(explosion rumbling) (music fades) trevor velinor: our 911 dispatch got a call, someone's missing. there's a woman who allegedly fell overboard. and that's all we know. we sent divers out. we did aerial searches. and nothing? and nothing. it is almost like a vanishing act. time is ticking here. >> and nothing. >> and nothing. >> it is almost like a

vanishing act. >> time is ticking here and there is no sight of her. >> it's an overwhelming feeling. helming feeling. what did that surveillance video show you? >> two individuals getting on this thing going into the waters. >> the fact that nobody was found is very suspicious. >> it's heart wrenching every day. she's been honest and a truthful friend. she's got a real lust for life. >> how could you give up on your friend? where is she? >> it's andrea canning from dateline. can we talk to you? do you have anything to do with the disappearance? sarm heslop was as spontaneous as she was fearless. hello and welcome to dateline. as spontaneous as she was fearless, so friends were not surprised when the free spirit left home to sail the caribbean

with her new boyfriend, then storm vanish. as the coast guard searched far and wide, investigators zeroed in on somebody they believe held the key to her disappearance. but would he lead them? and here is andrea canning with siren song. >> reporter: the u.s. virgin islands of st. thomas, saint croix, and st. john earn the nickname america's paradise for their miles of white sandy beaches and impossibly blue water. >> it is great for snack ling, all water activities. >> as the eastern most point of the united states. it's a beautiful, tropical island. >> reporter: it's truly a wish you were here destination. so breathtaking it's hard to imagine something tragic happening on the place, but it

does. on march 1, 2021, a beautiful flight attendant moved here. but a week later she disappeared with a trace. >> it's like a vanishing act. all her personal belongings are on the boat. no one saw anything. >> it's a mystery that made international headlines. for her friends in england, it was devastating. >> i was on the floor just hyperventilating, i guess. i was just panicking. can the helicopter see into the water? could it see a body from up there? to track down the last person known to have seen her alive. our story begins off the island of st. john. spring break 2021. tourists were traveling again.

every hotel was sold out. every sailboat booked. always quiet on a warm starry march night. when suddenly an unusual distress call came from the boat. >> our 911 dispatch got a call at approximately 2:35 a.m. >> the call was made by ryan bain. he said his girlfriend was missing from the boat they've been living on and working on. then u.s. vir june islands police commissioner said officers rushed to the vote. when he approached, ryan was in a dingey to meet them. >> yes, so officers meet him on the dock. he explains i went to sleep. when i woken, she was nowhere

to be found. >> ryan said the boat alarm woke him up. >> there was an anchor alert saying the boat had shifted or moved. >> does ryan have any idea or a haunch or a theory or anything? >> maybe she could have fallen off the boat. >> the officers began to search for her in the waters. >> they looked around the area and did not see anything. >> instead, ryan told the officer it was an uneventful night that him and sam -- sarm went to bed.

>> he indicated they were drinking, but his emphasis is he went to sleep, he awoken, and she was nowhere on the boat. >> police left without searching ryan's boat. >> and that is the search and coordination from. >> reporter: the commander said a team sprung into action. >> they launched our small boat and then launched a helicopter. and they began an urgent marine information broadcast. >> alerting public to be on the lookout for a woman who had gone overboard. they take us to the area where

tay search. your team pulls up to sarm? >> exactly. >> what happens when you approach siren sarm? >> at this point, they go on board. >> how is ryan bane reacting? >> he's cooperative. showing us his keys, phone, passport. they live in the cockpit and they do a quick down the passage way. >> reporter: when someone's personal belongings are still on the boat and they are nowhere to be found, is that a really bad sign? >> we just take it there is somebody in the water and we begin our search accordingly. >> reporter: the lieutenant commander's team used drift analysis to help focus on the search. >> with the good weather, we can cover a lot of the area and the isolated islands like we see over there. >> does it have to enter your mind as you're searching that there could have been a crime committed? >> our focus again is all search and rescue. >> reporter: after a full day of searching. >> we started approximately at

1:00 and search until sunset. >> reporter: they also found nothing. like where could she be? >> i'm not sure. >> the coast guard was puzzled. if she had drowned in the waters off of st. john, they believe they would have found her body. a mystery in paradise was unfolding. where was sarm heslop? s sarm >> the search for sarm grows urgent as volunteers try to find her. >> what do you think happened to sarm? >> i don't know. it's just really confusing as to where she is. >> do you have any hope that sarm is still alive? >> i try to. >> when dateline continues. but this is my story.

