Death at the Front Door: Who Shot Heidi Firkus? | Full Episode

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[@amirmuradi9570]

I don’t have any extra work hun I can do that too much time to get it out lol I

[@grantgoldberg1663]

Put up some new episodes. No one cares about old cases. Or, keep posting them and continue to watch your ad revenue fall. Already seen this on Dateline over a year ago.

[@bobgillis1137]

The neighbour's testimony reminds me of a scene from Austin Powers. "You've shot me ! Ouch " Ok not funny, surely unbelievable.

[@samsngdevice5103]

This is what happens sometimes when you have faith in god.

[@MrMostNicee]

​@@amirmuradi9570😅😅😅

[@TheNinnyfee]

The moment you hear that he sent her down the stairs unarmed in front of himself with a shotgun you get goosebumps. No good husband would ever do that with an intruder at the door. None

[@Verawnique]

Totally. That was the first red flag.

[@lisasangria1086]

You are ABSOLUTELY right!! Someone was attempting to break into our house years ago. I heard the noise of the doorknob and I woke up my husband. He grabbed the gun, told me to stay upstairs and he flew downstairs.

[@sallyyanne]

@@lisasangria1086so sorry that happened to you and I hope you and your family are all okay.

[@extremediva290]

​@@lisasangria1086absolutely 💯 that's what a husband is supposed to do.

[@DoonaGlows]

Thats a dead giveaway

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

The sad thing is, he had 11 years of freedom to enjoy life that he never deserved.

[@pchaparala]

that is what I don’t understand. Sounds like some serious incompetence in the prosector’s office until these women took over.

[@mirieshii1948]

And had 3 poor kids who will grow up knowing they have a murderer father.

[@ceej5705]

You don't know if he did it or didn't...nor are you the one to judge what he deserves. Get over yourself. Maybe inquire into the concept of justice.

[@Shayne_T]

@@ceej5705word salad.

[@redwatch.]

@@ceej5705 He was convicted and it could have happened sooner. What is your point?

[@cathybassett6432]

Can't afford mortgage payments but can afford an attorney and private sketch artist. Saving face was more important to Nick than Heidi's life. Finally a sentence that fits the crime.

[@Justice-ef9sk]

It was a high profile case. The Attorney was probably pro bono. And more than likely the attorney paid for the sketch artist..?

[@nbaoldgirl]

@@Justice-ef9skIf you watch this program they explain that his parents hired/paid for the attorneys.

[@donaldjohnrobinson6531]

His parents organised the lawyers, they had money as they had the carpet laying business.

[@izzpop781]

@cathybassett6432 what a state of affairs though. Happy to take their handouts when it comes to defending him but not so willing to ask for their help in the first place to save from killing his wife. As you say, so sad that he put a higher value on his reputation than he put on Heidi's life

[@killereverb3928]

Attorney was NOT pro bono and his attorney did NOT pay for the sketch.

[@amysanchez3699]

When I saw that drawing of a cabbage patch doll, I told my cat, of course they won't find anyone who looks like that🙄 A few mins later I was left speechless

[@Cheirosa81]

This made me lol 😆.

[@CupcakeBeauty24]

@@Cheirosa81 Me too lol...because I thought the same exact thing. He was just blindly naming facial features and came up with that drawing! SMH...he is exactly where he needs to be, in prison!

[@jzloveinfinite]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@GriffinC507]

Ironically, that drawing is identical to the "kidnapper" that supposedly took Susan Smith's two young sons.

[@roysayantani]

You know what, I often talk to my cat too about these crime docs😂

[@bluey1062]

How hard is it to just say, "Hey, this mortgage is too much, let's just get an apartment."

[@kayakazi7765]

Immaturity, because that needs simple communication

[@GlitchGuroo]

Maybe she did not want that.

[@damkegunner2414]

Lol you must not have rented in a long time. I’m recently divorced. My rent is 33% higher than my mortgage was for a place 3 times smaller. Rent is disgustingly high nowadays.

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

Exactly

[@Hollister74]

Yeah, me and my husband had that conversation once. Downsized and bought our current home 4 years later.

[@pdaniaful]

It shocks me that his friends think he's innocent because he 'loves his wife very much' pfffff!!! If you're not sharing a bed with them or live with them, sorry you never know what's going on in any marriage.

[@Justice-ef9sk]

OMG RIGHT!!! Those fools. I was thinking to myself Damn he’s got you two snowed pretty good doesn’t he? Lol.

[@jeanieferris]

It's the mindset of your church family. When I was in the church, the members were like family and would support one another no matter what. What would that say about them if their Brother in Christ was a murderer? I did love that aspect of my church family, at least until I left because I no longer believed what they were preaching. @@Justice-ef9sk

[@ohhkayy0919]

The bald chick didn't even look like she believed the story he gave as she was retelling it lol

[@momwalker2706]

Fact's

[@stevewise1656]

Yes! My thoughts exactly. I'll bet they're also his church friends and they'll believe anything just because. The biggest phonies and posers I've met in my life were born again Christians and that's what Calvary Church's non profit incorporation status claims. Calvary is a chain no different than McDonalds.

[@Sue_Kaye]

Anytime they say one spouse was killed and the other one was just grazed by a bullet, you know it's BS.

[@Chris_Diggity]

Exactly! Especially when it’s in the arm or the leg 🧐

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

Exactly

[@nicklatham6635]

For sure!!!

[@eddiehoppe]

I agree. Plus not a real man, Honey i think someone breaking in you go down the stairs first

[@niklplatd]

Spot on

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

Send the unarmed women down the stairs first, and she was shot in the back. I'm not an investigator, but he sounds guilty from this alone. 😮

[@artemisiam.8391]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@sheilae.9670]

Exactly!

[@Eljefecontent247]

Exactly!

[@stevenwohlrab4764]

Yeah, There is literally zero doubt in this. The real mystery is how can one manage to look at his face each day, i would be suicidal. Damn hit 3 minutes in the video someones says no history of violence, and no reasons. Shows reasons to the people, what is reason? is reason even real? stupid people will remain stupid or just outright liers is possible, some people simply dont care about the other.

