I'll always miss you, but I'm going to put this ugliness behind. The night the jury went home without a verdict Keith Morrison: Now it looked it might be what, a hung jury? But it was a confession accompanied by a poisonous accusation: that Steve Strom, Karin's husband, asked Ed, offered to pay him to kill his wife. Keith Morrison: They'd put him on record back then. Within minutes, Coco was on the phone with Detective Brad Benson. My dad's side of the family was Mormon. When someone got it to her, room toward the place apart and strangled the life out of her. four wheeling and things like that did he seemed to like the guy that he thought he was pretty good. It must have had sex with current said the defence and turning naturally detective Benson also heard about the discovery of seamen, but his reaction was considerably different. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. That she got married so soon - just 18 and right out of high school - seemed reasonable at the time - at least to Coco, it did. I know. Waited to be able to say, finallygot him. Keith Morrison: Ah. TV-PG | 09.18.2020. Consequently, they became one of them. He was claiming that Karen's death was an accident and a murder for hire plot. Was his frantic voice on that 911 call the equivalent of crying crocodile tears? rumours of some physical abuse. The second day of deliberations, a verdict. Dick Cantonwine: He says, they're gonna try and hang me again. But a dark secret comes back to haunt her when a determined investigator and prosecutor in Orange County work to solve a 20-year-old murder case. Coco Saltzgiver: She was fun. There was no forced entry. I didn't know she and Steve Strong were in love. Court Clerk: We the jury impaneled to try the issues in the above-entitled matter, do hereby find the defendant Edward Lewis Owens guilty. Our common suspicion can harden over time into something like perceived truth, If few, who still remember the nineteen eighty murder of currents, strong a two and a half. That was a curveball. Dateline NBC. Like I said, th-that's what he wanted me to do. So I just figured, well, Karen did it, too, you know? Collected blood and hair samples. He could convince a jury that far from having consensual sex with Karen, he had tried to rape. But he'd see it down there every time he filed a piece of evidence, tucked in, all but forgotten, behind a door frame. I think he went there with the intentions of, add, knew exactly the time Steve went to work because their shifts overlap. Brad Benson: Not-- nothin' other than the-- the divorce that was currently goin' on. But now there were those fingernails. Oh yes, he was that his friend the cat, and why. And so we kind of thought that was a little weird, you know Keith Morrison: So his social skills were a little defective somehow? Murder. What happened to make her a target of somebody's murderous rage? (NBC News) Tonight on an all-new "Dateline," a young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work . Among the bolt cutters and the, Dwight Potter and the guns the investigative left. investigating a homicide. He denied bein' involved. Coco Saltzgiver: I had no idea who he was. A little more checking indicated that this was a woman in the middle of marital discord and so the answers to the questions who did this thing and why seemed perhaps to have fairly obvious answers. Steve drove from his current home in Nevada to provide the DNA, and two weeks later, they had a name. What they had instead was a circumstantial case, the testimony of friends and family, who would say that Steve was sometimes verbally and possibly physically abusive, that Karin wanted out. A confession! We just decided, you know what we need to learn to be better curveball hitters, except what, it didn't seem so much like a hit for the prosecution more like a strikeout, The attorney rawlings dropped the charges without prejudice dismissed the case. Keith Morrison: He waited till Steve had gone to work? Originally aired on NBC on June 18, 2010. And it prided itself on being a safe place to live - that's why people moved here. And as he tells this story, keep in mind that killing by strangulation requires prolonged force - several minutes of force: sustained, determined choking. According to the case file, the young woman was hitchhiking and picked her up drove to a nice, that place, raped her stabbed her with a screwdriver then tried to choke her to death, and though the woman, the tv identified Ed and the car he was driving he was acquitted head was out on parole at the time of that, after another, young woman accused him of raping her back in nineteen sixty nine, you know you could have had brilliant. Miniscule spots - major implications. He fought the case tooth and nail. Michael Studebaker: Yep, as far as I was concerned, it absolutely was. And he goes, "Ed Owens." We used to go right and just crews and in that car, that car was she was so happy when she got that. Keith Morrison: But when the suspicion was lifted from his shoulders, I mean, he must have been thrilled. Originally aired on NBC on June 18, 2010. Or so said his friend, Dick Cantonwine. After all, I didn't know Steve that well couldn't talk very quiet. