here again is keith morrison. >> it was a standoff, tense and unpleasant.e grieving mother, furious at a team of state troopers she did not trust, determined to find out herself who murdered her bright, beautiful bonnie versus detectives who, in turn, did not trust her. and so told her little about what they knew and what they were learning. but they eventually let her see the autopsy report. that's when karen saw a dozen or so brutal head wounds. that's also when the medical examiner told her about one extremely important piece of news, horrifying, but potentially useful. bonnie had been raped as well. and as awful as that was, it left one sliver of hope. the killer left behind his dna. match it and they'd solve the case. so who was it? it couldn't have been the boyfriend, cameron. >> he was down in california going to college. >> reporter: troopers said they looked at karen's work as a undercover police officer and determined that the men in the drug buys were not involved either. but there was one man very close with opportunity who returned home to anch

bill hater doing his famous impression of our colleague here at nbc, "dateline" correspondent keith morrison an idea more on that in a moment the rise to snl fame was beyond probable, the short version is he dropped out of college to move to la turns out will and grace star megan mallaley was in the ka audience for his show. she thought he was so good she called lauren michaels and he got a job on snl we sat down to talk about the snl years. >> for "saturday night live" alum, bill hader returning to 30 rock is like going back to your high school. >> this was all not here >> bringing back nostalgia. >> laser tag that was all shot in 30 rock. >> but also some preexam nerves. >> i still get anxious, you walk in and i have no ideas >> for eight seasons hadar had ideas, lots of them. there were impressions of celebrities like clint eastwood. >> what do you mean shut up. >> and james carlev. >> i'm friends with algligators >> and original characters >> located in a haunted synagogue, with upper and lower side hot spot. >> the now legendary city correspondent stefon was created by hader and john. >

we're again is keith morrison >>> it was a week before .2000, and fayetteville was aglow, but not everywhere with the lights of christmas. and a few hours after air force captain marty, theer turned up dead in the parking lot of his wife's office building, the news was out and it was big. michelle theer, now marty's grieving widow, told the police she was inside her office looking for a book when she heard someone firing outside. >> by all counts it was an assassination. >> greg buckner was a deputy district attorney at the time. >> someone would kill marty theer, that night, no evidence of robbery, no evidence of any other thing going on here. >> inside michelle's office, what they found seemed, well, a little odd. maybe. >> she'd gone to the bathroom. the toilet had not been flushed. they found a candy wrapper opened and in the trash can. it was almost like a scene where she'd gone upstairs and sat and waited for a few minutes because obviously to find a book wouldn't take very long. >> strange. hard to know what it meant, if anything. as

keith morrison (voiceover): who ever heard of such a thing? >>> who ever heard of such a thing?plus a diagram of what certainly looked like the actual bomb that killed roberto ayala. was it real? a ruse? a lucky guess? if it was for real, who sent it? was it from the lead suspect, peter moore? or a hit man as the letter claimed, or was it from somebody who wasn't even on detective salm's radar? whoever it was, five weeks into the case it was about the only lead investigators had. so they played along with the guy, placed an ad as requested in the sacramento bee. and, sure enough. somebody responded. cops rushed to see him. perhaps arrest him. >> he was pretty surprised when he got a visit. >> false alarm. it was just an unlucky guy looking for a job. the killer though? the killer never called. so the whole ms 13 thing, the mexico deal gone wrong was just some sort of game. the real bomber was playing it. the trouble was, nobody knew the rules or the purpose or where the game might end. more than one way to find a guy brazen enough to sent that material to the cops. >> we had the