[@terrorsquadlith]

so someone's braking into your house you wont really think everything through 100 percent.. Also he wouldnt have had her on the 911 call if he was gonna shoot her.. Too risky, she might've said something to incriminate him like 'what are you doing, dont shoot me'' etc

[@nikkib6604]

I never understand how a woman can marry a man who had a previous wife die in suspicious and unexplained circumstances.

[@SilvaVasssell-dn5nm]

She at to be really lonely

[@le_parsdon]

The circumstances were not unexplained or suspicious. It was only suspicious to the cops, because to a hammer everything looks like a nail.

[@marcthomas5641]

Dude was not handsome, not just poor but deeply in debt...and his 1st wife mysteriously died with HIS shotgun? That lady was batshit crazy man...

[@kayakazi7765]

Desperation and thinking you are too special....she was going to be next

[@jjsuperstar900]

yeah, well the nail was guilty

[@sageolivia3275]

After thinking about it, I have a feeling the real reason he yelled out the words "you shot her" then "you shot me" is because he wanted to confuse his dying wife who was shot from behind with only her husband behind her, last she saw. Not just because there was a chance a witness might be able to hear him (loud and clear)

[@ThisIsJ.Nicole]

I was thinking the same thing

[@camerontreadway3366]

He didn't yell that out. They explained what the neighbor heard was him yelling to the operator "an intruder shot her and shot me". His wife died instantly from a shotgun blast in the back. She wasn't hearing anything fool.

[@sageolivia3275]

@camerontreadway3366 He shouted loud enough for his neighbors to hear it without being right next to him, is all I was saying. I did forget that it was a shotgun, so yeah, you're probably right about her dying instantly.

[@jasonwyman1873]

Yes, he was running the con to the very end. He'll never admit it.

[@glad6054]

He's an 'actor'

[@pmacem9343]

Just because a person claims to live their life by“faith”, doesn’t mean it’s true. Most of the time, it’s totally BS and they’re just hiding behind that label. This guy is 100% evil.

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

Yes you usually find that they are usually the most evil people of all

[@Aabb110-x3j]

He isn't evil. He's just very selfish and extremely cowardly.

[@aliciakillen1940]

Bingo!

[@ser3385]

He killed his wife. What more do you want to call someone evil? @@Aabb110-x3j

[@oldhickory4686]

Nick "Osteen" Firkus...

[@a.mie.533]

How blind friends and family can be when it comes to recognizing someone's true personality keeps puzzling me.

[@mortalclown3812]

Especially when they are supposedly Christian in their beliefs.

[@a.mie.533]

@@mortalclown3812 👍

[@betsylaughlin8652]

It is very telling that his now ex-wife became so suspicious that she recorded their conversation in case there was a confession. That is so incredibly important in getting insight into who he REALLY was. The ex-wife knew.

[@moriyarose3587]

This is how most families are, all the time. It isn't puzzling nor wrong, per se. We all want to think the best of the people we love, and it often tales something very serious/horrifying for us to wake up. I think the family is being unexplainably ignorant, and while I don't agree, I can understand it. They, like so many involved, are also victims of this evil man. I have no mercy for this killer, but I have no problem extending a but of grace for those who don't want to believe he's guilty.

[@opaqueandbluefrommyphone4339]

Denial is a hell of a thing

[@mamarobyn]

Pro tip there's a lot of guys out there. Don't have kids with somebody who's first wife mysteriously was shot by an intruder.

[@crishuez]

I feel for the children ☹

[@sayedero]

GIRL!!!

[@davidb2206]

True! Thank you. That's called "wisdom and mature judgement."

[@DraganAlves]

The thing you’ve gotta remember, though, is this guy was an extremely manipulative sociopath. I think he probably recognized second wife’s weakness and preyed on her.

[@kushmob4208]

​@@sayedero ☺️🤭

[@BinArelcort]

That sketch is as accurate as the sketch of the "Leprechaun" that was allegedly seen roaming the hood 😂

[@l-b284]

was anyone else impressed that the guy next door was babysitting kittens?

[@Saddlinup]

Yes! 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@bobby-7167]

Awe 😊

[@AileAile-xe5gw]

His friends were so annoying! The way that they turned a blind eye to all that evidence, reoccurring behaviour patterns, and the lies this man was telling is beyond me! Your friend isn't even searching for the killer of his wife, lady! wake up!

[@charliez4837]

they rather believe he's the victim not the person he murdered. Scary!

[@tillitsdone]

Well, taking that stance did get them on a TV show.

[@aisha2370]

Cognitive dissonance I guess

[@TK-ui2th]

okay he's probably a pathological liar but i bet he's telling the truth about this!! hes a good man! 😮 mind blowing

[@pam9470]

The crucial fact that stood out - was the timing - just how many burglars break into a property at 6.30am on a Sunday morning when householders are beginning to wake up !

[@StacyForest738]

The fact that he never called detectives to ask there were any leads is so telling. I would be calling daily.

[@BlueCyann]

That's not a universal, though.

[@atimaatrams1932]

And then they would say that 'you're inserting yourself into the investigation', 'trying to shift focus away from yourself' or 'fishing for information they have on you' or any other number of things police says when they have decided to pick you as the killer. You can never win in these situations. That being said- I think he did it.

[@MARIENYC]

“YOU SHOT HER!” “YOU SHOT ME!”…he said as he looked in the mirror… 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣

[@Marlaina]

😂😂😂

[@michellefacey2174]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@l-b284]

maybe he was talking to his other personality?

[@Liquidstars720]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@marialovespalmtrees]

The fact he sent her downstairs unarmed in front of himself with a shotgun, says it all.

[@Leisa-id4bg]

Yes it's laughable pathetic

[@Glum1964]

I don’t care how defensive you may feel! If I’m an innocent husband to a murdered wife, I’d be on those detectives like hair on a gorilla (after a respectful period of course)!! Not one phone call in four years tells me all I need to know about this guy and his “fairytale” relationship with his late wife. RIP, Ma’am. You deserved a whole lot better.