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. And though the woman positively identified Ed and the car he was driving, he was acquitted. Rather than just reading news reports, as most news shows do, the reporters for this show research their subjects and interview the people closely involved to create an informative work of investigative journalism. Because I wanna know why. Dateline NBC has shown viewers powerful mysteries & high-level investigations for years. Certainly not Karin's sister coco, who believed in her heart - like so many others - that Steve had gotten away with murder. But sexual assault and murder? Dateline. Brad Benson: That's what we believe, yes. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. NEW YORK - Laughter is not often associated with "Dateline NBC." And yet, there were laughs coming from a reunion of sorts at the NBC offices in 30 Rockefeller Plaza amongst the . You had a statement you wanted to make the girl in nineteen seventy three, alright, alright, She described the guy is six point: six put two and five ten in nineteen. Oh yes he was, said his friend Dick Cantonwine. Join Next Episode Sign . barged in on her and started an assault immediately. I was just shakin' her, you know, trying to - you know, tellin' her, "Will you listen to me? I know it's beyond-- (laughter) yeah. Dateline host Keith Morrison's new podcast Mommy Doomsday debuts February 16. I mean. Anybody, Steve Strom, watching all this was horrified. But if I'm gonna go down, why not take the other person involved, you know? And I was trying to grab for, like, her shoulders, you know. Also in the old file? Ti Ph Printing l n v hng u v dch v cung cp my in vn phng, mc my in. save on travel, Expedia member, he can travel even more. Keith Morrison: Did you have any problems sexually in 1973? Early in the morning of June 6, 1980, overnight shift worker, Steve Strom called first responders to report he had found his wife Karin Strom dead, with her body savagely beaten and their bedroom furniture pushed around the room as though a struggle had ensued. I mean, I'd only been there a couple of years. So it was just before 8 a.m., he told first responders, when he came home to find his wife's body. It's like, you, you go and think about it and then you give up. And I-- I said, "She can't be. Keith Morrison: Keith Morrison (Dateline) talks to Chris about how he became a journalist, how they research and report stories and how it really is true that Canadians are all nice. I saw the saga continues: what are you on and meanwhile, in the visitors room, deep in a prison in Draper Utah? One of the many mining tunnels in Wieliscka. Brad Benson: No. Rawlings is the county attorney, the prosecutor. But a dark secret comes back to haunt her when a determined investigator and prosecutor in Orange County work to solve a 20-year-old murder case. I didn't believe that the whole sample was seamen based on the yet scratches and tat mister. And he just went at it the wrong way. And everything in the case file certainly seemed to back up that point of view. Panel society issues dated bonded title matter is hereby Pineapple sandals Edward Lewis, Ellen Justin. I was concerned there was another alternative, as everyone would soon no. Karin's sister Coco tossed all night. Not much more than hearsay, according to the assigned trial judge. It was Ed's "confession" that prevented her testimony. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder . Or at least, they both worked at the same machine at e-systems, an aerospace parts manufacturer. Ed was new in townand Steve befriended him. Brad Benson: They-- they saved 'em. Owens claimed he had gone to party at a local bar the night before, but Benson listed a different idea. The Secrets in the Suitcase . and he just went out at the wrong way, and so they kind of thought that was. My mom Catholics who you were you knew what it was to be a minority, absolutely absolutely, and she was popular and pretty a natural dancer. I didn't think you'd give it every file charges again, but evidently they won't try it again. What did Steve Strom do well, of course he denied it tonight being involved. Brad Benson:--yeah, it's unheard of. And when she got her first car, her adored yellow Camaro, life couldn't get any better. Just like the log shout that he called the drag more than usual. When Detective Benson went through the file, he discovered that in fact Ed Owens had drawn a mention in the original investigation. Steve Strom: Oh my god, this is 1653 South 1200 -- 1200 West 1653 South. There was-- it wasn't a robbery. He better be able to. Dick: I mean, everybody was just sayin', "You did it. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. The Secrets in the Suitcase. So how, It opens dna end up beneath parents, fingernails question: when did take the Benson went through the file. His statement make sure we get everything correct but put them on record back then yes, oh police that when he arrived at work at twelve forty five am June. one was an overnight shift worker at a local aerospace parts company. And then it's there again. The Secrets in the Suitcase June 18, 2010. Originally aired. story. The Secrets in the Suitcase . What, killing current strong, she was fun. Steve Strom was an overnight shift worker at a local aerospace parts company. Menu. Homicides that had never been solved, Suitcase was quite possibly all the evidence required to put a murderer away for life if he opened it. Is he all is he playin' with a full deck?". But when the suspicion was lifted from his shoulders and he must have been thrilled pretty much, but still he just, fronted the mystery of the murder of the start of his career. . Is he wanted me to kill her for half the insurance money. And what that evidence tells you is that her killer is Ed. And, in this state, in some ways, she was distinctly unusual. on his arms and hands and phase this way. Still no answer. Inside that suitcase was possibly evidence required to put a murderer away. All right, she described the guy as six foot, six foot, two. Posted: Sep 24, 2020 / 02:27 PM EDT. Fifth, one thousand nine hundred and eighty the record showed Karen and Steve spent the evening together, they ate out returned home, and then just after midnight about one thousand two hundred and fifteen, a dot M Steve left to go to work the graveyard shift at an aerospace parts company, Steve, told police. I was with him and that was that. Eighty is not really in doubt. to solidify their suspicion, husband, steel and now dna. Woods unheard unheard of. Brad Benson: Well, that would be the only way that he could be assured that-- the finger wasn't going to be pointed back to him. got enough on him so going to come. And what that evidence tells you is that her killer is ed. Consequently, they became one of the-- the best pieces of evidence that we had. . A lot of people didn't lock their-- their doors back then. Track Dateline NBC season 18 episodes. 00:40:03 - In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wonderin And waited with karin's sister coco for the results of dna tests conducted on karin's preserved fingernails. Keith Morrison: Did you ever get a chance to hold her? I started looking at it again, just coincidence, of course Wasn'T- and I thought. But was he worried? And then, a remarkable, or at least extremely curious, discovery. How a common suspicion can harden over time into something like perceived truth. Who did this thing and why seem perhaps to have fairly obvious answers? Did Prince Andrew fly on Jeffrey Epsteins plane Lolita Express? They soon marry, but Ellen's success at work creates tension at home. There was an argument between her and I and I. strangling her and killing her a confession, all of age. We don't know if the door was locked for sure what Steve left work then I do not, so he would have. murders that happen all too commonly and other cities, though, surely not here, Red Benson was a rookie, a reserve office. there's, a seaman, there's fingernails that sure doesn't show murder. Keith Morrison: Did he seem to like the guy? He closed the bar. Early in the morning of June 6, 1980, overnight shift worker, Steve Strom called . Real-life mysteries. now. He's trying to sexually assault her with another hand that she's cut and scratched, and that that's how the two drops of blood get on her panties. in short order. Got married so soon, just eighteen and out of high school seemed reasonable at the time at least cocoa did with you living in Utah. frankly, it was in most people's opinion over it was dead. No answer called again: let them. Anybody that knows Eddie knows he wouldn't do it. So nice out there, Sir les Guy Expedia, made to travel, the power of five g with T Mobile, with faster five g speeds nationwide. He says, they haven't got enough on him, so they're gonna come looking for me again. The Secrets in the Suitcase: In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that . it's about the time. Very because I want to know why. The suspicion intensified when it was revealed that Karin had left Steve. He was happy that she was come back three. An eldest daughter, Coco's big sister. Season 18 guide for Dateline NBC TV series - see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. they came back and I said it did, and he goes at Owens and I said: one seemed a case of tying up all loose ends. You know his social skills were a defective yes and you just look at him and say: playing with a full deck still something like a had developed, I dont for weaning together in one Stephen, and took it in his wife, Patricia on a double date, but reading casual acquaintances. Dick Cantonwine: He didn't have any friends. The Secrets in the Suitcase 2021-11-10 | In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. Keith Morrison: So he would have basically barged in on her and started an assault immediately? Today, the leader in five g, the mobile has America's largest my peanut fastest, based on median overall combined five tsp according to analysis of Speedtest intelligence data, five minutes per coupon, twenty twenty one seafight device coverage and access details at t, mobile dot com. To absolutely was your man? Keith Morrison reports. According to the assigned trial, Judge. Ed Owens: The girl in 1973, all right? Brad Benson: Guilty person. Benson and those preserve fingernails off to the lab, along with other testable pieces of evidence, and he and Coco waited for the results. Nobody was satisfied, and 27 years later, Saltzgiver decided on a whim to stop at the local police department to request what happened to the case. Brad Benson: I was kind of shocked, quite frankly, that we had something like that in Woods Cross. no. