i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline! >> one day, we went looking for her. because she did not come back to the door. they found her car abandoned with the keys in the ignition. >> everything was a blur. all i'm thinking is, is shannon really gone? >> we interviewed her roommates, boyfriends, everybody is a suspect. then a phone rings. >> right. he says i've kidnapped her, i have her. and we have a history. that's when all the bells went off. >> he pulls in, asked me to get in the car. i feel the cold blade against my neck. he carries me to the basement of his home. >> it was jaw-dropping! just chilling! >> they started digging and they found women's clothing. >> it was just escalating! escalating! >> there were so many victims, aren't there? >> there. were >> there still are. >> until this guy is no longer in existence. i will carry this fight! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline! shannon melendi dreamed big. at 5, she wanted to become a supreme court justice. in college, she scored as prestigious internship at the headqua

i'm craig melvin.ames, scott purk made a series of startling claims to detective can mifflin. he and his partner quickly suspected scott words not only the arsonists, but a murderer. who killed his pregnant first wife, meg. now, a stunning new development was about to add fuel to the fire. back to josh mankiewicz with "secrets from the grave". >> amy remembers well the night her duplex apartment in stow, ohio, caught fire. it was march 27th, 2010. a rare night off for the 24 year old intensive care nurse. >> i was at my boyfriends. i got a call in the middle of the night from a neighbor saying that the house was on fire. we were only about two minutes away, so drove over very fast. >> amy says she jumped out and ran toward the firefighters who were working her half of the duplex. where the worst damage was. >> the first thing that they asked me was, who would want to kill you? who would want to murder you? and i just -- kind of looked at him like, what? what are you talking about? and then they asked m

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching!e around him, the fourth president appearing more than usual. and he has the power to declassify top secret government documents with his mind. also this hour, americans say trump in the threat that he recommends to democracy will play a role in the midterm vote. as the january six committee prepares for the next impossible hearing. plus, the post-roe landscape across america keeps changing, as abortion clinics reopen in one state, and the total ban could soon be law in another. and

i'm craig melvin. michelle martinko's unsold murder marked a loss of innocence for her friends and family. but not a loss of hope. cold case detectives were determined to catch the killer using a modern arsenal of tools. the same technology used to crack a legendary case in california, was about to reveal a tantalizing clue. back to dennis murphy with "and then there were three". >> the decades old investigation into michelle martinko's 1979 murder had emergency. detective doug larsson had a dna profile of the killer and the traditional list of suspects. one by one, he started asking for dna samples, looking for a match. >> doug started with the really obvious suspects. all the ex-boyfriends. kurt thomas, old high school buddies that had been at the mall. >> at the top of that list was ex-boyfriend andy. >> i thought it was just a matter of time before andy was found to be a killer. >> that andy's dna was not a match. more than 25 years after he was first considered a suspect, he was cleared. justice f

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm andrea canning. and this is dateline! >> two men found what they thought was a mannequin. she had would piled on or. no identification! >> we all came together to have identification to identify jane doe. >> there's a passion to try and find out who are doe is. to try and think this is your family. you want to give them closure. >> two homicide detectives. it's way above our heads. >> and i said i think i know how we can do it. >> all of these people share some amount of dna with the unknown person. >> we thought, this is the family. this is it! >> surreal. it felt like someone just punch me in the stomach. >> it's a funny thing, isn't it? that it would be important to have a stone with your name on it. >> it is! >> written on stone. you're never forgotten. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to dateline! in many cold cases, a grieving family is desperate to find their loved ones keller. but this mystery was not a whodunnit. the killer eventually confessed to the brutal crime. but who did the murder? that question haunted a small

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [theme music] >> dramatic new changes in putin's war in ukraine i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc russia in retreat. ukrainian towns liberated. putin's forces humiliated. what will he do next and could this be a turning point in the war >>> former president trump in d.c. the visit in washington as his team hits back against the doj the new legal filing out today in the showdown over documents seized at mar-a-lago >>> mid launch scare for blue origin >> it appears we have experienced an anomaly with today's flight. >> the unmanned capsule aborting in the first failed launch for jeff bezos what went wrong? >>> i cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us >> the king's first speech to parliament as thousands gather to honor the queen the new tribute from harry, and the heckler heard around the world. >> andrew, you're a sick old man! >>> the largest private sector nursing strike in u.s. history >>> hurricane hunters go where they've never been before. >>> and

