28:18,598 --> 00:28:21,668 excavated another rich mine 1133 00:28:21,668 --> 00:28:24,704 of clues, and that had to do 1134 00:28:21,668 --> 00:28:24,704 with the other woman 1135 00:28:24,704 --> 00:28:27,574 that Scott had admitted to 1136 00:28:24,704 --> 00:28:27,574 having an affair with. 1137 00:28:27,574 --> 00:28:29,776 The jury heard Scott 1138 00:28:27,574 --> 00:28:29,776 claim it was all over 1139 00:28:29,776 --> 00:28:31,578 by the time 1140 00:28:29,776 --> 00:28:31,578 of Lisa's death. 1141 00:28:34,614 --> 00:28:37,217 - But the prosecution 1142 00:28:34,614 --> 00:28:37,217 responded that it wasn't. 1143 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:39,886 Not by a long shot. 1144 00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:42,655 And the real headline grabber 1145 00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:42,655 was that the other woman 1146 00:28:42,655 --> 00:28:45,158 was a prominent person 1147 00:28:42,655 --> 00:28:45,158 in the community. 1148 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:48,862 The former chief of staff 1149 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:48,862 to the mayor of Marion, Indiana, 1150 00:28:48,862 --> 00:28:50,897 a woman named 1151 00:28:48,862 --> 00:28:50,897 Stacy Henderson, 1152 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:53,990 the wife of 1153 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:53,990 a local police officer. 1154 00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:58,710 - In exchange for immunity, 1155 00:28:55,235 --> 00:28:58,710 Prosecutor Hartley 1156 00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:01,410 put Henderson on the stand 1157 00:28:58,710 --> 00:29:01,410 and she testified that 1158 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:02,842 she was still 1159 00:29:01,410 --> 00:29:02,842 involved with Scott 1160 00:29:02,842 --> 00:29:04,744 on the day Lisa died. 1161 00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:17,424 To underscore the point 1162 00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:17,424 in bold strokes, 1163 00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:20,460 the prosecutor introduced 1164 00:29:17,424 --> 00:29:20,460 Scott's phone records. 1165 00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:22,762 The logs reveal 1166 00:29:20,460 --> 00:29:22,762 that on July 2nd, 1167 00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,732 the day of Lisa's death, 1168 00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,732 Scott and Stacy, 1169 00:29:25,732 --> 00:29:28,635 who was away on vacation, 1170 00:29:25,732 --> 00:29:28,635 exchanged no fewer 1171 00:29:28,635 --> 00:29:32,872 than 130 text messages. 1172 00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:36,209 Plotting those lovers' calls 1173 00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:36,209 and texts on a timeline, 1174 00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:38,712 and you see that not only 1175 00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:38,712 is Stacy the person 1176 00:29:38,712 --> 00:29:41,247 on the receiving end 1177 00:29:38,712 --> 00:29:41,247 of Scott's 10:00 AM call 1178 00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:44,840 seen on that security cam 1179 00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:44,840 video, but she's also 1180 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,186 getting a text message 1181 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:46,186 from Scott 1182 00:29:46,186 --> 00:29:48,188 that's three characters long, 1183 00:29:48,188 --> 00:29:51,191 while he's at the wheel driving 1184 00:29:48,188 --> 00:29:51,191 his dead, or dying wife 1185 00:29:51,191 --> 00:29:52,525 to the hospital. 1186 00:29:52,525 --> 00:29:53,760 - To me, that was huge 1187 00:29:52,525 --> 00:29:53,760 that, you know, 1188 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,930 here he is driving his wife 1189 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,930 to the hospital, 1190 00:29:56,930 --> 00:29:58,264 but he's got 1191 00:29:56,930 --> 00:29:58,264 the state of mind 1192 00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:02,836 to think about his girlfriend 1193 00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:02,836 and send her a text message. 