[@thisfeatureisstupidxo]

It’s the die hard , delusional friends & family in these stories that always blow my mind

[@BoKotianLund]

Has to be said, that’s a credit to the producers. So many old friends won’t participate for exactly this reason. Family is different, it’s a kind of Stockholm syndrome, especially in a case like this were the guy is considered innocent for most of a decade (until proven otherwise)

[@Notfiveo0]

@@BoKotianLundReminds me of how people can easily follow a cult.

[@PianoGesang]

Dems

[@kat0726]

The wife was murdered plain & simple, and the intruder was her husband. I’ve heard this case and all paths point back to the husband, and no man is putting his wife before himself if there’s indeed an armed man coming in the door 🙄

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

Stupid lie 😮

[@Marlaina]

Not unless he wanted her killed!!!

[@Mr_RaZiM]

Amen 🙏🏼 to that

[@georgiana5656]

To make this point, when the wife was on the phone, you could not hear a struggle between the husband and the "intruder."

[@rockchalk9078]

The statement, "No 'MAN' is putting his wife before himself" if there is an intruder is a very true statement. There is no way any MAN is shoving his wife in front of himself if there is danger. It started to go sideways for me when I heard that

[@keepitsimple4629]

I do believe he deliberately killed Heidi, but his financial crimes alone tell us all we need to know about his lack of character. Any spouse who would keep it a secret that he hadn't paid their mortgage in 22 months, or the property taxes, is a POS. He probably spent the money on hookers, then went on with the same pattern of deception with the 2nd wife. I see nothing attractive about him; how he managed to get 2 lovely women is beyond me.

[@Leaveit_alone]

💯 His pattern of behavior should have been allowed in. He did the same with his 2nd as far as finances. There is no way if a woman knows she is being evicted does not have everything packed up, let alone wait until the eviction date. Why don't we hear her husband's voice on the 911 in the background call if they were both in the same area? I believe he woke her up with the break in story and had her go first down the stairs and the minute they got downstairs she called 911 with her back turned to him and he shot her.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

Exactly what I was thinking. They said he spent $180,000. On what? Prostitutes, maybe drugs, gambling, (all of the above) etc. This of course would be the exact reason you wouldn't tell your wife (if you were that much of a low life derelict).

[@keepitsimple4629]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO I had a friend whose husband went behind her back and 2nd-mortgaged their house for $300,000. They got so behind in property taxes, they couldn't even get tags and drive their cars. I don't think he ever killed her, but he was a POS.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

@@keepitsimple4629 - Yup. My story (one of many): My last 4 remaining family members were murdered. My 86 year old father died on July 4th, after his new Filipina wife of 7 months (33 years his junior) poisoned him over that time. He was patriotic and a Navy Veteran. Then she had his body cremated against my wishes/ demands and paid for a viewing of the cremation, I wasn't invited to. Quite literally destruction of evidence. There is no law (in my home state of California), or in 44 states which protects Nuclear Family Members from a total stranger murdering their family member and then having total control (Power of Attorney) over the body. The law protects the Murderer and Victimizes the Nuclear Family. While she was with my Dad, she quickly alienated me from my Father, tried to turn him against me, and get him to cut me off financially, and moved into the Master Bedroom of my family home, after their First Date. She immediately moved in her dog (which she never walked and never bathed or took care of). She immediately put up security cameras and a Ring Doorbell, I believe to know when I (or anyone else) was coming to visit. She is a Stanford educated, Medical Social Worker who literally told me: I/ We have done this before, less than a month before my Dad died. I have now found other victims related to her and her associates. But the Police will not even investigate this Homicide. It seems clear she researched the laws, and methods/ tactics meticulously (long term) to be able to control every single aspect. She is a narcisscistic egotistical control freak, and literal evil psychopath. Sometime around the time they got married, she convinced my Dad to give her our family home ($2.25 Million) and about $250K in other assets. Previously I had been the beneficiary of our entire estate. Now she has attached herself to my Father's IBM Pension, as well as his Social Security. In 2015 despite being a Medical Social Worker for 25 years, she got a "California Insurance Salespersons License". My assumption (though I haven't proven it yet) is that she took out Life Insurance Policies on the other victims, and my Father as well (unbeknownst to them). She also gets IBM Death Benefits (which I would have received) of several Hundred Thousand. I have calculated that if she lives to age 92, she will receive about $6 Million total. My Dad was the literal verifiable salt of the earth. Anyone who knew him would testify to that fact. Yet after my Mother died in 2020 he didn't want to live his final years alone. So he started dating. All he wanted was to be loved be cared for, and to give love and care for someone else. This lady sought him out on Match.Com and then made him a victim of Elder Abuse, psychological manipulation, and then she poisoned him to death. I watched his eyes turn yellow (jaundice) and roll back/ half open. He died a slow painful death over many many months. My entire life has literally been destroyed. And it's not as if life was good and I had no problems already.

[@keepitsimple4629]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO I'm so, so sorry at the ordeal you've had to endure at the hands of a psychopath. I can somewhat relate, as my stepfather and his son pulled some tricks when my mother got Alzheimers. But what they did was pale in comparison to your story. That is horrible, and one reason I won't date or try to find a mate. I'm not handing over all I've worked a lifetime for to a newcomer, and have my sons cut out. You have my sincere sympathy and understanding. What goes around comes around; it might take awhile, but she'll get what's coming to her. Justice delayed isn''t justice denied. Draw closer to God. He's what got me through my trials when I hit bottom. God bless you.

[@kayakazi7765]

Being single is a blessing

[@chrissy3735]

That’s a fact ❤

[@yasminenazarine1629]

True

[@debbielwilliamson8546]

Definitely

[@wednesday2350]

And everyone stood and said, "Amen!" Lord knows that's the truth!!!!

[@johndickson9542]

Whatever helps your justify yourself, I guess....

[@user-eh4kh3ye5o]

Listen to Heidi's 911 call. She was in the room behind her husband and didn't hear or scream about ongoing struggle. How did the intruder jump , grabbed the barrel and struggled with her husband to shoot her in .001 second before she can see or say anything? And killed her just the day they had to lose their house. They should not have given him 11 yrs to convict him.