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. So it was a shock, that very first time Woods Cross encountered murder. Why would you take somebody so beautiful? the fence, wanted the jury to believe it was an angry and jealous Steve grab Karen by the neck and children in an entirely different story than the one told. Dateline NBC. It was a knockdown, drag out fight. Dateline presents in-depth coverage of news stories. Inside that suitcase was quite possibly all the evidence required to put a murderer away for life. Or that was his story, at least. 100%. And he said, "I took her case out six months ago and started looking at it again. And they had their reasons. You can upgrade to five g and get more more choices with the largest selection of three five g phones, like the Samsung Galaxy, eight thirty, five g and more five g coverage on the T Mobile network, only at Metro, most affordable versus major prepaid brands with eligible port id and plan plus tax. Brad Benson: They had-- fingernails-- that-- they didn't know what they contained back then. The curious thing was the type of dna. Eighty people didn't lock their doors. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Keith Morrison: How difficult was it to come forward and say you weren't so sure? Initial suspicion fell on Karins husband Steve, particularly as there had been reports of domestic violence in his past. Coco happened to be in Utah to attend a funeral. Brad Benson: Well, yeah, of course, he denied it. Coco Saltzgiver: And I thought, "Wow." So how would Ed Owens' DNA end up beneath Karin's fingernails? But the jury, on the morning of the second day, was preoccupied instead by a determined holdout. Your October Bonus . I loved her so much that I want her to know the monster got you and now I'm facing the monster and I'm going to get him. But he was not at the Stroms house murdering Karin Strom. And meanwhile, in the visitor's room deep in a prison in Draper, Utah, we sat down for a chat with the admitted killer, and now accuser, Ed Owens. That-- he probably drank more than usual. As it turned out there was an argument between her and I, and I ended up strangling her and killing her. I knew. It was previously the network's flagship newsmagazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasional editions that focus on other topics. Just over a month after she filed for divorce papers. And so, before noon, the second day of deliberations, a verdict. Originally Aired On NBC On June 18, 2010. IE 11 is not supported. Just 25 when someone got into her bedroom, tore the place apart, and strangled the life out of her. Read The Secrets in the Suitcase by with a free trial. The Secret in Albuquerque. They'd gone four-wheeling together, and once Steve and Karin took Ed and his wife Patricia on a double date. How would he get into the house, though? Coco Saltzgiver: (cries) "Oh God, don't let me fail Karin." Now, he was claiming that Karin's death was an accident, and a murder for hire plot. Coco Saltzgiver: You never close that book. But now years later the DNA. Ed's a drunk. "The Secret in the Suitcase" is a new two-hour edition of "20/20", airing September 25 at 9:01PM ET on the ABC Television Network.. You can watch previous episodes of "20/20" at ABC.com and on the ABC app. He discovered that in fact, ETA ones had drawn a mention in the original investigation vents at all these years later tracked him down, and I wanted to go over this. going to come and testify. fact Woods Cross was busily growing out from the fringe of SALT Lake City. (crying). Molly Harris is a riddle inside an enigma, wrapped in feminine wiles, and nestled in a soft, human skin suit with a blonde wig on top. The night of Karen's murder took a sudden. That is never she goes. Josh Mankiewicz reports. You know just a little different, but you know a little different yeah. Seventy three ed was charged with kidnapping, robbery, rape and assault within ten, We commit murder. That was our very first homicide. Originally aired on NBC on June 18, 2010. T Mobile has more five g bars in more places, so you can stay connected to what matters most from almost anywhere switch to T mobile. He didn't talk, very quiet. And that's what led to her death. Actually, what I did was I went over to warn her and tell her that he wanted her killed. the for the Woods Cross, Utah and among the suburbs and the city on the shores of the great SALT Lake, the story of. And that, decided Coco, could not stand. And, you know, and you'd just look at him and say, "Wow. Strom was not involved with Karen's murder and strong. Find Dateline: Secrets Uncovered on NBC.com and the NBC App. The Wieliczka Salt Mine reaches a total depth of 1,073 feet and even features an underground lake amongst its rooms and cathedrals. How could it it's shocking and. Karin decided to file for divorce. Her, explain the semen found undercurrents fingernails. Now it was a knockdown, drag out