josh mankiewicz: no murder weapon? charlene franks: no. josh mankiewicz: no witnesses? car? charlene franks: no. his advantage was trying to say that, "i'm just a bad husband, i'm a criminal as far as money goes, but there's no evidence i killed my wife." josh mankiewicz: now it was the defense's turn to fire back.... craig melvin: coming up... and fire back they did. among their targets raven's second wife. raven abaroa: vanessa has her motives for saying what shes going to say. josh mankiewicz: which would be? craig melvin: when dateline continues. speak now or forever hold your- [cough] only took 4-hour cough liquid? [cough] unlike robitussin dm, delsym liquid offers 12 hours of cough relief all day or night. delsym, cough crisis averted. unexpected sweat can ruin a perfect look. oh yeah. but secret whole body dry feel deodorant absorbs sweat without aluminum for 72 hour freshness... everywhere. i know a secret girly when i see one. secret. no sweat. me, you're not alone. that's why we developed new doctors preferred mindful advantage, the cutting edge, science backe

josh mankiewicz: he liked helping people.ob became a firefighter, a well-respected one. he swallowed smoke for 19 years, winding up as a captain in the university park department outside dallas. and from his firehouse, from the rig, even from the fires, bob kept in very close touch with his mom. just because we had that rapport, 10 to 15 calls a day. 10 to 15 calls a day? uh-huh, honestly. mama's boy. i know, yeah, truly. i adore him. josh mankiewicz: so did his fellow firefighters. bob poynter got it done. he even helped in louisiana after hurricane katrina. and he always came home unscathed, professionally speaking anyway. bob's personal life was also the story of a man who ran toward trouble. bob married young and had two kids. after 19 years, that marriage fell apart, expensively so. around then is when bob met chacey mormon, who was much younger. i think it was an infatuation. he thought it was somebody 22 years old liking him and he's in his 40s, you know? and, uh-- a fling. a fling, basically, yeah. josh mankiewicz: it

josh mankiewicz: --pretty much tops all of that. larry hoagland: mr. . i did not. i had nothing to do with what happened to connie. there is somebody out there who is responsible for the whole thing and there's a maniac out there. josh mankiewicz: the whole thing, meaning trying to kill your wife and framing you for it? larry hoagland: yes. it josh mankiewicz: larry larry hoagland: fiction is-- is josh mankiewicz: --who has motive to do that? you wanted out of your marriage. you had a girlfriend. you were planning to leave your wife and your family. and you didn't want to pay the alimony. and you tried to kill her. larry hoagland: alimony is-- is-- it was-- was nothing. you know, and i tell you all these things because it's the truth. i-- i-- i'm not gonna stand behind and-- and start explaining details after details. i just have to tell you, it's the truth. and that's all there is to it. josh mankiewicz: briefly tell me-- and i only say briefly 'cause i don't know how much time we have. who framed you and why would they do that? josh mankiewicz: larry

josh mankiewicz: yeah. ventura county is nearly twice the size of the state of rhode island, meaning there was a lot of rugged terrain still to search. sherri's friends and people she'd never even met had been out on foot, weekend after weekend, turning up nothing. they never gave up. on saturday, june 1, four weeks after sherri disappeared, her friend kristen was again out with a search party. parked the car, and we walked along this area for about 45 minutes. and then i saw her sunglasses on the side. and, um-- and i knew they were her sunglasses. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): at the side of the road was a steep drop. so a couple of the guys from our group went down into the ravine. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the guys held up a pair of black shorts. and i just said, that's hers, you know? that's-- that's hers. reporter: volunteers who'd been combing this area for weeks found sherri dally's skeletal remains here. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): detectives had already seen the bloodstains inside the rental ca

here with frantic is josh mankiewicz. josh mankiewicz: christina morris was afraid of the dark. up through even like, you know, grade school, if she woke up in the middle of the night, we knew about it because she was in our bed. yeah, you could hear the feet coming down the hallway. she was scared of the boogeyman. boogeyman was going to get her one day. josh mankiewicz: it was something she never really got over. 23 years old, was sleeping with a nightlight. always left the bathroom light on. yeah. josh mankiewicz: and it wasn't just the dark that scared christina, it was what might happen in the dark. christina had a fear her whole life that she would be taken. taken? abducted? yes. josh mankiewicz: where'd this come from? anna morris: i don't know, but her absolute worst fears is exactly what happened to her. how many people actually live their worst nightmare. josh mankiewicz: from early childhood, christina morris' fears didn't slow her down. she's not one to sit in front of the tv and watch tv. she always has to be taking pictures, or working on the computer. she just alw

