here is keith morrison with silent witness. >> i think i paused for a second. had to take a deep breath. and, just reality of what was going on. what was going on. >> the footprints were unforgettable. they were tiny, and they were bloody. >> i had to get my composure to finish searching this house and make sure there was no one in the house. >> scott was the wake county sheriff's deputy dispatched to a quiet and leafy neighborhood called enchantedhohe oaks on th outskirts of raleigh, north carolina. her because of a 911 call from this place on birch leaf drive. >> tell me what happened, man. >> i have no idea. >> the caller was meredith fisher. she had just discovered on the floor of the master bedroom, the savagely beaten body of her elder sister, 29-year-old michelle young, a woman, who in depth -- death, was about to be famous.nor >> is she breathing? >> i don't think so. >> have you checked? >> she's cool. >> as she spoke, meredith was cradling two-year-old cassidy who had crawled out from under the bed close just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy's

keith morrison (voiceover): lindsey wade wasn't friends with michella or jenni.ainly could have been. >>> g lindsay was not friends with michelle or jenny but she could have been. >> i definitely identified with a little girl riding her bike. >> she was 11 back then in the summer of 86 and because she lived in the city of course she heard about those girls and how they were snatched in broad daylight and murdered. >> it definitely scared me. there was certain times when i was out riding my bike or if i was walking it was something i would think about. >> a layer of that childhood varnish forever stripped away. >> for the first time it made us recognize there is really bad people out there. >> it takes away a little innocence. >> definitely. >> she got to thinking about bad people. in high school she read a book about ted bundy. >> he was from here. >> yes, i was fascinated by the book. terrified at the same time. i just decided that is what i wanted to do for a living. catch people like him. >> even after she joined the police department and earned her way to pat

for a great low rate, keith morrison: betty winick's father at a very bad heart.ht she was ready. >>> her father had about heart and she knew she could loosen soon and thought she was ready but she wasn't. not at all. grief like a sledgehammer. >> i don't know if you watch "grey's anatomy," but that was my person. i went to him for anything and everything. >> reporter: of course, police knew randy was shot to death and his killer must've taken his car. but they didn't tell betty or the rest of the family. not right away. >> they kept asking about guns and i was like, this is weird. then they told me my father's case was considered a murder case. i think in the back of my mind i knew it wasn't a natural death >> reporter: the police had collected security camera footage showing randy leaving work about 5:35 p.m. and the video from the mexican take out place at 7:30. the restaurant is a 10 minute drive from the house meeting randy must've been murdered around 7:45. but by whom? the answer police knew might depend a lot on randy himself. something in his behavior. hi

here's keith morrison with tangled. >> can't put words to that. it wwas very surreal. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> it's true the old saying when you marry someone, you marry their family too. >> we need an ambulance. it e looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. him and his wife both. >> it is not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice, counsel. >> it is unreal and sometimes you think it didn't happen, but it really did. >> reporter: it is with their help and support after all that true love could beat them and grow at last. >> i twatched the crime scene shows on tv. i never ever thought that oh, that's going to be my life. >> yes. it really is all about family. the desert opens up near pueblo, colorado, 100 miles south of denver. among the highest of the nation's desert. a little closer to heaven, perhaps? this is where shannon palmer's mom and thdad set out to create good, safe, holy life for their daughters. far from the risks and the temp rations of the city. >> it was awesome. got to grow up with horses, do

here is keith morrison with the family secret. >>, yes, families. suppose you could say this one, the family, the secret, get started in the middle of nowhere. which is what they like to call it here. it wasn't so surprising, perhaps, one young lloyd ford was done with school , he had joined the navy and sailed off to see the world from an aircraft carrier. this man at the center of the secret. sandy burke is his eldest daughter. >> my dad was a fun guy. he was fun-loving. he loved people. people loved him. people tended to gravitate toward him. >> especially women. that was not a secret. when lloyd went back after his stint in the navy, one of the hometown girls caught his eye at the county fair. before long, they were married. and, that is how sandy came along, and her little sister pamela who loved her dad. apparently was not the only one. >> all the women here had huge crashes on him and his brother. i've always heard he had to have a woman in his life. >> when lloyd and their family took their out west, was to get away from some other woman. th

