. >>> i'm dara brown. nbc news has confirmed 27 deaths.tate of emergency is declared in kentucky whereas many as 100 people are feared dead. >>> a curfew has been implemented in the hardest hit locations in kentucky. president biden plans to visit the areas and offering full federal assistance. now back to dateline. >>> a murder on a college campus. the murder so brutal, the victim couldn't be identified. >>> early that saturday morning, steven peglo, a veteran homicide investigator with the monroe county sheriff's office was called to the campus. the cops had a murder on their hands, a body they couldn't identify and a killer on the loose. >> everyone thought they knew what was going on but they didn't until we got there and started putting the pieces together, you didn't know. >> one young woman was dead, another was missing. >> a young lady was still alive and needed help, right then that was my priority in my mind on the way out there. >> were you thinking clayton had taken alex and hurt her and she was still alive or someone else was

. >>> hello, i'm dara brown. here's what's happening.nnounced class will be online for finals due to covid. >>> tiger woods' son charlie finished second place in the pnc championship. tiger was still recovering from injuries from his car accident in february. >>> now back to "dateline." feb. >>> now back to "dateline. >> reporter: dave kroupa was upset, maybe as upset as he'd ever been. ever since he'd told cari that she couldn't move in with him she'd been texting, and emailing, and saying awful things, and making his life miserable. he tried calling her, but she didn't answer, and then, a little more than a week later the cops showed up at his auto repair shop. >> reporter: how did you find out they were coming? they just showed up? >> oh yeah. there was no warning. >> reporter: the detectives took him outside for a talk. >> and he tells me, hey, do you know cari? my first thought is, oh, that crazy one. yeah, what? you know? when did you see her last? oh, the morning of -- and, okay, so where is she now? no idea. >> reporter: the dete

the #1 toothpaste brand in america. >>> i'm dara brown. to expand clinical trials of the covid vaccine for children under 5 after review found a low-dose two-shot regimen did not produce the expected results. results are expected in the first half of 2022. >>> former minneapolis police officer kim potter took the stand friday tearfully recalling the moments that led her to killing daunte wright after she mistook her firearm for a tieser. she faces first and second-degree manslaughter charges. closing arguments begin monday. >>> now back to "dateline." >>> back in the deliberation room, wrangling jurors in the trial were driving the case into a ditch. they stay you on and the stay out and stay out, what are the prosecutors telling you? >> that there's some that are guilty and some that are not guilty. and they're just not agreeing. i'm starting to get worried. >> reporter: micah shaheen was on the jury and said one holdout in particular was responsible for the stalemate. >> he started pounding on the door saying he wanted out of there. we w

♪ i'm watching it fall ♪ watch the full story at www.xfinity.com/sing2 >>> i'm dara brown.een elizabeth after a year of great loss for her family and many others. the 95-year-old monarch delivered her first holiday address to the nation since the death of prince philip in april. >>> pope francis used his christmas day address during mass to pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic, urge health care for all vaccines for the poor and more conversations to help resolving the world's conflicts. >>> now, back to "dateline." >>> after the vibrant 19-year-old with a passion for music was strangled in her own bed, jessie blodgett's grief stricken parents couldn't stop thinking about the way she died. that's such a dark place to go. to think about her last moments. >> doesn't get any darker than that. i laid on her bed early on and held my breath as long as i could trying to blackout to see how that was which was nothing like what she went through. >> police thought jessie had been targeted but now some of jessie's friends wondered if her murderer was the same person who attacke

i'm dara brown. we're tracking breaking news.of the alleged oxford school shooter have been apprehended. they were found in a commercial building in detroit. the crombley's will be arraigned later this morning. this is in connection to the school shooting in suburban detroit on tuesday. four students were killed, several others hurt. the shooting suspect 15-year-old ethan is charged as an adult. with seven counts of assault with intent to murder and 12 counts of possession of a firearm. now back to "dateline." >> reporter: a week after laci peterson disappeared, they had a vigil. everyone coming together and praying just helps, helps you feel like you're doing something. candles and prayers and tears and though much of modesto was here, in body or spirit, not a single person understood not yet, not for a while, why this gathering would become a defining moment. especially, perhaps, scott peterson. because, though it looked as if he might have shed a tear or two, he seemed to be avoiding laci's family and friends. what about the v