1194 00:30:02,836 --> 00:30:04,270 - So there it was. 1195 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:06,272 A divorce in which Scott 1196 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:06,272 would likely lose 1197 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:08,908 part of his business, 1198 00:30:06,272 --> 00:30:08,908 a life insurance policy 1199 00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:12,545 from which he'd gain a bundle, 1200 00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:12,545 and a continuing relationship 1201 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:14,581 with a girlfriend 1202 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:14,581 with whom he seemed 1203 00:30:14,581 --> 00:30:16,883 still very much involved. 1204 00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:19,486 Add up the circumstantial 1205 00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:19,486 pieces of this puzzle, 1206 00:30:19,486 --> 00:30:22,822 Hartley said, and Lisa's 1207 00:30:19,486 --> 00:30:22,822 death was no accident. 1208 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:24,691 It was now 1209 00:30:22,822 --> 00:30:24,691 the defense's opportunity 1210 00:30:24,691 --> 00:30:26,192 to chip away 1211 00:30:24,691 --> 00:30:26,192 at the case. 1212 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:27,193 - Scott, do you have 1213 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:27,193 anything to say? 1214 00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:28,328 - No, not at this time. 1215 00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:30,397 - Did you kill Lisa? 1216 00:30:28,328 --> 00:30:30,397 - No, I did not. 1217 00:30:30,397 --> 00:30:33,299 - How can you prove 1218 00:30:30,397 --> 00:30:33,299 you're innocent? 1219 00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:35,435 - Time will tell. 1220 00:30:35,435 --> 00:30:37,203 - Coming up, 1221 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,807 at trial, the defense 1222 00:30:37,203 --> 00:30:40,807 comes out swinging. 1223 00:30:40,807 --> 00:30:44,611 - There was no physical 1224 00:30:40,807 --> 00:30:44,611 evidence that proved to me 1225 00:30:44,611 --> 00:30:47,130 that Scott Pattison 1226 00:30:44,611 --> 00:30:47,130 murdered his wife. 1227 00:30:47,113 --> 00:31:03,630 - In Wabash, Indiana, the 1228 00:30:47,113 --> 00:31:03,630 Scott Pattison murder trial 1229 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,665 was riveting stuff-- 1230 00:31:05,665 --> 00:31:07,901 A bizarre alleged 1231 00:31:05,665 --> 00:31:07,901 murder weapon, 1232 00:31:07,901 --> 00:31:09,903 damning security cam pics 1233 00:31:09,903 --> 00:31:11,604 thought not to have 1234 00:31:09,903 --> 00:31:11,604 been recorded, 1235 00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:14,207 and a prominent other woman 1236 00:31:11,604 --> 00:31:14,207 on the receiving end 1237 00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:16,910 of a blaze of calls and texts 1238 00:31:14,207 --> 00:31:16,910 from the accused 1239 00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:19,346 on the day of 1240 00:31:16,910 --> 00:31:19,346 the wife's death. 1241 00:31:19,346 --> 00:31:22,649 Now the defense, led by veteran 1242 00:31:19,346 --> 00:31:22,649 attorney Stanley Campbell, 1243 00:31:22,649 --> 00:31:24,617 had a small 1244 00:31:22,649 --> 00:31:24,617 mountain to climb. 1245 00:31:24,617 --> 00:31:27,153 The team started with 1246 00:31:24,617 --> 00:31:27,153 the illicit girlfriend, 1247 00:31:27,153 --> 00:31:28,555 Stacy Henderson-- 1248 00:31:28,555 --> 00:31:32,826 A fling, the defense contended, 1249 00:31:28,555 --> 00:31:32,826 not a romance for the ages. 1250 00:31:32,826 --> 00:31:34,260 - There was no evidence 1251 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:37,731 that Mr. Pattison was thinking 1252 00:31:34,260 --> 00:31:37,731 about killing his wife 1253 00:31:37,731 --> 00:31:39,432 or that he was going 1254 00:31:37,731 --> 00:31:39,432 to kill his wife 1255 00:31:39,432 --> 00:31:41,100 for this other woman. 1256 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,937 - So what about that 1257 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,937 flurry of text messages? 1258 00:31:43,937 --> 00:31:47,107 Just routine chitchat, 1259 00:31:43,937 --> 00:31:47,107 Henderson told the prosecutor. 1260 00:31:47,107 --> 00:31:49,876 And the three character 1261 00:31:47,107 --> 00:31:49,876 texts sent by Scott 1262 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:53,130 as he drove to the hospital, 1263 00:31:49,876 --> 00:31:53,130 that was benign too. 1264 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:00,653 Simply, she suggested, 1265 00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:02,922 Scott's way of signaling 1266 00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:02,922 to someone he loved 1267 00:32:02,922 --> 00:32:04,724 that he was under duress. 