josh mankiewicz: so they did.n of the new castle county police department conducted the first of several interviews with kelly connell. josh mankiewicz: kelly had pulled herself together by the time she sat down with detective breslin and talked about the family feud. how bad was the bad blood in that family? it was bad. josh mankiewicz: and she confirmed it all started with that ring, which, by the way, did not come out of a gumball machine. it cost kelly's dad about $20,000. it. it was just something to. >> be. >> kept in the family. >> 30 diamonds. like. like a solitaire. it wasn't like. solitaire. it wasn't like. >> oh, no, it was. josh mankiewicz: as she drew that picture, a couple of things became clear. kelly had plenty to be angry about, and she had no trouble recalling the details and design of the ring. that kind of screwing over one family member to give something to somebody else, i mean, that can be a motive for all kinds of things. yes. and it gave us much more to work with after hearing kelly's acco

josh mankiewicz (voiceover): coming up. what had happened to carla? i see carla's face, and she screams, rodney, go get my dad. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): rodney's stunning story, a sudden violent attack. he stuck the pistol about 3 or 4 inches from my face. did you recognize this guy? no. i was terrified. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): when "dateline" continues. mirajoy: the overwhelming relief after miralax® helps you “go” miralax® works naturally with the water in your body. putting you in a supernaturally good mood. miralax®: free your gut to free your mood. (luke) now that we have a completely new homes-dot-com, we're gonna lock the doors and stay late until we find mood. that name that's synonymous with shopping for homes. (marci) here's a wild idea: homes-dot-com? (luke) we're gonna go with homes-dot-com, we're gonna keep it. (vo) homes-dot-com. we've done your home work. when winter season hits emergen-c supports your immune system with so much more than vitamin c. be ready to fight back with emergen-c and for on-th

josh mankiewicz: you fainted. i did.happened where he would be freed. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): juror bryan christiansen said he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. but you voted to acquit. we voted to acquit. because you had reasonable doubt. we had reasonable doubt. josh mankiewicz: whether you believe mr. truman is innocent or not, those measurements either put an innocent man in prison or let a guilty man go free. well, so you're right. but my opinion hasn't changed. do i think he got away with murder? yeah. i do. what's it like to have your work called into question like that in a way that ends up freeing the guy that you helped convict? it's frustrating to know that a measurement that was inconsequential actually ended up freeing him. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): what's life been like for your family since then? we're trying to put the pieces together. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): for heidy's family, that is easier said than

here's josh mankiewicz with "missing marie." josh mankiewicz: secrets. we all have them. some are small.... some large. some, professional... others ... very, very personal. this is a story about secrets... about a woman who was very good at keeping them... and about what happened when that woman ... suddenly ... disappeared. marcus singleton: she was beautiful. my mom was really beautiful and a great person, a nice person. josh mankiewicz: as a little boy, marcus singleton couldn't possibly foresee the loss he'd suffer... or the terrible choice he'd one day have to make. all he knew was his mother's love. marcus singleton: i mean, she helped people, you know? if there was a kid in the street who needed something, she would pull over and see if they're okay, you know? she was-- she was that type of person that taught me to basically put others before myself first. josh mankiewicz: marie was single when she had marcus. he was the center of her world. kelly clayton was her hairdresser... and good friend. kelly clayton: she talked about him a lot, the things that he-- was do

josh mankiewicz: suggesting that whoever had gotten into her apartment had either figured out some wayting in undetected, or angie knew them and let them in. in josh healy: yes. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): and all of that pointed either to the ex-boyfriend lance or to angie's current boyfriend, ben. or maybe to a new man in her life, the man she'd been out with the last night of her life, russell. soon, police would ask sheila, then a college student, to help narrow down that list of suspects and solve the crime. he killed her. he needed to pay for it. craig melvin (voiceover): coming up. sheila's nerve-racking night with suspect number one. here i am, sitting across from this man thinking, i'm eating dinner with a murderer. craig melvin (voiceover): and then investigators get a break. they had their guy now. craig melvin (voiceover): when "dateline" continues. [dramatic music] trust me, you're not alone. >> that's why we develop new doctor's preferred mindful advantage, the cutting edge, science backed brain health supplement that will help keep your mental edge sharp. >> to get your

josh mankiewicz: baytieh's theory?tested different poisons, carefully picked an obscure one, then poisoned himself to cover his tracks. the first time linda got sick, he had the exact same symptoms, because that allows him to say, hey, look, we both got sick. maybe we both caught something. and you think that's him thinking ahead. that's his mo. josh mankiewicz: baytieh went back to the night linda died and the nicotine that killed her. he consulted a nicotine expert who had looked into the case back in 1994. goes, yeah, i remember the case. nobody ever followed up with me. i go, would you kindly please be willing to write a report to us about your interpretation of the result? josh mankiewicz: it turned out to be the breakthrough baytieh needed. the amount of nicotine in linda's blood was extraordinarily high, nearly 100 times what you'd find in a regular smoker. forensic toxicologist sabra botch-jones. for the amount that was found in those specimens, it could take a matter of minutes to reach death. josh mankiewicz:

