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It's been a pretty good day.

Much better than yesterday, thank God.

No, my anxiety hasn't flared up too
much.

Oh, really?

After a quiet day at home, 42 -year -old
Dana McKay settles in for the night.

Dana's husband, John, has been away for
nearly a week, visiting family in New

York. I miss you, too.

Hold on.

Oh, my mom's on the other line.

I gotta go.

I love you, too.

I knew that John was out of town, and I
called her to make sure that she was

okay before I went to bed.

Hi, Mama.

I'm okay.

I don't know. Something's off. She said,
things don't feel right.

And I said, well, just make sure that
your doors are locked.

I will.

I promise.

Yes.

I love you, too.

Good night.

Don?

Dana, this is my fourth message.

Where are you?

Sarah Pearson hasn't heard from her
daughter, Dana, in almost 24 hours.

She would call home every day, sometimes
three or four times a day. I'm worried.

I said, Dana, you're scaring me. Call me
as soon as you can.

Sarah lives more than 600 miles from her
daughter, so she calls Dana's neighbor

to check in.

Hello?

Sarah Pearson, Dana's mom.

Oh, hi, Mrs. Pearson. How have you been?

Not good, actually.

Have you seen Dana out at all today?

I haven't seen her. Is something wrong?

She's not answering her phone.

John's out of town, and I'm getting
worried.

Can you go over and check on her for me?

Sure. I'll go right over.

Oh, thanks.

And so I waited and waited and waited.

Dana?

Dana, are you home?

Your mom's been trying to reach you all
day.

Dana?

Oh, my God.

Once she entered the residence, it
appeared to be disorderly papers and

had been moved around that was very
unusual.

Dana, are you in there?

Dana?

Oh, my God.

Police quickly swarm the McKay home and
secure the property.

Dear God.

Unbelievable.

I've been a police officer quite a few
years, and I've been to quite a few

homicide scenes, and this is probably
one of the most brutal I've ever seen.

It was a very violent scene.

The way they came through the door, the
killer had a full head of steam.

The door jamb is broken.

She didn't give up without a fight. It
was defensive wounds on her hands.

So I'm gutting a large knife.

Officer, I need you to get someone to go
through the kitchen. I want to see if

the killer found his weapon here or if
he brought it with him.

Yes, sir. Has anyone got a hold of the
husband yet?

Neighbor says he's been out of town for
a week or so. Keep trying to track him

down. We need to talk to him ASAP.

Now, the investigators, they don't
really know what to think because this

nice neighborhood, so they're really in
shock.

Let's get some officers to start a sweep
of the neighborhood.

I want you to find everything you can
about Miss Dana McKay. Copy.

I'm telling you, Dana, this was our
year. I can feel it. I can smell the

Bowl coming.

37 -year -old Dana Patterson is living
with her mother, Sarah, and stepfather,

Stephen, in her hometown of Calhoun,
Georgia.

Dana was lovable.

She had such a kind heart.

Loved to be with friends.

She was a girly girl. She loved her
makeup. She always liked to get her hair

done.

She was a Falcons fan, true and true,
even when they were horrible.

No way we don't at least make it to the
playoff.

As we said last year, and the year
before that, and the year before that. I

50 bucks that says this is our year.

I'll take that bet.

After going through a painful divorce,
Dana is hesitant to open up her heart

again. I believe her first marriage
ended due to infidelity.

That was very devastating for her. I
think it was very hard for her to move

with it.

Finally, ready to take the leap, Dana
joins an internet dating site.

It's there she meets John McKay, an army
man currently deployed in Iraq.

Hey, Beth.

Can you see me?

The internet is really slow here.

Don't worry about it. Are you okay?

She's like, girl, I met this guy online
and he's so good looking. He's built,

you know, he's military.

But I want to hear about you.

Things are good.

I just miss you.

I miss you too.

I feel like I know you so well, it's
hard to believe that we've never

met.

I'm counting down the days till you're
back safe, but John, you know my past.

We have to take it slow.

Don't worry.

I'll learn your trust. I promise.

I just can't wait to be in your arms.

Next thing I know, they're going to get
married.

It all happened too quickly for me,
probably because I'm old school.

The newlyweds move often for the next
several years.

In 2011, John is transferred to Fort
Eustis in Newport News, Virginia.

Oh my gosh, I love it. We're going to be
so happy here, baby.

I know it's hard being married to a
serviceman, but I want this to be our

I promise.

