Sergeant Richard Spivey
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
That auction was going to end 8 o'clock p.m. Eastern Standard Time. What day was that? That was on November the 2nd, 2006.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
I mean, this was just a brutal, vicious beating. There was a lot of time and energy invested into this assault. Why do you say a lot of time and energy? I think the medical examiner told us there was over 30 blows with some sort of a blunt object.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
Those of us that work in law enforcement, this is our profession, but we're also parents. That certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
We know that he was the last person to talk to Michelle that night. And he was also the reason why she was found. He called Meredith Fisher to go to the house.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
That sounds like a great distance, you know. But 170 miles you can get between the crime scene and the hotel in about two and a half hours. Perhaps. But there were curious anomalies at the crime scene.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
He talked to the lawyer and then, under the advice of counsel, he declined to speak with us at all. Didn't ask about it. Didn't ask how his wife died?
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
Yes. It was one of the side exits of the hotel. One of the, like I said, the fire stairs that go down to the first floor. Was there any other tampering done in there? Well, the door that was adjacent to where this camera's located, that door also had been propped open that night. How do you know that?
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
The gentleman that was working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. Well, then they plug the camera back in, so it's now working again. And at about 6.35 that morning, suddenly that camera's pointing straight at the ceiling. Same camera? Same camera. And it's tampered with yet again.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
There was actually an altercation between the two of them, so you have a reason why she would remember him as opposed to any other customer that may have just happened into the store.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
The State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI were able to eventually identify that shoe as a hush puppy orbital shoe. And it was a size 12, which was the same size that he wore.
Dateline NBC
Silent Witness
Everyone that we spoke with, all of them talked about how much he loved Cassidy and what a great dad he was to just turn over primary custody. That was very surprising.