Maria Takaleski
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
And I remember just looking at him and saying, no. And I start pleading to God, please don't let him have been killed. Please don't let him have been killed. And I fell to the floor and just sobbed.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
John was wearing a turtleneck and a casket, and when I went early the next morning, I moved the turtleneck down and saw the slash wounds where his head was almost severed. John never wore a turtleneck in his life, but it was the only way to cover up how he died.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Maria says it was obvious Michelle just wasn't that into John. John was affectionate toward Michelle, but I never saw Michelle be affectionate back to John. She always seemed distant or almost put off by him. It was always like, or, you know, he was just there.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
This was a way of her manipulating him to give her whatever she wanted in the divorce. She was using a child as a pawn in this game of money.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I said, John, we have to do something. I'm coming out to Blairsville, and we're going to go see the police. And he said, Maria, what police can we go see? We can't go to the Blairsville Police Department. They hauled me out of my office. We can't go to the state police because Foley's one of them. He said, we don't have anyone to go to.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
He said if they had me killed, tell JJ that I loved him and that he was my whole life. And someday get in touch with him and make sure he knew how much I loved him.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I don't think you ever get over a murder. You learn to live with a new reality, but it's always with you.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
John had dated pretty girls in the past, but none that looked quite like Michelle. She was beautiful. That was the first thing he was taken with, that someone that was so pretty was interested in John.