I love you.

Now, John and Dana, they were really
living a great life. They had two dogs.

They went for walks, holding hands, and
they were the perfect couple.

Dana lands a job at a local flooring
company.

while John rises through the ranks to
Staff Sergeant, working as a helicopter

mechanic instructor.

How's my soldier doing?

Any day I'm not in Iraq and I get to be
with you is bliss.

Oh, thank you.

How was your day?

I scored a huge sale. Nice.

I bet you got him a good deal, too,
didn't you? You know I did.

He was always telling her that he loved
her, and I was so happy for her.

Let's make sure we get some up -close
pictures of the stuff over here, the

evidence over here.

While investigators continue to gather
evidence at the McKay home, police

finally get a hold of Dana's husband in
New York.

All right, go ahead.

Oh, God.

Her husband, John McKay, sounded very
distraught.

Okay.

Okay, I'll come back to Virginia
immediately.

He told us that he would drive in from
New York, leave on that day, and come

us on Monday morning.

Dana's mother has been anxiously
awaiting news.

The phone rang.

It was one of the detectives. And they
told us that Dana was

deceased.

I checked all the windows and doors.
There's no sign of forced entry

Except for the bedroom.

The investigators started to think,
okay, John is out of town.

Maybe this is just a robbery gone wrong.
And Dana was just at the wrong place at

the wrong time.

It could have been just some crazy guy
walking down the street and chose this

house. We really did not know at that
point.

Based on the way that we found her,

give me a rape kit.

Ms. McKay's body was nude.

that led us to think that it could have
been some type of sexual assault or

something of that case.

Sir, I think you'd want to take a look
at this.

Five or six strands of blonde hair were
located in her hand.

That could be the killer's hair.

She could have grabbed it while she was
fighting back.

Is it possible Dana has the key to
solving her own murder right in the palm

her hand?

This is great. We'll get this to the
lab. We can get DNA from it.

What's that?

And on her back was a small piece of
what turned out to be a blue latex

We've got a little break here.

Now, we can either get DNA or maybe even
a fingerprint from the inside of the

glove.

On July 27, 2013, Dana McKay is found
stabbed to death in her Virginia home.

As police continue to process the
evidence,

her friends and family gather in Georgia
to mourn her

tragic death.

Motorcycles and cars reached two and a
half miles.

And people standing on the side of the
roads, holding hands with candles lit.

The love that that town poured out to us
was just overwhelming.

It was beautiful. It was sweet. So many
people. People was lined up out the

door.

It was amazing.

The memorial service for Dana showed
beyond what Dana meant to...

Calhoun, Georgia.

Investigators dig into Dana's past.

They learn that in July of 2012, Dana's
life took an abrupt turn when she

started to experience headaches and
dizziness.

Dana was having a lot of pain and just
couldn't get out of bed, just pain.

Doctors eventually diagnose her with
hydrocephalus.

That November, she undergoes brain
surgery.

Three ventricles of her brain was full
of spinal fluid.

They put a shunt in the right side of
her temple.

It was very hard on her.

Due to her illness, Dana is forced to
take a leave of absence from her

job. Dana, I made you some soup.

Dana, what's wrong?

Oh, let me help you. No, no.

No, no. Don't get up. Don't get up. I'm
so sorry. I don't want to be a burden.

Honey, you're not a burden.

This isn't your fault.

John was helping Dana with her medicine,
going to the pharmacy, and

he was helping around the house.

This isn't me. I can barely walk.

Even thinking hurts.

Honey, you just had surgery.

It's going to take time.

John really took the responsibility of
being his wife, caregiver, and being in

the Army. It really did seem like he was
doing his best to be a great husband.

Honey, I'm home.

And I got your favorite.

Pizza and medicine.

So romantic.

They were having a hard time with
finances.

They had so many medical bills, so John
got another job so that he could help.

To pay for all these bills when she
wasn't working.

So?

Did you get the test results back?

I only want to hear good news.

He said there's still too much fluid.

I might have to have another surgery.

Oh, honey. I don't think I can do this
anymore.

Hey.

I'll be okay.

We'll make it.

All right?

We always do.

I gotta go.

You just got here.

I picked up another shift.

I gotta keep working to stay ahead of
the bills.

I'm so sorry.

Hey.

You worry about getting better.

Okay?

I got this.

She would talk about John just...

working all the time and not at home a
lot because he couldn't work.

Seems like John did everything he could
to take care of Dana.