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and rescue efforts. >> reporter: the local volunteers who run a boat rental business. he has extensive experience in search and rescue. >> when you get the call about this incident, what are you told as far as what they know and what has happened? >> there is a woman who allegedly fell overboard reported missing. this time that's all we know. so we start rounding up the troops. >> reporter: jeff and other volunteers grab their scuba gear and high-powered drones and begin searching the water when sarm was last seen. >> she would have walked into the bay when they do extensive dives. >> reporter: jeff served another role, became the light to storm's family and friends. >> i do my best to keep them updated. hey, we're not giving up. we still want to keep this thing going until we have some resolution. >> reporter: two people desperately waiting for jeff's update. and two of sarm's best friends who live thousands of miles

away in england. they felt grateful for jeff and the other volunteers. >> the amount of people who were out snorkeling, diving, looking for her. it is the generosity of strangers and it has been awesome. >> what do you think harmed to sarm? >> i don't know. it's just really confusing as to where she is. >> reporter: vicky has known sarm for years. they met working as flight attendants. victy remembers all too well their first flight together. transporting a prisoner. >> i was quite nervous by it. he was trying to get his hands out of the handcuff in flight. i was like god, do you see what they're doing? she's like yeah, don't worry about it. she wasn't phased by things. >> describing sarm as bold, fearless. a one of a kind woman. >> she's not your 9:00 to 5:00 kind of wants to buy a house, doesn't have children. she's the spontaneous kind of

person with a beautiful heart and cares deeply for friends and family. >> reporter: kate, a former roommate of sarm's, wasn't surprised when she stumbled into sailing. one of her first adventures some accomplished sailors wouldn't attempt. friends invited her across the atlantic. she couldn't resist the offer. >> she grabbed it with both hands. she made sure she was qualified to do it. >> she's brave and courageous. so you sort of admire her. but you know, i think i was a bit worried in the sense that you are traveling across the atlantic. >> it was at the end of the trip when she met ryan bane. >> they met on tinder. >> i guess you don't think about dating on the high seas? >> no. i don't think you do. >> what did he say? come over to my boat and i'll come over to your boat? >> no, they seemed to hit it off, which is great. >> reporter: based on the

profile, ryan appeared to be the picture of success and swagger. he was a former finance guy who traded in his suit and tie for shorts and flip-flops. in 2015 he began chartering his luxury catamaran to tourists in the caribbean. sarm told vicky what she found the most attractive about ryan is his personality. >> she liked his sense of humor. he made her laugh. she's a very funny girl, and always makes us laugh. >> reporter: in the beginning her friends say the relationship was nothing serious. they had only been dating a little while when sarm decided to leave the caribbean and go to malta where she had close friends. >> she left and she prioritized that and went to malta. and then they kept in contact and they were speaking every day. >> but something was calling her back to him? >> yeah. she just decided this is a relationship that is worth continuing. and so decided to fly back out and join him in the american virgin islands at that point. >> reporter: her friends say

the timing was perfect. sarm needed a job and ryan invited her to come work on her boat. it was a chance for sarm to pursue this budding relationship and do the things she loves most, sailing and cooking. sarm even showed off her culinary arts on instagram. the clincher though was ryan's dog, hunter. >> she's a really big animal lover, like she absolutely loves dogs. >> reporter: so off she went to be with her new man to her friends all seemed well. >> she looked so happy in all her photographs. and she was really enjoying herself. it was like the ultimate outdoors. it was everything from previous relationships kind of pieced together to make this what seems like a great, great life that she was starting. >> reporter: she had only been living and working on siren song for about two weeks. her friends never could have anticipated the darkness headed sarm's way. >> do you have any hope that

sarm is still alive? >> i try to. coming up. a crucial new clue from a single security camera. >> it shows mr. bane and ms heslop getting on a dingy. >> you have no confirmation they ever made it to the boat? >> that's correct. >> this is a real mystery. >> it is. >> when dateline continues.