here is keith morrison with "suspicion in silver city." >>> out in the middle of new mexico, hours of desert highway from better known santa fe is an old mining town called silver city, and such an unusual place it is. quirky would be a good word. >> there is a lot of history in silver city. >> a vast area of desert, on one side of town and lush greenery in the other. fourth, fifth, sixth generation ranchers and silver miners coexist with art hippies and wide-eyed newcomers. as we say, quirky. >> it is just lots of different perspectives, which is always fascinating. >> but of course, this is not a travel log, no. this is about what happened here, or more precisely, what happened there, inside that little house, to her. >> she was beaten from head to toe. she had bruises from the top of her head, down to her feet. >> her name was cassy farrington , and what was done to her in the bathtub of her own house was dreadful. >> she has been in the bathtub. i can even do cpr. statement it was also for a very long time, an unsolved mystery. cassy brooks was her name then peered her mom and dad

keith morrison: there was no doubt. pamela zimmerman was the victim of cold-blooded murder.me before midnight, >>> there was no doubt, pamela zimmerman was the victim of old blooded murder. it happened sometime before midnight, as the corner's best guess. the murder weapon? the nine millimeter handgun. >> there were two bullet wounds in her chest, in the front of her body. >> edith brady is a long time panty grab a crime reporter. >> there was one bullet room in her temple, and there was one bullet wound in her back. >> so, somebody making absolutely sure she was good and dead? >> absolutely. >> what was that like to hear that? >> it was the worst phone call of my life. to think that someone shot her and just let her die. >> and pam's kids? when they heard that-- >> i always told myself she didn't see it coming, it made it easier to cope with it. >> an execution was what it looked like it or maybe an opposite invasion robbery. it didn't seem likely but -- >> they wanted to do a walk- through to see what was missing or what was out of place. >> did you notice anything wrong?

keith morrison: fire is a terrible thing see all the ways experian can help. to happen to a family.e fire is a terrible thing have happened to our family. the fire was only half of the deadly event that ruptured the seacat family . apparently the work of vashti seacat. partly because it occurred in a county it triggered a call to kb i, statewide kansas bureau of investigation, whose special agent, david, welcome to chance to hear directly from brett seacat himself. brett was in law enforcement himself and understood the agent needed to hear the whole story, warts and all. >> we interviewed him for 7 1/2 hours. >> forthcoming? >> he was very forthcoming. >> i just want to talk about what happened. >> okay. >> this must be a terrible time for you. >> the agent was about to discover brett was not just dealing with grief, but with a heavy burden of guilt, though it took a while to get to that part of the story. >> when i interview people i want them to start at the beginning. >> it told them the story of how he met vashti in high school, how he was smitten from the first moment. >> she

here is keith morrison with recipe for murder. >> it was the cake that should've told them something. the killer cake. the cake to die for. it was supposed to be the jewel in the crown at the door -- gourmet deli. more than a few regular customers rank it at the top. just a two minute drive across the bridge from palm beach, florida, with its five-star hotels. it's perfect beaches and insanely pricey houses and hungry billionaires who wanted only the best. rich manage the gourmet deli for four years. >> we were doing $3.5 million a year. for a 50 seat deli, that's an incredible amount. we would have lines 2 our soccer people to eat dinner. >> used to be the three cheese deli. that's when the reputation was born. they had developed other restaurants and they were feeling a little overextended. one day, they met at 33-year- old entrepreneur named glenn sandler. >> on the golf course, he said he was looking to get into business. i said why don't you buy my restaurant? i think it was a tuna salad over lunch. >> what was he doing before? >> he was playing golf every day. >> he had differen