1268 00:32:04,724 --> 00:32:07,660 The phone call at 10 AM, 1269 00:32:04,724 --> 00:32:07,660 him to her, 1270 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:09,562 and seen on the 1271 00:32:07,660 --> 00:32:09,562 surveillance video, 1272 00:32:09,562 --> 00:32:11,931 was, Henderson said, 1273 00:32:09,562 --> 00:32:11,931 more of the same-- 1274 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:14,300 Just checking in on each 1275 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:14,300 other's day so far. 1276 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:23,843 As for the divorce, 1277 00:32:20,540 --> 00:32:23,843 maybe it was on hold, 1278 00:32:23,843 --> 00:32:25,679 just as Scott 1279 00:32:23,843 --> 00:32:25,679 had told the cops. 1280 00:32:25,679 --> 00:32:28,882 A retainer fee for Lisa's 1281 00:32:25,679 --> 00:32:28,882 attorney had been returned 1282 00:32:28,882 --> 00:32:30,216 to her bank account. 1283 00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:33,653 And about Scott being taken 1284 00:32:30,216 --> 00:32:33,653 off her insurance policy, 1285 00:32:33,653 --> 00:32:36,456 the defense claims Scott 1286 00:32:33,653 --> 00:32:36,456 knew nothing of that 1287 00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:40,260 until the son, Dillion, told him 1288 00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:40,260 hours after Lisa had died. 1289 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:41,728 Not being husband 1290 00:32:40,260 --> 00:32:41,728 of the year 1291 00:32:41,728 --> 00:32:43,530 with any of this 1292 00:32:41,728 --> 00:32:43,530 kind of evidence, 1293 00:32:43,530 --> 00:32:45,331 but nothing to say 1294 00:32:43,530 --> 00:32:45,331 that he was a killer. 1295 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:48,134 - Nothing to say he 1296 00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:48,134 was a killer, no. 1297 00:32:48,134 --> 00:32:49,903 - So if you're the defense, 1298 00:32:48,134 --> 00:32:49,903 what do you do 1299 00:32:49,903 --> 00:32:51,371 about the weight bench? 1300 00:32:51,371 --> 00:32:52,972 The defense team maintained 1301 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,575 that the police had never 1302 00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,575 understood the difficulty 1303 00:32:55,575 --> 00:32:57,377 of getting out from 1304 00:32:55,575 --> 00:32:57,377 beneath its grip. 1305 00:32:57,377 --> 00:32:59,512 Sure, a fit state trooper 1306 00:32:57,377 --> 00:32:59,512 could wriggle out 1307 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:02,749 from beneath 105 pounds, 1308 00:32:59,512 --> 00:33:02,749 but what about Lisa, 1309 00:33:02,749 --> 00:33:05,510 someone not used to 1310 00:33:02,749 --> 00:33:05,510 working out with weights? 1311 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:07,153 Maybe she was overtired 1312 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:07,153 or disoriented. 1313 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:10,690 Plus, accidental asphyxiation 1314 00:33:07,153 --> 00:33:10,690 is not unheard of 1315 00:33:10,690 --> 00:33:12,292 on these kinds 1316 00:33:10,690 --> 00:33:12,292 of machines. 1317 00:33:12,292 --> 00:33:14,327 The defense had referenced 1318 00:33:12,292 --> 00:33:14,327 a case in Iowa 1319 00:33:14,327 --> 00:33:16,329 of a young boy there 1320 00:33:14,327 --> 00:33:16,329 working out alone, 1321 00:33:16,329 --> 00:33:18,331 very similar 1322 00:33:16,329 --> 00:33:18,331 kind of equipment. 1323 00:33:18,331 --> 00:33:20,734 He suffocated. 1324 00:33:18,331 --> 00:33:20,734 An accidental death. 1325 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:31,711 - And in that Iowa case, 1326 00:33:31,711 --> 00:33:34,614 the safety stops had not 1327 00:33:31,711 --> 00:33:34,614 been secured in place, 1328 00:33:34,614 --> 00:33:37,250 just as they hadn't 1329 00:33:34,614 --> 00:33:37,250 on the Pattison machine. 1330 00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:38,885 The defense moved on. 1331 00:33:38,885 --> 00:33:41,755 It would call 1332 00:33:38,885 --> 00:33:41,755 its own expert witness, 1333 00:33:41,755 --> 00:33:45,191 a medical examiner from 1334 00:33:41,755 --> 00:33:45,191 Kentucky named Dr. Greg Davis, 1335 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:47,127 to give 1336 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:47,127 a counter explanation 1337 00:33:47,127 --> 00:33:49,629 for that minute 1338 00:33:47,127 --> 00:33:49,629 bruising with a funny name, 1339 00:33:49,629 --> 00:33:51,164 the petechiae. 