Our homes should be where we feel the most safe. It's also, where we are more relaxed and subseptical to becoming a victim of an attack from someone. Our guard is totally down at home and I've noticed that most people leave their doors open. I do not! It is important that we always keep our third eye open. I don't suggest not relaxing and enjoying yourselves, but to become more observant to the comings and goings of others. Always have a dog at your home,and you will have a lookout. I have several dogs and since they were pups, they have been instructed on what their job is, to alert me of anyone around our house and I will take it from there. It horrible that in American, we a subjected to this type of cruel, vicious, and hateful behavior from others.

This should be the most horrible crime in American. To have someone come up to or into your home and kill you. OMG!!!!!! The death penalty should be manadory in every State for the convicted criminal that does this. Something has to be done to eliminate this type of crime. I am sick and tired of hearing about wonderful people who are assets to the community and everyone surrounding them, that become victims of this type of cruel, vicious and horrible act. The criminal act directed at the victims sets off a ripple effect and it will touch hundreds and thousands of people before the calm of it. There is never closure for this. My heart aches for the family of these precious people.

I am sorry for the families lose, but I don't appreciate the way the reporter said that Eastern Market was in a bad neighborhood. It isn't of course you wouldn't want to be out around meat packing factories alone at night. And those poor people were killed in their home in the suburbs not Detroit. Unfortunately bad things happen to good people everywhere.

yes its ghetto infested area with definite mob connections!

you are about the dumbest mother f**ker on the planet, this happened in the burbs ahole

I think I figured out the message written in blood on the garage floor. I think the message is written backwards because the person on the floor couldn't see what they were writing (maybe writing above their head even): read the message backwards and it says: r j ' s

So its not an "n" or an "o" but a backwards apostrophe.

Why didn't the police get a search warrant to search the son's car & the house & grounds he supposely was working on & went to after his parents were murdered.? His finances....gambling & etc. ?

Could the murder weapons be in the walls of the house he was working on? Was it ever searched?

I missed the end. What was the verdict?

This episode was very disturbing. Physical evidence aside this case could have easily decided by "common sense" alone. What son hears that both his parents were killed doesn't STOP working and at least tell his other siblings that are working with him. Why was his new home not searched? It doesn't take a genius to figure out who did this. The jury only deliberates for an hour? Are you serious? People are still talking about O.J. Simpson? This case is much more disturbing than that will EVER be!

Just watched this episode and when I saw the blood on the floor I saw Selin, I hope this case is solved soon. I too wondered why the cops didn't search the vehicle, house or shop... Seems to me it was not lack of evidence it was lack of investigation.

Why was Dale not a suspect? I thought the writing in blood could read: "See Dale". I think he was the last to see them alive. Also, the door stop was made by him. Could he have melted down the metal and created a new one? Also, did anyone check the pizza delivery person? And, were the employees at RJ's checked out? Could the son have hired someone to do this? I still go back to Dale. What role did he play in the friendship? Could he have been in love with Mrs. J or having an affair with her? Why was he not checked out? Why would he commemorate the death with a tatoo on his arm...what was that about?

I think the bloody letters (remember it's being written by a weak person on the verge of death) spell "Nelson". I think it could have been the father's best friend, I think his name was Dale Nelson. It looked like the first letter was a sideways N followed by e, l. The next letter looks like half of an s since it was mopped up. My heart goes out to the family.

I just got done watching this Dateline episode and I just had to make a comment to law enforcment... COME ON ! You seem to always try to close a homicide case quickly by blaming a family member. From an outsider looking in... what I saw written under that Jeep was SALE, meaning the private sale of something. Did the victims have something for sale on-line, like a car or a boat ? The cops should check into the victims personal computer to see if they had something for sale on craigslist or Ebay. Did some nut job come that night to look at what they were selling and flip out ???? Maybe the victims last thoughts were, "How is anyone gonna know who did this, I don't remember the persons name... I'm selling the Jeep, SALE, the police will figure this out, they can look up the IP address of the person who inquired about the SALE of the Jeep." Also, did the cops interview the employee from the meat market that was sent home for to many bathroom breaks. To many bathroom breaks usually means someone is hitting off of the crack pipe too many times...

Anyway.... my thoughts go out to the family. Sorry for your loss. I hope the cops find the real killer.

I think the message was written with the murder weapon. The first letter was written with the horsehoe side of the doorstop. Because, there are 2 matching symbols. This looks like Ns side by side. Then, the doorstop was turned around to write the rest. An e then maybe an l. Its hard to say. But it looks like the writer was trying to write Nelson.

the only lead to the killer now is the bloody footprint!!!!!!

back search from the SOLE ~!!!!!!!

surely, the brother paid for those boots with a credit card.

where are they now?