i'm dara brown.at's happening. hundred morse flights were canceled as delta, jetblue and united cited staffing shortages due to the omicron variant. so far 50 flights are cansed for monday. >>> and covid's new pill may have life-threatening interactions with some medications. merck's antiviral drug has been restricted to adults and in specific scenarios. now back to "dateline." >>> as police combed the south hill looking for suspects in the murder of doug carlile, his wife had no idea that her demeanor had raised alarms. >> who cares about stupid evidence? >> but police 101. the victim's nearest and dearest often become suspect number one. and elberta, with her wild story, was no exception. then detective burbridge was able to get a close look at the evidence, especially that video of the running man in black. and -- >> immediately it became apparent to me that whoever did thissed a reconned the scene and was involved in planning this. it made me concern that elberta was probably telling the truth. >

. >> hello, i'm dara brown. here is what is happening.mergency after a series of tornadoes swept through six states, including parts of the midwest and the tennessee river valley. president biden spoke to the governor, andy beshear on saturday night to get the latest on recovery efforts and reaffirm support from the federal government. governor beshear stated in a press conference there are at least 70 storm related deaths. he says there's a chance of reaching over 100 storm and related fatalities. now, back to dateline. w, back to dateline. >> welcome back to dateline. i am natalie morales. a grieving widow admitted to shooting a man she suspected of murdering her husband. but, the question remained. was it self-defense, or cold blooded revenge? a clue was about to surface, from an unexpected source. here is keith morrison with more miami heat. >> cindy carballo's husband had been murdered, her son wounded, and she had just killed the man she believed was responsible. it wasn't an easy load to put in the rearview mirror. but a few months

. >>> hello am i'm dara brown.er 5 after it did not produce the desired response. results are expected in the first half of 2022. >>> all signs point to a fourth coronavirus wave on the horizon heading into the holidays. americans are seeing long testing lines in the u.s. as they're averaging over 124,000 cases a day led by a surge of delta coupled with the rise in the new omicron variant. now back to "dateline." >>> dawn took its own imperious time on the morning of august 10th, 2013. by that time going on 6:00 a.m. karen lang had been missing more than 12 hours. then finally the morning sun lit up the banks of the umatilla river. and -- >> then the policeman called, we found your wife. >> she was found and alive, but what the policeman said next was terrifying. >> well, when he said we found your wife and she's alive, that was a great relief. but he certainly made it sound like it was a tough thing. >> oh, it was. karen had been struck from behind by some heavy blunt object. her skull was crushed. the wound was m

. >>> i'm dara brown. here is what is happening.stmas day. thousands of travelers were left stranded at airports. almost 200,000 new covid cases were reported in the u.s. on christmas eve. >>> a tsa security officer at newark international leapt over a conveyor belt to save a 2-month-old child who stopped breathing. the officer performed the infant version of the heimlich maneuver and was able to get the boy breathing again. now back to "dateline." ♪♪ >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. all staff target john diamond was arrested for admitting that he had brought an unrej stormrangered gun on to a military base, the same type of weapon used in the fatal shooting of his lover's husband. he was not investigators' prime suspect but they needed more evidence. continuing with our steph, here is keith morrison. >> a few weeks after the murder of captain marty theer, a fayetteville police detective named c.t. williams was asked to have a look at a couple of computers seized from michelle theer's home, see if they might contain

i'm dara brown.king news getting our first look at the booking photo of one of the parents of the alleged oxford school shooter. james and jennifer crumbley were apprehended overnight. police found them in a commercial building in detroit. both will be arraigned later this morning. this is all in connection to the school shooting in suburban detroit on tuesday. four students were killed, several others were hurt. the shooting suspect, 15-year-old ethan crumbley, is charged as an adult with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of terrorism causing death, seven counts of assault with intent to murder, and 12 counts of possession of a firearm. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. four people had been gunned down just miles apart, and private investigator rick englin was convinced dwight jones was the killer. connie jones managed to escape her husband's rage. here again with "unraveled." >>> dr. connie jones spent 22 years married to a mentally ill and abusiv

