natalie morales: then a crime that stunned the city.gunned down in her own home. see bullet holes in the floor where my sister was murdered. it was terrible. natalie morales: so full of love and life. who would want her dead? her celebrity boyfriend? shaun gayle: they're trying to say, they're naming me as a suspect. natalie morales: or maybe one of his other girlfriends. she said, you don't know that he's seeing other girls? natalie morales: mysterious letters were spilling secrets. did someone want her out of the way?

♪ i'm natalie morales. and i'm craig melvin. nd what was happening. i couldn't see losing my husband. it's an image that is never going to go away. natalie morales (voiceover): a father out for a walk with his son. i heard shots, very loud shots. natalie morales (voiceover): the child survives, the father doesn't. cindy caraballo: all he was asking was, honey, tell me how's the baby? is the baby ok? it was an execution. yes. natalie morales (voiceover): the killers never caught. we were waiting for a phone call, waiting for a break. nothing was coming in. natalie morales (voiceover): then one month later, another shooting. the victim, the dead man's partner. and no question this time who the killer was. i panicked because i thought he was reaching for his gun and that's when i shot.

natalie morales: dead men tell no tales, but this one left a trail of clues.never seen my dad that way before. he has never shown me fear of anything. natalie morales: patriarch, powerbroker, he was the head of the family company. the business was real estate, and someone was about to make a killing. i never dreamt anything like that would happen. natalie morales: murdered in a house he was selling. was this a deal gone bad?

natalie morales (voiceover): days later, police did. murder.at her house, and clues from a camisole. what had happened? we can't rest until it's solved. natalie morales (voiceover): her friends will not quit. her parents will not stop. i am a pain, and i am a nuisance, but i am a mother. can dateline's own team of investigators help? nothing is missing from this house.

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> never good news when the phone rings at 5:00 in the morning. i knew something wasn't right. he just began sobbing and saying no, no. >> it was just before midnight when the shooting started. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down. >> a man was dead, but not just any man. >> how do you kill super man. >> he was annin and father killed, his wife says, by an intruder in his own backyard. >> describe how fast they were. >> pop pop pop. >> if her husband was dead outside, why was the gun found hidden inside and what other secrets were hidden away? >> sometimes she would say things like i would be better off if dave wasn't around? >> was his husband defending his family or was she. >> she rose that knife. >> the mystery may not be who did it, but why. >> the truth will come out and justice will be served. i have to believe that. >>> took home a bronze metal at the 1984 olympic games. for dave, home was ventura county california where he grew up. where he met his wife jane and where he lost his life. jane s

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is da"dateline". >>> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that. i said, "i know something and it's terrible." i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> he was handsome, he was super athletic. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he'd been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. >> he was just hysterical. >> they were never able to find her. >> it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? >> no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. >> an accident? a disappearance? >> you thought, what? she faked her death? >> or maybe a murder? >> there's no way. absolutely no way. >> i felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. >> now, she would be the one to unravel it all. >> i t

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> she was home with the kids. her husband out with friends when it happened. >> he said something about his kids telling him there was a robber. >> all they told us there was an intruder. >> their home so deep in the woods now shrouded in mystery even deeper. >> this is a real who dun it. >> very much so. >> police had suspects. >> i remember kelly not wanting to be home alone. >> they also had a problem. >> why would this guy go up and kill this woman. >> her family had questions of their own. and then someone remembered a phone call and a fib. >> everything you thought you knew, was all a lie. >> hello and welcome to dateline. kelly and tom clayton seemingly happy life together came to abrupt end when she was found brutally murdered. investigators set out to uncover the truth. finding stories of betrayal and a witness who may have seen everything. the clayton's daughter, charlie, but in this case, not everything was as it seemed. here what the house in the woods is andrea canning. finally found it down a seclude

. >> and i'm natalie morales and this is "date line." >>> there's this pile of leaves, and it's where everything else is clear and flat. my heart is racing a million miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood-curdling scream. >> nique leili, a corporate executive who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she was the best mom. >> then she disappeared. dozens joined the search. >> we need nique to come home. >> then, they found her. [ screaming ] >> you can't! >> launching a mystery that would divide this family. >> i suspected him from the beginning. >> one daughter thought her stepdad, matt, did it. the others said no way. d matt, he hadheory all his own. >> this is not theirst time she's run away, okay? >> h nique taken off and found trouble? >> now you're thinking someone gave her a date rape drug. >> that's a possibility. >> the trail would lead to this house of cameras. >> there is a big server tower that would indicate a large amount of data being stored. >> what they discovered, thousands of hours of tape. >> let me out

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline ♪ >>> this is something that you watch "datelineut somebody else. not about your friend. not about someone you love. >> she was completely defenseless. she reached out her arms and simply said, "help me." >> my heart dropped. i want to know why. why?

