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i'm natalie morales.en had been murdered in los angeles back in the 1980s. from the outset, her parents told the investigators about several runs sherri had with her husband's ex. now decade later, a cold case detective was focusing his attention o that very same woman, who also happened to be a member of the lapd. here is josh mankiewic with more of "the smoking gun. >> for two decades, the lapd had but one narrative fo sherri rasmussen's murder. tha she was killed by a botche burglary. as science rewrote the script, this cold case suddenly was almost too hot to handle. the prime suspect was lapd detective stephanie lazarus. but as jim nuttal went through the murder book he found almost nothing on lazarus, even though she was the ex-girlfriend of the husband of sherri rasmussen. there was only one notation in the criminology in 1986. a detective had written stephani lazarus, p. o., police officer as if her name had come up, bu not as a suspect. no notes o any conversation with her? >> no paper trail. >>

i'm natalie morales.nsurance pales, even an affair this story had all the makings of a hollywood script, but i was all too real for all those who love and lost marc despain his parents wanted the truth and sorted investigators here's keith morrison with the conclusion of the root of al evil >> jack and tana despain heard how their son's widow wa living with a boyfriend on her arm, with life insurance money in her pocket. and they fumed >> she is buying stuff and buying clothes, and going to restaurants and it is very har for us to take >> detective brooks wa determined to see the case through. just like marc's parents, he believed michelle orchestrated>i away for lunch >> yes >> she says she can. >> she can and he replies, okay i will let you know the time >> in my review of some of the text messages is marc wasn't interested in going to eat lunch that day, but she begged him to take her to lunch >> after lunch, remember, sh asked marc to linger for an ic cream treat. all the while texting her dad, said t

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching hello, i'm craig melvin, and this is dateline >> all i could see was a dar hallway the light coming out o a broom. what am i going to see, abou is this going to be? worst-case in there and what i going to my head >> lisa and kevin and marriage blending their lives and children's >> one big happy family over there. >> with enough love to block m foster daughter with a trouble past, sabrina. >> but she was told by being place with the - she was ecstatic >> i happy home, until it wa ripped apart and a singl nights >> oh my god, my mom's gonna die. >> lisa stabbed. >> the blade was actually bent it takes a lot to bend and i played >> the killer, none other than sabrina. >> i couldn't believe it >> a loving mom murdered by th foster daughter she opened her home to. what no one could understand was why. >> something else had to hav been a play here >> >> indeed, this case wa about to get a lot mor complicated. stories of a diabolical plot brood behind closed doors. >>

i'm natalie morales. >> this is dateline. >> it's never good news. 5:00 in the morning. i knew something was wrong. he just began sobbing and saying, no, no. >> it was just before midnight when the shooting started. >> he had been shot multiple times. on the ground. face down. >> a man was dead, but not just any man. >> how do you kill superman? >> how is superman dead. >> he was an olympian and a father, killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. [inaudible] >> describe to me. >> but if their fought -- husband was dead, outside by was the gun found hidden inside. and what other secrets were hidden away? >> sometimes she would say things like, i would be better off the deep wasn't around. >> was the father defending the family or was she? >> she throws that night. >> the mystery may not be who did it, but why. >> the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. welcome to dateline. an elite athlete dave laut reached olympic heights taking ventura county, california where he grew up wearing that his beautiful bride. jane said the

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". i felt guilty.ldn't live with that.lt i said, "i know something and it's terrible." "i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he'd been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. >> he was just hysterical. >> they were never able to find her. >> it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? >> no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. >> an accident? or a disappearance? >> you thought, what? ea she faked her death? >> or maybe a murder? >> there's no way. absolutely no way. >> i felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. >> now, she would be the one to unravel it all. >> i thought, i could do this. >> in a dangero

i'm natalie morales.l friend were still worried that skyla are not bee found. variation were convinced tha variation were convinced tha he both girls were sticking to the same story. but that was about to change. convinced of it. both girls were sticking to th same story, but that was about to change. one of them was ready to talk. back now to, something wicked. christmas 2012 came and went for skylar neeses'parents dave and mary it had been six months since skylar had disappeared the holidays must have bee very hard that year, christmas time >> we didn't celebrate >> nah we didn't put up any tree. we didn't do anything. >> just another day. >> yep >> around that time, rache shoaf and sheila eddy stoppe attending university high. their few remaining friend told the authors dave and ma that rachel seemed agitated. >> she was acting out, getting into more family altercation at home. >> so the walls were closing i on rachel? >> uh-huh. >> 911, we have an emergency >> i have an issue with 16-year-old daughter

