Dateline: Someone Was Waiting - 5 harrowing details about Anna Moses' murder revealed

Dateline episode Someone Was Waiting pulls the audience straight into a Texas crime that shocked an entire community. The murder of Anna Moses wasn't a random act of violence, but rather a calculated and well-thought-out attack by her ex-husband.

The details are largely disturbing, the motives are complicated, and the evidence is firm. Here are five alarming insights from the episode that unpack the many layers of Anna's tragic murder and death.

Dateline: Someone Was Waiting - 5 harrowing details about Anna Moses' murder, revealed

1. A Missing Date Night Sparked the Alarm:

Anna Moses' routine was quite predictable and regular. So when she missed out on a fun date night with her boyfriend and didn't show up for work the very next morning, bells started going off.

Anna Moses (Image Via. Dateline NBC, YouTube)

Friends, family, and coworkers, who described her as being a reliable and lively person, were also worried that something bad had happened. Their fears were proved to be true when the police, while conducting a check, found Anna lying dead in her garage.

However, she was still wearing her coat, her mail had been dropped beside her, and a haunting image of a life cut short.

Officers quickly realized this wasn't the scene of a break-in gone wrong. Anna's car was gone, but the murder? It somehow looked personal.

2. The Brutality of the Attack Left Investigators Stunned

The autopsy is what confirmed just how predetermined the attack was. Anna had been shot a total of six times: once in the throat, twice in the chest, and three times in the back.

Forensic reports also revealed that three bullets were shot tightly together in her back and two in her chest. This hinted at a sign that the killer was skilled with his guns.

In court, crime scene analyst Mark Tschudy testified that the grouping of the bullets suggested a shooter with experience, something that matched the background of Robert Moses, Anna's ex-husband, who had once served in the U.S. Air Force.

Investigators also found 11 shell casings from the garage, further proof of the force used in the attack.

3. A Locked Box Exposed Anna’s Fears

To outsiders, Anna and Robert's divorce seemed civil, but behind closed doors, she was terrified. A locked box found in her home revealed a handwritten letter in Russian to her attorney. In it, Anna wrote out Robert's threats, including that he might kill himself and 'expose secrets about her'.

This letter gave investigators the context that friends and colleagues never knew. Dateline emphasizes that the letter moved the investigation forward, painting Robert not as a distant ex but as a man still dangerously involved in Anna's life.

The letter was only proof that Anna had expected trouble long before the bullets were fired straight at her.

4. Blood Evidence in the Car Sealed His Fate

Anna's missing Hyundai Sonata was found abandoned a few blocks away. Inside, investigators located small traces of blood. DNA analysis confirmed it wasn't hers and that it belonged to Robert Moses.

Once he was caught, the detectives had also noticed a fresh cut on his right hand during questioning, an injury consistent with what they found in the vehicle.

The evidence didn't just stop there. According to Dateline, the police also found a handful of high-capacity gun magazines in Robert's car trunk, and they matched the same caliber of bullets that had been used to kill Anna.

To prosecutors, this was the same gun that linked Robert directly to the crime.

5. A Son’s Divided Loyalties and a Chilling Trial

According to Dateline, Anna's only son, Igor, was also asked to testify. His calm reaction to his mother's death was confusing to some, and his testimony was one where he supported Robert, his adoptive father.

Still, the evidence that was found was far more compelling than any testimony. Prosecutors argued that Anna's murder was indeed a planned act of violence, an act that was planned and calculated by her ex-husband Robert's threats and his increasing financial stress.

On October 25, opening arguments began, and after weeks of testimony, a Collin County jury convicted Robert Moses of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison. Even with a guilty verdict, friends and colleagues who spoke to Dateline shared that the hole Anna left behind could never be filled.

Dateline's Someone Was Waiting looks at more than just the horror of Anna Moses' murder. It sheds light on the silence of hidden abuse, the consequences of threats left that were never heard, and the search for justice that finally exposed the truth out in the open.

For Dateline viewers, it's a reminder that behind closed doors, danger can lurk in the shadows, even when no one sees it coming.