here's keith morrison. >> the key was waiting for them under the mat, that evening in june, 2006, outsideir mom's house. silence. no one home. where was she? she was always on time to pick them up from their dad's place. but tonight he had to drive them. this just wasn't like her. where was she? conrad, the eldest, put the key in the lock, opened the door, chelsa, in the middle, crossed the threshold, stopped. what was this? >> once we took a few more steps in we realized there was something wrong. >> this was the moment, the defining one. nothing the same after this. >> and there was a lot of blood everywhere. >> then the adrenaline kicked in, instinct took over. >> we dropped our stuff. and split throughout the house. >> panic rising now. conrad was 15 now, his little sisters chelsa 14 and savannah 10. three kids trying to make sense of a horribly frightening scene. >> my mom keeps it spic and span. there's hardly ever any dust any why, let alone anything out of order. >> now things were anything but. >> where the desk was you could see there were papers scattered around, drawers were,

i don't know how you get better than keith morrison. knew he was going to be here. >> one of his personal heroes. he imitated him on "saturday night live." the two had never met until this week. you just saw it. he said meeting morrison was like meeting the beatles. when we have time, i'll tell you who the beatles were. >> i was around when the beatles were around. >> "nightly news" is next. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >>> tonight -- new revelations about the gunman responsible for that mass shooting in virginia beach. the email he wrote before targeting and killing 12 people as the devastated community remembers the victims. >>> disastrous flooding from the south up through the midwest leaves residents shocked and stranded >> i don't think anybody has really ever seen anything like this >> as 50 millionmericans face the threat of severe weather >>> arrests tonight in the case of the missing mother from connecticut. her estranged husband and his girlfriend now in custody. >>> a scary moment on the campaign trail for senator kamala harris.

bill hader, doing his famous impression of our colleag here at nbc, "dateline" correspondent keith morrison that gave us an idea. more on that in just a moment. >>> for haderho will turn 41 later this week, the rise to "snl" fame was beyond the short version of the story is that he dropped out of college and drove to l.a. to get into the entertainment hebusine. as working behind the scenes on movies and tv shows, when on a whim he took an improv class. megan mu lalmulally was in the audience, she called lorne michaels who auditioned and hired the comedian. he said it was like going from preschool to harvard. we got together for a sunday sit-down to talk about the "snl" year and his winning hbo series "barry." for "saturday night live" alum bill hader, returning to "30 rock" is a bit like going back to your old high school. >> this is all new. this was notere when i was here. >> reporter: the hallways bringing back nostalgia. >> laser tag. >>oh, my god. >> that was all shot on 30 rock. >> reporter: andpreexam etnerve. >> i anxious. yound walk in a i immediately -- i have no ideas. >> reporte

here's keith morrison with "smoke and mirrors." >>> it wasn't like this, you no, no, it was hot and it was late, after midnight, september 27th, 2007. >> pretty secluded area next to a forest preserve. >> so it was. and it was clear and dark and still and vacant. here where the deep wood fought back against the decaying suburban sprawl, and then nothing was clear at all. i never cried this violent cry. >> you're experiencing everything but it's not true. >> you're just waiting to wake up. >> it just feels like you're literally in a nightmare. >> yes, still does. the name you'll want to remember is nailah. >> the meaning was one who succeeds. >> this is nailah's mother, maria. >> i wanted her to be successful and she was. she lived her name. >> quite true. as, frankly, have the rest of them in this big family. this is leah, the first born. >> we might need a graph or a chart because it's kind of involved. >> full siblings, half siblings, quarter siblings once removed. that sort of thing. very blended. >> we share one parent. so technically half siblings but that word is kind of offensiv

once again, keith morrison. >> it was quite an eye opener.which joan shannon told detectives that she and her now dead husband, major david shannon, were regular and enthusiastic swingers. but when joan told them she developed a special one on one thing with a married man named jeffrey wilson, now that was a real lead. could it be the major was the victim of a jealous lover? so detective murphy paid a call on wilson, also a soldier here at ft. bragg. >> jeffrey did confirm he was involved in a romantic relationship with joan shannon. >> where was he when this murder occurred? >> he was actually working at the time of the homicide. >> in fact, a little checking revealed it was an unassailable alibi. jeffrey wilson was innocent. of murder, that is. but as for a three-month relationship with joan, wilson was very cooperative. he revealed every lurid detail. >> back in april, they were probably meeting for sex about two times a week. and in july, and of course the murder occurred on july 23rd, at least four times a week. >> so now the deputy d.a.