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now back to dateline >> welcome back to "dateline i'm natalie morales.rlfriend, nanette, who was cheating on bill withi other man. and when the interviewed him he was deceptive about whether he owned a gun meanwhile, bill's daughter were trying to get their fathers affairs in order what they were about to find that things weren't adding up. who else had access to bills accounts here's keith morrison with mor of "deadly trust". >> on the afternoon of the day he was murdered, bil mclaughlin drove from a hous he kept in las vegas two mccarran airport he climb into the little air playing he own, flew up abov all his troubles this is where he was free an happy. pure joy up here just around sunset he landed a john wayne airport in orange county called nanette to tell her h was back and drove home to newport. to the place he was about to die. but for all their efforts, investigators can find not one bit of evidence in those movements of his nothing that could lead him to the man who is fast becoming their prime suspect, eri naposki. back at the house, bill' dau

rican voices >> i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. a sprawling southern family farm with a pair of churchgoing grandparents at its heart. >> they are definitely the most loving individuals i've ever met in my life. >> there was no way it was supposed to end like this. >> she took me about a hand and said diane and charlie have been murdered. >> the former church deacon, and his wife. who on earth would want them down? >> it does not make sense. they were loved by everyone. >> everyone, maybe. but their own daughter who admitted to a bitter, simmering dispute. >> it's been a long family feud. >> her stepfather won her dead so she could get her property back. >> evidence pointed to her boyfriend as an accomplice. >> you have that blood on your shoe, he was there. >> or, was he? >> no hair, no fingerprints, no dna. >> nothing. >> a once loving family now gripped by suspicion. >> i had a lot of people in my ear saying she did it. >> with the terrible truth rip them apart? >> this cannot be happening. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. a daught

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. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> she was a college student found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> tough questions for her boyfriend. >> where was i the night before? what had i been doing? when had i last seen her? >> i really thought he could be our killer. >> but while police try to prove it, another attack. >> he has got me by the throat and he's shaking me and he's yellinh at me, telling me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in his apartment? >> yes. >> even on forsman they felt what do we have on our hands. >> there is growing danger because the police are looking in the wrong place. >> i lived health and no one believed me. >> this monster is walking free while they are wasting their time on me. >> can the killer be caught before he kills again? >> it makes you realize how fragile your life is. and that anybody can take it. >> welcome to dateline, a killer was on the loose in a texas college town leaving students and their parents terrified. with a shocking discovery of jaime hart's body, invest

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome to "street signs.'m joumanna bercetche. >> and i'm julianna tatelbaum. these are your headlines. >>> march's inflation print surprises to the upside, keeping pressure on the bank of england. >>> heineken's hosts a first quarter revenue beat while brew falls flat falling apart from the americas. >>> shipper asml's stock slides as demand exceeds capacity. >>> a plot twist in after hours for netflix after the streaming giant post a beat on eps but misses on revenue. co-ceo greg peters outlines the delays to the crackdown on password sharing >> this is an important transition for us. we're working hard to do it well and as promptly as we can. we see an initial cancel reaction, and then we build out of that. >>> well, global markets have been dipping south over the last 24 hours we heard from wall street. we had quite a negative close from goldman sachs after reported earnings missed the mark, sending the stock about 2% lower, 1.7% by the end of the day. johnson & johnson also another drag on wall street. t

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> i'm john dickerson. >> gayle and tony are off.opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> former president trump plans to turn himself in to face criminal charges in new york. why his rhetoric has the city on alert. >> people are sick and tired of this nonsense. every single day we're wondering what captain chaos is going to do today. >>> finland is officially joining nato. >> the nation applied to join last year, a couple of months after the russian invasion of ukraine. >>> parts he

