Who Killed Rachael DelTondo?
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(upbeat music) - There is a possible breakthrough in the nearly three-year-old unsolved murder mystery of 33-year-old Rachel Del Tondo. - It has been almost three years since Rachel Del Tondo was shot outside her parents' home. How would you describe the investigation today? - The investigation right now is active. My detectives, my prosecutors are working continuously. - This is Rachel Del Tondo. She was a beautiful young woman. She was very poised, very charismatic. She had a love of children. She was a teacher, a tight elementary school. - She was very loving and caring and just had a great heart. - Everybody that knew her knew she was a good person. Rachel's was my baby for 33 years I was blessed. - In the late night of Mother's Day at the foot of her parents' driveway, she was shot at close range multiple times. - Hi, Mr. Walkenman at the door. She was our life. She was our life. (somber music) - The day after Rachel Del Tondo was gunned down on her mother's driveway, suspicion fell on 20-year-old Sheldon Jeter. - He was obsessed with her. He told me he's a love of her. - I want people to know who the real Sheldon Jeter is. Not the one you see on TV. I'm a minister in Alucopa, Sheldon's uncle, and also a daddy figure to Sheldon. - Sheldon's a good-hearted person. - I'm Michael Santa Cola, and I represent Sheldon Jeter, personal interest in this particular case. I think it's fair to say that he's a suspect, but there is a cast of characters that all could be considered suspects. - I'm Frank Attropa, ex-Pionte of Rachel Del Tondo. - Why would people think you had to have been involved somehow? - Well, maybe just, you know, we had a long relationship. Your dad was a former police officer in Alucopa. - Yeah, he was. - And you're still tied to the police department? - Well, it's one of those communities where everyone knows everyone. - She was afraid of police. Deathly afraid of police.
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A man on police radar for the shooting death of a school teacher is convicted of murder in a different case. Both times the victims had been out for ice cream. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.