Did you see Dateline last week? If you didn’t, I highly recommend it. Dateline shows us the short-circuits of our brain that I’ll bet most people, myself included, had no idea existed. When you think of the implications of this, it’s very scary!
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You can view the whole show here.
Tonight Dateline NBC will be updating the story of Dave Hawk, who I first wrote about in May of 2007. Daren Matteson, a lead homicide investigator on the case, found my post after watching the show and contacted me. He was surprised at my insight on the case since I knew nothing about it and only saw what Dateline profiled.
Daren and I have since gotten to know one another and I have followed this case with Daren as it developed. Last summer, Dave Hawk was convicted of murdering his wife, though his wife’s body was never found, and he was sentenced to life in prison.
Daren wrote a comment for my website, if you haven’t seen it:
Several years ago, I met “Eyes for Lies” after she profiled one of my homicide cases. At that time, the case had not been to court so I was not able to give many details here.
That changed when David Hawk was found guilty of killing his ex-wife, Debbie Hawk, for financial gain. In California, that mandates a life without parole sentence. Dave is now a resident of the state corrections system.
I would again like to say what a direct hit “Eyes” had for the facts in this case. Her only source of information at that time was an interview she saw of Dave Hawk on Dateline NBC regarding Debbie’s disappearance. Debbie’s body has never been found.
I feel that someone with this natural gift is far better than anyone who has training.
I’ve been in Law Enforcement for almost 30 years and would love to have met “Eyes” when I was rookie. Her talent and ability to explain the minute details she spots in deceptive people would have allowed me to put more bad guys in jail.
If Eyes for Lies tells you someone is being deceptive, believe her!
Thanks again for all your help.
With great respect,
Daren Matteson
Hanford PD
I hope you’ll tune into Dateline tonight to see all the developments in this case since Dateline last profiled it. You will get to see Daren, too! You can read my original thoughts of Dave Hawk here.
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I just finished watching the story of Billy Wayne Cope on Dateline, which aired last night. All I can say is what a tragedy!! This man has been severely railroaded, and I completely disagree with the verdict in this case. I will definitely add this to cases that I disagree with.
I have a need to reach out to the people who have come to Billy Wayne Cope’s rescue to see if there is anything I can do. I hope they get this verdict thrown out.
People need to realize there are false confessions and from my understanding of human behavior, Bill Wayne Cope fits perfectly with a man who would do this.
I did not see any indications that Billy Wayne Cope murdered his daughter, and DNA supports this.
I will be looking into this case further, time permitting.
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Don’t forget to watch Dateline, 20/20 and 48 Hours this weekend! Setup your DVRs. There is no fiction that competes with reality.
If you didn’t see The Seduction this past weekend, it is a fascinating story. It’s so unbelievable that you just have to see it to believe it. I warn you though, its very haunting, too.
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