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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.

(intense music)

(radio chatter)

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

(suspenseful music)

- [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.

(camera whirring)

(dramatic music)

(mellow music)

- 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.

(mellow music)

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.

(mellow music)

(train passing)

(dramatic music)

(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.

(mournful music)

- 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.

(tranquil music)

- [Sean] But the couple never got

to live out their retirement dreams.

Garnet developed cancer and died in 2006.

(mournful music)

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."

(suspenseful music)

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.

(dramatic music)

- 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.

(tranquil music)

- [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.

(ominous music)

- [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.

(ominous music)

- [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.

(ominous music)

- 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.

(ominous music)

- [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.

(ominous music)

- [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.

(intense music)

- [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."

(intense music)

- [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."

(intense music)

(phone ringing)

(intense music)

(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.

(intense music)

- 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

(dramatic music)

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.

(dramatic music)

(ominous music)

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

in the back seat of the Dodge Avenger.

(dramatic music)

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.

(intense music)

- 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.

(mournful music)

You're never prepared.

(mournful music)

I just felt hollow inside.

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

(mournful music)

(dramatic music)

- [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.

(intense music)

- [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.

(intense music)

- 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.

(intense music)

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)

(intense music)

- [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.

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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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