than keith morrison. s an interesting matchup. >> hader calls morrison one of his heroes. despite working in the same building, the two had never met. he said it was like meeting the beatles. we have determined that you know who the beatles were but named them. >> because i was around when they released their first album. >> they have a lot of songs about good day sunshine. >> it's coming. next weekend, i think that's when the real heat gets here. >> all right. we'll take it. >> have a great week. >> have a good night. man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as your internet. get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 dollars a month for 12 months. limited availability. may not be in your area. more for your thing. that's our thing. call 1-800-call-att. depth," a look back at the life of formula 1 legend niki lauda. >> an accident is an excuse to look

here's keith morrison with "deadly trust." >> there's a place, call it a pot of gold at the end of ambition of the american dream. a place the few and the lucky build their mansions by the sea. new port beach, orange county, california, where the most unexpected event would be murder. >> things like this rarely happen in new port beach let alone in an area that's as secure in this area. >> let alone involving people like this, attractive charismatic, living large like annette jonston mckneel. >> she had an expensive home, you talk about housewives of orange county, she should have been on the show. >> she turned down an offer to be on that show. though she did end up on a tv show called american thunder about motorcycles showing up her own excess including a bike she bought for 50 ground. >> what's your favorite part of the bike? >> i love the way it looks. >> and then there was the ex- football player, want to be actor who starred in a reality show called the new port 40 but here's where the show ends and the real begins. because of what happened in that house behind the gates a long time

here's keith morrison. >> the phone calls did not stop.ary ann mcfarland moved back home to archie, but her spurned lover janos kulcsar wouldn't move on. >> my dad is like, why does he keep calling? she's like, i don't know. the whole aura of this guy was that he wasn't accepting it. >> in fact, as the d.a. and the detective reviewed the evidence, they encountered a man who seemed obsessed, who first pleaded with mary ann, then began using language that sounded more threatening. >> i want you to come back to me kind of statements. and then you'd better come back. she was afraid he would skin her alive. >> skin her alive? >> if she didn't come back to him. >> he wouldn't stop calling or even making threats over the phone to archie. >> and archie hung up on him. he called back immediately. you don't hang up on me. unless you call me back, i'm going to get you. >> the next day janos showed up at the house carrying a small pouch. mary ann was in the shower. archie let him in. the two started talking. then mary ann entered the room. >> janos sa

here's keith morrison. >> march 19, 2009. night fell heavy in montana's flathead valley. something off that night. something wrong. at mary and randy winters' house, anxiety spiked. where was she? >> it just felt like something was not right. >> it's hard to explain that there's something not normal. >> you could set your clock by their daughter justine. that reliable. but a new driver, too, just 16, due home at 8:00 from her boyfriend's house. and even though she wasn't very late, the feelings seeped in like a poison. something wrong. >> i called her starting about 5 after 8:00 and no answer. called the house where she was at, and they said she had left 15 minutes before that. >> i was thinking she went off the road between their house and us. >> not far away, another family, the other half of our story, was on the road, too. erin thompson was driving her son caden home from a school concert. he played the drums. >> i had always attended all of caden's concerts, and this is the first one i didn't attend because i had car trouble. >> this is caden's stepfather, jason thom

here with theo conclusion of o story is keith morrison. >>> dave hawk on trial for the murderon of hiswife debbie d not testify, didn't tell the members of the jury what he was thinking. he had a sinking feeling he knew what they were thinking. >> always blame the ex-husband first. >> it was an awful problem as he saw it. had been from the day his ex-wife x debbie, disappeared through a trail of her own blood. the number one suspect was him. that's what the police had been saying all along and that's what a great many people thought even as he sat here as a defendant in a murder case even though -- >> ien didn't have the motive a i didn't have the capacity. >> you know what it could be. once people get it in their heads you did something, they'll tend to misinterpret everything to make you look guilty. >> i wasak home with my childre in another town all night. but i'm accused of being in another place committing a terrible crimeco based on financial shenanigans that didn't exist in the first place. >> shenanigans like the trust fund for his kids. hisfu father made the terms ver broad,

