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Jane Laut

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
321 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

And the one that was important was that one.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Athletic director from high school.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

It was his dream job.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Jane and Dave seemed to settle into their new life and tried to have a family.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

When Jane couldn't get pregnant, the couple adopted a baby boy from South Korea.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

and named him Michael.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

And it just started going downhill, and it got worse and worse every year.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

But no one seemed to know how bad.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Back at the Loud Home, Detective Young made a stunning discovery that would change everything.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

You found the weapon, didn't you?

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Dave had been shot with his own .22-caliber single-action revolver, the kind of gun you see in cowboy movies.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Heavy and an effort to use, gun expert Nabil Kattar showed me that the hammer must be cocked for every shot.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Six shots were fired at Dave Lout that night, and according to authorities, all six hit their target.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

And the gunshots that people heard, were they boom, boom, boom, boom?

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Just hours after being interviewed by police before she even knew they found the gun, Jane changed her story.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Now she said it was self-defense and hired attorney Ron Bamier.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

Jane says it was when her husband also threatened to kill their 10-year-old son, Michael, that she felt she had no choice.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

I think if it didn't happen, we would both be dead.

48 Hours
Death of an Olympian

But even then, it would be nearly six months before Jane Lott was arrested, and then she would be released on bond for six years, until her trial finally began.