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i'm andrea canning, thank yo for watching la i'm craig melvin, and i' natalie morales. and this is dateline yeah >> i'm freaking out i walk in, and my sister's not there. her doors open, her lights are on, her bans on done everything was horrible. and i felt it. as >> she had been fearless on the frontlines in iraq >> pretty amazing. i saw her as like, a reall strong soldier >> but something about her terrified at home. we >> i'm scared i don't feel safe. >> a desperate call to police. and then she vanished. when >> something made a prett scared >> yes >> there's no way to say wit that was >> right >> what had happened to this beautiful army sergeant? that question would launch a spellbinding mystery >> there were a number o potential suspects, absolutely >> was a killer out there? >> she was in danger >> could police catch him? they hatched a plan of virtual genius >> one of the detective said you're not going to believ this >> welcome to dateline maribel ramos was a fighter. join the army and doing tw times overseas before returnin to civilian life but even her milita

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. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. >> as you can they read the wrong verdict. >> you feel so hopeless. >> it's like a shot in the chest. >> despair to hope. darkness to light. a fight for freedom. >> what happened to this teenager could happen to any one of our children. >> at 18, he was arrested for murder. adamant he was innocent. >> i had nothing to do with this. i swear to god. >> so, what could've possibly led to this? >> you stab that women. >> why would he confess to something you didn't do? >> why would he? what's really happened during that police interrogation. >> the evidence shows you were there. i cannot lie about the evidence. >> i can't lie to you about this. the officers lying about lying. >> and extraordinary look inside the interview room. >> if you don't talk to me i can't keep -- >> this is one of the most intense interrogations i've ever seen. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline. how could you confess to a crime you didn't commit? it seems to defy logic and common sense, but advocates say, it's happens for more

. >> i'm natalie morales >> this is "dateline >> it was like oh, wow. he did it.ok off and we didn' know where he was. >> he took off, and we did not know where he was. >> call it a mother' intuition. >> she had a sign. i don't know how, something wa wrong. >> her daughter away at colleg was not answering her phone. >> she was scared. she did not know where ale was. >> then, terrible news, student had been murdered, i young woman, but apparently it was not alex >> the girl on the floor had very dark, almost black colore hair she had much lighter hair. >> so, who was it, and where was alex >> at that point, it was one that, and perhaps anothe missing. >> the color could be roaming campus of students >> we were really scared >> in a serious tweet. >> what did you think? >> i don't exactly know. >> a terrifying phone call >> my son just called and told me he killed somebody. >> and a terrible truth. >> i did not know how, and i did not know who and i did not know anything. i just knew she was gone ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline a college freshman found bruta

. >> i'm craig melvin >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i could not believe it. i couldn't imagine anyone would ever want to hurt her. i had no idea what could've happened. >> married to her high school sweetheart, family meant everything to her. >> there was always a lot of talk about children. she wanted grandchildren, fast. >> but it all went up in smoke the night she died in a mysterious and monstrous inferno. >> who is to the right of the mattresses that we found the remains of julie. >> shocking as the blaze was, it was nothing compared to what investigators found in the embers. >> it's a bullet. >> yes. >> so this woman has been shot to death. >> yes. the obvious suspects. neighborhood thieves. >> there were half a dozen house burglaries unsolved. >> investigators also dug into a favorite theory, a husband. >> i was angry. i felt that the detectives were on a manhunt and they were after my dad. >> then a pop to text the might just be a clue. >> you could say maybe she's driving events here. >> that's correct. >> the truth, beyond twisted. leaving behind sm

. >> and i'm natalie morales >> and this is dateline. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> he was definitely charismatic. >> he wasew kid in town, super popular, all about adventure. >> this kid was like, awesome. >> he jumped right in th culture. >> he liked to show off to the girls. >> they were the neighbors just down the block, of family in fear. >> they had their vehicles broken into, she was scared. >> someone had been sneaking into their home and now someon was in their garage. >> i'm sitting there panicking he's coming after me >> in a flash, it was over >> that charismatic kid dead o the floor. >> fits -- it was terrible, i think i screamed for an hour >> what happened in that garag that night >> it was the last person that would come to my mind. >> a neighbor protecting his home or preparing a trap >> makes the statement it' showtime >> it is showtime? >> exactly >> a teenager, a father, a murder, no one would be th same >> we were all taken aback ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to dateline he came to america as an adventurous exchange student but he took one risk too man and it cost him his life was his death a case o

