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(phone vibrating)

- [Sean] 91 million of us worldwide

search for love online.

- She was looking for love.

- She wanted someone that would

give her the freedom to be herself.

- He looked like a normal, nice guy.

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(radio chatter)

- [Sean] But internet dating can be a dangerous game.

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- [Female] The mother of two small boys

reported missing early Sunday morning.

- [Sean] In the U.K. alone, crime linked

to online dating has risen 450% over five years.

- This is a predator's paradise.

- It's that dark side of the web

that people don't realize exists.

- [Sean] These are the real life love stories

that ended in tragedy.

- Each day, she was living in fear.

- I knew that he was no angel,

but he really had me tricked.

- [Sean] So how well do you really know

the person you're dating?

- She didn't stand a chance against that monster of a man.

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- Yavapai County is very unique.

We have approximately 140 sworn officers

that patrol over 8,000 square miles.

The county itself is a lot of rural,

Western small communities,

15 to 30 miles apart from each other.

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Typically the crimes we encounter in these areas

are things like theft

and small burglaries.

We experience in the neighborhood of

nine to 12 homicide related investigations a year.

It's not that many, only about one a month.

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(phone ringing)

- [Dispatcher] 911, what is your emergency?

- [Robert] My girlfriend shot me.

I'm not gonna make it.

She shot me two times in the chest.

- [Dispatcher] Sir, slow down for me.

- [Robert] I got shot like two times.

She shot me two times!

I think I'm bleeding to death.

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- My mother was great lady.

She was a very kind woman,

a great mother, super duper grandmother.

- Lorraine was very mellow, soft-spoken,

and she was just a really good person

that you just couldn't help but like.

- She was maybe a little quiet and a little reserved

but when you actually got to know her,

you saw what a sweet woman that she was

and how much she loves her family.

She was just a very caring, very warm person,

so full of life, so full of energy.

- [Sean] 62 year old, Lorraine Long,

lived and worked in Phoenix, Arizona.

- She was a flight attendant which really surprised me

because my mom was afraid of heights.

My mom loved it.

She was, she called herself the Hawaii Queen

because whenever she could get

a flight to Hawaii, she took it.

- [Sean] Lorraine was married to Garnet Long,

and together they raised their two children

but it was a troubled relationship.

- When we were young, they had kind of a rocky relationship.

My dad was an alcoholic so childhood was a little different.

- [Sean] Despite their difficulties,

the couple purchased a piece of land

in a remote but beautiful corner of the state,

close to the small town of Seligman,

which lies on historic Route 66.

They built a small ranch house,

accessed only by a series of primitive dirt roads.

- My dad bought that as a retirement home

for him, my mom and my grandma.

It was out in the boonies and my dad loved it.

I mean, we would put corn feeders out

and they would, my mom and him, would sit down on the porch

and watch the deer come.

So it was like a place to go for serenity.

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- [Sean] But the couple never got

to live out their retirement dreams.

Garnet developed cancer and died in 2006.

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Finding herself alone,

Lorraine decided to try online dating.

- She just wanted some sort of companionship.

- I think that was her way of

getting over her loneliness.

- It sounds to me like Lorraine

had been through an awful in her life.

Her husband had been an alcoholic.

She'd cared for him, he'd passed away.

Our frame of mind, everything we've been through,

all of that contributes to our decision making

so she was more vulnerable.

- [Sean] At first, Lorraine didn't have

much success with online dating.

- She was pulling up some pictures.

I was shocked.

I mean, they were showing genitals

and I'm like (gasping) is that for real?

People really do that?

She goes, "Oh yeah, that's nothing."

And I'm like, "Why are you doing that?

"You're so beautiful.

"You fly.

"You see so many people every day on a daily basis.

"You know, why don't you just take a chance

"and get to know somebody,

"'cause anybody can tell you

"what they want you to hear on a computer."

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But it seemed like everyone she picked, they had issues.

