Maggie McCartan
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I felt terrible for him and I felt very bad for JJ. Both were incredibly sad.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
She talked a lot about the fact that she was seeing someone else, that he was great in bed, that he had a lot of money and was buying her all these presents. Saying this to someone she just met.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
He'd go to the amusement park. He would take him to movies. He would take him on trips. Anything that JJ really wanted to do, John was up for.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Never. I never saw him raise a hand to that boy, much less a voice. He was just not that type of person. He was a very gentle, loving father.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
The cops came to his dental office and arrested him and kind of took him out the back and try as he might, because he did try to keep his sense of humor about it. He called me and said, hey, I was just in the clink. You know, they hauled me away in silver bracelets trying to make light of it. But I knew that that for him was a turning point.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
John calls me and says, hey, I went to pick up JJ for this trip, and his head was shaved.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
No, other than I think just he thought, at least what he shared with me was she shaved his head so that, you know, he'd look like a prisoner in these pictures.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
If he was mad at John, he'd say, well, I'm just going to go and troopers my daddy or not my daddy anymore.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Absolutely. She'd call and, you know, scream at the young ladies who worked in his dental office. And I think he was just so embarrassed and mortified, he just kept giving her more and more to try to appease her.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Coming up... He was sobbing, and he said, I don't know if I'll ever see my son again.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
John called me and never heard him crying like this. He was sobbing. And he said, I don't know if I'll ever see my son again.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I thought, are you smoking something? Because this does not make any sense.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I don't think there was anybody who came up with an alternate theory. If they did, they didn't voice it at that time.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Did that make sense to you? Not at all. I thought, are you smoking something? Because this does not make any sense. You start with and see where the case leads you. I mean, you don't have to watch cop shows to realize that's the way it's done.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
We'd all take turns calling the police. What's the status? What's going on? Why haven't anything happened?
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
They just came in with an air about they knew what they were doing. I mean, we all felt a lot more hopeful than we had in a long time.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Throughout the trial, we thought, okay, maybe she'll make an appearance. Maybe they'll call her to the stand. They had said in their opening arguments that she would provide alibi witness testimony. Never showed up.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
As soon as he was convicted, her bags were packed and she took off to Georgia. So never, never had to face us.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I wanted people to understand he was a good man who didn't deserve this to make sure people understood how much he was loved.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Anytime you were around him, he was making you laugh, he was making you smile. He had... He and I kind of shared that same affiliation for old TV, so, you know, we'd try to one-up each other on TV trivia.