1340 00:33:51,164 --> 00:33:53,990 - You thought maybe it 1341 00:33:51,164 --> 00:33:53,990 wasn't petechiae at all? 1342 00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:54,100 - That's correct. 1343 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,169 - After reviewing the 1344 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:56,169 autopsy photos, 1345 00:33:56,169 --> 00:33:59,205 Dr. Davis concluded the bruises 1346 00:33:56,169 --> 00:33:59,205 weren't petechiae 1347 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:02,375 caused by someone straddling 1348 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:02,375 Lisa when she died, 1349 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:04,744 but rather bruises 1350 00:34:02,375 --> 00:34:04,744 that occur naturally 1351 00:34:04,744 --> 00:34:07,800 when blood pools 1352 00:34:04,744 --> 00:34:07,800 after death. 1353 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:08,581 - Purple areas 1354 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:08,581 of discoloration 1355 00:34:08,581 --> 00:34:10,949 that can be easily 1356 00:34:08,581 --> 00:34:10,949 mistaken for petechiae, 1357 00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:13,953 but they're actually caused 1358 00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:13,953 by a different mechanism. 1359 00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:16,289 - And the same witness 1360 00:34:13,953 --> 00:34:16,289 offered a different picture 1361 00:34:16,289 --> 00:34:18,591 of the murder scenario. 1362 00:34:18,591 --> 00:34:21,226 Had Scott Pattison indeed 1363 00:34:18,591 --> 00:34:21,226 been on top of Lisa, 1364 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,496 pressing that bar down 1365 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,496 onto her throat, 1366 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:26,266 Dr. Davis said he would have 1367 00:34:23,496 --> 00:34:26,266 expected to see 1368 00:34:26,266 --> 00:34:28,768 more significant damage 1369 00:34:26,266 --> 00:34:28,768 to her neck. 1370 00:34:28,768 --> 00:34:30,503 - I would expect to see 1371 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:32,505 a fracture of that 1372 00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:32,505 cartilage right here, 1373 00:34:32,505 --> 00:34:34,741 the Adam's apple, 1374 00:34:32,505 --> 00:34:34,741 more injury. 1375 00:34:34,741 --> 00:34:37,110 - And the defense 1376 00:34:34,741 --> 00:34:37,110 introduced a new theme. 1377 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:40,213 They talked to the jurors 1378 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:40,213 about a toxicology report 1379 00:34:40,213 --> 00:34:42,716 that showed that Lisa had 1380 00:34:40,213 --> 00:34:42,716 what the defense characterized 1381 00:34:42,716 --> 00:34:45,552 as a dangerous cocktail 1382 00:34:42,716 --> 00:34:45,552 of drugs in her system, 1383 00:34:45,552 --> 00:34:47,821 particularly a diet drug 1384 00:34:45,552 --> 00:34:47,821 that's known 1385 00:34:47,821 --> 00:34:50,389 to sometimes produce side 1386 00:34:47,821 --> 00:34:50,389 effects like fainting spells 1387 00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:52,292 and irregular heartbeats. 1388 00:34:52,292 --> 00:34:53,760 Lisa, the defense said, 1389 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,795 had three times 1390 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,795 the therapeutic amount 1391 00:34:55,795 --> 00:34:57,731 of that drug in her system. 1392 00:34:57,731 --> 00:35:00,667 - She's already exerting 1393 00:34:57,731 --> 00:35:00,667 herself heart pounding. 1394 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:03,360 Um, that could tip 1395 00:35:00,667 --> 00:35:03,360 her over the edge, 1396 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,772 and at that point, the bar 1397 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:05,772 comes down on her neck. 1398 00:35:05,772 --> 00:35:07,474 It could take anywhere 1399 00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:10,210 from just a few seconds 1400 00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:10,210 at that point 1401 00:35:10,210 --> 00:35:12,450 for unconsciousness 1402 00:35:10,210 --> 00:35:12,450 to occur. 1403 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:13,780 - That quick? 1404 00:35:12,450 --> 00:35:13,780 - That quickly. 