I agree with Bobby. The evidence made me believe it was Ron, Jr. And did they ever look for a shoe to match to the print in blood? The wavy sole pattern could have been enough to match and blood would have been deep in those tracks. The news should have rocked his world if he was the sweet "never hurt a fly" kinda guy. AND ALL THAT VICODIN??????? Why and where did that come from? 3 would snow anyone's mind! He was guilty in my opinion.

That second letter doesn't look like an 'O' - it looks like an "e"... The first letter looks like a backward 'N'. The 3rd is half of a straight line. Nel... Nelson... Some friend jealously? Last one to see them... no questions about where he went after leaving - what time he got home? Knew the meticulousness of them enough to know the door bar was missing - would know enough to put the mop back... worked on cars... hands pretty beat up...

On the other hand - first statement from the wife said "he fell asleep around 10:00pm" - second time she said "he fell asleep around 11:30pm." Had to back up the DVR 4 or 5 times to make sure I was hearing what I was hearing!!! If you've DVR'd it - listen for that in the wife's testimony... how on earth does the prosecutor NOT hear that and pick it apart?????

i believe the message left by the victims reads JJ Wife

The Detective thought the first letter was an S and the second letter was an O. The writing appears to be two lines and the first and only letter on first line as well as the first letter on the second line appear to be a sideways N, and the second letter a small E and the third letter a small L. It looks like the dazed and dying person may have been trying to write N (eighbor) but since it is such a long word they went to the second line and wrote Nels... The neighbor had the most incriminating testimony against the eldest son, and was very familiar with both the garage and the interior of the home, and was familiar with the murder weapon, having fashioned it. He also likely would not have been able to sleep well that night and so would have noticed that the lights were on after 11:30 p.m. and would have been able to sneak over and turn all of the lights off without being noticed. He was also the last person to have seen the couple alive. The motive is unclear, but neighbors can be as close as relatives or lovers and can often harbor passionate feelings. What is strange is that he would tattoo something on his arm and put a public message to the world on the back window of his car. What is he trying to cover up or camouflage? I think the Detectives placed him on their list of credible witnesses too early on and didn't even consider investigating him as a possible suspect.

Did anyone try to figure out what was written in blood. I wonder if it is "Nelson" . the friend, who made the murder weapon. The person who wrote this was badly beaten and stabbed, they would not be able to write it perfectly. The S could be an N but sideways and the other letters could spell "e l s" the "o n" is missing-washed away, and there are small blood pools. Just a guess on my part but I did not like the way this guy acted, even after- with the tatoos, etc. Could that be guilt. Some of his statements were proven false (money not a problem at bank). I do not think the son did it. He was taking drugs and was problably dyllusional. He acted stangely after he found out- he was in shock. Someone had time to go back and clean up.

If people are try to figure out the writing then forget the N-E-L and just concentrate on the S-O-N. No reason to try and invent things. It was the son that killed his parents. Again it only takes common sense to figure this out!

They need to look further into the best friend Dale. The "replica" of the door stop could have been the actual weapon and a way for Dale to get the weapon out of his hands. The last 3 letters in the blood look like "-ale". Dale was the last person to see the couple alive, he quickly jumped to pointing out his best friends oldest son, and he broadcast their death by the emblem on his car and the tattoo on this shoulder. Was there an affair going on? Was there jealous? Is it coincidence that this all happened right before the couple was getting ready to leave to go to Ireland? Dale knew the garage better than anyone. His fingerprints would have already been all over the place. The wife wouldn't have been concerned with dale and her husband yelling, friends fight all the time, but once she got to the bottom on the stairs and saw her husband then i think she tried to run to get into the car. I think the police and investigator messed up this case and overlooked the most obvious person.

I agree - The first letter looks like an N or the first line is S. and then beneath it Sel or NeI. I am intrigued by the writer whose idea was that it looks like "sale" and that makes sense, the victim would not have a potential buyer's name. And maybe they would let someone come by and see the goods on a Friday night even though it was somewhat late. Did they look in the families address book as well?

The writing on the floor looked like Sale or Dale. Dale was the last person to see them alive, knew what they had for dinner, and I find it odd that he has a tattoo with their name on it. If not him, were they selling something, and the sale went bad? Ugh, this is such a tragedy.

The parents, I'm sure, are very proud of the younger son. He is such a sweet kid; the kind all parents dream of having. I hope they catch the person that did this.