I could not believe it. I couldn't imagine anyone that would ever want to hurt her. I had no

idea what could have happened. Married to her high school sweetheart, family meant everything to her.

It was always a lot of talk about children. She wanted grandchildren fast.

But it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno.

It was to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of Julie.

Shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers.

It's a bullet. Yes. So this woman's been shot to death. Yes.

The obvious suspects, neighborhood thieves. There were half a dozen house bargaining

unsolved. Investigators also dug into a favorite theory. The husband did it.

I was angry.

I felt that the detectives were on a manhunt, and they were after my dad.

And anyway, he was in another state.

He's over 200 miles away.

Then, up popped a text that might just be a clue.

You could say, well, maybe she's driving events here.

That's correct.

The truth, beyond twisted.

Leaving behind smoking ashes and burning questions.

I physically started shaking and I started crying.

I want to know why.

I'm Lester Holt, and this is Dateline.

Here's Dennis Murphy with Consumed.

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