1405 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:15,949 - The conclusion from 1406 00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:15,949 the expert witness-- 1407 00:35:15,949 --> 00:35:18,885 Lisa Pattison's death 1408 00:35:15,949 --> 00:35:18,885 is not a homicide, 1409 00:35:18,885 --> 00:35:22,550 but one of 1410 00:35:18,885 --> 00:35:22,550 an undetermined cause. 1411 00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:25,558 - There was no physical 1412 00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:25,558 evidence that proved to me 1413 00:35:25,558 --> 00:35:27,861 that Scott Pattison 1414 00:35:25,558 --> 00:35:27,861 murdered his wife. 1415 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:30,697 - But what about the 1416 00:35:27,861 --> 00:35:30,697 defense's biggest obstacle, 1417 00:35:30,697 --> 00:35:33,500 that damning 1418 00:35:30,697 --> 00:35:33,500 surveillance cam video? 1419 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,403 They conceded that Scott 1420 00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:36,403 had lied to the police 1421 00:35:36,403 --> 00:35:39,372 about not coming home 1422 00:35:36,403 --> 00:35:39,372 'til 11:30 in the morning. 1423 00:35:39,372 --> 00:35:41,541 His rationale, 1424 00:35:39,372 --> 00:35:41,541 said the defense, 1425 00:35:41,541 --> 00:35:43,610 was that Scott knew 1426 00:35:41,541 --> 00:35:43,610 right away 1427 00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:45,712 that husbands 1428 00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:45,712 with suddenly-dead wives 1429 00:35:45,712 --> 00:35:48,682 always looked suspicious 1430 00:35:45,712 --> 00:35:48,682 in police eyes, 1431 00:35:48,682 --> 00:35:50,830 so he simply panicked 1432 00:35:50,830 --> 00:35:53,787 and made the bad choice 1433 00:35:50,830 --> 00:35:53,787 of lying about his timeline. 1434 00:35:53,787 --> 00:35:56,890 But a liar, argued the 1435 00:35:53,787 --> 00:35:56,890 defense, isn't a killer. 1436 00:35:56,890 --> 00:36:00,293 - The fact that he was there 1437 00:35:56,890 --> 00:36:00,293 doesn't necessarily mean 1438 00:36:00,293 --> 00:36:02,429 that he was responsible 1439 00:36:00,293 --> 00:36:02,429 for her death. 1440 00:36:02,429 --> 00:36:03,930 - You know, as a lot of 1441 00:36:02,429 --> 00:36:03,930 people look at this case, 1442 00:36:03,930 --> 00:36:05,832 they ask themselves the 1443 00:36:03,930 --> 00:36:05,832 question they might have asked 1444 00:36:05,832 --> 00:36:08,868 of Richard Nixon-- why didn't 1445 00:36:05,832 --> 00:36:08,868 you destroy the tapes? 1446 00:36:08,868 --> 00:36:10,503 - [chuckles] 1447 00:36:10,503 --> 00:36:13,773 - Well, maybe the answer 1448 00:36:10,503 --> 00:36:13,773 is that, uh, 1449 00:36:13,773 --> 00:36:16,309 if you haven't, uh, done 1450 00:36:13,773 --> 00:36:16,309 anything wrong, 1451 00:36:16,309 --> 00:36:18,440 you don't have 1452 00:36:16,309 --> 00:36:18,440 any concern or fear 1453 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,347 about what's 1454 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,347 gonna be on the tapes. 1455 00:36:20,347 --> 00:36:22,749 - And by the way, wouldn't 1456 00:36:20,347 --> 00:36:22,749 you think that Lisa, 1457 00:36:22,749 --> 00:36:24,718 fighting for her life, 1458 00:36:22,749 --> 00:36:24,718 would have been able 1459 00:36:24,718 --> 00:36:27,487 to put some scratches 1460 00:36:24,718 --> 00:36:27,487 or marks on Scott? 1461 00:36:27,487 --> 00:36:28,555 And there were none. 1462 00:36:28,555 --> 00:36:31,257 Add it all up, 1463 00:36:28,555 --> 00:36:31,257 the defense concluded, 1464 00:36:31,257 --> 00:36:33,493 and you've got 1465 00:36:31,257 --> 00:36:33,493 reasonable doubt. 1466 00:36:33,493 --> 00:36:35,195 The prosecution's case, 1467 00:36:35,195 --> 00:36:38,131 little more than 1468 00:36:35,195 --> 00:36:38,131 theory and speculation. 1469 00:36:38,131 --> 00:36:40,660 The case went to the jurors. 1470 00:36:40,660 --> 00:36:41,434 They took a straw poll 1471 00:36:41,434 --> 00:36:43,436 and were surprised 1472 00:36:41,434 --> 00:36:43,436 to find themselves 1473 00:36:43,436 --> 00:36:45,338 split seven to five. 1474 00:36:47,574 --> 00:36:50,760 - That's a big gap. 1475 00:36:47,574 --> 00:36:50,760 - It was huge. 1476 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,280 - The jury conducts its own 1477 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,280 experiment with the weight bench 1478 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,685 when "Dateline: Secrets 1479 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,685 Uncovered" continues. 