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Lone Star Obsession

Dateline NBC

NBC News

True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

When a doctor is found murdered, investigators are stumped as to who would want him dead. Police discover simmering jealousies and a love triangle. Andrea Canning has the latest developments. Originally aired on NBC on October 8, 2020.

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0:00.0

I got a phone call. They said your father was found killed in his home. I can remember his

0:15.2

faces. Land. Face down on the garage. How many times had he been stabbed? 11. That does not

0:21.8

sound like a random burglary. He had no idea that he was in any danger. I hate knowing that. While

0:30.2

they're standing in the kitchen talking, they see a flash. He was staring at the door like he's

0:35.8

looking for someone and watching someone. He gave me the crease. Some kind of triangle thing is going on.

0:44.2

I'll be honest with you, I love, love, love that one. Gelacy and range. That's what we have here. This is a huge

0:53.3

unit for sure. Well, I didn't. This is remarkably still not over. Still not over. There's always that

1:02.1

lingering doubt. Are you going to solve this?

1:04.1

A dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance. Memories of a family man. He said dancing girl. A doctor. He is the most

1:18.8

intelligent person that I know. A lover. He would look at me and he would say, how did I ever find you? A good man. He was the

1:29.7

ultimate support system for everybody in his life. Finally, savoring life's rewards. Until he found

1:39.7

himself in the crosshairs of someone's obsession. There's tons of gospel in you and no, especially in a small town in

1:50.2

West Texas. I mean, the story on its own is so sensational. July 11, 2012, a warm summer afternoon in Lubbock, Texas. Landscapers, Becky

2:03.0

Sherbet and Nathan Gilmore were getting down to work outside this spacious home. The owner, Dr. Joe Sonye was the chief

2:09.9

pathologist at a local hospital. As they walked around the yard, someone pulled up to the house.

2:15.9

It was a girl from Dr. Sonye's lab and she was concerned that Dr. Sonye had not shown up.

2:23.7

Odd, because it was a weekday and they assumed the doctor wasn't home. I certainly don't know his work schedule, but I know

2:30.4

him as a person. He would not be late, so we all walked to the front and I was thinking maybe he was sick and I was concerned.

2:38.9

And we rang the doorbell and we couldn't ever get anyone to answer.

2:43.8

So the three of them, the Landscapers and the woman from the doctor's lab went around to the back.

2:50.2

The back of the house is all windows and I thought maybe I could knock on his window and just make sure he was okay.

2:58.2

When I got to the back, one whole section of windows had been just laid over in the house.

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