Actually, one of them tried to rape her

and she was able to get out of that one.

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- Dating is different for everybody

so when you see a dating website,

what does that mean, dating?

For some people, it means, literally,

I'm gonna go on a date and have dinner.

We're gonna go to a movie.

It's about having a relationship with somebody.

For somebody else, dating might mean just having sex.

So it's a matter of perception

of what that dating is all about.

For other people, it's about being predatorial.

It's about finding victims.

It's about exploiting people.

It's about controlling people.

It's that dark side of the web

that people don't realize exists.

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- [Sean] In 2009, Lorraine finally met

someone online who seemed like a great match.

His name was Robert Wiesner and he was 10 years her junior.

They met for coffee at a local bookstore

and immediately hit it off.

- She thought he was good looking.

He liked to hike and she really liked to hike.

- I remember her talking about him

and how excited she was to meet this individual

and he made her happy and seemed to give her the attention

that she was looking for.

- [Sean] Robert was from out of state and like Lorraine,

he had grown up children from a previous relationship.

She told friends that he made her feel young again

and the relationship flourished.

But Lorraine's friends and family

detected another side to Robert,

one that made them uncomfortable.

- Maybe a little awkward,

would be the best way to explain it.

- I thought he was arrogant.

I thought he was 50 trying to look 30.

- I tried to get along with him

because it made my mom happy,

so if she was happy, I was happy.

- His physical appearance was I guess very metrosexual,

I guess would be the right term.

You know, trying to,

you know, just trying to be somebody that he really wasn't.

- And I asked him, I said,

"You think a lot of yourself, hey?"

He goes, "Oh, of course I do.

"I dye my hair, I tan, I workout daily."

- It's clear that Robert Wiesner

has a lot of narcicisstic traits.

The way he took care of himself was eccentric.

And by the way, I think narcissism actually is underrated.

I think it's important to have a little bit of narcissism

because it drives you to perfection.

It's kinda like a little bit of salt is good for you.

Too much salt will kill you.

Too much narcissism kills everybody around you.

- [Sean] Robert's vanity seemed to put him at odds

with Lorraine's love of life.

- She told me that she took him to Hawaii one time

and he wouldn't even put his feet in the sand

'cause he didn't want to get his feet dirty.

And I said, "That's unusual,

"because that's the whole reason you go to Hawaii

"is to go to the beach,"

and that was the place that she loved most

so she wanted to share it with him.

And I said, "Mom," I go,

"I don't think this is the person for you."

- [Sean] At the time he started dating Lorraine,

Robert didn't have a steady job

and led a transient lifestyle.

- My mom did very well.

I mean, she had properties that were paid off

and she was a very smart,

my dad was a smart business person but taught her well.

So she had to pay for everything

because he didn't have a job.

- [Sean] Despite his lack of income,

Robert lavished a great deal of time and care on his car.

- It was a Ford Mustang

and it was immaculate,

and it also had tuned exhaust and it was extremely loud.

(engine revving)

I could hear him before I ever saw him.

He had a vanity plate and it was Hot Stud.

And I thought that was kinda funny.

You know, for a guy 50 years old.

- And I asked him, I say, "Oh, Hot Stud?

"Really Robert, you think you're all that?"

And he says, "Well your mom don't mind

"me having it on there."

- He was so into that car.

I remember he would wash it all the time.

I think the one time he even made Lorraine

keep her car in the driveway after he washed the car

and he put his in the garage so that it would stay clean.

- Robert has this Ford Mustang.

It's black.

It's all decked out.

It's his pride and joy is his car

and most people don't look at their cars that way

but that was all he had.

He had this one car.

And he was trying to convince people, "Look at my car.

"It says Hot Stud on the license plate.

"That's what I really am."

It was like he was trying to convince himself

that's who he is.

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- [Sean] Not long after the couple got together,

Lorraine moved to a new home

in the up-market Scottsdale area,

on the outskirts of Phoenix.