[@narajj1]

This the comment I was looking for. I was confused because clearly the husband murdered Heidi, but then I went back and listened to her phone call. But it all make sense now. She called from the room but probs the hubby lied to her about someone trying to break in hence the 911 call.

[@user-eh4kh3ye5o]

@@narajj1 Yes exactly. I think he first wanted to shoot her while she was asleep, but then she woke up and asked him why he's holding a gun then he lied to her that there's an intruder and then shot her while he was behind her while she was calling 911. You don't hear her on the phone saying omg the intruder is fighting with my husband or anything, then suddenly gets shot? It pisses me off they gave him 11 years of freedom until they brought a case against him. very sad

[@user-meandme]

He killed her, he was over spending and not paying mortgage, she was going to find out so he killed her 1000%, he hates to be a failure in front of his wife, her family, his church, his family, their friends and coworkers! It’s plain and simple! His 2 friends are delusional!

[@miladyfeliciano1976]

If he was not paying the bills, where did all the money go?

[@SumDumGui]

​@@miladyfeliciano1976the second wife

[@Ekimcom]

@@miladyfeliciano1976 Good question. Even the investigators were at a loss. He was living a lie apparently.

[@mollymelena6104]

@@miladyfeliciano1976 Bingo! THAT'S why he killed his first wife. Heidi found out Nick's guilty pleasure and was going to out him.

[@jimwerther]

​@@mollymelena6104 You don't know that, of course.

[@theghostsofstonyclove]

An hour and 40 min into the interview until he asks if she made it? Tells me everything

[@bobgillis1137]

Cause he wanted to check if she could testify.

[@LaiNee_Foo]

Police shouldn't have told the truth that Wife had died...

[@bobgillis1137]

I imagine there are legal constraints on what different police in different jurisdictions are allowed to bluff on. If I was in their shoes, I would want to bluff at times to see the suspects reaction or even a possible confession. Perhaps a confession obtained under this scenario could be deemed inadmissible in court ? @@LaiNee_Foo

[@josmclove4426]

​@@LaiNee_Footrue that Thoughtless cops!

[@definedex]

I bet he would have changed his story the second they told him the doctors said she'd make a full recovery. It wouldn't have gone this long for her family to finally get justice.

[@egil9859]

Incredibly brave of the second wife to confront him

[@JStock1032]

Ahh, she's a piece of work too.

[@mamarobyn]

​@@JStock1032💯

[@noneya1238]

​@@JStock1032What?

[@differenttakethanmost]

Too bad she didn’t wise up BEFORE having THREE!!!! kids with him 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄😝

[@mirieshii1948]

Feel bad for her too. Got out of a terrible 1st marriage then married a murderer. How lucky can she be.

[@xolacey.mariexo5705]

The 911 call she made says it all. The timing of her just being able to say their address and than boom. You didn’t hear her scream once she saw the intruder or even hear a scuffle or any hollering in the background. I think that was very telling.

[@joannapap7216]

I don't get why she called 911 in the first place. What did she see?

[@MoroMoro1]

He clearly shot himself with the bullet holes in the door. His 2nd ex wife annoyed me, she wants sympathy, when she knew he was accused of killing his first wife, but didn't care and still married him, then went on to have multiple kids by him, then tries to say she was the one that got away, and she had this connection with Heidi. What a bunch of bs.

[@Froggele]

I don’t know if that is fair to say about her. He has never been charged with anything when they got together and in her mind he probably wasn’t even a suspect. She probably knew his version of events and nothing else. It’s not like police kept interviewing him or confronted her with their suspicions. The only thing that would have been strange to me is that he seemed to cope very well, wanted to get married again so quickly and put in no effort to find the supposed killer of his wife.

[@trawlins396]

​@@Froggelestill . She seemed very flaky.

[@Myglowtips]

❤ And these type of people, are „people of faith“.

[@Froggele]

@@IRELAND_MY_LOVE I‘m not saying it is black and white. On the contrary, I think flippantly putting blame on her or trying to guess what she did and didn’t know is too simplistic. We don’t know what was or is going on in her head and „wanting someone to ease your pain“ as you put it isn’t a character flaw, it’s human. Even willingly overlooking red flags when you are in love is human. I just wish people would judge less and stop this habit of trying to find blame in others than the perpetrator. I see that constantly under true crime videos. Of course there are cases where multiple people bear responsibility (I‘m not saying it’s ALWAYS one person) but I‘ve just noticed this weird need of people to find someone (very frequently a woman) to blame in the social surroundings of perpetrators. Probably because it’s so frightening to think that you could be completely misled by someone so close to you. It’s easier to say she must have known something and that if it was you, your “instincts“ would have told you.

[@KonriVTuber]

The FBI agent who interviewed Chris Watts told him something to the effect of "even if my kids were decapitated, I would still call 9-1-1, knowing that it's hopeless. I would still hold on to some shred of hope that they're savable." idc if my wife just took two deer slugs to the head, I'm not asking what "the final word" on her is. I'm asking how she's doing, can I talk to her, can I see her, is she feeling okay. This guy is straight up psychopath. No remorse in his being

[@johnbrett8788]

Sad it took 11 years to bring him to justice. RIP Heidi

[@vincedidiana5781]

The initial investigation was an inept one. The woman who came in free several years made up for the previous ineptitude

[@riostampede9033]

I find it really odd that those two friends of his are so convinced of his innocence even though his own (second) wife is convinced of his guilt.

[@patedwards8844]

It's easier to fool someone than to convince someone they're being fooled.

[@tillitsdone]

They think because he went to church with them, he's innocent. Lunatics.

[@RicheeBee-nn8mn]

s scorn ex

[@YTfancol]

Maybe they're his accomplices

[@tiger.wolf.2033]

​@@patedwards8844you said it all. Millions of people are like that. Exactly the same.

[@ponygirlusa]

What kind of man sends his wife down ahead of him to confront an intruder? 🙄 Especially as he carries a loaded shotgun at her back. He's a coward and a loser.

[@Renee_Marie]

It’s always so easy to see the truth as an outsiders perspective. Often times the family and friends are in denial bc they have only known one side of the person. Justice has been served. His second wife dodged a bullet. Literally.