♪ the barnes firm, injury attorneys ♪ call one eight hundred,est resul eight million ♪ >>> i'm dara brownard warning is in effect for hawaii tonight. the area is bracing for a foot of snow on the big island mountain summits. along with wind gusts up to 100 miles pr hour according to the national weather service. it's the island's first blizzard warning since 2018. >>> and the omicron covid variant continues to spread. at least a dozen u.s. states and 38 countries now have confirmed cases. so far no deaths have been attributed to it. and 99.9% of daily cases in the u.s. remain the delta variant. now back to "dateline." >>> michelle and marc, just children really when they got married. now marc was dead, gunned down in the family kitchen, and michelle had to plan his funeral. she was barely functioning, she said. >> i couldn't even tell you who was at -- who was there. it was just a blur. it all still just feels like a blur. >> but there was one thing she was clear about. marc's parents and sister were not welcome at his funeral. it was the same at the cemetery. >> she's literally trying to

i'm dara brown. here's what's happening. bob dole has died.lican presidential candidate overcame life-threatening injuries when he served during world war ii. in a statement his family said that they have lost their rock. he was 98 years old. >>> new restrictions go into effect today for international air travelers. anyone entering the u.s. will be required to show proof of a negative covid-19 test one day before departure regardless of vaccination status. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline.” i am craig melvin. years after teresa mayfield's murder, a casual conversation overheard in a bar gave authorities their first break. a break which would lead them to the chilling tale of teresa's murder. once again, keith morrison. >> under a setting sun on a sweltering summer night, two years after her death, teresa mayfield's friends and family gathered to remember. >> i talk to her almost every day and i miss those talks. >> they took turns talking about the loving daughter, the softball mom, the sweet woman gunned down on that lone

learn how you could pay as little as $0 at ingrezza.com >> hello, i'm dara brown.the u.s. has surpassed 52 million covid-19 cases according to a new south survey. evidence suggests for most people, those who are up today on the current vaccines, omicron appears to result in mild illness that resembles the common cold. including a call, fatigue, or tiredness. congestion and runny nose. a member of the advisory committee on immunization practices says those symptoms are based on only reports of omicron cases, not scientific studies. now back to dateline. >> reporter: after weeks of speculation, woodbury police finally confirmed that the drug 17-year-old tara fitzgerald had taken was really a deadly synthetic drug. >> people are generally just purporting it to be acid? >> yeah. >> i need acid, i go buy acid. >> cole matenaer was the local dealer who supplied the drugs to students at woodbury high. he admitted to police the tabs he was selling as lsd were really a synthetic drug called 25i. >> -- because people don't like that stuff. they think it's -- they know it's b

. >>> i'm dara brown. here's what's happening.e omicron variant. the new rise in covid cases are likely driven by the omicron variant. new research suggests the omicron variant is more contagious than the earlier strains of coronavirus were, but a definitive picture of its transmissibility is not yet known. only 1 in 6 americans has received that booster shot worrying health officials. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm natalie morales. as vern holbrook clung to life in a hospital bed, detectives pushed hard to solve this sordid tale. they'd already arrested three people, and their next suspect would provoke outrage. here again is josh mankiewicz with "secrets at the sunshine motel." >> reporter: by the fall of 2013, three months after the attack, vern holbrook was in a coma. but somehow still alive. >> did either of you hold out any hope for a recovery? >> i think you always want to believe and have hope that someone's going to get better. >> i joked with hospital staff all the time. this guy's ornery. if

