ABC’s 20/20 Mother’s Day Murder

Friday night ABC’s 20/20 ran a show on Stacey Burns, who was murdered on Mother’s Day.  Her body was left by the killer to be found by her children Mother’s Day morning.  The show profiles two individuals who could be responsible for her killing:  her ex-husband and an ex-boyfriend.

It’s a truly perplexing mystery.  The ex-husband had made threats against his wife, and she had a restraining order against him.  He ex-boyfriend was somewhat obsessed by her according to friends, and his DNA was found under her fingernails.

While watching the interview, I have gut belief at who is responsible, but from the interview, there were no concrete clues that were leaked out, unfortunately.  It’s much like the Hailey Dunn case.  I have a gut instinct, but there is not hard behavioral evidence in these two cases that will give me what I need to make a definitive decision based on behavior.  That doesn’t mean that these two cases can’t be solved by behavioral evidence, it just means I’d need to ask more direct questions myself to get to the truth. Not all interviews will provide the questions to leak the clues…