Had two jobs to help with the medical
bills. I spoke with his family, and he

definitely with his mom and his sister
in upstate New York, not due back until

Monday. We were able to verify his alibi
that he was gone.

Well, I got the initial results of the
autopsy back. It's not at all what we

thought. The sexual assault kit came
back as negative. There was no sexual

assault. Official cause of death, blunt
head force trauma.

So all those lacerations were tear
wounds.

Yep. What kind of weapon are we
thinking?

Some kind of a club or a pipe, maybe.

Detectives continue to canvas Dana's
neighborhood.

It goes down to a cul -de -sac.

You would think with the way the scene
was, you would have heard someone

screaming.

They pay a visit to Dana's neighbor and
friend, Heidi.

We're really sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

Dana was such a nice person. I can't
believe this happened to her.

I can't believe this happened in our
neighborhood.

We just had a couple of questions. Did
you see anything abnormal last week? Was

there anybody hanging around that she
didn't recognize?

No, no, nothing like that.

When was the last time you saw Dana?

I'm pretty sure it was Friday afternoon.

She came out to get her mail.

Now, was there anyone else in the
neighborhood that she had any issues

Dana told me that she thought someone
was stalking her.

Stalked? She said that someone was
driving up and down in front of her

constantly.

Oh, really?

That sounds fun.

Oh.

Okay, tell him I said hi.

I know, I would love to.

You guys should come visit.

Hey, I gotta go.

She just told me how scared she was
because somebody was...

following her, and she said it was the
woman. Did you hear that car pull out?

What? No, no, I didn't. Honey, what's
wrong? That woman's been stalking me.

keeps driving by our house and texting
me, and John and I have had to see her

another five times. I'm so afraid of
what she's going to do. I need to talk

your husband.

Oh, sweetie, he's on patrol.

She wanted to talk to my husband, who's
a police officer. She was visibly

shaken, and I was very alarmed because I
didn't know what was going on at the

time. You're bleeding. Are you okay?

Oh.

Um, can I use your bathroom? Yes.

Yes, of course you can.

And she was really scared.

I think maybe you should start there.

Who could be doing this to Dana?

Who would want to harass her in this
way?

I love you,

too.

Not long after Dana McKay is found
murdered inches from her bed, a neighbor

gives detectives their first lead.

Dana was being stalked.

And she seemed to know her identity.

Honey, what's wrong? I'm just so afraid
of what she's going to do to me.

She just kept talking about how she's
stalking her everywhere she goes and she

won't leave her alone.

And that's when I started thinking,
well, what's going on? But then here

John.

Dana, are you all right? What happened?

She just drove by again.

This has to stop.

Are you sure it was her?

Um, yeah, I'm sure it was her.

I've already spoken to her. I don't know
what else I can do.

Wait, you know this woman?

Say it.

Yeah.

It started in 2013.

Dana would have to take this medication
at a certain time at night.

and it would make her go to sleep.

John knew that, so he got to where he
wouldn't come home.

So it got Dana suspicious.

He was finding out little things here
and there on his phone, and he was

on his laptop, and when she would get
up, he would turn it off.

Hi.

How was the trip?

I'm sorry I couldn't be there.

know how much your grandma meant to you.
Was the service nice?

Yeah.

So many people showed up and the flowers
in the cemetery were just beautiful.

She would have loved them.

I'm really glad you're home.

Are you actually doing laundry?

Yeah.

I thought that, uh, you know, freshly
laundered sheets would be nice after

trip.

Thanks, hon.

I can't wait to call into bed.

Do you want anything?

No, I'm cool. Thanks.

She got home from her grandmother's
funeral, and there was things in the

refrigerator that doesn't belong.

What's this?

Oh, um... Well...

Those were on sale.

So I thought we'd give them a try.

It's not really my taste, but I thought
you might like it.

That's your best line?

You thought I might like it?

John, you know I can't drink on my meds.

God, I knew something was up. You're
always on your laptop and coming home

Now you're washing our sheets?

What do you think, I'm stupid? Dana,
you're acting crazy. Don't lie to me!

Okay.

Okay. You're right.

Okay? You're right.

I'm sorry.

Life has been so hard for me lately.

You've been sick. I've got the stress of
two jobs.

What do you expect?

Who is it?

Who is it?

Nicole.

We met at work.

Are you sleeping with her?

Of course you're sleeping with her.

Wait. Wait. Dana!