1480 00:37:08,428 --> 00:37:11,364 * 1481 00:37:08,428 --> 00:37:11,364 - After three weeks 1482 00:37:08,428 --> 00:37:11,364 and nearly 30 witnesses, 1483 00:37:11,364 --> 00:37:13,233 the case against 1484 00:37:11,364 --> 00:37:13,233 Scott Pattison 1485 00:37:13,233 --> 00:37:16,269 was finally in the hands 1486 00:37:13,233 --> 00:37:16,269 of the jury. 1487 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:18,471 Either they believed 1488 00:37:16,269 --> 00:37:18,471 the defense's version, 1489 00:37:18,471 --> 00:37:20,607 that Lisa Pattison's death 1490 00:37:18,471 --> 00:37:20,607 on a weight bench 1491 00:37:20,607 --> 00:37:22,750 was a horrible accident, 1492 00:37:22,750 --> 00:37:24,611 or they were convinced 1493 00:37:22,750 --> 00:37:24,611 beyond a reasonable doubt 1494 00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:26,513 that the defendant 1495 00:37:24,611 --> 00:37:26,513 killed his wife 1496 00:37:26,513 --> 00:37:29,549 by suffocating her 1497 00:37:26,513 --> 00:37:29,549 with a barbell. 1498 00:37:29,549 --> 00:37:33,253 Upstairs in the jury room, 1499 00:37:29,549 --> 00:37:33,253 tense deliberations began. 1500 00:37:33,253 --> 00:37:35,722 - It was like, 1501 00:37:33,253 --> 00:37:35,722 "Game on. It's time." 1502 00:37:35,722 --> 00:37:37,424 "You've got this. 1503 00:37:35,722 --> 00:37:37,424 It's your decision." 1504 00:37:37,424 --> 00:37:41,610 - We spoke with four from 1505 00:37:37,424 --> 00:37:41,610 Pattison's 12-member jury. 1506 00:37:41,610 --> 00:37:43,897 Their first order of business, 1507 00:37:41,610 --> 00:37:43,897 a straw vote. 1508 00:37:43,897 --> 00:37:47,133 Foreman Larry Vaughn was 1509 00:37:43,897 --> 00:37:47,133 stunned by the results. 1510 00:37:47,133 --> 00:37:48,535 - Seven to five. 1511 00:37:47,133 --> 00:37:48,535 - Wow, big split. 1512 00:37:48,535 --> 00:37:50,737 - And that shocked me. 1513 00:37:48,535 --> 00:37:50,737 That shocked me. 1514 00:37:50,737 --> 00:37:53,373 - That's a-that's a big gap. 1515 00:37:50,737 --> 00:37:53,373 - It was huge. 1516 00:37:53,373 --> 00:37:55,709 - Seven guilty, five not. 1517 00:37:55,709 --> 00:37:57,477 For those in 1518 00:37:55,709 --> 00:37:57,477 the guilty camp, 1519 00:37:57,477 --> 00:37:59,379 the pivotal piece 1520 00:37:57,477 --> 00:37:59,379 of evidence, they say, 1521 00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:00,914 was the surveillance tape-- 1522 00:38:00,914 --> 00:38:02,916 Scott at home 1523 00:38:00,914 --> 00:38:02,916 when Lisa died, 1524 00:38:02,916 --> 00:38:05,585 then lying about his day 1525 00:38:02,916 --> 00:38:05,585 to the police. 1526 00:38:05,585 --> 00:38:08,755 But those voting not guilty, 1527 00:38:05,585 --> 00:38:08,755 like Juror Dan Ford, 1528 00:38:08,755 --> 00:38:10,290 weren't convinced. 1529 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:13,493 - Okay, that makes him a liar, 1530 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:13,493 not necessarily a murderer. 1531 00:38:13,493 --> 00:38:17,397 - The jurors did agree on 1532 00:38:13,493 --> 00:38:17,397 one thing-- Stacy Henderson. 1533 00:38:17,397 --> 00:38:18,798 To the jury's eyes, 1534 00:38:18,798 --> 00:38:21,368 Scott Pattison was still 1535 00:38:18,798 --> 00:38:21,368 very much smitten. 1536 00:38:21,368 --> 00:38:23,136 - One of the questions was, 1537 00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:24,804 "Are you still 1538 00:38:23,136 --> 00:38:24,804 in love with Scott?" 1539 00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:28,174 And when she said no, 1540 00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:28,174 and I watched Scott's reaction, 1541 00:38:28,174 --> 00:38:29,809 he was devastated. 1542 00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:32,145 - But as for those 1543 00:38:29,809 --> 00:38:32,145 petechiae bruises 1544 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:34,914 the prosecution thought 1545 00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:34,914 so critical to its case, 1546 00:38:34,914 --> 00:38:37,183 for the jury, 1547 00:38:34,914 --> 00:38:37,183 not so much. 1548 00:38:37,183 --> 00:38:40,587 - The petechiae just didn't 1549 00:38:37,183 --> 00:38:40,587 do it for me either way. 1550 00:38:40,587 --> 00:38:43,623 - Granted, it was there, um, 1551 00:38:40,587 --> 00:38:43,623 very hard for us to see. 1552 00:38:43,623 --> 00:38:46,593 - As the jurors debated, 1553 00:38:43,623 --> 00:38:46,593 the absence of evidence 1554 00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:49,362 placing Scott in 1555 00:38:46,593 --> 00:38:49,362 the workout room with his wife 1556 00:38:49,362 --> 00:38:51,898 kept them locked 1557 00:38:49,362 --> 00:38:51,898 in a near-even balance. 