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andrea canning: the story of the british woman who vanished off a sailboat in the caribbean was making international news. the story of the british woman who vanished off the caribbean was making international news. every day a new article asks the same question, where was sarm heslop? the police had no answers. your officers were really looking at three possible scenarios. she willingly disappeared. there was a tragic accident, or there was a crime? >> absolutely. those are the options. >> reporter: her friend, vicky, was certain sarm would never take off without telling anyone. she also doesn't believe sarm drowned. >> she is a good swimmer. in your clothes, you have to dive in a swimming pool and swim across it in your clothes to be able to partial train.

>> reporter: vicky grew increasingly worried and frustrated. the rest were unable to travel to the u.s. virgin islands to help look for her. >> to a certain extent you feel guilty because you can't do anything. >> in fact sarm's friends were doing a lot. >> it is forward thinking that's got us in this position in the moment, so we need to maintain that. >> reporter: several of them held daily zoom meetings, brainstorming ways to keep the media and police focused on finding their friend. >> she would not leave possessions. >> reporter: they appeared on british and america tv. sharing videos on social media. >> your group has been a force, connecting with searchers. i mean really keeping the story

alive? >> we've got to get it out there. we can't sit on it and not do anything. >> reporter: meanwhile the police were feeling the pressure. the commissioner says his team was doing everything they could to find sarm. >> we sent divers out, canines, we did ambulatory searches, aerial searches, we put flyers out. >> and nothing? >> and nothing. >> reporter: as the days ticked by with no signs of sarm, the police requested outside help. >> the fbi got involved in this case? >> so the fbi was able to assist in trying to locate any type of camera. >> reporter: they found one security camera pointed right at the spot where sarm and ryan left the island that night. >> it shows two individuals, mr. bane and ms heslop, getting on a dingy. and taking off. and going into the waters in

the coos bay. >> did you lose them from there? so you have no real confirmation that they ever made it to the boat? >> that's correct. >> british police also got involved. >> island police looked through sarm's personal belongings and also searched her phone records. all dead ends. >> this is a real mystery that you have on your hands? >> it is. >> the when investigators spoke to the owner of the restaurant on st. john, the one sarm and ryan went to on the night she disappeared, he said they looked perfectly happy. they found nothing concerning. her friends agreed. they never met ryan, but said it was clear from sarm that things were going well. >> and so there were no smoke signals, no s.o.s., cryptic messages from her that would lead you to believe something was wrong? >> no. since we have all come together as in her group of friends from spain and the u.k., no one can

put their finger on anything that cast any shadow of doubt over their relationship. >> reporter: vicky says the night of a disappearance, she got a life from sarm. she wasn't her bubbly self. >> on that evening she literally sent me a text saying ahhh in brackets about work. >> what do you mean ahhh, like screaming? >> yeah, but like work, moaning about work. so i think it was her complaining about work, whatever charter had been that day, maybe they were busy. i don't know if people were difficult. >> vicky never got to find out what was bothering sarm about work. that was the last next she ever got from her. sarm's friends were hoping to get answers from ryan. >> did you have an argument when you got back on the boat? were you happy? >> reporter: but strangely he

had gone quiet. they weren't the only ones getting the silent treatment. you might remember initially ryan cooperated with authorities. but lieutenant commander lee says ryan's behavior quickly shifted. about 15 hours after sarm was reported missing, coast guard officers went back to the siren song for a second time and brought along detectives from the virgin island's police department. they tried to talk to ryan bane? >> yes. >> to no avail? >> at that point he refused to let the virgin island police department go on board. >> while the coast guard was able to board, according to the case report, mr. bane was heavily intoxicated and was telling the boarding team he did not want them on board his vessel. >> and at that time he obstructed our post search and rescue boarding. >> is it getting tense? >> he was very uncooperative. >> the coast guard cited bane for safety violations. as for the police, they left the siren song frustrated, filled with unanswered questions and no closer to

finding out what happened to sarm heslop. ryan's odd behavior sparks suspicions. is he telling police the whole story? coming up. >> if she had fallen over, would you expect them to find the body? >> it is very likely the body would be found. >> this is the big red flag for you? >> it is a big red flag. >> when dateline continues. [cat meow] —is she? letting her imagination run wild even though she has allergies. yeah. everybody wants super straight, super white teeth. they want that hollywood white smile. new sensodyne clinical white provides 2 shades whiter teeth and 24/7 sensitivity protection. i think it's a great product. it's going to help a lot of patients. before apoquel chewable for allergic itch.

