Ashley Pope
Appearances
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
It appeared that Gary's relationship with everyone was a source of income for all of the kids. So in some shape or form, Gary had close ties or disagreements with all the family members relating to money.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
By the end of that interview, Rusty explained to us that he wanted to do anything he could to assist us because he had no part of this homicide. He also gave us information to verify his alibi.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
It had nothing to do with Gary. We also find out that he is searching things like how to delete your text messages, what can cops find in text messages. That phone was a revelation. As time goes on, Rusty had told us that he had not talked to her on the night of July 3rd. Well, the cell phone data reflected inconsistencies in that. And it also reflected that he had lied to us.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
So that led to Detective Hayes and I going back up there again to conduct an interview with Rusty to challenge him on these lying statements.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
If this statement was true, it is very important because Gary had not been reported missing and had not been located at the burn pile. The 911 call did not occur until July 5th at 1247 p.m. So that's a full day and a half before anybody knew the nature of this crime.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
And it didn't last. We feel like Rusty's going to record the phone conversations and not notify Melody. But we later learned that he, in fact, did tell her.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
Gary had close ties with all the family members related to money.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
We have had accidental fires where that situation was similar, where people have fell in the fire. It's usually not, the body's not consumed that much.
Dateline NBC
A Little Patch of Perfect
In some shape or form, Gary had close ties or disagreements with all the family members related to money.