. >> miami - dade state attorney, katherine fernandez rundle, had to sign off, and she did so without tolerated anywhere in the system, even if it's understandable and somebody might have some sympathy. >> there's a kind of a push in that direction, isn't there? you ought to be able to act out in your own defense? >> sometimes revenge is just an excuse, but it's a lousy excuse to kill somebody. you cannot do it. you will be held accountable. >> and the state of florida did hold cindy accountable. just before christmas, 2010, she was charged with first degree murder. >> coming up -- there was a dead man, an apparent confession and a motive. but under florida law, was it murder? >> and it was at that point in time that you shot him to protect yourself? >> yes, i did. i was in fear for my life. in my mind, he was there to kill me. >> when "dateline" continues. firefighter maggie gronewald knows how to handle dry weather... ...and dry, cracked skin. new gold bond advanced healing ointment. restore healthy skin, with no sticky feeling. gold bond. champion your skin. ♪ ♪ cases of anxiety in

. >> more than 20 years ago state attorney katherine fernandez rundle vowed lynne's story would not endsm she says there is some justice fehr the mother and her young son even though she disagrees with the outcome of the case. >> ultimately it's about a boy, a tug-of-war between two parents. >> that's right. although i beg to say i don't think a father who would deprive a father of the love of a mother really loves the boy. he loved himself more it seems to me. >> markers. out west there's the great open sky. in south florida, the ocean. always the ocean. the vast churning tropical waters. for the aging friends still remembering, it is lynne's marker too. after a violent death, the place where they prayed she might finally rest in peace. >>> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. >>> good morning, everybody. we've got breaking news that we are following across the central part of the u.s. today where overnight storms and tornadoes have left dozens of people dead. for the time being, it sounds like kentucky may have been hit the hardest. look