- She just wanted to be out of the rat race.

She wanted to be out of the neighborhood.

She wanted to

kind of be out in the desert.

She wanted a little more freedom.

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- [Sean] The fact that Lorraine now owned three houses

made her something of a catch.

- He knew she was well off.

He knew what she owned and he thought he could

get a piece of what she had if they got married,

then he would be set for life.

I think that's what the thing was.

- [Sean] But Lorraine wanted to take things more slowly.

- She told him if he could hold a job for a year,

then she would consider letting him move in with her.

- I know he wanted to take things a lot faster

than what she was hoping.

You know, he probably would've been very happy

if just the two of them, you know, ran off somewhere.

- [Sean] But as the relationship progressed,

friends and family started seeing tell-tale signs

that Robert was growing increasingly jealous.

- Robert was very controlling.

He would call her all the time.

If she was on the computer, he could tell,

and he would be right on there, "Who are you talking to?"

And Christmas, he made her change four outfits

before the outfit she had on was appropriate

for her to wear to her Christmas party.

- It sounds like Robert was trying to control Lorraine

and keep her under his influence,

keep her doing what he wanted her to do

and also make sure that other external influences

weren't taking her away from him.

That could've been because of underlying insecurities,

keep the person close,

make sure that you're the only person of support.

Ultimately this is really unhealthy in a relationship

and it's a sign of abuse when someone's trying to control

who you interact with and who you spend time with.

- [Sean] Though Robert often expressed his desire

to marry Lorraine, he harbored a secret side to his life.

He maintained an online profile and dated other women.

- Robert was on several dating sites

and my mom also found out about that,

and he also called her liar.

Once again, she's crazy.

It's all in her head.

So she pulled up the site and showed him,

"Oh somebody else must've did it."

Always deny, deny, deny and I told her,

"You know, it's the one that's always denying

"that's the doer and I know it's hard for you to see that

"because your heart plays crazy things on your mind,

"but that's the truth."

- [Sean] Not only was Robert Wiesner

exhibiting controlling behavior,

he also demonstrated that he possessed an explosive temper.

- My mom had a dog that my grandma watched Robert kick.

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- That's definitely a red flag.

If somebody's gonna get angry at a dog

and do something like that.

However, you know, when we're blind,

we think we're blinded by love we'll do

whatever we can to try to make it work.

- [Sean] Trying to keep the relationship together,

Lorraine even found Robert some work.

- She got him a job at a car lot selling cars.

He sold one car and then he was late for work,

got in an argument with the manager out there

and they fired him.

And he just kept on mooching.

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- [Sean] With Robert unable to hold down a job,

Lorraine finally decided to call it quits.

- My mom was trying to get rid of him.

I think my mom was afraid of Robert.

She wasn't sure of what Robert would be capable of doing.

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- [Sean] On the first of March, 2010,

around a year after they first met,

Lorraine's fears came true.

- She was at the airport waiting on the bus

to take her to her car lot and Robert showed up.

And one of her friends happened to be with her.

Robert demanded that she talk to him.

Lorraine's colleague tried to protect her.

She had warned him that Robert always carried a gun.

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- [Sean] After a standoff,

an angry Robert finally left Lorraine alone.

Frightened by the incident,

Lorraine asked her friends and family for advice.

- We discussed it and I asked her straight out, I said,

"Are you done with Robert?"

She said, "Yes."

I said, "Now what you need to do is,

"you need go to the paperwork.

"You need to get your restraining order."

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- [Sean] Lorraine took out

an order of protection against Robert,

hoping this would draw a line under the relationship,

but it didn't go down well.

- The police said when he got served, he was pure white.

You know, it was very unexpected.

Something that he didn't think that she would do

because she was so kindhearted.

- One never wants to wound a narcissist

and they take it very, very personally.

Healthy people understand relationships break up

and we move on, but a narcissist, for them,

that's a personal attack and they don't forget.