[@ahmadridley]

Just when Im about to get off of KZbin...48 Hours pulls me back in.

[@sheilae.9670]

Lol 😂 me too

[@Elena-tq9vs]

I was so close to doing something productive today.🤣

[@ahmadridley]

@@Elena-tq9vs reeled you right in huh? Lol

[@Elena-tq9vs]

@@ahmadridley I'm just like the "Distracted Boyfriend" Meme, turning away from my responsibilities for another dose of true crime. 😏

[@ahmadridley]

@Elena-tq9vs Lol! I've seen this story on another channel, but 48 hours doing it made me watch as if I had never seen it before.

[@BigHobo72]

If there was a burglar you think he’s gonna wiggle the front door knob loud enough so he can hear upstairs? 🤦🏻

[@Marlaina]

Did he shout "Ready or not, here I come!" before entering as well? 😂

[@chizusakuraa]

@@Marlainadamn! I was about to go to sleep because I’ve just finished watching when I came across your statement. I cackled like a madwoman on the witching hours 🤣

[@Arabzene]

@@chizusakuraa Same exact thing happened to me just now! Such a funny comment on a terribly sad tragedy.

[@helenmcdonnell2585]

​@@Marlaina😂❤

[@nununicole9408]

3 minutes in.... Soon as she said, "you'd have to believe a GOOD man who loved his wife more than anything"... I immediately wrote her off and said he did it! First being a good man is subjective. I understand you're his friend but nobody not even me knows everything about my friends. People have the ability to hide certain things. And if you objectively can't get to that point.... Wth are you doing here go home and write your killer friend a letter or something

[@rhondadavis1483]

Maybe finish the video. They all knew he did it and said that at the end.

[@tamarinbush6613]

@@rhondadavis1483those two friends still believe he is innocent. They said so. They said the State did not contradict his story. I don’t get why they can’t see you can’t have a struggle and Nothing is disturbed

[@nununicole9408]

​​@@rhondadavis1483you must be related to thing 1 and 2 😂

[@differenttakethanmost]

And when she said, “…WE can’t get there” making it CLEAR he’s whipped and spineless. Horrible, overbearing woman

[@marybdrake1472]

It's sadly typical of the friends and family of these killer to act like this. He had a clear motive, he didn't want his secrets to come out. People have been killed for far than that.

[@omgbygollywow]

When Heidi was on the phone saying that she thinks someone is trying to break into the house, and then a few seconds later is shot (heard on the phone call), wouldn't she have known for sure that there was an intruder if her husband was fighting with the intruder at that moment? Clearly, at the moment she was shot, she did not see or hear the intruder. Also, why would the phone go dead at that moment, only for the husband to call a minute later? Only explanation was that her husband shot her.

[@PianoGesang]

Now that is smart. You closed the case.

[@Shastry123]

Good one Sherlock

[@lillianmazhura5816]

Boom. You got it !!!!

[@MsLane61]

That makes sense. Why didn't anyone else pull that together...me included?

[@PianoGesang]

He (or she) single-handedly solved the case from his armchair by using his brain but only KZbinrs are listening to the modern day Hercule Poirot.

[@hie6624]

he definitely had demons… and the fact he could date someone so quickly after someone he “loved” just died a terrible way

[@wiloka28]

She seems like a very nice lady. I hate that this happened to her. So sick of innocent people being miss treated, abused and killed. May she rest in peace.

[@terrealcee]

Nonsense. We don't know what terror she put him through. Maybe she spent all the money. Remember his friends sit there saying the same thing about him, that he was such a great person he wouldn't do it. I don't believe completely he did it, but I think its a slight possibility. So just the same you cant just say she was a nice person. These shows, the dead is always somehow shown as great as ever.

[@kayakazi7765]

Nice people are naive....men are evil

[@theghostsofstonyclove]

His friend: "There wasnt a lot of room for his grief at that time" - you mean during the mere 2 months before he got a new church gf and moved on?? Wow 😅

[@kayakazi7765]

They are sooo sick,I guess birds of the same feather

[@souldghost]

I watched Dateline about this case. They interviewed the guy in the sketch. Apparently he was already in prison months before Heidi was murdered. He was arrested for few break ins and his mugshot had appeared in a newspaper. Police suspected that was where Nick saw his face and accused him as the intruder and murderer.

[@l-b284]

that makes sense

[@sugarhilllo9914]

Link me that video please

[@whigboy9]

You marry a man suspected of killing his wife. You get concerned after 3 kids with the creep.

[@lorimcdonald8284]

Right? Desperate

[@melindaflowers3646]

Right!!

[@sheilae.9670]

This is sad that he took her life because their house was foreclosed and he didn't have the balls to tell her😢 Smh... So damn selfish and evil, she didn't even get a chance to live her life.. RIP Heidi 🙏🏿

[@stephaniem8700]

thanks for the spoiler

[@sharimeline3077]

@@stephaniem8700 Why are you reading the comment before watching the video 😂

[@pinkpugginz]

​@stephaniem8700 you already knew the husband did it

[@issamharrabi]

Coz he's a coward

[@MrGrumpyGills]

@@sharimeline3077 Why not putting a spoiler warning in? Takes a few seconds.

[@Biker65]

22 months without making a mortgage payment? That's one nice bank.

[@elsie6828]

It's takes a very long time to physically evict someone from a foreclosure; just wait until Spring/early Summer of next year when all of the people who were on foreclosure forbearance because of CoViD lose their homes; they also just extended the VA foreclosures until May 2024. They're on the books for up to 2 years before they can be physically removed by force.

[@CR-ce5lf]

@@elsie6828don’t they typically send people to the house and/or ring down everybody’s phones (including associates) to get in contact with you?

[@elsie6828]

@CR-ce5lf yes, but to physically remove someone from a house, if the house is bank-owned, it can take a long time before the Sheriff can legally enforce.

[@izzpop781]

It's ridiculous when people say "so-and-so's the nicest person you could ever wish to meet and would never do something like that" Even if you're with someone 24/7 you still don't know what goes on in their head - just what they choose to let you know. Also, no one in this world has a history of violence before their very first act is carried out. Every killer/serial killer has no history of violence at some point in their life.