1558 00:38:51,898 --> 00:38:53,166 - There was no smoking gun. 1559 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,901 No witnesses 1560 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:54,901 saw this happen. 1561 00:38:54,901 --> 00:38:58,738 Um, it depended on us 1562 00:38:54,901 --> 00:38:58,738 making what we thought 1563 00:38:58,738 --> 00:39:00,600 was the right decision. 1564 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,242 - Eight hours of 1565 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,242 deliberations, however, 1566 00:39:02,242 --> 00:39:05,110 swayed one side to 1567 00:39:02,242 --> 00:39:05,110 agree with the other. 1568 00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:08,148 Word came down that a verdict 1569 00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:08,148 had been reached. 1570 00:39:08,148 --> 00:39:09,883 Lisa's sister, Christine, 1571 00:39:09,883 --> 00:39:13,219 held hands with family 1572 00:39:09,883 --> 00:39:13,219 in the first row, praying. 1573 00:39:13,219 --> 00:39:16,790 - And I just kept envisioning 1574 00:39:13,219 --> 00:39:16,790 the word guilty in my mind. 1575 00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:18,240 It's gotta be guilty. 1576 00:39:27,330 --> 00:39:28,768 - Guilty as charged. 1577 00:39:28,768 --> 00:39:31,671 Lisa's family couldn't 1578 00:39:28,768 --> 00:39:31,671 hold back the tears. 1579 00:39:31,671 --> 00:39:33,206 - We just couldn't stop. 1580 00:39:33,206 --> 00:39:35,375 We were just 1581 00:39:33,206 --> 00:39:35,375 weeping of relief. 1582 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:38,511 - Scott hung his head when 1583 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:38,511 the verdict was read 1584 00:39:38,511 --> 00:39:40,513 and remained silent, 1585 00:39:38,511 --> 00:39:40,513 stone faced, 1586 00:39:40,513 --> 00:39:42,749 as he was escorted 1587 00:39:40,513 --> 00:39:42,749 back to jail. 1588 00:39:42,749 --> 00:39:44,718 - Scott, do you have 1589 00:39:42,749 --> 00:39:44,718 anything at all to say? 1590 00:39:44,718 --> 00:39:47,530 - Jurors said 1591 00:39:44,718 --> 00:39:47,530 the foremost factor 1592 00:39:47,530 --> 00:39:48,388 that bridged the divide 1593 00:39:48,388 --> 00:39:51,191 was an experiment they 1594 00:39:48,388 --> 00:39:51,191 conducted in the courtroom. 1595 00:39:51,191 --> 00:39:52,559 They asked the judge 1596 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,894 if they could reexamine 1597 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,894 the weight bench. 1598 00:39:54,894 --> 00:39:57,597 One of the female jurors 1599 00:39:54,894 --> 00:39:57,597 agreed to play Lisa. 1600 00:39:57,597 --> 00:39:59,866 They wanted to know how 1601 00:39:57,597 --> 00:39:59,866 easy it would be 1602 00:39:59,866 --> 00:40:02,502 for her to wriggle out 1603 00:39:59,866 --> 00:40:02,502 from beneath that bar. 1604 00:40:02,502 --> 00:40:04,204 - It wasn't two seconds 1605 00:40:02,502 --> 00:40:04,204 and she was out. 1606 00:40:04,204 --> 00:40:07,374 And then we said, "Okay, one 1607 00:40:04,204 --> 00:40:07,374 of you ladies straddle her, 1608 00:40:07,374 --> 00:40:08,608 "and let's do 1609 00:40:07,374 --> 00:40:08,608 the same thing". 1610 00:40:08,608 --> 00:40:10,477 And she couldn't move. 1611 00:40:10,477 --> 00:40:13,580 - Lisa Pattison had died 1612 00:40:10,477 --> 00:40:13,580 on a hot July morning. 1613 00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:15,582 Now on a cold December day, 1614 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:17,751 Scott Pattison 1615 00:40:15,582 --> 00:40:17,751 was sentenced. 1616 00:40:17,751 --> 00:40:21,454 The judge cited unusual harm 1617 00:40:17,751 --> 00:40:21,454 to Lisa's son, Dillon, 1618 00:40:21,454 --> 00:40:25,258 in giving Scott an enhanced 1619 00:40:21,454 --> 00:40:25,258 sentence of 60 years. 1620 00:40:34,401 --> 00:40:36,269 - Scott left the 1621 00:40:34,401 --> 00:40:36,269 courtroom defiant 1622 00:40:36,269 --> 00:40:38,805 and pledged 1623 00:40:36,269 --> 00:40:38,805 continued silence. 1624 00:40:38,805 --> 00:40:40,907 - Scott, do you have 1625 00:40:38,805 --> 00:40:40,907 anything to say? 1626 00:40:40,907 --> 00:40:43,643 - A wise man needs to know 1627 00:40:40,907 --> 00:40:43,643 to keep his mouth shut, 1628 00:40:43,643 --> 00:40:45,378 so that's what 1629 00:40:43,643 --> 00:40:45,378 I'm gonna do. 1630 00:40:45,378 --> 00:40:49,849 - Scott declined "Dateline"'s 1631 00:40:45,378 --> 00:40:49,849 request for an interview. 