larry hoagland: yes. craig melvin (voiceover): well we found indian joe. josh mankiewicz: that's all true? indian joe: oh, yeah, that's all true. craig melvin (voiceover): what else would we find? larry hoagland: there's a maniac out there. craig melvin (on cam): hello and welcome to dateline. family and faith were everything to connie hoagland, a devoted mother of three and wife of a church leader. so when a car bomb shattered life as she knew it, investigators were baffled. the motive remained a mystery until a stunning twist led detectives in a direction that was hard to believe even for connie herself. here's josh mankiewicz with deadly intent. josh mankiewicz: you're looking at the life of the hoagland family of san diego played out in brief... moments stretching across the years, from the prosaic to the profound... that's the mom, connie just after she gave birth to son jonathan... larry hoagland: okay look over here guys, one, two three. good one. josh mankiewicz: here he is six years later after lo

connie hoagland: i think he just still thought that i didn't think he did it. josh mankiewicz: i -- i sort of get the feeling that maybe larry thought that you were the kind of person who wouldn't have the strength to testify again him. connie hoagland: i think you're right. i think he just didn't know me as well as he thought he did. josh mankiewicz: boy, was he wrong. connie hoagland: he was. he didn't know me at all. craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. . i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." s beautiful. i thought he was the love of my life. we wanted them to find the real killer. i wanted all of this to be behind us. and go on happily ever after. craig melvin: single mom meets single dad. and in a single moment, it was love. britney romito: he was a very handsome. he was fun. randy pond: all smiles, very outgoing, charming. vanessa pond: everything he did just melted my heart. craig melvin: but there was something else about this dreamy single dad. something about his past. something deadly. raven abaroa (911 recording): my wife-- s