[@red3350]

That is exactly right anyone can do anything until they get caught pssshhh! Alot of them commit several offenses before being caught and some....well... we'll never know because they've never been caught lol!!

[@FemmeFatale0121]

💯💯💯💯

[@Milly_in_denmark]

Exactly. People are like I know this person very well makes me so angry 😡. You are not inside their damn head to know what’s going on in their.

[@bobgillis1137]

Aptly put.

[@TheNinnyfee]

Especially a religious man. Most of them just act.

[@laurenS94]

Where was all his money going then.. it is clear his parents have money.. I am sure they could have helped him out. She didn’t have to die! What a senseless tragedy.

[@viero4682]

"You have to believe that a good man with no history of violence killed the woman that he loved more than anything in life - for no reason." No reason? How out of the loop were you?

[@pixi2209]

Exactly... 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@viralvinny]

The friends said it was for no reason so they can’t believe he did it 😮 He lied and they were losing their house. That’s a big reason 😢

[@jgiza8888]

The wheels of justice turned slow, but they did get the killer. Glad it was 1st degree and not 2nd degree. A very good episode. Well done.

[@TentinQuarantino_]

It’s mind boggling to look at that charming, tidy little home and think what horrible horror happened inside. Nick’s story is shady AF. Why didn’t he mention the fight the house sitter overheard if he’s not hiding anything? And WTF is this “What’s the final answer on Heidi” crap? Might as well ask “Is she dead yet?”

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Thank you 48hours for putting this full episode on

[@ghhm2705]

29:03 it wasn’t for “no reason”, lady. Sadly, I think you’re unwilling to consider your friend was something different than you believed.

[@angelagreen3642]

My husband wouldn't even let me leave the SAFETY of our bedroom. We don't live in a two story house, BUT, this guy did and thats even safer since it would have taken time for the "intruder" to go upstairs. I believe dude is guilty. What man even lets his wife go downstairs in the first place with a bad guy trying to get in the house??

[@izzpop781]

Exactly and if you have a gun, what better vantage point than the top of the stairs. Apart from the fact the police proved he couldn't have heard the doorknob rattling from the bedroom, why choose to try and 'escape' right past the potential threat!

[@us71hugi]

He told to Heidi someone in the house, ask her to call 911, this is a manipulation, he think this way he could proof his innosent, the other things he soot her in the back, he could not see her eyes, what a shame

[@Aint_no_senators_son]

No real man would let his wife go first. A man would have locked his wife in the bedroom and defended her with his life!

[@toniburdine1393]

Same here. He would have told me to arm myself and stay put! No way is he letting me out of the room let alone in front of him.

[@theresa78201]

Yes, many men might have even told their wives to lock themselves in the bathroom.

[@bkaips]

Too many things do not add up with this story. Nothing out of place, yet there was a struggle, he sent HER down the stairs before himself, nothing packed, yet getting evicted the next day...etc...etc... The guy is a huge narcissistic liar AND a murderer.

[@mariamaria2751]

Was it day light too ?? Ppl gonna Jimmy a lock in the morning sun. Gimme a break. Dude killed his wife. This one's obvious. The money and daylight never was brought up

[@cjdisciple5586]

​@@mariamaria2751I know it's hard to believe but people do break in houses in the daylight. But this guy is guilty. I knew it when I heard the 911 call.

[@edwinthomas618]

It cracks me up when so friends of a person that commits a crime states its no way possible he or she could do such a thing. Any human is capable of ANYTHING

[@charliez4837]

He's such a good person they gave him a pass for murdering Heidi and lying to her for so long.

[@Wpopof6]

you notice how he shows more emotion talking about his innocence then he does when being interviewed

[@l-b284]

Kudos to the police for re-enacting what the suspect said happened. That is the best way to test the story!

[@moonbubbles3046]

When someone starts their 911 call explaining the alleged crime before telling the operator that their loved one was hurt, they are immediately suspect to me.

[@omgbygollywow]

Yes, first thing is to get police and ambulance on location as quickly as possible instead of wasting time.

[@AlisonBSL]

Seems to happen every time.

[@misterblister1200]

Suspect, sure, but it’s not a definite. I recently finished 21 years as a 911 Dispatcher and there’s no just no rhyme or reason where it concerns human behavior. People are a trip.

[@tracypolselli1464]

The guy with the gun keeps his loved ones behind him as he leads them to safety. Always. I know it’s not supposed to count in a verdict, but when you’re innocent you scream it for all to hear. You don’t sit there and not testify in your own defense.

[@Moonewitch]

Exactly! My husband would've made me stay upstairs...in case a confrontation ensued. He wouldn't have had me walking in of him if we thought someone was breaking in.

[@Turfsurfer62]

If he “loved” her so passionately why in this world would he make her get in front of him going down the steps? I would have my wife stay back and hide… you would have to go through me and the two shots I just put in you to get to my wife!

[@Whol3NothaL3v3l]

"Someone who didn't have a history of violence..." Well sweetheart NOBODY is born with a history of violence. As the saying goes 'There is a first time for everything'. This may have been his first violent act.

[@sierragold]

When he called 911 he said, "Help, somebody shot me and my wife" but later in the police interview he said that he himself "hit Heidi". This discrepancy was never addressed--

[@Hemstitch071]

They’re right at the front door. How did the intruder, while jiggling at the lock, manage to get the shotgun away from Nick, who was supposedly behind Heidi, and then manage to shoot her in the back? Then after that, leave a shot that grazed Nick’s leg and then drop the shotgun and run away? All while no one in the neighborhood at 6:00 am saw anyone? Nothing makes ANY sense. As stated, no robber wants to encounter people in their homes, in the MORNING, and have a confrontation. If a robber was really trying to get in the house and he encountered a man with a shotgun, I think he would just make a run for it rather than risk getting shot and caught. Also, even if the robber was wearing gloves, I think he would leave some kind of dna evidence behind, especially if a struggle over the gun really occurred and there were shotgun pellets spraying around the small entryway.

[@chonqmonk]

The lock jiggling sound causes cancer just like windmill sounds do, and Hedi was killed by a blast of door jiggling sound cancer to the back, so hard it looked like wound from the shotgun her husband shot her with.