plus, we're talking with keith morrison live about a california case being featured on dateline tonight. but of course, you know, whatever he has to say you want to listen to or is it or is it or will we? yeah, that. so yeah, i'm going to i'm going to curl up on the couch on saturday and just relax and enjoy the winter. yeah. that visits for one day. yeah that's all we need. and then i'll be fanning myself on monday. greatve >>> good friday morning. we are tracking a new severe weather outbreak. >> more tornadoes, more heavy rain and more to come. good morning, everybody. it's may 3rd. this is "today." relentless. >> the thing is just sitting there. >> yet another round of powerful storms slamming the south and midwest, a string of tornadoes >>> commuter chaos. a nightmare for hundreds of thousands of drivers after a fuel truck crash sparked a massive inferno in connecticut. >> i can feel the heat from here. >> an overpass melting. part of the road closed for days to come. we're there live. >>> cracking down. >> you're under arrest! we'll use force! >> overnight, new confrontations betw

i spoke with dateline keith morrison about how investigators made that connection between suzanne's fall and what wasn't an accident, but then the question was, had somebody done something to her first, did she really fall down the stairs, or had she been placed at the bottom of the stairs, having been killed elsewhere and all of that depended on what the medical examiner could say, after a series of tests which took a long time, and in the meantime, everyone assumed it was an accident. tune in tonight to learn more about the investigation into susan sill's death. dateline new two hour if these walls could talk airs tonight at 9:00 right here on nbc bay area. well advocates for sex abuse and sex trafficking victims say time is critical to preserve much needed funding. now the fear is the white house will soon cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the crime victims fund, first established by the victims of crime act. in a recent op ed published in san jose spotlight, one santa clara county victims rights group says that it may lead to $2 million in cuts locally starting in october. now

keith morrison, as you see there, talked with terry hall.in the bay area when her daughter, kristi johnson disappeared after going to meet a man for a bogus movie audition in southern california. the man who killed kristi could have faced the death penalty. now, morrison says a plea deal means her murderer may soon be paroled. for some reason, they decided that they'd be okay with life, with the possibility of parole after 25 years, making the assumption that he'd never get paroled anyway. and under the rules that existed at the time that he was first convicted, that might have been true. but then they changed the rules. so that somebody over the age of 50 who had been behind bars for 20 years was entitled to a parole hearing. and that was him. and he was very, very skillful at working these systems. so that's when the women decided, if we don't do something, this psychopath is going to be on the streets again . you have to watch dateline tonight at 9 p.m. to hear the full story surrounding the death of kristi johnson, find out how women vic

. >> reporter: keith morrison opening up about perry's death in march. >> did it surprise you? some day you might. >> reporter: now, law enforcement looking for anyone who may have played a role in his drug abuse that ended so tragically. matthew perry wrote in his memoir more than anything helping others is what he wanted to be remembered for and his family is helping him do just that by starting a foundation in his name. >> chloe me will, a, s, thank you. >>> as the prices of new cars keep getting higher, new data shows americans are holding on to their old vehicles a lot longer. the average age of cars in the united states is now 12.6 years old. phil lebeau is here to break it down. phil, other than prices why are people holding on to their cars for so much longer now? >> reporter: because they can, i mean, these vehicles starting in the late '90s just after 2000 there was a dramatic improvement in reliability of vehicles not only in this country but around the world. as a result, it's not uncommon for someone to have a 15-year-old vehicle or 20-year-old vehicle, if you look

keith morrison talked with terry hall. was living in the bay area when her daughter, kristy johnson, disappeared after going to meet a man for a bogus movie audition in southern california. the man who killed kristy could have faced the death penalty now. morrison says a plea deal means her murderer may soon be paroled. for some reason, they decided that they'd be okay with life, with the possibility of parole after 25 years, making the assumption that he'd never get paroled anyway. and under the rules that existed at the time that he was first convicted, that might have been true. but then they changed the rules so that somebody over the age of 50 who had been behind bars for 20 years was entitled to a parole hearing, and that was him. and he was very, very skillful at working these systems. so that's when the women decided if we don't do something, this psychopath is going to be on the streets again. so watch dateline tonight at 9 p.m. to hear the full story surrounding the death of kristy johnson and how women victimize

plus, we're talking with keith morrison live about a california case being featured on dateline tonight. but of course, you know, whatever he has to say you want to listen to or is it or is it or will we? yeah, that. so yeah, i'm going to i'm going to curl up on the couch on saturday and just relax and enjoy the winter. yeah. that visits for one day. yeah that's all we need. and then i'll be fanning myself on monday. greatve