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] >>> good morning welcome to "street signs." i'm joumanna bercetche >> i'm julianna tatelbaum. these are your headlines. >> no nord stream gas flows until the sanctions are dropped. siemens energy says it has claims it needs more repairs before supplies resume. >>> and the yesterday's sold sectors rally and u.s. futures trade higher after the long weekend break. >>> opec and allies ease output a fraction announcing a symbolic cut of 100,000 barrels per day from october. reversing this month's hike. >>> and shares surge after the government agrees to a 2.5 billion euro emergency support package. >>> welcome to "street signs." let's kickoff the top story. russia will not resume gas supplies to europe until sanctions from the west are lifted that is according to the kremlin spokesperson who reiterated putting nord stream 1 is dependent on sanctions being removed. this somcomes that repairs are needed saying it cannot comprehend gazprom representation of the situation and f

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. money. >>> the picture that tells the justice department's story of what it found at mar-a-lago. i am shepard smith, this is the news on cnbc. 100 documents with classified markings in 13 boxes. why the justice department contends there is evidence that records were concealed and removed. what it means for former president trump. >>> policing columbus release video of a third officer involved shooting in eight days. this one deadly. the frame by frame body cam video showing what happened when cops arrived to serve a warrant. >>> water crisis in jackson, mississippi drags on. >> this has been an issue for me since i came down here in 1991. i was always told not to drink that water. >> the white house and a promising federal hope. the city's mayor joins us to answer questions about the decades of trouble. >>> a national crisis on the road. >> we have to redesign our race. >> the actions cities are taking in response to more people being killed in car crashes. >>> what is different about

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] balance. i want to make sure when i show up every s >>> a foreign country nuclear secrets stashed in mar-a-lago. fallout from the new report. plus what former attorney general bill barr just said about possible indictment. >>> wildfires in california turned deadly fueled by historic heat >> the heat wave is extended >> the records shattered as the power grid faces another test. >>> will they debate the new drama unfolding in two battleground states between senate candidates locked in tight races. >>> a challenge to steal a car gone viral >> we had an 11-year-old who was one of our most prolific stealers >> why and how kids are riding off with a certain kind of car using a screwdriver and usb cable. >>> a bankruptcy filing rocks the movie theater business. >>> apple announces what's coming the new devices in technology. >>> and jay leno live with us on his new season >> announcer: live from cnbc the facts. the truth. "the news with shepard smith." >>> good evening fbi agents found highly sensit

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> my mom found her. she said it looked like she might have slipped in the shower. she was in the fetal position in this bathtub. >> you could see marks on jessica's neck. >> police said we're going to rule this as a homicide. >> detectives using new technology to view this crime scene and extreme detail. >> there's no forced entry. no tool marks. >> there was blood on the couch. >> who could've done this? >> they say that usually is someone close. >> an investigation focusing on friends and family. >> he brought up his association with a motorcycle gang. he came off as kind of a tough guy. >> we fooled around a little bit. just like, teasing, sibling teasing. i guess you can call. it >> he threatened to take out my whole entire family to get custody of our kids. >> wow. >> a chilling story. danger and duplicity. >> we were trying to figure out who did this. he knew the whole time. >> this is the ultimate betrayal. >> hello and welcome to "dateline". >> jessica nelson was a hardworking single mom polluted

i'm craig melvin thank you for watching! for watching >> i'm andrea canning. and this is "dateline". >> she said that she met him in a bar. >> she was smitten. she really went all out for him. >> she couldn't see the red flags. >> it was a heartbreaking case. >> i just didn't realize how much endanger she was. >> one of our friends actually looked him up and was like, this is not the guy that you think he is. >> he conned women to get what he wanted. >> he was good at it. >> he was very good at. >> if he had been peaking in her dorm room window. >> i'm being blackmailed from for many. >> lauren kept saying, well, the police will handle it. >> we got the notification on our phone a second lockdown. >> he had been lying in wait. i was like, this isn't real. this isn't happening. >> how do you not recognize that this girl needs your help? what should scare every parent is that this could be going on at any campus across our country. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to "dateline". college senior lauren mccluskey was known around campus as a star athlete. but few knew th

you for watching i'm craig melvin, and this is dateline. >> my dad was my best friend, he just like tos posed about how he was an fbi agent. he was so proud. >> my brother and his friend came running down to the neighbor's house. >> just call 9-1-1! >> okay i'm calling. >> police departments. can you come down here ma'am? >> what is going on? >> it appeared to be concealed. >> a robbery is not gonna take the time to cover the body. it's personal. >> there

