04-09-2011, 05:28 PM
full story and photos at link here:
i'll be watching program.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/09/murd...tml?hpt=C1
CNN
Were American tourists caught in the crossfire of a drug war? Or is there a more sinister twist to the story? Don't miss "Murder in Mexico: What Happened at Falcon Lake" at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on CNN.
(CNN) -- It was planned as a day of recreation for the young couple but turned into tragedy. A 30-year-old man dead, his body lost -- possibly forever.
As his grieving widow waits for answers, suspicion is cast on her. Then an investigator is murdered as he looks into the crime.
Today, nearly six months later, some of the puzzle pieces are falling into place regarding what happened to Americans David and Tiffany Hartley that September day on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border.
Even with the new information, however, authorities caution that the full picture of what happened that day, leading to David Hartley's death, may never be known.
"It didn't happen in the United States," said Zapata County, Texas, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.
And Mexican authorities, he told CNN, have "somewhat of a zero solvency rate, and a zero conviction rate."
"So unfortunately, this case may remain open forever, even though the information and the evidence may be there," according to Gonzalez.
i'll be watching program.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/09/murd...tml?hpt=C1
CNN
Were American tourists caught in the crossfire of a drug war? Or is there a more sinister twist to the story? Don't miss "Murder in Mexico: What Happened at Falcon Lake" at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on CNN.
(CNN) -- It was planned as a day of recreation for the young couple but turned into tragedy. A 30-year-old man dead, his body lost -- possibly forever.
As his grieving widow waits for answers, suspicion is cast on her. Then an investigator is murdered as he looks into the crime.
Today, nearly six months later, some of the puzzle pieces are falling into place regarding what happened to Americans David and Tiffany Hartley that September day on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border.
Even with the new information, however, authorities caution that the full picture of what happened that day, leading to David Hartley's death, may never be known.
"It didn't happen in the United States," said Zapata County, Texas, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez.
And Mexican authorities, he told CNN, have "somewhat of a zero solvency rate, and a zero conviction rate."
"So unfortunately, this case may remain open forever, even though the information and the evidence may be there," according to Gonzalez.