34 -year -old Nicole Houchen lives on
base at Fort Eustis and is struggling in

her own marriage to specialist Mace
Houchen.

Hey, babe.

Babe, what's up?

I heard from one of the wives that your
unit might be transferred again.

NACE has served multiple tours of duty
in Korea and Kuwait and may be deployed

again soon.

Yes.

There's a chance, but nothing's for sure
yet.

I can't keep doing this.

Okay, you've been gone half of our
marriage, and then the other half is

bouncing around from base to base. And
don't even get me started about the

credit card bills.

Don't pack your bags yet.

They had financial problems.

Nath was out of town a lot, and she
started to become lonely.

Nicole ended up taking on a part -time
job at a car parts store.

John just happened to be working at the
same car parts store with Nicole.

He must be the new hire.

Hi, I'm John. I'll be working nights
with you. Nice to meet you, Nicole.

Pleasure.

Hey, I'm Greg.

Don't worry about John.

He may be a bit older than us, but he is
a pretty cool guy.

Thanks, Craig. I appreciate it. Yeah,
sure, man.

Inventory?

Oh, yeah.

So what made you get a job here?

Not many women I know are into auto
parts.

Well, you will quickly learn that I am
not like most women.

Apparently, they both enjoy working on
vehicles.

So I think it started out as a
friendship.

And they started texting each other and
going to lunch, and things started to

get heated up between them.

That customer was such a jerk. It's not
my fault that we're out of jumper

cables.

He just couldn't stand that you knew
more about a battery than he did.

Oh, please. Why is it so difficult for
guys to accept that maybe I just might

know a little bit about cars, huh?

What am I, too cocky? Yes.

Yes, you are.

I like that.

I like that a lot.

Come here.

We learned from several of the co
-workers that Nicole and John had been

and they had been kissing.

I've been wanting to do that for a
while.

Me too.

John had gotten really bold. They were
going to hotels, doing lunch breaks.

And that's when things really started to
evolve.

John even brings Nicole to the McKay
home.

He had moved his girlfriend in with him
for the week while Dana was out of town.

You've got a lot of energy for an old
man.

Hey, I'm barely eight years older than
you.

Come on.

I love teasing you.

You hold your own?

I do.

Don't I?

Babe, I don't want to hide anymore.

What about your wife?

It's over between us.

I'm asking for a divorce.

I want to be with you.

Really? Really. He told her what she
wanted to hear, and she fell in love

him, and she wanted to be with him.

For Dana.

John's infidelity is the ultimate act of
betrayal.

But she's still determined to make the
marriage work.

Do you love her?

What? Do you love her?

Do you love her?

No.

I love you. You knew.

You knew how my first marriage ended.
God, how could you?

I walked away once, but I am going to
fight this time. And so, help me God,

better fight too.

She said I let some other woman have
everything that I work for, but I'm not

leaving again.

If you want this marriage to work, then
you will end it now and you will never

see her again. I want to.

Do you think you can trust me again?

John, look at all I gave up to come and
be with you. My friends, my job, my

family. But if you don't make this
marriage work, then I will go to your

commanding officer.

Leave us alone.

One month before Dana McKay's savage
murder, she gives her cheating husband,

John, an ultimatum.

Break it off with Nicole Halchen or
else.

If you don't make this marriage work,
then I will go to your commanding

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dana.

She was extremely upset, but she was
just that determined to make her

work. Dana, I want us, okay? I'll end it
with her tonight, I promise.

You better.

Adultery is a very serious offense in
the military, especially if you've been

as long as John has.

So it could have really damaged him in
his career.

So John tells her, you know, I love you.
I want to stay with you. Let's work

this out.

When John breaks the news to Nicole,
she's completely blindsided.

Hey, how much time do they have before
you have to go?

Dana knows.

What?

I just can't do this anymore.

I need to focus on my marriage.

Are you kidding? You just said you were
going to ask her for a divorce.

I've been with her for four years.

I need to give it another shot. We're
starting counseling next week. You are

even in love with her anymore. She is
ruining your life. Why would you want to

stay with her?

You're an idiot.

You're an idiot.

Nicole could not imagine John not being
in her life.

So...

She started becoming very frantic.

Blaming Dana for their breakup, Nicole
goes after her rival with a vengeance.

Hello?

Hello?

Nicole, I know it's you. Okay, John's
with me. Now leave us alone.