josh mankiewicz (voiceover): you got a lot of life left, a lot. how are you going to live it? to the best of my abilities. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): there are jurors who think he might have done it, but i had reasonable doubt. i couldn't vote to convict. well, god bless him. but there's a lot of people that do believe in me. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): he's made his own peace with a simple truth, the very thing that freed him, reasonable doubt, could also shadow conrad truman for the rest of his life. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm andrea canning. thanks for watching. . i'm craig melvin. and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." at night, this is absolutely pitch dark. it was abandoned, and it was secluded. this was his playground. this was the place that we've been searching for. craig melvin (voiceover): it was the still of the night when the killing started. you can feel and hear the fear in her voice. craig melvin (voiceover): a single mother and her teenage daughter ambushed in their bedrooms. here comes a monster into your house. i just broke d

josh mankiewicz: which is? make up. make up. don't go to bed mad. [chuckles] tell people you love them. i learned the hard way you don't get a-- can't expect the next day. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): for all those lessons learned, the connells suffered another blow in 2023. 10 years after joey and olga were murdered, kelly died of a drug overdose, another piece missing from a family that learned once again about love and loss. [theme music] i'm andrea canning, and this is "dateline."for ? andrea canning: a dramatic chapter in a story of two mothers fighting for their sons-- he knows, he hurt my son bad. i believed every word my son said, and i still do to this day. andrea canning: --a missing teen found dead. jody o'guinn: his body was laying in a little bit of a clearing. we want answers. we want answers. andrea canning: was it murder-- i said, who beat my baby? andrea canning: --or was it something else? penny bethune: how do you get in a scuffle with somebody and the next thing you know, you're being charged with murder? andrea canning: a trial-

josh mankiewicz: her phone still rings. but now it's the firefighters who worked with her son. he always told me, mom, if anything ever happens to me, he says, you will have a second family. and i said really, bobby? he goes, you have no idea. he was right? yeah, truly right. that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm andrea canning. thank you for watching. i'm andrea canning, and this is "dateline." andrea canning: it was one of the most harrowing days in our history. the attempted assassination of president reagan. screaming, yelling. it's chaos. andrea canning: now an unprecedented look into the mind and new life of the gunman, john hinckley jr. with the stories you haven't heard, the police officer who questioned hinckley speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn't think that he realized the magnitude of what he had done. andrea canning: from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? andrea canning: secrets from his diaries uncovered by "dateline." his obsession with actress jodie foster. the letters were assumed

josh mankiewicz: it had been 42 months since christina morris went missing, and as one chapter closes, another opens. police and prosecutors are continuing the investigation in an ongoing effort to seek justice for christina and her family. craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] >> this sunday. executive >>> this sunday, executive orders. >> the american people have spoken. >> donald trump returns to the white house, moving quickly to enact his second-term agenda, issuing sweeping pardons for january 6th rioters. >> some of those people with the police, true, but they were very minor incidents. >> you just blanket pardon all of them without consequence? i think that that sounds -- sends a horrible message to our law enforcement officers. >>> plus, show of force. president trump orders u.s. troops to the southern border as he ramps up his mass deportation plan. >> we're getting the bad, hard criminals out. these are murderers, these are people that have been as bad as you get. >>> and trade war. >> if you don't m

josh mankiewicz: how often do you think about janet. janet christiansen: constantly. the only way i can handle it is i know she's happy. i know she is. craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline." my only question was why. craig melvin (voiceover): they were beautiful people. in miami's sizzling south beach. singles who became lovers. unidentified man (home video): you may kiss the bride. craig melvin (voiceover): and then newlyweds. unidentified man (home video): congratulations. craig melvin (voiceover): they were still on their honeymoon, only married four days, when this young bride was murdered. rita stephen: i get a phone call, screaming, crying. craig melvin: no murder weapon. no dna. but no shortage of suspects. maria mederos: you've got to prove it. you've got to prove it craig melvin: did the red-hot miami lifestyle have something to do with her death? dennis murphy: what's been going on in this club scene? gus bayas: he did admit to having encounters with ot

and-- josh mankiewicz: and that's her? marcus singleton: and that's her, you know, that's living for her. that's honoring her and honoring her name. craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> good morning, and welcome to this sunday edition of morning joe weekend. here are some of the conversations you might have missed from this past week. >> let me ask you the question that a lot of people would ask, and people ask me. after i talked to him earlier last year, how was he? how was he physically? how was he mentally? how how how was he as far as his attitude goes? >> so a 55 minute interview that's pretty long for a presidential interview. he was engaged and lively. he was loquacious. he answered every question i posed, some of them with reflection, some of them with some defensiveness. he, you know, he looks older than he did the last time i interviewed him. >> and when's the last time you interviewed him? >> the last time i interviewed him was before the 2020 electi