[@A.Walker.]

Someone's breaking into your house and instead of instinctively barring your door, you try to get out of your house not knowing who could be outside? No way. In addition, the neighbor hears him yelling at the so-called burglar who shot them, yet neither the neighbor nor anyone else sees anyone fleeing the house afterwards? Then he's chuckling while being questioned by the police? What an evil, wicked husband!

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

Agreed. If someone was wrestling with my doorknob, I would stand there pointing and yelling that I have a gun and go away. I wouldn’t be running to the garage smh

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

He was chuckling! Who chuckles after a violent, deadly home invasion that kills your spouse?

[@gregpettis1113]

You must not be a 2nd amendment supporter.

[@CAK10111]

@@gregpettis1113does the second amendment include walking BEHIND your unarmed wife with a shotgun when someone is supposedly breaking into your home? Then the wife gets shot in the back with that shotgun? How does that support the second amendment? 🙄

[@Miimisky]

Nick did it no doubt about it, the intruder story is false and a deflection of his guilt. Why would an intruder or intruders leave an eye witness behind makes no sense to me?? May Heidi rest in perfect peace 🥲🥲🙏🏼✝️ Nick had a lot of motives👀

[@batmangsxr300]

The spouse shot her not the intruder?

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

Why would you tell your wife to go down the stairs towards the intruder ?

[@anitajaskari563]

Right...get too long to catch him

[@hegemonycricket2182]

​@@batmangsxr300what intruder?

[@Justice-ef9sk]

@@hegemonycricket2182😂😂

[@keaira198]

I didn't realize it but I'm watching this on her birthday. Happy Birthday Heidi Firkus and fly high.

[@michaelmiller-hr6vz]

The calmness and almost boredom of 911 operators is almost comical if things weren’t so serious.

[@MsLane61]

I was thinking that, too. Real compassion.

[@B-Real-Pshh]

Never trust anyone with ALL of your finances! Clearly she was not getting the mail, looking at bills, etc. RIP

[@kayakazi7765]

Ja they always go for the naive ones ...

[@Gancanna]

Makes no sense for the unarmed person to be going ahead of the armed one. At best, that's turning them into a human shield and that's a pretty crappy thing to do.

[@beautifulone5509]

This case could have been solved a long time ago. The police didn't do anything to solve this case. No way in hell it should have taken 10 years!

[@noelvoss6744]

I'm from St. Paul, there were a few reasons it took that long. They were worried that a lack of physical evidence tying Nick to the crime would be an issue. It was different prosecutors that pushed for further investigation which meant funding for getting the FBI involved. St. Paul was underfunded, and understaffed, well before George Floyd, it just got much worse after that.

[@mortalclown3812]

Sofa ninja has entered the chat.

[@jimwerther]

​@@mortalclown3812 What does "Sofa Ninja" mean?

[@rubyredlopez4]

What an evil coward, no husband would send his wife to walk in front of him, 😐

[@regulatedfreestylevideos]

he should get an extra life sentence for that sketch of the “shooter”

[@jakeherter]

29:15 for no reason? Are you aware he was lying to her about the fact that their dream home was being foreclosed on and that he had not paid the mortgage in 22 months? With her being completely in the dark.

[@nb-user25]

And that he did the same thing to his second wife.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

What kind of marriage is it where she was in the dark about something that important? I’ve been married twice-my first husband handled bills, but I was fully aware and had online access to our bank account. My second marriage I paid the bills.

[@retamui1824]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 It wasnt proven that she didnt know, they just didnt find text masseges on their phones about it. But that proves nothing, i never text about my finances as well, simply because i talk about it in person if needed. Teexting is more about trivial things. Especially if you live together and see each other daily anyways.

[@MsLane61]

@@gloriamontgomery6900 My thought, too. I believe she was aware, and they were probably both overspending. The stated motive doesn't make sense to me.

[@michaelstephens9852]

His story is he sent the wife down first? Murderer and a terrible liar.

[@RicheeBee-nn8mn]

he was pushing her towards the car / garage

[@michaelstephens9852]

@RicheeBee-nn8mn If there was a real threat, that would be the opposite of what you would do. The guy with the gun goes first. Just a ridiculously stupid lie. If you believe that, then I have some nfts to sell you.

[@samvaldes2682]

I'm extremely surprised that not once did it come up that he confessed to shooting his wife "accidentally" during the on-camera interview. And on the 911 call, he says that the intruder shot her. So which one was it, husband or intruder??

[@jimwerther]

I find that whole thing really unclear. Even the news articles have different versions - did he shoot her unintenrionally, or did the intruder? Weird they skipped right past that.

[@hannahmitchell87]

I wondered the same but I think it's maybe the captions that aren't accurate. The way I heard it was Nick said in the police interview 'he' but the caption said 'I'. I might be wrong though

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

Yeah, I'm surprised that the cops/detectives didn't bother to examine the physical evidence with the gunshot holes in the entry way, or get a clearer picture of how Heidi was shot from nicks position etc.

[@mysmirandam.6618]

This was so well produced. I could see him doing it. My ex husband was hiding soooo much from me and tried to end my sons life! while i was at work! There was nothing that me and our friends thought about him was wrong. I loved him and wanted to believe that he would never do that but he did my parents hated him from the beginning but they hated anyone I was with up to that point. So I thought they were judging him wrong but they were right.

[@SharonMartinez]

Guaranteed: absolutely no one's house looks like that the evening before a foreclosure. She had no idea. She never did.

[@theresa78201]

Yes, nothing packed, no possessions in the car, no moving truck, no storage unit, no time off from work requested, no temporary housing or hotel room.

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

The supportive friends of Nick apparently have never watched or read any true crime bc killing a spouse over financial shame and exposure is actually quite common.

[@PianoGesang]

Libs

[@carolebuckle7977]

I’m sorry, I believe her husband called upstairs & said someone is trying to break in, I don’t believe there was, he told her to run downstairs go out the back door, he shot her in the back, then he shouts so neighbours hear a bunch of crap & shot himself ( not life threatening) , money does strange things to people. Just my opinion don’t come for me 😬 . RIP Heidi.