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at least 18 are dead after severe storms swept the southern and midwest over the holiday weekend. the system produces flooding and tornadoes also left 350,000 without power. at least 35 people were killed following an air strike that hit civilians in rafah on

sunday according to the health ministry. the incident is under review. for now back to dateline. sarm heslop was living on her boyfriend ryan bane's catamaran when she vanished. stwelcome back to dateline, i'm craig melvin. sarm heslop was living on her boyfriend's ryan bane's catamaran when she vanished. ryan told investigators she may have fallen over when he left. then the search still for song underway, he stopped talking. the investigation threatened to stall. but someone from ryan's past was about to resurface with secrets to share. back to andrea canning with siren song. >> reporter: in the short time sarm heslop was missing, locals swarmed and with over 23 years of experience practicing law in

the territory, thought something was off. she didn't know sarm or her boyfriend, ryan bane, but he's really familiar with the water. >> in the area pretty close to shore if she had fallen over, would you expect them to find the body? >> i think if someone falls overboard and drowns, i think it's very likely their body would be found very close by the boat. so i think the fact nobody was found is very suspicious. >> this is the big red flag for you? >> it is a big red flag. >> and authorities saw red flags of their own. the commissioner says not only ryan would no longer speak to his officers, he refused to allow them to search his boat for clues. >> that's not happening, he indicated no. i will not allow you onto my boat. >> reporter: instead he indicated that he had an attorney. >> that was quick. >> it was very quick from 2:30 in the morning and now it's

about 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon. >> ryan bane had not been charged or named as a suspect in the storm he is lot missing person's case, but he did hire a defense attorney who advised him to stop talking to the police. it could come with a downside. >> you look like you have been involved in something illegal? >> it's that fine line of is it a smart thing to do or does it make you look suspicious? >> the answer is it clearly makes you look suspicious, but it prevents you from anything that would implicate you or result in a finding of guilty. >> reporter: as for sarm's friends, ryan's behavior only added to their questions. >> something like that had happened to me and i found someone missing in my home, i would want to do everything that i can to help the police. >> just let them search the boat. if there is nothing on there, then fine, there's nothing on there, then we stop looking there, don't we? >> reporter: even more alarming to vicky and kate, ryan didn't

immediately call the coast guard, far from it. the yacht was more here in frank's bay. and after ryan bane called police, then he took nine hours to call the coast guard. >> why didn't you let them start searching the water earlier? >> reporter: james stevens, captain of a similar catamaran says ryan's behavior that night makes no or someone on your boat was missing, i would have been outside screaming so see if there was a voice. >> reporter: but james says ryan never contacted him. >> i saw his boat tucked up in this location right here. >> just the two boats? >> yes. >> your boat and his? >> mine and then one other directly behind him. >> he also heard nothing out of the ordinary that night.

>> no argue woke you up, no loud noise? no sounds of a struggle? >> nothing. if someone was screaming and a life curdling scream, i imagine i would wake up to something like that. >> if there was a struggle on the boat and someone died, where around here do you think someone would take a body? >> i mean it's 16,000 feet out there. if you put a body down and wrap it up with anchor chain, then no, all was quiet. >> there was nothing here. no police presence, nothing out of the ordinary. i pulled up my anchor and left. >> reporter: in a statement, ryan's attorney said mr. bane had nothing to do with sarm's disappearance. he spent untold hours searching for her and remains devastating

she is missing. her thoughts as always are with sarm and her family during the difficult time. ryan allowed the coast guard on his boat twice. as for why he didn't call him right away, ryan thought the police marine unit was on their way. still he wouldn't talk to police or let them search his boat. his team made a mistake by not searching it when they responded to the 911 call. >> why not search the boat at that time? >> that's the decision officers made in that particular time. it wasn't the best decision. >> why do you say that? >> you want to make sure every area is searched. >> the big question is why not get a search warrant and search ryan bane's vote. and we also reached out this point and they have been

successful in getting search warrants for the siren song. this wasn't ryan's first interaction with the law and boy did she have a story to tell. >> that man should come with a warning label. it is just a sinking feeling to think that she was with somebody who had that past and she didn't know. >> a dark new picture of ryan bane. >> yes. i thought he was going to kill me. the look on his face was the devil behind his eyes. that's what scared me. that poor girl had no idea who he really is. >> when dateline continues.