- [Sean] Despite the order of protection,

Robert didn't give up.

- Everywhere it seemed that she went, he would show up,

and my son said to me,

"You know Mom, Grandma says

"somebody is peeking through the shades,"

but every time she went and looked, there was nobody there.

You know, he was just antagonizing her.

- I asked her, "Do you have a gun?"

She said, "Yes, I do."

I said, "Do you know how to use it?"

She says, "Yes, I do."

I said, "I would keep it with you all the time

"when you're in the house."

- She called me and she mentioned that Robert

kept calling her over and over and over again,

and she kept telling Robert, she's like,

"We're done, we're not gonna get back together."

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(phone ringing)

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(phone ringing)

- [Dispatcher] 911, what is your emergency?

- [Robert] My girlfriend shot me

then I tried to get the gun away from her

and she shot herself so,

we need medical assistance immediately.

- [Dispatcher] What's your name, Sir?

- [Robert] Robert.

- [Dispatcher] Robert, what's your last name?

- [Robert] Wiesner.

I'm not gonna make it.

- [Dispatcher] I need to know

a better location of where you are, Sir.

- [Robert] Exit mile marker 109.

You take it 13 miles south.

- [Sean] The desperate 911 call

came from a remote corner of Yavapai County.

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- Myself and Deputy Slay got in our patrol vehicles

and started heading that way.

- [Sean] The location of the call was so remote,

it would take officers nearly 45 minutes to get there.

- [Robert] Well I think I'm bleeding to death.

I think I should get in my car

and start driving towards that way.

- [Dispatcher] Okay, what's your girlfriend's name?

- [Robert] Lorraine.

- [Dispatcher] Where did it all start?

- [Robert] I was bending over to tie my shoes

and all of a sudden, she pulls a gun out

and shoots me three times in the chest.

- [Dispatcher] I know, we know that.

What did she shoot you with?

- [Robert] Her .357 magnum.

I'm not gonna make it.

I think I'm bleeding to death.

- We kept on getting the updates that he was having problems

due to the gunshot wounds to the chest.

- [Sean] Eventually, officers spotted

the caller's vehicle, a silver Dodge Avenger.

- When I arrived on scene,

the car was parked on the side of the shoulder.

- [Sean] Police found Robert Wiesner

bleeding at the side of the road.

- I could see that there was an odd shaped injury

looked like it could've been a gunshot wound,

which I perceived it to be going from

the left side to the right side.

Appeared to have just grazed going across his body

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and a wound to his right shoulder

that appeared to be a gunshot wound.

- [Sean] But he was not the only casualty.

- The vehicle was not cleared

and I began a clearing of the vehicle.

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- [Sean] Detective Lopez found the body of a woman

in the back seat of the Dodge Avenger.

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It was Lorraine.

- She was cold to the touch.

Her body was stiffened already from rigor mortis

and it was evident to me

that she had not recently passed away.

- [Sean] Lorraine had two gunshot wounds to the chest.

The lack of blood in the car indicated

that she had not died in that vehicle.

- Her shorts weren't pulled up all the way,

which, exposing her pelvic area

which I perceived as quite odd.

But it would've been consistent with somebody trying

to pull somebody in and the shorts falling down the legs.

- [Sean] Police now began the task

of piecing together what happened.

In order to do so, they needed to find

where Lorraine had died.

Police went to Lorraine's Scottsdale home

to notify her family but what they found there

raised yet more questions.

- The responding agency actually called me back

to let me know that they had found more

than just a next of kin at the house.

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- The Scottsdale residence, on the back patio,

we found a black backpack

with some loaded pistol magazines.

We also found the back window to the residence broken out

and Lorraine's cell phone was actually left

sitting on the bed next to her laptop

and some bills and other documents.

It appears she just took off her reading glasses

and then left everything like that undisturbed.

- [Sean] Police found blood around the window frame,

suggesting a break in,

but no more blood was found here.

Police quickly realized that this

was not the location of the shooting.