1632 00:40:49,849 --> 00:40:53,119 The beauty from all 1633 00:40:49,849 --> 00:40:53,119 those years ago is gone. 1634 00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:55,210 The friends and family 1635 00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:55,210 who toasted them 1636 00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:57,991 are left to reflect on whether 1637 00:40:55,210 --> 00:40:57,991 her life's companion 1638 00:40:57,991 --> 00:41:01,428 really was the beast 1639 00:40:57,991 --> 00:41:01,428 in more than just costume. 1640 00:41:01,428 --> 00:41:03,363 Was the last face she saw 1641 00:41:03,363 --> 00:41:05,598 that of her husband 1642 00:41:03,363 --> 00:41:05,598 looming over her, 1643 00:41:05,598 --> 00:41:08,435 easing that bar 1644 00:41:05,598 --> 00:41:08,435 down onto her throat? 1645 00:41:08,435 --> 00:41:10,670 - I hope not. 1646 00:41:08,435 --> 00:41:10,670 I hope not. 1647 00:41:10,670 --> 00:41:13,940 I hope that's not 1648 00:41:10,670 --> 00:41:13,940 the last thought she had 1649 00:41:13,940 --> 00:41:16,760 of someone 1650 00:41:13,940 --> 00:41:16,760 that she loved, 1651 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,445 someone that she 1652 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,445 thought loved her, 1653 00:41:18,445 --> 00:41:22,182 someone that she 1654 00:41:18,445 --> 00:41:22,182 was loyal to. 1655 00:41:22,182 --> 00:41:24,517 - In the months following 1656 00:41:22,182 --> 00:41:24,517 Lisa's murder, 1657 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:27,520 her son, Dillon, had to come 1658 00:41:24,517 --> 00:41:27,520 to terms as best he could 1659 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,356 with that terrible day 1660 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:32,392 and the man he 1661 00:41:29,356 --> 00:41:32,392 once called "dad." 1662 00:41:32,392 --> 00:41:34,694 - You believe Scott Pattison 1663 00:41:32,392 --> 00:41:34,694 murdered your mother? 1664 00:41:34,694 --> 00:41:35,829 - I do. 1665 00:41:35,829 --> 00:41:37,464 - Pressed that bar 1666 00:41:35,829 --> 00:41:37,464 into her throat? 1667 00:41:37,464 --> 00:41:40,633 - Yes, sir. 1668 00:41:37,464 --> 00:41:40,633 - Why? 1669 00:41:40,633 --> 00:41:43,570 - Greed. Money. 1670 00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:45,538 - Stuff that really means 1671 00:41:43,570 --> 00:41:45,538 nothing in the end. 1672 00:41:45,538 --> 00:41:48,108 - Stuff that means nothing. 1673 00:41:48,108 --> 00:41:51,678 - Dillon, by all accounts, 1674 00:41:48,108 --> 00:41:51,678 is doing well. 1675 00:41:51,678 --> 00:41:53,646 With the steady support 1676 00:41:51,678 --> 00:41:53,646 of friends 1677 00:41:53,646 --> 00:41:56,282 and his mother's family, 1678 00:41:53,646 --> 00:41:56,282 he's doing his best 1679 00:41:56,282 --> 00:41:59,386 to navigate life 1680 00:41:56,282 --> 00:41:59,386 without his guiding star. 1681 00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:02,756 - The worst part is not 1682 00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:02,756 hearing I love you from her 1683 00:42:02,756 --> 00:42:05,592 and not hearing her 1684 00:42:02,756 --> 00:42:05,592 words of encouragement. 1685 00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:07,527 You know, "Hey, you're 1686 00:42:05,592 --> 00:42:07,527 an awesome kid. 1687 00:42:07,527 --> 00:42:09,362 "I love you. 1688 00:42:07,527 --> 00:42:09,362 Keep up the good work." 1689 00:42:09,362 --> 00:42:11,331 - What's he stolen from you? 1690 00:42:11,331 --> 00:42:16,569 - My precious Lisa. 1691 00:42:11,331 --> 00:42:16,569 Just her smile. 1692 00:42:16,569 --> 00:42:18,705 She would call me, 1693 00:42:16,569 --> 00:42:18,705 you know, 1694 00:42:18,705 --> 00:42:21,908 every morning 1695 00:42:18,705 --> 00:42:21,908 and say, "Hi, Mom". 1696 00:42:21,908 --> 00:42:25,612 He took that away from me. 1697 00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:27,814 So-- And just 1698 00:42:25,612 --> 00:42:27,814 our whole family, 1699 00:42:27,814 --> 00:42:29,983 it's not complete 1700 00:42:27,814 --> 00:42:29,983 without her. 1701 00:42:29,983 --> 00:42:32,385 - There will always 1702 00:42:29,983 --> 00:42:32,385 be an empty chair 1703 00:42:32,385 --> 00:42:34,870 at the family table. 1704 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:39,159 Only images of the smile 1705 00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:39,159 and memories remain. 1706 00:42:39,159 --> 00:42:40,326 - And that's all 1707 00:42:40,326 --> 00:42:43,263 for this edition of 1708 00:42:40,326 --> 00:42:43,263 "Dateline: Secrets Uncovered". 1709 00:42:43,263 --> 00:42:45,799 I'm Craig Melvin. 1710 00:42:43,263 --> 00:42:45,799 Thank you for watching.