. >>> later on cbs mornings, natalie morales is in times square studio to cohost the show.d morning. how does it feel to be at the table? >> it's amazing to be here, amanda. thanks so much. we are so excited. it's a busy news week as you know. you were talking about president trump's indictment and tomorrow he will be surrendering in new york. we'll be covering that. also looking at the security precautions in place around new york city. we will get to the good stuff, hey lights from last night's lsu iowa women's championship game, of course lsu winning that one. it's a huge game and incredible moment for so many of the players. we'll have all that and a preview of jim nantz's last time in the booth calling ncaa championship game for the men. dana jacobson got to shoot some hoops with the legend as well. a busy morning with lots to talk about. >> this is a change of pace for you. what are you most excited about this week? >> there are so many incredible guests this week. i would have to say being at this table though, it's hard not to enjoy this moment. i am loving being ba

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> tony and gayle are off.d in 90 seconds. >> no matter who you are, we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. donald trump pleading not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. >> right now i have a trump-hating judge with a

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i am natalie morales the prosecution made the argument that bob ferrante certainly had the means to kilturn. and their goal was to dismantl the largely circumstantial cas presented. questioning the motive and whether she even died from the poison at all. now, with the conclusion o lethal weapon, here is denni murphy >> the commonwealth of pennsylvania had tried to pain robert ferrante as a jealous husband, driven by a rage to points in his wife how did he do it prosecutors believed he slippe the cyanide inside of a drink. give it to her shortly after she came home that night a theory, said judge manning that was tough to prove. >> no one stood there with their two eyes and said, i saw him put the cyanide in the drink and give it to her no one said that >> that is a weak point to the prosecution, of course, at which point they had it. >> of course they did. but keep in mind circumstantial evidence, peopl don't believe when it really i is very powerful >> prosecutor, lisa pell agree need told the court that ferrante used his wife vulnerability to trick or into taking cyanide that night. e

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> he said he couldn't handle talking about it. i was angry at him. if you're not going to tell me what happened, then you're going to dance around the issue and tell three different stories, what are you hiding? >> it started as a teen romance. >> two of my girlfriends are like, there's this guy, and you need to meet him. >> i was in love, yes. >> it ended in one of the strangest love stories you'll ever hear. >> i felt like i got hit by a bus. >> right before their wedding, her mother and his father got married. >> they told us, we ran off, we eloped. who does that? >> two families and a small town left stunned. but it was nothing compared to what happened next. >> he looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> a deadly attack in the dark of night. her mother murdered. >> i realized that last conversation i had with her, that was it. >> his father bruised and bewildered. >> i don't remember anything else, other than waking up in the morning. >> was it a robber

i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching hello, i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline >> nothing in this case make sense. >> they say doctors make the worst patients, no matter ho sick >> as high blood pressure or heart attack >> but this doctor is not just sick, he was dying >> nobody knew exactly what it was. >> and then they found the crystals >> it's a poison case, which i very rare. >> but solving the medical mystery, did not solve the mai mystery. who poisoned him >> he took a drink of it and said there is something wron with us. >> was money the motive or was there another reason >> everything about this cas is knots it is sex lies and audiotape >> it turns out this busy ou doctor also had a busy lov life >> she loved him >> she loved the doctor. >> who wanted the doctor did >> what is the motive, is th person who is not getting what they want. >> hello and welcome t dateline a top doctor known for savin lives found himself fighting for his own after he was poisoned the cops immediately started looking in to the women in his life, and they u

i'm natalie morales. -- i'm andrea canning thanks for watching. >> welcome to a special editio of ayman it has been a wild 48 hours. and you certainly know the new by now donald trump has been indicted tonight, we are going to giv you the context and th perspective you need t understand how these next fe weeks and months will unfold you are going to hear about th strength of alvin bragg's case against donald trump, an congressman ted lieu wil respond to republican attack on the da. and later, the other massive illegal news from the, week th fox defamation lawsuit lap and guess which programs are o the hit list i'm ayman, let's get started to start this hour, let's brea down all of the news and how i view the trump indictment. sources familiar with th matter tell nbc news that trum faces around 30 charges of document fraud connected t hush money payments that h allegedly made it to cover u past affairs in the run up t the 2016 election. two sources tell the associate press that includes at least one felony offense, and th exact charges at this moment against the ex president are still un

. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline", i'm natalie morales, thanks for watching huge smile it's a child's worst nightmare to lose a mom. >> every day i wanted answers, every day i was told it was an unknown. people don't just die! >> she was a loving mother he was a crime fightin prosecutor >> you are a pillar of tha community. >> i did what i thought wa right. >> then one day, the law was a his door his wife was dead in bed >> her eyes were open, she was pale >> i just remember crying, and not believing it >> suddenly suspicious but no evidence of a crime >> any signs of a struggle >> no. it was case closed >> years passed new lives. two new wives. >> he's extremely charming >> we just had the most amazin time >> then, a new detective dusts off the old case >> what's trumped out at you >> most definitely the arm where in a race position >> my first thought was -- >> the manner of death would b -- >> what's really happened in that bedroom >> i'm - >> a young mother's death was mystery, but was in the murder >> tell me what happened to he to my face do not give me excuses ♪ ♪ ♪ >

i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to msnbc specia coverage of the indictment o former president, donald trump i'm jonathan capehart live fro msnbc headquarters in new york >> and i am katie phang. >> and we begin today with a history that will unfold befor our eyes, and just under 7 hours. former president donald trum is set to turn himself in at 2:15 pm eastern time thi tuesday. >> we are learning much more about exactly how that dramati moment will take place the former president wil arrive in new york city monday evening, and on tuesday, the will be driven from trump towe to the courthouse around 1 p eastern time >> as of now, there are no plans to handcuff him, and n plans to place him in a holdin cell but there will b fingerprinted. >> trump will then leave new york that same night, and head back to florida. >> so, katie, this i incredible what we are about to see and we have never seen anythin like this in all of ou history. a former president of th united states indicted by

admiration for your strength and the job you've done and your career and working with our buddy natalie morales much. >> it is called "tell me your dreams" by amanda klootz with an assist from young elvis. >> yes. >> his agent called and wants the royalties. thanks, amanda good to see you. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, trymaine lee brings the story of three lawmakers who call themselves a bipartisan brand of brothers. they say the bond goes beyond politics that story just ahead on "morning joe." (psst psst) ahhhh... with flonase, allergies don't have to be scary. spray flonase sensimist daily for non-drowsy, long lasting relief in a scent-free, gentle mist. (psst psst) flonase. all good. - elites. (psst psst) now that we've made travel so expensive, we have this hotel to our...selves..? - how'd you get here? - kayak! they compared hundreds of travel sites to find a great deal on my flight, car, and hotel. - kayak. search one and done. >>> this week the current session of congress hits the 100-day mark and while most see deep divisions three freshman repr representatives are trying to pro

correspondent natalie pirks who's at wembley for a match that brighton will start shortly as favourites, partly because of that defeat for united in seville. knighted, as the body said, well, that moraleeuropa league. we have heard erickson had saying it was simply an acceptable and that in the dressing room so it will be really interesting does he how they react that we have heard eric ten hard. brighton, as you said, are looking to be in the fa cup finalfor the first time since they were beaten by united in the last two matches they played so fans coming here full of confidence for the seagulls and of course whoever wins today will be facing manchester city in the final. serie a champions in waiting napoli will attempt to take their lead back to 17 points later when they playjuventus, a team who have leapt to third in the table after their 15 point deduction for false accounting was reversed. inter�*s win over empoli has taken them fifth. romelu lukaku with two of their three goals. the leaders in spain are also playing today. barcelona are 8 points clear of real madrid when they began their match against third placed atletico. they're1—0 up at half time. valencia won the early game