- I had come home that day and I saw the police units

the sheriff's units across the street

and I said, "But is Lorraine's car in the driveway?"

And they said, "No, Lorraine's car is up north."

I said, "Okay."

And I said, "So have you found Robert's car?"

And they said, "No, they haven't found it."

And I said, "Okay,"

I said, "Do you want me to go look for it?"

I said, "I think I could find it."

And he said, "Well, where are you gonna look?"

I said, "Well, Robert would not have drove up west of me

"because he would've had to come by me

"and I woulda heard his car and known he was there."

- [Sean] Randy located Wiesner's Mustang

hidden behind bushes on the other side

of the intersection just below the house.

Inside, detectives found ammunition, binoculars,

a stun gun, and a balaclava ski mask,

suggesting some sort of abduction may have been planned.

They also found a receipt for a nearby fast food restaurant,

proving he'd been in the area at 6:15 the night before.

Meanwhile, Lorraine's daughter

was starting to worry about her mother.

- I didn't know what was going on.

I was calling her all day.

And I kept calling her and then

I started getting angry at her.

I'm like, "Mom, I've called you all day.

"You have not called me back, you know,

"that is not like you.

"I'm really angry, you know?

"What have I done?

"Have I done something?"

And then that afternoon, the sheriffs called me.

I felt almost empty inside.

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You're never prepared.

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I just felt hollow inside.

I just couldn't understand how somebody could be so brutal.

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- [Sean] Police visited Wiesner in hospital

but they found him unwilling to talk.

- [Officer] For us to proceed with this investigation,

we have to get an idea from you.

- [Robert] I think I need counsel.

- [Officer] Okay, so you want to wait for an attorney?

- [Robert] Yeah.

- Mr. Wiesner indicated that he did not wish

to provide any statement to law enforcement

after he had invoked his rights to request an attorney.

So at that point, all we know is that Mr. Wiesner

was claiming that Ms. Long

had attempted to shoot him for unknown reasons.

- [Sean] Medical examination of his wounds

seemed to contradict his earlier account.

- Mr. Wiesner indicated during the 911 call

that he did not think he was gonna make it

because he had been shot multiple times.

He did have what was determined to be a gunshot wound

to his upper chest, however,

what it was determined is that one shot

had actually gone sideways across his chest,

entered just enough below the skin,

traveled underneath the skin

approximately two to three inches,

and then exited right back out

across the front of his chest.

His injuries were actually very superficial.

- [Sean] Police also noticed other injuries

that aroused their suspicion.

- What was interesting is that he had cuts to his hands.

On the inside of his hands,

and a cut on the outside of one of his hands.

The cuts, we determined, were consistent

with grabbing the windowsill

and pulling yourself into the house

and entering the home through that broken window.

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- [Sean] Yavapai detectives located and gained entry

to Lorraine's Seligman ranch house.

(intense music)

They quickly realized that this was the scene of the crime.

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- The couch in the living room area

had been slid from its place of rest

across the front door, blocking the front door

as an exist or entrance point.

And then in the master bedroom area,

we found at least two bullet holes.

One of them was at a downward angle

based on its trajectory.

Another bullet was located in the bedroom door

and from the trajectory of that bullet,

it was clearly an upward angle though at that point,

all we knew is that Mr. Wiesner was claiming

that Ms. Long had attempted to shoot him

for unknown reasons and when he tried to disarm her,

that there was a struggle over the gun

and that the gun had gone off

during the struggle for the gun.

- [Sean] Firearms expert, Philip Boyce,

has analyzed the ballistics and crime scene evidence.

- The evidence from the scene indicates

that there were five bullet holes,

three of which were somewhat erratic in trajectory

and two of which seem to have gone through the floor.

This would actually possibly support

that the perpetrator said there was

some sort of fight or argument going on

when the weapon was fired.

- [Sean] But police still needed to work out

who had really shot who.

