Bob Heartsongand Toni Heartsong had been married for more than 20 years. Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic from 2009, which first aired on NBC.
Bob Heartsong and Toni Heartsong seemed to have one of those legendary marriages everyone admired.
Toni and Bob started dating while she was only 23 years old. He was 28 years old at the time.
In the episode, Bob recounts a gorgeous girl named Toni who knocked on his door and spoke with him for at least six or seven hours. They were able to connect entirely without any barriers or shields. Everything seemed to be magical.
They were so connected that they combined their two given names to create their lyrical last name, “Heartsong.”
Toni had lost both of her parents when she was an adolescent and was raised by her elder brother, Barry Soren, as a young adult. She seemed to have found a way to start her own happy family with Bob.
Bob and Toni finally settled in Jupiter, Fla., where they worked together on everything. They were staunch vegetarians who also produced a cookbook about tofu. They were both talented artists.
The couple also started a firm that created stone waterfalls for homes and businesses, combining their artistic abilities. Jake and Eli, their two kids, were born into their family. She was a contented mother who adored her two sons.
Bob Heartsong was 63 years old when he died in 2009. Thus he may be 77 now. Toni Heartsong, on the other hand, was 50 years old when she died.
The reputation of a free-spirited couple for being so in love is questioned.
This was when the spouse, Bob Heartsong, was accused of the assassination of his soulmate, Toni Heartsong.
Their two children, Jake and Eli, were born into the family. She was a happy mother who cherished both of her sons.
Who Killed Toni Heartsong?
In 2006, six years after Toni Heartsong’s unsolved murder, the case was reactivated and brought to Cold Case Detective John Van Houten’s attention.
Van Houten had all of Toni’s body samples retested using newer, more precise technologies since DNA testing in 2000 was inadequate to prosecute anybody.
When the spouse is charged with the assassination of his spiritual soulmate, Toni, the reputation of a free-spirited couple for being so in love is questioned.
Dateline: Where Is Bob Heartsong Now?
Bob Heartsong has been staying silent and lowkey in the media.
Likewise, his whereabouts and current location are unknown. He was last seen in the media in 2008 when he appeared on the dateline podcast to chat about himself and his wife.
Jurors agreed for less than three hours on a murder case that had been eight years in the making. Her husband, Robert, was found not guilty of her murder by the jury.
Throughout two weeks of testimony, the prosecution said that Robert Heartsong planned and executed a near-perfect murder but that minor flaws along the way led authorities to accuse him of the crime.
The defense argued that Heartsong was a sad widower framed for a heinous crime after all other leads had run dry. If convicted of killing his wife on Sept. 26, 2000, at their Jupiter Farms home, he faced life in jail.
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Toni Heartsong Killer Arrested -Is He Still Alive?
Bob Heartsong was last seen in 2009, and since then, he has been completely absent from the media, making it impossible to tell whether he is still alive.
The case was revived in 2006, six years after Toni Heartsong’s unsolved murder, and it arrived on Cold Case Detective John Van Houten’s desk.
Because DNA testing in 2000 was insufficient to charge anyone, Van Houten had all of Toni’s body samples retested using newer, more precise procedures. He discovered two startling things: a speck of Bob’s blood under Toni’s left thumbnail and his DNA on her right palm.
Police summoned Bob for a second interview, armed with additional forensic evidence. The cold case squad came to an unavoidable conclusion after concluding that Bob was lying and that they had the DNA evidence to prove it.
The Heartsongs are adamantly opposed. Bob says, “The whole thought of killing someone, of harming someone else is just beyond me.”
Suzye, Bob’s new wife, says she can’t believe Bob is guilty of the crime he’s been charged with.
The case was revived in 2006, six years after Toni Heartsong’s unsolved murder, and it arrived on Cold Case Detective John Van Houten’s desk.
Because DNA testing in 2000 was insufficient to charge anyone, Van Houten had all of Toni’s body samples retested using newer, more precise procedures. He discovered two startling things: a speck of Bob’s blood under Toni’s left thumbnail and his DNA on her right palm.
Police summoned Bob for a second interview, armed with additional forensic evidence. The case was revived in 2006, six years after Toni Heartsong’s unsolved murder, and it arrived on Cold Case Detective John Van Houten’s desk.
Because DNA testing in 2000 was insufficient to charge anyone, Van Houten had all of Toni’s body samples retested using newer, more precise procedures. He discovered two startling things: a speck of Bob’s blood under Toni’s left thumbnail and his DNA on her right palm.
Police summoned Bob for a second interview, armed with additional forensic evidence. Jurors had been debating for less than 3 hours when they requested clarification from the judge on one of the state’s most important but perplexing pieces of evidence: Toni’s right palm had blood on it. Was it Bob Heartsong’s blood?
The answer from the judge is that the evidence is inconclusive. That is all the jury requires to hear. The jurors reappeared a few moments later to announce their decision: “We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty.”
The jurors believe it is the fault of the state that Bob Heartsong will not be sentenced to prison.