here's keith morrison with "good and evil." >> reporter: how do you measure a mother's love or gauge the veracity of her impulse to protect? >> i loved her as much as i could. >> reporter: how to measure love as visceral as the beating heart in her own body? >> she was my first born. she was my best friend. >> reporter: how to understand the four mothers you will meet tonight and their connection, one that not one of them would ever have thought possible, not in a million years. anymore they would have expected to meet her, their guardian angel. >> if i don't bring her home, who will? >> reporter: it's a rare mystery that's truly a confrontation of good and evil. >> you have to go to the dark places in order to find answers. >> reporter: a rare mystery that needed an urgent answer before the evil struck again. it was march 14th, 2014, early morning. an army of garbage trucks made their growling clanking way in a anaheim, california. their destination a landfill that is also a literal found u mountain of garbage, 3500 feet high. then mid-morning, an attendant separating debris on a co

followers to slaughter innocent victims, delivering charles manson the fame he craved.ns here's keith morrison with "the summer of man tonsomanson." >> all the remains are ruins. the ramshackled barker ranch is long gone. only the fitful baking death valley wind left now to stir the faded bits, the rusted junk.d the artifacts from another time when this was ground zero for one of the most infamous crimes in history. t the hideout of a living personification of evil. >> you got it stuck in your brain that i murdered somebody.i >> charles manson. one hot, dry weekend in los angeles, august, 1969, a pregnant movie star slaughtered, along with four others in her home, across town a couple butchered in theirs. >> these were brutal crime scenes. things that the police had never seen before. >> reporter: murder so bloody, so ugly, they rewrote history. they became a kind of bookmark as an era of optimism ended. >> the '60 came to a close, 1969, that was the curtain the final curtain. >> who could make sense of it? >> are you sane?ld >> sane? s >> yes. >> that's relative. >> who even now? >> how do ou

here's keith morrison with "heart of darkness." >> reporter: they lay in wait, unseen under a thick green canopy, armed to the teeth. immersed in their defiant extremist belief, hunting, stalking, deadly, in this particular heart of darkness. it was the summer of 2011, a jungle-clad island in the southern tip of the philippines where they prepared the place. and the news of the terrible deed committed here, flashed halfway around the world and came crashing down, out of nowhere, on a modest working class family in lynchburg, virginia. >> i got a phone call from my mother. the first thing she said was gerfa and kevin were kidnapped in the philippines. >> reporter: kidnapped? sherry hutter tried to wrap her head around the inconceivable. gerfa was her aunt. kevin, gerfa's 14-year-old son. they were due home from a philippine vacation, instead they were in the clutches of something horrific. >> i felt like i was in a dream like it wasn't real. >> and i was just thinking, "what?" >> reporter: gerfa's husband heiko lunsmann had stayed behind in lynchburg, and was at work when he heard. >> you

. >> keith morrison must have killed it at that event. >> and a click >>> yes, interesting this morningwill go on" by celine dion made famous by "titanic." the video has gone viral with social media users all over the world applauding the band's timing >> how did flay gthey get kenny, though i'm not sure if it's leaking like that if people should be hanging around >> especially with the music playing. that's when you find the door to float on and get off. >> thank you so much. >>> al, what do you got in the weather? >> i don't think the flooding was that bad anyway, let's show you what we've got going on looking at a lot of dry air out west with a lot of heat, but the good news is winds are going to die down so the fire threat should start to lessen after tomorrow more wet weather through southern texas we have got a lot of wet weather stretching from florida to the northeast and later on into new england. rainfall amounts there in the southeast we are going to be talking anywhere from one to three inches but as you get into the northeast we are going to be looking at the lot heavier ra