Wiesner claimed that Lorraine had shot him

and then shot herself in a struggle over the gun.

But the autopsy on Lorraine's body

suggested a different version of events

to the one that Wiesner had told the police.

- This is a sample of pig skin,

which we actually use for test firing

because it represents, as close as possible, human skin.

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So what we're actually going to do

is we're going to shoot the pig skin

at a series of ranges, starting off at six inches,

and comparing the tattooing or stippling

with that on the deceased.

In a typical homicide investigation involving firearms,

you're looking at trajectories of shots

that have been fired, any injuries or fatalities,

and range of fire to ascertain who did the shooting

and from what distance.

Some of the key things that we're looking for

in terms of range of fire is what we term powder tattooing

or some people refer to it as stippling

where a propellant is a discharge from the muzzle of the gun

and it actually penetrates the skin,

leaving a permanent mark.

(gun firing)

- [Sean] Philip fires the gun

from three different distances.

(gun firing)

- Here we have three of the targets that we fired at,

one is six inches, and you can see the tattooing

or stippling out to here,

one at 18 inches, you can see its out to here,

and one at 24 inches, you can see its out to here.

It would indicate to me the range of fire

is somewhere between 18 and 24 inches and having said that,

more towards the 24 inches.

Information that was available to me,

it was allegedly that she had shot herself.

Given that, and the fact that she had stippling

on the back of her hands,

I would say the perpetrator had to be at least

24 inches from her and the wounds were not self-inflicted.

- [Sean] Having studied the case,

Philip believes that it's possible to ascertain

even more information from Lorraine's two gunshot wounds.

The autopsy indicates that both exits were shored,

meaning that the skin of the body

was against a hard or semi-hard surface.

This would indicate to me that the deceased

had been sitting for the first shot,

which was in contact with her lower back

and then when she fell,

she was still in contact with the floor

with the second shot.

This would mean that the perpetrator

was most likely standing over her.

(gun firing)

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- [Sean] Investigators secured a warrant

to access mobile phone records.

- So we recovered Lorraine's cell phone

from her residence and we recovered Mr. Wiesner's cell phone

from the vehicle where deputies located him.

We also obtained cell phone records

from both their providers.

Using that information, we were able to create a timeline

and kind of create a map of the movement

involved with this incident.

- [Sean] Police were able to piece together

what they believe happened in the hours

leading up to Lorraine's death.

- So this is the residence at which Mr. Wiesner was staying

in the center part of Scottdale.

At the beginning part of the day,

he was sending text messages

and making phone calls to Lorraine.

(phone ringing)

Mr. Wiesner becomes increasingly desperate

as these messages continue.

(soft tone)

(soft tone)

(soft tone)

Lorraine texts Mr. Wiesner at 5:38.

(soft tone)

(soft tone)

(soft tone)

Robert responds to Lorraine that she's all he wants.

At 6:40 pm, Robert had already traveled

well North in Scottsdale

in the direction of Lorraine's residence.

At 8:12 pm, Mr. Wiesner places a phone call,

very close to Lorraine's residence.

Approximately 9 pm, Mr. Wiesner arrived in his Ford Mustang.

(intense music)

We think Mr. Wiesner crossed

between two of the vacant residences

and entered this wash behind Lorraine's residence.

Based on shoe impressions we found in this wash,

he had then walked a short distance

and we found shoe impressions leading up to her back patio.

- [Sean] Evidence showed he was carrying

his own Glock handgun as he approached the house.

- Mr. Wiesner came up to the back window to the family room.

He was carrying a heavy metal tow hitch,

like from a pickup truck

and he threw it through this window.

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The tow hitch Mr. Wiesner threw in the house

landed on this sofa here.

This window had been shattered out

and as he climbed through it, it appears he cut himself.

There's blood evidence we found on the wall right here

consistent with him placing his hand there

as he climbed in to Lorraine's family room.

Lorraine's bedroom was just on the other side

of this wall to my left.