. >>> hello, i'm dara brown. is set to address the nation tuesday as covid-19 cases spike. he will announce additional measures, and will unveil new steps the administration is taking to help communities. and elizabeth warren and cory booker have tested positive for the virus. they say they're both experiencing mild symptoms. now, back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm craig melvin. rusty sneiderman's wife andrea took the stand in her boss' murder trial, and prosecutors had some tough questions for her. here again is dennis murphy. >> he pretended to be my friend, and i was doing the best that i can to deal with that situation. and he had my whole life wrapped up. >> jurors had heard a harrowing tale from rusty sneiderman's widow of a monster of a boss who became obsessed with his new hire, andrea. but now the prosecution was suggesting that the toxic triangle among boss, employee, and husband was even more complicated than it seemed. and that the wife, andrea, was holding back important details

. ♪♪ >>> i'm dara brown. here is what is happening.stmas day due to the spread of the omicron variant. thousands of travelers were left stranded at airports, almost 200,000 new covid-19 cases were reported in the u.s. on christmas eve. >>> scientific history was made this christmas. nasa launched the world's large ebbs and most powerful telescope into space. more than 30 years of development went into the project. the telescope will seek out the most distant stars and galaxies in the universe. now back to "dateline." ♪♪ >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm natalie morales. the investigate into whether ray kotomski's death was murder or suicide would suffer a setback few saw coming, but ray's family was not about to give up. could a group of amateur sleuths help answer the many questions? here again is josh mankiewicz with "something sweet." ♪♪ >> in america our do-it-yourself culture extends even to killing. there are more than 40,000 suicides each year in the united states, far more than the number of homicides, and that was the issue.

. >> hello, i'm dara brown. here's what's happening.utin will have a video call on tuesday. this is tensions over russia amassing soldiers at the border with ukraine. signal a potential invasion. the two leaders haven't spoken since july. and hawaii is breaking for a foot of snow this weekend. a blizzard warning is in effect for the big island mountain summits. this video shows a time lapse of the snow at the summit earlier this week. now back to dateline. >> five days after doctor turned off the machines on doctor autumn klein, pittsburgh police detectives made their way to the three story brick house where she made a home with her daughter and husband medical researcher, robert ferrante. veteran detective jim mcgee took the lead. ferrante greeted him, and his partner. >> we start talking to him and about what happened to his wife at that point. >> ferrante told the detectives how his wife had arrived home that night a little before midnight. >> and how she came through the door and collapsed on the floor. >> he then recounted what he

. ♪♪ >>> i'm dara brown. here is what is happening.the pacific northwest face severe weather and possible snow. fierce winds were forecasted in new mexico as winter storms swept across the western united states. the second wave of rain and snow is expected in southern california into sunday. forecasters say snow could appear at 25,000 feet, possibly impacting some of the los angeles basin foothills. some residents in the sierra nevada mountains area were asked to evacuate. >>> now back to "dateline." ♪♪ >>> welcome back to "dateline". i'm natalie morales. a husband was shot to death, the wife admitted to an affair and the boyfriend tells his story about the night of the murder. could it be that simple, that cliche? it would take a police detective willing to plow through all of the clues to find the truth. here is keith morrison with more of "a perfect spot." >> there can be few things in life as shocking, as disorienting as the sudden death of a loved one, especially one so affectionate, so endearing, some apparently happy. and when t