It's not something you would think the
girlfriend would do to the wife. You

would think the wife would do that to
the girlfriend, you know?

Nicole was harassing her, following her,
riding by their house. She just

wouldn't let go. She wasn't going to let
John go.

The barbecue's tomorrow at 5.

5? Yes. Okay.

She was just a mean person.

He would yell profanities at her.

Leave us alone!

John, what is she doing here?

I have no idea. No, you promised that
you'd get rid of her. And I told her it

was over. I don't... Oh, look, she's
texting me again.

Ever wonder why he doesn't pick up the
phone when you call during lunch?

I do think then that you could only
dream of.

Nicole was leaving her really mean
messages and it made Dana feel uneasy.

John, this has to stop.

I know, but I don't know what else I
can... No, make it stop or it's over.

What she put Dana through mentally was
just horrible.

Police discovered Dana endured Nicole's
harassment for the month leading up to

her death.

With a clearer picture of the love
triangle between Dana, John, and Nicole,

investigator Shadricks heads to the auto
parts store to speak with John's former

mistress.

You understand this is completely
voluntary?

Yeah. What's going on?

John's wife was killed.

Oh, my God.

We understand that you and Dana may have
had an issue.

Yeah.

A little bit?

A little.

Like maybe some threatening text
messages?

Threatening text messages? No, no. I
just had John's computer, and I wanted

give it back to him, so I texted her
trying to make an exchange, and she was

like, no, that's not happening.

Are you and John still together?

Or is that done?

It's complicated.

She did confirm that they had had an
affair and that it had been broken off

several weeks prior to that because John
said he was going to go back to his

wife. Can you account for your weekend,
where you've been?

Sure. I was with Greg on Friday.

Greg can vouch for you.

Yeah. She said on Friday night that she
was with a friend, another co -worker

named Greg Crawford, and that they were
going to go look at a motorcycle.

Greg Crawford was someone else working
at the car parts store with John and

Nicole, and he had become pretty
friendly with both of them.

She didn't do this.

No.

I'll be completely honest with you.

We found a handful of blonde hair
similar to yours in Dana's hand.

It's not mine. Test it.

Nicole agrees to stop by the station and
give a sample.

You willing to give me a couple of
strands of hair?

All I'm asking you to do is just grab my
handful the best you can and stick it

in this bag.

It's a blondish brown hair.

So we're thinking this could be a match
to the strands of hair in Dana's hand.

The next morning, John McKay returns
from upstate New York.

and meets with investigators.

John, did you have anything to do with
this? No, sir.

Because you're aware, if you did, I will
prove it.

Yes, sir, I understand.

I had an affair.

Right. I'm not smart.

I'm not that very smart. He tells them
that he broke it off weeks ago, and it

was over.

I just don't see a lot of emotion.

You understand what I'm saying?

Yes, sir. We sit down with people, and
there's usually a lot of emotion.

You know?

I can hold my emotion in check pretty
well.

I don't know how you can do it when your
wife's been murdered.

You know, you see how this looks,
though? Yes, sir.

So the investigators asked John, do you
think anybody would want to hurt Dana?

And he said, absolutely not. I don't
know anyone that would want to do this

my wife.

She didn't share the fact that she was
extremely scared of Nicole with you.

Terrified. No, um, not scared, no. At
least not to me. I mean, she was

because, well, she's just sick. About an
hour into the interview, there was a

knock at the door.

Yeah.

This better be good.

Oh, it is.

One of John's friends turned this in.
It's his old cell phone. On the cell

was multiple text messages between John
McKay and Nicole Alpson.

This was a big break in the case.

Investigators are questioning John McKay
about his wife's violent murder when

they get an explosive clue.

Yeah.

This better be good. Oh, it is.

One of John's friends turned this in.
It's his old cell phone.

And you'll never believe what we found
on it. This is a phone that he had given

a friend to let his wife use.

I think he had forgotten about the
phone.

There's an email account that hasn't
been shut down yet.

So every time John and Nicole send a
message to each other, this phone still

gets it. We have thousands of messages.

On the cell phone were multiple text
messages and chats between John McKay

Nicole Halchen. What did they say?

We're still going through it, but one
thing is clear.

They were plotting Dana's murder.

We got them both.

Good work.

These emails broke our case wide open.

Fine. Okay.

Okay.

What?

Emails, back and forth to people, email
accounts.

We have the copies of all of them from
your other phone.

You want me to read them to you? You
want me to go get them and read them to

verbatim, what they say? From you and
her?