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >>> it was tough.hink that anybody could do that to someone. to look at the pictures of what they did to her and hear details of how it was carried out, it's just, it's devastating. >> reporter: shauna tiaffay, loving mom by day, vegas cocktail waitress by night. >> i was at one of the bars and

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >> he had deeper feelings for me than just friends. >> he managed to get me. he had my whole life wrapped up. >> she's at the center of a riveting courtroom drama. the wife whose entrepreneur husband was murdered one cold autumn morning. >> our whole family is lost its brightest light and we don't know why. >> he's the one accused of the ki crime so why is she under is microscope. >> she's gotten caught and it's really unfortunate. goes against everything i know with andrea. >> was she cheating with her executive boss. >> leave with mef forev forever would that be a normal conversation between you and your boss. >> scheming widow of. >> who kills someone else's husband. there was no affair. >>> hello and welcome to dateline. he was a young entrepreneur who wanted to change the world, but someone wanted him dead. first, no one knew what to make of this case. a jury made it clear, this was a crime of passion. involving a husband and wife and a boss. here broad daylight. morning in a busy parking lot and then pop pop pop. a man gunned dow

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline."us. >>> she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn't right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. >> text her, she always got right back. >> i've seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. >> then one day she didn't. >> immediately my spidey senses

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> she was home with the kids. out with friends when it happened. >> he said something about his kids telling him there was a robber. >> all they told us there was an intruder. >> their home so deep in the woods now shrouded in mystery even deeper. >> this is a real who dun it. >> very much so. >> police had suspects. >> i remember kelly not wanting to be home alone. >> they also had a problem. >> why would this guy go up and kill this woman. >> her family had questions o

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >> he had deeper feelings for me than just friends.e had my whole life wrapped up. >> she's at the center of a riveting courtroom drama. the wife whose entrepreneur husband was murdered one cold autumn morning. >> our whole family is lost its

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline."hanks for joining us. >>> she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn't right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. >> text her, she always got right back. >> i've seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. >> then one day she didn't. >> immediately my spidey senses were high. >> where was nailah? >> i sent her an e-mail all caps, "are you alive?" >> there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. >> no voice, no struggles could be heard. >> this could be kind of eerie. >> yes, it is. >> in my heart, i knew she's not coming back. >> one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. >> he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. >> and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. >> six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. >> why were they there? what was in them? >> it was right adjacent to a

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >> my dad hung up the phone. he told us jenny was gone. >> a house up in flames. the body of a woman inside. >> we have a body. i need medics. >> but it wasn't the fire that killed her. she was dead before it started. >> accidents will happen. this was no accident. >> who wanted her dead? her boyfriend say he knew. >> there's people after us. >> what does that mean? >> they're trying to get us. >> but police knew better. >> to strangle someone is a very personal killing. that's a very angry killing. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." at first, the fatal fire that struck a young couple's home appeared to be an accident. then, investigators took a closer look. and what they discovered about this fire and this couple left them with burning suspicion. here is keith morrison. >> is everybody out of the house? >> i don't know, but it's on fire, really strong. >> the fire in the cottage on addison avenue was hungry, devoyeuring almost everything in the bedroom. >> all right. we'll have the fire department on the way. y

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> he was definitely charismatic. >> he was the new kid in town. superpopular. all about adventure. >> this kid was like, awesome. >> he just jumped right into the culture. >> kind of liked to show off a little bit to the girls. >> they were the neighbors just down the block. a family in fear. >> they had had their vehicles broken into. she was scared. >> someone had been sneaking into their home, and now someone was in their garage. >> i'm sitting there panicking. like, he's coming at me. >> in a flash, it was over. >> someone just got shot! >> that charismatic kid, dead on the floor. >> it was terrible. i think i screamed for hours. >> what had happened in that garage that night? >> it was just, like, the last person that would come to my mind. >> a neighbor protecting his home, or preparing a trap? >> makes the statement, "it's showtime." >> it's showtime? >> exactly. >> a teenager, a father, a murder. no one would be the same. >> we were all taken aback. >>> welcome to "dateline." he came to america as an adventurous exchan

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is da"dateline". >>> i felt guilty.ith that. i said, "i know something and it's terrible." i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> he was handsome, he was super athletic. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >>> it was tough.t was tough to think that anybody could do that to someone. to look at the pictures of what they did to her and hear details of how it was carried out, it's just, it's devastating. >> reporter: shauna tiaffay, loving mom by day, vegas cocktail waitress by night. >> i was at one of the bars and i saw her walk by. every single head turned. >> it was after her shift that they found her, the victim of a ruthless attack. >> i mean, your heart just drops to your stomach. >> reporter: potential suspects? how about a casino's worth of customers? >> we didn't know if there was some psycho was watching us girls working at the palms. >> reporter: or, did the answers lie in the dead woman'past? >> shauna started thinking, i have got to get out of this situation. >> reporter: from out of the blue, a tip. >> he had some information that was connected to her murder. >> reporter: that would reveal a diabolical plot. >> i just could not understand how this was reality. >> reporter: but was this killer

. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> never good news when the phone rings at 5:00w something wasn't right. he just began sobbing and saying no, no. >> it was just before midnight when the shooting started. >> he had been shot multiple times. he was on the ground, face down. >> a man was dead, but not just any man. >> how do you kill

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline ♪ >>> this is something that you watch "datelinefor, about somebody else. not about your friend. not about someone you love. >> she was completely defenseless. she reached out her arms and simply said, "help me." >> my heart dropped. i want to know why. why? >> it's a baffling case of murder, millions and a mystifying piece of tape. at the center, husband and wife, self-made millionaires. >> he was very caring and loving. >> she had a personality that just sucked you in. >> together they made a killing in the gold business. then someone else made a killing too. >> the only purpose of the crime was to make sure she was dead. >> his wife, ambushed by a shadowy man in black. was someone after their fortune? >> i called her to warn her. >> was the answer on this tape? >> his wife was being killed at that exact moment? >> a crime of greed and gold. would detectives hunting for a killer strike gold too? >> he wasn't someone that i would think could ever be involved in something like this. >> welcome to "dateline: this is a story about a c

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. >> i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline."t's gut wrenching. >> there's a body laying on the side of the road. >> this young woman was shot three times. this was a murder. >> a young, single mom, out with friends on game day. >> it was packed. >> but as night fell, fear grew. >> they're asking us, do you know anybody that would want to harm your sister? >> was it someone that was a stranger? was it someone that we knew? >> i just had this weird feeling that there was something that she was hiding. >> tucked away in her kitchen, a clue to it all. >> on top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. >> did it give you chills? >> it was horrible. why didn't she just tell us. >> did a secret lead to murder? >> it has to be unimaginable. ♪ >> welcome to "dateline." when the body of brooke morris was discovered by the side of the road, her family started looking for answers. they were surprised to discover that she may have been involved in an allegedly violent relationship. could that revelation be the he key to solving her murder? h

. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." she was a college student found on a lonely road the in texas. >> we figured that she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> tough questions for her boyfriend. >> where was i the night before, what had i been doing, when had i last seen her. >> i really thought he could be our killer. >> but while police tried to prove it, another attack. >> he has me by the throat and he's shaking me and he's yelling at me telling me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in this apartment now. yes. >> her body had kind of been mropd up on to the bed. >> even law enforcement, they thought, what do we have on our hands here? >> there's growing danger because police are looking in the wrong lace. >> i lived to tell and nobody believed me. >> this monster is walking free while they're wasting their time on me. >> can the killer be caught before he kills again? >> it makes you realize how fragile your life is and that anybody can take it. >> welcome to "dateline." a killer was on the loose in a

so was our girl natalie morales. i saw pics of you. you looked fantastic. >> thank you.t row seat to the fashion and fun. ♪ it was a celebration once again on the red carpet. >> this is unbelievable. >> i didn't know it was an intimated event. >> who are you excited to see? >> i got to see helen mirren who is one of my favorites. i loved the little moment i had with her, which was quite lovely. >> hi! >> what a vision. look at this moment. >> oh, this is versace. er have -- congratulations on your film. i know it's your love story. >> oh, no! >> this is what the oscars is all about. >> i know. i got goose bumps. >> dreams come true. >> yeah. >> you're presenting. >> i had a little something. >> a shot of tequila. is that the secret? >> i've never done that before. it's very nice. >> hollywood's leading ladies and some gents, too, turned heads in red, white, and blue. >> not only beautiful but comfortable. as you get older it becomes more important. >> you know sometimes you just want to be fabulous. and then after that i'm going to put on my ballet slippers and, yes. >>

. >> and i'm natalie morales and this is "date line." >>> there's this pile of leaves, and it's wherecing a million miles an hour. i was using my boots to move leaves, and that's when i screamed this blood-curdling scream. >> nique leili, a corporate executive who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she was the best mom. >> then she disappeared.

natalie morales visited one of those and she joins us now.ast four years has had armed employees on campus. their best option, they say, in a worst-case scenario. dura, missouri, in the quiet and peaceful ozark region, far from the big cities where student walkouts have called for gun control regulations. and from the horrific suffering from the schools like parkland. but it's not far from the minds of students, like senior robert bigdoll. >> how often do you think about a situation where there could be a school shooting here? >> quite a bit, honestly. >> reporter: their solution, arming at least two school employees who have gone through firearms training. >> do you feel pretty confident that those who are trained here would be able to stop an attack? >> yes, i feel that the staff members that are armed would try their best to stop it or put their life on the line so the students wouldn't get hurt. >> reporter: the nearest police station to this k-12 school of 300 students would be at least 30 minutes away. school superintendent steve richar