[@nostromo7928]

I think you have the correct scenario.

[@rsplatt100]

First he has her call 911

[@teresacollins9218]

I think he woke her up and she was confused and that's how he planned it, I think he woke her up in a panic and told her to hurry up so they could get out the house because someone was breaking in, I think she was totally caught off guard and confused.

[@carolebuckle7977]

@@teresacollins9218 I agree ☝️

[@carolebuckle7977]

@@rsplatt100 yep, 👍🏻

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

The way he asked the cop in the interview room if she was 100% dead sounded to me he worried she was still hanging in there and naming him. He wanted to be sure the only witness was dead.

[@kobibeen224]

Bruh how did they let this guy go and start a whole other family after he should’ve been further investigated. Poor family

[@kitwarjri7086]

Poor Heidi..i feel so sorry for her.

[@sadboi9774]

The second wife saying that she has a connection with Heidi is strange and disturbing

[@kathybui1918]

Sweet liar!!!

[@chonqmonk]

The second wifey is lucky she found out about his lies before they grew larger and more murderous.

[@myriamwilliams]

And she was the sister of one of Heidi’s best friend. What a weird and too close for comfort type relationship .

[@l-b284]

yeah, and if the husband was so wonderful, why is she the ex?

[@theresa78201]

@@myriamwilliams In a church community, this is how couples meet.

[@madison1715]

Nick's friends look so foolish defending him 🙄

[@caroltenge5147]

Remind me of the zombie like folks blocking traffic in a LSO protest.

[@kayakazi7765]

Cult type, they will follow anything

[@PianoGesang]

Liberals

[@bucksdiaryfan]

"Minnesota Nice" always creeped me out when I lived there because you felt like everyone would smile at you and then dig a knife in your back. There's a great story on Slate about how this kind of atmosphere was developed at Target Corp

[@faithy232]

Thank you for new ep❤

[@laleezy77]

Even on the 911 call he said hurry someone shot ME & my wife....he puts himself ahead of her knowing she was in more desperate need of help than himself...a husband that didn't shoot their wife would of put her as his 1st concern over his...I can't imagine what was going thru her head at that moment 😢

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

Excellent point, I hadn’t thought of that. You’d be panicky about the dying spouse first.

[@Firebendergirl007]

That’s exactly what I thought when he said ME before her!

[@jimwerther]

Meh. Overthinking this.

[@PinkGrammarGirl]

standard statement analysis@@jimwerther

[@laleezy77]

@@jimwerther sometimes the answers are in the small details..

[@Annie-ZA]

The jury got it right! THANK GOD! 🙏👏👌 What a coward! 😫😝

[@mortalclown3812]

They've been getting it right a lot lately... but not often enough to warrant the death penalty.

[@clairewalton2275]

Heartbreaking for Heidi’s family😢. How anyone , let alone her husband can take her life like she’s nothing 🤮

[@mariamaria2751]

She was beautiful, it's always the most innocent women that get murdered. It's so sad

[@kayakazi7765]

They target the nice ones, they know they are naive

[@123verona1]

He is soooooo guilty!!! The neighbor never saw anyone!! , also, anyone can yell.." hey you shot us...." to crest an alibi. Also, it's beyond dumb thar an intruder would shoot one person in the back but nicely graze someone else's leg?!! That the dumbest thing I've ever heard

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

How the burglar went from bursting through the door to grabbing the gun and turning it down the passage and the shot perfectly going off to hit Heidi (at shoulder height) and then somehow getting full control of the gun, turning it on Nick and shooting him in the leg and then running away with no one seeing anything...all the while nothing disturbed on the scene. gfto

[@joanzarutskie1417]

48 HOURS AND COFFEE ON FRIDAY!!! 😅 GREAT START TO THE WEEKEND!! LOVE THIS SHOW!! ❤❤❤❤❤🤗🤗😚☺️

[@WhenBoredomHits]

Nick is a textbook covert narcissist.

[@caro748]

That’s what I thought too! But what the ups did he do with all that money???

[@lisahoche4017]

​@@caro748I was married to someone similar to Nick. I footed most of the bills. He never had money, even though he made way more than me. Anytime I would try to ask about finances, I would regret it. I speculate that he bought gold, guns and ammo, prepper type stuff, or maybe he buried money in a can. But I don't know, and now I don't care.

[@lilc5353]

​@lisahoche4017 woah people like this should never be in a relationship of any kind scarey stuff 😮😢

[@lindaward3156]

If he was struggling with an intruder while she was on the phone why didn't she relate that? That had to be in eyesight of her or the "stray" bullet wouldn't have found it to her. I can't believe it took that long, this story was full of holes from day one. Hardly a mystery and it seems like someone wasn't doing theirjob.

[@EditLivy]

His nonchalant demeanour during the police interview, only a few hours after everything went down, tells you everything you need to know about him.

[@MKM508]

The police interview is what convinced me he did it intentionally. The entire interview and Nick's demeanor was so off. The first thing I would have been asking is how is my wife and I wouldn't have talked about anything else until I got an answer. When he was told Heidi didn't make it, there was NO emotion, just nothing. He didn't even try to fake it. I think he figured she was dead before he even got through to 911. It would have been interesting if the officer lied to him, which officers are allowed to do during investigations, and told him his wife was still alive. He would have been sh**ing himself.

[@johnk5825]

22 months without paying a mortgage? How is that possible?

[@pazza4555]

Yeah, I want a mortgage with that bank

[@phillipsmom6252]

You can put a year behind your mortgage payments with a written letter and proof you are struggling. Same with car payments. It’s always been that way, well at least since the 80’s

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

I didn't know that we can defer our mortgage and car payments, at least i know now.

[@Tony-r7v]

And where did the money go? That’s the one thing that I’m getting stuck on. Did Nick gamble, do drugs, have affairs, a secret nest egg? The money not spent on the mortgage cannot be accounted. Interesting.

[@phillipsmom6252]

@@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father I didn’t know either. Back in the 80’s I got sick and my brother told me about it. He retired from The Big Three, I guess that’s something they started back years ago because of people getting laid off and struggling. 👍