You know, will the body be gone?

Are you going to kill me too?

Are we going to have sex?

admit to what happened here.

He just breaks down and he says, yes,
they had talked about the only way that

they could be together was for Dana to
be gone, but it was only a fantasy.

So they bring in John's mistress, Nicole
Houchin, and confront her with the

incriminating emails.

She probably had the strongest motive to
kill Dana.

fantasizing.

There's nothing wrong with fantasizing
because I really wanted to be with him

but not do this for him.

But the messages show the plot was far
from fantasy.

Even though she continues to deny any
involvement, the emails are enough

evidence to arrest John McKay and Nicole
Houchen.

They are charged with conspiracy to
commit murder and first -degree murder.

It was hard to believe.

You don't want to believe that your son
-in -law would do something like that to

your daughter when he seemed like he was
such a nice guy.

Nicole Houchin and John McKay were both
taken to jail, but the case was far from

being solved at that point.

When the lab results finally come back,
there's no fingerprints or DNA on the

blue latex glove.

But even more shocking, the hair found
in Dana's hand does not match Nicole's.

The hair in Dana's hand was actually her
own. She had her hands up.

Somehow it got down that it got into her
hand and she was trying to protect

herself. It was very aggravating that we
had no DNA linking Ms. Houchin to the

homicide. There's something you are not
telling.

There is a piece that's missing right
now.

Being that John was out of town when the
homicide occurred, we believed Nicole

would have had some type of help in
committing the homicide.

Nearly two months after Dana's death, a
witness comes forward with a bombshell.

I know who killed Dana McKay.

Really? Who would that be?

Nace Houchin.

Nace Houchin. Nicole's husband?

Yeah. How do you know Nace?

He's my boyfriend.

I guess I should say he was my
boyfriend. Wait a minute. So you were

while his wife Nicole was dating John?

Yeah.

Now, why would Nate get involved with
killing Dana?

John said he'd give him 20 grand.

So Nicole, Nate, and Greg Crawford all
went over there and... Wait a second.

Greg Crawford?

From the auto parts store?

Yeah. Huh.

Where have you been?

Traffic. Sorry.

It's 20 Gs, Nate. Please, keep your head
in the game.

Sorry. Okay.

John thought this whole thing through.

John didn't think he could get out of
his marriage.

Dana wasn't going to give him a divorce.

She was going to ruin his career. He
wanted to be with Nicole and make $20

to $20 ,000 that John had promised him
that he was going to get.

Greg Crawford also was promised the
money. He was promised $20 ,000.

He said that we need to wear gloves.

We have some gloves here at the store.

John said that we need to enter the
house through the garage in the back,

then Dana's bedroom is the first one on
the right.

But you already knew that, didn't you,
Nicole?

Focus, Mace. Come on.

Do not leave anything behind.

Don't be idiot.

Got it.

Go do this, man. I need this money.

Does anybody else know what you know?

Is there any evidence or anything that
you can give me?

I found a note in his car.

When police follow up on Trisha's lead,
they find a confession letter in Mace's

car.

Hi, Mace.

Took it upon myself, with some help from
John McKay, to end his wife, Dana

McKay's life.

Nace Houghton and Gregory Crawford are
charged with conspiracy to commit murder

and first -degree murder.

According to Nace's confession, on the
night of July 26, 2013,

Nicole, Nace, and Greg followed John's
instructions.

on how to get inside the home.

Mace pulls out a breaker bar, a long
automotive

tool. and heads for Dana's room.

John?

Somewhere between 15 and 25 times, he
hit her.

Is he dead yet?

I don't know.

But she will be.

Finish her.

He went back and did the last blow to
Dana.

It's horrible what they did. I mean, she
didn't have a chance.

In May 2015,

John McKay, Nicole Houchen, and Nace
Houchen plead guilty to first -degree

murder. John is sentenced to 28 years,
Nicole 23 years,

and Nace 40 years.

John and Nicole and Nace were living a
double life.

Their actions all attributed to the
death of Dana McKay.

I view Nicole and Nate as sociopaths
because there was no emotion at all in

this. Gregory Crawford pleads guilty to
conspiracy to commit capital murder.

He receives a sentence of 17 years.

I lost my best friend.

Dana didn't deserve what happened to
her.

My daughter was my life.

I miss her phone calls.

Hey, Mom, what are you doing?

I miss that.

I just miss my daughter.

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