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andrea canning: a few days clafter sarm went missing,. police learned troubling information about ryan bane's past. they got a call from his ex-wife who told, them 10 years earlier, ryan had been convicted a few ledays after sarm wen missing, police got a call from his ex-wife saying ryan was convicted of assaulting her. the news came as a complete shock to sarm's friends. >> it was a goose bump moment, all over my body. she didn't know. >> reporter: we reached out to

ryan's ex, who sat down for her first network tv interview. she took us back to the beginning when she first met ryan. they went to high school together in lake oregon, michigan in the 90s. >> at that time i really wasn't interested in knowing anything about him. >> reporter: it wasn't until several years after graduating when she ran into ryan at a bar with friends that she took an interest. >> he was a lot of fun. he was funny. he really grabbed my attention. >> was he handsome? >> he's handsome. >> and charming? >> very charming. very glitzy and makes you feel wonderful. >> reporter: at the time, corey was a single mom with a young daughter and had a job working as a nanny. ryan had gotten his master's degree. he was working in the auto industry. >> he loves his education. >> reporter: educated and from a well-to-do family in michigan. >> they live in a nice house,

they drive fast cars. every weekend they go on a large boat and as ryan would tell me, they have a small boat on the boat. >> reporter: it was 2007 and corey and ryan had been dating for about a year when he proposed. he was everything she wanted. still she had brief moments of cold feet. >> there were probably only a couple of times where he kind of let the crazy slip and i thought hm. >> you saw another side of him? >> yeah. >> i was like that's a little crazy to act this way. >> what would he do? >> like the rage, it would happen so fast. but i only saw it a couple of times and he reeled it in real quick. and then i thought well everyone has bad days. >> reporter: despite her reservations, a year later corey went through with the wedding. but she says the honeymoon period didn't last, literally.

>> there was an issue on our honeymoon actually. >> oh wow, i wasn't expecting it to be that quick. >> it was pretty quick. >> they had been backpacking through spain, staying in hostiles. corey wanted to stay one night in a nice hotel, but ryan said no. >> i wasn't really saying anything, but i was kind of disappointed. he doesn't like that. so we got in the elevator and he freaked out. he grabbed me in the shoulders and shoved me to the floor. >> on your honeymoon? >> yeah. >> the trip was ruined and corey told ryan she wanted to go home. >> we were suppose to be there for two weeks, and we left after ten days. >> reporter: she said life got back to normal, but over time things escalated. >> the longer we were together, the worse it was. in the beginning it was little things. he wasn't happy about something, so he would push or

shove me. throw water bottles, hit me with water bottles. >> shouldn't you be running? >> i knew that i had to leave. but at that point, i have no self-esteem whatsoever. he made me feel i can't live without him or do anything without him. at that point i felt i was trapped, i knew i was trapped. >> reporter: she was trapped by a master manipulator, didn't allow her access to her family. she said when things hit rock bottom? >> yeah, we had gone to a wedding and there was drinking. i don't even know where we were. >> she was the designated driver. ryan wanted to sleep. >> the it was before all the iphones and things like that. so i didn't know how to get home. i'm asking him directions, and

he just starts screaming. basically i mean imagine an out- of-control 5-year-old. so he's in the car and he's kicking the dash board, and he's kicking me, and he's kicking the steering wheel and kicking the gear shifter and screaming the whole time. >> and you're trying to drive? >> i'm just trying to drive to get home. by the time we got home, he was in such a crazy rage. as soon as i put the truck in park, he literally grabbed me by my hair and dragged me out of the truck. and he actually took my head and smashed it into the floor and then turned me over and started choking me out. >> did you think your life was in danger? >> yes. i thought he was going to kill me. the look on his face, i can't even explain it. it was like nobody was home. like the devil behind those eyes. that's what scared me the most. so i was like okay, this is it.

>> he finally stopped after cracking her tooth and choking her to the point she passed out. when she came to, she called 911. >> did they arrest him and take him away? >> they did. >> to jail? >> ryan pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to 60 days in jail. he served 21. corey later filed for divorce and feared him every day until it was final. >> every night i slept with a shotgun. >> after that she thought she put ryan bane in her rear-view mirror until. >> his name pops up, international media. woman goes missing. >> i instantly feel terrible for that girl's family. that poor girl had no idea who he really is. >> corey has no proof, but she's convinced ryan has something to do with sarm's disappearance. >> i think he did something to her. in my opinion.