. >>> i'm dara brown. here's what's happening. the u.s.cording to an nbc news tally. evidence suggests for most people at least those up-to-date on their vaccines covid can include a cough, fatigue, congestion and a runny nose. a member on immunization practices says these symptoms are based on early reports of omicron cases not scientific studies. now back to "dateline." >>> why do you think there's such a fascination with heather's disappearance? >> i think because no one truly knows what happened to her. her body has yet to be found. she was well-liked by a lot of people, and i think that the fact that a 20-year-old can just vanish so quickly into thin air and never be heard from again, it leaves a lot of people uneasy. >> reporter: terri elvis isn't exactly sure when he realized his daughter probably wasn't coming home. maybe it was the afternoon, long after heather disappeared, when he was standing at his mailbox talking to his best friend. >> one of my best friends came to the house. he looked at me and he said -- "i -- i hope she di

. >> hello, i'm dara brown. here's what's happening. some nfl games are postponed today. at this week alone. highlighting players on a least 27 of the league's 32 teams. the washington football team with scheduled to take on the philadelphia eagles, sunday 1 pm. it's been rescheduled to tuesday. the cleveland browns were planning to take on the las vegas raiders. that's been moved to monday afternoon. and the los angeles rams are now playing the sea hawks on tuesday. now back to dateline. litene >> welcome back to dateline. i'm natalie morales. a father, lonely for answers about his daughter received a surprise email from her strangers halfway across the globe. could this be the news he'd been waiting for all these years? or was it just another false lead? here once again is andrea canning with finding savannah. >> reporter: almost 18 years had gone by since harris had seen his daughter savanna. so, it was hard to comprehend the e-mail that arrived in the early morning hours of november 27th, 2011. a single line that said, "i'd like to speak with you with regards to your

. ♪ the barnes firm injury attorneys ♪ ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ >>> i'm dara brown. the remainder of new york city's iconic radio city rockette season was officially canceled as new york state on friday reported more than 20,000 cases, the highest single day total since the pandemic began. >>> and in london the mayor declared a major incident saturday as the omicron variant of the coronavirus surged through the united kingdom's capital, the mayor urging citizens to get vaccinated. now back to "dateline." >>> welcome back to "dateline." i'm natalie morales. police finally got their first break in the case. a dna match. but investigators couldn't figure out the connection between two people who lived more than 1,500 miles apart, so they hopped on a plane to ask their suspect. once again here's dennis murphy with "indiscretion." >> reporter: in january 2012, two baltimore county detectives flew to denver, colorado. their mission -- to track down alexander bennett, the man whose dna had been tied to heidi bernadzikowski's murder eleven years after the fact. >> dna is a g

>>> hello, i'm dara brown.eijing due to china's human rights abuses. athletes would still be able to compete but no government officials would attend the games. >>> anyone entering the u.s. will be required to show proof of a negative covid test one day before departure, regardless of vaccination status. now back to "dateline." >> even before the menendez brothers went on trial, the defense scored a big victory. the california supreme court ruled that the confession tape made by dr. oziel could not be presented as evidence. of course, the defense had already conceded that lyle and erik killed their parents. nearly four years after the murders, july 1993. if convicted here, lyle and erik could face the death penalty. their judge was stanley weisberg. who had already presided over high profile cases, notably the rodney king beating case, whose result sparked the l.a. riots. judge weisberg ruled that each brother would have his own jury. and -- >> the electronic media that wants access to this court room. >> he al

. >>> hello, i'm dara brown. rescuers are still looking for people., missouri and tennessee. "the new york times" has reported at least 90 people have died including 80 in kentucky. president biden approved an emergency declaration to help with recovery efforts. now back to "dateline." >> do you recognize the person in this photograph? >> reporter: doug stewart was on trial for murder, but his sister jaime couldn't bring herself to be in the courtroom. >> i don't know what to believe if i did but that's the hard thing. and you just don't know what to believe. and i -- i really don't want to think that my brother did anything terrible. >> reporter: but dustin jasper -- the victim's brother -- was there on most days, grabbing a bench seat within good stare-down range of the accused, doug stewart. >> he never made eye contact with me. i think he's too ashamed. >> reporter: but on the stand, shame didn't seem to figure into the bold-as-brass story about doug that ricky spencer was telling the jury, how after the first run to michigan was a bust, doug call