>> i'm craig, melvin and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> lead isn't a very good anniversary gift -- >> we need an emergency, ambulance my wife has a gunshot. >> a fatal gunshot, just hours after celebrating 16 years of marriage to a police officer husband. >> he told me, she may have tried to clean my gun, and it may have accidentally went off. >> police were suspicious, the victim's own mother wasn't. >> she was so opposed to anyone even exploring the idea that her only daughter had been murdered. >> as the years went by, the case grew cold, until a reporter he did it up again. >> stayed up all night reading that file, and it was astonishing. >> it turns out there was a lot less to this marriage then met the eye. >> he cheated on vicky the day before they got married, and the day after they got married. >> but not every cheating part hides a killer. >> you could hear members of the jury gasp. >> hello and welcome to dateline, when it comes to solving a crime, time can be the enemy. this is the story of a murder that after seven years might never have been solved, the victim

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. thank you for watching. >>> a billionaire heiress out on a job, kidnapped and murdered. police is a they got their man. in for shepard smith. this is the news, on cnbc. >> the suspect charge. how he committed the crime, and why his criminal past reveals that he has tried this before. >> repeat violent deserve a strong response point >> bladder you're putting seeking military help. a new intelligent assessment reveals more about the arsenal that russia wants to buy from north korea. >>> a special master is granted in the review of documents taken from mar-a-lago. what it means for the investigation and the growing calls for the doj to appeal. >>> back to school in uvalde, texas. >> we are scared, but we are here. >> the emotional first day back for a community still grieving. >> what was the hardest part of the walk to school? >>> california's power grid is put to the test. a cyber attack hit america's second larger school district. >> weise shut down every system. >> her majesty, the

. >> i'm craig melvin and this is "dateline". >> i got a call saying the house was on fire.ke, what? i couldn't believe it. was he watching me? >> that fire was set. very calculating. >> years before his wife killed herself. >> yes. he claimed she committed suicide days before she was due to give birth to her first child. >> she was extremely exc

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. listening. th >>> tracking hurricane ian on the march to the west coast of florida. i'm shepard smith. this is "the news" on cnbc. the massive storm strengthening. >> we've declared a state of emergency for the entire state >> it's forecast to move very slowly >> it could sit on top on us for 47 hours >> the areas in ian's sights >> make sure you do not under estimate the impact of the storm. >> reports tonight from cuba and florida. >>> a deadly school shooting in russia a gunman wearing a swastika kills 15, including 11 kids. his neo-fascist views and nazi ideology and what investigators are uncovering. >>> uber drivers turned unwitting drug mules, delivering packages, but what's inside? the new dangers drivers face. all in our nbc news investigation. >>> nasa's mission to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid during this news hour. what's expected and what we'll see in this rehearsal for averting a collision with earth. >>> violent protests against government control in iran >>> new rules to br

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i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching! thank you for watching as we begin a new hour, trump's years of magical thinking. as the walls begin to close around him, the fourth president appearing more than usual. and he has the power to declassify top secret government documents with his mind. also this hour, americans say trump in the threat that he recommends to democracy will play a role in the midterm vote. as the january six committee prepares for the next impossible hearing. plus, the post-roe landscape across america keeps changing, as abortion clinics reopen in one state, and the total ban could soon be law in another. and a disaster again, five years after the feds invested billions to get the island back. the american people who live there are in the dark. we asked why. this is american voices! >> hello everyone. i'm alicia mendes. mental gymnastics, it could be donald trump's favorites for. as we go into the classified documents at his mar-a-lago residents. trump claims that those were declassified. when boxes sean

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> my mom found her.have slipped in the shower. she was in the fetal position in this bathtub. >> you could see marks on jessica's neck. >> police said we're going to rule this as a homicide. >> detectives using new technology to view this crime scene and extreme detail. >> there's no forced entry. no tool marks. >> there was blood on the couch. >> who could've done this? >> they say that usually is someone close. >> an investigation focusing on friends and family.

. >> i'm craig melvin and this is "dateline". >> this was the christmas choir banquet. nines. >> this young girl catches his eye. >> she got everyone's eye. she didn't come home that night. there was blood everywhere. there was blood splatter all over the inside of the car. it was very frenzied attack. >> the theories were just awful. drug rings, prostitute rings. >> and the entire town was going crazy. >> i thought eventually,

. >> i'm craig, melvin and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> lead isn't a very good anniversary