We found her laptop open, her cell phone open

and some documents there.

We believe she then came around that corner

and encountered Mr. Wiesner here in her family room,

where we believe he abducted her at gunpoint,

leading her out through the laundry room to the garage.

Mr. Wiesner, we believe, forced Lorraine into her vehicle.

- [Sean] Neighbors saw Lorraine's silver Dodge Avenger

exit her driveway around 10:30 pm.

It's possible that Lorraine drove her own car

for the three and a half hours to her Seligman ranch,

held at gunpoint by Wiesner.

(intense music)

They would've arrived sometime after 2 am.

- During that journey, he would've been in control,

so Lorraine had tried to pull away

but Robert had regained that control,

even though it was through force.

- [Sean] Only Wiesner knows what happened next,

but it seems likely that Lorraine's plan

was to make things feel as normal as possible.

- In that living room, there was an entertainment center

that had multiple movies spilled out onto the floor,

as if someone had been watching movies.

There was food and drink prepared in the kitchen.

- [Sean] At some stage, they moved into the bedroom.

- Wiesner had no idea that the family

kept a gun in the dresser up at that residence.

It is believed that Ms. Long knew that gun was still there,

loaded and ready to use to protect herself.

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She took an opportunity to pull that gun out

and shots were fired.

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The gun was taken from Ms. Long

and she was shot twice in the chest.

(gun firing)

- He dragged her body out to the car,

loaded her into the back of the car

and then he called the sheriff's office just after 4 am.

(phone ringing)

- [Dispatcher] 911, what is your emergency?

- This sounds the type of murder

where Lorraine had tried to end the relationship

and Robert had taken offense at that

and perceived that as extreme rejection

and wanted to regain control.

So the murder in itself could've been a revenge act

because he was rejected or it could've been something

where he felt he needed to take control of his own life.

- [Sean] Wiesner was charged with murder.

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The case never went to trial.

It took five years to resolve.

- I feel that he was dragging it out.

You know, that was part of his control thing, you know,

by dragging it out so that it keeps going on and on and on,

whether he thought it would delay his sentence

or whether he through that it was

the last way to control the situation,

or whether he thought it would put the family through more,

you know, I really don't know.

Only Robert knows what Robert intended.

- [Sean] Wiesner refused to accept

responsibility for Lorraine's death.

- Well it was prolonging and prolonging

and finally said to my brother, I said,

"You know, let's offer him a plea bargain.

"How about we offer 27 years?

"By the time he gets out, he's gonna be almost 80.

"What kinda life is he gonna have anyway?"

- [Sean] Eventually, on the 7th of May, 2015,

Robert Wiesner accepted the plea bargain.

- Wiesner accepted a plea agreement,

where he pled guilty to a judge

for the charge of burglary as well as second degree murder.

As a result, Wiesner received a term

of five years prison for the burglary,

followed by a second consecutive charge

of 22 years for the homicide of Ms. Long,

for a total of 27 years in prison.

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- I think online dating sometimes leads to relationships

that wouldn't have otherwise occurred

because people who had no prior connection

and don't have a background information

about the other person get involved in a relationship

and sometimes and very unfortunately,

create great personal danger for themselves.

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- In the real world, this relationship

would never have been formed

because this woman who is successful,

she's attractive, she knows she's a successful person,

she wants a relationship

but she wants somebody who has a common interest.

If she had met this person face to face in real life,

it never would've happened.

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- Justice can never be served, you know,

with something like this

no matter what the court decides.

Somebody to take away the beautiful life of somebody else

is just a really sad situation.

I feel cheated, you know, because we were always close

and we always had a great friendship

and I could only imagine

what our friendship could be like today.

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- I miss my mom very much.

She always smiled.

She always looked so happy.

And, you know, I try to live my life the way that she did.

I try to smile because people around you

are always happier when you're happy.

She brightened my day.

My kids, oh they loved their grandma.

They miss their grandma so much.

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