fight and Troy Rawlings was, in by surprise two wrongs as the county attorney the prosecutor he'd been about, to present his case in court, when the news, seamen head hit. Indications of blood on Karen's underwear, minuscule spots, major implications that blood match the deal, a profile of Ed Owens. The judge made an announcement: Ed Owens had something important to say. A little checking revealed there was no forced entry to the house. Troy Rawlings: Where was Ed the night of the murder? Well, there were some reports of domestic violence in his past in turned Karen had left. In this Dateline classic, Keith Morrison reports on the 1980 murder of Karin Strom that left detectives baffled, and heartbroken loved ones wondering if justice would ever be served. . (laughter). Ed must have had sex with Karin, said the defense attorney. Ed Owens was released. Her puzzled friends assumed must be temporary, a goodbye visit. IE 11 is not supported. Would not agree. Dick Cantonwine: Yes, Yes. As owens awaited his day in court, an apparently relieved Steve Strom appeared briefly on local tv. That was our very first homicide, as a matter of fact, Officer Brad Benson said. But frankly, it was, in most people's opinion over. 92 likes, 13 comments - A Date With Dateline Podcast (@datedateline) on Instagram: "For Patreons at the Life of the Party level and higher. Our view is. And suddenly what once seemed a case of tying up old loose ends had been blown wide open. It was the 6th of June, 1980. The view was there anything else that went to motive. It was an accident, he says and, as you know, His story keep in mind that killing by strangulation requires prolonged force. report Secrets in a Suitcase explores the years it took to solve a murder case, with key evidence tucked away in a lime green suitcase. I had no plans of killing her none, none at all. And Detective Benson, who finally confronted the mystery of the murder at the start of his career, is looking forward to retirement, now that the old green suitcase has finally yielded up its secrets. 'Cause he-- he loved her. Statements from some of Steve's co-workers, who told police they saw scratches on Ed's hands and face in the days after Karin's murder. Owens wife: We've always stood by Eddie, saying that we knew he didn't do it. was just before eight a m. He told first responders, he'd been severely beaten, the furniture in their bedroom have been pushed around as if in a violent struggle. Which, sometime in the summer of 2008, produced what was - shall we say, a 'tiny' discovery? such shocking, like she can't be in there. That car was-- she was so happy when she got that. The Secrets in the Suitcase. The Karin Strom murder case faded out yet again, as another season went by, and the snow melted and the city bloomed into another summer. Saltzgiver ended up on the phone with Detective Brad Benson, who made his way to a storage room where he found the old green suitcase packed with evidence from the night of the murder. TheTVDB.com Season ID 515041; Created February 4, 2008 . Troy Rawlings: We didn't expect that, Keith. None at all. The Secrets in the Suitcase: Fri Jun 18, 2010: 53: The Years of Living Dangerously: Tue Jun 22, 2010: 54: The Mysterious Death of a Titan: Thu Jun 24, 2010: 55: (laughs) Could be. the charges and release Steve strong to go on about his life. Was he worried? Okay. And less than 2 weeks after Benson submitted the samples that could finally identify a murderer a result. Justice. I know. He was charged then with rape, kidnapping, and robbery. 1:26. It's --- it's shocking. As to what probably happened. A mother of two vanishes, and nearly two years later her body is found in the San Diego Bay, but medical examiners say she had only been dead for . Looking for me again, this is going going to start all over, get it tried to assure the public he wasn't giving up on making your case against ETA ones. Keith Morrison: You mean there's more you haven't told me is what you're tryin' to tell me. middle class neighborhood in the summer of nineteen. She was a lot of friends. But just over a month after she filed her divorce papers, Karin returned to the house in Woods Cross. And coco was overcome with emotion. I believe that it was more or less an opportunity with with Ed, that hed gone to the bar that night from work at eight oclock, just like the logs show. I can explain behavior like that. Home / Series / Dateline NBC / Aired Order / Edit; Edit Translations; Delete Delete; Bulk Editor; Season 18 General. Artwork. County attorney Rawlings dropped the charges without prejudice, dismissed the case. Wasn't the idea. Camaro was still part in the driveway when he arrived for that. Keith Morrison: Twenty-seven years and it never left your mind? Melody Fairbourne: When he would start drinking, he would start verbally degrading her. Ed Owens showed upand turned himself in. so nice out there, so less guy Expedia made to travel. The DNA under her fingernails was seminal fluid, and it belonged to Ed Owens, a former coworker of Steve at an aerospace parts manufacturer who showed up to his graveyard shift late, drunk, and with scratches on his hands and face.
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