>> this is based on your personal -- >> based on my experience with him. >> you've seen him snap? >> i've seen it, i've seen the rage. he can be completely enraged one second. i mean completely out of control and two seconds later he could have a smile on his face. hey, everybody. it's so quick and so violent and so crazy. i couldn't imagine being in that small space with him. >> there are always two sides to the story. so we hopped on the boat and went looking for him. >> ryan, did you have anything to do with the disappearance of sarm? coming up. the boat, what secrets might hold? >> there might be evidence. >> we just want to ask you if you know where sarm is.

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badly he was convicted and had ryan done the same to sarm? but first we had to find him here is andrea canning with the conclusion of siren song. >> sarm heslop had been missing for more than a year now. the luxury catamaran that describes something appealing and open the surface, but deceptive and dangerous. >> this boat could be the key to this mystery. >> would you call him a suspect in >> yeah, i think proving a crime more difficult. >> regardless what happened to sarm, the local defense attorney believes this will be

a tough case for police he thinks a full search of ryan's boat is a good place to start. months had gone by now though. i mean if there was any evidence, wouldn't it be gone by now? >> even over time there's things that are missed. there may be evidence that's stuck in the cracks or fallen through the cracks. if you tear apart that boat, then there may still be something there. >> he also believes there's a way for police to get a warrant. right bane has a history of domestic violence. could they use that to try to get a warrant? >> absolutely. absolutely because it shows in the past he's had an election to engage in criminal activity and you couple that with a missing what i would consider the u.s. virgin islands about this. they said they do not comment

on ongoing investigations. we were hoping ryan bane might talk to us. so we traveled to frank bay, where we heard he was still anchored. it was three weeks, but we just missed him. ryan was out in the open on his boat for some time. center if he's not under arrest, i assume he has every right to be. >> then we got a tip on where ryan might have gone, so we chartered a boat and searched and searched. >> we've been driving. ryan. it's andrea canning from dateline. can we talk to you? he couldn't come out. so a few hours later, we tried again. this time. ryan, can we talk to you?

we just want to ask you do you know where sarm is? do you know anything about the disappearance, ryan? can we just talk to you? pardon? how are we going to? [ inaudible ] >> he wouldn't speak to me. he just kept talking to the dog. your daughter's dog? so he took the dog? >> yep. that was one of the many times i called the police on him during our divorce. one of the officers opened the door and the dog went running out. and he put the dog in his car, and i had a crying 13-year-old for months. >> she brought it up with the judge, but says the judge didn't seem to care and instead awarded the dog to ryan. >> he kept saying the dog wouldn't be able to swim? >> he's a lab. he swims all the time. >> is this a form of

manipulation by ryan? >> and has found her happy ending with the man of her dreams. >> what is it like now to be in a truly healthy relationship? >> it's incredible. >> she fears sarm will never have that chance. >> i feel bad for her family. i feel bad she's missing. and if god forbid he did something to her, i want there to be justice for her. >> one potential lead could be slipping away. bane put his catamaran up for sale. sarm's friends say they don't know if it was sold after that. >> do you think this case will ever be solved? >> i have optimism that we'll get a little bit more information.

someone saw or heard something and to say this is the piece that you're missing or he will say let me do the right thing and explain to law enforcement what took place. >> bane's lawyer insists his client had nothing to do with the disappearance and told dateline he's advised local law enforcement if mr. bane's presence is legally required in the territory, he will appear voluntarily. what do you say to anyone that says your police department isn't doing enough? >> we have looked high and low. we continued to overarch the investigation for someone reported missing. >> as for sarm, they avow. a woman who came to paradise in search of adventure and love. now her friends just want to reflect on the person who meant the world to them. >> i want her to be remembered

as this -- as the really positive person that she is. she's got a real lust for life. she is an honest and truthful person. she's someone that you want on your team. she's fun to be around, she's adventurous and happy. that kind of oozes out of her and you get really caught up in the sarm moment. that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i am craig melvin and this is dateline. >> the smell of the blood is still there. you are lucky if you forget. i would rather have forgotten everything. >> 911. what is your emergency? >>